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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Paret Isl Upset
By 0rtega in
NOn-TifIe Fight

LOS ANGELES, Feb. rs
P).-Gaspar Ortega. q slim
and slippery veteran who has
been on the fringes Of fame for
years, scored the biggest VIC
tory Of his career tonight by
taking o unanimous decision
from Welterweight Champion
Benny (Kid) Paret in q ma
tionally televised, nontitle 10
rounder at the olympic Audi
forum.
Ortega's stunning upset
might have embarrassed the
champion financially as much
Is it did emotionally, for it is
almost certain to detract from
the gate at Paret's title fight
with Emile Griffith In Miami
April /.
The lanky Mexican gained
the victory more with style
than power.
He slapped the champion
from Cuba with several bris-
ting rights. particularly in the
late rounds. but Paret was
never in danger Of going down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

There were no Knockdowns
but this was one of most
spidited bouts seen here in re-
cent years. The pace was phe-
nolmenal through the first five
rounds. Paret. q perpetual mo-
ton puncher who throws mostly
short and choppy blows, ap-
peared to be hitting his target
more often In the early stages.
But, although he made the
Mexican blink several times, he
never had him near collopse.
The champion was penalized
Q point for hitting after the
bell following the second round.
But the Tijuana fighter would
have won without this asSis-
lance.
Judge Dick Young had him
ahead. SO, and Judge Frankie
Van scored it Ga for Ortega.
Referee Jimmy Wilson called
1t 40.
This was Ortega's second VIC
tory over Paret. He scored q
split decision over the Cuban
in 1859. before Paret became
champion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

The first two days OF train
ing, Wednesday and Thursday,
were rather informal sessions
of fielding. running and gen.
eral calisthenics. Only the
pitchers and catchers worked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
NO KTTENISH MEOWS THESE

union Immediately to resume
meaningful negotiations so that
a realistic settlement can be
promptly concluded"
Mr.. Bliss was expected to
participate in the negotiations
for the first time. The AS
ISOLATED Press reported from
New York that Mr.. Manuti
agreed to resume bargaining
lin the hope that even at this
late date we can come to a
mutually satisfactory settle
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
BY ROBERT X. WALSH
Star staff Writer

Senate leaders sidetrackeo
the civil rights fight Temporal
lily today to get action on the
81 billion military construction
appropriation bill.
To do this the leaders laid
aside the State-Justice ap-
preparation bill to which the
civil rights bill were being Of
fered as riders.
Democratic Leader Mansfield
told reporters that the Senate
would take up the Peace Corps
authorization bill after COM
pleting action on the military
construction measure. This in
Dictated that the civil rights
fight would sidetracked for
some days.
Faster Peace Urged
In announcing his plans,
Senator Mansfield intimated
Congress may not achieve its
goal of ending the session by
mid-September unless Senators
refrain from futile debate
which produces no legislation. -
He added:
IF Senators want to adjourn
by mid-September, which seems
doubtful at best, we will have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
SO Negro Voters
Reinstuted

SHREVEPORT, La, Aug. %
(AP). - A Federal Judge has
ordered $40 Negro voters REIN
stated to the Bienville Parish
County voting rolls.
Judge Ben c. Dawkins, jr.,
ruled yesterday that a purge
which removed the Negroes
from the voting rolls in the
North Louisiana parish in 1856
was illegal.
At the same time, he said he
deplored the Negro practice of
bloc voting, with which observ-
ant persons are familiar. But
he added the factor can not
alter one whit our duty under
the Fifteenth Amendment to
see it that there is no dis
elimination in voting registra-
ton because of race or color. "
Judge DaWkins' decision up
held a claim by the Federal
Government that Negroes were
denied the franchise in the
parish because of race or color.
The Government filed the suit
in June, 1860. under the 1857
Civil Rights Act.
Judge Dawkins had had the
case under Amusement since
hearings last November.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

again. The operas manage
ment and Local 802 of the
American Federation of Must
clans we're willing to resume
bargaining.
The Met Cancelled its season
August 7, but negotiations were
resumed after prodding by Mr..
Goldberg. Bargaining appar-
emily got nowhere, and the
Met last Thursday broke off
negotiations with an anounce-
ment that it would be impossi-
BILE to hold the new season.
Settlement Held Possible
After comforting over the
week end with Anthony A. Bliss,
president of the Metropolitan
Opera Association, and Alfred
Manuti, president of Local 802,
Mr.. Goldberg declared yester-
day that 1.-The way is clear for
intensified negotiations leading
to a prompt settlement"
In. kilograms to the parties,
the Secretary said the opera
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Two Youths Held
In Stone Assault
On Bus Driver

Two juveniles accused of
stoning and seriously injuring
a D. C. Transit System bus
driver were being held today
on charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
One of them, a 14-year-old
Southwest Washington boy,
was identified by Lee C. Amos,
80, of Brandywine, Md, as
having thrown a rock that
fractured his skull August 13.
Mr.. Amos, still in serious
condition at Washington Hos
pital Center, told police he was
pulling into a garage at One
half street Sc. when his bus
passed two boys. He said they
began cursing him for pass
ing too close to them, and
when he left the bus, began
stoning him.
The only other occupant of
the bus was the drivers son,
Lee c. Amos, jr. Police said
they had closed the case with
the arrest Of the 14-year-old
and his 15-year old companion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

F A. & M. College, a State-sup-
ported Negro college. In early
July, he and his group moved
on to North Carolina.
Experience Opens Eyes
Since then, they have visited
State institutions, businesses,
and for about two weeks,
various members of the group
lived with farm families in Will
son, Greene, Wayne, Franklin,
Vance, Warren, Granville. Dur
ham, Rockingham and CasweIl
Counties.
| AS a result of his extensive
visit, Mr.. Cared said his atti-
tude about race relations in the
South was entirely changed. :"
If you don't look for en-
barrasSsing things. you won't
find them" he said.
| Members of Mr.. Gared's
party were interviewed at North
Carolina AIT College here,
where they spent several days
evaluating their North Caro-
lima study. There was general
agreement with MIR. Gared's
observation about racial condi-
tons in Texas and North Caro-
lima.
Kenya Official Agrees
| You see a good deal Of what
you are looking for" said a
Ministry of Agriculture official
from Kenya.
This official, incidentally,
said he tried to eat at a white
restaurant in Greensboro and
was refused service.
But I didn't get upset." he
said, because I realized that
in my own country a white man
may have had the same trouble
in many places"
Racial problems are world
wide" he continued in a dis
tinct British accent, result of
three years of study at Cam
bridge University.
But perhaps you in America
have done more about these
problems than many places in
the world" he added.
Indiana Not Much Different
A 36-year-old superintendent
fer the Ministry of Agriculture
in Nigeria, Agorinda Alawode,
felt that he had an objective
view of Americas race prob
lens before he came to this
country.
THE American Ambassador
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

explained the situation at a
lecture I attended" he said.
Mr.. Alawode, whose face is
marked by tribal tattooS, has
attended Indiana University
for nine months.
And 1 don't see much differ
ence in race relations in Indi-
ana and other places I have
been," he commented. II could
get myself into trouble any
place." he added, whether it's
in America or my own coun-
try"
A Tanganyikan official, Ally
Mondoma, said he remembered
reading about that Rock
place" Little Rock. But
when l got here" he added, Il
saw the races were getting
along in all phases of life"
One visitor said: ANY time
people are Indifferent to you,
you are segregated. And here
I found people very sympa-
thetic."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

had, in effect, withdrawn its
cancellation notice.
He reported that Mr.. Bliss
had assured him that the Nets
directors ARE anxious to avoid
any interruption in the Metro
politan seasons and that if
agreement is quickly reached
in the present dispute the
Metropolitan will operate pro-
viding it is able at this time
to obtain the necessary singers
to assure a successful season. 4"
GOOd-Faith Assurance
Mr.. Goldberg said he &C
cepted Mr.. Bliss statement las
a good-faith assurance that
the Metropolitan will make
every effort to enroll its artists
and consequently to proceed
with the season."
Acting under instructions
from President Kennedy to help
break the deadlock, Mr.. Gold
berg urged the opera and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Bias in South
Exaggerated,
Africans Say

GREENSBORO. N. c., Aug
% ZAP - Bekele Cared, a
young Ethiopian agricultural
official, says he is convinced
the South's racial troubles have
been exaggerated.
Mr.. Cared, who has lived in
Texas and North Carolina fol
five months. says the people
who exaggerated these trou-
bles to him were not Russians,
but mostly Americans"
Mr.. Cared is one of 18 Afri-
cans currently studying agri-
cultural extension work in the
United States. A number OF
them have lived with farm
families in Central and East
ern North Carolina.
Mr.. Cared and others of the
group we're interviewed by a
representative of the Depart
ment of Agriculture Informa-
ton of North Carolina State
Colleges School of Agriculture.
when I came to the United
States, I chose to go to the
North" Mr.. Cared said, be-
cause of what I had read about
the South"
Mr.. Cared said most of the
things he had read about the
South had appeared IN weekly
news magazines and Negro
newspapers published in Amer
lea.
Officials of the International
Cooperation Administration
granted Mr.. Cared his wish.
They sent him to Michigan
State University.
Later, when they told me
they were going to send me to
Texas, I protested" Mr.. Cared
said. "And when I told people
at Michigan State that I was
going to be sent to the South,
they were most sympathetic"
He said he finally agreed to
! go to Texas when I found l
had no alternative"
The headquarters of his
Texas visit was Prairie View
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

Mr.. Thomas, whose home is
in st. Augustine, Fla, was the
first of 100 riders set to APP
pear before a Mississippi jury
on breach-of-peace charges
He appealed his conviction by
a city judge on May Is after
he refused an officers order to
move out of the white section
iof the railways bus terminal
May "a.
Newspapers Scored
Municipal Judge James l.
Spencer gave Mr.. Thomas a
5000 fine and a 60-day sus-
pended sentence. Mr.. Thomas
posted a $500 appeal bond July
5 after serving more than half
his fine at SO per day.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Kunstler
sought unsuccessfully today to
obtain a court ruling declaring
the jackson Daily News and
other news media in Jackson in
contempt of court for publish
ing editorials and articles I'M
favorable to the riders.
AS Mr.. Thomas appeals trial
opened, Mr.. Kunstler asked
Judge Moore to hold the Daily
News, an afternoon paper, and
other unSpecified media in
contempt, or as an alternative
instruct the news media in
jackson from publishing any,
thing but the facts.
City Prosecutor Jack Travis
said the Jackson newspapers
were noted for factual report
ing and the motions would be
violating freedom of the press.
Judge Moore overruled both
motions and commented that
he wished he could instruct
Life and Time magazines to be
factual sometimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Military Bill Sidetrocks
Senate Rights Debate

to get on with the calendar of
important legislation "
Senator Dirksen of Illinois,
the Republican leader. sup
ported Senator Mansfield's mo-
ton to move on to the military
bill and it was adopted without
dissent.
Senator Dirksen said he and
Senator Mansfield had hoped
to provide for a simple two
year extension of he Civ
Rights Commission beyond No.
vember 9 by lacking it on an
appropriation bill that has to
be passed before Congress ad-
journS.
Mansfield Hopeful
AT the moment, at least. -
Senator Dirksen said. that eff
fort does not appear to be
successful"
Senator Mansfield told the
Senate, however, his guess is
that at a later date an extern
sion of the Civil Rights Com
mission will be provided for as
a rider to the S761 million
State = Justice appropriation
measure. This would require
a suspension of Senate rules
by a two-thirds vote.
Senator Mansfield explained
he used this method because he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

believed the Judiciary Commit
tee, headed by Senator East
land, Democrat of Mississippi,
would not report out a bill to
continue the commission which
otherwise would expire Novem-
Der 8. A similar move was en-
ployed two years ago to keep
the commission alive.
A delay in reaching a vote
on the Mansfield amendment
was first indicated when Sen
ators filed more than 20 new
amendment proposals.
Several of the suggested
amendments. especially those
of Southern Democratic Sena-
tors, ranged far afield from the
sgIbject of civil rights, Senator
NcClellan. Democrat Of Arkan-
sas. submitted an amendment
for stricter court action against
a labor union violating rights
of it's members. He also pro-
posed establishment of a joint
congressional committee to SUI
pervise the Federal budget.
Other proposals we're designed
to improve" the Supreme
Court.
Several SouthernerS threat
ened to talk as long as
necessary to block intended
efforts by Republican Senators
Javits and Heating of New
York and Scott of Pennsylvania
to add provisions greatly broad
ening the 1857 Civil Rights
Act.
Other Moves Planned
The situation became fur
ther complicated when other
Senators in both parties an
nounced they might press for
variety of amendments. Sen
ator Clark, Democrat of Penn
sylvania, said he would try to
make the commission perma-
nent, increase its size and pay
and expand its powers.
Senator Mundt, Republican
of South Dakota, declared he
would move to attach a one
year impacted areas school aid
provision as a rider to the APP
preparation bill. Senator Erwin,
Democrat of North Carolina,
tentatively filed an amendment
to reverse the Supreme Courts s.
Mallory decision relating to-
prompt arraignment in police
arrests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22

abroad and to some extent
from apprehensions about eco
nomic and political develop
mentS in the United States"
The flow of short-term funds
has been greatly reduced this
year but other types of in.
vestment continue rising.
While rising investments
were the rule almost every
where, there was a sharp de-
cline in capital outflow I'd
Latin America-S95 milliorI
last year compared with S218
million in 1859. Direct invest
ment in Canada rose by SS6W
million, mostly in mining and
petroleum industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Freedom Rider Drops
Change of Venue Mood

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. %
(AP).-DefenSe Attorney Will
liam KunStler withdrew his mo-
ton for a change of venue to-
day in the first Freedom Rider
jury trial and asked Kinds
County Judge Russell Moore to
throw out the jury list.
Mr.. KunStler, an American
Civil Liberties Union lawyer
from New York, said he with
drew his motion because I'm
afraid they might move it to
a segregation stronghold like
Smith County"
The defense attorney said
rider Henry Thomas. 19-year-
old student from Howard Uni
versity. Washington, D. c., is a
Negro and Negroes have beer
Systematically excluded from
jury duty or Disseminated
against in the organization of a
jury"
In drawing a jury list, he
said in the motion, county Of
ficials either excluded Negroes
from the venire or kept the
number included so small they
could be Systematically struck
from the jury.
81 Whites, 2 Negroes
Mr.. Kunstler argued that un-
less Judge Moore "quashes the
venire. the defendant will be
denied his constitutional right
of equal protection under the
law"
The weekly all-male jury list
drawn up for the rider trials
included 81 whites and two Ne
grOeS.
The 1860 census figures show
Mr., Kunstler said, the male
population of Kinds County
residents 81 years old and over
consists of 81 ,548 whites and
1919 Negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
U. 5. Investments
Abroad q Record
BY the Associated Press

Private American investment
abroad increased by a record
SIS billion last year, boosting
the total to a new high of $500
billion.
The Commerce Department
said yesterday that long term
investments increased by 81
billion while the balance
stemmed from an outflow of
short-term capital resulting
from higher interest rates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Opera Agrees to Try
Again for New Season
By LEE NJ. COIN
Star Staff Writer

Labor Secretary Goldberg persuaded the Metropolitan
Opera to try raise the curtain it's season. which
the Met had Cancelled because of dispute with orchestra
musicians
With hope for the revived. medators were
working in New York today to get labor negotiations started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-08-22
Question of Contracts

Planning for the new season
which would start in October
has been stalled by the labor
dispute. The opera originally
Cancelled the season on grounds
that it was too late to sign
some of its singers.
But the Associated Press re-
ported that the American Guild
of Musical Artists, representing
singers and other performers
at the Met, said there is no
question that the artists will be
available.
The orchestra musicians have
demanded a $78 raise in their
$40 weekly base salary, but
the union has emphasized that
this figure is negotiable" The
opera has offered to continue
the present pay scale in the
1961-62 season and to give So
weekly raises in each of the
next two seasons. With other
benefits, the opera estimates,
its offer would total a ID per
cent increase.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-29

In commenting on this sur
vey, DR.. Starley Hunter, family
economist of the u. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, said that
many homemakers need to learn
principles of good home man.
agement. They need to apply
hem to the increasingly COM
pick demands of home and FAM
ly life.
The time problem stemmed
mainly from pressure to engage
in outside activities. This be
comes more pressing with
widening interests of growing
children. The 511 women in the
survey said they belonged to a
total of 1900 organizations.
The homemakers divided their
,ime haphazardly among food
related tasks, house cleaning,
aundry and child care. Younger
wives planned their use of time
even less efficiently than older
ones.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-29
WeftabIe Powder
Spraying Studied
AT Della Station

Sprays made from wettable
powders + more difficult to
apply than emulsions or true
solutions. These powders are
finely ground solids which set
tie if they are not kept in mo-
ton. This settling causes clog
ged strainers and nozZleS and
excessive pump wear.
Since many agricultural chem
icals are sold as wettable pow
ders, research at the Delta
Branch Experimentation has
been directed toward improved
spraying methods. O. B. Wooten
and j. T. Holstun, Jr., USDA
agricultural engineer and agron-
omist, respectively, recently
submitted a progress report on
this work.
They found that a pressure
device with larger orifices drill
size, 5/64-inch) gave adequate
agitation. This device was suS-
pended on a rigid pipe in the
center of the drum with the
orifices approximately one inch
from the bottom of the tank.
Per unit of volume, this gave
the best agitation in the test.
las a safety precaution," the
research men said, "a wettable
powder should be suspended
mo solid material on the bot
tom) and thoroughly mixed
manually with a metal paddle
or other similar device prior
to spraying any of the mixture
This should be don immediate
ly before starting the pump
and agitation system and re
peated in case of stoppage.
"At the end of each day OF
spraying the tank should b
completely drained, all nozzle
strainers removed and cleaned
and clean water should be
pumped through the system
} prior to replacing the nozzle.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-29
County A9enA No1e4
By W.. r. SULLIVAN

{ you have just a few hours
{ sunshine. In order to make
good cotton crop it is neces-
airy that we protect our first
1uares that come on the cot
On. Remember this one
quare saved on each seven
eet of row will pay the cost
f three applications of insecti-
,ides needed to control these
tests. One boil at this time of
ear will equal three bolls in
ate August or early Septem-
Ter. Make every effort posi-
lie to prevent insect damage for
he next four to five weeks.
If | can be of any help with
our insect problems please call
ny office for information on
cotton insect problems or any
other farm problem you may
laVe.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-29
One Out Of Three Cars
On Our Roads From
Out Oh Mississippi

Almost one of three automo-
biles travelling highways and
city streets of Mississippi last
year were from out Of state,
according to a traffic analysis
Just compiled by the State
Highway Department.
Total traffic for the year
amounted to 10 billion vehicle
miles, 1875 per cent of which
was accounted for by passenger
Public Roads in planning future
highway Improvements. Mech
anical counters, supplemented
by mobile crews, record infor-
nation on numbers of vehicles,
types, weights and speeds.
Some interesting facts dis
closed by the 1860 report in
clude:
Out-of-state cars 1924 per
cent.
Compacts 1863 per cent.
Foreign 2.15 per cent.
Average number of passen-
gers, rural %; urban 1.8.
Average automobile speeds
rural 49.7 miles per hour. urban
All miles per hour.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-29
Social Security =.
REVIEW

To qualify for social security
benefits at retirement, how
many work units will you need7
Most people don't know" John
F.. Pate, Manager Of the Jack
son Social Security Office said
today. Many don't even know
there is such a requirement,
while others mistakenly think
they can qualify for payments
with only a year or two OF
work.
Most people will need seve-
raj years Of credit Mr.. Pate
continued, land the chances
are, you will too" The exact
number you will need depends
on when you reach retirement
age; 81 for women, IS for men.
People reaching retirement age
in 1861 need three and one
fourth years of earnings. Young
er people will need more. For
example, anyone now under age
As will need ten years - the
maximum.
Since payments In the future
depends on your earnings now,
It's important that you receive
all credits due. If you work for
wages, you should be certain
your employer reports them
with your correct social securi-
ty number. If you are self-em-
ployed, you should be careful
to use your correct social secu-
rity number on your tax return.
For additional information
about the number of credits
needed to qualify for social
security benefits, get In touch
with the Jackson Social Securl-
tv office at All North Street
The telephone number is Fleet
wood 5-9687.