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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31
New Orleans Meeting

Has the Citizens Council abandoned
the policy formulated when first orga-
nized in July of 1854 = the policy of using
every legal means" to fight Indignation?
At the same time rejecting the use of
violence?
Seventy-five leaders of the Citizens
Councils of America met in New Orleans
last weekend and urged the white people
of the South to continue fighting integra-
ton and, according to news dispatches
from the Crescent City, the appeal was
directed particularly to the cities Of New
Orleans, Little Rock, Atlanta and Dallas.
The latter two cities are desegregating
their schools this fall and additional pub
lie school desegregation is scheduled to
take place in both New Orleans and Little
Rock.
The United Press international re-
lease said the Citizens Council organi-
Zation called on New Orleans whites to
repeat actions of last year presumably
stone-throwing, curses, ieers and general
mob violence and intimidation) and pre-
dicted Little Rock schools would re-segre-
gate schools this fall. The Citizens Coun-
Gil also said. according to UPI reports,
that Atlanta indignation would destroy
that city" and declared Dallas was 'being
sold out to integration."
Those attending the New Orleans
meeting. mostly Council leaders and lead
ers of similar p~rosegregation groups from
eleven Dixie states, heard one speaker
make the claim that racial attitudes are
changing in the North zand the South
should "stand firm and wage the battle
Gor segregation relentlessly, until all
America is informed and aroused"
The meeting was not open to the
public.
In a statement afterward the Citi-
Zens' Council organization said Gas re-
ported in the Jackson Daily News): $50
long as the South continues to resist, no
court in the nation can bring about in
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31
THRO the YEARS

Items of interest from the past taken from our files
of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
BY Ruth B. Flower
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Attend The Church OF Your
Choice This Sunday!
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Lofts
and son. Ken of Memphis spent
the weekend with Mrs. Lofts
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Brock.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Matte Faye Thomas and
Miss Bessie Owen shopped in
Kosciusko Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bit Kvzer, Hou-
ston and Ross spent last Sum
dav in Bfandon visiting MFR.
and Mrs. Burnett Rlackmon.
Mrs. Ross stayed over for a few
days.
Mrs. n f! Johnson and Mrs.
Fdgar Hayes of Tehfla visited
the j. c1McCreary Sunday.
Miss Mamie Siddon snent the
weekend IN Hollandale with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Siddon.
Mr. and Mrs. a. c. Autry
were in Lexington on business
Tuesday.
Mr.. Mickey Siddon Of Lex
inoton visited Miss Mamie Sid
don Saturday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

MIR. and Mrs. Camel Tyler and
children OF Kosciusko. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Ketchersid and daugh-
ter OF Memphis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Raw, Jr.. and Mr.. Sid
nev Vaughn of Durant were
weekend guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. c.. Browning.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. j. M. Booker of Green
wood transacted business here
Friday afternoon.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Edwards
were business visitors in Kos
ciusko Thursday morning.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Rev. Upton Higgins and fami-
ly were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. "A. &C. Autry Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Mabel Bryant and -.
L. Tucker spent a few hours
with Mr.. and Mrs. 7. j. Cakes
and children of baskerville Sum
dav morning. and Mrs. Pearle
Cakes Joined Mrs Bryant and
Mr.. Tucker for a visit in Kos
eiusko with Mrs. .Verena Nc
Bride and Lenora Ann.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31
News
By MRS. MABEL BRYANT

Those who attended the re-
union given by the T. l.. James
Construction Company for their
workers in Como Wednesday,
were five families of Louisiana
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Bicker
of West.
Miss Jean Hand Of Memphis
and Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Hand
Of Mobile. Alabama spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. l..
j. Hand and attended church
at the Presbyterian Church Sun
day morning.
Mrs. Maude Holmes returned
home Thursday after spending
the summer in Biloxi with her
sister and family.
Mrs. Mae Sanders oil, Durant
visited in the homes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Self and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. !. Campbell Wednesday
afternoon
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Simmons
of Durant were supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Edwards
Thursday.
Mr.. Tom Armstrong of Itta
Bena and Mr.. Marvin Arm
strong of Brinkley. Arkansas
visited in the A. R.. Bicker home
Thursday.
Mrs. Mary Cunning was ,
visitor in Kosciusko Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Cade were
dinner visitors to Jackson We'd
nesday.
Mr. A. R. Bicker and Mr..
Allen Ramage shopped in Kos
ciusko Thursday.
Mrs. Doc Underwood and
Mrs. Bill Underwood of Gulf
port visited in the Allen Ram
age home this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Edwards
we're business visitors in Kos
ciusko Thursday morning.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. G. D.. Thornton
snent SUNDAY with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. D. Thonton in Unity Com
munity in Attala County.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Self and
Rose attended the Centennial
Pageant in Winona Friday night.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Doc Underwood and
Mrs. Bill Underwood of Gulf
port visited in the Allen Ram
age home this week.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Mary McCrearv, Mrs. H.
L. Bowie and Miss Mary Louise
Bowie. shopped i'm Lexington
Monday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

The Eastern Star will spon-
'seF ab4ke sale ii the City Hall
The second Saturday N Sep
tombey.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Mae Sanders of Durant
visited in the homes Of Mi. and
Mrs. Arthur Self and Mr.. and
Mrs A. /. Campbell Wednesday
afternoon
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Willie Terry 1T Durant spent
Tuesday with Cade Bicker.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. A. R. Bicker and Mr..
Allen Ramage shopped in Kos
ciusko Thursday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

MI. and Mrs. ]. r. Simmons
Of Durant were supper guests of
Mr.. and; Mrs. Bob Edwards
Thursday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Maude Holmes returned
home Thursday after spending
the summer in Biloxi with her
sister and family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Denton Rosamond and
Bill Rosamond of Lexington
visited friends Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mrs. Mary Cumming was ,
visitor in Kosciusko Sunday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Cade were
dinner visitors to Jackson Wed
nesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-08-31

Mr.. Tom Armstrong of Itta
Bena and MI. Marvin Arm
strong of Brinkley. Arkansas
visited in the A. R. Bicker home
Thursday.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
By. CHARLES d. PIERCE
Star staff Writer

Members Of the Tri-State
Commission have agreed that
any regional agency set up
under q proposed new inter-
state compact should give first
priority to transportation prob
lens.
The commission, composed of
representatives from Maryland,
Virginia and the District, held
its first meeting yesterday to
begin negotiating the new in
terstate compact called for in
the National Capital Trans
portation Act.
. District Engineer Commits
sioner Frederick ]. Clarke de-
scribed the closed conference
in the District Building as an
exploratory" session.
I'VE simply talked about
problems in the most general
way and agreed to meet again
on December l." he said.
Deadline Year Away
He noted that the Federal
Government still has not
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Perry Wilkinson to File
For New House Seat

Delegates, Carlton r. Sickles
and Herbert R. O'Conor, jr.
Baltimore lawyer, have an,
nounced that they would Seel
the Democratic nomination but
have not filed.
The seat was thrown open on
a Statewide basis when a bill
creating a new 9th District out
Of Prince Georges and Howard
Counties was suspended by a
petition campaign after the
1861 legislative session.
The act setting out the dis
trict boundaries will be ap-
proved or rejected by Mary
land voters in the November
1862, general elections. Mean
while, the attorney general has
ruled the seat must be filled on
an at-large basis.
Evening star., 1961-10-31

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 81 (AP).-
Perry o. Wilkinson, speaker of
Maryland's House of Delegates,
planned to file today for Dem
ocratic nomination for con-
gressman-at-large in the pri-
mary election next May Is.
The 56-year-old Prince
Georges County Democrat has
served in the legislature since
1943. He was speaker protein
Of the House for 10 years be-
fore his election as speaker in
1859.
Mr.. Wilkinson was expected
to be the first candidate from
either party officially to enter
the race for Maryland's new
congressional seat, which the
State earned in the 1860 census.
Another Prince Georges Coun-
ty member Of the House of
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Teacher Integrotion Study
To Stir Up Virginia Storm

would he say who proposed the
study.
Fairfax Group Heard
The boards action came
after it had met with a COM
mittee of the Fairfax County
Education Association, a YEA
affiliate. Some FEA members
are trying to eliminate a clause
from the locals constitution
barring Negroes from member
ship. The question will come
up at an FEA meeting No
vember 16.
The controversy was ex-
planned to the YEA directors by
Paul F. Peter, chairman of the
FEA's special committee. Mr..
Peter said he came to the
directors seeking advice and
asked for no specific action.
He added, though, that the
Evening star., 1961-10-31

tional Capital Transportation
Agency.
Whatever organization il
formed would have the author
ity to deal not only with trans.
portation but also with watel
and air pollution and other re,
gional problems.
Named yesterday as temper,
airy chairman of the negoti.
ators was Maryland Delegate
Carlton r. Sickles, Democrat
Of Prince Georges County.
Other Tri-State Commission
members present at the meet.
ing included Senator Charlie!
Fenwick, Deocrat of Arlington
Delegate VILLA m Winston
Democrat Of Arlington; Albert
Sklar, Maryland member of the
Metropolitan Area Tran sii
Commission, and Delegate j
Grahame Walker, Democrat Of
Montgomery County.
Evening star., 1961-10-31

motion passed by the directors
encourages us very much. "
The directors had voted 1872
to expel the Arlington County
Education Association from YEA
membership last May when the
AEA voted to admit Negroes
by merger with the Arlington
chapter of the VITA.
In another action yesterday
the YEA directors adopted, fol
presentation to the 1900 con-
vention delegates, a subcom-
mittee report that would re-
strict YEA membership to
teachers with college degrees,
The directors made one
change in the report, voting
to make the membership re-
striction effective in the 1861
school year-one year earlier
than the subcommittee had
suggested.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
RICHMOND. Oct. 81 (AP)-

RICHMOND. Oct. 81 (AP)-
The Virginia Education Associ-
alton will be asked this week
to authorize a study Of the
!. adyisability Of allowing local
: YEA chapters to admit Negroes,
I If they wish to do so.
Such a study won 20-1 ap-
proval yesterday from the YEAS
board Of directors but is GER
tain to provoke a storm of con-
troversy on the floor Of the
YEAS annual convention open
ing here tomorrow night.
The YEA traditionally has
been an organization Of white
school teachers. while Negroes
have an organization of their
own-the Virginia Teachers
Association.
Only last May. the Arlington
County Education Association
was expelled from YEA when
its members voted to merge
with the local VITA chapter.
The Arlington group had un-
successfully sought local option.
Special Committee Asked
The motion to be presented
to the two-day YEA convention
here calls for creation of q spe-
cial committee to study "the
possibility Of local option in the
membership policy of local
education associations"
The committee, to be chosen
Immediately after the conven-
ton If the motion is approved,
would report first to the YEAS
1862 summer leadership con-
ference, tentatively scheduled
e. for next August. Then the
recommendations would go be-
fore the annual YEA conven-
ton for debate and action.
Robert F. williams, execu-
tive secretary Of the YEA. said
the study committee would be
composed Of one representa-
tive from each Of the YEAS
Is districts.
Mr.. Williams would not say
which YEA director voted
against such a study at yes
terday's meeting here. Nor
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Straw Fire
In Virginia
Ties Traffic

Someone set fire to 80 tons
of straw near Shirley highway
last night.
The 8 pm. fire-third in a
week-threatened to tie up
traffic for miles as motorists
stopped to watch. Firemen
from Franconia and AMMAN
dale fire companies found the
nearest water supply was over
half a mile away.
They Immediately notified
the Virginia Sand & Gravel
Co., owner of the straw, which
brought in heavy equipment to
push the burning pile into a
gully near a pond.
Firemen then pumped water
from the pond onto the fire
while police moved curious mo-
toristS on.
An official Of the sand and
gravel company said the straw
was stacked alongside Shirley
near Edsall road where it was
to have been spread on top of
freshly seeded ground.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
PoIiceObject
To Licensing
TouristHome

Washington police today OBJ
jected to renewal Of a license
for a tourist home at 1851 Bel
mont street NV.
At an informal meeting be-
fore Thomas A. Helan, assist
ant superintendent Of licenses
and permits, vice squar Detec-
tive Don Lawton and his part
ner, Eugene zoglio, said that
two arrests of women had been
made since July, 1860, as a
result Of activities at the 30
room home.
Mr.. Helan said he would
consider the matter in con-
sultation with Licensing Supt
C. T. Nottingham and expected
to have a decision in a week
or 10 days.
Police are registering their
objections as the one year
licensing period for roomine
houses starts tomorrow. Mr.
Helan said rooming houses
he estimated there are about
1000 in the District, a figure
which includes tourist homes
may operate in 1860 licenses
pending the granting or denial
Of a new one. License fees
are set at $25 for a 10-room
place, and SIS for each addi-
tional 10 rooms.
Detective Lawton, a veteran
Of six years on the vice squad
promised he would return
Thursday with an objection
to another rooming house.
! Cornelius c. Pitt, a part
time university student anC
operator of the Belmont street
tourist home. said he had beer
in business II years and that
police were objecting to hi
hotel operation because it wa
interracial.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
transportation Given
Top Place for Agency

named its representative to
participate in the negotiations.
Under the National Capital
Transportation Act, the Ma
tional Capital Transportation
Agency must submit to the
President not later than No
vember /, 1862, recommended
tions for developing transpor-
tation in the Washington area.
The agency also is required
to propose various alternatives
as to what type of organiza-
ton should carry out these
recommendations.
The transportation act au-
thorizes Maryland, Virginia and
the District to negotiate a
compact for establishment of
an organization to perform
government functions of a re-
gional character, including but
not limited to the provision of
regional transportation facil-
tiles"
Evening star., 1961-10-31
College Night

Oxon Hill and Surrattsville
Senior High Schools will hold q
Joint College Night from 7::3C
to 10 pm. Friday at Surratts-
vile High. Over 40 colleges will
be represented to give prospec-
tive students and their parents
information.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
'ShopIiftinq' Clinic

c. E. James, director Of the
National Detective Agency, will
conduct a shoplifting preven-
ton clinic at 7::30 pm. tomor-
row in the George Mason
Hotel. Prince and Washington
streets, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Other Problems

Among the alternative types
Of regional organization the
group may decide to recon-
mend are an interstate agency
a Federal corporation, or q
modification Of the present Ma
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Rudnev Named
Red Space Chief

MOSCOW, June 10. (AP).-
Konstantin N. Rudnev today
was appointed to the Soviet
Unions top scientific planning
job, a job vacated by the death
June 2 of Mikhail Khrunichev.
Presumably he becomes the
chief of the Soviet space pro-
gram.
The title of the Job is chair
man of the State Committee
for Coordination of Scientific
Research.
Mr.. Rudnev has been chair
man of the State Committee
for Defense Technique since
1858. Further details about his
background were not available
here.
Together with the new Job,
Mr.. Rudnev was given the title
of deputy premier. Mr.. Khru-
nichev, who died June of a
heart attack, also was a deputy
premier.
Evening star., 1961-06-11

any make of camera, on any brand
OF film. No art work or retouching
is permitted on negatives or prints
no composite pictures, multiple
exposures. or multiple printing.
4. Any number of pictures may
be entered, Contestants name, ad-
dress, and the class in which the
picture should be entered must be
" %sa sseb GisT pe. II NAN rk DSts p sh 70 0fSe Se
Snapshot Contest Editor Of The
Star, 225 Virginia avenue Sc,
washington 3. d. G,
5. No black and white pictures will
be returned. Contestants must be
able to furnish the original mega
tive II and when requested by the
Contest Editor. The sponsors as
sumo no responsibility for negatives,
transparencies, or prints.
8. Contestants are permitted to
submit pictures to only one news
paper participating in the News
paper Snapshot Awards.
z. To be eligible for q local grand
prize, a contestant must sign
other closely similar picture of the
same subject or situation, has not,
and will not be entered by him in
any contest. and will not be offered
for publication.
8. IMPORTANT: Be sure you
know the names and addresses Of any
recognizable persons appearing in
your picture. This is necessary be-
cause, in order for 1t to be entered
in the national judging, you must
be able to get the written consent
OF such persons to permit use of the
picture for advertising purposes, etc.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
By A. J. WEDDERBURN
Contributing Writer

There are many terms.
peculiar to photography
which all should recognize
and understand if we are to
get the most from our read
ing of books and articles on
the subject. We will review
some of these today and
from time to time in the
future.
An acceleratOr, as part Of
the photographers cant, is a
chemical substance that is
added to the developer for
mula to speed up the devel-
opment rate. Among the
more commonly used accel-
orators are: Sodium carbon
ate, potassium carbonate,
borax, and potassium hy-
droxi6e.
A soft focus image is one
that is not entirely sharp.
Professional cameramen, and
some amateurs as well, OBJ
tain this diffusion with a
special soft-focus lens that
is used generally in portrait
ure. The poor-man's way of
obtaining the same effect is
through the use of a diffus-
ing screen while making the
print. This is a much cheaper
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Nehru's Purty
Gets Lead in
Orissu State

NEW DELHI, India, June 10
(AP) Prime Minister Nehru's
Congress Party is building up
a lead in its attempt to regain
control of OrisSa State. Latest
returns from the special elec-
tion show the Congress party
with 38 seats in the legislative
assembly, including 6 captured
from other parties.
Returns for all 140 seats are
not expecte dior several days.
With 72 seats decided, this was
the lineup: Congress 38, Cana
tantra Parishad Is, Peoples
Socialist 4, Communists 8, In
dependents 2.
If this trend continues, Con-
gress will still be short of a
majority and may have to con-
tinue governing in coalition
with Ganatantra, a local party
associated with dispossessed
maharajaS in the rural areas
of the Southeast Indian state.
Congress was forced into a
coalition with it after the 1857
elections.
The coalition giverned until
last December, when elements
in the Congress refused to con-
tinue it. Fearful of losing
strength to Ganatantra if they
remained in the coalition with
it until the next regular elec-
ton in 1862, the rebels forced
the special election.
This gamble so for shows no
evidence of breaking the local
party, but Congress candidates
defeated the chairman of the
Socialist Party and took at least
one seat from the Communists.
Since Indian independence in
1947, the Congress Party has
controlled national politics and
all 16 state governments ex-
cept orissa and Kerala. In
1857, the Communists won con-
troll of Kerala in elections be-
cause of pickering among the
Congress Party. Later Congress
Joined a coalition of other par
ties and ousted the Reds there.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
Students Give
Table to Kennedy
BY the Associated Press

A round coffee table with a
blue mosaic top showing the
presidential seal, was brought
to the White House yesterday
as a gift for President Kennedy.
Six art students of Ursuline
High School, Youngstown, Ohio,
and Sister Alice Marie of the
school, spent three months
making the design which COW
cred the entire top of the A.
foot-wide table.
Homer Gruenther, a White
House aide, received the gift
for the President who is spend
ing the week end in Palm
Beach, Fla.
Making the presentation was
Noreen Hynes, 17-year-old art
student who had a part in
making the mosaic. She was
accompanied by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hynes and
her brother, Jack, II. They
were taken on a special tour
of the White House.
Evening star., 1961-06-11
CONDENSED RULES
OF SNAPSHOT CONTEST

The Stars 1861 Amateur
Snapshot Contest offers
Washington area camera
fans opportunities to share
in local and national prizes
totaling more than $4,000.
Each week from July %
through September "a, SUN
DAY, The Star Magazine,
will reproduce the best entry
in each of these four classes:
(A) Babies and Children;
CB) Activities; &C. Scenics:
CD Animals. The picture
judged best, whether color or
black-and-white, will be
awarded $40, the three 9TH
ers IS each.
After the close of the con-
test (July 29), the best color
print or transparency in each
class will win a 500 Savings
Bond and the four best
black-and-white prints $25
bonds. These grand-prize
winners will be entered in the
Newspaper Snapshot Awards,
where more than 500 cash
prizes ranging from $25 to
$1,000 will be distributed in
October.
A condensation of the con-
test rules follows. The COM
plete rules are available at
The Star business counter or
will be mailed on receipt of
a stamped, addressed enve-
lope.
/. The contest is strictly for
amateur photographers living in the
Washington Retail Trading Area.
2. Pictures taken after July 1,
1850, are eligible.
8. Snapshots may be taken with
Evening star., 1961-06-11

down into a collar, the Strik-
ing, and the election of the
struck coin.
A planchet which does not
fit exactly into the collar
has some surface left blank
when struck. Such a coin is
called "off center" and the
blank part may cover from 5
to 80 per cent of the surface.
Any truly off-center coin is
scarce and those that are so
per cent or more seldom show
up. The high degree of per-
fection at our mints makes
these pieces popular due to
their scarcity.
r. C. SOXMAN
The Washington NumiS-
matte Society, whose mem
berS haze prepared this
series of articles, tDiH anSUer
questions on coins or paper
money addressed to Numis-
matte Notes, The Sunday
Star, Washington 3, D. C.