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Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09
EDITORIAL COMMENT
VOTING RESTRICTIONS
IMPORTANT

The abolition of literacy tests as a vot-
ing requirement is being urged by var
iOuS individuals and organizations throu-
ghout the country.
A recent editorial in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat comments on the mat
ter in an intelligent and absorbing man.
ner. Editor Hamilton Thornton says
that it seems to make no difference that
such a proposal to end literacy tests is
directly contrary to the United States
Constitution and abortion of common
sense.
The text of the editorial follows:
The Civil Rights Commission whose
life Congress has just prolonged for two
years : recommends literacy tests for vo-
tiers be abolished by act of Congress
through the nation.
Even apostles of lowest common-de-
nominator democracy ought to be able
to see this. Perhaps they are too myopic
with fervor to care about the COnStitu-
ton or reason.
AS everyone should know, including
Commission members, the Constitution
specifically provides individual states
shall decide on voter qualifications : not
Congress or a civil rights bureaucracy
tucked away in some Washington aerie.
What this agency asks would require an
amendment, which would never be pas
sed, or Supreme Court surgery on the
Constitution, which would never be to-
lerated.
Why should anyone be permitted to
cast a ballot, if he cannot read the is
sues or family understand them-perhaps
not even read the names of the candi-
dates?
AS the New York Herald Tribune OBJ
serves, few would seriously argue infants
or the insane should have the right to
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

vote; they are not competent or respon-
sible. Neither are illiterates.
1t would be wrong to assume-and who
does? : that all who presently vote are
competent and responsible. But funda-
mental law of the nation guarantees
states the right to establish certain quail
fications so the ballot will be as intelli-
gently cast as possible in a popular-fran-
chise society. (
The average intelligence of voters in
America, in any democratic state, leaves
much to be desired-a price for the dem
ocratic system, but worth it. 1t makes no
vestigial sense, however, to further dilute
this intelligence below the literacy line.
The civil rights advocates argue literacy
tests have been brutally abused in some
states. That's sadly true. They have been
used to bar Negroes from the polls for
generations.
This is a shameful distortion of states
rights. But it is bad administration of law
that's at fault-not the Constitution. Or
the underlying purpose of literacy
qualifications.
AS Congressman Tom Curtis of St.
Louis recently declared on the floor of
the House, too often civil rights folk use
all their influence to insure a freely cast
ballot.
They ignore, as Congress has ignored,
the right ito have the ballot counted
honestly. One right without the other
is meaningless.
What the nation needs is a strengthening
of literacy tests and basic qualifications
for vottrs, not a headache ball demolish
ing ballot safeguards that now exist.
If millions 60 to the polls and don't
know what they are voting for, both the
nation and democracy suffer.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09
Ann Joekson Reports
Durunf School News

Mrs. Harold Brock, P. T. A.
president, announces that the
November meeting will be
held on the evening of the Is.
"Back to School" will be oh
served at this meeting. The
executive committee meeting
will be held at 7:15.
The Y Teens cabinet meet
ing Wednesday was presided
over by the president, Royce
Ann Smith.
Tit F. H. A. held a cabinet
meeting Friday morning with
Doris Rigby presiding. Forth
coming programs were plan
ned and discussed.
Bill Mcclellan, president,
presided over the F. F. A.
meeting on Friday.
Many Tiger fans journeyed
to Brandon Friday night to
see the game. The score was
a tie, 6-6 with Morris Keith
making the touchdown. The
Tigers will meet the Lexing
ton Hornets Friday night at
eight O'Clock On Bennett Field
Many of the students enjoyed
the Halloween Carnival which
was sponsored by the P. T. A.
on Tuesday night.
The Junior received their
class rings Monday. They are
beautiful, square shaped, fea
turing a tiger in the center.
The F. H. A. wishes to
thank all those who helped to
make the Hobo Day a sue
cess. &
Royce Ann Smith was crow
ned homecoming queen in a
brilliant ceremony on Bennett
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

The game of the decade in
Holmes County Tor maybe
even of the century is sche
pulled for Friday night in
Durant. Those Tiger fans
who are inclined toward tax
ing a chance are gambling
that the Bengals will win by
six - twelve points. Of cour
st, anything can happen, but
anyone who is without doubts
that his team will emerge vic
torious is sadly mistaken.
Those grudge games just
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09


come of the game. The win
ner will be Mid State COME
renee champion for 1861 and
is assured of several post
season bowl invitations. In ad
dition, both teams have leng
thy win streaks on the line
and will want to protect their
records. Most of all, however,
the honor of emerging victo
iouS in the most recent edition
of the ageless rivalry should
spark each team along.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09
can't be predicted, podna!

can't be predicted, pOdna!
Win or lose, though, fans
of both schools can be JUST
fiably proud of the records
of the two teams. Not only
have both squads made it a
habit of winning, but the play
ers have demonstrated a type
of craftsmanship which is out
standing.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

Field on Friday night. Maids
of the court were Alma Nor
wood, Charlene McNeer, Vic
kie Vaughn, and Gwen Nc
Dowell.
The regular meeting of the
F. H. A. was held on Friday.
A skit on Hobo Day was Civ
en- with Donna Bouchillon,
Shirley Pritchard, Eva Crow,
Jean Green, and Martha Nc
Neer taking parts. Delegates
to the fall conference reported
on the meeting. Martha Nc
Neer presided in the absence
of Doris Rigby, president.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09
SHARIN' THE SIDELIGHTS
Lexington Durant Clash
Is Big News This Week
BY Jack She

The rains came, but the
crops still looked good this
week according to authorities.
AS a matter of fact, the cot
ton crop is expected to be one
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

of the best recorded in years.
The gins are operating at top
capacity and the atmosphere
points to a prosperous fall
season in Holmes County.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

Much depends on the out spark each team along.
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

Royce Ann Smith was crow
ned homecoming queen in a
brilliant ceremony on Bennett
Holmes County herald., 1961-11-09

The F. H. A. wishes to
thank all those who helped to
make the Hobo Day a sue
cess. r.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Victims Found
In Stag Heap

MOULIN SOUS FLERON,
Belgium. Feb. 4 (AP)-Disaster
workers dug three bodies from
a sea Of black mud and debris
today and feared at least O
dozen other persons were
buried by the Stag heap ava
lanche that spilled through this
village last night. r
A snowstorm made rescue
work more difficult.
First to be found were the
bodies Of a 40-year-old woman,
her daughter. IL, and a-a-
month-old baby.
Municipal authorities said
at least IL other persons were
caught under the Stag and, all
are presumed dead.
The giant Stag heap, on a
hill overlooking the village,
gave way when a load of
cinders from a nearby electric
power plant was being piled
at the top. About six houses
were swamped and 10 others
were damaged. A butchers
shop was cut in two.
The missing include four
children. 70
King Baudouin, Queen Fabi-
ola and Prince Albert, toured
the stricken hamlet, trudging
through the mud and peering
into empty houses.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

generally by American tourists
abroad be cut drastically.
In reintroducing his bill con-
corning an Office of Inter
national Travel-similar 10 the
bill sidetracked in last years
rush to adjourn - Senator
Magnuson, Democrat Of Wash
ington. made these pertinent
remarks: <. -":.
"You may remember that I
discussed the problem of our
balance Of payments deficit
nearly one yeAr. ago In; connac-
ton WITH a bill 10 establish an
office of international travel
for the purpose Of promoting .
greater flow of visitors to the
United States. ~,
BASED upon our own COM
inittee,s studies. ! called the
Senate's attention to the fact
that spending by American
travellers abroad had become an
increasingly weighty item in
our foreign payments account.
whereas foreign tourist 'ex-
penditures in the United states
remained at a relatively low
level. )
IT pointed out that the diff
Evening star., 1961-02-05
PILOT REPEATS
TWA FLIGHT OF
IS YEARS AGO

Capt. H. F. Blackburn,
veteran Trans World Air
lines pilot who formerly
lived In Alexandria, will be
In charge Of the 'sirline's
jet flight from New York
to Paris and Rome tonight.
The flight marks the
18th anniversary Of TWAS
transatlantic and inter-
national service. Capt.
Blackburn was the pilot on
the first international
flight February S. 1916.
The 1916 flight origin
ated in Washington, and
landed in NeW>York, Can
der and Shannon before
its final stop In Paris. II
took II hours and 81 min,
uteS. Scheduled nonstop
time for tonight's flight
from New York to Paris IL
seven hours.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Niagara Falls
Fete Planned

Niagara Falls, N. Y, will open
q power plant and a new tour
iSt facility this week.
Niagara Power for Progress
Week, opening today, features
the delivery Friday Of the first
power from the Western
Worlds largest hydroelectric
power project upstream from
the falls.
Gov. Rockefeller, who will
take part in the power cere-
monies, will open a new $1.2
million tourist observation tower
at the American Falls. It was
built by the Niagara Frontier
State Park Commission.
The Niagara Falls Historical
Society viii present a pageant
featuring models wearing 6
gowns and accessories dating
to early periods in the history
of power development.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY the Associated Preas

The Navy was accused by
the General Accounting Office
yesterday of continuing to mis-
lay costly equipment until du-
plicate stocks are purchased
or ordered.
In q new investigation re-
port, the GAO blamed the Navy
for overstating its needs for
radar and radio sets by many
millions Of dollars because OF
deficient procedures for com
putting needs and unsatisfac-
tory accounting control and
reporting Of equipment on
hand"
The report has been sub
mitted to Congress by GAO,
watchdog over Government
spending.
GAO sleuths said the Navy
held on to reserve stocks OF
radio sets in the Norfolk (Va0
supply center at the same time
attack planes were unable to
carry out their missions from
Jacksonville. Fla, for lack Of
identical sets.
GAO investigators reported
that large quantities Of high
cost" radar navigation sets
were lost to the Navy supply
system because of poor ac-
counting and inaccurate in
ventory reporting. >
Had one such lot of radar
sets been located, the GAO
said. the Navy could have
saved more Cnan 81 million Tor
requirements.
The accounting office said it
brought this situation to the
Navy's attention, and though
some 1,l00 radar sets were
later found, mo action was
taken to cancel the outstand-
ing procurement"
The report followed up q
service-wide study completed
last spring. The earlier inves-
tigation led to a GAO recon-
Evening star., 1961-02-05
AIR FARE ..
:. Americans Jets Set
A Passenger Record

Britannia has set a new Ber-
muda London record of Z
hours and 81 minutes. The rec
ord was set on the final leg Of
the airline'S new Miami-Lon-
don route. Previous record Of
8 hours and 5 minutes was set
by British Overseas Airways
Corp, also with a Britannia.
-
Alfalfa, the Italian airline
has set up a special travel
package for visitors to Milan's
International Samples Fail
April 1927. It includes first
class hotel accommodations, q
half day sightseeing in Milan
q days trip to Lake Maggiore
and Lake Como, and a two-day
excursion to the Italian Riviera
and San Reno. Cost is 1851
plus air fare.
Delta Airlines, holding to the
view that the man who calls
to cancel reservations he CAM
use is q gentleman, no matter
what, reports this incident
from Tampa:
About IS minutes before hi,
flight was scheduled to take
off, a conscientious customer
called a reservations agent tt
report: Better cancel my res.
ervations. I'm in trouble"
Later in the day. the agent
read in q newspaper that thu
man was q fugitive from justice
and had been caught by tht
police.
Varig Airlines has planned {
2l-day tour Of South Americs
to include a finders keepers
treasure hunt near Brazil
gem mines. The Gem Hound
Tour to South America" leave
from New York April Is. o.
the itinerary are Brasilia, Ri,
de Janeiro. Sac Paulo, Santos
Montevideo and Buenos Aires
Cost. including round trip tour
ist flight by Jet, is $1.194.90.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

peratiHe efforts with our allies
I'll get under way Immediately
scanned at, attracting foreign
1nRestment and travel to this
Country. y q, ST.. r
Secondly. the Senate Com
nafttee on Interstate and For
Algt Commerce scheduled two
days Of hearings on q bill de-
stsned to create a stronger
Sffiee of International Travel
mthe Commerce Department.
MThen, following President
kSnnedy's Wednesday press
ep1fsrerce. came the knock.
II The President. revoking the
epulars cut in dependents
nittef to accompany serv-
tee meh overseas, said other
Ways would be found to cut
AeMn on their contribution to
e trade ilmbalance.
s Cutback Due?
The Pentagon Immediately
announced that one OF the ways
&ending by overseas depend
egits would be cut would be a
Hhs on their tourism.
This is coming dangerously
SDSe suggested by some econ
snists last fall-that spending
Evening star., 1961-02-05
AIR FARE

Terming the Boeing TOT Jet
the most popular airliner in
commercial aviation history,
American AirlineS reports its
TOT fleet carried 2.S million
passengers during Its first two
years In operation.
The world fleet Of 707s-with
one taking off or landing on
the average Of once every 2
minutes has hauled nearly
11.8 million passengers since
the planes first commercial
flight. "
American said it took its DC-7
piston airliner fleet almost four
years to reach the 2.8 million
passenger figure. Its DC-7
fleet eventually reached SO
planes, while it has in opera
ton now about half that num-
ber of TOT jets.
Americans TOT fleet flew 4.S
billion passenger miles In its
first two years.
AA
A Cunard Eagle Airways
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Wishing WeII'
HELPS ChuriN

Luray Caverns' Wishing
Well" has yielded 500, 900 coins
worth nearly $4,000. and the
total has been donated to the
American Heart Association.
The coins were tossed into
the well by visitors to the
caverns at Luray, Va, during
the past three years. Each
three years the coins are taken
from the well and donated to
a charitable organization.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
ALL AT SEA
Ship Films
Are Picked
With Care

There's more to selecting Q
film for shipboard showing
than for showing in the family
theater.
For one thing, Union-C
Line points out, films showing
sea disasters or shipwrecks are
taboo. That presumably would
eliminate such family films as
swiss Family Robinson"
Time Of showing is impor-
tant, too.
Conditions on board ship
are taken into account when
films are screened" the lines
report said. IF the ship carries
a feature film showing q typ
ical forest fire or a hero and
heroine staggering through
desert under the pitiless sun,
the film is shown during the
cooler parts of the trip"
The steamship company's
new Windsor Castle has a spe-
cial theater for showing
adults Only" films.
- -
The Holland-American Lines
Rotterdam was on its 77-day
world cruise this week with 10
per cent Of its passenger list
made up Of travellers from the
Continent. That's another in
dication Of the growing abil-
ity Of a booming Europe to
provide customers for the trav-
el industry. Holland-Arnerican
officials said reservations from
abroad for the Rotterdam's &
1862 cruise indicate an ever
higher percentage will be or
next years world trip.
Moore McCormack'S cargo.
liner Mormacrio was turned
a virtual Noah'S Ark last Mon
day with the loading of such
animals as lions. foxes, horses
and elephants from Ringing
Bros. .-Barnum & Bailey Inter
national Circus, en- route II
performances in Rio de Janeirt
and Sac Paulo. Brazil. The me-
nagerie was taken aboard a
Jacksonville, Fla.
= =
P&O-Orient Lines has pur'
chased the l3,790-ton Jadot.
vile and the 13,922-ton Bau'
douinville - formerly in tht
Belgian Congo service with tht
Belgian firm Lloyd Royal. They
are to replace POOLS Carthagt
and Corfu. which will be with
drawn from service. The pas
senger-cargo liners will be re,
christened the Chitral and Ca
thay, respectively.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

Carolyn MOrDy, ~, JUNIOR =
Grzymkowski. 20, a junior at
Syracuse, who had Joined Linda
in the line.
Linda, Carolyn and Betty are
among 10 juniors and seniors
from 86 colleges and universe
ties across the Nation who are
registering this week for Amer
ican UniverSity's annual
Washington Semester" q Az
month, full-credit course in
government and politics which
gives its participants the rare
opportunity to study their sub
ject in action.
Between now and June, when
the out-of-towners return to
their home campuses, they will
spend hundreds Of hours in the
Senate and House, the Supreme
Court, the Library Of Congress,
various offices Of the Executive
Department, Democratic and
Republican headquarters, AFL-
CIO headquarters, and at in
dividual Congressional COM
mittee hearings anywhere they
can find them.
Also Behind Scenes
They will see the processes oi
national policy-making, meet
the national and international
political and government lead.
ers who wormulate those poll
cies, and in many cases will be
introduced to the behind-the.
scenes men who translate the
policies into action. In addi.
ton to attending Congressiona
hearings, one or two may ever
be allowed from time to time
to attend presidential pres
conferences.
How could you forget that,
one Of them asked, seeing
President Kennedy in person?'
"You can learn about thu
Government by reading books,
Betty .interjected, "but there
nothing like seeing it in action.
The ITO visitors also will
attend classes. During the day
most Of their time will be spent
in Government offices and or
Capitol Hill, with classes SLATED
in the evening.
; In terms Of credit, the youth
full students might just as vel
be home. The arrangement
between American U. and tn,
participating colleges and uni
versities grants the visitors full
credit-just as If they werI
attending classes at their homC
schools. In the case Of tht
juniors, they will go back homt
havin gcompleted their juniol
year. In the case Of seniors
they will finish their colleg,
educations at American u, bu
will go home to be graduated
Since 1S47
The Washington Semester,
conducted by American {
since 1947, is supervised by d.
Catheryn Seeker = H u d S o
chairman Of the university
Department of Government
and Public Administration.
The participants are selecte,
by their own universities, whicl
pay the students tuitions o
$3.50 each. The students, jus
as they would on their hom
campuses, pay their own room
and board. Half Of this year
enrollees are girls who hav
been housed in one of tn
buildings at new Sibley Hos
pital. The boys are living il
dormitories on the uptown
American U. campus.
The semester is divided int,
five topic sections: Congress
as it relates to legislation, Con
gress as it relates to the execu
tive branch, pressure group
and parties; international rela
tions, and the judiciary. Boil
Evening star., 1961-02-05
SET Up AND GO! =. .:.... :. =. !.
Boosted
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] hen K|no | 4 kedI
BY JACK JONAS
star rravaI Editor

International travel paEchar the brand that viii bring
ore foreign visitors to the United Statego6 twoeWey
ffum high sources last week. ? ; ~ - 5it
N his state-of Union message Monday. President
Kennedy declared
"a series "a executive orders legislative remedies and
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Navy Keeps Mis|oying
Equipment, GAO Says

mendation that the Defense
Department take over manage
ment Of all electronic supplies
for all of the services. The
Pentagon has yet to act on
this proposal.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

ference between these amounts
the travel dollar deficit-ac-
counted for nearly " Of our
entire balance Of payments
deficit in 1859, and I predicted
that unless, Immediate steps
were taken to close this gap,
our net annual loss Of dollars
Through foreign tourisr1 might
reach as high as 81 billion.
Too Optimistic
"As it turned. out, I was
speaking too optimistically.
Last yeaSS $780, American
tourists flocked abroad In the
greatest numbers in history,
while travel To- our country by
foreign visitors showed no
significant gain. As Q result.
last years travel deficit jumped
to $1.150.000. 900 and, instead
Of only u, it now represents
close to " of our total pay
ments imhalance.
This means that If we were
to bring all Of our Government
dependents home, the saving
would be still less than what
Is being drained off through
foreign tourism.
Another fortunate conse-
uuence 6a the gold emergency
was to finally focus the at
tention Of the economic ana
lysts and financial experts Of
our public press upon the
tourist problem and its impact
upon foreign economic affairs.
a-='N- --aIs- -.-2.7- Ess.= ---,..... s..
Wrong Approach
1.-THE trouble is that far too
many Of them have taken a
completely wrong approach
suggesting that the Govern
rnent should limit travel by
Americans abroad.
There is no question that
this would be the easiest way
to cope with the problem. but
it would also completely con-
tradiet . century or; more Of
American efforts to facilitate
and extend the rights of its
citizens to travel freely about
the world. ..
The way to deal with this
problem a Is by. attacking its
causes, not its symptoms