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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Chest X-Ray Survey Truck Starts
Two-Day Farmyille Stand Friday

Store. Darlington Heights. from
II am. to ? pm, and at Grad
bck Terry Shoe Crop. Farm
vile. from = 10 s pm. Wednes-
day and Thursday, II N TO 6
pm, the truck VIII he stationed
At the Farmvllle Shopping Cen
Ter AZ Grants store, Earlier
this week. the cline truck made
stops at Rice. Green Bay. Me
helrin. Worsham and Hanpden-
Sydney.
If the X-ray shows there's
nothing wrong. you're free Of
worry. II it shows something
suspicious. the advice to consult
your physician or the Health De
partment is provided. Maybe it's
d good idea to spend a few
minutes to find out. the sponsors
say.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Saturday At Longwood
800 Due Here For Ali Contests

Nearly 800 boys and girls,
each county winner. will par
ticipate here Saturday in the
East Central District regional
All Club project competition.
The East Central District of
the Virginia Agricultural EXten-
sion Service. directing agency,
includes l6 counties. The com
pehtors are senior All Clubbers
IL the IA to Il years Of age
group.
Winners here will move OH to
the Virginia finals during the
State 4H Short Course at
Blacksburg June $3.50. A re-
glonal winner earns an expense
paid trip to the annual summer
assemblage on the VPI campus
"a Activities
The competition Saturday will
be in "a projects which begin
on the local All Club level and
advance by successive conpe-
ution until national winners are
determined.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

20-lnile radius, embracing con-
tiguous portions of Amelia, APP
pomattox, Charlotte, Lunenburg
and NottoWay counties, and also
the counties of Prince Edward,
Buckingham and Cumberland.
Population of the area to be
covered was 50,l49 according to
the 1860 census.
Persons receiving copies of
the QUESTIONABLE have been
asked to fill them in with all
information requested, ard to
mail them Immediately to the
Virginia Employment Commits
sion, P. o. Box 1872, Farmville.
No return postage will be
needed to return the completed
QUESTIONABLE.
TWo-Week Job
Commission officials hope to
complete collection of the ques-
tionnaires in about two weeks,
and to process their report a
short time later. Results will be
made available to the two pros
pective firms, and to any other
industry or interested organiza-
tons promoting economic eX-
pansion within the area.
Additional copies of the ques-
tionnaire may be obtained from
the VEG office on request.
A copy Of the official ques-
tionnaire, which may be used
by completing and mailing in
an envelope to the Farmville
VEG office, is printed on page
5 Of this edition.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

Farmville Herald spoke to the
group on Prince Edward coun-
ty. Other discussion was led by
Mrs. H. T. Gerry, state president
and Mrs. T. C. Diehl, vice presi-
dnet, both of Petersburg.
The delegates voted to hold
next years meeting in Mecklen-
burg county, with the time and
place to be announced. Counties
in the district include Mecklen-
burg. Charlotte, Lunenburg,
Halifax and Brunswick.
Registration chairman for the
meeting was Mrs. Creighton
Reipe, of Chalotte C. H.. and
Mrs. F.. l. Hammer. Jr., of Keys
vile. is president of the host
P-TA.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
wonted: All 1875 Up

Prince Edward county citi-
zenS have opportunity this week
and next to make no-cost. no.
trouble. thee-minute contrlbu-
ton to better public health /.
through the chest x-ray clinics.
The object of the clinics. spon-
sored by the Health Depart
nent and the Southslde Tuber
culOSiS Association. is to locate
every unknown case of TB. To
do it. every person i'll the county
Is years of age and over should
visit the clinic truck.
Today friday and Saturday,
the truck will be on Main street,
Farmville. at Gray's Store, II
am, to 6 pm. Monday. it will
move to Chicks Store at Pros
pect. with the same hours.
Tuesday. It will be at Metcals's
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Sheep Shearing
School Friday

Fundamentals and fine points
Of shesrlng sheep Will be
stressed al a Shearing school to-
day friday at the H. w.
Derey farm IN Cumberland
county near Fdrmvllle. InStruc-
ton will begin at 10 am.
The school today is one of a
number being held throughout
the state under the sponsorship
Of the Agricultural Extension
Service, VPI. Ed Warner, of
Chicago, a shearing instructor
of national reputation, is direct
ing the teaching.
Those tanning to attend
should bring or wear work
clothes.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

der the federal aid program.
Area counties also received
additionally $277, 726 as their
share of expected funds from
the one-cent gas tax enacted in
1860. These vary from Buck
ingham's S62,727, the largest to
Powhatan's S30,44l, the smallest
under this ALLEGATION.
The total ALLEGATION to all Vir-
ginia counties for the Secondary
System for 1928 is S44, 900 900,
up S1.8 millions. Earlier.
the Department had announced
SIPS ,287, 1O4 in funds allotted to
Interstate, Primary and urban
highways for the new fiscal
year.
Breakdown On
Resident engineers and their
staffs will now break down the
total county ALLEGATIONS to the
various categories Of county
work: maintenance. improve
ments and construction. These
county budgets are presented to
boards Of supervisors before
final approval is made.
No public hearings are held
on Interstate and Primary allo-
cations at Roanoke and Rich
mond on May "a and Is.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

special referendum in Cunber-
land county on the controversial
question of opening a state
liquor store at Cumberland C. H.
His action came Tuesday after
petition was presented in his
court. j. Taylor Williams, coun-
ty judge, acted as commissioner
and validated the signatures,
certifying that the petition ask
ing the referendum was signed
by more than 80 per cent of the
countys qualified voters, ac-
cording to the vote in the last
presidential election.
A similar referendum was de-
feated in 1854 by two vote
majority. The question to be de-
clded by the referendum is
whether or not the sale of alco-
hohc beverages, under super
vision of the State Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, will be
permitted in Cumberland colln-
ty. This does not affect beer.
as that is sold under ABC board
licenses in private establish
mentS.
II the referendum is approved
by majority of voters, the
state ABC board will be en-
powered to negotiate for con-
struction of a suitable store
building. The nearest state
stores are located at Dillwyn
and Farmville. If the referen-
dunn is approved it would pro
vide the only state store on
Route SO between Lexington and
Richmond.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Possible New Industries
Ask Worker Survey Here

A survey to determine if suf-
ficient workers, interested in
employment in the immediate
future, are available in Farm
vile and surrounding area to
staff two prospective new indus
tries. was started today by the
Virginia Employment Commits
sion.
The survey is being conducted
by VEG in cooperation with the
Farmville Are a Development
Corporation and the Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce.
The firms requesting labor sup
ply Information are a garment
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

manufacturer anticipating even
tual employment of $50 persons,
mostly women. and a lumber
products producer which expects
to employ approximately the
same number, largely men.
If results of the survey are
satisfactory, job opportunities
fer about 500 more persons than
are presently employed in the
area may naterialze.
$4,000 Households
Conduct of the survey will be
by direct QUESTIONABLE mailed
to about $4,000 households in
Farmville and the area within a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
State Income Tax
Deadline Tuesday

A reminder that state income
tax returns must be filed and
paid by May /, was made by
county Commissioners Of Reve-
nue. today.
The same date is the dcadllnc
for filing personal property and
other tax returns. but the pay
ment deadline for these is Dc
cember 5.
Checks for income tax returns
should be made payable to
county heasurers. but must be
brought or mailed 10 the com
missioners' offices.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27
Special Vote Is Scheduled July 3
For ABC Outlet At Cumberland

CUMBERLAND, April 26-Cir-
cult Court Judge Joel w. Flood
set July 3 as the date for a
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

Some Of the competition will
be public speaking, home i'm
provement, food preparation,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-04-27

Organs Samuel Motley and the Rev. Robert WlkersOn
pastor Of Worsham Baptist Church. for service the
congregations Story Clark symphonic
The project begun under former the Rev.
Cutler dedication Sunday.
the organs value in dignity congregation worship
special cant be overestnated It's hard
by his
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Two Sentenced
In MonsIouehter
After Guilty Pleas

District Court Judge Edward
M. Curran gave prison terms
today to two men who had
pleaded guilty to manslaughter
charges.
Clyde A. Lipscomb, 80, of the
$500 block of University place
NV. received a S to 15-year
prison term for killing a girl
friend.
Lipscomb, indicted for first
degree murder, pleaded guilty
to the lesser charge in the
butcher-knife stabbing last July
Of Margaret B. Davis, II, after
an argument in the room they
shared.
Herbert L. Carter, jr., %, of
the TOO block of Rhode Island
avenue NV, received a 3-to-
9-year term for the death last
September of a woman who
came to a party celebrating the
birth Of his son and asked for
a drink.
Carter, indicted for second
degree murder, pleaded guilty
to the lesser charge in the kill
ing of Clara M. Kinnard, 40,
Of the same address. She was
stabbed, court records showed,
during an argument after her
request for a drink was refused.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
FTC Ruling Hits
Appliance Firm
On Price Claims

A Washington area appliance
firm has been ordered by the
Federal Trade Commission to
cease making what the COM
mission described as mislead-
ing price and savings claims.
The FTC announced that a
hearing examiners initial rul-
ing last June. in which Georges
Radio and TeleviSion Co., Inc,
was cited, had been adopted
and the company's appeal de-
MED.
The case involved the firms
use in newspaper advertise
ments of comparisons between
manufacturers suggested list
prices" and the conpany's
prices. The ads quoted prices
for washing machines, refrig-
orators and deep-freeze units
FTC Chairman Paul Rand
Dixon ruled that the COM
pany's pricing claims "were
Misrepresentation as to usual
and customary prices. -"
The radio and TV firm oper-
ates under the name o1
Georges Warehouse Super
marts." Its president George
Wasserman, said company Off
cials are considering another
appeal.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Cookie Sales Finance
Cross-Country Date

have the $3.50 for her plane fare
to Roanoke.
He took his problem to his
fraternity brothers of Tau
chapter, who agreed that 1880
amt hay" but pitched in to
raise the money. So, finally,
did nearly the entire campus.
Cake and cookie sales pro-
duced some cash. Raffles pro-
duced some more. There were
several donations. Young Cav
anagh plunked down $50-and
finally the $3.50 was in hand.
Soon, Miss Ream received it in
the mails.
So, last night, the Sweetheart
of Sigma Chi flew into town
with 88 cents in change from
the plane ticket, which cost
$329.12.
She was blinded, as she
stepped from the plane, by pho
tographers' flashbulbs, and al
most fell. Mayor Willis Ander-
son "a Sigma ChD was there
to give her a key to the city
Finally. the mayor and Cav
Ianagh'S fraternity brothers
serenaded her with THE
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Gov. Brown Tells
Nixon to Debate
GO. P. Opponent

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Jan.
26 (AP).-Gov. Edmund G.,
Brown hasn't rejected Richard
M. Nixon's challenge to q tele-
vision debate-but he hasn't
accepted.
Instead, the Democratic Gov
ernor suggested Mr.. Nixon de-
bate his opponents in the
G. o. P gubernatorial primary,
Assemblyman Joseph Shell and
former 1t. Gov. Harold j,
Powers.
At a news conference here
yesterday, former Vice Presi-
dent Nixon said he would be
willing to debate all State is
sues with Gov. Brown after the
June primary.
Apparently Nixon feels
he will have learned enough by
then about the problems OF
California" replied Gov. Brown
who will seek a second term.
He said Mr.. Shell had asked
Mr.. Nixon to debate and added:
If he is sincere, he will ac-
| cept Shells challenge now.'
Evening star., 1962-01-26

no immediate move to censor
newspapers.
Killers In Speeding Car
Police Chief Ranulfo Con-
zalez was gunned down by
killers in a speeding automobile
as he left his house. A chauf-
feur and one of his assistants
were wounded, and the killers
escaped. Mr.. Gonzalez had
escaped an assassination at
tempt last month.
Mr.. Ydigoras, a bitter foe of
Fidel Castro, said the killing of
Mr.. Gonzalez was the work of
a vast internal and interna-
tional conspiracy
Mr.. Ydigoras charged last
fall that Cuba's Castro was
plotting an invasion of Guate-
mala to reinstate Jacobo Ar
benz Guzman, the pro-Com-
munist President who was de-
posed in 1854. Mr.. Ydigoras
himself furnished bases for the
training of the anti-Castro
Cubans who attempted the ILL
fated invasion of their home
land last April.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
NEXT STOP FOR PRINCE CHARLES
Gen. Macarthur,
81 Today, to Be
rendered Dinner

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (AP)
Gen. Douglas A. Macarthur, 50
today, will attend a dinner
party tonight rendered by
World War II associates.
Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney
Gen. MacArthur's long time
aide said his chief would pur-
sue his usual activities today.
He said these would include
answering the large amount of
correspondence he receives
daily, and perhaps a visit to
the Rockefeller Plaza office of
the Sperry-Rand Corp, : a. of
he is chairman of the
board. - So .
Associates Of Gen. MacAr thur
reported him in good physical
condition. He is on the active
list of Army officers, but with
out command. He sometimes
visits an office maintained for
him by the Army in the Fed
eral Office Building at 80
Church street.
Arrangements for the dinner
party at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel, where Gen. Macarthur
lives, are in charge Of Mai,
Gen. Lief j. Sverdrup (ret.)
Of st. Louis, who was on Gen
MacArthur's staff in the Paci-
fic during World War II.
Evening star., 1962-01-26

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 26 (AP)
e~=sHi," said the Sweetheart of
Sigma Chi as she stepped down
the ramp of the plane from Los
Angeles.
Hi" said her just-about-
busted beau.
He handed her a bouquet.
She handed him 8S cents. And
! away, in his borrowed limou-
Z sine, they sped to the dance.
{ Thus, last night, the raffles
and cake auctions and cookie
sales finally paid off with the
reunion of Carolee Ream, 10,
Of the University of Southern
California, and Brendan Cava-
nagh, Roanoke College senior.
Their story started last sum-
mkr when young Cavanagh met
Miss Ream at a Sigma Chi con-
vention in Miami, where she
was named international Sweet
heart of Sigma Chi.
One thing led to another, and
finally he asked her to the fra
ternity's big dance week end
Later it dawned on him her
school was $500 miles away
Painfully, he realized he didn't
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Cur-Deuth Man
Pleads Guilty to
Permit Charges

A window washer who is
awaiting sentencing in the traf-
fic death of a 5-year-old boy
last August has pleaded guilty
in Municipal Court to five
counts Of operating after revo-
cation of his permit.
DeBoyce Hiawatha jackson
43, of the 3400 block of STAN
ton road Sc, appeared yester-
day before Traffic Court Judge
Andrew j. Howard, jr., who
deferred sentencing to March 9
On January IL, jackson
pleaded guilty in District Court
to negligent homicide in the
death of young Michael w
Adams, 1927 Twelfth street
NV. Police said Jackson's cal
struck the boy in the HOO block
of @ street NV.
jackson was charged with
speeding, drunken and reckless
driving. Police said they ther
discovered that Jackson's per-
init was revoked in 1854. They
said he continued driving or
a Marylan n d. permit, was
charged four times with NOV
ing violations, but forfeited
collateral each time, thereby
avoiding discovery.
Acting on the four forfeitures
and the fatal accident, they
added the five revocation
counts to Jackson's charges
When he pleaded guilty, the
other three traffic charges were
dropped.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Bribe-T oking Charges
Hold 2D.C. Policemen

Two Washington policemen
today were charged with taking
a $40 bribe after police Off
cials reported observing them
accepting money in a North
west alley early today.
Placed under $500 bond
each after their arraignment
before United States Commits
sioner Sam Wertleb this morn
ing were Pvts. George T. Coor,
80, of the 1900 block of Fiji
teenth avenue, Takoma Park,
Md, and Donald E. Webb, 20,
of the 6400 block of Kilmer
street, Cheverly Manor, Md.
Police officials said both men
have submitted their resigna-
tions from the department
They were accused Of taking
$40 bribe money on January IL
and another $40 early today in
an alley neal Third and G
streets NV.
The charges were filed by
Capt. James E. Stargel, COM
manding officer of the Sec
ond police precinct.
Police said Capt. Stargel and
Evening star., 1962-01-26

Deputy Police Chief John B.
Layton had advance informa-
tion that the alleged bribe pay
ment was to be made and had
the alley under surveillance.
They said the bribe money
was paid to the officers by a
man who allegedly paid them
mot to bother him." Police de-
clined to identify the man, but
said that he had recently been
charged by Federal agents with
possession of untaxed whisky.
The charge was dropped later.
Police began an investiga-
tion of the case after a tip
was telephoned to the office
of Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray. Chief Murray assigned
Deputy Chief Layton to check
the bribery accusation and the
latter got in contact with the
man who allegedly made the
payments.
Earlier, according to Deputy
Chief Layton. the two privates
admitted taking a total of $40
from the alleged bribe giver but
stated the man was repaying a
loan,
Evening star., 1962-01-26
RIGHTS ....>.. -.
Literocy Test Bill
Offered, Others Due

over whether the Mansfield
literacy bill should go to the
Judiciary Committee, which has
failed to act on other civil
rights bills in recent years.
Senator Hickey, Democrat
of Wyoming, who was presiding
yesterday, asked for time to
study the Mansfield bill be-
fore deciding on the committee
to which it should 60.
Senator JaVits obtained a
ruling that he could appeal
from the decision of the chair
If he felt it was going to a
committee from which it might
never emerge. The Senator said
he will wait until Monday to
decide whether he would OBJ
ject to the Judiciary Committee
The New Yorker might find
it difficult to- make that OBJ
lection, since his own literacy
bill of last year was referred to
judiciary.
Both Follow Schooling Rule
Both the Javits and Mans
field bills follow the recon-
mendation of the Civil Rights
Commission that completion of
the sixth grade of an accredited
school be accepted as evidence
of literacy for voting in any
State, the District of Columbia
or Puerto Rico. @
Senator Mansfield said he
does not believe literacy should
be abandoned altogether as a
voting qualification. But he
said the unfair use of these
tests to deny individuals the
vote because of race or color
must be prevented. He said the
bill also would prevent the de-
nial of the right to vote tc
Spanish-speaking citizens who
may be literate but not per-
mitted to take part in elections
in this country because they
were born in a territory where
Spanish is the historic language
Senator Javits said that
might have become a serious
problem in New York had moi
the courts ruled that literacy
in Spanish is sufficient.
Evening star., 1962-01-26
SHOOTING
Continued From Page Al

COnLlnue0 from rage Al
confused by a night during
which the son forced her to
remain with Mr.. Riegel's body
more than IL hours.
Capt. Gray said the father
apparently refused to give
money to Riegel, who had left
a job as a filling station at
tendant in Washington to visit
Lykens Monday. Riegel lived
with his wife and several chill
dren in the 1900 block of Penn
sylvania avenue Sc.
There was evidence Riegel,
after shooting his father and
leaving a farewell note to his
wife. had wandered in sub
freezing weather, unable to
break through the network of
police.
Believing Riegel might be
forced to slip back to the farm
for food and warmth, police
moved his mother, turned on
the lights, and locked UP the
home.
Police theorized that Riegel
may have been unable to get
into the house and slipped into
the woodshed for warmth. His
clothing was full of briars and
other indications of beating
through the brush. .sss.
Death of the younger Riegel
|ended a vigil in washington
and the fear of his present wife
who had been under police
protection for two days. -
Evening star., 1962-01-26
Guatemala Claims Cubo
Directs Assossins' Plot

GUATEMALA, Jan. 26 (AP)
President Miguel Ydigoras'
government claims to have un-
covered a Cuban Communist
assassination plot that marked
him, several cabinet ministers
and Roman Catholic Arch
bishop Mariana Rossel Arellano
for death.
Mr.. Ydigoras charged that
the killing of his secret police
chief Wednesday night was the
opening attack in the anti
government offensive and that
1t was the work of "Guate-
malan and international gun
men in the service of MarxiSm
directed from Cuba"
The conservative President
proclaimed a state of siege
modified martial law-through-
out the densely populated Gen.
tral American republic and or
dered a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
Two Leftists Arrested
Modified in full force, police
seized two leftist political lead
ers, Mario Mendez Montenegro
of the Revolutionary Party and
Manuel Colon Argueta of the
new Democratic Revolutionary
Union.
The President said the state
OF siege would remain in effect
80 days. Congress was sum-
to ratify the decree.
The decree bans public gath
erings of more than four per-
sons, prohibits political party
activities, and gives authorities
the right to search houses
without court warrants and to
search and seize automobiles.
The government took over
control of all radio and tele-
vision stations but there was
Evening star., 1962-01-26
ROCKEFELLER
Continued From Page A


Dorman's notes bore out the
statement.
The Newsday story said Mrs,
Rockefeller does not now plan
to seek an out-of-State divorce,
and added:
"If she continues her current
thinking, the next move is up
to Rockefeller. He would not
seek a New York State divorce
because the only possible
ground is adultery"
The Rockefellers have been
married 81 years.
AS for the possibility of Gov
Rockefeller taking up residence
elsewhere to get a divorce on
his own, a spokesman for the
State attorney generals office
told Newsday that any State
official who becomes resident
of another State automatically
forfeits his office.
A spokesman for the Gov
ernor refused comment on this
Gov. Rockefeller is So and
his wife is 54. She is the former
Mary Todhunter Clark, a Phil
adelphia socialite whose parents
were descendants of the May
flower Pilgrims. They met as
teen-agers during a Maine
vacation.
They had five children in
cluding Michael, who was pre-
sumed drowned off New Guinea
and eight grandchildren.
Gov. Rockefeller has vigo-
rously denied reports that he
might abandon his political
career because of personal
problems. He has given all in
dications Of going ahead with
plans for his reelection cam
paign.