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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
CHANGES
NAME RECENTLY

Mississippi A and M Col
lege has changed its name
TO Mississippi State College,
The Eame .change was sug-
eested by students and Alum
nj to reflect the true func-
ton of Mississippi's Land
Grant College. The name Ag-
ricultural and Mechanics
"a and M did not give re-
cognitior. to the school of en-
cheering, science and bust
ness.
Courses have been con-
stantly changing since the
college opened ir. 1880. Ar
Experiment Station was es-
tablished in 1887, engineer
ing courses began in 1892, a
science school was aided in
1911, business suhool was es-
tablished in 1915.
The college has shaped its
courses to meet the demands
Of the times.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO

The average teachers sal
airy this session based on the
state average $686.00 as
compared to $4,000 the ave-
rage for last year.
Supt. Williams stated that
a seven months term will be
..eld this year. Six months of
which will be paid for and
the remaining month will be
prorated from funds of the
county if any, ard special
district of schools of the
county.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22

A faithful reader of The
Lexington Advertiser visited
the office last week and said
slhe had come "to see the egg
on display" The story about
the egg with a Biblical IN
scription had appeared the
previous week il. Our 30
years-ago column.
Also a subscriber who
came to renew his subscrlp-
ton stated he had been a
constant reader of The Lex
ington Advertiser since Pre-
asdent McKinley's admins
.tfation.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
LEXINGTON GAVE BOYS
fINE SENDOFF TUESDAY

Ore OF the largest groups
Ct men to enter the service
left Lexington by bus Tues
day morning for Camp Shell
by for assignment to u. S.
Army duty. A large number
of relatives and friends as
sembled in front of BealPs
Drug Store to bid them adieu.
The high school band and
slee club played and sang
patriotic songs and the Rev.
T. H. Dorsey delivered a
short farewell message and
Did the yourg men Gods
speed.
The Selective Service Board
attended the farewell cere-
mony and indicted sixteen
Young men INTO the service
as follows:
Thomas Marvin Williams,
John Edwin. Word, Carl Mey-
er Applebaum, Claude Ches-
ter Hocutt, Florian Raymond
Bernheim, Neal Presley Dren
ran, Charles Tom Buford,
George Phillips Roberts, Cor
con Eural Spell, James La
del Abel, James Edward
Winstead, Vernon. Bryant
Matthias, Robert Logan Duke,
Chandler Graham Adams,
rus Waterman Herman and
Joseph Earl Flowers
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
CITIZENS INJURED IN
FALLS ON ICY STREETS

Several Lexington citizens
have been injured in falls on
the ice covered streets. There
is a thick undercoatir.g OF
ice though the snow has
melted. Mr.. B. S. Beall, Jr.,
well known druggist, suf-
tered a fall down the steps
Of his home en- route to work
and was severely bruised
necessitating Disqualification
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
Ze9AAo1;ue Bulletin

wise valuation of life insur-
ance policies to use 1858
mortality table in place of
i841 table now used (held on
motion) - S 1922, remove
restriction on amount life in
surance without medical -
S 1899, repeal 100000 ap
preparation for research la
boratory - S 1872, transfer
$25,109 balance in defunct
livestock, egg and poultry
act to general fund HCR
l26, invite Cong. Gordon
Scherer, Ohio, address joint
session Feb. 81 - S 1917,
require compliance with in
come and road (tag) taxes in
order to qualify for home
stead exemption.
THESE BILLS PASSED
HOUSE - during week: H
i25, allow counties levy adj
ditional millage up 2 mills -
ii ga, require all autos and
trucks sold to have inspec-
ton sticker affixed (held on
motion) - H 257, repeal re-
quiIement for gasoline and
kerosene certificates since
samples taken at petroleum
labs - H 274, require ST fee
for each commercial carriers
permit - H 264, require no
LITIGATION to motor vehicle
commission when gasoline
meters not working - Isl,
increase motor vehicle check
ing stations from 5 to Z - H
81, permit jury fix penalty
IN carnal knowledge cases -
Oh "a, to permit jury fix pc
nalty in rape cases passed
Wednesday, but reconsidered
and defeated Thursday =
H 284, increase fee for ex-
animation of life, health and
accident insurance agents !
II, 70, IT 27a shd IH 27ss all
Welfare bills listed last week;
motion reconsider tabled this
week and sent. to Senate =
Fl 140, extend life cooperative
marketing corporation to SO
years.
BILLS PASSING SENATE
included: S 1915, continue
certain tax exemptions for
new insurance companies,
but not advalorem, income
or sales tax - H 1875, in
tease compensation trial and
eminent domain jurors - S
1877, require boards of edu-
cation publish proceedings
S 1925, change name OF
Mississippi Soutern College
to University of Southern
Mississippi - S 1929, give
state budget commission SUI
pervision over all state pur-
chasing, requiring competi-
tive bis on purchases up to
$500 and publication of bids
over that amount, and re-
curing state agencies follow
price lists and regulations by
commission = S 1906, school
buses display red blinker
lights on front for stopping
IS 1884, prohibit pooling OF
bids on supplies, equipment
to state and local subdivi'
sions- S 1907, set UP STAN
dards for destruction of hos
pital records in ~non-state
hospitals - S 1914, make
stiff penalty for stealing
dog 50 S 1853, prohsb:a &C
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
GIVES
FIGURES ON SCHOOL

p. H. Williams, Holmes
County Superintendent OF
Education addressed the Lex1
ington Rotary Club on Fri
day and presented facts and
figures on the cost of educa-
ton If. the county anG state.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
TEN YEARS AGO

Mr.. L. L. McNees fell near
the postoffice and sustained
a broker. ankle. Mrs. j. r..
Watson suffered a broken
wrist on her right hand in a
fall at her home. Miss Nancy
Hoover Williams received a
sprained ankle Saturday
while shedding.
Citizens are warned to use
precautior. when going out
side the house.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
Courtesy oskisad Co., Isab@s

cutlVe committees OF parties
in counties to join in swap
agreements in Senate and
House floatoral seats =. S
1864, rewrite budget and ac-
counting law to give super
vision over special funds of
agencies S 1916, clarity
city coming laws.
HOUSE COMMITTEES RE-
PORTED = these bills favor
ably (unless oterwise indica-
ted: H 143, provide for pre-
payment dental service for
certain subscribers (backed
by State Dental ASSN = H
Isl, include non-profit dem
tai service corporations "a
mong non-profit corporations
H 49,, for disposition of
unclaimed property H 1888,
revise provisions regarding
valuation of policies of life
insurance companies = H 81,
provide multiple line insur-
ance companies combine in
single policy for fire and al
lied lines, UNfavorably - H
20, grant immunity to nurs-
G in event of impending en-
Urgency = H IA, for cleo
ton on sale 18th section
iar.ds - H 282, deny parole
to habitual criminals = n
355, increase punishment for
obtaining board and lodging
with intent to defraud.
FAVORABLE REPORTS
BY SENATE - committee
included: S 1884, additional
$2R million this biernium
Tor minimum school program
= S 1893, require collection
rourt costs for cases tried by
police justice SCR 109*,
amend constitution sepa-
rate office of sheriff and tax
collector and allow sheriff
succeed himself = H 129, al
low Pharmacy students after
/ year residency fill prescrip-
tons under registered phar-
maeist y 8 1857, increase
livestock sanitary board to
9 members - H 200, provide
penalties for deficiencies in
commercial feeds S 1878,
fix compensation of jurors
al g day H 20 regulate
land surveying.
IMPORTANT HOUSE IN
included
Fl 371, provide all dep sits in
banks by state depository
commission be in proportion
to assets of banks = H 372,
declare unlawful be member
of Communist party II
376, fix ighway privilege tax
for auto dealers at 500 = H
378, permit assurance drivers
licer.se at age IA if taking
driver training Il 381,
board of supervisors may a
aopt blilding and other codes
H 385, provide for allie.
glance to state flag - H386,
highway commission regu
late outdoor advertising - H
1888. repeal urban renewal
law H 1913, create state
board Of physical therapy =
IL 344, create state board OF
chiropractic - H 1885,, ex'
empt from advalorem taxes
products manufactured ii
state and warehoused or ir
hands Of manufacturer = +
367, provide for regulation o.
savings and loan associations
under state auditor - n 327
authorize state credit union
--red on puge tour1
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22

ONE YEAR AGO All
member :. Grooms Calf For
Show.
Judy Neal, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Steve Neal pictured
above shows her Jersey calf
which she is grooming for
slows in the area which be-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22

=,
Heart attack is the greatest
single threat to lives Of men
,etween the ages of As and
65.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
Through The Years

Items of interest from the past taken from our filet
Of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
By Ruth B. Flower
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO

generously as possible.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-02-22
The Lexington Advertiser

The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday, Feb. %, 1862
HAZEL BRANNON SMITH (Mrs. Walter D)---E Editor and Publisher
Established in 1887 - Published Every Thursday - Subscription rates: Any
where in Holmes County, $500 per year; Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Lexington, Mississippi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19

secure an area north of Ben
Cat for resettling peasants into
a fortified hamlet.
Earlier, government forces
launched another large-scale
operation in the heart Of D
Zone amid secrecy that led to
speculation they were on a
special mission. The South
Wet Namese general staff was
directing the drive, which be-
gan yesterday.
The jungle headquarters of
Nguyen HUI Tho, a former
lawyer who is the civilian lead
er of the Wet Cong guerrilla
movement, is believed in the
area.
Several weeks ago the gov
eminent tried a similar opera
ton in an attempt to capture
Tho. The troops found only
an abandoned Wet Cong base
that records showed had in
Quoted more than 5000 recruits
since the beginning of the year.
In skirmishes elsewhere in D
Zone yesterday, government
forces repeatedly killed two or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
GIWounded
By Wet Cong

SAIGON, South Wet Nam,
July 10 (AP). - An American
crewman of a United States
Army helicopter was wounded
today by Communist ground
fire % miles north Of Saigon,
military sources reported.
The helicopter, flying from
Saigon to Ben Cat, was hit
seven times by bullets but con-
tinued to the town on the
fringe of the Communist-con-
trolled D Zone.
The American, believed a
sergeant, was struck in the arm
but his wound repeatedly was
not serious. His name was not
made known.
The helicopter was to partic-
ipate in the second stage of
Operation Sunrise" in which
government forces are trying to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
SCI Opening Borred;
King Had Interceded

call Franklin amended its ap-
plication to include four more
Negroes as directors. Its char
ter was later approved.
Request DisapprOved
The Roosevelt firms request
for Federal insurance was dis
approved. The judge was told
the Bank Board apparently
decided there was only room for
one of the firms in the area.
Attorney Joseph L. Rauh. jr.,
who represented Roosevelt. told
the judge his client should have
had opportunity to learn Of
the amended application and to
submit further application to
the board.
Judge Holtzoff said that
efforts have been made for
years to eliminate private con-
tracts with administrative Off
Gals who have to rule on
requests by private concerns.
Somehow it seems difficult
to impress that on many
high officials" the judge said.
He said there was no impro-
priety in the present case by
the bank board head, Joseph P.
McMurray.
Judge Holtzoff said that Mr..
McMurray had reported he was
mot influenced" by Mr.. Kings
call. The judge said it was
not important whether the
influence was successful, "but
whether influence was at
tempted"
The judge said he was not
making a final ruling on
whether Franklin should lose
its charter. The trial, which
probably cannot be held until
october, will decide this ques-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
Churchill Gains,
May Go Home
Next Week


LONDON, July 10 (AP) -
Sir Winston Churchill spent
another comfortable. night in
Middlesex Hospital and ordered
a bottle of champagne with
his lunch today.
The 87-year-old statesman is
making such good progress in
his recovery from a thigh
fracture that his doctors are
expected to let, him go home
next week. - :
Yesterday he walked in a
corridor with the support of
nurses.
He plans to spend a short
period of convalescence either
at his London residence or at
his country home, Chartwell,
and then return to the south
of France to resume his sum-
mer holiday.
Mr.. Churchill fractured the
thigh June % in a fall in his
Monte Carlo hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19

sentative Broyhill in the nearby
10th District of Virginia, is go
ing down the line with Presi-
dent Kennedy. But he also
plans to take on Senator Byrd.
His theory is that Democratic
Senator Byrd and Republican
Representative Broyhill are like
peas in a pod and that lump
ing them together will go over
big for him in the cosmopolitan
Northern Virginia section.
Mr.. Wheeler and Maryland
candidate Carlton r. Sickles of
Prince Georges think the brief
ing sessions are providing them
with good campaign ammuni-
ton.
Mr.. Sickles is a strong Ken
nedy man, too. He hopes the
President will get over into
Maryland to help him out, but
there's a family problem there.
Mr.. Sickles' Republican oppo-
nent for Maryland's new Rep
resentative at large post is
Newton I. Steers. jr., the Presi-
dents stepbrother-in-law.
Bailey Derides G. o. p.
National Committee Chair
man John Bailey got the ses-
sion off to a flying start yes
terday. He recalled a recent
Republican conference held in
a circus tent erected in a
(Gettsburg) COW pasture"
A Maryland Republican can
didate. Joe M. Baker, jr., of
the 5th District, injected a
sour note. He sent a telegram
to Attorney General Robert
Kennedy protesting that "18
highly paid Government en-
ployes will spend time educat-
ing Democratic hopefuls."
While he figured the candi-
dates might need educating,
Mr.. Baker didn't want it done
on Government time or with
taxpayers money"
Mr.. Bailey declared the liable
and brilliant" New Frontiers
men are appearing before the
candidates on their own time.
IF they spend hours with
you on a morning or afternoon,
take a look at their building at
night and you will see the lights
burning" he told the candi-
dates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
Hyunnis Port Rest
Planned by Kennedy

President Kennedy plans to
fly to Hyannis Port. Mass, late
tomorrow afternoon to spend
the week end with his family,
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger said today.
The President expects to fly
to Washington Monday morn
ing in time to meet the Presi-
dent of Ecuador. arriving here
for an official visit, at National
Airport at II am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19

three guerrillas and captured
a stock Of rifles.
Meanwhile, four American
airmen found alive after their
twin engine C-123 pla ne
crashed into a jungle noun
tainside Sunday were rescued
by helicopter.
Capt. James E. Henderson
of Seymour, Iowa. the pilot.
suffered a leg fracture, but the
others escaped with only minor
bruises and cuts. They are LIST
1t. Winslow r. Harris, Harlem,
Ca: S/Sergt. Charles F. Rich
ards, Cameron, Tex, and
.S/Sergt. Henry c. Stefanski,
Montville, Conn. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Bill LiberoIizing Annuities
Heads for Apparent Enactment

cities. In Washington, D. c.,
the UFPC and the National Al
lance of Postal Employees won
formal recognition on behalf of
postal clerks.
Other groups to win exclusive
recognition nationally on be-
half of their crafts were the
National Rural Letter Carriers
Association go per cent of the
vote, the National Motor We
hicle Employees Csc per cent?
Special Delivery Messengers $50
per cent. All other postal I'M
ions which failed to secure ex-
elusive recognition nationally
were given formal recognition.
PAY-As the House Civil
Service Committee meets in
executive session today, Its
apparent that the Kennedy ad-
ministration is making gains
in its efforts to get a pay bill
more to its liking.
The administration appar-
emily was successful in killing
a provision which would have
given two-year total across-the-
board raises of Is per cent to
postal workers and 10 per cent to
classified employees. The admin
istration wants more of an in
crease for upper middle and
top-bracket groups and appar-
emily will get it, although not
on the scale proposed to Con-
gress in January.
The committee will knock
out the proposed additions,
grades 10 and 20 and trim BY
at least several thousand dol
lars the amounts proposed fol
the super-gradeS. Also, the
committee will give posta
workers and lower-salariec
Federal classified employs
more than the administration
proposed. But all in all, tn,
bill is expected to be consid.
erably more to the administra,
TONS liking than appeared
likely earlier in the week.
Incidentally, this column in
advertently did an injustice tt
the American Federation o.
Government Employees when i
noted that Federal classified
employe unions were not doint
much lobbying during this cru.
cial week when the House com
mittee is meeting on the bill
THE AFGE has been active.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
District Juycees
Win National Award

The District Of Columbia
Junior Chamber Of Commerce
won the $500 third-place award
at the National Jaycee Com
Development Seminar
in Oakland, Calf, for their
study Of juvenile delinquency
in the District.
Coos Bay, (Ore) Jaycees won
the $500 first prize for their.
attempts to consolidate four
small towns. Windsor (Vt0
Jaycees won the $1,000 second
prize for building a community
television system bringing TV
to a previously inaccessible
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19

A Miami savings and loan as
ISOLATION for which the Rev.
Martin Luther King interceded
with a Government official
today was barred from opening
for business.
A preliminary Injunction,
handed down by District Court
Judge Alexander Holtzoff. bars
operations by the firm until a
trial is held over issuance of
its charter.
Judge Holtzoff said it had
been obviously improper"
for the firm, Franklin Savings
& Loan Association, to secure
the private intercession by Mr..
King in its behalf.
The case involves competing
bids by two firms, Franklin and
the Roosevelt Savings & Loan
Association, for Federal ap-
proval to do business with
Miami's Negro community.
The Franklin firm, after OBJ
jections at a hearing that it
was not sufficiently representa-
tive Of its intended depositors,
allegedly sent spokesman to
contact Mr.. King in Atlanta.
Tells Of Phone Call
Judge Holtzoff said that
after behind the scenes" talk,
the Southern indignation leader
telephoned the head of the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
In Washington.
The Judge said that Mr.. King
apparently was "a perfectly
innocent tool" in the hands of
the firm. He said the call
caught the official, who he said
should have hung up, by
surprise.
Judge Holtzoff said Mr.. King
urged that the Franklin char
ter be granted by the Bank
Board. The other firm, Roose-
welt, was before the same body
seeking Federal insurance for
it's deposits.
The Judge said 1t was "sig-
nificant" that after Mr.. Kings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19

the Albany (Ga.) city jail.
He went to Jail in Albany on
July 10, when he refused to pay
a $178 fine resulting from his
conviction on a charge Of lead
ing a mass demonstration
without parade permit. He
said that he was released
against his wishes after a
three-day confinement when
an unidentified Negro man
paid the fine. He added he had
wanted to serve the 45-day
sentence.
Just as was about to get
adjusted to my new home for
As days, I was notified that
some unknown donor had paid
my fine and that I had to leave
the JAIL" DR.. King told Press
Club members. I'VE have wit
messed persons being elected
from lunch counters during the
sit-ins, and thrown into Jail
during the Freedom Rides. But
for the first time we saw per.
sons being kicked out of Jail"
Says Segregation Losing
The Atlanta minister said he
is convinced that the opponents
of desegregation are fighting a
losing battle and that the Old
South win never return again.
For many years the Negro
tacitly accepted segregation"
DR.. King said. THE social up
heavals of two world wars, the
great depression and the spread
of the automobile have made
it both possible and necessary
for the Negro to move away
from his former isolation on the
rural plantation. Once plagued
with a tragic sense of inferi-
ority resulting from the Grip
pling effects of slavery and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-19
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Enactment is predicted for
the bill approved by a Senate
Civil Service Subcommittee
raising the annuities of retired
Federal employees and liberal
izing retirement features for
present Government workers.
Administration officials say
President Kennedy can be ex-
pected to sign legislation of the
type that was okayed by the
Senate subcommittee yesterday.
Approval by Congress of the
bill seems virtually certain.
The bill approved by the Sem
ate subcommittee. headed by
Senator Clark, Democrat of
Pennsylvania. would:
/. Raise the annuities of re-
tired Federal employees and
their survivors by 5 per cent
starting January /, 1868.
q Provide future automatic
adjustments of annuities when
ever the cost of living rose
by at least 3 per cent. The in
crease in annuitieS would
match the rise in living costs
3. Provide a sliding scale of
annuity increases for Federal
employees who retire within the
next five years. Under this pro-
vision, those retiring in 1868
would get a 4 per cent higher
annuity than they would other
wise get; those retiring in 1864
would get 3 per cent more
those retiring in 1865 would get
2 per cent more, and those re-
firing in 1866 would get / pei
cent more.
The idea behind this provi-
sion is to make annuities more
equitable and not penalize
present employees who retire If
the. Immediate years after 1876;
who would not share in the
pet.eent January l, 1868, an,
nuity increase.
4. Increase the survivorshiI
annuity Of survivors of de
ceased retirees from the presen
so per cent to SIS per cent.
s. Decrease the amount o
annuity reduction employe
have to take on retirement il
order for them to designat
their spouses for survivorshil
benefits. The present 2la pc
cent reduction on the frs
$2,480 in .annuities and 10 pc
cent above $4,000 that employe