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Evening star., 1962-10-03
Contempt Delay

The Federal Court of Appeals at
New Orleans acted wisely, we think, IN
deferring until October IL its final
decision on the question OF whether
MissisSippi's Governor and Lieutenant
Governor are in contempt. And the
judges certainly acted properly in
holding that University Of Mississippi
officials have not been in contempt,
and in dismissing the complaint against
the trustees.
Presumably, the final determination
in the case of Governor Barnett and
Lieutenant Governor Paul Johnson will
be based on their behavior in the days
ahead. If they live up to the assurances
which their attorneys have given the
court-that to the best of their ability
they will maintain law and order and
comply with judicial orderS-the pro-
ceeding against them probably will be
dismissed on the 18th.
This seemed implicit in comments
yesterday by the judges and attorneys
for the Department of Justice. There
certainly is no desire on the part Of
Federal authorities to fine or Jail the
Governor, and, assuming that he abides
by the assurances which have been
given, no useful purpose would be served
by doing So.
James Meredith is enrolled at the
University of Mississippi, and life on
the campus and in the town Of Oxford
seems to be returning to something
like normal From the point Of view
of the Negro student, the climate, to
say the least, is not congenial, and he
may have to be guarded for long time.
But it would be pointless to take any
action now which might provoke fresh
violence and which certainly would in
tensify the bitterness that prevails.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
WATCHING THE WORLD
By CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent Of The Sor
Short Term Solution for Israel
RY CROSBY S. NO
Foreign Correspondent Of The Stor

than TO us. having once
taken action to restore the
situation, we may hope with
out too much confidence that
Col. Nasser and his friends
will decide that an effort to
overwhelm Israel by weight
of arms is futile. But If they
do not it is hard to see how
we can refuse to redress the
balance whenever it may be-
come necessary again.
This time, indeed, may not
be long in coming. The Hawk
missile which will be opera
tional in Israel about a year
from now may be effective
against the aircraft which
Col. Nasser has today. 1t is
not expected to be effective,
however, against ground-to-
ground missiles which Col.
Nasser claims to be about to
produce in large numbers. For
these, Israel must soon find
other defenses or counter
weapons.
Geographically Vulnerable.
In the long run, further
more, Israel's main problem
is not so much one of wea-
ponry as one of geography.
Israel is a country of two mil
lion people squeezed into an
area of less than 5000 square
miles. Its Arab neighbors
boast a population of nearly
AZ million spread over 10000
square miles.
Except by massive use Of
nuclear weapons - which
seems for the m o m ent a
mercifully remote possibility
= it is impossible for Israel
to defeat the Arab states de-
cisively in war or destroy
them as potential enemies. On
the other hand, it would take
very little more than o ne
massive air or missile attack
against two or three major
population centers to. wipe
Israel off the map for all
practical purposes.
In this situation the tech
nical development of Arab
military forces poses a threat
that cannot be met by de-
fensive weapons alone. If Col.
Nasser ever reached a posi-
ton of being able to crush
Israel quickly and easily,
there is every reason to be-
lieve that he would do it.
The real security for Israel
can only be achieved by COM
ing to terms with its Arab
neighbors = which for the
time being, at least, seems
hopeless = or by a guarantee
of it's territorial integrity by
the United States. So far, for
a variety of valid reasons. the
United States has been I'M
willing to offer such a
guarantee. But the stop-gap
decision to supply defensive
arms is at best temporary
solution to the problem.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
DeodIine in Virginia

It is a diScouraging fact that hum
dreds, perhaps thousands, OF Northern
Virginia residents will be unable to vote
this November through their failure to
register. There is still time, however,
since State deadline on registration
does not expire until this Saturday. In
addition to registration, longtime resi-
dents of the State must also have paid
their annual poll taxes by last May
in order to vote this November. But
there are many in this group, according
to elections officials, who have paid the
capitation tax yet have failed to register.
More recent reSidents-thoSe who moved
into Virginia between January l and
November Of 1961-can register and
vote this year without having paid the
1861 tax, which will not become due
until the end of the year. Likewise,
those residents who reached the age
of 81 this year may register and vote
without payment of the tax.
Surely failure to comply with this
simple formality is a poor excuse for
losing the right of franchise, especially
since the registration, once made, Is
permanent in Virginia. An intensive
registration drive in nearby Maryland,
which ended last month, added thou
sands of new voters to the rolls in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges counties.
We hope the record in nearby Virginia
is as good. Information as to registra-
tion times and locations is available from
the office of the central registrar in
each Virginia jurisdiction, or from the
League of Women Voters, JE. 38450.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

not already resolved are being sub
mitted to binding arbitration. Secretary
Of Labor Wirtz, who has worked hard
to get this result, has expressed regret
that it has taken as long as it has to
bring this matter to a conclusion" We
agree, with the added opinion that 1t was
all quite unnecessary (and no fault Of
Mr.. Wirtz) to inflict this much damage
in order to find sort of last-reSort
solution.
Evening star., 1962-10-03
PARIS

<AIOA0
Logical as 1t may be the
decision of the United States
to supply Israel with defen-
sive anti-aircraft missiles at
best a short-term solution to
q dangerously explosive Sit
uation in the Middle East.
For several years Russian
deliveries of modern weapons
to Israel's Arab enemies -
and especially to Egypt -
have threatened to upset the
delicate balance of power on
which Middle Eastern peace
has depended since the time
of Suez. No one who has
visited the area recently could
be unaware Of the growing
Israeli anxiety. Or the danger
that Israel itself might be
tempted to strike first be-
fore the balance is tipped
hopelesSly in favor Of the
Arab states.
Nevertheless the American
decision - taken after much
Soul-searching hesitation -
to sell short-range Hawk mis-
siles to the Israelis does rep
resent a major change Of
policy. Since 1852, when the
British, French and American
Government agreed on what
amounted to a virtual arms
embargo to the Middle East,
the United States has strictly
limited It's military aid t
Israel.
The agreement broke down,
Of course, at the time Of the
Suez crisis. Since then the
French have been q major
supplier of arms to Israel.
American sales during this
time have been limited to
some SIS million In small
arms. But the French could
not supply adequate defen-
sive weapons against the re-
cent Soviet deliveries of mod
ern TU-16 jet bombers and
MIG 81 fighters which Egypt
has been receiving in guam
tity. And it has been in
creasingly obvious that II the
balance were to be redressed
the United States would have
to step back into the picture
Hard to Limit Commitment
Once the decision has been
taken, furthermore, 1t will not
be easy to limit the scope OF
the American commitment.
Spokesman for the State De-
partment may say quite right
ly that the United States has
no intention of getting in
volved in an arms race in the
Middle East. They may also
say that we have made nc
permanent commitment tc
maintain a balance of power
between Israel and the Arab
states.
What happens in the fu-
ture, however, is clearly more
up to Egypt's Canal Abdul
Nasserl and the Russians
Evening star., 1962-10-03
A BOOK FOR TO-DAY
Thew Beat a Path for the Iron Horse
By DONALD MINTZ

The legislative basis Tor the
transcontinental railroad was
the Railroad Act Of 1862,
and 1t is essentially here that
Mr.. Griswold begins his story.
The need for the road had
been evident for some time,
but the Pacific Railroad was
stalled until the coming OF
the Civil War eliminated all
Southern members from Con-
gress." Up to this point, the
issue, like so many others,
was caught in the great de-
bate over slavery. Southern
ers feared that the selection
Of a central or northern route
for the railroad would guar
antee the development of ad-
ditional free States. North
erners were equally convinced
that the choice Of a south
ern route would place Cali
fornia and perhaps the en-
tire West in the pro-slavery
camp"
Once work is actually under
way, Mr.. Griswold moves I'M
partially between the two
railroad companies. The
Union Pacific started from
Omaha and worked its way
West. The Central Pacific
started from Sacramento and
headed East towards the
towering Sierra Nevada. Be-
fore they met in Utah the
Union Pacific had had its
share of mountains, but the
initial feats Of daredevil en-
cheering were performed by
the Central Pacific.
LONG TUNNELS and deep
cuts were dug with nothing
more than black powder, for
the men were afraid of nitro
glycerin and it was used rela-
lively rarely. The fantastic
SHOWS of the California noun
tains pushed construction
costs to incredibly high levels
and imposed equally incredi-
BILE hardships on the work.
ers. Many miles Of the track
were enclosed in snow sheds
skillfully designed so as to
slough off snow rather than
be crushed or swept away
by it.
The Union Pacific engi-
neers had a relatively simple
time of it at first so far as
terrain was concerned, but
work was forever in danger
Of disruption by Indian at
tack.
Mr.. Griswold spends COM
paratively little time on fl
nancial matters and still less
on the Congressional investi-
cations Of them in the early
'70s. His explanation Of the
manner in which the Federal
subsidy actually operated suf-
fers from ambiguity in a key
sentence. He says nothing
about the long-term effects
of the Central Pacific's i'm
porting of Chinese laborers
and nothing about the rail-
roads despoiling of the for
ests. He fixes his attention
firmly on the central part
Of his story. This is as it
should be, and the result is
o fine book.
Evening star., 1962-10-03

A WORK OF GIANTS, Build
ing the First TranscOnti-
mental Railroad, by Wesley
S. Griswold. 367 pp., illus,
endpaper maps. (McGraw-
Hill Book Co., $3.50
Around 10 o'clock in the
morning of May 10, 1869 two
railroad men, one represent
ing the Central Pacific and
the other the Union Pacific,
were haggling about a cere-
mony. The discussion was
so bitter and agreement so
far away that the San Fran
cisco News Letter reported
that there was q time when
it appeared that there might
not be any ceremony at all
at Promontory Summit,
Utah.
The matter in question was
no petty observance but the
driving of the last spike in
AMERICAS first transconti-
mental railroad. That the two
companies quarreled until
almost literally the last mo-
ment and that the solemn
driving Of those last spikes
for In reality there were two
was enlivened by some un-
planned foolishness is no
cause for wonder. The build
ing Of the road was a typical
mid-19th century American
venture: an extravagant COM
pound of skill and incompe-
tence, heroism and skuldug-
gerry.
A book on the skulduggery,
Robert Fogel's THE Union
Pacific Railroad: A Case in
Premature Enterprise" ap-
peared a few years ago. Wes-
ley Griswold's "A Work Of
Giants" is q more general
study, the first such in some
years. 1t is concerned pri-
marily with the physical
work of construction. It Is a
fascinating book full Of mar
velous details derived from
primary sources many OF
which are unpublished. clear
in its main outlines, and well
and unpretentiously written.
Mr.. Griswold, who is West
Coast editor of Popular Sci
ence Monthly, has produced
b work that may well be
standard for some decades to
come.
THE GENERAL reader
should not be frightened by
this. Mr.. Griswold, after all,
is writing about neither civil
engineering nor finance.
There is no reason why a his
tory Of this sort should ever
be too technical for the nom
specialist. "a Work Of Gil
ants" never is. And it has an
incalculable advantage over q
mere popularization. Its au-
thor has held fading letters
and turned the brittle pages
Of old diaries. He has lived
with the documents that are
the record of times past. He
can evoke those times with
a crispness generally denied
to those who have not had
this experience.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Moss Point
IL officials
set opening

Little League season comes
to Moss Point again Saturday
as opening ceremonies kick off
the 1862 season at 7:30 pm.
The league will have a new
look as an eight team league
for the first time. Two new
teams, Dickson g. Rape and
Maintenance Local 384, will be
completely outfitted in new
uniforms while six standbys
from last year will also be in
tip top dress.
Teams held over from last
season include Wilkers n
Freight Line. EMBA. VFW.
Golf Davidson. Dunn & Byrd
and Monroe & Woods.
All teams will be on hand
half hour before the ceremon-
les for squad pictures and an
official roster check.
Boy Scouts from Moss Point,
Escatawpa and reole will raise
the flag in center field. TIL {
Moss Point High School band,
under the direction Of Bob
Moore will play the national
anthem.
The invocation and benedic-
ton will be said by the Rev.
Van Hardin, pastor of the first
Baptist Church Of Moss Point.
The 1862 Little League queen
candidates will be introduced.
Each team has selected
young lady age ii or IL TO rep
resent them in the contest. un-
der the direction Of the Ladies
Little League auxiliary.
The girst games will be be-
tween Monroe & Woods and
Dunn & Byrd at $50 and VFW
VS. Golf Davidson at s pm.
All Little League games will
be played on Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Friday
nights with minor league con-
tests at the Little League dia-
mond on Saturdays beginning
June 2.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04

Powdered bananas were rec
commended by early Chinese
for strengthening bone mar
row and stimulating blood cir
culation.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Urges Ole Miss
play Southern
football teams

JACKSON CUPID - A state
senator this week called fol
the University of Mississippi
to begin meeting the Univer-
sity of Southern Mississippi in
football.
Sen. Bill Jones Of Brookhav-
en- made a brief floor speech
to commend Mississippi States
decision to take on the South
erners in 1864 and 1865.
"That will be a very big step
forward in the field Of athlet-
les in Mississippi" said Jones.
1T will be one Of the greatest
developments on the Missis-
sippi sports scene"
Il hope Ole Miss alumni will
take the cue from State and
get in this football family" /"
said Jones.
Ole Miss athletic director
Tad Smith said at Oxford he
did not expect a change in the
university's stand against play
ing Southern. "The athletic
committee is against it, and /
share this feeling" said Smith.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
DUrwood Rose
to new sfufion

Durwood Rose, chief engine
man with the US Coast Guard
in Pascagoula, will leave this
weekend for a new duty sta
ton in Washington, N. c.
He will serve aboard the cut
ter Verbena there.
Rose has been stationed in
Pascagoula for two months.
His family is in Washington.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Two from PHS
TO track meet

Two Pascagoula athletes, Jim
Farmer and Byron Rasco, will
be the lone representatives OF
the Paspoint area Saturday in
the South Mississippi Track
and Field Meet in Brookhayen.
Qualifying in the District 8
spike meet in Gulfport last
weekend, Farmer and Rasco
will represent Pas in three
events: the high jump, the 100
high hurdles and the broad
jump. Although neither placed
first in the district event last
week, both pose as threats in
their individual events.
Panther coach Eddie Lang
ford, although expressing dis
appointment in last weeks
team loss, is optimistic over
the coming South Big Eight
meet on May 19. The local
mentor said his athletes would
continue full-scale training and
would be ready physically for
the next big meet.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Goula pitcher
for Ole Miss
has no hitter

Pascagoula's Robert Earl
Siedell achieved the desire of
all pitchers Tuesday at Oxford,
Miss. when he hurled a no hit
no run ball game to give the
Ole Miss Rebels a 10 victory
over the University of Ala
bama. 49,
Although the contest was
abbreviated to seven innings
there was not even a SEM
blance of an Alabama hit.
Siedell, now a junior at Ole
Miss, did not allow a runner to
reach first base until two were
out in the fifth inning.
Siedell walked two and
struck out nine batsmen. The
overall season record for the
Pascagoula pitcher now stands
at IA, while the Ole Miss Reb-
els have an overall record Of
15-7.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Little League
season starts
here Saturday

Ten Pascagoula Little
League teams will take the.
field Saturday at 5 pm. and
a new season will be under
way.
During an hour-long op.
ening day program which
will precede the first game
at 6. each team will be in
troduced. along with spon-
sors, managers and league
presidents.
Playing of the national
anthem and a National
Guard flag ceremony will
highlight the program.
Pascagoula Police Depart
ment team will meet the
Elks team in the first game.
and ingalls, plays Merchant
Marine Bank team in the
second game at eight.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Open drive for new field
for Little L eague baseball
needed to complete the prof.
ect. Reynolds estimated. Dona-
tions will be taken at Games.

Little League baseball was
organized in 1850 with four
teams. 1t has grown to a two
league organization with five
teams in each loop.
Despite this growth, Reyn-
oldS said, Pascagoula has an
immediate need for further ex-
pansion.
Working on the expansion
besides Reynolds are Joe D.
Cole, president Of the National
League, Jim Baber, president
of the American League, Owen
Davis, secretary-treasurer, j.
E. Winstead, John Ledbetter,
Elvy Flanagan, r. v. Bard
well, Jr. and Eugene Ryals.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
JACKSON COUNTUr.2
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LADIES CIVIC LEAGUE


Wednesday results in the
Ladies Civic League were
Vann's Marine over Toms
Peanuts 81, Tri Blueprint
over Busch Bavarian 40, Redd
Pest Control tie d Mayfair
Laundry 2-2, M&M Bank over
Jackson County Mortuary 40,
City Lumber over Dixie Land
81, Toms Market over B&W
Coffee 81, Jerry Lees over
Puss n Boots 81, and Fish
Meal over Stones Market 81.
Individual singles: Martha
Scarborough, I'll; Bobbye Me-
dina, 200, and Ruth Baker,
189; individual series: Baker,
SGT; Dele Davis, SOB, and
Virgie Tyler, sos.
Team singles: City Lumber,
776; Mayfair Laundry, TIA,
and Tri Blueprint, TIL; team
series: Tri Blueprint, 2233;
Jerry Lees, 2167, and City
Lumber, 2157.
Fish Meal, winner Of the
second half, and B&W Coffee,
winner Of the first half, held
their playoff Wednesday.
League banquet was held
at Cotita's May 3 at 7:3O pm.
Ladies Civic League held
their election Of officers for
next year on Apr. 18. Newly
elected officers are:
President, Pud Bishop; vice
president, Liz Coggins; secre-
tary, Sally Brooks; treasurer,
Martha Scarborough, and SER
geant at : arms, Bernadette
Clifton.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Ceremonies at 7:30
Saturday night,
plus two games

President Of Pascagoula Lit
tie League today announced
plans to construct and light
another field to help take care
of the expanding program.
w. A. Reynolds said some
180 boys who wanted to play
in the Little League this year
could not because Of lack OF
facilities.
1t is hoped another field can
be in operation by next season,
Reynolds said.
A goal of $4,000 plus dona-
tions in material and labor are
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
Southern golf
team is cominq
to Pas Sunday

An interclub golf match will
be held at Pascagoula Country
Club Sunday with University
Of Southern Mississippi golfers
from Hattiesburg.
Brad Stiles tournament
chairman, said about 25 golf
ers will be here for the meet
which will begin at 1920 am.
There will be a seafood
supper for club me4nbers and
their guests from Hattiesburg
at 5 pm.
This is the annual spring
meeting Of the two clubs
which will be renewing a riv-
airy left off last fall.
The chronicle., 1962-05-04
PHS baseball team district chamDion
Surprise Biloxi loss
hands title to Pas:
play here Saturday


A surprising rs loss by the
Biloxi Indians to the Ocean
Springs Greyhounds Tuesday
night handed the Pascagoula
Panthers the South Division
District s A-AA championship.
This took the pressure off
the Panthers who meet the
Indians Saturday night at 1880
in Biloxi.
The Panthers now have a
10 district record while the
Indians hold a 7-2 slate. This
is the final district contest for
both squads. A Biloxi victory
could not knock the Panthers
out Of the running.
Coach Doug Litton. Panther
mentor stated Wednesday
night that a plaYoff against the
North District s winner. pos
siblY Petal. would probably
take place early next week at
n site to be determined.
Earlier in the year, before
the baseball season even got
underway, the Pascagoula Rec
reation Department gave the
Panther squad a big sendoff
and they were then hailed as
the upcoming 1862 state cham
pions.
Apparently where there's
will there is a way and it looks
like the Panthers have taken
step number one to achieve
the goal they are seeking even
bfore the 1862 baseball season
came into being.
In Tuesdays action, the Pan
theirs picked up two runs in
the first inning and remained
in the lead throughout the con-
test.
John Kitchens took the
mound victory for the Pan
theirs, hurting 61/3 innings be-
fore giving way to reliefed
Gene Winstead in the seventh
after two Tigers had reached
base safely.
Pete Campbell started on
the mound for the Tigers and
was charged with the loss, CIV
Ing way to r. E. Tillman in the
sixth.
The Panthers picked up
their first two runs when
shortstop Joe Ezell walked and
stole second base. Third base
man Ray Brown sacrificed
Exell TO third and a ringing
single by Winstead allowed
Exell to score.
After Kitchens grounded out
a single by catcher Butch East
got by Tiger right fielder
Freddie Davis and Winstead
came all the way around to
score.
Pascagoula added its third
run in the second inning when |
second baseman Bobby Canty |
reached first on fielder's |
choice, moved to second on |
an error, took third on a pass
ed ball and scored on hit by |
Ezell.
The Tigers tailed their lone
run in the home half of the |
second. First baseman ] o n
Hassell walked, moved around |
to third on an error of ball |
hit by left fielder Eddie West
faul, then scored as catcher Al |
Turner was safe on a fielder's !
choice.
The Panthers Tailed once |
more in the fifth when Brown |
was safe at first on a fielder's |
choice. a double by Kitchens
moved Brown TO third and a
passed ball which got by Tiger
catcher Turner allowed Brown
10 Cross the plate safely.
East led the Panther hitters
at the plate with two for four,
while the Tigers picked up
only three hits in the contest
with no hitter collecting more
than one hit.
BOX SCORE
Paseagoula AB r II
, 1962-10-31

products. Already Harvey's Traf-
fic Managers travel department
reports that several hundred re-
representatives. of equipment manu-
facturers and contractors who
have contracts or are bidding on
work in connection with supplies
to the alumina plant have visited
st. Croix. These are tourist visits
that were directly associated with
Harvey operations.
In the coming years it is expect
ed that many hundreds, and per-
Maps thousands, will come to visit
st. Croix and Harvey's alumina
plant.
, 1962-10-31
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