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The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
H1ock Welcomes Host
Of Holiday Visitors

THROCK. Jan. 4 - Miss Vir-
ginia Rice. Of Boston. Mass.
left Wednesday. December u,
after spending the Christmas
holidays with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Morton Rice. She &C.
companied her uncle. John Cole
man. who had visited his broth
er-in-law and sister. Mr.. and
Mrs: Rice, as far as Richmond.
Miss Mary Rice. who is with
he State Health Department,
left Tuesday. January Z, after
spending two weeks with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
(Buck) Rice and her sons,
Gordy and Ricky Davis. of
Farmyille, were frequent call
ers Of His parents during the
holidays.
Sgt. and Mrs. Arnold Throck-
morton and children. Johnny,
Susan and Chuck" Of Au-
gusta, Ca, left Wednesday. De-
cember n, after spending the
Christmas holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
Throckmorton, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Swalley,1other who
visited in these same homes
during the holidays were Mr..
and Mrs. Trent Throcklnorton,
OF Meherrin; Mr.. and Mrs. Tu-
lane Throckmorton, Of Chat
ham; Bill Throckmorton and
children. Tommy and Bonnie,
OF Roanoke: Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackie D. Throckmorton and
children, Denny and Carolyn, of
Worsham: Mr.. and Mrs. Cloyd
tMac) Mcconnell and daugh-
ters, Drema and Denise, Of Hol-
Inns, and Mr.. and Mrs. French
H. Conway and her daughter,
Helen LeFevers, of Danville.
Miss Peggy DeLeo. Of Rich
mond, returned home New
Years day after spending the
week with Miss Lou Swalley.
Her brother, Dickie, also re-
turned home with her after
spending the week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Baudie Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter also had
with them last week their
grandson, Tommy Driskill, of
Abilene.
Back From New York
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Clardy re-
turned home Saturday after
spending the past week in New
York City.
Mrs. Walter Allen, of near
Farmville. was a lunch e o n
guest of Miss Lynette Calhoun
Tuesday. December Is.
James L. Hughes, of Salem.
spent December Is with his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Hughes. Others who called the
same day were Mrs. Leonard
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

sister. Miss Sarah Lipscomb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dris-
kill and son, Tommy, Of Abilene,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Slayton
and boys. Bradley and 'Bryon,
spent Christmas day with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Baudie
Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cart
wright. Jr., and daughters. Pat
tie Sue and Betty. Of Deep
Creek. spent Saturday with their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Slayton and Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Cartwright. Mrs. Cartwright
was called back Sunday due to
the illness Of her father, Leon
ard Slayton, who is patient
in the Southside Community
Hospital. Due to his improve
ment. she was able to return
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Slayton, of
Lynchburg, spent the New Year
holidays with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard Slayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie E. Skin
ner left Saturday morning ac-
companying their son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie boy" Skinner, of Rich
mond. to San Antonio, Texas, to
visit their other son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Sgt. and Mrs. holland
S. Skinner, and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Graft and
children. of 1appahannock. were
guests of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D.. Atchley. during the
New Year holiday.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

day.
Charlie Allen. Of washington,
D. c., spent the New Year week
end here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burley Booth
and children. of Ashland, were
guests Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Meadows, for the
Christmas holidays. They were
Christmas eve dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Meadows
and family. of near Farmville.
Other visitors during Christmas
week were Mrs. Vernon Bailey
and Clifton Click Meadows, Of
Abilene.
Mrs. Bertha Cutler and daugh-
ter. Maria. and Henry Dickhoff,
Of Kingsville. spent Christmas
day in North Carolina with Mr..
and Mrs. julius Croker and
family at the home Of the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mea-
dows, and children, of Ports
mouth. were New Year week
end guests Of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. j. Meadows.
Here for Hunting
Roy w. Throckmorton and
son, Gary Lee, and Roy Oliver,
all Of Salem, and Trent Throck-
morton. Of Meherrin. spent Sat-
urday here hunting.
Mrs. A. M. Throckmorton and
Mrs. Bert Swalley visited Mr..
and Mrs. Trent Throckmorton
at Meherrin New Years eve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackie Griles
and three daughters, Of Sim
plicity, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Allen, during
the holidays.
Miss Temple Lipscomb, of
Richmond. spent the Christmas
and New Year holidays with her
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

the place. We know how much
hard work you put in for us,
and as a special mark of our
appreciation, we are making out
a check for. one thousand dol
| lars for you"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05

The manager stanmered his
thanks.
Yes" went on the other
partner, land if next years
business is as good as this, Well
sign it,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
WITH STRINGS ATTACHED

The partners called their
plant manager in and said: I'VE
find that last years business
was the best since we opened
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-05
HIGHER-UP

Tenant why raise the rent
when my room is in the attic?"
Landlord You use more
stairs than anyone elSe.'
Evening star., 1962-01-07
Florida Cold Hits
Tornado Victims:
800 Homeless

CRESTVIEW. Fla. Jan. 6
(AP). - Cold weather threat
ened added misery today az
this Northwest Florida City
counted one dead, about &C
injured and extensive damages
from a tornado.
Between 600 and 700 resi-.
dents made homeless by the
twister yesterday took refuge
with neighbors or relatives
State Patrol Capt. J. w. Jour-
dan said about IS houses were
wrecked and $50 to 200 dam.
aged.
A freeze forecast for tonight
and cold temperatures Sunday
faced residents trying to clear
up after the storm.
Fifty State patrolmen anc
city police remained on duty
in the tornado's aftermath.
The twister swept along 6
3-mile. path about 200 yards
wide through business and res.
idential sections of this cit,
of $500. Capt. Jourdan sale
he believed damages would ex.
ceed SIS million.
The victim was 6-month-olc
Donna Joyce Johnson, daugh.
ter of MI. and Mrs. Kenneth
johnson. She was killed by 6
falling wall at her home.
Evening star., 1962-01-07
Fire Officials
Plan No Action
In Boby's Death

No official action will be
taken in the case of a 5-year-
old Washington boy who ad-
mitted playing with matches
just before his baby sister was
burned to death, Deputy Fire
Marshal Warren C. Kelly said
yesterday.
There was no ill will in
volved," Mr.. Kelly said. We'll
just write it off as a child who
played with matches"
The boy is Freddie Russell
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy S
Russell of 91O T street NV. His
2O-month-old sister, TIJUANA
was burned to death in her crit
Friday night while the mother
was on a quick trip to a store
police reported.
After the blaze was extin.
guished, Mr.. Kelly questioned
Freddie and said the boy tolc
him he and another brother
Wayne, 3, had found some
matches. Mr.. Kelly said Fred.
die told him he set a piece OF
paper on fire and then jumpec
on 1t until it went out.
Then, the investigator de.
clared, Freddie showed him how
he had set fire to some String
hanging from Tujuana's crib
The string" was fragments o.
fabric beneath the mattress.
Evening star., 1962-01-07

construction industry, the Ma
tional Construction AsSocia-
ton, complained in its Janu-
ary newsletter that the ma
chinery for settling inter-union
disputes may be unfair to con-
tractors.
Employers in the construc-
ton industry are taking a Sec
ond look at the jurisdictional
or job-rights compromise
and they do not like what they
see," the newsletter said.
The association said con-
tractors may invest time and
money to estimate or bid on a
job, only to have the AFL-CIO
rule that building trade unions
must not do the work.
Some building trades union
lists also are bitter about the
formula forced through by Mr.
Meany at the convention. AL
though his background is in
the building trades, they charge
that he yielded too much to the
industrial unionists.
In the long run, however,
building tradesmen expect to
expand their factory mainte-
nance work because of economic
advantages over the industrial
unions. The building trades
doubt that any machinery set
up by the AFL-CIO can stop
contractors from bidding for
jobs.
Evening star., 1962-01-07
AttIee and Wife
Leave Hospital

AMERSHAM, England, Jan
/. 6 (AP).-Earl Attlee, 78-year-
old former British Prime Min
lister, today left the hospital
where he had been under treat
ment since December 6 for a
heart attack.
Lord Attlee, who was carried
to an ambulance on a stretcher
for the trip to his home near
here, said: II am feeling fine u
He was accompanied by Lady
Attlee, who had been patient
at the same hospital suffering
from lumbago.
Evening star., 1962-01-07
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Bipartisan support for Fed
eral and postal employe pay
raises is expected in Congress
this year.
Top Republican members Of
the House and Senate Civil
Service Committees are expect
ed to join their Democratic COL
leagues in supporting pay raise
legislation. Also, support Of
some other key Republicans in
Congress is expected.
The situation is thus differ
ent from recent years when pay
raise legislation frequently was
fought along party lines.
During the Eisenhower ad-
ministration, some of the key
Republican members Of the
House and Senate Civil Service
Committees, although they per-
sonally we're inclined to sup
port actively pay raise leglsla-
ton, were hesitant to do SC
because of loyalty to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Eisenhower vetoed
three pay bills during his eight
years in office.
It's likely that Senator Carl
son, Republican of Kansas, the
ranking minority member oi
the Senate Civil Service Com
mittee, will join with Chairman
Johnston in co-sponsoring Fed.
eral and postal employe pay
raise bills.
Representative Corbett, Re
publican of Pennsylvania, tht
ranking minority member o,
the House Civil Service Com
mittee, is expected to be a CO.
sponsor with the top Democrat
Evening star., 1962-01-07

partment is a key point OF the
program advocated by A. Philip
Randolph. the AFL-CIO's only
Negro vice president and head
Of the Negro American Labor
Council.
Mr.. Randolph, who also is
president of the Brotherhood
Of Sleeping Car Porters, has
been pressing for stronger ac-
tion by the AFL-CIO against
racial discrimination in labor.
At last months AFL-CIO
convention, MI. Randolph won
from Mr.. Meany a pledge to
strengthen the labor feder;
tion's civil rights activities. But
the pledge included few spe-
cities, and Mr.. Meany has pub
licly rejected Mr.. Randolph's
proposal for practically auto
matte expulsion of unions that
persist in discriminatory poll
cieS.
Some Steps Taken
Mr.. Meany has complied with
Mr.. Randolph's suggestion that
he appoint Secretary Treasurer
William F. Schnitzler as chair
man of the AFL-CIO Civil
Rights Committee, a policy
making arm of the executive
council, and he has set up pro-
cedures for maintaining liaiSon
with the Negro American Labor
Council.
The AFL-CIO chief also is
working on plans to strengthen
and expand the civil rights de-
partment. There are indica-
tions that Boris Shishkin will
be, replaced as head of the de-
partment. But Mr.. Shishkin's
Evening star., 1962-01-07

Senator Tower, Republican oil
Texts. told conservatives yester-
day to leave demagoguery and
name-calling to the liberals.
He also said that to be ef-
fective politically, conservatives
must work within the frame
work of an established party
and at the precinct and block
level.
Senator Tower, the first Re-
publican Senator from Texas
since Reconstruction. received
an ovation from some 500 con-
servatives gathered at the
Sheraton Park Hotel for q
political action conference spon-
sored by Human Events, q
Washington news letter.
He told a luncheon meeting
that the Nation is experiencing
a resurgence of conservatism
and ascribed this in part tc
what he termed the increasing
political sophistication and ma
turity of voters.
I'VE must appeal to theil
reason" he said. I'VE can't get
our message across by shouting
slogans and calling everyone
who disagrees with us Com
munists."
Utopians Seen Real Threat
Senator Tower credited the
liberals with having been
smarter politicians than the
politicians than the conserva-
tives, but he said. I'VE make q
mistake when we resort to the
same emotionalism and dema-
goguery they do"
With only passing reference
to "the Socialistic schemes OF
the New Frontiersmen," Sena-
tor Tower said the real threat
to the Nation comes not from
known Communists but from
liberals who are too visionary
and too Utopian."
He said the most effective
thing conservatives can do is
to elect to Congress persons
who represent their own con-
victionS.
Representative Rhodes, Re-
publican of Arizona, also told
the group the conservative
cause can't be advanced by
reckless charges against those
with whom we disagree"
Like Senator Tower, he said
conservatives should work
through an established party
But Mr.. Rhodes went a step fur
ther and said conservatives
could be effective in politics
only by working through the
Republican Party.
While Senator Tower did not
go that far, he said the Demo-
cratic Party is owned by the
liberals "lock, stock and barrel
Mr.. Rhodes said conservatism
is having a resurgence because
"the good sense of the Ameri-
Evening star., 1962-01-07

lof Blue Cross officials sugges-
tions made to Congress pre-
viously.
He said a sliding-scale sub
sidy by the Government would
be required, with the subsidy
getting higher for lower income
applicants for insurance. No
precise cost figures, he said,
have been prepared.
The overall cost, Mr.. Raw
lings said, would be about So
billion a year from both private
and Government sources.
He said the cost would be
lower than that Of the Gov
ernment-administered program,
because of the operating ex-
perience and efficiency Of Blue
Cross.
Evening star., 1962-01-07

successor will not be a Negro,
according to present plans.
Mr.. Meany yesterday moved
to carry out the conventions
most important decision, to es-
tablish machinery for settling
inter-union disputes over juris-
diction and other questions.
He announced appointment
of AZ high-ranking unionists
to a mediation panel. Under
the conventions decision, Mr..
Meany will appoint one or more
mediators from the panel to
attempt voluntary settlement of
inter-union disputes.
Mediation Stressed
If mediation fails, the dis
putes win go to binding arbitra-
tion. Mr.. Meany said timely
mediation can be most effec-
tive in minimizing friction and
discord among the affiliateS
and can lead to the resolution OF
many disputes at an early stage
by voluntary agreement"-with-
out resort to the tough process
of arbitration and penalties.
Appointed to the mediation
panel were % members of the
AFL-CIO executive council -
all but the six who will serve
on a subcommittee to review
arbitration rulings - plus 19
other union leaders.
Internal feuds mostly have
pitted industrial unions. against
craft unions of the building
trades. A key issue is the right
to perform maintenance and
construction work in factories
! An employer group in the
Evening star., 1962-01-07
Old Vic Actors Stort
U. S. Trip Thursday

LONDON, Jan. 6 (AP).-The
Old Vic classical theater will
start on a North American tour
next Thursday.
Headed by actor John Gle
mentS and Michael Benthall,
director of the Old Vic, the
company will make a SIX
month tour of the United States
and Canada.
1t begins with an appearance
in Boston and will visit Wash
ington, New York, Philadel-
phia, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas
City, Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco, Seattle and Vancouver.
The program will consist of
three plays: Shakespeare's
Macbeth" and Romeo and
Juliet" and Shaw's Saint
JOAN"
Evening star., 1962-01-07
Conservative Rise Laid
To Voters Maturity

can people tells them that the
siren song of something for
nothing" is leading to collec-
tivism.
Mr.. Rhodes urged a firm
stand against appeasement of
the Soviet bloc, called Russia an
overrated opponent, and said
foreign aid is being used in
Africa and elsewhere to bolster
Communist regimes.
He also assailed United States
support Of the U.N. policy in
the Congo and President Ken
nedy's request for legislation to
permit the purchase of 500
million worth Of U.N. bonds.
In another speech, Represen-
tative Bob Wilson of California.
chairman Of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, warned conservatives
against extremists of either the
far left or the far right.
Warns Against Defensive
Mr.. Wilson urged the conserv-
atives to concentrate YOUR
time and efforts and money in
support Of the political party
which most closely represents
your views, rather than dissi-
pating your energy and time on
splinter groups"
He also cautioned in his pre-
pared remarks against sue
cumbing to the defensive" in
retaliation against what he
termed administration attempts
to identify sound government
with the "lunatic fringe"
The Kennedy administration.
Mr.. Wilson said, is mainly at
tempting to hide its own blum
ders and weakened policies
beneath a pail of baseless and
nonsensical charges against
those who oppose it."
Evening star., 1962-01-07

of the committee of similar pay
raise legislation.
Chairman Murray of the
House Civil Service Committee,
a conservative Democrat, has
not been too enthusiastic about
past pay raise legislation.
However, the situation is diff
ferent now since President Ken
nedy is expected to take the
lead in proposing Government
pay raises-the first time in
history that a President has
taken the initiative. Thus. Mr.
Murray is expected to go along
with the administration on any
pay raise proposal he feels is
reasonable.
Through the years as COM
mittee chairman, Mr.. Murray
generally has supported the rec
concentrations of the Chief
Observation-Disclosures Democratic
or Republication civil service
or postal matters.
OF course, Mr.. Murray, as in
the case of other members OF
Congress. may we'll balk at any
huge increases for Federal en-
ployes such as those being con-
templated by the administra-
ton for those in the upper
brackets.
But a more down-to-earth
reasonable approach to in
creasing Government salaries
is expected to get general sup
port in Congress.
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FEDERAL EXECUTIVES-It
pays to get a college degree il
you hope to become a Fedora
executive.
The Cornell University anc
University of Chicago studies
Iof Government executives show
Evening star., 1962-01-07
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Bipartisan Support { Expected
Fo: Federal, Postal Pay Raises

that 80 per cent of Federal
career executives are college
graduates. Many have several
| degrees.
However, Government politi-
cally appointed executives have
even a better record-90 per
cent of them have college de-
grees.
George Washington Univer-
sity has issued more bachelor
of arts degrees to those now
in Federal career executive
jobs than any other school. The
other leading institutions are
Harvard, City College of New
York, Minnesota, Illinois, Mich
igan. Wisconsin, Ohio State,
California and Washington.
At the doctoral level, Har-
ward, Chicago and Wisconsin
led.
Fedefal executives are rarely
women - only 145 appeared
among the 1000 civilian ex-
ecutives in the survey.
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TURN DOWN - The special
appeals panel of the Agency
for International Development
has turned down the appeals
of most of the $50 employees
who have been dismissed by the
agency. The employees were
given the right to appeal to
a special agency appeals board,
since they were not entitled to
civil service appeal rights.
The employees involved in
tend to take their cases to
Capitol Hill, declaring that it
was the intent of Congress that
some of the policy-making ex-
ecutives should be dropped in
stead of those in the lower
echelonS.
Evening star., 1962-01-07
Medical Care
Proposals Get
Close Scrutiny

The details of two comprom-
ise plans for medical care for
the aged were being worked out
this week end in separate, con-
flicting attempts to get a plan
passed by Congress in the COM
ing session.
One plan, spelled out here
yesterday by a representative OF
the profit Blue Cross AsSo-
citation, would be a national
private plan. 1t would cover
disqualification and related care
including the costs Of visiting
nurses or nursing homes.
Thus, it is broader than the
$50 deductible disqualification
plan, backed by President Ken
nedy, which failed to receive
consideration in Congress last
year. On the docket again this
year, the King-Anderson bill
would finance disqualification
through higher Social Security
taxes.
The Blue Cross plan, how
ever, would be paid for just as
private insurance is now, except
that persons with low incomes
would pay less, or, in some cases,
nothing. The Federal Govern
ment would pay the balance as
a subsidy.
Javits Has Plan
The second compromise plan,
to be proposed by Senator Jaw
its, Republican. of New York,
would finance aged care
through higher Social Security
taxes, as in the King-Anderson
bill.
An aide to Senator Javits
said the major notifications OF
this second plan are these:
l. Persons now covered by
Social Security retirement in
surance could-but would not
have to-participate in the
medical insurance plan. Thus
persons wishing to continue
private insurance could be re-
imbursed by the Federal Gov
ernment for their Social Sc
curity medical insurance pay
ments.
2. The States. rather thar
the Federal Health, Education
and Welfare Department, woulc
administer the plan.
3. Persons not covered by So.
cial Security retirement insur.
ance could participate in the
new Social Security medica
plan.
The aide said the specific
proposal Senator Javits will
make would be released to thu
press for publication tomorrow
Has Objections
The aide did, however, revea
that the Senator had been ad.
vised Of the Blue Cross pro.
posal but did not buy" it.
Nor, said the aide, would Blue
Cross officials agree to dror
their compromise" and bacl
Senator Javits'.
The plan spelled out by Blue
Cross Association spokeSmer
was agreed on last week at 6
meeting with the American
Hospital Association in Chica
go. 1t is designed to guarantee
through Federal subsidy tha'
no American be denied private
hospital insurance because o.
low income.
See Wider COverage
The Blue Cross compromise
l. Provides the freedom o.
choice" conservatives condemn
Evening star., 1962-01-07

the Administrators Social
Security medica, plan as lack
ing
2. Potentially could cover
many persons not now covered
by Social Security.
8. Possibly could provide a
continuity between the private
medical insurance plans often
paid for by employees and en-
ployers together and an aged
insurance plan paid for by re-
tirees and Government.
4. Would not interfere with
or disturb the growing private
insurance plans, many of them
non-profit.
From his office in Chicago,
the president of Blue Cross AS
sociation, Walter j. McNerney,
said, Hospitals and Blue Cross
Plans have already made it
possible fol" approximately five
million aged to obtain health
services through the prepay
ment mechanismS of Blue
Cross"
/ There are now about II mil
lion Americans aged IS and
over. According to a statistician
OF the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., 53.2 per cent of
those IS to IA have some hos
pital insurance, which is also
held by 32.5 per cent of those
aged rs or over.
Expansion Speedy
(The growth in coverage has
been speedy; in 1852, only one
in four aged persons was COW
cred by health insurance. To-
day about one of every two per-
sons over IS is partly or fully
covered by some form of health
insurance.
/ Mr.. McNerney said Blue
Cross will finance a program of
comprehensive health care ben
eftS for the aged, if the Gov
ernment agrees to help those
retired aged who cannot pay
all or any of the insurance
costs themselves.
The plan, unlike those now
run somewhat independently by
~ Blue Cross organizations,
would have a rate scheme
standard for the whole Nation.
F. P. Rawlings, jr., president
of Group disqualification, which
provides medical insurance for
many in the Washington area,
participated in the Blue Cross
AHA conference on the plan,
which primarily is an extension