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Evening star., 1962-12-31

overturned vehicles, ripped off
rooftops, snapped power lines
and broke plate glass windows.
A youth was reported swept
off a New York harbor ferry
boat, apparently to his death.
A motorboat overturned, and
It's operator drowned.
Travellers Stranded
Hundreds Of travellers were
reported stranded in storm
battered Maine, with buses and
automobiles frozen up along
the roads.
Names Gov. John H. Reed
sent Chairman David H. Stew
ems of the Highway Department
to Bangor to supervise efforts
to clear roads in that practi-
cally paralyzed area.
Police called the Maine storm
the worst in a decade. Condi-
tions were described as very
critical"
Bangor had at least 2l inches
Of new snow on top of the Is
inches previously fallen.
The Bargnr Daily News
failed to publish its morning
paper today. for the first time
since 1899.
The Maine blizzard, termed
the worst in a decade, also
forced closing Of Bangor movie
houses for the first time in
memory and stranded some
1000 persons in buses and cars
throughout the State.
Gov. Reed appealed to citi-
zenS to take in the refugees.
$500 Isolated
The 4,500 persons in Lincoln,
Me-, about 40 miles north of
Bangor, were reported isolated
with no power and all roads
blocked.
Old Town, a city Of $500
about Is miles northwest of
Bangor, got 20 inches Of new
snow for a total of IS on the
ground. other new snow figures
given by the Weather Bureau
today were Millinocket %;
Houlton 10; Limestone is;
Caribou IA; Eastport IL;
Brunswick and Greenville 6
each; Augusta 5; and Portland
3h.
Bone-chilling tie m p eratures
added to the discomfort. The
Weather Bureau said overnight
lows dropped to Is degrees be-
low zero in Augusta.
Lincoln, a town Of $500 some
40 miles north Of Bangor, was
isolated for n time. with no
power and all roads blocked.
State police said today the
power had been restored. but
roads remained snow-clogged.
State police estimated that
1000 persons were stranded in
buses and cars last night In a
30-mile area around Bangor.
Many strandees flocked 20 res
taurants and motels, while
others sought shelter in private
homes.
In Dover, N. j., firemen stood
by helplessly. their water tanks
Evening star., 1962-12-31
By the Associated Press

Winter lashed the eastern Of the Nation with furious
winds and cold today in the last hours Of the year. bringing
widespread destruction and death
Transportation snarled utility services damaged and
some entire communities crippled
Temperatures plunged below in many places.
Winds up to 95 miles hour tore down power lines
Evening star., 1962-12-31

NDOLA, Northern Rhodesia,
Dec. 81 (AP) President Noise
Tshombe of Katanga was re-
ported to have returned today
to his troubled province to Or
Iganize a last-ditch stand
against United Nations forces.
The secessionist leaders
brother, Thomas, said in Ndola
that Mr.. Tshombe had gone to
Kolwezi, $50 miles northwest Of
his capital, Elisabethville, now
held by U. N. forces.
Katanga security officials in
Ndola said Mr.. Tshombe is be-
lieved to be reforming the gov
ernment at Kolwezi and organ
izing his military forces to
carry on the fight against the
United Nations.
Mr.. Tshombe slipped through
u. N. cordons Saturday after
the capture of the presidential
palace in Elisabethville. He
crossed into Northern Rhodesia
and flew Sunday to Salisbury,
Southern Rhodesia.
There Mr.. Tshombe confer
red with Sir Roy Welensky,
prime minister of the Central
African Federation. Presuma-
bly, he asked for support from
Sir Roy, who has been sympa-
thetic.
Rhodesian civil aviation
forces said Mr.. Tshombe flew
direct from Salisbury to North
'ern Rhodesia, then took a Ka-
tanga Air Force plane to Kol-
wezi.
1t was believed Mr.. Tshombe
was accompanied by members
Of his cabinet, including Inte-
rior Minister Godefroid Mu-
nongo.
Safe Arrival Reported
The acting representative of
the Katanga government in
Southern Rhodesia, Jean Tas-
niez, confirmed that Mr.. Tsh-
ombe is in Kolwezi. He said
the Katanga leader sent a mes
sage saying he arrived safely
by air.
Kolweiz is one Of the big
Evening star., 1962-12-31

Continued From Page Al
quired" by Secretary General
U Thant's plan for Congo unity.
Evening star., 1962-01-21

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Broth specially blended to complement the
Evening star., 1962-01-21
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cake
PADDLEFORD This Week Food Editor

oADDLEFOKD This Week Food Editor
How Colonial DANES would have loved this cake. So
would their men, for its hearness and the lingering after
taste of the Cheddar, Americas favorte cheese.
CENTENNIAL cHEDDAR cHEESEcAKE
e,p sifted -four cup butter margarine, softened
cup sugar egg yohk
teaspoon grated lemon rnd teaspoon vunMo sxtroef
cheeseeoke Filing 1reepe beiowl
Mix -four sugar and lemon rind together. Cut in butter.
Add egg yolk and vanilla; stir until dough is formed.
Shape into smooth round Press Is of the dough evenly
onto bottom of 8nch spring pan Bake at 4OO'F for
10 minutes until golden brown Cool Press remaining
dough around sides of pan to within inch of top Pour
in Cheesecake Filling Bake at 5OOF for to 10 minutes
until top lightly Drowned Reduce heat to 25OF.
Bake for about hour until cake tester out clean
when inserted in center Cool rack away from drafts.
Serve chilled. Remove sides of pan when ready
to serve. Yield: one 8inch cheesecake.
Cheesecake Filling
poekoses 10 eoehl teapoo" 9'o'sd orange r"d
cream cheese VI teaspoon grated lemon rind
cup finely grated Cheddur cheese 4 eggs
~ CUP sugar 2 egg yoDs
" teaspoon vonNu exiruef " cup beer or ole
" cup heavy
Beat cream cheese until fluffy Add Cheddar beat until
well blended Combine sugar. vanilla, grated fruit rinds
Add gradually cheese MIXTURE beating until smooth
Add eggs and egg yoks, one at time Beat after each
addition. Stir in beer and heavy cream. -rHE EMO
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Go Out And Vote tuesday : Be Glad You Can

Mississippi voters will go to the
polls Tuesday, June 5, and vote on a
constitutional amendment to decide
whether or not the present office Of
Sheriff and Tax Collector shall be
separated, thereby enabling a sheriff
to succeed himself.
If voters decide the two offices
should be separated, the Legislature
will be called into special session later
this year to pass the necessary legis-
lation, after a special legislative study
committee is ready to report.
While the matter has not been
spelled out it is believed the Legisla-
ture would probably combine the Of
flee of Tax Assessor and Tax Collector
= perhaps putting it on a straight
salary basis. The new office of Sheriff
only would also probably be a salaried
position, or perhaps a combination of
salary and fees.
But the present salaries based on
fees paid sheriffs in many Mississippi
counties, some of them in excess of
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
ALLIGATOR FOUND IN
CORNFIELD

w. c. Downer, prominent
plander in the Emory COM
munity in the northwest cor
ner of Holmes County,
brought a 16-inch alligator to
Lexington on Wednesday
that had been found in a corn
field by a Negro tenant, Andy
Brown while planting corn.
The plot of ground where
the alligator was found is the
highest hill on the farm. He
was lying on top of a corn
row when discovered attemp-
ted to fight despite his small
size and was killed by the
tenant.
Mr.. Downer is unable to
account for the reptile being
At that location as Emory is
the highest point in the coun-
ty and the soil is sandy type
with no body of water or
creek within ten miles Of the
section,
Some thought q crane or
other large bird may have
dropped it there. Others said
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

the $4,000 salary paid the governor,
would be eliminated. Qn some coun-
ties the sheriff nets more than
$5O,Ooo.OO
The reasoning on which the sug-
gested change is being advocated says
a full-time sheriff can do a better job
if he puts all of his time and effort
on law enforcement = and that if he
can succeed himself he will make q
better officer through experience gain
ed from more than one term.
The greatest single objection to
the plan, as far as we have been able
to determine, is that some of the
smaller counties of Mississippi cannot
afford to support two offices.
Here in Holmes County we are
obviously able to support two offices
if the majority of the people want
them separated.
So the question boils down to
whether or not the people want it.
Go out and vote your choice -
and be glad you can.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Not Afraid OF The Communists But The Co.'S, 0 My!

ly strong, to keep our faith in God n
country and each other and we
know this is true.
But the Citizens Councils OF Mis-
sissippi have corrupted many fine peo-
pie. whose moral standards have been
lowered and compromised when they
became converted to the Citizens
Council cause" A minister remarked
that every time a member OF his
church becomes interested in the Cltl-
zens Council it is just a matter OF time
until he lost interest in his church.
The corruption brought by the
Councils is a dark stain m the bright
future of our state. 1t is evident in
almost everything the Council says and
does, in the public announcements it
makes, in the undercover action it
takes to smear and intimidate innocent
people. A list of recent d%epredations
would fill too much space here.
To get the idea one only has to
remember the unsavory headlines and
the tragic consequences of incidents
like the Billy Barton case, the attempt
ed ousting of a minister from his
church, the free-wheeling "spy'' tao
tics of the State Gestapo Sovereignty
Commission, wet nurse of the Citizens
Council.
Hypocritically %espousing the prin-
ciple of Estates rights and constitu-
tional government" the councils rape
the state constitution every time they
accept their $4,000 monthly check from
the state Sovereignty Commission =
and the Legislature, cowed in fear and
trembling of political consequences, re-
fuses to- ever ask for an accounting of
taxpayers funds.
Where is the principle and in
tegrity which once was our states
proudest heritage? How can We pass
on to future generations a character
and backbone we do not ourselves to-
day possess?
These are the questions our
leaders today need to be studying.
These are the problems for which
Mississippi must find an answer, or
perish.
Perhaps we had better begin by
getting on our knees and asking God
for strength and character to start
living the Christianity which we pro-
fess but do not practice.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Through The Years
Items of interest from the past taken from our filea
of The Lexington Advertiser and The Durant News.
By Ruth B. Flower
TENdYEARs AGO
By Ruth B. Flower

bi Samuel Shillman giving
the address.
A beautiful program of mu-
sic was presented by Mrs,
Fanny Lumpkin, organist,
Mrs. Harry Goldberg, violin
list and Mrs. Harry Worthey,
soloist.
Members of the confirma-
ton class were Harry Morris
Kaplan, Julia Bonita Lewis,
Philip Raymond Cohen, Emf
lie Flower and Martha Elaine
Schur.
MI Morris Lewis, president
of the congregation, present
ed the certificates.
N A reception was held i'm
mediately after the services
by the parents Of those con-
firmed.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

If this were the Legislature, what
l am going to say would be called -
"rising to a point of personal privilege"
At the Capitol, this privilege is used
when a legislator feels he must de-
fend his or a colleagues personal in
tegrity or when he feels he has been
unfairly taken advantage of or un-
unfairly used.
My point of personal privilege
is in the latter category. It involves
the forged telegram read at last Thurs
DAVIS Jackson Citizens Council meet
ing.
Actually. my "point" goes back to
Wednesday evening, May 18th, when l
reported in good faith on u evening
news that Citizens Council officials had
issued a statement that the Reverend
Robert Ingram of Houston, Texas, had
been threatened and intimidated if he
appeared in Jackson.
The Citizens Council employee who
t0IcpIlOIIcu Ills OLdICLICHC W IN OIiOA
" before news time said they couldn't
say any more about the threat until
Ingram was safely in Jackson.
l was unfairly used and the facili-
ties of this station taken advantage
of because this person knew then that
this statement. issued on behalf of the
Jackson Council, was an out and out
falsehood - that Ingram had not been
threatened or intimidated.
The next afternoon, when Ingram
was in our studios for an interview,
this Council employee said that the
threat and intimidation" he had re-
ferred to the day before was the tele-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31

gram purportedly sent by the st.
Andrews Episcopal rector, the Reeve
rend Edward Harrison.
The fact is that even if Harrison
had sent the telegram, which he did
not, there was no threat or intiml-
dation to Ingram, implied OF other
wise. The strongest word used to
Ingram was the word urge
Mississippi reporters expect groups
or persons not friendly to the state to
occasionally try to "use" us to get
publicity for irresponsible statements,
but we do not expect to be similarly
fused" by our friends.
Of course, the Wednesday report
was just a prelude to the Thursday
revelation that the telegram itself was
a hoax.
Many persons are trying to learn
who did send the telegram. | am, be-
cause | was the first reporter to use
Harrison's name in connection with the
telegram.
but 1t seems to me that the Jack
son Citizens Council has by far the
greatest stake in locating, naming, and
prosecuting the sender.
The board of directors of the
Jackson Council includes 10 many out
standing, reasoning, and stable Jack
sonians who have worked too hard to
control an irresponsible few to have
their efforts tainted by this incident.
Experts in the fight against Com
munism continually stress that this
country must remain morally strong.
This episode indicates that we have a
dangerously frayed moral fiber right
here in u own backyard.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
GaAonIoA
Unconstitutional, Too
Spite Inspired Bill On legals Dies On Calendar
Unconstitutional, Too

When the Mississippi Legislature
adjourned May 26 there was pending
on the House Calendar an already
Senate-approved bill which would allow
municipalities to run their proceedings
and legal notices in a newspaper located
outside the city, the only requirement
being that the newspaper be located
within the same county.
The bill was directed, according to
the Associated Press, against Mrs.
Hazel Brannon Smiths Durant News"
United Press international referred to
Mrs. Smith as "a critic of the Citizens
Council" Both reports were distributed
widely.
The purpose of the Senate bill, &C.
cording to its authors, was to make it
easier to deal with a newspaper whose
editor did not "think right One of
the authors referred to thinking as
we do"
Actually, the hidden purpose of the
bill was to make it possible for some
of the die-hard hackers of the Holmes
County Herald, a Johnny-come-lately
newspaper of limited circulation and
even less leadership. to steal the legals
of the City of Durant awav from the
communities newspaper, The Durant
News, and place them in their W spite
sheet at Lexington.
Holmes County Senator T. M. Will
liams of Lexington, one of the incorpo-
rators of the Holmes County Publish
ing Company, the stock company which
publishes the Herald, voted FOR" the
Senate bill he thought would benefit
his own newspaper.
If there was any doubt the bill
was a punitive measure directed solely
at Mrs. Smith, it was removed when
the bill went to the House of Repre-
sentatives for action. In that body it
was considered by the subcommittee
of the Municipalities Committee which
refused to make a recommendation on
it, passing the measure back to the full
committee. The chairman of the sub
committee, the Hon. Karl Wiesenberg,
of Pascagoula jackson County,,
recommended the bill be killed out
right.
Members of the full Municipalities
Committee would not agree to recon-
mending the bill as adopted by the
Senate. Some members said they would
not punish" their editors in such a
manner But Rep. w. G.. McMullen of
Pickens, a Holmes County representa-
tive, POSSIBLY on instructions ply in
sisted that a bill of some kind be re-
ported out. Members of the committee
agreed to report the bill out for pas
sage only if it was amended to be a
local and private" measure = appli-
cable only to Holmes County.
So the Senate bill was amended by
the Municipalities Committee of the
House to apply only to Holmes County
= and the true meaning and purpose
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
JOHN SHARPE WILLIAMS

JOHN SHARPE WILLIAMS
John Sharpe Williams, for
mer senator when interview
ed at his home in YaZoo Coun
ty, The Cedars, said: Lack
of political courage to tackle
the problems that confront
them is the greatest trouble
with our lawmakers in both
state and national govern
ment today"
"When / was in public life
I voted my convictions, the
dictates of my conscience and
best judgement, regardless Of
the popularity or unpopular
ity of the measure"
Expressing a confidence in
the common honesty Of a ma
.iority of public men today.
Senator Williams said:
found in my public career
that there are as many hon
est office holders as in other
professions, school, teachers,
preachers, lawyers, doctors
or any other occupation. In
#
fact if the majority of people
were MOI honest, the country
and civilization would not
last two weeks"
The reporter found Senator
Williams in remarkably good
healthI considering his adj
vanced years, seated on a
sunny porch Of his coy coun-
try home.
He graciously ushered his
visitor into the spacious re-
ception hall lined with book
cases filled with volumes OF
the worlds choicest literature
and between puffs his IA
vorite brand OF Gig freely
spoke Of his thougAss ab044t
the problems Of the day.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
OLD MOORE HOTEL WILL
BE TORN DOWN SOON

The Moore Hotel. will be
torn down soon, according to
a statement made Wednesday
by Mrs. Minnie Diggs, pre-
sent occupant.
The owners, heirs to the
Pepper estate have contracted
with an o~ut-of-town wreck
ing company to remove the
building and clear the lot.
The old building just one
block off the east side of the
square at 100 E. China has
stood at least a hundred
years. On the upper floors by
the windows are large coils of
grass rope four to six inches
in diameter, attached to iron
rings bolted to the wide plank
floors, to be used as fire es-
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
ORCHESTRA PERFORMS
AT THEATRE

The Young Maestro and his
orchestra presented a program
of dance music and songs at
the Lexington Theatre on Fri
day night. Members Of the
orchestra are Neal brennan,
at the piano; William Moses,
bass horn: Marion CHM,
drums; Pepper Tidwell, from
bone; Celian Lewis, second
trumpet; Robert Stephenson,
first trumpet; John G. Her.
bert, first saxophone; Eugene
Herman, second saxophone
and Herman Flowers, third
saxophone.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
Another Story

Anti Communist Day was observ-
ed in Mississippi on Tuesday, May 20,
and throughout the state the theme
was emphasized in appropriate pro-
grams at schools, civic clubs and
churches.
Every American and every person
who loves individual freedom every
where should be informed on the ma
ture and threat Of communism which
is nothing more, or less, than an in
ternational conspiracy dedicated to the
enslavement of free people throughout
the world.
SO it is that we applaud heartily
this effort to emphasize this danger
which confronts us and our free society
and we commend the efforts of all
those who seek to educate the public
on communism, chief among which are
the newspapers, television and radio.
We are not one of those who dismiss
as completely without foundation the
supposition that there is absolutely no
danger from within from communism.
It could and possibly does exist in some
places. Nor do we view with dark suspi-
cion everyone and anyone with differ
ing viewpoints from our own. The lat
ter we regard as despicable as the COM
munists.
But we do believe that worrying
unduly about the so-called Communist
menace" in Mississippi is something
like a minister Grating on the sins of
the people in Timbuctoo when his
own congregation sits uneasily on skid
row.
There are many things we fear
more than communism in Mississippi
- and chief among them is a facist-
type home grown organization which
already is more Of a threat to free
dom-loving people in Mississippi than
the communists will ever be.
We refer specifically to the white
Citizens Council Of Mississippi which
too, often in too many cases have
adopted and followed methods that
would make a communist green with
envy.
The Citizens Councils have STIR
red up more division and strife in the
Magnolia State than the communists
could ever imagine.
Experts in fighting communism
tell us that the best way to fight COM
munism is for Americans to be moral
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1962-05-31
NEW PANAMA LIMITED
STARTS RUN SUNDAY


After ten years experience
in building streamlined trains
the Illinois Central Railroad
will start the new Panama
Limited fast passenger train
this month. The run between
Chicago and New Orleans will
shorten the time by two
hours. The new train will
serve an acute wartime need.
The new Panama Limited
fellows the original fast pas
senger train, leader of the III
nois fleet of 1916.