The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-01-12
NATIONAL
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MOORE Is SPEAKER
CONGRESS CONvENES
}. SOUTH KOREAN PLOT

E. BLACKBURN MOORE be-
gan his seventh term as Speaker
OF the House Of Delegates. as the
virginia General Assembly con-
vened in Richmond Wednesday.
Moore has represented Clarke
and Frederick counties and the
city OF Winchester since 1893 and
mas been Speaker since 1850. No
other man in this century has
served longer than three terms
as Speaker, following a precedent
set by the late Richard E. Byrd,
father of q. S. Sen. Harry F.
Byrd. In the 18th century several
men occupied the Speakers chair
Tor longer than three terms. The
longest occupant was Linn Banks
OF Madison county who served
from 1877 to 1899.
CONGkESS also convened We'd
nesday. Rep. John w. Mccormack
(D-Mass.) was elected Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, and
Rep. Carl Albert (D-Okla.D took
McCormack's place as majority
floor leader. Senate Republicans
picked Sen. Bourke B. Hicklen-
topper Of Iowa over Sen. Leverett
SaltonStal of Massachusetts as
chairman Of their policy commit
tee. Tax changes which would
give businessmen more incentives
for investing in new plants and
equipment are said to be the first
Items the administration will try
to get through Congress.
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IN SOUTH KOREA Chang Do
young, former titular head of the
military junta which overthrow
civilian rule, was convicted of
plotting against his own regime.
A revolutionary r b u n a SEN
fenced him to the gallows We'd
nesday In Seoul and meted out
the same penalty to his former
secretary. excel. Lee Hoi Yung.
Death sentences are automatical-
" reviewed by an appeals court.
Chang was a hero of the Korean
war and army chief of staff when
the coup occurred last May. He
agreed to head the junta only aft
err the coup was an accomplished
fact. Two months later he was re-
placed by Gen. Chung Hee Park,
who was and is the real power in
South Korean politics.
THE RUSSIANS were to fly the
is passengers and four crewmen
of q BELGIAN airfner which stray
ed into Soviet territory to Moscow
Wednesday. It was announced in
Brussels that they would be flown
from Moscow to Brussels on a
regularly scheduled Soviet flight
Thursday. The Belgian plane was
en- route from Tehran to Istanbul
Monday when it landed in Grozny,
275 miles north of the Turkish
border. Reports say the Russians
have released the plane but that
it was unable to fly out due to
mechanical difficulties.
PRIME MINISTER MACMIL-
Ian conferred with West Ger
many'S Chancellor Adenauer in
Bonn Tuesday. Macmillan per-
suaded Adenauer that the U. S.
and British ambassadors in Mos
COW should continue their explor-
atory talks with the Russians on
Berlin. So far nothing concrete
has appeared to come out of
these talks. Adenauer also agreed
that his government should con-
tribute to the maintenance of the
81 900 British troops stationed in
Germany.
THE REFUSAL of an exclusive
Washington mems club. the Cos
mos Club. to admit a Negro has
apparently caused the cancella-
ton of President Kennedy'S men,
bership application. The clubs
membership committee refused
to accept Carl Rowan. a Negro
and deputy under secretary of
state for public affairs. AS re-
suit John Kenneth Galbraith. U.
S. ambassador to India. resigned.
Galbraith. who was the PreSi-
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