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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
Don't move! We're FBI"

search. But what followed that dra-
matte night was surprising. We had
no desperate. murderOus criminal IN
custody. The criminal, whose name
l will omit, had no dynamite and
would not have known how to detO-
nate il if he had.
He was a Navy veteran Of World
War II, who had been discharged
with battle fatigue" He was mar
RED and had two children. His wife
worked as a crane operator.
He had been in and out Of jobs,
and his failures had Preyed on his
mind. Out of this came his scheme
for acquiring sudden wealth. Once
he had the money, he intended to
put il away, draw on it slowly to
give his family a vacation, to be at
last the respected head Of a family.
He entered a plea Of guilty, was
sentenced to serve two years. A
month later the sentence was re-
duced to one year.
This man was hardly the sort Of
desperate criminal his extOrtion let
ter indicated. But you never know
what q criminal is like until you've
caught him. And in this case, the
catching was one Of the most chal-
longing missions the FBI ever car
ried out.
It'sagOOd example Of the forces
the Bureau can quickly and efec-
lively mobilize. -THE GssO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07

He told us his identity and
readily admitted that he owned the
pickup truck. He said he had been
hired by two men he met at a
Compton gas station who offered
him $500 TO fash a red light at the
Sunset Limited as il passed through
La Puensc. When we searched the
pickup we found a ''Radarite''
with flasher battery and red lens.
More questioning soon brought out
the truth. Our captive admitted
that the scheme was his and that he
had no accOmPliccs. He had written
the letter. he had flashed the light.
For the FBI that ended the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-07
Couiinued from page 10

watchers in thelOcOmOtive cabmight
have mistaken the signal. The real
signal might still be ahead.
It was Il:46 when the agents in
the shrubbery saw a man crawl out
Of the brush beside the railroad
track near La Puente. He moved
steaIthily on hands and knees till
he reached the mailbag. Stretching
out his hand, he turned il over. AT
that moment the two agents rose
from the underbrush, turned ON a
ilOOdlight and covered him. Don't
novel, one Of them commanded.
Were FBI agents." Others closed
in as the suspect suffered, ''YOu
have the wrong man.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Tobacco Markets
Reopening Date
Set Back A Week

A reopen;ng date of Monday,
Jan. l3, 1864. for auctions in the
Virginia Type 81 dark-fired TO-
bacco belt has been set by the
Virginia Dark Fired Tobacco
Marketing Committee.
The decision moving the date
back a week from the originally
planned one Of January + was
made at meeting at Farmvllle
Friday OF the Executive com
mittee Of the grower buyer
WarehOuseman control group
The committee also set a clos
ing date Of Thursday, Feb.
for all three Virginia markets
This Will provide four weeks of
auctions following reopenlng
and no cleanup sales will be
scheduled after the closing date.
The committee said the ex-
tended period of cold and UNI
seasonable weather, hamperlng
farm marketing preparations.
led to the decision to delay the
reopening of auctions after the
Christmas shutdown.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24

covered with gravel. and t
suitable for sleigh hiding at pres
ent
Today Monday continues the
present cold trend, according to
John Wilson. official weather OBJ
server at WFIO- The tempera-
ture at II am. was IS degrees.
a degree lower than it was two
hours earlier. The low last night
was ID degrees
Saturday was the coolest day,
registering an overnight low Of
three degrees.
The snow and slect apparently
arc covering wide area of the
state. AppomattoX State Police
headquarters report highway
crews working on the most dar-
gerous hills. and no major in
cidents have been reported so
far. Snow reached an accWnula-
ton OF eight inches in South
western Virginia. and Bucklng-
ham reports about three inches.
All persons in positions of au-
thorlty urge extreme caution
when driving.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Special Services
Planned By Several
Farmville Churches

Special Christmas services will
be held in three Farmville
churches during the holiday sea
son.
Johns Memorial Episcopal
Church will hold Christmas
Eve service at II pm. Tuesday
night. Holy Communion Will be
celebrated. A Christmas service
will be held at Johns Memorial
Christmas Day at 10 am. Holy
Communion will also be cele-
brated at this service.
Saint Johns Lutheran Church
Will hold special services on
Christmas Day and New Years
Day. Both Of these services will
be held at 10 am, and will be
the Common Service.
Saint Therese's Roman Catho-
lie Church will celebrate Mid
night Mass on Christmas Eve.
Mass will also be celebrated at
II am. on Christmas Day.
The public is invited to attend
these special services at each
church.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Babson's 1864
Forecast Coming
In Dec. 81 Issue

The Farmville Herald will
publish ROber w. BabSon S
Business and Finarical Fore
cast for 1854 on Tuesday.
Dec 81
We call this feature to our
readers attention because
1864 Will be a year OF MANY
changes, about which you
will read at the onset Of the
new year.
Mr.. Babsons 1854 Fore
cast Will contain protectors
covering such important top
les as general business, 1864
elections, tax cut. labor, i'll
flation. the agricultural out
look. the stock market, real
estate and the cost of liv-
ing.
BabSon's record for an
nual forecasts on U. S. fu-
ture business has the Ma
tons best and highest rec
ord. His forecast Of a year
ago Upheld his remarkable
average Of past wears by be-
lag 81 per cent correct.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Fire Destroys
Frame Dwelling
Near H-SC

a frame residence. owned by
Joe Randolph. was completely
destroyed by fire Sunday after
noon about las pm The bmhl
ing, located about half a mile
from Hampden-Sydncy. had cav
cd III before the F'armvillc Fire
Department arrived
Fire Chief Philip u Gay said
the fire started Oh the second
floor apparently from = defective
flue. BY the time Randolph dis
covered the fire It was too late
to stop tie hla2e No one was
injured II the fire but almost
nothing wa. saved from the
house.
Chef Gay said about Is per
cnt Of the fires this time of
year come from overheatlns
furnaces and stoves. and he
warned again that every home
owner should take extreme care
with their heating systems.
AS the thermometer drops
down around the zero mark,
fires caused by overheated
stoves show a definite Ill
crease. the chief warns. Be
careful" he advises.
Chief GAY also asked better
cooperation from the public on
the matter Of blocking the en-
(Cootnued On page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24

Last weeks general average
fell $685. per hundred to $32. 10
for dark-fired tobacco, and the
sun-cured average dipped $3.50
to $25
N0ndescript Hurts
Averages tumbled last week as
the offerings of low grades and
nondesclipt leaf. the tier
carrying no support price props,
far exceeded those of the better
quality grades. The 1868 season
sees the paradox of bids for
choice and fine leaf continually
rising to record figures while at
the same time the market gen.
eral averages fall due to the
predominance of poor quality to-
bacco in the drought-ravaged
1868 crop.
Growers have received a gross
of $483, l54 at Farmv!lle for their
dark-fired leaf and SCI .457.95 for
Sun-curcd offerings. The tota |
farmer receipts after three
weeks here is $5O4 SPIT.
Last week was the busiest Of
the three-week season as farm
ers brought III ,656 pounds to
get some or all their sales com
plcted before the Christmas holi-
day closing of three full weeks.
Bclt-wide Report
The Federal State Market
News Service Reports average
prices by grades last week were
generally firm TO higher when
compared with the previous
week: however. quality of offer
ings was lower. It is estimated
that around one half of the 1853
crop has now been sold
Gross SAILS were at follows.
week ending December 10,
,3l6.2 1862 pounds. average 1881;
season through December 10,
3.4M.3l0 pounds. average SIS. 10.
The weekly average showed
loss Of $3.50 per hundred from
the previous weeks level. due
principally to the inferior quality
ri narketlnes. During the same
renod last season III DAYS. T..
i24,5e0 pounds returned $40, %.
Thin leaf and lugs sold about
IN line with levels Of the week
before while nnndeScr1pt was a
Little lower Many baskets OF
better quality tobacco sold IN the
so TO $s5 price range.
Cooperative receipts for the
season we're around eight per
cent Of sales. For the CORE
spending period last year grow
ers had pooled about nine per
cent Of turnover
The Y. s. Crop Reporting
Board il its annual summary re-
leased December 10. estimated
production Of Type 81 tobacco
at 100000 pounds. This would
be the smallest crop on record
and around IL million pounds
or IS per cent less than the
November forecast.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Widespread Snow And Sleet Cover
The Area; Make Driving Hazardous

Chlldren's eyes take on a mer-
rler CLEAN as the prospects ap-
pear excellent for white
Christmas. but for those who
have 10 drive. it is time Of
extreme caution. Sleet on top OF
the STOW makes road conditions
very hazardous. and Farmvllle
Police Chief Otto S. Overton
urges all motorists to be very
careful.
Town manager T, W. Bloom
field said the main thorough
fares in Farmvllle are being
treated with chemicals to assist
the motorists. but he added that
the residential streets are still
very slick The ice cannot b.
scraped. and chains are not but
so good on the icy streets.
Even the outlook for Sled rid
ing is not too good at present.
Beech street. which is normally
the sleigh riding hill. is under
construction by the town force
ard has not hden roped off
Bloomfield pointed out that the
lower haE o: Beech street is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Investigation
Being Pushed
In Charlotte
Robbery Victim,
DR.. Watkins, 81
Killed By Gun

BRAKES BRANCH, Dec. %
Nothing new has developed in
the murder case of DR.. Thomas
Watkins. according to Charlotte
County Sheriff Frank L. Smith
this morning. About IS county
police and state police investiga-
tors are pushing the investiga.
tor as rapidly as possible.
DR.. Watkins. 81. prominent
Charlotte County physician. was
attacked and killed Wednesday
just outside his home about $50
pm as he returned from a call
Early reports indicated that DR.
Watkins had been stabbed, but
Dr. G. T. Mann. the state medi-
cal examiner. said an autopsy
indicated that DR.. Watkins had
been killed by a gunshot wound
in the left chest. the gun having
been fired at very close range
Search Unavailing
An intensive search around the
area has failed to produce the
murder weapon or the missing
wallet of DR.. Watkins. Robbery
was the apparent motive as the
doctors wallet. believed contain
irg about $500. was taken.
Dogs were called In Wednes-
day night. but apparently had
no success in tracking the as
sailant.
R. P. Rainey. Jr.. state police
investigator. said everyone who
might have knowledge Of the
Staying is being questioned. The
doctors sister. Miss Mary Bailey
Watkins. caught a glimpse Of the
fleeing assailart, but she was
not able to furnish an accurate
description. DR.. Watkins lived
with his sister in an isolated sec
ton Of brakes Branch off State
Route AZ.
Service Held
A native of Halifax County, he
came to brakes Branch "a years
ago to retire. but he resumed
practice when the town lost its
only doctor shortly after he ar
rived. He had earlier practiced
in Arizona. where he went for
reasons Of health.
Funeral services for DR.. Wat
kins were held Friday at 2 pm.
in the brakes Branch Episcopal
Church, with burial at Oak Ridge
Cemetery. South Boston.
In addition to his sister. he is
survived by a brother, Tucker
c. Watkins. Jr.. Of South Bos-
ton. and five nieces and four
nephews.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Gains Seen In New
Arterial Highway Proposals
Merchants Saw
Christmas Sales
Up This Year

Sleigh bells don't seem to be
the only type Of bell jingling
around town. Cash register bells
are running close second. with
shoppers dashing in and out of
Farmville stores to get their last
bit of Christmas shopping done
before the magic hour of Christ
mas Eve.
Business Up
Most Of Farmville S merchants
report that business this Christ
mas is ahead Of last year. R. F..
Carper. manager of j. J. New
berry Co., reported For t h e
last three weeks business has
been much better than it was
this time last year. Up to Dec.
!, business was off a little, but
the Christmas rush has perked
things up, and l expect our total
Dollar volume Of sales will be
better this year than it was last
year"
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24

When the party arrived at the
Kappa Sigma house at the col
lfge. Lewis found several pack
ages waiting for HIM. Lewis took
less than 80 seconds to get the
paper and ribbon off the pack
ages. It was hard to tell which
bigger. his sl1ule or his ewes.
The packages contained toys
that every boy longs for There
were alrplanes. rifles, and q set
Of sheriff'S pistols - complete
with caps that not only popped,
but also smoked.
The expressions on Lewis face
were wonderful. Those express
sionS Of delight and gratitude
made Christmas real for tn e
members Of Kappa Sig.
We are not a Kappa Sigma.
but anyone would have been
proud to have said Il am a
Kappa Sigma" last week. You
see Lewis was from the Pres
hytHriaa Home IN Ly1chburg.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
True Meaning OF Christmas
Seen In Fraternity Party
BY DAN HAWKS

In the hustle and hustle Of
decorating a tree, wrapping
presents. and addressing cards
we often forget the true meaning
Of the day We are frantically
preparing for.
Christmas is a birthday, the
birthday Of a King. This King
was not king of any particular
country He was not a wealthy
man. He was the King Of Men.
Consequently. how could you
celebrate His birthday in a bet
ter way than in helping one of
the creatures Of His own crea
ton?
Last week the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity at Hampden Sydney
College brought a young man by
the rame Of Lewis Witt to
Farmvine for a Christmas Par
ty.
Lewis is a bright-eyed. ex-
tremely intelligent. six-year-old
who kept the Kappa Sigmas 60
ing at a rapid pace from the
moment he got off the train
from Lynchburg.
The first stop Lewis and his
"Unclcs" made was at a local
department store. There he was
given a new winter coat. sew
eral pairs Of pants. shirts. and
other essential items Of winter
clothing.
The party then moved TO a
restaurant where Lewis was
treated TO a double nulk shake,
candy. and cake.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Herald To Miss
Friday Edition

The Herald Will not publish It's
Friday edition this week, which
will allow members Of the Her
aid staff to observe the Christ
mas holidays However. tn e
office will be open Tuesday and
Thursday. and the staff will re
port back to work on Friday to
prepare for next Mondays pub
LEGATION.
AS many Of the regular week
" features as possible will be
included in today's paper. n1clud-
ing the Sunday School lesson on
page LIB and the comic section
which was prepared Tor the week
end edition.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Area TB Association
Christmas Seal Sale
Lines Up With 1862

Central Virginia tuberculosis
and Health Association 1868
Christmas Seal Campaign is
running in line with last years
results in returns SO far. NJ.
Cle elan d Jones, campaign
chairman, reported today. Re
ceipts as OF December IS were
S22,ll4-29, be said.
The campaign still has a long
way to 60" Mr.. Jones said,
ard we are earnestly hoping
that the people of the Central
Virginia tuberculosis and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Delegate Daniel
Reviews Report
OF Study Group
By JOHN STICK

The proposed 'Arterial Pri-
mary system. the heart of the
recommendations of the Virginia
Highway Study Commission, will
meet a need "of tremendous
proportions" in this area, Dele
gate John H. Daniel, a Com
mission member, told The Her.
aid Friday.
Del. Daniel, chairman of the
House Roads committee, and the
l0-member study group spent 10
months working out the plan for
Halsing an additional 50 million
dollars annually for highway
construction.
In return for new or higher
axes. highway users would see
the development of a new 1,6OO
nile road system of four-lane
divided routes which, in conjmc-
ton with the Interstate System,
would link all towns and cities
OF 5000 or more population.
There would be other benefits.
such as Improvement Of the
farnto-market secondary sys-
tenn and improved maintenance
of all roads. if the recommen-
datlons are Incorporated into
law.
Main TaSk-Funds
The Commission primary job
was to come up with the ways
to raise more highway funds
and 10 recommend improved
methods of such highWay-relat-
ed procedures as annual fund
ALLEGATIONS and acquisition of
nights of way.
Our most important task was
to find the funds, rot actually
place the roads, the Charlotte
/ c. H.. legislator said However,
our report was built substantial
~ around the idea of an arterial
system he added.
The plan would permit four
laning of such important pri-
mary highways as u S. Routes
400, 800. 60, So, 3O1 and 80. Some
OF this has been in progress, but
the extra money would permit
much acce!elation of this con
struction. Much of the work
would take place in the South
side area, where better highway
links with other areas of the
state have been given a high
priority in the public mind.
4 User Should Pay
Daniel said that the basis Of
/ the new financing Incorporates
the idea that the highway user
should pay for improved roads.
eve discerned public approval
and support for this approach
f. at most of our public hearings
he said
/ Such hearings were held at
Warrenton, Abingdon, Norfolk,
Roanoke and Richmond In adj
! dltion, Daniel said the members
hold innumerable closed SEES
| sions' with themselves, with con-
sultants hired to assist the study,
and with Highway Department
| specialists.
We also flew over the entire
| state il special plane pouring
over maps while we observed
below he explained.
| The Charlotte county owner Of
Virginia Crafts, Inc. figures
most Of the recommendations
4 will be turned into legislation by
4 the General Assembly which
conveEes next month.
We re going to have a tight
state budget this time, and there
may be some doubt about our
recommendation that would re-
Continued on page 81
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24

Health Association area, who
have supported our work 50 10y
ally in the past, will find time
in the next few days to answer
their Christmas Seal appeals.
With so much remaining to be
done in the struggle to WIPE out
TB and control other respira-
tory diseases, we feel confident
that every family will want to
renew its annual Christmas Seal
contribution which makes this
work possible. =
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
Form Gross: sso4.el2
Form Gross: S5o4.612
!, 1855, OO8 Pounds OF Half-Sold
Dark Leaf Crop Auctioned Here

Nearly half the
had been marketed when auctions closed the holidays
Dec 49, according
At Famvile the three weeks 1880 848
pounds of leaf going the auctioneers general
floor average for that period stands at $3499.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
1868 Seal Contributions

The Central Virginia Tubercu-
losis and Health Association. Mi.
Jones added, is looking forward
to an lnteasification Of it's work
in the field Of prevention, detec-
ton, and patient care il the re-
spiratory diseases, rarked by
the Public Health Service as
number one among dlsablers in
the United States. TO make
such 4 program successful. Nc
said, the need for funds is
greater than ever before"
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24

An additional 74l60 pounds Of
sun-cured has been sold to bring
the total of offerings here to
l.455.OO8 pounds. The sun-cured
average after three weeks is
$2893.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-12-24
NATIONAL
NEWS
SUMMARY
By
H. Y. LANCASTER, R.
Q FOREIGN AID
. TIROS LAUNCHED
Q MOURNING ENDS

CONGRESS was deadlocked
Saturday over the foreign aid
appropriations bill House-Sen-
ate conferees agreed on a COM
promise figure of about three
billion dollars, but the trouble
came over House sponsored
amendment to prohibit the gov
eminent from guaranteeing Gre
dit for private sales of wheat to
Russia and other Communist
nations. Both the Senate and the
President are opposed to the
amendment and the conferees
recommended its deletiOn, but
House Republicans and conser-
vative Democrats succeeded in
sending it back to the co-fer-
ence committee. House leaders
abandoned attempts to pass the
bill late Saturday. and it APP
peared CONGRESS-. which had
been scheduled to adjourn last
week, would stav in session at
least until today Monday.
TIROS 8 was launched Sstur-
dav morning from Cape Ken
nedv. Fla. and has begun tran
shifting pictures of weather
systems back to earth. These
televised pictures are used bv
meteOrologists to help forecast
tire weather. Earlier in the week
NASA launched another satel-
!. lite. one Of the Explorer series.
Nicknamed Christmas Star" be-
cause under proper conditions
the l3-inch inflated sphere is
visible at twilight, it is designed
to measure air drag at the
fringes of the earth S, aunost
phere.
RICHARD HONECK, "a, was
released from Menard Peni-
tertiary near Chester. H.. Fri
day after spending GA years Of
his life behind bars. Sentenced
to life Imprisonment in Chicago
in 1899 for the murder of a
Schoolmate, he is believed TO
have served the longest term Of
any man alive in the U. S. Ho-
neck is now in the care of his
62-year-old niece. Mrs. Clara
Orth Of San Leandro. Calf.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON is
scheduled to spend the Christmas
holidays at his ranch near
johnson City. Tex. He was
scheduled to light the national
Christmas tree near the White
House late Sunday and then fly
to Texas, but a delay in the
passage Of the foreign aid bill
caused him the postpone his de-
parture After Christmas he is to
welcome West German Chancel-
lor Ludwig Erhardt as a guest
at his ranch. the LBJ.
OFFICIAL MOURNING for the
late President Kennedy ended
Sunday afternoon with candle
light service in front of the Lin
coin Memorial in Washington
His widow. Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
needy. and two children are
spending the holidays in Palm
Beach. Fla They will join the
Presidents father, Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy. there on
Christmas Day. Two memorial
bills are now being considered
by Congress. One would put Mr..
Kennedy's likeness on 5O-cent
pieces. The other would name
the national center for the per-
forming arts. which is still in
the blueprint stage. for him
NINE DEPARTMENT heads
were named Saturday to study
the effects disarmament would
have on the nations economy
Earlier Defense Secretary Ro-
Der: Mcnamara named com
mittee to study the possibility
Of closing some Of the nation 5
II navy yards The Coast Guard
has announced it will close II
stations along the east coast
coast early next year. including
four in Virginia. for saving Of
about one million dollars a year
(COntinupd on maze 81
The Nome nugget., 1963-06-07
NO CAVITIES FOUND IN ANCIENT Pr. HOPE PEOPLE

The men digging to lay founda- ton for the new Pt. Hope school uncovered five human skeletons this past week.
 It is significant that none of the teeth showed any sign of de- cay or cavities.
 Dr. R. L. Lathrop, US. Public Health Service dentist at Kotze- bue, attributes this to the all-meat diet of the ancient Eskimos.
 When Dr. Lathrop visited Pt. last fall he found 1872 decayed surfaces on the permanent teeth of modern Pt. Hope residents. In ad- dition, 1,625 permanent teeth were missing and BOT had previous filings. This was from examina- tion of 218 people.