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Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
Wheat farmers
should register

Just why "small-farm"
wheat operators are being
asked to register at the Asses
county office more than seven
days in advance of the 1864
wheat program referendum
was clarified this week by
Lynn Jordan, chairman of
the Holmes Agricultural Sta
biliZation and Conservation
County Committee.
"Small Farms are those
with wheat allotments of less
than Is acres. All growers on
such a farm will be eligible
to vote in the May 81 referen-
dunn if the operator of the
farm indicates in advance an
intention to participate in the
program as an allotment
grower if the program is ap-
proved. This choice has to be
made at the county office by
May 10.
According to the chairman,
voter eligibility for the 1854
wheat referendum is estab-
lished by law, much the same
way as state law provides that
voters be legal residents of
the state, subject to state
laws, and registered to vote
at a prescribed time in adj
vance of the election.
No one is being told HOW
to vote, Jordan emphasized.
The referendum ballot is Sc
cret, and the producer does
not have to declare in adj
vance how he will vote on the
program. The small farm op.
orator - like other wheat
growers - may vote yes
or 'sno''-as he chooses.
What the small farm wheat
operator indicates on the
Form MQ-24, which he files
at the county office by May
13, is that, if marketing quotas
are approved, he wants his
farm to be eligible for wheat
price support, for marketing
certificates, and for acreage
diversion payments. He is
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18

aware that these various
parts of the wheat program
will be available to growers
who keep WlOnin their acreage
allotmentS and meet other
program provisions. The
small grower" is merely
choosing to participate as an
allotment grower" in advance
of the vote.
The chairman explained
that former legal provisions,
under which any farm could
produce as much as Is acres
of wheat without being sub
iect to marketing quota pen
alities, have been terminated
by the new law. The new law
also removed authorization
for production Of up to 80
acres of wheat for feed or
other use on the farm where
it was produced.
For 1864, each participating
small farm will have, an al
|lotment which will be the
larger of (a) the farms al
lotment based on the national
allotment, or (b- 80 per cent
of the farms average 1959-61
wheat acreage - but not
more than Is acres. All the
production from the particip-
ating farms allotment acres
may be marketed free of
quota penalties.
Under the wheat program,
a farmer with a small farm
allotment who did not choose
to participate in the program
would be able to plant the
larger of his allotment or his
l959-61 average acreage (but
not more than Is acres) with
|out a marketing quota penalty.
However, he would not be eli
gible to vote in the refendum,
and he would not be eligible
for diversion payments or
price support. Wheat produc-
ed on such farms could be
marketed or used as seed or
feed.
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
All Club News
by JOY w.
Associate Home Agent

Last Saturday began a Sc
ries of record workshops for
All Club members in Holmes
County. The first workshop
for junior members, Is years
and under, was attended by
approximately twenty five
All members. Assisting with
the workshop were junior
leaders, Sylvia Cannon, Dona
Kaye Pierce, Nathan McKie,
Kim Kimbrougk and Sylvia
ChiSOlm.
Next Saturday, April 20, a
senior workshop for mem
bers IA years and over will
be held.
All All records are due on
May 25th. They will be judged
and from the ones submitted,
delegates for junior and SEN
,ior exchange programs will
|be selected.
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18

Love, a retired farmer and
cattleman, was superintend-
ent of Agricultural High
School at Goodman, Miss,
and served for eight years as
Superintendent of Education
for Holmes County.
He served two terms in the
state legislature.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday. Survivors include
his widow, two sons, a daugh-
ter and three sisters.
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
Services held for
Mr.. Love, former
representative

George Holmes Love, 88, of
Lexington, former education
figure and state representa-
tive, died in Greenville Tues
day, April 9th, after a short
illness.
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our
deep appreciation to our
friends for their many express
sions of sympathy in the loss
of our beloved mother and
grandmother.
May God bless each of you.
The family of
Mrs. Minnie B. Sproles
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
Yates installed
Cote president

Clarence L. Lott, vice-presi-
dent and general manager of
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Company in Mis-
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18
Uehln,e County HERALD

Lexington, Mississippi Entered at the Postohace at Lexington, Mississippi as Second
Glass mail mder the AG of Congress OF March3 I. 1870 Subscription racs for Holmes
md adjoining counties $500 per year six months, $500; elsewhere, $500 per year..
Paul. TARDY, Editor
ALLIE S TARDY, Associate Editor
RU Rodoer. Shop Foreman Larry Mcbride, FRESHMAN
Marvin Fun, Linotype Operator Jack McCroy, Circulation Mgr
Holmes County herald., 1963-04-18

The annual county All Club
rally will be held Saturday,
April 81, at the Durant High
School. This is always a big
event for county All men,
berS and is we'll attended.
, 1963-12-09
A. G. ANDREWS

Deputy Commissioner Of Property 8 Procurement
, 1963-12-09
EDITORIAL
THE GRIEF CONTINUES

IN history Of a nation, OF Of the world,
for that matter, has the death Of one man caused SO much
grief, CONSERVATION, and searching Of soul. From the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and the oceans all over, men, great and humble,
rich and poor have stopped to give second thoughts to this
blight which has befallen the United States and the world
Everything seemed to stop, and even Thanksgiving was cele-
brated with a sombeness rarely seen before.
TITS TRAGIC. indeed that men have towait for death
To- reveal the value and significance Of life. Here was young
man, III the prime Of his life, full Of vigor and enthusiasm, the
embodiment Of 50 much of the good, and the reaLand the
true. And yet, to the CONSERVATION Of all, such a life could be
snuffed out, right before the eyes Of all, and the world right
there and then lost a great soul
ALREADY THE parallel IS being made between Ken
nedy and Lincoln, perhaps the greatestPresident the nation
has known. 1t was 100 years since the sixteenth President gave
his life in a great struggle for freedom. Kennedy, too, gave his
life III the. struggle for freedom, for he saw, and dreamed, and
worked for the freedom and dignity of men-al men. And the
fire caught on, for throughout the world this fallen leader is
being hailed as the great dreamer who saw abetter day ahead
LIKE LINCOLN, this young mans words brought in
spiration and comfort to many. Even at his funeraIthe eulogy
was a reading Of portions Of his inaugural speech What great.
er tribute could there be to the greatness Of a man? Yet, even
though he occupied the Presidency but three short years his
words reached into the hearts Of men, and are being repeated
as those Of few others have.
THE NAME OF John !. Kennedy will i've forever. His
words and deeds represented the highest and finest Of his
generation and men will remember them, and live by them
And perhaps, shining through this dark hour will be q ray Of
hone for the future, for his tragic death may yet cause men
70 turn from the very attitude and atmosphere which brought
II about. AS President Johnson said in his address before Con
qress, the nation will strive 50 that John +. Kennedy will not
have lived Or died in vain.
, 1963-12-09
GOVERNMENT OF
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Christiansted. ST. Croix
Department Of Property & Procurement
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quintupicate, will be received at the De-
partment of Property & Procurement, Division of Procure
ment, christiansted, St. croix, Y S. Virgin Islands until HOO
December Is. 1868.
Reinforced Concrete Culvert Pipe
Concrete Sewer Pipe
The Government reserves the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any infornality in bids, and unless otherwise
specified by the Government or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies of Invitation to bid may be obtained from the Divi-
sion Of Procurement, Christiansted, ST. Croix, U. S. Virgin
Islands.
IA. G. ANDREWS
Deputy Commissioner of Property & Procurement
Evening star., 1963-05-17

soundings were cited In proof
that Thresher's reactor core Is
intact.
Yet some doubt persisted -
not as to q runaway or an ex-
plosion, but on the release Of
radioactivity. The most that
can truly be said is that as
far as instruments have been
able to determine, none has
been released to date.
1t is largely the Navy's do
ing that the worry about
Thresher's reactor Is not
quickly dispelled. Over the
years Vice Admiral Hyman G..
Rickover has kept q tight veil
of secrecy over the workings
of the S-5-W submarine reac.
tor. The Navy was In no posi-
ton In April, 1868, to brief the
public in detail on why these
things could not happen.
BY mid-April. q week after
Thresher's tragic death, and
after most Of the worry about
radioactivity had dissipated,
the focus Of attention had
shifted to Q high ceilinged,
narrow, soundproofed room In
a brick building at the Ports
mouth Naval Shipyard. Here
the equivalent Of q coroner's
inquest was going on.
Tomorrow: The Naval Court
Of Inquiry.
Evening star., 1963-05-17

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Evening star., 1963-05-17
Evacuation Threatened
After Congo SIoyinq
ELTsARETHVnIE. the

ELIsAB ETH VILE. the
Congo. May II (AP).-Euro-
pean technicians threatened
yesterday to evacuate their
wives and children to Europe
after the death Of q Belgian
reported killed by q Congolese
soldier In Jadotville.
United Nations sources said
the body Of Daniel Dendievel,
"a. an employe Of the Union
Miniere Mining Co., was found
by a U. N. patrol in his Car
parked outside the Jadotville
police station.
Sources said a Congolese SER
geant major had confessed to
killing Mr.. Dendievel with rifle
blows because the Belgian had
run down and killed an African
10 man. The sergeant was
turned over to his superiors.
because the u. N. cannot hold
Congolese soldiers.
The Union Miniere plant
stood idle as 500 angry em-
ployes. mostly technicians, de-
manded that Congolese troops
be withdrawn within three days
or they would begin evacuating
their wives and children.
They also sent q cable to
King Baudouin Of the Bel
gians. asking replacement of
the Belgian consul In Elisa
Evening star., 1963-05-17
ANNUITY RAISE ASSURED
Uhr Eurntnp Star - UAt ennhaB etar

pu6UssS by rEtnto NEWspApeR COMPANY
Washington
n. Associated entitled sSeulysh ne t r.prodOsn
this well oil A. dpoehsa
Evening star., 1963-05-17

turned to shore, leaving the
task group in the hands Of
Capt. Frank A. Andrews, also
from New London. It was on
the way In, Ramage said later,
that he first learned of Thresh-
er's 9:12 message about minor
trouble"
Vessels commuted back and
forth from Atlantic ports to
the disaster scene, spending q
few days on patrol and then
returning. On one occasion q
destroyer named for the Presi-
dents late brother, Joseph p.
Kennedy. jr.. Joined the search.
A lot Of people were begin
ming to wonder when the un-
promising search effort would
be officially abandoned. One
New London officer cautiously
suggested in early May that
"a couple Of weeks more" might
be enough time, but in WASH
ington the Pentagon predicted
q long, long time yet"
A month after Thresher died.
the situation respecting q con-
Evening star., 1963-05-17

single square mile Of sea bot
tom.
Yet the Navy drove on with
the search. as April ended and
May began. Trieste arrived ct
Boston and was tested at dock
side and again In 700-foot wa
ter. Then she was taken back
to Boston to wait, and wait,
until Thresher could be 10
Gated.
The search became an in
creasingly forlorn hope. Time
after time Atlantis crew hauled
up the camera rig, removed
film, reloaded and lowered the
cameras again. Time after time
technicians In the ships dark
room developed IS millimeter
film reels and then inspected
the negatives, only to find flat,
sand, occasionally
disturbed by the tracks Of bot
tom dwelling animals.
After the first frantic week
end of searching, the operation
at sea was cut back consid-
erably. Admiral Ramage re-
Evening star., 1963-05-17

bethville, c. Panis. because he
did not do enough to protect
Belgians In Katanga. They
asked the French consul to give
them protection.
The Belgians' spokesman, Fe-
lix Lacroix, appealed for calm
In the face of demands from
many at the meeting that they
should carry arms. Instead, the
European population win de-
fend itself by organizing in
groups. keeping in constant
touch with one another and
escorting children to and from
school.
There are about 1000 Euro
peans IN Jadotville. an impor-
tant mining center 80 miles
from Elisabethville.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
By JOSEPH YOUNG
star staff Writer

The United States Court Of
Appeals has handed down a de-
cision which restricts the Job
rights Of Federal employees
when their activities or duties
are transferred or reassigned
as a result Of agency reorgan-
ization changes.
J The appellate tribunal re-
Versed a District Court decision
which had been In favor Of q
group Of Navy employees who
claimed loss Of their Jobs when
their functions had been trans
ferred elsewhere in Navy.
The appeals court noted that
1t still upholds the right Of en-
pioyes to be transferred along
with their jobs when functions
are moved. even though it said
this was guaranteed by the Vet
erans Preference Act only when
functions are transferred from
one agency to another. Con-
gress did not intend that this
protection extend to transfer
Of functions within an agency,
the court said.
However, the appeals court
noted that since the Civil Ser
vice Commission had issued reg
ulations interpreting the law to
Include transfer Of functions
within an agency. this was per-
Thissible.
But the appeals court said
that In the case in point, Navy
did not actually transfer func-
tons. District Court had ruled
that a transfer Of functions
was involved.
The appeals court decision Il
not clear-cut. since It's basic
ruling involves the point as 10
whether the transfer Of the en-
ployes duties elsewhere consti-
tuted q transfer Of functions
The appellate court said II did
not.
However. the very fact that
the appellate court gave gen.
erous leeway 10 an agency ir
what II could do In transferring
and reassigning activities with.
out officially considering II Z
transfer Of functions, tends Il
limit the job rights Of employees
IN similar situations
The result is that the appel
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Disaster in the Deep: Navy Tries to Ease Grief

q methodical search was estab-
hShed In the area $50 miles
off Cape Cod.
A set Of concentric circles
was drawn on q chart center
ing on the position Skylark had
held when she last heard from
Thresher. This position, 4l-4SN
64-57W. was designated the da-
tum point for the search, and
codenamed Point Oboe" Ships
received sector assignments as
far out as 20 nautical miles
from Oboe.
That day another ship hove
on the scene. Atlantis II, the
most modern scientific vessel
under the American flag. Oper-
ated by the Woods Hole Ocean,
ographic Institution, Atlantis
II had been sampling water
and plankton In the Gulf Of
Maine. She was loaned to the
Navy so her fine depth record
ing instruments could be put
into play.
Reporters On HazelwOod
Because Atlantis II was on
q chemical biological cruise,
her bottom sounding equipment
was not entirely operable. -Four
scientists from Woods Hole
dashed by car to Newport. r. l., /
with several hundred pounds
Of electronic gear. They boarded
the swift destroyer Hazelwood
late on the afternoon Of April
IL. Along with them was q
fifth Woods Hole man with
the materials for O buoy
marker to be established In the
area.
Hazelwood arrived on the
scene at daybreak on the 18th
after o high-speed run through
gale winds and waves so high
some damage was done to her
superstructure. A few newsmen
were also aboard the destroyer.
The search by now was web
under way, and more evidence
Of disaster had been found. The
first days finds had been per-
Suasive, but these were virtu-
ally conclusive. Included were
rubber gloves Of the kind nu-
clear workers on submarines
use. These macabre
souvenirs were packed In q sea
bag and rushed TO shore for
the court Of inquiry's attention.
Hazelwood and Atlantis III,
rendezvoused on the afternoon
Of April ~ to transfer equip
ment and men by high line"
across q gulf Of water between
the two running ships. The gear
was sent across successfully. |,
but seas were judged too high
for safe transfer Of men. They
made 1t across on o second
rendezvous at dawn
IN the 18th. BY this time the
yea had Gained and the sun
had come out.
Rudimentary efforts to hunt
FOR Thresher had been going
,n now for about 90 hours /
But the destroyers' bottom
sounding equipment was no
where near as accurate as At
lantis us "PGR"-precision
graphic recorder.
On an earlier sea search, q
PGR In another Woods Hole |
ship had picked out the Italian
liner Andrea Doria and had
produced an electronic picture |,
Of her on the ocean floor. The
Evening star., 1963-05-17

government employees from now
until the end of the fiscal year
on June 80.
Regarding the annuity In.
creases, retired Government
workers and their survivors win
receive two annuity checks in
June. The first will be their
regular monthly annuity pay
ment without the 5 per cent
increase. About the middle of
June they viii receive q check
containing the amount of the 5 |
per cent annuity raise retroac- |
tive to January /. Starting In
July, their regular annuity
checks will reflect the 5 Der
cent increase.
BACK PAY-The House Civil
Service Committee yesterday
approved the bill to guarantee
back pay and other retroactive
benefits to Government work.
ers restored to the Job after
having been unjustly fired,
suspended or denoted. It's sub
COMMITTEES had approved the
bill last week.
HEALTH BENEFITS The
House Civil Service Committee
has appointed q subcommittee
headed by Representative Pool,
Democrat Of Texas, TO hold
hearings on five or six relative
ly minor changes in the Gov
ernment employe health bene-
fits program advocated by the
Civil Service Commission.
DISTRICT TEACHERS
House Civil Service Subcommit-
tee will hold hearings next
Thursday on q bill to extend
the Federal employe health
benefits and life insurance pro-
grams to District Of Columbia
school teachers. Representative
Nix. Democrat Of Pennsylvania,
Is chairman Of the subcommit-
tee,
80
PAY-The Civil Service Com
mission has officially sent 10
Congress the Federal classified
and postal employe pay raise
adjustment proposals that
President Kennedy detailed
several weeks ago.
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Radiation Question

But on the other hand, the
Navy cannot give up in q way
that would seem TO sailors, or
next Of kin, or the public heart
less or perfunctory. And there
is always the public concern
about "fallout.
The specter Of radiation was
Immediately raised when
Thresher's loss was announced.
The Navy was quick to say
the reactor could not have run
away, or blown up, or spilled
its fission byproducts into the
sea. Water and bottom
Evening star., 1963-05-17
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Appeals Court Curbs Job Rights
Under Transfers, Reossiqnments

late courts decision viii give
less protection to employees in
agency reshuffling that reas-
signs duties and responsibilities.
It involves both veterans and
non-veterans. since csc regula-
tons on employe rights in
transfer Of functions involves
all Government workers.
The case at point involved q
group Of Navy employees with
the job rating Of shop analyst
and scheduler. Navy reorgan-
lied its production planning
and control system and In the
process abolished these Jobs
and assigned their duties to
the planners and estimators
unit. The employees were given
q chance TO take an exam for
the new Jobs that were estab-
lished to perform their old
duties. Twelve Of the employees
who did not pass the exam were
given other ower-salaried as
signments. They sought to get
the new positions. The Civil
Service Commission upheld
Navy, saying that a transfer Of
functions was not involved.
The District Court ruled in
their favor. However, the ap-
pealS court said the employees
were not an "organiZational en-
tity" and "the transfer which
occurred was not In the trans
fer Of the functions Of an
agency but the transfer
Of certain job duties Of indi-
vidual workers, or, perhaps
more correctly. Of q class or
grade Of individual workers, to
workers Of another class or
grade"
ANNUITY RAISE ASSURED
Congress has approved and
sent to the White House the
supple mental appropriations
bill which contains the $50 mil
lion required TO put into effect
the retroactive January / 5 per
cent retired Government en-
ploye annuity raise authorized
by law last year. The bill also
assures other retirement liber-
alization for present Federal
workers retroactive 10 last octo-
Der IA.
In addition, the bill contains
funds TO pay the salaries OF
Evening star., 1963-05-17
Sixth Of Seven Articles


and mothers who felt the Navy
had sent their husbands and
sons to death In an unsea-
worthy ship. Words Of doubt
doubt that periodically over
comes all men in hazardous
trades-were recalled by the
widows who had first heard
them from their menfolk.
There was little the Navy
could do to assuage grief, but
that little was done with dis
patch and consideration. The
red tape that normally follows
q death and precedes the pay
ment Of benefits was chopped
away ruthlessly. Accounts were
closed. for the most part, with
in "a hours after the Thresher
was officially declared lost.
Statement BY Anderson
This declaration came at
1880 am. April lbs hours
and l3 minutes after Thresher's
last garbled communication
in the form Of a statement by
the Chief Of Naval Operations,
Admiral George w. Anderson.
This Is q very sad occasion
for me-" Anderson told q PEN
tagon news conference, ''be-
cause very reluctantly I have
come to the conclusion that the
USS Thresher, which we have
had for q time as missing, has
indeed been lost. Surely in
the interim there would have
been opportunity for the
Thresher TO have established
communications in one form or
another. So I conclude with
great regret and sadness that
this ship with 129 fine souls
aboard Is lost"
In the area where Thresher
was last reported, a task force
bobbed in the heavy-running
seas. Rear Admiral Lawson p.
Ramage, the deputy commander
Of submarines, Atlantic, was
in charge. He had with him
six destroyers, q destroyer
leader, q conventional and q
nuclear submarine, and q sister
ship Of the submarine rescue
vessel Skylark, which had been
on the scene when Thresher
made her last dive.
Skylark's skipper, 1t. Comdr.
Stanley w. Hecker, had con-.
ferred with Ramage shortly
after the admiral's arrival on
the scene. He summarized the
situation for the senior officer,
but according to Ramage did
not mention the 9:12 am. mes
sage In which Thresher had
reported q minor problem.
Nor did he speak Of skylark's
navigator's hearing q noise
that sounded like o ship break
ing I'D.
With daylight on the llth.