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The chronicle., 1963-12-12
FIJI Still Seeks
.Kidnupers Who
Abducted Sinutru

WEST LOS ANGELES CUPID
Frank Sinatra celebrated ''the
best birthday I ever had' today
with the 19-year-old son he ran
somed for $24O, 600.
But Frank Sinatra Jr. expect
ed to spend some of the day
with Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation (FBI agents in an at
tempt to track down the kid.
napers who held him captive
more than two days.
1--WE still have some kidnap-
ers to CATCH" one FBI agent
said as friends and family ga
thered around the young singer
to celebrate his safe return.
The FBI refused to comment
on progress in efforts to find
whether an organized gang, or
a band of reckless amateurs,
kidnapped Frank Jr. Sunday
night from a motel room at a
Lake Tahoe spa on the Califor-
nia-Nevada border. The youth
was taken from his room only
minutes before he was to have
appeared at a night club with
the Tommy Dorsey orchestra,
the same band that gave his
famous father his big start.
Investigation Continues
The FBI would say only that
the investigation was continuing
and no arrests had been made
that had any particular connec-
ton with the case.
Frank Jr. was picked up early
Wednesday by a private Bel
Air patrol car after his father
had paid $24O, 600 in cash to the
abductors and then failed to
find his son at the appointed
place.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

ployeS in the widespread
cloSings affecting IA states and
three foreign countries.
ALABAMA: Theodore Army
Terminal at Mobile will be de-
clared excess in July 1864 and
turned over to General Services
Administration for disposal; Air
Force reserve troop carrier OPP
erations at Bates Field will be
transferred to Brookley Air
Force Base by December 1864.
MISSISSIPPI: Greenville Air
Force Base will be declared ex-
cess and turned over to GSA
for disposal by June 1865. Train
ing missions will be shifted to
other air bases.
The Pentagon chief told a
news conference there will be
further reductions. He said
some will be in the govern
ment'S II naval shipyards but
he discounted reports that these
reductions will necessarily be
in the San Francisco, Boston
and Philadelphia yards.
Congressman Angry
Reports that those shipyards
would be closed brought a
storm Of congressional wrath
and delegations from the three
affected states later reported
they had been assured the
bases would not be closed. In
dications were, however, that
the assurances were only tenn
porary.
Among the largest installa-
tons to be closed are 5th Army
headquarters in Chicago (being
moved to TT. Sheridan, Ill.,;
the Army depots at Rome,
N. Y, TT. Worth, Tex, and
Schenectady, N. Y; the naval
repair shipyard at San Diego,
Calf; Stead ALB, New, and
Army Camps Chaffee, Ark.
and Leroy Johnson, La.
McNamara's written an
nouncement referred to closings
and reductions of bases.
In answer to questions, how
ever, he said half Of those list
ed would be eliminated and the
other half would be Every sub
stantially reduced-to all prac-
teal purposes eliminated"
Total savings in his base re-
duction program started in 1861
Continued on page D
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Presbyterions
Plan Building
AT Grand Boy

The Grand Bay Presbyterian
Church will hold groundbreak-
ing ceremonies Sunday at 2:3O
pm. on Highway 18S in Grand
Bay.
The Rev. John H. Thompson
will speak. Mobile Presbytery,
under the direction of church
extension, will begin work on
a $40, 900 building for the con-
gregation.
Completion Of the work is
scheduled for February of 1864.
Vickery & Moore is the con-
tractor.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Anyone Lose
"A Dochshund?

Has anyone lost a Dachshund?
Mrs. r. l.. Tully of 1901 14tt
Street in Pascagoula reports the
dog followed some children into
the neighborhood and stayed.
She said the dog is female,
about one year old and is black
with brown face, feet and legs.
The dog has no tag or collar.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Snow, Icy Rains
Strike In East
BY United Press International

BY United Press International
Snow and freezing rain knitted
into the East today and turned
highways into slippery ribbons
Of death. Another major storm
front moved down from the
Rockies with winds of nearly Sc
miles an hour.
Heavy snow and hazardous
driving warnings were posted
from Pennsylvania to most Of
downstate New York and New
England. More than six inches
of fresh snow were expected in
New England by nightfall.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

trousers were also taken.
Victims were Mr.. and Mrs.
Jackie Madison, 1880 Wilson
Road, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Nc
Neil, 2601 Pineview Drive, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl c. Gilbert,
2509 Pineview Drive.
johnson said all of the homes
were entered sometime after
midnight after the families had
gone to sleep. None of them
heard the intruder.
The incidents were not re.
ported until this morning when
the victims began their daily
routine.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
County Seeking
100000 Loon

The Jackson County board Of
supervisors has announced in
tentions of borrowing $3.50, 600
in anticipation Of taxes to be
collected from 1868 assessments.
Purpose Of the loan is to de-
fray expenses of the county. It
will be borrowed in three install
mentS in January, February
and March.
If 20 per cent of the qualified
electors file a petition against
the loan at the board meeting
on Jan. s, an election will be
called on the issue.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

Mcnamara promised that all
civilians losing jobs will be Of.
fered new ones. He estimated
that nearly 80 per cent will re.
main on the payroll.
He said he expects a net re-
duction of 1900 military per-
sonnet and $500 civilian EN-.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
JohnsonAnd
US { Of {
Leader Talk

WASHINGTON (UPD-Presi-
dent johnson. with an eye to-
ward lining up business support
for his economic policies, meets
today with Edwin P. Neilan,
president of the US. Chamber
Of Commerce.
The Neilan appointment was
one of several for the Chief Elk
ecutive which covered a wide
range of topics from civil
rights to foreign affairs and
next years round of tariff ne
gotiations in Geneva.
The meeting was scheduled
for 10:30 am. EST.
Neilan already supports the
administrators $11 billion tax
cut program. Johnson has
urged Congress to speed action
on the tax reduction measure,
presently under consideration
by the Senate Finance Commit
tee, but passage is not expect
ed until next year.
ForeStan Recession
In a speech Wednesday Mel
Ian said a tax cut would fore
stall a possible shallow eco
nomic recession" He also Sug-
gested that johnson cut Is, 900
government employees from
such departments as Agricul-
ture, Interior, and Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare. He said he
would rather see these en-
ployes dropped than major cuts
In the defense budget.
Johnson also was scheduled
TO meet with a ministerial del
egation from the African nation
Of Guinea.
In addition, he planned to at
tend a meeting Of representa-
tives of 81 us. companies that
have been invited to sign a
''planS for progress" agreement
pledging n-on-discrimination in
their hiring policies. The rep
resentatives will hear an ex-
PLANTATION of the proposed
agreement
The "Plans Of Progress" are
voluntary pledges that the COM
panies involved viii not dis
criminate by race, creed or
color In hiring, firing, or job
placement.
While he was vice president,
Johnson served as chairman of
the Presidents Committee on
Equal Opportunity and signed
up III companies representing
approximately 6 million work.
ers. His special interest in the
project Is likely to continue as
Chief Executive.
Earned Trust
Most observers believe It was
his work with this committee,
In addition to his enthusiastic
backing of President Kennedy's
civil rights program, which
earned him a measure of trust
from Negro leaders who would
be expected to view with alarm
a Southern" President.
Johnson carried forward his
drive to cut spending Wednes-
day. He cautioned a group of
300 military and civilian Off
cials at a Pentagon meeting to
get full value for each dollar
spent. He noted that the mill
tary budget now was Is times
greater than the entire federal
budget was when he first came
to Washington 80 years ago.
The Chief Executive also
urged the Defense Department
officials to be on the lookout
for any chance to further US.
efforts against Communist SUBJ
version in Wet Nam and the
Caribbean.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

The money was taken from
night stands and clothes in bed
rooms of the homes. One wom-
ans purse and a pair Of mems
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Shutdown Slated
Of Military Posts
In Alabama
One Mississippi

WASHINGTON (UPDeDefense Secretary Robert
S. Mcnamara today announced the closing Of 33 mill
tary installations with a reduction of 1890 in person.
mel. He said the saving would be $106 million a year.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Burglar Loots
; Pas Homes

An amazing "cat burglar" looted pockets of three
Whispering Pines Subdivision families last night, get
ting away with about $500 in cash, Chief Criminal
Deputy M. D. Johnson said today.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Latest Stocks
Supplied by Merrill, Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner n Smith Inc.

Prices held generally firm
throughout the morning session,
electronics were generally strong
(For further stock information,
see page two.)
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

Damages (eSt.) 80. $1,000
This ''Safe Holidays chart
sponsored by the Pascagoula
Jaycees).
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
PoscogouIo Toll

For December
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
WEATHER

Cloudy today and tonight; colder TO-
night and Friday. Small craft warn
ings displayed for sOutherly winds Is
to q mph, shifting to northerly 20 70
30 mph today. High today S., low
Friday 40. Wed. rainfall 5. map pg. 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-15
8 Merry Christmas Shaping Days till December 18th!

MEN: reserve Wednesday night for your Christmas
shopping spree at JeefFs FuIIs Church
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W NNS1tN W WI IISlt6GH
. exquisiteIy hand enbroi-
suPerbIy fashioned In America
by Hansen pockoeed In
golden boxes with golden twine
enclosed TO enhance their gift
sPIendor. Delhi craftsmen
loVished their beautiful hand
work on Honsen's fine nyIon
fabric Complexion, In styles
from wristbone to above elbow
lengths, coIors from basic
white and black to heavenly
PosteIs. F Street only.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20

We are going to Crawley's
Lake in Kosciusko today (Sat-
urday). There is a lot of liz
ards there and | catch them
all the time. Some of them
are about half an inch long
and some of them are big.
Then | will go down to Kos.
ciusko where l am going to
get my puppy. 1t is brown,
We wanted a black and white
one, the one like Nubbin, my
dog, but she was going to
keep the black and white one.
Reuben Netherland knock
ed a home run in the base
ball game last night and the
boys were running every
which way to get the ball.
Nubbin, my dog, stays I'M
der our house and chases a
snake named Buddy" and
never can catch him.
Since | wrote my last col
umn, | got another goldfish
named Butterbean. 1t was
colder than the others. | got
it at Alfred Porter's birthday
party Tuesday. | gave Alfred
a knife for his birthday. Jean
nie and Butch gave MIN a pop
gun and he got a little league
bat for his birthday and a
toy jeep and a dart gun and
some more things.
I'll be back.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20

In his address to the Mississippi
Press Association, President Norman
Mott, Jr., said, AS editors we zane n
tighten our readers to beware Of poll
ticians who offer people what the
state cannot afford and cannot attain"
which we think is excellent advice.
Promises of EIysian fields in this state
at this time bear looking into and
thinking about a long time before &C
cepting them as truth. We face the
stark reality Of a long road to be ira
yelled before peace and harmony come
again to our state and again quoting
Mr.. Mott, "CertinIy, the type and qua
lily of the people elected will deter
mine the course Of Mississippi affairs
for the next four years and beyond. -.
And these are crucial times times
for patience, forbearance and a regird-
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
LET'S think before we pick

ing Of our powers, assets and abilities
to make ours a more prosperous and
more influential state We all need
to do a great deal Of thinking and
evasuating on what the prospective
leaders of Mississippi have to say
High-sounding promises Of peace and
prosperity make great orations but is
it practical or is it facing up to real
ism to believe them?
The words, Il will try" have a great
deal more honesty than the words, II
will d." and this is the time to look
for honesty and sincerity in WI Politi-
cal leaders. A time for looking at past
records and policies and beliefs and
standards instead Of at a theoretical
world of sweetness and light. 1t amt
here! -
A s. T.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
IDurant man
taking ARM
course

Army PFC Richard l.. Clio
yer. "a, of Durant, is attend
ing a medical specialist ad-
vanced course at Fitzsimons
General Hospital, Denver,
Colo. The 40-week course be-
gan May 20.
During the course, Clover
is studying such subjects as
emergency medical care,
mass casualty care, field
sanitation, nursing and a
course in dispensary opera
ton. +.
He entered the Army last
September and completed ba-
sic training at Fort Gordon,
Ga.
Glover, who was employed
at the Veterans Administra-
ton Hospital in Hines, ILL.,, be-
fore entering the Army, is a
1856 graduate of Holmes
County Training School and
a 1862 graduate of Mississip-
pi Industrial College in Holly
Springs.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
Former resident airs views
on mass voter registration

I brings us to the problem OF
Jour present situation.
AS we all know, voter re-
IgiStration drives nave been
and are now being held in
Mississippi. On the surface,
they are seemingly harmless,
but a closer look reveals a
threat greater than many that
we are aware. Primarily it is
my opinion that these efforts
to register Negro voters are
violation of the avs OF this
state. This may sound like
strong language. 1t is! But
they are not words written
hastily. 1t is not the effort to
register Negroes, but the
methods USED that are, in my
oplnion, contrary to not only
the laws of this state, but to
the Constitution of the United
States as well. The most fla
grant of these violations is
one that man, regardless OF
race or color, has looked up
on with disgust. That is the
method of compromise. Voter
registration workers have
taken groups of Negroes AND
taught them verbatim ans
WerS to registration tests. AT
ter the Negroes have the ans
J wers memorized, they are
marched to a registration cen
ter and told to apply for the
right to vote.
/ believe that I can safely
say that a twelve year ole
child with average intelligen
Ice could memorize the ans
wers to a registration quiz
This would not mean that M
would be able to vote witt
any degree of naturalization
He would be but a machine
in the hands of the person
that had taught him the ans
wers. / don't believe thai
many can disagree when | say
hat Negroes who are taught
he answers to registration
1uizzes are not responsible
citizens. / dare say that il
classes were held and ans
wers taught in the field Of
Service Examinations
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
Our Hospitals are important

These disadvantages affect ADVERSE
Iy the hospitals and their patients, but
there is further fault in the present
system which costs everyone who in
sures himself against hospital expense.
Since charges set by hospitals must be
high enough to help cover the cost Of
those who cannot pay, and since pre-
miums on health plans and hosPitali-
cation insurance are based on hospital
charges, everyone who prepays costs
pays a higher rate as a result OF the
present charity care situation here.
In order to solve the problem. we
need to consider the practical and fair
ways Of paying for charity care. OBJ
viously, it is unfair for the burden Of
charity care to fall on the hospitals
and the sick, who are usually finan-
ciaIly pressed enough already.
Therefore, another way must be
found. The hospitals could ask for
federal aid to pay these charity costs,
but they feel that such a step would
encourage a dangerous philosophy Of
federal intrusion, and might encour-
age the trend toward ''nationaIized"
health care.
1t seems that the only good ard fair
solution to the problem would be for
the State Of Mississippi to reimburse
the hospitals in full for charity care to
its citizens. With state reimburse
ment, we not only get a greater re-
turn for our tax dollar, but we meet a
local problem on a local basis with Ioc-
al control.
The hospitals are asking community
leaders to make their voices heard to
inform the public of the threat to our
voluntary hospital system. They are
urging everyone to visit their local hos
pitaI and discuss with its administrat-
or or trustees the impact and loss it
incurs under the present program.
We cannot afford to be without our
hospitals. Let's all work together to
help them solve this problem which is
threatening their future.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
Thoughts
about
Things
BY Paula Tardy

Most people become quite
excited upon finding a pretty
shell at the seashore. But did
you know that in Oktibbeha
County, you can pick up
shells (jut as perfect and
much more unusual) that are
several million years old?
A visit to this place was
recent events in my life. You
can absolutely lose your
mind trying to pick up all the
fossils you see; maybe dig
a little deeper and find a bet
ter one a couple of million
years older.
The fossils are certainly
there, in great abundance,
too. Encased in clay which is
easily washed off U washed
mine in water from the Their
mos) are seashells, snails,
barnacles, sponge, seaWeed
and coral, all countless cen
turies old. In ADDICTION TO
these fascinating fossils, |
found small bits of iron in
the perfect shape of stars. |
named it "Ironstone" and in
cluded 1t in my last years
Science project.
Even more appealing than
these are the variations that
aren't supposed TO be found
in this area. Nevertheless,
I've found many of them and
hope I'll continue to.
The first one l ever found
was at what used to be Gains
Lake and is now CraWley's
Lake, in Attala County. The
lake is fed by dozens of icy,
crystal-clear springs. One
summer day while | was
washing my hands at my ia
vCrite spring, | began fishing
around in the clear pools for
rocks. GA friend of mine
whose father is a geOlogiSt,
and whose hobby is collecting
luDies, sapphires and eme-
raids, had aroused my in
terest in them. l dug out one
small, nice rock and looked
at it. On one side it looked
like any old rock, but on the
other was the perfect imprint
of a tiny seashell. The spring
had carried the fossil from its
burial ground in the core of
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20

The Mississippi Hospital ASSOCIATION
and the MISSISSIPPI Association or
Hospital Governing Boards nave re-
Gently brought before the public a sit
uatlon WnIcn everybody ougnr 10 Know
about, because ii is IeoPardIzIng n
future OF community hospitals IN n
state.
The charity patient load these hosPi-
tails are carrying is costing them SO
much that their very survival may be
al stake if something isn't done.
The State of Mississippi is presently
paying for about one-third OF the cost
of charity hospital care. and the re-
naming two-thirds OF the cost tails on
local hospitals. The annual gap bet
ween what the local hospital receives
from the state and what charity care
actually costs is we'll over a million
dollars.
We do not feel that the hospitals
should have to be responsible tor such
a sum of money each year it is a
high penalty to have to pay in return
for taking care of the sick who are un-
able to pay for their care.
Although the State Hospital Conn.,
mission which administers the state
reimbursements is doing an excellent
Job of managing a weII-conceived pro-
gram, it is severely hamPered by in
adequate legislative appropriations and
unreaIistic rates of daily payment.
There are certain major disadvant-
ages of the present system. First, the
hospitals must pass on to paying pat
tents some of thf charity losses, in or
der to absorb deficits created under
the current program.
Then, too, county hospital main
tenance tax funds, when available,
must be used to offset losses rather
than for the upkeep and maintenance
Of the hospitals physical plant.
And another disadvantage is that the
loss from charity care results in hospi-
tai wage scales which make it difficult
for hospitals to compete in hiring and
retaining qualified personnel.
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20
By Allie Tardy

AS far as l have been able
to find, we have in Lexington
only two Gingko trees and
since the Gingko belongs to
one of the Oldest species of
trees known to man today, |
thought ours might be worthy
of mention and dissertation.
The largest Lexington Gingko
is on Pine Street and is the
property Of Mrs. Charlotte
Blackstock, being directly in
front of her house and right
beside the sidewalk. When
the street widening program
was in the first stages of be-
ginning and the first limbs
were being cut, young Miss
Bridgette BlackStock made
The emphatic remark, "They
can't cut our Gingko tree
there's only two in Lexing.
Lon." And l agreed.
The Gingko, or Maidenhair
tree is the sole survivor of c
once large group of "naked
seed plants that arose dur
ing the Carboniferous (Which
was one of the first) perio(
about 400 million years ago
The ancestors of these trees
are only known by their lea
yes which have remained a:
we'll preserved fossils in many
parts of the world. All O
them, except this one species
Started to die out during The
Ice Age and it was though
until recent years that there
were no wild maiden-hair o.
gingko trees on earth, Whel
some were discovered grow
ing uncultivated and natural
ly in parts of China and Jap
an. All the gingkos found il
parks, gardens, and alon&
streets all over the Worlt
have been introduced to thes'
places from NURSERY stool
that came originally from
Chinese Temple gardens.
These trees have been cul
ltivated IN Chinese monaster
les for thousands and thous
Holmes County herald., 1963-06-20

the Justice Department would
trip over themselves in the
rush to stop this compromise.
If they did nothing though,
we would find ourselves in a
Icomical position. Persons
with no more than a good
memory could very easily
lqualify for top level govern
ment positions. l believe thai
if no action is taken in the
field of voter registration by
compromise, we may very
well find ourselves in a posi-
Ition very much the same as
the above.
In the face Of this very rea-
danger, 1 call on every re
sponsible state official to give
this threat serious considera
ton in the future and to take
some positive action if nee
essary. If we are to make
progress in the future, WI
must rely heavily on our Ell
ected officials for leadership
If we are to have this leader