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were luncheon guests in the
home Of Mrs. Maury LeSueur.
Connie LeSueur, a student at
Stuart Hall, Stanton and Lin
da of RPI, were week end
guests of their father, Joel Le-
Sueur.
Mn. and Mrs. John Lawford
are the happy parents of a new
daughter, Cynthia.
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News Summary
Continued From Page l,

Continued From rage II
tary junta. Gen. Chung Hee
Park. chairman of the junta,
said the ban was temporary and
might be lifted. depending on
the outcome of a proposed ref
erendum to decide whether the
junta should rule for another
four years. No date has been
set for the voting. but the refer
endum is expected to be held in
about a month.
ARAB UNITY was discussed
last week BY representatives Of
the JAR Egypt, Syria, and
Iraq in Cairo. The three nations
agreed Saturday to form a new
confederation which will proba-
bly, be headed by Egypt's Presi-
dent Canal Abdel Nasser. the
man who nationalized the Suez
Canal. The new confederation
would have a single foreign and
defense policy and common edu
cational, social and cultural pro
grams, but each nation would
retain its identity. A pro-Nassel
regime was recently established
in Yemen and it too has eX-
pressed interest in joining a con
federation.
TWO SOVIET RECONNAIS-
SANCE PLANES flew over
Alaska Thursday night. 7 h c
planes penetrated 80 miles in
side U. S. territory and were in
tercepted and tracked by Ameri-
can jets and radar No shots
were fired A mild protest has
been lodged through diplomatic
channels which demanded that
all necessary measure" be
taken to see that this does not
happen again. This was the first
clearly established incident Of
a Soviet overnight of the United
States" according TO the State
Department.
AN INVESTIGATION into the
closing of two Los Angeles news
papers in January 1862 is being
conducted by the House anti
trust subcommittee. Norm n
Chandler, president of the Los
Angeles Times, told the group
the Justice Department had
given advance approval on clos
ing Chambers afternoon Mirror
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-19
Edward Page, II,
Buried Saturday

DHLWYN. March 10 = FIJI
neral services for Edward Trent
Page, II. who died Thursday
We're held Saturday March l6,
at II a. m. in the family cemetery
at CarysWood Plantation near
DillWyn.
He was a retired Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway conductor and
a former resident Of Richmond.
Mr.. Page is survived by a sis
ter, Miss Resale Nelson Page,
of Washington.
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physical has been a patient in
Johnston-Wills Hospital. Rick-
lnond for several weeks. His
friends are glad to hear of his
IMPROVEMENT.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Spessard
spent two weeks in Florida re-
Gently.
The nominating committee Of
the Buckingham Woman's Club,
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Mrs. 7 L. Lancaster Jr., en-
tertained her bridge club on Fri
day night.
Mrs. Emmett McCraw, of APP
pomattox, visited Mrs. Harold
Garrett on Saturday and at
tended Founders Day cere-
monies at Longwood College.
Leaving today, Monday, for a
visit with her sister, Mrs. W. F..
Roesel, IN Winston-Salem. N. C..
is Mrs. Curtis Hubbard.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Yates and
daughter. Betty 10. of Rice. ac-
companied by Martha Lea Hub
bard and Diane Walker. spent
the week end in Fredericksburg
Mrs. DeRoy Colbert, of Wash
ington. D. c.. and Mrs. Willis
Jacobs. Of Hopewell. were Satur-
day guests OF their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w B. Overton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Boistain
and family. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mason Chewing and family,
all of Richmond. were recent
guests of their mother, Mrs.
Matte Hammonds.
Mrs. George Sheffield spent
Sunday in Roanoke with her sis
ter. Mrs. Robert Carroll, and
her family.
Visiting her brother. william
Reese. and Mrs. Reese in Rich
mond on Sunday afternoon were
Mrs. Alice Wash and Elijah
Stinson.
With Mrs. W. A. Schroeder on
Friday was her daughter. Mrs.
Dan Young, and Mr.. Young, of
Fincastle.
Mrs. Ida Southall left on Sun
day to attend the International
Beauty Show ir New York CITY,
March 1920. Mrs. Betty Ham
mond, formerly of Farmville
now of Alexandria, Will join her
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Jacobs.
Of Siler City. N. c.. We're guests
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs L.
D. Jacobs, over the week end.
Mrs Matte Lee Walker has
returned from several months
stay in FIT. Myers. Fla, with her
daughter, Mrs Louis Ora t
Bowles. and Mr.. Bowles. who
accompanied her home. Mr. S.
Walker lives here with her niece,
Miss Agnes Watkins.
Mrs. J. S. Drewry, of Boykins,
spent the week end with h e /
brotherin-laW and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Bondurant. and
attended Longwood Collie G e
Founders Day ceremonies.
Mrs Thomas J. Starke, of
Richmond, was the guest of Mr..
and Mrs Fred o. Wygal, and
attended Founders Day cere-
monies. Mrs. Starke is the form
er Miss Maria BIistow. of Farm
vile.
Miss Sue McCrohan left on
Thursday for a visit with Mrs.
Gilmer Craddock in Lynchburg.
mere from r m D 0 ! IOr
Founders Day were Mrs. Boil
ling Anderson and Mrs. Robert
Saffele; from Spottswood were
Mrs. William w. Thomas.
H. L. Blanton, superintendent
of NottOWay county schools, and
E Armstrong Smith, superin-
tendent of Cumberland county
schools. were in anoke
March lib for the meeting of
Superntendents
Miss Sandra Anthony, a stu
dent at Chowan College. Muir
freesboro, N. c., was home last
week to attend the funeral of
her grandmother, Mrs. Emma
Robinson, on Thursday.
Among the alumnae here for
Founder Day were Mrs. James
M Turner. Mrs. John H. Van
Landingham. Jr., Mrs. Walter
H. Brown. and Mrs. Raleigh
Powell. all of Petersburg; from
Portsmouth were Miss Annie
Tignor and Miss Elizabet h
! Downey.
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Cleveland Clark
Dies At n

KEYSVHLE, March 10 - Flu
neral vices for Cleveland
John Clark. II, who died Friday
March Is. were held Sunday,
March II, at 3 pm. in the
Browning Funeral Home, KEYS
vile. Burial was in Ash Camp
Memorial Cemetery.
He was a retired postal clerk
and deacon Of the Winfree
Memorial Church.
Mr.. Clark is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Florence Gee Clark
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VFW Home
Continued rom age

Thlrty-One post members and
number of state officials and
guests were present at t h e
March meeting when the pur-
chase of the land and the build
ing project were approved. The
building will be cinderblock with
bflnck veneer in the front.
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THE STOCK MARKET show
ed modest gain last week. but
observers said no decisive trend
was apparent. The APP 6O-stock
average was up for the second
straight week. closing Friday at
$256 go for q net gain OF s. 10.
A government survey revealed
last week tina. businessmen plan
to spend 4.3 per cent more for
new plant and equipment this
year than they did in 1862.
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Collectors Meet

The Southside Virginia Collec-
tors Club will meet Thursday
March p. at 8 pm. at Char
lotte C. H. All members and in
terested persons are invited to
attend.
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and The Hearst Corporations
Morning Examiner. The shut
down left Los Angeles with only
two daily papers, Hearst's eve
ming Herald Examiner and
Chambers morning Times.
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mother, Mrs. Eleanor Jeffrey.
Mrs. Ethel Duval has return
ed from a visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. l.. 0. KaSbamn. Of
Mrs. Catherine Cox. a patient
in Johnston Willis Hospital in
Richmond fer two weeks is ex-
pected home this week.
DR.. Erie Holden. resident
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SOUNDS TRUE

T he economically minded
Young bride was about to have
her first baby. She phoned her
husband, then frugally took a
bus to the hospital reaching the
entrance just in time to meet
her husband arriving in a
taxi.
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Hospital NeWs
Patients Admitted

There were Sc patents Mon
day morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-09
Meetinq
OF Girls
Nation

The 1868 Girls Nation,
sponsored by the American
Legion Auxiliary, will meet
here July 20 through August
3, at American University.
It will bring to Washing
ton 100 high school juniors
- two from each State -
selected from a group Of IT,
500 outstanding girl students.
The Girls Nation vas es-
tabliShed to create an aware
ness Of the Governments
functions firsthand by OBJ
servance and participation.
The girls live IN the uni
versity dormitories for q
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Roger, American Legion Aux
iliary president, will preside
at the Inaugural Dinner.
Briefings at the Depart
ment Of State and Depart
ment Of Defense and a visit
to Arlington National Gene
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terry where a wreath will be
placed at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier are planned
for Thursday, August /.
A special White H ouse
tour is planned for Friday.
August 2. after which each
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week, carry on political cam
paigns and Congressional
sessions and meet their Gov
eminent counterparts in the
offices" to which they are
elected"
A tour of the United States
Capitol with visits to the
Senate and House galleries
as we'll as the Supreme Court
are scheduled for Wednes-
day, July 81.
That evening, Mrs. Ollie L.
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girl will be received by her
Government counterpart and
their newly elected "presi-
dent" will make her State
Of the Union Address"
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MEETING

Meeting q.
The Ladies Auxiliary Of
Equality Walter Reed 284.
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
will meet Friday at 1880 PM
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David Lawrence
Communists Use LUnutic FRINGE

they were hooked until they
almost unwittingly have become
dupeS Of the Communists.
The FBI tries to ferret out
the Communists who infiItrate
organizations Of American citi-
zenS. While Congressional Com
mitteeS can frequently expose
communist operations inside the
United States, innocent men,
berS of these organizations gen.
orally are unaware Of just who
are or who are not party men,
bers and just who are being
financed by the Communist
partiSanS.
Mr.. Hoover'S speech is a Signi-
ficant pronouncement on a sub
ject which has proven veXatiouS
in the past and which probably
will continue to be until Ameri-
can public opinion is able to
learn more about the way COM
munistS conduct their clande-
slime operations.
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Shoddy Performances

Several knowledgeable COM
mentators and observers have
dared to write and publish what
many men and women in this area,
and doubtless throughout the na-
ton, have thought and said about
happenings since the assassination
of President Kennedy.
Immediately thereafter, politi-
clans, preachers, Washington writ
ers and the TV networks sought to
use the assassination to serve their
purpose. These were so-called lib
erals. There was an outpouring Of
charges of guilt. Guilt by ~associa-
ton isn't acceptable to these folks
ordinarily. But they used it this
time. All Dallas was proclaimed
guilty. The rightist reactionarieS
throughout the land were accused
of creating a climate for such an
atrocity. Then these culprits were
told they should mend their evil
ways, purge themselves of their
sin, and follow the Kennedy party
line without deviation. To what
lengths these people would have
gone if the bullet had been fired
by an avowed member of the John
Birch Society, or by a man from
Mississippi or Alabama staggerS
the imagination.
AS so often happens, fairness
and moderation did not prevail.
The onslaught was overdone and,
Of course, it was not true. But as
usual, public reaction set in and
balance and sanity began to re-
assert themselves.
Much of what happened in ref
erence to the mourning and the
funeral became a public spectacle
lacking dignity and good taste.
Changing the age-old name Of Cape
Canaveral with such unseemly
haste was an incident in this cate
CORY. Other actions of this sort de-
signed to perpetuate the Kennedy
name are in likely prospect.
President Johnson followed this
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line by urging favorable action in
Congress on President Kennedy's
legislative program. He said Of the
pending civil rights proposal: mo
memorial Grafton or eulogy could
more eloquently honor President
Kennedy's memory than the earli-
est possible passage of the civil
rights bill for which he fought"
And of the tax reduction: mo act
of ours could more fittingly con
tinue the work Of President Ken
nedy than the earliest passage of
the tax bill which he sought" This
is all part of the activity to help
the Democratic Presidential nomi-
nee win in November, 1864. Peo-
pie will be admonished to Salve
their own conscience for the guilt
that has been assigned them and
prove they we're not sympathizers
of the assassin by voting for Presl-
dent Kennedy's successor. The
same tactic was successfully en-
ployed in 1860 when ProteStants
were told to vote for a Catholic IN
order to convince themselves and
others that they were not really
bigots.
In further reference to the up
coming election, those seeking the
Republican nomination, and espe-
cially the one who is chosen, will
be accused of ~desecrating the mem
DRY Of the "martyred" President if
they criticize his administration as
well as that of his successor. Presi-
dent Johnson, however, says he
favors almost all of the Kennedy
program and its implementation.
That's natural because he was a
part Of it.
The use of the word martyr
in reference to President Kennedy
is not clearly applicable. The gen.
orally accepted meaning of the
word and as it is defined in our
dictionary is: "a person who
chooses to suffer rather than give
up his faith or his principles 80"
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Willidm S. White
LBJ HuIts Chaos

WASHINGTON. - President
Johnson, profoundly relieved
and thankful that the country
has so rallied in unity and
strength from the shock of the
assassination of his predecessor,
now proposes to keep up til e
momentum of his AdminiStra-
ton on every front without pause
or let-up.
These recent urgent days have
shown to the nation and to as
sociates he inherited from the
Kennedy Administration the
rapidity of decision and vigor Of
the New President in a crisis
time. What these days have not
yet shown is that these attri-
butes are a part Of Mr.. John
sons ordinary political life.
In all the circumstances, Of
course, he simply had to decide
and to act firmly and quickly
and more or less all at once
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Return To Sanity

tFrOm The Charleston News & COurier)
While Investigators are sitting the his
tory Of Lee H. Oswald and the mar
who killed him, in an effort to h d
light on the murder of President Ken
nedy, it would be good for the country
if every citizen would now calm down
and restore national composure. The del
uge Of emotion that has spilled over
the country, however understandable,
as capable Of upSetting normal life and
sending disturbed individuals over the
brink.
Such a one, we suppose, was Lee H.
Oswald. An American woman reporter
has made public her recollections Of an
interview with him in 1859 at Moscow.
Her impression was that his desire to
become a citizen Of Soviet Russia came
from "a combination Of poverty, I'll e
plight Of the U. S. Negro, and the u.
S. Marines"
After watching the way workers are
treated il New York" Priscilla John
son said that Oswald told her, land
Negroes in the South, | was looking for
a key to my environment. Then l dis
covered socialist literature"
Something of the sort has happened
to many thousand Americans, judging
from the outpouring of talk in recent
years. misunderstanding and disSastisfac-
ton with life in a free country, which
requires personal responsibility rather
than reliance on blind collective action
under rigid rules, have set up a new
sort Of mass mental illness among a
formerly rugged people
They seem beset by fear. Exploita-
ton of this fear has been perpetrated at
many levels. Sometimes motives ar
noble and sometimes less than noble.
What made Oswald decide to kill the
President we do not know. Speculation
that he was a hired gun now is being
given serious consideration. The Rich
mond News Leader, a responsible news
paper, says 1.-THE finger points to Fidel
Castro, an old hand at assassination.
Oswald was in Mexico, it has b
learned, within the last seven weeks.
Where did Oswald, who fretted about
downtrodden workers, get the money to
travel to Mexico; Whence came h G
money to reach Moscow in 1859? The
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actions, take over their pro-
grams and corrupt their ranks"
Mr.. Hoover pointed out that
Communism feeds upon ignor-
ance, prejudice and sickness of
the mind and SOUL" and said
that "the cause Of communism
is well served by the hatemong-
erS, the lunatic fringe and other
rabble who preach a doctrine
of malice and intolerance to-
ward their fellow man." He con-
tinued:
"TheSe venomous fanticS,
whether they are extremists Of
the left or the right, are car
riers of a highly infectious di-
seaSe. They clutter the streets
and the mails - with their
SlanderouS obScenitieS, urging
impressionable teen-agerS a n d
unstable adults to acts of hate,
terror and intimidation. They
have brought forth the bombs
and ignited the flames tn a t
have killed decent Americans
and even innocent children and
destroyed churches and other
temples of worship. They are a
national disgrace.
Invariably, these merchants
of hate attempt to drape them
selves in a cloak of patriotism.
But their real objective is to
profiteer and capitalize upon
ignorance, prejudice and bigotry
while destroying the very ideals
which they claim to uphold"
The FBI director said that
1.-THE fires of anti-semitism con-
tinue to burn with fierce inten-
sity in many areas Of the world"
He declared:
Despite communist claims of
improved conditions for Jews
under the KhrlIShchev regime
the opposite actually is true.
Additional forms Of suppression
have been introduced"
Mr.. Hoover said that the Com
muniStS cannot reach the great
majority Of American you'll h.
But he warned that there are
others who, though they are gen.
timely convinced that they
would not fall for the Commu-
mist bait, might never know
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along the whole range Of the
enormous problems of an Of
flee thrown without an instant'S
racing against nothing less than
warning upon him. He was
national fear and potentional
national hysteria and chaos and
an ominous tide Of confused bit
ternesS and counter
He won the race. But his
instantaneous series of unhesi-
tating actions necessarily
taken at times by telephone and
with almost dizzying speed as
he pressed one button after an
other to give clipped directives
and a sense Of sad but rock-like
Presidential calm to one mo-
mentarily shaken official after
another NM were unusual only in
the tragic atmosphere that sur
rounded them.
Their speed and firmness
were standard operating proce-
dure for a man long known to
his old colleagues in the Senate
as tireless in action and fretful
only when there was nothing
much that needed to be done.
Of these qualities Of decision,
much more will be seen.
Mr.. Johnson, in short, has al
ways believed, in every office
he has held, that the enemy of
sound and creative public
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AIIen-Scott Report
TickIish USIA Job

WASHINGTON, - The United
States Information Agency is UNI
dertaking a worldwide emer-
gency public relations mission
OF the most delicate nature.
The governments international
public relations arm plans to
pull out all the stops to acquaint
the world with the activities and
findings of the special PreSiden-
tial Commission studying the cir
cumstances relating to the as
sassination Of President Ken
nedy.
Under the close personal SUI
pervision of Director Edward
r. Murrow, the USIA staff is
preparing to use all the govern
ment's facilities, including It's
III overseas posts, to keep all
nations fully informed of the
commissions investigation.
Most of the IT'S million re-
stored by the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee to this years
USIA budget will be used for
this massive public relations
campaign if the full Senate and
House approve these funds.
USIA'S request for 5000 mil
lion was cut to $163 million by
the House earlier this year.
Meeting privately last week, the
Senate committee restored h e
budget to $17O.5 million by a
one-vote margin.
These and other still secret
details of USIA plans to TO-
Gus world attention on the Pres
idential Commission, headed by
Chief Justice Earl Warren, we're
privately outlined to the senator's
by committee member Gale
MCGEE, D-Wyo., who led the
successful fight to restore the
money.
Waving a handful Of proxies
hurriedly gathered from absent
Democratic members, Senator
MCGEE stressed the extra
money was needed so that 1.-THE
USIA can flood the world
with information about the find
ingS Of the commission on the
circumstances relating to the
assassination of President Ken
nedy."
He revealed that USIA Direc-
tor Murrow had personally urg-
ed him to take the lead in re-
storing the funds needed to
launch this worldwide public
relations campaign.
According to Senator MCGEE,
the USIA already has spent
$3.50, 900 in unbudgeted funds
in one week in relaying to the
world the events surrounding the
assassination and the orderly
succession Of President Johnson
to the nations highest office.
He said the objective is to as
sure the world that the change
in presidents has not changed
American foreign policies, and
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United States gave him $435 to return
from Russia.
These and other questions need an
SWerS. Jack RubenStein'S bullet silenc-
ed. Oswald. But the trail still may be
uncovered.
Meanwhile, excuses of emotionalism
are confusing the public. Assignment of
collective guilt is a favorite pastime in
some circles. One Of the worst examples
that has come to our notice was written
by Jimmy Breslin for The New York
Herald Tribune and distributed by The
Herald Tribune News Service. In wildly
emotional language, Breslin attributed
the Presidents murder to "a country
that has let the art of hate grow so
strong that we now kill Presidents be-
cause Of it. Dallas is a collective
word an it means Birmingham and Tus-
calooSa and, yes, Scarsdale and Bay
Ridge and the Bronx, too"
Breslin seems obsessed with racial and
religious differences, but ignores alto
get!ler the solid fact about the assassin,
namely Oswald's MarXist background.
We single out Breslin's article merely
because it is the most extreme of a
flood of extremism. Until more facts
are known, prudent people will reserve
judgement. Oswald may have been a
mailman. He may have been a COM
muniSt agent. He was not, we insist,
representative of decent Americans of
any faith, color or place of residence.
The suggestion that this tragedy stems
from collective guilt Of peaceloving peo-
pie is a shameful lie. Regardless Of
their individual views, the overwhelm-
ing majority Of people shared equally
the grief of President Kennedy's death.
Collective smearing must stop. II must
stop not only as regards the crime of
Nov. q, but with respect to many other
aspects Of life in America. If free men
cannot discipline themselves in crisis,
they will find themselves in the kind
Of collective strait-jacket used to SUBJ
due the victims Of uncomfortable insan-
itv