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The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Pas city council
accepts bids
on new trucks

Bids on a new garbage
truck were taken under
advisement by Pascagoula
city council during a recess
meeting today.
In other action, Pascagoula Jay
Gees met with the council, asking
for a plot Of land on which to
build a new clubhouse.
The Jaycees proposed the city
lease a site suitable for a club
house, i'm which case the Jay
Gees would convert the site into
a playground for children between
ages 2 through IL.
Bids on the garbage truck were
handed in by two Pascagoula
firms, Mitchell Motors, Inc. and
Estabrook Motor Company, Inc.
Bids were for a new cab and chas-
sis, onto which an old body will
be placed.
Base bids were $3269 from Nit
chell and $2783. SO from Estabrook.
The council said further informa-
ton on both trucks would be need
ed.
The council also discussed the
laying of gas pipelines to Ar
lington Heights.
A regular meeting of the city
eu4acil will be held July 2.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
w. A. Roberts
rites Thursday

Services for William Axum
Roberts, 30, resident of Escataw-
pa for rs years. will be held at
Escatawpa Baptist Church at
1880 am. Thursday.
The body will be laid out at
Fails Funeral Home in Moss Point
at / am. Wednesday. He died at
4 am. today at his residence af-
ter being in i'll health three years.
The Rev. Ralph Young of ES-
catawpa Baptist Church will Off
ciate and burial will be in Robin
son Cemetery.
He was a carpenter and an
honorary deacon in his church.
Survivors are his wife, Olive O.
Roberts two sons, c. E. Roberts
and r. E. Roberts, all of Esca-
tawpa, a daughter, Grace Murrel
Of Gautier, a brother, III. l.. Rob-
erts of EScatawpa, a sister, Mrs.
Mary Scott Of Pascagoula; ten
grandchildren and ten great
grand children.
Pallbearers will be Don Gra-
ham, J. w. Roberts, Randolph
Graham, Garner Roberts, Rex
Roberts, and Austin Roberts.
Honorary pallbearers will include
deacons Of the Escatawpa Bap-
list Church, J. I. Thompson. r.
"a. Roberts and Carl Horn.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Sullivan says
laws are needed
on prison Leaves

PONTOTOC, Miss. CUPID - Gu
bernatorial candidate Charles Sui
livan told a rally here Monday
night that legislative action is
needed to control prison leaves in
Mississippi.
Sullivan said the State Parole
Board should be required to grant
leaves only in public meetings by
recorded vote.
He also recommended that the
names Of prisoners who are given
leave be published. Sullivan said
this is necessary so "the public,
through the press. would be fully
aware of this function and persons
recommending absences of in
mates or exerting pressure on
board members would be identi-
fled as of record"
He recommended that the board
meet once a month to consider
applications by prisoners for sus-
pensions or leave Of absence from
the penitentiary.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Labor waits
on backing
candidates
Viii recommend
offer primary
says RdnsdY

Mississippi labor will not
endorse candidates for gov
ernor now but will inter-
view candidates of both
parties before the Novem-
Der general ele c t i o n,
Claude Ramsay, state ALL
CIO president said today.
Ramsay said labor's statewide
convention was held in Laurel
over the weekend.
He noted there was criticism by
labor leaders of efforts in the state
to discourage the two-party Sys-
tenn.
The decision not to endorse
candidates now who may face
COP opposition later, he said,
means no recommendation for
governor or lieutenant governor
seeking Democratic nomination.
He said there will be rec6an-
mendations made before the pri-
maries however on candidates for
state office who will not have any
Republican opposition in the gen.
era election.
The other recommendations will
wait until after the August pri-
maries when Democrats will be
pitted against Republicans.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Two nabbed
:; after chase
for thefts
Arrested today
shortly offer
burglary

Two men picked up this
morning shortly after Bea-
con Restaurant and Lounge
on Highway 90 was bur-
glarized are being held by
Pascagoula police for in
vestigation of burglary.
They are also suspected of
breaking into City Service Sta
ton at Denny Avenue and Magno-
liza Street, police said.
Deputy e. j. Stanford said they
were arrested by Pascagoula p0-
Iicemen at 4 am. after he and a
member of Jackson County Night
Patrol had chased them from near
the Beacon at speeds up to 100
miles an hour.
Making the arrest were Capt.
J. w. Johnson, 1t. H. L. Pitt
man and Pin. L. B. Golf.
Stanford said that the night pat
rolman discovered a glass door
broken out at the Beacon. He said
a car passed at a high rate of
speed and he followed it, calling
for help from Stanford and the
police.
Police blocked the car as it
turned onto a side street in Pas
cagoula, Stanford said.
After the chase Stanford went
to the restaurant and found that
several bottles of liquor had been
taken and the juke box and ciga-
rette machines had been broken
open.
Stanford said that one of the
burglars had cut himself in break
ing the glass door and that he fol-
lowed a trail of blood and whiskey
bottles for about a quarter of a
mile to where he assumed their
car was parked.
One of the arrested men had a
cut on his arm, Stanford said,
and their trousers were wet, indi-
eating they had walked through
wet grass.
They did not have any loot in
their car. Officers are checking
to see if they hid it near by.
The service station was broken
into a short time before the Bea-
con was hit, officers said.
Chief criminal deputy NJ. D.
Continued On Page Two)
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
EverS case
aim will be
death ruling
Beckwith hearing
may be followed
by mental test
BY DAVID MADDUX

JACKSON, Miss. CUPID - The
state will seek the death penalty
for white segregationist
charged with the sniper Staying
of Negro civil rights leader Med
gar Evers.
The suspect, Byron De La
Beckwith, was scheduled to ap-
pear befroe City Judge James
Spencer today at 4 pm, EDIT,
in a preliminary hearing on a
murder charge.
Seeks Indictment
Dist. Atty. William Waller said
Monday night he would ask the
Kinds County grand jury when it
convenes next Monday to indict
Beckwith for murder.
Il will ask for the death PEN
atty if, and when, he is indicted
and tried,'' Waller said. (Other
sources said if indicted, Beckwith
will get a mental test at Whit
field.)
Beckwith, AZ, of Greenwood,
was turned over to Jackson po-
lice Monday afternoon by US.
Commissioner John r. COuntisS
III on instructions from the JUS
tice Department.
He is charged with the June u
sniper Staying Of Evers, who was
state field secretary Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People
(NAACP).
Beckwith was arrested by the
FBI last Saturday night at his
attorneys office in Greenwood on
a federal warrant. He had been
held since early Sunday as a fed
eral prisoner.
Fingerprine Found
Beckwith, a salesman for a
Greenwood fertilizer firm, was
arrested after the FBI said a
fingerprint found on a rifle be-
lieved used to kill Evers matched
one Of his. A telescope sight Of
japanese make which was at
tached to the rifle also was
traced to Beckwith.
Several hours after the mur-
der, the rifle, a World War / En-
field, was found in a honeysuckle
thicket in a vacant lot across
from EverS' home.
The ex-Marine and member Of
the Citizens Council, was charged
with violation of the 1857 Civil
Continued on page %
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Top news
from UPI

FRANKFURT, Germany CUPID
President Kennedy pledged to-
day that the United States would
risk its own cities to defend its
allies.
"a threat to the freedom of Eu-
rope is a threat to the freedom
Of America" the President said
in a speech at the historic Pauls-
kirche (St. Paul's Church,, which
is regarded as the cradle of Ger
man democracy.
LONDON CUPID - The Daily
Express, in a dispatch from
Bonn, said today speculation was
growing in the West German cap
ital that President Kennedy and
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev
''may meet within the week."
Express writer Rene Maccoll
gave no source for the story.
1t was announced Monday night
that Khrushchev will visit East
Berlin during the weekend.
CHICAGO CUPID - Teamsters
Union President James R. Hoffa
today pleaded innocent to charges
of conspiring with seven other
men in $40 million fraudulent
loan scheme.
WASHINGTON CUPID - The
Democrats agreed today to hold
their 1864 national convention to
renominate President Kennedy at
the famous boardwalk resort of
Atlantic City, NJ, beginning
August "a.
The convention will come just
five weeks after the Republicans
select their challenger in San
Francisco.
WASHINGTON QUP1)-Ine de-
fense Department today cleared
three us. Air Force men who
were flown home from Britain
for questioning in the Profumo
sex and security scandals.
The airmen were not identified.
But the department said inveSti-
cation had shown that none was
involved directly or indirectly in
any way, or had any knowledge"
concerning the case.
ABOARD THE USS FORT
SMELLING AT SEA UPD-The
Navy called off today's scheduled
dive by the bathyscaph Trieste in
search of the nuclear submarine
Thresher because of minor diff
culties.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Fire put out
at new house

A partially completed house
caught fire Monday at $40 pm.
as a result of workmen sanding
floors, it was reported this morn
ing.
The house, owned by local
realtor, was located at lot 4S2
Brockwood Avenue, Pascagoula.
According to a fire department
spokesman, the only damages
were to the carport. Firemen esti-
mated the house was about 80 per
cent complete.
Firemen manning two Market
Street Station trucks were Capt.
T. A. Smith, Joe West, Doug
Perez, Gerald Thomas, Donald
Adams, and Jack May.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Deputy faces
murder trial
Testimony given
is conflicting
says judge

Special deputy sheriff
William White was bound.
over Monday afternoon for
grand jury action on muir
der charges under $4,000
bond.
White is accused in the Friday
night pistol Staying of Harry Cy-
rus, IS, in Club Twister near Car
yer Village. Both are Negroes.
Pascagoula Judge Edmund Will
son who held the preliminary
hearing said there was enough
evidence to bind White over to
the grand jury but bond was al
lowed because of conflicting testi-
m0ny.
White posted bond a few minut-
es after the hearing ended at
4:30 pm.
White testified he shot Cyrus in
the line of duty after being ex-
hausted in a fight that left him no
other means of defending himself.
Two city witnesses said that
White shot the man while holding
him on the floor but their teSti-
mony varied.
White said he heard that Cyrus
caused a disturbance in a barber
shop next door to the club and
when he came to the club he ask
ed him to go home.
Cyrus said he wanted some cof-
fee and White said he told him to
get coffee then 60 home.
White said that after he finish
ed his coffee, he put his hand on
Cyrus arm and asked him to
leave again. At this point Cyrus
hit him and the fight started, ac-
cording to White.
White said he hit him two or
three times with his night stick,
knocking him to the floor. He said
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
NAAcP plans
Jackson meets

JACKSON CUPID - The Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People said Mon
day the economic phase" of its
protest here will continue with a
series of three meetings this week.
Charles Evers, state field secre-
tary, said meetings will be held
today, Thursday and Friday. He
said Methodist Bishop Charles E.
Golden of Nashville, Tenn, would
speak at the Friday night meet
ing.
Evers said Golden and other
speakers Twill discuss the import
ance of voting and economic mea-
sureS."
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Mobile school mixing
ordered for next year
Negro leaders
disappointed
by delay

MOBILE, Ala. CUPID - Ne
groes said they would serve
notice of appeal today of a fed
eral court ruling that local pub
lie schools be integrated by 1864.
They complained the order wtuld
delay desegfegatioff a year.
U. S. District Judge Daniel Fl.
Thomas Monday ruled that the
Mobile County school board must
present a school desegregation
plan in November that would be
effective September 1864.
It was the first time federal
district court has ordered public
elementary or high schools inte-
grated in Alabama. Three Ne
groes integrated the University of
Alabama two weeks ago under a
1856 court ruling.
NO comment
Gov. George C Wallace and
local school officials said they
had no immediate comment.
J. L. lie Flore, local Negro who
spearheaded the desegregation
drive, said, eve are disappoint-
ed"
eve are going to appeal so
that we may hope to have the
schools desegregated here by the
1868 school term," LIE Flore said.
LIE Flore announced the appeal
after comforting by telephone with
Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, a
lawyer for the National ASsocia-
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People in New York. Mrs.
Motley represented the parents of
20 children who sought admission
to white schools next September.
Will Appeal
She said in New York, 1--WE GER
tainly will appeal because the
appeals court which met in At
lanta recently warned district
court judges they must speed up
desegregation decisions because it
had been nine years since the
U. S. Supreme Court issued its
decree banning segregated school
systems.
Thomas apparently anticipated
an appeal. His seven-page opin-
ion was filled with arguments
why desegregation should be held
off until 1864 and said he thought
the appeals court would agree.
Gov. George Wallace told news
men in Dothan he would not
comment on whether h e would
make a ''schoolhouse door" stand
as he did at the university. He
said he wanted a chance to read
the decision first. Wallace was in
Dothan to speak at a Masonic
Thomas implied in his ruling
that school integration could be
Continued On Page Two)
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Weather
SCATTERED SHOWERS

SCATTERED SHOWERS
/, Mobile Vicinity: Partly cloudy
with widely scattered mostly day.
time thundershowers through Wed
nesday. Southerly winds 8 to 18
miles per hour. High today S8, low
Wednesday ~.
Middle Gulf: -Easterly winds
9 to q m.p.h. and widely scat
tered showers today, tonight and
Wednesday.
Coastal: Mostly east winds 9 to
10 m.p.h. today, tonight and We'd
nesday, gusty in the vicinity of
scattered thundershowers.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Man drO1Uns at OS
Epileptic seizure
is suid cuuse
of mishdp

A man suffering appar-
emily from an epileptic
seizure fell into a ditch and
drowned this morning two
miles north of Ocean
Springs.
Sammy Lee Wright Jr., 30, of
Route l, Ocean Springs was found
at $40 am. about 200 yards from
his house.
Wright's wife, Annie Lou
Wright, testified at a corOner's in
quest held at Ocean Springs po-
lice department that her husband
suffered from epilepsy.
Coroner j. Leslie Nelson said
Wright fell face down in about
two inches of water.
His wife said that Wright left
home about 4:45 am. on his way
to work at Gulf Hills Dude Ranch.
His body was found by a neigh
bor, George Washington, when he
started to work.
The jury ruled that Wright came
to his death by drowning after suf-
fering an epileptic seizure.
Jurors were Ronald j. Beaugez,
Louis Noble, Joe Catchet, A. A.
Ross, Joseph Feranea and Char
les Catchet. Roy TOotle was bai-
lift.
Wright's body was taken to
Browns funeral home in Biloxi.
Funeral arrangements are incom-
nIetn
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
Verda Varnes
dies early Today

Mrs. Verda j. Varnes, 56, died
at 8:45 am. today at Singing Ri
yer Hospital. She lived at Esca-
tawpa. Funeral arrangements at
jackson County Mortuary were in
complete at press time today.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25

WHITE SUSPENDED
Sheriff James Ira Grimsley
said today White has been sus-
pended as a deputy, pending
action of the grand jury.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25
shopIifting charged man spotted
with loot hidden under his shirt

Twenty-nine year old Tommie James Rasco of
645 Convent Street, Pascagoula was fined SIS and
sentenced to 10 days for shoplifting by judge
Edmund Wilson in city court Monday
Rasco was caught by arresting officers 1t K. j.
Champeaux and Pin. c. R. Miller, as he walked out
of Wayne Lees Friday about pm.
Champeaux said the man had whole chicken
roast, and carton of cigarettes stuffed into his
shirt.
The chronicle., 1963-06-25

when he tried to put handouts on
him Cyrus broke the cuffs and
kicked him in the stomach, knock
ing him against a wall.
The deputy said Cyrus charged
Continued On Page TWo)
Evening star., 1963-04-21

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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
Resistance
Survivors
Form Group

NEW YORK The Warsaw
Ghetto Resistance Organization,
non-partisan and non-political,,
with membership composed of for
mer Warsaw Ghetto resistance
fighters, has been formed here, it
was announced by its president,
Jonas Turkow, prominent Polish
Yiddish author. 1.-THE official found
ing of WAGRO at this time" he
said, "takes on special signifi-
canoe, since April 10 will be the
10th anniversary of the Warsaw
Ghetto uprising"
"Of the 500, 1000 Jews whom the
Nazis attempted to destroy in War
saw" Turkow added, "there were
but a few thousand survivors who
are now scattered the world over,
with the largest groups in the Unit
ed States - mainly in the New
York area - and Israel"
Objectives of WAGRO, Turkow
said, are as follows: ''To spread
the facts about the civilian resist
ance during the entire German oc-
cupation and the military resist
ance against the Nazi murderers
that eliminated in the heroic War
saw Ghetto Uprising in 1943; never
to let the world forget this historic
event and to urge others to COM
memorate it; and to erect in New
York City Warsaw Ghetto Re-
SiStance House.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
New York'S UJA
Drive Under Way

NEW YORK - The 25th year of
campaigning for the United Jewish
Appeal of Greater New York open
ed with a rally of 5000 Women's
Division volunteers at the Ameri-
cana Hotel, followed by two lunch
cons at which 600 of the divisions
leading contributors announced
gifts totaling 81 ,275, ,000..
Peace Corps Director Robert
Shriver. Jr., received the frs t
Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Award
in a ceremony at the morning
rally. Mrs. Roosevelt's son, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt Jr., newly appoint
ed Undersecretary of Commerce,
made the presentation on behalf OF
the New York UJA Women's Div1-
sion,
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
Pharmacists
Are Forminq
Fraternity

Alpha Zeta Omega, a national
pharmaceutical fraternity, Will
soon have an alumni chapter in
Phoenix. A group headed by Mike
Levine, Lou Liepack, Jules Duber,
Lee Grushko, and Stanley Kohn
have organized to petition the SUI
preme Chapter for charter.
Non-members soon to be initiated
into the fraternity are Lew Mas
Sc, Abe Rolnick, Jules Ritz, Lou
Goldstein, Joe Nickolls and Len
Fields.
THIS WILL be the first organ
lied group of Jewish pharmacists
in Phoenix with national affilia-
ton. The fraternity meets the first
Thursday of each month at the
National Register Co. meeting
rooms, at 1902 N. Central Ave.
Guests at the last meeting were
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Roth of Pitts
burgh, Pa. Mr.. Roth, a 30-year
member, gave talk on the fra
ternity'S purpose, function and
meaning of AZO and told of the
fraternity'S m any projects both
national and in Israel.
ALL REGISTERED pharmacists
residing in the Phoenix area are
invited to join the fraternity or at
tend the meetings. Membership is
open to all pharmacists and their
wives. Those interested in AZO
may contact Mike Levine, 264-
0922; Joe Nickolls, BR 6-42O1: or
Lew Liepack, BR 5-0987.
The next meeting will be March
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
Former De+roi+er
New Owner Of
Regal Lighting

Leon Weinberger, formerly of
Detroit, Mich, is the new owner
of Regal Lighting, 1926 N. Central
Ave.
Weinberger was a member OF
Crescent Shrine Club, Perfection
Lodge 4S6, Moslem Temple, in De-
troit, and a past commander of the
Jewish War Veterans there. H i s
wife is a past president of the
Jewish War Veterans Auxiliary in
Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weinberger d
their daughters Bonnie and Gerri
live at 243 w. Harmont DR..
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
Art Gallery To Open

"ArtiSts Cooperative" has issued
a reminder to Valleyites of the
opening of their new gallery March
2 at 1890 p. m. to 1880 p. m. at
2O15 E. Comeback in Town and
Country Village. The show will run
through March II.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01

SAY you SAW IT ADVERTISED IN
THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1963-03-01
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-07-18
Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs Harry Fikc, of
Rawlings, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Linda Lou, to
David Keller, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Keller of Wcstcrnport.
Miss Fike is a graduate of Bruce
High school, class of 1862 and is
employed in the office of G. c..
Murphy company of Keyser She
is granddaughter of Mrs. Edith
Friend, Route l, Oakland, and Mr..
and Mrs. David Fike, of Friends
vile.
Mr.. Keller is a graduate of
Bruce High school, class Of 1861,
attended Potomac State college and
plans to enter West Virginia Uni
versity at Morgantown this fall.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-07-18

Miss Barbara Korora, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Patsy KOrora of
Akron, Ohio, became the bride of
Harold Johnston, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Johnston of Kent,
Ohio, Saturday, June l, at p. m.
in St. Johns Lutheran church.
Pastor Thomas A. Daniel officiated
Concluding the double ring cerc-
mony the church soloist sang the
Lords Prayer.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, was attirCd in a floor
length gown of white lace and
tullc over taffcta, with scallopcd
necklinc and full bouffant skirt
with alternating tiers of lace and
tullc rufflcs down the back. A
caplct of scquins and seed pearls
held her fingcrtip veil of bridal
Illusion She carried bouquet of
yellow roses and lily of the val
ley.
Mrs. Patricia Johnston was ma
tron of honor for her sister She
wore yellow taffeta sheath with
overskirt, short veil and acces-
series to match and carried a
bouquet Of lilac carnations.
Bridesmaids were, Secna Korora,
sister of the bride; Patricia Mar
quand, Carol Nuzum, Barbara Gle
mems and Cathic Bcckman, niece
of the groom, all wearing lilac taf-
fCta gowns. with short wells and
accessories to match and carrying
bouquets of yellow carnations.
Kim Johnston. niece of the groom
was flower girl. She wore yellow
taffeta with net hcadpiecc and
carried a basket of lilac carnations.
Donald Johnston was best man
for his brother. Dickie Beckman,
nephew of the groom, was ring
bearer. Ushcrs were, John Korora,
brother of the bride, Thomas Pas
tor, Robert Black, Edward 10th
and John Fergerson.
Clyde Hopkins orchestra pro-
vided music for the reception held
at 730 p m. in the Italian Center
of Akron, Ohio The brides table
was conferred with four TERED
wedding cake, decorated with
yellow roses, wedding bells, with
white swans between each tier
and topped with a bride and
groom. After a motor trip to Swan
ton, Md, the newlyweds are
temporarily residing at the home