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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
Editorial Of Note

"That community is in the process
OF dissolution where each man begins
to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy,
where non-conformity with the accept
ed creed is a mark of disaffection,
where denunciation takes the place Of
evidence and orthodoxy chokes free
dom of dissent" Judge Learned Hand.
Yesterday the Rotary Club was
host to a man whose political and in
tellectual approach would inevitably
lead the national community described
by Judge Hand. In his speech, Jackson
radio-TV man Fred Beard indiscrimi-
nately mixed a grain of truth with a
large measure Of misinformation and
reactionary propaganda to bring the
Rotarians his view of the United States
and the world. Constantly stressing
the need to be informed about the Com
munist threat, Beard amply demon
strated his own confusion of fact and
fiction. about the extreme danger
pOScu ny Ule OOIlIluIilSlS.
The grain of truth in Boards pre-
sentation is that there is a continuing
threat to this nation and to freedom,
and it's source is world communism in
general and the Soviet Union in parti-
cular. This is an obvious cause for
alarm and concern. There is a very
definite need for every citizen to par
ticipate actively in the political pro-
cess, having first Informed himself on
the issues. But we need not and can
not substitute fear-ridden untruths for
knowledge.
It is not true that 'none Of the
countries" taken by the Communists
has fallen because Of war but only be-
cause of a takeover from within, as
claimed by Beard. Every nation in
Eastern Europe went Communist be-
cause Russian troops, with tanks, guns
and airplanes, saw to it that all oppo-
sition was forcibly removed. This
might not have been war, but it was
certainly not internal revolt either. 1t
was warfare on an organized full-scale
military basis which brought China
under the Reds, as it did North Wet
Nam - or have we already forgotten
the seige and fall Of the French fort
ress at Diem Bien Phu?
Cuba alone fell to the Communists
by subversion and purely internal revo-
luton, and we would most certainly do
well to remember it, for this will IN
creasingly be the Communist pattern
in this day of a nuclear stalemate and
Mr.. Khrushchev's announced policy Of
WARS Of national liberation" But it
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
THIRTY YEARS AGO

cows home two evenings last
week. These reports are get
ting more frequent as the
years go by. These animals
should be protected against
slayers, and if all citizens
will take the attitude Of Mr..
Truitt, we will soon have an
abundance Of wildlife.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
YARD
MADE

Work is being done on the
Holmes County courthouse
yard this week as a project
Of the Lexington Garden
Club, with Mrs. T. A. Lail
and Mrs. Edwin White as di-
recting labor secured from
the county farm, to prune
and reset shrubbery.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
WELLS HOTEL
HAS BLAZE

aAS OAMAG1NG BLAZE
A fire about one o'clock
Saturday afternoon, threat
ened to destroy the large
hotel building at Owens
Wells. The roof in the north
east corner caught from the
sparks from a chimney, and
the blaze was well under
way when discovered. A buc-
kst brigade was formed and
through the good work Of
volunteers, the fire was ex-
tinguished after burning a
hole in the roof about IS
feet square, as stated by E.
H. Fowler who lives in the
community. The building was
formerly a hotel, and now
houses three families, Messrs.
King, Richards and Mrs. M.
u. Weeks. J,
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
Mississippi Progress Report
By The Mississippi Agricultural And Industrial Board

JACKSON RATES HIGH
IN COLLEGE GRADUATES
The u. S. Census Bureaus
1862 County and City data
book shows that Jackson
ranks fourth in the United
States in proportion of col
lege graduates among its citi-
zenry for cities of $4,000
and larger. Among all U. S.
cities above 100000, Jackson
ranks ninth. Some 1874 per
cent of Jackson's 1860 popu-
lation over the age of Is are
college graduates. This IS
the top figure for all South
ern cities.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
TAKE MISSISSIPPI

Forrest G. Cooper, chair
man of the War Program
Committee of the Trustees of
Institutions of Higher Learn
ing in Mississippi, arrived
Saturday evening in Hatties"
burg, accompanied by high
ranking officers of the War
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31

Approximately 10000 Mis-
sissippians are affected by
the heart and blood vessel
diseases, your heart associa-
ton reports. One out of
every two state deaths is due
to these ailments.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
The Lexington Advertiser
Thursday. Jan. 81, 1868

Hazel Brannon Smith Editor and Publisher
Established Iii 1897 - Published Every Thursday
Subscription Rates: Anywhere in Holmes County
$500 per year; Outside Holmes County $3.50 per year.
Entered as second class matter at the Post Office
at Lexington, Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31

N COLLEGE
MOD SOCIAL TONIGHT
The Faculty and Students
of Saints Junior College will
hold the annual March 1T
Dimes Social Thursday eve
ming, January 31st 1T $50 3.
m, ii the Wyoming Wells
Gymtoriufn.
The public is invited.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31
THUITT o DEER
IN HIS
Ixuthe

Luther Truitt Of the Beth
esda community reports that
a young deer followed his
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1963-01-31

Attend the Church Of your
choice this Sunday!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Marine 'Copter
Group Praised for
Hurricane Relief

CHERRY POINT. N. c.. Nov
Is (SpeciaD Marine Medium
Helicopter Transport Squadron
1872 has been praised for its
outstanding performance last
month during relief operations
in Haiti after Hurricane Flora
1t. Gen. James P Berkeley
commanding general Of Fleet
Marine Force. Atlantic, de-
clared: The rapid response
a nd outstanding performance
Of the squadron in the recent
relief operations in Haiti at
tests to the squadron's readi-
ness and capability. The results
Of this performance have been
most beneficial in the further
ance Of common humanity and
our national goal"
In another dispatch, Capt
Michael j. Hanley, jr., COM
manding officer of the helicop-
ter carrier ThetiS Bay. from
which the relief operations
were conducted, said: ANY &C
colades received are due to the
magnificent Job accomplished
by HHM-l62, which is certain
ly a credit to the Marine
Corps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Stossen Tests Support
For .O.P. Nomination

supporters Of both Senator
Goldwater and Gov. Nelson)
Rockefeller and add the essen
tial additional 10 or is per cent
of independent voters to lead
the Republican Party to victory
next November.
Mr.. Stassen. IS, was elected
three times as Governor Of
Minnesota, from 1889 to 1915,
He resigned in his last term to
enter the Navy. later was presi-
dent Of the University Of
Pennsylvania and disarmament
adviser to former President Iii
Senhower.
He said he will test the senti-
ment for his candidacy only
on the basis of a thorough I'M
derstanding by the Republican
voters of the program which I
believe our country should fol-
low. and therefore. the pro-
gram which I would advance as
President"
Mr.. Stassen s speech, to a
county chill supper. was set for
8 pm. but the text was released
in advance.
"As President I would make
far-reac hing changes in the
policies of our country at home
and abroad -" he said. 81
would lift our foreign policy to
a higher level. away from mar
row nationalism.
81 would correct our domes-
tic policy and establish the
goals Of full employment, a bal
anced budget, a stronger gold
reserve, and a prosperous agri-
culture as inSeparable parts of
q free economic system"
He said that the great step
needed in foreign policy is to
reorganize. strengthen and i'm
prove the United Nations.
"On civil rights our Republi-
can Party should not equivo-
cate. 1t must be true to its her
itage as the party Of Lincoln,
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
French Day Set
BY GU Institute

Georgetown University's In
stitute Of Languages and
Linguisties viii sponsor a
French Day" Wednesday. 1t
will feature exhibits Of French
books, newspapers, food and
wine as well as a lecture by the
French cultural counselor from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

WICHITA. Kans.. Nov. 16
CAP).-Harold Z. staSsen said
today he is testing the extent
Of sentiment" for his becoming
the Republican presidential
nominee.
He said he has been told
that. "as Republican nominee
for President, I could unite the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

New York. Edourard Morot-sir
The exhibits viii be oper
from 10 am. to 10 pm. at the
Palms Lounge Of the Walsh
Building. Thirty-sixth and
Prospect streets NV.
Mr.. Morot-Sir is scheduled to
speak. in French. on Aspects
of Cultural Life in France To-
day" at AIS pm. in the Walsh
Buildings Hall Of Nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
RIGHTS TuIk Slated

Judge David Coleman Of the
Los Angeles Superior Court. an
international vice president Of
B'nai Birth, VIII speak on owl
rights at a public meeting at 8
pm. tomorrow at Tifereth Is
rael Synagogue, Sixteenth and
Juniper streets NV.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

Five years will pass, under the bill
Just signed by Governor Tawes, before
the last cylinder whirls to halt ION a
lemon) in the last of Southern Mary
lands slot machine emporiums. And this
is worrying a lot Of people.
The gambling operators who own
these one-armed contraptions dread the
prospects Of no more lemons. A substan-
tial number Of Southern Marylanders
who are not gamblers fear for their local
economies. Slots addicts have nothing
to look forward TO but bingo. Nearly
everyone else-having witnessed the
strength OF the slot machine interests
in the past-is holding his breath. Five
years is long time, and there is not
the slightest doubt that the gamblers
will use every minute Of IT,
All the same, we have little SYM
pathy for those people who no doubt now
will attack the new act in increasing
numbers for It's weaknesses. The fact is
that the odds on the enactment of any
sort Of meaningful anti-slots bill year
ago were tronomical-higher, even,
than the odds on beating the lemons.
Governor Tawes was something less than
Evening star., 1963-05-02

that OF not very bright man In room
which is filling up with explosive gas.
He can breathe it safely, but If he igniteS
1t 1t will blow him to kingdom come.
What do we worry about here-what do
we want the man to do? Eventually, If
possible, he should of course shut off the
gas and clear 1t out of the room. For the
present he does not know how to accom-
pliSh this. His chance of survival lies in
a recognition of his limitations and his
danger. He must understand that the
room Is charged with sudden death;
that the slightest mistake on his part
will set it off. The worst mistake we
could make would be to lead him to
believe things might not, after all, be as
dangerous as they seem. Would we be
doing him favor If we suggested that
by tinkering with the valve he might
slow down the inflow? Might we not be
encouraging him to test his new-found
relative safety by lighting match?
Like the man in the room, we are
endangered most in this age of overkill
by failure to apprehend the true extent
of our danger. We will not be making
things little safer for ourselves by
clutching at the straw of little dis
armament. Fifty Superbombs are not
necessarily safer than a hundred. If so
less Superbombs makes us feel safer,
that in itself makes our situation more
dangerous. The biggest thing we have
to fear is lack of fear itself
This is not to say, either, that hy-
drogen weapons necessarily have made
war obsolete. The inventor Of dynamite
thought he had done that. Peace through
mutual terror, in Churchill'S phrase, may
well be as precariouS today as 1t always
has proved.
But we hold this gloomy view of the
alternatives: If there is any chance that
man will be restrained from war by the
horror at his disposal, no good end is
served by trying to pretend against our
better judgment that the situation can
be tanned.
And if on the other hand man is not
going to be restrained, then we will, like
our cave-man ancestor, want all the
weapons we can lay our hands on.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Disarmament Grand DeIusion

The Soviet delegate says the Geneva
teSt-ban talks are waste of time. He is
right. These talks are not leading any
where, and they should not.
The test-ban concept, so far as we
can see, has no meaning except as a
step toward nuclear disarmament The
proposal was first put forward out of
fear that tests would poison the atmos-
phere. That danger has been pretty well
discounted by the experts; 1t makes more
sense for us to worry about how often
our children take on radiation by having
their teeth X-rayed than about how they
will be affected by reasonable levels of
atomic testing, especially underground
testing. The argument nowadays CEN
terS mainly on the notion that If we
and the British and Russians renounce
further testing, we will somehow inhibit
proliferation Of nuclear weapons to other
nations. The French do not seem very
much impressed with this logic-the
Chinese, hardly at all. There is no reason
why they should be.
No, the serious significance of test
ban must surely be that 1t would serve
as first step back from commitment
to an atomic arms race-a psychological
break in the cold war that might lead
eventually to disarmament. The serious
question about the test ban is whether
it makes sense in this context.
We think not. We do not believe
disarmament will be practical posi-
bility in the foreSeeable future-certain-
ly not until solutions are found for polit-
ical issues such as Berlin. 1t seems to us
silly to fiddle around with wiShful steps
in that direction.
OF course it is dangerous for the
world to keep piling up atomic arma-
ments. But if in fact that is what the
world is going to do, it is more dangerous
to tranquilize ourselves with deluSions of
safety. This is dangerous world. 1t will
become more dangerous. And much as
we yearn for relaxation-much as we
would like to feel we have everything
under control-we are not going to enjoy
that sensation in our time.
Our situation might be likened to
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Poised Power

Against the background Of the So
called missile gap, which never actually
existed outside the minds of politicians,
here are certain figures that should be
OF some comfort to all Of us In the free
world
(l) BY the end of this calendar year,
our country will have no fewer than
500 intercontinental ballistic missiles in
a ready state. (2) This means that they
will be on complete alert, geared to be
launched in matter Of minutes against
the potential enemy. (3) Apart from
this, some 288 Polaris weapons are ex-
pected to become operative from under
the sea between now and next January.
And (4) in the not-too-d distant future
the Soviet Union will have 70 reckon
with an American rocket arsenal full
Of weapons so varied and so tremendous
that only insanity would challenge IL.
In these circumstances, In the teeth
Of this poised power, what must be hoped
for is a measure Of reason on the other
side.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Alabama Bears Down

In fairness to the Alabama author
tiles, due note should be taken of the
fact that there has been no dragging
of feet in their investigation of the
murder last week of William L. Moore,
a crusader for equal rights.
Mr.. Moore, white Baltimore mail
man, had formerly lived in Mississippi
He was shot to death last Tuesday as
he trudged along an Alabama highway
to carry a well-intentioned message of
tolerance to the people Of his old home
State. He wasn't asking much-just
fair deal for all people. And although
he knew he was taking risk, he de-
clined an offer of ride from Alabama
troopers. Presumably, he thought his ef-
fort might be more effective if he walked.
Near the Alabama town Of Alfalfa,
an assassin shot him to death. The
Alabama authorities moved quickly and
decisively. The Governor, though
Staunch segregationiSt, denounced the
killing as "daStardly act" and offered
a $1,000 reward for information which
would lead to the arrest and conviction
of the murderer. Now, after an inten-
sive investigation, Sheriff Coward of
Etowah County has arrested 40-year-
old rural Storekeeper on warrant which
charges that he "unlawfully and with
malice aforethought" killed William L.
Moore.
This, of course, does nothing for
william Moore or his personal crusade.
There will be others, however, to pick up
and carry his torch. But it does do
something for the Nations respect for
Alabama justice. And this respect will
rise still higher If an Alabama jury, al
ways assuming the sufficiency of the
evidence, should convict the benighted
killer Of this well-meaning inoffensive
crusader for the rights Of men.
Evening star., 1963-05-02
Pupil Teacher Rotio

Eliminating appropriations
for 200 new teachers from
the Montgomery County
school budget while antici-
pating $500 additional stu
dents next year as we'll as the
opening of five new schools
will intensity the problems
arising from high pupil
teacher ratios.
If one looks only at the
figures prepared by John F.
Briggs, County Council Fiscal
Advisor, the increase of 11a
students per class doesn't
look large. elementary
school ratio increased from
28.5 to 30 to /, and secondary
school ratio from 23.4 to IS
to according to Mr.. Briggs,
who based his figures on at
tendance, not enrollment.)
This statistic, an increase
of 11a students per class,
means that there is little
hope Of relief for those 720
classes in elementary schools
which now have more than
80 students. In addition,
some classes now at or below
the norm will increase in size
to absorb new students and
to release teachers to staff
the three new elementary
schools opening next year.
(Bushey Drive. Farmland,
North Kemp MILD
At the secondary level
there will be no relief for the
more than 1000 classes now
exceeding 80 students. For
example, there are now more
than TOO English and 900 So
cial Studies classes having
more than this number. Both
these subjects are required.
Mathematics has 500 and the
Physical Sciences almost 400
classes with more than 80
students. Glasses now at or
below the norm will be fur
ther increased by additional
enrolment and the opening
of two new junior high
schools next year. (Parkland,
Randolph)
The League believes that
increases in class size will
damage the quality Of our
school system.
Mrs. william N. CARROT
President, League of Women
Voters of Montgomery County
Yes, Montgomery County
teachers will adapt to larg-
er class enrollments. They
are willing to do this be-
cause of their loyalty to
the children. Teachers are
noted for their dedication
and those of MONTGOMERY
Evening star., 1963-05-02

In keeping with decision reached
at its annual congress in Geneva, the
World Meteorological Organization now
has set in motion highly promising
plan designed to establish a constant,
around-the-clock surveillance of climate
in all parts Of the globe. This is the first
dividend, and very valuable one, flow
ing from the recent Soviet-American
agreement to cooperate in weather
satellite program.
As explained at the VINO gather
ing, the new plan will be the first of its
kind in history. 1t will involve the use of
orbiting man-made satellites and liter
ally thousands Of elaborately equipped
meteorological stations on land and sea.
The data gathered and analyzed by this
System-whose main control centers
will be Washington, Moscow and yet
to-be-selected site in the Southern
Hemisphere-will be promptly trans
mitted to virtually every country on all
continents in great cooperative en-
terprise, never-ending global weather
watch, whose forecasts could be of i'm
mense value to the whole of mankind.
As to that, Vice President Johnson,
chairman of the Presidents Space Ad-
visory Council, has drawn striking
picture of what may be hoped for:
Scientists tell us that if we could accur-
ately predict the weather five days in ad-
vance, 1t would mean cost savings Of SIS
billion annually in agriculture. $45 million in
the lumber industry, 500 million in transpor-
tation SIS million in retail marketing, and
more than SO billion in management of our
water resources. This is for the United States
alone. The total worldwide benefits are
beyond calculation
We will be able TO do these things
these and many more We will be able to pre-
dict the weather. not Just five days in ad-
vance. but perhaps for a whole season. In
advance. we will be able to eliminate the high
toll of lives and property from hurricanes and
tornadoes and typhoons We will some day be
able to modify and exercise control over our
weather-elmnate drouths and floods. bring
rains to the deserts and control the deluges
Of the jungles.
Quite a prospect, all in all.
Evening star., 1963-05-02

best brains Of the F.BI.,
criminologists. sociologists,
good police officers and just
plain citizens must be uti-
lized. The problem will not
be solved by creating and
tanning hysteria, by vigilan-
tes, by distorted facts or by
misinterpretations Of facts.
Modern Don Quixotes fight
ing windmills with canes will
not reduce crime but will
make more difficult the
solution Of a much greater
problem - the making OF
America a truly democratic
Nation.
The undertones Of the
Crime Commission approach
must include the facts that
Washington is $40 Negro.
that Negroes hold high posi-
tions in the d. C.. Govern
ment even to a Commissioner,
that percentagewise most
criminals here are Negroes
and that except for one Negro
the Commissions Board Of
Directors is all white. This
brochure coupled with these
known facts makes excellent
propaganda for the segrega-
tionists, particularly In the
South. And this pamphlet
will certainly be circulated In
the South. Because OF its
false picture OF the Negro in
Washington the number OF
Negroes and liberal whites
who will be assaulted and
killed in the South will pale
into insignificance the 1873
citizens assaulted and killed
on our streets. The Crime
Commission mot TO be con-
fusted with Citizens Crime
Councils has not only added
nothing to the reduction Of
crime but has done a great
dissesrvicc to the cause Of
democracy.
Eugene Davidson
President, Central Northwes
Citizens Association
Chairman, Public Relations
Committee 18th Precinct
Citizens Crime Council
Member, d. c. Advisory
Committee U. s. Civil
Rights Commission