Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - September 10, 1957, Blytheville, Arkansas BLYTHEVILLE COURIER THE DOMINANT DA AH VOL 144 Courier Daily News Mississippi Valley Leader Herald Under Act 99 Campaign Tactics Of Past Elections Would be Outlawed Second of a series When a city qualifies for he city manager form of government as set forth in Act 99 it immediately eleSs a board of directors or city council of seven members These members are elected at large and quoting from the law shall have possess and exercise all the powers and duties now had possessed and exercised by the mayor city council and all other offices and officers In cities of the first class except as otherwise e and exercised by the city manager This dissolves the office of mayor However a 1957 amend T T fS lh SeVe or shall elect Directors In subsequent elections would be elected for two- TI Zt campaigning which has Any person who shall perform any service In the interest of candidate for any office under this act In o Penalty for violation of this section Is a fine up to to the county Jail of up to 30 days Same holds true for any person offering any consideration to voter except that the limit on jail sentence is raised to 00 days and the fine may be as stiff as Here's a summary of other provisions of the Directors will serve without pay officer or employee elected or appointed shall be interested directly or indirectly In any contract of job for work or material or service to be furnished or performed for the city must be submitted to a special election on tition of 25 per cent of the qualified voters It shall be unlawful for any candidate or director at a primary or general election to expend any sum of money in aid of his candidacy If any person shall contribute to the campaign expenses of tte candidacy for director or make or cause to be made any ture for any candidacy for director or make or cause to be p such paper a and a copy thereof with the city clerk Cuba Shakes Rebels From Service Ranks HAVANA Cuba Fulgencio Batista's government moved today against any revolt in the ranks of the armed ices the chief of the Batista regime Sailors were jailed and army of- transferred Loyalty checks were ordered for all military per Col Roberto Comesanas the naval commander at when 150 sailors joined last week In a bloody revolt was re placed He and his aide Cmdr Sopo Barreto were ordered to appear before the navy general staff li Havana to explain the sailor in surrection The new er is Col Arsenio The Cuban naval of colonel cor- respondes to captain of frigate Despite announcement that the military services are al to him the government has sent troops to Matanzas because of fear of at the naval station there a usually reliable source reported The army announced he fer of 20 lower echelon officers o new posts mostly in the area A maritime police chief wa fired because some of his men joined in the Cuba generally is calm except for scattered bombings Planes and navy ships arc watching the coast for landings of els from Mexico The number of casualties In the Cienfuegos revolt Is estimated at between 200 and 250 An official announcement said Benjamin Marrero a sioned navy officer committed suicide by shooting himself He and a former navy lieutenant Jose San Ramon Toledo were said to have led rebels San Ramon was reported shot to death while fleeing TWELVE PAGES M except Sunday SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS Wll Wk Ike Supports Federal Court President Reported Ready To Use Power of Position By MARVIN L AP President Eisenhower is his office behind court also to the full But the President's vacation continued to to shed any light on just how that power might be used if Arkansas Gov Orval E Faubus remains defiant James C Hagerty White House -ess secretary did say hower deplores the Incidents of violence which occurred day In in the South in the newly flaring school desegregation crisis Word The President got word early Judge Ronald N Davies had ordered the government to take action against Faubus to halt his use of National men to keep Negroes from at- tending Little Rock's Central High School Eisenhower who has said he will uphold the Constitution with every legal means at his com- mand received the word from Ally Qen Brownell Hagerty told newsmen that Brownell had advised that the Department of Justice will comply with the order of the US District Court as soon as probably today Then What? And what if guard officials whom Davies also ordered still stand In the way of mingling and Negro That ju e s t i o n came up at Faubus Willing To Talk 1 i JT i another Hagerly news conferenc shortly before Davies acted Hag erty said We're consider ing many things Another question was whethe the President was putting th full power and prestige of his of behind Judge Davies wh at that point had not yet the government to move for e injunction against Faubus and th others said the answer wa of course if the question mean was the President supporting th District Court in whatever actio it decided to order Meanwhile a compromise pro posal by Massachusetts Demo cratic Qov Foster Furcolo ap to get a White House col shoulder Hagerty declined comment o the Furcolo plan Faubus earlle agreed to it Governor Would Meet Ike To Seek School Solution Orval Faubus with anyone By RELMAN MORIN LITTLE ROCK Ark AP Gov day said I would be willing to meet 28 Kiwanis Club Hosts Children Members of is Club are to bring their children as guest to the regular club ing tomorrow Todd Harrison chairman of the Kiwanis Club's Kids Day activities said the recognition of members children Is a part of Kids My celebration which officially opens on Saturday WOMAN OF John Dunagan has been chosen man of the year by the Business and al Women's Club according to the club's publicity chairman Prances Walton Mrs Dunagan is a charter member of the club and has held several offices In- eluding president She Is now chairman of the finance tee She will be honored during National Business Women's Week Sept In Municipal Court Ronald Holliday 505 N 4th for- bond on a charge of g Jo Ann Jones 117 s nth was round guilty of operating a vehicle with defective brakes and was fined 15 She had pleaded not guilty R B 312 s Division sio bond on a charge of too closely Micheal Setteducate was fined 35 on a charge of speeding Terry Dabbs forfeited bond on a charge ot overdrawing Sam Bennett forfeited bond on a charge of speeding LI ays keep Negroes out of classes He also said in answer to a question that I have a strong feeling that U.S Judge Ronald N Davies wa au and sent to Little Rock u stand by earlier Integration ders Evidence Asked if he felt his representa lives had presented enough evi dence to the FBI to support his action in calling out the Guard ie replied sufficient to persuade any prudent and nan The governor said he met with Justice Department representa Ives before the fall school term opened discussed the situation vith them but did not tell them e planned to call out the Guard This morning as classes opened at Central High the number of National Guardsmen appeared sharply reduced 70 or 80 white demonstrators stood across from the campus An effigy of a Negro was hung during the night at North Little Rock High School scene of violence yesterday A heavy detail of peace officers guarded school in North Little Rock this morning Adults Gather About 50 adults gathered across from the grounds North Little Rock is a separate city across the Arkansas River from Little Rock It has population Little Rock has 110.000 At Central High the crowd or demonstrators today surged to ward a Negro newsman who identified himself as Newson Memphis Tenn correspondent ol the Afro-American newspaper Ir Baltimore Guardsmen him out of the area Tension is building rapidly in the dramatic fast-moving story It centers at three points 1 The federal courts where U.S attorneys are preparing to ask an injunction naming Faubus as one of the defendants and restraining any further interference with the order to integrate 2 North Little Rock High School of the first outright racial violence where all available police were ordered to take up guard stations today 3 Central High School in Little Rock still surrounded by National Guardsmen under orders from Faubus to turn away any Negro students attempting to enter Two Questions There are two key questions still be Will the governor permit eral authorities to pass through the guards at the mansion serve him with notice of restraining If he refuses what action will he federal government take against At a conference In Set FAUBUS on Page It his Do You Hove Copy Of April 29 Do you have April 29 ier The first one to reach the ier News office is worth 50 cents The paper was just notified by Us microfilming service that the service has lost both issues ol the paper mailed to them to go la tha microfilm record Syria Will Use Force If Necessary Undersecretary Gives Notice in New York Speech By WARREN ROGERS JR WASHINGTON and Syria had notice today that the United States still is willing ible to meet force with force Determination to use American power it it becomes necessary was proclaimed In yesterday by the ment's official uty Undersecretary Robert Phy He addressed conference of U.S New York City Murphy B would be unwise underestimate the industrial power of our country and ion Officials said Murphy's speech was deliberately made to set the record straight so there would be no Communist miscalculation that the Middle East is a weak a major speech State Depart the annual mayors in il and ripe American for as Murphy put ance Three factors figured in the ming officials said They were 1 failure to reach agreement Russia at the London dis- armament talks 2 the Soviet Union s boastful announcement eits ago that it had launched an nenta missile coupled with more recent statements from Moscow hat Russia could beat America nuclear war and 3 s Communist penetration il the Middle East through power American officials noted that Russia followed Its missile an- with a publicity aimed st picturing a as a military weakling City Council Has Full Agenda City Council will meet tonight In regular monthly meeting with items on the agenda for ration for Rill Petition to close an alley on west toe of Lot I Block 6 of Davis Third Addition Parking meter ordinance g for two hours limit for parking n Ash from Railroad to 4th Report from Aldermen Crafton ana Lurkin concerning razing of building at 127 Main rear nd boarding up openings Report of committee on Elm street sidewalk Sale of Tom Little Park to Tom Little and access road Osceola Puts Up Strong Arguments On Highway Route OSCEOLA Citizens here yesterday made their fi Highway 93 w About 70 attended the hearing in the Courthouse in opposition to the plotting of the highway some lour miles west of town Most common complaint was that routing traffic that far from Osceola result In a decided to trade of the town Whether or not the meeting can be termed a success is not known Nothing definite was decided and highway officials ent did not commit themselves to any course of action V S Decision A copy of the meeting proceed ings will be sent to the Federal Bureau of Public Roads and It will decide the final fate of the highway Under federal laws governing highway construction towns which think will be economically harmed by re-routing are allowed to hold a hearing and present dence If In the eyes of the bureau the evidence is strong enough some re- lief will be granted on highway routing Earlier Osceola residents had petitioned the state Highway Com- mission protesting the planned Ing Dick Prewitt chairman of the Highway committee of the ber of Commerce pointed out to Highway Department officials ent that because Osceola lacks any trade territory eastward the way could be an economic factor Cites Reasons He said If the highway Is com- out of sight of Osceola on the west most people will probably figure it's Just as easy to go on to Blytheville since there are more stores there and possibly a belter selection We lose our ad- vantage ot proximity to our trade territory Ben Butler Osceola said 2 thought absence of a highway near the town would be a ment to Industrial possibilities of he town McMath chairman of the Re- lall Merchants Division of the of Commerce presented signed statements of 20 merchants who protested the highway as an economic hazard Lee Wesson Industrialist and armer of Victoria reminded way officers that present plans of he highway would cost more ey than the route proposed by Osceola He said Drainage es and other natural barriers would be greater n the proposed route han they would be if the highway was moved two miles closer to Osceola Small Distance calls for moving the highway to within a mile and or two miles of the city Highway Department has been on the basis that the way would be lengthened According to Prewitt moving the closer to Osceola would In only tree tenths of a mile more distance on the total road nd would eliminate almost two miles of access road to Osceola the has promised build Vocational School located At Pine Bluff Central Location Reason Selection Made Board Says LITTLE ROCK Bluf has been chosen as the location a the state's first cal school and an education Board committee will inspect sites offered for the Institution The board announced yesterday it has selected Pine Bluff because it Is centrally located Accompanying the committee w s visit to Pine Bluff next will be Howard i member of a Little Rock firm which will design school Early last month the Educador Board said It had narrowed its sible site choices to Pine or Camden More than 2 communities had asked for the school The 1357 construction of a meal school for training person over 16 m each of the state's Congressional districts But the Legislature appropriated only 000 enough to construct and equip ust one school Education Board members who will visit Pine Bluff to look ove he sites offered are Rhabie Rhod es of Harrison T C Jr of Star City and Dr John Cole of Malvern Integration Bulletins HOXIE Ark ist Herbert Brewer wants it known that school integration here was accomplished In 1055 only because we were under a der issued by a federal judge and we are a law abiding people Teen Town to sponsors have ed a meeting for 7 o'clock Ight In the home of Mrs H c A youngsters interested in the Municipal Airport reject invited to attend WASHINGTON f Ally Gen today moved through court action to end of the Arkansas National Guard In the Little Rock whool crisis BIRMINGHAM Ala Phillips High School of violence was evacuated of Its student body of today be- cause of an bombing threat LITTLE ROCK yers tor the Association for the Advancement of Colored People were subpoenaed by Atty Gen Bruce Bennett yesterday lo give depositions In connection Police Alert For Trouble Elsewhere By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS mar CM Uasi early today demolished half of a mar school at Nashville Tenn about 17 hours after a Negro pupil attended first classes with white children 8 Police in other Southern trouble spots also watched sch001 mnm A prepared for court action aimed at re- moving Arkansas Guard troops who have kept g up Negro minister was at Birmingham Ala and ma si Negroes were shoved around b white persons at North Littl Rock actions the out growth of integration disputes The dynamite blast felt over wide area of Nashville shattered windows in several homes nea the school building N one was Injured Start Proceeding Yesterday at Little Rock U.S Dist Judge Ronald N Davies ordered federal attorneys to star injunction proceedings ately against Gov Orval and two Arkansas National officers ordered National Guard troops to keep Negroes out o Central High when the schoo opened Sept 3 From President headquarters at New port came word that h Department of Justice will com ply with the order as soon as pos perhaps sometime today Press secretary Hag erty also told newsmen the dent deplored the outbreaks c violence at North Little Rock an elsewhere Assassination Plot Faubus told a news conferenc he had been advised of a plot t assassinate him governor who said he didn't place credence to the report said h was told the plot was organized In B Northern city In to question of when roops would be withdrawn from Central High Faubus wish I knew Faubus accepted a proposal by ov Foster Furcolo of Massa that a bipartisan com of governors be named to seek a solution to the integration problem at Little Rock The action toward enjoining Faubus from interfering with In at Central High is ex to kill the chances of Vegro pupils attending this term Legal maneuvers in- could take weeks Negroes Shoved Six Negroes yesterday tried to enter the school at North Little Rock across the Arkansas River Little Rock They wers shoved down some steps anc across the school grounds by 1C white pupils Later under the escort of the school lent they got as far as the door There they were turned away by vhite pupils and adulis No one vas hurt The superintendent Wright aler said he would advise the ix to enroll In a Negro high chool I don't think Integration vill work at this he d The Rev P L prointegration leader at was attacked by a group f white men when he arrived at i school to help enroll his two daughters and three other Negro hildren Officer Struck A policeman who went io the Negro's aid also was struck and ne of children See INTEGRATION on Page 12 Regulations Revised On Mexicans New regulations for buses Nationals have cen released and farmers ing to haul laborers are warned o check these regulations by Fred Presley field representative for the abor Department's Bureau of Em- Security here Due to high cost of the work after in Texas fanners are be- ng urged to get the work done ere Officers in Texas are rigidly the law and shops there re overworked making lents on buses New regulations call for at least inches of sealing space for each and all seats must be fastened to the vehicle Aisle seats are prohibited on uses with a seating capacity of tiore than 10 unless the seats can e folded leaving the aisle clear hen seats arc not In use On conveyances of less than 10 to Uw vehicle Birmingham Police Guard City's Schools But Tension Eases With Announcement By Negro Leader BIRMINGHAM Ala forced police were called to stand guard today both against renewed attempts by Negroes to enroll in white city schools and against any possible violence inspired by attacks on racial segregation Some of the tension was eased last night when a Negro leader said he would comply with orders to cease pending school board action on in- petitions Police Warn Police Commissioner Robert Lindbergh said if the P L Shuttlesworth makes enrollment bid at he be stopped by jolice was beaten by an angry mob of white men when he attempted to enroll his two daughters and two Negro boys at Phillips High School yesterday He was rescued by police after being knocked down and kicked He escaped In his car Police received several com- plaints last night that had or thrown at white persons There also some cross burnings and other demonstrations including a Negro hung In effigy near Woodlawn High School Most of these dents were blamed on- student pranksters Negroes led by Shuttlesworth have asked the Birmingham Board of Education for admission of their children to and Woodlawn high schools and Graymont mentary Placement Law Acting under Alabama's ed school placement law the board members directed Frazier Banks city superintendent ol education to study the petition and report back to the board The placement law doesn't ion race but fs admittedly designed o preserve the state's segregated system It gives the board powers In assigning studenti o schools Including test results Interviews and other ors Banks said principals of the hree schools have no authority enroll the eight Negro children whom admission has been sked He said that when the referred the petitions to him that removed the case from he authority of any principal In- Shuttlesworth pi e d g e d to a egro mass meeting last night hat he will continue his fight for acial Integration Speaking with ne arm In a sling he urged not to retaliate because f the attack upon him Lindbergh said The Negroes ill not enter our schools We will use police to keep them out Weather Partly cloudy afternoon tonight and Wednesday Maximum Minimum this 55 Mean temperatures Sunset Sunrise Precipitation 24 hours 7 am 7 none Precipitation Jan 1 to this Tiller 41 change This Day A Year Alto Maximum SI Minimum this 49 Precipitation Jan l to 4414
