Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - June 26, 1964, Blytheville, Arkansas BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS VOL 88 BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS FRIDAY JUNE 26 1964 14 PAGES FIVE CENTS Short On Equipment But Huge In Manpower Red China's War Machine U.S Intelligence Reports Show By FRED S HOFFMAN WASHINGTON AP United States is drawing the line in Southeast Asia at a time when Red China's ability to fight a major modern war is in a China's worn-out air force is starved for spare parts and new planes lo replace a jet thai is largely of Korean vintage Her army huge in er is strapped for up-to-date tanks and short on artillery There are serious scarcities of to run the planes tanks and vehicles that China does have Red China's military oration set in about four years ago when the growing dispute with the Soviet Union led Moscow lo shut off supplies and technical help to China effect of has been lo set back the day when China can explode her first atom jomb The spill ingly has and the that the Soviet Union will resume arming China is con- U.S officials regard us Moscow's recent ing to Red China that she should no longer count on Soviet backing in a crisis Some high officials believe this Soviet action was a resull of repealed U.S warn ngs that It Is ready to risk war could fool forced to call Chins lo keep Southeast from falling under Com- munist domination Secretary of Defense Robert S McNnmara has snld it will be many many years before eluding a Marine division on tht this country's hand West and Army troops She could us she did In j from Iho United States could Korea send hordos of men flown across Iha Bui lie movement of Ing Into Southeast Asia The Intelligence show no evidence of Chinese Red China is H first-class power massing ot forces in South This evaluation based OH China sources said id Intelligence Information is n Bui tho United Stales hns no main underpinning for the of Celling into n j stockpiled in Thailand on ground war with China unless nawn and three depot heavy gear Hint these di- visions potent forces would lo go by ship and dial takes many days heavy equipment Is U.S hard line toward China A There an awareness thut is no oilier way out In tho Philippines but not Dulles Sees No Explosion In Mississippi Blast Kills Six Frees Poison Snakes MARSHALLS CREEK Pa i volunteer Marshalls Creek fire AP A truck loaded with nitrate caught fire and exploded early today in this cono Mountain resort area ing at six persons and in- PHILADELPHIA Miss some 10 others fact-finder Allen Dulles says he doesn't see any likely explosion in tins Deep South slate over baffling dis- appearance of three civil rights and I workers in the area U.S sailors joined state and I federal officers again to comb this east-central Mississip pi area for any clues lo the I trio missing since lasl Sunday President Johnson ordered the I sailors from the nearby an Naval Air Auxiliary Station to join the search late Thursday One hundred sailors teamed with FBI agents and pi highway patrolmen lo knee deep in mud through swamps Another j 100 sailors were on standby duty at their base Michael Schwerner 24 and I Andrew Goodman 21 both of New York City and James ney 22 a Meridian Negro were OSCEOLA The tirst phase Jackie Deshannon Willie j seen Sunday night when re- IN THE NAME OF LIBERTY AI Bennett Mississippi County farmer who also is president of Liberty Records in Los Angeles and one of his pretty recording stars Jackie DeShannon were greeted with flowers when they stepped off an in Memphis yesterday They'll be among those at beauty pageant in Osceola Courier News Photo MORE TONIGHT AT OSCEOLA Cynthia Little Wins Opening Pageant The blast which left a 10 feet deep and at least 30 feet wide eyewitnesses said leveled the Pocono reptile farm and scattered dangerous snakes n the area The driver of the truck bert Kuda of Port Carbon Pa working for American mid Co Pottsville Pa told slate police he had a flat tire fire on Route 209 some three from here and he went to call for help station responded to the call and arrived just as the truck exploded fire officials said All three trucks were de- in blast and three firemen killed Kuda was not in- jured Firemen at the scene along wilh local and stale police racked down and killed snakes copperheads and bras freed by the blast Windows were blown out in homes as far away as burg 10 miles away Homes the immediate were shattered doors blown off and windows knocked out What country would do officials have Indicated In nearly enough for a truly jov ground operation vale Is lo apply Ils massive air power China's obsolescent force would bo virtually In Pacific plus tha 125 ships of the I'M eel ringed This country's aces In arc military Three fire trucks from the 1 30 of found more Md and his wife were In their station wagon just behind the truck I suw flames and In no more than n matter of seconds i saw a large red glow and heard an he His wife was killed In the ex- plosion Hospital officials said she died of an apparent sion was treated for cuts and bruises and released from Monroe County General Hospital at Stroudsburg Other dead were tentatively identified as firemen Leonard Mosier Earl Miller and Kd Heins Also reported killed was John of Regina Hotel Scattered i mains of another person were less lo hall such an If China Infiltrated the jungles ol and Viet Nnm In n rilla offensive on n big scale It would bo hard to hull such n surge on the ground But U.S aircraft could lie along Ihc Asian U.S most ot them fnr foster far more and fnr more finned limn tho Chinese con nl China from bases on peeled lo hit hard at the sources Okinawa Iho supply and reinforcement in pines South Viel lit highways and and Japan although roads if necessary al Industrial centers and buses deeper In liio country Even withholding Us great mi- clear power this country's force nml Us potent air nrm could drive homo ing blows U.S intelligence has ed a series ot military bases and ii vast network of roads and considerations might pre- vent The Fleet hns three big carriers from which Marine and Navy fighters mid bombers could be launched against This is what Die Chinese have bused on intelligence An air forca of about planes mostly elderly fighters and As much of the annual Miss South County pageant last night with the crowning Of junior Miss South Mississippi County Cynthia Little an Osceola girt was crowned Junior Miss South Mississippi County winning over a field of 20 contestants She will represent Osceola in the forthcoming While River Water son Hank Cochran the Narvel Felts Trio and Tommy Alsupp Al Bennett president of erty records will be a in the contest The eight contestants include Sandra Hill Joiner Louise mer Laura Smith Sue Hubbard Judy Kennemore all of Osceola Donna Grouse Leachville Hope Webb and Sandra Students Work Carnival later this summer Lepanto Batesville Her sister Carolyn Litlle was named first alternate and Di- ane Marked Tree second alternate i In the little Miss con- j h a v e test Mable Lee w a s fe in this area 1 l D named the winner First nate is Tish Holsford and kie Felder is second runner-up The title of Little Mr Jaycee went to Donnie Johnson while young Ray Williams was ed first runner-up Second ner up is Eric Safron Selection of Miss South County will be made night The pageant Marls al in the high school sium Eight girls from South County have entered the competition Entertainment will be ed by Liberty Record lerday and today seeking tures on a petition to place a new county official salary amendment on the November ballot Eager Youth Corps Seeks Jobs leased from jail here after ing a speeding fine The only clue to their disappearance was the ing Tuesday of their station wagon 17 miles east of Philadelphia Dulles former director of the Central Intelligence Agency was expected to brief President Johnson today on his mission lo Mississippi Dulles returned late Thursday night to Washington after two days in this slate I don't see any likely Dulles told an im- airport news ence in Washington He hastened lo The requires careful ling Dulles who did not come to Philadelphia said the search Members of Youth Corps are working in wide range of jobs all over town cording to Mayor Jimmie wards They have recently taken on jobs of window washing ing parking lots mowing yards and vacant lots and even ing gardens They are available for aboul any kind of house or yard a fixed price is 50 cents an hour 7 and work fill for each Edwards said This week about 63 boys were put lo work There is a waiting list of about 100 more Sixly two vacant lots been and Hays Store signed a contract for the youths to sweep its parking lot at Franklin and Main These boys have a very strong competitive and others from 7 to 4 p.m They are on street one boy is working as a mechanic's helper In the city shops Edwards said wards said We are very Anyone who wants on the list should call Mrs Margaret Clung bookkeeper at PO Charges for odd jobs such as window cleaning are 50 cents an hour for each youth hired Maintaining vacant lots up to 50 feel are for a single mowing or a month on a contract basis Trim work also is ed Any job which doesn't have ed wilh their work Negro members of the Corps have been culling weeds at din and Railroad this week eral of them have been working around South Side Park helping black top street lo the swimming pool mayor Some of the students are go ing to school in the morning and working evenings Some starl or Schwerner Goodman and Heading the team is John Browning administrative hands to Coy Orval j Before stale he Traffic Accidents who took a leave of absence from his official duties to con- duct the statewide campaign Browning is president of the Young Democrats of Arkansas The group will remain in the area today and met at Jackson for 90 minutes wilh stale civil rights leaders and again conferred with Gov Paul B Johnson Two of the civil rights ers who met wilh Dulles later asked for a personal meeting Prison Death Ruled Suicide The death of Walter L Bolin 45 Sleele was ruled suicide after an investigation by County Cor- oner Jimmy Osborne day Bolin arrested Tuesday on a charge of child molestation and rape apparently used his ther belt and leather shoe laces lo hang himself from lop bunk of his cell at Pemiscot County jail Osborne said A slip knot had been made wilh the shoe laces which were welled to form a light noose Howitzer Battalion mcr encampment will be held j around his neck Bolin then sat down on floor and was strangled as the noose drew tight according to cor- report The body was found by Reserve Needs Enlistees ard North Burma Available Marine and radiating from South of this force reportedly China's Province has been Immobilized by a Viol Nam and shortage of fuel and a need to take pails from some planes to Army keep others um nnd long-range bombers and a few transports Tho air force men include about pilots who aren't rated very highly A People's Liberation Army ot men many ot them In the Western Pacific Is loo Ihin lo undertake a jor sustained ground war The main U.S force of his kind In general area is a Marine Division on Okinawa In- a battalion landing team afloat wilh the U.S Fleet In j conscripts Into 160 dl Asian waters plus an Army borne brigade on Okinawa There are Iwo Army Divisions in Korea arc pinned down by Hie ever-present from fled Korea On Hawaii Infantry Division stands reserve ready as the The United Stales has vastly improved ils airlift in years and reinforcements in- j Fleet visions About are armored divisions one is borne some are cavalry for desert operations and the great mass are infantry A navy of which marines An air arm of 500 Some 30 sub- marines aboul for This navy mainly for defense couldn't stay hi water wilh mighty 7th Chaney is in good competent j Reserve unit i at Fort Chaffee Aug 15 through has been authorized by the De- j Aug 29 of Defense to at its full strength of 212 men j Capt W M Williams training officer said a Department of Defense letter designated units in three End Tour Of Soviet MOSCOW AP An graphical areas in Arkansas to ends morrow prior to moving to i with President Johnson lo above the current reduced a lour Of Soviet Jonesboro the racial situation in this i operating level facilities Saturday and in- Titey will wojk until they J state j Jonesboro and it will recommend In- have enough signatures to place j Negroes now feel a kind of units were creased purchases of Soviet In a new county officers salary amendment on the November ballot The measure would frustration never experienced be i cd lo increase their strength equipment Aaron Henry of hy Headquarters The mission which also I dale and Charles Evers of j Corps al Fort Chaffee Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Change AHKA FORECAST Generally fair with change in temperatures this Saturday Highs this after- noon and Saturday Lows tonight low and mid COs Out- Sunday little change tl S Bureau Agricultural Service Ark Warm pleasant weather con Rainfall will total less than 25 inch as widely scattered most numerous first parl of next week The for continued dry deputies at about j as high pressure over Kentucky over the stale ather HI continue Inc ure morning after Bolin fail lo answer a call for breakfast Time of death was estimated al about midnight Tuesday New Medical Plan Ready resulted in an easterly wind pattern The persistence of Ihc limitation on the sa 1 a r i e s of j White House Cars driven by Lois Leggelt county officers in slate j Henry is slate president of the 1204 and Richard i present National Association for the Ad- collided provision the amendment i vancement of Colord People I peg sa lanes on the basis ers brother o the ale Medgar i Both here had been snd Poland included specialists j The Belgian Parliament will be of the Rockies and liltle in the be favored by dry conditions operating at 50 percent of in oil and petrochemical asked to approve a way of a break from The temporary advantages of l of county population M at W and N yesterday Police said both vehicles i were traveling west on Petitions Filed The front bumper and f of Cain's care were strength Each unit is allowed Iries mining machine tools j national medical insurance plan dry weather is envisioned in the dry weather in weed and insect to increase ils enlistments to 102 building equipment agricultural j endorsed by Ihc government five-day forecast men and four officers rear of the LITTLE ROCK AP The Committee for Voter tion filed petitions today to get i j j iton 10 gcv er was light y damaged I amendment NO charges were filed on the November ballot Dr H D Luck chairman of the committee said Evers who was slain by a er a year ago is the organiza lion's field secretary has electric power the medical profession I Yesterday's highs were In the i unfavorable effect of the long in the northwest and the dry weather and rain will Living Costs Unchanged WASHINGTON AP Food and housing prices dropped in May but most other consumer goods in price and living costs remained un- to do with the current in South Vietnam The strikes authorizations wore made about three weeks ago Any youth lo 26 years i LOS ANGELES AP Em- The plan was Thursday after 10 months ofi dispute including a nationwide doctors strike in April ployes reporting for work al Rejected i East office found a i age wishing to fulfill his in the ceiling the office tary training obligation or f thoroughly ransacked and a mer service men may enlist in j note So solve this the reserve Several Signed Ace ROME AP The Chamber of Deputies rejected Premier Aldo Moro's plan for financial aid lo church arid other private low to mid 90s elsewhere ped by a 95 at El Dorado Overnight lows were again In the upper 50s in the northwest and Ilic fiOs elsewhere The five-day forecast through next Wednesday calls for to average degrees above normal wilh warming e n Main at last night in four different career fields are The office where Thursday night during weekend and fro it of 1312 W on petitions The changed from the month open Williems siad i was discovered Thursday was him his sharpest rebuke since minor day-to-day changes committee needed names j the Labor Department said The unit headquarters are L F Clark Detective he put together his center left I after Normal highs al Walnut and First Agency coalition half year ago lows dally beans and collon which has not developed deep root system Supplemental irrigation will pressure ridge to the increasingly important will continue the easterly in he slate through Saturday conditions ha but by Sunday a more for comroi of ly component will be noted This high-pressure area j Natural of Insects by BRUSSELS Belgium AP i the whole country east weather and predators will also I control still do not outweigh be needed next week to keep crops going at a able rate of growth 83 Overnight 84 Mean Precipitation 24 hours 7 to 7 m None Precipitation to this 30 today Sunrise 4 -.49 This A Ajo Precipitation 1 18.67
