Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - June 15, 1965, Blytheville, Arkansas BLYTHEVILLE COURIER NEWS VOL ARKANSAS TUESDAY JUNE 15 1965 13 PAGES THIS IS SAIGON Peaceful picture of Saigon is ed by the silhouette of a machine gun as a U.S Army copter hovers over the South Vietnamese capital From the air the city presents a quiet pose but Communist forces are doing all they can to disrupt this silent scene By EDWIN Q WHITE In North Viet Nam 19 U S SAIGON South Viet Navy planes struck at a U.S Navy planes struck bridges 50 and 55 miles from Hanoi today and also hit other military targets in North Viet Nam Officials also reported that over a 24-hour period ending at 6 230 attacks were made on Viet Cong targets in South Viet Nam CAP Cadets In Colorado Four cadets of the Blytheville Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol are among twelve cadets from Arkansas ing a special 12 day ment at Evergreen Colo The was offered to cadets of the Arkansas wing through a special written tation from the Colorado wing of the organization Highlighting the encampment will be 80 hours of Air Force Academy training This ing will be given by regular Air Force Academy cadets Cadets attending the ment from Blytheville include way bridge 50 miles south of the Red capital but there was no report whether the structure was damaged Ten other Navy planes bombed the Ninh Binh bridge 55 miles below Hanoi The pilots claimed destruction of one of the three spans Other U.S airmen claimed they knocked out a bridge and bombed out Highway 7 at a point 70 miles northwest of Vinh They also reported dam Committee Expands Military Pay WASHINGTON AP The House Armed Services tee approved today a military pay more than double what President Johnson had proposed The vote was with only Rep Samuel S Stratton D- voting against it In effect the committee proved the 10.7 per cent age annual pay hike contained in a introduced by Rep L Mendel Rivers and 33 others of the 37 members of his committee But they also included sions from the administration whose proposed pay raises had been denounced by Rivers as disgracefully inadequate What the committee took from the administration was a variable re-enlistment bonus and a plan for yearly reviews of military pay Both these administration had been highly touted by Pentagon officials as a big help in solving the services tion problem Dell Headstart To Begin Dell Project Headstart for aging strikes against those students beginning first es to two bridges and three buildings at Dong Hoi airfield 225 miles southwest of Hanoi The pilots encountered only moderate and all returned safely U.S spokesmen said Eight Navy planes from the U.S carrier Midway ranged before dawn over a stretch farther south of Hanoi hitting a barracks area a truck convoy and a barge AH the planes returned safely to the Midway grade this fall will begin day June 21 This program also includes those students who were re- in the first grade during the past school year Parents who wish to register their children for this school readiness training should Second Snipping at Following the registration date all children living in rural areas will be transported by bus to and from school Other schools instituting ect Headstart programs include Leachville Manila and Reiser Vocational Training School Will Locate At Nearby Burdette Area civic leaders and were ecstatic this ng over the news that a state vocational training school will be located at nearby Burdette Some view it as ranking in second only to Con- Oil Company's plant cation at Barfield during recent rears They reason that the school which is to be build with state and federal funds during the coming fiscal year will not on- y serve as an important tool but also will serve existing industries in the area Yesterday the State Board of Education announced jf the Burdette site for a school which may offer such a diverse welding sheet metal working farm equipment mechanics technology cal drafting practical Burdette's School District has offered a number of Education State Department of Education Generally these sit es are along a road which runs from Highway 61 to new Interstate 55 including one site on the present Burdette School pus At Burdette the school will serve a growing industrial base at and Osceola where more than This is a good example of gressional districts is to receive how cooperation can pay off Blytheville Burdette and la all worked together cate this school in the county State Senator Lee Bearden one vocational a Little said this school is more important than even a junior college be- cause it will serve existing in- trial employes now hold eral hundred dollars in ing a brochure pointing out that is one of the f i n e s t Mississippi County has more and Representatives Walter Day and help us and L H Autry worked with us and we're indebted to them Little stated Blytheville's Chamber of Com: merce with leaders from dette and Osceola has been working to gain the vocational school for the county during the past three years The Chamber here spent things that ever happened here Blytheville Chamber of Com- merce President Tom A Little commented population industrial ment than any other county in the old Congressional District by law each of the former Con- search for new plants I hope it is the first of a sied education program which someday will include a junior college Mayor Edwards and County Judge A A Shug Bank have been working right along with us on this Others of se have helped by serving on committed and doing a lot of work Little pointed out that the school will serve high schwi See VOCATIONAL on Page 7 Farm Leaders Fearful Of Cooley Cotton Vietnamese troops picked heir way through the the children for registration to Dell Elementary School Friday Lft AFB Plane In Paris PARIS crew Richard Turner son of fa Mr and Mrs o er urner jn XMJ wnen a jet bomber today and found the bodies of 30 Little Rock Air Force paratroopers killed by the Viet Base Jacksonville Ark Steve son Of and Mrs George F Aubuchon Jr Danna F Quinton daughter of Mrs Hat and David Shaver ton of Mr and Mrs Harold C Shaver ty the end of tbe month er and i will Cong Saturday No contact was reported with the Communists A total of 220 paratroopers still are missing following the battle of Dong commissions as Cadet First and Lieutenant's Anyone desiring information the CAP program should contact Maj Larry Hudson at or 2nd Lt Edwin The Viet Cong took the sive 200 miles north of Saigon driving militiamen from an out- post in Phu Bon Province They ret ted to a nearby town and i with the help of the local i M Pap t crashed today at Le Bourget Airport here Thousands attending the In- Air Show watched in horror The U.S Air Force Identified he pilot who was killed as Lt Col Charles Hubbs Injured were Maj Carabu and Maj Harold Covington The plane WH part of the 3rd Bomb Wing it Little Rock AFB Contract Reached NEW YORK AP Marine engineers reached a contract agreement with a second ship owners association today as a midnight deadline approached for a possible maritime strike A federal mediator said the Expressing the fear that col- on legislation now under study y Congress could result in a i percent reduction in County cotton acreage arm Bureau leaders yesterday sked farmers and businessmen like to wire protests to They are objecting to thi ooley which is being stud d by the House Committee on Hearings on the are to em the house today and it is to e studied by the Senate Agri Committee within a mat r of days If a farmer is going to draw ull support prices under this County Farm Bureau Vio resident Glen A Cook said will have to reduce his creage by about 48 percent This could have a wide ct on business of every son this area because it iean a reduction by about all the associated industries cotton ginning compresses md the other businesses which the farmer Cook emphasized that the rge grower is not alone in be- g affected by proposals of the ooley Even a grower of 25 acres cotton would be he id The penalizes the me dium and large grower the most efficient in the cotton ducing industry It means an acreage cut of more than 12 percent for one except those with allotments of 15 acres of less In other words the large and medium grower would have to bear all the reduction in the plan which AFL-CIO Beneficial Marine Engineers Association signed the agreement with the Tankers Service Committee ing 16 tanker companies ing 65 vessels Previously an organization representing 70 op- of 300 ships had signed Several shipping Industry bor contracts expire tonight Monday night Ralph E president of the can Merchant Marine Institute said the industry faces what he termed another devastating Commencement Is Special HONOLULU AP der Malahoff waited patiently Sunday afternoon as Uni- versity of Hawaii graduates were awarded degrees He didn't hear his name called Monday Malahoff had his own private commencement ex- His family university President Dr Thomas H ilton and other school wen present at Malahoff re- ceived his doctor of philosophy degree A man ton hard and too long for this Dr Hamilton said after the special ceremony We are pleased to rectify yesterday's mistake with todan would reduce national acreage from the present 16 million res to 14 million acres So actually the large and medium planter would find he is faced with an immediate re- duction of somewhere between 12 and 20 percent We don't know just how large this would be The small 15 acre planter would receive a payment of up to 25 percent of the base port of his normal yield whelk er or not he planted any cotto or not He would not have turn back his to get this either and would be foolish to ever turn it bad as long as he could get for not planting it Under the Cook continued the Secretary of Ag could establish a price See FARM on Page 7 Soviet Unveils Huge Plane PARIS AP The Soviet Union unveiled today a moth transport plane which it said could carry 720 passengers or a payload of 80 tons The huge plane more than five stories tall landed at Le Bourget Airport for the tional Air Show after a nonstop five-hour flight from Moscow Tass the Soviet news agency said the plane had a maximum speed of 465 miles an hour ant could fly miles nonstop with a load of 45 tons Tass said It had been named the Antaeus after a giant in Greek mythology The Antaeus is powered by four propeller turboprop engines mounted on a wing welded into the top of the craft's cabin Showers Ending AREA FORECAST Considerable cloudiness with a few showers and thundershowers affecting up to 20 per cent of the area this afternoon ending early tonight High this afternoon Partly cloudy late tonight and Wednesday lows tonight in the 60s Highs Wednesday Outlook for Thursday ly cloudy and warm to the Carolinas while the front from the Carolinas to Arkansas will gradually en and disappear Yesterday's highs were in the upper 70s to mid 80s while over- night lows were generally in the 60s Much of the be too wet for field activity for the next few days but improved ing conditions will allow ing field work by Thursday Weed control programs will lag due to the wet weather and preparations should be made for a quick return to the fields when soil moisture conditions become favorable Partly cloudy skies will low temperatures to warm up tomorrow and increased U S Weather Bureau Agricultural Service Keiser Ark Showers and thundershowers sroke out again yesterday over the state as a stationary front continued to its influence rom the Carolinas to sas The heaviest rainfall amount reported so far in the state was he at Hope Pine Muff and Arkadelphia came up with another inch while Keiser had nearly Showers in the south Delta continued to improve the soil moisture conditions there with 85 falling at Portland This series of showers was generally beneficial to the a with some localized areas re- excessive amounts over he past week The forecast Indicates that showers are over for a few days n Northwest Arkansas A few showers will linger lay in the east and south and gradually die out with partly cloudy skies and warmer taking over row The low pressure center over to font Will Bafley Col Bailey Reassigned The reassignment of Col Mal- colm A Bailey 42nd Air ion director of material at heville Air Force Base was announced today Bailey who has been at the base since 1961 is to take over as director of material at the Aeronautical Charting and In- Center in St Louis He was scheduled to leave for lis new assignment today Commenting on his tour of uty here Bailey said I would ay that this tour has been the most rewarding of my career I ave enjoyed my association with everybody here both ary and those in the civilian They are truly fine I love to hunt and fish and I articularly like this part of the You can bet I'll be ere when the duck season Bailey added Bailey and his Cecil ave three children Miki Michael and Marcia and ne granddaughter Kelly eth A native of Rockport Tex ailey has been in the service nee 1940 During World War n he flew combat missions in in frica and Italy Stock Market Trading Heavy NEW YORK shine will be beneficial to crops tne heaviest in nearly 28 which have been slowed somewhat by and cloudy skies 2 MMD 71 put M bourt 7 m to 7 JM 1 M Thu A M 1 thU years as the stock market took a terrific pounding fallowed by a vigorous churning recovery which canceled a good part of the losses early this afternoon Stocks were unloaded in what brokers called emotional ing then many were cut and anine for leading lanes But the general Jit considerably lower on average
