Delta Democrat-Times, The (Newspaper) - November 29, 1963, Greenville, Mississippi Bella Mayor-elect Pat Dunne contributed the first to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal today A goal has been set to thus make possible the Army's Christmas and winter relief programs Left to right are Capl Herbert Walters Dunne Christmas Chairman Mack Mooney and Corps Cadet Judy Huddleston Staff Photo Teacher Killed mis Summit Session MOSCOW UPI Deputy Premier Anastas yan said Thursday night he was very satisfied with his talks with President Johnson already has given Premier Nikita Khrushchev a briefing on them informed sources said today Soviet sources said with the United chev is anxious for a meeting Mikoyan who attended with Johnson as soon as dent Kennedy's funeral as the Stockholm or another official Soviet representative tral capital was being as a possible site IN related Com- munist China continued its at- tacks on the late President and the Soviet Union announced new rocket tests in the Pacific as part of its space competition North Clearing and cooler today with some light rain in east portion forenoon high 43 to 55 Clear and colder night low 26 to 32 Saturday fair And not so cold U.S Observer Brodie Crump re- ported high temperature for 24 hours preceding 8 today 55 degrees low temperature 33 de- grees Temperature 40 at 8 Rainfall 1.21 inches met afterwards with Johnson and Secretary of State Dean Rusk Terrorists impose Venezuela Curfew CARACAS Venezuela UPI terrorists announced today they would impose a curfew backed by gunfire throughout Venezuela starting at midnight tonight in a final desperate attempt at blocking Sunday's scheduled general elections Leaflets circulated through the city and signed by the underground Armed Forces for National said armed terrorists will fire on anyone found outside their homes after midnight News Briefs SPECIAL NOTE TO SUBSCRIBERS The circulation department of the Delta Democrat-Times reminds all subscribers that newspaper carrier boys will begin making tions today The department would appreciate every subscriber having his money ready so that carriers will not have to make several trips for their collections ADVENT CORPORATE COMMUNION An Advent Corporate Communion for men and boys will be held Sunday at 7 and again at 11 at the Church of the Redeemer Those in charge will be the Rev S W Foster and lire Rev Paul M Thompson Vicar GENERAL PAXTON DOING WELL General A G Paxton was reported today as doing well in King's Daughters Hospital where he is under observation and treatment Gen Paxton entered the hospital Wednesday MESSIAH REHEARSAL A rehearsal for Handel's Messiah will be held Sunday at 3 p.m in the sanctuary of the First Methodist Church with presentation scheduled for Dec 15 According to director Gordon E Brown the chorus is open to the public and anyone interested in taking part is urged to attend the Sunday rehearsal A nursery will be provided Mrs James Dunn is the organist WINDS CREATE POWER FAILURE High wind yesterday was blamed for a temporary electric power failure in the Street area Employes at Mississippi Power and Light Company said the wind blew a limb onto a power line disrupting power in the area for about 20 minutes Near Hollandale LELAND A rash of dents over the Thanksgiving resulted in one death and five injuries in the vicinity Dead is Carl Bickham about 25 of Hollandale passenger in a car driven by Sammy Hay 30 also of Hollandale According to Highway Patrolman ton of Belzoni the dent occurred about today on Highway 12 four miles east of Hollandale TWO other passengers In ths car Charles Briscoe 23 and Johnny Earl James 20 were rushed to the Lei and City pital along with the driver and Bickham who was pronounced dead on arrival Hay and coe were transferred to General Hospital in Greenville about The extent of their Injuries was not determined James who remained in Leland City Hospital is reported in satisfactory tion See Teacher Page 2 Nation's Holiday DeaSh Toil Moves Beyond 200 Mark By United Press International The death pace on the highways fell below the normal for a end on the second day of tha long Thanksgiving holiday day Since the holiday period be- gan at C p.m Wednesday auto- motive deaths had been ring at the rate of 4.1 an hour The National Safety Council said the average death toll for a period would be approximately 4.6 an hour A United Press International count at 11 EST showed 170 traffic deaths in the day's first 41 hours The Traffic 170 Fires 9 Planes 10 Miscellaneous 25 Total 214 RED STREAK FINAL 75 Year United Greenville Mississippi Friday November 29 1963 Price No 77 Johnson Te To Get Level Board Slated To Probe Assassination WASHINGTON UPI The House and Senate met briefly today then adjourned until after the weekend when Congress is expected to buckle down to work on the legislative requests of President Administration lieutenants were gearing for a speedup of activity in the face of demands by Johnson for quick decisions on the tax cut and civil rights programs initiated by the late President John F Kennedy THE at noon EST held a session compared to only one minute by the Senate which met at 9 The House session ran longer than expected as Democratic Whip Hale Boggs an- that Johnson is ing a top-level board of inquiry to investigate the Kennedy in Dallas one week ago today Boggs disclosed this after several House members ex- pressed concern that rival House and Senate committee hearings might the LBJ Appeals For Fairness WASHINGTON UPI President Lyndon B son appealed to the can people in a nationwide telecast Thursday to ish rancor and malice so the nation can face its lems united Johnson also expressed dence that the tragedy of assassination had bound America together A great leader is dead a great nation must move he said is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose I AM resolved that we shall win the tomorrows before us So I ask you to join me in that resolve determined that from this midnight of tragedy we shall move toward a new American greatness Speaking slowly and ly Johnson said that a deed that was meant to tear us apart has bound us together He the help the strength the prayers of the American people as well as God's guidance Pleading for a closing of ranks Johnson said that we must make our society well and whole for the task ahead He called for unity in North and South East and West free of the burdens of hate and udice we have borne loo long About 75 House members were present for today's short session Only three senators attended the one-minute session which was required under al rules that the House and ate meet at least every three days unless there is a formal recess or adjournment Sen Lee Metcalf presided in the senate and read one routine order before ing a recess until Tuesday at noon The other senators ent were Olin D Johnston D- and Roman L Hruska Neb Chairman Harry F Byrd D- Va promised to finish public hearings on the billion tax cut Dec 6 The hearings ara scheduled to resume day Once they are over ever the committee must vote on 30 to 40 amendments in closed ACTION on the civil rights however is another matter Johnson's unqualified support for the measure did not seem likely to change any votes Southern opponents expressed regret that he called for quick action on the Kennedy proposal However its supporters be- lieve the President's tion may have provided a strong enough push to win proval civil rights ever to coma out of congress The now is before the House Rules Committee man Howard W Smith D-Va has given no sign he will do anything to speed its trip to tha floor despite Johnson's Pica White House Opens For Public Tours WASHINGTON UPI The White House still draped in mourning crepe opens for lic tours again today at the re- quest of Mrs Jacqueline Visitors will see the famed East Room the largest in the executive mansion as it looked when the body of Mrs dy's husband lay in repose there last weekend President Kennedy was assassinated just one week ago in Dallas Tex The former First Lady in- spected the East Room and tha other rooms of the White House before she flew to annis Port Mass Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with ths Kennedy family Colonel New Post Col Warren S Everett burg District Engineer of tha U S Corps of Engineers has accepted a civilian appointment with the State Department Dec 1 us chief of the Public Works Division of the Agency for International De- Mission in Saigon Vietnam Col Everett retires from the Army Saturday after 28 years active service Leaders Impressed LONDON its first of President don B Johnson Europe has given him a thumbs up vote After the first shock over the assassination of President and even some panic a mood of confidence that of the Western alliance remains in strong hands pears to have taken hold ONLY events and the manner in which Johnson deals with them can prove the final dict of America's allies but a survey of European capitals by United Press International re- porters shows that at the outset Johnson has good im- pression Many of Europe's leading statesmen were able to make their first assessment of the new President when they went to Washington for the funeral rites Others base their hope in Johnson on what they have seen of him on his trips as vice president and on his statements and speeches of the past week WASHINGTON UPI President Johnson told tha nation's military leaders today that he expects them to abide by his economy pledge to Congress that the ment will get a dollar's value for a dollar spent under his The White House said son emphasized this point to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at his first formal meeting with them as President Acting Press Secretary An- drew T Hatcher said the ers outlined heir operating to Johnson and that Hie new President did not con- template calling for any change in this arrangement JOHNSON'S meeting with Gen Maxwell D Taylor chairman a ohn cetio and the other joint chiefs who are the military heads of each armed service began a busy round of conferences today by the President on international and domestic matters He began his day with an in- briefing from George Dundy special assistant for national security affairs The Bundy briefing will be- come a event Under tho late President John F Kennedy the intelligence briefings had been conducted by military aides t AFTER sitting for his first for- mal portraits at his White House desk Johnson met with the joint chiefs and then con- ferred with Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara Bundy and Central Intelligence Agency Director John A McCone He next met with Secretary of Stale Dean Rusk for a ther discussion of foreign policy and security matters Then he discussed pending legislative problems with special congressional liaison aide and deputy special counsel Myer Feldman Johnson discussed legislative matters by telephone with House Speaker John W McCormack and Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield It was an- that these contacts would also be part of the dent's daily routine Next on Johnson's schedule was a meeting with Roy kins executive secretary of the National Association for the Ad- vancement of Colored This centered oh civil rights program on which Johnson called for action when he addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday In that address Johnson to administer federal spending with the utmost thrift and frugality I will insist that the ment get a dollar's value for 4 dollar spent The government will set an example of and economy This does not mean we will not meet our un- filled needs or that we will not honor our commitments We will do bosh Missile Space Workers Report To Cape Kennedy CAPE KENNEDY About missile and space workers reported for work today at Cape dy instead of Cape eral By an edict of President don B Johnson Thursday America's No 1 waj renamed for his martyred pre- IT was a dramatic Ing Day tribute to John aid Kennedy who gave Cape its of sending a three-man team of Americans to the moon this dec- ade and who defended dream of space exploration tually unto the day of his death It was a surprise to the sands of space program em- ployes whose spectacular ex- on this launching center i made it a magic on a par with Washington New York and Moscow in a dozen short years THE change hit the Canaveral environs with a mixture of heartfelt wish that slain President be honored in a singularly fitting way mingled f with a reluctance to give up thai cherished name that has coma to be synonymous with U.S space achievements Newly Elected Getting set for duties as directors of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce are these seven civic leaders along with three others not pictured Left to right C S Tindall William Rode Charles Mitchell W G Kimbrell president of the board for Palmer Farnsworth M T Draughon and Tom Not pictured are Frank Baird Jr George Mansour and James Webb They will work with II other directors already in office Staff Photo The Last Futile Minutes In Dallas Hospital I Believe You Had Better Step A Priest His Eyes Are Fixed And Dilated By BRUCE MILLER DALLAS is now possible to reconstruct in detail the events that took place in Parkland Memorial Hospital one week ago today shortly er President Kennedy was tally wounded by an assassin's bullets The first call came to land from the Dallas Police De- President has been shot He is on the way to Parkland Surgical teams sprang into action DR Charles James Carrico a resident in surgery was in the emergency room when a Secret Serviceman burst through the swinging doors A second one with a gun cradled in his arms was right on his heels The first agent asked for two portable hospital carts He called them stretchers One for Gov John Connally the er for the President In moments the portable carts were wheeled into emergency operating room No I Connally was first the President with Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy walking beside the car holding his head her pink suit bloody Connally was wheeled into room No 2 an identical 15 by 10 foot room directly across the hall Vice President Lyndon B Johnson walked in hand on chest Sen Ralph Yarborough who had been riding in the with him was in tears At first some feared Johnson might have suffered a heart at- tack THE operating table in room No 1 had been shoved out of the way The doctors were ing so swiftly they did not want to take lime to lift the dent off tho cart Dr Carrico the first man in the room forced cal breathing tube down the President's windpipe as Dr Malcolm Perry an assistant professor of surgery dashed in Perry decided further help in breathing was needed The first bullet had opened the windpipe Dr Perry inserted a tube through the bullet hole Dr Charles Baxter assistant professor of surgery and tor of student health science arrived it this time Mrs still was in the room ter glanced at her and said I believe you had better step out- side THERE were five staff bers hovering around Kennedy at the time Whenever one made an observation the ers immediately agreed Mrs Kennedy turned to a While House aide in the dor and Call a priest The aide relayed the message to Steve assistant lo hospital administrator C J Price immediately called the nearby Holy Trinity Catholic Church More doctors rushed lo side There were 15 in all Besides Perry Carrico and Baxter there were Drs liam Kemp Clark chairman of Robert land assistant professor of gery M T Jenkins chairman of anesthesiology Fouad A Ba- shour associate professor of internal medicine secke clinical associate in an- esthesiology Paul C Peters professor of urology Dr Ronald C Jones senior ident in surgery Charles shaw surgery resident Gene Akin anesthesiology resident Jackie H Hunt anesthesiology fellow D Curtis oral surgery resident and Kenneth Salyer surgery resident Carrico remembered reading that Kennedy suffered adrenal deficiency and immediately ad- ministered Jones began a cut-down on Kennedy's left arm lo insert a catheter a device to force more blood into a vein and keep the passage open Curtis com- the same procedure on the left leg Lactated solution a solution sometimes called white blood and used un- til whole blood can be obtained was pumped in in seconds a technician from the bood bank arrived with 0 negative blood universal donor and it was started TO feed the blood faster hand pumps were used By now the cart had been elevated at the foot to help the blood get back to the heart Then one of the doctors no- a frothing of the blood in the neck wound He's bubbling the doctor said This means a hole in the lung Peters and Baxter ly inserted a tubt into the right upper part of the chost just be- low the shoulder lo re-expand the lungs and keep them from collapsing Perry and Jones at the same time inserted a lar tube on the left Doctors and nurses raced in and out Each time the ing room door opened Mrs Kennedy tried to look in What is she would ask How is CLARK the had run all the way from the cal school He was one of the last of the team to arrive He raced through the emergency room door not more than five minutes after the President was brought in Clark looked down at the President The eyes were open staring back sightless His eyes are fixed and di- Clark said Any first year dent knows this means that there is no hope for the tient Clark had a torpedo hooked up immediately to This is a small machine with a scope that shows a beat in waves as a little green light travels from one side to an- other The green light moved straight across with a ly steady line CLARK looked up at Perry It's too late he said But Perry grabbed a stool placed his knee on it to give him leverage and began giving Kennedy closed chest message using his fist in a rocking pressing motion over the bone o provide if possible a per minute beat He and Clark took turns A more sensitive scope was brought in by our This was his machine He specializes in cardiology Before coming lo the United States he was head of cardiology at rut Lebanon Electrodes from the machine were attached to Kennedy's left arm But the green pinpoint of light on the scope did not er the tiniest fraction of an inch AM attendant was standing by with two rods that sometimes can shock a faltering heart into beating He put them away The President was dead He had been dead for minutes ly before he got to the pital Jenkins monitoring the oxy- gen equipment turned the valves off The President was dressed only in his trousers shorts and brace for his ailing back Baxter got a fresh sheet He and Jenkins tenderly pulled it across the body and up over the face Kennedy's coat shirt undershirt and lie had been folded and put on one of the steel shelves lining the wall The floor was littered with ty boilles bloody bandages boxes that had contained sterile dressings bits of tubing At the foot of the cart among the ter were tht President's shoes A doctor picked them up and placed them with his coat The priest is one said
