Laurel Leader-Call (Newspaper) - July 21, 1961, Laurel, Mississippi NEW TELEPHONE 428 mm 50th Year No. 89 Serving Southeastern Mississippi July 21, 1961 Refreshing In any weather j High Today ' Weather Details tinder Daily Since 1911 Five NEW MARVIN E. STAINTON OFFICERS Laurel's American Legion Post held an installation of officers at the regular meeting at the post home Thursday Incoming Commander Gene is shown receiving the gavel from Executive National Committeeman Ralph Godwin of the installing Other officers installed Ernest J. B. Van L. D. Ernest B. Fred L. L. Dave Houston Jimmy M. L. Brum Kimbel T. I. Car Charley Rex Walter and Henry Space Flight Ends In Narrow Escape Laurel Boys Admit Spree Into Crime Kennedy May Freeze Some Guard Units NEW YORK - WASHINGTON Kennedy was reported ready several states reported they were day to ask Congress to freeze six I increasing their pools of available National Guard on active duty Indefinitely because of the Berlin Warren Rogers in a Washington dispatch to the New York Herald also wrote that the President is prepared to ask Congress to increase the Army's manpower limit to 975,000, from the present 875,000. The six National Guard division now on their annual two week's training 26th infantry Massachusetts training at Camp July 22-Aug. 5. 28th Infantry Camp A. P. Bowling July 15-29. 30th Armored Ft. July 16-30. 36th Infantry Ft. July 16-29. 35th Infantry Camp July 23-Aug. 6. 38th Infantry Camp July 23-Aug. 6. Guard division may be frozen if the President or Congress declares a national emergency or if Congress passes a joint resolution the Army said today it has made no new request for drafting additional Selective Service officials in Washington said the increases in pools of available draft men were tied to the already announced 8,000-man August 2,000 more than called for Indications in the capital were that the administration planned to rely primarily on trained National Guardsmen and reservists in any defense manpower Larger draft quotas would be used only as a possible long-range support White House press secretary Pierre Salinger declined comment on reports Kennedy will declare at least a partial national emergency and call up reserves and National He said he would not comment in advance of Kennedy's planned report to the American people by radio and television next Tuesday Some state Selective Service directors said they were acting on orders from Washington in extending indefinitely all officer ling up the available supply of appointments and enlistment men eligible for induction into I the armed A Selective Service official here pointed out that some increases had been were no draft calls for May and June with 14,000 men to be drafted in July and think perhaps some state directors may have sent out calls for more men in anticipation of further he there have been no increases since the call of 8,000 was announced for No Berlin Connection Selective Service officials said the state calls had no connection with the Berlin Among the states reporting increases in their were Rhode Arkansas and In State Selective Service Director Frederick L. said the number of men in the pool for the state was being increased from 1,200 to 2,1j0 He said the national pool of men was being doubled from 50,000 to 100,000. Informed of the statement on the national the Selective Service official here sure that is not Senate Committee Votes Final Foreign Aid Okay WASHINGTON Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets today to vote final approval of a 54,326,500.000 foreign aid tailored to fit most of President Kennedy's Action on the which includes the full Kennedy asked for a economic development loan was virtually completed in a session Senate Democratic Lender Mike Mansfield of Montana said he hoped to schedule the measure j for debate in the Senate late next There it is expected to encounter rough particularly from those who argue its method of financing means backdoor spending with insufficient congressional Committee Chairman J. William conceded Kennedy's battle for the long-term development loan which bypasses congressional appropriations is far from He said he would the Senate would accent the borrowing but it might make changes in details and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey of assistant Democratic may be some cuts offered on the but I'd say we'll come out of the Senate with a strong that will please the President and fulfill the aims of the Acting amid mounting tension over the committee cut only million from Kennedy's total requests for 154,762,500.000 in military and economic assistance In the chief point of it overrode Republican protests by identical 10-7 votes and 1. Authority for the President to borrow million from the Treasury this year and billion a year for the next four years to establish a revolving fund for low interest or terest rate loans to underdeveloped This totals billion for five 2. Additional presidential authority to reloan money which is paid back by foreign countries from previous U.S. This would provide an additional million this and million each of the following four years for a total of thus bringing the development loan total to approximately Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with scattered afternoon and evening Lowest tonight 70 to 75. Highest Saturday 88 to 92. Temperatures for the 24 hour period ending at 7 high 89, low 69, at 7 a.m. 73. Rainfall 1.03 Winds today at 11 a.m. Southwest at 3 Four white youths have confessed to a six-day crime spree involving nearly a dozen children of prominent North Laurel Youth Court Judge Goode Montgomery refused to identify the both because of their ages and because they are first The ranging In ages from 11 to 15, related in a Youth Court session stories of breaking and grand and receiving stolen goods during a period from June 28 to the night of July 3. Those children implicated in the case will appear in Youth Court at a later Judge Montgomery said they were exposed by the older boys who said they accepted bribes from some of those directly connected on the condition their activities would not be reported to their parents or to In a breakdown of their Judge Montgomery said the boys Stealing from the cash register of a Laurel business establishment while the owner's at tention was Breaking into another business firm and taking Breaking into two Laurel homes and stealing other items while searching for Stealing a small motor vehicle valued at about from the home of a Laurel Judge Montgomery said all the goods have been The case of one of the boys was held The boy was plac ed on probation in the custody of his The cases of the other three boys were continued pending further investigation and examination of those children implicated in the Judge Montgomery Pilot Swims From Capsule FLYER TURNS SWIMMER HURRICANE ANNA MOVES WESTNORTHWEST SAN P. R. is the latest advisory on Hurricane Reconnaissance reports received this morning indicate that Hurricane Anna is centered at 10 a.m. near latitude 13.7n longitude 72.6\v or about 550 statute miles southwest of San Puerto It continues moving toward the west or westnorthwest at about 22 miles per Highest winds are estimated to be 80 miles per hour over a small area near the Gale winds extend outward from the center 100 miles in the northern semi-circle and 50 miles in the southern Hurricane Anna is expected to continue moving toward the west or westnorthwest during the next 12 hours at about the same speed and with a slight increase in intensity during the Vessels in the path of the hurricane should exercise Small craft around Jamaica should remain in safe port. The next regular advisory will be issued by the San Juan Weather Bureau at 4 p.m. Rusk Urges Prompt Strategy Agreement LAUREL SKIES July 22 Sunset p.m. Sunrise a.m. Moonset a.m. Full 27 PROMINENT STAR rises a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS low in p.m. north of Jupiter and in the a.m. RIVER STAGES Pascagoula River at 11.8 down slow Pearl River at Pearl 11.2 down slow WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Dean Rusk called in the ambassadors of France and Germany today to open urgent Allied conversations on proposals by the Kennedy administration for military preparations to meet expected Soviet pressures against West The United it is intends to seek a fast buildup of conventional NATO military strength in Europe by the addition of several divisions to the Western European defense This would some officials an increase to the long-planned goal of 30 divisions from the present strength of 22 The immediate purpose of the with Allies leaders in Paris and Early next probably on the permanent council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at Paris will get a report on U.S. plans and proposals from U.S. Ambassador Thomas who is also flying to Paris this He is American representative on the NATO Next Thursday Assistant Secretary of State Foy D. Kohler will take a task force to Paris to meet with French and West German planners and make preparations for a Western foreign ministers conference in the French capital beginning Aug. 5. President Kennedy's plans are conference with Rusk was to j understood to call for an increase Press Time Flashes Sees No Project Delay CAPE Fla. of the space craft and its equipment will not delay the Project Mercury which is aimed at placing a man in orbit a few months from now and on the moon an official Pravda Gives Red Formula LONDON said today the Soviet Union wants to settle the problems of Germany and Berlin at the negotiating table the sooner Western politicians agree to the sooner will the black war clouds disappear from the The Laurel Astronomical and Space Association will hold its monthly meeting next Thursday at the Episcopal Parish The meeting will begin at 7:30 David of will be the guest Marcus will tell of his recent visit to the Chicago and show a The public is 01e Miss Prof Is Found Dead Miss. - Prof. James 38, chairman of the University of Mississippi Art was found dead in bed at his campus home apparently of natural A physician said Bryan apparently had been dead at least 24 hours before his body was The professor's wife and 7-year-old son were visiting relatives in give the ambassadors detailed reports on decisions on U.S. policy made by President Kennedy at a National Security Council meeting late Rusk predicted that the West ern Allies will show whatever solidarity is needed to combat Communist pressures on Speaking at a dinner Thursday night for 26 visiting parliament members from NATO he shall see in the months ahead that spirit of solidarity of postwar years reassert itself so there will be no doubt in anyone's mind that democracies or alliances of democracies can do what has to be Saturday Secretary of Defense Robert S. Gen. Lyman L. chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff and other high defense officials will fly to Europe for conferences NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS If you do not receive your copy of the Laurel please phone our circulation 428-0556, and a paper will be sent to Monday through Friday phone before 6 p.m. Between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday phone 428-0035, Larry circulation in over-all U.S. military strength Rider Tries To Hang Self Miss. - A Negro who tried to hang himself in a Jackson jail cell was scheduled to be released on appeal bond The 20-year-old Elmer a University of Akron was cut down by jailers before he suffered any He used his belt in the suicide attempt Sheriff J. R. Gilfoy said Brown gave no reason for the there were unconfirmed rumors that another group of Freedom Riders would arrive in Jackson early today to test segregated bus terminal Since May 24, Jackson police have arrested 247 Earlier Brown told newsmen he wanted to get out of He said he felt the Congress of Racial which has sponsored most of the Freedom me Brown drew a fine and four months in jail July 10 on breach of peace Earlier this week he was hospitalized in Jackson for observation after he said he fell from the top bunk of his cell at the state prison at i with a prospect that one or more American divisions will be dispatched to Europe later this Kennedy is known to believe that total American strength must be raised to a point where it will be capable of meeting Communist challenges not enly in Europe but in other parts of the His plans are expected to be disclosed in some detail in a report to the nation next Tuesday and a message to Congress next One point stressed by authorities here is that the policy being developed under the President's guidance calls for action on a broad not just in the military field but also in the planning of diplomatic measures and economic steps which may be taken as the Berlin crisis progresses toward an East-West showdown near CAPE Fla. Virgil I. Gris som safely took a 5,280-mile-an hour ride into space then had to swim for his life as his sank in 2,280 fath oms of May Delay Program The loss of the capsule may cause some delay in the United space Grissom blew escape hatch and left the sinking capsule in the manner all astronauts had been taught in their After swimming about 70 feet Grissom was picked up by a helicopter two minutes after his es cape from the Attempts to recover the spacecraft failed as it plummeted to the bottom me something to blow my My head is full of sea wa America's No. 2 space man said when he was deposited on the deck of the aircraft carrier he was reported in good 118 Miles High Grissom rode 118 miles high on the nose of a Redstone rocket and 303 miles down the Atlantic missile And he looked down on a view so fascinating he forgot momentarily that he had chores to perform during the 15-minute President Kennedy watched on television with millions of other Americans as Grissom followed the space trail blazed May 5 by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Then he expressed pleasure and in a telephone call to Grissom on the The 35-year-old Air Force captain had higher farther and faster 180 than His petite who also sat glued to a TV screen at Newport disclosed also that he a She and their 11, and 7, by telephone to Gus as he lay flat on his back in the capsule before it was she National space agency officials said Grissom's close call and failure to retrieve the capsule probably would delay the Project Mercury There had been indications that if good data were obtained by Grissom's two additional suborbital flights on the schedule might be it was at least one more such shot would almost certainly be and perhaps even an empty capsule will be flown over tha same up-and-down before proceeding with orbital Shepard told newsmen Grissom sort of a big It was coming in through the Buoyant Flight Suit After making his escape from the doomed space Grissom was not in danger of His flight suit was But he did go under water briefly in the wake of the rescue spinning The pickup was made at 7:51 a.m. 31 minutes after the Redstone booster rocket thundered away from Cape At 8:01 the Randolph reported it had Grissom on He was smiling and appeared in excellent none the worse for the crushing forces he had suffered in the blastoff and reentry and for his swim in Another helicopter tried to get a cable on the rung of the space capsule but it disappeared in the Channel 7, will carry a playback en the astronaut flight starting tonight at 6:30 p.m. The flight had been delayed twice Tuesday and heavy clouds over the launch area which prevented camera tracking of the Redstone during powered Today a thin layer of clouds was Cape but a hot sun burned the clouds Grissom demonstrated his pilot training by asking to remain in the capsule an additional two minutes after he landed to complete a check of instruments inside the An Associated Press reporter aboard the Randolph sent word Liberty Bell 7 splashed on the surface at 7:36 not far from the prime recovery Calling on his many years of experience as a combat and test Grissom performed a variety of tasks on the For brief he controlled the space ship by switching its pitch and Throughout the flight of radioed assurances On Page Charge Former Candidate As Brains Of Insurance Racket Miss. - A insurance fraud ring comprising 19 men and women and allegedly masterminded by Lee V. of former candidate for attorney has been Multiple charges of false pretense and insurance each carrying a maximum penalty of 2 years in state have been filed against the was charged Thursday with five the end of the I 1 Dist. Atty. Waller said sock was arrested in a round-up that began with the arrest of four persons in a restaurant safe burglary in Jackson Saturday Two of the four had been alleged strangers involved in an automobile collision a few days Waller masterminded the insurance fraud by staging automobile collisions and faking also unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant governor and state tax collector during the past 10 ORDERS PIPELINE SEIZURE Rages For Big Bizerte Base TUNIS and Tuni sians fought in the streets of Bizerte city and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba ordered seizure of the French pipeline that carries the output of France's Sahara oil Bourguiba said he had ordered his troops to seize the pipeline at in southern The line carries the output of France's 225 miles southeast of the Tunisian The president also called for volunteers from all to help in his desperate fight against He said Tunisia's ambassadors in all countries had been ordered to enlist the volunteers and that Libyans and Algerians had already offered their The Tunisian government radio reported that Tunisian infantrymen and civilian volunteers were battling French paratroops supported by tanks and rocket planes in the city of Bizerte astride the channel from the Mediterranean to the French naval base at Predawn Attack Radio Tunis said French forces broke out of the besieged Bizerte naval base and launched a predawn attack on the Mediterranean port city three miles Tunisian troops holding the city of 40,000 defied a French ultimatum to They were ordered to fight to the The Tunis broadcast said there were dead and but Tunisian infantry were holding their own in the heart of the Officials estimated 15,000 volunteers in and around the city were bolstering the Many were wearing the red shorts and shirts of the youth section of the ruling Paris reports and the official Tunis news agency reported other clashes between Tunisian and French forces in the Sahara The fighting spread as the U.N. Security Council was called into an emergency session at the request of Tunisia to deal with the mounting The Tunisians charged France with aggression and demanded the French give up the Bizerte naval base they kept after granting their former protectorate independence in 1956. The United States showed growing concern over the clash between allied France and friend Tunisia and appealed to both to hostilities without
