Laurel Leader-Call (Newspaper) - March 17, 1970, Laurel, Mississippi 59th 65 TELEPHONE 4280551 if MARCH 1970 PRICE 10 CENTS REDS CLOSE ON BASE 2 Laotian Posts Fall INDUSTRIAL PARK BEING DEVELOPED BY LAUREL AND JONES COUNTY Mayor to Laurel and Jones Beat One Supervisor The mayor said the city and county had joined hands to improve the park and im work is being done by Black or proved to entice ledges street department and Plans are to put in road Commissioners Massey and Blackledge survey the industrial park 01 Highway 11 north owned by the Committee of 100 which is Hub This is a combined effort as whats good for the city is good for the the may beds and only spend what is necessary to improve the park such as water and gas railroad elec and possible some land the mayor Staff Photo McClure Will Present MEA Allan presi of the Mississippi Ed along with President Etoile Hopkins of For est and Charles executive secretary of will go to Washington Wednesday to present their case to the al Education This is a show cause hearing for the MEA called by the NBA as the result of rejection of a pro posed merger with the Missis sippi Association at the recent state McClure said fliey will leave Jackson at 7 appear be fore the NBA at 2 and return at 6 Principal of Watkins High McClure was elected to assume the presidency of MEA for 197071 school He stated the delegation in tends a case showing they want an organization which will be fair to both black and white We want a functional and ef organization that is De and based on one one The Supreme Court has already ruled that legisla tors across the nation will be reapportioned to a one one vole McClure He further said The color of skin should not determine an It should be its leadership Under the MTA merger the Continued On Page Two WEATHER Cloudy with scattered showers and a few thundershowers to day and becoming part ly cloudy Turning cooler in north portion today and south portion High today 56 to low tonight 38 to Temperatures recorded in Laurel for the 24hour period ending 7 were 64 36 at 7 62 no Wind at 10 was south east at 11 RIVER STAGES Merrill down Little change in next 48 Southerners Hope Court May Relax Mix Pressure Oil Menaces Oyster Beds Game Plan On Schedule WASHINGTON UPI on administration economic strategists are cheered by government reports industrial production declined for the seventh consecutive month in February but home building rallied after a yearlong The issued indicated the game plan administrations for controlling inflation is on schedule with a general slowing of the economy but without placing more of the on the already strained housing WASHINGTON UPI Sec tary of State William ling ers said today lie could not foreclose the possibility that American combat troops might be used in But he said there arc no present plans In do Laos UPI officials tonight evacuated most Americans from the refugee and logistical support base of Sam Thong in the face of advancing North Vietnamese troops who seized two key posts six and eight miles both within easy artillery Sam Thong is about 75 miles north of Vientiane and 30 miles south of eastwest Highway 7 leading westward from the Plain of Long six miles to the southeast of Sam is main headquarters for Vang American trained clandestine The hospi tal at Sam Thong was evacuated during the day and civilian refugees in the area began streaming to the south and west ahead of an attack force estimated at Com Most personnel were flown out to Conflicting reports at the end of the day indicated that government forces under Van leader of the Meo Hill tribe may have succeeded in retaking one of captured NEW Production Drops The Federal Reserve Board said industrial production dropped per cent last month A to 1694 P61 cent of the 195759 ORLEANS UPI the lowest point in By United Press International Some Southern officials be lieve the Supreme Courts re to reinstate a busing or der in North Carolina indicates the tribunal is taking a second look at public school The high court Monday re an appeal from the Le Defense Fund of the NAACP that it revoke the sus pension of a federal district court order that would have bused from to stu dents to achieve a racial bal ance in The order had boon suspended by the 4th Cir cuit Court of which scheduled a hearing April 9 on the New Approach William chairman of the School said the Supreme Court ruling indicates that maybe theyve decided to slow clown and take a look at the urban school Its a different Rep Albert doubt this decision indicates that the Supreme Court will now determine the applicability of the antibusing Continued On Page Two Situation from the rural Plaintiff Asks Suit Dismissal The damage lawsuit filed by Andre against Corporation has been dismissed in federal courl in upon motion of the plaintiff Judge Harold Cox sustained the motion and filed papers of Ihe dismissal of the suit Tues day was acquitted by a Jones County jury ou a thin oil film glazed Louisiana waters today and two larger each 10 miles closed around an island haven for migratory The oil spills were being fed by two renegade wells on Chevron Oil Compa nys Charlie 12 miles off Louisiana Coast in the Gulf of The main slick split into two fragmented arms Monday and oozed along both sides of Breton a bird refuge 10 miles northeast of Charlie platform and 12 miles east ot the Louisiana Oil Spreads West of the a patchy rainbow slick filtered into Black American California Bay and Bay Gar All four bays harbor oyster McFadden spokesman for the stale Wild Life and Fisheries said the commission would monitor the months and 3 per cent below the record per cent established in The Commerce Department said housing starts last month were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of up about 10 per cent from January but still only half the pace needed to meet the decades goal set by Grant Asylum To Mutineers The United Stales has ack ill least 20 Ameri cans arc at Sam Continued On Page Two Terrorists Active In Saigon SAIGON UPH bombs destroyed two Allied military jeeps in Saigon Mon day night and early Two clays of fighting near Black Virgin Mountain left 28 North Vietnamese and three Ameri cans Tlie Vietnamese army said a parked bomb de Vietnamese IS COUNCIL VEEP navy jeep in Saigon Chinatown Monday am wounded a South Vietnamese Another explosion early today wrecked a parked Army jeep in downtown There were no The explosions brought to five the number of terrorist in in the capital since when explosive char ges went off in three locations The Saturday incidents and wounded seven A police source predicted an p terrorist and saic guerrilla sapper squads wer operating in WASHINGTON UPI spokesmen sai across South Vietnam Monda with most of the action at th base of Black Virgin Mountain 58 miles northwest of Units of the 251 Infantry Division lost two kille and 11 wounded Monday wit guerrilla losses In the same area Ih 25lh Division troops lost on dead and 13 wounded while killing 28 guerrillas in six hours of the munitions ship Columbia Eagle and pirated her to Cambodia have been granted political asylum Mark R identified the two crew men as Clyde Escondi do and Alvin Long Continued On Page Two lo determine if the beds were being HP said other would be dispatched to Breton Island to see if any harm had which Sheriff Landrum Regional Officer MURPHY LOOKS AT HISTORY His Proud Irish Name Runt Murphy A Wearer Of Green By SUE Staff Writer One Laurel resident who can rightfully wear the Patricks is Runt Not only is he possessor of a Irish he can boast almost completely Irish blood flowing through his Murphy knows his great grandparents came to the United States from North Ireland in 1803 or His Osmus and his twin were born eith er just before the family arriv ed in the States or just after This branch of the Murphys settled in North some members but Os mus migrated to Clarke Coun ty in southern He and his wife had five children after she Osmus mov ed to Choctaw married an and had 12 or 13 more Arkansas Branch member of this fam ily said his father could member the time when the oth er came by the Alabama Murphys home on his wav to settle in El had five four of whom became The religious history Continued On Page Two Delegations To Discuss Gulf Regions Potential Jones County Sheriff Jerry has been elected one of five vice chairmen of south Law Enforcement Assistance Regional Council The 20countv council Is head ed by William Gulf port attorney and former FBI special The five vice chairmen will work directly wilh of Ihe of Anthony Bit S the Division of Law a security Assistance m local first filed his suit in circuit court in Jones County but Masonite later got it trans ferred to federal court in Hat Could Kill Oysters A heavy oil slick could kill Duffy while a Continued On Page Two lion and under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets the Forrest County courthouse Monday Oilier vice chairmen are Lawrence County Chancery Clerk Forrest County Sheriff Gene Wallers Pearl Riv er County Deputy Sheriff Lar kin Smith and Police Chief Leroy John Bryan of Pascagoula is secre John Boll Williams and the division ol Law Enforcement Assistance recently disolved Ihe 11dislrict planning groups in or der to place professional ODD FENCE An auto wrecking and salvage company in has a fence made of steel auto wheels from more than sur rounding an entire city When you need new wheels check the auto supermarket in the Laurel Classi fied Whether youre in the market for a new car or a de pendable used one youre sure to find what you need in the BAY UPD from Mississippi meet here today with federal officials to discuss the of Ihe Gulf region for Charles Sullivan of Mississippi was to address the opening session and Check now Approve Assistant For County JACKSON UPI Senate voted Monday to authorize an assistant district attorney for Jones Volkswagen square Pay equity and assume Excellent con Call DISCOVER SPRING in one of the great cars for sale in todays Classified Ads Collins of of Louisiana is speak The joint conference with the Federal Council for Science and Technology committee on inter governmental relations will held at the National tics and Space Administra tions Mississippi test Heads Federal Delegation Jacob assist ant administrator for will head the federal delega Jack manager of will keynote the confer ence wilh a speech on the scientific potential of the Gulf 100 state loaders and federal officials chairman of the Judiciary A were to Tho cotin pointed out that acil is attempting to determine number of assistants had been how the federal government approved for other areas during might accommodate new prob 13 eta I i the current Continued On Page Two The council was organized all Continued On Page Two AS DEADLINE NEARS Both Houses Rush To Clear Calendars LATE NEWS FLASHES Guards Discover Bomb SAO Brazil i Guards found a makeshift bomb today outside the target of a bombing i March thai began a wave of urban terror still in Uy JAMES JONES JACKSON starts for both chambers prom ised to make today a long one as the Mississippi legislature another cutoff The Senate planned to return al 9 an hour earlier than and the House at 10 instead of the usual 2 Both chambers were strug gng to clear their calendars of bills originating in their own chamber before the Wednesday Some lawmakers pre dct many bills probably will During a sixhour session the Senate narrowly rejected a proposal to allow communities declared disaster areas to initiate urban renewal programs without a local elec The proposal was defeated Not Required Ben Stone of said certain areas of the particularly and Bil were nol required under a law approved in the early 1960s to hold an election before initi ating an urban renewal pro He said he wanted to ex tend the same rights to TODAYS HUMOR Stable owner That horse knows as mudi as 1 Friend dont tell any You may want to sell him some Slone acknowledged the also would cover areas affected in the future by storms or other Local elections would nol be re quired in any counties declared disaster Opponents argued the ineas iure goes beyond areas lhal need disaster relief be cause of Hurricane Camille and that the measure was an at lo slip into the back door of communities with urban renewal Stone urged lawmakers to pass the if you want to help the stale of Mississippi like urban renewal has helped parts of northeast He urged the Senate to delete this restrictive election re Continued On Page Two Lift Freeze On Projects WASHINGTON i UPP Pres ident Nixon today lifted his freeze on federal assisted slale and local construction releasing 2 billion in federal funds for immediate Prescribes Subsidies WASHINGTON LTD construction workers in Nixon today prescribed n to overcome a slump c i i r i building and control increased federal subsidies and lhe skyrocketing cost ot housi I greatly accelerated training Police Battle Mobs TWO AREA GIRLS VIE FOR MSU TITLE CALCUTTA UPI The Calcutta and nearby towns in a of a 07 uu first irom LEFT Indian army was placed on wid rampage in which police ui beina Miss pahl ot Say to JaluM w Mary bullets and M d Bettio LEFT face preliminary competition when 30 semifinalists mobs roaming the streets o i he of Laurel and annual pageant at MSU April Fritman ot musi during her visit to Mississippi
