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COTTON 1-INCH MIDDLING ..,.,... 85¢ Vol. CXXVII, No. 154. Associated Press Service Little Rock Step Nearer Opening ‘Private Schools’ By The Associated Press ’l‘}_le reopening of four public schools at Little Rock, Ark., as private insti tutions appeared a step closer today while Vir ginia's policy of massive re sistance approached anoth er legal! showdown. Gov. Orval E. Faubus said| Thursday night that rulings by ani Arkansas federal judge paved the way toward resumption of classes| in the high schools he closed in! the face of a U. S. Supreme| Court integration order. | The governor referred to Judge John E. Miller’s refusal to pass on the legality of an Arkansas plan to lease the school buildings| as private, segregated schools. Miller said it was a matter for a three-judge federal court to re solve., Dismissed Petition The judge also dismissed a peti tion by the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People asking him to enjoin the School Board from leasing the schools. | Faubus said the :action “‘now paves the way for the School Board to lease the schools and if the people of Little Rock vote against integration Saturday, the schools can be opened immediate ly.” A special referendum will be held Saturday on the question of integrating the schools. U. S. Atty. Gen. William P. Rogers entered the case before Miller as a friend of the court and said that the private school plan was a sham and illegal. Ge(—)réxa. ‘Mississinpi, Louisiana and Virginia are among Southern states whch have similar laws for operating schools on a private, segregated basis if faced with or orders to integrate. Disastrous Consequences In Washington, President Eisen (Continued on Page Five) 1 R Hurricane Helene Lumbers = Toward Coast Of Georgia MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 26.— (AP) —Hurricane Helene lumbered slowly toward the South-Carolina - Georgia coast today and weather bureau officials said hurricane warnings probably will be hoisted on parts of that coast later this morning. T Top winds of the big stofm were still reported at 100 miles an hour. At 8 am. (EST) Helen's center was reported 320 miles east of Jacksonville and moving west northwestward toward the South Carolina coast at about eight miles an hours, some 300 miles distant. At its present forward speed, the center would strike the coast in about 33 hours, but, barring a change in the present caurse, hur ricane winds would begin buffet ing the mainland well ahead of the arrival of the center. would strike the coast in about 33 hours, but, barring a change in the pres ent course, hurricane winds would begin buffeting the mainland well ahead of the arrival of the center. Also, it was possible the storm would accelerate its speed. ATHENS AND VICINITY The forecast for Athens and vicinity is mostly fair and warm this afternoon and to night; partly cloudy and mild Saturday: high today 88, low tonight 62, low this morning 62. The sun sets today at 6:25 and rises tomorrcw at 6:24. There will be 12 hours and 2 minutes of daylight today. The U. S. Weather Bureau at the airport reported the tem peratures recorded for this date last year were high 78, low 53. The exteme recorded temper atures for this date were high 95 in 1921, low 45 in 1950, The Associated Press report ed hurrican emergency warn ipgs now extend from Cape Fear, N. C., to Savannah, Ga., and hurricane watch continues on Georgia coast south of Sav nah. Interests on Georgia coast should take immediate precau tions for this dangerous hurri cane. Keep in touch with radio and TV bulletins. Mostly fair today and to night except increasing cloudi ness and inereasingly northerly winds near coast tonight; aSt urday mostly cloudy and mild over state with high winds and gqualls on coast, heavy squalls possibly spreading inland 100 miles or so by Saturday after noon. Extended forecast for the period starting at 7 p. m. to night until 7 p. m, Oct. 1: Temperature s near normal next five days with little day to day change, normal maximum 80-85, normal minimum 58-66, moderate to heavy rain Sunday and Monday. 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Chief storm Forecaster Gordon Dunn said the twin hurricane flags—black squares on a field of red—would probably be ordered up later in the morning, but de clined to speculate on the exact portions of the South Carolina and Georgia coasts which might be affected. The entire Georgila coast and the South Carolina coast up to Charleston already were under a hurricane watch, with the popula tion urged to stand by for actual warnings. Tides two feet above normal were forecast for today as the vast bulk of sea water piled up in front of the whirling storm began washing in to shore. The Miami weather bureau or dered gale warnings hoisted ffom Daytona Beach, Fla, north along the Georgia coast to Wilmington, N. C., where winds were forecast to gradually build up today. Reconnaissance aircraft located Helene at latitude 29.8 north, longitude 76.1 west. Highest winds were estimated at 100 m.p.h. over a small area near the center. Hurricane force winds extended 110 miles in the north east semicircle and 80 miles to the southwest. Gales extended outward 220 miles to the north east and 80 miles to the south west. Small craft from the Carolina capes south to northern Florida were advised to stay in port. Hurricane Helene will likely in tensify slightly and grow bigger today, Sugg said. The San Juan, Puerto Rico weather bureau, meanwhile, re ported that hurricane Ilsa was thrashing the sea 350 miles east northeeast of San Juan with top winds of 105 miles an hour, Aircraft located the storm at 5 a.m. at latitude 19.8 north, lon gitude 60.7 west, It was moving west northwest at about 10 m.p.h. Little change in size or intensity was expected ‘today, . Henrietta Cluck Stars Here 1 . . . In University Film Release The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Edu cation has just completed a color sound movie on poultry research which will get ‘_imm'national distribution. The filmm was given an infor mal premiere Thursday night‘ for University scientists and oth- | ers concerned with the project. | Several University faculty and staff mentbers appear in the cast, sharing honors with “Henrietta Cluck,” a White Plymouth Rock chicken who has a speaking role. Titled “For the Birds,” the film depicts research being done at the University of Georgia, among other places, on the effects of nitrofuran drugs on the health, growth and egg production of poultry. Nitrofurans, made from farm by-products such as oat hulls and corn cobs, also are used experimentally on cattle and swine, The Georgia Center was coms= missioned t 9 do the film by Hess and Clark, Inc., of Ashland, Ohio, a chemical nranufacturing con cern. One hundred prints will be SERVING ATHENS AND NORTHEAST CGEORGIA FOR OVER A CENTUR!I SEA DOGS picture purposes, that is), on an inner tube in Alcove Reservoir, Casper, Wyoming. Election Slated Here Nov. 4th Ordinary Ruby Hartman has set November 4 as the date for the eleetion to fill the unexpired terms of the late County Tax Re ceiver P. J. Smith and the late Clerk of Courts Elmer J. Craw ford, Ordinary Hartman said the election will be held in the sev eral militia districts at the usual places for holding elections, The ordinary said the election will be held in the same manner, governed by the same rules and regulations and with the same qualifications as to candidates and voters as applied to elections as made and provided for in cases of such vacancies and returns of the election will be transmitted to the governor, Terms of each of the late toun ty officials would have each ex pired on December 31, I¥6o. To serve as Tax Receiver until an election could be held and the winner qualified, Mrs. Hartman appointed Mrs. Faye Harrison, and appointed King Crawford, son of Mr. Crawford, son of Mr. Crawford, Clerk of Courts until the election could'be held and the voters name a successor for the remainder of the term to which Mr. Crawford was elected. } ~ Reading Club §| Parfy Sel Today Miss Frances Nunn, children’s iiprarian at the Athens Regional Library, announced teday that a party for those who completed «he required reading in the sum mer vacation reading club was given at the library this after noon at 3:30. Invitations were issued to those who received certificates. Two hundred and ninety-one read 25 or more books and will receive sgold star” certificates; 229 read at leats 10 books and will receive piain certificates. A total of 13,083 books were read during the summer by those who enrolled in the club. Children reading 100 or more books are: Rarbara Anglin, Mike nglin, Peggy Bloodworth, San dra Broadhurst, Dorothy Ham anond, Richard Lanier, Merandy Motrison, Chuck O'Kelley, Mary perrodin, Anne Scott, Kenneth Walters, Dianne Ward, Marsha White, Cynthia Zweigart. Officials Named In Winterville Citizens of Winterville Wed nesday elected their city officials, cnhoosing J. E. Williams as mayor. Four members of city council were also elected. They are Ralph Morang, C. S. Coile, C. J. Slay and J. L. Dawson. ‘distributed throughout much of lthe world. ' The movie, produced between March and July of this year, is the first project of its scope un dertaken by the Center. The fin ished film is half photography and half animation, Earlier, the Center had pro duced a children’s film version of the Oscar Wilde story, “The Selfish ' Giant,” and had photo graphed a number of campus, scenes for a Georgia Alumni So ciety movie, Gerard Appy was execulive producer, with Bill Bermont as director, The script was bp Mar vin Rand of Hess and Clark and by Directo. Bermont; narration is by Aaron Andrews, D. V. M, of | the sponsoring firm; photography by Tom Gray, and animation by : l Bernie Bell : | ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1958. Somebody Pushed Wrong Bution NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (AP) — Somebody pushed the wrong button, and a Weather Bureau test Teletype message predict ing a blizzard Thursday night went on the air Thursday. Thou sands of telephone calls follow ed the broadcast. The temperature was about 75 degrees at the time. At station WRCA, when the message was received, everyone knew it was only a test, but somehow the wrong control wwas sel. The test message is part of an emergency warning system, World Todey =R v v Dulles Confusing On Use Of Indecision Or Weakness BY WILLIAM L. RYAN * Associated Press Foreign News Analyst Secretary of State Dulles has spoken out against “in decision or weakness’” in the Far East crisis,. But his ad dress in New York Thursdav night seemed to imply Am erican indecision and weakness. ; '.l;\‘ facttl’?e ‘secrertvar:fr;lay have issued an invitation to the Sovietl Union to seize the diplomatic in-i itiative once again in this grim battle for influence over the world s uncommitted mil lions. There would be a great deal of propaganda credit to be reaped from any peacemaking gesture in the Far East. , Secretary Dulles’ words seemed to indicate that the key to the solution of the Far East crisis— perhaps the only key—was in the hands of the Russians. He said he believes “the Soviet Union, if it wanted to see a peaceful solu tion, could make that possible.” This sounds more like an invita tion than a challenge, and the Russians, when they have fin ished toying with the world’s nerves, may even accept it. There are many among Ameri ca’s allies who believe the key to the Far East crisis still lies in the heavy pressure of world opin jon. The bulk of world opinion at the moment appears to see the United States’ position in the whole matter of the offshore is lands as hopelessly untenable, whatever their fears of Commu nist expansion might be. . Many of these allies view U.S. support of Chiang Kai-shek’s pipe dreams of reconquering the main land as a constant and growing menace to the peace of Asia and the world. Now the secretary seems to be outlining U.S. policy as follows: The United States would welcome an arrangement which did not in volve bowing to force and which would eliminate the elements in the present crisis which plainly menace world peace, All his emphasis is on the word “force.” The United States con tends, says Dulles, that the Com- Children Start . Univ. Classes The junior section of the “Ath-| ens Program” gets undgr way | Saturday at the University of Georgia Center for C.'ontinuing' Education, l [ The program includes an ex | perimental college preparatory | I class in Russian conversation and! grammar for 9th and 10th grade ‘students. They should have per mission from their high school principals, : Also on the schedule are classes in creative dramatics for grades three through eight, and in French conversation ~for grades three through six. i The fee for each of these courses is $7.50, covering nine sessions. lustructors are Mrs, Gregor Sebba in French, Dr. Thor Levitsgy in Russian, and Dr. James Popovich in dramaties. The dramatics class for grades three through six begins at 9 a. m. Saturday. All other classes start at 10 a. m. Those who have |not already enrolled may do so ljust before the classes begin. ‘ Adult evening classes begin Inext Monday, Sept. 2. New Wesather Satellite |s Blasted Into Space Huge U. S. Rocket Blazes . Some 300 Miles In Sky BY JACK KING CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Sept. 26. — (AP) — A weather probing Vanguard satellite was blasted into space today and preliminary instrumentation showed the rocket's three engines performed normally, I That meant the huge rocket blazed some 300 miles high in space, probably reaching a speed of 18,000 mites per hour, An official announcement said, however, that it was not yet known whether orbital height was obtained. This should be deter mined within about 2% hours. The first word on whether the United States had placed a fourth satellite in orbit was expected to come from the National Academy ?ot Science in Washington in two hours, ‘ Storm Masses The 72-foot, bullet-shaped rocket 'housed a 20-inch, 21% -pound sat lellite which, if orbited successful ly, could spot large storm masses such as hurricanes and typhoons as they build up around the earth. This was the seventh try at shooting a composite three-state Vanguard, with only one success ichalked up to date. - | It was also the first time a Vanguard had been fired success !fully in two months. During the |interim the siender missile was ,checked out from top to bottom land a few minor adjustments imade in the first two stages. An attempted launchinieof this lsaz: rocket was scrubbed last week when an electrical break down caused automatic engine ! }munisps cannot. be permitted to take what they want by torce.] The United States, he says, will not retreat in the face es “force or the threat of force,” but “our po sition otherwise is flexible.” What does this mean? Does it mean the Communists ' can hope to get the islands by labandoning force? If it does not 'mean that, then US. policy re-| 'mains inflexiible. In that case,| the United States must continue to support Chiang's presence in| the offshore islands. Does it mean there is a possi bility of negotiating the offshore islands into Communist hands? 'Then the United States, despite Dulles’ words, would be retreat- | |ing. And there would be no way |of explaining away the melan choly fact that it would be a re | treat before pressure. ' Dulles contends the recognition of Red China would be of im imense help to the Chinese Com | munists in carrying out their | Asian policy. But the present | U.S. position also is of great help to the Chinese in their Asian poli | cies and to the Russians in their | (Continued on Page Five) i TN . o T ; oA " o T a 8 »fiz",'", S e d TN e ; ‘ b Bl e, . L b L BT : b AR T e 4 ; \"Q L ‘k%‘ e 4#.7 »‘ L Y B R e, N b e i B Wi T AR | - Herhd T bt L W 1T R 4 SR SRR : s o U R ¥ — ’kfi R # 5 i R J oN F : \%E b dub ‘@w_ j £ TN o i B ;‘>;:- . L : y 1 L Sl B ‘ ] ggffi G s v o | il % . {'l, “"" ,: . Cnha R b e \\("":‘9\' 4 e ?;::3 W y f;s'm;, N " T PIMG A o . e a—— FONO—— osred e e - e FIRE IN THE HEART OF RICHMOND Smoke billows up from fire in the plant of the Everett Wad dey Company, stationery manufacturing firm, in the heart of the financial district at Richmond, Va. The flames broke out about 2 a. m. Thursday and burned until 7:30 a. m. Officials estmiated the damage at about S2OO,OOO.—(AP WIREPHOTO,) cutoff a split second before lift up. The mighty Vanguard engine ignited then with a flash but shut down just as quickly whem the trouble developed. Main Mission The main mission of the “see ing eye” moon was to measure the movement and disposition of cloud cover around the world to aid meteorological studies. Two lightsensitive photoelectric cells were carried in the satellite to do the job. The 22,600 pound rocket climb ed slowly aloft at 10:38 a.m., EST. It began to accelerate rapidly as it rose steadily into the cloud filled Florida skies. The sleek missile was bucking a brisk westerly wind as it roared skyward. After about 10 seconds the olivedrab and white missile end ed its vertical flight and curved toward the Southeast. It was a tiny white dot in the sky as it darted in and out of the clouds, After about 21 minutes burn out was expected from the first stage engine and the second stage was due to ignite at an altitude of about 28 miles. The lift-off appeared perfect to news observers watching from an observation tower about a mile and a half from the launching site. If all went well, the 50-pound spent third stage rocket would trail the satellite into an elptical orbit after attaining a velocity of 18,000 miles an hour. Thus, a total of 71% pounds would be in orbit. Because the payload was heav ier, the latest satellite was not expected to match. the imposing orbit gained by the only hitherto successfull Vanguard which began 'a 200-year journey through space 'last March 17. That satellite is |swinging as far out as 2,460 miles land as near as 407 miles in its 2-hour-14-minute trip through‘ ‘orbit. I Crawford Seeks Court Clerkship King Crawford has formally qualified with Ordinary Ruby Hartman as a candidate in the November 4 election to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of his father, Elmer J. Crawford, as clerk of courts, The termr to which Mr. Craw ford was elected expires on Dec,. 31, 1960. Mr. Crawford has served as deputy clerk for eight years and has directed the affairs of the office for the past year-and-a half during the illness of the se nior Mr. Crawford, “Read Dily By 35,000 People in Athens Trads Area Bank Of Comer s Robbed Today Between $3,000 And $5,000 Taken By Masked Bandit Flourishing Gun The Merchants and Farmers Bank of Comer was rob bed at gun-point this morning between 11:30 and 11:40 bv a lone bandit flourishing a gun. e John Terrell, president of the| bank told the Banner-Herald over long distance telephone the bandit; wore a straw hat and a white/ handkerchief over his face. i Waving his gun he commanded | the bank personnel to lie down on the floor, while he scooped up be tween $3,000 and $5,000 and rush-' ed out. He lost the handerchief in ?Ihis flight. | The bandit drove off in a white and black car, believed by wit nesses to be a Fairlane Ford, He went in the direction of Daniels ville. i John Birchmore, owner of the telephone company, said an elec ltrician name¢ Couch from Toccoa, 'was working in the telephone !building and saw the robbery. He! ran out to his car as the bandit| got in his car and gave chase, \with speeds up to ninety miles an ‘hour, but lost the bandit near, ‘Bowman. He went back to Bow lman and told officers and then 'took them back to where fi’le rob=- |ber turned off the main highway.\ | At 1:20 pm. it was reported ‘that road blocks had hemmed up! (the bandit between Bowman und‘ ‘Commerce but he had not yet | ;been captured. | | The bank personnel on duty in-1 icluded Mr. Terrell, Mrs. Mack |Booth, Mrs, Lewis' Escoe and Paul McCannon Jr. They all \obeyed the bandit wishing to avoid’ any shooting. President Terrell, Ison-in-law of Thomas M. Tillman, {of Athens, said the bank is fully icovered by insurance. | Mr. Terrell said the car he had 'had a license plate that had been Flanagan Rites Sef For Today Wilburn Ira Flanagan, Well known Athenian, died in a local hospital Thursday afteroon at 5 o'clock after an illness of seven months. Mr, Flanagan was 70 years old. Services were set for 5 o'clock this afternoon from MecDorman's Chapel with Rev. Hubert L. Flan agan Jr., pastor of St. James Methodist Church, officiating, viith burial in Oconee Hill Ceme tery. Selected as pall-bearers were Tom Flanagan, Elmer Flanagan, Alton Flanagan, Dewey Flanagan, Theo Flanagan and Hubert Flan agan. Mr. Flanagan is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nell McDorman Flan agan, Athens; brother, Hubert L. Flanagan Sr., Athens, and several nieces and ephews. He was a native of Clarke Coun ty, the son of Peter Flanagan and Susie Towns Flanagan and a life long resident here. For a number of years he was connected with the local post office and was al so a landowner and farmer. Mr. Flanagan resided 1333 South Lumpkin Street and was widely known throughout this sertion, Mrs. Flanagan taught in local public schools for many years and served as principal at Barrow School. First Methodisfs | Plan R ' an Rally Day . Rally Day will be observed by the First Methodist Church School Sunday. ‘ An annual observance held near the beginning of the Church | School year by all Methodist| churches, Rally Day is designed] to spotlight Christian education as vital to the life of the church and to the community. Also men and women are challenged to be come or continue as a worker in the Church School and educa tional program of the church. The offering this day goes to Christian educational work in the conference. During the morning worship service at 11:15 a. m. special rec ognition will be given Church School officers, teachers, and workers. This year's observance of Rally Day at the First Methodist Church merk s the beginning of Christian Education Week. BAPTISTS PLAN WORK-DAY The Milledge Avenue Baptist Church plans another work-day on Saturday, Sept. 27 on the Cas key property at the corner of Mil- Jedge Avenue and Gran Ellen Drive. Workers are requested to bring tools and assemble at the Marion Drive entrance to the property at 1:00 p.m. HOME EDITICN | i s 'bent upward and they could net get the number, E | Mr, Terrell also said they fi a good look at the bandit as fled and that Sheriff Dewey Sea= graves and the State Patrol were pursuing him and are believed to be closing in on the robber. He also said capture of the bandit is expected shortly, | Heroine of the affair was Mrs. "Roy Barton, wife of the Mayor of Comer. She was in the bdank when the bandit entered and ordered all inside to lie down on the floor. Instead of obeying his commald, Mrs. Barton ran out on the street screaming, “Hold-up, Hold-up” thus giving the first alarm that the hold-up was in progress. | When Mrs. Barton walked into " the bank with a payroll, the bandit |told her to lie down on the floor |also. “I'm not goint to do it,” she _defied him and walked out the 'door to give the warning, 3 I Fresh Supplies Pour In Quemoy By Sea And Air f TAIPEI, Formosa Sept. 28 — ' (AP)— Fresh supplies poured so | Quemoy’s defenders by air and {sea amid heavy Communist artille lery fire today. The buildup came as the Chi nese Nationalists announced an other aerial victory that boosted their claimed kills to 29—without a Nationalist loss—since the Aug. 23 flareup of the offshore war. Pilots reported one MIGI7 shot down and another possibly dam= aged in a battle late yesterday off Swatow between four of their American-built Sabre Jets and 18 of Red China's Seviet-supplied fighters. The first Nationalist ship con= voy to cross Formosa Strait since Monday sailed through a Red barrage and sent amphibious ve hicles racing to Quemoy’s beaches with cargo to replenish garrison stocks. Four correspondents wit= nessed the operation on a flight back to Taipei. Supplies Parachuted Transport planes parachuted high-priority supplies to the is= land overnight through skies pep= pered by bursting shells. It was the third such operation in three nights. Though the supplies are flow= ing again, the big questions are how much is getting through and how long the blockade puncturing can be kept up. These are vital questions be cause American policy of contain ing the Formosa Strait war seems now so hinge on denying the Reds the chance to starve out Quemoy, Hundreds of tons of supplies are needed daily for current use and to maintain reserve stocks. Two weeks ago almost nothing was getting through. But recemt state ments of other Chinese officials and American advisers indicate things are looking up for the is= land, five miles off Red China, Nationalist Vice President Chen Cheng declared publicly the Red blockade has been broken. But military officials are not that op timistic, New Obstacle A new obstacle to the supply line is the monsoon season, just beginning, which produces moun= tainous waves in Formosa Strait, Until spring these heavy seas will help protect Formosa and the Pescadores Islands, 80 to 120 miles off Red China, from surface in vasion. But they also interfere with Nationalist convoys. Because of the weather threat, the supply line will be inadequate until the Nationalists can send in daily several times what is used up in one day, said Rear Adm. Liu Hoh-tu, defense ministry ’spokesman. He reported the Na tionalists will dispatch convoys as )often as we can under all condi tions.” The Defense Ministry said the Chinese Communists hurled 5,308 shells at Quemoy yesterday, The total from midnight to 6 a.m, today, the 35th day of the battle, was reported to have been 1,737 shells. The ministry denied a declara tion by Radio Peiping that a Na tionalist Sabre Jet had been dam apped over Fukien province and to C 46 transports damaged in airdropping supplies to Quemaoy, The ministry said all returned safely, L /
