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''V JsyA A The Weather MIDDLE TENNESSEE Mostly sunny, hot and humid to. day and Wednesday. A few widely separated thundershow. ers 1ft the afternoons affecting about 10 per cent of the' area. Highs both days 85-93, low to.

nigtit '68-74. Outlook for Thursday: Little -harge, A PtlU WINNING NEWSPAPfR UT-WA Preu Awardi 1965 Tennessee's Oldest Newspaper -Established In 1803 VOL. 157 NO 153 FOURTEEN PAGES XLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29, 1965 HOME DELIVERED PRICE 35 CENTS A WEEK 10 CENTS SINGLE COPY IU1 U.S.7 Vietnam: An other Hunted In Wooded Area Near Lookout In fe. Pardtroopers bint t' -i: i r'-i A eration Op was captured following a chase by Chattanooga police. Authorities said Ernest Fleming, 28, of League City, and Leroy Perkins, 31, of Knoxvllle apparently abandoned a' car stolen at Nashville and took another at Guild.

Perkins was captured by the Highway Patrol. Fleming remained loose in 4he 1 i ij It i By MALCOLM W. BROWNE SAIGON, Viet Nam (AP) U.S. and Vietnamese paratroopers hunted together for the Viet Cong Jn the jungl 30 miles north of Saigon today in their "first, such combined operation of Kosy gin Says Peace Calls Are Deceptive MOSCOW (AE)- Premier "Alexei N. Kosy gin charged to- day that U.S.

calls for peace in Viet Nam are a deception and warned American forces "will have to take Into account an Increase in aid" to the Vietnam NEW LIONS, LIONESS OFFICERS The Clarksvillo Lions ond Lioness Clubs' officers for tho now yoor ware Installed at a dinner mooting last night at tho Vacation Motol Restaurant with Patrick Oppman, past president of tho Clarksvillo Club and now of Hopkinsvillc, as' tho installing officer. Lioness off kors seated from left are Mrs. Lorona Smith, Lion tamer; Mrs. Joan Moars, treasurer; Mr. Nancy Jacobs, vko-prosidont; and Mrs.

Mary president. Absent was Mrs. Martha Seay, tail twister. Lions offices standing from, left art John Rorber, third vice-president; Max Moars, second vice-president; Henry Marshall; tail twister; Gilford Martin, Lion tamer; Ramey Foust, president; Dr. London Dority, director; -William Dryo, secretary and treasurer; John Hag em an, director.

Absent wore Charles Camp-boll, director; and Joe Watson, first vice-president. (Chronicle Photo by Jim Monday) ese people, from CommunisU Bill Gass Lion New Officers Of The Yfear, Installed in' i i i in i- a pot 150 miles west north of Ha. not, U.S. military spokesmen announced. The spokesmen said the Thu-an Chau depot was two miles farther north than any previous Air Force target.

They said pi-(Continued on Pago 10, Col. 3) Marine Policy In Viet Nam Is Debated By RONALD I DEUTSCH DA "NANG, South Viet Nam (AP) Ranking U.S. Marine staff, officers in Viet Nam are debating whether the 16,500 Leathernecks in the country are enough to defend U.S. beachheads and installations and at the same time press the war against the Viet Cong. Opinion seems to be split down the middle.

The Marine commander in Viet Nam, Maj. Gen. Lewis Walt, has promised a tough pollcybf more Marine patrols, especially at night, to go after the elusive enemy. The Idea it that -the best defense is a strong offense" to keep the Viet Cong off balance and prevent them from massing for an attack. This is in line with a position taken several weeks ago by Gen.

Wallace M. Greene Marine Corps commandant: Greene said the Marine objec-tive in Viet Nam Is to "find (Continued on Pago 10, Col. 7) Albright Heads Hospital Board Of Trustees Victor Albright elected Chairman of the' Board of Trus tees of Memorial Hospital today, succeeding Walton Smith who has served as Chairman for the past two years. Charles W. Cross was elected Vice Chairman Jhd Harry Law Sr.

was named Secretary. Dempsey Marks and Ray Bowman were elected to serve with the officers as members of the Executive Comm.ttee. Mayor Charles W. Crow, judge William' O. Beach.1 and Walton Smith will serve as Ex Officio members of the" Executive Committee.

The new officers will" take over In September. the war. About 800 Australian infantry also moved in- late in the day. A Viet Cong grenade killed a young American paratrooper as he grobed down a jungle path festooned with vines and creep, ers. He was the first man from the U.S.

Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to die in action in Viet Nam. A rifle bullet wounded an. other In the chest. More than 1,200 men' of the lfard and two Vietnamese airborne battalions perhaps 800 men were lifted into the area Monday by a fleet of more than 130 helicopters. This followed up a B52 jet bombardment of a three -square-mile section of the Viet Cong stronghold June- 18 and a sweep last Thursday by one battalion of the J73rd.

As In the previous operations, 'visual contact with the enemy was slight. A. U.S. military spokesman said and Vietnamese casualties were light so far. Meanwhile, U.S.

Air Force planes (Hade their deepest strike into North Viet Nam today, hit-ting a barracks' and supply de- Walker Urges ego timid rt With Viet Cong -'WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) Former British Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker has urged the United States not to rule out the Viet Cong from playing a part In the future South Viet Nam government. "The only absolute war aim In a limited war in Viet Nam' Gordon Walker declared, "is to keep South Viet Nam free from Chinese domination and control." Gordon Walker said U.S. for-eign policy "has not with sufficient clarity 'distinguished between limited and unlimited ends In Viet Nam." He said the aim ot U.S. policy should be dl.

rected toward "the avoidance of defeat" since there can be neither victory nor defeat in a limited war. "Very important political advantages could be got out of the avoidance of defeat" since there can be neither victory nor defeat In a limited war. "Very Important political ad-vantages could be got out of the avoidance of defeat," Gordon Walker contended. "The failure (Continued on Pago 10, Col. S) countries.

The premier also assailed U.S. pdlicyin the Dominican Republic and' other parts of the world, charging the United States with aggression, "Some In the United States, including the President himself, have tried to Justify these aggressive acts," Kosygln said, by a right to Intervene in "othersountries. ThisTneams, lie added, that Washington seeks to determine the social systems in countries. la the policy of the ex-treme rightists whose leader is Sen. (Barry) Goldwater," -Kosy.

gin said. He said the Soviet Union fully supports the conditions of North Viet Nam and the Communist- led National Liberation Front in South Viet Nam for a settlement there. He listed them as: (Continued on Pago 10, Col. J) a number from other local civic The guest speaker, introduced (Continued on Pagi 10, Pilot Tells Of Dramatic Landing SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A steel -nerved airlines transport captain told today how he brought his 143 passengers and 9 crew associates to a safe land, ing with 20 feet of fire-burned wing missing after one engine fell off. Pan American Flight 843, Boeing 707 jet, had just reached 700 feet altitude on Monday's takeoff for Hawaii and Manila.

"That is when she blew," said Capt. Charles Kimes, 44, of Danville, Calif. "I climbed to between 1 200 and 1,400 feet. I could have gone higher but I decided not to, because I had no faith in the Integrity-of the remaining por tion of the wing where the en glne (No. 4) went.

"Then the engine snapped off, the plane took a rather sudden turn to the right, which was to be expected. I compensated for this turn and flew out over1 the water (San Francisco Bay which the airport borders) to keep away from the populated areas. (bouth ban Francisco, over which the jets off, has a (Continued on Pago 10, Col. I) NASHVILLE (AP) Six men, armed and considered dangerous, escaped from the maximum security, section of Central State Hospital Monday night. Early today, two of the men held up a service station at Guild, and one of the twe GOR Seeking Votes Lost To Democrats By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (AP) Chair man Kay C.

Bliss outlined to the. Republican National Com. mittee today" an ambitipuspro- gram aimed at reclaiming the big-city, Negro and young peo pies' vote he said had been stolen away by the Democrats. Bliss told a closed session of the committee he intends to "enlarge and broaden existing programs to build' support among. Negro voters." He said the Republicans will concentrate on big-city areas where they had per cent df the vote in 1960 but dropped to 32 per cent when Barry Goldwater was tl presidential candidate la year.

There will be aprogram, Bliss said, directed at getting college students and others of that age enlisted as workers. He noted that by 1970 half of the "U.S. population will be under 25 years of age. Also on the agenda at the meeting was a recommendation by Bliss for appointment of a (Continued on Pago 10, Col. 7) Shots Fired At Home Of Acme Worker Tenn.

(AP) Six shots were fired Monday night through the front window of the home of Ray Osborn, a non-union worker at the Acme Boot Co. plant here. Osborn told police his wife and three children were sleep ing when the shots were fired. Four more shots struck the trunk lid and bumper of Os- born's car, parked, in front of the house. Police said Osborn reported the shots apparently were fired from a passing car.

Officers are seeking the automobile. The United Rubber Workers Union struck five' midst ate Acme plants, Including the one (Continued on Pago 10, Col. 4) We have an oxcart method of electing space age presidents. We risk serious trouble by continuing it. Its a loaded pistol with which we play Russian Roulette every four He noted that it is possible for a United States president to be elected even though a majority of the voting citizens voted against him.

Klrby, former, chief counsel to the U.S. Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments, noted that President Johnson has. proposed an amendment that would eliminate electors, but preserve the of weighted state electoral votes. "They would bo cast auto-matically for the candidate who wins the popular vote of a state," he said. "This would freeze Into -the constitution the present wlnher-take-all or state unit system." hattanooga area.

Officers and bloodhounds were searching for Fleming in wooded area near the foot of Lookout Mountain. Earlier, Johnny Wayne Bax ter, 19, of Nashville, was flushed from beneath a parked car in downtown Nashville. "There were so many police cars, we didn't know where to go," police quoted Baxter, as saying. He said he wanted to go home to see his wife, Sandra, io. "ii i ever get anoiner chance, I'm going to run away again," Baxter' was quoted as saying.

The six escapees had been comminea to me nospuai ior psychiatric examination, and all had been declared competent to stand trial, said Dr. John Wilson, Central State Superintendent. He said the six were waiting to be released to authorities when the escape occurred. The other men involved In the (Continued en Pago 10, CoL I) Leaders In Dl rAW a I 4 I I JtLJI I mm. Willi To Be LdsKed NASHVILLE (AP) Ten lashes with a leather strap will be ad ministered to each of the seven ringleaders In last week's coal mine revolt at Brushy Mountain Prison.

State Corrections Commissioner Harry Avery said he ap-proved the strap for the first time In more than-, a year at the suggestion of the prison's disciplinary committee. The prison mine strike, the ruth since lsao, serious than any confronted before," he said. Seventy-three prisoners sat (Continued on Pago 10, Col. 2) City Buses Will Not Run On Jul 5 The Clarksville City Buses will not operate Monday, July 5 in ob servance of the July 4 holiday. Buses will resume their regular schedules Tuesday, July 5, J.

Meek, manager of theClarksvllh; Transit Authority said, 1 "Winner -take-all" means that even though the leader in an election polled only per cent of the state's popular vote, he gets 100 per cent of its electoral vote. The loser gets no votes. Klrby said those that would change the winner -take-all rule are sharply divided Into three camps for (1) a proportional division of the state's electoral (Continued on Pago 10, CoL 4) Todnv's fhrnnirlo Builders 1 ..2 Classified Comics Editorial Farm Movies Obituariei Society Sport TV 13 it ...4 8 10 -J Roy Acuff Says Dunbar Cave Can Be Shelter Roy Acuff, Country music star and owner of Dunbar Cave, signed the license today giving the civil defense permission to stock cave as a fallout shelter. Dunbar Cave will be the largest shelter in Montgomery County. It "will be stocked by the Federal Government with food, water, medical and sanitary supplies, also radiological monitoring kits.

It will accomodate 2,603 people for two weeks. More supplies may be added later. The Cave has natural aircondl- (Continued on Pago 10, Col 4) BILL. GASS-Lion of the Year Kadar Still Top Man In Hungary By HANS BENEDICT VIENNA, Austria (AP) -Communlst party Chief Janos Kadar still appears to be top man In Hungary after giving up the premiership in a reshuffle. Kadar, 53, resigned as premier Monday and handed 'the job to Gyula Kallal, 55, his dep.

uty since 1960. He retained the top party post, the most powerful position in Communist countries. At least seven new men were named to the Communist party's top echelon. They appeared to te handplcked by Kadar to Insure his control of the party Hungarian officials said the changes did not mean any alteration In Hungary's domestic or foreign policies but were designed to take "some of the burden off Mr. Kadar's shoulders." The official announcement said the change was made so that Kadar could "devote his whole time to his duties as the (Continued on Pago 10, Col.

4) Bill Gass, out-going president of the Clarksville Lions Club, was named "Lion of the Year" at the annual installation dinner of the Lions and Lioness Clubs held at the Vacation Restaurant New Providence last night, The Lioness Club tad pre viously presented the Lioness of the Year" award to Matt hew McRae, due to the McRaes being transferred to another city before the installation date. "The Lions, Lionesses andtheir guests heard W. G. Borchert, vice-president of Life and Cas ualty Insurance Company in Nashville in -charge of- Public Relations, give a humorous talk Interspersed with the importance of public relations in various walks of life. Following a steak dinner, tiie program got underway with Gass introducing the guests, including 260 To Begin Training At Austin Peay Representative William R.

An- derson. announced today that 260 people will begin training at Austin Peay State College under the Manpower Development and Training Act. These workers will be trained for 24 weeks, in Va. rious occupations. The cost of the project will be $273,947, of which $218,400 represents training allowances to be paid to trainees and $55,547 represents training costs.

Congressman Anderson aid "The training allowance provides the opportunity for the trainee to support himself while in training. The Manpower and Training Development Act is a unique program which gives unemployed and underemployed workers a chance for a fresh start in life." program the traditional ap-proach and the one taken by the House; a two-year extension and then an end to the program in Its present form with a special study group charged with refashioning It the course taken by the Senate. At an afternoon session Mon- (Continued on Pago 16, Col. Deaths See local deaths column, page 10, Eddtce Fletcher Mrs. Annie Moore Mrs, Wilson Bowers Luther Eldridge in obituary Electoral College May Fa upre me Court lest Aid Bill May Be Passed This Week SAN ANTONIO, Tex.

(AP The nation's electoral college termed by one law professor an Oxcart method of electing space age presidents" may be headed for some rough sledding as a result of recent U.S. Su preme Court rulings. State attorneys general from around the country have been warned by authorities on the subject that suits questioning the constitutionality of the col lege are just over the horizon. The controversy is brewing out of the 1964 high court, "one- man, one-vote" order that each house of a state legislature be apportioned on a strict popula Hon basis. James C.

Klrby professor of law at Northwestern Univer sity, told the attorneys general at the opening of their annual three-day convention Monday) "Something should be done. By BARRY SCHWEID WASHINGTON (AP) House and Senate conferees have met seven times without agreeing on a foreign aid bill, But Rep. Thomas E. Morgan predicts, success by week's end." Morgan, a Pennsylvania heads the House team. So far the conferees have been concentrating mostly on what Sen.

J. W. Fulbrlght, calls the "underbrush," leaving the major difference between the separate aid authorizations passed by the House and Senate: one-year extension of the ROY ACUFF SIGNS Country imitle star and ownor tho Dunbar Cvo, Roy Acuff, on rock, Is shown signing tho licomo today giving permission to stock the evo fallout shelter. It will bo tho lorgost shelter In Montgomery County. Looking on Is John D.

Russell, CUrksvlllo-Montgorrtory County CMI Dofonso Dlroctor, and Captain HsrH.il D. Phillips, Fort Camaboil Civil Doonso Dlroctor. (Chrorticlo Photo by W. J. Soma).

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