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Tocay' 's Chronicle The Weather MIDDLE TENNESSEE: Mostly sunny and warm this afternoon and Wednesday with widely separated afternoon and evening tfiun-dershowers. High 88 to 94 both days. Fair and mild tonight with a low in the 60s. Outlook for Thursday, Utile change: High Yesterday 89 Early Morn. High -'80 Early Current 76 Low 66 River Falling 1.7 Classified Comics Editorial Farm Movies Sop iety Sports 'mm Tennessee's Oldest Newspaper Established In 1808 VOC.

154 NO. 121 TEN PAGES 7H CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE. TUESDAY MAY 22 962 HOME DELIVERED PRICE 30 CENTS A WEEK SINGLE COPY PRICE 7 CENTS rri It J- i 1 Some Relir rpenteiMayBe Craft Explodes In Air Grain To ed From Elevators Owned By Estes Laurie hedOn bit Flight Thursd ay 1 marsh 15 miles to the west. The latter was reported only smouldering today. of heavy" clouds above the Cape on Thursday apparently vanished overnight when a storm front in the Midwest shifted direction to the north-northeast.

The storm earlier was pushing the clouds toward Florida. There was a possibility of winds and waves in the Atlantic Tecov-ery but officials believe CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. AP Twin threats of weather and forest fire smoke dissolved today and Project Mercury official were optimistic that astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter could be launched on his orbital flight Thursday. Weather experts said smoky haze widely scattered fires was riot settling in this area as feared' Monday.

They said there probably will be some haze if0TT Vx3 will be acceptable on but it should not interfere with camera tracking of the Atlas booster rocket. The fires are in the Everglades, south of Cape Canaveral, and in a Cape Cod Wants Help FORCEFUL RETURN Ttan toll most of tho story at weeping Yip Yat-Yin carries hit son at tho father and hit wife leave Honk Kong Sunday aftr being refuted permittion fo live there by British, soldiers. The metal worker fled Red China several years ago. The wife and child had arrived in tho latest group of Chines eluding British border guards. Hong Kong's Chinese residents booed tho police who forced the return of the family." Angry Chinos villagers thrutt their own children into the path of a truck convoy to try halt forced repatriation of refuge.

(AP Wirephofo via radio from Tokyo) In Halting Migration Formosa Pans For Refugees From China grain in Estes' warehouses now has been firmed up." Barnes said. Barnes said that about 33.391,-000 bushels of grain were in Estes warehouses on March 31 and an additional 8,649,000 bushels were in houses associated with Estes. How Estes got contracts to store the grain with payments from the government of millions of dollars, a year is one of the questions to be explored in a forth- coming Senate investigation. In that cohnectiohrit expectsTo" look into allegations that influence in Washington helped Estes build his vast cotton and grain empire. Estes is now bankrupt and is awaiting trial on fraud Experts To Study Body And Wonders Of Marshall FRANKLIN, Tex.

(AP)-County grand jurors called more witnesses today while experts planned to study the body of an Agriculture- Department official linked to the Billie Sol' Estes case. Dist. Judge John Barron Monday ordered the disinterment- of Henry H. Marshall, 52, whose death- from five bullet wounds last June 3 was officially pronounced suicide. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman said two weeks ago that secrets in the operations of Estes, West Texas farm tycoon indicted for fraud and theft, died with Marshall.

Marshall was chief administrator and investigator in Texas for the government's cotton allotment program. He had 'been looking into Estes' cotton allotments. Dist. Atty. Bryan Russ had invited Freeman to appsar before the grand jury here if the secre- tary trad Free- man.

in a telegram, advised ty officials "We know of none here who may have any firsthand knowiadge. We are continuing to check and if any -names (are found will advise you, as we want you to have our full cooperation in this Marshall was found dead on his farm near here. He1 had been shot with a bolt-action rifle. Justice of the Peace Lee Fafmer returned an inquest verdict of suicide. A few hours after the "grand jury reopened the investigation Judge Barron ordered the disinterment.

He said he acted at the request of Russ and with the consent of Marshall's widow. A state chemist, a ballistics expert and a pathologist were to examine the remains. The district attorney said new obtained by the grand jury prompted the autopsy. -He gave no details. Judge Barron said that through the autopsy "we can determine whether this is murder or not." From Drou.

Heat Likely By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS' The weatherman promised a-break in the heat today as a cold front moved in toward West Tennessee, bringing badly needed moisture and lower temperatures. forecast called for widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon with scattered thunder-stroms likely tonight. As much as one incfr of rain can be expected in some areas, the weatherman said. Most of West Tennessee has been without rain since May i. "iprejhan six inches below normal.

Memphis went through its 11th consecutive day Monday of high readings above the 90-degree mark. Monday's high was 91. The thundershowers are not expected to do much for the state's sun-baked farm lands. But at this stage, farmers will wel-r come anything they can get. Assistant agronomist Joe Matthews of the University of Tennessee says grain yields in the state may suffer as a result of drought, and grass and hay production is down in many areas.

East Tennessee tobacco farmers are reported behind in setting tobacco. The hard-hit strawberry crop in Portland, is reported 50 per cent below normal. JDavidson County Agent Felix Knight says rain might save the county's pastures, but it will have to come sooBi'lantitig is being delayed, also, he said. If it's any consolation, the Weather Bureau says farmers needn't fear from the Crab Orchard weather prophet's prediction of frost on the Cumberland Plateau Wednesday. Mrs.

Helen Lane, whose amateur meteorology is based on such unscientific things as the thickness of cornshucks and the height of hornets' nests, said thunder over Crab Orchard, on Feb. 23 was a sure Sign of frost for the corresponding day in May. Baggett Rites I kA Jl 6 1 CI lYl Cj Funeral services for Leonard Baggett, 77, were conducted at 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon at the Teasley Funeral Home in Nashville. Burial was In a Nashville" cemetery.

Mr. Baggett suffered a heart attack late Friday evening and died early Saturday morning. He was a native of Montgomery County, son of the late Joseph and Mary Smith Baggett, but had lived in Nashville for a number of years. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Tennle McGhee Baggett; a son, Roy Nashville; four daughters, Mrs.

James' Wlggs and Mrs. Ed Gresham, Nashville; Mrs. Charlie Harris, North Carolina and Mrs. Percy Priest, Florida; five grandchildren, and 10 great grandchildren; two brothers Will Baggett, Cunningham, and Leamon Baggett, Slayden; two sisters, Mrs. Weldon Yar-brough and Mrs.

Eldon Underwood, Cunningham. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Thai soldiers are mixed with the Wolfhounds in their present camp site, however Col. William 27th's tough commander, says his men will remain at their camp near Khorat until all support elementsincluding tanks and two batteries of howitzers have arrived. will say where they will go then.

WASHINGTON (AP The Agriculture Department said today it will move some 42 million bushels of grain out of elevators and warehouses owned or connected with Billie Sol Estes. Texas financier now under indictment for fraud: George A. Barnes, an assistant to Secretary of Agriculture Or-ville L. Freeman, said the grain will be moved to other locations "In "an orderly manner over the next 18 months. Barnes told a news conference that a crash program of moving the grain would-cost some $2 million.

however, he said, the way in which it is to be done will not cost thfr government anything additional. Asked why the grain should be moved, Barnes said it was a matter of public policy. When asked to clarjfy his statement, Barnes replied: There are a lot of considerations which have to be taken into account on public policy. The secretary of agriculture exercises administrative judgments on matters of this kind. After looking over all that is involved, the decision was made that the best interests of the' department would be served moving this grain out in an orderly manner." Barnes earlier had said that a new $10 million bond covering the grain stored in the Estes elevators and warehouses had just become valid and is in effect Earlier Estes had been bonded for about $700,000 as insurance on the.

grain stored in his properties. "The department policy on the AMA Says Medicare 'Cruel Hoax' By PIERCE LEHMBECK NEW YORK (AP) The Ameri can Medical Association has countered President Kennedy's plea for support of his1 "medical care for the aged plan wkh an attack on the measure as a cruel hoax that would "heartlessly ignore millions" who need coverage. In a paid, nationally televised reply to the President, association leaders said Monday night the public is in danger of being brainwashed into swallowing" a plan that would disrupt health services and turn patients into impersonal numbers. The Kennedybacked King-Anderson measure provides for medical care for the aged under Social Security. Following the AMA telecast.

Secretary of Education and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff declared that it was "just another staging of 'let's fool the American people' again' and charged that it omited important factors. The AMA representatives spoke from Madison Square Garden; the same spot from which Kennedy urged support of the King-Anedrson measure a day earlier in a free-time public service national telecast. But whereas Kennedy spoke before a live audience of 17,500, the two AMA spokesmen sat alone in the vast arena ah arrangement that they said "may help us get across to the American people the grossly unfair disadvantage under which we doctors are laboring to make our voices and our reasons heard." A Boston station: WBZ-TV, re- fused to carry the program. This brought a complaint from the (Continued on Peg 7, Col. S) Woman Receives Minor Injuries EBERSBERG, Germany (AP) A four-engine U.S.

Navy transport plane crashed and burned near this south Bavarian town today. American military police reported from the scene at least 20 persons were killed. A U.S. Army spokesman at Munich said the WV2 Constellation -apparently exploded in the air and lost 'its tail section before it hit the ground in an open field. German eyewitnesses reported "seeing the aircraft roll over In the air several times before crashing.

Wreckage was strewn over a wide area. Witnesses said sonw of the bodies were badly burned Or mangled. First to reach the scene was the mayor of Markt Schwaben, He' said he and other would-be rescuers were unable to get close to the plane because of the flames. German fire fighters finally brought the fire under con- trol. 1.

Roads leading into this rural area were jammed by long lines of automobiles, attracted by the explosion and blaze. The U.S. Air Force European headquarters at Wiesbaden said the Navy craft was based in Rota, Spain, and had come to Frank furt on a regular flight to Germany. An Air Force spokesman said it was on a routine training flight out of Frankfurt wheti lire crash occurred. It had planned to come back to Frankfurt again, he said, before taking off for Spain.

An alarm brought 14 German fire engines to the scene 10 miles east onf Munich close to the village of Markt Schwaben. Mathias Wolf; who works in the community hall at Markt Schwaben, gave this eyewitness account of the crash: "The plane crashed from an altitude of about 9,000 feet out of a completely clear sky. It was not' yet on" fire while in the air. The plane rolled over several times in the air and then crashed a couple of hundred yards from our village. There was an explosion as if an atomic bomb had dropped." lettSrArmys Southern Area Command at Munich sent 185 troops to the crash scene to help investigators and control crowds.

Except for the tail section, which landed several miles from the main crash site, the wreckage was confined to a relatively close area, an Army spokesman Said. A team of Army specialists was dispatched from. Frankfurt to take over identification and transpor---tation of the bodies of the vie-' tims. New Uses For Coal Planned BALTIMORE (AP) Developments of coal as a fuel in a piston pump and as an evaporator of the ocean's salt water was suggested Monday among possible means of restoring king coal to its throne. One group of researches told a symposium of new uses for coal at a meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers there was a potential for 70 million tons a year in the natural pas field.

Another envisioned spreading powdered coal on the ocean to induce rain. Researches for Booz-AUen Ham. -ilton of Chicago expressed belief that a piston pump using the ex- plosive properties of powdered coal is feasible. Mrs. Hogue Dies, Rites Set Mrs.

Lucy McClanahan Hogue, 77r Evansville died Sunday in Evansville after short illness. Born ih Montgomery County. Mrs. Hogue had lived here until a few years ago when she moved to Indiana. She was the widow of the late Edgar L.

Hogue. She was a member of the Jehovah Witness CJiurch. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. In Evansville. Survivors are three sons, Em-mett Hogue Nashville, Preston Hogue, Evansville, and Lomiie Hogue.

Clarksville; fourdaugh-' ters, Mrs. Boyd Bulle Evansville, Mrs. Finis Haynes and Mrs. Vers Suiter both of Clarksville, end Mrs. Dale Jsrtnan, Turner, 31 grandchildren: 38 greet grandchildren; one brother.

Jim McClanahan. Paducah. Ky. Nationalist island Newspapers in Formosa threw their support behind the government's decision and also backed up the government's appeal for assistance from other non -Communist Officials of the Hong Kong gov- -ernmont had no official comment on the Nationalist offer, leaving that to their parent government in London. Privately, however, indeed, any are taken in appreciable numbers," said one source.

"We have a million refugees now. Fifty thousand more have (Continued on Pag 7, Col. 4) Mrs. Black Dies, Funeral Set Thursday Mrs. Myrtls Armstrong Black, 72, died Sunday in Joliet, after a long period of ill health.

She was a resident -of South-side. Funeral services will be con- ducted Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Lone Oak Baptist Church by the Rev. Lloyd Ashby. Burial will be in Rlvervlew Cemetery.

The body will be at Mc-Reynolds Funeral Home until 10 a.m. Wednesday, when it will be carried to the home of Ray Black, Southslde. She was a native of Montgomery County, March 20, 1890, daughter of the late' James and Phoebe Bruce Armstrong. Her husband. Will preceded her In death.

She is survived by four sons, Hatton and Donald Black, Joliet, 111., Charles, Clarksville, and Ray Black, Southslde; seven daughters, Mrs. E. J.Carter,and Mrs. Woodrow Devers, Joliet, Mrs. J.

D. Heggle, Mrs. Dewey Mlnton, and Mrs. Paul Hill, WUmlngton. Mrs.

Fred Grant, Cleveland, Ohio, and Mrs. H. E. Harris, Clarksville; four brothers, Tommy Armstrong, Clarksville; Culmer and Richard Armstrong, Detroit, and Armstrong, Hopklns--vllle two sisters, Mrs. Roselce Parker, Clarksville, and Mrs.

lona Bard, Detroit, 44 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Tnursday. 7 A spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- Continued on Pao 7, Col. 1) back soon on tickets offered by other listeners.

At Jackson, target of many of the freedom rides last (Continued on Page 7, Col. 4) Civitans See Special Film The Cumberland Heights Clvi-tan Club was host to its child, the Central CI vita Club of Cunningham, Monday night when a special film "Tomorrow's Food power" was narrated by Chet Huntley as shown on the screen. Reports bttnfe "Bowling Green, Kentucky, Clvltan Convention ending Saturday, was given by Presidents elect, Wendel Jones of Cumberland Heights and Noah Kesslnger of Central. Lieutenant Governor John Moorefleld reported that a plan was being considered for joint action by the niite Civitan clubs of the county in instruction and' -embining4heirtoJStQwards more efficient operations for the coming year. He also reported that a council for the new officers for the coming year would be held June 9th ill Nashville and urged all officials to attend.

Lieutenant Governors named and installed at the Bowling Green Convention included GusNorfleet from the New Providence Club; Lewis Ellarson of the Clarks-ville Club; and John Moorefleld from Central. Ellarson and Moorefleld will retain their respective clubs of last year and Norfleet will supervise the clubs formerly under John Meacham. A small increa se in dues for the Valley District was voted at the convention to meet increased expenses. Robert Johnson presided and told of the eight years his club (Continued on Pag 7, Col. 4) Optimist Teen Of The Week JANE SMITH Miss Jane Smith, a junior at Woodlawn High School, is today's Optimist Club Teen of the Week.

Jane now becomes eligible to represent this area in the Top Teen of the Year Contest which will be held in Nashville In November. Each week the local Op-, tlmlsts sponsor a teenager to honor their outstanding achievements to their home, school, church and community life. Jane is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nolen Smith, Wood-lawn.

Another story featuring Jane is found on page 3 of today's Leaf-Chronicle. "fa A By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The citizens of Cape Cod, have asked for help to stem the flow northward of Negroes given one-way bus tickets by segrega- tionist groups in the South. The actions were taken while two Negro women and their 20 children were aboard buses on their way from Little Rock, to Hyannis, Mass. President- Kennedy-and -other -members of his family own summer homes in Hyannis Port, which is only four miles from Hy- -annis where the bus rides terminate. Hyannis and Hyannis Port are parts of the Town of Barnstable.

At the statehouse in Boston, Republican Rep. Allan F. Jones of Barnstable appealed to Atty. Gen. -Robert F.

Kennedy to join with Southern legislators to "do all in their power to stop this evil Jones described the Negro rid-, ers as "pawns in a diabolical, inhuman game of revenge." He said they were being told "an indecent lie that good homes and good jobs await them when they arrive." AT Hyannis. selectmen met 1n emergency session and appealed to U.St House Speaker John Wj. "MeCormack, to formu late legislation against any state exporting welfare cases. Twelve Negroes have arrived in Hyannis during the past 10 days and all but two have, been given quarters in a dormitory of the Cape Cod Community College in HyannisxThe two mothers and their 20 children are to be lodged In Pittsburgh, Charles R. Gordon, a Negro radio newscaster, said he has accepted an offer of a one-way ride to Africa from a white listener who wants to send him back where he came from.

If he actually goes, he said, he'll be Two Held For Mischief Two Fort Campbell soldiers were arrested this morning and charged with malicious mischief. The two, Robert L. Lopez, 23, and Robert P. McAdams, 24, were arrested by Deputy Sheriff James Bowles and are charged with entering the home of Mrs. Helen Henley, Cedar Street, New Provi dence, Saturday night.

The Henleys were away from home over the weekend and returned Sunday afternoon to find beer cans strewn around the Inside of the house. Nothing was reported missing however. Officers said it appeared the two men had entered and spent the night. Hearing has been set for Wednesday morning in General Sessions Court. seats and would not apply to Senate membership.

The House Speaker came here from a Monday meeting at Mor-ristown with a group of East Tennessee lawmakers. He previ-oujiiy conferred with legislators In sectional meetings at. Jackson and Bomar said his plan would allocate 99 members to the House, same as at present. It would provide for about 70 direct representatives and 29 floterial representativeslawmakers who represent more than one county: His plan' would give one direct representative to the counties for1 population ranging be- Continued en Pag 7, Col. 2) Young G.J.

Cries 'Haiti By CONRAD FINK NEAR THE IMJIN RIVER, South Korea (AP) "Halt!" command cut through the nighty echoing into the valley where U.S. troops and Communists confront each other across the Korean armistice line. Behind the command was an 18-year-old American who wondered if the noise he heard was a deer, an inspecting officer from his unit or a Communist North Korean trying td kiU him. Pfc. Ronald Hanson, Sap Ber-1 nardino, tough and cockily aware of it, was on guard at a forward position on the United Nations front facing North Korea.

"Who goes there?" he challenged. This time ft was Captf James Patterson, Lexington, Mass. Man-son's superior and commander of Troop, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division. Patterson is young, too just 31, He -has 10 years of rmy-expt ience and the mark of a good commander. He is fond of prowling through the predawn mists that cloak Korea's mountains to check outposts manned by some of his 140 men.

Hanson's small unit is expenda-ble, militarily speaking. It fronts on the demilitarized zone, a strip of neutralized no man's land stretching across Korea. The Im-jin River is at the squadron's back. The men admit their position would be untenable in a shooting war. Their primary mission, they say, is to report all 'enemy activity across the zone and, if fighting breaks out, hold long enough to give rear elements time to man their battle positions.

"We play it cool up here," Hanson said later, "because we never know when Joe will Joe is Gl slang for North Korean. The squadron holds the middle of Kaeson Corridor, ancient invasion route used by the Communists in 1950 when they opened the Korean War with a southward offensive that rolled through Seoul and swept to fusiin at the souther end of the Korean peninsula. Shortly' after-dusk each night, small patrols armed with rifles, pistols and flares move through the demilitarized zone, through 0aths thai are separated by only one strand of barbed wire from North Korea. Under the 1953 arm-. istice, the squndron can have 100 men in the zone at one time." Often they meet Communist patrols.

"It's kinda spooky," said Sgt. Charles Higgs. Sacramento, Ky. "But it's serious busines." troit auto transport firm accused of setting up a Tennessee firm, Test Fleet and throwing lucrative auto hauling business its At the same time, it was charged, Commercial Carriers had a labor contract with the Teamsters Union. The Miami case involves a charge of mail fraud in -connection with a Florida real estate promotion.

Hoffa was here to address a luncheon meeting of the Teamsters political organization. Some 1,000 persons heard him, many of them women members of the group's auxiliary, whose national president is Hoffa'l wife, Josephine. Mrs. Hoffa spoke jp support of her husband. By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) Vice President Chen Cheng met with the Nationalist Chinese govern- incut's special refugee committee today to begin planning for the resettlement of refugees from Red -China who are willing to come to Formosa.

President Chiang Kai-shek's government set up the committee Monday after a storm of criticism because it had offered a haven to only a comparative few of the thousands of refugees British offk cials are barring from overcrowded Hong Kong. It was generally believed, however, that most of the refugees want to remain in Hong Kong, close to their homeland, rather than come to comparatively remote Formosa. Many of the refugees have relatives in the British crown colony, which has given haven to more than 1.5 million -Chinese stnee 4ie-Communis4s-2 conquered the mainland 14 years ago. Officials said that to expedite -the flow of those willing to come to Formosa, security screening to weed out Communist, agents would take place after they reach the Reading Clinic Set At Austin Peay A summer reading clinic for students from fourth grade through twelfth grade will be of- fered at Austin Peay State College from June 7 through July 13. Two hours of Instruction will be given each day, five days per week.

The time of instruction will be arranged within the hours of 7:30 to 12:30 a.m. Attention will be given to remedial reading with opportunity for advanced students to receive instruction in higher, developmental skills needed for high school and college work. Spelling, various methods of word attack including phonics, vocabulary drills, and exercises to improve comprehension will be a major. pan of the program. Students, that need exercises to increase speed of reading will receive instruction and have access to the use of reading accelerators during the entire program.

A fee of $50 per student will cover all costs of tests, reading materials and Instruction. Students, who wish to register and pay by the week will be charged $12 per week." Miss Catherine Beard and Mrs Anna Belle Dar- den will be In charge of the instruction. Interested persons should call the office of Dean F. G. Woodward, Austin Peay State College, telephone 645-2002, or Miss Catherine Beard or Mrs.

Anna Belle Darden between the hours of 7 and 9, evenings. 7 Auxiliary To Make Wreaths Members of the American Legion Auxiliary are, asked to be at the Legion Club Friday, May 25, at 8:30 a.m. to make wreaths for decorating the soldier's graves, LT.S. Infantrymen Step Up Antiguerrilla Training Hoffa Says Kennedy Administration Framed Him Bomar Sure House Wi Pass Hiif Re-Map Plan By TONY ESCODA KHORAT, Thailand infantrymen are stepping up their antiguerrilla warfare training the heavily forested countryside of central Thailand. They are also being taught what the Communist foes they may have to face look like.

The 27th Infantry Wolfhounds of Korean' War fame are camped in the foothills near the big Thai military staging center of Khorat, 135 miles northeast of Bangkok. The 1,000 Wolfhounds came to Thailand six weeks ago to take" port in a series of jungle exercises with the Thai army and other units of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. They were kept here when the United States decided last week to station forces in Thailand to guard against Communist military thrusts from neighboring Laos. Another 1,000 men and vehicles and heavy support equipment, are arriving by air and sea from the Wolfhounds' base in Hawaii. Capt Charles T.

Keaton of Mor-ganton, N.C., the training officer, says emphasis is on such tactics as ambushing and infiltration, along with defenses against them. He said the men are also getting familiarization courses in the uniforms worn by the Communist-led, Pathet Lao forces in Laos and the North Vietnamese. A woman had minor leg Injuries in an accident last night at North Second and Kraft Streets, according to Sergeant Ed Groves of the city police department. Injured was Karlan Stltes, New Providence. She was a passenger in car driven by Michael Clyde 101st Airborne, MP Detachment, Fort Campbell.

The Stltes car was damaged $500. The other car Involved was driven by Oren Long, Route 1, Cave City, Ky. His car was a total loss. Stites was going north on Second and Long south on Second when Long reportedly started nuking a left turn onto Kraft Street. I Groves Investigated at 7:10 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA )AP -James R. Hoffa, Teamsters Union president, says the Kennedy administration deliberately framed an Indictment against him to cover up the Billie Sol Estes scandal in Texas. Hoffa, at a news conference Monday, said his indictment last Friday at Nashville, was handed up by a federal grand jury for the purpose of covering up the Estes case and to cast a shadow over Hoffas trl in Mi-! ami. The two-count indictment, in Nashville charged Hoffa with violating the Taft-Hartley law and collecting some million dollars illegally. Indicted with Hoffa was Commercial Carriers, a De NASHVIUJ: (AP House Speaker James L.

Bomar of Shelbyville said today he has received enough pledges of support to pass his so-called "middle of the road" reapportionment plan in the House ef Representatives. He said the plan will be included in a bill to be introduced when the special session of the General Assembly convenes here next. Tuesday. "And I believe we will have the signatures of more than a consti- tiitional majority of 50 members on the bill when is presented," Bomar said. He said he has not looked into the bill's chances of passing the Senate.

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