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Telephone 842-2611 Price 10 Cents
Tupelo, Mississippi, Friday Morning: July 14, 19~2
Vol. 99 Ne. 89
S. Green St.. East of Hospital
TO FUND NEW SPECIAL SERVICES
Tupelo Schools Seeking $1 Millio~thm~c~~~u!, By DWIGHT GENTRY Journal Staff Writer The Tupelo Public School system has applied for nearly $1 million in federal money to fund new and added special services in the system, mem~ers of the Board of Education were told Thursday mght. B. L. Rieves , assistant superintendent, said the money would come from the State Depa~tment of_ to Public Welfare under Title IV of the Social Security Act. · 1 Rieves said the money will be used for remed1a education, day care , non-regular sc~ool progra_m, continuing education and a special educa~10n program. The application for the grant was flied
Thursday. Dr. C. E. Holladay, city superintendent of schools , said the new money would add 30 professional persons and 60 para-professionals to the system's staff if fully funded. Tenative approval is expected within two wee~s for the system to begin securing a staff. He cautioned that the program would probably be not fully operational immediately. " We will implement it as people are available," he said. The actual amount of the grant request is for $926,547. Dr. Holladay said the added money to the more
than $3.1 million budget will enable the city schools to provide some type of educational program from age four and beyond high school age. "Most of these will be services we kn9w we need ," Dr. Holladay explained . " but we haven't been able to afford them ." Rieves said the money will pay for a reading center diagnose special problems, and a remedial education teacher in each school. He said elementary principals had _given this need a _p riority . Three child development centers for 40 youngst~rs each could also be financed with the ~rant. he said. The present special education program - mainly at the Bissel Day School - will be greatly enhanced
Educational opportunities center would concentrate on dropouts and potential dropouts with an individualized small class approach, mostly ~t night geared for students who cannot perform m regular classes. . . A continuing education program for t~ammg ~dults in the low socio-economic bracket -.y1_ll prov1~e. an opportunity for persons who want additional trammg or to review pas t work. . A medical program to pay fo~ medical a~d psychiatric services could be paid ?ut of_ t~1s program. The application envisions usmg ex1stmP' Continued on Page 10
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Missou r1 Senator Picked For No.2 Hand-Picked Candidate Has Anti-War History
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QUICK STOP -A jetliner skyjacked by two heavily armed men for $600,000 ransom blew its tires landing at a small Texas ajrfield. Long black streaks of rubber show how the jetliner had to brake heavily to keep from
running off the runway. The skyjacking started over New York and ended in Texas 22 hours later after the hijacker s gave up to FBI agents on the scene. - UPI Tele photo
EX-BOOTLEGGER GIVES UP ON ON E PLA NE AS
2 Hiiackers Surrender On Stranded Airliner United Pre ss International Tw o b l ac k hij a ck e rs holding th ree st ewa rdesses ho s t age in a j e tline r stra nded a l a lonely Texa s a irport su r rendered to F BI agents Thu rsda y, e nding a $600 ,000 a ir piracy e xtortion dra m a whi ch began 22 hours ea rlie r over New Yor k. T he t e nse , c ross count ry hijackin g ca me to a cli max whe n t he two men, a rmed with a pistol, a shotgun a nd be lie ved carrying a bomb, freed th e th ree women a nd wa lked down a ra mp from a rear door of the Nationa l Ai rline s plane holding their ha nds a bove their heads . In a nother hij ac king, a gr ay h a i r e d . 4 9-yea r .old Okl a h o m a f orm er bootle gger calml y su rren-
de red earl y Thursd ay to a s t e w ar d e ss a bo ar d a n Ame rican Ai r lines jet over Okla hom a City a fte r holding se v e n c r e w m e mb e r s hostage and collectin g a $200,000 ra nsom . In F reepor t, Tex., FBI a gents a nd sheriff's de puties s u rro unde d th e Nationa l Airlines p la ne a nd F BI snipers a rmed with high. powe re d rifles stood on both s ides of the runwa y of tiny La ke J ack son Airport as a uthoritie s negotiated the surre nde r with bullhorns. T h e hij acke r s , wh o refe r red to each other as " N umb e r On e" a nd " Number Two," at , firs t ig nored pleas to s ur re nder a nd th re atcnded to kill the three wom en. They said they would le av e be hind the
$600,000 pa id earlier by Na tional if a uthorities met th ei r ne w d e man ds for a nother , smaller pla ne a nd a pi lot d ressed only in a ba thing suit so he could not concea l a wea pon. Fede ra l o fficia ls said the hij ac ke d jct co uld not possibly ta ke off because of fou r fl a t ti re s s usta ined on la ndin g a nd beca use of the s ize of the commuter a irpo rt 50 .miles south of Houston. The two hijac kers were id e ntifi e d in a warra nt issued by a U. S. magist rate in Phila delphia , whe re the ran som was paid a nd 113 pa ssengers freed , a s Michae l St a nl ey G reen a nd Lulseged Tes fa . Aft e r the pla ne la nded, th ree other crew me mbe rs
he ld hostage made it to fr ee dom , t wo of the m injure d. A ste wa rdess was r eleased to re lay the a ir pi rates ' latest d ema nds to the FBI. The fli g ht e ngineer , s hot a nd wounded during a n e scape a tte mpt, was a llowed to be ta ken a wa y on a s t re tc her , a nd the copilot le ape d out a door a fter being pi s to l whipped by th e hija ckers . He s uffe red a fr acture d pelvi s a nd other inju r ies in the fa ll. Th e men forc ed the 727 fr om P hil ad e ph i a t o Free port a fter switching fro m a n o th e r hij a cke d Na tion a l a i rc r a ft a nd rele a sing its 11 3 passengers . The fi rst c ra ft was comma ndee red Wedne sday night on its pla nned fin al a pproach to Continued on Page 10
tre mbling as he stood before MIAMI BEACH (UPI) Freshma n Sen. Thomas F . tel ev is ion lights before Eagleton of Missouri, a leaving his hotel, Eagleton .ittleknown libera l and to ld reporters : ' Tm plenty member · of the Senate's nervous ... a nd proud." Recalling the tele phone 1ntiwar bloc , won 1omination early Friday as c a ll in which McGovern George S. McGovern's hand - informed him of his i,ick e d vice pre sid entia l selection, Eagleton said he running m a t e on the replied : "You're kidding." ' ' He s aid, ' I 'm dead De m ocra tic ticket. McGovern, declining to serious .' I paused for a few ,eek part y unity with an old seconds and said, 'let me say guard vice president, chose yes, before you c hange your Lh e 42year -old R oman mind ." ' Ea g leton' s nam e was Catholic after a long d ay of co ns ultation Thursday to plac ed in nomi nation by llelp him try to defeat Mayor Kenneth Gibson of Pr e s ident Ni x on i n Newark , N .J ., a black who No vem b er ' s g e n era l endo rsed him as being fully capabl e o f fi llin g the election. Del eg a t e s nominat ed Preside ncy a nd the " most Ea gleton on the first ballot, qua Iifed " of a ll those who turning down six other had bee n me ntioned as form a l c a ndi dates who , poss ible vice presidentia l so u g h t lo ov e rrid e ca nd ida tes. Ma k ing hi s s econdin g McGovern's pe rsonal choice. But there was grumbling s p ee c he s we r e 20. y ea r among t he delegates about old D e bbi e Ba rbe r , a McGove rn fo rcing Eagleton co n vention d elegate from on the convention and the Missou r i a nd Lt. Gov . Robert formal ca ndidates- plus a Mond ra gon of New Mexico, a s core other s - picked up Spa nish-speaking American. L e o n a rd Woodco c k , considerable support before E ag l e ton topp e d the preside nt of the United Auto Work e rs , one of the fe w la bor ne cess ary 1,509 mark. T h e other formal le aders ba ckin g McGovern , ca ndid ates included forme r a nd h imself a possibility for Continued on Page IO Gov. Endicott P eabody of Mass a chusetts, Sen . Mike G rav el of Ala ska , Rep . P eter Rodino of New J ersey, Ne w York bus inessma n Stanley Arnold , black T e x as journa lis t Clay Smother s; and Mrs. Fra nces " Sissy" Fare nthold , un s u cce ssful g u berna torial ca ndida te in Texas' s pring prim a r y. MI AMI BEACH (UPI ) Hodding Carter III , editor of th e De lt a -De mocra t G e or g e S . McGovern , Tim es in Greenville , Miss., ac c e pti n g h is bloodi e d w a s a l s o offe red for part y 's pr es id e nti a l nomina tion , but he withd rew nomination , vow e d Thursd ay night to defeat his na me . Arriving a t the convention Pre s id e nt Nixo n - th e ha ll while s peakers were still D e mocr a t s ' " unwittin g ma king nominations for the unifie r " - with a plan lo end No . 2 s pot, Ea g leton the Vietnam Wa r a nd to "put conced ed he was a r elative Arn erica back to work ." H a mm e rin g a w ay unknown in na tiona l politics, but sa id tha t it did not repea tedly al the theme of .. com e hom e, Am erica!" the m a tte r . " l know I ' m 'Tom who?" ' 49-yea r -old South Da kota sena t or addressed the fin a l he told reporters. " I r ea lize I ' m not a sess ion of the De mocra ti c N a tio na l household word . But when N a tional Muski e was picked in 1968 he Con vention whi ch met to wa s ' Ed who?! And when ra tify his choice of Sen. Ag new wa s picked in 1968, he Tho mas F . E agleton ,. 42, a n wa s 'Spiro who ?' It "s going to a ntiwar Roman Catholi c: ta ke a lot of work on my from Missouri, to be his vice p reside ntia l runnin g mate. part ." M c Gov e rn h a d warm With h a nds a nd lips
Accepting Nomination,
McGovern ·Vows Victory
IN PROPOSAL TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION
Green, Crosstown Get Top Priority By DAVID COLE Journal St aff Writer Officia ls from several rela ted organizations in Tupelo revealed ambitious proposals at a meeting he re Thursday aimed a t allevia ting congested tra ffic condition in the immedia te urba n area . Com munity leaders, city officials, state and federal highway expe r ts, plus a tra ffi c consultant from St. Louis m et for a loca l urban traffic semina r . Ha rry Ma rtin, Community Development Founda tion Mana ger pres ided a t the Tra ffi c Opera tion Program to Improve Capacity Safety (TOPICS) meeting. He outlined the purpose of the m ee ting to the nearly 35 persons present as an informa tional session to di scuss the m echanics of getting fi'}ancia l assistance for the
project a nd to g athe r inp ut or suggestions on the plan of proposa ls . Martin sta ted , " It is not our purpose to ma ke definite decis ions on the total project today but to make these priority proposals known and gather your feelings a bout them ." Noti ng tha t the two top pr iority t ra ffic a r e a s we r e des igna t e d a t Crosstown a nd the Day Brite and Green Stree t interse cti ons , May or J a m es Balla rd s ta ted, " We think this is a good progra m fo r moving tra ffic in our heavily congested tra ffic areas." He added , '' the TOPICS project ca lls for cost sharing be tween the federa l and s tate government with the city on a 5050 basis . All that needs to be done in order to get these proposals s tarted is for the ci ty to a llocate its sha re ." Bob P rescott, of the Tra ffi c P la nning
Division of the Sta te Highway Department expla ined what pa rt TOPICS planni ng is playing in the local project. He said the progr a m is ma inly confined to deter mining traffic problems of the Tupelo ur ban area and recommending ways of a llevia ting these problem s. " TOP ICS planning deals with two factors, " he stated , "capa city and safety , with both r ela ting to improvem ent of ex isting traffic facilities." He added, " the progra m is an action orie nted a pproach to a llevia ting immedia te conge s te d areas whi ch s tudie s ha ve loca ted a s the greatest tra ffic problem s pots. " Prescott told the group, " If recommenda tions a re instituted tha t research has indica ted , then the Tupelo ur ba n a rea wi ll have adequate tra ffi c a rteries.''
VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICK - Senator Thomas F. Eagleton of Missouri tells newsmen tha t he' s accepted Senator McGovern's offer to run as his vice-presidential candidate. - UPI Telephoto
While recommendations ca ll for a five-year progra m in the urban area (including Verona ), Mayor Ba llard said he hoped top priority projects could get under way be fore the end of this yea r . Present guidelines ca ll for first cons truction to begin in eight months . Traffic consultant Dan Mcchesney e xplained that in determining highly congeste d tra ffic areas s tudies were made us ing traffic counts and data on locations of traffic mishaps. He said after t his inform a tion was gathered , an a na lys i s w as made d es ig na tin g Crosstown the top priority intersection and the Green Stree t a nd Day-Brite inter section second. "Our r esearch revealed that 27,900 cars travel through Crosstown daily, " Mcchesney sta ted. " Peak hours are .
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p r a is e for eac h of his de feate d riva ls, from Huber t H. Hump hrey to Geor ge C. Wa ll a ce , a nd promised to rede.ern Ni xon's pledge of 1962, when he lost a bid for t h·e g ov e rn o r s hip of California . " Ne xt yea r you won' t have Ri c h a rd Ni xon to ki ck around a n y more!' ' d ecl ar ed Mc Govern . In a c onci la tor y, 45-minute address to d elegates in the vas t , r e d -w hit e -a nd-blue Con ve ntion Ha ll , McGove rn coupl ed his pro mise of a total U .S . withdrawal f rom Indoch ina within 90 days of hi s in a u g ur a tion wit h a ss ura nc es tha t " Amer ica mu s t n e v e r becom e a s eco ndr a t e nation _" milita rily. "Am erica will keep its defe nses ale rt a nd full y s uffi cie nt to m eet any da nger," he said . .. We will do tha t not only for ourselv es but fo r those who deser ve a nd need the shield of our st re ngth - our old allies in Europ e a nd e lse where, inc lu d in g th e peo ple of Is ra el, who will a lways have ou r he lp t o hold th eir prom ised la nd." Bu t th e t o n e of McGovern 's a ddress before a la te ni g ht nat ionwide broadcast a udie nce as we ll a s the j a m -pac ked ha ll wa s s umm ed up in thes e words : " T hi s is the time to turn aw ay fr o m exce s s iv e preocc upation overseas to re building our own nation.· · He d edicat ed his campa ig n "to the people " a nd sa id that n ex t J a nu a r y, "We will restore the governm ent to th e peo p l e . Am er ica n politic s will never be the sa m e a gain ." Hitting ha rdest at Ni xon's eco n o mic po li cie s , McGo v e rn de clare d that c reating jobs - even if the gove rnm ent must be the e mplo ye r of la st re so rt wou ld be "th e hi ghe s t
d o m es ti c priority of my admini stration. " He sa id : "Wha tever it ta kes , this count ry is going bac k to work ." Mc Govern ca lled for a n e n d t o th e w e l fa r e b u rea u c ra c y a nd a g u a r a nt e e d " in c om e s uffic ie nt to assure a decent life " for those una ble to work. He called for endi ng the g a p be t wee n d e p ressed wages a nd high corporat e p rofits, crea ting a na tional hea lt h ins11rance syste m, a nd t a x refo rm s tha t Continu ed on Page 10
Northeast -Acting Dean Announced BOONEVILL E, Miss . - A Northeast Mississippi Junior Coll ege zoology instr uctor was e lected acting dean of the junior college Thursday a ft e rn oon .
J a mes l,a mb, who holds a bac h e lo r ' s d·c gree fro m Auburn University a nd a Master's from Mississippi St a te University , wa s nam ed to the post by the board of t r u s t ees, ac c o rdin g t o relia ble sources. La m b was recommended for th e post by Acting P reside n·t J oe Childers , the sou rces sa id. Appa r entl y the board took no a ction towa rd electing a pe rmane nt pres ident of the j un i o r c o ll e g e d u r in g Th u r s d ay' s m ee tin g. Child er s wa s na med Acting pre sident la st month a fter s e v e r a l u n s u c c e s s f u·l a tte mpts by the board to ag ree on a e lecting a new a dminis tra tor to fill the va c a ncy crea ted by the re s ig nation of Ha rold T. White .f