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( Selected As A Beat All Round Kentucky Community Newspaper rs Largest The Paper Circulation In es The City Sunday at Sap- That More supper Largest evening Circulation In People Buy groups The County he Sun- by Mrs. ibie Mc- MURRAY POPULATION 10.100 LXXXII No. 90 troduced Press International IN OUR 82nd YEAR Murray, Ky., Monday Afternoon, April 17, 1961 Vol. s of both United 'as given Ited with el Jetton vere cap- II irge. ;ports FULL SCALE ASSAULT BEGINS IN CUBA• Executive Board Bill Adams Is Of Woman's Club 1_Little League Anti-Castro Revolutionaries Be Meets Last Week Tryoutoro Start Effort_ To Win Liberty 6:45 Awarded God The executive board of the Murray Woman's Club met at the *UES. clubhouse for a luncheon last April 19, 20 By FRANCIS L. McCARTHY barians" and said they had come or Country Award week with Mrs. James Rudy All- United Press International to take the land that the revolu- 1Y britten. club president presiding. A strong force of rebel troops tion had given to peasants, to take Following the reading of the today in an attempt the factories from the people, to Bill Adams Jr., was awarded the Little League tryouts will be invaded Cuba by Mrs. Bill Thurman, Premier Fidel Cas- take the sugar mills from the peo- God and Country Award in Scout- minutes held Wednesday, April 19th, for to overthow Allbritten discuss- ple. to take the schools from the ing Sunday night April 16 by the secretary Mrs. 11 and 12 year old boys and Thurs- tro. recommendations made by and landing craft, children, and to take from the First Baptist Church. He was pre- ed the day. April 20th, for 9 and 10 year By parachute board of the club. A force swarmed ashore Negroes the -dignity" that the sented the award for his outstand- the advisory old boys. the assault for a joint Havana and Castro government had given them. ing work in the church by the date was set. April 25, All boys must register at Lan- only 90 miles from Castro As the government acted to fight raptor Dr. H. C. Chiles. meeting with the advisory group caster and Veal to be eligible for established a beachhead. a state of off the invaders. Cuba charged in Bill is the son of Mr. and Mrs. and the executive board. the tryouts. Tryouts will start at emotionally proclaimed League Ile took per- the United Nations that the at- William C. Adams of 1632 It'e.st It was announced that the state 530 p. m. at the Little national emergency. defense opera- tack was waged by -mercenaries" Olive. He is a life Scout of Troop Woman's Club Convention will be ball park. sonal command of Luther Robertson tions. (Continued on Page 3) 45 and has been in Scouting for held at Louisville on May 9, 10, Should the tryouts have to be the 3 years. He has been active in 11, and 12 with Mrs. C. C. Lowry, cancelled due to bad weather, The invaders struck in . Co- Scouting and has served as Den First District Governor, being on each NV-Will-be -notified if pos- swampy area around Bahli-At Chief and Assistant Patrol Leader Robertson Is the slate of new officers as re- sible. chinos, the bay of pigs, shortly Magistrates in his Troop. He is a member of cording secretary. after midnight. to the Order of the Arrow a select The Vard voted to send a check Cub Scout Roundtable Another force was reported camping group in Scouting. New Director to the ''ity Beautification Com- have landed in Oriente Province TERRORISTS ROCK in eastern Cuba Saturday. night. Are Guests Bill along with other Order of mittee to aid that group in its Will Be Held Tuesday CUBA-Before the smoke had cleared front the tl• Arrow members of Troop and work. ruins (above) of El Encanto, Cuba's largest department Estimate 5,000 Troops At The Carter School store. unidentified planes had Post 45 attended an 0. A. Conclave May 19 is the day set for the bombed army camp Liberty, Sources of the Cuban Revolu- National Group outside Havana, as anti-Castroites engaged their at the Scout Reservation of the general meeting of the club. It In most tionary Council estimated 5,000 Of Library will be a dinner meeting and new serious demonstrations to date. Windows of the nationalized anti-Castro troops had gone into Blue Grass Council at Mt. Sterling Refreshments for this month's Havana store be installed. were blasted by bombs before the costly Bre. action syitluia the last 48 hours. Ky., SaLtigday and Sunday April officers 4w Cub. Leaders Round Table meet- Members of the Calloway Fiscal Pasco announced that The Castro regime immediately 8th and 9th. This was a meeting Luther Robertson, manager of Mrs. J ng are in the hands of Den Mo- Court were luncheon guests last rary will be observed cut off normal communications to attended by all of the Councils Murray Wholesale Grocery Corn- National h ;hers Orpha Keel and Evelyn Jones week at the Murray - Calloway and that on April 17 Students Win and from Cuba. and there was in Kentucky. Other members from pany, Inc.. has been named a April 16*2 both of Cub Pack 145 sponsored County Library. The lunch was open house will be held at the little information on the progress Murray attending were Dale Sykes, director of t h e United States an by the Murray High P. T A. (Cart- Soloists To Be Speech Honors held in the library building with the public. of the fighting. Bobby Herndon. David Russell and Wholesale Grocers' Association, library for ter Elem. School). Dennis Taylor the library board as hosts. Those attending the board meet- But one broadcast indicated the Advisor Cleo Sykes, Inc.. at the organizations annual is Cubmaster of Pack 146. Four Murray College High This represents the first time ing were Miss Lillian Tate, Mes- casualties were heavy. Castro him- Aroop 45 also attended camp at meeting April 11 during the The Cub Scout Round Table will Presented Sch000l students returned last the court members have seen the John Hudson. Kerby Jen- self underscored the gravity of the OW Scout Reservation during Wholesale Grocers' Annual Con- dames be held at the Carter School Build- week from the state speech festi- library in its new location on Myrtle Wall, Bill Thurman, events in statements read over Spring Vacation. They were un- vention and Exposition April 9-12 nings. ing. Murray. Kentucky. tomorrow val with ratings of superior and North Sixth street where South.. der the leadership of Scoutmaster James Allbritten, C. C. Lowry, the country's biggest radio station in Sal Harbour, Florida. evening. April 18th. at 700 p. m. On Tnesday evening April 18 at one with a rating of excellent. ern Bell Telephone Company for- Tom Williams and Asst. Scoutmast- John Pasco, Charles Clark, Robert after a 12-hour silence. Mr Robertson, who has been The program will be handled by eight o'clock. the Music Depart- Rating superior were: Charles the merly operated. er Bill Smith. While there they Hopkins, Cecil Farris, George Ov- The bearded premier told matiager of the company since the District Scout Executive, Roger of the Murray Woman's Club. Eldridge. extemporaneous speak- The court made a $1500 contri- set 1000 pine seedlings on the erbey, John Taylor, Howard Olila, ment people of Cuba that invasion troops 1926. is Past President and now Carbaugh. will present two outstanding solo- ing, Vernon Gantt, discussion; Ed of bution to the library last year and Scout Reservation, George Hart, Gene Landolt. were attacking various points director of the Kentucky -Whole- Other local units participating in the public. Mrs. Richard Frank Jeffrey. poetry; and Christ- of included this amount in the an- Troop 45 will attend the Giant ists to national territory in the south sale Grocery Association, Director this meeting will be ('ub Pack 45, organist. and Mrs. Howard ie Kemper. prose Receiving an nual budget. Scouterarna to be held at Paducah Farrell Las Villas Pro.vinee with the aid of of the Bank of Murray, Chairman sponsored by the Murray High sporano, will be assisted by excellent rating was Nore Winter Both Mr- Mast Court and the April =4 and 30 They will panic*. Oldr aircraft and warships. ytatfieial Board of the First Methb- PTA, (Austin School). Mr. Charles Music Department Chorus in in poetry. City Council took the library at pate in the Parade at 10.00 a. m., Sixteen Year the He called for action against dist Church, on the Board of Hos- Henry serves, as Cubmaster, also of religious of their projects last 'veal sal will have as a boot The Space the following program -those who are surprised com- one pital a n d Homes of Methodist Cub Pack 90. sponsored by the music to be presented in the sanct- mitting .