The Ledger and Times, May 27, 1961
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With The ; • • X.° `a 44Zirri•- ,lie Largest • • 1e, Circulation In for ad- 'ring of Circulation \\‘ The County The pro- \\\ to draw iayments coming MURRAY POPULATION 10 100 Vol. LXXXII No. 125 ill. Total( IN OUR 82nd YEAR Murray, Ky., Saturday Afternoon, May 27, 1961 ach $550 1 riited Press International showed he pro- College High aPyroloram io make Saved From M Wendell Butler per cent Young Father Is To Be On qualify program of To The Commencement Riders Fined, corn re- Speaker At Murray College High will be held cent of 45-Foot Well Early Today on Tuesday May 30. It was incor- arms in- rectly reported that the program FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (UN) — 'but returned to the rural farm in would be on May 31. Calloway High scuers working in 40 degree time to see his son rescued The Murray State C.,Ilege has a Remain In Jail wore a broad grin as he mperatures at the edge of a Ci- youth commencement program on Mon- Calloway County High School's early today was placed on a stretcher and day in the college auditorium. with vil War battlefield first commencement address will By AL KUETTNER walnut paneled courtroom, which father of two trap- taken to Mary Washington Hos- College High using the same au- reed a young be delivered by Wendell P. But- United Press International seats only 122 persons. The mu- since Friday afternoon in a pital in Fredericksburg for ob- ditorium on Tuesday, followed on d -. "Mb. ler, State Superintendent of Public JACKSON. Miss. !UM -- Twenty- nicipal jurist said in a statement -foot well. servation. Wednesday by Calloway County 45 , Instruction, on Wednesday, May seven convicted "freedom riders" it appeared the 27 riders came "Harden- Ralph Burgess, 19, was finally His wife broke through a cord- High School. ' 31, eight o'clock, at the College sat in a downtown jail today, re- here "to take the law into their way of auled safely to ground eve a on of well-wishers and rescuers Auditorium. fusing to pay fines imposed for, own hands and to engage in open an insid- 7:15 a. m. (EDT) and gasped -boy," and shouted: "I hope to God he's Superintendent Butler has a breaking Mississippi segregation defiance of the laws of Mississippi." tp on its as he saw daylight for the first all right." The she managed to Texas Picks Man baccalaureate degree from West- laws A new wave of protest rides The defense had asked for a able dam- time snce 2:30 p. m. Friday. squeeze into the ambulance which To Replace Johnson ern State College and a Master's was expected to sweep the south directed verdict of acquital, say- The youth was trapped in the was taking her husband away. swoop. Degree from the University of during the week-end. ing the arrests were made solely tth Caro- All, located on the rural farm of Dr. Lloyd Morris. who had been By BRUCE MILLER Kentucky, and has completed The 25 Negroes and two white because of racial issue involved. Doctors Ey r tt Henderson 10 miles east at the scene since the pre-dawn United Press International "'" - most resident work for a doctorate men Frday were given 60-day The motion was denied. Kerr L. of this historic community, while hours. said Burgess' condition ap- DALLAS, Tex. UPt -- Texas -at the University of Kentucky. suspended jail sentences and fined Young then contended Mississip- ric test- cleaning it to earn extra money to peared to be good. went to the polls today to pick a Fre is a native of Metcalfe $200 each by City Judge James L. pi's 1960 statute outlawing breach 1 of rou- support his family. The youth was trapped about 20 man to replace Vice President ' County, where he attended ele- Spencer on breach of peace charg- of the peace in public places was for per- His 17-year-old wife. Linda, and feet from the surface for a total • Lyndon B. Johnson in the U. S. mentary and high school His edu- es growing out of their arrest in (Continued on Page 2) imination • ath his parents, Mr. and Mrs. of 16 hours and 15 minutes. The Senate and • for the first time ' cational experience began in a Wednesday's "freedom rides" into istrument Robert L Burgess, stood huddled commercial well - digging firm since Reconstruction the Republi- one-rbom school, where he pro- the Mississippi capital. eyeballs Army blankets as rescue crews sunk a parallel well 30 feet deep . N1011111 in can party had a fighting chance gressed to the position of County attorney Jack Young said the glare of in the record time of 53 minutes Negro tarty. worked gingerly in to win. session Watson To in order to get to him. Superintendent in Metcalfe after the two-hour court floodlights to free Burgess. It was a race between a multi- • His wife later spent about an County. He was elected State the riders agreed to stay in jail l. ooThe father earlier had been told millionaire financier and a col- . hour with him in his hospital Superintendent of Public Instruc- "as a means of calling attention • rest at a nearby farmhause. lege professor. Both are conserva- room. "He told me everything was tion in 1951 and served in this to others the conditions in Mis- Take Stand In tive. fine." she said. "The only thing office from 1952 through 1958. sissippi." The candidates are interim Sen. he said he wanted was to take a After an interim of four years, But Young indicated the group William A. Cowboy Bill Blakley, hot bath," Mr. Butler would soon be freed on appealOWII College High d2, a Democrat, and Republican Behalf Although apparently uninjured, the office of Superintendent of bonds. For each day in jail. $3 John Tower, 35, who resigned as he was to remain at the hospital Public Instruction in 1959. He is is deducted from the $200 fine. professor of government at Mid- MISS MARCIA CHUMBLER overnight for a thorough checkup. the only man in the history of the The riders thus could remain con- DETROIT •IPT — Gordon Wat- Win western University, Wichita Falls, 67 days. After five days son was scheduled to take the Students Burgess had been sent into the office of Superintendent of Public fined for to run. Mountain Laurel Festival Queen well, 45 feet in depth but only Instruction under the present con- in jail. they could be removed to stand in his own defense today Both candidates closed out their trial con- 36 inches wide, because his 54", stitution to have been elected the Hinds County prison farm for as the Lassiter murder campaigns Friday night with state- Class Honors 165-pound frame was just small twice. work on a road gang. cludes its sixth week. wide television programs. Both of plotting enough to make the job somewhat Mr. Butler was State Senator Negro leaders in Nashville. Watson is accused said they were confident of vic- auto dealer Parvin comfortable. Murray State from the district comprised of Tenn.. and Atlanta indicated, the murder of Seven College High seniors will tory. Final Concert, that -freedom rides" Bill Lassiter, who was slain in Henderson said Burgess had Adair, Metcalfe. and Hart Counties meanwhile, After their television appear- Three men NOW be graduated with honors at the been scooping dirt into a large from 1948 to 1952. In that year, he could be expected during the April, 1959 Tennessee ances the candidates went to their actual shoot- tommencement exercises at the bucket when he suddenly shouted initiated the movement and pro- weekend. At least one was aimed pleaded guilty to the homes—Blakeley in Dallas and Girl Reigns life terms for College Auditorium, on May 30, up the shaft that " a piece of pipe Is Tomorrow vided the major leadership which at this city. center of hard-core ing and are serving 'e per- Tower at Wichita Falls — to vote according to Wilson Gantt, Col- fell on me." The well is reinforced resulted in the enactment of the segregation in Mississippi. second-degree murder 1INIX this morning and sweat out elec- of the 51 prosecution lege High director. with concrete and metal tubing Foundation Program for Educa- Charges "Open Defiance The last tion returns. Murray and Callowtay County deci.- called to the stand The young father, whose son, Over Festival how by the 1954 legislature. *MINA r n his witnamet—tm At the top of the list is Charles The election is a runoff of a tsirtents are urged to bring theft Friday. leit two will be recalled !ail, Ky. Ralph Sr..-16 only four welbks oltf, Professional organizations in sion after a brief recess in the Robertson, son of •Mr.