Murray State's Digital Commons The eN ws Newspapers 9-15-1960 The ewN s, September 15, 1960 The ewN s Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tn Recommended Citation The eN ws, "The eN ws, September 15, 1960" (1960). The News. 371. https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/tn/371 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Newspapers at Murray State's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The eN ws by an authorized administrator of Murray State's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. -ow Microfilm Center University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky. Local Jaycees Hand Out Litter ALWAYS WF Le l IN TOPIC Yearly: trade area $3,11t Bags To Motorists On Labor Day II1M1 YOU Ilsewhere is US 1418 On Labor Day nine Fulton Jay- vention" a permanent program. cees participated In a read-block The local Jaycees taking part Et A. I THE NEWS Sbogie Copy, 10t setup by the Kentucky Highway in the two-hour long road-block Department for the purpose of Labor Day were Jimmy Young, Fulton. Fulton County, Kentucky, Thursday, Number 37 making Kentucky a cleaner and president of the local organization, Volume Twenty-Nine September 15, 1960 greener land. Bill Bennett, Joe Gambill, Dick The Jaycees passed out litter Thompson, John R. Lawson, Jim bags along with pamphlets put Butts, Frank Welch, Bill Johnson Safecracker Wanted By FBI Caught out by the State, to the motorists and Billy Meacham. Commercial Avenue To Be Closed traveling the local highways. The Highway Patrolmen taking The pamphlets urged that motor- part were Joe Hill, Duck Smith, In S. Fulton By Police Last Week ists not throw litter on the high- Glen Charles, and Sgt. Barney here admitted spending $450 for a used ways and to slow down the traf- Longtin. A safecracker was caught While Modern Bridge Is Being Built car in St. Louis, Mo., Wednesday fic. by South Fulton police after and later purchasing a new set of throwing up a roadblock at the re- job present, but lat- As the motorists were stopped tires for the car. He had only Commercial Avenue will be closed for the next two ing on the at quest of Tennessee Trooper Bill they were also offered ice Water. about $50 in cash on his person er there will be between 12 and Menees of Union City, it was months, while the new bridge over Harris Fork Creek workmen. The pamphlets also urged, on a when he was arrested, the troop- 14 learned here this week. community-wise basis that people er said. is constructed. Tuesday afternoon workmen fin- keep their grass and weeds cut, Under questioning by an FBI [ the meeting Authorities from Lexington, The work was begun Tuesday. The structure will ished driving the piling on the and to keep trash cans covered. agent in Union City Thursday, Tenn., were in Union City about northwest side of the bridge to The local Jaycees and Highway Robert Livingston of Mississippi be a three-barrel box bridge, made completely of rein- 1 Friday morning, Sheriff Chester hold the wooden retaining walls. meeting Mr. Patrolmen were taking part in a confessed strong-arming two safes forced concrete. the walkway Locke said, and took custody of They also tore out many of state-wide Jaycee program, in and stealing about $1,300 in cash Mr. Stephenson said that the Mg the prisoner. George Stephenson, a partner on the southside. conjunction with the State Cham- during the past two weeks. of the W. T. Cutchin and Asso- bridge will cost between $24,000 get-together Livingston was arrested last Wednesday they siartea tearing ber of Ctimmerce's Clean-Up Cam- Trooper Bill Menees who ar- ciates firm of Dyersburg is super- and $25,000. nd Mrs. Paul Wednesday night at South Fulton out the remaining part of the paign over the State of Kentucky rested Livingston last Wednesday intendent of the job. There are orliy.a few men work- I State Lane where police had thrown up a bridge and it will be two months during the month of September. night as • suspicious person, said roadblock at the request of Troop- before the bridge will be open. It is hoped to make "Litter Pre- the questioning was conducted by er Menees. Employes at Tiny's The next phase of the work will FBI Agent George Hymer of Jack- Drive-In in Union City were sus- be the excavating for the footing, son. Crutchfield Boy Serving With --jottings picious of the man when he stop- which will be about 40x40 feet. from The trooper said Livingston ad- ped there for coffee and notified A couple of years ago residents mitted breaking into the Coca- city police who then called the Army In France Featured In Story of Fulton started paying a local Cola Bottling Co. safe in Lexing- trooper. automobile tax to pay for the con- ton, Tenn., Monday night of last "Livingston was carrying a pis- A-lc Jack L. Myers, son of Mrs. struction of the new bridge and J0' s week, making off with about $600. tol and would have been danger- Willis Attebery of Crutchfield, has for the repair of over bridges over Senator Cooper NTS Earlier he took about $700 from a ous," Trooper Menees said. "The been in the Army for the pa et few Harris Fork Creek. safe in the Mosley Hardware & people at Tiny's should be com- years and is ow stationed with the The bridges were damaged over 5 Furniture store in Portageville, mended for their alertness, along 8th Radio in France. Recently, the years by the continuous over- Senator Cooper Mo., the trooper said. with both the Union City and there was a magazine story about flow of the creek. Trooper Menees said Livingston South Fulton police." Myers' usual group, entitled ..with Note Bookl Starts Campaign "Radio Relay Ties Phalsbourg to Bliff0Ve World". The story was accompani- Usrey Trial Is- ed by several pictures and the pocket Senator John Sherman Cooper will launch his campaign for re- Pattie Hixson Of Fulton Wins Crutchfield boy is in at least three of them. Set For Oct. 24 cet and I've been intending to tell you election to the United States Sen- The feature story in part fol- listener. about a party we went to in Cali- ate at a state-wide Republican Finis Usrey, South Fulton truck- Grand Championship At State Fair lows: fornia on the second day of the rally Saturday, September 17, er, has been indicted on a charge ranteed Bringing the whole world to the National Convention. It was a 1960. at 2:00 P. M. (Eastern Stand- Rain Saturday failed to dampen took him just 5 1-2 minutes to trim of first degree murder in connec- irments. doorstep of Phalsbourg Air Base party given by the famous party- ard Time) in Lancaster, Republi- the enthusiasm of youngsters in the first of two lambs. tion with the knife slaying of his is a little known organization zed and giver Perle "Call Me Madam" can State Campaign Chairman livestock competitions at the Ken- The Stull brothers of Sebree estrange wife. headquarted alongside the Of- method. Mesta and the invitation came to Louie B. Nunn of Glasgow an- tucky State Fair. made it 14 consecutive champion- The indictment was one of ficers' Club. Known as Flight me before I left for the conven- nounced today. Twelve-year-old Pattie Hixson ships as top hybrid corn producers numerous true bills handed down Seven of the 8th Radio Relay tion. The same engraved, plush Cooper's opening speech will be of Fulton won the grand cham- while the blue ribbon for the best last week by the Obion county Squadron it has four detachments Invitation went out to every dele- heard by voters arriving in motor- pionship of the 4-H Club's Guern- display of farm products went to grand jury. The jury has been re- —two of which are supported log- gate and alternate to the National cades from all over Kentucky. The sey cattle show with Ella, her fav- Marvin Smith of Cane Valley. His cessed, subject to recall by Attor- istically by this base. Convention and what's more, a tall Kentucky statesman, who re- orite cow. family has won the event for sev- ney General Fleming Hodges. Flight Seven, commanded by 1st personal note from Mrs. Mesta cently was named by the Wash- It was the first visit to the fair eral years running. A/1C Jack L. Myers Judge E. A Morris of Obion Continued On Page Five said that if your spouse was with ington newspaper corps, as the for Pattie, who lives on a farm It was a big day for exhibits in- called the criminal docket Mon- you, he or she was invited too. ablest Republican legislator in the with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. side the Fairground Coliseum as day when the Usrey case was Well, it was a real "exclusive" U. S Congress will speak from the Elmer Hixson. visitors flocked to get out of the set for trial on Oct. 24. L'S party at the famous Cocoanut Lancaster High School grounds. And the youngster predicts site rain. which forced rescheduling of Hoodenpyle And Others Have Loads Dist. Atty. Gen. Fleming Hodges, Grove at the Ambassador Hotel A 23-station radio network, will win over her father when one event. who will be assisted by Charles Store with just about 20,000 guests in- blanketing the Commonwealth, she competes against him Thurs- The Sunday School pageant was Of Fun; Gives Up Bed At Midnight Fields, attorney of South Fulton vited.