Assails Solon in Bitter GOP Clash THE WEATHER YEARS 1964 1864 THE SPRINGFIELD UNION By U. S. Weather Bureau Mostly Sunny Today Tomorrow VOL. 101, NO. 157 At Second-class Springfield, Postage Mass.
Paid SPRINGFIELD, SATURDAY, MORNING, JULY 4, 1964 26 PAGES SEVEN CENTS A $21 Year 00 Rights Bill's First Day: Compliance, Defiance Negroes Served Quietly in (By The Associated Press). would return. No police Segregation of public accom- present. modations fell away silently in Elsewhere, the calm with many, Southern militant cities segregationist Friday, which tionists some accepted hold-out the change segrega- alforced Negroes away from his most matched the historic enrestaurant at the point actment of the sweeping legisAtlantan lation a century after Lincoln "Get off my property!" emancipated the slaves. screamed irate Lester Maddox, jerking out a pistol as three Even the Ku Klux Klan urged lot.
Negroes He was pulled backed onto his parking persons Mississippi up by coastal arcas to let police hanax angry handles white which crowd Maddox brandishing dle any racial trouble. Leaflets in the front door keeps of distributed in the areas called on white persons "to stand back his restaurant. and to avoid people want Mississippi placed Maddox kicked the Negroes' under martial car with his foot and struck it Negroes quietly obtained servwith an ax handle. He vowed ice in Birmingham, where again that his place would stay segregation issues boiled to a segregated regardless of the new height last summer. civil rights law.
They gained admittance to The Negroes left, saying they formerly white theaters and Birmingham, Ala. served in restaurants at lunch counters for the first time in other places of stiff sistance before President Johnson signed the civil rights bill into law Thursday. Peacefully Integrated Negroes peacefully integrated places in Montgomery, Petersburg. Albany, Valdosta and Americus, Ga. -seat of Terrell County where the federal government filed its first suit several years ago against voter registration discrimination.
In Tallahassce and Tampa, and Memphis, racial barriers fell away in the first tests. But not all the tests were successful. Negroes were refused service See RIGHTS BILL Page Twenty.six b- (United Press International Telephoto) Lester Maddox, Atlanta restaurateur and foe of the ciril rights hill, tells Negroes at gunpoint to leave his premises Friday. He kicks at their car 88 they start to pull away. Holiday Traffic Moving Well, Police Report Traffic was tapering off from A heavy surge to a steady flow Friday night as motorists made most of the long holiday weekend and accidents were kept at a minimum, state and local police reported.
Travel to North During the morning and early afternoon traffic was heavy, as vacationers a made a their way north to the resort areas. Northampton State Police Barracks reported that the late Afternoon rain curtailed some of the travelers, and that traffic See HOLIDAY TRAFFIC Page Five Baseball Results EASTERN LEAGUE Springfield 5, Charleston 4 Elmira 2. Williamsport AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles 5. Boston 3 (10) Baltimore 4, Kansas City 0 Minnesota 1. New York 0 (10) Washington 3, Detroit (12) Washington at Detroit (2d, N) Cleveland at Chicago (N) NATIONAL, LEAGUE Milwaukee Chicago St.
Louis at Cincinnati (N) Pittsburgh at Houston (N) New York at Los Angeles (N) Philadelphia at San Francisco (N) DENNIS THE MENACE "Mmm. I dunno. When WAS the last time we shot a cannon, Charlie?" NEW LAW IN USE (Associated Press Wirephoto) Eugene Young, 13, of Jackson, gets his haircut in bar. ber shop of the Hotel Muehlebach, in Kansas City Friday. It was the shop's refusal day to cut the boy's hair that touched off a sitin by members of the Congress of Racial Equality.
The barber is Lloyd Soper, Haiti Tells UN Foes Plan More Trouble First Invasion Force Said Established in Mountain Stronghold -Haiti told Nations Friday an invasion force made up of Dominicans and Haitians crossed the border from the Dominican Republic last Monday and established itself in mountain stronghold on Haitian territory. Accuses Magloire Rene Chalmers, secretary of state for foreign affairs, charged that additional border crossings were planned as part of a campaign aimed at assassination "the closest collaborators" of Presidente Francois (Papa Doc) Duvalier. Chalmers made the statement in a telegram to Ambassador Ahmed Taibi Benhimi of Morocco, president of the Security Council for July. Chalmers did not ask for a meeting of the Council. but only that his communication be made available all Council members.
He said the invasion was financed and organized by the See HAITI TELLS UN Page Five UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (P Chance to Win $1000 This morning The Union gives its readers A chance to win $1000. That's the prize for the correct solution of the Prize Crossword Puzzle that is printed on Page 2. Everyone has an equal chance of winning this huge cash prize.
Why not spend at least part of your holiday weekend trying to figure out the official correct solution? Remember, all entries must be in The Union office by midnight next Tue day. Kennedy Has Busiest Day Cushing, Brother See Senator, Who Hails Rights Bill Passage New Rights Law Poses Dilemma For Roanoke, Barbershop ROANOKE, Va. P--Down a narrow. winding stairway in the basem*nt of the colonial American Bank Building in downtown Roanoke is a little barbershop that has been operated on a segregated basis for years. But that was all changed when President Johnson signed into law the civil rights bill that gives all men, Negroes and white, the right to walk into almost any barbershop and get his hair cut.
don't know what I'll do it they (the Negroes) come in," said Taft Leftwich Fri- NORTHAMPTON Injured U. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy spent Friday, the busiest day yet of his two-week confinement, receiving visits and gifts from Richard Cardinal Cushing and issuing a formal statement on the civil rights bill, his first personal utterance since the June 19. airplane crash which immobilized him.
Football From Colts Other visitors included Atty. Gen. and Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, other gifts included a white, night football autographed by the Baltimore Colts, and the senator urged fellowcitizens too aid implementation of the rights law.
The senator called on Americans to "work together to make the new civil rights law a reality in practice." His plea was echoed in A statement by Cardinal Cushing following their visit of more than an hour. Said Most Important "I brought 11p the question of the civil rights bill, and he (the senator) is delighted the See KENNEDY HAS Page Seven SENATE REJECTS JUDGESHIPS BILL 25-7 Vote Clears Way For Prorogation Governor Abandons Efforts to Add Six To Superior Court (Special to The Union) BOSTON The Senate! Friday afternoon killed on a 25 to 7 roll call vote a bill to create six new year Superior Court judgeships, clearing the path for I prorogation. Gives Up Efforts Gov. Peabody and the legislative leadership abandoned effort- to have the bill reported favorably out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, and allowed it to come to the Senate floor Friday afternoon with an unfavorable committee recommendation. The adverse report, despite a Democratic majority, reportedly was an outgrowth of the disap pointment of two senator-lawyers, who were said to be seeking the judicial appointments.
Gov. Peabody reportedly told Sons. John Harrington, D- Lowell and Antone L. Silva, D- New Bedford he could do nothting for them. Banned by Law Legally, Gov.
Peabody could not have named either senator Ito one of the judgeships even if the bill had passed, since a legislator is banned from appointment to a position created by the Legislature while he is a member. A bill to create 10 Superior Court associate justices was killed in the House earlier in the week, and Gov. Peabody is not expected to make a third attempt 10 increase the size of the bench in this session. Proponents of the bill to raise the number of justices from 41 to 47 argued on the Senate floor that the courts are seriously congested and additional judges are needed. Would Ban Politics "The need for additional judges should be of great concern to all of us," Sen.
A. Frank Foster, D-Boston, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said. "We shouldn't let politics enter into it." But opponents of the bill contended that politics WAS very closely tied in with the measure, and argued that creation of six new lifetime positions would hand Gov. Peabody a very powerful election-year patronage weapon. "'It would be naive to say this is not a patronage bill." Sen.
John F. Parker, R-Taunton, said, and Sen. Francis McCann, there are "'less charged benches that than promises on this bill." "This game of political! blind man's bluff is no way 10 make appointments to the bench," McCann said. "'W'e would be criminal to sit here Sce SENATE REJECTS Page Five Ship-Born Baby Dies in N. Y.
NEW YORK (URI) A 11'0- month premature horn aboard an ocean liner latc Wednesday to a Worcester, woman died shortly after the ship docked. The baby, Francis Thomas Levin, was born aboard the Holland-America Liner S.S. Maasdam to Mrs. Ella Levin, 30, who was reported in good condition at St. Vincent's Hospital.
A city Ilealth Department spokesman said the baby apparently died, because of a "respiratory distress." He CXplained that the youngster's lungs had not' sufficiently developed to takry in oxygen and eliminate waste products. The Daily News Will Not Publish Today Fourth of July Little Flag Waver Gets Set to Celebrate celebrate Independence Day today with the rest of the nation. WA (United Press International Telephoto) Ten-month-old Peggy Riley of Everett is surrounded by circle of flags as she gets set to 30 Freedom Medals Awarded Walt Disney, Leontyne Price, T. S. Eliot Among Those Honored by President WASHINGTON ident.
Johnson Friday named 30 persons, including A Texas folklore authority and an old friend on Capitol Hill. to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their "creative talents and demonstrated excellence." Created by Kennedy The gold medal is the highest civilian honor a President Rep. Curtiss Assails Fellow Solon as Liar BOSTON House Minority Leader Sidney Q. Curtiss. R- Sheffield.
Friday exchanged bit1er charges on the floor of the House with the man who tried Thursday to oust Curtiss from his post as Republican floor leader, Rep. Paul A. Cataldo, R-Franklin. Stems From Vote The quarrel stemmed from House approval early Thursday morning of a bill to create six new Superior Court associate justices. Early in the week, Curtiss successfully led the fight to kill a measure to create 10 new associate justices.
Curtiss. however, switched sides when the number was reduced to six. Cataldo and his supporters charged that Curtiss had gone over to Peabody in return for promise of a judgeship for a legislator-friend. Curtiss gained the floor Friday on a point of personal privilege to answer a statement published See REP. CURTISS Page Five Fourth of July Events Here Today MORNING 9-Baseball game between Calhoun and West St.
playgrounds at Kenefick Field. 9-Playground events at Hubbard Park, Forest Park and Indian Orchard. 10-Programs at Magazine, Adams, Kenefick and 16 Acres playgrounds. 10-12-Free pony rides at Magazine Playground. 12 noon--Program for children at Angelina Park and Emerson Wight Playground.
AFTERNOON 1245-Forest Park program of activities begins. 1-3-Frec pony- rides, Adams Playground. 1-Events for East Springfield area at Marshall Roy Playground. 1-Ruth Elizabeth Playground starts day's festivities with parade of decorated bicycles and doll carriages. 1-Nathan Bill Playground, men vs.
women softball game. 1.15-Van Horn Park program of special events. 1.15-Fife and drum corps exhibition at Forest Park. 2-Forest Park, vehicle dress-up parade, followed by crazy hat contest, baby diaper derby, baby-creeping contest. 2-City's church bells ring simultancously.
2-4-Ruth Elizabeth Playground, free pony rides and a grab bag. 4-Forest Park, Western square dancing, on basketball court opposite police station. EVENING 6-8-Forest Park--band concert. 7.30-West Springfield, band concert at Eastern States Exposition racetrack. 8-9-Forest Park, concert of marching music.
9-W'est Springfield, Exposition grounds, fireworks. 9.15-Blunt Park, Forest Park, fireworks displays. can confer for service in peace- time. It was created in its present form by the late Peresident John F. Kennedy in 1963.
The first 31 recipients named him received their medlaYs from Johnson at the White House last December, after Kennedy's assassination. The medal is given to a person who has made "exceptionally meritorious contributions to the security or national interest of the United States, to world peace, or 10 cultural or vate other significant, public or priPraises Winners In announcing the awards, Johnson a statement that the winners had man's world safe, his physical body more durable, his mind broader, his more delightful. standard of living higher and his dignity important." The Texan is J. Frank Dobie, 75, Austin, a writer, college professor and author of more See 30 FREEDOM MEDALS Page Five day. Although a Negro himself, Leftwich and two other Negro barbers in the shop cater to white men only--mostly downtown businessmen.
If the shop becomes integrated. Leftwich-who's been cutting white men's hair in the same location for 35 yearssays he'll have to close his business regular customers deserts him. Friday was another busy day in Leftwich's shop, and all the customers were white as usual. Leftwich says he hopes it stay that way another 35 years. Today's Chuckle Lady to bank teller: "I'd like to open a joint account with someone who has plenty of money." The Weather FORECAST FOR SPRINGFIELD AND VICINITY (By U.
S. Weather Bureau) -Becoming mostly sunny, breezy and warm today, with much less humidity, Chance of early morning showers. High in the mid upper SOs. Clearing and cooler tonight, Jow near 60. Sunday, sunny and pleasant.
Other forecasts on Page 12. TEMPERATURES -In the 24- hour period ending midnight, July 3, high, 90 degrees; low, 68 degrees; man, 70. Precipitation: Precipitation this month:" .75 inches. ALMANAC--Sun rises 5.18. sets 8.31.
Light all vehicle lamps at 9.01. Index Amusem*nts 6 Business Industry 15 City 2, 12, 13, 15 Classified 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Comics 16 Deaths 12 Dr. Brady 17 Editorial Jacobv 17 Radio, TV 17 Regional Roundup 11 Sports 18, 13, 20, 21 State News 5 Suburban 8, 9, 11 West Springfield Women's News 10.
