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each weekday at 4 pjt The Star ar--ires And? Micetig leaf fan breakfast flaw. Member ABC and NEA Tool Home Newspaper Since 1882" AP and UPI News VOL. 81, NO. 355 ANNISTON, ALABAMA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 196S 5e DAILY; 20c SUNDAY, 50c a WEEK by CARRIER Officials Ponder Reopenin Of Birmingham City Schools mm xtx3iO aWjv Aide Says 'Reading' Is Slated Districting Bill Dies As Legislature Quits 4 -S Power Says A-Weapons Not Tested Air Chief Hits Treaty Plans WASHINGTON (UPI) i Collision Kills Local Rider A sheet covers the body of Steve Smith, 24, beside the crumpled wreckage of his motorcycle. Police said he was killed instantly Friday night in a collision with a bus at 8th Street and Wilmer Avenue.

(Lee Williams Photo) Police TeU Of Fast Chase City Man Killed Instantly As Motorcycle Crashes Bus 1 ill Long On Good Wishes Often Rowdy Meeting Ends In Big Fight By DONALD F. MARTIN MONTGOMERY (UPI) "Hie charge of "congressional redistri bution" killed a last gasp fight to pass a redisricting bill before the midnight adjournment of the often rowdy regular session of the Ala bama legislature. The squabble over whether to realign the state's congressional districts reached the boiling point when the Senate majority was re buffed in efforts to hammer out a compromise that included pass age of local bills. The last ditch filibuster saw 2j51 bills die on the Senate 143-page calendar. Aside from the general appropriation bill and companion measures, the upper chamber could squeeze through only one other bill increasing workmen's compensation benefits in 24 hours and 59 minutes of debate.

Robison Leads Fight The successful scuttling of the redistricting measure endorsed by seven of the state's eight con gressmen was spearheaded by Senator B. G. Robison of Car-rollton. "This Is a congressional redistribution bill," Robison declared. "It is a bad bill for the people of Alabama.

"We will not let it pass." Effort's End Signaled The six words signaled the end of a concerted effort to stop the state's congressmen from shouldering the expense of running statewide every two years. Earlier, the Senate bowled over redistricting supporters to ram through a sharply pared $91 mil lion appropriation bill to finance state agencies operating out of the general fund for the next two years. The money measure enrolled and engrossed shortly before mid night and sent to Gov. George Wallace's desk for signature into law is designed to provide a surplus of $800,000 at the efid of the fiscal biennium Sept. 30, 1965.

Wallace abandoned the gover nors succession bill shortly after the session started at 12:01 a.m (See Bill, Page 2, CoL I) ped around and gave chase. Bunn soon pulled ahead. At one point, he glanced down and noticed he was going 90 miles per hour. 1 1 Utollww 4 I i 1 1 if li Carolyn Gaines, foreground, Miss Soutty Carolina, is aided by Judith Short, Miss Alabama, and Jeanne Swanner, Miss North Carolina, top, as she reads a long telegram of good wishes in the Miss America contest from her hometown. (AP Wirephoto) Judith A Favorite For Beauty Crown Crossing the avenue's intersection with 10th Street, the motorcycle driven by Smith al (See Man, Page 2, Col.

4) 4 1 said the fire began in the timbers under the choir loft TV Actress Is Victim HOLLYWOOp (UPI) Rosary will be recited Monday night for Spanish-born actress singer Mar garita Sierra, vivacious Cha ir fife-aLj Cha O'Brien" 0 television's "Surf side 6" series. The rosary will be in the chapel of Cunningham and O'Connor Mnrtiiarv here and will be followed Tuesday MISS SIERRA morning by a Requiem Mass at St. Cyril's Church in nearby Encino. Miss Sierra died Friday in St Vincent's Hospital, where she un derwent delicate heart surgery Thursday. Miss Sierra often was compared with Cannes- Miranda and Lupe Velez.

Latin lovelies who were movie stars during the late 1930s and 1940s. "But I am not like either of them," she told a UPI reporter in New York -several months ago. "Carmen Miranda wore all sorts of funny hairdresses, some made of bananas, and I have never done that Miss Velez, 03 the screen, was a spitfire type. while tit 1 ered America's most desirable girl. Who she will be nobody knows because Jie pageant officers with 36 Miss America contests behind them have arranged the scoring so that it is impossible to figure the winner.

As it stands now, two girls lead the herd in that part of the scor ing that is made public. They are Miss Alabama, blonde Judith Short, and Miss District of Co lumbia, both of whom have won the talent and bathing suit con test each, which is a rarity. Gen erally, a contestant will win one or the other, but not boh. a surprisingly tough Saks forward wall. ATLANTIC CITY, N.

J. (UPI) It's all over but the crying today at the Miss America contest, and the tears will fall to night. The big heartbreak comes over nationwide television somewhere about midnight, EDT, for 51 lesser beauties when No. 52 is named Miss America of 1964 at Convention Hall. Selection of the new beauty queen will cap a week of de-termed optimism by 52 young women who pitted their talent, beauty and personality one against the other for the prestige and profit of being 'consid BIRMINGHAM (UPI) School authorities today (considered re-opening early next week possibly Mon day three desegregated schools closed after a race riot that resulted in one death and 19 injuries.

'We will take another reading of the situation Saturday," school board attorney Reid Barnes said late Friday night. The three Birmingham schools were closed Thursday, one day after they opened for the fall term. Others Closed, Shaky Schools in Tuskegee, Mobile and HuntsviTle also were either closed or getting off to a shaky start because of admission of Ne groes to white classes for the first time. The Birmingham school board was surveying me coniusea school situation as Negro attorneys filed three separate federal court actions designed to get the schools going in the state. Gov.

George Wallace issued a blistering statement Friday, blaming "twisted logic" for criticisms of his school-closing actions. Logic Called 'Twisted' The statement said, in part: 'An example of the twisted logic of some moderates is their attempt to draw an analogy between my sending patrolmen to cities and counties of Alabama and (President) Kennedy's sending troops into Southern states." He said states are "legally sov ereign" and cities and counties are creatures of the state and fully subject to state control." At Tuskegee, the week's first trouble spot, the situation was virtually unchanged schools were still closed on Wallace's orders and no effective, official action had been taken to get them opened, Birmingham remained tense but fairly calm, except for a non-racial fight between two Negro gangs Friday night. Two Negroes died. No white persons were involved. Police cars were rushed to an all-Negro area in Pratt City in I the northwest section of the city to deal with a gang fight between groups police said "had been at each others' throats for years." Judge Hum Won't Kill Suit BIRMINGHAM (UPI)-A feder- al judge indicated Friday he would rule against a move to dismiss a suit involving alleged voter registration discrimination for 2,000 Negroes.

Judge Seybourn H. Lynne said the suit, brought, against the Jefferson County Board of Registrars wouldn't appear on the court docket until next year. Lynne said he would "consider striking paragraph 25 of the suit," dealing, with the state's "applica tion for registration, questionnaire and oath." The suit, filed by the U. S. At torney General's office, alleged the board discriminated against the Negroes.

Signs Ruled Out JACKSON (UPI) The city of Jackson has been orderd to remove all segregation signs near its three interstate transportation Football Wellborn 25, Saks 0 Lineville 21, Piedmont 14 Heffin 14, Oxford 0 l. Jacksonville 60, Gayles- ville 0 Lanett-7, B. B. Comer 6 Hokes Bluff 20, Mun- fordO Ashland 33, Camp Hill 7 Fire Damages City Church Firemen working through a hole in the roof battle a fire which damaged the First Christian Church early today. The blaze was halted before extensive damage resulted.

(Mac McElroy Photo) City Church Damaged Gen. Thomas S. Power, head of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) and an outspoken opponent of the nuclear test ban treaty, has disclosed that the United States has "never completely tested any of the nuclear weapons in SAC's arsenal." In closed door testimony of Aug. 19, released Friday by the Senate preparedness lubcommit tee, Power said none of the different nuclear weapons in his control "have been tested opera tionally from stockpile to detonation." "I think this is a mistake" he said. "I think they should be tested.

The only way you can prove weapon system is to take it out of the stockpile in a random pattern and let the tactical unit take it out and detonate it. We have not tested any of the operational warheads in our Inventory. That includes the missiles and the bombs." Power's judgment that the limited test ban treaty is "not in the best interest of the United States" and that it should be rejected was made public at the time of his appearance. But in the testimony released Friday he made it clear that he would oppose the treaty even if test readiness safeguards urged by the Joint Chiefs of Staff are provided. The Joint Chiefs endorsed the pact on this condition; Power is the only top current military leader to take a firm: stand against the treaty.

Power also testified that: The "surest way to cause a war, nuclear war or any war, is to disarm." -It is not true that the United States accomplished as much as (See Power, Page 7, Cel. 1) 2 Solons Hit Pact WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate's two leading authorities on military affairs have come out against the nuclear test baa treaty, Indicating that ratification of the pad jnay opfosed.nHm by Democrats than Republicans, Administration hopes for mini-. mum opposition to the treaty were dimmed Friday by the an nouncements of two key southern senators that they would vote against it. The Senate takes up the treaty Monday. Both Senator Richard RUi.

sell, chairman of the armed services committee, and Senator John C. Stennls, who heads the preparedness sub-possible military disadvantage of. the treaty prompted their deci sions. A UPI poll of other members of the armed services committee showed two senators in favor of ratification, three undecided and one undecided by leaning toward ratification. Senators Stuart Symington, and Stephen Young, D-Ohio were in favor of the treaty Senators Sam J.

Ervin D-N. C.K Howard W. Cannmi, and J. Glenn Beall, said they had not made MP their minds yet though Beall said he planned to announce his stand next week. Senator Clifford P.

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Barataataf By JAMES CHISUM Steve Smith, 24, of 408 Hobson Blue Mountain, was killed Instantly Friday when his motor cycle collided with a city bus at the intersection of 8th Street and Wilmer Avenue. Motor Scout Charles Bunn of the Anniston Police Department said he was chasing Smith at approximately 90 miles per hour when the two vehicles collided. Bunn gave this account of the chase and the fatal accident: Bunn and Motor Scout Edward Buddy) Hogan were cruising north on their motorcycles along Wilmer Avenue at approximately 0:30 p.m. as tney approacnea tne avenue's intersection with 14th Street, Smith came into view and rushed past, going south at a speed estimated between 60 and 70 miles per hour. The two motor policemen whip- Police Nab Viet Youths SAIGON (UPI) Troops and police carted hundreds of scream' ing, stone throwing teen agers from Saigon's high schools off to detention camps today for dem onstrating against the government.

Reliable preliminary reports es timated the number of vnuna- cters arrested at about 800, 600 of them girls. were aged 13 to 18. Three hours after the demonstrations began, police trucks were still carrying students away from five Saigon high schools, and the total number arrested was expected to rise as the day wore on. Police alar broke up a small student demonstration in the central market place, but there were (See Police, Page tt Col. I) Yes there's aTdif ference in fortunes and futures.

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He said the cause of the fire has not Deen determined. Workmen have been tearing out the old floor in the basement and were preparing to putlnTnew furnace, a church official said. Blaze Ii Discovered The fire chief said a passing Negro discovered smoke pouring from the building at" approximately 5:40 a.m. today and called in the alarm. He said the flames were brought under control in less than 30 minutes and were out in less than an hour.

The Rev. Franklin H. Carter, pastor of the church, said services will be held as- usual at the church Sunday. There will be no electricity for lights, but an extension cord will be used for the organ, be said. Plans Ta Be Stodlei The minister said parishioners win get a chance to see the extent of damage for thenwlvej, and plans for rebuilding will be made later.

He said the damage has been estimated to be at least $15,000. Firemen cut a hole in the church's roof to get at the flames, and some carpets- suffered water damage. Kennedy Relaxing HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (UPI) President Kennedy was spend; ing his final weekend of the sum I Wellborn Slams Saks By 25 To 0 Scores Centreville 7, Childers- burgO Centre 26, Gaston 0 Woodland 13, Reeltown 0 Cullman 25, Hartselle 6 Tuscaloosa 17, Holt 0 Gadsden 12, Central, 0 Decatur-12, Athens 0 York 12, Demdpolis 6 By GEORGE SMITH Star Sports Editor The Panthers of Walter Wellborn, led by glue-fingered Ronnie Wright, lived up to their preseason billing Friday night at Wellborn, knocking off the Saks Wildcats, 254, in the season lid-lifter for both teams. Wright 'hauled in touchdown passes of 40 and 42 yards as the One of Wright's TD snap, the last one, has to rank as one of the more sensational catches ever seen in mis county.

Midway of the fourth period Wright leaped high over two defenders at the Saks 10 for Don Taylor's long bomb. He came down with it troke away from the two would-be tSee Bewmaa, Page Si CoL 2) Panthers took to the air against mer season here today. pnm, happy go luclgrjatfi, 1 6.