The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 2

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS MONDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 12 1968 Memphians Heard Loud Call In Recent Pro Football Draft went to East High and SamTsippi and Mississippi State Walton a defensive tackle each from East Texas State who Tulsjl wu most popular attended Booker Washing- 0f Missouri Valley Confer- ARKANSAS tocfcfa El 141 Rupfa mngurah (nauJTtTrbSTk itSSS SouM Now Oitaon IS) ARKANSAS AM and kick nwiw Charity William ancknaH Ml faekfa Dan Even MMnnota (Vti ARKANSAS STATE cantor WMlhsm Groan Bay (II) JACKSON STATE Todd BSehais Barton 0)1 drtmlm back SMnvEII Cincinnati (4): drtmrtva Mlnnauta (10)1 tacfclt Jam Jackson BaHtmara (lr By CHARLES GILLESPIE Hie 1968 professional football draft was the best In history for Memphians Five products of the high schools were selected in the draft and four of them went in the first five rounds The prize of course was Claude Humphrey formerly (4 Lester High School and presently 4 Tennessee A and I The 250-pound Humphrey considered one of die peat defensive tackle prospects in the country was the third player chosen He went to die Atlanta Falcons Bob Vaughan an offensive tackle from Ole Miss who Jackson Los ton were both picked in the third round Vaughan was selected by Denver Walton by the New York Jets Francis Winkler a defensive tackle from Memphis State and Catholic High was a fifth-round selection of the Green Bay Packers and Charley Fulton a running back from Tennessee and White-haven was a 16t -r choice by Boston So far as the professional teams were concerned the ence schools with seven selections Memphis State had six prospects and North Texas State and Louisville four each The Mid-South provided three first-round picks in Humphrey quarterback-defensive back Eldridge Dickey of A and I (by Oakland) and center Bob Johnson of Tennessee (Cincinnati) Second-round picks were tackle Tom Funchess of Jack-son State (Boston) linebacker Jimmy Keyes of Ole Miss (Miami) end Mac Haik of Ole Min (Houston) end David Bd LOUISVILLE Dnsbachsr Ed Honan Drtlasjl) Nnsbacksr Jr Cincinnati (4) rumkw Patrick Cincinnati (M)i flat Spmcst San Francisco (15) prime college in the Mid-South McDanST51Mississipid' Val- City Studying Fiscal Outlook Separate Action Is Taken By Mayer Council To Ascertain Facts Both the executive aiid leg-I illative branches df the city government have et pro-grama In motion to draw an accurate picture of the economic position for the 1 196849 budget due April 23 Milton Wray I new budget adviser said flatly the city is in good financial shape and if a deficit develops it will be the fault of the I administration of Mayor Hen-ry Loeb Mr Loeb said die adminis-Itration inherited a deficit and pointed to figures from Comptroller Crutchfield say-ing the city appears headed I for a deficit of $700009 by June 30 this caused by over-pending or less laskea Councilman Wyeth Chandler first ordinance that I was passed (by the old government) was the setting of the tax rate and then the I budget was fixed" said Mr I Crutchfield "It should have been the other way Councilman Robert James voiced concern about the becoming very confused particularly in light of Mr challenge of Mr deficit talk In hiring Mr Wray the council demanded that he make no further public statements on the budget He was a top adviser to former Mayor William Ingram Francis Winkler was Jackson State an all-Negro school which has 12 of its seniors drafted Ole Miss was second with nine and Tennessee third with seven Among the other schools Tennessee A and I provided five prospects and Arkansas Vanderbilt Southern Missis- ley (Dallas) linebacker Tommy Roussel of Southern Mississippi (Waiting ton) and tackle Ernest Ruple of Arkan- The Mid-South and Missouri Valley draftees with round in oarentheses: ALCORN A AND suord WHIN WfiKttnrte (U) iMftJETSr MISSISSIPPI Nntacfcr Jimmy iwi drthnrtva tacfclt Jim M) daStrtratSWtii MISSISSIPPI STATE nnmaefcor MISSISSIPPI VALLEY and David 8S2 WORTH TEXAS STATE tacfclt Ed -iwiltay Cincinnati (I): enter Undon ElKNtav Karoo City (m cantor Harry () nJ-n SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI -Tommy Rouwol Wart Inoton (X)i Wrtdfc Nmt York Gtad (A) TENNESSEE emtor Boa nelnnqtl (l)i gja' i Bay (A) I Blytheville Team Is Short But Stands Tall In Rankings basketball team is not a Mg one as far as height goes but the CMckasaws of Coach Dwight Williams are standing tall in the Arkansas high school ranking The Chicks ere No 4 in the latest poll but are due to climb a notch or two because No 1 ranked Little Rock Central lost its last outing Blytheville is 16-4 overall lost eight boys from last year and have only one starter said Williams "We have a man in (for starting lineup over 6 either been smaller than every team we have played Taking everything into consideration hard to believe been so Scores SHELBY HMH SCHOOL fiKrtt Gammaa San Dfw (I) auard Jo Graham PhlladMahla (15s rarwlna back Charm FUlon Barton (W) TENNESSEE A and I tadd Claud Humphrey Atlanta (l)i aurttarback mMsta Tommy Oavt Battlmori (I) EARLY Miss Nonnie Hoolnr 19 sophomore et Memphis State University and a DeSoto beauty queen them is one of the first to enter this ye rs Miss Memphis contest She is the current Miss McK oiler Lake TENN ESSE E-MART IN urban Limbortpanvir Ml mTnbsjbe TBCH-auard Bill Hull Rick Ebor Atlanta (f drttatlv lackla Kal Htnfca Now York Jtf (l)i rumlna back Gary McDtrmott Buffalo () quorferbaefc Ona Barter prtratt If): dofanilvatacklt Jot Blok Nw Ortrara kfa Bab Jomrlck bS Miami (ft) VANDERBILT Davt Cincinnati ArEEsfe Coodrkfa AAkwrta Bus Odor Era May End Soon David Bloom Big Pursuit Of Big Boy A Record In Mississippi Kessinger Is Ready The competition among the colleges to recruit Steve Turner the 7-2 Bartlett High boy is really getting hot Ray Mears the Tennessee coach saw Turner in 6 of his first 10 games The University of Kansas scouts looked at him four times Adolph Rupp the Kentucky coach says he definitely wants die boy would sign Mm tomorrow if he could Moe Iba of Memphis State is courting him vigorously Ole Miss Mississippi State Michigan State and Louisville are the Rupp went down to Mississippi to get his 772nd hasVpthall victory and the crowd in the Ole Miss Coliseum gave him a heartwarming standing ovation which brought the 67-year-old veteran to the brink of sentimentality The triumph enabled Rupp to exceed the record of Phog Allen his old coach at Kansas Johnny Neumann brother of Memphis noted Bob Neumann a prolific scorer is playing exceedingly well for Overton High and is a cinch for a college scholarship Bartlett also has a fine player in Jimmy Conn a 6-2 guard Wilson Waites Moves Bob Tyler of Meridian Miss High School was added to the Ole Miss coaching staff recently Wilson Waites once a Memphis State backfield coach has shifted from an Job at Arkansas State to a prep coaching job at Apcfoka Fla Ken Hatfield the former Arkansas defensive halfback is now a Tennessee assistant moving from West Point His home was in Helena and he was once a protege of at Fayetteville Bill Battle who was wanted by his old coach Bear Bryant at Alabama decided to stay at Tennessee after several days of serious consideration of returning to his alma mater Donnie Kessinger freshman basketball coach at Ole Miss has signed his contract with the Chicago Cubs and is ready to do some more shortstopping Tim McCarver the catcher from Memphis will get $60000 for Ms services with the Cardinals next season The raise received by Tim was substantial Jim Hardin the Memphian who did a Cinderella story for die Baltimore Orioles was reluctant to sign but said the difference was small Hardin joined the Orioles in midseason and had an record with five complete games and a 227 "eamed-run average John Schlee former Memphis Stater is doing well on the pro godf circuit Arnold Palmer is expected to join Jack Nicklaus for the Memphis Open in May Schlee is a certain starter Oaklawn Park at Hot Springs was threatened with a strike for a few days but matters were smoothed before the opening day last Friday The Commercial Appeal 495 Union AveH Memphis Tenn 31101 Hrat Ctaia POSTAGE PeM 4b MoflipUs Tbbb ParaB 111 EarlyWdUdng On Broken Legs Speeds Heating MTA Is Testing Catalytic Mufflers In Attempt To Stop Fumes That old feeling of starting) to work the morning after al QoilWrvlll i JVWWON AAanana Bvrno mllton "Swtfc FIRST CLASS TO 1 1 1 uivunr av Ihki'i Harding Jcaimyjjs Mairoig 4" TENNESSBB HIGH SCHOOL Lmdnoten Obit 41 Jockton Sidt 3 Knox Young Knox Austin Knox Knox AAayvil Knox Gibb i dm Knox Carter I Knox Rufa 45 Frloncfcymol 4i OoKRhfaa 44 cimton rtnax PmmM 1 Riitfada -lor ountv I Jackibare 7l' i AJCfKI HtOfl J9 iiiAfMIBQCR Clarkmura OH 4T Xamdon4 Clanuoure 7Camom 5V Polk County Btrcnwqod Several other Mld4 out prep teams have been successful show stealers this season The West Tennessee list Includes Parsons Riverside boys (28-2) Munford girls (20-1) Scotts Hill boys (16-7) Ramer boys (22-1) Milan girls (19-1) Halls boys (17-5) Obion Central girls (19-2) OMon Central toys (18-3) and Humboldt toys (19-4) Scotts HiH pulled the upset of the West Tennessee pr when It knocked Parsons Riverside 54-37 at Scotts Hall The defeat stopped Riverside's winning streak at 27 and put its No 5 state ranking in jeopardy In another West Tennessee thriller girls avenged their only previous setback by beating Somerville 54-50 in overtime at Munford Laura Lee Nichols led the victory with 35 points The pep picture in eastern Arkansas starts with unbeaten Turrell which bumped Shawnee High School of Joiner 78-54 to make its record 27-0 Other leaders are Helena (14-4) Bay (29-3) Bono (19-12) Pocahontas (11-9 including 6 straight wins and 9 victories in its last 11 games) and Tuckerman (17-11) Chari Hanks is top scorer while 5-7 Mike Gray carries a 30 average for Tuckerman Bay whipped Weiner 73-65 to avenge an earlier loss to the Cardinals The Class A Yellow Jackets received 24-point 21-rebound effort from 6-3 stalwart Ronnie McMasters The Cardinals dropped to 26-4 but still are considered one of the top Class dubs in Arkansas Bay lost since early January Jesse Malone scored 21 ints in die fourth period to Harrisburg come from behind to bump Nettleton 90- Klnawart 44 Janraon City aollvar Covington Girt 47 41 Covington Jf Rebel's Neumann Still Major Scorer lllmara civ A Memphis doctor who found nearly 18 years ago that he could get better results in big night and getting treating broken legs by put-behind a fume-belching bus ting patients on their feet may be on the way out say almost as soon as casts dried officials at Memphis Transit appears to have provided the due for improved treatment The difference will be theof war caaualtk-catalytic muffler the Wndi 1 remits we have been which produces no bad smell getting in the treatment of little smoke and no significant Vietnam casualties are spec-contribution to air pollution tacular compared with the Such mufflers may be re- results of treatment of men in quired by 1870 on all automo-1 Wor Id War said Dr Ernst biles built or imported in thepehne who was born In Vlen-United States under new airlna Austria and came to the pollution restrictions an-1 United States about 30 years nounced last week by the ago federal government Dr Dehne was at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta MTA has 14 buses with the Ga in 1950 when he new mufflers said Frank 1900 patients and 300 of them Ragsdale president of the had broken legs and the treat-agency and officials are hap- ment of the fogs was often py with them despite the $300 problemed and apiece cost found out if I got them to wallc 01 fractured legs the of MTA management bones would heal" With the a- driven 70000 miles and caiJftq "yM fa looks like a bunch of different r80 length sized grey peas Poured intratreatment the muffler in 40 pound batch- Before he retired as a sur-es the material like geon in the Army and came to said Mr Tate The Memphis Veterans Hospital in catlyst dissipates with use and 1965 he conveyed his method must eventually be replaced to about 50 students and its although nobody knows when use in Army hospitals has yet become fairly common he said "It might cost $30 or $300 to recharge one of them We One of the ktudontx Cd know yet" said Mr Paul Brown recently told Tate but he confided officials the American Academy of are hopeful mass production! Orthopedic Surgeons about his will lower the costs success in a test of the meth- From the grease pit view od at the Fitzsimmons the muffler looks just like its General Hospital in Denver conventional cousin except a Time magazine article for a catalyst filler plug on about the Dehne method as the top Technical reports (tried by Dr Brown said that however show it reduces vision the cases of 56 servicemen at aH fractures healed and there full throttle and odor by 14 perL amputations cent at idle which is oonrid-ered the worst speed forir Spoauu JSeven Seek Post a third to a half by the) catalyst Left By Williams Bartlett9 15-0 Remains Best In League Race 154 record remains best in the Shelby County League basketball race The Panthers are rated the No 1 high school basketball team in the state with a 23-1 season marie Bartlett lost its 7-2 center Steve Turner Turner was sidelined with a broken arm He is expected to return to action just prior to the regional tournament Germantown still holds firm grip on second The Red Devils are 13-2 followed by Whitehaven and Memphis University School at 10-5 Hillcrest is fourth with 8-7 followed by Millington 74 Westwood 64 Bolton 4-11 Collierville 2-13 and Bishop Bryne 0-15 Memphian Named Coadi For All Stars Rival Ruin iVMM IteVNOmP FBI finds Suspect In Lanier Murder Ernest Lee Herron Is Held For Chicago Hearing A 30-year-old man wanted by Memphis police as a suspect in the murder of Memphis pharmacist was arrested by FBI agents in Chicago Ernest Lee Herron was held under $60000 braid pending hearing in Chicagd on charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution He escaped from Memphis officers after they accompanied him to his home at 1459 Felix Jan 2 with permission to search the premises Herron is charged with the bludgeon slaying of A Bryan Lanier 63 whose body was found sprawled in a pool of blood behind the prescription counter of Taylor-Lanier Pharmacy at 1555 Lamar Dec 30 Police arrested Herron the next day When police took him to his apartment for the search Herron knocked one of the officers down and fled Blood -spattered clothing money and -a pistol with a broken handgrip were found in apartment South Stars Unable To Overtake Rival Second-Place Kansas City Stays Out Of Reach Try as they might the Memphis South Stars gain on second-place Kansas City in the Northern Division standings of the Central Hockey League In their last 13 games since Jan 13 they won four lost five and tied four and are eight points behind the Blues Over that span the Stars had two Important games with Kansas City The one at the Mkl-South Coliseum was tied 5-5 after the Stars twice blew leads of two goals but the one at Kansas City was lost 3-1 Two victories there or even tie and a victory would am IiUImuI I Knwl URrVI ra ylQff80frvillivrafoV York Iritltute 71 Knox Hqlltjn Hunttvlite a wa County ChaH RodBank DraMfan 7 jFrdmoriir MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL Wait TalWirtehlf SI Tunica Overton Ace Leads By 64 Points Johnny Neumann continues to roll along in Ms quest of the Memphis Inter-scholastic Athletic scoring title The Rebel junior has scored 323 points in 11 league games The 6-4 180-pounder Is 64 points ahead of his closest rival Charles Bradley of East who has 259 While Neumann la scoring Overton also is winning The Rebels have a 10-2 Class AAAA league record and are 17-5 over-all Overton gained the Class AAAA lead when Carver beat To Ollie Keller Head West Team fameuiiB Mk 44 rvwrana iifiiiwf ItrtGIrl 41 Walnut Gravo Shannon 51 AMITHSTOn 4f Rlyrsld4f Class A Hoxie continued to improve its record 75-43 win over with Lepanto The have eased the catch-up Washington 70-48 The victory Irfa SESSION OPENS Mustangs 234 hit 47 per cent from the field Another Mid-South team Matthews Mb has won 16 straight games to push Its record to 26-1 Hernando's girls are setting a hot pace In Mississippi prep ranks The team which has been seeded No 1 in the District 2 Class A North tournament sports a 22-2 record The girls have won two tournaments Gulfport High won Big Eight title by defeating Jackson Central 54-42 7 toimiy'Giit kept Carver tied with Christian Brothers for the Class AAA lead at 11-1 but dropped BTW Into the Class second spot at 94 Frayser continues to lead Class AA at 124 while Melrose Is second at 11-1 South Side holds a commanding lead in Class A at 8-4 Neumann missed last game with an ankle Injury but is expected to be ready for next state Arkansas Lawmakers See Flood Of Proposals LITTLE ROCK Feb 12 -Gov Wlnthrop long-announced special session finally began last week amid an attitude that was described as anywhere from "complete- A federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development wiH allow MTA to equip its entire fleet with the new mufflers It wiH also enable the agency to buy 67 new buses to more frequent service extend routes said Mr problem in the 17 games remaining in the season The Stars now stand at 17-27-9 and that record indudes ody two victories on the road Of the 17 remaining games only five are at the Coliseum One road trip from Feb 23 to Mardi 16 includes eight games The Stan have been playing well on offense but permitting the other side too many matching goals They have given up 181 goals highest In the CHL Bob Charlebois continues to lead the Stan with 23 goals and 22 assists for 45 points Sandy Fitzpatrick is at 15-26 Germain Gagnon at Charlebois has been in a 10-game slump without goal and has yidded Ms league-leading total to Joe ekfa-4- tand uffiSSy 8 xlnoton With Sgt Mike KSShte rt fnmwS Girt aSlrynR 41 til' Coach Ollie Keller of Catholic has been named to coad the West team for the secoxx annual Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assodatlon all star football game The announcement marks the second straight year tha a Memphian has been selected as the West coadi Last year Tom Nix of Christian Brothers was In charge In that game the East team won 74 This game will be played July 26 in Nashville COUNTRY SENDS" THEM Coliseum Westem-Hoedown Show Draws Huge Crowd It was a time for pandemonium and a capacity crow when Johnny Cash joined Tex Ritter Carl Perkins and Conway Twitty for a Country-Western show at file Mid-South Coliseum Twelve thousand devotees the music of the farmland am wide-open spaces shoutei themselves hoarse over the songs of heartbreak death and blighted love Improvement Bonds Sold The 39milUon-dbllar capital improvements bond issue has been sold to a cate headed by First Na Bank of Memphis The net interest cost will be 4040195 per cent The funds will be used for schools and the general government federal grant Is Btm4d it easier for people end from work in cities The amount of is 1J8 million Feb 27 Congressional Race To Narrow Field JACKSON Miss Ffeb 12-With the qualifying deadline now passed seven persons have filed in the race to" succeed Gov John Bell Williams as Southwest Mississippi representative to Congress The candidates include five white Democrats and two Negro Democrats and a white Republican BaMottog on Feb 27 will narrow the field to the top two vote-getting candidates They will face each other in a runoff two weeks later The candidates are: Ellis Bodron state senator from Vicksburg Charles Evers of Fayette Negro field secretary for the NAACP Charles Griffin of Utica former executive aide to Williams to Washington David Perkins Jackson chiropractor DisL Atty Joe Pigott of McGomb Hagan Thompson Republican television newscaster and Troy Watkins former Natchez mayor Oklahoma GW Lorentz of who has 24 Weather February 968 m'LTiv' uttta Rock OAcCirtfan ly to The administration which has been planning for the Ragsdale session fra: months had thrown the picture into turmoil five days before the opening of die session by announcing it was not ready with fiscal proposals and would call a second session In 60 to 90 days Even without the fiscal proposals the official call was still bulky with 72 items Another 11 were added 90 minutes before the session opened setting a new record for the number of items included in a call Prime targets for the administration in the were measures to make Lynn A Davis eligible to be renamed state police director constitutional convention proposals a last-minute minimum wage bill and prism reform proposals provide and to The at making to get to large the grant The MILAN TO LEAD TEAM Catholic Footballers Elect All-Memphis Tailback Kevin Milam All-Memphis tailback has been elected captain of the Terrier football team for the 1968 season Milam a 5-11 175-pounder was (me of the top rushers in the Memphis Interscholastic Association during the 1967 Alma I ayg-n 711 AAoonrtla CohxnMa TB WWW wlWmW Tnimann 45 pmn-it rttv HoTtortee I LHtfa 'pidMrSJK! Ft myi NSIS Pf mlth SS i "Time left to do? minutes an1 one year eleven days twenty-five six seconds by my watch" 5 LaochvIHt il Trumann.