The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 2

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL MEMPHIS MONDAY MORNING APRIL 14 1969 Tiger Eagerness Pleases Murphy Send West Memphians To The River Sunny Days Ann Landers Wins Laughs And Applause At Coliseum Mrs Jules Lederer walked into the Mid-South Coliseum a few nights ago in a glittering black floorlength gown and even before she spoke a word the audience was hers Better known as Ann Landers she won laughter from the 2500-member audience of Memphis Sales Executives Club and friends with her opening comment: could have talked about three tilings problems distinguished citizens of Memphis or sex So I decided to combine them talking about the sex problems of some of" raSSfi SENIOR QUARTERBACK Oarniy Pierce fades fo thrisw a pass in a Memphis State spring foetbal practice session The Tiger veteran has bean quite impressive during the eariy scrimmage sessions end he is the No I candidate for the starting assignment distinguished citizens The audience interrupted Miss speech at least five times with applause and laughter rippled through the crowd every few minutes But that was only partly what she wanted Object when people read my advice column because just a scream' I write to roll 'em in the aisles but if people are amused at the things I say that is all the better Laughter can take the sting out of misery" The Commercial Appeal 495 Union Avo Memphis Torn 38101 HRST TO LeMoyne-Owen Has NBA Sleeper In Willie Taylor Every professional draft has its sleeper the athlete from the little campus who suddenly grabs the spotlight when it comes time to play with the big boys That role in the National Basketball Association telephone draft April 7 was played by Willie Taylor a 6-7 232-pounder from LeMoyne-Owen College a diurch-affiliated school at 807 Walker with an enrollment of about 700 The Philadelphia 76ers knew enough about Taylor 22 from Byhalia Miss topfokhimin the second round Tbe final selections will be made May 7 "This is realty a surprise Taylor said "I heard a few teams were looking at me but didn't know anything Memphis made its best NBA showing in history with two former schoolboy stars selected in the first round Bobby Smith a 6-S forward who starred at Melrose and was picked the Missouri Valley Conference playerof-the-year at Tulsa was chosen by San Diego Cincinnati center Rick Roberson formerly of Mitchell Road went to Los Angeles 'Top Hood' Killed At Corinth Motel A 35-year-old federal prison parolee Carl Douglas White described by tiie FBI as of the top hoods in the was shot to death near a Corinth Miss! motel Aprils Beside White's bullet-riddled body in a car outside the El-Ray Motel at Corinth was pistol with two spent cartridges Berry Smith 35 coowner of the motel was taken into custody after the shooting Smith told officers White fired the first shots Alcorn County Atty Horace Brewer said "It look like there are going to be any charges filed It looks like a case of self-defense so far and no charges will be filed unless an investigation discloses evidence to the White had a long criminal record He was arrested in Memphis in 1963 on a warrant from Meridian Miss charging embezzlement and was accused of selling 33 imitation diamonds for $10000 He was previously arrested in Memphis cm parole violation charges and armed robbery on warrants from Corinth White waa among five persons indicted in connection with the $11000 armed robbery in 1965 of the former Red Carpet Gambling Casino in Biloxi Deaf Mute's Effort Inspires $10 Check A 71-year-old deaf mute who wasn't afraid to get Involved is richer by $10 Big and burly Dewitt Ford inspired many when he tried to prevent a recent holdup at the Penny Junior Grocery Store at 1179 University Joel Lambert Jr of 3083 Southern read of Mr brave effort in Hie Commercial Appeal and wrote Mr Ford a check as an expression of his thanks is wonderful to know that there are people in this world who are willing to sacrifice all they have in order to stand up for what they know la wrote Mr Lambert Mr Ford was beaten with a pistol while he grappled with one of the two men who had robbed a store that he visits often He was not seriously hurt Memphis football team Is two weeks away from tiie completion of spring practice and although Coach Billy 'Spook Murphy been overly impressed he isn't complaining as much as in past years still a king way from being a football team but we're making progress and the boys are Murphy said in analyzing the first three weeks of work In earfy manuevers the brightest spots in the Tiger attack have been at quarterback tailback and defensive end Murphy is using seniors Danny Pierce and Rick Thu-row along with sophomore Steve Leech at quarterback Senior Jay McCoy and sophomore Paul Gowen a 5-7 176-pounder have been impressive at tailback Bob Parker has been outstanding at defensive end The defensive secondary of safety David Berrong and halfbacks Jerry Todd and Steve Jaggard the same group that led the Missouri Valley Conference in pass defense last year will return And they have already indicated plans of improving on last work primary problem is finding replacements along tiie offensive line John Bonier a Junior appears to be the NO 1 choice at center Palmer Smith a sophomore is learning fast at the guard position The Tigers will unveil their spring work for public observation April 26 in the Blue-Gray game at Memphis Memorial Stadium Righthander Doug Grantham has a 5-0 record' and a 025 earned average for Delta State baseball team which is 10-4 Sonny Gravette an outfielder is the leading hitter with a 406 average Searcy Ark High School won the team championship in the Rice Belt Relays at Stuttgart Jim Jordan of Wynne (: 517 in the 440) Fred Stone of Stuttgart (:231 in the 220) and Ted Thompson (12-6 in the pole vault) set records Ken Alsup of Memphis was outpointed by Kansas Oliver James in the bantamweight finals of the national Golden Gloves at Kansas City Memphian Mike Butler playing for the New Orleans Buccaneers of the American Basketball Association scored 576 points in the 77 games in which he appeared He was 429 per cent accurate on two-point field goals and 42 per cent accurate on three-point fielders which was the best among the Bucs He also had 115 rebounds and 171 assists Sammy Little averaged 288 points per game for the Delta State baseball team ranking him ninth in the nation John Neumann of Overton led Tennessee high school basketball scorers with a 354 average in 25 games John Schlee former Memphis State golfer has left the pro tour because he spent more than he could earn the last three years and his sponsors withdrew support He was rookie of the year in 1966 Gary Green who averaged 292 points for Coultersville 111 High School and Mike Lockette of Missouri Baptist Junior College a 6-9 center have signed basketball grants-in-aid with Arkansas State University Memphis tennis team became the first out-of-town team to win the Southern Mississippi Tennis Invitational The Tigers are 9-1 Joe and Bill Sky retained their Southern tag team wrestling title by defeating Tojo Yamamoto and Johnny Long Richard Faulkner Little Rock all-state quarterback has signed a letter of intent with Henderson State College Ulysses McPherson Jr has been named to succeed Roderick Paige as football coach at Jackson Miss State College McPherson was assistant to the head of the Department of Health and Physical Education at Arkansas AM and Paige resigned to complete work on his doctorate at Indiana University Bob Wright has resigned as basketball coach at Morehead Ky State University and his plans are Indefinite William Mayo Jr football line coach and track coach at Southwestern will succeed Casto Ramsey as football coach at Emory and Henry Southwestern CBC At Halfway Point Christian Brothers College and Southwestern have readied the halfway point in the spring sports season CBC has posted a 12-8 record in baseball 2-2 in golf 3-7 in tennis and 1-2 in track Southwestern is 2-8 in baseball 5-4-1 in golf 8-3 in tennis and 2-1 in track Warning To Ill-Fated DC3 Revealed In Tape Recording Pilots of a DCS which crashed at New Orleans International Airport killing 15 Shelby County sportsmen were warned three times that visibility was extremely poor according to Representative Dan Kuykendall (R-Tenn) Kuykendall said a tape recording of conversations between the DC3 and the New Orleans control tower shows the approaching plane's crew waa advised repeatedly is one-sixteenth of a and waa told no other aircraft had landed for some time Kuykendall a pilot himself said a quarter-mile is the "absolute visibility for any type aircraft the crash confirmed existence of the tape but refused to reveal what it shows never comment about And Warm Temperature! Taking the problems she gets in her 370000 letters a year and adding a droll sen of humor Miss Landers talked for 45 minutes about the subject she loves beat her column and what it means to her McKinnis Resigns Dan McKinnis of Union City Term' Obion County judge for 13 years and northwest Tennessee political figure has resigned to become manager of tiie Ken-Bar Inn near Gilbertsville Ky on Kentucky Lake Hrst CIom POSTAGE! Paid Mwapfelt Taaa PanalMl! CLASS causes at this stage of an investigation There are too many Investigations where an apparent cause in early days of an inquiry turns out to be 106 per cent wrong as more evidence is Kuykendall said (me of his concerns as a legislator responsible for FAA legislation was whether the control tower operators in New Orleans acted responsibly and effectively He said the tape shows the tower was alert to the approach and that after it crashed they immediately began searching for it Kuykendall said control tower operators are not empowered to tell aircraft not to land Hie DC3 had been obtained for the sportsmen from Avion Inc of Houston Texas An Avlim "Marion Leon Hayes was aboard the plane but was not listed as the pilot Allen Tennyson of Memphis a former Air Force colonel was the assigned pilot Both were among those killed Avion has been charged with 182 Infractions of FAA regulations in a series of flights by two of Avion's DC3s Neither was the erne that later crashed in New Orleans However like the ill-fated flight from Memphis the purpose of the other two flights was to transport sportsmen Post Office Plans ABGD Phase Out Howard Lewis assistant to Postmaster General Winton Bount has told The Commercial Appeal that the seven' year-old post office service which has guaranteed same-day delivery for about 250 of the downtown business districts including Memphis will be phased out of operation between April 15 and June 1 The service known as the ABCD program enabled customers in specified districts to mail letters in specialty marked boxes by 11 am am have them delivered within the same district by 3 pm the same day Sports Scope College Ramsey resigned to join the staff at Virginia Tech Don Brown of Memphis with 2028 won the all-events championship in the Southern Bowling Congress tournament at Huntsville Ala Jan Craig who fielded winning teams at Gragg Junior High School has been named football coach and athletic director at Oakhaven High School He succeeds Don Coffey who resigned to fill a personnel po- Defense Improves In Maroon Test Mississippi State can pass and catch with the best in collegiate football it could a year ago and 1969 will be no different But the Bulldogs were the worst defensive team against the pass And tills is what Coach Charley Shira was watching March 29 as spring practice ended with the Maroons ripping the Whites 33-13 before a crowd of 12000 which thinned considerably during a second-half downpour I feel much better about our Shira said secondary has improved and our defense against the inside running game is better My main concern now is stopping the wide Quarterback Tommy Pharr voted the best in the SEC last fall fool around in guiding the Maroon team compiling 335 yards in total offense coming on 16 of 27 passes for 262 yards and 73 on the ground The four touchdowns came on Pharr tosses 37 and 4 yards to David Smith and 67 and 6 yards to Sammy Milner Pharr survived a challenge for his position this spring from Joe Reed a transfer from Baylor Reed was jittery in the eariy going but settled down after halftime and scored both White touchdowns with tricky runs of 63 and 26 yards Reed a 6-2 188-pounder led all rushers with 102 yards and Coach Shira said it was possible Reed would be shifted to a running back slot this fall Chet Doll Resigns CBC Coach Job Christian Brothers College is looking for a new basketball coach and athletic director after Chet Doll resigned effective the end of the current school term Doll who had been at CBC for four years has accepted a position at Memphis State University as academic adviser "The people have been good to me at Doll said felt however that my future was in academic work since I have a masters degree in this CBC had recently hired John Hillman basketball coach at Bishop Byrne High School as varsity assistant to Doll No dedskm has been reached on a successor record at CBC was 44-53 with 11-15 1042 11-12 and 12-14 records Doll started cross country program when he came to CBC in 1965 and two years later added tennis trade and baseball Doll had previously coached Jesuit and Holy Cross High Schools in New Orleans and Washington University at SL Louis He was graduated from Loyola In 1959 where he was star basketball player Doll 37 and his wife Corinne have three children Keith Barbara and Gwen sition at tion the Board of Educa- Bob Parker football coach at Terrebonne High School in Houma La has been named coach at Picayune Miss High School succeeding Ed Reed who is the new head coach at Natchez-Ada ms High School Marc Dukes basketball standout at Brandon High School will attend Mississippi College The Second Presbyterian Church boys of Memphis and the Sylacauga Ala High School girls were the winners in the senior division of the Southeastern Amateur Athletic Union gymnastic championships at Second Presbyterian Church Mike Walters Mississippi 62 255-pound tackle from Petal has been signed as a free agent by the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League Earnest Bigham basketball coach at Maben Miss High School has accepted a similar position at Caledonia Bob Miller a halfback who led Bald Knob High School to the No 1 Class A rating in Arkansas and Thomas Gatlin an all-state tackle from Belleville HI have signed Arkansas State University grants-in-aid Pitchers9 Day Ends Up Being A Slug Festival A crowd of 5447 filled Blues Stadium April 3 to see a pitching duel between Juan Mari-chal of the San Francisco Giants and Luis Tiant of the Cleveland Indians As it turned out the game belonged to the hitters Marichal was tagged for runs on 14 hits during the first five of the six innings he worked Tiant gave up 3 runs on 5 hits during a four-inning stint The Indians finished with 22 hits and finally won the explosive exhibition game 12-7 The Giants had 11 hits Bobby Etheridge of Greenville Miss a third baseman was the hitting leader with two singles teams the White Sax and the day before with on Sammy Ellis former Mississippi State star was on the mound for the White Sox and he shut out the Cubs through six innings on six hits The White Sox subsequently won 24) Each team collected 7 hits Low-Income Housing Planned For Families A contract for construction of 100 apartments for low-income families has been signed by Tulane Apartments Inc the First National Bank am several other sponsors Officials of Tulane Apartments a non-profit organization sponsored by tiie Shelby County Episcopal Hanning Commission said the new apartments will complete original plan for 200 rent-supplemented units the first 100 of which have just been completed The apartment complex is at Shelby Drive and Tulane am will be 'comparable to other apartments in Memphis presently renting for about $125 The units just completed were built for $1059900 The second 100 will coat 1070000 and will include a day-care center for children of working mothers living in the project And Chrys Pulliam Nuns 6 Go JaiV So That Others May Be Helped People walking past the Shelby County Jail tried hard not to stare as three nuns were escorted thru the steel door of the Shelby County Jail The nuns were quickly admitted lined up fingerprinted and their photographs taken for identification purposes and their new identifies dorr numbers given them A3133 is Sister Mary Matthew A3 133 is Sister Maria Anthony and A3134 is Sister Lae-titia Sowers They had just been officially processed as women auxiliary juvenile court probation officers "It was said Sister Anthony until they (the other nuns at the school) see tiie The three sisters instructors at St John Catholic School were among the first 40 persons applying for the newly-formed Division of the Auxiliary Probation Service of Juvenile Court set up in 1965 to help combat juvenile dellnquincy Until a few weeks ago the Auxiliary Probation Service which has more than 270 fulltime volunteer officers was composed almost entirety of men It handled only probation cases involving delinquent boys But due to the increasing number of delinquent girls requiring court supervision have set up the Division to give them the dose quality probationary services that they said Juvenile Court Judge Kenneth Turner Mid-South Deaths Frank Berry internationally known authority on hydraulics and holder of (me of eight basic patents in the United States Patent Office died April 4 at his Corinth Mias home Mr Berry 64 was founder of Berry Motors which became Tyrone Hydraulics of Corinth and was president and consulting engineer for Kennematics Corp of Counce Term He held more than 300 patents both domestic and foreign The Weather Solon Room US Jodnon Mlat 74 Jackson Tom AS 59 msmphiT ii a MoWlo 74 a Montoomofy 74 44 Mum Shook 44 Nartvlllo i 48 Pin Bluff Jj Shnvoport 74 Zj li in 17 Went Along Photo by Roboft Williams Merchant 'Resting' After Memory Loss A Memphis cotton merchant who disappeared March 10 is recuperating in a local hospital after apparently regaining his memory a relative said Lem Jones head of the Chickasaw Cotton Co 51 Center Lane called his wife from Holly Springs Miss about 7 pm March 31 Mrs Jones and Jim House Jr a son-in-law drove to Holly Springs and returned Mr Jones to Memphis Mr Jones 53 was last seen when he left home at 2963 Robin Road in Chickasaw Gardens to go to work Members of the family had theorized that a minor traffic accident March 6 in which Mr Jones struck his head might have contributed to the loss of memory Mr House declined to say what hospital Mr Jones is in but that a doctor had prescribed "rest and and no visitors Eye For Beauty May Be Fatal To Advertisers was a novice I let them know what I was said Mrs Gwen Awsumb a council member and woman with an eye for beauty Mrs eye for beauty told her the freeways in the city would be prettier with billboards farther back She persuaded the City Council to forbid their placement within 100 feet But some permits for signs have been issued in the meantime and new billboards that have sprung up lately have pained libs Awsumb Outdoor advertisers have disclaimed any intentions at beating Mrs Awsumb to the punch by getting their permits before the ordinance became law Nevertheless she has the city attorney checking to see if something be done In a letter to the city attorney Mrs Awsumb pointed specifically to the two new 14-by-18 foot billboards at the intersection of Lamar and 1-240 erected very recently she wondered why Records show that permits to construct the signs were issued Aug 29 to National Advertising Nashville office Minutes of the City Council show Mrs ordinance was read for the first of three required times on Nov 26' but she had talked about it previously in open meetings He waa permitted to listen to the tape because he represents the area from which most of the crash victims came and also because he is a member of a House subcommittee that has jurisdiction over Federal Aviation Administration legislation Brad Dunbar spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board which is in charge of the investigation of Staff Photo by Sam Molham 0- SKIING SOON Kay Haas 23 sHs prettily perk bench and ponders how soon she'll be wafer skill sport the medical librarian loves along with skin diving The former Chicagoan also prefers the Mid-South weather nrnnin-'n aiui.