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Responsibility for beach realigned
mayur eagea out opponents Mayor Warren Carver, Utilities Commis-
Bennett stepped into the city's political arena last December when he was
plan), we must set a real good example."
He said another city —
ana independent Raymond Thomas for the Fourth Ward seat.
Wagner, the only Repub-
Bottling Co. office manager.
James Thriffiley, a St. Stanislaus teacher,
first primary May 10, is the first black to win a voice in Bay St. Louis' city government.
DAVID BEAN Herald Staff Writer
Responsibility for the 25-mile Harrison County sand beach was realigned Tuesday giving each member of the county board of supervisors an equal five-mile stretch to maintain.
But board members had to override President Ernest Melvin’s dismissal of Beat 2 Supervisor Leroy Urie's motion to have the beach lines redrawn.
Melvin of Beat 1, who prior to Tuesday’s meeting had less than two miles of beach to maintain, said Urie's motion was illegal because it will force him (Melvin) to do work outside of his district and warned the board "I am willing to hire an attorney.’’
Other members of the board voted unanimously to kill Melvin's attempt to adjudge Urie's motion out of order and then voted to pass the motion.
Beat 5 Supervisor Arlan Robinson's segment of the beach was reduced from more than 11 miles to five miles, but the beach front for the other supervisors, with the exception of Melvin, will remain almost the same.
Beat 4 Supervisor Hue Snowden said, “In all fairness we should go ahead and accept the equal mileage ... I hope we have the matter settled.”
But Melvin said after the meeting, "As far as I'm concerned" the matter is anything but settled.
Urie accused Melvin of fighting the realignment for “personal reasons" and said that should be history now and "we should all have equal responsibility because we all get an equal share of the tax money."
When the present board took office almost two years ago one of its first official actions was to pass a resolution that county tax and federal f nue sharing funds wV J be
divided equally among the beats.
Before that time Beat 1 received 11.86 per cent; Beat 2, 25.91 per cent; Beat 3, 13.87 per cent; Beat 4, 10.74 per cent and Beat 5, 37.62 per cent of funds coming into the county coffers.
Melvin said the vote on this matter was four to one with Robinson opposing the equal distribution of funds.
Urie said it was decided then that responsibility for maintenance of the beach would also be divided equally but Melvin has been “stalling" since then.
“If the money is going to be divided equally,” said Robinson "so should responsibility for the beach."
Beat 3 Supervisor Billy McDonald said it was agreed when he took office that the sand beach would be divided equally.
He said he is going to have signs erected this week marking the beginning and end of Beat 3 sand beach jurisdiction.
Beat 1 sand beach jurisdiction will now begin on the west at the intersection of West Sadler Beach Drive and U.S. 90 in Biloxi and extend to the east end of the beach at Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant.
Beat 2 jurisdiction will begin on the west at the intersection of Azalea Drive and U.S. 90 in Long Beach and end at the Intersection of Texas Street and U.S. 90 in Gulfport.
Beat 3 maintenance responsibility will begin at the west end of the beach at Henderson Point and end at the intersection of Japonica Drive and U.S. 90 in Pass Christian.
Beat 4 responsibility will begin at Japonica Drive and extend to Azalea Drive.
Beat 5 jurisdiction will begin at Texas Street on the west and extend to West Sadler Drive on the east.
LLOYD ROBERTS Wins solid
Roberts
becomes
mayor-elect
JUDY RUTLEDGE Special to the Herald Former Moss Point Alderman Lloyd Roberts became Moss Point’s mayor-elect Tuesday in the general election after winning solidly over Robert Nations.
Nations, 25, a former policeman and a Republican candidate for mayor, received 483 votes, while Roberts, a Democrat received 2,231. Roberts, 59, served as alderman between 1965-73. He is employed at Ingalls West Bank as a planner.
Candidates unopposed in the general election were, alderman at-large, J. D. Westfaul; alderman Ward
1,	E. E. “Buddy” Wells; alderman Ward 2, J. R. Spillers; alderman Ward
3,	W. M. Williams Jr.; alderman Ward 4, Louis Jackson; alderman Ward 5, Mrs. Pattie C. Gunn, and alderman Ward 6, W. V. “Billy” Hardin.
The in-coming council will have a woman, Mrs. Gunn, and two blacks, Spillers and Williams, elected.
City officials estimated only 33 per cent of the city's V{ s turned out for the ge«. »al election.
State election results reported
The following election results in Mississippi Tuesday have been reported by the Associated Press:
Jackson: Hinds County Atty. Dale Danks defeated Republican City Commissioner Doug Shanks 21,880 to 17,259.
In the commission race for two Jackson spots, Republican Neilsen Cochran, and Democrat Fred Johnson, were winners.
Hattiesburg:	Demo-
cratic incumbent rolled over Republican Paul Grady. Long-time Democrat W.U. Sigler defeated Republican Kathryn Cummings in Hattiesburg’s commission race.
Meridian: Voters unseated Republican Mayor Tom Stuart, who received 3,843 votes, and gave the job to I.A. Rosenbaum with 4,765. Voters reelected long term council-
man M.R. Anders, but elected four newcomers to the five-person council.
Vicksburg: Alderman Travis Vance easily defeated two independent opponents to become mayor. Melvin Redmon and De-mery Grubbs were elected to the two-member board of aldermen.
Tupelo: Mayor Clyde Whitaker, Republican, edged Democrat James Ballard by less than 300 votes.
Laurel: Republican Mayor Bill Patrick won a rematch against former Democratic mayor Henry Bucklew, 3,775-2,969. In one contested commission race, T.A. Blackledge was reelected.
Clinton : Incumbent Mayor Charles Blass, Democrat, defeated independents Anne Macke and
C.M. Manfield. Voters reelected aldermen Norman
Five Demos, one GOP to serve on council
REGINA HINES Jackson County Bureau Chief
Five Democrats and one Republican will serve on the Pascagoula city council in the coming year following the outcome of Pascagoula’s general election Tuesday.
The political make up of the board is the same as the last term, with a few different faces occupying the seats.
Incumbents Mrs. Ruby Baggett and I. G. Levy will serve along with newcomers Roy T. “Tippy” O-Bryant Jr., C. R. “Charlie" Moseley, Earl Nelson, and Mrs. Peggy Hoover, Mrs. Hoover, 35, a housewife and wife of Dr. Jack Hoover, is a Republican.
O’Bryant, 28, vice president of O'Bryant-O’Keefe Funeral Home, received the top number of votes citywide, 2,411. Mrs. Baggett-, 51, an Ingalls employe and businesswoman, received 2,268 and Mrs.
Hoover, 2,296.
Levy, 63, an Ingalls employe received 2,155 votes; Moseley, 2,388 and Nelson, 2,271. Moseley, 39, a Chevron employe, and Nelson, 42, an Ingalls employe, ran a close race in the second primary with neither receiving a 51 per cent mar-jority.
Eliminated after winning his chance for the general election in the first Democratic primary was Pascagoula realtor R. N. “Dick” Sutherland, who received 2,049.
Republicans running who did not receive sufficient votes to become council members were: Mrs. Rea Doherty, 753 votes; Joseph R. Callahan, 947, and Douglas Gulley Jr., 1,337.
Former Pascagoula Mayor Ren Briggs, who won over Councilman Gay-den Harper in the first primary had no opposition in the general election and received 2,976 votes.
Gough, Bob Harper and Norman Revey, all Democrats, and Republican Herb Touchton. Democrat Walter Howell was the only newcomer elected.
Starkville: Incumbent Democratic Mayor H.P. Davis beat Republican Alderman C.P. Ball, 1,-839-359. In the one contested aldermanlc race for Starkville's six-member board, Democrat Kirk Ro-senbam defeated independent Archer Alston, 205-110.
Clarksdale:	Voters
elected a second black to their four-member city commission. James Hicks defeated incumbent Grady Palmer, 2,051-1,577. Republican Larry Lee had 1,105. Incumbent Democrat Richard Wless edged independent black Mable Green, 2,483-2,023.
Magee: Democrat Pete Russell defeated Republican Murry Keith 881-321 for mayor.
Ellisvllle: Voters elected their first black alderman in recent memory. He is Aaron Heidelberg, a Democrat who defeated Republican Bobby Ainsworth 153
to 48.
Columbus: Two blacks were defeated in bids for city council seats. The three victors in contested council races all incumbents were: Democrats Henry Perkins and Glen Lollar and independent Jo Robinson.
Picayune: incumbent Republican Mayor Grady
Thigpen defeated Lee Edwin Davis, 1,665-188.
Drew: Incumbent Republican Mayor W.O. Williford beat Democrat Frank Mixon and black independent Cleve McDowell.
Jackson and Hattiesburg voters approved salary increases for mayors and city commissioners.
Khayat in Washington to discuss project plans
Jackson County Bureau
Jackson County Supervisor President Edward A. Khayat Tuesday was in Washington, D.C., discussing proposed Jackson County projects with the congressional delegation and federal agency officials.
Khayat called the board of supervisors Tuesday morning as they met to report on his plans for the day. Another call from Khayat was taken by board vice president Lum Cumbest later in the day, but Cumbest did not convey any information re-
garding the call.
On Tuesday, Khayat reportedly checked on the status of the sandhill crane and its affect on the completion of Interstate-10 in the county and the possibility of federal funding for a planned new county jail, an overpass or underpass for Pascagoula and expansion plans for the county water supply.
Cumbest said Khayat visited Washington as a sidetrip while traveling East to attend graduation ceremonies for one of his granddaughters.
Kaufman defeats independent in race for alderman's post
REGINA HINES Jackson County Bureau Chief
Democratic nominee
<JDRE KAUFMAN
Uefeats
Andre Kaufman won the Ward Four alderman’s post handily over Independent Mike Mayfield in Ocean Springs general election Tuesday.
The ward four office was the only contested position on the ballot in Ocean Springs following two Democratic primaries, and only about nine per cent of the city’s 4600 eligible voters cast ballots.
Kaufman, 27, an Ingalls employe, received 213 votes in his ward, while Mayfield, a 25-year-old kitchen supervisor at Trilby's Restaurant, received 67 votes in his first try for office.
Also in Ward < D.L. “Pat” Connor reef d24l
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Richmond, 243 votes for alderman-at-large. Two votes each were received by Nick Patano, who was defeated by Connor in the second primary, and Robert Cox, candidate for alderman-at-large, who lost to Richmond.
In Ward 1, voting was as follows: Connor, 72; Richmond, 74 and Joseph B. Garrard, alderman, 68.
Ward 2, Connor, 81; Richmond, 73, and Robert Jackson, alderman, 74.
Ward 3, Connor, 25; Richmond, 27, Thomas Reynolds, alderman, 20.
The new city officials will take office in swearing-in ceremonies on July
5.	Garrard will be the only incumbent to be seated on