SATURDAY. :SEPTEMBER 22: 1962
3 . . l ole*ise Officials
Cleared of Contempt
MERIDIAN, Miss. ap) U.S.
Dist: Judge Sidney Mize cleared
three University of Mississippi of-
Eelsls of contempt charges yester
day in the James H. Meredith de
segregation case.
t The judge held that "all pow
ers were vested solely and con
clusively in the hoard of trustees
and direct officials of the uni
versity."
The faces of the three defend
ants chancellor John, D. Wil
liams, liberal arts dean Arthur
B. Lewis and registrar Robert
B. Ellis—broke into wide . smjles
when. the:. judge ruled at the end
of a three-hour hearing..
The 13 members of the state
college board named by the
judge as the ones with the real
power in the matter—are sched
uled for a hearing themselves on
contempt
,charges in the sth 'U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals at New
Orleans Monday.: •
- The Justice Department moved
against both groups the three
COLLEGIAN BUSINESS
STAFF MEETING
Old Staffers Only .
Attenciance Compulsory
128 Sackett Sunday, 23 - 8:00
THE DAILY C
school' officials and the trustees
—in the wake of Govi-Ross Barn
ett's -refusal to register the 29-
year-old Negro Thursday.
Barnett, clothed in the authori
ty of the state college board and
acting as registrar, •handled the
matter personally in a meeting
with Meredith on the campus.
In turning away Meredith. he
defied the orders' of-three federal
courtsranging all, the way up to
the U.S. - Sup reme Court that
Meredith must be .admitted and
114 years of segregation at the in
stitution must fall.
Despite the fact that •the 64-
year-old governor took it upon
himself to reject-Meredith's appli
cation, the Justice !Department
ignored him completely in aim
ing its legal counter7punches.
Instead it sought contempt cita
tions against the persons actually
named in the court order the
university officials Send the board
members.
UNIVERSOY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA
•
Guido Recovers -. lthm . Collapse
I BUINOS AIRES (N) Presi
dent Jose Maria Guido dramatic
ally asserted his authority over
warring Argentine army , factions
last night and ordered an end to
hostilities that threatened. to en
gulf. the . nation in civil war.
hißounding back after a siege of
tigue, the 52-year-old president
pUblicly fired two loyalist army
generals who had been named by
rebels as part of a military clique
that planned a military dictator-1
alifti in this key South American'
nation.
Guido's announcement In a
nationwide radio address gave
indication he was switching his
allegiance to rebel forces.
I The chief of the military rebels,
Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania, broad
cast a warning to loyalist troops
in the. Buenos Aires area to sur
render or face air bombardment.
The warning was ignored, how
ever, and ' Ongania's deadline
passed without incident.
GUIDO. making round-the-clock
efforts to settle the four-day strug
gle among the army generals,
collapsed at Government House.
He was attended by Dr. Tibui
cio Padilla, public health minister
and a heart specialist.
Friends said Guido was baffled
after seven months of trying to
reconcile differences among the
military commanders who ousted
his friend, 'Arturo Frondizi, from
the presidency.
Guido holds the powers of a
strong man but has the spirit of a
compromiser.
Within a few hours altar he pro
claimed a cease-fire, ri , fal army
commanders opened up a new bat
tle of communiques that left the
president where he was when the
crisis erupted four days ago—only
this time leaning toward the reb
els favoring strict canstitutiorial
government and elections ass soon
as possible.
The president had fired his
whole Cabinet and the top ;mili
tary leaders earlier in an Wirt to
appease the rebels who cherged
that he was being used as a stooge
in their plot to set up a military
dictatorship.
THERE WERE also reporte yes
terday of shooting In Florentio
Varela. a quiet suburban town
south of the capital. The reports
could not be confirmed.
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