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The one newspaper in the world most interested in this community 1 02nd Year No. 1 91 Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1 991 McComb, Miss. 35 Cents tiin DO ssiniteniesd em charge and 10 years for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. The armed robbery sentence and drug possession sentence will run consecutively.

Smith pleaded guilty on Thursday and received life in prison for capital murder and a 20-year sentence for a related armed robbery charge. The armed robbery sentence will run consecutively with the capital of Brookhaven. McGill was reported missing on Jan. 7 and her body was found Jan. 12 in St.

John the Baptist Parish, located between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Beard entered a guilty plea to capital murder charges during Monday's motion hearing in Lincoln County Circuit Court. Circuit Judge Joe Pigott sentenced Beard to life in prison, 20 years for a related armed robbery By Marilyn Thompson Staff Writer Two Brookhaven residents received life sentences for their roles in the January stabbing and mutilation death of a Lincoln County woman. Phillip Oscar Beard, 33, 135 N. Hamilton and his girlfriend, Evelyn Smith, 49, 708 East Chickasaw are accused of killing 28-year-old Dedra McGill took them into Louisiana.

Hunters discovered McGill's body near Highway 51 in a grassy area on Jan. 12 near Ruddock, a fishing community seven miles north of LaPlace. The armed robbery charges stem from the couple using McGill's car to take them to Louisiana to dump McGill's body. Smith also testified that Beard had planned from September 1990 until January 1991 to kill murder sentence. Investigators accused Smith of stabbing McGill twice in the heart.

Smith and Beard also were accused of cutting off McGill's arms and legs with a chainsaw and then setting the body on fire. According to testimony, the slaying took place at the old city dump in Lincoln County. Smith said in court that after she and Beard burned the body, they put body parts in plastic bags and -Highlights- iii: w- iP Mr sit wssw'ilil 11 IP" Miuir rv fcJF If i I McGill because McGill had "snitched" on him and his drug dealings. McGill was to have been a witness in January before the grand jury investigating Beard's drug charges. On Jan.

19, Smith and Beard were arrested and charged with capital murder after Brookhaven authorities were able to link them to McGill's body. Amife gets 2 district plans By Ernest Herndon Staff Writer LIBERTY Amite County supervisors taped two new redisricting proposals to the boardroom wall Monday. The new plans call for black majorities in Districts 2 and 3. In Plan 8, District 2 has 63.77 percent black population and 61.32 percent black voting age population, while District 3 has 62.9 and 58.16, respectively. In Plan 9, District 2 has 62.46 percent black population and 59.88 voting age, while District 3 has 60.17 and 55.19, respectively.

Supervisors -discussed the plans but took no action on them. The plans resulted from a trip to the Jackson office of consultant Hoyt Holland and Associates last week by supervisors-elect Max Lawson, Peter Lobrano and Dale Sterling along with recently reelected supervisors Wiley Barron and L.M. Bateman, board attorney Reggie Jones and NAACP members David Green and J.C. Patterson. Supervisors were criticized in a public meeting earlier this month for not involving the supervisors-elect in the redisricting process.

In another matter, supervisors heard a request from emergency medical technicians to rejoin Southwest Mississippi Emergency Medical Services. Last year EMTs asked the board to withdraw from the organization and use the $10,000 annual dues to support county EMT services. But EMTs Noralyn Blalock, Norma Knight and Pat Nelson said circumstances have (See Amite, Page 12) Vf I AP LaMrphoto Guess who's coming to dinner? This farm dog named Willie licks surveying a couple of turkeys at a scrutiny but will soon grace his chops in anticipation of farm in Pittston, Maine. The two someone's dinner table for the Thursday's leftovers while gobblers survived the canine upcoming holiday. Kindergarteners talk turkey Centenary to host holiday service Members of all faiths are invited to the annual community Thanksgiving religious service at 7 tonight at Centenary United Methodist Church of McComb.

Centenary pastor the Rev. David Price will be one of three ministers leading the services. Dr. David Mil-lican of South McComb Baptist Church and the Rev. Denise Earls of Pearl River Avenue United Methodist Church also will participate.

The services are sponsored by the Southwest Ministerial Association, the Volunteer Chaplaincy Program at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center and the Pike County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Foundation. Court denies retrial in Tangipahoa death NEW ORLEANS (AP) The Louisiana Supreme Court has refused to grant Thomas Sparks Jr. a new trial on charges that he murdered a Tangipahoa Parish sheriff's deputy in 1984. Sparks faces the death penalty for the shooting death of Deputy Ed Toefield, who was killed as he tried to arrest Sparks for the robbery of a New Orleans bank. Sparks is serving a 99-year sentence for the heist.

In his appeal, Sparks claims "material discrepancies" between the actual trial testimony of several prosecution witnesses and what was transcribed by the court reporter. Hammond attorney Lila Tritico Hogan asked the court to either turn over the trial tape recordings or order a new trial. The high court denied both requests. Hogan contends the alleged discrepancies between the tape recordings and the trial transcript center around the Identification of Toefield's killer and actions as described by witnesses. Doomsday clock moved to 1 1 :43 p.m.

CHICAGO (AP) The keepers of the Doomsday Clock turned back its hands today to 1 1 :43 p.m. its farthest point ever from nuclear midnight to reflect the end of the Cold War. The clock, which appears on the cover of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and symbolizes the threat of nuclear war, had stood at 11:50 p.m. since March 1990, after a democratic tide swept Eastern Europe. the skin off.

Put it back in the pan. Check it and stir on it. After 50 hours, check it again." Basting is important, said Destyni Summer. "Put some salt on it, then some pepper on it. Put some apple juice on it and then some pears.

Add sugar. Put some pumpkin seeds on the turkey. Put it in the oven." No need to call 1-800-Help-Me-Cook-This-Bird. It's easy, said Mitchell Herrick. "Cook it for 10 minutes.

Stir up the turkey," he said. 'Take it out of the oven, cut it in half and poke the eyeballs out. Set the plates, forks and knives on the table. Then you eat it." Children disagreed on how long the turkey should be cooked. Breanne Butterfield said it's a snap.

"Wash it off. Put flour on it. Put it in the oven for one second," she said. Samantha Garrison was insistent it takes a little longer. "Put it in the oven.

Check on it. Take COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) -Worried about cooking that Thanksgiving turkey? It's no big deal if you follow a few straighforward rules, say kindergarten students at Rue Elementary. "Cut his head off. Cook him," David Rooney said. "Get his feathers off.

I wouldn't like to eat that! Cut his feet off." Zachary Kirk said it doesn't take long to cook the bird, but be sure to pay attention to the eyeballs. Longtime church organist Doris D. Alford dies at 94 Doris Dickey Alford, who served as organist for First Baptist Church of McComb pip for about 50 years and for Hartman Funeral Home of McComb for about 13 years, died Nov. 25, 1991, at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center at the age of 94. Mrs.

Alford is remembered as a dedicated musician who contributed to many church services. band, called her predecessor a musical influence. "She was a dedicated musician," Mrs. Brady said. "She will be missed.

Her influence was great, musically. She was one of a kind." Mrs. Wyatt Hunter, speaking for herself and her husband who was a longtime pastor of First Baptist, said Mrs. Alford was a close friend. "She was a dear friend of ours.

She served as organist all through his (Dr. Hunter's) pas-torage. We appreciated her so much for the music she contributed to our church. She was so talented and gave of herself so freely," Mrs. Hunter said.

Mrs. Alford was born Sept. 11, 1897, in Chatawa. She was the daughter of Louis Zeb Dickey and Carrie Elizabeth Little Dickey. She was a member of First Baptist Church of McComb and an honorary member of the Crescite Club.

She was married to James Burton Alford who died in 1975. Mr. Alford was founder of McComb Milling Co. and served as president for 40 years. Mrs.

Alford also was preceded in death by one son, James Burton Alford one grandson, James Burton Alford III; and one sister, Alice Dickey Reeves. She is survived by two sons, Zeb Dickey Alford of Houston, Texas, and Van Henry Alford of Baton Rouge, nine grandchildren, Mrs. (See Services, Page 12) Alford weddings and funerals during her lifetime. She began taking piano lessons when she was 6 years old because her asthma kept her from running and playing with other children. She graduated from McComb High School in 1916 and received a degree from Mississippi University for Women in 1920.

She taught high school piano for two years and gave piano lessons in her home for many years. Visitation will be from 6-9 tonight at Hartman Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. Wednesday until services in Hartman chapel at 1:30 p.m., with Dr. Jimmy Porter officiating. The Rev.

Gary Shows will be assistant minister and Dr. Wyatt Hunter will be honorary assistant minister. Burial will be in Hollywood Cemetery. Marilyn Brady, who took over as church organist in the early 1970s when Mrs. Alford left the position to care for her ailing hus Inside AP Uitrphote Perfect SAT 'no big deal' Obituaries Opinions Sports State Stocks TV log Weather ,.12 ...2 ....6 11 ..11 ....3 Calendar 3 Classified 10-11 Comics 9 Crossword 9 Family 4 Louisiana 3 Nation 5 Michael Agney, a high school senior from Melbourne, scored a perfect 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test this year.

Shown In front of the class chalkboard, Agney remains modest and says luck was on his side. IT.