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Vol, 62, No. 83
GIFT—Alton Flanks and his wife Betty smile happily after his
lease from Jail in Houston where he told of getting $19000 from a
wealthy West Texas rancher serving 50 years for a double murder
in Huntsville. Prank* met the rancher while serving u sentence for
auto theft. A later check by newsmen revealed that the rancher hud
given nearly $30,000 to fellow inmates at the Texas State prison whom
he wanted to iu straight. iNEA Telephoto).
General LeMay
Says Airforce
Cuts Dangerous
Top Brass Turns On
Heat to Halt Slash
Of Airforce Power
WASHINGTON. June 5 —<UJ*)—
Senators were told today that Gen-
eral Curtis E. LeMay believes pro-
pored reductions in his big bomber
strategic nir command may involve
un unacceptable risk for the United
States and its allies.
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, out-
going airforce chief of staff, gave
the information to a senate ap-
propriations subcommittee. He read
a portion of a "top secret" mess-
age sent him on May 22 by the
cigar-smoking SAC commander.
Reporting as a “field command-
er." Vandenberg said, LeMay stated
that "reduction below 57 wings rep-
resents an extension of the calcu-
lated risk to a point where it may
no longer be acceptable to the se-
curity uf the United States and its
allies.’'
Five-Wing Reduction
Previous testimony has indicated
that the 120-air wing force planned
by the present administration for
December, 1955. will reduce the
strategic air command to 52 wings
from the 57 included In the 143-
wing program.
Vandenberg began his third day
of testimony as senate Democrats
talked hopefully of a compromise
in the controversy over President
Elsenhower's cutback defense bud-
get.
Informed sources said that a re-
vised budget probably would call for
a $3,500,000,000 to $4,000,000,000
boast in the new appropriations
request Mr. Eisenhower submitted
for the year oeginning July 1. This
would fall somewhat short of for-
mer President Truman's request.
Now at Minimum
Vandenberg quoted LaMay as
stating that the 57 proposed stra-
tegic air-wings—Sunday punch of
the airforce and regarded as the
atomic-carrying force that makes
Russia think twice—are the ''mini-
mum" required.
[ Vandenberg also stated that the
top airforce brass and the strategic
air command agree that its number
of bombers is "the bare minimum.”
In irevious testimony he had
termed the airforce a "one shot"
group without reserves for late use
in the event of an all-out emer-
gency.
Less Bombers Needed
Vandenberg read part of the pink
"top secret" message from LeMay
after Senator Edward J. Thye (Re-
publican, Minnesota) pressed Van-
denberg to concede that increased
bomber payload means that fewer
bombers would be required on a
given mission.
Vandenberg did concede that in
a hypothetical raid on Kelly and
Randolph airfoice bases, two atomic
bombers over each could deliver a
knock-out blow instead of a group
ol conventionally armed planes
over each target.
LARGEST A'ET—Largest atomic mushroom hovers over Yucca Flat
in the early morning lulit following detonation of the device Thurs-
day. Li ht slreak at base of mushroom is believed to be brush set
aiire by terrific heat. Top of mushroom has just been touched by
first feeble li lit of day while the *use Is still in darkness. <NEA
Telephotos).
De>VOI.F IN DEATH CELL—This is the latest picture of Carl Aus-
tin DeWolf, awaiting execution in McAlester penitentiary's death
house for ihe slaying of a Tulsa detective in 1946. Gov. Johnston Mur-
ray late Thursday granted him his 12th stay of execution, awaiting
a U. S. court of appeals decision on the case. Since his trial in 1947.
DeWolf has grown fat beyond the 160 pounds he weighed then. <AP
Photo).
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Class of 53:
Has Anybody
Lost His Ring?
/~VNE OF the 133 graduates at
El Reno highschool this year
is owner of a '53 class ring that
is now in Fort Worth, and the
finder would be happy to return
the ring upon proper description
of the initials inside.
The ring wasn't lost In the big
Texas cowtown. and Judging from
circumstances involved, it has
been decided by The Tribune's
deductions and conclusions de-
partment that the owner of the
ring may not even now know
that it was lost. .
You see. the senior class ring
was attached to a neck chain,
commonly worn by the doting fe-
male. when her current favorite
guy's ring is too large for her
smaller pinkie. ,
That, our D and C department
figured out. indicates that the gal
was possessor of the ring, and
that she lost it—and that it's very
possible she hasn’t yet muster-
ed enough nerve to tell her guy.
WfELL, IT could have happened
like that.
Where was the ring and chain
found? At the Tulsa Oil Exposi-
tion. And the finder was L. B.
Harbison, an official of the Har-
bison - Fischer manufacturing
company of Forth Worth.
Mr. Harbison wrote The Tri-
bune today, telling of finding the
ring, and he said the owner (or
loser) could regain it by writing
him a note and giving those all-
important initials which are en-
graved inside.
So. there it is, guys and gals
Act now! The address is Mr. L.
B. Harbison. Harbison and Fisch-
er manufacturing company, post-
office box 64, Fort Worth.
Aw, don't mention it. We're
merely doing our bit to preserve a
possible beautiful romance.
ON BEHALF OF TEXAN—Senutor Price Daniel. Democrat-Texas, went to the White House to thank
President Elsenhower on behalf of Texas lor signing the Tidelunds bill, and received from the president
one of the pens used in the ceremony. (NEA Telephotot.
Thousands Flee
Montana Flood
Rio Grande Is Dry
First Time Known
BA* UNITED PRESS
The flooding Missouri river rose
ominously today as the Rio Grande,
one of the continent's longest rivers,
dried away into n crusty river bed
for the first time in recorded history.
At Great Falls. Mont., more than
3.000 persons packed household be-
longings and made ready to flee as
the big muddy pounded at weakened
dikes.
About 2.000 have already been
evacuated there and nearby com-
munities and farm lands were re-
ported underwater.
Hundreds of men. including per-
sonnel from a nearby air force base
worked in four hour shifts to shore
up the dikes in a last ditch effort
to hold the rising Missouri back.
Rio Grande Is Dry
At Laredo. Tex., sentimental Tex-
ans watched in dismay as the Rio
Grande just gave up and stopped
flowing.
The border city’s mayor Hugh S.
Cluck met with the Laredo district
water board in emergency session
last night. He immediately an-
nounced he would appeal to Gov-
ernor Alan Shivers for aid in the
water crisis.
Downstream from Laredo, hastily-
dug water wells provided water for
little more than drinking and sani-
tary purposes for 350,000 residents
of the lower Rio Grande valley.
There was practically none for thou-
sands of acres of irrigated vegeta-
bles and fruit.
7.000 Acres Burned
In Silver City. N. M., 500 volun-
teer and professional firefighters
yesterday brought a raging five-day
forest fire in the Gila forest under
control after the blaze burned out
7.000 acres of rich timber land.
Elsewhere in the nation, summer
windstorms drove residents indoors,
batted out windows and knocked
down power lines.
In Lincoln. Neb., gusts reached
85 miles an hour and “hot" wires
were reported down in all parts of
the city.
In Chicago residents perspired un-
der the hottest June 4 heat on rec-
ord. a stifling 95.9 degrees. Shortly
before midnight a sudden storm
with gusts up to 70 miles an hour
halted traffic, smashed windows and
knocked over big trees.
There also were heavy windstorms
in Iowa. Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Tulsa Flier Bags His Fifth MIG
To Become War's 32nd Jet Ace
SEOl L, June 5—(AP)—A Tulsa flier. Major Vermont
Garrison, became the Korean war’s :12nd jet ace by downing
his fifth Russian-built MIG, the airforce disclosed today.
The announcement came as American Sabrejet pilots
bagged eight Communist MIG jets, probably destroyed one
and damaged five in air battles high over North Korea.
It was the second time this month that Sabres and MIGs
have tangled. One MIG was shot down and one damaged
Tuesday.
On the ground. South Korean infantrymen fought with
bayonets and grenades to win back allied outposts which
the Reds may claim if an
early armistice halts the
bloody three-vear-old war.
The tough ROKs were fighting
hand-to-hand with Chinese and!
North Koreans at some points along I
the muddy east-central and eastern
fronts where bitter battles have rag-
End of Fighting in Korea
Appears Close; Fateful
Meeting Scheduled Today
SEOl L. Korea, Saturday, June 6—(UP)—United nations
and Communist delegates meet at Panmunjom today in a
truce session that may mean the bloody three-year Ko-
rean war is coming to its end.
Report* here, in Tokyo, in Washington and in united
nations headquarters in New York are that the two delega-
tions are within a hair’s breadth of agreement on the main
outstanding issue.
That issue is the disposition of those Chinese Commun-
ists and Nortn Korean prisoners, held by the UN command
who refuse to go home to Red-ruled territory.
The delegates meet at 11 a. m. (10 p. ni. Friday EDT).
There is strong hope thut the meeting may lead to the sign-
ing of an armistice next week, i— *
ed all week.
Agree on Line
Truce negotiators agreed in No-
vember, 1951 that the cease-fire de-
marcation line would be along a
line of contact across Korea. Since
then the main battle line has
changed little, but in recent weeks
the Reds have grabbed important
outposts in the west and a number
of advance allied positions in the
center and on the eastern end of the
line.
Observers said the Reds could be
expected to claim the line of con-
tact was south of allied outposts
they have seized—outposts which in
many cases guard the main UN line.
ROK Troops Hailed
Chinese and North Koreans
Thursday hurled back six of seven
South Korean counter-attacks in
central and eastern Korea and in at
least two sectors grabbed additional
territory.
North and South Koreans were re-
ported locked in combat again today
near the crest of Anchor hill on the
extreme eastern end of the line.
Incomplete reports to Eighth nr-
my headquarters said soldiers of the
15th ROK division clawed their way
oack to ihe crest of the key hill.
There was no claim that the peak
was again in allied hands.
British Pact
Asked by Taft
WASHINGTON, June 5 —(>F*i—
Senator Taft (Republican., Ohio)
called today for a military alliance
with the British in the Pacific to by-
pass the united nations veto in that
critical world area.
The senate GOP leader issued a
statement clarifying the views he
expressed in a Cincinnati speech
May 26 which caused President Ei-
senhower to say "No,” that he
couldn't agree with Taft that the
U. S. “might as well forget the unit-
ed nations so far as the Korean war
is concerned” if efforts to obtain an
armistice fail.
Eisenhower said the U. S. would
have to "go it alone” everywhere
U it operated single-handed in Asia.
In an interview before he issued
the formal statement. Taft made it
clear any early truce in Korea would
likely put him back in the same for-
eign policy boat with Eisenhower in
the far east.
The Ohio senator said he is re-
signed to united nations participa-
tion in the peace decisions which
would follow a Korean cease-fire a
course Eisenhower apparently in-
tends to pursue.
But if armistice negotiations fail
Taft indicated in the statement he
has not changed his view the U. S.
"might as well forget” the UN in
dealing with the Korean situation.
El Reno Men
Given State
Jaycee Posts
Two members of the El Reno jun-
ior chamber of commerce have been
honored with positions in the state
organization, it was announced at
the club's regular noon luncheon
meeting today.
They are Mark Hoover, appointed
state chairman of national affairs
for the club, and David DeLana,
appointed to a new term as Jaycee
international chairman, and also
named to the board of directors of
the Jaycee International.
An outline of the work of El Re-
no's $100,000 industrial foundation
was presented by Dow Damron,
chamber of commerce manager, who
assured Jaycees that the foundation
! is constantly seeking to secure the
' right kind of industry for El Reno.
In other business, the club heard
a report by Dr. Earnest Pofts on
the annual joint Installation dinner
to be held with the Jaycee Janes at
the El Reno country club, tentative-
ly set for June 26. and a report by
Stanley Youngheim that sponsor-
ship of a carnival recently had add-
ed $185.10 to club coffers.
Pat Weaver told the group that
the insect spraying machine, dam-
aged this week in a fire, is expected
to be back in service early next
week.
Guests at the meeting were Bill
Burch and Kenneth Campbell, dep-
uty state examiners and inspectors,
who currently are auditing county
books.
City Youths
To Leave For
Twin 'States'
riiHIRTEEN El Reno teenagers
will assemble on two state
campuses Saturday to begin eight-
day courses of special citizenship
training sponsored by the Ameri-
can Legion and its auxiliary.
The group will participate in
the 15th annual Boys State, to be
held on the University of Okla-
homa campus, and In Girls State,
conducted at Oklahoma College
for Women, Chickasha.
The eight boys who will attend
their state function, will be Gary
Tesch, sponsored by the Rotary
club: Jim Winslow, IOOF; Bill
Causey, Lions club: Rodney Thom-
as. Eagles lodge: Tom Rukes. La-
dies of the GAR and the Ameri-
can Legion; Bill Bruce. Kiwanis
club: Richard Horton, Elks lodge,
and James Avant, Knights of Co-
lumbus.
/“URLS scheduled to attend
Yl events at Chickasha are Lila
Beth Fisher, sponsored by the Or-
der of Eastern Star; Jane Bailey,
El Reno Study club and P-TA
council; Arlone Moyer. Rebekah
lodge and American Legion auxili-
ary; Karen Searcy. AAUW and
Jaycee Jaynes, and Jerry Lou Det-
erman. Catholic Daughters of
America.
The twin "states", sponsored as
practical courses in Americanism
and citizenship by the American
Legion and auxiliary will be at-
tended by outstanding highschool
students from every county in
Oklahoma.
1YTHILE there the young “clti-
” zens” will study the opera-
tion of city, county and state gov-
ernments. engage In team sports,
and elect their own officers.
Annually both boys and girls
assemble for a final night of en-
joyment at a dance at OCW.
Both events will feature out-
standing state figures as speakers,
with those announced for Boys
State including James E. Berry,
state lieutenant governor; Dr.
George L. Crass, OU president;
James V. Whitely, state Legion
commander, and others.
The boys' leadership develop-
ment program will be directed by
H. V. Thornton, OU government
professor.
RECITAL IS ANNOUNCED
Piano students of Edith Haynes
will be presented in a recital at 8
p. m. Tuesday, June 9, in the
Church of the Nazarene.
Yank Planes
Set New Mark
FAIRFORD AIRBASE. England,
June 5—(/P)—Three American B-47
stratojet bombers smashed the U. S.
to England speed record today by
flashing across the Atlantic in
slightly over 5'; hours.
Two of the swept-wing. six-jet B-
47s streaked from Limestone airbase
in Maine to Fairford in central Eng-
land—a distance of 3,120 miles—in
5 hours and 36 minutes. Another
made it in 5 hours. 37 minutes.
The previous record was 5 hours,
38 minutes set last April 7 by two
other B-47s.
The planes from part of the 306th
medium bombardment wing-45 stra-
tojets in all-which are making mass
flights from their U. S. base at Mac-
Dill Field. Tampa, Fla., to their new
base in England.
after nearly two years of ne-
Kotiations.
For the moment the South Ko-
reans. in whose behalf the UN forces
are fighting, were evidently the only
obstacle to agreement.
Rhre I* Bitter
Their aged President Syngman
Rhee asserted bitterly that agree-
ment with the Communists on the
present terms would be "accepting
a death warrant."
General Mark W. Clark. UN su-
preme commander, and United
States ambassador to Korea Ellis
O. Briggs conferred with Rhee for
an hour yesterday, pleading with
him to go along with the UN.
While the truce negotiators pre-
pared to meet, the war blazed on.
Allied Sabrejets shot down eight
Communist MIG-15 Jet fighters yes-
terday and damaged five in low-
level combat.
Fighting Goes On
South and North Korean infan-
trymen were locked In ferocious bat-
tle on the eastern front — in what
may prove to be the last big action
of the war.
Developments on the political side
include:
1—Rhee in Interviews and a writ-
ten reply to questions by newsmen
reaffirmed his bitter opposition to
the latest truce terms.
2 A South Korean spokesman
said President Eisenhower has as-
sured Rhee that the U. S. will con-
tinue to give south Korea military
and economic aid after the urinis-
tlce.
Optimism Is Great
3— In Washington allied authori-
ties prepared new last-minute in-
structions for the UN delegates at
today's truce meeting.
4— So optimistic was the atmos-
phere at UN headquarters in New
York that officials started planning
a "peace” session of the general as-
sembly in two or three weeks to ar-
range for a political conference
which would follow an armistice.
President Rhee made his plea
that South Korea be permitted to
win the war alone in a written
statement, replying to questions by
newsmen:
One question asked, "what is the
best way to unify Korea if und when
an armistice is signed?" He an-
swered:
Wants it Continue
"The only way I can see is to let
the Koreans do their fighting, which
they want to do. If they succeed,
they will unite under the Republic
of Korea government all they want
to. It is the national determination.
"If they lose, they will unite un-
der the Communist regime.
“Why don't they let them settle
their own business if they want to?
Are they not entitled to the right
of self-determination? All our fight-
ing men believe they can drive the
Chinese forces out of Korea.”
Rhee answered several lists of
questions submitted by correspond-
ents. At times he appeared emotion-
ally overwrought and on the verge
of tears.
Answers Fail to Jibe
The answers he gave in off-the-
cuff interviews did not always jibe
with his written, considered replies.
Rhee told this correspondent that
the "Chinese must be made to leave
Korea" before his government would
accept the UN truce proposal.
But he told another one verbally
that "South Korea will sign the
present truce proposal—America is
forcing us to.”
At one point, he said the South
Korean army would take on both
North Korea and the Chinese Com-
munists. Later, he said his troops
could unify Korea "as soon as the
Chinese leave.”
Mustang Field Is
Given Publicity
Mustang field is currently being
advertised nationally by the Okla-
noma Planning and Resources
board as the "No. I industrial site
in Oklahoma.”
This information came today
from Dow Damron, chamber of
commerce manager, who said he
had been notified of the action by
the board's industrial department.
The advertising appears in the
Management, Chemical Week and
several other smaller publications,
Damron sard.
State Budget In
Balance; Next
Is Adjournment
Several Funds Cut;
legislature Due To
Disband by Saturday
OKLAHOMA CITY. June 5—
—Mental hospitals won an extra
million dollars from legislative con-
ferees today and the budget was put
back in balance, clearing the way
lor sine die adjournment late today
or early tomorrow.
However, the agreement was dim-
med somewhat by a warning that
house members, who balked yester-
day. may still insist upon another
$500,000 for the mental institutions.
Adjournment Is officially set for
4 p. m. today. However, clocks In
the senate and house probably
will have to be covered with the
legislature working into the night
to finish the technicalities of quit-
ting.
Several Funds Cut
The committee, slashing funds
for several agencies, actually came
out with a balance of about $1,000.
It set approved appropriations at
more thjn 165 million dollars in the
next two years, the state's antici-
pated general revenue fund Income.
Committee members approved the
following changes today:
Mental hospitals—Increased on*
million dollars.
State colleges—Reduced $250,000.
Slate Election board — Reduced
$200,000.
Vocational rehabilitation — $600,-
out of general revenue.
Roads—Reduced $180,000.
Wolf bounty—$72,000 out of gen-
eral revenue instead of game and
fish fund.
Beer Ban Passed
Pecan farm improvements — Re-
duced $220,596.
A bill prohibiting sale of beer to
minors both for consumption on
and off the premise passed the
house today and went to the gov-
ernor.
The measure makes it illegal for
boys under 21 and girls under IS to
buy beer at groceries or other
places to take home or drink else-
where.
The house today also passed and
sent to the governor a bill creating
a special narcotics enforcement di-
vision in the attorney general's of-
fice to control the dope traffic in
Oklahoma.
The measure was a substitute for
a narcotics control bill which pass-
ed the house earlier and was killed
by the senate.
The new bill sets up a narcotics
division in the attorney general’s
office with a chief hired at $7,200
a year and two special agents. An
assistant attorney general will han-
dle the legal job of prosecution.
Indian Lands
Curbs Lifted
WASHINGTON. June 4 —<U.B—
President Eisenhower has signed
legislation to permit the Indian bu-
reau to turn over land, buildings
and property no longer needed for
education of Indians to states and
local school districts without charge.
Use of property so transferred
would be available to Indians
the same terms as non-Indians. .
maximum of 20 acres could be trans
ferred in each instance.
The president also signed two oth-
er bills to remove certain restrictions
on sale by Indians of land on the
Crow and Blackfeet reservations in
Montana. In general, the new laws
would give both tribes the same
freedom other Indians have in land
sales.
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Weather Forecast
State Forecast
Considerable cloudiness tonight
and tomorrow with showers and
thunderstorms in the east and south
portions this afternoon and tonight
and in the extreme east portion
tomorrow. Cooler in the west *nA
..........■» “■ north portions. Low temperature*
Wall Street Journal. Business Week, tonight from the 50s in the north-
U. S. News and^World Report, Sales west to near 70 in the southeast.
Highs tomorrow from near SO in
the northwest to near 90 in th*
southeast.
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