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POUR
SAPULPA (OKLA.) DAILY HERALD
Writer-Heiress Held In Mix-Up Shooting At Airport In Dallas
Thursday, February 20, 1964
DALLAS (UPI)—A free lance
writer - heiress, blabbering
charges of “Communist” and
“Mafia,” Wednesday night
fired a gun wildly at an airline
passenger she believed was
Gordon McLendon, a candidate
for the U S. Senate.
McLendon, who was not near
the airport, asked US. Atty.
Gen. Robert Kennedy for a fed-
eral investigation “into an at-
tempt upon the life of a feder-
al candidate.”
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Stone,
47, was knocked to the ground
and disarmed. Police said
charges of assault with intent
to kill would be filed today. Po-
lice Lt. E.L. Cunningham said
she was “pretty well emotion-
ally disturbed.”
WAV Dyer, 48, of Dallas was
about 15 feet from the woman
when the shot was fired. The
.32 caliber weapon jammed
when she tried to shoot again.
The bullet went wild and Dyer,
whom she had mistaken for
McLendon, boarded his flight
for Chicago.
McLendon, of Dallas, faces
Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D-
Tex . for the Democratic nom-
ination to the U S. Senate. Mc-
Lendon owns several broadcast
stations across the nation and
his oil, real estate and theater
interests
Mrs. Stone told police she
had never seen McLendon, but
that she understood he was
“head of the Mafia and the
Cosa Nostra” in Dallas. Detec-
tive Harvey Totten said the
women told him she wanted to
shoot McLendon because "he is
a Communist.”
McLendon said the bizarre
“rlThaoD?^'^ Said'!)Ui he„ SV kT.Wty,She F°rt W°rth Wh0 Iast Monday, was waiting for McLendon.
I am so happy the gentleman had tailed He said she had ap- rented a North nalla*
she shot at was not hurt ” peared at the office several ' D a pa ’ Hiatt said Dyer walked past
The candidate said the worn- linu’s- bul eath ,ime he was IIT! ’ ‘*niVt'd at llle airport her heading for a plane, when
an had been to his downtown I Sune- I, .ne“ay n,*ht and ha<J Me- Mrs. Stone suddenly pulled the
Dallas office earlier in the dav I \tr< ctnn„ , a , Lendon paged She told Stanley pistol from her purse and fired.
niTmtneday.i Mrs Stone, a widow from Hiatt, an airline agent, that she! Hiatt disarmed her
BAD EXAMPLE
LONDON (UPI) - The Post
Office said today it has been
flooded with complaints about
faulty coin slots in telephone
booths following a television
program on which a performer
extracted money from a coin-
box with a trick.
CAUSE OF RETRIAL
LONDON (UPI) - Judge I.
Loyd dismissed the jury at
West London County Court
Wednesday and ordered a re-
trial because one juror left the
jury room to telephone his sec-
retary to arrange for his chil-
dren to be picked up from
school.
COURT SNOWED OUT
BRENTWOOD, Eng. (UPD-
Court was adjourned here
Wednesday when something
went wrong with a roof venti-
lator and the judge was show-
I ered with snow.
The Markhoor goat of
| has spiral horns.
India
Television In Review
By RICK DU BROW
United Prett International
HOLLYWOOD (UPI)—If your
boy is thinking of heading for
Hollywood, tell him to study to
swimming pool
loaiers.
and alligator
Business is the byword in
town today ("the only business
to be in nowadays is business,”
iM
I
PRICES GOOD.. FRIDAY and SATURDAY ONLY .. THAT’S THE TRUTH
Record Measure
On Defense Set
For House Debate
null) nuvu, ttis Iiitii Oiuu; w
be a business manager. If he a producer remarked to his
is any good, soon he will be son) And (j,e brutally tough
getting front tables at lavish|economics of the modern film;
affairs, celebrities will be ask- industry were the subject i
ing him what to do, and before Wednesday night of a “CBS Re-
he knows it he will have a ports” study of the new Holly-!
wood, overseas productions and
changing trends.
Hollywood producers were
once referred to as “Huckle-
berry Capones,” but those in-
dustry executives interviewed
for Wednesday night's broad-
cast included some of the most
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The admirable in the business—Sam
House was asked today to ap- Spiegel, George Stevens, Carl
prove a record $16 9 billion de-J Foreman and John Huston
fense authorization bill which!among them. Also on hand
includes millions for design of were Marian Brando and An-
• new bomber which the ad- thony Quinn, the latter corn-
ministration has not sought and menting correctly that Holly-
mav not spend. wood, rather than being a mere
Chairman Carl Vinson. D-Ca., geographic location, is a condi-
of the House Armed Services tion. even in so-called ' runa-
Committee was set to lead the way” films,
fight on the House floor for the Overall, the hour program
new bomber, which would re- broke no new ground in its ex-
place aging B52s and B58s in animation of why the movie
| business and Hollvwood are
The annual legislation is the what they are today but for
authorization to provide the the lavman it did present a
armed forces with new aircraft, dear picture of what has hap-
missiles and warships. It also pened and is happening The
authorizes research and devel- discussion of government sub-
opment efforts for the first sidies for film-makers in for-
lime, thus accounting for the eign natlons was pungent.
record figure. 1
However, the bill sets only! . merest was Premin-
the ceiling on such spending ?er s matter-of-fact reference
Actual appropriations must be 0 pa-v , 1 a comment in such
— _ a casual vein the* he left no
considered separately. Even
then, the administration would
a casual vein that
doubt in a viewer's mind that
not have to spend the money
he was certain it was coming.
(or the bomber unless it want- "hen Mr Preminger talks
about money, friends, listen.
The Channel Swim: CBS-TV
ed to do so.
Other Congressional news:
Beker: Former Senate aide
Robert G. (Bobby) Baker faced officially acceded to Ed Sulli-
the threat of a contempt eita- van s decision to keep his show
ion but some members of the an hour long, and not expand,
Senate Rules Committee be- it to 90 minutes.. .Mae West's ■
iL.: - ■».
Baker appeared at a closed-' airs March Id, she com- H
door session of the committee m‘ssions the owner of televi-
Wednesday but refused to sur- s*on s talking horse to redesign
-ender his records in compli- her stables with special touches.
ance with a subpoera. He was of decor-
wdered to return Tuesday for Theodore Sorensen, aide and
l public hearing. advisor of President Kennedy,
Civil Rights: Senate Republi- a&reed j° be a consultant for
can Leader Everett M Dirk- •N|HC-T\ "s planned fall series.f
ten. 111., preparing for a battle "Profiles in Courage,” based
royal over civil rights, is or- on ,he 1)00,1 by the la,e Chief |
?anizing his own corps of “floor1 Executiv« - Sorensen resigned j
captains” to help shepherd the,f™m ,he Johnson administra-
cill Democratic leaders of theit,on *° wri,e a book about Ken-
Senate openlv acknowledge thev nedy-
(till need GOP help to cut
any Southern
pass the bill.
filibuster
Stn. Goldwater
May Be Speaker
For GOP Meeting
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Oklahoma supporters of Barry,
Goldwater for president have
high hopes that the Arizona
senator will be able to speak1
at the state Republican conven-
tion Feb. 29.
Whether he does or not, state ^
chairman Bill Burkett said, de- j
pends on timing of a tight'
schedule He has been Invited
to address the convention.
“If we can work it out,”
Burkett said, ‘‘he will be'
here ”
Burkett said the party would
have to charter a plane to get
Goldwater her# on time, and
even that would be playing it
close. Goldwater ia scheduled
to apeak at the North Carolina
state convention at 12 30 p. m.
CST Feb. 29. and the Oklahoma
convention is scheduled to ad-
journ at 3 p. m.
AH of Oklahoma's national
convention delegates are ex-
pected to be pledged to Gold
wstar.
WHO'S RUNNING! — New
York financier Lowell Bir-
relL wanted an a eerie* of
indictments for alleged stock
market fraud, holds cocktails
court for reporters at the
swank Engineers Club in Rio
de Janeiro, where he denied
he ia a fugitive He said he
is seeking to return to face
the charges.
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Livermore, Edward K. The Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 147, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1964, newspaper, February 20, 1964; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1489590/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.