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26 PAGES— 500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1963
VOL. LXXIV, NO. 69
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Hundreds of Negro children, some crying to go
home, spent Monday night in improvised quarters at
Birmingham's fairgrounds. Pictured above is a boy
peering through a fence after his arrest with the others
for a march demonstration. (AP Wirephoto.)
PATERSON, N. J. (P——Po-
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the road is necessary to se-
cure approval in congress of
plans for Arbuckle Reser-
voir.
The commission agreed to
add the Muskogee County
project to the state system,
along with one in Comanche
and Kiowa Counties, when
they have been brought up
to standard.
Lyons advised the com-
mission to close S. H. 48 on
Fort Sill military reserva-
tion when the Comanche-
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (P—The Birmingham News ap-
pealed to President Kennedy Tuesday to end racial
demonstrations in Birmingham.
In a telegram to the president, The News said that
“daily we risk peril of grave injury or even death.
An estimated 2,400 persons have been arrested since
Negroes began the desegregation campaign April 3. There
has been no major outbreak of violence although fire
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closed now when artillery-
men are firing on the res-
ervation.
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many ways Haiti seems ,
unreal and incredible in
today’s Caribbean world.
A priest observes: “Hai-
ti is 90 percent Catholic,
10 percent Protestant and
100 percent voodoo.” The
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla
IW—Telstar 2 rocketed into
orbit Tuesday in another
step toward shrinking the
world through space com-
munication.
porters that the president is
maintaining "c o n t i n u-
ous contact" with Attorney
General Robert F. Kennedy
who in turn is consulting
with aides he sent to Ala-
bama last week )
James Bevel of Cleveland,
Miss.
“We could have had 2,500
arrested yesterday, but we
got tired."
Gregory arrived by plane
to join the demonstrators
and within three hours was
arrested at the head of the
first group of marchers.
The entertainer led the
crowd of teen-agers almost a
block from a Negro church
before they were halted by
police officers.
An official asked Gregory
if he had a parade permit.
Law Violated
He answered no and the
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off the campus and tried to
start a fire in front of a
The state highway com-
mission has gone on record
in favor of a strict policy
on adding secondary roads
to the state highway sys-
tem.
The board was told by F.
D. Lyons, state highway di-
rector, that the additions
should be kept to no more
than 40 or 50 miles a year,
and then only when the coun-
ties have brought the roads
up to state standards.
Several of the commis-
sioners agreed a strict pol-
icy is needed. The question
arose during discussion of a
proposal to add Wainwright
road, south of Muskogee, to
the state system.
Approval Given
G. Nat Irish, commission-
er from Muskogee, said he
agrees with a strict policy,
but added that he believes
the action should be ap-
proved on the Wainwright
project.
Irish said residents of the
area had been led to be-
lieve for some time that the
state would take over main-
tenance of the road once it
is brought up to standard:
streets."
“The basis for a solution
already exists,” The News
said. “This condition can
only be jeopardized by con-
tinued open-street tumult."
The telegram was signed
by Clarence B. Hanson jr.,
publisher of The News.
President Preoccupied
President Kennedy is
“preoccupied" with develop-
ments in Birmingham, the
White House said Tuesday.
(Asst. Press Secretary
told him to turn
rifle because the youngsters
were making noise and an-
noying him.
Six boys were wounded
during the shooting, none se
riously.
Neighbors told police the
man, Ralph Best, began fir-
ing after shouting, "I hate
kids; I hate them all.”
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Best was arraigned Tues-
day on five counts of atro-
cious assault with a deadly
weapon. He was remanded
to the Passaic County jail in
lieu of $10,000 bail pending
grand jury action.
Best sent about 50 chil-
dren scattering for cover
Monday as he pumped bul-
lets into the playground from
a window of his second-floor
apartment across the street
from elementary school No.
14, according to police.
Arresting officers said
they found 14 spent shells
on the floor of Best's apart-
when the noise resumed Best
opened fire.
Best told police he suf-
fers from epileptic seizures.
Police said he had been
drinking before the shooting
and has a record of arrests
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state department is order-
ing all dependents of U.
S. diplomatic and military
staffs to leave Haiti and
an airlift will be operated
for their quick removal,
officials said Tuesday.
Other American citizens
in the turbulent island
country are being encour-
aged to leave and may
use the airlift planes for
that purpose if they wish.
Leadership Con-
tried to overturn the two-
car train while the rest of
the mob cheered.
Windows Knocked Out
Unable to upset the train,
the rioters started a fire on
the tracks a few feet away,
using material from the
train and station for fuel.
Others knocked out most of
the train and station win-
dows.
From there, they surged
back to the campus to the
home of university president
Robert F. Goheen, where
they ripped down about 30
feet of a 7-foot-high wrought
iron fence.
Goheen did not make an
appearance and the rioters
moved off again to town in
the direction of the gover-
nor's mansion.
Some cherry bombs were
tossed on the governor’s
lawn but the rioters paid
more attention to a fashion-
able day school next door,
where they trampled a fence
and hedges and bent the
flagpole.
The next target was West-
minster Choir College, about
half a mile from the Prince-
ton campus, where a panty
raid was staged at the wom-
en’s dorm.
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County, but did not desig-
nate an alternate route
pending hearings.
A delegation told the com-
mission last month that ac-
est communications satel-;
health specialists from 118
nations assembled here
Tuesday for the opening of
the annual world health as-
Isembly.
quickly among the under-
graduates, who apparently
were primed for hijinx after
celebrating a prank-filled
annual house party weekend
Bonfires Start
An argument began about
10:30 last night in Henry-
Hall, and in an ensuing scuf-
fle fire alarms were set off,
emptying some 300 students
from the building.
Soon several bonfires were
be settled in
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state system. He said the their noise annoyed him.
They did for a while but
Actress Retiring
LOS ANGELES iP — Ao
tress Christine Kaufmann
wants to be a full-time wife
to actor Tony Curtis, so she
is retiring from movies.
Haitian censorship
religion has a
basis of fear of evil
Air Force Base
morning, there
sues should
the courts,
the arrest Monday of a po-
lice-estimated 1,000 march-
ers, including Negro come-
dian Dick Gregory. The vast
majority of those arrested
for parading without a per-
mit were school children or
other teen-agers. Many
skipped classes to join in
the campaign.
2.400 Arrested
More than 2,400 now have
been arrested since the
massive racial demonstra-
tions started Thursday.
An additional 200-plus, in-
cluding King, were arrest-
ed in earlier phases of the
integration drive which be-
gan April 3. Police officials
said at least 2,000 declined
to post bond and remained
in the crowded jails and de-
tention quarters.
“When the sun goes down
today, there’ll be so many
Negroes in jail that the peo-
ple of Birmingham will hate
to- see a Negro,” said an-
other Negro leader, Rev.
playground with a 22-caliber legislative activity in
capitol.
17th straight campus to the train station
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blazed away from Cape restaurant in town.
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All three rocket stages
performed precisely as
planned and shoved the ball
of instruments into a wide
looping orbit. The exact or-
bital figures were not im-
mediately available but pre-
liminary indications were
that the satellite was very
close to its intended course
ranging from 575 to 6,559
miles above the earth.
The National Aeronautics
and Space Administration
announced that the 175-
(See TELSTAR—Page 2)
Sent to the secretary of
state to await the next spe-
cial or primary election was
a $7 million bond issue pro-
posal to expand the Oklaho-
ma University Medical Cen-
ter.
It finally cleared the sen-
ate Monday afternoon when
Sen. Louis H. Ritzhaupt (D-
Guthrie) failed to muster
enough votes to return it to
committee to write in taxes
and a dental school.
Funds Anticipated
The secretary of state will
notify the election board to
put the question on the bal-
lot for decision by voters.
Sponsors of the measure
contend it will capture $15
million in federal grants for
a $22 million expansion pro-
gram. Oklahoma doctors
were divided on the plan, but
the legislature voted heav-
ily to submit it to the peo-
ple.
Gov. Bellmon announced
he vetoed the teacher pay
bill because it would have
given a disproportionate in-
crease to education, requir-
ing, as it did, an additional
$10.4 million appropriation.
His action was criticized
by Ferman Phillips, execu-
tive secretary of the Okla-
homa Education Association,
who predicted the legislature
would override the veto and
turn the bill into law.
House Speaker J. D. Mc-
Carty (D-Oklahoma City)
said indications were the
house would override. It is
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City of Fear
started and the milling
I group, by now grown to
tion demonstrations
Greenwood, Miss.
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By Morris W. Rosenberg
PORT AU PRINCE (—
This is a city of fear.
Fear is in the shout of
a crouching soldier aiming
his rifle and calling "ar-
retez"—halt—in the night.
Fear is in the whisper
of a man who passes a for-
eign friend on a public
square, seemingly not rec-
ognizing him. but mutter-
ing, "there are too many
eyes around here."
Fear is in the voice of a
smiling Haitian who turns
aside an inquiry, saying:
The city council of Oklaho-
ma City went on record
Tuesday as favoring an ex-
panded police department.
The council deferred
action until early in June on
an ordinance that would
have increased city sewer
service charges, but instruct-
ed the city manager and af-
fected department heads to
proceed with plans for ac-
quiring new cars and initiat-
ing a recruitment program. ’
In an informal meeting
last week, the councilmen I
agreed that additional
personnel should be hired
and salaries increased for
police officers.
The councilmen have not
gone on record as favoring
ihe sewer charge method of
financing the expansion, but
have generally agreed that
if another method of fi-
nancing cannot be found
they will enact the sewer
charge ordinance to become
effective July 1.
The action Tuesday fol-
lowed weeks of council dis-
cussion on police department
problems. The sewer service
charge proposal was made
by Citizens for Police Im-
provement, Inc., with the
recommendation that it be
put into effect by April 1 of
i his year.
The 56-year-old
doctor who holds
power over his
ment. The rifle was
equipped with a telescopic
sight.
Boy’s Leg Broken
One of the boys hit by gun-
fire suffered a broken leg.
Another was shot in the
arm and the other four sus-
tained flesh wounds.
According to detective
Capt. John Gourley, Best
said he yelled at the chil-
dren to keep quiet because
“I have 5 children to take
care of. Therefore I don’t
know anything about any-
thing."
Fear is in the bravado
of dictator Francois Duva-
lier, proclaiming to a mob
of his supporters: “Bullets
and machine guns capable
of frightening Duvalier do
not exist.” But in the night
Duvalier sends his dread-
ed Tonton Macoute Gesta-
po on a ruthless manhunt
for Clement Barbot— his
former bodyguard, the
man who organized his
$25 bail each pending appear-
ance May 20 in magistrates
court.
Worst in 10 Years
A majority of those arrest-
ed were taken into custody in
a scuffle around an air com-
pressor, weighing more than
a ton, that students rolled
down a road into the path of
oncoming cars.
University proctors — se-
curity guards — called it the
worst riot in 10 years on the
campus.
The riot had its roots in a
small but noisy argument in
a dormitory and spread
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The school bloc began counting noses Tuesday for
enough votes to override Gov. Bellmon’s veto of a $200
yearly pay raise for teachers.
The first test, tentatively set for next week, will come
in the senate, where Floor Leader Glen Ham (D-Pauls
Gregory said.
The officer said such ac-
tion violated city law and
also a state court injunc-
tion. The officer turned and
said:
“Dick Gregory says they
will not disperse. Call the
wagon.”
Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker,
one of King’s top lieutenants,
was asked if there were any
plans to post bond for Greg-
ory.
“No, not at this time."
Walker answered. “When I
talked with him, he said he
planned to remain in jail for
the duration.”
Gregory had sought un-
successfully to be arrested
recently in voter registra-
Valley) was doubtful Tues-
day of the 33 votes required
to override.
Thirty-eight senators voted
for the bill when it passed
the senate March 27. The
house passed the bill (SB
146) a week ago, 111-6, with
only 90 votes needed to over-
ride.
Activity Light
With about half of the
legislature touring the Altus
day night as a transfer
point for a closed-circuit
transatlantic television ex-
change between the United
States and Europe. The 10-
minute program, which
won’t be seen on home
screens, will determine
whether, initially at least,
the satellite is as successful
as its predecessor, Tel-
star 1.
The United States’ new-
L_—
Partly cloudy and mild
hoses, night sticks and police
dogs have been used to break
up marching crowds.
The telegram, displayed
by The News on its front
page, said the demonstra-
tions have been "unleashed
in Birmingham by an or-
ganization which seems de-
liberately intent, having cre-
ated open turmoil, on con-
tinuing if indefinitely."
Strain Great
The newspaper said that
local law enforcement of-
ficials had been able to
maintain law and order and
“it is our expectation that
this can be continued. But
the strain is great daily.”
The News said it believed
the Kennedy administration
would act “if these were
white marchers, demonstra-
tors, open defiances of uni-
formed law officers . . ."
"If serious injury or death
should result. Mr. Kennedy,
you would certainly then
ask yourself whether every-
thing has been done, in ad-
vance, to have prevented
it,” The News said.
Use Influence
“We ask you, sir: To use
the influence of your office
to end this open law viola-
tion and provocation."
The News said it agrees
with Attorney General Rob-
ert Kennedy that such is-
might be of some value.
But Gourley said, “I
looked at the films while
they were wet and it looks
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (P—
Birmingham’s jails are
jammed with Negroes al-
most to the bursting point
Tuesday, and leaders of a
massive desegregation drive
pledged more demonstra-
tions. ‘
“We will definitely have
more demonstrations start-
ing about noon,” said Dr.
Martin Luther King jr.,
president of the Southern
PRINCETON, N. J. (P—Students at Princeton Univer-
sity staged a riot into the early hours Tuesday morning
during which they stormed the grounds around the gov-
ernor's mansion and the house of the university presi-
dent.
The rioters ranged over the campus and sections of j
the town for three hectic and destructive hours. They
damaged homes and property, including the depot and
train of a commuter railroad shuttle.
At its height there were between 1,000 and 1,500 riot-
ers, police estimated.
Police said 14 students were arrested and charged
with being disorderly persons. They were released on
now has sworn to kill him.
Fear haunts the Negro,
mulatto and white foreign-
er. There is fear of tor-
ture, of death, of invasion,
of betrayal.
There is fear of the un-
known, of uncontrollable vi-
olence, of a cataclysm of
savagery of a “Himalaya
of corpses" and the coun-
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those who dare oppose
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Our World Today...... 3
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