Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 87, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1965 Page: 1 of 40
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By Jim Standard
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Subornation of perjury is
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Methodists
Get New
Steed Airs Plan
Postal Center
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Jack Taj
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the chief executive. (AP Wirephoto)
Johnson Urges New
‘Quick Action ‘ Force
ders to withdraw another 1,-
ing events" such as the out-
break that sent U. S. troops 700 men from he force of
to the Dominican Republic.
225 telephones were out of
storm. A
American States which has
converted the
years.
area where damage was es-
next year.
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Gemini Flight
Delay Feared
Damage Heavy
In Belt From Dallas
Suspect Nabbed
In Bank Holdup
“I'm mad about this. Harris
couldn’t get the grand jury
to indict me so he went and
He expects Gronouski to nist countries was weaken-
propose re-organization of ing the whole movement in
air mail service within the the arms confrontation with
of Albuquerque, N. M., was
named to succeed Rev. Rob-
ert B. Felix, who moves to
Jones.
more
said.
Pitman
Suit Threat Hurled
By Accused Lawyer
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serving only three months
in prison.
The stocky, 49-year-old
DeAngelis, - former
Bronx, N. Y., butcher, lis-
tened impassively as Fed-
eral (Judge Reynier J.
the fishermen to return them
to shore.
The storm knocked down
President Johnson speaks to Texas senate Friday
during unveiling ceremonies of a life-sited portrait of
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Rain was decreasing Fri-
day in Oklahoma and skies
were expected to dear by
Saturday, the weather bu-
Amusements
Business
Bridge
Classified Ads
Comics
Friday Forum
National Affairs
Oil Reports
Our World Today
Sports
Tell Me Why!
TV Tidbits
Women’s News
Fraud Figure Gets 10 Years
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mit perjury.
Pitman, who signed for his
$1,000 bond before Justice of
the Peace Jack Freeman,
Paid Circulation 314,930 A.M. P.M. Dully Average, Apru isss
Oklahoma City Times
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Wortendyke levied
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perjury filed against him by
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powerlines. Telephone serv-
ice was disrupted to about
500 homes for more than six
hours.
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NEW DELHI, India (AP) — A tremendous explosion
ripped through a coal mine near the eastern India town
of Dhanbad Friday, killing 200 miners. About 200 more
were either trapped or killed.
The ministry of mines in New Delhi gave the figure
of 200 known killed and said the death toll might reach
400.
The force of the explosion was so great that a blast
shot up the mine shaft and killed men working on the
surface.
An engine room and nearby office on the surface
was devastated by the blast. A column of coal dust rose
from the shattered mine.
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City Posts
Two major changes in Ok-
lahoma City Methodist min-
ister assignments were an-
nounced Friday at the annu-
al conference in Tulsa.
At the Linwood Methodist
Church, Rev. Lester A. Mey-
er of Edmond will replace
List of Changes, Page 6.
Rev. J. Clifton Sprouls, pas-
tor four years, who goes to
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maximum sentences of 10
years on each of three
charges of circulating
forged warehouse receipts
and 5 years on one charge
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new associate pastor.
M. Carl Cartwright sr.
be put into effect within Party warned Friday contin-
the next three to five ued airing of ideological dif-
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ferences between Commu-
LOS ANGELES (AP) —gently Friday for creation of
FBI agents and Los Angeles “new international machin-
Damage in Wichita Falls
was principally in the cen-
(See STORM—Page 2)
from the judge and
dressed the press.
Weeping women and children gathered at the mine i
during the rescue operations.
Several hours after the blast, rescue teams began '
probing underground tunnels, an indication there had not
been an extensive collapse of the tunnels.
The explosion occurred at the worst possible mo-
ment — at shift changing time, when the number of min-
ers underground was double a normal shift.
Coal dust was believed responsible for the explosion.
"Our officials here are too busy directing rescue op-
erations to get in touch with us so we don’t know exactly
what happened," a ministry source said.
Showers Friday night,
partly cloudy and warmer
Saturday. Low Friday
night 55, high Saturday 80.
(Details, Page 12).
was sighted in the area.
Bowie Hit, Too
The storm also moved
through the Bowie, Texas,
damage may run even high-
er than $4 million.
Wheat Crop Damaged
About 50 percent of the
wheat crop in the Locket
and Vernon, Texas, areas
west of Wichita Falls was
wiped out by the hail and
heavy rains. Harvest had al-
ready started in that area.
To the east of Wichita
Falls in Henrietta, Texas,
reau said, after thunder-
storms and hail lashed crops
in southwestern Oklahom
overnight. :
Hail destroyed 90 percent
of Lee Wisdom's 105-acre
charges,” Pitman
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Roofs Battered
Car windshields and win-
dows were broken out, roofs
battered off homes and win-
dows knocked out of homes
in large areas.
B a s e b a 1 1-size hail and
wind at Wichita Falls caused
damage estimated at $4 mil-
lion.
U. S. 277 in Wichita Falls
was blocked for two miles
because it was covered by
hailstones at least six inches
deep.
Insurance officials said 1
WACO, Texas (AP) —
President Johnson called ur-
persuading E. W. “Jeep” O’-
Neal to falsely swear to own-
ership of property used as
collateral for bail bonds.
Property Involved
O’Neal was charged with
perjury in connection with
one piece of property and
McKinney said he is prepar-
ing a second charge against
O'Neal also.
Later in the morning, O'-
Neal appeared before the
justice of the peace and
pleaded innocent to the per-
jury charge.
He, too, was freed on a $1,-
000 bond and, like Pitman,
signed for his own release.
Press Addressed
Pitman strode into Free-
India Mine Blast Kills
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laid stress on the follow-up service during the
action of the Organization of
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Angelis: "You did not in-
tentionally set out to de-
prive anyone of a dollar.”
Wortendyke said he did
not believe any of the frau-
dulently obtained money
had been used for DeAn-
gelis' personal purposes,
but had been sunk into his
vegetable oil business.
DeAngelis’ d o wn f a 11
came about through his ef-
forts to corner the market
in vegetable oils used in
making salad dressings.
’ declared he will counter with
a super-sized damage suit
against the county attorney.
‘Let Him . .
"I will file a suit late this
afternoon or early Tuesday
for somewhere in the vicini-
ty of $1 million,” Pitman
said.
The county attorney took
1 the news in stride.
“Let him have at it,” Har-
ris said.
The echo of Pitman’s
threat hardly had subsided
when the county attorney’s
office began drawing up a
second criminal charge
against Pitman
Filing Expected
Assistant County Attorney
James McKinney said he is
drawing up another suborna-
NEWARK, N. J. (AP)—
Anthony "Tino” DeAngelis
was sentenced to 10 years
in federal prison Friday
for his part in one of his-
tory’s biggest commercial
frauds — a multimillion-
dollar vegetable oil swin-
dle that rocked ’ Wall
Street.
He was sentenced under
a new federal law, howev-
er, which could make him
eligible for parole after
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A full-scale legal war
erupted Friday between Ok-
lahoma City attorney Valdhe ------uun ox perjury »
Ritmanand County Attorney the legal term for persuad-
“urt18 Harris.
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CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) — A bad battery cell [expedition into a hemisphere
Friday forced postponement of a practice flight for next operation.
week’s orbital mission by astronauts James McDivitt “For the first time in his-
uprooted in Henrietta, and
peace-keeping though the tornado sirens
were sounded, no twister
of conspiracy to circulate
forged receipts, but he
ruled the sentences were
to run conburrently. This
meant a maximum of 10
years in prison.
Wortendyke listened to a
plea of extenuating cir-
cumstances from the de-
fendant's attorney, Walter
Van Riper, while DeAngel-
is rocked back and forth
on his heels.
Then, before . passing
sentence, the judge told De-
“I'm just the son-of-a----
---who will fight him," de-
clared an angry Pitman aft-
•r pleading innocent to
tion of perjury charge
against Pitman and was to------ ■ --—
file it later in the day. VOL. LXXVI, NO. 87
"I’m expecting him to file i .
trees were
— .man’s court promptly at 9
a.m. Friday. The informal
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dums aia this to me.„
Congressman Tom Steed
proposed Friday a multi-
million dollar post office
center employing thou-
sands of workers be locat-
ed in Oklahoma City.
। The center would be the
base for 562 service cen-
•ers over the nation now
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in City?
“And I’ll tell you boys
something,” Pitman said.
about 20,000 Americans in
Santo Domingo.
Alluding to original com-
mitment of that U. S. force
| to the troubled Caribbean
nation, the president said:
“In those terrible early
hours we did what we had to
do.”
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Steed was to make the police arrested Norman B. ery geared to meet fast-mov- announced he is issuing or-
formal proposal to mem- Gorham Thursday night,--
bers of the Oklahoma City ending an 18-month search
Chamber of Commerce for one of the FBI’s "Ten
Friday during a forum Most Wanted men.
luncheon honoring Col. Gorham, 46, was accused
John W. Morris, district of jumping bail after his ar-
engineer for the U. S. connection with a $6,-
Army Corps of Engineers A0bank robbery .in Beverly,
in Tulsa, who is being Mass -une 18, 1963
reassigned Weakening Feared I
Change Near B
Steed said the entire MOSCOW (N. Y. Times)
reorganization plan could — The Soviet Communist
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wheat crop northeast of Al-
tus and wiped out oats and
other crops in scattered ar-
as around Roosevelt. This is
the time of year when heav
loads start going to eleva-
tors.
Fifty to 60 farmers in the
Hobart area were affected,
as the storm cut a 21-mile
wide strip through Kiowa
County.
An estimated 100,000 bush-
els of wheat were lost, said
Johnnie Prendergast, man-
ager of the Farmers Co-Op
elevator in Hobart.
Marvin Miller, manager of
the Roosevelt co-op, said
golf-ball size hail occurred
during the storm and left aw
overnight rainfall of .58 inch.
Tornadoes were sighted in
the air in both the Altus-
Roosevelt and Walters are-
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DALLAS (AP) — A massive storm which spawned tor-
nadoes, high winds and hail inflicted multi-million dollar
wounds in a broad belt from Wichita Falls to Dallas
Thursday night and early Friday.
The storm raked a 300-mile-long swath, striking Wich-
ta Falls, Tyler, Greenville, Bowie, Henrietta, Lockett, Vr-
g non and Dallas.
Turbulence described as a "possible tornado” whipped
* through Caddo Mills, northeast of Dallas, where two
houses were destroyed and debris stopped traffic on U. S.
R 67. Power was knocked out in the town
High winds broke a fishing barge from its moorings at
h Lake Tawakoni, east of Dallas, carrying a group of fishey
men out into the stormy lake. There were no reported inju-
ries and boats were sent fori
arraignment proceedings
went like this:
“I waive reading of the
c h a r ge and plead not
guilty,” Pitman said.
Then, Pitman turned away
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SAIGON (AP)—Two U. S.
Army helicopters collided in
the air and crashed in
flames at the Bien Hoa air
base. Nine Americans were
killed and two seriously in-
jured.
A 10th American, a ma-
rine, was killed when Viet
Cong guerrillas and U. S.
Marines fought a grenade
battle before dawn six miles
west of the Chu Lai beach-
head 52 miles south of Da
Nang. It was the first seri-
ous attack on the marine de-
fenses at Chu Lai, where U.
S. Navy Seabees are build-
ing a jet airstrip.
Ten marines were wound-
ed, two of them seriously.
Six Viet Cong bodies were
found and a wounded guer-
rilla was captured.
The two helicopters collid-
ed about 50 to 100 feet up
(See VIET NAM—Page 2)
as.
Further east, the story
was just rain. Minor flooding
in the Panama-Fort Smith',
Ark., region found the Po-
teau River overflowing its-
banks. Lowlands and some
country roads were affected.
At Blackwell the Chikaski
River had gone about four 1
feet below flood stage due to
no fresh rains there and the
danger of flooding was past.
State rainfall amounts ig-
eluded 1.46 inches at Altus,
1.09 at Marlow, .96 at Kings-"
ton, .87 at Fort Sill and .83
at Norman. Oklahoma City
stations at Will Rogers
World Airport and Tinker
Air Force Base both record-'
reorganization of m‘" de- Pitman""“idhis “mage pA
The' reorganization winl suit against Harris will, al-
include elimination of the lege . persecution, hurting
present tom. of air mail my business and making
Major Role roFmneemenatnteneyptedstoprn-cCrown.Heights, Methodist
pSteedatsaidhe believes iiminary hearing wili be al 9 on. Rev. Eawara nmmPan
postmaster General John a m on Julv 8 . nI n, ,
Tatit: un •U! o. of New Mexico, to succeed
o c.. fi il After signing for the $1,000 Dr. Wayne W. Coffin, pastor
Oklahoma City if local bond, Pitman pulled some since 1960 Mr Coffin moves
leaders worked hard for in paper out of his pocket and to Tulsa First Methodist.
I have a major part in showed it to a newsman. Rey Jack w Jordan o
where they do locate,” the "It’s a financial state- Duncan win take over as as
fourth district congress- ment. Pitman said. Hesrtatn pastor
man said, “because my pointed to the figure $748,0001
committee has to approve on the paper.
the money for it.” "Do you think I can make
Steed is chairman of the my own bond?” Pitman
post office sub-committee asked
of the house appropria- The justice of the peace
tions committee. apparently thought so and
Chamber Speech released Pitman on his sig-
Steed compared the size nature.
of the center he proposes
with American Airhines’
national maintenance base
in Tulsa. Officials there
said the base employs 4,-
400 persons and is valued
at $30 million.
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and Edward White. Officials said there was a possibility tory the Organization of
the trouble could delay the June 3 launching. [American States has created
.... . . and sent to the soil of an
A’decision whether to postpone the astronauts’ trip American nation an interna- timatedat 750 000
will bemade late Saturday or Sunday after the battery tional peace-keeping mili- at ’
hasabeen changed and several evaluation tests had been tary forceJohnson said.
I "That may be the greatest
[achievement of all.”
In an address prepared for
commencement exercises at
Baylor University, Johnson
I put that development even
ahead of such items as these
in a listing of successes for
the forces of democracy:
“—A well trained, disci-
plined band of Communists
was prevented from destroy-
ing the hope of Dominican
democracy.
“—Political avenues were-
opened to help the Domini-
can people find a Dominican
solution to their problems.”
And further emphasizing
the importance attached to
joint action, Johnson made
(See JOHNSON—Page 2)
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40 PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY. MAY 28. 1965 FINAL HOME FIVE CENTS
Valdhe Pitman . . . “I’m mad about this.
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Gaylord, E. K. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 87, Ed. 1 Friday, May 28, 1965, newspaper, May 28, 1965; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1844031/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.