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Ex-Diplomat, 6 Others Missing
Time s-Picayune said
plane was bound from Mata-
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Oklahoma City Times
Found Shot to Death
VOL. LXXV. NO. 84
16 PAGES—500 N BROADWAY. OKLAHOMA CITY, SATURDAY, MAY 23. 1964
FIVE CENTS
Meinders, who was called to
home after
$2 MILLION KIDNAP
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the chest.
Grimmett. 53. was found
mett had eaten lunch and climb over the fence or had
RANSOM DEMANDED
shotgun at his side.
Wade Gr—p TeW
Church Defies
Situation
French Push Hunt
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For Wife of Rich
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Jet Manufacturer
Teen Dies
After Car
drove him from the strategic
weekend.
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tary situation and then he
His Pauls Valley attorney.
drove away in a car with the
rightist
It’s “Four-on- the- Floor*
bly, made up of 841 commit-
Teens Flood Schools
churches. is meeting in Ok-
four other persons.
By Bob McMillin
It was a sight to behold to,
the Communist tide. Souvan-
It
classes began
doors of five Oklahoma City side, and especially on a Sat- the dotted line.
high schools Saturday morn- urday morning
It’s a Must
ing clamoring to enroll in
The eager youngsters be-
that the flights will continue.
summer driver training gan arriving in some force
on classes.
shortly after midnight and
squares: by dawn long lines
ing classes.
Many brought
Dr. Lonnie Gilliland, safe-
automatic transmissions
lice.
training;
didates and exercising his
the deputy sheriff as Leroy
a,
but it outdis-
enough instructors to teach
Laos and South Viet Nam.
Jim Swartz said the boy ap-
Segregation Hit
Raid Reported
A .22 rifle was found on a
On Sub Base
Death No Barrier
He ll Get His Degree
30 hours of classroom in- economy car. He said anoth-
What's Inside
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skirmish.
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Dassault designed the pro-
(See KIDNAP—Page 2)
sped off.
Dassault, maker of the su-
the
the
border
Texas.
In
seek military and economic
aid from the United States.
were
the
had appealed a conviction in
federal court of conspiring to
sell $1 million in stolen secu-
rities — was dead Saturday,
victim of a gunshot blast in
up at the Sapulpa police de-
partment about 3 a.m. Satur-
Police Dog; Stymied
Two motorists chased the
found the body, said death
was apparently accidental.
Physicians called to the
scene said death had appar-
ently been about 1:30 p.m.
tanced them.
An eyewitness. Marcel Le-
saux. 45, of Paris, said Mrs.
between
mother.
Rams Tree
A grinding one-car crash
late Friday night on S. H 10
about 14 miles north of Gore
killed 17-year-old Roger
U. S. and Mexican air-
planes and helicopters joined
in a search for the twin-en-
gine Piper Aztec, which was
to have reached this gulf
coast city at 6:06 p.m. Fri-
day.
Hope prevailed that the
craft might have made an
emergency landing at one of
the many ranches or small
airfields on the route south
from the Texas border.
Morrison and five other
persons had flown Friday
l
h
• rence A. Merrigan, said in
New Orleans that Morrison’,s
trip tn Mexico was not con-
nected with the bank.
d
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all the teen-agers who want
to take classes.
his home Friday night after
his father, Elmer Cathey,
died of a bullet wound in the
head.
Creek County Attorney
Marcel Dassult and his Wife, Madeleine, shown as
they attended a performance recently at the Versailles
theater in Paris. (AP Wirephoto)
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Amusements
Bridge
Classified Section
Comics
Religion News
Sports
Tell Me Why!
TV Time
Vital Statisties •
Women's News
By the State Staff
BRISTOW — A 15-year-old
Bristow youth, wanted in the
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leased and Charles Bennett,
(tore. also treated and re-
leased
Phillips died of internal in-
furies, Trooper Mentzer
said.---------------
gregation may look to him patently interrupted a fight
for counsel and leadership.
con-vocat that his followers em-
1 broil themselves in matters
or in their places in line i
could enroll Saturday
Une It Wisely
He must know how to
She said jackrabbits had was just inside the fence in
the Grimmett backyard.
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enough instructors."
2,400 Enrolled
Dr. Gilliland said that dur-
bcjle.
Partly cloudy and warm
through Sunday with a few
showers. High 96. low 64.
(Details on Page 9)
Although no source could confirm Vazquez' claim
and he refused to say where he got his information,
there were rumors in Havana of increased guerrilla ac-
tivity ia Pinar del Rio province where Vazquez said
guerrillas attacked a Soviet base.
Cuba remained under the military alert Imposed
Wednesday, the day Vazquez claims the guerrilla band
raided a submarine base near Bahia Honda. 72 miles
west of Havana, and killed about five Russians before
retreating.
Vazquez did not say whether any guerrillas were
killed or captured in the attack. He said superior Soviet
strength and firepower forced the raiders to retreat into
the Sierra de Los Organos mountains after an hour-long
Trooper Mentzer said the । political or of secular contro-
car was traveling east on S. versy."
Orleans, Morrison made an
unsuccessful bid for Demo-
cratic nomination as gover-
nor in Louisiana's January
11 Democratic runoff ballot-
ing. The winner was John J.
McKeithen, now governor of
the state.
Matamoros is across the
over Pathet Lao territory
U. S. officials indicated
TAMPICO, Mexico IP —
A Tampico buinessman
said a plane missing with
’ deLesseps Morrison aad
six other persons aboard
was reported sighted Sat-
TAMPICO. Mexico I* - A
chartered plane carrying de-
Lesseps S. Morrison, former
ambassador to the Organiza-
tion of American States, one
of his sons and five other
persons was missing Satur-
day on a flight from Matam-
oros to Tampico.
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four-on-the- see that many teen-agers so er training
MEXICO CITY (P — Anti-Castro guerrillas attacked
a Soviet nuclear submarine base in Cuba Wednesday
and killed five Russians, says Modesto Vazquez, Mexi-
can delegate of the national syndicate of Cuban journal-
ists in exile.
, but it was,
seats for the summer driver obvious from the start that
training classes at John several hundred were not
Hunted Boy
na made the announcement floor
Surrenders
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By The Associated Press
Confronted by demands that the church stay out of
politics, the general council of the United Presbyterian
Church U. S A has propounded a new guide urging its
ministers to wade in — responsibly.
"To be a responsible Christian involves being a re-
sponsible citizen," it says. "Responsible citizenship in De-
Britain and France to stem
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CLEVELAND • — The
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People has filed suit in U. S.
district court asking an end
to what it charged is segre-
gation of pupils and segre-
gated assignment of teach-
ers in the Cleveland public ‘
schools. .
use of the knowledge and
wisdom within the communi-
ty, as well as his own special
training and competence, to
help those about him discern
and evaluate the moral is-
(Nee CHURCH—Page 2)
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Tom Grimmett—prominent the Grimmett
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mocracy demands political
responsibility The minister,
like any other individual,
should be involved in poli-
tics.”
Criticism of the church
has burgeoned since United
Presbyterian leaders began
agitating militantly against
racial discrimination and Ms
1963 general assembly took a
strong stand against prayers
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and flowers in the backyard
of the Grimmett home which
adjoins a large acreage.
Mrs. Grimmett had been
away from home all day Fri-
day attending a relatives' fu-
neral.
Authorities said the man
tion to the pilot and deLes-
seps Morrison.
A Tampico businessman,
Adolfo Bresling, said Morri-
son was here last month for
several days and contacted
Tampico businessmen about
a business transaction.
Morrison and a group of
Louisiana men were inter-
ested in a meat canning in-
vestment in the Tampico
area, a Tampico newspaper
said.
A former mayor of New
Pauls Valley oilman who one of the family's employes
heart than
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DeLesseps Morrison
from Brownsville,
Pauls Valley Oil
Cireulation 318,059 AM.PM. Daily Areruye, c
of American determination sion teen-agers prefer over blankets and quilts and selpt
in Southeast Asia.
MOURLY
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11 am i
on Flight in Mexico
classes will begin June 1 in
the five city high schools.
__________ that about 2,000 teen- eager to get inside of a about a month ago and 1,800
F riday as U. S. jets contin- agers were stacked at the school house instead of out- rushed to get their names on
ued reconnaissance flights
Dr. Gilliland said.
The students must be at
least 1512, or a sophomore.
Holt Guisi, 2216 NW 56
Terr., an eager teen-ager,
arrived at Northwest Clas-
sen High School at 8 p.m..
Friday to nail down the first
place in line.
"Why? Because I want to
get that drivers license," he
said.
He was followed closely by
Kathy Barnett. Billy Dish-
more, Linda Swanson, Ed-
(Sea TEENSPage
ble minimum of political re-
sponsibility.” it says.
"The minister's full re-
sponsibility goes further.
The congregation he serves
and others beyond the con-
PARIS (? — Two hooded gunmen kidnaped the wife of
Marcel Dassault, French nuclear warplane builder, early
Saturday. Hours later a Paris newspaper said a caller de-
manded 10 million francs ($2 million) ransom.
The anonymous call came amid a massive manhunt
for the men and their getaway driver, who sped away with
Madeleine Dassault. about 65. after pistol-whipping her
husband, 72, and their chauffeur, Louis DeBois, 48.
Police said it was uncertain whether the ransom call
to the evening Le Monde came from the kidnapers or a
crank. The caller was a man, officers said, but there were
no further details on the conversation.
Interior Minister Roger Frey had road blocks set up ,
before dawn along (he south auto route, where the kidnap 1
each of
his father
the investigation was
tlnuing Saturday.
New Orleans.
was an employe of Shaw-
Hughes Drilling Co. in Bris-
tow. The family lived three
miles north of Bristow.
No charges were filed,
pending further investiga-
tion.
gathering information
Trooper Don Mentzer said la homa City. One of the "ov-
none of the surviving occu- ertures" before it, from the
pants would admit who was West Tennessee presbytery,
driving the death car and contends "Christ did nt ad-
• confirm or deny anything yet. Perhaps we may have
MM something to say later.”
ports of raids in Cuba. A spokesman said "We cannot
Grimmett had led a color-
ful life, from backing Broad-
way productions in New
York to a stormy career in
securities and stocks
In 1962. Grimmett became
the target of a federal indict-
ment in Newark, N. J. The
government accused Grim-
mett. president of the Amer-
ican States Oil Corp., Okla-
homa City. and Milton Par-
ness. 44. Scotch Rains, N.
J., of causing securities to
be transported from New
York to New Jersey and
1 back after forged signatures
were added.
Two other men. Patrick
McLaren, 37, Lodi. N. J.,
and Michael D. Favata, 36. ।
Garfield, N. J., were ac-
cused of theft of the securi- ।
ties
Grimmett maintained he
purchased securities from ,
Pa mess through a broker- ,
age house but knew nothing 1
of illegal transportation.
However, Grimmett was .
is a floor formed at
transmis- schools.
stoners representing 3 3 mil-
Phillips, Gore, and injuredlion members in 9,100
; said the driver
struction; 3 hours of actual er man in a mpre powerful
car took over the chase.
but that there will not be getaway car.
behind the wheel training,
and 9 hours of observation.
mined injuries; Carol Han. . -,
17. -Gore, treated and re- right to vote is the irreduci-
make the greatest possible dining room table in the Ca-
they home. The elder Cathey
‘Very Bad,’
Laos Says
VIENTIANE. Laos ( —
Gen. Kong Le made a flying
trip from the north to this
administrative capital Satur-
day and said the situation of
h i s embattled neutralist
troops "is very bad.”
Dressed in civilian clothes,
Kong Le met immediately
with Premier Prince Sou-
vanna Phouma for their first
face-to-face talk since the
pro-Communist Pathet Lao
in the backyard of his home left th house soon after- just returned from hunting
late Frdiay night. a 12-guage wards to go rabbit hunting. and climbed back. The body
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Warning Issued Marshall. U. S. G rant, । going to be enrolled in the
Secretary of State Dean Classen, Harding and North- much sought after summer
Rusk warned the Comma- west Classen High .Schools. classes.
andnists that the war in Viet .
Friday. A maid said Grim- apparently had started to
H. 10 when it skidded 235 No Direct Action
feet ran off the highway and The assembly, which con-
struck a tree. The tree was tinues through Wednesday,
driven almost up to the driv- has not acted directly on this
er. Trooper Mentzer said statement, but it authorized
Injured were Temmul
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Dean Hart, said Saturday generals5
pealed b^h^ otF"be ^hV
heard koul.
Grimmett is survived by
his wife and a daughter,
Mrs. Jackie Guliher.
Nam might be stepped up, if
they "persist in their course
of aggression."
U. S. officials said they
had not yet received the
Laotian request for help, but
disclosed the unarmed jet
reconnaissance planes were
sent aloft Thursday at Sou-
vanna's request.
Souvanna told newsmen
that "We are going to ask
aid from France, the United
States and Britain — both
military and economic — for
the defense of the country’s
unity. We are now in the
process of establishing our
needs."
moms to Santa Clara ranch, I
northwest of Tampico. I
The newspaper telephoned
Otto Stiles, a supervisor for I*
Charles Ranch owner
Charles Miller.
Morrison, 52. recently was |
named executive vice presi- l
dent of the Bank of New Or- I
leans.
The bank president. Law- I
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followed a trail for a
hundred yards toward a
। —— ----------, busy boulevard, then was
। ing the present school term, stymied
, 2,400 students were enrolled Plane Pioneer
in driver training classes Lesaux, who said he was
taught by 13 instructors. He parked near the Dassault
said 18 instructors would be home, said the getaway car
used during the summer rolled up. picked up the kid-
school term. napers and Mrs. Dassault
The Students will receive and sped off into the park.
from New Orleans to Corpus
Christi, Texas, where Morri-
son chartered the Aztec. Its .
pilot was identified as Hugh
Ward, Corpus Christi.
The secret service chief at
Matamoro C. A. Munoz,
identified "others aboard the
plane as Joe R. "Randy"
Morrison, the former diplo-
mat’s 7-year-old son; Ovide
J. Cenac, a Houma, La.,
businessman; a Chris Van
Grift and a Mrs. Van Grift,
and an N. Pilgrim, in addi-
p. cim.t i. Dassault, an ardent Gaul-
Pre-enrollment in the driv- list and member of the
Rights Continue
The government plans to
James. 18. Gore, In serious council’s guide to all minis-
condition in a Fort Smith, ters
Ark. hospital: Marvin B. Me- .
Donald, 19. Gore, in a Mus- , Being thoroughly in-
kogee hospital with undeter- formed on issues and on can-
Politics ‘Ban’
If they were not pre-en- the kidnap car rolled up.
rolled Saturday morning She threw herself to the
they had no chance at all of sidewalk, but the man bun- 1
getting into one of the train- died her into the car and 1
day.
The boy — identified by In Washington, there were conventional shift cars.)
the deputy sheriff as Leroy new indications that the A few of the teen-agers be- ing.
Cathey — was missing from United States is preparing to gan lining up as early as 8 Nothing is more dear to a
expand its military role in p.m. Friday to be sure and teen-ager's
Southeast Asia if Communist get one of the 1,400 available drivers license,
pressure does not ease on
12 hours of drive-o training. Lesaux made a futile at-
In Havana, the Cuban foreign minister was asked a simulated training course; tempt at pursuit in his light
for comment on Vazquez' statement and other exile re-
County Attorney Mildred been bothering the shrubs
"We can onlv take 1.440 at Dassault whacked one assai-
the five centers," Dr. Gilli-lant in the stomach » ith her
land said, "because we doumbrella. Her gold powder
not have enough instructors compact was found on the
We could get enough train- sdewa
ing cars from our local cat A. police dog sniffed a
dealers if we just had man 8 hat found in the ab-
bandoned panel truck and
Tommy the circulation
car headed. Special squads
watched airports and fron-
tier guards were on full al-
ert.
A yellow and black sedan,
believed to be the getaway
car, was found abandoned
later two miles from the
scene of the crime.
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found guilty in a New Jersey Plain of Jars las
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schools. I Li- D-a- ______________
The 1964 general assem-
T h i r t y-seven students mous degree in the history iners. Sources said Satur-
will receive law degrees of the school. day the petition did not
Sunday at Oklahoma City Ricciotti, a popular, reach its office in time for
University, including Sal- well-liked man. was strick- consideration at its last
vtore Ricciotti, who nev- en following OCU’s Law meeting.
er got the chance to com- Day banquet on campus. The matter is scheduled
plete his requirements. He had not complained of to appear on the agenda in
Ricciotti, a 49-year-old being ill. the July meeting.
engineer for a city TV sta- After his death, his He first enrolled in 1947,
tion since 1947. died April friends took the initiative, receiving his bachelor of
26 of a heart attack. Filed by 59 lawyers be- arts degree in mathemat-
He was to have complet- fore the state supreme ics in 1956. He entered law
ed his work this week and court was a petition to ad- school in 1960. He was em-
then was to have taken a mit Ricciotti into the bar ployed at WKY-TV.
state bar examination. association posthumously. This semester, he was
OCU’s board of trustees, The petition was re- carrying the final 10 hours
meeting this week, ap- ferred to the state bar as- required for foe IJ.R de-
proved the first posthu- sociation’s board of exam- gree.
By ibe State Staff
PAULS VALLEY — J
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French national assembly,
was not seriously injured in
the attack, nor was DuBois.
Mrs. Dassault tried to free
herself from the two men as
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ments as well as serving as Four-on-the-floor
a warning to the Communists board stick shift
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