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40 PAGES—OKLAHOMA CITY, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1967
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fense Robert S. McNamara said Wednesday he
still is opposed to hitting the port of Haiphong
to cut off the flow of supplies to North Viet-
nam.
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Francis Murphy, director of the motor vehicle di-
vision. said the proposed personalized tag was consid-
ered in poor taste.
Sports
TV Tidbits
Vital Statistics
Women’s News
John Leap, superintendent of the Oklahoma City
Medicare Claims Administration, says your original
claim was received June 13 and was returned so you
could provide additional information. It was returned
July 17 and inadvertently misfiled. It has now been lo-
cated and all your claims have been paid, Leap says.
Texas
miseries
The defense secretary thus underscored
his differences with the joint chiefs of staff on
the question of bombing or mining the Hai-
phong harbor.
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He spoke in response to questions about
senate testimony, published Tuesday night, in
which Gen. Earle G. Wheeler stressed his be-
lief the port should be shut down by military
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We reported this to the office of traffic control and
the old sign has now been replaced with a larger one.
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“We take the position that the commission should
not issue a tag derogatory to the president of the
United States,” Murphy said.
Personalized tags can be purchased for $10 in ad-
dition to regular licenses.
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Need help? Write to Oklahoma City Times, P. O.
Box 25125, Oklahoma City 73125 or telephone CE 2-3311
between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
We have had a Medicare claim on file since May and
have not heard a thing about it. Can you find out why?
G. B. L.
Amusements
Bridge
Business News
Classified Section
Comics
National Affairs
Oil Reports
Our World Today
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"Sooners" were folks who sneaked into Oklahoma
Territory ahead of the official land opening on April 22,
1889, and tried to stake out choice tracts of land. The
name stuck and over the years was popularized as the
state’s nickname.
Security checks mailed to our correct address in the 200
block SE 58 rather than in the 200 block SE 28. How can
this be done? B. E. S.
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McNamara told newsmen, as he left for a
North Atlantic Treaty Organization meeting in
Turkey, that action to neutralize North Viet-
nam’s chief port is “a risk that I don’t believe
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Why a Toll Road?
What are the chances for free expressways over
the routes planned as turnpikes by county commis-
sioners? Why is one imminent free expressway, the
West Bypass, being considred as a toll road?
These and other questions are explored in the
third article of a series on city turnpikes pushed by
county commissioners.
Today’s story appears on Page 25.
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My driveway in the 4000 block N High stays blocked
all the time by other people’s cars. My friends cannot get
in or out. W. H. P.
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John Turner, assistant director of the department of
public works, says this drainage ditch is a tributary of
Deep Fork creek and the city does not budget money to
provide closed drainage or concrete liner.
He does agree that drainage is poor in this area and
(See ACTION LINE—Page 2)
We reported this to the police traffic division. This
location was checked several times, but no cars were
found blocking your driveway. The next time it happens
call the police dispatcher, CE 1-2121, and a car will be
sent to tag the offending cars.
The Oklahoma Tax Commission has ruled out a
request for a personalized auto tag reading “LBJ
NO.”
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We took this up with Joseph J. McCain, district man-
ager of the Social Security Administration, and he says
you are now receiving your checks at the correct ad-
dress.
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MOUNTAIN CLIMBING it isn’t, but the state fair is every bit as exciting to
these kindergarten children as scaling a peak could be. They’re all from the
Oklahoma Speech and Hearing Clinic, and all have hearing difficulties. They
cling to a “lifeline” rope so they won’t get lost. With them are Mrs. Jack
Bernardy and Mrs. George McKelvy, who act as guide.
the committee’s recommen-
dations and urge that the
. . . employes of the . . .
commission be placed under
the merit system,” the gov-
ernor wrote.
Reasoning Cited
ENID — Forest W. Beall
of Nash, former chairman
of the state Republican
party, died Wednesday in
an Enid hospital. Beall,
57, died of cancer a day
after being admitted, a
hospital spokesman said.
Oklahoma City Times
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By Tom Boone
Fred Hansen, who has
an eye like a meat inspec-
tor, works at one of the
world’s most delicate jobs.
He guesses weights. Of
people. The job gets deli-
cate, he allows, when the
people are women.
“You know," he said,
"there are two things a
woman never likes to tell
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Once, in Topeka, Kan.,
he recalled, a woman ap-
proached him.
"I figured she weighed
about 285." he said. "But I
told her, ‘You weigh 185.’
Well, she jumped up and
down she was so happy.
But then when she got
upon the scales, I put my
(See WEIGHER—Page 2
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At the corner of NW 36 Terr, and Olie there is a
dead end street that goes east. There is a small sign that
says “dead end street”, but it Is so small most motorists
do not see it. At least 20 cars a day make a mistake and
drive down this street. W. P.
Appearing behind closed doors in August,
the chairman of the joint chiefs told the senate
preparedness subcommittee he had balanced
the risks against the gains and “I have come
down on the side that we could undertake ac-
tion against the port of Haiphong. ..."
The subcommittee had heard other mili-
tary leaders, including Adm. U. S. Grant
City, .73; Tulsa, .96; Clin-
ton-Sherman Air Force
Base. .43; Fort Sill. .39.
and Altus Air Force Base,
.47.
Forecasters said skies
Thursday will be fair. with
a slight warming trend in
water on
of six-story
piled up on both sides of
the Texas-Mexico border
Wednesday. With more
than a million homeless,
the raging Rio Grande put
more thousands of people
to flight.
Torrents gushing down-
stream sent water creep-
ing higher in Harlingen, al-
ready hard hit, and the
swollen river spread
I just moved to Oklahoma and my relatives back
east want to know why Oklahoma is called the "Sooner"
state? C. H.
higher through the night
after covering the south
side of this city of 41,000
and spreading over big
sections of the north side,
but the peak appeared
near.
An International Bounda-
ry and Water Commission
spokesman reported at 7
a.m. that a slight drop al-
ready was noticeable in the
Rio Grande at Mercedes.
13 miles upstream He said
did a booming
Valley Baptist Hospital in
Harlingen, separating it
from the main part of
town. Helicopters stood by
to ferry patients from the
Harlingen airport to the
hospital, which made use
(See FLOODS Page 2)
ter pressure reversed the
intended flow of storm
sewers, washing into busi-
ness district streets.
Makeshift sandbag baf-
fles gave way in great sec-
tions. Only two hastily con-
structed dikes thrown to-
gether by big bulldozers
which pushed black earth
across two streets kept the
brown waters from wash-
ing over the entire city.
The level kept on edging
water in the Arroyo Colo-
rado seemed to be slowly
leveling off.
Officials said the Harlin-
gen water supply had been
polluted. Warnings were
broadcast for users to boil
the water before drinking
it.
Red Cross shelters drew
on 150,000 gallons of bot-
tled water sent by a San
Antonio brewery. Stores
sold out of distilled water.
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Owing to the fact that
he's careful. Hansen says
he’s never been manhan-
dled because of a bad
guess.
“Oh, you’ll have a few
people say the scales are
crooked," he said. But
there’s an inspection stick-
er on the scales that says
they’ve been checked out
and are correct.
There are six dogs in a backyard of a house in the
3100 block NW 27 that bark all the time. The dogs are not
tagged. Mrs. C.
We reported this to Royal Burris, city poundmaster,
who investigated and found all the dogs to be properly
tagged. There were three puppies and two grown dogs.
The owner is disposing of the puppies and will try to
keep the grown dogs quieter, Burris says.
Lesser amounts were re-
ported at Okarche. .90; Ca-
margo, .80; Enid. .40; Ho-
bart, .32; Ardmore, .38;
Sharp, U. S. commander in
the Pacific, testify in support
of action against the Hai-
phong harbor.
McNamara and his associ-
ates believe the risk of a
confrontation with Russia
would be a serious one in at-
tacking the Haiphong har-
bor, because several Soviet
— her age and her weight.
If you underguess her,
she’s as happy as can be.
But if you overguess, she’s
likely to hit you in the
face."
Hansen is doing business
at the state fairgrounds
this week. For 50 cents
he’ll guess your weight
within three pounds or else
hand over a prize.
porting an inch or
were Duncan. 1.50;
manche, 1.07. and
City, 1.06.
By Morton
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Republican Sen. Thruston B.
Morton said Wednesday
President Johnson was
"brainwashed" by U. S. mil-
itary and defense industry
leaders into believing the
United States could achieve
a military solution to the
Vietnam war.
The former Republican na-
tional chairman said John-
son in turn "brainwashed”
the American people during
the 1964 presidential cam-
paign by saying the South-
east Asian war should be
fought by Asians.
The Kentucky senator, re-
garded as a foreign policy
spokesman for GOP senate
moderates, leveled his
strongest attack to date on
administration Vietnam poli-
cies at the Organizational
meeting of Business Execu-
tives Move for Vietnam
Peace. His remarks contin-
ued a slashing Republican
attack, on Johnson’s policies
that touched off an uproar in
the senate Tuesday.
The Business Executives
across ever widening areas
in northern Mexico.
Reports of 10 more
deaths in Mexico mean-
while boosted the toll from
Hurricane Beulah, which
battered through this area
more than a week ago, to
54 fatalities. That figure in-
cluded 11 deaths in Texas.
Flooding drove 8,000 to
10,000 Harlingen residents
from their homes. The Red
Cross already was operat-
ing two shelters and it said
a fresh influx of evacuees
forced the opening of two
additional shelters. Many
of the occupants had re-
turned only the past day or
two after taking refuge
from Beulah's 160-mile
winds in other cities.
Unofficial reports reach-
ing Mexico City placed the
number of homeless at one
million around the Rio
Grande, now five miles
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STATE: Clearing and
colder through Wednesday
night. Fair and cool Thurs-
day. Overnight low 38
northwest to 52 south. High
Thursday 70 north to 80
south. (Details, Page 20.)
hourly TEMPERATURE
ships are almost always
there discharging cargo for
North Vietnam.
A confrontation, they feel
might occur if Russian ships
came under U. S. fire.
McNamara appeared in
try to minimize the impres-
s i o n of differences with
risks and gains” from action
against Haiphong. Mc-
Namara said Wheeler
"pointed out very clearly the
possibility of widening the
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Patronage,
Favoritism
Fair Veteran’s Job Toughie
plant, 1.05.
Rains were generally
widespread over the state.
Barnsdall had 2.26
inches, largest amount re-
ported. Maramec reported
2.15 inches. Stations re-
"This would effectively
prevent using the employes
for partisan political activity
and it would establish a fair
and reasonable basis for hir-
ing, promoting and discharg-
ing commission employes."
Under the merit system
now protecting most other
state employes, a legislator’s
recommendation of a fa-
vored person for a commis-
sion job would have no more
weight than that of any other
citizen.
Employes Used
Currently, legislators dem-
onstrate considerable influ-
ence in employment of com-
mission workers. This would
be out of the question under
the merit system, where job
qualification is the primary
(See RATE—Page 2)
with most readings mony amounted to a “a bal-
anced appraisal of potential
t i o n s about McNamara’s
immediate mission, which is
| to confer with the seven-
nation NATO nuclear plan-
Move for Vietnam Peace
claims a membership that
includes business leaders
from 44 states. Co-chairmen
are Henry E. Niles, board
chairman of the Baltimore
Life Insurance Co., Balti-
more, and Harold Willens of
Los Angeles, president of
(See MORTON—Page 2)
Cox * the west.
Temperatures are ex-
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Port Attack Called Too Risky
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of De- we should undertake at this time.”
wide in places, in an area
stretching from Reynosa
downstream to Matamoros
near the river's mouth.
In Harlingen the flood
waters gushed down the
Arroyo Colorado parallel
to the river after a dam to
prevent such a disaster
broke two days ago.
Since then, the waters
continue to thwart man's
devices against them.
Where diky held, the wa-
There is an open drainage ditch behind my property
in the 2100 block NW 59 Circle that has almost washed
our fence away and it overflows into our yard after ev-
ery heavy rain. I have talked to several people at city
hall, but no one seems able to help me. Can you? Mrs. i
F. G. M.
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By Hugh Hall
Gov. Bartlett proposed a
number of corporation com-
mission reforms Wednesday,
including a merit system
that would eliminate a fertile
field of legislative job pa-
l tronage.
Disclosure of the reform
proposal came in a letter the
governor wrote Wednesday
to Sen. Roy Grantham,
chairman of a senate com-
mittee which investigated
the commission last sum-
mer.
Probers Hailed
The letter generally com-
mended Grantham and the
other four senators who
probed reports of improper
conduct by commissioners
and their employes.
Grantham's committee
suggested a separate com-
mission system of choosing
employes, which could set
in the wake of a cool
front, temperatures are ex-
pected to plunge near the
freezing mark overnight in
the Oklahoma Panhandle,
the weather bureau said
Wednesday.
Overnight lows are fore-
cast from 38 in the Pan-
handle region to 52 in the
southwest with most areas
expected to have readings
in the low to mid 40s.
Clearing skies Wednes-
day were a welcome sight
to fairgoers, after Mother
Nature spoiled some fun
while settling fairgrounds
dust Tuesday with more
than an inch of rain and
gusting winds.
Will Rogers World Air-
port recorded .62 inch of
rain. Lake Hefner mea-
sured 1 08 inch; Draper
Lake, .90; Lake Overhol-
ser. .86, and the NW 5 and
Pennsylvania filtration I
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Million ’ Homeless in Rio Grande * Flooding
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