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CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1970
VOL 78—NO. 253
Eighteen Pages
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Price 10 Cent*
Merchants
To Discuss
Yule, Parking
Of Homes Constructed
Raymond Coltrane, chairman, House Commerce
their jobs at
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House, Senate Move
To Halt Rail Strike
Only One Slum Area
Left After Thousands
Mondale Is Urging New
Commitment To Youth
Dayan Given Free Hand
At Bargaining Return
Of Israel To Peace Talks
Don't Pay For
Any Unordered
Merchandise
Troop Ban Bill
To Conference
Harris Reports
On Industrial
Park Progress
J. R. Jobe, Chickasha post-
master, said today a little-known
Moore, talking about a church
revival . . . Troy Cox and
Fred Bassett, lending a help-
ing hand ... Dr. and Mrs.
Nuell Crane, of Bartlesville,
in town Tuesday night to get
acquainted with board mem-
Donn DeCoursey, working
on his car . . . Jim Bryan,
attending a church board
meeting . . . Sgt. Douglas
John Woodward, plant man-
ager, said a lightning arrester
gave way at a church building
just south of the KNDR radio
tower, apparently because of a
hole in the device which col-
lected moisture and completed
the cricuit to ground, overload-
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By BILL KENNEDY
Daily Express
Washington Bureau
May Endorse
Food Stamps
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
A food stamps program for
midnight tonight even if it
meant punitive action.
committee predicted the legis-
lation would fail to head off a
crippling strike.
Rep. Brock Adams, D-Wash.,
group’s president and a sup-
porter of food stamps, said res-
olutions are on the agenda for
Thursday.
and Mrs. Horace Duckworth
getting moved into their new
home.
Grady County 4-H has four and Bueford Nickell. Huff and
gopher machines to rent to Mrs. Lair.
per cent pay hike because of
the enforced strike delay was
defeated in the House commit-
tee, 16 to 14.
schools where working mothers
pay about one and a half dol-
lars a month, and the children
get three meals a day.
The city has a number of
ue 8 ‘s-yue. jo sluuu,
be obtained from feed dealers
for gopher control said Charlie
Schultz, county extension agent
in 4-H.
District Weather
Mostly cloudy tonight and
Thursday. Cooler Thursday. Lo-
cal temperatures: 12 noon to-
day 58: Tuesday high 72; Tues-
day low 42.
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The Chickasha Express
invites
EUGENE SLOAN
to the Washita Theatre to see
“MONTE WALSH”
This coupon good for two
tickets to see the above
picture.
nation- Larry received his national $600
scholarship for his citizenship project.
Miss Yvonne Moore of Ninnekah, a fresh-
man at Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts,
was named the top national winner in
food preservation. And Tony Engelke,
right, Amber-Pocasset, was a national
winner with his automotive project.
Road. causing three - phase
users to lose their electricity.
A stances brought to the attention
5 of Jobe previously where local
2 residents have received such
"Oklahoma's Most Interesting—And Most Readable—Daily Newspaper"
merchandise, then been sent
bills for unordered goods. Under
the Postal Reorganization Act
I this policy of firms conducting
these merchandising tactics will
• be unlawful, said Jobe.
REPORT ON NATIONAL — The three
Grady County youth who won top schol-
arships at the recent National 4-H Con-
gress in Chicago, reported Monday night
at the Grady County 4-H Achievement
banquet on their week of activities.
Larry Shockey, left, Chickasha 4-H, dis-
plays the Presidential Tray he received as
L beiog one of the six too 4-H youth in the _
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Past accomplishments of the i
Chamber of Commerce and >
- progress on present industrial I
ing the line and knocking out prospects were discussed Tues- i .
the fuse. day morning by John Harris, #
KNDR was off the air some Cofc president. 4A
two and one-half hours and Harris was speaker at the EM
other customers south of there regular monthly breakfast wa
were without three-phase ser- meeting of the Grady County 57a
vice for about the same period. Real Estate Association in the 8748
Anyone wanting to rent a
machine can contact the exten-
sion center office, located in
the basement of the county
courthouse.
member of
Edwards, talking about the
told newsmen: “I think we
food orations . . . Rev.
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would leave
Fog's Moisture
Is Blamed For
Power Failure
Moisture from the heavy fog
this morning led to a power
failure that affected some cus- The commissioners’two - day bers at Epworth United
tomers of.Public Service Com- meeting began today. Methodist Church Miss
pany on the Norge ine - Lynch has estimated county Pam Ross and Miss Liz Auld
west ot -mckasha. governments in Oklahoma could taking a break at the OCLA
The power fail ed abou t 5 arm Save “easily half-million dol- Student Union ... Mr.
when thbighthes lars" ■ year if the state chang-
Norge H oX S ed to food stamps.
J. C. Meek of Clinton, the
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to negotiate."
By United Press International cross the Suez Canal we shall mier Gold Meir may call for The move to give the 500,000
. .... , Israeli Defense Minister smite them hip and thigh.” general elections if Israel railworkers a temporary 13.
city council and Chamber are Moshe Dayan left today forthen . . . . . .
Wvin. inihei An i1 e.tle 4. 0.1 Dayan, who is expected to comes under American
Downtown merchants are conditions for Israel’s return on seelPresidn Nixon. Secretary sure to withdraw from land
urged to make special efforts the Middle East peace talks. He perems Secretary Mpn Laird captured in th 1967 Six Day
to attend Thursday’s meeting, warned before leaving Tel Aviv in Washington on Friday War. But spokesmen for Mrs. Committee Chairman Harley
added Coltranc. that should the Egyptians try to follows King Hussein of Jordan Meir and Israeli Gaiili, minister Staggers, D-W-Va., said he
who was reported to have filled without portfolio who is her would sponsor the pay increase
in Nixon on Tuesday on Egypt’s closest political ally denied amendment when the bill comes
new peace offensive. the report. up.on the floor. ... . . .
He left behind an Israeli King Hussein was reported to _ Earlier, union officials said
cabinet reported to be divided have discussed with Nixon the Congress could., stave off a
Impossible in Vietnam S
DA NANG. Vietnam (UPD- desir for more opportunities Gunnar J PJarrinstai’sr a tthegsng million moenttyrningressdandthrecontd
Curtis W. Tarr, director of the for individual expression and Pr . F . violation already, asked by the Nixon and to if necessary to
U.S. Selective Service System, initiative in the armed forces,” tne dsasEkre greemnt 0§ sdminnstrasiondr planes and uphola "our basic righ
rushing missiles into the truce tanks. strike.
zone. Hussein’s visit to the United , C.L. Dennis,,presi ident of the
Israeli newspapers said Pre- states coincided with a world- Brotherhood of Railway and
wide diplomatic offensive by Airline Clerks one of four
Egypt to spell out its position unions involved, first said
W A m on the cease-fire which expires Tuesday his men would walk
VW A Feb. 5 and which President out no matter what action the
• • “ “e"ed •V Anwar Sadat has indicated he government took.
is in no hurry to renew. Moratorium Acceptable
Dayan left for the United But after testifying before the
States on a private visit to House Commerce Committee,
address a United Jewish Appeal Dennis said a strike morator-
(UJA) fund-raising banquet ium might be acceptable if a
Dec. 12, but Prime Minister temporary pay increase was
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from commodities to
stamps.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - An-
other Senate-passed ban on the
introduction of U.S. ground
combat troops into Cambodia
ran into trouble today with a
key House leader. But, barring
intervention from the White
(UPI)—The The bill, cleared by the House The bill, which union leaders Enactment of the antistrike
1 2 SHOPPING
U D DAYCIIIT
The Bantu is increasing at
2.6 per cent a year, and the
average number of children per
family is 5.5.
The city has about 100.900
youngsters in school in some
130 primary, high schools and
technical schools. In addition
there are about 50 nursery
Explorer Scout Post, sponsor-
ed jointly by the Lions Club
and American Legion, renew-
ing its charter . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Preece, who were
downtown shopping Tuesday
afternoon . . . Louis Reyburn,
purchasing some Christmas
cards . . . Marshall Humph-
rey. taking care of some
business in town Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Harly Day, purchas-
— HOME or —
klahoma College of Liberal Arfa
giving everything
complaining that millions of Mondale was critical
children have been consigned to preliminary r e p or t s issued
the scrapheap by uncaring Tuesday by the staff of the
Americans, today urged a new children’s conference. He com-
adult , commitment to the plained they barely mentioned
nation s youth. such problems as hunger and
In a 70-page speech prepared school desegregation
for the Senate, Mondale chai- "The total impression created the “IrlAnBantu"CUUnciiwhicH
lenged everyone-from Pres- by the reports" he said “is the -rban - -oune which
idont Nixon on down, to ' 1 EPOl ' . ne ■ a- „‘s is still advisory, but close to
ident Nixon on down-to more than slightlypaternalis- having administrative powers
revamp his attitudes toward tic (thev have) a faint ring of naing aamnistratve.. PoWers;
children before it is Inn late I ney nave. 3 al ni ring , it has 53 members, 41 elected
children Deforeit is too late. the brave new world where the and 13 nominated hv the chiefs
He specifically urged forma- state knows what is best for and 13 nominated ny the cniets.
tion of a children’s advocacy yredo ” A Bantu leader told me 85 per
center to carry out recommen- He urgen the 4 000 delegates cent of the council’s actions had
dations of the White House to the conference Ct to leave been approved at a higher lev-
Conference on Children that town” until they receive a Eanctton niay , his nar
begins Sunday and said he commitment from the Nixon nEduatton Playsa big.part
would organize a bipartisan administration f.r a Washino, in Soweto. In the primary
"Members of Congress for 4 office to nush for ishing grades, children are instructed
ton omcc to nush for imple- in their tribal tongues. At high
mentation of their recommen- school level, the medium
dations. English and Afrikaans.
House, the measure appeared
on its way to enactment.
The prohibition passed the . . .
Senate 89 to 0 Tuesday as part amendment was.approyed Re sports arenas. tennis courts,
of a $66.4 billion defense isinshuded inthePostatRe swimming pools, golf courses,
appropriations bill. The mea- organira ’ nActswhiahnwirebe bowling reens and basketball
House conference to draft a den as well as over the na- There seems an eagerness by
compromise with a $66.8 billion ' . ... , these people to improve their
version approved earlier by the gThelasestahlishes agnation- lot-to adapt to the western
House without a similar restric- . epolicy"onheuse ofmails way of life. There are a num-
tion on Cambodia. isesninsuungdorsdt.mtehaw ,n S.W.-
clearly states the recipient of to, b usinessm ’ teachers, doc-
unordered merchandise is un- T ’ ersa.na 4 n
der no obligation to the sender. . 1 was introduced to one Ban-
He does not have to return number of stores, butcher shops in fields and if left uncontrolled for the coming year. Attending
The merchandise or.Pay mJ' and a movie house who is said can do expensive damage, es- the meeting were A. C. Link,
inhescawalso.forbidsthemail- to be a millionaire several pecially to terraces and hay Jack McRae. Mrs. Don Martin,
ng of any bill or dunning com- times fields. Mrs. Alvin Barger. J. O. Wood
munication in connection with - - - — - - ----
the unordered merchandise.
There have been several in-
The Downtown Merchants, WASHINGTON
... . . . . ,, Raymond Coltrane, chairman, House Commerce Committee group by a 19-14 vote, would have said they would defy, was nronosal urged bv President
Affairs Department to handle course, reduced costs greatly, will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday swiftly approved today emer- prohibit any strike until March slated for immediate House Po .I .5 4.
the problem. Rather than put up more in the Chamber of Commerce gency legislation to bar a l. The committee also voted action later in the day. The M Ion "ouid no avert .
Then came World War II. expensive houses, thereby offices, said Karl “Dutch” Ja- railway strike at midnight down a proposal by rail union Senate Labor Committee prospect of a strike. Leaders
in 1939, the Bantu population leaving the people longer in cobs, chamber manager. which an administration spokes- leaders that a retroactive opened hearings on the legisla- have asserted that members of
JOHANNESBURG, South Af- of Johannesburg was 244,000, I*16 slums, the Council decided The merchants will discuss man warned would create a temporary pay increase be tion even as the House group the four rail unions involved
rica — Soweto is a city of more and many were already living to Put relatively cheap but sub- downtown parking and make state of national emergency,” included in the measure. acted.
than 600,000 just outside Johan- in hovels — even though the stantial housing and clear the final plans for the Christmas
nosbura set aside for several Council had built 8,700 homes slums as quickly as possible, activities.
neshurggsmsidsntsem to help the problem. In one year, 10,000 of these In addition, a draft copy
of the black African tihes. Booming industrial develop- homes went up, along with the trust indenture for forma-
In spite of the fact that the ment was centered on provid- store buildings, schools and oth- tion of the Chickasha Parking
many thousands of homes are ing war materials, which took er facilities. Authority to work on develop-
of lowcost construction, prac- more and more labor, and Today, you will see these four ment of parking areas in the
tically all of the city is attrac- Bantu workers streamed into and five - room brick houses downtown’area wili be discus-
tive with one exception — a Johannesburg in tens of thou- throughout the city - many sed
small slum section left over sands to work. Families living with well - kept lawns, trees A group met recently to
from pre-war years. in good housing doubled and and blooming flowers in the study methods of developing
I visited the city, including trebled up, and slums of the yard, parking areas and were to
this slum section. The latter worst imaginable type develop- The people of Soweto are all make recommendations. This
is truly appalling. I saw small ed. ?ant» ■.uTh!yubCl°tng j yirtually has been completed and the
children running around naked. Shacks built of tin. cardboard to all the tribes found in South draft will be made at Thurs-
old people sitting in the dust, and mud mushroomed virtually Africa, but Zulus and Sothos dav’s meeting. The merchants
hovels that are rank with filth overnight. predominate. with small num- "-5 mssu in. merenanrs.
and stink. This was the picture at War’s bers of Venda and Tsonga. The
But there is a bright spot, end. and by 1946, the Bantu tribes are grouped, by their
I was told. Prior to 1950, prac- population had increased by own request, according to na-
tically the whole city of Sowe- 150.900. Squatter camps sprang tional units. This is important
to was like this. But the slums up, the largest with a popula- for the schools where the moth-
were cleared with bulldozers tion of 60,000. The law was er tongue is taught in the ear-
and new houses erected by the flouted, black gangsters impos- ly grades,
tens of thousands. And this ed levies on their own people The degree to which these
slum is one area that has not and imposed savage punish- people have adapted to Wes-
yet been razed. It will be torn ment on those who refused to tern life varies — ranging from
down and the people given new pay, those still close to their tribal
housing within the next year or So it was when the Johan- background, to those who have
18 months. nesburg City Council decided accepted much of Western life.
Obviously, it isn't easy to to remove the slums and put Most of the people of Soweto
tear down these slums and put up new housing, stiff and vio- work in Johannesburg,
up new housing for more than lent opposition came from some Rents, which average about
a half - million people. But the of the Bantu leaders — land- eight dollars a month, cover
Johannesburg City Council has lords, the racketeering ele- only about a quarter of the - . . . oreed with the he said
done . tremendous job in . ments. costs oft operatingsthe-ntown. serlitemnhehsSbdentalking for himself, Tarr
relatively short tune. First breakthrough in hous- Other support comes from the ... said . ‘certain that anv
The Bantu first started com ing came in 1951 with enact- tax from.beer and liquor sales voiner armd force In attempt at an a„ volunteer
ing to Johannesburg around ment of the Bantu Building in the city, from an employer imnosCihic force before we are ahln to
1900, usually to work, and leav. Workers Act. This set up train- tax which also pays the Bantu Vietna m.wo uldibeimo hreflv take all combat aree out m
ing their families behind II ing programs so the Bantu transportation to and from his Tarr met newsmen briefly m oop out of
Wsn‛tuntil £ thatthecoun- Su’S “paSCorbund. job, and the rest la made up ato ‘^'”'"8 Vietnam would be impossible."
cil set up a Non-- European ing their own houses. Tfc bVnatheswhite taxpayers of snce pltoonherd He aready
Many of the residents own has talked with sailors on
their home, buying it at a low aircraft carriers off the Vietna-
cost, an average of about sev- mese coast and Army troops at
en hundred dollars. While 85 the Americal Division head-
per cent of the streets are light- quarters in Chu Lai.
ed. only about a third of the Tarr said he has been asking
homes to date have electricity, servicemen questions to pre,
WASHINCIIN /Ipr con rt; i ee1 ” . The Johannesburg City Coun- pace for a congressional
WASHINGTON (Uri)—ben. Justice to Children to carry , , b . 1 hearine on ihe draft evetom
Waiter F. Mondale, D-Minn., the crusade on Capitol Hill, superintendents in swowns 'l "Most of them feel it would Oklahoma may win the official
of visited with one such superin- be impossible to man the endorsement of the state coun-
tendent, and in addition to col- armed forces in Vietnam t commissioners association
lecting rents, he is called on exclusively with volunteers. Thursday, a leading commis-
for various other things—even Most feel that if salaries could sioner said Tuesday,
to settling arguments between be improved an adequate Oklahoma County Commis-
neighbors. peacetime force could be sioner Frank Lynch, a past
Since 1968, Soweto has had maintained,” he said. president of the group, said a
______________________ _______1 “Many of them also express large majority of commission-
ers have already said they
Golda Meir also gave him a included.
free hand to bid for the highest The trend in similar situa-
possible political and military tions, however, has been for
price the United States is rail workers to stage wildcat
willing to pay for the resump- walkouts even after union
tion of the indirect Israel-Arab officials called off the strike,
dialogue, diplomatic sources in President Nixon, saying a
Tel Aviv said. nationwide rail strike could not
Dayan said before leaving he be allowed, asked Congress
would meet with President Monday to approve a 45-day
Nixon, Secretary of State delay. Nixon alreadyy had
William P. Regers and Defense exhausted all legal means to
Secretary Melvin R. Laird. He postpone a strike under the
added that "I will not raise any National Railway Labor Act.
further Israeli demands or Underscoring the administra-
requests on security matters " tion’s concern, Transportation
However, the diplomatic sour- Secretary John A. Volpe held
ccs said in his talks with out the possibility troops would
American officials Dayan will be used to run the railroads if
make several requests, includ- Dennis went through with his
ing: threat to defy any congression-
—Guarantee of U.S. arms al antistrike action.
supnlies until at least 1972. Request Rejected
—Withdrawal of Roger’s plan The White House Tuesday
calling for Israel's pullback turned aside a request by
from occupied Arab territory. Senate Democratic Leader
—A U.S commitment it will Mike Mansfield and Sen. Jocob
use its U.N. Security Council Javits R-N.Y., to summon labor
veto in the event an attempt is and management leaders to a
made to bring sanctions against forced negotiating session at
Israel. the White House.
Chickasha Hotel Coffee Shop.
A a \U 1 During the business session,
ophers WOFK E. E. Huff, president, appoint-
A.A ed John Mosley, Mrs. Eva Lair
in vounry Area and Bob Hunter to a nominal-
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