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On Tax Cut
Air Chief
Diplomats Pessimistic
Demanded
Red ‘No’ Hinted
Hails Ike
Shuffle
To Arctic Plan
WASHINGTON (INS) - Sen-
heimer, 74. McAlester, publisher
taxes
ut a Democratic member of of the Kiowa Chronicle, weekly
Atkinson Still File
Pressure
their machine wa* washed off
(See TAXES—Pag* 2)
(See FILINGS—Pag* 2)
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Ike Jobless Pay Bill
United States, the U. S. govern-
committee and an uncertain fate.
(See STORMS-Page 2)
A Turning Point?
. in Durant by Pau Oliver, dis-
A southern Democratic-GOP
day night.
gress, rejecting outright a Demo-
Princess During Visit
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It was understood that Gov.
fhu’ Ll^ Audit
of Su
American crown colony.
Duckworth said a car driven by
if the Soviets do not have with locally heavy rains south
30, 1957 to continue to receive
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Blakley, 21, Shawnee.
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Flooding
In Texas
Latin Shakes Sword at
British Jets to Guard
Truck Kills
Farm Youth
Stepped Up
Dulles Offers Deal
To Win Soviet OK
Homes Swept After
Torrential Rainfall;
Roads Washed Out
Strong Boost Given
To Defense Plan
By Gen. White
Foe Opposes His
Name Change Plea;
Updegraff Files
Shawnee Resident
Is Critically Hurt
STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS
modified version of the presi-
dents original proposal to con-
LONDON (INS (-Because of
. sabre-rattling in neighboring
Guatemala, four Canberra jet*
fighter-bombers will patrol the
skies over British Honduras
Friday when Princess Mar-
Total filings rose to 421 as the
election board office opened and
William A. Stranahan, 31, Alex-
andria. suffered minor injuries,
the bankrupt $39 million invest-
went firm on. March. a-byU S.
district Judge Stephen Chandler.
The colonial office denied
London press reports that the
heavily - armed, 600-mile-per,
hour aircraft was -dispatched
from Britain because secret
Called as Witness
Mrs. Estella Rigg, mother
of Selected Investments Corp,
vice-prosedent William A. Rigg,
is scheduled to take the witness
stand Friday during a brief
hearing in U. S., district court.
Bert Barefoot, attorney for
Selected's federal court trustee-
responding span in 1937.
But last week, the boa
1958 to date, 183; May, 2.
1957 to date, 197; May, 1.
A farm youth was killed and
four men were hurt, one critical-
All streams in southeast
Oklahoma were reported
rising rapidly Friday with
several highways already
closed because of flood
waters. Frank Fodge, state
highway department en-
gineer at Antlers, said more
rain in that area will cause
"considerable flooding.”
Flash floods hit Durant early
believied there were four per-
sons in the stalled car but it was
later learned there were only two.
A distress call was received
at highway patrol headquarters
the Canberra escort for Mar-
garet as a precautionary meas-
ure and because he considered
it a good thing generally, in
view of the Guatemalan situa-
tion, for the RAF to be seen.
Guatemalan President Miquel
Ydioras Fuentes reportedly has
day Oklahoman Classified
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before noon tomorrow.
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Place Sunday Want Ads
Before Non Tomorrow
To get quick action from
families
Latest reports indicated Water
At_ department stores-and
wholesale establishments.
But other reports issued Thurs-
day showed the key auto indus-
try still running in low gear.
Tax Refunds Rushed
At the same time, the treasury
department was rushing income
tax refunds to millions of Ameri-
cans in hopes this money would ■
be spent and thus help bring
the Pentagon.
Brooks refused to answer ques-
tions by GOP members as to
whether the bill was being pre-
pared by the administration or
by members of the committee
who have been highly critical of
the president’s plan. However, it
was learned that a draft has
been prepared by the committee
staff spelling out in more detail
the changes proposed by the ad-
ministration.
Tim*, Distance Overcome
In his statement, Gen. White
said the new weapons systems
"demand that our peacetime or-
ganization be instantly responsive
(See PENTAGON—Pag* 2)
A flash flood Thursday sent high water rolling
along this Wichita Falls street from which an auto
is being pulled. The flood came from Holliday creek
Bridge ..........
Comics ______...
Crossword Puzzle
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Markets .....
Oil Reports'.....
Sports ...........
Time* Talk .....
Vital Statistics .
Women’s Pages
A Democrat, Updegraftsaid he'
filed as an independent because
"I don't have the funds to make
a statewide race in the primary
without making commitments to
selfish groups."
He Avoids Primary
Updegraff said he would cam-
paign on such issues as Selected
Investments Corp. bankruptcy
and the Oklahoma Natural Gas
Co. rate case now before the
state corporation commission.
As an independent, he does not
have to make a primary cam-
paign to get on the November 4
general election ballot.
Friday also brought two filings
for congress. third district, the
Despite a GOP plea for speed, early action appeared
unlikely. Finance committee hearings on the bill to con-
$1,000Check
Is Quiz Item
Selected Aide's Kin
is in "very critical" condition in
City hospital there, with head
injuries and a possible neck frac-
ture. He was hurt in a headon
collision two miles south of Pear-
son on SH 18.
dispatched ambulances and lye
trucks to the stricken downtown
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ment will consider curbing the
northward nuclear bomber flights
which Russia has angrily pro-
tested.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (IP) - The Soviet
Union Friday denounced the Eisenhower Arctic in-
spection plan as a “gimmick" and said Russia’s op-
position to the proposal remains unchanged.
pared with the total as of that
same date a year ago.
Secretary of the Treasury An-
derson forecast that practically
all refund checks will be out by
mid-May. Thai would be about
two weeks earlier than usual.
Jeb* Data Debated
While hoping the rebates will
be converted into more purchas-
ing, treasury officials also have
in mind their special importance
(See BUYING-Page 2)
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Mrs. Yu-Hung ting
a screen test in Hollywood be-
fore the couple opened their
gift shop about a year ago.
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Twa in Car
The brothers were swept up in
the flood waters, but J. A. Moore
managed to cling to a tree and
screamed for help until he was
rescued several hours later by a
Calera resident, Lester Thomp-
son. Thompson said he heard the
man's scream for help and went
to his aid in a boat.
J. A. Moore was taken to Bryan
amendment linking it to
pre-summit talks.
Most signs pointed to Russian
veto No. 83.
U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge was to lead off at the
security council session by en-
dorsing the neutral amendment.
Studies Urged
it calls on the councit to
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Cloudbursts Hit
From Texarkana
To Wichita Falls
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themselves before 5 p m.
Updegraff said he would cam- a
paign on the slogan: "Have plat- 7
wholly to a decrease in new
credit for auto buying.
which went out of its banks after 2.14 inches of rain Friday, routing 400 persons from
fell in three hours. (AP Wirephoto) their homes.
The floods—which followed tor-
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washed over highways near Cal-
era and Bokchito. At Calera, a
Durant man whose car was
swept off U. S. 69-75 is feared
drowned.
Another motorist was almost
drowned near Bokchito when his
huge truck was swept off the
highway.
Creek Overflows
The flash flooding struck with-
out warning about 1:30 a.m.
Creeks rose swiftly following an
unofficial 7 inches of rain that
began at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.
The flood at Durant was caused
when Mineral Bayou creek, in
the south part of the city, lea
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a NATO conference at Copen-
hagen to press his campaign for
Russian acceptance of interna-
tional military inspection over
the polar frontiers.
In a news conference on the
eve of his departure Dulles
stepped up U. S. pressure on the
Moscow government by offering
this. deal:
If Russia will agree to the in-
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der the present law after June
sanction technical studies on
methods for policing the Arctic,
holding that such international
co-operation would serve "as a
useful basis for the delibera-
tions on the disarmament prob-
lem at the summit conference."
The new Soviet reaction was
to be delivered by delegate Ar-
kady A. Sobolev, who denounced
the American proposal last Tues-
day and reiterated his govern-
ment s demand for unilateral ces-
sation of American H-bomber
flights.
Reports Discounted
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Auto Output Off Sharply
In Detroit, the nation's auto . ... , ... . .
manufacturers reported Thurs- Early Action Unlikely”
day that 316,503 passenger cars-------—•
drop was attributed almost portation excise levies.
the illicit market.
Officers tuulc filUj custody ru-
Hung Ting, 35, and his 24-year-
old wife. They said the couple
was married in Hong Kong in
1957, while Ting was a seaman.
The wife was such a beauty,
police said, that she was given
homes. '
The flood victims were evacu-
ated by volunteers in boats and
most of them returned to their
water soaked homes a few hours
later as the flash flood water re-
ceded as rapidly as it rate.
Motor Stall*
Rescue workers were searching
an area about 1% miles south of
Calera Friday for Bill Moore.
Moore was riding with his
brother, J. A. Moore, also of Du-
rant, when their automobile
motor stalled in flood waters
from a creek that overflowed the
highway.
The Durant man said their car
stalled in 8 or 9 inches of water,
but that the water rose so rapidly
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about economic recovery.
In reporting on department
store sales in March, the federal
reserve board said this activity
“recovered substantially from
the low level of February.” Sales
of this type, on a seasonally ad-
justed basis, still were below
mailed filings were opened and
Mansfield said that recent tes- processed. Other filings Friday,
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in an evident bid for world
wide public opinion support he
argued that if an Arctic inspec-
tion zone could be established
“it might mark a real turning
point in this whole cold war sit-
uation.”
He said also that Russia’s at-
titude toward the plan would “in-
fluence our own thinking as to
the value of the summit con-
ference" now under preliminary
discussion.
The plan, designed to lessen
each nation's fear of attack,
would let the Russians know
what was going on in such areas
as northern Canada and Alaska
and -disclose Russia’s military
system and operations in north-
ern Siberia
Backing Expected
The North Atlantic foreign
ministers conference, opening
Monday in Copenhagen, will re-
view a whole range of interna-
tional prdblems. It is expected
to back the polar inspection plan
in a public statement.
Dulles denied that the U. S.
proposal was a propaganda ma-
neuver. as Russia had charged,
and added:
2.
were produced in April, com-
pared with 548,662 in the same
WASHINGTON Um - Secretary tneir
of State Dulles leaves Friday for the highway
which require court-appointed
trustees to be qualified in a
public hearing aftet they have
taken office.
Oklahoma City attorney Paul
C Duncan was named to head
bomber and missiles bases in
the north of their country avail-
able for a sudden surprise at-
tack upon the United States, then
our own problem of security is
greatly altered. Perhaps we
would then feel it safe greatly
to mihmize the llights f which
the Soviet union complains."
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Bill Is Temporary
The bill would authorize any
What looked like the first full-
blown fight of the democratic
gubernatorial campaign was un-
der way Frida; morning in dis-
trict court here.
Up for consideration before
Judge Fred Daugherty was a sim-
ple petition by W. P. Atkinson
to change his name to W. P.
Bill Atkinson. Atkinson. Trot-run-
ning candidate (or governor, is I
nicknamed Bill.
But attorney for Judge Andrew
Wilcoxen of Muskogee, a rival
candidate, stormed into court
and said they scented a plot.
Updegraff Also Fles
They charged the move by At-
I kinson actually is designed to
evade the campaign spending I
limit law. They claimed Atkin- I
son already has exceeded the '
$60,000 limit as W. P. Atkinson,
and if the name is changed, <
coalition pushed across a slightly- ly, in separate accidents on rain-
....... blurred Oklahoma roads Thurs-
Shower* and < thunderstorms
.. j — -g- —. um. Chapin Wallace, 55. McAlester
According to the commerce de- after the current fiscal year ends republican who tried for the
partment, wholesale sales in June 30 to settle the question of state senate seat vacated in 1966
March rose seasonally 3 percent any general tax cut. by Kirksey Nix, who was elected
from February, but still were 9 Anderson said in an interview, to the criminal court of appeals,
percent below the total in March "We should wait to see how the filed for the Republican nomina-
-ast year. I fiscal year ends and what the tion to the third district congress
One possibly significant factor profit situation is in July before seat.
was that durable goods sales in we consider adding to this federal I Aho due to file Friday in the
the wholesale field rose 10 per-.deficit it still would net be tee-governor's race was Atkinson,
cent from February. Nondurables late to act on taxes in August.” | As the last day of filing set in
showed a 7 percent gain in the Anderson predicted that con-' there were 10 Demorcatic candi-
month. gress will extend present corpo- dates for governor and four Re-
Another reserve board report rate and excise tax retes before' publicans who filed hi the first
said installment debt deelined by -their June 30 expiratie date— ‘four days of the period
$180 million in March, taking ac- except for » possible "moderate I
count of seasonal factors. The adjustment" in auto and trans-;
yui.e,.
sssss Ea- 2aas
from Rigg s bank account on More than two score of South- him as he walked along U.S. 59,
the day Selected was declared ern Democrats joined an almost- south of Stilwell during a heavy
bankrupt in federal court, solid Republican corps in adopt- ‘ downpour
The mi...— 61 nn h........ u" u Rogers Lee Petty, 34, Shawnee.
The missing $1,000 has since ing the president’s program. The
been delivered to the trustee s i vote was 223 to 165 with only 17
office and placed in a special Republicans straying from the
frozen account.. o . .u ffold to vote with the Democrats
Barefoot said Rigg’s mother
probably will be the only wit-
ness during the routine hearing.
The session was docketed before
speciar 'Bankruptcy" master FHiT
Daugherty under federal statutes
Chief of Staff Gen. Thomas D.
White said Friday he wholeheart-
edly support* President Eisen-
hower’s Pentagon reorganization
plan as “essential to the security
of our country.”
But he told the house armed
services committee that he would
not quarrel with how the legisla-
tion is worded "as long as cer-
tain objective* are accom-
plished."
White's endorsement was th*
strongest of any member of the
joint chiefs of staff in testimony
before the house committee dur-
ing the two weeks of hearings on
the bill.
Gen. Pate Differs
His statement came after Ma-
rine Commandant Gen. Randolph
M. Pate wound up his testimo-
ny by urging the committee to
give more rather than less power
to the civilian secretaries of the
three services. The plan proposed
by the president would remove
the secretaries from the military
chain of command and put much
of their powers in the hands of
the joint chiefs.
In another development, Rep.
Other officials made it
known, however, that the
"show the flag” decision was
made because of recent war-
like talk in Guatemala about
taking over British Honduras.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURE
4-
8 im ””1
William A. Carlton. 22, airforce
these benefit* for a period half lieutenant stationed at. Alexan-
widely from state to state, ed to pass another vehicle; .
The bill also requires states Carlton and a passenger, Lieut,
to repay the federal government
tinue existing benefits may
be held in two weeks.
President Eisenhower was as-
sured by GOP Leader William F.
Knowland Friday that the sen-
ate will "uphold the administra-
tion's position" in acting on the
bill.
Ika "Very Pleased"
The California Republican told
newsmen after a 10-minute meet-
ing with the chief executive that
Eisenhower "was very pleased
by the house action ”
- WASHINGTON tNS)-Airforce - UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (INS)—Russia,aftera
72-hour second look at the U. S. Arctic inspection plan,
will reply Friday to Dag Hammarskjold’s urgent plea
for reconsideration of the proposal.
Western diplomats were hopeful but not optimistic
that the Soviet would accept the polar “open skies”
plan—even with a Swedish
.. . . Memorial hospital in Durant suf-
. .proposed by the 4rom- sheek— was first
Mnar “vwek pnlodhsendd ateDemocratic whip Mike Mans post nowsheldby,Rep.Carl A-
Aprii 26 also ... below the « smirrrdayn 8 time for pingflster rDemner“pem-
issue Finds Two
Democrat Leaders
Split on Timing
GAINESVILLE,•Texas HNS)-
Rains of near cloudburst intensi-
ty from Wichita Falls to Texar-
kana along the Red river left
flood conditions at many places
along the line Friday.
Two deaths attributed to the
storms were reported in Texas,
and one man, R. W. Pratt of
Paris, Texas, was missing near
Durant, Okla., where flood con-
ditions existed in the night.
In Gainesville, surging waters
of Pecan creek. fattened over-
night by more than four inches
of rain, poured over its bank
and into downtown area early
Friday forcing the evacuation of
50 families.
Deputy Sheriff James Hott
said the flash flood reached a
depth of four feet in parts of the
downtown area flowing into "four
or five" businesses.
He said damage from the flood
would run “pretty high, $100,-
000 at the very least," but report-
ed no casualties from the sudden
flood.
The creek began to move over
its banks at 10 p.m. Thursday.
By 1 a m. Friday authorities had
agents learned Guatemalan
plane* Intended to buzz Belize
during Margaret's visit. She been telling his army it must
as-did -Petty’s passenger. Mason -has been -touring Britishrareas be prepare to aid nationalists
Plekloz. « Cheu—• of the Caribbean. in the colony. .
patcher, but patrol cart were
unable to reach the two men
because all highway approaches
were flooded
14 Beat* Used
Oliver notified the Calera city
marshall, Andrew Hamilton, who
organized a rescue party,
Thompson included.
Durant fire chief Preston Gree-
son said 14 boats were used to
evacuate the flood victims from
their homes there.
Chief Greeson said that many
persons refused to leave their
homes although water was stand-
ing several inches deep on their
floors. The evacuees were taken
to high ground by the rescue par-
ties of police and firemen, and
12 were bedded down at the Dur-
ant city hall.
Victims Return
The fire chief said the flood
water "went down as fast as it .
came up, and it came up in a
hurry." ...
Most of the flood victim* be-
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The Weather: Stormy! “
Battle’s On
v ep
Over ‘Bill’
.. cut bait" on the issue of reduc- cratic nomination is M. L. Misen-
said. ing trthnt **
-----sales ak-department-stors ewerey Bi
4 percent higher than in the sim- the finance committce New Mex. newspaper.
ilarweeko .. ico Sen Clinton P. Anderson.
Dureble Good* Salo* Up urged that congress wait until
Ji a a
life
reports that two communist
states—Poland and Czechoslo-
vakia—were urging the Russians
to accept the U. S. plan with
possible changes. These sources
said the satellite nations
“wouldn't dare" make sug-
gestions to the Kremlin on the
issue.
However, there was “specula-
tion" among communist news-
men that the Soviets themselves
"would not like to veto” the pro-
posal. but might offer amend-
ments to tailor it to their own
design.
Anxious neutral delegates were
ready to pounce on any signs of
(So* ARCTIC—Fog* 2)
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The firbmu!y said Thursday Hl
had mailed 82,452,000.000 in in- WASHINGTON (INS) — President Eisenhower’s
come tax refunds by April 24-' jobless pay proposal went Friday to the senate finance was receding from the downtown
an increase of 35 percent com---------J — —’ •
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Overton Brooks (D„ La.), said
residential area to remove the during hearings that a “new bill”
was being prepared to reorganize Informed quarters discounted
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month of 1957. Over-all. the auto
makers said they built nearly
800,000 fewer cars in the first w ryv • ry
fourmrnunsstbisyanthaninthe races lest in Senate
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would be free to spend another
$60,000.
Wilcoxen was represented by
Chai Wheeler. Muskogee, and
Paul Updegraff. Norman
Updegraff was busy on his own
account before going to district
court. He appeared at the state
election board and filed, for lieu-
tenant-governor, as an independ-
ent candidate.
Deadline is 5 p.m.
The election board was braced
WASHINGTON <4,- New government statistics *
indicate people may be starting to buy more. This could
be a hopeful economic sign.
Reports by the federal reserve board and the com-
merce department reflected a March pickup in business
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Beauty Takes
Costly Stroll
NEW YORK (P—The beauti-
ful Chinese woman strolling
along the sidewalk with a bull-
dog p r o v i d e d an interesting
sight, indeed. , A
But it was a much more in- A
teresting sight to some people fl
than others.
It was, police said Friday, a fl
signal to narcotics buyers that B
a new supply of dope was on m
hand. •
Friday night, officers ■
swooped down on a Chinatown
gift shop operated by the ■
woman and her husband. A
There on a shelf with other fl
store items, in an oversize tea 58
can draped wit jadebeading fl
to make it look just like an- %
other gift. police said they
found heroin worth $1,500,000 in L
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