Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 201, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 1, 1959 Page: 1 of 56
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PRICE FIVE CENTS FINAL HOME EDITION
Williamson Due to Rule Out Drinking Clubs
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By BOB McMILLIN
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Pools Illegal
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State Payroll
Tax Delayed
Scared Survivor Tells
Of Terror in Night
Solar Eclipse
By GILBERT HILL
“That fire was just like this
Schultz's automobile was still hoard employe. would become
shop. the' Village branch post
Worth $14 .
office. Dummeyer’s
news.
But it apparently had a pretty
of the 3-alarm blaze.
eaves
ISIT YOUR MOVE?
prise ruling against news photog-
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raphy of courtroom trials Thurs- sion cameras from courtrooms
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A year ago the court of crimi-
The seizure of liquor at the
photography should be allowed
Cloudy and cool through Friday
Thursday. John C.
Powell.
from
Ramirez, and then
two
cases of champagne and one
con-
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a.m.
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spotty Cargo handlers were re- ■
< ported still on the job in the
Club Dodge
Called Sale
Evasion al Stale
Ban on Saloons
Seen in Opinion
Ardmore Senator
Blasts Governor
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$30,000 Blaze
Sweeps Shopping
Area at Dawn
‘Reverse Justice’
Camera BanL
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1:08p.m.
He told Bob Simmons. son of
the building owner, he escaped
Picture. Page 6
down a stairway then turned to
Cold Rain Drenches
Vast Section
Of State
By HUGH HALL
Attorney General Mac Q.
Williamson Thursday was
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day left district judges in a deli- while trials are in progress
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Drives and Donors
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Oil Reports ......
euA,ze
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Chief Graves said all ofl-duty Pulliam, bookkeeper, and S. E.
firemen were called to the scene Shurley, labor foremart, all .f
tian's only power is to count
the signatures on a petition to
office to work. "ne uune m------ ------• ---
the courthouse was too noisy," ent, and drew a charge of dou-
Stephens said. blecross" from Tom Tipps. ery
Morrison's brother said Schultz state senator of Ardmore.
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ply store.
Long Head Start
The fire was detected at 6:05
New Yorkers will see it about
7 a.m. (EDT. Dawn is at 6:25
am. But the curvature of the
earth will keep the sun out of
sight until 7 o'clock. It will be1
the first such eclipse here since
City's ordinance licensing
private drinking clubs.
The opinion, was requested by
James W Till Berry, Oklahoma
county aflorney.
The opinion which Williamson
was believed to be almost ready
to release would brand liquor
। pools an illegal evasion of the
'state alcoholic beverage control
prohibition against whisky sale
| by the drink
Locker Clubs OK?
! Apparently the opinion would
not hold illegal the looker type
•of. club operation in which club
David Bolt and chief agent
Barney Oman, 'who posed At
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act.
“It would be within the power
of this court to suspend it until
determination of this matter.'
Looney replied.
Appearing for Miskovsky. at
torney Marian Opala. told the
court that under the law Chrjs-
_______it has fired R. H Graham as
"Her office in Lake Murray park supernnd-
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deposit in a pool (or purchase
of whisky, then upon being
served a drink of whisky by
the club bartender, giving him
money Co put back into the pool
Effect Widespread
S tendent, and that his wife, Mrs.
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Downtown skyscrapers
vanish into fog.
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IF YOU’RE GOING —
you can find buyers for
the things you don’t want
to take and use the cash..
for the moving bill. -
IF YOU'RE COMING-
you can sell items that
don't fit into your new
home for extra ash.
with
Oklahoman and Times
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In the Guernsey show, the Tom
Cooper, farms of Ardmore had
both the grand and reserve
champion bull. The female show,
was large enough that judging
(Sm FAIR—Page 1)
w haft intide
Trapped Trio
Ready to Hold
I Although some j
40 opposed the rule, the supreme
Th» crowd was fi0ht although kennetn jackey optanea in a . . ... . „„ tion of the building was gutted, told the
The crowd was light although Nikita a m. by a post office official He leaving brick walls standing pre-
waghummasumcinis
in the upper section jo prevent wouldn't bother my employes room I woke him up and said,
cave-ins. down there. It is a double cross. 'We better get out of here but
The back half of the building The governor gave me his he didn't ever come downstairs.
Killed in Blaze
Tun U. S. Ships
I" U. S. Plea Scorned
Am Dock Workers
Tie Up Shipping
art 53,375 signatures Only, 27,583
* are required to sustain the p
tion and put the withholding on
14-15 court was reported unanimous
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Petition Ordered Filed
The state planning and re-
Humid air will continue to to 190 New England listed them
overrun the shallow wedge of in dozens. Baltimore had about
cool air over the southern plains two dozen with cargoes phis 16
and occasional rains and widely more in shipyards Philalelphia
scattered thunderstorms will con- counted TB
tinue off and on into Saturday Pinch Already Felt
Another Inch Falls The gulf coast reported sat.
Rains will be most persistent tered ties
in the western section but the ‘The sudden walkout came with
rest of the state, including the the nation s economv already he
1, . "2 „ • . “ on ginning o feel he pinch of he
Oklahoma Cityarea, long steel strike WitELhis
tinued unkings. .. mind, the government had sought
City Engineer W W Woody to stave it off but disgruntled
Baker got instant reaction from union members shouldered aside
Snow on
milted under Oklahoma
Carolinas. Georgia and Florida
At mid-day, the weather bu- as contract negotiations with
reau’s radar showed a line of employers continued in those
thunderstorms with moderate to areas.
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Surprise
Season 9s First Strike Idles
Amusements
Boat Page.. _L
Bridge ...... IS versed a court of criminal ap- nal appeals held that trial,
Classified Section 40-44 peak holding. . Photography should be allowed
Comics ......... 11 AtHhe same time, a spokes- the press "and its prying eyes
Village Fire Chief Bassil Tun- brother, Waldo. ,
nell put the 130,000- estimate on Stephens had worked in that
total damage from the. lze. office until only last week. Miss
"But it may turn out to be Campbell also was a secretary
much more than that," he added, in Morrisqn’s office
The firm has offices in the
courthouse but Miss sources board Thursday disclosed
last-minute arrangements to keep
work going
A federal mediator quickly
called for further negotiations
here Thursday on a contract to
replace a pact expiring at mid-
• night But employer representa-
tives said they probaly would
not attend.
They, termed the walkout il-
legal They also said it came so
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Proponents of the pool-type
operation have contended it would
My Room Was Filled With Smoke' mospscpsardionatnsocramndophe
vent them from making a cash
tinue to allow photography of -
justicesits sessions under its ruling of 1i
“It's just too early yet to get
a very sensible figure. It might county
be a lot more or it might be Campbell came to the N Hudson
affine te wn"k "He" effine in
had gone to visit Morrison and In a written statement. Mack after a fire struck the basement
watch the Wednesday night fight Burks, Oklahoma City board'of the former home
on television. chairman, announced Ira Husky.
(See PETITION-Page2)1tns 2 Koar Kandthehemerve.
mommsommmmmammmuas Ribbons Are Fluttering
members would bring their own
whisky in and keep it in lock-
I era assigned to them
I It was understood that Wil-
liamson's opinion would hold that
... . ... au for a London television show
When I got out into the street and a Berlin concert this week,
saying she couldn't sing because
(See SURVIVOR—Page 1) ‘Rescigno couldn’t conduct.
ur - ________ __________ ____ ____ - - one. I woke up at night to find
ofrie, Dimmeyeris Camera Son parked in front of the burned-out Lake Murray park superintend- my room full of thick smoke."
and an Oklahoma lire anS Sup- to.ldin^ ai - "Im sure this fire started
Haskell Graves, fire chief,
said the first alarm was
received at 3:11 a.m. Clocks
inside the building stopped
at 3:09. .
Ont Escapes Death
When firemen arrived the en-
tire 2-story brick structure was
enveloped in flames.
A 4th person, David Stephens,
escaped He was awakened by
Hames in a downstairs ware-
house.
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N “reversed justice" from the su- Thursday. John C. Fuwe,
36-37-38 preme court in not being allowed presiding judge of the criminal
11 to protest the anti-camera rule appeals court, said-it would
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torney. told the court the petition werepresented" trophy lmSypBet"sensduingutand miles He the following firms
*- . defente ua 5 rhp law . _ _ _ . . apart, viewers will see a com- were damaged by smoke, some
pletely darkened sun at dawn, of •bcm heavily: "The Villager
•-- restaurant, the Anthony store,
had 3 defects He saidIt e law by Congressman Page Belcher (
requires Christian to determine in the name of the Oklahoma ,
whether a petition Such as Mis- Farm Bureau and the state fair,
kovsky s is valid The high which conducts the contest,
court asked what the effect of
. delay .y™* When he ' n peeked through
to suspension of the WItnilOldin8 r ’
-r later in the day, people seemed
to pop out of the buildings. Side-
walks that had been virtually va- _ i
cant moments before, were filled PITTSBURGH (UPD — The
with people going places • wristwatch that factory worker
The crowd was light although Kenneth Jackey. obtained in a
heavy rain extending fyom Enid The major ports of New York.
to Hennessey and Kingfisher Boston, Baltimore and some
M across Bridgeport, Binger and other New England areas were
Kj Mountain View and back to Carn- all but at a standstill. Estimates
IK egie and Fort Cobb The line was of the number of ships affected
H moving eastward, in New York ranged from 157
Oklahoma City Times
Greater Oklahoma City: 600.000 ia ’Sixty -
work in a liquor store although case 0( whisky and vodka in a
he held a federal liquor stamp.
The charge was filed in the (See SEIZURE-Page i)
In the Ayrshire show during Jewelers who made the esti- water was played on the blaze
the morning. William Stanley Ko- mate said the watch was "just within minutes.
___—------ lar of Prague and Eddie and average" as' a time-keeper But "But it apparently had a pretty
tee if there are enough. Shris- Jerry Pendletor of Stillwater Jackey figured he was ahead god pre-burn on u»." the fire vn " ",......2
tian already has announced there swapped top honors. He paid only 8 cents for the chier said "It had smouldered Was newer, and was not so 5 ad word.
---- ------ "pet h8|<1 ihcgranrt champion cigar W handed the Soviet Ma.toe quite ’ '
’ reserve champion. The pendle chine Co. last week.
k M believed in the process of
1v58 holding illegal the type of
kill, liquor pool operation per-
Light "o moderate rains con- sociation predicted all the ILA s
. tinued to UU across the stMe
mmday’amounts varied rrom-fiours a orders reached 3®
.01 to more than an inch from. New York.
, mA full-scale walkout would vir-
The ram is expected to con- tually halt all cargo shipping „I
tinue through Sal urd . With on the two coasts, as have simi- Old Bakery Kazed
somewhat colder temperatures lar strikes in the past
working into the northwest sec- -
tion. there is a possibility of Situation Spotty
some snow being mixed with However, in the first few hours
rain in the western part of the of the strike the situation was
Panhandle Thursday night
Rain Continues
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D.7 TFZ^^^l. Casady Square Jewelry A Gift
i\ea W aten ■ shop, Ashby’s, Fayssoux’s gift
unexpectedly that their men were
tied up trying to untangle cargo
handling difficulties at piers. By WAYNE MACKEY
The SngestionesPdnneden an- Fire of undetermined origin see the building enveloped in
SSS3 "m-nrsnammpaiama ««* grlm on. ^7'
which suspends operation of the state income tax with- aounione SefuttMmoboakddiystng of the village of the building in time fire. Three victims upstairs were trapped when liqu • y the drink
holding act. , days hence. A blaze in the rear of Ash- Woman Suffocates wooden stairway burned.
The court’s decision came after an hour-long confer- The strike caught the country by s Sporting Goods, 9321 Penn The stairway down which Ste-
ence following argument! . . unaware because union leaders sylvania pl., generated heavy phens escaped was burned*
hv 1wver hnth for and n • n) , had agreed to a proposal of smoke which penetrated seven through about halfway up The"
Dy lawyers win K fllTi North Atlantic port employers nearby establishments. fire apparently spread so fast
against such an order. ---- * UtO for a 15-day contract extension units of the Oklahoma Cjty. through the wooden interior that
The court gave Christian 5 • to permit further negotiations Nichols Hills and Edmond fire the stairs were aflame before
days in which to file a petition T on a new pact departments raced to the shop- Morrison could reach them
for a rehearing. However, sus IJfmiDer The agreement was that any— --Miss Campbell suffocated, fire-!
pension of the withholding act benefits received by the union I icture. I age -
was the aim of George 'Sr in. anew contract would be ping center under a prearranged huddled under a rug near a . • It was believed Williamson's
who circulated8 touneltion, and ()n ir retroectiefunion coula not obtain emergency oplanttot arda viage window The remainder 0 the 'll was scared and sick . . . my room was filled with opinion would brand this set of
that was accomplished Ahe UUIl I (III the same agreement elsewhere _ ' floorin her -apartmen smoke and I didn't know if the stairway was going to circumstancesa mere evasion of
and finally Wednesday night, a The fire was confined to the burned away 0 • nl. nt - law and a sale of whisky by the
v • -i few hours before the old contract rear of the sporting goods store, chief Graves said the fire ap- avf 1,1 ° 1 , drink as a matter of fact.
lop Farm ramiy was to expire, a big Manhattan but the front of the firm waspeared to have started in the David Stephens, 39, described a scene of contusion The effect of the opinion will
For (Llahoma local rebelled and voted to go heavily damaged with smoke downstairs warehouse. and terror in the night when he awakened to find the reach far beyond the boundaries
ahead with the strike. • along with the other stores Furniture Stored two-story building in of any city and encompass the
Named by Bureau ----Smoke Damage Heavy Furniture was stored in the D l p. . which he made his home entiresstateatwoudnotmes.
Ray Anthony, official of the downstairs portion of the build- Par H rno Win, V.wh i CIt Huh
C. R. Anthony department store tag, which formerly was a 1 <M « —n-g burning. ed ? private drinking club.or-
chain, said smoke damage to an bakery. — Three other persons in the up- dinance its provisions wouldpre
Anthony store just north of There were 4 apartments up- TB . . 1 stairs apartments at «i« N Hud-ven anyone from try ng to op-
. . f :Ashby's may alonebe anywhere staihs (t , wis tad 5 8 ri Prqtagtec son died in that fire. Stephens erate r liquor pool club outside
from in front of their stands- NEW YORK (P-A solar eclipse from $15,000 * .. S b?MoX’I I VUU3UUM
and the serious work of the is scheduled to darken 90 per- estate ottce OY Morrison and nis
State Fair went right along on cent of the sn‛s surface at
schedule Thursday. dawn Friday.
LONDON P - Maria Callas’
favorite conductor is under
treatment in a London hospital
„ . for swollen mands.
downstairs There wasnt any naman For conductor
onto the street around the auto ready has taken over in Okla- fire either in my apartment or A SPoKesn, . .. York
The interior of an older sec-homa." Tipps commented when Mr. Morrison's. His door was Did the "csuse ot the swelling
open. t , has not been ’ diagnosed. The
"Governor Gave Word' "It looked like he was asleep musician is in the London clinic
“I was promised that if I voted in the living room and his friend and not available to newsmen,
opft retam +Hv • i AnnI. .hilt) was in the bed*
By JOE LOONEY
Fire destroyed an abandoned bakery at 816 N
Hudson early Thursday, and 3 persons living in up-
stairs apartments died in the flames.
The victims were identified as:
MISS VERNA CAMPBELL, 54, a resident of an
upstairs apartment.
HAROLD MORRISON, 52. another resident.
LONNIE SCHULTZ, who was visiting Morrison.
The blaze broke out during a rainstorm about 3 a.m.
The temperamental opera so-
prano. who is at her home in
Milan, canceled appearances
court's order
Earlier, Christian had asked
, the court for a 5-day delay in
answering a temporary order
the court issued late Wednesday
telling him either to file the pe-
tition or explain to it at 10 a.m.
Thursday why he should not be
madesttafileitended « was his II rained and rained-conces- Due Tomorrow
taS-ndfin his Power to decide. men swept dirty water
before accepting a petition for
filing whether or not it was sub-
stantially in the form the law
says it must have, Christian Ks the highlight of the day. the
Miskovsky argued " Duron Howard family of Mulhall
had no such Poy man was named Oklahoma's "Farm
required to file his petition and Family of the Year" in cere-
suspend operation of the with monies at the Future Farmers
-holding act. of America building.
Bob Looney. Christian’s.. at- The Howards and their 4 chil-
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workers, ignored govern- . ^6 I A- I (, N
. ment pleas Thursday andU,“ U". . h
As a bone chilling rain staged a surprise walkout
drenched much of Okla- in many eastern and gulf ___
homa Thursday, the first coast ports, stranding
snow of the season was scores-of cargo vessels. ■ e
forecast for the western Officials of the Independent In I m_
Panhandle Thursdayyhight. ternational longshoremen's As- E E 4 • ■ 4 H/•
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escaped to watch flames roar of a city
through the interior of the build- The opinion was drafted for
ing, killing his two friends and Williamson by Saib Lattimore, .
a visitor one of his assistants, after many
“I woke up Mr Morrison (Har-days of rese arch 01, the
old Morrison, one of the victims holdings of o ti - a .
of the fire - I don't know why question is a new one.in Aka-
he didn't leave' I ran down the homa, which isjushnow experi
stairs and could see the down- menting in lesa.whisky
sv- nine up Conductor Sick
stairs apartment He moved G. C,lleve Crlle
there from another apartment. 30 -* -u
Off 2 Concerts
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License <jpi«rge Filed
. w A gents Seize W hisky
“They were all friends of mine. _
ordnem 6nensoarabs Tipps said in Raid at City Club
“I might have to throw that •
MackEurpsiqutoftthewindw, Two state liquor control board court of Paul Powers, said chiet
has done it-he is the Edmond- agents confiscated three cases of । inspector John Butler. Mate
has done dowhethrth whisky out of the Derby Club on liquor control act prohibits is
sonmandown theg A Pruitt NE 23 at 2 am Thursday, ar suance of a license to anyone
Ardmorefewndmthgodernorp Frank Ramirez, “ holding • federal liquor tax
pointed SJSC2 and *same time ■ liquor
souredbprink it will do ny board inspector said a felony Derby Club was made by agent
u man for the OklahemaPress/and purifying pen to reportwith amoreprain-High 6, low Wil " the net charge " aatalse.imsty.o- “ - -
« essociation said it had receivedjcourtroom abuses." board, megtingand them off me ben lodged n Mfe nightclub patrons. Bolt said they
HOURLI TEMPERATURE ksTmmouncddthat Pat „ here. ** y imm . - liquor.i
# hnlAn 47 Muskogee would iris Hoover. Oklahoma City boot
2 S5? assistantspark’superin-iegger, who obtained • license to
" whl"and was burn, ly burned, Burks.-said 3 other park the front window blew out.
Firemen had the fire well un- employes had been sent termina-
(See VILLAGE—Pepe l) der control before 7 a.m.. but tion notices, He named them as
— early-morning traffic was snarled Charlie W Brown, assistant su-
on Hudson. " e perintendent—Roscoe Marvin
Chief Graves said all off-duty
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