Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 71, No. 276, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 27, 1960 Page: 1 of 18
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18 PAGES - 500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1960
VOL. LXXI No. 276
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means a sale. But Boxberg-
Defense Calls
the Yuletide, shopping ac-l (See BUSINESS—Page 2)
Space Effort
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Year End
Have Dough, Will Go
Attackers
Forecast:
French Fire
9 to Die
PARIS (PP—— France Tues-
day successfully staged its
ciated with the Missouri dead in Oklahoma, five oth-
Highway Department since
minutes later.
the Oklahoma City area, including the
engineer since 1951.
New Mexico campus.
Oklahoma
Oklahoma National Bank,
20; Harvey T. McCroskey,
York as a result of the ban-
laud, atomic scientist
about a telephone call she atomic bomb. “Until now, he
With Gov. Luther H. Hodges
agreed with Miskovsky that
The third test, which came
Snow Storm Howls
her testimony would be in- about 10 months after the
admissible as far as it con-
first, was fired at Reggane,
Toward Oklahoma
Herbert N. Standeven, as-
say.
*- sistant city attorney
power. A kiloton is equiva-
the court in a
The snow will begin in the
Heavy snow was forecast
Yule Bonfire
without charges despite a
Ritual Slated
A U. S. representative was
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away at intelligence
Oklahoma highway patrol headquarters and told no
The Weather
troopers made 1,822 arrests,
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was detained at Havana air-
(See TRAFFIC—Page 2)
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homa, with possibility of from Colorado. It moved out
morn-
Cloudy and colder, with
and from there will high, 43; night low,
24.
Wednesday high, 38. (De-
move northeastward.
At the same time, mois- tails. Page 17)
day or two early.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Our World Today...... 8
the Gulf was reported in- iiS
creasine at mid.dv eun. 200
12-13
Sports
Commercial tree mer-
quarters in suburban Mira-
abundant moisture
to
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snow
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Near-Ready
Atom Bomb
cerned Magness and Me- deep in the Sahara, from
Croskey, since it was hear- atop a tower. French offi-
ship actions by municipal-
ities against obscene mate-
of NW 36 at Robinson.
However, the park depart-
ment prefers you wait until
death.
The
said, "we have been making
prototypes of a sort. It re-
mains to.construct a usable
Mrs. Roy G. Woods sr.
testifies in death hearing.
tivity in a telephone survey
made by the Oklahoma City
cials said that the device
was of several kilotons in
success, the defense minis-
try said the device Was of
small strength. Officials said
the fallout presented no dan-
ger to nomads in the desert.
Oklahoma City is Included
in the area of snowfall.
The snow will be accom-
her that he had been at
(See STATE_Page 2)
They have received a number of do-
natiops, for singing engagements around
made to her son at Norman
shortly after Williford’s
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39 Canadians Killed
TORONTO, Ont. I—High-
way accidents caused 39
deaths in Canada over
Christmas weekend, a Cana-
dian press survey showed
Tuesday. The total, from
6 p.m. Friday to midnight
Monday, was 13 less than
the 52 predicted by the
Canadian Highway Safety
Girls will wear white dresses and gloves,
red flowers and red satin shoes. Boys’
outfits will be bright red blazers, white
shirts, black trousers and bow ties.
Thus far, the students have sold every-
thing fro* mixed nuts to bean-bag ash-
trays in their fund-raising campaign,
indi-
ome-
rials.
Standeven
front moving in from Colo- spread eastward overnight
rado and moisture swinging and Wednesday.
—L L-Boxhberger--manager
estimated "we'll be up about
3,000” in (he number of cred-
it reports made to member
firms—a gain of about 8 per-
cent over the 35,000 made in
December a year ago.
Every report ordinarily
you want to get rid of?
Save it for the city park
up from the Gulf.
The forecast calls for one
to three inches of snow in
services.
There will be a pageant
and Christmas tree bonfire
ways, 12 of them in Okla-
homa.
In addition to the dozen
In a statement,
said:
By Mary Jo Nelson
It was a costly Christmas
for Americans.
The long weekend took 481
12:00 mant
1:00 a.m.
2:00 a.m.
Fifty-five members of Capitol Hill High
School's choir will travel more than 1,000
miles for a 30-minute, one-of-a-kind per-
formance in Albuquerque January 28.
The students practically are financing
the $2,500 venture themselves, from
Fallout No Danger
The first atomic bombs,
made by the United States
in World War II, were of
about 20 kilotons. The first
French bomb, tested Febru-
ary 13, had 70 kilotons power
and the second, set off April
direction of the nation's im-
portant highway program in
the hands of a man of un-
matched experience.”
Hodges Consulted
The president-elect chose
Whitton after consultation
er bureau predigted.
Comic Page .....
National Affairs .
Oil Reports .....
By Stan Smith
(School Correspondent)
pion last year— wilkbe the only high school
music group performing’ at a Southwest-
ern Convention of National Music Educa-
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a small device that officials
hope will clear the way for
both tactical and giant ther-
monuclear weapons.
French scientists also
sought to gain information
about protection of persons
from the effects of radioac-
tive fallout.
Fired Atop Tower
A statement by Pierre Bil-
19.
Judge McCallister is to
determine whether the three
youths should be bound over
for district court.
Conversation Told
these will die, sending the
state's Yule toll to the 15
deaths predicted ahead of
the long holiday.
New Year Eyed
And as these tragedies
are viewed by safety authori-
ties, the same experts fore-
see another bloody weekend
ahead. t
In the state, an estimated
York.
Another embassy officer
who managed to see Hall
Monday night said the news-
man had no idea why he
was being held and had not
been questioned up to that
time.
The embassy said the Cu-
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ing to 645, 15 ahead of the protest from the United
same time last year and States embassy.
testimony of the uncalled
witnesses would be repeti-
tious and time-consuming.
Strategy Eyed
However, Miskovsky said
he planned to call some or
all of them to the stand.
The defense also had sub-
poenaed one witness, Frank
D. Lackey, 2416 Adam Ave.
Lackey told city police of-
ficers he saw Williford move
after he was found in the
back seat of a car parked
at Sussy's Restaurant, 9014
N Western, .shortly after
midnight December 7.
Defendants Named
Williford was pronounced
one could see Hall, 39. He
Fight Eyed
Questioned by Berry, Mrs.
Highlights of Tuesday’s
hearing were an appearance
by Mrs. Roy G. Woods sr.,
mother of one of the de-
fendants, and maneuvering
between attorneys over the
identity of a possible mys-
tery woman in the case.
Witnesses Called
George Miskovsky, attor-
ney for two of the de-
fendants, asked Justice of
the Peace Elmo McCallister
to have all 14 witnesses, sub-
poenaed by the state but not
called to the stand, to be
present for the afternoon
Woods said her son had told lent to 1,000 tons of TNT.
Panhandle and extreme west her nothing about any fight
What’s inside
Amusements..........i#
Bridge ............. 3
Business .............. 17
Classified Section ...14-11
on the nation’s high-
mar would say only that
PALM BEACH, Fla. (fl-Vice President-elect John-
son said Tuesday the Kennedy administration is plan-
ning a very vigorous and accelerated space exploration
program.
Johnson told of the plan—without going into any de-
tail—at a news conference after he and Sen. Robert’s)
Kerr (D-Okla.) had concluded two days of talks with
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which handles state depart-
ment funds.
Whitton has been asso-
By Ed Montgomery
The state rested Tuesday morning in the sixth day of
a preliminary hearing into the mystery death of Jimmie
Moore Williford.
The hearing for three University of Oklahoma youths
charged with manslaughter will continue Tuesday after-
noon. It already is the longest preliminary examination
ever held in Oklahoma Coun- _____________
ty.
"Mr. Whitton's long back-
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predicted toll nationally is
for 340 to die on highways.
Others Die
Besides those killed on
state roads, at least two oth-
er Oklahomans died in out-
of-state traffic tragedies over
the’holiday.
And 114 persons were in-
jured in the state, many of
these crippled for life.
The weekend toll sent
Oklahoma's 1960 total soar-
film distributor had filed
the suit against Bergman
only and did not include the
-city corporation as a defend-
Mant.
He said Bergman resigned
in November to begin re-
tirement January 1 and any
determination of the court
against him now would have
no effect.
But Standeven also de-
fended the city's authority
to regulate materials its of-
ficers judge to be obscene.
Hall is held /or investiga-
tion. 4
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Some ‘Way Off’
"Way oft” and a "dead
duck” were words used by
and issued 3,334 warnings, ______________
department’s Twelfth Night Without this work by the port Monday as he
Texas
noon,
most record books as “very
good." y.
Few stores apparently wHi
be secretary of commerce in
the new administration.
Whitton was graduated
from the University of Mis-
souri in 1920 with a degree
i civil engineering. In his
position with the Missouri
Yule Business
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By Gilbert Hill
nal figures will depend
largely on what happens
during this week of‘year-
end sales.
Busings Spotty
Makes $10,000
The conferences also dealt
with state department opera-
tions overseas. On hand for
those discussions was Rep.
John Rooney, (D-N. Y.),
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the same areas.
One of the best general
indicators of business are
credit inquiries made to the
Oklahoma City Retailers
Association. ‘
Only,” last September.
The film company charged
Bergman had "acted ar-
chartered buses right down to the perky
red flower worn by each girl singer.
The choir-named state’class AA cham- , which how has netted more than $1,500.
with temperatures to start
downward late Tuesday.
Fronts Collide
The cold front comes
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State Rests;
it also calls fpr two to
four inches of ’snow for
southern and eastern Okla-
U. S. Slaps
Yank Arrest
HAVANA i- Cuban
intelligence agents' "Tdesday
weeks” were some of the
words used Tuesday by er said it is impossible to
store managers to describe
Kennedy the Oklahoma Safety Coun-
cil fears at least three of
President-elect Kennedy.
Kerr is slated to succeed
Johnson as chairman of the
senate space committee.
And Kennedy has an-
nounced that in the new ad-
ministration Johnson will be
chairman of the National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
visory Council.
Road Chief Named
Earlier, Kennedy named
Rex Whitton, chief engineer
of Missouri's Highway De-
partment, to be federal high-
way administrator.
Meanwhile there were re-
ports Kennedy is consider-
ing naming career diplomat
Charles E. "Chip” Bohlen
to be ambassador to France.
Bohlen at present is State
Department adviser on Rus-
sian problems. He is a for-
mer ambassador to Mos-
cow.
ikansas.
Rain To Freeze
Also included in the, snow
By Jack Jones
U. S. District Court was
asked here Tuesday to dis-
miss a suit attacking the
constitutionality of Oklaho-
ma City's municipal or-
dinances regulating obscene
materials.
The request was made by
the city's legal counselor,
who said the action is no
longer valid because Roy
Bergman, chif of police,
has resigned.
Film Banned
The suit was filed here
earlier this month by Union
Film Distributors of New
ban foreign office promised --------
to look into the arrest but forecast are all of Kansas,
session.
Choir member Toney Manley looks on as Lynda Sandlin applies a deft touch to costume of D. L. Cooley. (Times County Attorney James W.
i hheta hwiAl MeTamehlimi Bill Berry had told the court
asserted the le- ’he morning of January 6 to
test deposit the tree there so
someone Won't be tempted
reach the record volume of others to tell of activity in
a year ago although the fi-
that business was extreme-
ly spotty and, as one ob-
server put it, “almost with-
out rhyme or reason” as be-
tween stores, types or mer-
chandise, or locations.
"Amazingly good” and
"whammy the last two
________________________ u t ....... , ..._______, ___ Charged with manslaugh-
tors January 27-30 on the University of Capitol Hill Lions andKiwanis Clubs, ter in the first degree in
Mevinn camnue. Oklahoma National Bank, Oklahoma the death are young Woods,
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made no other reply to its and parts of Colorado, New ture moving upward from
protest. Intelligence head- Mexico, northwest Texas, the Culf was ronorted <n. 2
In the southeast, freezing creasing at mid-day, sup- 18:08
rain probably will preceed plying “abundant mnieturo "0
er persons remain in critical
1920 and has been its chief condition in the state. r
Bob Eastman, director of
incommunicado day. The U. S. Weather Bu- portion of Oklahoma by late during the conversation.
She said that her son told
dead on arrival at the Bap- third nuclear test, exploding
tist Memorial Hospital a few
rmmmmasam
BULLETIN
The body of an unidenti-
fied woman, about 60, was
found under the Byers
street bridge by a group
of boys Tuesday afternoon.
The scene Indicated a
struggle, police said. There
was no immediate deter-
mination of the cause of
death.
City Rips
Smut Law
ning of a movie, "Members ground in every phase of
highway work will place the
held NBC correspondent Wil- for parts of Oklahoma Tues-
son Hall i---------nda 5 --"a
He said the U. S. Supreme January 6 on the north side
Court has upheld censor-
was pre-
paring to leave for New in Tuesday afternoon.
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reau reported a new cold Tuesday afternoon, and will
TELEPHONED OF FIGHT
Berry called Mrs. Woods cated the device was
as a state witness to tell thing close to being a usable
the Oklahoma and Texas
Panhandles, to start moving panied by a new cold front,
even heavier snow in the of that state Tuesday______
extreme southeast portion of ing, swung into New Mexico,
Oklahoma and southwest Ar-
wmawmmmm
bitrarily" under author-
ity of "unconstitutional or-
dinances” to order a down-
town movie house to stop
showing the film.
Reason Given
Bergman said he banned
the film after Oklahoma
City’s Board of Literature
Review told him it con-
sidered the film obscene.
The film portrays life in a
nudist colony.
wisley, told Highway Pepartment he has
brief that the supervised the state s 32,-
000 miles of road systems.
chairman of the house ap-
I propriations subcommittee lives
person, applying contem-
porary community stand-
ards, the dominant theme chants may call the park
of the material taken as a department,
whole appeals to prurient have their unsold trees
egwd) interests." . picked up.
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Got an old Christmas tree tire year of 1959. turned
Oklahoma City Times
gal standard used to
the obscenity of materials L.,
is "whether, to the average to celebrate Twelfth Night a
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be their first performance. The entire hTlenegemen’e eommitte, is con-
spring of 1957. travel fund.
This year, they'll set out again under
the direction of A. C. Ossenkop, armed The group will leave Oklahoma City at
with a college-calibre repertoire. 6 am- January 27, arriving in Albuguer-
5 que that night. They 11 rehearse and sing
The 30 girls and 25 boys are filling a the next day and remain in Albuquerque
quota of $30 each to finance their 3-day that Sunday to attend church services,
jaunt—and that doesn t include their required for each member.
bright, red-and-white costumes, especially
made for the event. The choir will return January 30.
stall photo byAl MaUthlh)
Choir Raises SwirFunds, Sings...
of North Carolina, who will ninesersonsar hoddadurin
It’s the second such invitation the choir City's National Office Management As-
has received from that body. But it will sociation and Golden Age groups, 21, and Gary Don Magness,
Retail business for Christ-
mas, 1960, in Oklahoma
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and was moving into the occasional snow overnight
county attorney nuclear bomb.”
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