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PRICE FIVE CENTS
22 PAGES—500 N BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1961
VOL. LXXI No. 306
ADMIRAL BOARDS LINER
TO CONFER WITH PIRATE
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Early Talks
OEA Rules Out
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To Free 600
Tax for Bonds
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No tax increase is needed
Brian said. "I caught his hand but then to finance the state's new
grab him,
he went all the rest of the way down.
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Space Express
was
chairman.
Redstone rocket.
on a
Rules Near
Maria and Smith and his
On GRDA
Compromise Talked
sen-
Columnist
resolution
ate adopted
a
turned to its gantry, indicat-
urging the GRDA to express
Dies at 66
LISBON (UPI) — Dorothy likelihood that the original Bynum, Locust Grove, who
introduced a resolution call-
Thompson, 66-year-old Amer-
com-
Colonial
umnist, died of a heart at-
mittee.
here where she was staying
Trained for Task
as
chairman of the committee.
The daughter-in-law, Mrs.
stricken
It even received a kind of
ways.
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be prepared to effect a set- outline of areas where U. S.
and Soviet interests conflict.
Advice Given
an hour.
and passive resistance to
GRDA directors GRDA could
over and told him,
The driver climbed headline—"Wake Up, Amer-
community system which many, commented:
Her first husband was Jo-
operates 1,717 vehicles. The
set Bard,
Carmen’s Union have not their economy, the dollar,
tronauts were here for the controversial issue among
What’s Inside
High Tuesday, 63. Low, 32.
ed to sign into law Tuesday Johnny Giles, a 24-year-old Dr. Clara Schmitt, national-
nedy puts great demands on
tells, Page 21)
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Tuesday for Dr. Schmitt.
Tuesday for Will H. Hill,
died Saturday at her
81; retired circus
2)
Pasedena hom
er, aho died here Sunday.
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Boston Hit Kennedy Speech Wins
By Strike Wide Acclaim A broad
Ex-Circus Man Dies
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss.
tire the three bond issues.
However, the OEA fact
The retirement schedule
for the earlier bond issues
Finally they were told how
things stand. And since they
are realists, they will shift
vital test. The seventh, Vir-
gil Grissom, was in St. Louis
unemployment, and lack of
scientific education will pro-
himself, the American na-
tion and its allies to right
the dangeruos situation the
United States — according
Clear to partly cloudy and
mild through Wednesday.
married three times. Her
second husband was the late
Oklahoma lawmakers
Tuesday increased their
pressure on the Grand River
Service Co. of Oklahoma.
The contract has been a
Skin Diver ‘Shocked’
MOBILE, Ala. (UPI) -
guidance of the most typical
representative of the young
generation, the United States
and helicopters were sta-
tioned in the intended im-
pact area 290 miles down
its tiny rider. The flight was
planned to last 16 minutes.
Six of the seven U. S. as-
some lawmakers since it was
rural electric people and
ATLANTA (UPI) - Gov.
Ernest Vandiver was expect-
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the ship safe haven.
The navy announced the
down and went home.
It was the second strike
Amusements
Bridge .....
Business ...
vorced in 1923. In 1928, she
married Lewis and had a
son, Michael. She divorced
Lewis in 1941 and later was
m a r r l e d a third time, to
Maxim Kope, an artist.
Bom in Lancaster, N. Y.
The booklet charged the
GRDA was about to let the
AEC’s offer expire without
a formal expression of in-
terest in the project.
W. R. Holway, GRDA con-
hours.
In that case, there was a
J
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have a razor-thin edge as
the house faced a showdown
vote Tuesday on his plan to
enlarge the rules commit-
tee.
But his apparent hairline
margin could vanish before
icans!"—was typical.
The independent. Die Welt
with her daughter-in-law and
two grandchildren.
hate in event the attitude of Dam Authority to try for an
No. 65 underwent a change atomic power plant.
duce some grave head-shak-
ing.
“But they will also be
chance one of America’s as-
tronauts will take a similar
rocket ride into space with-
in two months.
Ships Are Stationed
(See REACTION-Page
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Santa Maria at 5:50
(CST) as planned.
Two Ships Halt
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silia, Brazil's new capital.
Seizure Threatened
There President-elect Jan-
io Quadros was taking over
Brazil’s government from
the administration of Presi-
dent Juscelino Kubitschek,
who had threatened to re-
turn the liner to its owners,
$35,500,000 building bond is- sheet Tuesday showed other-
the Oklahoma Educa-wise.
about 4 a.m.
Married 3 Times
The noted writer was ad-
Christopher's brother, Brian, 5, said he was on his
way up the hotel fire escape to the roof when his
brother dropped.
‘Saw Him Coming Down'
"When I saw him coming down, I reached out to
to be able to move seven tons of sand in
20 minutes and ditch around a house to a
depth of 8 feet in less than a day.
Now the father of four children, Whirl-
away shoveled coal in eastern Kentucky
and shoveled flood walls on the Ohio Riv-
Reported Good
NORFOLK, Va. i - Rear Adm. Allen E.
Smith jr. reported from aboard the captive liner
Tuesday his first talks with the Portuguese leader
on the release of the passengers “in general good."
RECIFE, Brazil ( — A U. S. admiral met Portu-
guese rebel Capt. Henrique Galvao at sea Tuesday in a
' conference that could mean swift freedom for the nearly
600 captive passangers aboard the stolen liner Santa
Maria.
Atlantic Fleet headquarters in Norfolk, Va., said the
rendevous of Rear Adm. Allen E. Smith jr., and the
fiery-eyed author-adventurer who seized the $16.6 million
ship nine days ago.
Smith, the navy's Caribbean commander, sped out
from Recife at daybreak aboard the destroyer Gearing
to a point about 35 miles offshore where Galvao waited
out the clock for the inauguration Tuesday of a new
ing that serious difficulties interest in the AEC’s offer
had been encountered and of a 50,000-kilowatt nuclear
there might' be a delay of energy power plant.
Showdown Delayed
Whether the Walter pro-
posal would have a chance
to be voted on as a subst-
Bynum Leads
House Speaker J. D. Mc-
"You’re The London Daily Express icans but said Kennedy’s
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so as not to impede the
navy's operations.
3 Others at Hand
The ihpwdowa oa th* Ray-
burn plan originally wu l
scheduled for last Thursday j
but Rayburn put it off until |
Tuesday.
Navigation Co.
"I hope to enter Recife on
the same solemn day that
Brazil initiates a new era
headed by your admirable
proved last summer is on the 2-cent earmarked tax pro-
house calendar for assign- duce about $150,000 more
' vent a catastrophic traffic
tieup.
Doctor’s Rites Set
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Lewis.
Miss Thompson also was
a lecturer and radio com-
mentator on political sub-
jects. She maintained a
home in New York City and
most recently was represent-
ed by the Bell Syndicate.
New York Native
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issue the first year
admiral went aboard
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had a contract since Dec.
31, 1959.
The Boston traffic divi-
sion imposed a complete
parking ban on downtown
streets in an attempt to pre-
bills that
"The things Americans
were told yesterday about
a conference at the state up to half a page of ex-
given lawmakers by the house and told both sides to cerpts, including Kennedy's Tempo declared, “Under the
space and drop him in the
Atlantic ocean 290 miles
down range.
A 481 pound female, No.
35, was" picked as an alter-
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The house move was
sparked by Rep. J. W.
Rome's independent
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Dorothy Thompson
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in 1894, Miss Thompson
graduated from Syracuse
University in 1914 and later
did graduate work at vari-
ous universities, including
the University of Vienna.
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the Portuguese
Brazilian president who has r
informally offered him and 01 1
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perform- cal school officials and par- end his attempt at a new un- She
Sunday, ents. e derwater ehdurance record. Pas
was also on hand and two way. Last minute maneu-
others, the Wilson and Vo- vering plus possible absen-
gelgesang, were to join the teeism could wing the deci-
force. sion either way in the vote
From the Santa Maria,' slated for early afternoon.
Thompson was
fought any move to en-
large his group.
Talk of compromise still
was in the air, although
1 several proposed compro-
mises have been turned
■ down.
congress and the world Ken- High Wednesday, 60. (De- tute for Rayburn’s plan was
—j * j ..a. "" 3 - doubtful.
Homicide Sgt. Harry Hanson said Raleigh lived at
the hotel with his parents and received instruction from
a private tutor. Raleigh was held for juvenile authorities.
The target time passed. Several days ago, the
and later the rocket was re- ate adopted a rescl
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would largely radio announcer and novice ly known child psychologist,
skin diver, went into shock is dead at the age of 82.
pat on the back in Moscow,
Gov. John A. Volpe called where newspapers published into faster gear.
8-7 Edge Sought
The rules committee fre-
quently has deadlocked 6-6
on questions of sending leg-
islation to the house for a
vote. The deadlocks usually
have been on legislation
and honored president," I b acked by liberal Demo-
Galvao said. crats. The committee split
Ship’s Return Eyed has been four Republicans
Lacerda earlier told news- ; and two southern Democrats
er before coming to Detroit in 1948. His
present employer is a plumbing firm.
Whirlaway first approached shoveling
on a scientific basis after he injured a
leg years ago and had to learn to shovel
all over again.
He says the secret is to keep the hand
closest to the blade over the stem in-
stead of under it. This permits the shovel
to swing as if it were on a hinge and
avoids muscular binding.
Whirlaway works with a long-handled
shovel cut down to 47 inches with a bi-
cycle handelbar grip on the end.
His advice to people who want to be
good diggers includes: don’t drink; don't
smoke; eat lots of peanut butter and
sweet potatoes; drink plenty of milk and
water, and eat meat sparingly.
tlement.
There was no official In general, the western
strike but Metropolitan press expressed the view has passed from defensive
Transit Authority employes that the speech had cleared
aim was to move the coun-
try into action “without
panic and without fear.”
Other comment included:
Stockholm liberal Dagens
Nyheter — "The bugle call
John Kennedy talked of at
at his installation has now
sounded and sounded strong.
His message is meant to
definitely erase what may
be left of American belief
in its natural superiority.
That is a belief gone over
the hill with the Eisenhow-
er regime.”
Oslo Aftenposten — “In
his first message to the
in connection with Project some lawmakers since it was
Mercury business. engineered by former Gov
----•--- Raymond Gary.
Race Bill Pushed ---*---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (—Grinning and waving his
arms, a 37’; Pound male chimpanzee was placed in a
capsule Tuesday and settled down for a ride into space Legislators speculated it based on assumption the
Redstone rocket. ,, might be necessary to in- new bonds could be sold at James “Whirlaway” W. Turpin peers at his reflec-
"He seemed quite at ease about the whole t ing, crease the present 5-cent 3.25-percent interest, an es- tion in a chrome-plated shovel, presented him by a
one observer said. cigaret tax to 6 cents, so timate OEA said was set by shovel manufacturing company in recognition for all that
The chimp, designated merely No. 65, was chosen that 3 cents could go to re -a bond broker, he has done for the tool. (IP Wirephoto) The gearing halted about
Monday night from a group of four males and two fe------------------------ 500 yards from the Santa
males lor the hazardous A- ™ . “Most Shovelin’Man’ Advises:
Digging’s a Science
of a previous heart attack.
Miss Thompson had been through space at 4,200 miles
________ the top of the arching tra- .
mitted to the British hospi-jectory. They have been sparked by a recent booklet.
tai here just after New trained to conduct lever- L
Year's Day for treatment pushing behavioral tasks Oklahoma Power Users
.....while the capsule zips Association.
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place the decision of wheth- - I
(B—Funeral services were er to integrate public after 12 hours in a tank Private services will be held
i, schools in the hands of lo- Monday and was forced to
BOSTON (UPI) — Bos- LONDON GP — President
ton's transit system was Kennedy's state of the un-
shut down by a wildcat ion message won wide ac-
strike early Tuesday, strand-' claim in newspapers of able to breathe with relief.
party, including two Ameri- ... . ", ,
can diplomats posted in Bra- WASHINGTONI
zil. made the crossing in a House, Speaker Sam Ray-
motor whaleboat. burn (D-Tex.) appeared to
A Recife tug carried 61
newsmen to the area, but
was requested by the navy
to keep some distance away
DETROIT GP—Whirlaway Turpin, a stu-
dent of the shovel for many years, has
been recognized as one of the most shov-
elin’ men in the world.
In gratitude for what he has done for
the shovel, the O. Ames Co. of Parkers-
burg, W. Va., a shovel maker, has given
Whirlaway a chromeplated and elaborate-
ly engraved Pony No. 2.
fore the scheduled launch of representatives to meet Those unfamiliar with the lexicon of
time, the chimp was trans- with the GRDA and discuss the shovel would call the Pony No. 2 a
ported to the launching the offer of a reactor power short-handled spade.
area. He was a playful bun- plant by the atomic energy whirlaway, born James W. Turpin 52
die of energy. commission. years ago in Nicholasville, Ky., is said
Long Delay Feared Interest Requested ' ...
called in “sick” by the hun- the international air and the offensive.”
dreds. The company said might serve to rouse the No Panic, Fear
that in one case a bus driv- United States from a long In Paris, the leftish Com-
er started his run but a fel- sleep. bat described the speech as
sulting engineerehas adVised low union member walked Grave Truth a rude awakening for Amer-
------- If the flight is completely
Nobel prive novelist Sinclair successful, there is a good
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“not afford to accept the sick.
A fleet of ships, planes offer" for production rea-
whom shedi- range toI attempt recovery could accept the offer if it
- of the space chamber andwere not for a power-ex- authority and the Boston
change contract with Public
of eerie weightlessness at Harold D. Morgan of Vinita.
Legislative interest was
Medical men decided No. II D..4
65 was best suited physical- I0dU 1 ill
ly and mentally for the jolt-
ing trip. The rocket was to
blast him 115 miles into
Mrs. Mayfield and her husband, David, a structural 6 hoatn-howea
engineer, left their San Jose home last week to come to Associat on
here where he had obtained a well-paying job, she said A fact sheet released by required $2,206,000 year,
“How much is a man supposed to take," cried Truman Wester, OEA re- $2,791,116 less than the cig-
Mayfield when he heard of his son's death. Mayfield search director, shows the aret tax earmarked for bond
collapsed. 2-cent cigaret tax, ear- retirement.
marked in 1950 to pay off a The OEA showed the pro-
$36-million building-bond is- posed new issue would re-
sue and later also financing quire only $2,653,750 princi-
the 1955 issue of $15 millions/pai and interest payments
- - -■ can retire the new bond is- the first year, a figure that
AV"- AwAI~ sue handily. would decrease as principal
■ 11| I ill II |*1 1 dI (19 Bill Introduced was paid off.
A bill vitalizing the new Requirements Met
bond issue the people ap- That would make the
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Main purpose of the flight Carty appointed Bynum
will be to determine whether C------- * - 1
______— the chimp can perform tasks Members are Reps. Bill T. 1
Michael Lewis, said M i s s under extreme conditions of Harper of Stillwell, V. H. srikeeary luesuay, uanuncaii al aewopapeo
' blastoff and re-entry and Odom of Wagoner,' Joe ing 750,000 riders or forcing, western Europe Tuesday,
during a five-minute period Mountford of Miami and them onto crowded high-
within six months on the 14- of Hamburg, West Ger-
________ , - • chimp would be taken out
ican correspondent and col- of the capsule and replaced ing for creation of the
---i, die *" ’ hear at; by his alternate or still an- mitte
tack early Tuesday in a hotel other ape.
The destroyer Damato the actual voting gets under
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be returned to its owners. .Raybum on the theory that
The Brazilian navy was they would vote for bills
under orders from the out- backed by the speaker and
going administration to seize advocated by the Ken-
the Santa Maira for return nedy administration. If they
to Portugal and to intern voted that way, Raybum
Galvao and his 70-man band, forces would control the
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at least for questioning. committee by an 8-7 edge.
Meanwhile the liner Vera New Plan Offered
, IA, p 1 The latest compromise
(bee ADMIRAL—Page 2) | move to stave off a fight
mmwmmmmmmmmammimmsa almost certain to split Dem-
rNL, I L, ocratic ranks for some time
1 He W ediner was inflated by Rep. Fran-
cis E. Walter (D-Pa.)
1 Walter came up with a
plan to let the house itself
I decide what bills it will con-
11 sider, and under what condi-
1I tions, if the rules committee
| deadlocks.
, m On House
sons.
Contract Hit
The OPUA charged GRDA
Galvao messaged a Bra-
l g
ment to committee. It was than the retirement require-' 7
introduced by Rep. H. L. ments of all three bond is- •
Sparks. Cushing, house high- sues.
er education committee The cost of the new bond r I
inside the capsule. ( A 5-member committee
Two and one-half hours be- was approved by the house
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men in Brasilia he expected against six Democrats.
Galvao would be given 24 Rayburn’s plan is de-
hours to debark the passen- signed to break the coali-
gers, refuel and depart (tion hold by boosting the
again for the high seas. If membership to 10 Demo-
he seeks asylum, Lacerda crats and 5 Republicans,
said, it will be granted, but । The additional Democrats
the ship probably would then would be men picked by
Classified Section ... 17-20
Comic Page...........16
National Affairs ....... 2
Our World Today ...... 3
Sports ............. 14-15
Tell Me Why ...........7
TV Key ................ 4
Vital Statistics ........21
Women’s Pages -g" 9-10
From Rooftop
LOS ANGELES (UPI)—An apparently mentally re-
tarded youth dangled an 8-year-old boy over the roof
edge of a 5-story hotel Monday night and let the boy
plunge to his death, police reported.
“I wanted to scare him so I held him over the
roof," Barry Raleigh, 17, told police. “He wriggled and
cried out. Then I let him go. I don’t know why, but
I did it.”
Christopher Mayfield, who only four days ago
moved into the hotel with his parents from San Jose,
Calif., fell to the sidewalk. At that moment his mother
, was writing a letter In the lobby to another son,
Michael, 17, still in San Jose.
She heard the long, wavering scream and dashed
with other patrons out to the sidewalk where she
found her son dead. When she instinctively glanced up, |
she saw Raleigh’s face peering over the parapet.
zilian friend he hoped to en- There was a slim outside
ter Recife Tuesday. chance that a showdown
The rebel leader’s mes- might be averted between
sage was directed to Gov. Rayburn and Rep. Howard
Carlos Lacerda of Guana- W. Smith (D-Va.) rules com-
bara state, who is in Bra- mittee chairman. Smith has
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