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Clark Gable’s
Son Is Born
Catholics Hit
By Kay Dyer
Spring got off to a damp,
In School Fight
in Oklahoma cals were required.
he did not think it good gov-
for restraint in debating gov-
will be—“I only know it kogee and Midwest City.
won’t be junior,” she said.
She said she is sure the showed Norman in fourth
City tigations of these mistreat-
in some spots, all roads
baby and tenth places.
21 Candidates Run
First Lap Tuesday
Wiping out the office of 8 a.m. Monday.
Both Welfare Secretary
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great deal of trouble” be-
Murch for using the term
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their expression of dissatis- teed by the equal protection
Their appeals
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TWO — Also affirmed a de-
Tuesday. High Monday 43. J.
Low 29. High Tuesday 55. Charles Gregory.
ment each. Three months of public, and has no power "to
stifle protests against such
the sentence could be sus-
pended by payment of a $100 segregation.
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maintain segregated schools Parish school board.
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Shifts City
Rankings
Agriculture
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In Blackmail,
Spring Given
Cool Welcome
The late Clark Gable and Mrs. Kay Gable, parents
of an heir apparent to the former king's Hollywood
crown.
a state has no power to com-
pel segregation of races, and
that Louisiana could not im-
pose criminal penalties for
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elementary
white
Baton
Oklahoma City voters will
have 21 candidates to choose
Final figures listed Okla-
homa City with 324,253; Tul-
sa, 261,685; Lawton, 61,697;
ordered control of New Or-
leans schools taken out of
and Shawnee, in that order,
held down the eighth, ninth
Ribicoff and Sen. Wayne
Morse, (D-Ore ), senate man-
ager of the Kennedy pro-
gram, predicted the lawmak-
ers would reject parochial
tion without major change.
But Ribicoff conceded that
University, were sentenced
to four months’ imprison-
Urban population showed
a 28.5 percent increase to
1,464,786. Rural population
declined 21.1 percent to 863,-
(See CENSUS—Page 2)
would be allowed for argu-
ments. The date for hearing
faction at “being relegated
to second class status in pub-
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chilly start
Monday.
until litigation between the
federal government and the
state is finally settled.
Without comment the su-
preme court:
ONE — Affirmed a Nov.
30, 1960 decision by a special
three-judge federal court in
New Orleans which knocked
out an assortment of anti-in-
tegration laws.
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to the polls to select four
city councilmen.
Polls will open at 7 a.m.
and close at 7 p.m.
In ward 1, incumbent coun-
Rouge.
Their appeals asked a su-
preme court ruling that they
were denied rights guaran-
and due process clauses of
the U. S. constitution.
A state, the appeals con-
tended, may not use its pow-
er to compel racial segre-
gation in private establish-
ments which are open to the
without a runoff.
The general election will
Spring flowers are available in yards on the first
day of spring, but Bea Turner found that to get some
flowers without sinking into soggy ground she had to
go to a florist. (Times photo by Cliff King)
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"What a handsome boy,"
she said.
But she did not get her
Adams has eight opponents.
Adams’ Opponents
Adams is being contested
wen
The Weather
was melting and no chemi-
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Kennedy Supported
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theran Council, also argued the supreme court as the
- result of prosecutions of sit- whom attended Southern
meanwhile appeared confi-
dent that congress would
approve President Ken-
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ments are made would be
like taking a police patrol-
man off a certain beat be-
cause the criminal activities
in his area have been con-
troled.”
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27,893; Ponca City, 24,411;
and Shawnee, 24,326.
94,933 Added
The report showed Okla-
homa gained 4.3 percent in
population between 1950 and
1960.
The head count for the
state was 2,328,284, an in-
crease of 94,933 over the
Doc Andrews.
Ward 2 Is Open
The ward 2 race is wide
open with incumbent coun-
cilman Marvin Reynolds not
reshuffled the rankings of
the 10 most populous cities
in Oklahoma.
Although the top three—
Oklahoma City, Tulsa and
Lawton—retained their po-
sitions, Norman dropped to
seventh behind Enid, Mus-
didates receiving the most
votes in Tuesday's primary
will square off in the gen-
eral election.
No Runoff?
However, if any candi-
date receives more than 50
percent of the votes cast in
the ward, no runoff will be
required.
The campaign has been
marked by surprisingly few
personal charges being
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Murch replied that loans
Red Spy Says
LONDON (UPI)—Henry F. Houghton admitted Mon-
day that he stole secret naval documents from the base
at Portland where Britain and NATO plan war de-
. lenses against Russia’s 450 submarines.
He said he did it because he was living under a
reign of terror by iron curtain agents who threat-
ened him and the woman he loved.
The 55-y ear-old Englishman, an employe at Port-
land, told from the witness stand in the Old Bailey
court a cloak and dagger story of how he became en-
meshed with iron curtain agents because he had a ro-
mance with a Polish girl named Christina while he was
on the staff of the British naval attache in Warsaw.
They made a human punching bag out of him, he
testified, but he never complained to anybody for fear
they would injure Miss Ethel Elizabeth Gee, 46, his fi-
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expected to move into the oilman John C. Moran is be-
state Wednesday threatens ing contested by three candi-
more precipitation, accord- dates, Karl James jr., Wil-
ing to the weather bureau, liam C. Kessler and E. H.
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as antagonists."
A third Protestant spokes-
Disagree as Brothers
Robert E. Van Deusen,
representing five million Lu-
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“his pa.”
Ears ‘Average Size’
“I was holding the baby
and I was wearing a sterile
gown, so I prevented her
from giving the baby that
hug and kiss,” said Dr. Rich-
ard Clark, who performed
the Caesarean section.
Dr. Clark said the baby
lie stand.
“I think it's an unhappy
man, Rev. Dr. Gerald E.
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are the
Mixed rain and light snow
was expected to continue
through Monday morning in
central and parts of eastern
Oklahoma. But it was to
begin clearing in the west by
afternoon and over the state
by Tuesday.
New Cold Front
Another Pacific cold front
Tries to Foil Agents
Twice badly beaten up by men he is convinced were
iron curtain agents, Houghton said he struggled to the
end to frustrate them. He testified he deliberately tried
to blur photographs of H.M.S. Dreadnought, Britain s only
nuclear submarine, and pages from a highly secret book
called “Particulars of Warships."
Houghton said he was convinced at the end that
"Johnson" was not an American naval officer, and then
he poured out to the court the tale of his terror:
“I was afraid. Afraid not for myself but for Miss
Gee. I know it sounds foolish standing here in the
witness box. I was afraid of how it would end up. When
Johnson handed me the camera he said he expected
results.
“I have had a certain amount of fear for my own
safety since 1958.
"It has been like living on top of a volcano, never
knowing when it is going off. When you arrive at home,
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"But,” he said, "to make
a change in the source of
authority under which inves-
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were open.
A heavy snow warning,
however, was issued for
Kansas and Wichita had re-
ported 3 inches of snow by
with some snow possible.
The state highway de-
partment reported it had 50
men working in four coun-
ties — Cimarron, Texas,
including church, schools.
"It appears to us that
such a radical position is
both unwise and un-Ameri- and private school amend-
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chief mine inspector and
giving his duties to the state
labor commissioner drew
heated opposition from coal
miners.
Ben Sharp of Bokoshe, who
said 125 miners paid his way
to the hearing, warned coal
mine disasters would return
if the change were made.
G. D. Kimberling, United
Mine Workers of America
representative at Spiro, said
under inspector John Mah
loy’s administration, Okla-
homa coal mines have one
of the best safely records
in the nation.
cision of Aug. 27, 1960, by
the same special court which (Details, page 13)
5 Inches of Snow
In Boise City where five
inches of snow fell, most
was reported gone by Mon-
day morning with the re-
mainder melting. Guymon
had reported six to seven
inches before snows stopped
falling Sunday night.
Only about three inches
remained Monday morning.
Only traces of snow re-
mained in Buffalo Monday
morning where heavy snow
hurled. A few candidates
have complained of their
signs being destroyed, but
this, too, has been at a min-
imum.
With the election less than
24 hours away, the Oklaho-
ma City Voters Protective
Association, trust opponents,
(See ELECTION—Page 2)
ranch in suburban Encino
and was not at the hospital.
Won’t Be Junior
The child has not been
named.
Mrs. Gordon Nesser, sis-
ter of Mrs. Gable, said she
wasn't sure what the name
tion program unless it is
amended to provide con-
struction loans to private,
south.
The high court’s order
agreeing to hear the ap-
in the
The voting Tuesday in
ward 4 will decide the win-
u ner.‛
argumen
later.
The student
aesthetic—until the
was born.
the Roman Catholic hier-
archy Monday of taking an
"unwise and un-American”
attitude on federal aid to pa-
rochial schools.
Rev. James D. Murch,
representing the National
Association of Evangelicals,
"deplored" a recent state-
ment by Archbishop Karl
Alter on behalf of the Na-
tional Catholic Welfare Con-
ference.
Position Attacked
High Court to Hear Sit-Ins9
to say, “When we disagree
with them (Roman Catholic
we disagree as brothers, not the
amount of dark hair, and
unlike his father, has aver-
age sized ears.
"He responded lustily
when I spanked him,” the
doctor said.
Woman Also is Accused
She is also an employe at Portland and stands ac-
cused with Houghton of breaching the British official
secrets act. The other defendants:
—Gordon Arnold Lonsdale, 37, who allegedly posed
as “Commander Alex Johnson," U. S. naval attache
here In order to gain the confidence of Houghton and
Miss Gee.
—Peter John Kroger and his wife, Helen, accused
of transmitting naval secrets to Moscow over a power-
ful radio in their cottage.
Houghton denied he ever received any money for
his espionage, but did get two tickets to a London per-
formance of the Bolshoi ballet from Lonsdale.
support.":
But Van Deusen interpo-
lated his prepared remarks peals said that three hours
at St. Cyril's Roman Cath-
olic Church near the Gable S. Department of Commerce
place.
324,253 in City
Bartlesville, Ponca
sitting at lunch counters in____ . -____
Sitman's Drug Store, in the board that it be allowed to put back with the Orleans
Snow that blanketed the
Panhandle over the week-
end was expected to move
northeastward into Kansas
as the new season arrived at
2:32 p.m.
Up to seven inches of
snow fell in the Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandles and
parts of New Mexico. But
Oklahoma points reported
snow melting rapidly Mon-
day morning.
Roads Are Open
HOLLYWOOD (P — Clark Gable’s widow gave birth
Monday to an 8-pound boy.
Both Mrs. Kay Gable and the baby, delivered by
Caesarean section, were reported in good condition at
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.
The time of birth was 7:48 a.m.
Gable, longtime king of the movies, died in the same
hospital last November 16 of a heart attack. This was
his first child and he had —
was reported through out
While highways were slick Sunday.
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in the National Lu- first which will be heard by lic establishments.
The 17 Negroes, all of
Supporters
By Hugh Hall
A proposed constitutional
amendment to shorten Ok-
lahoma's ballot drew sup-
port Monday from one of
four state officers affected.
Other officers, however,
landed hard on the proposal
of Sen. Buck Cartwright,
Seminole, to abolish two
present state offices and
“un-American" in charac-
terizing the Roman Catho- _
' against government aid to
sectarian schools because it in demonstrators
is "clearly a form of tax
looked forward eagerly to its
birth.
Boy Wants Brother
In a second floor waiting
room, nervously pacing dur-
ing the surgery, was Mrs.
Gable’s 11-year-old son by a
previous marriage. Bunker.
“I want a brother," he
told newsmen.
Mrs. Gable’s daughter,
Joan, 9, attended communion
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smsme---n--m
can,” Murch declared.
Critic Reprimanded
Sen. Jennings Randolph
WASHINGTON (P - Pres-
ident Kennedy asked Con-
gress Monday to boost next
year’s budget by nearly $500
million.
He sought, among other
things, additional funds to
step up state department
activities in Africa, strength-
en the United States Infor-
mation Agency's program
in Africa and Latin America
and expand the United
States Staff at the United
Nations.
More for Interior
Kennedy also proposed in-
creases of nearly $41 million
for various interior depart-
ment operations and more
than $442 million for the
Agriculture Department.
The latter would be main-
ly to strengthen research,
watershed, forestry, conser-
vation and school lunch pro-
grams, loan programs of the
Rural Electrification Ad-
ministration and Farmers
Home Administration. Agri-
culture funds also would re-
pay the commodity credit
corp, for costs and losses.
Bigger UN Staff?
For the state department,
Kennedy actually proposed
a net decrease of $130,000 be-
cause of reductions in con-
tributions to international
organizations and a repro-
gramming of funds for in-
Enid, 38,859; Muskogee, 38,-
expressed wish to give the 059; Midwest City, 36,058;
baby a hug and a kiss from Norman, 33,412; Bartlesville,
name "Clark" will be in
W. McTiernan and
Final 1960 census figures Cartwright’s plan. He said
released Monday by the U.
12100 MM .....
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demonstrations at
lunch counters in
Rouge, La.
was born with an average 1950 census.
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They were arrested while turned down a request by the hands of Gov. Jimmie
the New Orleans school H. Davis of Louisiana and
WASHINGTON (UPI —
A Protestant minister, say- Knoff of the National Coun-
ing he spoke for two million cil of Churches, also called
church members, accused
ternational fisheries com-
missions.
But on the plus side, for
the fiscal year which begins
next July 1, he asked for a
$300,000 increase "for emer-
gencies in the diplomatic
and consular service,” $350,-
000 to expand African pro-
grams, $500,000 for policy
planning studies and $155,000
to provide 23 extra staff
members for the United
States mission at the United
Nations.
This would bring the Unit-
ed States mission staff to
134 to help it meet the prob-
lem of enlarged United Na-
tions activities and intensi-
fied diplomatic negotiations
there.
Knoff said the Council of
Churches was “genuinely
sorry” that a religious con-
ernment aid to
grade and ।
schools.
I by A. A. Aker, Jim J. Orf, Amusements ........... 8
Cloudy to partly cloudy] Art Minick, W. W. Miller, Bridge ................ 13
i through Tuesday. Warmer Harry Brown, Allen Adair. Business ............. 11
Classified Section 18-21
Comic Page ........... 16
National Affairs ...... 7
Oil Report ............ 13
Our World Today ..... 4
Sports ............ 14-15
Tell Me Why ........ 13
make two others appointive
instead of elective.
Favorable Voice
William N. Christian, sec-
retary of state, told the sen-
ate committee considering
the resolution that he favors
it.
"I'm one of those who are
never afraid to let the peo-
ple vote on a bill or an
amendment to the constitu-
tion," Christian said.
Appointive Post
The secretary of state
would be appointed by the
governor, instead of being
elected every four years like
the governor, under Cart-
. wright’s plan.
In explaining the measure,
Cartwright said he thought
since Oklahoma’s ballot is
"extremely long,” voters
often have little or no idea
of the candidates or of the
duties of the offices they
seek.
Plan Criticized
Auditor Andy Anderson,
who said he intended to run
for an entirely different of-
fice next election anyway,
nevertheless landed hard on
Polling Places, Page 3
liam E. Ware, Ernest E.
Jones, A. M. Bert DeBolt,
and Maury Ferguson.
The largest concentration
of candidates is in ward 3
where incumbent Jack
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to’ church schools are un- supreme court Monday
constitutional and therefore agreed to rule on appeals
the Roman Catholic position by 17 Negro students who
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ernment.
Anderson's duties would
be transferred to the present
budget office under the plan.
Little to Do
Buck Cook, whose charities
and corrections office would
be abolished, admitted mis-
treatment of inmates of state
institutions—his responsibil-
(D-W. Va.) a Protestant who the $2.3 billion to help build
opposes federal aid to public schools and -i
church schools, criticized teachers' pay was in
Vital Statistics ........ 13
Women’s Pages .... 10-11
Oklahoma City Times
troversy has erupted and he
asked that it be conducted his son’s name in some form,
with "respect for all par- Mother Watches
Kay watched the operation
—she only had a spinal an-
' Murch said the statement
"seemed" to meap that the nedy s aid to education pro-
hierarchy would oppose gram if the religious and
President Kennedy’s $2.3 segregation issues could be
billion aid to public educa- kept out......
Beaver and Ellis—Sunday, seeking re-election.
The crews used blades to in the race are Glenn Ma-
clear highways, but snow Gill, Harry Flewelling, Wil-
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