Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 58, Ed. 2 Monday, April 23, 1962 Page: 1 of 10
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TO DELAY COURT RULE
Tests About to Begin
Missiles Get
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Nuclear Tips
Fate of 3
U. S. Judges
In Cave
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Allow Group
rocket are expected to get their first trials with nuclear
Bafflin
ticketed for firing Thurs-
To Intervene
Audit Airs
JP Court
Signal !o Be Sent
Sixteen hours after launch-
ons developed since the 1958 ing, if all is going well, a
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Hirsh declared.
Oklahomans began drying
Discovery of candy wrap-
dropped his race for gover-
week.
about a mile from the cave
Summers is the second of entrance spurred the hunt
Order Given
WASHINGTON (UPI)
Monday as a
cold front
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Pastors to Aid Safety Crusade
BULLETINS
What’s Inside
(UPI)
The Indonesian
Bridge
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Gov. Edmondson has in-
it was reported Monday.
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State Drying Out
After Easter Rain
Special
Session
U. S. Ready
To Shoot
Radio Reports'
Dutch Mutiny
JAKARTA, Indonesia
plan."
"You may then call your
Shortage
By Mary Jo Nelson
in a wire to Gov. Edmond-
son, Rogers urged the gov-
a.m.
a.m,
A.m.
a.m. :
pheric tests in nearly four
: years — appeared imminent.
The Minuteman and Po-
laris rate ahead of all oth-
er weapons, since they will
nor and announced he would pers and footprints on the ported at McAlester, where
support Preston J. Moore in opposite side of a 75-yard 2.23 inches had fallen by
for a time Sunday night.
But a nine-man civil de-
fense rescue unit came out
of the cave and said there
tor to correct the vehicle’s
position and jockey it onto a
the only candidate who had
printed 65 pages of plat-
form for the people to see.
has played a leading role landia had mutinied against
in its deliberations. Several their commanders in pro-
Gov. John Swainson, con-
tend they are insignificant.
eco-
l in
the 12 Democrats in the race
to quite for a stronger man.
Last week Thomas D. Fra-
zier quit in favor of Fred R.
Harris. Neither move will
(UPI) - A DC-3 Colom-
bian transport plane with
miles and transmits a pic-
ture to Goldstone every 10
seconds.
western sections and clear
to partly cloudy skies will
cover the state.
Highs Tuesday will reach
65 degrees in the east and
near 80 in the west with in-
dications that Wednesday
will be fair and warmer.
dence and obtain expert
witnesses.
Whether his request would)
be granted was still a mat-
ter undecided at midday.
be
the
CHICAGO (UPI) - A
federal district court
judge today Issued aa in-
warheads and on radar and
communications which are
vital to any anti-missile de-
fense.
Early Thursday morning,
when Ranger 4 is to be 5,-
000 miles from the moon s
bright side, the 730-pound
craft is to execute a termi-
nal maneuver to point its
television camera at the Lu-
nar landscape.
letter to Marvin Cavnar,
president of the Oklahoma
Justices of the Peace As-
sociation. urging him to
ask greater co - operation
from all justices of the
peace in punishing traffic
violators.
Ministers will be wel-
comed at the special mee-
ing by Gov. Edmondson
cision of March 26.
The court ruled then that
federal tribunals have pow-
er to hear such cases. It
did not set any guidelines
as to what is a fair ap-
portionment.
The Michigan case was
started by August Scholle
of Detroit, president of the
state AFLCIO. Since then a
convention has been called
to revise the legislative dis-
tricting and apportionment
sections of the state con-
stitution.
George Romney, Republi-
can candidate for governor,
issues."
Leon Hirsh, OLG attorney, immediately declared
he would need several days in which to prepare evi-
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HOURLY TEMPERATURE
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Ed Sheridan of Chattanooga civil defense rescue
service stands guard outside entrance of cave in which
three students vanished. (AP Wirephoto)
“moral responsibility cam-
paign for traffic safety.”
More than 500 preach-
ers are expected to be at
’ the First Christian Church
for the all-day meeting,
called by Edmondson in
cooperation with the high-
way patrol.
Dunbar project is typical, and is nearing comple-
tion. Tere a 40-acre tract was involved in a project which
cost $2,252,800, in gross cost to government agencies
involved. Part of that money will be returned with sale
of cleared land.
the Pacific.
Informed sources suggested this probability Monday
as T-day—the date for triggering the first U. S. atmos-
299,177 Daily Circulation in March - Morning and Evening Combined Average,
Oklahoma City Times
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U.S. Speeds Preparations,
Page 6
Race Ended
Bv Summers
During the rest of the
week, temperatures are ex-
The federal government will stand two-thirds of the
total net cost, with the city, school district, and all other
government units paying a third. •
Little Rock already has built a new school, and a
huge and expensive drainage system, plus streets and
parks, which will be credited toward its third — money
which came from bond issues, in some cases, and all of
(See URBAN—Page 2)
By Bob McMillin
Opponents of constitutional reapportionment—Okla-
homans for Local Government—made a last-ditch stand
Monday to delay a federal court reapportionment suit
now pending.
The OLG was allowed to intervene in the federal
I cour apportionment suit provided “it stayed within the
executive of Oklahoma to
secure its passage.
New Factors
. “I fully realize the many
. disappointments that we ad-
Moore, quit for lack of ade-
quate finances and organiza-
tion to put his platform be-
appeared to be little sig- moved slowly southward,
change the May 1 primary nificance in the finds they
ballot, for it is too late for had reported by radio to
names to be removed from the anxious persons wait-
junction barring a nation-
wide strike of conductors
against the Pullman Co.
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lahoma County treasurer
covering receipts of the last
quarter of 1961 was returned
by his bank for insufficient
funds.
Harrod said Monday he
(See POWERS—Page 2)
warmer Tuesday in
ers was charged with em-ets.
bezzlement of county funds.) The Polaris, with a range
Harrod said he will go be-of about 1,380 miles, is car-
fore the county commission- ried by eight submarines al-
ers and request that theyready in commission. The
remove Powers from office. United States plans to de-
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issue can best be concluded
by your leadership.”
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the deficiency includes a to-
tal of $3,119 owed Oklahoma
County as the county’s pro-
portionate share of fees and
fines collected in Powers’
court.
In addition the report said
Powers owes $206 for un-
paid constable fees, $513 for
overcharges in his court,
$15.25 to another justice of
the peace.
The report said Powers
owes $513 for overcharges to
defendants who appeared in
his court.
Penalty Provided
it noted that one section of
the Oklahoma statutes pro-
vides a penalty for any pub-
lic officers who knowingly
charge a greater fee than is
provided by law.
Powers, who is seeking re-
election, surrendered h i s
Holmes, of the Nation-
al Safety Council, and Rev.
Walter McGowan, pastor of
First Christian Church.
Purpose of the meeting
is to familiarize ministers
with the situation, ask their
co-operation and give them
a chance to present any
ideas they might have, a
By Gibert Hill
( LITTLE ROCK—Hundreds of families here are liv-
ing in better homes, in much finer neighborhoods, than
they ever dreamed was possible.
Fine, modem buildings are sprouting everywhere.
Examples: a downtown tower, a motel, a university
campus library and new dormitories.
Shacks are disappearing to make way for new ex-
pressways, new residential areas or new industries.
New bridges are being built to speed up transporta-
tion in all directions.
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warheads in the new U. S. test series about to begin in per booster is set for
Wednesday and a U. S.-Brit-
ish international satellite is
Charles McGuire, a lead-
er of the rescue unit, said
"I don’t think the tracks
mean much. Things remain
in a state of preservation
in a cave like this and they
BOGOTA, Colombia
Leadership Urged
“If the fabric of state gov-
ernment is to survive," the
wire went on, “the need for
bold, strong leadership is
immediate and imperative.
We cannot set a course for
state government in Oklaho-
ma based upon a reaction
following the issuance of
federal court orders. What
Oklahoma government needs
j is action, not reaction. This
James Storey, who heads
the group, said they had
explored the cave many
times. “I don’t see how an
experienced cave explorer
could get lost in this cave,"
he said.
case to allow him time to
delay a decision.
Murrah said the case had
been submitted and that
Hirsh was allowed to inter-
(See APPORTION—Page 2) of reapportionment
have experienced in times
Tuesday to organize a
Monday morning. Hanna
reported 1.62 and 2.01 was
recorded at Tecumseh.
Drizzle and fog covered
southeast and south central
portions of the state early
These are believed to in-
clude battlefield types, such
as the army Davy Crockett
anti-tank weapon and the
navy’s anti-submarine nu-
Paul J. Summers, 44, Car- phones were being extend-
n e g i e merchant, Monday ed Into the cave.
day.
The complex Ranger 4
mission involves launching
the Agena B second stage
into a "parking orbit" 100
miles high and, at the pre-
.------ could have been made 10
Summers said Moore was years ago." Candy and gum
wrappers also might have
A special session of the
.. . p w legislature to consider a re-
witnesses, A. P. Murrah, ।
chief judge of the 10th U.apportionment bill was
will take several days,”
campaign all week for
ernor to call a special ses-
Murrah did inform Hirsh sion “along with the full
the court would not pass the power vested in you as chief
hedd,bwtthevdrmnredwin 60-hoair trip.
news agency Antara Mon-
day quoted what it said was
a broadcast by a “resist-
ance radio" in Dutch West
New Guinea reporting a mu-
tiny of Dutch troops.
The agency said the radio
said Dutch troops at Hol-
uled to become combat
ready in a few months. The
first base for these 6,300-
mile-range rockets is tak-
ing shape in Montana.
Ultimately 800 Minutemen
will be deployed in under-
ground bases about the
United States, poised to
strike back if this country
is attacked.
One Part of Series
The armed services are
understood to have asked
for many more full weap-
ons tests than President
Kennedy finally allocated.
The weapons tests form
only one part of the planned
series.
Perhaps the most impor-
Sponsored by the chap-
lain corps of the highway
patrol, the meeting is the
second major step by the
highway patrol since Safe-
ty Commissioner Ray H.
Page warned drivers last
week the highway patrol
was going to stop “pussy-
footing around" and do
something to stop in-
creasing traffic accidents.
Last week Page sent a
books for the audit after Har-
rod filed the embezzlement... ,
charge against him. I tant shots will be nuclear de-
The charge came when a Vices not weapons.: de-1 fore the people, Moore’s
$428 check he paid the Ok- signed to give scientists in- headquarters here an-
- - - 'formation on the effects of nounced
nuclear blasts on missile 4
The launch crew has an
187-minute period late Mon-
day afternoon in which to
fire the 10-story-tall Atlas-
; Agena B vehicle to put the
spidery spaceship on the
proper course for the 229,-)
j 541 - mile journey to the |
vited all ministers in Ok-
to a meeting
and Page at 10 a.m. and highway patrol spokesman
will hear talks by Harold said.
newal program can help a community. Actually, it ap-
pears to be self-generated prosperity.
Dowell Naylor jr,, tall, slow-talking transplanted
Texan, is executive director of the Little Rock Housing
A City on the Move—I
Authority, the agency which runs urban renewal here.
Naylor summed it up this way:
“It is a program where everybody benefits. People
get the kinds of homes they need and want. The neigh-
borhoods get the paving, and parking, and the drain-
age that is a must if property is to be protected.
“Hundreds of .workmen get good-paying jobs in
building, and they spend their wages for lumber, furni-
ture, clothing and other things. The attorneys examine
the titles, banks make the loans, and the city gets in-
creased tax money to pay its share and keep things
rolling.”
ing in the moonlight at the
Summers, who said he will mouth of the cave.
Other Shots Due
The shot is one of three
major launchings scheduled
this week by the National
I Aeronautics and Space
Administration. The second
rains that ranged up to
more than two inches.
Heaviest rainfall was re-
. . test against "the despotic
Democrats, including actions of the Dutch army
SB APPORTION FOES TRY
and record scientific data.
collision course with the
moon.
Clear to partly cloudy with state tribunal should look
a few showers southeast at the case in the light of
High 74. low 42. (Details on the U S. Supreme Court’s
precedent - breaking Ten-
nessee reapportionment d-
WASHINGTON (P — The Minuteman intercontinental test flight of the Saturn
ballistic missile and the submarine - launched Polaris i Diagram,Page3
Temperatures will
been working on the audit
since March 16. when Pow- clear torpedoes and rock-
Telephones Used
Battery operated tele- out Monday from Easter
form the core of U. S. nu-
clear striking power in the cise moment, re-starting the
years ahead. engine to boost the space-
Both missiles have been craft speed to 24,500 miles
an hour to start it on its
into the state about mid-
week.
Little or no rainfall is
expected in the west and up
to three quarters of an inch I
is predicted southeast with
occasional thundershowers
until mid-week.
Oklahoma City skies will
be partly cloudy to elear
and mild Tuesday with a
high of 75 after an over-
night low of 50.
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Overcharges Reported
The audit report submitted
Monday to County Attorney . .
. _ „ j if j .iploy 41 of these subma-
James Harrod showed that . • . 1c . . .
rines by 1967, each mount-
ing 16 advance Polarises
capable of reaching 1,725
miles.
Base Taking Shape
The Minuteman is sched-
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This beautiful new Rckefeller Tower was built by
private capital a* one example of what happens when
a community is inspired by good planning to prove
that a city is no longer decaying at its heart.
In short, there’s a building and business boom in
Little Rock, the city that held the world spotlight for
months as it struggled with integration—months that
are regarded here as “time lost unnecessarily" in the
bigger job of improving things for everyone.
This is the picture an Oklahoma City group was
shown when city leaders went to see how an urban re-
Monday ordered the Mich-
igan Supreme Court to re-
examine a 1960 decision
dealing with alleged unfair
representation of city vot-
ers in the state legislature.
A brief order said the
against the common peo-
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TRENTON, Ga. O—The
mystery of what happened to
three college students deep-
ened Monday as rescue
workers explored all but one
passage of a labyrinthian
cave under Lookout Moun-
ain without finding them.
Veteran search leaders
said they were baffled by
the lack of physical evidence
that the three were lost in
vast Case Cave near this
north Georgia town.
The only real clues to the
presence of William Bartee,
20, and James Mason, 21,
both of Atlanta, and Martin
Huddleston, 19, of Daytona
Beach, Fla., were three
jackets found at the mouth of
the cave and a car parked
nearby.
Search Started
About 4 a.m. an ex-
perienced team of cave ex-
plorers from Atlanta en-
tered the cave and began a
thorough search which they
_ court to step in unless legis-
The U. S. Supreme Court latures do their jobs.
the various counties affect-
ed." Hirsh declared, "and
the present method of ap-
portionment is a rational
.. past, but there are now new
Apportioning factorsinorthexpture that
He then referred to the
Tennessee decision and the
attitude of federal district
W a.m.
The camera begins oper- estimated would take six
ating at an altitude of 2,400 hours.
S. court of appeals told urged Monday by state Sen.
Hirsh. Cleeta John Rogers
"We can’t do this now, it
A shortage of $3,854 was - - -
reported from a state audit test series also are due to tracking station at Gold-
of books from Paul Powers be tested with nuclear war- stone, Calif., will send a sig-
jr.’s justice of the peace beads. Inal te fire . midenuree mA
court. Eight Subs Armed
The deficiency was report-
ed Monday by John M.
Rogers, state examiner and
inspector, whose staff has
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the campaign’s closing wide subterranean lake
j their nuclear tips.
Other rocket-type weap-
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Little Rock was one of the first towns in the coun-
try to launch urban renewal. And it moved forward be-
fore. during, and since the integration squabble, with
Negro residents of the community undoubtedly its great-
est beneficiaries so far.
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