The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 42, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 1, 1968 Page: 1 of 18
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present debate is the only op-'
Hart joined another Fortas
declines in a city.
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CAP Director
"After today,” said the Michi-
will stand taller in the scheme
Assumes Duties
in containers and can’t make an afternoon.
a high expected around 89. To-
from interfering with the sale
bills will be reduced.
disagreed, saying abuses of the
Confirmation is by a simple came effective Monday.
City Councilmen Debate Firm’s Damage Claim
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See COUNCIL, Pace 4, Col. I
See NEW CAP, Pace 4, Col. 4
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City Is 'Favored'
In McCracken Suit
Phone Bill
Takes Jump
This Month
and wounded men who later die,
are removed from battlefields
Rader generally has been able to persuade lawmakers to his
point of view regarding welfare and even governors seldom
tial service goes into effect.
David H. Miller, local mana-
ger for Southwestern Bell Tele-
Rates are based on the number
of phones in each exchange.
BOBBY CANNON
. . CAP director
gram was endangered because of a senate amendment voted
last week to reduce the federal share.
Another problem was unearthed last week when Rader said
12:00 night
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Fortas.
It may well be that this
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HEARINGS BEGIN
The State Supreme Court
was scheduled to begin hear-
majority.
The only time the Senate
failed to confirm a nomination
Fortas Name Remains On Calendar
connection with the Lawton-
Ardmore water fight.
The first petition asks the
Monday's high was 82, and the
overnight low was 57.
tual count of bodies is possible,
ble.
In many cases, large numbers
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of Lake of the Arbuckles wa-
ter to Lawton.
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THE NUMBER of telephones
see PHONE, Pade 4, Col. 5
Alfred A. Giardino. counsel to main fair and mild today with
the New York Shipping Associa-|< ' '
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Pickets patrol a street in front of Pier 92 on the Hudson River in New York where the British liner Queen”
alter tdnigimoored this morning. The Longshoremen's union struck Atlantic and Gulf ports one minute
guaranteed annual income sys-
See STRIKE, Page 4, Col. 1
6:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
8:00 am.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
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65
Approval Seen
The 31-member IF board
Ition, and its chief negotiator, night's low should be 63. Wed-
'disagreed, saying abuses of the nesday's high will be around 91.
.. _ main here for several days, al-
“I blame the stiffs in the in- though an advancing cool front
dustry who invested $250 million will enter the state Wednesday
phone Co., said today the rate, --------. — nave nelu ugn some aav
swax to .. dnefPL-hope thev.will let us negotiate
telephone growth in the city. CIO. Inteun"1 ‘ 1
through growth of the sales tax revenue and tight money man-
agement.
However, the $3 million needed to implement the medical
care program would run the total needed to nearly $14 million.
Meanwhile, lurking in the background is the danger of fur-
ther—and even more drastic— cuts in the welfare program if
the state Supreme Court holds the Welfare Department is sub-
jected to an attorney general’s opinion to end earmarking.
State Welfare Director Lloyd E. Rader said the medical pro-
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Fortas nomination up for con-
sideration.
The bulk of the two cent state sales tax has been earmarked
for welfare since its inception and Rader has said an end to
the earmarking could mean Oklahoma taxpayers would have to
turn up an additional $50 million annually or see the program
cut.
pore Clem McSpadden to the Capitol for an afternoon session to
explore possible solutions.
Thursday.
South Vietnamese headquar-
ters. in reporting that the num-
ber of enemy troops killed had
gone past the 400,000 mark, did
not say how many government
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hear what is said about these
contracts,” he said.
City Attorney Manville Red-
man was presenting the city’s
case in a hearing concerning
water service to an out-of-
town hamburger stand and
was not in attendance at the
regular council session.
Knight questioned Charlie
King, a Tulsa representative
of the firm, and Lawton engi-
neer Wyatt B. Hendrick, the
city consultant on the pipe-
laying project.
“I think someone should
month for city business service,
55 cents a month for rural eight-
party business service and 75
cents a month for suburban
four-party business service. The
monthly charge for a business
extension phone is up 15 cents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
United States has told the Soviet
Union it should take any Middle
East peace solutions to the U.N.
General Assembly, and not seek
bilateral "side pocket” talks.
vote whether to limit debate,
Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich.,
floor leader of the nomination,
typified his forces’ sentiment
when he commended Sen. Al-
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Knight said. He added the city
may have been misled about
the cost of the delay.
Hendrick, who said today he
feels the damage claim is
"reasonable,” was also ques-
tioned.
“Who did you talk to about
these damages," Knight ask-
ed.
“I talked with the chairman
the state will have to dig up an additional $10.5 million to
fully implement the Social Security Act of 1967.
Rader said he felt most of the $10.5 million could be found
ing arguments at 1:30 p.m.
today concerning two peti-
tions filed by the state at- split between container shippers
torney's generals office in and conventional cargo ship-
pers. The union is demanding
24-Hour Range Ending Today
12:00 noon 78 “ “ ‘ ‘
1:00 p.m. 80
2:00 p.m, 82
3:00 p.m. 82
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seek to slice off any of the welfare money without first secur-
ing Rader’s blessing.
Lawton’s weather should re-
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backer, Sen. Joseph Tydings,
D-Md., in the melancholy as-
of government. We make it
gan Republican, “the Senate
ed to grant right-of-way to the
city.
The firm was awarded the
contract in October last year
as part of a massive $7 mil-
lion waterworks bond issue
passed in 1963. The firm has
nov completed its work.
A public airing of the claim
was called for by Councilman
L. M. Knight who said the dis-
cussion should not be held in
a “so-called closed door” ses-
sion.
“Everyone is entitled to
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5:00 p.m. 82
4:00 p.m. 41
7:00 p.m. 78
4:00 p.m. 73
9:00 p.m. 70
10:00 p.m. 44
11:00 p.m. 44
„ — soldiers had been killed since
Army headquarters complex at Jan. 1, 1961. But Vietnamese
Long Binh, 16 miles northeast of military sources said that since
Saigon. 1965 about 45,000 government
During a 20-minute attack troops have been killed, in the
Monday night, enemy gunners four years before that best esti-
slammed 40 rounds of 82mm mates put the South Vietnamese
mortar shells into the camp. A losses at 40,000.
U.S. spokesman described dam- The government’s weekly cas-
age and casualties as light. He ualty summary reported that
said there were no fatalities. 316 South Vietnamese soldiers
Often enemy body counts are were killed during the seven-
made by aerial observers flying day period ending at midnight
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have been informed of the ex-
pense we were going to.”
m trI at ik "We could have had a con-
a.m..todaybut President John- tract,” Gleason continued, “but
son had already moved to cut the shippers knew that Washing-
short the walkout under the pro- ton woPbiintmout"sshng,
have held
Atlantic, Gulf Coast Soviets Told
7 o Take Peace
agreement,” Gleason said.
Ports Hit By Strike
LAWTON RESIDENTS will! 0 „ 1
receive slightly higher telephonej NEW YORK (AP) — The anyone say there is a national
bills this month as a rate in- longshoremen’s union struck At- emergency?
crease for business and residen- lantic and Gulf ports at 12:81 “We could have had a con-
Supreme Court to assume
original jurisdiction in the
matter, and the second asks
the court to issue a writ of
prohibition keeping Murray
County Judge Joe Thompson
In Moscow, the official Soviet news agency Tais charged to-
day that Humphrey’s foreign policy statement Monday was a
I "calculated" maneuver that made “a whole number of un-
founded demands” on North Vietnam.
Tass said Humphrey’s speech was “dearly calculated to win
over to his side the numerous voters resolutely denouncing the
dirty war in Vietnam and demanding that it be ended."
Tass did not enumerate the alleged demands that it consid-
ered “unfounded.”
aivoneu me la-naruey Act 1 The dispute between the union, find a solution though Swedish dim chances that exist for stop-
setting un a three-man hoard nf and the ports involves wages, diplomat Gunnar Jarring, who ping the filibuster.
• pensions and other fringe bene-was appointed by U.N. Secre- Fo- jnin em -u
This, officials say, is the gist
of a U.S. reply to a four-point___
plan proposed to this country by ing
Moscow two weeks ago for end- «
nomanationrwasnalsocsinenithe a^aofnO$9,(»0 annuMlyatHe sb. By The Constirtution stuff from refusing water service to
to a filibuster, although senators ceeds Herschel (Ace' Sahmaunt DISTRICT Judge Toby Mor- McCracken s property which in-
traditionally follow down-the- who resigned as director Sept, ris heard evidence today in a Volves both an agricultural and
line on similar votes. 16. Sahmaunt’s resignation be- legal hassle between the City of a commercial lease on land
Lawton and Ward McCracken owned by the State School Land
over demands the city provide Commission. The property is
. water service to a controversial outside the city limits.
Mrs. Fortas, was in the visi-
tors gahery for the vote. of enemy dead are credited to
Thevote.came on the fifth ' air strikes, helicopter gunships several'thousand feet above the last Saturday and“ another 1230
day of a filibuster against a mo- and artillery. But allied com- ground In manv cases 1ar06 wunda TLeeh nLZ 160
tion by. Majority Leader Mike manders argie that a counter- Kmnersotmenemydsdadanre Warndtd473"XX” trooms
credited to air strikes, helicop- killed and 1,262 wounded the
that announcements of enemy
. - casualties are exaggerated
the Senate’s debate-limiting elo- through estimates when no ac-
and Judge Morris at that time say such water service must be
issued a temporary injunction approved by the city council
prohibiting the City of Lawton see MCCRACKEN, Page 4, cm. *
Nomination Reds Vietnam Toll
topesDeah Tips 400,000 Mark
SAIGON (AP) - Military since Jan. 1, 1961. Loss of gov. day will not be released until
Hanoi Studying HHH
Bombing-Halt Terms
C PARIS (AP) — North Vietnam diplomats today consulted
J 1 with the Hanoi government over terms of Huber H. Hum-
fl phrey’s qualified pledge to quit bombing the Communist North
I if he is elected president of the United States.
: Pending the outcome of those exchanges, North Vietnamese
delegates to the Pans peace talks withheld official comment
' on the U.S. vice president’s speech.
In that speech Humphrey said, “as president I would stop
I the bombing of the North.” But he added that before acting he
would place “key importance on evidence ... of Communist
willingness to restore the demilitarized zone between North and
i South Vietnam.”
The initial impression formed by the Communist authorities,
I according to sources close to them, was that Humphrey's
. pledge seems to fall short of Hanoi's terms for beginning seri-
ous peacemaking.
j "Time and again,” one informant commented, “Hanoi’s
spokesmen have insisted a cessation of all American military
activity against the North must be unconditional."
May Try Again
Mansfieid said the margin
of any defeat would de-
termine whether ne'd drop the
nomination or make another at-
tempt later in the week to limit
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(UN) IARi WIRERHOTO THIRD AND A AVE., LAWTON, OKLA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1948 - SINGLE COPY lOc-F.NAL EDITION
Oklahoma Welfare Program Faces Its Greatest Crisis
OK-AOMACY(AP) - Oklahoma's public welfare pro-
file aanstongathedarling ofthe Oklahoma Legislature, faced
a sEl legislative crisissof its 32 years existence today as
sesslontoseekssoGtionmmittee prepared for an emergency
threatened to knoek a
asshtamostoimmediate threat, a $3 million whack in federal
iegistatise oosthesme b al program for indigents, brought the
-ae committee headed by Senate President Pro Tem-
. . . counter-, numbers of
ing factor is that many dead.
----------, ..... . --------- portunity we will have for such
the longshoremen to work for Ine United States called for speeches,” Hart said Monday
. revitalization of the effort to in an obvious reference to the
By JOHN McCOY
REPRESENTATIVES of a
K Tulsa construction firm
again asked city councilmen
today for payment of $16,548
for alleged damages caused
by delays in securing right-of-
way for a $900,000 bond issue
contract.
Casey, Turner, and Moore,
Inc., said it was delayed
three months while laying wa-
ter pipe across land owned by
three Indian tribes who refus-
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LAWTON HAS grown to 37.417 afternoon. the 8n dav .. ..
telephones, which puts the city Hours later President Johnsont hho-dansoolinguoffrperiodsi
in a higher rate grouping, Mil- nvoked the Taft-Hai tley Act,
ler said. The higher rate brack- : - - --------------- ,
erebegnnEhatavzoonpkonegasigzndt“redoactoonbarwnensdayits. a guarantee or 2080tary General U Thant more
eral months ago that could lead to an 80-day of work per year that the ILA is than a year ago to mediate the
Miller said phone rates are cooling off Period. seekingt „ dispute.
adjusted upward when growth The White House action came The White House announce-, _ - .. --------
occurs and downward in the with approximately 160 ships ment said: said Monday no “side pocket”
event the number of telephones immediately threatened by the "in terms of impact of a >alks between the United States
tieup of ports from Searsport, strike, government economists and Soviet Union should confuse
Me., to Brownsville, Tex. Union estimate that the strike would the issue.
THE INCREASE will amount president Thomas W. Gleason!cost about $70 million a day in! U.S. officials believe the Jar-
to 15 cents a month for one- said military cargo would con- terms of imports and exports, ring mission, which has made
party residence service, 30 cents tinue to move. that wage losses for longshore- little headway, could bring re-
a month for two-party residence j Gleason charged today ‘hat men and seamen would be [suits at the United Nations un-
service and suburban four-party the President took the action to about $2 million a day, der pressure from the foreign
residence service, and 10 cents "bailout" the shippers. "The strike would have some ministers concentrated there,
a month for rural eight-party There was no need for the
residence service. President to act,” he said. “The
There will be no increase in West Coast and the Great Lakes
sessment. Tydings Sunday pre-
A high-ranking U.S. official dieted flatly that the filibuster
could not be beaten.
Area Weather Forecast
Mostly sunny and warm.
Southwest winds 12 to 22
m-P.heHigh today 89, low to-
night 63. W ednesday’s high 91
^.Monday 82;’ overnighi
s22
Big Setback sucon (AP) - Militaryi_____________ _ _
WASHINGTON (AP) - The numbest of memy topdakutba eromentsdnops nt about" 95 000
Senatenrefused Tuesday ° cut 1,1 eight years of American in- while the United States iost
off a filibuster against President volvement in the Vietnam war 28 211 men up to Sent 21
Johnson s nomination of Abe has passed the 400,000 mark. in another development au-
Fortas shes chief justice01 the The spokesmen thus "*• thorities reported amortar at.
United states. other chapter in the controver- [ tack on the sprawling U S
The vote was 45 for cutting off sial subject of “the bodv count,”' * - P 8--
the filibuster to 43 against. The designed to show how many of
45 total was 14 votes short of the Communist-led forces have
what was needed by the Fortas, been downed. The feeling
backers. among some military men is
A two-thirds majority of sena-
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------------ , Warren wrote the President He is a former athletic coach
of the water committee (Coun- that, because of his age, he in- and since June has been em-
cilman Richard Dalton), the tended to retire “at your pleas- ployed with the Neighborhood
See COUNCIL Pose 4, Col. I See FORTAS, Page 4, Col. 3
15 hamburger stand on West Gore, The city council has refused
to be chief justice was in 1795. exPeeteC 10 approve Cannon sand gave attorneys 15 days in to grant McCracken's request
George Washington's request empioyment at 1tS, regular which to file briefs and an- for water service to the ham-
for confirmation of John Rut- monthly meetingwhich is slat- swers. burger stand site although it
ledge failed by a 14-10 vote. ed tosbenheldThursday: Oct. Judge Morris indicated how previously agreed to provide
Several Fortas opponents for McCracken’s horse
argued in Monday’s debate that of the IF Board. , | rule in favor of the Citv of Law- barns on the agricultural lease,
no vacancy exists, and the Sen- Several members of the board ton which has refused to pro- Judge Morris indicated the
ate should not even consider the today expressed satisfaction fol- vide water service to a ham- controversy would have to be
nomination. lowing selection of Cannon as burger stand being built by Me decided strictly on the law.
The argument was based on director. Cannon, a Kiowa In- Cracken, purchasin' agent for which apparently requires a
the circumstances under which dian. has a master’s degree in city schools, just west of Eisen- written contract between the
President Johnson nominated edncation from Southwestern hower Junior High School city and water customers out-
Fortas to succeed Chief Justice State College. Weatherford. ” side the city limits.
Earl Warren last June 26. Former Coaeh
Miller also reminded that
more than 500 customers are in
additions where mileage charg-
es will be eliminated. Customers
in Sullivan Village, Park Lane.
TV Acres and Sungate additions1
on the east side of Lawton and
Almor West will receive a
greater mileage charge reduc-
tion than the increase in basic
rates and thus their telephone
debate.
“It's a judgment I will have to
make after the vote,” he had
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severe implications for our bal- The Jarring mission also Mansfield said when Minority
ance of payments,” the state- could make progress, U.S. ex- Leader Everett Dirksen an-
the charge for residence exten-are open for merchandise han- mfhesirdt step for the board of disputeestospedbthdinde Sinhthanounced his opposition last week
sion telephones. | congern d th a wrewovarvhody £St is to determin ei a ser what one, official called "Is sues tough to get the two-thirds vote *
THE INCREASE on this a" military cargo. So howcan tementntisannikklynThensthe ofomorality necessary to limit debate. „
month's bill will be $1.55 a--
• tion for the cooling off period The Soviet proposal to the hand, was elated about the situ-
Gleason said Monday, "We’ll United States was that Israel ation
come back at the end of 80 days see soviets, Page 4, col. 2
and be in the same situation. ---——--
We don’t cool off very fast.” r Cl ' ki'IJ
He blamed the impasse on a >unny>Kies, Ml Id
TPm ner n+, iroc Pina clear that we not only claim 1X11
" VHiptruiurCS —ue we intend once again to exercise
increased security in the face of Sunny skies and warm tem- stitltiin power' gencdste and Bobby Gene Cannon, 38, to-
increasing automation by con- peratures are expected to re-consent." day assumed directorship of
tainer shipping, main here for several davs, al- His remarks were in a speech the Comanche County Commun-
prepared for' delivery prior to ity Action Program (CAP) aft-
the vote er the executive committee of
l irial Action Slowed the Improvement Foundation
Today’s vote was on a motion Ine; (IF Board employed him
to bring the nomination to the last night.
McCRACKEN took the water
issue to court several days ago THE CITY ordinances also
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ter gunships and artillery. previous week ending Sept. 21.
.. , , .. i > For the same period, through Meanwhile, American combat
” * today ‘ Sif SN- Ahi & i SI -be
SaSdtoO401 5891' the toll womaer"usdsamu 5™, N°<Xvietna^
week boosted to 401,589 the toll for the week ending last Salur-1 see Vietnam, Page «, col. 6
THE LAWTON CCstqzpuzgurE,TON
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Cn,s‛nternational“ttongshore-foseven-times in the past 21 Moscow two weeks ago for end.
gotiations with the shtsrers as- years the government has used ing the state of war between Is-
'SXhi "dowrPMndaythe Taft-Hartley Act <. return raclandtheArabnations.
afternoon * the nnaehoremen tn "e"h feni l ne -niten States palt
revitalization of the effort to
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