The Ponca City News (Ponca, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 249, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 17, 1960 Page: 2 of 20
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Demos' V F Nominee First Went to Capitol as Secretary
By ROBFRT F FORD
D LLAS Tex lT’l — Not cen
Sriin Johnson the adoring grand-
pappy of Lyndcm B Johnson
thought his descendant would ever
reich so high
Johnson fins know the storv
v ell — how the grindfalher looked
down at his grandson and dei hired
Hell be a United States senator
some day ”
It would be a dai ng person in-
deed who would predict at this
stage th it Johnson will not be v c
president of the United States aft-
i - he ninp from fai back to le
the only real eontender with Sen
John F K nnedy for the presiden-
tial nomination thin to k se ond
pi ice on the ticket
He conns from a f minus Texas
fnmilv hut it was a family with-
out money when he finished high
school at 35
One of Johnson’s paternal an-
cestors signed the Texas Declais-
tion of Independence fiom Mex
and fought the Mexicans Both
oaternal grandfather and his father
he”ed in the Texas House of B
rest ntntivex
On his mother’s side he is do-
rended from Baptist prearheis ai
educators His gre lt-grandfnther w
a piesident of Bavlor University
a Baptist school at Waco Tex
Local Cadets Have Two
More Weeks of Camp
Three Ponca Citv cadets are re-
ceiving six weeks of turning at the
Aimy Reserve Officer Tiainmg
Corps summer tamp at Fort Hood
lex The ti aining is scheduled to
be concluded July 29
During this training the cadets
are receiving piacticil cxpeiienre
and instruction in ticticnl technical
and administrative subjects with
special emphasis being placed on
tlie duties of second lieutenants
The men are I'D? graduates of
Ponca Cltv High School
Hobeit M Buggies son o' Mrs
Rosalie Buggies 410 West Cleve-
land is a student at the University
of Oklahoma He Is a member of
Sigma Delta Flu Fta Sigma and Xl
Mu fiatei miles
Royee M Swain von of Mr and
Mis Julius Swaim 1108 South
Sixth is a student at the University
of Oklahoma
Stanley G Jones son of Mr and
Mis Russell O Jones 20 Hillerest
Is a student at Oklahoma SIiiIp Uni
versity He Is a member of Kappa
Sigma Alpha Fi Mu and Sigma Tau
fiatermties
ExUS Vice President
Glad Johnson Accepted
UVALDF Tex Ml -Former Vice
President John Nance Garner says
he was "pleased and happy" that
Ren I yndon B Johnson accepted
the Democratic vice pi evidential
nomination
Garner eaiher declined comment
on the picvldpntial mnninntion of
Ren John F Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts Gainer who Is 01 watched the
n itlonal convention on television
He piekaged two gallon cans of
Uvalde honey as gifts to Mis Ken
nedv and Mis Johnson
The only Texan ever to serve as
U S vice president Gainer had
endorsed Johnson for president
G lrner setved dutmg the fust two
teims of Piesident Franklin D
Roosevelt
Alaska Offers Oklahoma
Official New Position
OKLAHOMA CITY UP) — W L
Kealmg state personnel director
has dive loved that Alivka is tiying
to woo him away ftom Oklahoma
Kcit ing siid he received a letter
fiom the Alivka pet sonnet director
asking if he is mteiested In bceov-
mg chief classification officer for
the merit s stem theie
He said the Alaska ducctor men-
tioned that he had heard the Okla-
homa merit system is in dmger of
being knvoed
The Oklahoma law is undpr at-
tack by the courts and also has
been shaiplv criticircd by ceitoin
1c eivlators
Keating said the classification toll
in Alaska pavs more than the
a month he is drawing heie But
he imi l sure he is mteusted m it
OC Tulsa To Get
New Radar Equipment
AMONG rox Mh — lest ill dion
if iidv i nil icw' r id a equipment
to mil nr ti iffic nnti ill is t
n nor anions his bet n sluled by
tin Fedciit v item Agency
The j ud the new ritirs
hne a unge of 00 miles and rewh
up t ) JV 00ft f et T he y me devigi et
to ficihlrflo the handling of huh
speed jets iantbng and taking c ff
The new c jiupmcnt was evi-
ti ited ti cost 11 mill n doll ns
Among the eities slated fir the
i -ictus are TuKa and Oklahoma
C Uv
310 W Cleveland
MORGAN
FURNITURE
By
2)
NO MONEY DOWN
2 YEARS TO PAY
"QUALITY FURNITURE
FOR LESS"
At 15 he went -th ether hot s
on a freight c u tup b) t alifi rma
and there w miifud up aid down
the Pacific foot cum! such Jobs
as washing ch In i v Ping tulles
and doing faun v ork
After $c v c ii me nllis he In ti hi kc d
back home ml to a p b as a high-
way labour
A father v n cm fi i i re sent him
to Southw ( I I c is Rt itc T i ii he is
College at Run Maras in Cciiii d
Texas 111' n I In i tluie with 57)
in bnirowcd money and worked
his way tbrouf h at J mitor and
pdrltime suretny
He grarlu It d In Pi (1 and be-
gan teaching sc ! oc 1 liihups sig-
nificantly 1 e t nigl t public speak-
ing and cicbitmg
Hun he went to Washington as
scent try to hip I! i hard M Kle-
berg (D-Tcx)
In Washington he was caught
uo In tho hursts of enthusiasm
tnat (urrui neleci President I ank-
Im I Kooeeielt lie returned to
Texas as state direi tir of the Na-
tional loutli Administration He
was strong New Dealer
Rmce then Ins views appear to
hue modified and his supp rters
in both libera! and consirv live
camps cm point to portions of his
ri c c rd supporting their opposite
stands He piefers to -nil himself
a midcilc-of the r iidcr
In l'M7 Jol iison wns elected to
Congic s in a spi 1 1 d election Thou
1! msi vc It persuaded hun to run fur
the Senate
G v W lee O Daniel bed him
but by a thm margin of 1 HI vote s
It was another spu i d diction and
Johnson retained his House suit
He rin for the Sen te agnn cp-
po eel by Gov Ce ke Stevenson and
tiveial othei Nuttier Johnson riur
Str e orison reuivrd a rraurity aid
this led to one of the most torrid
rum ff elutions In Texas history
Join son ctme out vict irious by an
27 vote niei gin out of a n ilium
VOtiS Ca-t
Jihnsjn name! Claud d Tivlor
in lilJl Her fimtiv was vee i thy
and owns iddio und television m-
te ii sis
His Senate chiton was in 1913
when he was 40 In I't J le be-
c one Ruiate mujonty leader and
tuns one vf i he most powerful men
li the nation
It was 10 ) that he suffirui a
n ijor lent all ii k that some fcaicd
might end Ins pe Id cd emir
It did rio such thug Always a
fi tiler he tr an fijilng in an-
other way — against his own en-
emy and res'le sness He did wlnt
tho die Mrs ordered and now he
IS pronouheid cured
2 a-
-THE PONCA CITY NEWS
SUNDAY JULY 17 1960
State Watermelon Crop
Expected To Be Lower
OKLAHOMA CITY Mj — Watei-
uu 1 ai prcduction m Oklahoma la
estimated to be 7)0 million pounds
I under the 7hU nullum last year
The st te crop liv estock report-
u g serviee also foiecast the can-
taloupe crip at 98 million pounds
oi eight pei cert rnoie than that of
l'l 1 9
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Muchmore, Gareth Bruce. The Ponca City News (Ponca, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 249, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 17, 1960, newspaper, July 17, 1960; Ponca City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2052654/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 5, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.