The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 38, No. 289, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 8, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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Especially the Young Ones'
You Don’t Trust Any Prisoners
Robert Lawrence Cox, 19, both few short minutes in an inter- querque.
of Terre Haute, Ind., and Vy-view with United Press Inter-
wax
took Trujillo’s 38 caliber re- ters, Mrs. Robert Harvey. San- pened
air
The Altus Times-Democrat
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1964
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ended today in this one-time
Urge Good Attendance
Rent Fee Fixed Fatal for 535
monstration club women and 4-
women will have a concession
Traffic accidents killed 535
Short Stories
In 1190 Miles
The Sunset PTA will hold its Tran Thien Khiem.
I to enroll in the all-white high
first meeting of thte year at 7:30
The three generals agreed school here in this racially
ranged
torium. Theme of the meeting । tion.
es will meet from 6:30 pm
will be "Get Acquaintei With They gave him the responsi- jected by school officials.
until 9:15 p.m. on the nights
The Negroes drove up to the
the cars drove away.
the other side.
mu
Devastating Dora Roaring
Toward Huge Coast Area
McCarty's New
House Speaker
Bid Challenged
500 Expected
To Seek Titles
Negroes Enter
In Montgomery
WASHINGTON (UPI)- The
Agriculture Department today I
estimated Oklahoma’s 1964 cot-!
ton crop at 310,000 bales, up
Regulations for use of the new |
Altus Junior College auditorium
were set at the September meet-
Johnson, Maxwell
To Confer Briefly
unanimously voted for the in-
crease shortly after a public
hearing which drew no protests
j against the rate changes.
imately 51,000 revolutions and
traveled about 1,190 miles dur-
ing the time.
Kane claimed to have broken
a record of 168 hours aboard
an open ferris wheel set by
Ohio disk jockey Morton Dow-
ney Jr. He discounted a Syra-
cuse, N.Y., disk jockey’s mark
of 183 hours, claiming that was
Only Three Whites In
Prince Edward Schools
FARMVILLE, Va (UPI ) -
Rural Prince Edward County
re-opened its public schools for
the first time in five years to-
C-C Panel
To Select
Nominees
I A nominating committe
returned by noon Oct. 30 and
the chamber president will ap-
point a three-man panel to open
and count the ballots.
Retiring directors this year
A 3-year-old Oklahoma City
boy was struck and killed by a
car Monday night. His death
was Oklahoma’s third of the
Labor Day holiday and raised
the state’s 1964 toll to 505, com-
pared with 485 a year ago.
The dead:
Earl Taylor, 3, Oklahoma
Citi.
alighted from a ferris wheel at
the Ti - County Fair Monday
night, 168 hours, 40 minutes and
3 seconds after he started
whirling around.
midnight Monday:
Traffic .........
Drownings......
Planes .........
In County Fair
One of the biggest and best
meeting, nominations also will
be accepted from the floor. Har-
old Doughty, chamber president,
said.
The constitution provides the
car. If they talked at all, it
in low tones.
"I was going to put my
। “1 don’t see how we could;
have transported the prisoners
Historicl Society
Oklehom City,
Gd' homa
Estimate Up
30,000 Bales
Base Building 235 classrooms
are English 1, Engineering
Drawing, History 44 (American
from 18651, Math 2 (intermedi-
ate algebra); Math 5, (college
algebra), and Math 6 (trigono-
metry).
Also Economics 1. Business
Law I, Speech I (with a limit
of 25 students), Psychology I
and a welding class to be ar-
• • • council, which in turn is to school in four cars. As each
A 1957 Chevrolet owned by draw up a provisional consti- car stopped in front of the red
.....535
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lature.
Sparger said he represents a
group which will try to head
off McCarty, who comes from
Oklahoma City’s Capitol Hill
area.
7 1
The Weathep
Clear to partly cloudy, warm,
widely scattered thundershowers
through Wednesday. High Wed-
nesday 90 to 97. Low tonight
66 to 73. High Monday 96; over-
night low 73; noon today 92.
Single Copy Price, Daily 5c, Sunday 10c
died.
Child Becomes Third
_ Holiday State Victim
Shorthand I and Typing I.
Scheduled for Altus Air Force By United Press International
who were not allowed on the
school grounds.
week course, which will meet Minh Elevated
from 7 until 8:30 p.m. each
Tuesday in the church educa- In Vietnamese
tional building. The course will . .
contain three college credit Triumvirate
hours upon completion and as-
Forcing Showdown
Senate GOP Leader Everett
M Dirksen today filed a cloture
petition that will force a show-
down vote Thursday on one of
the adjournment roadblocks. See
story page two.
VOL 38—NUMBER 289
By MAC SEBREE passed along U. S. 66 just west
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI l- of Elk City last Thursday -
Published (very afternoon except Saturday, and Sunday morning. Ill W Commerce, and second class postage paid at Altua. Oklahoma
only a handfl of newsmen,
harvest last year of 15,327,000
bales and a five-year average
production of 13,905,000 bales.
Yield was estimated at 511
pounds of lint per acre.
-
into Trujillo’s stomach before buquerque, and two sons, Enri- line of duty before "
he fled. Charges are pending que, chief statistician for the mid -e-
Resting very painfully in I New Mexico State Police and I jilo think he
; conditioner in the marshal’s
car,” Enrique said, but he
i didn’t have time to take the 1
a white man
Leroy Welch was listed as a tution and name a provisional brick building,
total loss by Altus firemen Mon- assembly by the end of Octo- spoke briefly to the drivers and
(See SHORT STORIES page 2) ber.
of 15 names. erage yield of 254 pounds of lint
At its October membership per acre. compared with 273
edge of Altus. Howard Powell McCarty said he has nearly
and Mrs. Pat Coffey, county ex- unanimous support and “I am
tension agents, predicted today fully confident that I will be
that more than 500 persons will chosen by a large majority at
have exhibits. the Democratic caucus.
installation before the officers
left Albuqueruqe Thev had to
drive through the 95-degree Ok-
lahoma heat with the windows
open.
Trujillo had little time to
think after he was shot. “You
wonder how awful bad you’re
hurt - that’s all I had time to
think about," he said A pass-
ing motorist, T. C. Davis,
rushed Trujillo to Elk City
where he was transferred to
an ambulance for the run to
Oklahoma City, 110 miles.
last year, a five-year average
of 304 and a record 1958 yield
of 365 pounds per acre.
The state’s average produc i
tion for the five-year period,
1958-62. is 360,000 bales.
August Rains Help
An Agriculture Department
spokesman in Oklahoma City
said the improvement in pro-
duction prospects resulted
Statistician John Price said
early planted dryland cotton in
Oklahoma had burned badly
and there is little likelihood of
greatly increased production
from this acreage, even with
the improved moisture.
However, he said, cotton
planted later has received sub-
stantial benefits from the Au-
gust rains.
on Taylor will hold a more exten- the center and it has the
| sive conference Wednesday. | (See HURRICANE page 2)
Hill at 1 p.m. Thursday in Cal- The trimvirate has promised
tiemen's Cafeteria. All members to turn power over to civilians
are urged to attend,
PANA, III. (UPI) - One of
the world's most roundabout
travelers, carnival worker Roy
Kane, 16, today claimed a
world record for non - stop un-
protected ferris wheel riding.
Kane. of Rock Falls, 111.,
are Doughty, Dick Maffry, Wea from normal to above normal
er Creed, Phil Carson and Char- rainfall in the state's ma-
lie Blanton. jor cotton producing section
-------------- during August.
ers - especially the young ter K. Giuchici, fired at the
ones," Trujillo said in recalling fleeing prisoners Giuchici is a
---------.. ------- the shooting. "We had no indi- marksmanship instructor at Ft
Did the shooting make Tru- cation they were getting rest- Ord. Calif., but he failed to
ought to find less. I think they decided to1 stop the fleeing vehicle.
p.m. today in the school audi- Monday night on Minh's eleva- tense central Mississippi city
mL—: h- — g tan. today but left quietly when re-
school segregation
made on a
The exhibits are expected to Sparker said there are sev-
total between 1,500 and 2.000. era| men qualified to be speak-
The agents said there will be er, "including Russell Ruby of
an average of three or four en- Muskogee, John T. Levergood
tries per exhibitor. and Tom Stevens of Shawnee,
"We had a top-notch fair last Heber Finch of Sapulpa. Lou
year and this year's should be Allard of Drumright. Norman
a good one. too,” Powell said. Smith of Purcell, John Me- 00..
"The drought won't hurt our; Cune of Tulea and Lonnie How- Public
fair much — if any.” 1 1 . . .
designated McCarty as speaker tion and by-laws, the nominat- August rains were credited
Last spring, before the federal ing committee must nominate at for the improved outlook,
courts reapportioned the legis- least three persons for each of The estimate, based on Sept.
the retiring directors, or a total 1 crop condition, calls for av-
| In an 8 a m EST advisory,
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Presi- the Miami Weather Bureau
dent Johnson arranged to meet urged residents in the hurri-
ged. The highway patrol said the today at the White House with cane warning and watch areas
Dean Littlejohn said all class- Taylor boy ran into the street Gen Maxwell Taylor, U.S. am- —from Stuart to Myrtle Beach
* • , i. and was struck by a car driv- bassador to South Viet Nam. —to begin precautions for the
en by Verity B. Frazier, 56, of The White House said the protection of life and property,
scheduled Classes with three Oklahoma City. He was dead 5:30 p.m. EDT conference 130 Mile Winds
hours credit will have 16 class on arrival at a hospital. The would be a brief, informal get- "Dora is a large and severe
meetings Fee for all night patrol said the boy was run- together with no announce- hurricane with highest winds
"closed" ferns classes offered by Altus Junior ning across the street to join a ments afterwards. Johnson and estimated near 130 m p h near
Carnival workers said the wheel that protected the rider College will be $12 per college group of children playing
I crewcut teen-ager made approx-1 from the elements. । hour. the other side. ’
Speaker Confident
McCarty replied that this is .. wn aan .u.
Jackson County Free Fairs is Sparger’s’ privilege. ’However, on Oct. 20. All ballots must be
expected in Altus Thursday, Fri- I am of the opinion that he
day and Saturday. might have a rather hard
The fair will be held at the time accomplishing his mis-
county fairgrounds in the east sion.”
seven Altus Chamber of Com-
merce members was approved
by the chamber board of di-
rectors at the regular monthly
_ . . . board meeting this morning.
OKLAHOMA CITY—(UPI) — An Oklahoma county Howard Cotner is chairman of
house candidate today challenged Rep J. D McCarty s the committee and other mem-
re-election to a third term as speaker of the house. bers are Bill Austin, Weaver
The challenge came from Rex Sparger, former house Creed. Ralph Hiett, Bob Kerr, 30,000 bales from the August
member from Ardmore, who has filed for one of the capi- Gomer Gough and James Black- forecast but stii ,6 000 below
—------'tal county's 19 house posts well.
A caucus of house Democrats Under the chamber's constitu- last year s harvest.
Your School."
"You don't trust any prisoners about four-fifths of the way to
—especially the young ones," their destination — the prison-
And Deputy U. S. Marshal ers attacked Crum with their
J. Frank Trujillo certainly! chains. overpowered Trujillo
wasn’t trusting three young and got keys to their mana
men he was transporting from cles.
Albuquerque to the federal re- One of them shot Trujillo in
formatory at El Reno. They the stomach and the three fled,
were chained and manacled, only to be captured Saturday
and being watched over by in a farmhouse near the small
Trujillo and a guard, L. W. community of Meers, Okla .
Crum. after one of the biggest man-
But suddenly, as the five hunts in the history of south-
.western Oklahoma. Oklahoma City's Mercy Hospi-1 Edmund, a case worker in the .some less hazardous work?
Albert Leroy Manley, 21, and tal. Trujillo could take only a county welfare office at Albu- "Oh, no — if I heal up 0
shifts in the Vietnamese politi- schools which were set up in
cal kaleidoscope whether ac- 1959 when the county closed the
The Past Matrons of the Or- tual power had shifted to Minh public schools to avoid integra-
der of Eastern Star will hold a or was still retained by Pre-1 tion.
memorial service for Mrs. Clyde mier Nguyen Khanh.
Canton, Miss., Quiet
Despite Entry Refusal
within two months. It consists CANTON, Miss. (UPI > — Thir-
of Minh, Khanh and Lt. Gen. I teen Negro students attempted
Compensation
Rate Increase
Hike Approved
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI-
The state insurance board to-
day approved an overall in-
crease of 2 per cent in work-
men’s compensation insurance
rates.
The three-member board
chance that a hurricane will
turn but we think there is a
high probability that Hurricane
Dora will hit some place along
the north Florida coast." said
Gordon E Dunn, chief of the
National Hurricane Center at
Miami.
Residents in low-lying areas
"where access roads would be
flooded” were urged to move
to higher ground.
Emergency crews were
alerted at Cape Kennedy and
workmen began securing loose
equipment at the space center
which was brushed last month
by Hurricane Cleo but escaped
major damage
sistance is available to airmen SAIGON, Viet Nam (UPI) — day with virtually every white
at Altus Air Force Base inter- South Viet Nam's military tri- student in the county boycott-
ested in the course. ,umvirate has elected Maj. ing the classes. - . . we a.. ..00., ...
'Gen. Duong Van (Big) Minh as Only three white children en- There were increases in sev- ing on temporary assignments mericar history from 1492 to the
The regular monthly meeting its chairman and will re-ele- rolled with about 1,600 Negroes, eral classifications but decreas- awaiting formal action by the Civil War) Government I (fed
of the Jackson County Chapter vate him to the honorary title in one high school and three es in 76 categories. 1 (See COLLEGE page 2) eral); Socialogy 1. Early Euro-
American Red Cross board of I of chief of state as well, the elementary schools. I pean History, Accounting 1,1
directors Will be held at noon nnvprnmpnl annnunred tndav Tha mninpitw af Dpinnn TH- gm e mm _• g ch--L--- t ' a T--i-- f
Going No Place
volver and pumped a bullet ta Fe, and Mrs. Don Slack. Al- “I’ve never been shot in the
directors will be held at noon government announced today. , The majority of Prince Ed-
Wednesday in Cattlemen’s Cafe- It was not immediately clear ward’s white students chose to
teria, Mrs. Oneta Duncan, exe- in this latest of frequent recent remain in private, segregated
cutive secretary, said today, chifte in tha Viatnomaca naliti l --L--1 -l:d — - ... -
♦ • •
A fewminuteIs later twoNe-Department estimated the cot-
minutes later, two me ton crop at 14.945.000 bales, up
noon today it was 92 degrees in was throwing gale force winds
Altus under partly cloudy skies. 350 miles to its north and 100
An isolated shower pelted a miles to its south. ...
small area of the county early . ’ 0 urricane in this century
today, dumping ’25 of an inch has ever, smashed into north
of rainfall in an area three Florida, directly from the At-
miles west and two south of anti cean.
Martha Victory also reported a - There always 18 a remote
trace, however, these were the
only areas reporting rainfall.
The weather bureau said rain-
fall is expected to occur in the
form of afternoon and evening
thundershowers in the Panhan-
dle and northwest tonight and
Wednesday.
The forecast also calls for
southerly winds, gusting up to
40 miles-per-hour in some areas,
to diminish tonight, but increase
again Wednesday.
homa early Thursday. Collision make plans to move to higher
of the cold front with the warm, ground. Along the coast, from
moist air now flowing over the Myrtle Beach, S.C. to Stuart,
slate probably will result in gen- Fla., preparations were rushed
eral rainfall Wednesday night or, for the full force of the storm
Thursday, the bureau said. late tonight or Wednesday.
The forecast for the Altus Dora was described as three
area through Wednesday is for times as large as Hurricane
clear to partly cloudy skies and Cleo which swept up the Flor-
warm with a few afternoon and ida coastline three weeks ago.
evening thundershowers, doing millions in damage after
Tonight’s low is expected to S''"8 138 persons in 016 Carib-
be between 66 and 73 with a' lean:
high Wednesday between 90 and Covers Huge Area
97 Monday's maximum was 96 Dora, pushing steadily west-
with the overnight low 73. At ward at about 15 miles an hour.
MORE HARVEST CREWS were going into Jackson county fields today but the activity remained only a mere
"trickle” compared to what's ahead. Ginners said more hands are needed and prospects are that more crows
will be arriving during the week. The big harvest rush isn't expected until the latter part of this month. This
Bolls Opening field scene this morning was on the Joe Bailey farm south of Altus. (Staff photo)
He said county agents report- -— ------—
—aEAJCFacility, Holiday Traffic General Rain
H club boys and girls. speaker has resulted from a trial city
-Euhm Psmeme
women will have a concession Decide Later The b walked the localized damage, mostly in
stand, where foods will be a- "As of now, it is a campaign i nd f Harrison Ej irrigated fields, has occurred
vailable to stop the election of one man P •. f . . from boll worms, but no wide-
There will be a carnival on 1 expect that when the group , „ ‘ . N, spread spray program has been
the grounds, too. The Altus Ju- organizes more completely aft-1 residential area called considered necessary.
nior Chamber of Commerce is er the Sept. 29 primary, it will Arlan Vinevard ” Nationally, the Agriculture
in charge of this phase of the decide whom it will push for A f minutes later twn Ne Department estimated the cot-
P Commercial booths will be in SPRacarty replied. "I cateogr- grn.girlsgandasauboytcentered
operation atsthe. fair. These al- icallydeny" sparger’s charge stoppdmomentarilyaty
(See FAIR pa<e 2) of puting money into races of at the front door. The’officers
house candidates, apparently checked the stu-
-------------------------------- McCarty said that evident y dents identification.
Mr. Sparger has decided to At Lanier, the Negro boy
run his campaign on vilhfca-, dressed in a coat and tie was
rnrollment for the Okla-tion instead of his own merits, driven up to the front door of
L homa Baptist Univer- Sparker said itis essentiato the three-story brick building
sity extension course in the eliminate McCarty.as speaker in a private car. He was fol-
Old Testament will beam at 1 urban areas, now getting lowed immediately in another
7 p.metodayin First Baptist privatecar by the two girls.
Church educationdl build, eralrarrsndrrorsstatrsreve- There were nospectators and
ing, Rev. Gene Garrison, I nue."
pastor, said. | .
Course fee is $26 for the 16-
bility of naming a civilian
160.000 bales from the August
estimate. It compares with
Fair “officials are exnecting “What disturbs me the capital of the Confederacy.
J mosa"spargernsardaois thatprvioeryoastumnsacmmeencac
S [hV £ he wai ™ j 5 B putting money ihtolmt others ’ Wile
bele outandisde the results checking with him ‘""'r» d"gGadsden-tAlan2nNegrss , . _
of efforts by farmers, home de- tributions. adesngaggmXrv school to Irrigated cotton is in good
•• "McCarthy's domination asmld nnrtamtentpLamahonaun condition, and prospects are
-1 -a notnedst aaama -nous for a normal crop from these
Disaster Alert
MIAMI (UPI) — Hurricane
Dora threw a massive shadow
over 550 miles of the Atlantic
Coast today with the center of
its 125 mile an hour winds
aimed on an unswerving course
at Cape Kennedy's missile tow-
ers.
Civil defense and military
authorities spring into action
with orders to prepare for a
natural disaster-a "condition
three" alert. Residents of
threatened coastal areas were
slower to react but battening
down operations were expected
to go into high gear from Palm
Beach, Fla., north to Myrtle
Beach, S.C., this afternoon.
Civil defense authorities or-
dered preparations for a nat-
ural disaster in 16 Florida
coastal communities.
Besides carrying a wide front
of hurricane force winds, Dora
pushed mounting tides and
- : huge ocean swells toward the
beaches. Forecasters predicted
highest tides would reach 10
feet above normal high water
marks.
■ vm .v The nation’s space center at
iH DrAenAef Cape Kennedy, included in a
III I IV>VLI 225 ' mile stretch of coastline
T where hurricane warnings were
General rainfall is in prospect flying, began battening down
By United Press International for Oklahoma and the Altus for the second time in less than
area within the next couple 01 - month. Five rockets were or-
national tabulation showed this days, the U.S. Weather Bureau dered removed from their
breakdown of holiday deaths said today. launch pads.
between Ip.m. Friday and Forecasters said a cold front. Forecasters strongly urged
would reach northwestern Okla residents in low-lying areas to
ing of the Altus board of edu- persons over the long Labor
cation Monday night Day weekend. It was the sec-
canon Monday mgnt. ond worst Labor Day holiday
Walter Marshall, president of toll on record.
the board, said the college facil The final United Press Inter-
ity would be open for use by ----------------------
the community on the same ba- A _ ,
sis as other school facilities. 18 Classes . । Miscellaneous
Cost for use of the auditorium t j Total .....
will be $15, this will include a A+ A ( CAt The National Safety Council
custodians fee of $5 and $10 lI •F JCI had feared the death count
for rental. Fees are the same r A i • A would spurt past the record of
for morning afternoon or eve- or AdUitS .561 set over Labor Day last
ning use, and will be applicable summer. But the death pace
for each use. Eighteen college classes will fell off in the holiday’s waning
As is the case for all school be available to adults in eve- hours.
facilities, college use of the au- ocsione L: faii at Still, the council said, more
di torium will have priority. A nins school Sessions this fall at traffic deaths were recorded
calendar will be kept of reser- Altus Junior College, and regis- over this weekend than during
vations, and events planned for (ration for the record group will any Labor Dav holiday except
the auditorium. Reservations " r 1983 ' 7 r
should be made through the begin at 7 P.m. today in the
schools central office at the junior college building at 1101 California headed t h e death
Board of Education building East Cypress. hunt with. 435 tra ffeata3t to
Recommendations for teaching Dean Ora Littlejohn said some ilinois, 28 in New York State,
positions by Clifford Peterson, of the classes will meet at the and 23 in both Michigan and
si penntendent of schools also college, and others at the Altus Ohio. Only three states — Del-
were approved by the board Air Force base education build- aware, Montana and Hawaii-
Six additional faculty mem ers ing 235 All are open to both had no holiday traffic deaths,
wenermpoyedsonssaslementry military and civilian enrollment 1 The record for all holidays
cacners. revrson saia some 01 Classes which will meet at was ... diring th. 1956 IRlad
the groupalready weresteach- the college are History « (A- “hrismad,r “per™
‛ I make a break for it on impulse,.
— if I heal up O K after one of them might have
__________________ ____ . I ll be right back in there.” worked his chain partially
_ “____i, ' 1. —i ' • -• — • . "I have been transporting Trujillo has been a deputy loos?,"
tautas George Spirauskas, 21, national to recount last Thurs- prisoners for 25 years," Trujil- marshal since 1939 He has oft- Crum was struck by a chain
Worcester, Mass., were ex- day's tragedy. lo, a big brawny veteran law en transported prisoners from and the prisoners managed to
hausted. mud-caked and de- His condition was described officer, said "I've had to wres- one place to another, and usu- stop the car After shooting
spondent when captured by a hospital spokesman as tie some fellows into jail but. ally takes along a guard, like Trujillo the fugitives escaped
Manley, say both Trujillo fair, but improving. At his bed- never before in my experience'Crum. in the deputy marshal's car as
and Crum, was the man who side were his wife; two daugh- has anything like this hap- “You don't trust any prison- a passing motorist, M Sgt Pe-
any differently You always run
a risk," Trujillo said
Trujillo and Crum could not
hear what the prisoners were 1
saying among themsives in the |
rear seat of the sedan, because
of the wind rushing into the
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