The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 21, 1966 Page: 1 of 10
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scheduled to visit Novosibirks, dinner
This was the first of 10 hours
Leningrad. Kiev and the World
The Altus Times-Democrat
Anti-Ky Move Slows
With Arrest of Chief
Rebel at Hue Pagoda
Buddhists Ask
Jet Collision Bond Issue Vote
Saigon Troops
To Lift Siege
Marchers Plan
Davis cited somewhat the Mississippi ••freedom march-
The jets, Afi intruder attack
Radetsky Lauds
in
Monday The two-man crews of
The administration is asking
route firm said today that they
were
The
be reassigned in July as direct-
of the march There he and Dr.
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psychological support which
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Thieves Get
Old Records
In Burglary
The 75 year-old De Gaulle
- nd the future of Germany and
Nguyen Cao Kvs police today
whisked back to Saigon as a
It may well be that the fad
of the Beattie haircut could
Music Co.
Broadway,
1 McKissick planned to leave
the march at the noon hour to
All sophomore and junior girls
interested in seeking cheerlead-
er positions may attend prac-
tice sessions being held at 5
night low 69. noon today 84
Single Copy Price, Daily 5c, Sunday 10c
Moscow.
De Gaulle was accompanied
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy to clear and
warm through Wednesday. Low
tonight 60s; high Wednesday
Im 90s Monday high 89. over*
met with Russia’s top leaders by French Foreign Minister
for three hours today to discuss Maurice Couve de Murville and
his propoosal for a new Franco-' a group of close advisers.
completely razed 10 houses and
virtually 1 five more
Floyd Prestidge and DeLano
Lane, who merged their busi-
nesses this past March, said the
recordings included a multitude
of "old favorites" which had re-
quired about 10 years to collect
and are not readily available on
the market.
or of air material at Second Air
Force headquarters at Barks-
dale AFB Ij . was honored at
a farewell buffet at the Altus
Golf and Country club
During a short presentation
extensive library of the old
favorites and albums
Deputy Sheriff Dale Shelton,
who investigated, said the burg-
records for route deliveries
Shelton said that a large tissue
box also had been emptied and
apparently had been utilized
by the thieves
Prestidge and Une said all
but about 10,000 of the missing
records had just been sorted and
indexed Some were in the re-
cord vault and others on the
Shelton said record salvage
warehouses and other "likely
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The city of Hollis soon will
be in a position to supply water
to rural homes located along
U. S Highway 62 from the city
limits east for a three-mile
stretch.
The government-owned water
line facilities which served the
Altus AFB Atlas "F" missile
miles to the east, near where
three civil rights workers were
killed and buried June 21. 1964
The bodies of the workers,
two white youths from New
duplex homes
The jet clipped the top of a
tree, slammed into the side of
the home where Mrs. Mary
Gallant and her son Donald
increased in price by 24 per
cent, and linen service has in-
creased 22% per cent. We are
only asking for a 20 per cent
increase."
Davis also cited the annual in-
crease of the general cost of liv-
ing as another reason.
Will the price increase affect
the barber business in Jackson
county? Davis doubts it
The "shade tree" unlicensed
barbers will increase for a short
period of time, he said, b u t
off the record vault,
Some records remained in the
vault compartments and a newly
arrived shipment of 300 records,
fuselage buried itself in the
street while the wings and gas
tanks sailed on into other
A majority of the members of
the county association attended
the meeting, in which the bar-
bers aired their views in open
testimony before the board.
Two local barbers, Albert Ev-
ans and Claude Scroggins, voted
against the increase Evans,
who runs a shop on South Ben-
son. said many of his former
customers were already getting
"shade tree" haircuts from un
licensed barbers, and that the
price increase would drive more
of them away.
The price increase, which af
fects only the price of haircuts
and no other services, went in-
to affect in Altus today. Most
shops now charge a quarter
more for flattops. and this price
is increased proportionately.
Curtis Davis, Altus shop own-
er. testified Monday night that
increased costs of towel and
linen service, as well as tonics
and oils, was one reason for
the necessary price hike.
Philadelphia. Miss
The main column of march-
ers was reduced to about 80
under the leadership of CORE
president Floyd McKissick The
crowd moved off at a fast clip,
covering the first six miles in
an hour and 45 minutes in
The records apparently were
loaded in a number of cigaret
plane, traveling downward at a
45 degree angle at an estimated
1500 miles per hour, buried itself
15 feet under the surface of the
| resdiential street
general European security will
problems to b worked out and
agreed upon bv Europeans
themselve He aid European
settlement was necessary to
bring peace and prosperity to
Asia Africa and Latin Ameri-
ca
General Services Administra-
tion headquarters in Dallas an-
nounced that the water line fa-
cilities are being assigned to the
Department of Health, Educa-
tion and Welfare for conveyance
to the city of Hollis.
As a result of a called hear-
ing of the Jackson County Bar-
bers Association before the
State Board of Barber Examin-
ers Monday night in the district
court room here, an across the
hoard 25 cent increase was or-
dered. which raised the price of
a man’s haircut from 1125 to
11 50
It is the first such increase in
away the tremendous number I L.n2. A
of small, "paper thin ‘ records nOIIIS Ared
offices at 216 w.ers.
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gzsignment.to Second Air Force headquarters at Barksdale AFB. La Radetsky received the pair of golfing
shoes at a farewell buffet Monday night at the Altus Golf and Country club, sponsored by the Chamber of
choX; etcomnmrmetteeiendbpndgd,byWillloms, right. Looking on is John Gover, president of
Publlahed "very afternoob except Saturday, and Sunday morning. Ill w Commerce, and secona elass postag• pala .i Altus, Oklanoma 71W
____ALTUS, OKLAHOMA. TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 196~
residential and resort
House Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee Monday formally approved
a $4 1 billion foreign aid
They estimated value of the Five more cars were sent to
recordings a $20 000 because of Philadelphia, a small town 70
.. , . — reach Altus after - all, at least
authorization for the fiscal year for a few holdouts
starting July 1. The vote was 28 Starting today, the men in Al-
to 7 tus and in some outlying areas
fuly, and one of the planes fell
harmlessly into Chesapeake
Bay.
But the other fell howling and
roaring into the Buckroe Beach
Martin Luther King Jr., were
to lead a rally and five
carloads of marchers headed
for the event this morning
Court Over
The Supreme Court today
ended its 1965-66 term, leaving
the ruling on police questioning
of criminal suspects the princi-
pal one this year Story Page
VOL? 40—NUMBER123
of the county will have to pay __________, ________..
25 cents more for their regular I children to look nice They don't
haircuts if they visit a licensed ' (See HAIRCUTS Page 2)
barber ship -—----- —
to fellow monks, glared at his
police captors and brushed aside
doctors’ attempts tn end the
wo veek hunger strike by in-
jecting glucose into his veins.
Quang s humiliation came as
Buddhist antigovernment forces
lav shattered and church lead-
ers issued appeals to the gov-
MOSCOW (UPI) -French
President Charles de Gaulle
Maclock of Langley Air Force
main.path Base said the fuselage of the
houses, setting
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Tryouts for Altus high
I school sophomore ond
junior cheerleaders for
1966-67 will be held at 2
p m June 28 of the school
auditorium, Mrs Paul Flip-
pin, pep club supervisor,
said today
lars entered the building by pry • -.....— ,
ing bars off the rest room win-, ' ork and * Mississippi Negro,
dow at the back of the structure. ’ were found in an earthen dam
The officer said lire prints in ( near Philadelphia, 100 miles .
the alley indicated a pickup j east of Louise,
truck had been used to haul ’
WHERE BEFORE THERE WAS DARKNESS, this section of Falcon Rood leading to Altus Air Foret base's mam
gate became a boulevard ablaze with star-like lights Monday night when Col Harold Radetsky, 11th Strategic
Aerospace Wing commander, and Mayor Hoyt Shodid ceremoniously switched the switch shortly'after dark The
400 watt mercury vapor lights, 47 in all, were installed by Altus city electric deportment crews, under the
direction of James Little, department head The poles have been up for some time, but installation of the liqhts
was completed only recently because of a delay in shipment (Staff Photo by Allen Holliday)
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away gift. Radetsky was high-
ly complimentary of the base-
Lieut Corn Merrill Phillips community relations which have
of the I S Naval Air Station in been evident during his tenure
Norfolk said at midmorning here
Soviet partnership to settle! Soviet Premier Alexei N
Europe’s problems without U.S I Kosygin, President Nikolai
influence Podgorny, Communist v-
They agreed to continue General Secretary _____ . ..... ..... .. . ... . .....g, c.uve eu
political discussions after De Brezhnev and Foreign Minister | important for the two countries I for the start of the talks
Gaulle ends his mission to Andrei A Gromyko represented I to consult together and that the This was the first of 10 f
killed outright
we!
head for Indianola 60 miles to
the north and off the
fires that
Assistant fire chief TG
won’t last long These untrained
barbers take longer to give a sources" of buying records in
haircut and usually don't |>cr- wholesale lots were being alert-
form a very good service, he rd in states throughout the
said. I southwest.
the direction of the senior
cheerleaders, Judy Leonard and
Marilyn Wallace
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Rebecca Haltom, Oklahoma
Baptist University senior nurs-
ing student from Altus, has been
named to the president's honor
roll for the spring semester, a
distinction that requires at least
a 3 5 grade point average out of
a possible 4 Miss Haltom is
the daughter of Rev. and Mrs
William E Haltom
Senate Panel Barbers Raise
Okays Aid Bill Haircut Prices
WASHINGTON (UPD -The
Weekly ladies night sessions
at Altus municipal swimming
pool in the east city park will
be launched tonight. Jake Bar-
nes, recreation director, said
The pool will be open to women
(See SIIORT BI UKIEB Page 2)
ses $917 million in military aid
and $2 4 billinn in economic the county since 1961.
same theory on the home-style. ■ ers" broke out of the Delta . ______
do-it-yourself barbers Local . flatlands into rolling hill planes like those being used ...
businesses, he said, "will sell a 1 country today and sent delega- Viet Nam. collided high at dusk
lot of hair Bull don’ttions fanning out to ralies and —
think most of them will ever be a second anniversary service
paid for. People want theirj for three civil rights workers
[ who were buried in a dam at
the Soviet Union. talks now taking place are a i of scheduled talks between DeWar II battle site of Stalingrad. urged the Soviet to join France problem."
A French spokesman said tangible manifestation of their I Gaulle and the Russians before leaving Moscow July 1 in arranging an East-West!
after the meeting that the talks desire to continue consulting । leaders, although the itinerary <>n that day. F rance begins to settlement in Europe without
5 - pull its troops out of the North US participation
of his historic 11-day visit j Atlantic Treaty Alliance. He conceded America has
leaves room for additional.. The theme of Franco-Soviet [ "an essential role to play in the
informal discussions talks was set in an exchange of pacification and transformation.
De Gaulle. highest ranking speeches Monday, first by of the world But he said
Western leader to visit Russia ■ Podgorny and later by Dei France believed future "under
since World War II, is Gaulle himself
leaves Only 1 Set for juiy 26
I erCOns KiA6 M mbers ot the Jat k son co un n ake a tl' • . check into the
■ V‘*v bIvM | ty board of commissioners Mon-! Chamblee operation and ret om-
HAMPTON v« /pr day afternoon formally signed a mended that the industrial bond
gh . * ' . a ill — proclamation calling for an elec- be presented for a vote specifi-
Fiftenhomeslayin ruins and tion July 26 on a proposed $15 tally at this time for securing
. . nore pore partial damages million industrial obligation the carpet plant prisoner his arch political foe.
. Y.d m " he crasn bond issue for industrial devel Hans Lutjens, owner and pre- Buddhist anitgovernment leader
on,wo.. anine. , Ul opment purposes sident of Chamblee, spent sever- Thich Tri Quang who had led
were ka "° Persons The fund would provide a al days in the county a week the Hue rebels Nuns in Hue
i a vll S,a wa means of bringing a plant ago making a complete survey staged a brief protest but were
Aiea potper an ner of Chamblee Mills. Inc. a and announced he had selected carted back to their pagoda bv
’ 1mm LX were killedin the Georgia carpet manufacturing Jackson counts as the site for a I police.
struck bv one bommetint jet company, to the county. new plant after having origi- The militant monk, who few
Forty one other persons were Commissioners saidla nine- nally considered sites n three to hsi power base Of Hue 400
injured 12 badly Enough to be man.trust hoard.wiilbe named states.includingl 4 counties in mile north of Saigon two
hospitalized shortlytohandle,the.saleofOklahoma., vn months ago to captain a vain
Rut at 10 30 am EDT. more bondiasneeded and the fund , County Commissjoners Ellis crusade against the Ky regime,
than 14 hours after the crash vestmen w . Lema st r. Roger Brown i V d returned angry stubborn and
j Hampton police chief Lloyd H Chamblee Would pay monthly C B Harkins se J election silent He was piaced in a luxur.
Nickelson anno,meed into the county sinking fund to date and signed the proclama- ious clinic in the capitai. “ur
«Rosev. worw.. h, retire the fund needed in its tion at mid-afternoon Monday
through E. worKers. th „Eone plant start here, A group of having been in a meeting Quang. who began a hunger
। with a fm re ih orough- county, city and civic officials with city and civic officials dur- strike 14 days ago to protest
it " •> mo' 00 comp,and from over the county made a ing the morning giving further Pre dent Johnsons support of
uo. a, mic, more people trip to Georgia last wekend to (See BONDS Page 2) 'he Ky regime, refused to talk
hopes of getting in an early
afternoon rally at the court-
Partners in a local jukebox house in Yazoo City.
. , The populace of the thriving
lost an estimated 40,000 record- town of 15 000 at the southern
ings over the weekend when end of the Delta took little
burglars broke into Southwest notice of the oncoming march-
assistance
Other congressional news:
Tests: A congressman asked
the Food and Drug Administra-
tion (FDA) Monday to take
new steps to halt medical
experimentation on thousands
of patients without their
consent. Rep Paul G Rogers.
D-Fla , chairman of a spec ial
commerce subcommittee that
deals with the FDA, gave the
directive to FDA.
at a state standing between the states
that were hitherto antagonists
both planes balk'd out success-
existing lines in supply water to
whicl E... .. 1.3 the former missile site and to
whs hnenhunpoankod.1 rura hom....... the highway
fice, the owners said
"Prices of practically every-
. .. x . .. J thing we use has gone up," he
em» wrr
only buy those about every two
years The stuff we give away,
oils and tonics and the like, have
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DeGaulle Spends Three Hours in Policy Talks With Soviets
work tables Hinge......- xx; raw K
made available to the city of
Hollis as an extension of its
took place "in an atmosphere with each other"
of very great frankness and i The Soviet and French
cordiality," officials exchanged greetings.
At the end of the converse-(shook hands and posed for
party । tion," he added, "it was, photographs before sitting down
Leonid I ! recognized that it is very at a long, cloth-covered table
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Base, Community
ernment for help Only in Sai-
Col. Harold Radetsky, who received from the folks here in gon's Vien Hao Doa pagoda
area, will soon leave his post as town has been outstanding where Buddhists first hoisted
Yrt U"i « demolishing four commander of the 11th Strafe- Radetsky said their flag in rebellion did resis.
blocks of frame single and gic Aerospace Wing at Altus Air He also complimented the tance of a sort live on
Force Base after a year's duty base personnel and stated that Hundrdes of monks men,
h re, told a large group of well as far as their mission require .» men , nd . ■ dr. refused t
wishing civic leaders and Air ments are concerned "they produce the killer of a police-
Force officers Monday night have done an outstanding job man and win their freedom from
that his tour here had been one and have broken several rec the etroop and barber wire ring,
of the best in his 26 years of ords ed pagoda The government sest
seryice: l ,Radetsky said although then in medicine because of a report-
- Radetsky. who 7 scheduled to has been "a tremendous turn d cholera threat but refused to
over in personnel here as a re- call off the seige Some old wo-
suit of committments in South- men and children were freed
east Asia, he added that "cer-but the militants inside were
tainly there is going to be nostill there with no fond
reduction in personnel but ra- Buddhist leaders pleaded with
her a substantial buildup with Ky to lift the seige and allow
the incoming 4th Mobile Com the cnintrv to rotir.‘ "
ceremony, in which the 11th munications Group tfiufouintrytgretun to
wing commander received a He expressed confidence that ’ iua L °.Kys t‘ 8 h
pair of golf shoes as a going Altus AFB will remain a per metsnrres but th Pagoda siege
H. cited pbs- .1 advantages decision to fl Quang to
al the base for even greater Saigon was regardedasamajor
utilization ft’ in hI pacification drive.
, Reminding the group that h. The milltant, Quang. the
| "The high morale and the (would return to Mtu AFB in main.Political.leaderof,the
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only $3 3 billion in actual
money, but the authorization
ceiling of $41 billion would
permit Congress to vote addi-
tional appropriations if emer-
gencies arose
Included in the measure was
a special $550 million item to
bolster the economy of South
Viet Nam Military assistance
for South Viet Nam Is included
in the regular U.S. defense
budget
The $4 1 billion ifgure compriz-
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Rally, Service
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Buckley, Callaway & Wimberly, Harrington. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 21, 1966, newspaper, June 21, 1966; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2118775/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.