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Sonnett contended that Sen.
Bellmon Action
Bennett.
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Chairman
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Under Attack
At the outset of his testimo-
ny. Dodd discussed his relation-
SAN ANTONIO, Tex (UPI)—
Kan, was underway today
Sunday. First, one of the too j will be removed from their
De
'recalled that he had
ed that Klein had not been
John Wayne movie see the cat-
white residential districts and
Shaw. 3% months old. Miss
once said Dodd
i. 16 Hospital officials said | could take
son.
no reprisals against
Registration
0-
mt/.
march planned to meet at noon
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es-
tryouts.
weeks since the march began.
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Dodd's Lawyer Asks
Senator To Resign
From Hearing Panel
Weary Marchers
Heading for Home
Rejects Move,
Defense Begins
content of their talks,
steering commuter for
city folk Then a rider's horse,
unused to asphalt, slipped and
fell, injuring the horsemans
driven to lay a wreath at the
World War II memorial to the
Sylvia Allen, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Marvin Allen, 310 E.
Cypress. has been named to the
dean’s honor roll for the spring
semester at Lubbock Christian
College. She posted a 3 66 aver-
age The Altus high school grad
uate was a freshman at LCC
this past year majoring in art
• • •
Altus chapter of the Order of
day’s high in the upper 80s
Altus had a 92 maximum Sun-
The
the
Gaulle
• in
ones this afternoon and early
this evening
and gets there safely," the
march spokesman said
March leaders met during the
morning but did not reveal the
THE WEATHER
Scattered thunderstorms, cool-
er tonight. Tuesday. Low tonight
upper 60s; high Tuesday upper
80s Sunday high 92 overnight
low 70, noon today 86.
day in a traffic accident in
Tulsa.
leg
The Longhorns, which madej
Texas known throughout the
world, were scheduled to arrive
yeor, soid presence of board
portance.’
ing an accident at 4 pm Sat-
urday in the 800 block of North
Main.
Police said a car driven by
(See WRECKS Page 2)
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p m Tuesday at the Masonic
Temple, chapter officials an-
nounced today.
• • •
A1C Edward G Siemen. son-
in-law of Mr. and Mrs Fusion
Cross of mute one Snyder, has
been awarded the U S Air
Force commendation medal in
Southeast Asia He is a weapons
mechanic His wife is the former
Lou Cross of Snyder.
trip as Klein’s "errand boy"
Ten persons were injured, therland and Main in Altus sent boy because theChicagoian felt
Stennis, D-Miss ruled against
Sonnett even before the lawver
finished reading his motion
tie up close.
The herd was to make it to
Stonewall, Tex., today. The cat-
tle much thinner than those
who look off for the old 650
(See DRIVE Paze 2>
Hess listed 150 while Elmer , .
explosive incident
i Dodd s
LB J b peaks
President Johnson, accompan-
ied by three of his dogs, gave
a short, impromptu speech to a
youth beautify America" meet-
ing at the White House Story
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VOL 40_NUMBER128
County voting registrars -
pened their hooks today so that
Humphreys in the southeast and inch Six miles east of the city
Headrick in the east grabbed the reading was 60 inch
took the witness stand after an
. _ ___ ___weeks taken by Gaulle moved into the home flatlands north of
but a version of the 100-year- the original cattle drive
attended mass I capital
Leningrad? only saigon.
Friendship and other points managed only 60 Friendship
came through with a half inch moisture was heavier on toward
the collision of two U.S Army
helicopters over the central
highlands.
questioning about why he
met’s employ
A witness last week charged
Local Sergeant
Suffers Injury
in Viet Fighting
Sgt Coy Gene Stayton of Al-
tus was injured in combat in
South Viet Nam on June 19 and
is confined to a Saigon hospital
after undergoing surgery for re-
moval of a hand grenade frag-
ment from his stomach
His parents. Mr and Mrs.
Willie Stayton of 1001 N Blain,
learned of his injury today in a
letter the youth wrote following
1 surgery Young Stayton said he
would be confined to the hospit-
al for at least two weeks and
that it would be two months
before he could return tn duty.
He is in Co B 2nd Battalion
18th Inf. 1st Division.
The Staytons have another
son Edward, who is aboard a
naval warship that is to enter
the Viet Nam area soon.
witnessed the launching Satur-
day of two Soviet rockets, a
13,834,5
ki;ezz,g
June 20. calling for vote on a
special 81 5 million industrial I
obligation bond issue in the;
hope of bringing at least one
new industry to Jackson coun-
‘y
Chamblee Mills, Inc, a Geor-
in which
attorney John
Sonnett, formally asked that
Sy;
d
day that registrars throughout
the county will be open through
July 15 The county election I
hoard office in the basement of
the court house, she said, will
be open each week day from 1
to 5 p m
Other registration points in
(See VOTE Page 2)
Second Copter Most of County
Crash Claims 8 Gets Good Rain
were treated and released, one not make that statement "
by a private physician, follow- Stennis acted quickly to cut
off Sonnett s statement asking
that Bennett be removed from
listorical Society
-Fahrra City,
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Democratic National Commit-
teeman Jim Arrington today
lashed at Gov Henry Bell
mon’s action freezing a top
Republican in a 116.0(10 per
year merit system job
Arrington also served notice
that from here on. Democrats
plan to make Bellmon account-
able for his "political activi-
ties "
Arrington referred to Bell-
mon’s executive order of last
week placing Doyle Stanislaus,
general manager of the Grand
River Dam Authority, under
state civil service Stanislaus,
a former bowling alley operat-
fit LFPORT .Miss, ill’ll — breth, 17 of Frederick, who sus- .. -u ane I reprisais aganst
A DC-3 twinengine plane tained lacerations of the face .Mrs. ,* and Willie Wilson him for leaving because
carrying 12 persons, including Hospital officials reported today D0 11,sustained abrasions and have too much on him "
Dave Gardner, crashed short, her condition as good Driver of whiplash conditions but were Zeiller said at this morning’s
ly after takeoff here Monday M Ted Morgan 17 also ”" ased in satslactory CM* session • I couldn't have
Two persons were reported of Frederick, was treated for uon ’hat statement because I have
killed and the other 10 hos. J cuts and abrasions and released The drivers of two vehicles nothing on Senator Dodd I did
pitalized with injuries, from the hospital were treated and roloaced nne not make that etatement "
Gardner, wis wife, and their The highway patrol said the
TWO WIRE INJURED late Saturday night when this car going north on the Humphreys highway southeast,
of Altus, missed a curve traveling at a high rate of speed and crashed into a ditch Nancy Gilbreth, 17, of
Frederick, was hospitalized at Jackson County Memorial hospital in good condition, with facial lacerations.
Driver of the car, Ted Morgan, 17, also of Frederick, was treated for lacerations and bruises, then released.
During the weekend, eight persons were injured in traffic accidents in Altus. (Staff Photo)
cials during the
ship with Chicago publie
day. a low of 70 early today relations man Julius Klein, and
and at noon the mercury stood thesaccusation.thathe made a
at 86 1964 trip to West Germany tn
The five-day outlook is for help Klein. ....
near normal temperatures ... € senator said he discussed
through Saturday with moisture Kein only once during meet-
ings with West German off i-
"Most Unusual"
Arrington called it "most un
usual for the top policy making
position in angency to be put
under the merit system."
Arrington added that Bell-
mon’s activities "will be close- i
ly scrutinized by Democrats ।
during the upcoming cam-,
gia carpet firm, has already
Dr Martin Luther King ; committed itself into moving its
called it the “greatest demon operation here, if the bond issue
stration for freedom in the can be passed to finance the'
history of Mississippi" large industry’s move and es-
There was tension-whites
F.
the mountains with 1 50 inches onnett, formally asked that a
Lightest falls were in Altus reported membergofthecommittee be
■ — , I The weather bureau said coo- Darred from considering the
Farm officials said amounts ditions were ripe for more -5
- half inch and thunderstorms in the southwest w ..
ght with . aae r .......
some possibly locally severe nad.shown.bias and prejudg-
Longhorn steers making the homes on wheels periodically
trip broke loose and scared the to allow persons whose knowl- Sunday
“ edge of a Longhorn is limited | Roman Catholic Church He IS. Navy pilots from the
to a Texas football team or a was hailed by thousands of earner USS Constellation gave
| John Wayne movie see the cat- cheering Russians as he was ftheir shipmates a sight they1
During its climactic day,
marchers chanted "black pow-
cr" while trekking through
Publlahed even afternoon except Saturday, and Sunday morning. 21• * Commerce, and second eu„ pct,,, paid at Altua, Oklanom. 73321
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1966
WHAT TO DO WITH A HUNDRED LONGHORNS ond hundreds more of curious greenhorns as the rare breed
of cattle is herded up Main Street Thursday afternoon, caused local law enforcement officers to get together
today to determine the best way to control traffic and people Hopefully, they say, the cattle control will be
handled — efficiently — by professional cowpokes and bracerros. Checking map and area are from left, Al-
tus City Patrolman C H Bennett, Sheriff Kenneth Spear, Highway Patrolman George Haugen, and Under-
sheriff Hoyt Benedict Tickets for the big barbeque and western style entertainment scheduled‘for Thursday
night at the arena north of the city, will go on sale Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce office (Staff
Photo)
. _) Some other good soakers fell
the.area in two day1;’ heavyjin the Eldorado area with two
13 miles from the inches southwest of there The
Vietnamese imperial town of Eldorado recorded 76 unlikely except in the extreme I
4)0 miles north of of an inch and six miles eastnorthwest Tuesday through Sat
the reading was 50 inch lurday.
Eastern Star will hold its final
meeting of the summer at 8
trip He
comment-
———------ after the end of 'he three week
CLA,, C,„‛.c protest capped when 15,000
nOI I JlUllcj l singing, changing demonstra-
. . . tors gathered at the heavily
The board of directors of guarded state capitol.
I the Jackson County "We're mainly concerned with
United Fund will hold a , seeing that everybody gets
breakfost meeting of 7 a m i home safe," said a spokesman
Wednesday, at the Sagamar at the march headquarters
restaurant, Mrs Brooks Lo- "We don’t want anything to
gree, president of Fund this happen here like it did after
members is "of utmost im- Selma ’
-- . De Gaulle's schedule today
snatching Confederate flags called for a visit to Leningrad's
from the hands of whites largest electric turbine factory
The demonstration, in the and a trip to Petrodvoret,
making since June 6 when former summer home of the
million Leningrad residents
killed by the Nazis
At the same time, it was
disclosed that De Gaulle
. . in Dodge City next Saturday
or, is the husband of the Repub- and be sold
lican state vice chairman. --------—.--
MOre I "OOpers Sunday afternoon and evening Prairie Hill south of Duke re-
"F‛1 thunderstorms dumped up to ported 120 but the rainfall got
SAIGON (UPI -The United 2 75 inches of rain in Jackson । lighter from there north with
States today won new victories '
ingroundaand air action but the tor of the county received e- same Altus recorded only 09
second major helicopter disast.nough mositure to be of bene- inch at the KWHW transmitter
er in three days E i g h 1ito growing crops . while Altus AFB east of the
American servicemen died in 1 ..E ldorado in . the southwest.icity was reporting almost an
... .. -- was ienpu—wiIES tablishment The repayment of
Altus American Legion Colts and Negroes traded jeers—but the bond would fall on the vot-
will play host to Gould at 7 30 a ring of state troopers and ers' shoulders only if the com-
pm today at Kiwanis park in National Guardsmen stood be- pany, or any other company fi-
asnon league game. Coach Dub tween the white townspeople nanced by the money, should
Woolbright said The Colts will and the marchers There was fail to meet its repayment by-
hn i. antinn Tuuned-------...---- lease agreement. '
Mrs Ray Murrell, county e-
lection board secretary, said to-
be in league action Tuesday no violence.
night at Elk City. j The march was certain to
'have a lasting impact on this
Sophomore and junior girls segregationist state in addition
wishing to try out for jobs as to whatever encouragement the
cheerleaders for Altus high bold protest instilled in Missis-
school were reminded today sippi civil rights backers. it
that auditions are set for 2 pm J added tn Negro voting strength
Tuesday at the high school aud- The Justice Department dis-
itorlum Mrs Paul Flippin, pep closed more than 4,000 Negroes
club sponsor, will conduct the registered during the three
children were among the | auto was destroyed No other
injured The names of the two cars were involved in the acci-
dead were not immediately dent
released. I A two • car accident at 7 52
-----------------------------------Jp.m. at the intersection of Su-
defense today before the Senate
Ethics Committee which is
investigating charges of miscon-
duct against him
The silver-maned senator
paign." | JACKSON, Miss. (UPI)
' He has prentended to hold Foot weary participants in the
See BELLMON Pate 2> "Mississippi Freedom March"
■ ' scattered to their homes today
John C.
consideration of the case
The Mississippian comment
fed "I’ll feel freer in the
future than I have in the past
to comment on some of these
happenings "
Bennett confined himself to
remarking that he would have
। liked to have heard all of
agreed with the chairman's
Son nett's "allegation," but
agreed with the chairman's
ruling
Bennett had questioned
(See Donn rase 2)
Soviet “Cosmos" satellite fired
into space and an intercontinen-
tal missile The French pres-
ident saw the launches during a
visit to the Soviet equivalent of
"Cape Kennedy" at Baikonur in
central Asia. The intercontinen-
tal missile was reported to
have landed in the extreme
east of Siberia 23 minutes alter
it was launched
are not often likely to see in
attacks over the north Sunday.'
it was disclosed
1 The Navy airmen struck a
! Communist storage area 35 j
miles north-northwest of Coast-
Immediately following the
giant Selma - to • Montgomery
march in Alabama last year, a r -n
white civil rights worker, Mrs For Rene
Viola Um, was shot and 1 —~-I
killed as she drove along a A
highway Vote Opens
Many of the demonstrators
caught buses and trains for
fir jrxw is* persons desiring to par
wafunegroomsofiramspfatlohttPetona hsugpcemetkn cun
through the night with people fhe special election was cal.
waiting to depart led by the Jackson County
"Were trying to make sure Hoard of County Commissioners
everybody has transportation "
al Vinh, causing secondary
explosions which sent a gigan- - - « r. -. wu- mnjmcu, wsanu anu vai an anus sem , - — ■ —
tic orange fireball and billowing 1 none seriously, as a result of six persons to Memorial hospit- ne bearings had damaged his
(See CRASH Pan 2» three auto accidents, the high- al, although all were released reputation with Rest German
--------------- way patrol and city police re- following treatment, police said cents;
DTrT r peprae p rte । Two other city auto ' : a car driven north 5 1od the ethics commit-
HULzaBaLaIB - dents not involving injury were <>n Main bv Elizabeth L Wilson, ' d " ed Klein's
Prsk ipr on ■» also investigated, 18 of 1724 Crain Drive tonconly, after the
son was reported killed and A Tillman county car heading the riantssideqor an oncoming thenihancellor konraisedby
another critically injured to- north on the Humphreys high sar.turning eftfreom, Main onto auer
way southeast of Altus about Suther of that car Doda was nrcoded t. ,L,
845pm Saturdav went out of was identified as Louis Howard , II . preceded to the
8 1. pm -aturaay went out oi stand by his wife, who testified
control on a curve and into a ’ briefly, and by Gerald Zeiller, a
MARIETTA (UPI) - An ditch, sending two Frederick Treated for minor injuries former aide who was recalled
auto hit a bridge abutment teenagers to Jackson County were Shaw and his wife, Ka for qucs:
on old U. S 77 south of Mar Memorial hospital. the highway ren, Shaw. 6 months old, Julie left Dodd
ietta today, killing the driver, patrol reported, Shaw, 312 months old. Miss A mit , san
-- I Hospitalized was Nancy Gil- Wilson, and Willie George Wil; that Zeiller had
__________ ____ I. .. r. - — ... -* con Ik linemitel nficile enid is . ,
James Meredith was felled by Tsars overlooking the Gulf of
shotgun blasts, ended with I Finland
relatively mild speeches and its He planned to go Tuesday to
members dispersed and headed Kiev, capital of the Ukraine for
for home a one-day visit. He flies
Meredith, the 33-year-old Tuesday night to Volgograd. the
(See MARCH Pale 2» former Stalingrad. for another
The helicopter mishap oc-
curred two miles northwest of
Tuy Hoa, where U.S ground
forces have been exacting a
__________ heavy toll in bitter fighting around Duke, Martha and Blair
with entrenct •
| | C । ■ A I A 1 mese regular? of from one ■ i —i. -
I AneihArn( "TAPT I rOwfC rAAt Six Americans died last more would be of benefit to the
•m%l •Hl I*l I id • I QI I vlvwM- VI Wl Saturday when another Army cotton, and that stands were
heli pter was Shot down by good enough that even the big-
Drive to Kansas French Leader ......
h/IIVVIVI\UIIJUJ US Marines backed up by H the rams report- ly in the 60s and Tues.
i LENINGRAD (UPI) — Vietnamese infantrymen today ed were 2 75 at a point seven • - • •
The trip, considerably faster French President Charles de swept through bomb-scarred miles southeast of Altus. 250
Oldtime cowboys might hoot, than the six weeks taken by Gaulle moved into the home flatlands north of Hue and five south of Eldorado and a
in stretch today of his 5,000-mile counted 66 mangled enemy little more than two inches
old cattle drive to Dodge City, 1866, is planned to aid tender- swing through the Soviet Union. bodies An estimated 200 north of Headrick
Kan, was underway today (eel Most of the trip will be cheered nearly everywhere by Communists have been killed in
The trek, all six miles of it, by truck large crowds that seemed to th " " “ '
started sort of inauspiciously The cattle and the horses indicate his popularity with the fighting
Sunday. First, one of the 100 will be removed from their Russians former
one night stopover before
returning to Moscow Wednes-
day evening to resume formal
talks with the top Soviet
leaders
De Gaulle flies back to pans
July 1.
_ . . ■ ■ nse or
Area Car Wrecks -
foreign agents.
| | । 4 A r "Errand Bov"
Elir 111 WJereene Former Dodd aides have
I Ivll I I • I Vl 3VI 13 charged the senator made the
county and all except the city only 15 at Martha Victory al- WASHINGTON (UPI -Sen.
of Altus and the northwest sec-1 so had 15 and Blair about the Thomas J Dodd, D-Conn .
began testifying in his own