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FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1966
PAGE TWO
ALTUS TIMES-DEMOCRAT, ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
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On Both Sides To End Protests
Of Border Area
The pledge came after two bock hospital is located at 3015
36th Street.
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Seek Federal Funds
meeting for an attempt to ob-
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to
m.
Admitted
Patricia Matsiak
Memorial Hospital
(Visiting hours Surgical and than we do" and Dr. Owens!
STEAK & SHAKE
had faith in the council passing
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SPECIAL
Mary A. Jordan
Susan Farris
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Jack Clinkscales. Hollis
David Tabb
Offer Good One Day Only, Thursday, July 14
some |
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Mrs Sam Bell
220 S. Main HU 2-4177
rfV"
square mies They faced about
day charges probabily will be
A
75c
Valicentia Potion
35c
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Alfalfa
County.
the
than a half dozen men during
re-
Dally Eet in
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HIT NO. 2
Every Fri. & Sat. Niles-9 'Til
DANCE
to the
closs
SATURDAY ONLY
DREENCORCORAN
GO-GO GIRLS
Club Room
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HUCK HIM
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TECMNICOEOR
me er TECHNIGOLOR
ALTUS
DANCE
THE LAST SUNSET’^
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Report Shows
Sharp Decline
In lax Ratios
McAskill said individual costs
of the four dams range from
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MOO 17 M HIM
the University of Oklahoma
where he is working toward a
South of Gibson’s
Discount Center
terroiiit attacks on the Israeli
• side of the frontier.
the third a three-month-old cub
i —from Frankfort to a zoo in
Where
The
Action
Is! ,
Center of Oklahoma City.
FMC had to cancel today be-
cause of a schedule conflict.
The Colt-Elk City Southwest
Legion League game, earlier
planned for Sunday afternoon,
has been shifted to Monday
night, also at Kiwanis Park.
bedroom door and then rounded
up the other five nurses in one
had been shot down.
Israeli officials sought
city councilmen. Jerry Brandon
and John Griswold, agreed to
reconsider a proposed public
accomodations ordinance simi-
lar to one defeated earlier by
the council.
LAWTON (UPI) - Oklahoma
City civil rights leaders agreed
today to go along with a Law-
ton group s decision to end ra-
cial demonstrations at a seg-
regated amusement park.
Dr. E. A Owens, president of
the Lawton chapter of the
☆ ☆
DRIVEI
Reg. 45c Steak Sand-
wich. Reg. 30c Milk
Shake (your choice fla-
vor.) Both For
hospital for its students, was
roped off by police
Investigators picked up more
Members
and Guests
Invited
tion from the local NAACP
chapter,' she said.
She said Dr Owens and Co-
manche County civil rights lead-
ers "know the situation better
of Duke with 23 about five
southwest on properties of J.
D. Ballard and Ariis Motley:
24 about four miles southwest
of Duke on Motley property;
and 27 four and a half south-
east of Duke on Otis Chennault
property.
Biggest of the initial four
a public swimming pool.
"We will se that there will
not be any demonstrations on
Saturday," Owens said.
Asked about reports that Okla
youth council, said she would
call off the planned demonstra-
tion.
Mrs Luper said she had talk
Thursday
Mrs J B Murphy
G. C Herndon
Martha Adkins
William Crawley. Wellington
Russell James, Frederick
Mrs Robert Parks
Catherine Goss
David Eddings
urban from 23 21 to 18.31 This
is the home county of Secretary
of State James Bullard
Just a Moment
IT S A:
BOY — Mr. and Mrs Ray-
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ac-
nine
—DOROTHY MALONE
JOSEPH COTTEN CAROLIYINIEY MVITBRINO
Altus AFB Hospital
(Visiting hours. 10 a. i
A-2c Douglas Antley
CM-Sgt Steve Marecek Jr.
Ruth Fulterton
Mrs Ralph Galindex and baby
Margaret Nicholson
Joan Perry
Marsha Kern
Mrs. Raymond Bemal. Mar-
rooms tha
OPEN DAILY
4:00 P.MUNTnL.
We cordially invite all citizens of Alius and surrounding
counties to be our guests. LADIES INVITED.
Saturday Nite
9 'Til
time?”
The board originally met in
June but the tax commission
presented no ratio study at that
time It said no one had asked
for it. The board then ordered
the commission to prepare one
Since the June meeting. State
M Rogers had made two at-
Examiner and Inspector John
M. Rogers had made two at
temptg to call new meetings of
the board and approve the 1966
assessments as certified by
assessors In several past years
the board has boosted assess
ments in below-average coun-
ties.
' London
A minor non-injury accident
‘Thursday involving two cars t
S-Sgt. Charlie Gilbert
A ic Gary Martin
Ramona LaHue
Dismissed
• A
' Hospital emergency
were jammed with injured,
Live Entertainment, Atmosphere, Fun al the
Horseshoe Lounge
2200 N. Main HU 2 9905 Altus
SUPPER CLUB
atmosphere
For
Reservations
Call
HU 28945
justifying the attack as retalia-
| tion for an alleged wave of,
Syrian terrorism that has killed
, four persons and wounded three
others in the border region
since Jan. 23.
--------------- we’re having a tough time."
en—e Bill I r-,,, Flanagan said He aid the girl
SPORTS BULLETIN had tr w and
I
Harkins'
DAIRY QUEEN
STATE TUA
HI 1423________lit MH
nut
were seriously hurt in Thurs-
day's blasts.
NOW OPEN
Si j
State Markets
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
Prices Paid local producers.
Cash Wheat —1 lower $17.79-
186; Beaver. Perryton, Tex .
1.79; Alva 180: Manchester
181; Clinton, El Reno, Enid,
Hobart, Kingfisher, Medford,
Okeene, Oklahoma City, Wa-
tonga Yukon 182, Frecerick
186
Broilers - Live at farms:
Opens Daily 12 45
TODAY thru WED.
RIOT
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Inman was serving a one-
mond Bernal of Martha are the
parents of a 7 pound, 14 ounce
boy born at 5 09 a m Friday,
July 15, at Memorial Hospital.
LIONS
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of their cages.”
HIT NO. 3
Bullet^ •
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MURPHY McGAVIN_VSL
NAACP and a leader in a re-
cent demonstarations as Doe
Doe Amusement Park, pledged
to city officials Thursday that
the demonstrations would stop.
“da
To The Music Of
ADAM LEE
and his Western Swing
BAND
bedroom When he had finished
tying thorn up, three other girls
—including one who was only
visiting for the night—came
home. This was around mid-
night.
The killer tied the latecomers
• Stars of Radio—TV S
—Records Y
Bryan County — Rrura ra-1 , „
tios dropped from 23 « to 12 85 but all were released. Flanagan
and urban from 2715 to 14 76 said the number of telephone.
This is Treasurer Cowboy Pink calls from persons claiming to
"BLUE NOTES”
(Steady, 16c lb
Egs-1-3 higher; A large 34-
seethed with anger.
Faced 500 Police
Police said thousands
Negroes—most operating
small roving bands—were
tive in an area of about
The New
AMVETS CLUB
Cecil Chesser. Altus Junior
college dean, will be in his
office from 8 a m. until noon
from their cars and
during the height
i violence.
Frantically, Wuhrman tried
ROCK CV KIRK
HUDSON W DOUGLAS
Jackson county dams will be at
ed with Dr Gwens and he had site 24 where' 85,000 cubic feet
i told her the Lawton City Coun- of dirt will be moved in the
cil "had agreed more or less to dam construction
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shotguns and tear gas gre-
I nades.
The dead were identified as
Roselend Howard, 14, whom
i police said was killed by a
sniper’s gun. and Raymond
Williams, 28. Robinsville, Miss.
beaten Friday
of the ’
homa City Negroes planned to
demonstrate at the park. Dr.
Owens replied "If there are
any outsiders coming here, we
will ask the police to handle
them.”
Mrs Clara Luper adviser to
the Oklahoma City NAACP
MARTHA HYER-OANOURYEA
engineers were working to
divert the river waters from
flowing into Israel.
Damascus radio reported 10
' Syrians—most of the civilians —
were wounded in the attack
Israel denied a Syrian report
that two of the attacking jets
counter Arab protests byto noon, 2 30 to 3 30 pm, 7
[mounting a political offensive [to 8 30 pm.)
Admitted
500 policemen armed with
soil conservation purposes, but —
with side benefits of some irri 42, mostly 40-41; A medium 25-
gation and recreational opport- 32, mostly 30-31; A mmall 19-24,
unities. mostly 22-23.
microphone near one of the
lions and broadcast the growl
he was given permission to
make the emergency landing.
The plane, under charter to
West Germany’s Lufthansa
Airlines, was carrying the three
home county of Lew Meibergen, I - nurses home
state agriculture board presi- least a few days." The death
dent. , . , . apartment rented bv
Stephens County — Rural I - -
land fell from 23.65 to 18 26 and
hallways Some wept.
3) The most delightful
•* entertainment
9. of your life!
V.‛WALTDISNEYS
Mali Sub
Outside of Okla but in V S A
Dany Ea Sat $6 00 $10.00 113 00
Saturday, and again on Satur-
.. _______ . — hay. July 26, for counseling pur-
Plans were announced at the poses. Beginning August 1 the
new dean will be at the college
Dismissed
Thursday
Martha Adkins
Friday
Loyadell, Altus, has been trans-
ferred from Jackson County
Memorial Hospital to the Meth-
odist Hospital in Lubbock f o r
medical treatment. The L u b -
indefinitely unhindered,” Pre-
mier Levi Eshkol said in a to 8 p m )
statement. j j
Officials said Thursday’s raid Thursday
was in retaliation for Syrian 1 * * -
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Slarring JULIE ANDREWS • DICK VAN DYKE
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2:00-4:45-7:30- 10:00
lions—two of them grown and Dely E$ Sat
Williams’ home county. .
Like Bellmon, Shaw. Mei- killer’s description was unprece-
bergen, Bullard and Williams dented.
are members of the equaliza- The main hope of police was
tion board ‘Miss Amurao, "This is where
tain federal funds for building offices daily. He currently is
completing the summer term at
MARIINWEST.,
25.
thelends we need to bring togeth-
and er.’* he said, "but we expect to
the i file charges within three or
fuselage Max swung a third four days ,
seat in the cockpit around to Allen Inman, 15. of Tulsa was
block the lions They growled • found dead Tuesday in an iso-
but disappeared back into thelation cell he shared wiih an-
fuselage" (other inmate Inman had been
... . . . strangled with a cord from a
Wuhrman was having his own mattre-
troubles with the control tower
pMggMbe-** 1
• A e
( They said six tractors, an
arms depot and a Soviet-built Thursday
! gun battery were destroyed at
the construction site where
Gloria Davy Pamela Wilkening
medical — 11 a m to 8 30 Lttin
to p m ; Maternity floor—11 a m the ordinance.
l tn norm 2 Kl in 330 nm 7 "I have no such faith, but I
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v \ 9§ totertoiomne"
jugs--
Davy, 23. Dyer. Ind : Mary Ann At least 32 persons were
Jordan, 21, Chicago, Susan admitted to hospitals Scores of
_________ , | Farris 22 Chicago. Patricia others were treated and “
the first hours of the manhunt, I Matusek, 21, Chicago; Pamela leased.
Ik..* all -- -lan-ed Plennnnn । Wilkening, 22, Lansing, Ill.;. —- — —
Nina Schmale, 21. Wheaton . c
11, and Valentina Pasion. 23 Autos Collide,
Patrols Active Rights Leaders ! Short Stories
• CONTINUED vnom PAGE ONE
policemen and civilians. Rela-
ti stood quietly in hospital i
pass” the accommodations or-
dinance soon.
Won’t Go Uninvited $31,000 to $50,000
"We do not go into a local . Primary purpose of the. Tri-
communitv without an invita .County Turkey Creek Water-
shed project is flood control for
. .1, what was said by the killer
Altus American Legion Jan- may have been lost
ior Colt will play an alrstar As reconstructed by police. of blood and burst through
team from the local Pony the killer entered the apart screen
League at " P. m Saturday ment at 2313 E 10th St. ledge
at Kiwanis Park as a substi shortly after 11 pm . Wednes-
tute attraction for the original- day Six girls were then asleep
ly scheduled twi-night double- lH _ knocked on Miss Amurao s
header with Family Medical
,pANSE
g Saturdoy
Fr idoy w Musie01 j<«
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L EnE •.dh-s
-yesdahgs inig 9
GlnEs.
feiM ■ i ’
It was then he made his filed , "within three or four
agonized call for help, I days in the death of a Granite
Wuhrman said his copilot reformatory inmate
M a x Schomenberger, 251 "There are a number of loose
“kicked them out of
cockpit, grabbed an axe
beat them back Into
A A sc plant Wind
DAMS and plaster torn out in the
(CONMIINUE non FAGE ons> downtown square Businesses
construction • were closed, and the square
The other three sites are south condoned off because more
explosions were feared.
Two plant workers, Clifford
Hilton and Maurice Crowell,
to convince the tower there yearsentencefordestruction of
really were three lions in the private property in
cockpit When he put the radio
60, Opens 12 45 Sat. & Sun.
«• TODAY thru SAI.
BLAST
(coNrIm raom PAQE ONE
series of explosions.
The blasts left 22 persons
injured, two seriously, de-
stroyed 15 to 20 of the plant’s
major buildings, and damaged
or wrecked some 60 houses in
“Powder City,” the nearby
company community Damage
was estimated at $5 to $6
million
The explosions shattered win-
dows 20 miles away A radio
station in Tulsa, Okla. 100
miles away, said sources of
residents reported they felt the
blasts there
Damage was also extensive
in Carthage, a southwestern
Missouri city of 12,000 located
four miles from the Hercules
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TITs COWBOYS, BRONCS AND BABES!
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The Altus TImes-Dmocrat
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
CARRIER SERVICE
Month Daily Ect Sat 11 40
By Carrier Year 115 50
MAH SUB
Jackson and adjoining counties
>Mo • Mo. Year
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TEL AVIV (UPI) -Air
patrols were reported active on
both sides of the tense border
between Israel and Syria today
in the wake of a bombing raid
by Israeli jets on a Syrian
engineering unit working to
divert the precious waters of
the Jordan River.
No new contact was reported
today A Soviet-built supersonic
M1G21 jet was downed in a
dogfight Thursday following the
raid near the tiny Israeli
border settlement of Al Magor
just north of the Sea of Galilee.
Israel warned anew today
that what it called Syrian
attacks could not continue
unpunished.
"It is inconceivable that
Syrian excesses could go
Wait For Bellmon
Rogers' attempt to call spe-
cial meetings were headed off
by Lt Gov Leo Winters, who
said the board should wait un-
til Gov. Henry Bellmon, its
chairman, returns to the state
Among counties showing ma-1
jor drops in ratios over the
three years were
Okahoma County - Rural Valicentia Pasion Nina Schmale
property dropped from 19 77 (
", Survivor Tells of Screams
ed from 22 11 to 2195
Noble County — Rural Pro- (CONTINCED raom PAGE on*.
pert y fell from83 in 1963 to sprawled bodies of the other and told the girls he wanted I shot to death near a looted
14 6 in 1965 This is Bellmon’ girls and burst through a money to go to New Orleans store Both were Negro Anoth-
home county also that of State second-floor window to a ledge. They gave him an undeter- er man. William McBeth, 18.
Auditor A. F. Shaw. i "All dead—all dead except mined amount of cash was shot in the head while
Rural Valuation Drops me" she screamed. “I'm the And then, one by one, he trying to knife a policeman and
Major County — Rural pro only one alive;” started to lead his victims from was in critical condition.
pertv fell from 22 75. per cent The hospital's school of the bedroom to their deaths. Scores of other persons-
to 11.74 per cent. This is the nursing shut its doors and sent While he was gone. Miss many innocent bystanders—
■for at Amurao rolled under a bunk were injured bv bricks, flying
bed and cowered there He1 glass and gunfire.
didn t miss her Seven policemen were shot.
The victims were Gloria two of them in the back
have seen a man matching the and Merlita Garg 21 No One Injured
। exchange students from the1 *
Philippines. A minor non-injury accident I The lions escaped from their
When the carnage was over. Thursday involving two cars at (cages while the plane was over |
quiet descended on the dark- the intersection of Broadway St. Nicholas in northern Bel-
ened apartment For two or and Park Avenue was reported [ gium and began prowling up ■
three hours. Miss Amurao by police today. I and down the fuselage.
cringed beneath the bed Police said a car going east Brandishing a fire axe. co- ;
terrified Then she rolled out on Broadway and driven by pilot Max Schomenberger, 25.
found her slain friends in pools Lucy Ellen Word, 75, of Route discouraged the animals from
1 a 2, Altus struck the left front again entering the cockpit while
to the second-floor of a car heading north on Park I Wuhrman headed for Brussels ।
Avenue and driven by Theda at top speed
Perry Mock, 39 of 108 S. Park । Wuhrman set the plane down ;
। , Ave. safely, switched off the engines
in ancient times the Medi- Both drivers told police that and followed Schomenberger
zerranean island of Monte Cris- they thought they were in the; out the cockpit window. They ,
I*" WM knr>wn as Oglasa right No charges were filed । were the only two crewmen.
Boxed Lunch To Go!
Momo Underwood’s
Fried Chicken
• 3 Pieces Fried Chiken
• Mashed Potatoes • Gravy
• Slaw • Hot Biscuits • Honey
02 7QC
to go; A 7
Underwood's
1220 Sorth Main—Altus
George Knox
of
in
trust the judgment of Dr (
Owens." she said.
j “We had 100 cars ready to go
: tomorrow." she added
I Arch March, Lawton urban
renewal director, outlined plans
for try ing to obtain a swimming
pool with federal funds
The McMahon Foundations, a
Lawton Philintropic organiza- 1
tion. revealed it has promised
up to $75,000 for construction of
a public swimming pool.
March said he would pursue
the pool project plan when he
I is in Washington next week.
Charges To Be
Filed in Death
At Reformatory
MANGUM (LTD - Greer
Co. Atty Jack Sasseen said to-
#U2-4579 THEATRE
Opens 7 30 — Starts 8 15
"• IONITE ONLY
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) -
State Atty. Gen Charles Nes-
bitt. continuing his battle to
equalize ad valorem property
tax assessments, said today
"something is radically wrong"
in a sharp decline in county tax
ratios
Nesbitt made public for the
first time a new report show-
ing the ratio of assessments to
actual cash sale value in the 77
counties for the past three
years
it showed major drops in
several counties during 1965.
while the average for the past
three years showed a smaller
decline
An earlier report showed on-
ly the three - year average To-
day’s report, prepared by the
tax commission at Nesbitt’s re-
quest, listed the ratios individu-
ally for all three past years.
“Radically Wrong”
"It shows that something is
radically wrong," Nesbitt said
"Of course I will call it to the (
Look at the counties and T1
equalization board's attention
Look at the counties and the
job they were doing, then look
at the 1965 figure "
“What has happened ?" Nes-1
bitt said “Why have assess- j
ments i ratios i dropped so dra-'
matically in many of the coun-1
ties?
"With very little effort the
tax commission could have giv-
en us this information at our
June meeting Why didn't they1
give us a ratio study at the,
)
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Marlita Gargullo
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