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The Altus Times-Democrat
PRICE 5c
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1967
VOL 40—NUMBER 356
Yanks Tilt Cannons to Point Blank Range to Smash 5 Red Battalions
Chief Keeping
MqgegEE"
Bid for Peace
Burk Winners
Open to Hanoi
4
1
more than $6,000 from a gas question of whether commis-
sioners accepted money from
Anderson said he kept none lawyers for various corpora-
Senate President Pro Tern-
E. W. Britton
Short Stories
temperatures to average 7 to
The eight-wheel rear tandem
the ground when
on
rear third of the truck's trailer rammed a
and
tavern
an
Martin of Snyder.
»
Commission
Probe Eyed
Pryor, Pyle,
Thomason And
Heavy Snows
Snarl Traffic
BLOCKBUSTERS BOUNCE AROUND
Bombs Away! All Over Town
Dies; Rites
To Be Friday
Rev. Welker
Is Elected
Rotary Head
screened down to 60 and then j
16 members selected from those
Inside the shop was one man.
the barber, Gary Christy, 25,
would be decided in the state
supreme court, indicating the
likelihood Bartlett might try to
fill the position after the legis-
Broken Bow
| The five-day outlook is for
pore Clem McSpadden said the
senate would act on an investi-
gation request if it were made.
He did not indicate whether
such has investigation would be
authorized.
Romang has been seeking an
investigation of the commission
and contests for all four council
seats.
Rep. Jim Smith
Tn Vici+ AI tut 12 degrees above normal and
• Mr rainfall gypr-gae tn ranga
E. W Britton of 320 S. Jack- for several months. The Enid
I Altus senator said he would ask that
1967 The initial application list Rotary shortly after
included 400 That group was here. ___________
finalists Miss DiCindio is the
daughter of SM-Sgt. and Mrs I
Al DiCindio
first concrete cotton compress provided by the No Counts, a
in Altus. barbershop quartet composed of
He is survived by his wife, three Altus men and one from
one son, Sam, of Altus; a Snyder The members are Jim
grandson. Michael Edwin Brit- j Landrum. Larry Duffey and
ton of Shawnee; and a numb- Oliver Jones of Altus and Ron
er of nieces and nephews. Martin of Snyder.
Bender of Bremerton, Wash.,
who commended the infantry
battalion involved, and Lt. Col.
Jack Vessey of Garrison, Minn.,
who commanded three batteries
of artillery. They had 426 GI’s
between them against the force
of five battalions.
Vessey said the battle swirled
in so close at times his men—
“my cooks and bottlewashers”
—had to defend their artillery
pieces with their rifles.
Westmoreland said the Com-
Police Chief Jim Pryor, City
Clerk D’Eon Thomason and
Street Commissioner M V.
(Buck) Pyles were returned to
office by a tremendous show of
for rainfall averages to range
from little or none in the
1 east to about an inch in the
temperature fell to 2 below zero
this morning.
Aqueduct race track cancelled
racing for the day, the third
time in the past five days the
track has been unable to
operate due to the weather.
Rawls Dec. 4, 1917. He was a speaker for the annual joint
member of the First Methodist banquet, which will begin at
church. 7:30 p. m. in the grade school
Britton was associated with cafeteria Altus Chamber Mana-
George Wright Lumber Co. ma ger Dwight Corley said t o d a y
ny years. He built the first that he and Bill Brinkman of
concrete elevator for Leger; Altus would attend the meeting.
Mills and also constructed the Musical entertainment will be
Jackson County fairgrounds east
(See SHORT STORIES Page 2)
dragged off by their comrades
to be "buried in graves we'll
probably never see "
Westmoreland spoke to the
troops to congratulate them on
a fight which will give the
Communists their highest week-
ly death toll of the Vietnam
war. The battle was fought with
such courage and skill West-
moreland awarded Silver Stars
for gallantry to the two troop
commanders.
They were Lt. Col. Jack
SAIGON (UPI) -Troops of
the U.S. 4th Infantry Division
outnumbered five to one low-
ered their artillery to point
blank range and hurled back
repeated charges by 2,500
Communist troops in one of the
more dramatic victories of the
war, a spokesman said today.
They killed an estimated 900
enemy troops in the epic battle
that raged for five hours on
Tuesday near the Cambodian
border,’ 606 of them by actual
count of bodies left on the
battlefield.
“That stands as a record for
an American unit in a single
day’s action,” a military
spokesman said tonight.
Gen. William C. Westmore-
land, commander of U.S. forces
in Vietnam, visited the battle
scene 70 miles northwest of
Saigon and said he was
convinced the body count would
soar still further. He estimated
200 to 300 Reds had been
THAR SHE BLOWS, water that is! Round Timber water at that. This is the sec-
ond of a series of wells now being drilled to bring the soft Texas water to the
surface and eventually to Altus. Well drilling began this week, and pipeline con-
struction is expected to begin sometime next month. By the end of this year,
Altus residents should be receiving more than 650 million gallons of water an-
nually from the Round Timber project (Staff photo by Larry Silvey)
ern and northwestern' Oklahoma pore Clem McSpadden said Tuesday’s results showed the
earlier the matter probably 43-year-old
munists timed the offensive to
coincide with President John-
son’s Guam conference and
failed on all counts.
In the air war over the North,
F105 Thunderchief fighter-bom-
bers from Thailand hit targets
near Dien Bien Phu and near
Donghoi in the southern pan-
handle. B52s from Guam hit
just below the Demilitarized
Zone in support of U.S.
Marines.
The American victory claim
city ry. , A delegation from Altus will
j A native of Meridian, Tex., attend a combined meeting of
Britton spent his boyhood in the Snyder Chamber of Com-
Waco and Fort Worth and at- merce and Rotary club in Sny-
tended Texas Christian Univer- der Thursday night to hear
sity, moving to Altus in 1914. Gov. Dewey Bartlett.
He was married to Omega Bartlett is the scheduled
DUGGER. Ind (UPII-Dug- A truck loaded with 500-pound air and smashed through the
ger was still on the map today— bombs from the Crane Naval rear of a barber shop.
I much to the shaken surprise of
jits residents Eighty - four [ Depot collided with an Illinois
bombs, each capable of leveling' Central Railroad freight train - • . . ,
whole city Blocks went dguncing bound toraPalestine, ntgomosrhr sdi andbamelotresedeas
destined for Vietnam were a hot water heater.
voter support Tuesday during
the city primary election.
And Jake Burk, local real es-
tate and insurance agent, won
the Democratic nomination in
the Ward 2 council race by a 52
vote margin over auto parts
dealer Howard Brewer.
Tuesday's ballot carried only
a small number of candidates,
but drew the largest number of
voters to the polls that have ap-
peared in several years for a
city primary Most observers es-
timated about 1.000 would vote.
Instead, a total of 2.533 per-
sons. the biggest turnout from
the city's 12 precincts in re-
cent years for a primary elec-
tion, voted Tuesday, compared
with 1,141 in 1966, and 1.530 two
years ago. The turnout com-
pared favorably with the figure
of 3,420 voters who balloted in
the gubernatorial and congres-
sional races in last fall's gener-
al election.
The chief of police race drew
the largest number of votes.
1.586 for Pryor and 813 for con-
tender Marion M McEndree.
Mrs. Thomason was returned
to office by a margin of more
than two to one as she won
over Mrs. Allie Lee Parks, 1.682
to 813.
Street Commissioner M. V.
(Buck) Pyles marked up the
biggest victory margin, howev-
er, by being re-elected over con-
tractor John C. Stewart 1,864 to
659.
The incumbents took every
precinct in the city, although a
few were fairly close Jake
Burk, who will face Republican
Ross Reid and Independent El-
lis Brown Jr. in the April 4
general election, also won both
of the precincts in Ward 2. Vot-
ing there showed Precinct one
giving Burk a 124 to 119 edge
over Brewer. His biggest score
came in Precinct two, however,
where he won 232 to 185.
promote peace in Southeast,
Asia."
Christian declined to be
drawn into commenting on the
claim by Sen Robert F.
i Kennedy, D-N.Y., that the;
Johnson-Ho exchange bore out
his belief that a bombing halt
by the United States might lead
| to the negotiating table
blood-drenched Central High-
land battlegrounds, North Viet-
namese elite army troops laun-
ched lightning and effective
mortar assaults Tuesday and
today against other units of the
U. S Army 4th Infantry Divi-
sion that won the War Zone C
battle.
However, American military
officers said the lopsided Com-
munist losses indicated the
Viet Cong and North Vietna-
(See VIETNAM page 2)
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — it went for campaign expense*
"The Sen. Richard Romang, R-Enid, for the commission.
_ .I enid todn. h. win aek the state | Romane indicotod
in Northeast
NEW YORK (UPI) -An
early spring snowstorm struck
the Northeast suddenly today
leaving up to five inches in
many areas, including New
York City.
The weather bureau said the
storm would dump up to eight
inches of snow in suburban and
rural areas before letting up
this afternoon.
The storm, striking on the
second day of spring, snarled
traffic and made thousands of
commuters late for work.
In New York City, three to
five inches had fallen by 10 am.
EST and it was still snowing
heavily.
Heavy snow warnings were
posted for Massachusetts and
Rhode Island.
At West Redding, Conn., six
cars of a New Haven Railroad
commuter train derailed and
plunged down an eight-foot,
snow-covered embankment ear-
ly today slightly injuring two
railroad employes The six
passengers aboard apparently
were not hurt
Between midnight and 6 a m.,
three inches of snow fell on
New York City, four inches at
Windsor Locks. Conn , and four
inches at Albany, N.Y.
The snow began as a light
dusting Tuesday and was to
have changed to rain during the
night but a cold snap prolonged
the snow.
Schools in most areas re-
mained open, including all
public schools in New York
City.
The coldest spot in the nation
was Houlton, Maine, where the
He Asked for It was announced. 1 1
(UPI) smmarronnaFnstand sSOnaMnatameattfoTaussdhai Ski’Ltriltor who
Bartlett had no comment on date John Muckleston cam the door was still open to peace
paigned with the slogan, "Don’t despite the rejection of his
6- „ .. -3 ... , personal bid to Ho
i "We shall persevere in our
“____j farmer received efforts to find an honorable
none of the votes, not even his peace: until that is achieved,
own we shall continue to do our
“I'm glad voters took my dutyin Vietnam __
campaign seriously," Muckles- U .S. sources conceded, howev-
ton said (See Johnson pace 2)
“I won’t debate interpreta-
tions," Christian said. '
President has to act from all said today he will ask the state Romang indicated his request
the information he has on these senate to authorize a general would cover the entire activi-
peace efforts and he is not free investigation of the Oklahoma ties of the commission.
and I am not free to comment Corporation Commission Romang said his investigation
on every difference of opinion Romang's action followed the resolution will cover allegations
or every statement made on the disclosure that William L. An- made last year that two com-
matter.” derson, former general counsel missioners owned part of an oil
Possible thundershowers, some , Senate Democratic Leader for the commission, received well servicing company and the
locally severe were forecast OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) —, Morford, an Alva tex attor- Mike Mansfield said that
’ . The Democratic controlled ney, is a former house mem- differences between Johnson J utilities' lawyer,
for this area and other parts ot state senate today rejected her and former senator. and Kennedy over the Vietnam -
western Oklahoma today by Gov. Dewey Bartlett's appoint- A majority of the senate is bombing issue are ones of of the money for himself, that tions.
the weather bureau. The thun- ment of Republican Tom Mor- holding out for reappointment "semantics" and not of objec-
| , , .... . 1I ford to succeed Democrat Joe of the 73-year-old Dunn, whose tives.
dershqwers,ifsteyodeetoprtms Dunn as tax commission chair-, six-year term expired recently. The Montana Democrat told
' man. (Under state law, an incumbent newsmen that while he had
The senate action came in a chairman continues to hold of- been aware of Johnson's “extra- i
fice until his successor is ap- ordinary efforts" to open,
pointed, confirmed by the sen-negotiations with Hanoi, he had
ate and qualified, not known specifically of the
-————---- , President's letter to Ho until it
building contractor who c o n- a senate investigating commit-
structed many of the area tee be given results of a state
early day schools and homes, crime bureau investigation
died at 9:50 a. m. today at (See PROBE pace 2)
Memorial hospital.
Funeral services will be held A . 1 IAI
at 10 a m Friday at Tims AlTUSGHS Will
Chapel of Memories with Dr. LI. D..2I.aL
Lee Bowles, pastor of the First riecr DGrTeTT
Methodist church, officiating. A a c..p E.AmI
Burial will be made in the HT -nyeer EVenT
, , Area Showers Senators Reject
The general election April 4 I I
will inckude the mayor's race, Amgugaln . »
Are Predicted Bartlett Choice
came as Communists struck
back with mortar attacks to the
north in the Central Highlands,
killing or wounding about 100
Americans, spokesmen said.
The stunning success came in
War Zone C 7 miles northwest
of Saigon where U. S. troops
found more Viet Cong bodies as
they chased remnants of the
guerrillas' elite 272nd Regiment
smashed by outnumbered Ame-
rican infantrymen Tuesday.
But farther north, in the
73101
Barry Shadid. Altus high] Area OH Friday
as showers
cause of a knee injury, has from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Fri- j _______________
returned to his home here aft- day. headquartering at the
er undergoing corrective surge postoffice building to confer Primaries Later Now
r on his knee at St. Anthony with constituents from the, wuvicuy uina nci -yurbi
hospital in Oklahoma City. He (area OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) - through the center of town
is the son of Mr and Mrs. Coy From here, Smith will go to ■ Gov Dewey Bartlett signed in- Tuesday.
Shadid Hollis for a 2 p m. visit and to law Tuesday a bill changing; The population of Dugger is scattered on the ground when The eigit-wheel rear tandem
• • • will be in Mangum for c o n-। election dates to the fourth 1 1,062, according to the latest the train ripped through the and other parts of the truck
Altus Roundup Club will stage ! ference from 5 to 7 p. m. On Tuesday in August for the pri ! figures available, rear third of the truck's trailer.; rammed a tavern and an
a beans 'n jeans supper at (Thursday evening, the congress-!marv and the third Tuesday in Nobody was injured There One of the 4-foot long bombs electrical appliance store next
7 30 p m Thursday at the man will be at Snyder for that September for the runoff. were no explosions. The bombs bounced against the engine of, to the barber shop. An
• 11 a- *-■—-—-----* (city's Chamber of Commerce ( The filing period was moved were loaded with explosives and the 12-car freight train. Another estimated 15 to 20 persons were
i banquet. I back to mid-July. fuses but no detonators. iwu hurled 40 feet through the (in the three buildings.
, , ,6 . J expected to develop late this
Rev. David Welker, pastor of j afternoon or tonight, forecasters
the First Presbyterian church, said. ______
'H-y to dearing casedssdoanasessiomihatergothe
day’s meeting. skies, along withwarmer tem- ful senate met shortly after a
He will succeed C. A. Peters peratures, were forecast caucus of Democratic senators
at the club's first meeting in Thursday. High today was ex had discussed the matter for
‘Ann DiCindio, Altus July. pected.tosreach 78 degre; gand more than an hour, also behind
A freshmen at Oklahoma Hershal Crow Jr was elect- mlorsdton gt famng from 75 to closed doors.
State University, has been ed vice-president for the com- AN forecasters said
selected for the Thunder- ing club year. Named to the ' the senate's action.
bird Angel Flight, the elite board with Welker and Crow (Someuthowrsrtmostrn slut. Senate President Pro Tem- Vote For Me." Noone did
puxilory ofttheAipFornemras,j.pAtsrmanganaTomern"and"noriniesteri‘oRlahomapore“clem Mespadden. said
Keserve -19 reBraddock. A few thunderstorms were re-
Miss DiCindio, 1966 graduate Rev, Walker has been an ported eariv todav was 51 High
nt Altus hioh scho0l was one of I Altus resident since November ILoW early toaay Was 91 mgn
of Altus hign school, was one oi became a member of Tuesday was 71 and at noon
16 new members selected it was 66 Across the
state, highs Tuesday ranged lature had adjourned
I from 66 at Tulsa to 76 at
Johnson Briefs r°“G ",O'TS „ ,
Party leaders Red Party Vetoes
OnGuamTalks Mao f<9M Plans
—co. von d HONG KONG (UPI) —The troops and give the United
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pres- local newspaper Star today States an invitation to attack
ident Johnson today briefed reported the Chinese Commu- i Communist China,
congressional leaders of both nist Party Politburo rejected According to the newspaper
eiv hisGuamsconference proposals by MaoTse-tung for arged ns
ietderekchangwithscommunist sendinK troopsintacombattnn troops on thezsinkiang-Soviet
North Vietnam President HolVetam, nauand, on me border should be reinforced but
Mor l. Soviet border and against the opposed Mao’s plan for starting
Chi Minh. Nationalist-held island of Que- brder incidents
Republican House Leader moy Dooer -naden,
Gerald R Ford of Michigan Quoting its «own sources” Chou argued an attack on
said after the 90-minute meeting the rightwing newspaper said Quemoy would give Nationalist
with the President “we are the Politburo refused the party Chinese President Chiang Kai-
making progress" in the con- chairman’s proposals “very shek an excuse to adopt a more
duct of the war. , recently " It said an angry Mao aggressive position.
At the same time, authorita- now plans to fight for his war Meanwhile, the Chinese Red
| tive U.S. sources said that plans at the next session of the Army newspaper today told
Johnson’s peace bid is still open party congress. reluctant troops to get into the
- ' despite the rebuff by Ho. | According to the Star, Pre- fields and help farmers stave
I White House Press Secretary mier Chou En-lai opposed Mao's off national famine. The food
' George Christian, asked about plans or sending Chinese troops shortages in Canton have
b this told newsmen "I can into Vietnam. It said Chou sparked grocery store riots in
| assure you the President is not argued intervention would mean which one baby was trampled to
I going to cease his attempts to the “slaughter of Red Army death, other reports said.
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Buckley, Callaway & Hale, James H. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 356, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 22, 1967, newspaper, March 22, 1967; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2119131/m1/1/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.