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Governor As!is
1 Tax Reforms
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Gov
J Howard Edmondson urged the
legislature today to pass a with-
holding system for state income
taxes and an unclaimed property
act to help solve the financial cri-
sis without a tax increase
"I think every measure design-
ed to tighten our present tax
structure should be thoroughly
considered by the legislature be
fore any tax increase is voted"
Edmondson said
"I think many of them already
have been considered I'm asking
now that they consider these two
and I believe they should be pass-
ed Edmondson said passage of with-
holding and the unclaimed prop
erty act "will not solve complete-
ly the financial problem of the
state but it will contribute to its
solution materially"
Edmondson succeeded in push-
ing a withholding bill through the
1959 legislature but it was not
passed as an emergency bill The
bill was suspended by an initia-
tive petition and then dcfeated by
the people last November
One major argument against it
was that it applied only to the
wage earner Edmondson says
now he wants the plan to apply to
all — salaried or self-employed
Ile also supported an unclaimed
property act in 1959 but the bill
did not pass
Sen Ben Easterly Alva has
Introduced the unclaimed property
act again this year and estimates
It will net the state from $10 to
$20 million the next year
Code Changcs
Plats Due Study
Two proposed amendments to
the zoning code and the plats of
three additions will be studied by
the Planning Commission at Its
April meeting at 8 pm today at
City BA
The session was postponed from
last week in hopes that Lee Kid-
der chief city planner could be 1
present But Kidder who has I
been confined to his home with
mumps was still ill today and is
not expected to attend
The zoning Limendments would
require screening between resickn-
tial and commercial areas and
would clarify and make more de
tailed the regulations governing
off street pat king lots
articiDati
THIS IS THE PLACE—Just east of this junction of Hog Creek (left) and the Little
River about at the site of the bridge(background) south of Little Axe is where
the dam for the Norman Reservoir is scheduled to be built All of the area in the
foreground will be under water by 1965 if voters of Norman Midwest City and
Del City approve the project (Transcript Photo)
Conservancy District
Bill Kindles 'Dispute
OKLAHOMA crr: AP)—A disagreemL over representation
on the Board of Directors of the Fort Cobb Reservoir Master Con-
servancy District was aired at the Capitol today but no action taken
Touching off the dispute is a bill changing the law on master
conservancy districts The bill has been passed by the House and
a hearing on it was held by the Senate Agriculture Committee
This bill calls for appointment by district judge3 of board mem-
bers from groups involved in the projects
Sc Robert Bailey of Norman a principal Senate sponsor said
the measure must be passed so that projects principally involving
municipal water supplies can be operated
Ile is interested because of the Little River project east of
Norman
Highway Toll
Climbs to 171
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Two deaths Sunday raised Okla-
homa's 1961 highway fatality toll
to 171 compared with 140 at the
same time last year
The victims:
Airs Hattie Koesler 42 Vinita
Elmer Clapp 40 Coalgate
Mrs Koesler was killed in the
head-on collision of her car and a
cattle truck Vi miles west of Vi
nita on U S 60 just before mid
night The driver of the truck
Nelson Albert Mott 57 Kincaid
Kan suffered only minor injuries
The Highway Patrol said Clapp
was a passenger in a car which
missed a curve and ran off U S
75 early Sunday one-half mile
north of Coalgate
Although no word has been
received since her transatlantic
phone call was interrupted Fri
day night concert pianist Sylvia
Zaremba is "obviously still in Al
geria" her husband said this
morning
Calls to Barcelona and Paris
Sunday night revealed that his
wife had reached neither of the
next two cities on her concert
itirrrary Dr Robert Preston
op assistant professor of music
eXplained She was scheduled to
perform on a TV program in
Barcelona tonight -
Preston has been waiting for
further word from his wife since
her crmitic phone message from
Algiers "Bob I'm in a jam"
was broken off Friday evening
A delegation representing irri-
gation interests in the Verden-Fort
Cobb areas appeared in protest of
the bill They want the Fort Cobb
District Board of Directors left in-
tact another two years so it can
try' to push through an 8000 acre
Irrigation project
(Norman City Manager Joe Par-
ris attended the hearing)
Across the Capitol the House
Roads and Highway Committee
today set a 20-day limit on the
time a highway commissioner
may serve after his term expires
The committee also approved a
Senate bill which removes equip-
ment purchases or rentals from
surety bond coverage on highway
projects and a house bill that
would permit county commission-
ers to light roads highways and
streets outside incorporated areas
County commissioners could
spend road funds to install road
highway and street lighting and
then pay the bills under Rep Bob
Ford's bill
(after midnight In the Algerian
time zone)
Preston's family in Boston has
beei enlisted in the effort to get
his wife out of Algiers and is
planning to contact several im-
portant persons probably induct
log Massachusetts senators and
the French consul in Boston he
said
"It's up to us to gct her out"
he said "because she is in no
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Vol 72 No 244
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
rest of a series of articles intend-
ed to explore all phases of the
proposed Norman Reservoir The
first few instalments will exa-
mine the extent and adequacy of
the present ground-water supply
Future articles will detail the
benefits and costs of the lake and
bow the costs may be paid)
By JACK BAGBY
Now it's all up to John Q
Public
For 25 years — and especially
for the last 1—the experts the
authorities big and little have put
in literally millions of man-hours
of study and work on the Norman
Reservoir or Little River Darn
French Army
Faces Problem
of Allegiance
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Associat
ed Press correspondent Andrew
Borowiee has been covering the
Algerian story for nearly four
years — in Paris Algiers and
Tunis Here he tells of the ago-
nizing dilemma facing the
French army)
By ANDREW BOROWIEC
PARIS (AP) — The right-wing
military putsch in Algiers has put
the French army in an agonizing
dilemma
The choice is whether to obey
the President of the Republic and
fire if necessary on the mutineers
or to pick up the banner of revolt
to keep the army's oath and
"Keep Algeria French"
Rule Proclaimed
The oath to maintain French
rule over Algeria was solemnly
proclaimed with rolling drums
and blaring trumpets in the sun
lit forum of Algiers after a simi-
lar coup in May 1958
That coup brought President
Charles de Gaulle to power
Now the generals who helped
De Gaulle three years ago accuse
him of violating his pledge by his
willingness to give Algeria inde-
pendence if that is the choice of
the Algerian people
According to reports filtering
from Algeria the coup was staged
by elite Foreign Legion paratroop
regiments whose French officers
bitterly oppose De Gaulle's Al-
gerian policy
Pears Added
Added to their dismay at the
prospect of another French re-
treat was fear that Algeria's hide-
pendence would end the Legion's
existence According to the laws
of France Foreign Legion units
can only be stationed in overseas
possessions Loss of Algeria will
leave France only a scattering of
small islands overseas
Apparently shortly after the
coup other units of the French
army were joining the revolt
A great number of army career
officers bitterly resent De
Gaulle's self-determination plan
and his willingness to negotiate
with the Moslem rebels They feel
that French withdrawal from Al-
geria will be a death blow to the
army's pride
Draftees serving in Algeria did
(See Page 2 Column 2)
No Word Yet From Pianist
position to help herself She
speaks French only slightly There
are no communications and no
flights getting In or out of Algeria
She doesn't have the money or
tickets to fly anywhere but Paris
and the Paris airfields are closed
"I'm not so much worried about
her at present however as I am
worried about the future I'm
afraid the Algerian rebels might
take over the country instead of
the French army The time to
get her out is now
"The rest of her tour is shot
anyway She was scheduled to go
to Paris after Barcelona then to
Oran Algeria back to Paris and
then to London So if she gets
out she may come straight
home"
wservtii
They've ranged from local com-
mittees to the US Congress
But the final decision belongs to
Mr and Mrs Voter in Norman
Midwest City and Del City To
you and me Were the people who
pay the bills
It's up to us to dci(le whether
we need and want the project
enough to pay our share of the
cost And the lake destined to
be one of the 10 largest in Ok
ma will not be a giveaway pack-
age Final detailed estimates of the
cost will be examined later in
this series For now here's the
general outline: The reservoir not
counting treatment facilities wid
cost around VI million Uncle
TEN PAGES
PARIS (AP) — Fearful of a
paratroop invasion by army mu-
tineers from Algeria the French
government today announced
plans to call up reservists to
strengthen its defenses at home
Premier Michel Debre in a
communique said units loyal so
the government would be "rein-
forced by individual callups which
will permit the constitution of re-
serve units with regular officers"
Debre announced the callup
after a night of electric tension
sparked by his own warning that
the government feared an airb6i-ne
attempt to seize the French
capital
The invasion didn't materialize
during the night and some of the
special precautions were relaxed
But the French air force re-
mained on the alert and jet
interceptor squadrons were or
1 Presidents
Begin Talks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Indo-
nesia's President Sukarno arrived
here today for a one-day visit and
told President Kennedy "it is my
fervent hope that America and
Indonesia will always be close
friends"
Kennedy greeting the neutral-
ist Southeast Asian leader
praised him as "a distinguished
national leader the father of his
country and a leader of the
world"
The American chief executive
said Sukarno throughout his life
had devoted himself to the build-
ing of the Indonesian nation
We wish relations between the
United States and Indonesia to be
intimate and close" Kennedy
said
"We seek what he seeks— a life
of freedom independence and se-
curity for our peoples"
Sukarno pointing out that this
is his fifth visit to the United
States expressed appreciation for
the warm welcome lie disavowed
the "father of his country" role
and said: "Without my nation I
am just the man next door"
The Indonesian president said
he is "just a small mouthpiece of
the Indonesian nation I express
its wishes its hopes and aspira-
tions" The friendly exchange took
place on a bright sunny morning
at Andrews Air Force Base in
suburban Maryland
Severe Weather
Seen for State
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The
Weather Bureau Monday issued
this severe weather forecast for
parts of Oklahoma
Scattered severe thunderstorms
with hail damaging winds and
Iso lined tornadoes are expect-
ed in an area 69 miles either side
of a line from 50 miles ii)utheast
of Childress Tex to 50 miles
northeast of Tulsa from 3 pm
until 10 pm CST
The area in Oklahoma is south-
east of a line from Hollis to Clin-
ton to Hennessey to Ponca City
to the Kansas border northeast of
Ponca City and northwest of a line
from the Bed River south of
Ilea Idlon to Ardmore to McAles-
ter to Westville (Norman is in-
cluded in the area)
IIISTCPICAL SOCIETY
OKLATICILk CITY
OK LVIC111
CCl2
rolect
dered to fire on any unauthorized
plane from Algeria
As the right-wing mutineers in
Algeria claimed more And more
of the troops there were joining
their rebellion against De Gaulle's
Algerian policy labor and pro-
fessional organizations from left
to right called on their members
to defend the republic
Volunteers by the hundreds
streamed to the Interior Ministry
in Paris clamoring for arms
They were given rifles or car-
bines and partial uniforms or-
ganized into 10-man squads and
sent out to guard public buildings
As dawn broke over the French
capital thousands of tank-supported
troops and security forces
were on 11:ud at key points
Mh et rtance went on a
virtual war footing after Debre
told a nationwide TV-Radio audi
Sam will put up all the cash and
the three project cities will agree
to repay beginning about EA5
some $12 million over a 50-year
period They also will build their
own treatment facilities
Whether to approve that repay
mut is the basic question the
voters of the three cities will be
asked to decide in the next few
weeks — in Norman probably on
lklay 23 Sure a lot of other as-
pects are wrapped up in the legal
language of the official docu-
ments the most important being
HOW this money will be raised
Well get to those later too
For now let's look at WHY the
whole thing came up in the first
place
NORMAN OKLA MONDAY APRIL 24 1961
France Girds Aaainst !Ems
ence Sunday night that an attack
from Algeria could cohie anytime
Rumors flew that 1500 paratroop-
ers in 30 planes had taken off
from Algeria
All commercial air traffic to
and from France was halted
Trucks were parked on airport
runways to prevent the landing of
any troop carriers Labor union
members assembled at union
headquarters to back up the se-
curity forces if needed
This morning the Interior Min-
istry announced that "fear of
what could have happened dur-
ing the night on the territory of
metropolitan France did not ma-
terialize" As public fear of an invasion
subsided somewhat most civil-
ians went to work as usual The
ban on commercial aviation was
lifted for four airfields in the
Man Shuns Answer
To Liquor Affiliation
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)—Lawson Logan of Muskogee relused
to tell a House committee today whether he ever was in the liquor
business or now is a liquor wholesale company's representative
On advice of his attorney Jack Sellers of Drumright Logan
pleaded that any answer might "tend to incriminate myself"
Rep John Steele Batson of Marietta chairman started to
hold the witness in contempt for refusing to answer questions which
are matters of public record then ordered the committee into
executive session
Last week John Howard assistant director of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board testified that a Lawson Logan of Muskogee
once owned a retail liquor store and later represented various Tulsa
wholesale firms
Before Logan took the stand
two other Muskogee men both re-
tail dealers denied they ever re-
ceived kickbacks in money or
merchandise from any wholesale
liquor firm
One called the charge he re-
ceived a kickback from Famous
Brands of Tulsa a "complete lie"
Testifying as the Ilouse Legal
Advisory Committee resumed its
study of alleged liquor law viola-
tions in Oklahoma were B B Bus-
by and George W Biller Jr
Both operate stores which were
listed last week by George Pan-
ages as having received k I c k-
backs Panages was operations
manager of Famous Brands and
now has the same post with Gle-
ason Romans Inc another Tulsa
wholesaler
After IIiller had denied receiv-
ing any kickbacks Panages was
returned to the stand Ile said he
(See rage 2 Column 7)
Rule Delayed
In Hail Trial
JERUSALEM (AP) — Adolf
Eichmann's lawyer after a fierce
battle with the prosecution suc-
ceeded today in delaying admis-
sion into evidence of affidavits
taken by an American interroga-
tor before the Nuemberg war
crimes trials of 1946
The interrogator was identified
as Smith W Brookhart former
member of the US staff at the
International Military Tribunal
After a long and heated strug-
gle Supreme Court Justice Moshe
Landau president of the court'
trying Eichmann postponed de-
cision on the affidavits until Tues-
day Ile instructed Dr Robert
(See Page 2 Column 6)
ow Up
Norman Midwest City and Del
City have grown steadily since
their founding — the last two
almost phenomenally Norman's
population was 5004 in 1920 9603
in 1030 11429 in 1010 27006 in
1950 and 33412 in 1960
Midwest City and Del City
both developed after 1940 num-
bered 10166 and 2504 respective-
ly in 1950 and 36058 and 12917
respectively in 1960
That the three cities will con-
tinue to grow all authorities
agree although they differ in
their estimates of the rate of
growth
Dr Francis Cella of the OU
Bureau of Business Research pre
dieted in 1953 a Norman popula
3rd Did Asked
On Pool Repair
Paris region and one field in
Alsace near the Swiss border
But airports at Marseille Nice
and Toulouse — those closest to
Algeria — remained closed to
traffic with busos tanks and
trucks spotting their runways
The situation in Algeria re-
mained confused The insurgent
junta claimed the whole army in
Algeria had rallied to it But the
French government said Gen de
Pouilly with headquarters at
Tlemcen west of Oran and still
loyal to De Gaulle reported he
was in contact with all army de-
tachments in western Algeria
with the exception of those in
Oran itself
This would mean that mast of
the army in the than area is
standing by De Gaulle
The Interior Ministry said 1500
(See Page 2 Column 2)
The Norman Bark Board will
try for the third time Tuesday
to get an acceptable bid for the
renovation of the swimming pool
at 1)- former Navy base
I3ids were scheduled to be open-
ed two weeks ago but none was
received The project was re-advertised
and last Monday four
bids were opened but all were
far above the engineer's estimate
of $13000
The board then met Wednesday
and eliminated from the specifi-
cations the widening of the con-
crete deck around the pool and
bids were advertised for the third
time The work to be done now
consists of pairing a new con-
crete floor most of the length
of the pool and painting the interi-
or The latest bids — if any are re-
ceived — will be opened by the
board at 2 pm Tuesday at the
City Office Building
If an acceptable bid Is turned
in the City Commission is sched-
uled to award the contract Toes
day night The contractor then
will be given until June 5 to
'complete the project
US Mum on Castro Blast
Washington withheld immediate
comment today on a salvo of
accusations fired at President
Kennedy by Cuban Prime Min-
ister Fidel Castro
Spokesmen here declined to
give a quick response to Castro's
charge that "the threat of Ken-
nedy is much like the threat of
Hitler" and that the US admin-
istration threatens the world with
war
Castro's rambling 4-hour and
21-minute radio and television
address Sunday was his first
public appearance since last
week's ill-starred rebel invasion
of Cuba
Kennedy moved to build up
greater unity for his position on
Cuba and for possible future ac-
tion on the thorny probkm of
WASHINGTON (AP)--Official growing Communist prestige in
ishington withheld immediate the Caribbean island
nment today on a salvo of The White House announced'
iisations fired at President that Kennedy would see New
nnedy by Cuban Prime Min- York's Republicvn Gm Nelson
r Fidel Castro A Rockefeller Tuesday afternoon
lpokesmen here declined to Vice President Lyndon B Jehn-
e a quick response to Castro's son is going to Independence
oge that "the threat of Ken- Mo Tuesday to talk with former
ly is much like the threat of President Barry S Truman
:ler" and that the US admin These visits have been de-
ration threatens the world with scribed as for the purpose of
giving leaders of both parties full
:astro's rambling 4-hour and information But an attempt to
minute radio and television round up bipartisan support for
dress Sunday was his first the President seeined obvious
blie appearance since last Kennedy met Saturday with his
!ek's illstarred rebel invasion predecessor Dwight D Eisen
Cuba hover at Camp David Md and
Kennedy moved to build up got from the former Republican
eater unity for his position on president a call to all Americans
IA and for possible future ac7 to support Kennedy in the Cuban
il On the thorny vrobkm of crisis
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I
tion of 50300 by the year 2011
Two other University professors
Dr W N Peach and George W
Reid foreccst 93000 by the year
2000 and 103000 by 2010
Consulting engineer C IL Guern-
sey in a 1939 feasibility report
on the lake project struck a me-
dian between the two predict-
ing some 40000 by 1070 5200 by
MO 53000 by 1990 64000 by
2000 and 6980 i37 2010
The most recent report by the
Rea Engineering Co foreusts
population on the basis of past
and expected future water usage
For Norman it shows 44000 in
1970 and 100000 by 2010
The population of the other el
(See Page 2 Cohmm 1)
PRICE DAILY 5c SUNDAY 10c
India Accepts
British-Soviet
Conference Bid
VIENTIANE Laos (AM—Hun-
dreds of government troops were
airlifted to the front north of
Vientiane 'today to shore up
crumbling defenses against the
pro-Communist rebels in the final
hours before a MSC-fife in the
civil war
Pathet Lao rebels pushed south-
ward along the main north-south
highway during the weekend
sending royal army troops into a
headlong retreat of 30 to 40 miles
Commission Due
The rebels bolstered their posi-
tion as India agreed to convene
a three-nation commission to El-
pervise a truce which would
freeze military lines
India also accepted an invita-
tion to attend a 14-nation confer-
ence on Laos to begin in Geneva
May 12
British High Commissioner Sir
Paul Gore-Booth and Soviet Am-
bassador I A Benediktov in New
Delhi gave Indian Prime Minister
Nehru three documents
One asked him to call the con-
trol commission which also in-
eludes Canada and Poland and
which was first established by the
1954 Indochina armistice
Bid to Geneva
The second document invited
India to Geneva The third was
an information copy of the Brit-
ish and Soviet appeal for cease-
fire in Laos
Gore-Booth said he was uncer-
tain when the cease-fire appeal
would go into effect but it will
be published Tuesday
Informed sources said the three
truce commissioners are likely to
meet in New Delhi Thursday and
go to Laos Friday
Three American irdlitary ad-
visers may have been captured
in the rebel thrust to Vang Bieng
a major government military
headquarters 80 miles north of
here on the Vientiane-Luang Pra-
bang highway linking the admin
strative and royal capitals
(See Page 2 Column 5)
Today in Norman
Former Republican Vice Presi 1:JV P11 iNona vampus
dent Richard M Nixon already Annory
had assured Kennedy of support
"even to the commitment of
Naval Reserve Officers SAM
American armed forces"
Kenne 7:30 pm Room 339 OU Librar)
dy also discussed Cuba with an-
other Republican leader Sett Civic Improvement Council 730
Barry Goldwater of Arizona pm Culina Room Oklahoma
Another obvious goal of the Natural Gas Building
administration is to stiffen Latin
American nations against Corn-
Norman Choral Society 7:30
munist penetration in the Western Pin
Norman High School Band-
Hemisphere Kennedy touched off room west entrance
this part of his Cuban campaign
last week in a speech to the Vanning Commission 8 pm
American Society of Newspaper City Ilan
Editors
lie Indicated then that the "The Devil aid Daniel Web-
United States would go it alone ster" Bishop's 7:30 pm
if other Western hemisphere na- Methodist Student Center
tions "should fail to meet their N 4I N'
commitments against otitside Tuesday: Lions Club noon
Communist penetration' Lockett hotel
Weather readings: Sunday high
85 overnight low 65 today at
noon 75
Forecast: Partly cloudy warm
and mindy tonight and Tuesday
Chance of thunderstorms tonight
Low tonight 60-65
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Ilq and Co A 700th Ordnanoe
tn 730 pm North Campus
Annory
Naval Reserve Officers SAM
7:30 pm Room 339 OU Library
Civic Improvement Council 730
pm Cu lina Room Oklahoma
Natural Gas Building
Norman Choral Society 7:30
pm Norman High School rand-
room west entrance
Planning Commission 8 pm
City Hall
"The Devil and Daniel Web-
ster" Bishop's Players 7:30 pm
Methodist Student Center
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