Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 293, Ed. 1 Monday, November 29, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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McNamara Says in Saigon:
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We ve Stopped Losing
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SAIGON (UPI) — Defense
Secretary Robert S McNamara
said today We have stopped
losing the war" in Viet Nam.
AI the same time he said North
Viet Nam appears determined
to carry on the conflict.
McNamara made his state-
ments in an airport news
conference before returning to
the United States after a brief
visit to South Viet Nam.
In commenting on the outlook
for Viet Nam, the secretary
said the United States will send
as many troops into the country
as are necessary to meet the
Communist threat.
GESTURE OF GOODWILL'
Two GI’s Released
By Viet Cong Reds
SAIGON (UPI) - Two Ameri-
can Special Forces sergeants
captured two years ago by the
Communist Viet Cong have
been freed on the Cambodian
border. Radio Cambodia an-
nounced today
The Cambodian government
said the two American service-
men would be allowed to travel
through Ihe country on their
way back to the United States
a a humanitarian measure
The Iwo Americans were
identified as George Smith and
Claude McClure
The names tallied
names of two American
vicemen that the Viet
with
ser-
Cong
clandestine radio said Saturday
had been released as a gesture
of goodwill toward American
demonstrators against fighting
in Viet Nam
American military r°ccrds
show that Smith, of Chester,
W Va . and McClure of Chattan-
ooga. Tenn., were captured
when the Communists overran
the Special Forces camp at
Hiep Hoa southwest of Saigon
on Nov 24, 1963
‘ I think first, let me say my
most vivid impression is that
we have stopped losing the
war " McNamara said "I think
that the increases in the
strength of the South Vietna-
mese crces which we told you
months ago were planned and
underway and the very substan-
tial increases in the strength of
the U S forces, the Australians,
the New Zeland, the (South)
Korean forces, taken together
have denied the Viet Cong the
victory that almost surely they
hoped to achieve during the
summer monsoon period ‘
"A Long War"
But McNamara said, "this
will be a long war
There were no reports of
major ground fighting during
the day The Communist
regiment which shattered two
Vietnamese regiments in fight-
ing on a rubber plantation 40
miles north of Saigon Saturday
had vanished in the jungles
Meanwhile, two captured
Americ an soldier rele ased bv
the Viet Cong as a gesture of
goodwill to anti-w ar demonstra-
tors in the United States,
arrived in neighboring Cambo-
dia
McNamara told newsmen
that despite the recent allied
successes in the field the Cong.
Communists have continued to McNamara arrived in Viet
will be formed
- The United States objective
increase the strength of their Nam Sunday for a tour of the in the Viet Nam war is not to
forces in South Viet Nam
fighting ronts and briefings by destroy the Communist regime
They have more than offset America and Vietnamese Mili- in the north but to destroy the
the very heavy losses which lary leaders
they have suffered, ihe level of
infiltration has increased and I
think that this represents a
clear decision on the part of
Hanoi to both escalate the level
(1 infiltration and raise the
level of conflict,' McNamara
said.
Increase Forces
I’m sure ihaf decision must
He ) told newsmen that
during 28-hour visit
Intelligence sources report-
ed ther are at least nine North
Vietnamese regiments be-
tween 13500 and 18,000 men in
South Viet Nam now
Hi was much impressed by
the combat effectiveness of the
1st Cavairv (air mobile)
Communist insurgents in the
south
The released Americans,
captur d two years ago, were
identified as Sgt. George E
Smith of Chester, W.Va., and
Spec 4 Calude E McClure of
Chattanooga, Tenn
McClure and Smith presented
themselves at a frontier outpost
along the border between
be countered by an increase in Di isi d disclosed at least Cambodia and S uth Viet Nam
the forces opposing ilie Viet one n '1 air cavalry division Cambod an authorities g anted
permission for the two men to
cross Cambodia en route back
to the United States.
Search Mission
South Vietnamese reinforce-
ment and American advisers
today scoured the huge Miche-
lin rubber plantation 40 miles
the 1 1 Air Cavalry The United
States carried the brunt cf last
week’s fighting against North
Vietnamese regulars in the la
northwest of Saigon for a
C< mmunist regiment which
si altered two Vietnamese bat-
taiions and a headquarters
company in a fierce battle last
Saturday
McNamara announced the
plans for new Air Cav
divisions during a stop at An
Khe, the jungle headquarters of
Drang Valley and on the slopes
of Chu P ng Mountain 210
miles northeast of Saigon.
The def nse secretary did not
go into details, but it was
obvious that he and other
military planners were so
pleased with new con pt of
heli pt r-lifted cavalry trocps
that it w is being accepted as a
new tool <f war The air
cavalry 1
outfit that
highly mobile
set own into
'If You Would Avoid Criticism, Say Nothing, Do Nothing, and Be Nothing
Perry L
Journal
73rd Year — No. 293 Monday, Nov. 29, 1965 Perry, Oklahoma Your Home Newspaper
5 Ce nte
briefly
stated.
In Legislative Bribery Probe
*268,930 Paid for 57
Quarter Horses Here
Grand Jurors Will
Buyers paid $268 930 for 57
quarter horses in an auction
Saturday in the livestock ex-
change pavilion at the Noble
county fairgrounds
Included were 47 lots. The ar
mals were owned by A L
Smith, Perry, who died Oct 27; attracted buyer from 15 state
Bud Warren, southeast of Per-
ry; and Art Coffey, Los Ange-
les, formerly of Perry
The 47 lots sold for an aver-
age of $5,722 Th e a i non which
was clerked by Mrs Warren.
and Canada
The sale represented disper .
of herds by Smith and Coffey
and part of the animals owned
Annual PHS Grid
Banquet Is Dec. 6
The annual Perry Mar on
i otball banquet, sp onsored by
mothers of the players, has
been t for Monday Dec 6, at
6 30 pm in the junior high
school cafeteria
Ross Porter, sportscaster for
WKY TV in Oklahoma City, will |
be gut t speaker for the eve-
ning
Co-chairmen of general ar
rangements are Mrs Norman
Pass w. Mrs Joe Ripley anc
M Hay Waren mothers of the
team tri-captains Mark Pa
777 Visit
With Santa
Santa Claus' first visit of the
ea on to Perry Friday and Sat-
urday brought a fatal of 777
area yo ingsters to his W rksh . p
on the outh side of the court
house park.
Includ d were 4R5 Saturday
and 312 Friday A total of 368
children climbed aboard the two
rides s it up n ar the workshop
during the two days Santa’s trip
to Perry was sponsored by the
Chamber of Commence
Santa will be in Perry again
thi Friday and Saturday with
ht adquarters at the Osb. rn
Studio on the west side of the
quare He wall be available
both d ays from 10 a m to 5 p m
to pose for pictures with chil-
dren The cost will be 79 cents
for a 5 by 7 print
More letters have been re-
ceived by Santa from hope ful
youngsters Jimmy Francis and
M gan Luster landed the old
gentleman their requests Satur-
day
Others writing Santa recently
have been Lara Vic and Bruce
Force, Kelly Coffman, "Mike
and Kent and Jeff Sams
Coming Events
Tuesday, Nov. 30 — Perry
Pee Wee Basel,all association
meets 7 p.m., Christ Lutheran
school
Wednesday Dec. 1 — Annual
business meeting of No ble Coun-
tv Poultry federation. 7 30 p m .
w men's building at fairgrounds
Thursday, Dec. z — Perry
high school senior class play.
"Room for One More," 8 pm ,
Pits anditorium
Monday, Dec. 6 - Annual
Perry high school football ban-
quel 6 30 pm junior high
school cafeteria
sow. Mickey Ripley and Charles
Waren.
Other mothers are on a num-
ber of committees to handle de-
tailed arrangements.
Fathers of all PHS squad
members will be special guests
Master of ceremonies for the
program following the dinner
will be Fred G Beers, manag-
ing editor of The Perry Dairy
Journal.
Arrangements for food are in
charge of three sub-c ommit
tees Chairmen are Mrs Fay
Hillis potatoes; Mrs Pass w
Mrs Ripley and Mrs War n
meat: and Mrs J D Sadler
vegetables salads and desserts
M mbers of the three sub-
committees are Mrs C J.
Braid Mrs Gene Luttrell M s
Will Art Voss Mrs Eli Pric
r, Mrs Clyde Kime, Mrs Roy
Shelton, Mrs John Atkinson,
Mrs Ray Palmer, Mrs Carl
Bitiman Mrs Dee Boyd, Mrs
Howard Kendle Mrs Garwin
DeRoin, Mrs Rachel Vester,
Mrs Florence Johnson Mrs
Harry Davison Mrs Nina Wil-
son and Mrs At aham Dent
Other committees
Table selling Mrs Francis
L’jyd, chairman; Mrs C J
Taber Mrs Carl Jackson Mr
Raymond Dollar, Mrs Richard
Pulliam and Mrs Edna Thomp-
son
Printed programs Mrs
Pass w, chairman Mrs A J
Bontrager Mrs Kenneth Cold
iron, Mrs Dee Oden and
Mrs Howard Kistler
Place cards Mrs Joe Rip-
ley chairman Mrs Joe Shoc p.
Mrs Frank Ley and Mr Jack
Dolezal
Table decorations Mrs
Clarence Durcan chairman,
Mrs Jim Do’ezal, Mrs Marion
Shireman and Mrs Jam s Mil
I er
Serving Mrs Marlin Mi-
sick Mrs Victoria Secabe,
Mrs 11 Al Oliver, Mrs Ralph
Johnson Mrs W T Hughes
and Mrs Everett Chaffin
by Warren. Facilities ot t.
ale pavilion were taxed Satur
day to handle the crowd at d the
horses However, the sa - was
described as ‘successful."
Lena, a 13-year-old bay
mare, brought $20,000, the
top price paid. This animal,
sired by Warren’s famous
horse, Leo, was owned by
Warren It was purchased
by Mrs. Loraine Beresford
of Sheepfields Farms, Mount
Vernon, N.J.
The second best-selling ani-
mal also was a Leo mare sold
from the Smith herd for $12 00
and purchased by M Farland &
Hullinger of Toole, Utah
Two more mares from the
Smith herd were pur a d 1 r
$11,250 by Thayer Hobson of
Comfort, Texas and fo $11,000
by H bson The top-selling
stallion in the sale was pur I as-
ed for $9,000 from the Smith'
herd by I'm rook Rar I
Calgary, Canada The animal
is a weanling colt
The Smith herd included 40
animals Coffey had an inter-
est in some of the animal The
Smith estate share of the sale
Saturday w $164,605 v ile
Coffey s - are was $20 425 War
men’s 17 animals br ught a total
of $83 900
QB Meetings
Are Suspended
Perry Quarterback club mem-
bers have suspe .led meetings,
at least for the remainder of
this school semester Jim Dole
zal, president, announced M n-
day
Dolezal said too many cb-
stacle s would have to be over-
come in order to continue week
ly meetings The holiday st 1
son, with many other events
scheduled, is partly the reas on
The club has b .n meeting the
past several weeks in the First
Christian chur ch Fellow ship
hall each Wednes day noon.
FIVE FINES LEVIED
IN CITY POLICE COL RT
Fines totaling $55 wen order-
ed the pa t w. k in five ca es
heard by Ken Uran, city police
judge.
Court costs of $2 w - added
to tail case Charges heard
and fines ordered included fol-
lowing too close $15; pesding
SIH drunkenne s, $8; disturbing
Ihe peace SR and failure to
yield right-of-way, $8
NO. I DAY SPOT FED
SOI THWEST OF PERRY
Explorer Oil Co has staked
ti No 1 Dwight Day for a try
for new oil production outh-
west of Perry
L cati n is in the sw ne se of
18-20n-1w two mi § west and
four and a half uth of the in
tersection cf Fifteenth street
and US highway 64-77.
FAITH CHAPTER PLANS
BAZAAR FOOD SALE
Plans are und • way for the
annual bazaar and food ile
spense red by Faith chapte r of
American War Mothers as a
fund-raising pr ject for hospital-
ized veterans in Okla ma City
The bazaar and food sale will
be held Dec 3 commenci g at
9 am in the Dolezal Agency
building on the uth sid of the
square
Proceeds fr m the event, ccm-
billed with those from other
chapters throughout the state
are used for the rehabilitation
program at Veterans hospital
which includes a Christmas par-
ly Poinsettias also are present-
ed each veteran on the organiza
tion’s annual poinsettia day,
scheduled this year fir Dec 21
Mrs Fern Cunningham is
Faith chapter president, and
ONE FOR THE RODENT
READING, England UPI
Sidney, a pet rat belonging to
Mr and Mrs Reg Ellis gets a
gin and tonic even night
Quiz New Witness
By HARRY CULVE R appear this afternoon hour and five minutes He is a taint d a new att mey former
OKLAHOMA CITY I PI) - He said authorities had been former employe ot the state tax Dis t Judge Andre v Wi coxen of
An Ok ahoma County grand unable to serve another out-of- commission s income tax divi- . ,
Muskogee Ihe at orney said
Spraker wished additional time
to enter a plea and that he
would file either a motion to
dismiss the indictment or for a
preliminary hearing or belli
ury today planned to question state figure Bill Kirkpatrick of sion having worked there from
an out-of-state witness believed Frement, Wyo Kirkpatrick was 1958 through 1962
to be a missing link in its in- reported to be in Florida
vestigation of alleged bribery
of leg slators
In another development for-
Lewis Dye an employe of the mer State Hep George Dick
state insurance fund, appeared Spraker of Muskogee had his
Atty ( ( • Charles Nesbitt before the jury early today His arraignment on perjury charge s
said the witness Bob Lew - of appearance was a surprise
postponed until ! p m Tues-
Guifpe 1 Mi - lad a;greed to Dye was in ihe jury room one day He announced he had re-
Dimout, False Alarm
In Perry Investigated
Officials
News Of County Men
ere investigating lights dimmed in many section And Women Serving
In the Armed Forces
M nday to determine whether a of the city and then went off
brief electrical power cutoff The three-minute interruption '
and a fire alarm at Green Val- stopped electric motors and
ev Nursing Home Sunday ar caused television pictures to be
related
A general fire alarm was
s unded at 5 27 pm. Sunday at
th nursing home, 1003 Birch
st et About the same time.
Hospital Notes
Beech Clinic
A daughter, weighing 744
pounds, was born at 1 20 am
Mi ay to Mr and Mrs How
ard Hicks Morrison
P rry Memorial
Mary Schwandt, Lucien,
admitted Saturday for medical
treatment
Admitted Sunday for medical
come distorted or fade
Fire Chief Loyd Berger said
there was no fire at the nur
ing home However, about the
time the electricity failed, the
automatic fire alarm system r
the nursing home sounded, be t!
at the nursing home and the
fi e - ation The system is hook-
ed up so it can switch auto-
matically to batteries if r. gular
power fails
Berger said something as vet
ner M k neth Love
Mrs 0 H Spradlin is hospital Red Rock and Mr Ad ph
chairman
Hafner, Lucien
SHIREMAN SHOWS
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT
Dismissed Sunday
Mrs
Worth Roberts 633 Jackson
street, and Mrs Robert
The mas Shireman, 41-year-old Th mpson and son.
Perry man injured last week in Br ver. Edmond
a one - car accident, showed
some signs of impr vems I over
the weekend at \ Veteran 1 ■ ,1
t J
Scott
WEI F ARE DRIV E
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
tal in Oklahoma City
Shireman, although still on the Social Security Administration
hospital’s critical list, is semi- cooperation with state
conscious and seems to recog- welfare agencies, is launching
nize relatives He was injur a drive to sign up an estimated
ed Nov. 20 at the intersection of one million welfare recipients
C Car stre t and state highway er 65 who are not under
Social Security
86
Also hurt in the same acci- John J Hurley acting
dent were Bob Gay, 37 and director of the Family Services
Mrs Marie Reeves, 39 Gay Bureau et the Federal Welfare
unexplained may have occur e
in the switch-over that caused
the a arm system to go off
The s urce of trouble with the
electr ity has been tra ed to
the city power plant but the
cause had not fully been deter
mit 1 Monday
The city’s largest generating
unit 1 430 kilowatts, was being
turned bv its engine whic h Sun-
dav evening was operating on
natural gas The engine can op-
erate on gas, diesel fuel or a
mixture of both
Fer some unexplained reason
the engine began sk wing down
Power plant crewmen switched
the unit to diesel fuel This
caused t engine to be m.
mentarily without fu!
As the engine sl wed further,
pl.1 t crewmen re' ased electri-
cal circuits to lighten the i ad
on the engine This permitted
it to speed up at once and to
WAGNER SELECTED
FOR AF TRAINING
SAN ANTONIO Texas
Air-
man Marvin 1. Wagn r s n of
Mr and Mrs Emil E Wagner
of 711 Tenth street. Perry,
Okla, has been selected for
training at Chanute AFB III
as an Air For ce aircraft equip-
ment repairman
The airman, a 1964 graduate
of Perry high school, recently
completed basic training at
La kland AFB Texas
In either event, Wilcoxen
said, grand jurors would be
subpoenaed as witnesses just
as they were in a hearing last
week in which an indictment
against U S Dist Judge Ste-
phen Chandler and former
County Commissioner E. L
Kessi r was dismissed
Chandler and Kessler had
been accused of conspiring to
use county materials n build a
road in a private h using addi-
tion. A state district court
thre w out the indictment after
the hearing
The jurors conferred both
privately and with Nesbitt and
Oklahoma Co Atty Curtis Har-
ris today.
There was speculation outside
the jury room as to what effect,
if any, the action in the Chan-
dler - Kessler i ase might have
on the jury’s morale Two hir-
ers who appeared at the Chan-
dler hearing last week showed
signs of weariness on the wit-
ness stand
The jurv is investigating al-
legatic ns that bribes vv -re paid
to legislators to influence their
votes on a 1961 horse and dog
race gambling bill The bill did
not pass.
There have been reports that
S me out of - state interests
wanted the bett no bill passed
and others wanted it kill-el
Spraker was accused of per-
jury in denying knowledge of a
payoff
Weather Details
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at 11 a.m Monday:
12 N 44 1 p m 2 o.m. 47
3 p.m 49 4 p.m 48 5 p.m. 47
6 p.m. 44 7 n.m 37 8 p.m. 34
turn the power on again There
was dismissed 1 ur day fr in Adi inistati n said today that was no damage to equipment at
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all tate welfare agencies have the power plant or at the nurs-
be asked to aid it the effort
ing home
ROUGH REVIEWS
LONDON (UPI) The Bri-
tish Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) announced Monday that
film it made on the probable
effects of nuclear war in
Britain is "too horrifying" to
he shown on television The
BBC said the film, "The War
Game," will be shown to a
private audience only includ-
ing those people who helped to
make it "
Bellmon Urges Gifts for Viet Nam Children
OKLAHOMA CITY UPI)
Gov Henry Bellmon today call-
ed on Oklah mans to do a lit-
tle bit m ore" and send C rist
mas pre ents to the children in
Viet Nam He suggested the
project be called Operation
Little Angel
"Oklahomans have done a
commendable job of answering
the need of Ann rican service
men in Viet Nam for a remind
er cf Cl ri stmas," Bellmon said 1' ■ aid the present system of
‘By doin , lust a little bit me re co ( ting the g its at several
we could help relieve some of points around the state could
the suffering of the im. cent be continued with tracks sup-
vi tims of this war."
Bellmon said gift d nations
(or Vietnamese children pos
sibly c ild be tran ported over
seas by Air Nall nil Guard or
Air Force R erve planes now
hauling gifts to that area of the
world for U S servicemen
be continued with trucks sup-
plied by the state surplus pro-
perty agency
B 'Im in, who recently tour-
ed Viet Nam, said the Vie tnam-
ese civilians "have carried on
b ely during this war in the
fa ■ of unb 'I evable hard hips
and all cities '
If we could do something
like this to express the Amer
ican people’s concern, it would
strengthen their morale and
build a bond of friendship be-
tween American and Vietnam-
ese citizens," he said
Bellmon suggested as gifts
such things as lightweight
clothing, soap, toothpaste and
to thbrushes, combs, towels,
pencils, cravons, n dehor ks and
other school supplies
MILDFELT EARNS
PROMOTION IN NAVY
William J. Mildfelt, son of
Mr and Mrs Jim Mildfelt 912
South Brookwood driv * has
been promoted from ensign to
the grade of lieutenant junior
grade in the Navy
Lt Mildfelt is serving on the
USS Mars a supply s ip. with
home port in Yokosuka Japan
A 1963 graduate of Ok ahoma
State university he has been in
the Navy two years
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The
US Office of Education will
hold a two-day confere nce this
week on ways to bring about
greater participation by Negro
leaders in federal education
programs
The c inference Wednesday
and Thursday is to emphasize
methods of aiding the educa-
tionally deprived it is a
9 pm 32 10 pm 33 11 pm 31
17 M 30 1 a.m. 31
3 a.m 30 4 a.m. 27
6 a m 27 7 a.m 26
2 a.m 30
5a.m 23
8 num 24
9 o m. 34 10 a m. 38 11 a.m. 39
Forecast
Perry area — Fair through
Tu sdav t little warmer Tues
dav High today 53-58 Low to-
night 24 8 High Tuesday 58-62
Oklahoma Clear to partly
prelude to similar meetings to.
be scheduled later on a regional ending at '
cloudy through Tuesday. 1 lit-
tie colder east tonight, a little
warmer west Tuesday. Gen r-
al freeze tonight. Low tonight
18-26 High T esday 52-60.
Five-day forecast - Tempera-
lures Tuesday through Saturday
will average 2 5 degre s above
normal Normal high 50 north-
west to til southeast, low 24
northwest to 36 southeast. Slight
warming about mid-week and
cooler toward end I week. Lit
tie or no precipitation.
Temperatures for the 24-hour
period ending at II am Mon
day were high 19, low 24. Tem-
peratures for the 24-hour period
basis, the education office said
were: high 52, low 30
a m. a year ago
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