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- PAWHUSKA
Daily journal-capital
Heeko
VOLUME 57 -- No. 79
Published Evenings, Tuesday through Friday and Sunday Mornings
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1966
Civilian Govt. In 3-5 Months
Buddhists OK Ky Promise
---------------------SAIGON (UPI) —The Unified
Combat
Top Spellers
Vicki Villasenor, 13, Eighth grade student at the Catholic School,
is Pawhuska’s top speller for the year. She and George Moore, 11,
elementary school sixth grader, took first and second place in the
spelling contest at the high school Thursday afternoon. The youngsters
won out over a field of 10 spellers from the schools in the area.
Vicki will represent Pawhuska at the Tulsa Tribune Spelling Bee
in May, competing for a chance at the national contest in Washing-
ton, D.C. Young Moore will be alternate speller for the city in the
Tulsa contest. (J—C Photo),
Pa whuskan
Critically
Burned
Fred Dunn, 1615 Bighill, 40,
was severely burned Thursday
by a 66,000 - volt power line.
He was listed as “critical” at
11:30 p.m. in the intensive care
ward at Hillcrest Midecal cen-
ter, Tulsa, today.
Dunn, an employe of the L.
E. Meyers Construction Co., was
connecting a line to a utility
pole when it came in contact
with the "hot" line above it.
The electrical charge burned
off his clothing and melted his
car keys and a pocket knife.
Hospital attendants said Dunn
suffered burns over 60 per cent
of his body.
Dunn, who was born and rais-
ed in Elgin, Kan., and has lived
in this area most of his life, was
a lineman. His parents still re-
side in Elgin.
Members of his immediate fa-
mily are in Tulsa at the hospital.
Weather
A warming trend spread over
Oklahoma today, ahead of a
weak, dry cold front that is ex-
pected to bring slightly cooler
temperatures by Sunday.
The weather bureau slid
temperatures would reach
highs today in the 70s, lows to-
night in the 40s and highs Sat-
urday in the 70s and 80s. Skies
are expected to be fair through
Saturday and partly cloudy
Sunday.
The five - day outlook is for
temperatures to average near
normal in the west and 2 to 7
degrees below normal else-
where. Rainfall is expected to
be light.
Low temperatures early to-
day ranged from 33 at Gage
and Ponca City to 45 at Ard-
more. Highs Thursday were
from 73 at Ardmore to 61 at
Guymon.
Girl Top
City Speller
Using well over 100 more words
than last year to decide the win
ner in the city spelling bee Th-
ursday afternoon, 13-year - old
Vicki Villasenor, daughter of
Gabriel Villasenor and an eighth
grade student of sister Mary
Pius, at the parochial school,
was named winner of the city
contest. Runner-up was George
Moore, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Moore and a sixth grade
student of Mrs. Elizabeth White
at the elementary school.
The two youngsters spelled
down eight other contestants from
the elementary, parochial, junior
high, BTW and Lynn Schools in
the Bee at the high school music
room Thursday afternoon.
The two finalists battled th-
rough over 200 words before
young Moore put two "I’s” in
Welfare and was eliminated. Miss
Villasenor then spelled it cor-
rectly and correctly spelled
"drowned” to come out the win-
ner.
She will compete in the Tulsa
Tribune contest in May and the
finalist in that contest then will
compete in the national contest
in Washington, D. C.
Other contestants in Thur-
sday’s spelldown included: Linda
Sellers and Patricia Webster of
the junior high. Sharon Townley
and Susan Minney of Lynn; Ro-
maine Shackelford of the Par-
ochial school, Dean Blake of the
Elementary; Gladys McKissick
and Donald Brown of the Booker
T. Washington school.
The words which eliminated
contestants included. Persuade,
peculiar, circumstances, groc-
eries, victory, absence, gardener
and welfare.
Mrs. D. Q. Wise was pron-
ouncer for the contest.
Taal Volcano May
Be Getting Set For
Explosion, Is Fear
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Thursday, April 14
Noon 60; 2 p.m. 63; 4 p.m. 64;
6 p.m. 63; 8 p.m. 53; 10 p.m. 51;
Midnight 45.
Friday, April 15
2 a.m. 40; 4 a.m 37; 6 a.m. 35;
8 a.m. 45; 10 a.m. 64; noon 71.
MANILA (UPI) —Seismolo-
gists recorded slight tremors
from Taal volcano about 40
miles south of here today,
raising fears of a new eruption.
Taal exploded last September
killing about 200 persons on
Crater Island and neighboring
areas.
Pawhuska In Brief
POLICE COURT — The following persons forfeited bonds this
morning in police court on charges: Lois Crownover, 49, Paw-
huska, drunk, $20bond forfeited; Clement Mason, 49, Fairfax,
drunk and reckless driving by drinking, $20 bond forfeited on each
charge; Waltena Redcorn, 51, Pawhuska, careless driving, $10
bond; Delbert Buell, 17, Arkansas City, Kan., no drivers license,
$20 bond.
MANLEY FUND - The final check in the Jackie Manley Fund has
been turned to the youth, the Chamber of Comm erce said today.
A check for $155.85, representing the final donations to the fund,
was turned to Mrs. Jim Manley, mother of the youth. Previously
over $1,300 had been presented to the youngster who was crippled
in an auto accident almost two years ago.
HOUSING MEETING - The Osage County Community Action Pro.
gram Foundation will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m.,
Monday, April 18th, in the district court room, at the Court
House here, according to Carter Little, director of C.A.P.
Public housing for Osage County will be discussed. Little said.
This should be of general interest, and all Osage Countians
are invited to attend, the director pointed out.
Toll Hits
Record
SAIGON (UPI) —More Amer
ican soldiers were killed i
combat in South Viet Nan
during the first three and one
half months of this year than in
all of 1965, U.S. military
officials said today.
The officials also said that as
of Wednesday, 205 U.S. aircraft
were downed over North Viet
Nam and 101 over South Viet
Nam since the war began. The
northern losses included 14 U.S.
planes downed by Soviet-built
Surface-to-air (SAM) missiles.
In ground action, U.S. Ma-
rines stormed Viet Cong
positions on a peninsula known
to the Leathernecks as “Cape
Death.” They dynamited tun-
nels, caves, spider holes and
other fortifications the Commu-
nists had rebuilt after the
Marines made their first sweep
across the Cape Batanga
Peninsula, nine months ago.
242 VC Killed
in this operation and two
others that have been under
way for up to three weeks,
military officials said a total of
242 Viet Cong had been killed
41 captured and 944 VC
suspects arrested.
In the air war Air Force,
Navy and Marine aircraft flew
331 sorties against Viet Cong
targets in the South and Air
Force and Navy planes hit
North Viet Nam with 56
missions. Two Air Force B57
Canberra bombers collided off
South Viet Nam, but all four
crewmen parachuted and were
rescued.
Spokesmen said Air Force,
Navy and Marine pilots on 331
air strikes in South Viet Nam
Thursday probably accounted
for the day’s biggest kill of Viet
Cong.
In the northern sector, Air
Force and Marine pilots
reported killing a possible 140
guerrillas 10 miles northwest of
Quant Ngai. On three other
raids, pilots reported killing at
least 20 more guerrillas.
In Saigon, police reported
that they smashed a suspected
Viet Cong spy ring run by an
"extremely comely” teen-age
girl. The young Mata Hari and
two other teenage girls were
accused of gathering informa-
tion and supplies in Saigon for
Communist guerrillas in the
field.
The U.S. officials released
casualty reports which showed
that 1,361 Americans died in
combat between Jan. 1 and
April 9. During all of last year,
only 1,342 Americans were
killed in the fighting.
The officials said the combat
death rate was averaging about
100 soldiers a week. Last week,
for the first time since
Americans began fighting the
war, more GIs were killed than
Vietnamese.
The growing casualty figures
reflect the increased number of
American forces in Viet Nam
and their stepped up prosecu-
tion of the war. At this time
last year, there were only
about 25,000 troops in the
country compared with the
nearly 250,000 Americans now
here.
Bates Huffaker
Died in K. C.
Thomas Bates Huffaker, Kan-
sas City, who died of cancer
Wednesday, is a former Osage
countlan. Huffaker, at the time
of his death, as manager of the
Kansas City Merrill, Lynch, Pi-
erce, Fenner and Smith stock
brokerage branch. He had opened
the branch in 1946.
Buddhist Church tonight accept-
ed the military junta’s promise
of a civilian government in
three to five months and
endorsed the regime of Pre-
mier Nguyen Cao Ky as a
caretaker government.
A communique issued follow-
ing a meeting of the Buddhist
hierarchy said, “it is not
necessary to have another
government for only three to
five months.”
“It was understood that the
by Ky touched off the nation’s
COUNTY COURT-Harold West Jr., Fairfax, plead guilty to a
charge of transporting an open bottle and was fined $50 and costs.
church plans to send a
delegation to the rebellious
northern provinces to try to
persuade extremist Buddhist
elements there to halt their
anti-government resistance.
Only hours before Lt. Gen.
Nguyen Chanh Thi, popular
Buddhist general whose ouster
political crisis, assumed leader-
ship of the northern rebel
elements. He told newsmen at
his home in Da Nang that
"there must be an immediate
change in the government” and
that "in this area the demon-
strations will continue.”
The announcement apparent-
ly signalled a victory for
harried U.S. diplomats who
Plan For
Tuesday
Pawhuska’s Heeko Club is mak-
ing preparations for the visit
Tuesday of the judges in the
national General Federation of
Women’s Clubs and Sears-Roe-
buck Foundation national com-
munity improvement contest. The
local club, for the second time,
has been judged in the top 10
clubs in the U. S. in community
improvement.
Mrs. Jim Downey, president
of Heeko, said today the judges
PRICE 70
have been working behind the
scenes for a successful com-
promise to the month-old have requested at least 16 spec-
government crisis which threa- ific locations and projects to be
tened a number of times to checked by the panel of judges
plunge the already troubled during their visit here Tuesday,
nation into civil war.
The communique warned the
Ky regime that "appropriate
action" would be taken if the
government did not keep its
promise for a civilian regime
by July.
It also warned of retaliation
if the government "finds ways
to punish those who have
participated in the movement”
for a national assembly, a
reference to the adamant
Buddhist demand that
government not punish
riotous demonstrators.
the
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The communique was ham-
mered out in a day-long session
of virtually the entire Buddhist
hierarchy, including Thich Tri
Quang, firebrand leader of the
extremist elements in the
northern cities of Hue and Da
Nang.
Thich Man Giac, a spokes-
man for the church’s moderate
wing which is centered in
Saigon, said before the session
that he saw no reason why the
Ky government could not
continue in office until the
civilian regime is elected. He
expressed the "hope that the
Central Committee will be able
to convince extreme elements .
. . this is the best course.”
The club met this morning to
set up the itinerary of the visit.
A delegation of judges will be
taken on a tour by the club and
a special delegation, with a pho-
tographer from the tour group,
will check, additionally, the 16
areas where the improvement
program people want additional
photographs.
The local club has won first
place in the state contest, with
a prize of $300. The national
contest winners are made up
of winners of state contests.
From entries of over 11,000clubs
across the nation, Pawhuska has
been selected in the top 10 to
be visited by the group of jud-
ges who are criss-crossing the
nation by plane, visiting the var-
iour sites.
Two years ago-the contest is
a bi annual event the local club
was named in the top 10 in the
nation and received a $1,000 prize
for their efforts in that contest.
Again this year the club sub-
mitted a scrapbook in the state
contest and again took first place,
The scrapbook of the club’s ac-
complishments was forwarded
to the national contest by the
state women’s club federation,
and it placed in the top 10 in
the nation again.
The judges are scheduled to
Getting Ready
The Heeko Club will act as hostesses at an open house Monday, noting National Library Week
at the city library. Here Heeko members Mrs. Harold Murnan, Mrs. Harry Don Benson and Mrs.
Louis DeNoya help with the hanging of pictures in the library's new Indian Artist Collection which
will be on display for the open house. The pictures, donated by local civic clubs, are works of Paw.
huska Indian artists. The collection has been expanding in recent m onths with contributions from the
various civic clubs. (J—C Photo).
It was not immediately arrive here at 9 a.m. Tuesday
known how successful the from Bartlesville. A coffee is
leaders would be in persuading scheduled at the Duncan Hotel
the northern groups to halt the and the public has been invited
agitation for immediate ouster to attend the coffee and to meet
Sunday From 1 To 4 P.M. Here
NBC Open House Set
Pawhuska’s National Bank of Commerce, a
pioneer finanical institution, is having an open
house at its newly remodeled and modernized
home at Sixth and Osage from i to4 p.m. Sunday.
The bank, for almost a year, has been under-
going a complete modernization and remodeling
program which has included expanding the
bank s work area, the addition of thousands
of dollars in new equipment, the building and
furnishing a public use room, complete rede-
coration and remodeling of the lobby area of
the bank, and many other improvements.
A special section of today’s Journal-Capital
gives Pawhuskan’s an insight into the work
done at the bank.
Ed Kennedy, president of the bank, and
members of the board of directors, officers
and employees have extended a cordial invit-
ation to all countains to visit the new building
facilities Sunday.
One of the major changes was the building
and putting into operation a drive-in banking
facility at the rear of the bank, on Puryear
Avenue. The traffic flow in the street has been
clanged from two-way to one way going north.
Complete teller service is available at the
window. Communication between customer, in
his auto, and teller is provided by a special
2-way public address system.
The large community room, built on the
mezzanine floor of the building over the newly
installed bookkeeping department, is designed
as a community use room. The bank has pro-
vided adequate seating for large group meet-
ings, carpeted the floor, installed a mini-
kitchen, lounge, rest room, closet and speaking
facilities for the public.
The room will be available for groups in the
city and county as a meeting location.
The bookkeeping department of the bank,
formerly in the teller section in the main lobby,
has been moved to new and larger quarters at
See (NBC) Page 6
NCAI In
Emergency
N.M. Meet
Teacher
Dinner
LBJ Gets
Wild Welcome
In Mexico
of Ky and his government.
A number of ambitious
generals were known to be
closely watching developments
for a chance to assume control
of the interim government.
Thi is considered to be close
to Tri Quang and his vow to
keep the a n t i - government
protests going was made before
the hierarchy issued its commu-
nique.
Thi's announcement marked
the first time he has stepped
from the shadows to take an
and greet the tour members.
Kavanaugh
Withdraws
From Race
By HARRY CULVER
United Press International
OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) —
active part in the campaign. It Al J. Kavanaugh, wealthy
was his ouster by Ky on March Oklahoma City contractor who
10 that triggered the current withdrew from the governor’s
unrest. Two days later the race, said today there are five
Buddhists began their demon- possible other Democratic can-
strations, didats he may support but it
Student groups in the North will not be Raym ond Gary.
have also sworn to press their Kavanaugh said for the pres-
demands for a new government eat he is keeping his cam-
immediately. Two key northern paign headquarters and organ-
military commanders and Nguy-
en Van Man, influential Bud-
dhist mayor of Da Nang were
ization intact while he looks
over the field.
He listed Preston Moore, Tul-
sa Co. Atty. David Hall, Atty.
Gen. Charles Nesbitt, Sen. Clee-
ta John Rogers and Leland
Gourley am ong possibilities.
Try For Winner
“I am not going to be foolish
about it,” he said. “I am go-
ing to analyze and try to figure
out who can win.”
He said his prime interest is
election of a governor who is
agreeable to his proposed
“Pennsylvania plan” for a bil-
lion - dollar trust-financed de-
velopment of Oklahoma.
He said it is possible several
also actively opposing
government.
the
Mrs. Fulk Of
Bowring Deed,
Rites Set
Funeral services for Julia Bl-
anche (Bockius) Fulk, 78, wife
of Barton Leroy Fulk, Bowring,
and a native resident of the
Copan - Dewey area for many
SANTA FE, N. M. (UPI) —
An emergency conference of
the National Congress of Amer-
ican Indians moves into its fi-
nal hours today with a number
of resolutions expected to be
adopted.
The conference was called to
coincide with a meeting of the
U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
which also is being held in San-
ta Fe.
Among the resolutions ex-
pected to be adopted — and
which have been topics of con-
versation and discussion since
the meeting opened Wednesday
—are:
—Poverty war programs for
Indians.
—Amendment of a law per-
taming to state’s jurisdiction
over reservations.
Prior to opening the office in -Proposals for reorganiza-
Kansas City he had helped or- tion of the BIA.
ganize the Oklahoma Highway In Thursday’s session the
Patrol in the early 1930’s. He Congress called on the BI to
had also served as a Federal give more responsibility and
Bureau of Investigation agent, self - rule to the various tribes.
He was born and reared in A number of tribal leaders said
Shidler, a member of the well more of the tribe’s affairs
known Huffaker family of Shid- should be decided on the local
ler. He was 59. See (NCAI) Page 6
Tonight
Pawhuskans and Osage
county residents, many of
them former students of
the honorees, will gather
at the agriculture building
at the Osage County Fair-
grounds this evening to
honor three retiring mem-
bers of the Pawhuska
school system.
The dinner, set for 6:30
5 p.m., will honor Lewis
Bean, Pawhuska High Sch-
years, will be held at 2 p.m. candidates may agree to sup-
Monday in the Arnold Moore port his program. In such
Funeral Chapel in Bartlesville, case, he indicated he would not
favor an individual unless he
were paired against someone
who opposed his plan in the
runoff or general election.
As for Gary, he said the for-
mer governor is "personally
_______________honest” but surrounded by peo-
around him. Bowring Thursday morning fol- ple "with philosophically differ-
He promised to work for a lowing an apparent heart attack, ent ideas than I have.” He said
hemispheric summit conference Born on a farm west of he and Gary had a misunder-
to help "breathe new energy Dewey in Washington County on standing over turnpike develop-
into Latin America. February 19, 1888, during the ment when Gary was governor.
Refreshed after a night’s Indian Territory days, Mrs. Fulk Agreement Uncertain
sleep, the Chief Executive and was reared there and educated Kavanaugh said his support-
Mrs. Johnson drove to the in Washington County schools, ers have indicated they would
$150,000 statue of Lincolnfor its She married Mr. Fulk at Sedan, "like to move as a unit” to an-
dedication. Crowds along the Kan., on February 26, 1908 and other candidate “although I am
streets cheered wildly. At the they made their first home at not sure they can agree.”
statue, they swarmed around Copan. With the exception of "It would be my guess they
the limousine to clutch at the six years spent in Washington would be split up to some ex-
President s outstretched hand, and Nebraska, the couple has tent,” he said. “I am sure that
The Mexican national anthem continued to live in that area would be the case if we found
and the Star Spangled Banner of Osage and Washington count- four or five candidates who feel
boomed into the thin air and ies. the same as we do. If not, then
massed American flags flut- Mr. Fulk has worked in oil I feel there is a pretty good
tered in a slight breeze. Mrs. field development and alsoowned chance we would go together."
Johnson unveiled the statue.. . and operated a garage in the “A number of candidates
It was colorful and noisy, Bowring area where they moved have evidenced a desire to dis-
though not as tumultuous as the in 1923. The couple celebrated cuss our program and learn
welcome the President received their 58th wedding anniversary more about the Pennsylvania
Thursday by an officially in February of this year, plan and the minimum wage
estimated two million cheering Survivors in addition to her law part of it, especially,” he
Mexicans. Three hours of husband, of the home, include said.
See (LBJ) Page Six one nephew and several cousins. See (KAVANAUGH) Page 6
MEXICO CITY (UPI) ______Janpu. ... .........
President Johnson, elated by Mr. D. J. Vernon, pastor of the
- “the most wonderful reception” first Christian Church of Dewey,
of his life, plunged into the will officiate and interment will
crowds gathered at a statue of be in the Dewey Cemetery under
Abraham Lincoln today, shak- the direction of the Arnold Moore
ing hands and beam ng to the Funeral Service.
cheers of the throng pressing Mrs. Fulk died at here home at
ool principal with 30 years
of experience in the Paw-
huska school system, Mrs. $
John W. Davis, principal
of Lynn School for the past
two years and teacher in the
Pershing School for 21
years before coming to
Pawhuska; and G. B. Hat-
chett, coordinator of the
Diversified Occupations
program for 20 years.
The educational comm-
ittee of the Pawhuska Ch-
amber of Commerce is sp-
See (TEACHER) Page 6
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