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Britons Face ‘Hard Sacrifices;’
Wages Curbed, Taxes Boosted
IjONDON (AH) — Brit-
ain's Labor government
imposed an immediate
roiling on all forms of in-
romp for Britons Tuesday
and slapped on a variety
of tax inrrensps on con-
sumer goods to help pull
thp nation out of a finan-
cial hole. But there was no
rise in the already high
personal income tax rate.
The program was put
bpfore the House of Com-
mons by Chancellor of the
Exchequer Roy .Jpnkins.
He said thp aim of the
program was to rut back
consumption at home.
Jenkins said the nation
fared "hard sacrifices"
but that U. S. and British
belt-lightening campaigns
would lead to expansion of
world trade which eventu-
ally will rasp hardship1-
In announcing the ceil-
ing on incomes, he said ihe
government would limit
maximum annual in-
creases to .Tpercent at
least until the end of 1969.
lie also said thp govern-
ment will seek new powers
to force deferment of any
increase of wages rents,
prices or dividends for 12
months
With Jenkins' announce-
(See BRITONS—Page 2)
Misery
Ills Spring
Madness
While vacationing college students Jammed the
heacli at Fort l-aiiderdale, people in southeastern Mas-
sachusetts Tuesday surveyed damage front near-rec-
ord rains which caused flood damages totaling mil-
lions. With the start of spring one day away, many col-
leges are starting their spring breaks, bringing
hordes of youths to Florida beaches. Above, Richard
Terminello views flooded homes and automobiles front
his porch in Quincy, Mass., where residents are hoping
for a ‘spring break' in downfalls that have drenched
the area for the past two days. (Al* Wirephotos)
Paid Circulation 310.244 Evening-Morn inn Doily Average February
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VOL. LXXIX. NO. 25
22 HAGES-OKLAHOMA CITY. TUESDAY. MARCH 19, 1968
5c IN OKLAHOMA—10c ELSEWHERE
House Bill Impart Debated
* TaBF* “
Defectors* Story is Doubted
SAIGON (AH) — Six North Vietnamese
defectors said Tuesday that Hanoi's intelli-
gence sources provide as much as 24 hours
advancp notice and the approximate location
of U. S. B-52 bombing raids in South Vietnam.
"Preposterous.” said a senior U. S. officer
v.™ Action on City Turnpike
Delayed for Two Weeks
Cook Gains More
Support, Argues
Trust Advantages
Hanoi Tipped on B-52 Raids, Reds Say
on General William C, Westmoreland's staff.
"The thing that disproves this statement is
that many of (he missions aren't even planned
24 hours in advance," the officer said.
The information has enabled North Viet-
namese and Viet Cong forces to dig in and pro-
Rockefeller
Bolstered
Board’s Quail Wings By Talks
Senate Clips Wildlife
The state senate voted
Tuesday to lake the power
to set quail season on pri-
vate land away from the
state wildlife commission
and place it in the legisla-
. ture.
' To round out a game and
fish day, the senate then
passed aether bill exlend-
ing this year's higher hunt-
ing and fishing license fees
through 1969.
Both bills now go to the
house.
The wildlife commission
caused some consternation
in legislative ranks last
year by extending quail
season, and the point was
made Tuesday as the sen-
ate considered the meas-
ure (SB 621) taking quail
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At the last .State Fair I visited a book exhibit and
was told I had won a free vacation and a free set of
books. 1 took advantage of the ‘‘win,’’ but now 1 am find-
ing lhat the “extras" they made me take with the books
are costing over *700. Can you help me out of this? H. C.
We took your problem to Rex Ochs, director of exhi-
bits for the State Fair, and he has written to the book
company asking for an explanation, or an adjustment.
We will stay In touch with them and see what can be
done to help you.
Yield signs are needed at NW 27 and Youngs. The
ones that were there have been removed. Mrs. W. M.
We reported this to the office of traffic control and
these signs have now been replaced.
We live In the 1600 block 8 Kelham and this street is
In terrible shape. It is full of holes and we don't even get
any mail service to our homes. Mrs. W. L.
Postmaster J. H. McCasland says this Is a dead end
street with a mud hole at the end of the block. He says If
the holes In the street are fixed and a turnabout without
backing is provided, the four families will be given mail
service to their homes.
The street department promised to blade this street,
known to them as Dell, fill In the holes and attempt to
keep it in a good state of repair.
We relayed this information back to McCasland, but
he says there appears to be no change In It from the
time the post office made Its original inspection about
February 19.
He says the holes have not been filled and no turna-
) bout has been provided where the carrier could enter
(See ACTION LINK—Page 2)
season away from the
commission.
Son. Roy Boecher (D-
Kingfisher), one of the au-
thors. declared that as a
result of increasing quail
hunting days last year,
“approximately 90 percent
of the land has become
posted.”
.Sen. G. O. Williams (R-
Woodward), another au-
thor. said land owners did
not like Ihe additional
hunting days because they
felt ihey had to stay at
home to keep an eye on
things.
Before passing the hill,
the senate amended it to
leave the commission with
power to set quail season
on public lands, up to sev-
en days a week on land
owned by the commission.
The hunting and fishing
license fee measure (SB
604) also was amended be-
fore passage to allow the
Individual owner or tenant
of land to hunt on it with-
out a license. Previously
the bill had required the
owner or tenant actually to
reside on the land to hunt
free.
The hill also contains
provision for hunters or
fishers to obtain a dupli-
cate of a lost license for 50
cents.
It likewise would expand
the group who can fish or
hunt free from Ihose over
65 years old to include all
war veterans with a serv-
ice-connected disability.
Extension of the in-
creased fees had been re-
quested by the wildlife
conservation department.
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Amusements 1*
Bridge 3
Business News 15
Classified Section 16-21
Comics 14
National Affairs *
Oil Reports 6
Our World Today 6
Sports 11, 12
TV Tidbits 8
Vital Statistics 6
Women's News 4, 5
tect themselves from the huge bomb loads
dropped by ihe high-altitude bombers, ihe de-
led ors said.
Nguyen Cong Tan, a political officer who
defected last summer, told newsmen at a Sai-
gon news conference, "The North Vietnamese
army knows 24 hours in advance about the B-
I 52 bombing' from agents
in many foreign countries,
lie said he did not know
specifically how Hanoi
gets the notice.
La Thanh Doug, 33, a
first lieutenant who defect-
ed near Kite Sanh last
m o n t h. said: "Through
foreign agents and the
Central Security Service in
Hanoi we know each B-52
strike 24 hours hefore they
take off and the tentative
co-ordinates” locating ihe
attack on ihe map.
The B-52s fly to targets
in Vietnam mainly from
Guam and Thailand. It is
possible, U. S. officials ad-
mit, for Russian irawlers
to pass on information
about the planes taking off
from Guam, and for
agents in Thailand to do
likewise.
But this would give a
few hours warning at
most. Earlier warning
would mean that the Com-
munists are intercepting
coded U. S. military mes-
sages or that ihey have
other access to advance in-
formation on the B-52
raids.
Lt. Dong said every time
North Vietnamese troops
in his area were warned a
B-52 raid was on the way,
they hid in trenches.
"Maybe nothing would
happen." he said, "but
about 50 percent of the
time the B-52s did come."
to establish an
tabled for two
Earl Foster jr.
WASHINGTON (AH)
Gov. Nelson A. Rockfeller
met with 17 Republican
senators Tuesday and said
most urged him after an
hour-long breakfast ses-
sion to seek the COH presi-
dential nomination.
"They felt from the
point of view of the party
and the country this was
desirable,” the New York
governor said.
But he added he still lias
not decided whether to
make the race. An aide
said an announcement
would be made in Albany
Wednesday on the time
and place of Rockefeller's
statement on whether he
will challenge Richard M.
Nixon for the nomination.
Rockefeller said he was
urged to run both by sena-
tors who favor him and
those who favor Nixon on
grounds that "competition
in the Republican Harty is
healthy.”
He said he had discussed
a number of issues, includ-
ing Vietnam, but said he
felt he would bo "loss than
responsible" if he gave a
superficial remedy for the
war without being privy to
detailed intelligence and
military information.
“I don't see how an in-
telligent candidate could
come up with an oversim-
plification" about Vietnam
and feel he has made a
valuable contribution, the
governor said when asked
about Nixon's promise to
(See ROCKY—Fake 2)
Man Robs
State Bank
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Want Ada CE 5-6722
Other caila CX 2-3311
Local: Partly cloudy and
cooler through Wednesday.
Overnight low 38. High
Wednesday 50. (Details,
Page 16.)
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By Jack Taylor
IIULBERT — A masked
gunman held up the First
State Bank of Hulbert just
before noon Tuesday and
fled with a companion into
the hills east of take Gibson.
They took $3,000.
Officers who swarmed into
the sparsely-populated area
believe the robbers switched
cars and fled toward Arkan-
sas.
Officers threw up road-
blocks, but authorities had
no description of a second
car.
The holdup was a repeat,
in many ways, of the rob-
bery of the same bank near-
ly a year ago when two gun-
men stole $12,000 and were
never caught.
Four persons, Including al
least one customer, were in
the bank.
The men escaped in a red-
and-white car found aban-
doned minutes later.
Earl Foster
Appointed
City Judge
Earl Foster jr. was named
by the city council Tuesday
as an associate municipal
judge.
The appointment is effec-
tive immediately. Foster
will fill the vacancy rrealed
when the council fired for-
mer Judge K. B. Lee Janu-
ary 23.
Foster, 50, is a practicing
attorney in Oklahoma City.
He received his bachelor of
arts and law degrees from
the University of Oklahoma
and a graduate degree in
law from George Washing-
ton University, Washington.
D. C.
He practiced as an attor-
ney for the Federal Power
Commission and Securities
and Exchange Commission
in Washington from 1947
through 1949.
Foster’s home is at 1409
Kenilworth.
The council's judicial re-
view board reviewed 14 ap-
plications a n d submitted
four names to the judicial
eommitlee for selection of a
judge.
‘Hale Day" Start*
By Kay Dyer
A move by Councilman Rowe Cook
Oklahoma City toll road authority was
weeks Tuesday by the city council.
Cook's proposal to establish a city trust that could
build a turnpike within Oklahoma City did, however, draw
more support from the council than it has in the past.
At least three other council members indicated they
might favor it when it c omes to a vote.
The council voted 6-2 for a motion by Dr A. L. Dowell.
Ward 7. to table consideration of Ihe trust indenture two
weeks. He had first suggest-
ed it be tabled for a month.
Cook, of Ward 8, said a bill
now before the state house of
representatives would vali-
, date the county turnpike au-
! thority.
A trust formed by the
Oklahoma County Commis-
sion several months ago re-
ceived package proposals for|
planning, financing and con-
turnpike from
Court Bill
Approved
By Senate
J
structing a turnpike from A "little supreme court’’
NW 36 and Robinson to SW was approved by ,he state
25 and Shields, and another senate Tuesday as the mos
from the S 74 bypass around far-reaching judicial r f
Will Rogers World Airport to step yet taken b\ either
house of the legislature.
Cook said ihe bill before! Creation of an intermedi-
the house "purports to ex- ate court of appeals would
elude Oklahoma City and: be provided in SB 69< It was
Oklahoma County" from its,adopted by the senate -6-12
provisions. and sent to the house for
This, he said, is through a consideration,
population provision barring Authorized by the judicial
counties of more than 400.000
persons from establishing
toll road authorities to build
urban expressways.
He said, however, the bill
s amended permits steps
such as were taken by the
county commissioners in es-
tablishing the turnpike trust
reform amendment ihe peo-
ple adopted last July 11, thp
new court would consist of
six judges, one from each
congressional district.
It would consist of two di-
visions. with three judges on
each. One division would
hold court in Tulsa, the other
tamismng me minima uubi r.
and receiving turnkey pro-1 by'.he house.
the bill would call for rlec-
Ilion of the judges this year,
bill provides that any pro- bu( ]hp npw cour1 WOU!d n0,
posals.
Cook said Section 11 of the
SAIGON (AP) — North
Vietnam proclaimed Tues-
day a "Hate America" holi-
day, calling it a "union day
of struggle against the Unit-
ed States," Ihe U. S. Com-
mand reported.
ceedings or action heretoforei
taken by any public trust j ig?1
would be valid provided the
actions are in substantial
compliance with provisions
of the bill.
He said lhat section speci-
fies actions by any public
trust, without excluding
those in counlies of more
than 400.000 population.
“If the language has any
meaning, it is to validate the
(See CITY—Page 2)
begin operation until Jan. 1,
The bill was opposed in the
senate as too expensive for
the state, which has 12 ap-
pellate judges now. three of
them making up the court of
criminal appeals.
Senators pointed out if ap-
pellate salaries are raised
from the present $16,500 to
the proposed figure of
$22,500. it would add a big
(See COURT—Page 2)
Spring Rain Early
Spring rains beat
spring's official debut by
more than a day Tuesday,
dumping up to four
inehes-plus on parts of
Oklahoma.
The moisture began late
Monday as light, scattered
showers, but gained mo-
mentum overnight.
Largest amounts were In
northeastern and central
Oklahoma. Highest amount
reported was at Hominy,
4.32. Wynona had 4.05
inches.
The weather bureau said
Rainfall Table, Page 6.
heavy rains in Osage
County will produce
moderate floods along
Bird Creek at Sperry
Wednesday and the Little
fancy River will be 6.5
feet above bankful at Co-
pan Tuesday night.
Forecasters said scat-
tered rain will continue to
fall in the southeast Tues-
day night and Wednesday
morning, but is over for
the rest of the slate.
Oklahoma City's Will
Rogers World Airport had
measured .7R Inch hv 7
a m. Tuesday.
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