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ORANGE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1965
Ldbox Chiefs Fighting It
Auto Insurance Dispute
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AUSTIN (AP)-State Insur-
ance Board members and attor-
neys for two Texas labor lead-
ers disagreed today over the
need lor a 13.4 per cent average
^statewide increase in auto insur-
t /premiums.
d Chairman William
Hunter McLean contested argu-
ments against the increase with
figures he said, warranted the
boost in premiums, now sched-
uled for Aug. 1.
H. S. (Hank) Brown,-^exas
AFL-CIO president, and Roy
Evans, secretary-treasurer, re
quested the hearing. They were
represented by attorneys Sam
Houston Clinton Jr.. Austin, end
Bert Bader, Dallas. Bader is
plaintiff in a district court suit
challenging the increase. No
trial date has been set for the
suit.
Clinton read off a long series
of figures comparing premiums
paid and losses incurred on Tex-
as automobile insurance during8
1963.
"The principal purpose of this
is to show that the insurance
companies writing insurance in
Texas are doing yery well in-
deed," Clinton said. In many
cases the premium figures read
by Clinton were more than dou-
ble the loss figures.
McLean then distributed a
printed analysis which said that
insurance companies took $10.8
million loss on auto policies
written in Texas during 1964
McLean said that written pre-
miums are "a meaningless fig-
for rate making" for a num-
beVof reasons including the fact
that they include five year poli-
cies and those which were can-
celled after '60 days.
Bader at first-^aid the board
had no authority to conduct the
hearing because the "98th Dis-
trict Court here has taken juris-
diction in the case contesting the
rate increase. McLean overruled
the protest.
Bader repeated the argument
he made before the board at its
June 22 rate hearing, and later
in the district suit, that the
board should have considered
insurance' company income
from investments in setting the
new rates.
"I believe that the legislature
by this (insurance rate making)
statute has already given you a
mandate to consider investment
income and investment appreci-
ation," he said.
The board ordered the rate in-
crease July 1 after a hearing
where insurance industry
spokesmen complained of rising
claim settlement costs. Included
in the increase is a 20.8 per cent
average boost in the price of
auto liability coverage.
uecision Ldose;
Hearing Galled
By REBECCA MASON
Orange School District trustees last night in a bro-
ken tie vote approved raises averaging $400 per teacher
and an auxiliary personnel pay increase.
The new salary schedules could mean a maximum
5 cent tax rate increase for a 1965-1966 budget.
The board set Aug. 17 as
public hearing date on the
bi "
Military Buildup Request Looms
By FRED S. HOFFMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) ±- The
Defense Department probably
will ásk Congress to boóst the
regular military forces by 300,-
000 men or more in a gradual
buildup,.,through- heavier draft
nails and recruitment of volun-
teers.
Sources disclosed this today
as it became clear President
Johnson had chosen a relatively
slow course of girding for the
long haul in Viet Nam, rather
than a quick buildup using
reservists and National Guards-
men.
A boost of 300.000 regulars
would swell U.S. military
strength to about three million
men. Much of the increase
wpuld be applied to the Army,
sources said.
Among other things, the Army
will get one more division, prob-
ably mechanized infantry, to
raise its division total tx> 17.
More independent infant™ bri-
gades also are planned. An
Army division totals about 15,-
000 men, a brigade about 4,000.
Johnson's move increasing
the U.S. military commitment
in Viet Nam by 50,000 men. to a
total of 125,000, falls short of
expectations. But it is consid-
ered likely further U.S. rein-
forcements, possibly as many
as 50,000 more, may flow to the
war zone by the end of the year.
The new strengthening of
forces in Viet Nam is well below
what would be needed to bring
about a 10-1 or even an 8-1
margin of superiority over the
Communist guerrillas infesting
the country. Some experts say
such a ratio is essential.
To reach a margin of 10 to 1
or 8 to 1. another 650.000 to 900,-
000 Americans would have to be
poured into Viet Nam to rein-
force the 550,000 South Vietnam-
ese troops and the Americans
already there or due to arrive
under current plans.
The buildup in South Viet
Nam is beginning to drain the
strategic reserve of regular
Army divisions based in the
United States for use around the
world.
Johnson faced two alterna-
tives for rebuilding this strate-
Looks More Like Moon
Mars Pockmarked With Craters
' WASHINGTON (AP) - Latest
pictures of Mars disclosed that
the planet may be pockmarked
by up to 10,000 craters, and that
it appears to be more like the
moon than the earth in its sur-
face features.
This was disclosed today by
space agency scientists in a re-
port to the White House The re-
port covered findings on 18 pre-
viously unpublished photographs
taken by Mariner 4 on its epoch-
al voyage to the planet.
The scientist who made the
main report said that the find-
ings "will pofroundly affect sci-
entific views about the
the solar systems," and
cally may shed new "
history of the earth
Dr. Robert Lejghl
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pas-
imaí
adena. Calif, said the latest re-
leased pictures of the red planet
reveal 70 craters ranging in di-
ameter from 3 to 75 miles He
said that if the rest of the pl3net
is like the area photographed
July 14 by Mariner during a.
period of 25 minytes, there ipim
be "more than 10,000 praters
(on Mars) compared Jo a mere
handful on the earth
Leighton said-Evidence from
the photographs "neither dem-
onstrates Aor precludes the pos-
sibility^ the existence of life"
on Mars.
/But the fact that the photos
indicate Mars never had ary b^,, which will require
oceans or significant quantities c|,anKe ¡„ rate
udget, at which time the
tax rate will be set.
Teacher raises will range
| from $207 and up according to
experience and degree, i
A beginning teacher will re-
ceive $4,977 per year instead of
$<,770. A beginning teacher with
a master's degree would re-
ceive $5,391 instead of $5,094
Auxiliary raises, including
all personnel except teachers,
would range from about $20 :o
$70 per month
A beginning clerk typist would
receive $260 per month instead
of $240 and a tractor driver
would receive $350 instead of
$280.
| Approval of the pay raises for
all school personnel were ap-
proved after more than two
hours' discussion of a budget
'proposition and salary sched-
ules.
■I "I am in favor of raising
e - either by a com- ^achers' salaries °nly if '*e
- the heavier draft and ca" k£f he tax [ate same
said Trustee Graham Bruce
"I think $1.30 Is all the tax
rate the people can stand,
Bruce said.
Last year's tax rate was $1.
per $100 valuation at 1
cent of true market v Hie
salary schedijles adopted
last "night couLd bring a tax
rate increase, «is year of a
maximum^ cents per $100
valuatii
Tljr board .authorized Supt.
Martin L. Brock eft#
a proposed budget
the new salary schedules
other expenses in „ the
proposition are expected to be
the same as last year.
Board members will meet
again next week to discuss a
proposed budget.
The s lary schedules last
(See SCHOOL, Page 7)
gic
bination
stimulated enlistments or by
callups of thousands of reserv-
ists and National Gu^rdsmpn
U.S. officials said Johnson
decided against calling rtserv
ists and guardsmen to the col
because he and his advisers
concluded such action was not
necessary at this time
atkm which writep-Sctor-produc-
er Orson WelJ* scared out of
its wiW' .witfi a realistic radio
broadcast during the 1930s of ap
invasion of earth by
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Public Hearing Is Slated
On School Budget at Cove
Cove School trustees will hold
a public hearing tomorrow at
7 p m on an increased $148,000
no
Top Firestone Of Uriah
Visit Local Plant Today
Three
officia
iC .
the Fire-
and La
tex Co visited the Firestone
Petrochemical Center on Chem
ical RpW here today-
were newly appointed
sident Richard A. Riley,
W. F. Jordan, vice president in
charge of sales, and C. A. Hill,
vice president in charge of pro-
duction. All three are from the
Firestone headquarters at Ak
roo.
Although all three praised the
present industrial climate of the
Orange area, Riley said he was
"in no position to comment
about the possibility of future
expansion" of the petrochemi-
cal center here.
"When and if a future expan-
sion takes place will depend on
WEATHER
Data from U.S. Weather Bureau
Outlook: Partly cloudy to cloudy
High today — ft
Low tonight 74
High tomorrow 93
Outlook tomorrow: Partly
cloudy to cloudy, warm
through tomorrow. Mostly
afternoon and evening
showers or thundersbow
era over about 30 to 40 per
cent of the area. •
Outlook for Saturday: Pi
marketing conditions."'he said
In the immediate future, Riley
said, Firestone will be busy re-
aligning its present plants,
rather than expanding or build-
ing new plants.
"We have reached the point
where we need to tune our
plants to meet customer needs,"
Riley said. ,
But as population growth
continues to increase the' de-
mand for our basic rubber prod-
ucts, expansion will ultimately
become necessary," he said.
Riley qaid he could not com-
ment specifically on any future
possibilities for the Orange
plant, such as addition of a tire
manufacturing facility.
The Firestone plant site here
covers 1,000 acres. Only about
half of that land is now in use.
"We feel the industrial and
labor climate here is very fa-
vorable," Riley said. "The Or-
ange area and the Texas Gulf
Coast is an area of extreme
sperity, Firestone is. proud
be'a contributing factor to
this prosperity."
Today's visit wis Riley's first
to the Orange area and South-
east Texas. He was named
«resident of the svnthatics and
latex division of the
Tire and Rubber Go. i
montl
of water makes the prospect of
finding life there "less promis-
ing," he said.
The scientist took the view
that if life does exist on Mars
in some primitive form—per-
haps bacterial or plant life —
Mars "may be the best, per-
haps the only, place in the solar
Ifystem for preserving primitive
conditions."
Í The report was presented at
a White House ceremony in
which President Johnson re-
marked that he was "a little bit
relieved your photographs didn't
shoW more signs of life out
there.",
He said he felt this way be-
cause he belonged to the gener-
vahiation in the district this
year are not auite complete.
Last year's valuation was
$6,245,366.
The increase in instructional
costs is the only significant
change in the proposed budget,
Moore said. Instruction is bud-
geted at $103,700 compared with
$90,770 last year
In addition to the teacher sal-
ary increases another teacher
was added to the Cove faculty
making a total of 14 teacher
personnel
Moore said that this teacher
was gained through the state
state sources to cover the in- average daily attendance re-
quirement. which qualifies a
school district for a certain
number of teachers according to
$1.06 per $100 valuation based the number of pupils enrolled:
Other items in the
The proposed budget is about
$13,000 higher than last year's
fiscal policy because of teacher
raises granted earlier in the
year.
Cove teachers will receive pay
increases ranging from $99 to
$1,000 according to the amount
of experience and type of de-
gree they hold.
However, the school will be
getting increased revenue from
Supt. Travis G. Moore said
that the tax rate will remain at
on 80 per cent of true market
value.
He said figures on the total
budget include administration,
(See COVE, Page 7)
The division
Riley
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Murder
Charge
Is Filed
A charge of murder with mal-
ice has been filed through the
office of Justice of Peace Joe
Bunn of Vidor against H u e y
Simon about 25, of 1549 Strick-
land, Pinehurst, following the
death of Franklin Delano Bas-
ham. 29, of 402 North Ave.,
Browhwood Addition
Simon was released from cus-
tody after posting a $2,000 ap-
pearance bond.
charge was
night!) after Basham
p.m. in John
Galveston. H
tained in a fl
Avenue
cordinf/tó the investigating
fi ^
taken to Orange
[emorial Hospital and
transferred to Galveston.
The investigating officers are
City Identification Officer Keith
Bannon and Detective L. C. Is-
tre
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Claybar
Funeral Home for Basham
Burial will be in Wilkinson
Cemetery
A native of Onalaska, Basham
had lived in Orange 1!
K,u • «asgfccjor
bine Insulation Co.
Survivora include his wife,
Mrs. Joyce Bpsham of Orange;
five sons. Frank, Harry, Greg
ory Dane, Terrabce Ray and
Darrell Lee B a sh *,m: his
mother, Mrs. W. O. Rogers: two
sisters, Mrs. Helen
all of Orange, and Mrs
Hatfield of Joppa, 111.: two
brothers, Charles R. Rogers of
Houston an# John Rogers of Har
waii: and grandparents, Mrs.
J. H. Basham of Leggett and
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. May of
Houston.
PREFAIRlCATED DRAFT TUI£ FORM SWUNG IN PLAC£U-"
17-Ton Section To Form Tunnel in Toledo Bend Dam
New Milestone Reached
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On Toledo Bend Project
Republican
Governor
Is Seated
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP)
— The National Governors Con-
ference installed GOP Gov. John
H. Reed of Maine as .its new
chairman today in a 22-20 vote
that cut across partly lines.
Republicans had onpowd the
lection of Reed because of
their previous agreements on
Govs. John A. Love of Colorado
and Mark O. Hatfield of Oretfon
as their caucus nominees. The
GOP got help from southern
and some other Democrats in a
vote that climaxed a stormy
By PETE COLL!
TOLEDO BEND (Spl) -
other milestone in the prog
ol the $60 million Toledo Bend
Dam under construction here
will be marked this week with
placement of huge prefabricated
forms in the powerhouse exca-
vation.
The first of these Was lowered
into place Tuesday. A giant
gantry crane straddling the ex-
cavation lifted a 17-ton section
of a draft tube form and gin-
gerly swung it into position
on its stab on the excavation
floor.
Concrete will be poured
around the forms which are
later removed. This win leave
tunnels in the sólid dam struc-
ture. Water will expend its
force in a 60-foot fall from the
reservoir pool < in spinning the
lam's hydroelectric generator
It then will be chan-
neled through the two tunnels
into the t&U race chanhel on the
downstream side of the dam.
The upper draft tube forms
are constructed at a carpenter
shop at the dam site/ Each of
the two generators in the dnm
has a separate inlet and d
charge channel through the
dam.
The upper draft tubes placed
this week are built in two sec-
tions. When joined, they will
form an elbow-shaped tunnel.
This is because the com
curves and ellipses called
would be almost impossible
to construct in place. Project
Tin chairmanship Is alternat-
ed,between the political parties ¡
•very two years.
The conference elected tó the
executive committee Democrat-
ic Govs. John A Burns of Ha-
ii, John B, Connallv of Tex-
—, Hughes of Iowa and Paul B.
Johnson si Mississinpi. and Re-
publican Govs. Clifford P. Han-
oi Wyoming, William W.
Scran ton of Pennsylvania and
John Volpe of Masachusetta.
Read's name was not ameng
' -Jchtibe Republican
' Association had rac-
The GOP state ex-
ecutives had proposed the elec-
tion either of Gov. Jota A. Love
or Gov. Mark O
Summary • Index-
LOCAL
Cove trustees to hold hearing
tomorrow night on proposed
school budget.
Placement of huge prefabri-
cated forms in power house ex-
cavation marks new milestone
at Toledo Bend project.
Orange trustees
MMSM itkfi cat
miaVB UlfU SCI
proposed
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giant chemical
ri**.
! Wk $ Z
officials visit
here.
Kou-
more hoaors on two fronts to-
night. The Nationals host Beau-
mont at Memorial Field while
the Rockets are in Clute . . .
Joe Namath passes first test.
Vietnam
The Defense Department
robably will ask Congress to
joost regular U.S. military
forces by 300,000 or more in a
adual buildup through heaviér
aft calls and recruitment of
volunteers.
Engr. Roy Schlumpberger ex-
plained.
Other forms will be Installed
to entapíete the tunnel. These
too are prefabricated at the site
and await only the pouring of
the dam foundation slabs.
Massman-Johnson of Kansas
City is general contractor on the
project. Project Mgr. William
(Pop) Pappenheimer said the
initial stage of construction is
about over. "The placing
forms marks the be-
tbe second phase,"
he said. ~
plans to In-
crease its work force, primarily
at the powerhouse, "by some 150
men in the next two or thren
weeks, Pappenheimer
"The work force should
its peak about October and con-
tinue on that level for about a
year," he predicted.
At present Massman-Johnson
employs nearly 200. This In-
cludes 29 carpenters, 22 iron-
33 classed as opera-
tors, $3 laborers and the bal-
ance in miscellaneous crafts
and supervision.
List & Clark, also of Kansas
City, is the. earthmoving sub-
contractor. Supt. A." B. Petefa
said some 3.S million cubic
yards of earth have been moved
to date. This is about 25 per
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AFL-CIO President
taws ban-
ning the union
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