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Say Yes To The
New March
Of Dimes
Stmkfnribne Aitteriratt
WEATHER
COOLER TONIGHT
VOL. 41
Leased ASSOCIATED PRESS Wire
NO. 95
"NORTH CENTRAL IEXAS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER"
NEA Newsphoto Service
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN —THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
Georgia U. Suspends Two
Negro Students In Order
To Restore Campus Calm
All! I*. \S r IJ m! in ,' brukc out
fiurui^ t ho nt-ht at I ho I niversity
i i (toof-.^ia in Athens, and the two
N« in Mudrnt-i wo Mailed attend-
ing >rhoo| \esterriay were suspen-
ded and taken in patrul ears to
their hornet in Atlanta. 73 miles
assa>. Slate troopers removed 18-
> ear-old l*harla> no Hunter and 1D-
> ear-old Hamilton Holmes from the
campus undei orders of Governor
Church Elects
Four Vestrymen,
Adopts Budget
Mi'inluis of St \iidrcw'S Epfs-
i m|. (I Church clot ted lour new \e>-
tiymen and adopted a budget of
M7.9W .'i the annual parish meet-
ing V* I -dnesda V night
\ m«* rlctied were W. II
llkMkctt, G. \ Iltils Bub EUlotl
ami Charles Swygrrt. They replace
Dave t rowc )i Otto Spralt, L. I!
Herring ami Bill Bouse whose
terms expitcd.
In the organizational meeting
of lite Vestry Joe Provi'iiia a?
riffled as Junior Warden, and a
Senior Warden will be appointed
at a I; Iot* dale by the rector. Other
officer* elected by the Vestry were
Boh Elliott secretary, and Bob An-
derson treasurer.
Er Wilson Itowland presided
at the mectin** which was held in
the church .tfVer a fingertip .sup-
per in the palish hall. In lu> an-
nan I message to the members. Er.
How land set forth several propo-
sals for the spu dual growth of the
church and its members during
the coming year.
lie also announced a mid week
celebration of Mot) Communion
which will be held each Thursday
morning at 10 a. m with special
etiiohosis on intercessions.
The church membership now in-
cludes 178 active communicants re-
presenting 65 families. There are
2?(i baptised members in the
church.
Erne-t Vandiver lie issued a pro-
clamation say in;: emergency action
was needed 'for the safety of the
two Negroes and lo restore order.
Negro attorneys left Athens this
mommy for Macon to contest the
suspension of the two students in
fodeial court.
A crowd of students and towns-
people estimated by police at 2.1**>
swirled altout the domitory occup-
ied by Miss Hunter before univer-
sity officials and Vandiver acted.
The demonstrators threw rocks at
the dormitory windows and tossed
firecrackers that started fires in
ncarbby fields and woods, Police
Unloosed tear gas bombs at the
crowd, and firemen used hoses.
Some police firemen an(l bystand-
ers vcrc hit by flying rocks. One
sul was injured slightly. There
vverp some 17 arrests
Athens Police Chief E. E. llardy
called the outburst "organized
rowdyism," led by strangers from
out of the City. It followed a bas-
ketball game in which Georgia
Tech defeated Gcortria in a dis-
puted decision Hardy said outside
agitators capitalized on student
tenseness built up by the game. At
one point copies of a Ku Klux
Klan newspaper were distributed.
Troopers were ordered by Gov-
ernor Ernest Vandiver to speed the
Negro students to their Atlanta
homes for their personal safety.
The governor also admonished all
citizens of the state against acts
of v iolence.
Miss Hunter burst into tears as
she was escorted to a police car
ior the 72-mile trip to Atlanta.
Rainfall Here
Measures .06
U.S. SUPPLIED AIRPLANES
BOMB. STRAFE LAOS REDS
Two Producers Allies Express
Completed In JBBl Grave Concern
Stephens Co. ~
Bi
inch
•ckonridge received .015 of an
01 rainfall . yesterday, and
AFRO-ASIAN SUMMITE E RS—Moroco s King Mohammed V, left,
and Unit'.i Arab Republic's Gamal Abdcl Nasser talk informally
during the Afro-Asian "summit meetinj." The leaders cf the seven
nations urged Moslem Algerian rebels to s;ek volunteer aid from
other nations. The confcrence convened in Casabalanca. Morocco.
Many Matters Discussed
At Meeting Of C-C Board
The annual banquet, the lfkil Chamber of Commerce voted to
budget, committee reports, and contribute S75. There will be some
suggestions of activities to be add- animals for sale, these to be an-
il to the 19G1 program occupied nounced on a board at the show,
ihe time of the meeting of the The city zoning committee. J.
board ct directors of the Chamber A Brannan. chairman, reported i
of Commerce Wednesday noon. two meetings have been held and
A. It. Knight and C. W. Wulljen. the committee expects to decide
Jr.. arc co-chairmen tor the annu- whether to recommend a zoning
al banquet, which will be served oulinance here at an early date, j
on Jan 17 by home demonstration on prospective industries, Arthur
lames of tnc couuty, the program Miller reported two prospects he i
lo hegin at 6:30 o clock ill Legion felt will he secured, the question!
Ilali. Rex Jennings of \\icnita 0f when remaining.
Ealls will be the speaker, his sub-
Two new oil wells have been
completed in Stephens County.
W. J. Gourlcy of Graham com-
pleted No. 6 I!. M. Itogcrs as a
regular field producer one mile
northeast of Caddo in Section 2'J.
Block 5, Til' Survey.
It flowed 04 barrels of 11 grav ity
: oil in 21 hours through a 1i-lil-ineh
choke and perforations at 2.1)70-87
! and 2.933-36 feet. Formation was
fractured. Casing was set at 3.028
feet and hole was bottomed at
3.2.">0 feet.
Gas-oil ratio was 400-1. Casing
pressure was 530 pounds and tub-
ing pressure 160.
Two miles southwest of I'reck-
enridge. Lester Clark of Brec'ken-
ridge completed No. 6 B. O. Curry
as a regular field well. It is in
, Section 18, LAL Survey.
I Daily potential was 25 barrels of
38 gravity oil and 50 per cent wa-
ter pumping from 64 perforations
at 3,162-3.178 feet. Formation was
I fractured. Casing was set at 3.278
feet, and hole was bottomed at
3.285. Pay was treated with 3,000
! gallons of acid.
Wright. Clark k Senkel, Inc. of
Graham plugged at 4.527 feet No.
1 Nail, wildcat 16 miles northwest
of Breckenridge and in TE&L Sur-
vey 667.
The same operators plugged at
4.512 feet No. 1 J. B. Harrel, wild-
cat 16 miles northwest of Brecken-
ridge and in B. B. Stanceil Survey
Abstract 157.
P. W, Pitzer Jr.. et al. of Breck-
enridge plugged at 3.712 feet No. 1
Lester Clark, regular field project
SPEAKER-Rep. James A. Turman of Gober lcans over to rcccive
a kiss from his wife after he was elected Speaker of the H:use for
the 57th session of the Texas Legislature. Turman defeated Rep.
Wade Spilman cf McAllen for the i^ost.
ike Sets Forth
State Of Union
In Last Message
Dies In Morocco
Fire Forces Out
600 Hotel Guests
1 nine miles south of Woodson and
Lake Daniel received .40 hut it ject to be chamber of commerce! M\** NaBcy WUUa!P8 Survey'
appeared today the tall is about work, Arthur Miller, outgoing' | t,|u. j9gf ;\ork pros^am wbTch
over. Water at Lake Daniel still president, to preside. Four hundred h . . . . „?■ t„ t
stood four feet below the spillwav. are expected to attend ho, a"k cl l" bt: considered and
. report brought back later. These WASHINGTON i,l -Thc wife of
Many out-oi-town guests are ex- are lo go ahead with the Oil Mu- 3n Abilene. Tex. man. Mrs. Joan
pccU.t and Hubert ttousel •stressed scum proposed here; to appoint a Margaret Cowlev. died Januarv 10
that a mam objective will be to youth problem committee, a coun-iat Port Lyautev, Morocco. The
make these feel especially wel- soling group to help get job.; and \avy said the brief report said
come. Directors were assigned one act in an advisory capacity; and only that the cause of .loath was
to eacn tabic. lo introduce the t0 help seen re jobs and give other earbon monoxide poisoning. Her
visitors who will be wearing ldenti- assistance to youths in the summer
Four Expelled
Haitian Priests
iReach New York
| NEW VOltK i.?—Tired and un-
'shaven, four Roman Catholic
Italn was falling this morning at
Brownwood, Eort Worth. Beau-
mont, Galveston and Houston.
Overnight rainfall measured .85
ot an inch at Brownwood, .77 at
Waco, .23 at Fort Worth .30 at
Galveston .32 at Houston .62 at
i By ASSOCIATED PRESSl
Pro-Communist rebels in Laos
have been strafed and hombe-1 by
planes sent out by the, I'ro-Wextern
uovcrnmenl in Vientiane, Laos. The
planes flown by Laotian pilots,
were the 4-T-6 observation cialt
just delivered lo the government,
as part of the U. S. military ai'l
piogiaip. They were armed with
rockets, machine guns and prcsum.
ably with two 100-pound bombs
each.
British. French and other Euro-
pean diplomats in the Laotian cap-
ital expressed grave concern over
the air raid, which was the first
reported in the Laotian lighting.
The diplomat's sa'.l they fear a re-
taliatory action by Mho Soviet
Union or Communist China. A
British diplomat commented:
"Now that the first bomb has
been dropped no town or village
in Laos will be sale from air at-
tack."
But a top American official had
this comment:
"What are wo. oe t'he Laotians,
supposed to do? Let the Russians
keep pouring their guns and am-
munition in to the rebels: And
once the Communists are reads, is
the Laotian government supposed
to lie down and let the com muni-.is
walk over them'.'""
The Soviet Union has announced
that Premier Khrushchev re i; art Is
favorably a proposal by Cambodia
for an international conference i n
the crisis in La.-.*. Khrushchiv
suggested that the conference le
hold in Cambodia.
The U. S. State Department said
yesterday that it i.i giving earrie t
consideration tr tne Cambo-li; n
proposal for a 14-nation conferent o
in Laos. The statement indicated
that U. S. approval is likely .
1 iit't^ ** Some 600 per-
weto forced from the tipper
si
Mill .
floot s of the 18-stot v Statler-
Hilton Hotel in St Louis last
night by choking clouds of smoke
f oiii a file in a service elevator
shaft. Six person* were treated
tor smoke inhalation and one fire-
man suffered a gashed thumb,
but no one was seriously hurt.
\'| elevators were knocked out
of serv ice and firemen had to run
no Ji flights cf flairs to fitrht the
blaze. Deputy Fire Chief Robert
olsen s.iul the fire started on
electrical n vv«>, quickly
extinguished.
Attorney Stevens
Nicturia. .98 at Corpus Christi and tication badges presented at the h|j,t.
02 at Brownsville. door. I
poisoning,
husband is an inlisted man in the
Navy.
Heaviest snow reported yester-
day was five inches at Wilson, a
small town 13 miles southeast ot
Lubbock. It caused the closing of
schools.
A 28-year-old Negro woman drow-
ned near Waco early today after
a rescue attempt in the swollen
waters of the South Bosque River
resulted in disaster.
The victim was identified by
three companions as Bobbie Hicks.
Entertainment for the occasion
will be music by the Boys Choir.
These attending will have at least
t'nree meats and several vege-
tables tor selection, these to be
served cafeteria style.
The year 1%0 budget of Sit.000
ended $300 shy, and vv ith this in
mil.I a committee was appointed
to study finances lor the present
year. rlhc budget for 1061 will be
All were from McGregor, 16 miles ">ade according to their iindings.
southwest of Waco. Officers said 11 explained there i* money m
their ear was swept off a low wa- the treasury tor present opera-
tor bridge and carried 23 leet down- 'tons and currnct bills were or-
stream.
Ordered Disbarred Russians To Ask
Action In Africa
TV!,Eft IT District judge Otis
Iliin.iL.'.in at Tyler has ordered for-
mer ftandall County Judge Hoy
.toe Mevons disbarred.
Ihe 27-y ear-old Stevens was ttie
K iitral figure in a hearing by the
'!• xas House General Investigating
Committee In Amaritlo where stor-
ies of connections between the un-
derworld and Itandafl and Potter
( onii'y officials were revealed.
.fudue Dtmagan's action means
that Stei ens cannot practice law in
Tex ts unless h(. appeals to 'he Tex-
as Stipirme Court and wins there.
Seen or Heard
by C. M. H.
WWWtmwuWHWttHWtlllll «m
tine or two remained to us today
that the year has started with tain-
tall just right Hoy Scouts will
stage a peanut sale drive" Saturday
in the residential section for the
March t >f Dimes — give liberally
. Vincent's store entered last
night bv breaking glass in the front
and cigarrettes and bacon taken
Candy case in VV a shcrt fria on
East Walker street broken into last
night and cand.v taken At the
I ions Club meeting tomorrow I) T
Bowles "ill discuss the midwinter
Lions conference . The first di*.
Irirt basketball game to be played
hero is
m the Junior Hit:h School gym
dered paid. The budget study com-
mittee Is composed of Howard
Sw anson, Arthur Miller. Frank
Homme, J. B. Brannan at.I D. D.
Doty.
In the committee reports Eugene
Thompson said some machinery is
on hand for the start ol work on
SEW VOltK .ft — The Soviet me lake d.irn, much more Is en
t nion is expected to demand to- loute. thai a road to the dam site
• lay that the U.N. Security Coun- has been laid out. rceent problems
'il ask the General Assembly to encountered cleared, and that with
end Belgian trusteeship ov er favorable weather work will stall
liuaiida-Crundi which lies ea.-t of at least by February 1
the Congo. It s considered possible lMitrv|ll „ |or rt,port]ng on roa(,
that the Russians would ask for uor(t
an emergency meeting of t'nc |"
assetntily .
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Zorin also is ready to pres>s a new
i<aid the Ivan tu Caddo road
lis 05 per cent complete ai.l the
last top is expected to be laid
by April. Letting of contract tor
the farm-to-market road south of
or." Hoover said in an address
prepared for delivery at the dedi-
cation. "I have grave doubts if I
deserve this distinction." And he
oc'.led:
".My service in these matters I
was a joint one with the Florida!
leaders and the Army Engineers." ,
In 1928. a hurricane pushed a 15-
foot wall of water over the low
'south rim of the lake and it drown-
ed 2,(DO persons as it rolled across
ted the rich farmlands.
•he \ year later, when he was
Jitmin.il -sot- .or a vo.mu.i-sr arm, ,h„ , K -. , presidciit-olect. Hoover toured the
attack on forces loyal to deposed . Lat1 i i" 1 W scene of the tragedy. As president,
Congo Premier Lumumba. ooaru. he approve! construction of the
— Report from the agriculture and levees which have contained the
livestock committee was that the, waters ol the lake through five
aA show on January 21 at the armory subsequent hurricanes.
Ftr*t National Bank vou miv olaee wi" llaXt' ,nore *nimals than ever Sen. Spessard L. Holland. ' IJ-
I.,,,,,,,. a.itK is. ~* before, and that the committee has Fla.i. who nas devoted much or
nearly completed raising $8(H) his career to improving water
money for the show. The control in Florida, and oilier mem-
Ex-President Honored After 32 Years
HOOVER SPEAKS AT LEVEES
DEDICATION IN HIS HONOR
CLEWISTON. Fla. T - Thirty-tw o As he spoke. Hoover stood on
years after he pushed for construe- top of a specialy built and land-
tion of mighty levees to tame the scaped ;>ldition to the levee with
waters of Lake Okeechobee in a sweeping view of the 730 square
Florida. 86-year-old Herbert Hoo-1 miles of the fresh water lake,
vcr saw them dedicated today in Hoover expressed a wish
his honor 1 success of the administration of
At a ceremony in CIcwiston. he'.! President-elect John F. Kennedy,
to one hour because ot the former declaring that it is faced with one
president s age, the 85 miles ot of ,n° greatest challenges of our
levees circling the low 'south rim "hole history.
of the huge lake were officially I But he added: "our country has
named the Hoover Dike. , nlet and solved equally great crises
"I am grateful for the high hon- 'n the past 185 years."
Cab Driver Is
Shot Dy Robber
WASHINGTON i.-fl — President
■ Eisenhower has sent hi.s 8:h. and
i last. State of The Union message priests who had been expelled
! to Congress. He says the United from Haiti by Francois DuvaMer
: States has forged aliead in foreign , arrived at New York's Idlewild
I and economic policy during his [ Airport late Wednesday night en
administration: But he 'says grave | route to France.
problems lie ahead. He mentions! The priests, all French nation-
I the Communist menace to various , als. carried only prayer books and
sections of the jvorld. And he a few articles of clothing that
, speaks of intermittent .declines in they were allowed to take from
economic activity at home, saying- Haiti with them.
there is little room for complac- j The Rev. Jean Baptiste Bettcm-
ency. i bourg. the 67-year-o'.l rector of
Elsenhower says he doesn't want a college in Port Au Prince, said
to imply that ail is well, that all i that the four w ere arrested at
problems are solved. He goes ou | noon Tucsdayr and given about
to say: I three minutes to collect their bc-
"Abrood there is the continuing ' longings.
Communist threat to the Ireedom l[e said thev were held in prison
of Berlin. n.exi iusive situation in until 3 p.m. Wednesday when they
Laos, the problems caused by Com- were placed aboard the plane.
munr.it penetration in Cuba, as1 He.said they were treated "cor-
well ps the many problems eon- rectlv" while in jail.
neeted with the development of Father Bettembourg said he and
the now nations in Africa. These the other three priests never were
areas, in particular, call for deli- to'.' why they were arrested.
eate handling and constant review. . He said they only learned of the
"At home several conspicuous charges against them when they
problems remain: promoting high- read an official proclamation by 20 senators were on hand al the
er levels of employment, with President Duvalier in the Haitian time. The senate then quit until
I special emphasis on areas in which , newspaper "Le Matin." i Monday morning.
,or heavy unemployment has persist- According to a translation of I o
cd: continuing to provide for I the proclamation. President Du-
steady economic growth ar.t pre- valior asserted that he had the
serving a sound currency: bring- right to expell foreigners and al- |j i q m •
ing out balance of payments into 'cS«?d that the priests were what IVIUST KeSIQH AQtlin
more reasonable equilibrium and he called "social and political sub- pnirr itttTitirn n tu •. ,
continuing a high level of confix i vcrslves" and "undesirables." 1 " lu" '' ~
donee in our national and interna- Father Bettembourg. who spent
lional systems- eliminating heavily years iu Haiti, .teclined to com-
excessive surpluses of a lew farm I nient on the expulsion order or on
commodities: and overcoming do- conditions in Haiti.
ficiencies In our health and cduca-! 'said there were 217 Roman
tien programs." the President said. Catholic priests in Haiti, 90 of
Eisenhower doesn't mention 'hem in Port Au Prince.
Senate Adjourns
Without Action
AUSTIN '.P — Heavy absentee,
ism in the state senate today pre-
vented final actio no ntho annual
salary bill which also provides ex-
pense money for legislators.
Lieutenant Governor Ben liam-
sey appointed a temporary finance
committee which quickly reported
favorably on the measure passed
by the house yesterday. But li e
Senate needed 25 of its 31 mem-
bers to suspend necessary rules
and pass the bill in the day. About
Port Arthur Chief
.. * Li . /i * * ■ * ioi hi tu unit rvt t, i udii r'vi'itii
attack on Secretary.General Ham- wayland for 7i, mi,CK js cxpet.,
**
when you finance your car
First National Bank you mai
your insurance with th« agant of
■•our choict. Adv.
Dollars Best Weapon You Can
Use To Fight Crippling Polio
^ . . ... "Ilie most effective ammunition tlons to enlarge its program of re-
lated for tomorrow' night any of us can supply for the fight search, professional education and
to prevent crippling diseases is patient aid," Mrs. Bell declared.
\n injunction hearing in district the dollars we give to the 1961 ..-rh(,S(, oripples arc stubborn and
I a ted Friday on condem-; New March of Dimes. . rs. ., (|angcrous enemies. Here in the
I jurt IS w>«.— • •——t/ ----- uu 3 *: *. iiiit.i, in i
nation proceedings on the Mcln- H; Bell, Stephens ( otinty campaign United States .one out of every 16 York
t'ti land, but it stated what- curector, announced ttKlaj . babies is born with a significant Thus
ever the result work on the d-m Ihe campaign has be^un and; birth defect. More than 11.000.000 pleaded the Fifth AmendmcnT'a-
sit,. will not be delayed .. No lire ctllmlnate Jan 31^'h ^ persons are afflicted with crippling ; gainst self Incrimination The
hers of the Florida Congressional
delegation helped to honor Hoover.
Corallo Hearing
Break Is Sought
WASHINGTON 01*—Senate prob-
ers will try again this morning to
break the Fifth Amendment barr-
ier that is hampering hearings en
alleged secret deals between Team-
ster boss James lloffa and New
mobster Anthony Corallo.
far. most witnesses have
DALLAS i— A wounded cab
driver shql in the head by a trig-
ger-happy taxi bandit, drove se-
veral blocks in Dallas in search of
air early today before his weaving
car attracted the attention of pas-
sing police.
The driver. 38-vear-old William
Weeks of nearby Lancaster, was
taken to a hospital where atten-
dants termed his condition as ser-
ious.
Police jailed an armed suspect
for questioning.
Weeks told Dallas police he pick-
ed up the crew-cut gunman at a
bus station late last night. He said
ihe man suddenly shouted to "pull
over" and announced "this is a
robbery."
He said that as he cased his cab
to the curb the bandit shot him in
thc back of the head.
President-elect Kenm.'y by name.
: But said: "To him. every citizen,
i whatever his political beliefs,
j prayerfully extends best Wishes for
good health anil for wisdom and
| success in coping wifn the prob-
lems that confront our nation."
-o
Cuba Pars Doors
Former Dallasite
Tried For Mrrder
Arthur city attorney has ruled that
the resignation of Police Chief <■.
B. Douglas wasn't legal and v.'ll
have to be resubmitted in order
for action to be taken on it.
In a chaotic meeting of the city
commission, the second of tile day.
| City Attorney Jack Voj les said
Douglas is still chief and that the
| appointment of Glenn A. Ilamntcn
i as acting chief is null and void,
j Adding to the eon fusion of la; f
night's session was a crowd eC
more than 100 citizens who demand-
ed that both Douglas and assistant
! Police Chief D. B. Moore be fired.
When you finance your car at the
First National Bank its financed
with low bank interest rates.—M*
Kennedy Fills Four Positions In
Interior Department With Demos
run no arrest . . The Town Club, traditional
recently organized will hold open added
house on Sunday Jan. 29th . . .
Marvin Naylor pleased that E. M.
t'ritchard, Brownwood. district
highway engineer has accepted in-
vitation to attend C-C banquet oil
.'an 17 And vve appreciate th<
letter o furaise received from Ro-
bert Dickson on the American's
Stephens Memorial prescDUtlon
luit Suuday.
"We ask all residents of Steph-
ens Countv to please say YES to
the 1961 New March of Dimes so
The National Foundation can ob-
tain the funds it needs to continue
the attack against crippling birth
defects, arthritis and polio," Mrs.
Bell explained.
arthrities or a similar rhuematic committee is seeking to show that
disease." . Corallo still runs a New York
"The National Foundation has ^cijmster local ar.l is drawing an
provi.l through development of the table salary.
Salk vaccine that the American vw\t
people could find the means off Loss Cost—A tetter Deal—When
preventing 3tich a dread crippler you finance your Automobil* with
i as paralytic polio. Continued public BLAKE JOHNSON
I support should insure similar INSURANCE AGENCY
'The National Foundation relies break-throughs toward the preven-; phont HI M477
un your Mareb of Dimes wotrtbu-,,J* Wrt" delects and aiUiriUs." ViftViw^AViVAWiVVVi
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court rhont HI M434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness this
afternoon. Occasional rain,
mainly in southeast portion.
Cooler tonight. Generally fair
and warmer Friday. Low to-
night 32 to 38. High Friday 60
to (5. Low last night 41, high
ynterday 50. Wind northerly 10
lo H miltt ptr hour, .
HAVANA </F> — It won't tic easy to
get into Cuba anymore. The Ha-
vana government announced last
night that henceforth. Americans
entering Cuba must have either a
Cuban visa issued by thc Czech
Embassy in Washington or a spe-
cial invitation from the Cuban
Foreign Ministry.
PORTLAND '.T'— A fire investi-
gator testified in the murder trial
at Portland, Oregon, a former
Dallas socialite, 33-year-old Mrs.
Joseph Garrett.
The investigator, f t Glenn C.
Richards of the Portland Fire De-
partment. said an Inflammable liq-
uid had been poured in throe | PALM BEACH. Fla. it*-Four assistant to DomocratU
places to feed a fire that killol i top positions in Ihe Interior Depart- Frank Church of Idaho.
lour persons in Portland October f>. nient were filled today by Presi- Interior Department Solicitor. et*
Thc fire in her home killed three ''cnt-eket Kennedy. Chief Legal Officer: 47-year old
of Mrs. Garrett's four children and i Kennedy also announced, at his Frank Barry, a Tucson. Arizona
; their governess. The trial involves Palm Beach, Fla., headquarters, lawyer.
! the death of only one child. ! that he planned to retain the Eis- All four men are Democrats
I The defense has pleaded innocent >"howor administration's reelama- Their appointments were aunoilnc -
j be cause of insanity. tion bureau chief.
o— j He is 60-year-c.l Floyd Dominy,
# i a political independent and a vet-
Eiua Ama A #fmgU<> J eran in the bureau, who was named
^ "I * reclamation commissioner la'st
I 1 U*.—| year by Eisenhower.
"" ■WWfll nOSPITOI The other appointments announ-
ced today by Kennedy are:
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-! Undersecretary of the Interior:
j ported five admissions and four 46-year-old James Carr, chairman
Senator
diflting ^he pant 2!
' dismissals
hours
Admissions are Mrs. Jesse Hyatt.
Mrs. Fannie Freeman, Lawrence
Collins, Mrs. Cladie Davenport and
Mrs. Gordon H. Guinn.
Dismissals included Byron Thor-
ne, Mrs. Neal Noah, Wayne Otts,
Jr., and Mi's- ItuUiie Stoker.
of the California water commis-
sion.
Assistant Secretary of the In-
terior for water and power: 45-
year-old Kenneth Hoiuin, a Groton,
S.D. farm leader.
Assistant Secretary of the Inter-
ior for land resources: 42-yerr-old
Johu Carver Jr., idmlnl#trativc
ed after Kennedy conferred with
Ihe man who will be their boss.
Democratic Representative stew-
art Udall of Arizona, who is to l j
Interior Secretary iu the new ad-
ministration.
The President-eletc has only one
scheduled appointment today —with
Governor Terry Sanford of North
Carolina.
Otherwise, he plans to relax at
Ills family's oeeanfront estate an I
yet in some golf, and also work on
is inaugural ruidress.
Kennedy plans lo remain at thi
Florida resort right up until in.
"figuration day—one week from to.
morrow, January go.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1961, newspaper, January 12, 1961; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136075/m1/1/: accessed June 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.