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INSIDE TODAY
The Orange Leader
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ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1962
VOL. LIX—NUMBER 120
Locked-Door Inquiry
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later this summer.
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the east and west by the Sabine
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Grant announced
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Ion Jr., Walter Ben Cameron
Annual Awards Presented
PARTLY CLOUDY
He said the 2,280-apartment de
At Little Cypress School
during an
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assistant to th* editor.
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Nanette Poland, photographer.
YEP. ns so - May women
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Graduation Exercises Slated
At St. Mary's on Wednesday
is Slated Friday
. A special edition, including
Member Assoclated erm
ComolefeNEAServices
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Greek Money Pays
Off at Pimlico
See Page 8
Business Review
Editorials--—
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REASE LTTLEFIELD
To Seek Re-Election
Councilman
Is Seeking
Re-Election
c-
bor. private capital and govern-
ment can do.
Cheers and applause greeted
the President as he arrived at
ARMS INSPECTION - A weapons display
attracted visitors at the National Guard Armory
ysterday as Orangeites observed Armed Forces
Day. Visitors toured the armory from 2 to •
p.m. Highlighting activities was a 30-minute
partisan President Kennedy, ac-
cepting a “Birthday Salute” at
Madison Sqare Garden Saturday
LITTLE CYPRESS (Spl)—Local DAR Award: A good citizenship
high school officials conducted an award given by the Daughters of
annual award presentation Friday the American Revolution to a sen-
W. L Wright. associate editor:
Pat Burton, beauty editor. Dwight
ing exhibition and a fir* fighting demonstration were other at- Bangkok. to pay respects to local
traction* during the Armed Forces Day celebration at the Texas Thai army commanders there
-tegder Sho# Pnote
film record of one of the tense and bloody bat-
Use for the Italian Uri Valley in 1943. Slogan
for the 13th annual Armed Forces Day celebra-
that wm "Power for Peace."
Votes Cast Here
Only 15 absentee votes in the
second primary election June 1
had been cast by late Friday,
according to Mrs. Sadie Ste-
phens. county clerk.
Voting is being done between
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily at her
office at the county courthouse.
Names of candidates seeking
state, precinct county. and dis-
trict office will appear on the
runoff ballot
Deadline for absentee ballot-
ing I* May 30.
ent nations—■and we have broken date for the 1964 GOP presidential
new ground to achieve it in the nomination.
Peace Corps, long-term foreign Rockefeller, smiling, waited and
aid. food for peace. disarmament greeted the President cordially.
terday became the second incm-
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Larry Gene Harmon and Kenneth
W. Harvey.
Edward Wilton Higginbotham.
Colon Jackson Jordan. Rita Laugh-
lin. Linda Faye LeBouf, Donald
Lee Lunsford. Ervin Charles Mir-
Wednesday
From Division Avenue south to
the Orange city limits bounded on
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Fowler. James
President Accuses Republicans
Of Trying To Stop His Program
had just completed a move from
_ Khorat to a new poet 41 miles
to the west on Friendshdp High-
ca
name tags have been avoided on
the part of both men.
However, this particular elec-
-tion should turn on this aspect-
long a virulent force in Texas
politics Conservative strength
nt pleinly evident in contrgf
by this faction over the pending
Democratic state comvenrion
Group facility. Jet aircraft Rights over Orange aiso were pert The Army's 1st Battle. Group counciIman ,
at the special cbservance held from 14 a.m. to 4 pm. had cnmnleted * mo- fre —- ■ - P -
n a/ t program for the elderly, known
Proa ram Announced as medicare. Kennedy quipped:
_______________2----1 “ “Most politicians when they come
Orangefield Commencement iss-
Exercises Slated on Friday sr-i- •
. | The President will be 45 on his
The President praised the
ILGWU efforts and urged that all
gut. North Navy, Eddleman Road’calaureate address,
land Clark Lane, and from the | Students receiving
Southern Pacific Railroad tracks elude Kenneth J. Bl
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Betty Crocker Award: Given to at the pe
the homemaking student receiving story was
the highest score in aa examina-
tion on homemaking knowledge
tor received by a Leeder reporter
the other day coowtoto with
*a *tamff*MlU*-
relope for rotor* at the
Gerald W. Campbell. Robert F
Crowell. James E. Davis, Mary
Evelyn DeHart, Frances Avinell
day, cooler at night.
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Forces Are Inspected
By HENRY HARTZENBUSCH
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — U.S. Gen. Paul D.
Harkins made a flying inspection of his sweat and rain-
soaked command near the Laos border Saturday and
pronounced it fit.
The U.S. military buildup, with its avowed purpose
of deterring Communist
,--------- , . “The staff is looking into It,"
-----' ” puugiams into a multi-million dot- he said. “But it has neither been
| Both will enter far fortune. proved nor disproved."
the June 2 Dem- McClellan said he and staff A spokeman for the small
ocratic runot aides will interview some wit- business administration said the
primary Playing nesses Monday morning and then records were locked up for the
catchup. Johnidecide whether to start taking weekend but that he was almost
Connally entered testimony at an afternoon session, certain there
the second pri- "Im pretty confident that some 5 the report
.Pont Addition. Westmont. Pine
Grove, Knotty Pine, Treemomt
additions and all west side addi-
tions and streets between West
Park Avenue and 15th Street.
elude Kenneth J. Blanchard. Ar- Dubois. Gail Marie Hebert. San-
thur R. Brooms. John M. Byrne*, dra Ann Kuykendall. Mary E. La-
' strapes. Lesylee J. Prejean, Jean
me E. Romano. Jo Anae Siegel
Paul Granger velopment, known as the Penn
Paul Granger, staton South cooperative Houses
demonstrated what a team of la-
By JOHN CHADWICK
I WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Investigations subcommittee
has been called to meet behind closed doors Monday afternoon
under tentative plans to start taking testimony in its mushroom- •
ing inquiry into the affairs of Bille Sol Estes.
Also Dorothy Elizabeth Roberts.
Glen Harlin Rbttnson Jr., LeVonia
Weldon Salles, Robert Louis
Self. Andrew C. Shirley Jr., David
Gordon Smith. Brenda Joyce Ste-
phenson, John David Vance.
Glenda Faye Walles, Carolyn Kay
Warner, Gregory L, Whitman.
Delores King Willett and Kath-
erine Dale Williams.
Baccalaureate services will be
held today at 2 p.m. in the high
school auditorium. Rev. R. L.
Self. pastor at Old First Orange
Baptist Surch will give the ad
‘ndoyoufhcan blame him. No haght,a ccased the Republican
aspiring candidate, unless he can -dt — — —
compare favorably, places him-
self in sn unfavorable position
Both the conservative and liberal
(See ST. MARTS, Page »
I ORANGE JUICE |
MISSING - What about the M-
The processional and recessional! Candidates for graduation are
win be played by Gay Nell Fusil- Gary Rochelle Bryan, Preston -- . -
- Maindiven warren Bunton J”' Rufus " ™Psiness and
assembly program in io " "e “ t
. sh2p..55zice wdependability They sre George Eastman and
Lesylee Prejean. Eastman will
Blands. Barbara E. Burleigh,
dipiomas in- Frances Ann Clause. Norma L
gram at virtually every turn. __.____,_ _____________ ________ __________-
Telling a hug* Democratic rally and a stronger United Nations. Kennedy, speaking only six min-
at the'Garden that the Kennedy "We stand for the expansion at utes, drew laughs with several
program is “a policy of construe- international trade for the accel- quips. '
Uve. action" on every front. Ken- eration of our economic growth.! Mopping his brow before his
nedy added: "Our opponents pre-. •We stand for specific pro shirt-sleeved audience, the Presi-
zer to be against sverythine" sr gram to speed our recovery fromident -said he wanted to protest
in his. prepared, speech be sc- the last recession-public works, the sweatshop conditions under
cused the Republicans obeing lyouth employment. Job retraining, which we. work today”-* refer-
EX.tSysXIEJS
against every attempt to help the S0n. long and successful fight against
" guessng"rapick nally ’ "we stand for better appdauana hgayonce
Ly an *evwt more comfortable To the cheers at Democrats who andcollezes for our young, ROCkefellerPtold . the audience
margin than he piled ap to the had paid up to $1,000 to attend bepterahsalthucarenfonetheod at that both public and private hous
* ----- the celebration—a birthday which .R erring toapoherasral ing is needed"
----------- ithe Garden Sunday nlnk, wheni----------------------------
he will speak on his medical care _ _-neammomaum
aggression on Thailand
from Lao*, mounted toward
its mark of 5,000 men. Two
jet transports brought in
1*5 more soldiers from the
Army's 25th Division in Hawaii,
the advance party of several hun-
dred more to join the LOOP-man
1st Battle Group near Khorat.
Harkis, top commander rf the
military assistance force in South
Viet Nam as well as the combat
units here. flew on a checkup
round to Udon where most at the
1,800 Marines from Okinawa are
camped in pup tents within sight
of Laos' hills beyond the Mekong
River.
Heavy rains nt the monsoon sea-
son had just drenched the area.
The general was accompanied
on his rounds byL Gen. James
L. Richardson Jr., his deputy to
charge 0€ the Thailand operations.
They first hopped to Ta Khli,
1M miles north at Bangkok, for
a look at U.S. Air Force Super
Sabe Jet unit post there, con-
ferred with local Thai command-
ers 140 miles further on, then cir-
cled to Udon where they shifted
to a helicopter for the visit to the
Marines' camp six miles south of
the town.
The general then flew on to
Khorat IX miles northeast at
H complete unfinished business and
' create a belter world in which to
live. 4
Graduation ekerckses for 24 St (Eugene A. Duchamp, Freddie F.
- --- • - Marv's High School seniors will Dunlap, George L. Eastman III.
River and Adams B a y o u; also. be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. in/18hn Foreman. Michael L. Law-
Charlemont Race. Sunset Addt-ISt Marv's'Catholic Church,
tion, Lincoln Heights, Starlight, Rev,-Msgr. Vincent M. Harris,
By BOB AXELSON
How do you go about dosing
AHOY MATES — The call ot the sea attracted some 1,000
Orangeites yesterday to tour Texas Group facilities during
openhouse: Visitors to the base were taken by shuttle buses to
| view the massive mothball fleet and were allowed to roam
ithroughone of d* v*«a*to from tap to bottoe* A doey s*a dtv-
Landry, sports editor: Janice Wil- stor. and
liamson, business manager; and - -
Chairman John McClellan, D-Ark., declined Saturday to give
out any names, but said, "Wel f
maybewinterrogatihg some out separate loans from the small
_________- - All indications were that Estes, business administration to help
ively and still pick up a 37 t West Texan whose financial finance his vast rain storage
ment margin towin’ (empire has been punctured by operations.
If you have a sure fire answer. I fraud indictments, would not be Mundt, the senior GOP member
send ’em to Donjamong them. of the subcommittee, said he has
Yarborough, gu- The subcommittee is searching heard that Estes obtained the
bernatorial can- for evidence of whether Estes separate loans to circumvent a
didate. and Tom received favored treatment from 8300,000 ceiling on Small Business
Reavley, seeking government officials in pyramid- Administration loans.
। the attorney ng operations under federal farm
general's post programs into a multi-million dol-
Military Buildup in Thailand Nears 5,000 Mark
Sweaty, Rain-Soaked
chand, Lawrence Eugene McShan, -------------------—-
Margaret Sue Michael, James!
Robert Morrls. Marvin Ear Only 15 Absentee
Lynell Peveto, Sam H. Pevetc
Dean Ray.
American Chemical Award:
Given by the American Chemical
Society to an outstanding student
in chemistry: W. L. Wright.
American History Award Given
by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy to a high school stu-
dent having the highest average in
history: Walter Morrison.
Data From U. S. Weather Bureau Nance, James Edward Owens.
Outlook: Partly cloudy with con- Lyiei Ge.. “ F
tlnued warm days and mild and Simon Kenneth Peveto
night*.
High today .— a ........89
Outlook tomorrow: Warm during
Fer 20 t.omi saJohanoP address "before awards °RinKeby taded a cheering crowd
gyaasatnxersses o Orange- are presented by guests. David( at 20,000 earlier in the day to dad-
-i bna •s
school auditorium, supt. GHbertboara president. will award the International Ladies Garment
i----— Workers Unior
are twofaced - home
(See LTILE CYPRESS, Pag l) and Oto tor atreet MB
rence aad Michael F. McKown..
-----, —— ------ rev,ogi. vuet .... Also, Abdoo D. Store. Marion
Greenway parks Na l and 2. In- chancellor at the Gatvestom-Hous- H. Tindall. Billy W. Trahan,
wood. Town and Country. Farm-W Diocese, will deliver the bac- Thoma* L. Wilson, Jo Aim
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reelection in -the July 17
__ - t bI election.
I Moscow radio charged "the only Littlefield's amnouncement fol
tnon nathcoAnerie anapoupet Lows a statement last Saturday
up■ nuclear bases and * "stra-wim skekretcdomBrtol"paco
tegic springboard in one more re- No X
gion ci the world.” An electrical maintenance sup-
! With proCommunist Psthet Lao erintendent at the local Du Pont
forces in Laos showing no sighs plant, Littlefield is completing his
... ■ ■ —■ ... _ — of * further breach at the year-old first term on the Orang* Ci t y
NEW YORK (AP) — A frankly actually will occur May 29-Ken- th* sit*, halting a speech being! Festival, will be presented next | I 5 \ | Ud | | V • V ▼ UUn cease-fire—the event that shook Council. He he* been a resident
nedy said: "We stand for a world delivered by Gov. Nelson A. i Friday by The Leader. I the Thailand governmeff’s confi- of Orange for 14 year* and lives
community of free and independ- Rockefeller, a potential candi- The edition will appear on the conducted bv the ritv dence in its border security sod at 2501 N. 23rd St
........" • ------- same day that the festival kicks Noticed any trash around.yur tashrun5 Condueted.bsthesct brought the Marines here-it in announcing for reelection
off its long list of special events __.______ um nt okde, according t .D .,W.S Seals iikely the spotlight this yesterday. Littlefield noted. "With
1 for the three-day irioriating. piece.of,Epropenechpirmano theschamabenprjeg week would shit once again to approval of the Orange voters. I
carnival. Well, this.isuthe.weexufonorangcha tesn 01 steo suolot Sh political negotiations between the would like to serve as your coun-
Expected to compliment the Xm* Phesgutteeaprior three Laotian princes. cilman. Place:Na i, for another
I cover are some of the beauty painteda. """5" Prince Souvanna Phtiuma. the two yean. It has been a pleasure
I contestants, who are.biddingfor Officially desiznated.as.ciean "For’qICk reference the fol-agreed choice of the chief west working with the council and our
• theztitle Water .Sport up.paint-up. fixupewetknocomr lowing is a schedule or the dailyrern and Eastern powers to head other, "fine city employes 1
"J™, .. . .__ ange byte.beauutcatrns.com trash truck route. a new neutralist government, cut would like to have a part in com-
1 Headlining this year s show mittees of the Oranee Chamber —__. short his stay in Europe and flew pieting the many worthwhile pro}-
. will be many new events, in- of Commerce, today through Sat-, Monday homeward after a talk outside ecu started by your present city
eluding a twist contest, aski urday includes special emphasis Pickups on 16th Street east to London with British Foreign Sec-management.
. race and a skin diving exhibi- on the attractiveness of acleanithe Southern Pacific tracks la- retary Lord Home. "My goal has been to improve
1 tion. .... . . . — city. . eluding alleyways from Front! De’oie loudsondinz words city services to the taxpayers
। Other activities include a R- No special dry trash pickups Avenue north to Link Avenue. lemMeRKScwunaopnang. RoG with due regard to a reasonable
. rates Party, greased-pole climb- are scheduled. However, residents Also on Mondays, Short lIth uohortieowaianthev’Pta private tax burden. I have seen this take
ing ski show, boat parade, band , are urged to carry out individual Street from Front to Green ausurances f Aom “Moscow Pattte place in our organized streets
> concert, air show and several, projects for beautifying their avenues and Short 12th Street Sosut Union is anxious tar a quiet and drainage improvements, our
s others. - homes and business property' from Front Avenue to M a i« and peaceru settlement in Laos. | (See LITTLEFIELD. Paas 1)
1 — - - They should utilize the weekly Street. . -dPE“E"E"eme“°—"EHHE—‘**
Tuesday,
Awards Ceremony Today
Addition. Bennett Additioh, Du
I pictures, features and detailed
1 reports on all the activities for . ■ f mi It \ A /
ihenimhaanutoOrmgeW^ t S Clean-Up Week
the school cafetorium. |—e ------- - .---
Hugh Dean Ray, president at scholarship: Chery High.
the student council. Introduced Annual Staff Awards: outstand-
school officials who presented the ing service at the school year-
following awards. I book. Iris Bilbo, editor in chief:
Danforth Award: Given by the Mary Barrientos. Hinda Cheat.
Danforth Foundation to a senior wood, Pamela Dougherty, Diane
boy end girt recognized by the Thompson and
taculty: Iris Ann Bilbo end Hugh
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in Estes Probe
I Evidence of Special Favors
Is Target of Investigators
---------------. ..3 we* no substance
"Im pretty confident that some to the report diet Estes did get
executive tetimony will be multiple loans from the agency.
Mecieilan didn't rule out the reMuydt asoAscarudotarsm.
possibility that some witnesses Freeman came by his office late
may be Agriculture Department Friday and gave assurance that
officials- he will ".cooperate fully and free-
The subcommittee's publicMy ... in trying to get to the
hearings are expected to start bottom at the Billie Sol Estes
within a few week*. /case and to determine who or
Sen. Kari Mundt, R-S.D., raid .what was at fault."
th* subcommittee staff to looking Freeman is known to have paid
into “a rumor" that Estes g« 111 (See ESTES, Page 1)
Booting Edition Storis Todoy
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comfortable cushion of votes over
five other candidates in the gover-
nor's race. Waggoner Carr had
an even wider margin.
Fa—ally, never a from man
betore, haa been a key organizer
far vice President Lyndon B.
Jahaaae far years to his various
enmnaing for office in state-
arid* eectie He knows first
band bev to delver the vote
ramdzadomal strength.
__this same knowledge
can be translated aa a personal
basis remains to be seen. It
would be logical to assume that
votes for Gov. Price Daniel would
tell into the Connally fold.
Yarboroug's strength is de-
rteed prtmrily from the fact
M h'l s ate tec* and bee a
convincing platform manner. Ne
greater proof can be given by
the fact that Conpally haa stead-
fastty rtased to eater into any
kind at debate with
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end Glenda J. Young.
An awards presentation cere-
mony will be held today at 1 p.m.
in St. Marv’s auditorium. Rev.
Joseph Berberich will present
awards to students excelling to 16
different cateories. I
Two students will be presented
with a total at 10 awards for out-
without the name
eboat whom ehe
ten
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