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The ORANGE Leader
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ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1962
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VOL LIX—NUMBER 207
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vitalizing the local campaign to get Connally based on an estimated assessed
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West Orange School Trustees
Study Expansion Bond Costs
County Budget Hearing Set
For Sept. 14 at Courthouse
Scrimmages Due
,por Gridders
See Page 12
! City Budget
Hearing Set
For Sept. 11
man of the schools committee.
Brockette also will make avail-
Using Sabin Oral Type Vaccine
Final Plans Under Way in Area Polio Drive
cials emphasise that the general cents for the road and bridge
public is welcome to attend the fund, figures now in effect. The
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constricting a concrete street to
open Orange Avenue to 15th
Frequently During Probe
DALLAS (AP)—State employe He was on the witness stand
Nelson Decker and oil operator at a Texas House Investigating
W. S. Barber invoked the fifth Committee probe for 18 minutes
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Mrs. Hamilton commented,
"Clocks here stopped around 9:51
general fund revenue has been
reduced from 41% cents to 38%
cents, and 3 cents has been al-
DEMONIC FORCE OF TWISTER HITS CAMERON TRA'lLER PARK
Swirling Winds Dump Shattered Hulk of Chassis Quarter Mile Away
By National Organization
Battle Starts for Survival of Family Farm
DES MOINES. Iowa (AP)—The Buoyed by a massive turnout of They have retreated as far as
program would cost if bonds are
issued for that amount
49. trier administration building
each of the three days. -
High tomorrow
Sunset today
Sunrise tomorrow
winos—Swen ond
current budget. The increase is tainly not comparable to the havoc
due to normal growth and up- wrought here in 1957.
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The 1963 estimates for county
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The Orange City Council is ex-tkento the local med cal clinic
elected governor in the November general valuation for 1962 of 375 million
election. | or an increase of 33,945.860 over
$1,317,652 in general fund expendi- readings up to 80 miles per hour
in gusts and at other times from
ange Planning Board at a public advised the-board. The bond in-
hearing occasioned by a request terest he quoted on the 3300.000
for approval of a plat north of issue was 3%4 per cent.
Maxwell Drive on which Zeto En- - - -
Sept. 11 An appropriation ordi- drey disaster,
nance will then be introduced, if
pus area. ’------- “ r .
- In view of the need to expand
sescamproptbeycityhasshodtor Hear From Banker
JOHN CONNALLY VISITS HERB—Demo-
cratic gubernatorial candidate John Connally
(center right) confers with local supporters
here today during a Dutch lunch in the Orange
Bowling Palace Pictured with Connally are
A. C. Shirley (left), county Democratic chair-
men, Eugene Hoyt (center left) cochairman of
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other people’s property.
Decker was an inspector for the
railroad commission, which con-
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peeled to hold a public hearing operated here by Dr Cecil Clark.
Ion the proposed 1962-63 budget medicat hero of the Hurricane Au-
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Orange Trustees To Proceed
With Campus Expansion Plan
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a sum not to exceed the cost of
One of the physicians who is a
member of the medical society-
will be in charge of each im-
munization station. These assign-
ments are being worked out by a
committee headed by Dr Robert
F. Minkus.
Principals of schools chosen for
clinics will serve as clinic coordi-
nators. Detailed information
Accused by an unknown West physical examinations for its stu-
Orange woman of "not doing his dents," he continued, "and .I’m
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2d to 40 miles per hour.”
Although the death toll earlier
today remained at only two, it
was considered highly likely that
additional bodies would be found
once waters receded and rescue
parties had time to suryey wreck-
Eag3e
Appearing before the board was a 17-year period.
. V , Ernest L. Brown Jr., vice presi-... .....
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months and the use
ments annually ranging
320,150 to 326,750.
Leoder stow Phote
the local campaign for Connally and Jerry L.
Zunker (right) cochairman with Hoyt. Durin
the meeting, supporters mapped plans for re.
„ ... .... .. say crooked
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National Farmers Organization an estimated 20,000 members who they can. We do not intend to re-
starts Saturday what it calls a shouted approval of the holding treat any farther.”
“battle for the survival of The action here Tuesday. NFO presi- Staley warned members to
for p m. Our wind gauge clocked
The court and other county offi- cents for the jury fund and 18
them today in the probe of oil ley came from an interest
thefts by slant-hole well drilling, illegally slanted oil wells.
$16,74Q and payment from water age.
and sewer interest and sinking Several fishing boats were either
fund of 3201.574 capsized or driven up underneath
Total assessed value of rear the dock along the Intracoastal
property is listed at 3451110.860 as Canal -near here. The wreckage
compared to $41,754,180 in the although considerable was cer-
Amendment 26 times between Another witness said the mon-
Final planning for the admin- for the first of three immuniza- Orange House. Deliveries to elm- day. Distribution of the vaccine
istration of Sabin oral polio vac- tion dates. This will be Sept. 9 ics will be made on the mornings will be made from central head-'
one to 80,000 residents of Orange from noon to 6 p.m. of immunization days by members quarters in the Orange School Dis-
County and adjoining areas is in j B. L. Morris,’ purchasing and of Lloyd Grubbs Post No. 49, trier administration building on
progress. supplies committee chairman, re- American Legion.
Executive committee members viewed this phase of the planning. Vaccine has been ordered from
for the immunization program met On order, he reported, are the Wyeth Laboratories by the Orange
yesterday afternoon for a review 200,000 paper cups, the same num- County Medical Society which is
session in the Orange Chamber of ber of sugar cubes, and other sup- i sponsoring and has underwritten
Commerce conference room. plies to be needed for all three cost of.the progrim.
They went over details for dis- immunization dates. This will be delivered n a frozen
tribution of vaccine and’supplies Storage space for these items is state by representatives of Wyeth
to 19 schools selected as clinics being provided by the Jack Tar just prior to each immunization
trols the state’s oil producing
industry.
A colorful old-time driller and
a suave oil company president
pictured Tuesday the operation of
an oil lease rigged to take stolen
7---zwz0—- oil from one well and share the
_ ' "ve" production allotment with dummy
Data From U. S. Weather Bureau holes.
Outlook: Partly cloudy through One witness said the rigged
tomorrow with scattered, lease belonged to a former state
mostly afternoon showers or employe who is accused of taking
thundershowers. Slightly pg ,000 in bribes to keep slant
higher daytime tempera- drilling a secret.
Decker invoked th- amendment The witness was Texas Asst.
16 times in refusing to divulge Atty. Gen. Robert Flowers, who
where he got 345.850 beyond his hinted that some of the oil com- J
salary. ing from leases partly owned by
Barber refused to talk about Decker was credited' to dry.
how a well he was having drilled dummy wells.
in 1961 apparently slashed into a Decker, fired Mav 14 on stated
Shell Oil Co. well thousands of grounds that he refused to take
yards from Barber’s oil lease, a lie detector test about crooked
Decker, a tall, gray-haired vet- wells, was represented by lawyer
eran of the oil fields, claimed John Glass of Tyler.
constitutional immunity — state The committee is in its third
and national—against testifying day of investigation of the oil
a»inst himself.______________ well scandals. Some authorities
A public hearing on a record, the 1961 tabulation
'$3015.711 county budget has been Orange County’s tax rate
called for Sept. 14 at 10 am at property subject to homestead ex-
the Orange County Courthouse. emption is unchanged from the
sheets for the principals and. their ••• e a a • I l *|
Activitieg of His Unit
ately by M. L. Brockette. chair- HV 11 V ■ •I • • V ■ ■ ’ ’
grading of assessments in an- One of the interesting facts was ... ________ __________ ____ ___, ... ___________________________
nexed areas to conform with the a towering public utility tower night elected to proceed with plans Walker on conditions stipulated in education policy.
rest of the city and normal east of Cameron within the path to purchase park .property from the proposal for the sale of prop- . Townsend Milk Co. was awarded
growth. of the tornado. It toppled but the the city in order to expand the erty. the milk contract for a year on a
Total assessed value of personal red signal light on the top was Carr-Stark campus area City o f f i c i a l s accompanying low bid of 5.2 cents per half pint
property is given at $54,714,090 still flashing — flat on the ground.1 The property is located at 12th Walker to the school board meet- of homogenized milk. The board
(See BUDGET. Page 10) I (See TORNADO, Page 10) Street and Cypress Avenue north ing were Mayor Martin K. Tho- awarded the bread contract to
------- lof the old National Guard Armory men Sr.’, Councilmen Bob White- Holsur. <
building. ■ head, and Dave Loughridge, city Board policy regarding physical
Purchase of this property by the parks and recreation director. e@lucation was amended to allow
school will lead to the opening of In other action, trustees ap- band students to defer physical ed-
Orange Avenue to 15th Street and pointed Charles Owens, local CPA. ucation instruction to the 11th and
closing of 14th Street and Cypress as school auditor; awarded milk 12th grades in certain instances.
Avenue for,utilization of the cam- and bread contracts; employed 15' (See SCHOOL, Page 10)____,
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The new budget calls
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Howling Tornado Ravages Cameron
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By BILLIE JUNE MURPHY lin Brockette as its emissary to new teachers, accepted 11 resigna-
The Orange School Board last confer with City Mgr. Archie tions: and amended its physical
expenditures represent an
increase of $509,335 over figures located to the building fund.
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out of the same cloud
were blamed by residents
here today in their latest ;
battle with the ravaging
forces of nature. A trailer .
park owned by Chief Deputy
Charles Murphy was left in a
shamble.
The injured were removed by
privale ambulance and highway
patrol cars to St. Patricks and
Memorial hospitals in Lake
able to the public and parochial .ag. _______ _ ____ _— —
schools 20,000 letters of informa- job," the director of the Orange not required to do so/’ Street, make necessary adjust- i
tion and consent slips. These will City-County Health Unit today pre- Commissioner E. K. (Bo) Rat- ments of storm drains, and locate j
-------- —------- —---------- .. . he distributed among students to sented his case to Orange County cliff of Precinct 2 wished toxnown or relocate traffic signals to fa-'
family farm." dent Oren Lee Staley declared: brace for a long fight. He said be taken home on the Friday pre- Commissioners Court. what services the unit could give cilitate traffic on Orange Avenue
Members Of the Midwest farm "We mean to win. the supply of meat in storage and ceding the Sept. 9 immunization.' Dr H H Kev told the court he a child Dr. Key said if the child in line with Cypress Avenue.
group are pledged to sell no hogs. "Whatever length of time it sa le ofalivestockabyonon-members Dr Minkus stressed that a con- had been asked by County Judge was. brought.to sthescuni such ere A cost estimate on this work
’ c«ttle, sheep or grain from mid- takes to win this battle, we will will keeP the market at near:nor- sent slip must be presented by or Sid J. Caillavet to appear to an- "ere numerous sen ices such as is now being prepared bv the city
night Friday until processors do it,” the 39-year-old Rea. Mo., mallevelsforabouttwo.weeks.. on behalf of each person under 21 swer charges if the woman ap- immunizations. . and will be presented to school of-
agree to long-range contracts, farmer said. 1 Then you can expect buyers to years of age receiving the vac- neared before commissioners. "We don t go into the school to ficials later.
with the NFO calling for higher "American farmers are the try to break your morale by say- cine. He said this is a requirement However, the woman whose give the immunizations. re- The city also is requesting the !
' prices of those products. (most underpaid group in America, ing everything is normal — even of state law. These forms will be name was unknown to both Dr. minded the director, "»e give right to reserve gvm facilities of '
‘ :---------------------------when.there isrno meat in the mar- published by The Leader in ad- Key and judge Caillavet, failed to them at the office and we coop- the school system for planned su- 1
kets, Staley said. vance of immunization dates. They appear erate in every conceivable way pervised athletic programs for'
The NFO president said his also will be available at the din- Dr Key told the court. "A lady with the school. Nine, 10, or 12 both the winter and summer
group has sufficient strength to ics. called at my office Friday and years ago, we went to the school
attain its goals in the holding ac- H. S. Peterson, professional and asked me to come out to her but our staff is too small for such
tion. .Three previous holding ac- community relations chairman, re- house to make a pre-school physi- extensive coverage.”
tions—in which hogs were kept off ported on two phases of planning cal examination of her child. I He reminded that West Orange
— Leader Photos by Roy Newton
ANY PORT WILL DO IN STORM
Children Huddle in Barroom Booth
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High today 86.1 » showed that $33,750 was deposited
Low tonight -------- About 75 to his account in the Citizens
Outlook tomorrow ........ Same State Bank of Kilgore, another
-------- 86.0 33.700 in the East Texas State
6:4 Pm Bank of Longview, and 38,400
5 , 2.m through a dummy account in the
occosiononis m.M. Republic National Bank of
tides— sobine: mor J s 0.m..u3 M Dallas.
em 501 p“ P.ow20"25 Flowers said all the money
am. 10.21 am came from oil production from
VEsTEROAY-Temperature: ng" . S.. PBORE P.ow 101
io n. rpin wi. , I * (see PROBE, Page 1
section. strictly talking at this time. We
• j John Whiteside, board chair- just wanted the figures to study.’"
man. announced at the close of Although Brown predicted a 3%
the one-hour meeting that the per cent interest if SB 116 is
board would have to study the adopted. School Atty. John O.
for matter further before they would Young reminded that the last
be able to render a decision. bond issue for the school had been
Clyde McKee, representing H. J sold at a 3.25 per cent interest
The hearing ws.setutoday by su,. per. sioouvaluatiogu nowusin statrkerwarconslderinggragpetoptisBraynmmediafeitc condiski
Orangauring negiSrmmikijoner: Xphoperoynownelsa prland Chare wpuidbeereguired toodevdiattox
s E t’V JhT^a? e.saen aarsshmd S asi and issuance
7 editions ,Leader-,h__County Navigation and Port Dis- 24th Street to connect withtheex-o bonds would require approval
More than one-third of the pro tnet. eneinn 93m of residents bv election.
posed budget total will go for op- Additional levies of 30 cents for t"Honstatedrrharts woula at- The expansion program consid-
erations out of,current revenues: the county; farm-tomarket road tract most of the through traffic WEST ORANGE, Page 10) -
Continuation of the 1960 road fund and 22 cents for the state away from Street thus mak-_______________________________
bond program..will require ex-government are made against 4 23rd Street less | _ _ .. 11/^7
penditure of 31.460.000 and the taxable property not subject tol"Bhetionabl" IORANGF IIIICF I
remainder win be needed to meet homestead exemption. Tecion:ahsac tion tt. onen •nAD-E •h I
- - - “ The major objection tothe open BOSSED _ City Mgr. Archie
ing of 23rd Street has been the in- walker has a heckler. His smal
creased traffic load. daughter during Sunday’s wor-
Those present appeared to agree ship hour silen prayer time at
that such a move would decrease First Presbyterian Church nudged
their resistance to'opening 23rd him with, “Daddy, don’t go to
Street. I sleep in church again.”
However, some pointed out that] FIGURED—A 3-yearold toy,
•— was no assurance that the waiting for his dinner at a Bridge
ouugeteu 1UI — cunet. J xeitieuittuet, . -erh tract would actually to City cafe yesterday and a UWe
I The proposed new budget Is goes toward payments due on developed. Some suggested that irked because, it was so long com:
!. . ------------- courthouse bonds and warrants, planning board approval of the ,n, made this o b s e r v a t 1 an:
and 11 cents is allocated to 1963 23rd Street request should be con- "Maybe K’j becaye we haven't
debt service on hospital bonds. • (See PLANNING, Page 10) said the blessing.
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By BOB AXELSON
CAMERON (Spl)— A swirling tornado dipped
across this Louisiana Gulf Coast town late last night:
killing two, injuring at least 30 and leaving a wreck-
age-strewn trail reminiscent of 1957's Hurricane
Audrey.
At least one tornado and perhaps a second dropping
fund, 356.110 and water and sewer
fund 3420,818. Total budget is
32.213.372.
This includes transfer to the
water and sewer interest and
.sinking fund of $200,478. to the
water and sewer reserve fund of
By MARY ALICE LAKEY dent of Moroney, Beissner & Co..
The West Orange School Board. Inc., of Houston. Brown had been
studying a $300,000 expansion requested to appear before the
program, last night heard from board with a preliminary schedule
an investment banker what the of bond retirement.
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next year’s payments on long-term Distribution of the 80-cent con-
debts. stitutiqnal tax rate calls for 7
Brown said his proposed short
schedule for retirement was to
protect the “A” credit rating of
the district which he said was one
of the few in the state which en-
joyed such a status on limited
bonds.
He also urged adoption of Sen-
ate Bill 116 which limits the
amount of tax which can be fixed
by the board,for bond retirement.
“Adoption of SB 116 would firm
up your credit position and Im-
5 Cents FINAL EDITION
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Brown presented a schedule
which called for retirement over
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the market — failed to produce for- the program. He said the told her I could not because we School District does not contribute The school district has agreed
higher prices. county's five banks will assign had no arrangement with the toward the annual upkeep of the to purchase the property under Residents Protest
] Staley has declined to reveal the personnel to picking up and de- school for such services.” unit as do-other schools. "How- these terms but will work out •59151- 1 ‘-‘59
(See FARMS, Page 10) * (See POLIO, Page 10) “The school does’ not require ever." Dr. Key advised, "since it specifies with the city as to the ... . r c. ,
------------'------------------------------------------ is in the county, we serve them in use of facilities. Lill Kl HQ of >t reets
the same way. we do at other Board President B.W. Stringer charlemont P l a c e residents
[schools. pointed out that both the school f. en etmnc -ct
1 The director said unit employes and city serve the same patrons turne 1 ut.aout.50, strong.last
inspected the cafeteria and made and bv cooperating in such a man- night toprotestlinking 23rdstreet
1 bloodatest s,ofpersonsawhoise wa ner certain advantages can be as- which with service
or cooked there. The drinking wa- sured the taxpayer. d , Interetate in
(Sae COURT. Pa«e 10) ' The board designated Supt. Mar- They appeared before the Or-
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 207, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 1962, newspaper, August 29, 1962; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1530674/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.