Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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House Passes
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Birmingham Authorities Are
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talized zone between North and
South Korea.
The Reds said the plane was
damaged badly.
There was no announcement
of the fate of the two American
pilots, Capt. Ben Weakley Stutts
and Capt. Charleston W. Voltz.
The disclosure that the heli-
copter was brought down by
gunfire was made by the senior
North Korean delegate to the
Military Armistice Commission,
The U.N. Command had told
the commission earlier taht the
helicopter made an emergency
landing on the north side of the
GENOA, Italy — Thirteen per-
sons were arrested in this port
city today, charged with organ-
izing antileftist bomb attaeks
and trying to revive black-shirt
Fascist youth brigades.
NEW YORK — The president
of Marine Engineers Beneficial
Union confirmed today that an
agreement on a new work con-
tract had been reached with
the States Marine Lines, opera-
tors of the atomic-powered mer-
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A deputy attorney general,
Joseph Dolah, remained in Bir-
mingham.
About 3,000 riot-trained sol-
diers are standing by at bases
in Alabama, where they were
ordered by President Kennedy
after bloody rioting in Birming-
ham last weekend.
Alabama's fiery segregation-
ist governor, George C. Wallace,
who challenged the President's
right to send in the troops, may
meet Kennedy in North Ala-
bama Saturday. Wallace hasn't
committed himself, but sources
close to the governor say he is
expected to be on hand when the
President takes part in a Tenhes-
see Valley Authority observan-
ce.
The Alabama Supreme Court
heard arguments about which
of Birmingham's two city gov-
ernments should rule and indi-
cated a decision might come
within a few days.
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more concern. It will be a criti-
cal period."
Asst Atty. Geb. Burke Mar-
shall, who went back to Wash-
ington Thursday, said he has
no plans to return to this racial-
ly troubled city immediately. He
. Mid he believes the situatiqp
will be calmed through the coop-
eration of Birmingham people.
Marshall was accompanied by
an aide, Ed Guthman.
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forts of Arlington police and
Hose wielding firemen to dis-
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1963-64 MAJORETTES—In recent tryouts at Mount Pleasant High School these girls
were chosen as majorettes. They are kneeling, left to right, Linda Daniel, Rosemary
Dubbs and Susie Childery. Standing, left to right, Janice Price, Karen Kennedy*
and Marianne Stinson. (Times Photo by Cade.)
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Handling personal affairs was
the topic of a talk at the Friday
luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis
Club at Hotel Stephens.
Speaker was Foster E. Mur-
phy, insuranceman from Tyler.
He stressed the importance of
filing and maintaining a proper
and adequate will with compe-
tent legal advice.
Unless a person has a will,
the government will step in ana
enact a will which might not
necessarily reflect the views and
desires of the individual, he said.
He also Covered points deal-
ing with estates' estate taxes
and estate planning.
Murphy was introduced by P.
O1VWilhite Jr., program chair-
man.
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C. MacDonald, Lone Star
Steel Co. vice president, op-
erations, war introduced to
plant area newsmen at a
brief press conference Fri-
day morning. He joined
Lone Star after 17 years
with Kaiser Steel.
manager and James Anderson
is in charge of the service de-
partment. Parts manager is
Marshall Blackburn.
Other employes are Jerry
Foster, Ottis Steele and Millard
(Speedy) Floyd, salesmen; Miss
Elaine Patrick, assistant book-
keeper; Glen Heath, assistant
parts manager; Robert Holt,
H. Barger, and Ronald Dean,
Ralph Hobb, Charles Jones, J.
mecnanics; and A. W. Lawton
general.
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Applause and laughter inter-
rupted debate several times.
"This is not a laughing mat-
ter to the 20-30,000 Aggies,"
Smith said, "and not to the ones
who sent their class rings
back."
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Jk-The
federal government shows signs
of relaxing-its vigit tn Birming-
ham’s racial situation and Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy’s advi-
ser on civil rights has returned
to Washington.
Sheriff Melvin Bailey said,
however, the authorities are ap-
prehensive about the weekend.
A 24-hour guard has been post-
ed throughout the area of last
week’s rioting. About 200 heavi-
ly armed state patrolmen and
conservation department offi-
cers are patrolling a 24-square
block area.
"It's an uneasy quiet," Bailey
said. "The weekend will cause
ritory 17 miles northwest of
Seoul. The U.N. Command re-
quested that the Communists re-
turn the pilots and the aircraft
immediately.
The Communist delegate call-
ed the flight an intentional
breach of the armistice agree-
ment but evaded a direct reply
to the request for return of the
men and the helicopter. In a
similar case in 1958 an Ameri-
can pilot was returned in 11
days.
A U.N. spokesman said the
officers were making a routine
check of identification markers
along the south side of the de-
militarized zone the 1953 armis-
tice established to separate the
two Koreas.
The spokesman said Stutts
and Voltz were experienced pil-
ots who were familiar with the
area.
U.S. Marine Maj Gen. George
H. Cloud, the senior U.N. mem-
ber of the Mixed Armistice Com-
mission, made the request for
the return of the men and the
helicopter at a commission
meeting at Panmunjomn.
Jury Returns
4 Indictments
Four indictments were return-
ed Thursday by the April term
Titus County Grand jury.
James A Benson, 38, was in-
dicted for burglary He is in
county jail in lieu of $5000 bond.
Benson is charged with the
March burglary of Colley Live-
stock Auction barn in which two
adding machines were stolen
W. L. Burton was indicted for
forgery and passing as true a
forced instrument.
Two other indictments, both
for passing a forged intsrument,
were returned by the , grand
jury but names were withheld
pending arrest.
Plans were completed for the
annual Kiwanis Club Pancake
Supper to be. held on Splash
Day, May 31 in Dellwood Park.
Members were urged to com-
plete advance ticket sales. When
bought in advance tickets are
50c per person. At the park they
will be 60c.
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AUSTIN In-- The House pass-
edhto the Senate 99-22 today a
hdbMMlution asking Texas A&M
directors to reconsider their de-
cision to enroll women.
Rep Will Smith of Beaumont,
author of the resolution,- assert-
ed "The Bryan business men
are the only one for co-educa-
tion, they want the business.”
Rep. David Haines of Bryan
opposed the resolution, and ask-
ed that it be delayed until 11:45
p.m. May 24, or 15 minutes be-
fore the deadline of this ses-
sion.
"A&M doesn’t belong to Hain-
es or the Bryan businessmen, it
belongs to the whole United
States,” Smith said.
Smith said the board did not
have the right to change what
has been the school's policy sin-
ce 1871—that of not admitting
women during the regular ses-
sion.
Haines said women attend dur-
ing summer sessions, and at-
ahead in orbits and flight
lengths, with a record of 64 and
48 revolutions last Auguat. -Btrt-
they have divulged little of their
cosmonauts' condition.
American space agency doc-
tors had expressed fears be-
forehand that Cooper might
faint—or worse—when he came
down. They obviously were de-
lighted he did not.
President Kennedy, who con-
gratulated the Oklahoma Air
Force major by telephone a few
minutes after he hit the deck,
told the nation on radio and
television that Cooper's feat
"represents a great achieve-
ment for our society and a great
achievement for free men and
women, ___
"Peace has her victories as
well as war, and this was one of
the victories for the human
spirit today.”
Bulgaria Begins
Reorganization
SOFIA, Bulgaria im — Com-
munist Bulgaria has launched
a sweeping reorganization of its
government and economy in a
tight centralization scheme cop-
ied from the Soviet Union
The move was announced by
Todor Zhivkov, premier and
party chief, in a report to the
party’s Central Committee ear-
lier this month and published
today by the official news agen-
cy BTA.
The reshuffle creates a maze
of new titles, functions and re-
sponsibilities which Zhivkov
said were necessary to "improve
the structure of the party, state
and economic organs and their
ARLINGTON, Tex - Pantie
raiding collegians resisted ef-
weather"
.Northeast Texas: Partly
cloudy and cooler tonight with
widely scattered thunderstorms,
mainly in south. Partly cloudy
and cooler Saturday. Low to-
night 58 to 68. High Saturday
78 to 86.
they leadership/' He warned howev-
er that Bulgaria “must not be
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XAS. FRIDAY, MAY IT. 1983
Lions, Kiwanis
Clubs Submit
BeautyEntrants
Two additional entries for the
Miss Dellwood-Miss Mount
Pleasant contest have been re-
ceived, the Chamber . of Com-
merce said Friday.
They are Nancy Stanley and
Colene Cooper.
Miss Stanley, daughter of.Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Stanley df Route
2. is a senior at Mount Pleasant
High School. She is 18 and is
sponsored by the Lions Club.
She is a member of the Rhy-
thmettes quartet, Future Teach-
ers Club, FHA, A Choir and
Swing Choir. She won honors as
Titus County and later district
Farm Bureau queen.
servance begins Sunday at the
modern new home of Joel Steed
Motors, 203 Ferguson Road.
Visitors are invited to call
from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday and
during all of next week from 7
a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Ford agency’s new busi-
ness- home, which has almost
11,000 square feet under roof,
is situated on the south side
of Ferguson Road.
The new building includes a
spacious showroom, which is a-
bout one-sixth of the total space,
the parts department, and the
service area. The service de-
partment has 5000 square feet
and is divided into seven car
working areas, each with in-
dividual doors.
Adjoining the display room
are six offices, a lounge for
customers and rest rooms Phil-
lipine mahogany paneling was
used throughout these rooms.
Abundant parking space is
found in 18,000 square feet of
paved area.
The owner, Joel F. Steed, is
in his 26th year with Ford. He
acquired the Ford agency here
IF years ago. Prior to that
time, he was associated with the
automobile business in Sher-
man, Bonham and Mount Pleas-
ant. Steed began his career with
Ford in 1936 in Dallas in the
financing field.
He is a native of Avinger
Steed is married to the former
Miss Charlsy Morrow of Prince-
ton and they reside at 1303 E
1st. They have one daughter,
Mrs. Lyn Massey of Denison
The Steeds are members of
First Christian-Church.
Payroll of the firm was $53,-
416 last year and there are 14
employed at present.
Sales manager is James Clark.
taken back to the old type of ex-
cessive centralization and inter-
ference” of the Stalinist days.
Zhivkov appealed to "the
broadest circles of our people,
Communists and non-Commu-
nists," to support his progham.
LOS ANGELES — The pre-
liminaries hearing for five
members of the American Nazi
party accused of conspiracy and
assault is being conducted be-
hind closed doors.
WASHINGTON—A 87.035,000
loan to Cooper Tire & Rubber
Co. of Findlay. Ohio. has been
approved by the Area Rede-
velopment Administration to
help finance a new plant at Tex-
arkana, Ark.
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NEW JOEL STEED MOTORS—Open house will begin Sunday afternoon at the new
Joel Steed Motors on Ferguson Road. Tot tal building and parking space for they
Ford agency’s new home is in excess of 30,000 square feet. (Photo by Cade.)
She stands five-foot-five,
weighs 110 pounds, has green
eyes, brown hair and her meas-
urements are 34-22 M
She lists her hobbies as swim-
ming, dancing and boating. She
I plans to attend college, major*
ing in music.
Miss Cooper is the entry of
the Kiwanis Club. She is the
। 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. Raymond Cooper of
| Route 4.
She is a senior at MPHS, a
member of the Rotaryettes, Fu-
ture Teachers and was a cheer-
leader. She received honors as
all-school favorite and basket-
ball queen.
Her favorite hobbies are wa-
ter skiing, swimming and bowl-
ing. She is interested in a teach
ing or business profession and
her ambition is to earn a col-
lege degree.
Coleen weighs 112 pounds, is
five-foot-two, has hazel eyes
and blond hair. Her measure
ments are 34-22-35
The latest entries bring the
total to five. Special Events
Committee Chairman Wallace
Fields Friday reminded that
May 20 is the deadline for en-
tries.
Theme for the PJay 31‘pageant
will be "Beauty Out of This
World.”
Our warmest congratulations
to JOEL STEED as he prepares
for open house at his new Ford
dealership at 203 Ferguson
Road. Here is a man who has
had a quarter-century of ex-
perience in the handling of Ford
products, and who gives the dis-
tinct impression of being in love
with the automobile business.
And that’s the way it ought to
be. A man ought to like what
he is doing, if for no other rea-
son so that he can do a better
job for his customers.
The new building which JOEL
STEED has provided for his
business is a beauty, and no
doubt will attract many visitors
during the week-long open
house.
And now that the ice has been
broken, we look for other new
business to go up on Ferguson
Road. As noted previously, the
grapevine report is that a new
supermarket is under considera-
tion for the general area, and
* it also is our understanding that
a new gasoline station will be
put up at the intersection of
Madison and Ferguson Road.
Like we keep telling you,
Mount Pleasant is on the move!
Our thanks to MRS. GEORGE
DANIEL for her kind comment
on' an editorial in this paper
earlier in the week in which we
- commented on the desirability
of a 14-year school program and
a new auditorium, among other
items. It helps to know how peo-
ple feel on these subjects, wheth-
er they agree or disagree with
the paper’s position.
In connection with the open-
ing of one-way streets in our
city, we regret to report not
all motorists are complying. In
a space of about five minutes
Friday morning, two pickup
trucks drove south on Jefferson
—in distinct violation of the or-
dinance creating South Jeffer-
son as a one-way street north.
Our drivers need to be cautious,
lest a serious accident result.
WILLIAM EUGENE (GENE)
IRBY, grandson of MR. and
MRS. J O SINCLAIR of Mouni
Pleasant and son of MRS. J.
G. ATKINS of Beaumont, and
the late LT. EUGENE IRBY,
is an honor student in French
High of Beaumont. He is eligi-
ble for advanced education in
the University of Texas, but has
made arrangements to attend
Louisiana State University. He
plans to attend summer school.
His major is mathematics. MR.
and MRS. SINCLAIR will at-
tend his graduation May 28.
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LONDON W--The cool cour-
age, iron nerve and skill of as-
tronaut Gordon Cooper aroused
the wonder and astonishment of
Western Europe today.
World leaders—including So-
viet Premier Khrushchev—cabl-
ed congratulations to Presi-
dent Kennedy. Khrushchev
saluted the "Courageous Ameri-
can astronaut" and said his
flight had "made a new contri-
bution to the exploration of the
expanses of the universe."
Through the evening and into
the early morning Europeans
followed the last tension-packed
hours of his voyage. They did-
n’t go to bed until they knew
that he was down and safe
In cities and towns across
Western Europe they followed
the thrilling story on radio and
television links with Cape Cana-
veral and- the carrier Kar-
sargc.
Today the story was spread
on the moon.
Cooper, 36, expressed confi-
dence that "We have learned a
lot from this mission for future,
more extended space oper-
ations.”
The spaceman's perilous de-
scent to his exactly predicted
impact point 96 miles southeast
of Midway Island Thursday af-
ternoon was full of drama and
heroism. But his physical con-
dition was what most pleased
space agency doctors examin-
ing him today.
Ben James, National Aero-
nautics and Space Administra-
tion spokesman aboard this re-
covery ship, said the medical
men were "very happy with
Cooper’s condition. In layman's
language, you would say his
condition is normal.
“The only thing he did ex-
perience was about 15 seconds
of being woozy after he stepped
out of his Faith 7 capsule. This
was normal and expected ”
The tests and the engineering
debriefing sessions will con-
tinue until Cooper is flown from
the Kearsarge to Honolulu Sat-
urday afternoon for a parade
and public reception.
Their results will require long
evaluation, but optimism was
evident that the main stated ob-
jective of this longest Ameri-
can space journey had been
reached.
This was: "Study the effects
of approximately one day in or-
bital flight on the astronaut;
verify that man can function in
space as a primary ‘system’
aboard the spacecraft modified
for a full-day mission ”
AUSTIN — House member?
hung a wreath on the women's
equal rights issue today when
Representatives refused to give
the ’ Senate-approved measure
new life by transferring it to a
friendlier House committee that
wouldeelear it for floor debate
before adjournament next Fri-
day. The vote was 88-57, with a
twd-thirds majority needed.
ENGLEWOOD, N. J Negro
parents called off a planned sit-
in at two predominantly white
schools today and met with the
superintendent of schools to dis-
cuss a precedent-setting state
decision against racial imbalan-
ce.
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