The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 19, 1968 Page: 1 of 38
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The ORANGE Leader
De Gaulle Hurries
VOL LXV—NUMBER 120
Member Associated Press
ORANGE, "EXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1968
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One rocket landed near Independence Palace, seat of South
Vietnam’s government, and an- ' "——---------2 -----
other near the new U.S. Embas-
POST
SCRIPTS
to the
NEWS
Boating
Display
Planned
Seven area boat dealers will
set up a display and give free
demonstration rides Saturday
from 10 a m-2 p.m. as part of
the Orange Water Festival this
weekend.
The boats will be at the Jack
Tar Hotel for public display.
Already at the hotel are the
two boats, and other equipment
that will be given away during
the festival.
Besides Saigon, enemy shells
hit four other places across the
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NATIONALLY RANKED AEROBATIC PILOT TO BE AT AIR SHOW
Cole Main Feature at Ibis Grotto Charity Show Today
2 MSa
Sunset today .......8:06 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ... 6:20 a m.
turbing when you get the distinct
impression on ballot box maneu-
vering cropping up in your
town or your county.
Judging from what I was
told this week by an Orange
area polling place worker in
at least one voting precincf-.
something smelled rotten and
it wasn't In Denmark.
By BOB AXELSON
Political chicanery on behalf of one candidate
or another or even a slate of candidates isn't
something new on the elective scene.
It's been a part of politics as long as elections
have been held in America. However, it is dis-
Absentee voting in the
June 1 Democratic runoff
election will begin Wednes-
day in the county clerk’s of-
fice in the courthouse here
and election officials are
predicting a record turnout
because of vacations.
The absentee voting period
will extend through May 28.
Sallie Frasier, clerk in
charge of absentee voting,
said ballots for the election
on the creation of an air-
port authority for Orange
County also will be avail-
able.
The airport election is to
be held in conjunction with
the runoff election.
“However, voters in the
airport election will be lim-
ited to qualified property-
owning taxpayers,” Miss
Frasier said.
She said members of the
Republican and American
parties also may vote in die
airport election.
BRENDA LOW
Burkeville
Honor Pupils
Are Named
BURKEVILLE (Spl)—Brenda
Low, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Low of Burkeville,
has been named valedictorian
of the 1968 Burkeville High
School senior class.
School officials yesterday also
announced Adele Hall Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
vin Hall, as salutatorian.
Don Dickerson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Dickerson Sr.,
is the top-ranking boy and the
third highest ranking student in
his class.
Officials also announced State
Sen. Charles Wilson of Lufkin
would be the commencement
speaker. The graduation exer-
cises will be May 31 at 8 p.m.
in the school auditorium.
The baccalaureate speaker
will be Rev. Gordon F. Lindsey
of the Church of God here. The
service will be next Sunday at
7:30 pm. at the school audi-
torium.
The valedictorian, Miss Low,
has a grade average of 93.6. She
has served as president and held
other offices in the school's Fu-
ture Homemakers of America
ay. Neither building was report-
ed damaged. One big fire
burned out a square block of
homes and shops.
The U.S. Command said no
Americans were killed and only
“a very small number" wound-
ed. First reports put Viet-
namese casualties at six killed,
the proper instruction, you build
up a lot of confidence, like get-
ting your instrument rating.
“It's just a completely differ-
ent phase of flying,” he said.
Cole said that interest in aero-
PARIS (AP) — in their long-
ting yet, chief envoys of
tited States and North
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27 wounded. Three of those
batic flying is at an all - time
high.
People have money and time.
Professional men who can af-
ford it are getting into it.”
Cole has been flying since he
was 14 years old and a “hanger
(See SHOW, Page 11)
NEW OPTIMIST GOVERNOR-Blaine Esmondo? LakeJack-’
ton (right) was chosen the new governor of the Southeast Texas
District of Optimist International yesterday during the district
convention here. He will succeed John Cummings of Houston as
the governor of 37 counties in the Optimist district. Esmond is
shown with Dr. Raymond R. Rembolt, international representa-
tive of Iowa City, during an officers' meeting yesterday, after-
noon. The registration for the convention at the Jack Tar Hotel
was expected to pass the 500 mark today. A total of 479 persons
had registered late yesterday. Rodney Brown of Little Cypress
representing Zone 5 placed third in the district oratorical con-
test. The winners of the oratorical and boys worker of the year
competition were from the Beaumont area.
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bombing. A North Vietnamese
spokesman, asked what might
happen if the Americans failed
to heed the demand, said the
United States in that case “will
bear the full responsibility.”
The recesses of the talks have
been progressively longer. This
one, the third, is a day longer
than the last and two days long-
er than the first. Nobody yet has
officially used the term dead-
lock, but the pattern suggested
an agonizingly slow pace.
Harriman spoke for an hour
and a half at Saturday’s session,
demanding principally that the
Nort h Vietnamese be “realis-
tic’’ and admit what they never
conceded, that they have sent
troops to South Vietnam. His
statement ranged over the histo-
ry of reports all the way back to
the late 1950s detailing North
Vietnamese activity.
Thuy spoke for two hours, his
words choleric and accusatory.
(See PEACE, Page 11)
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One is the boat given away
by the Orange Boating Club af-
ter a drawing. The 14-foot, fiber.
• j glass, fishing boat is accompa-
l nied by a 20-Korsepower motor.
..J. It is valued at $1,200. . _
The other boat, motor and a
camper will be the prize for
the winner of the Sabine River
Absentee Voting [
Slated To Start ■
Vietnam angrily accused each
other Saturday of deliberately
sidestepping the basic issues in
Their talks aimed at ending the
fighting in Vietnam.
Neither side reported The
slightest progress after the
fourhour meeting. The discus-
sions were recessed until
Wednesday at the request of
U.S. Ambassador W. Averell
Harriman.
Harriman, in a toughly word-
ed statement, demanded that
North Vietnam acknowledge it
■ has combat troops in the South.
This is a “question of establish-
ing some basis from which we
can properly consider your de-
mand for the cessation of our
bombing,” he said.
North Vietnamese Ambassa-
dor Xuan Thuy not only refused
to budge on this, but repeated
his own demand that all bomb-
chapter. She has been FHA 1968. —— —......
"girl of the year,” received the The 20-year-old English major NEW CROP — A visiting fam-
Crisco award and been Area 9 from the University of Washing- ily, being driven about Orange
FHA fourth vice-president. ton will find her other Ian- County recently by a local cou-
She has been "Miss Burke- guages, French and Latin, a ple, noted the water - impounded
!------ville High School." “most likely help when she carries her na- areas planted in rice. The stran-
to succeed,” class secretary, re- tion’s colors to the Miss Uni- gcr turned to his wife to ob-
cipient of the Daughters of verse contest here in July. serve. “Look honey they are
American Revolution citizenship First runner-up in the contest planting water down here!"
award and was a duchess to the was Miss Maryland Paulette CAN'T WIN—This one comes
Dogwood Festival Reck of Baltimore, who cele- in the wake of the recent Or-
Miss low also has been in brated her 20th birthday Satur- ange. area cleanup campaign.,
the junior and senior class day night by winning the chance Yolunteers hauling trash to the
plays, choral club, annual staff, to serve as Miss USA if the dump carefully removed an old
"Who's Who” in English and first-place finisher cannot com- television set. It was carefully
music and has participated in plete her term covered with tree limbs to pre-
volleyball and basketball other finalists in order of vent discovery by curious chil-
Miss Brown has a 88 6 grade their finish, were Miss Nevada, drenaUponrturning,s hertiyaf-
average. She has been "most Kathy Landry of Las Vegas; terwahsanother loade. they dis:
dependable." most mannerly." Miss Louisiana. Kathy Hebert of PI de Gunh ad disappeared
class favorite, class reporter Franklin; and Miss New MexI- •IPonded#mP.A5rons,putk.
(See BURKEVILLE. Page 11) . (See USA, Page 11) ing"progress!"" X
Ing of the North cease without
any conditions, apparently a
suggestion that there could be
no agreement otherwise on any
question.
"In order that these official
conversations concluded with .
results, the American side must
rapidly give a positive response
■ on this subject,” Thuy said. "It
must not be elusive much long-
er.”
Both sides at the negotiating
table have displayed patience in
these talks, but the signs now
were that patience was wearing
thin.
Harriman, for example, told
Thuy he was "particularly
astounded you should seek to
evade acknowledgment of a
simple and utterly verified
fact,"’ referring to the role of
North Vietnamese army regu-
lars in South Vietnam.
The North Vietnamese even
hinted that the conference
might break on the issue of the
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a Aieon The eyewitness who said it
Axelson doesn’t really matter except to
stress that she was both dis-
mayed and shocked. Violations of the Texas
Election Code have occurred most frequently in
those voting precincts within Orange proper in
which there is a heavy Negro vote.
Apparently the Democratic primary on.May
4 wax no exception this year, particularly with
several contested races generating considerable
heat.
The violations centered on assistance to the
illiterate voters. For the moment let’s be chari-
table and take the position that violations were
committed simply through ignorance and a sin-
cere desire to help.
It should be emphasized that rendition of
illegal assistance invalidates the ballot and also
is a criminal offense. In order to clarify some
of these points I obtained a copy of a hand-
book for election judges and clerks.
■ It was issued in March 1968 by the Texas
secretary of state for use in primary and general
election for state and county officers in precincts
using paper ballots. And friends that includes
Orange County. Let's get involved in some hand-
book quotes.
"Among the most frequently misunderstood
provisions of the Election Code are those deal-
(See PA, Page 11)
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Already M mall applica- ,
tions for ballots have been
received by the clerk's of- !
fice. Miss Frazier said she
expects possibly IM applica-
tions for ballots before ab-
sentee voting closes.
On the Democratic ballot
will be listed the names of
candidates for governor, dis- A
trict attorney, sheriff and
constables lor three pre-
cincts.
The candidates include:
Preston Smith and Don Yar-
borough for governor; Louis *
Dugas Jr. and John Beeson i
for district attorney; Ches- i
ter A. Holts and Allen I
(Buck) Patillg for sheriff.
Also, constable candidates
Forrest Hudson and Claude
Wimberley in Precinct
1; Morris Collier and Don-
ald A. Gunn in Precinct I;
and Louis O. Ford and At- I
las (Coon) Vincent in Pre-
cinct 4.
Shake Saigon Rejected
SAIGON (AP)-Enemy rockets and mortars blasted downtown nv Nii niNCN
momhe
over the capital. ■ ‘ . .. Bounty Planning Advisory Com-
mittee on Economics are on rec-
ord for continuing their study
on county government despite
npi j failure of county commissioners
1 housands datiunport a PACE recommen-
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15 Cents *
’HOW ABOUT THAT!’—Visibly impressed in observance of Armed Forces Day. EriMbite ”
by a diving suit which towers over them are included a 14-foot long Polaris missile, statie
Kyle and Kevin Trahan, 3-year-old identical displays and firefighting exercises. Guided
twins and sons of Mr. and Mrs. James K. lours also were conducted on-the USS Horace
Trahan of 1110 Blakley, Orange. They were A. Bass, a high speed transport ship. A for-
part of a throng ot 869 children and adults mation of F-102 jets also flew over the city
who toured the local naval station yesterday They were dispatched from Ellington AFB
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The PACE group’s recommen- I
N/ M dation for a 2 per cent increase
VIorA I 11 FA in property tax assessment from ' .
IVIVI • - •UU 15 to 17 per cent was turned
down Friday by the commis-
... A . A •. I sioners sitting as a tax equali.
Af l antal ration board.
- MeV--a- The committee made the rec-
WASHINGTON (Am . ommendation in an interim re-
’ country. • litte plywoodpyramids or The portnasanimmediatelmeansot
There were no reports of ene- surrection City began spreading coun(y to increase efficiency and
my ground assaults after the azain Saturday as the poor Peo- provide additional services !
shelling of the caDitai A bar- ple s Campaig rushed to build p aadonat services,
rage two weeks ago was fol- shelter for thousands of demon- . The recommendation was ve-
Ded'Wysera dfvs of figh - strators closing in from around toed 3 to 2 on Friday shortly
inwemDtiseyerat.dsnos.ngnt the country. - before noon and following a
irertstycin, MdComness “t- Trucks delivering sections of meeting at which a group of
skirls - Still heavier fonhtin fol- the wooden shelters keot dust Orange County school official
_wedisevieeaongessatingsob riding in the field alongside the spoke out against the increase.
Year"sheflingetorsasgonunnd"ewsLincolnMemorfat's" reflecting---'In a statement released yes-
yrararhellingtotsaigonandoth. pool, and swarms of black and terday PACE members said ac-
T? mi er, targets at the end of Janu- white volunteers kept the air Hon of the commissioners was
H AT* I ndew Viet Cong ounnore 2). bom ringing with the sound of ham- disheartening.
1 UI LUdY hVita C nggunneralsosbom: mers. But "we are not the least dis-
J barded. AnViet nam S military To gain time, officials shunted couraged but rather feel that
By EDEE HOLLEMAN Post iwoemhesseastoothe.sapi aside a caravan of about 1,000 our responsibility is even great-
Aerobatic flying today has mlrainfinting beapypuasuaiie (See POOR. Page 11) ' (See COUNTY, Page 1
come a long way from the old on.a.pratoonaan popular roree » ----- --------------------------—
barnstorming acts which thrill- troops, a military spokesman
ed audiences ot another genera- 5 , ■ .. .
tion B In other shellings, enemy
Marion Cole, fifth ranked forces pumped 10 artillery
aerobatic pilot in the United roundssinto.a refugee.center
States, who will perform today nearaGio Linh, 1151 belew the
at the Ibis Grotto charity air demilitarized, zone, . Several
show. attributes the change to hamlets north of Saigon were
^advent of world competi- The Saigon attack was not un-
The show begins at 1 p.m. at xpected. The So uth Vietnamese
Brown Airport Joint General Staff had reported
"They have developed 8,000 r^tvtng informa ion that the
different maneuvers. You are enemys.would salute Ho s birth-
judged on precision, rhythm and day with widespread attacks on
continuity. If it looks like you Saigon and other cities and mill-
arwin.dangeravou are graded “Thousnds of Saigon —
""we try to stress that this is dents,awakenedby the explod-
precision flying, not daredevil ing.rockets,.gathered.on ter
flying,” he pointed out. “It races and roofs 10 watch the
takes a lot of skill.” flamesas. : j ,
Cole, who at one time was the nAme rican 4P lanes, dropped
national champion, will compete A ressqxer thescity s.ou » iris
in the world competitions in inefforts 10 pinpoint the attack-
East Germany this year. ____________________________
Cole maintains that it is not
too difficult to do the aerobatic W EATHER
routines of rolls, loops and _____________
“You need to have an air- Data from U.S. Weather Boreau
Outlook—Clear to partly cloudy
with mild nights and
Bark to France
See Page 5 -
Safari, which also is scheduled
.M29 > for Saturday.
WWVh. ■ The mayors of Orange, Pine.
a” A hurst and West Orange have
- Ai proclaimed the weekend as "Or-
• A028082 ange Water Festival Days," a
Amiu time when citizens “should get
: into the spirit of the water fes-
l tival by setting aside three days
■ for the purpose of enjoying all
forms of water sports."
•me The festival will begin Fri-
DON DICKERSON day at 5 p m with a seafood din-
ner at the Orange Boating Club.
The public is invited to the din-
ner, which will feature shrimp,
crawfish and some fried fish.
The cost is $1.50 for adults
and . $1 for children under 12
years.
At 7:30 p m. King Neptune will
be crowned at the Jack Tar Ho-
wrAur nracu vt. /0, tel. The selection committee.
wMIAMIBEACH, F (AP.. which is composed of the five
Miss Washington, Dorothy (See FFSTIVAI paen 1
Catherine Anstet of Kirkland, "see FESTIVAL. Page 11)
one of nine children of an air- --
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The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 120, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 19, 1968, newspaper, May 19, 1968; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1561012/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.