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THE O RANGE L EADER
VOL LXI—NUMBER 22S
cember Associated Press
Complete NEA Services
ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1964
Hoover Says Race,
• 7
Communism
In Big Controversy
In case
you
JOHN TOWER
Councilmen al so employed
ader Staff Photo
Hoover made short shift of
2nd Congressional District.
ment later.
Warren
versions of this tale,
can Club.
(See «IOTS, Page 9)
The long-raging Pleasure Pier, determination of the Issues
(See BRIDGE, Page t).
ORANGE JUICE
8
Z
Pinehurst Cancels
W ater Franchise
Vinton Man Survives Bite
Of Deadly Coral Snake
POST
SCRIPTS;
to the
NEWS
23 Lamar
.0 ACC.
Fixed Bridge Controversy
Due in Court on Wednesday
Rio Grande Levels Off
After 2,000 Evacuate
OPEN HOUSE SET TODAY AT JONES NURSING HOME
The $30,000 Facility It a 60-Bed Unit With 24-Hour Service
NEWTON COUNTY INVESTIGATION LAYS RUMOR TO REST
Deputy Ray Examines Ancient Skull, Hardin Holds Bone
To Be Here
On Tuesday
Sen John Tower will be hon-
Outstanding B&PW
Worker Is Here
See Page 2
LAREDO (API — The Rio
Grande slowed its rapid rise
Saturday after forcing an esti-
mated 2,000 persons from their
homes in Laredo, Tex., and Nu-
evo Laredo, Mexico.
The muddy river—prodded by
flash flooding upstream—churn-
ed to within inches of the bed of
the four-lane bridge which con-
nects the two Laredos and is a
major international gateway.
But the bridge remained open
Friday night, a super-traffic
jam occurred as residents
sought to cross to their homes
before the predicted closing of
the artery.
Glen Arvilla of the Red Cross
disaster unit said crews evac-
uated 375 to 400 families in
Laredo. Of that number 209 per-
sons checked in at seven emer-
gency shelters while the remain-
der moved in with relatives and
friends.
A Nuevo Laredo police spokes-
"Victims of the rioting were
often Negro store owners as
well as white. Their assaults
were aimed at Negro as well
as white police officers strug-
gling to restore order."
man.
Sen Tower Is coming into the
East Texas area Monday and
will make several visits in the
- ored at a public reception by
the Orange County Republicans
Tuesday from 2:30 to 4 pin at
the Jack Tar Hotel, according
to Mrs. W G. Rinehart, chair-
oil drilling rigs, claim that the
bridge, as proposed by the
Corps of engineers, would force
their company to move their
operations from Orange. A
C o m p any officials contend
that their tall drilling rigs could
not be transported to the Gulf
of Mexico should the bridge be
built Many of their rigs could
hot float beneath the 138-foot
bridge,' . '
Named as defendants in the
action are Secretary of the
Army Stephen Ailes, W. K. Nil-
measures, keyed to the possibil-
ity of rising school district _____.__
taxes, were taken by the Dew- two lawyers to represent the
eyville Common School Progres-
sive Committee.
Hie ballot for the change
from common to independent
school district status resulted in
200 votes for and 347 against.
The issue was passed only in the
Hartburg box with 88 for and
84 in opposition.
The breakdown in the other
While racial tensions contrib-
uted to the city rioting, Hoover
said, .none of the disturbances
gram as he dwelt on the "social the senator will go to Vidor
and economic conditions in where he will speak and offi-
There also is a dietetic room,
modern kitchen and laundry,
large dining room and special
patio in the rear of the chapel
Sen. Tower
man, Nicolas Guzman, said
about 500 persons were evac-
uated from low places in that
city by midmorning. But he said
no more evacuations were plan-
ned.
The Weather Bureau said the
river level was 36.18 feet at
noon. Officials flood stage is 30
feet. Immediately after the
peak, the raging stream began
receding.
Water went into several
homes in Laredo, but there was
no accurate count or damage
estimated.
Sheriff P. L Flores said sev-
eral homes in low areas, usually
occupied by migrant workers
now out of the state, were
forced open so household goods
could be removed.
The river earlier in the week
forced an estimated 4,000 per-
sons from their homes for
a time 56 miles upstream in Del
Rio, Tex , and its sister city of
Ciudad Acuna, Mexico.
Open House Set Today
I’ J
At New Nursing Home
ing in Washington lately, your
congressman is becoming
alarmed.
Phillies Only
Half-Game Ahead
See Page 12 *
Vigorous campaigning marked
pre-election activity conducted
by the Citizens Committee for
South Newton County in favor
of creation of an independent Spooner Addition Water Co. hurst city attorney,
school district. . franchise by the Pinehurst City No public notice of yester-
Equally effective counter Crunch -‘ - ----‘-1 ---4-er‘e--4--------— I----
Council at a special meeting day’s meeting was given. Those
yesterday.
By BOB AXELSON
Judging from the feedback
coming from those who have
visited the House Office Build-
was a race riot “in the accepted
meaning of the phrase "
“They were not riots of Ne
groes against whites or whites
against Negroes,” he reported.
“And they were not a direct
outgrowth of conventional civi
rights protest
opposed to the independent
school district lead a ticket of
12 men by heavy majorities
There was a total of 550 votes
cast which included three muti-
lated ballots in the Deweyville
box- Election officials estimated
there was a maximum potential
of 670 votes in the school dis-
trict.
buried in a sitting position was turned to the cemetery and dug
uncovered Wednesday when a
grave was being dug in prep-
aration for a funeral that day
i at the Old
Deweyville Spurnsh
Change in School'
_____,..____..... .,. _______..___. i stigated by the Communist
He obtained a court order from In it were found a skull and party or other organizations.
t Cause of Riots
]LBJ Orders Training
1 To Cope With Violence
WASHINGTON (AP) — J. Edgar Hoover said Sat-
urday summer riots in the North were neither race
riots nor the work of Communists or other extremist
organizations.
Instead, the FBI director said, they represented “a
senseless attack on all con-
stituted authority, without
purpose or object.”
Hoover reported at Presi-
dent Johnson’s request on.
the FBI's investigation of dis-
turbances in seven Northern
cities ’and two resort areas
from coast to coast between
July 18 and Sept. 7. The bulk of
his 19-page report dealt with the
seven cases of big-city violence.
Johnson responded to one of
Hoover's recommendations by
ordering the FBI to make riot-
control training available to all
police departments in the coun-
try. The President also directed
the Defense Department to
increase National Guard riot-
control training throughout the
country and to make that train-
ing available to local police
forces ;
two boxes was: Deweyville, 93
for, 194 against; and Old
Laurel, 19, 69.
District voters also cast bal-
lots for 7 of 12 candidates who
would constitute the new school
board serving until next April
in the event of a change to in-
dependent status. With the prop-
(See DEWEYVILLE, Page 9)
persons present included only
councilmen, municipal officials,
and a Reporter notified late Fri-
day afternoon.
The privately-owned water
company has"been operating
-under a city franchise dated
Oct. 10, 1957, in Spooner Addi-
tions 1 and 2 and in Weaver
Addition. A 50-year county fran-
chise dates back 20 years.S
Sammie S. Spector, one of
the partners in the water com-
pany along with his brothers,
was asked for comment 1 a s t
night on the council action. '
He noted, “This is the first: — - - . —
I’ve heard of this and we cer- rumor circulating here and cot
tainiv haven’t been informed cerning an unexplained body - -. - ------------------„
We have nothing to sav until found in an area cemetery was Dist. Judge O’Neal Bacon bone fragments These were He said: “No evidence was
we find out what it’s all hint s proved to be just that—a rumor granting permission .o exhume found about four feet below the found that the riots were organ-
Spector said they would con- -at “ investigation at the site the site. present grave and had evidently | ized on a national basis by any
tact their attorney attemnt to yesterday. . Yesterday a group led by once been enclosed in a wooden single person, group of persons,
learn what has happened and in Reports were circulated that Deputy Ray and Roger Tandy, box or coffin , or organization. ..
all probability issue some state- a corpse having red hair and local justice of the peace, re. The skeletal parts were cov- In all cases, he said, mob vio-
ment later, buried in a sitting position was turned to the cemetery and dug (See GRAVE, Page ») lence Was ‘dominated hv the
Causes for the franchise can-
cellation were summarized as:
complaints by citizens, failure
of the company to comply with The location was
the terms and conditions of the Laurel Cemetery,
franchise, apprehension on the Many
part of city officials concerning each one evidently more grue-
public health and the available some and imaginative than the
means of supplying water safe, last, were circulated widely by
pure and palatable with ade- nightfall. Newton Deputies Ken-
quate pressure produced and neth Ray and Matt Bean inves-
distributed according to law. tigated and reported no corpse
Pinehurst has recently con-was found. This should have
structed a water and sewer sys- ended the matter.
- berry's mother, Mrs. Renda
Jones
The 60-bed facility has priv ate
and semiprivate rooms with two
four-bed wards with decorative,
ceramic tile bathrooms, builtin
closets and dressing table and
drawers
Each room is wired for pri-
vate telephones, if desired, with
individual control signal sys-
tems at the bedside that can be
turned off
Special features include a non-
denominational chapel, a com-
pact but completely equipped
beauty shop, large dayroom,
storage for games and recrea-
tional equipment, nursing sta-
tion and medication room.
(See SNAKE, Page 9) ing the bridge pending a final tion and repair of giant offshore
-—= 1 - - - * the* *
to get it to Sulphur in time. |
The precious seru mfrom
Alexandria was the first to
reach Sulphur. State Trooper,
Carl Slaughter of Troop E took'
it as far as Oberlin then trooper
Joseph Rozas of Troop D car-.., = -_ - , . - -------
ried it on to Sulphur He ended bridge controversy reaches an-Involved is the proposed con.
the life-and-death race at 9 pm other milestone Wednesday at struction of a $5.2 million, 738-
In Pensacola a hospital staff 10 a m whenJudge Joe Fisher foot fixed-span bridge across
prepared the snake bite serum opens a hearing on a suit for the Sabme-Neches Ship Channel
hustled it to the Pensacola declaratory judgement filedbetween Port Arthur and Pleas,
nusued to n " highway against three federal officials in ure Island
By WANDA HODGES I city if any litigation arises from
Fifteen counts of improper the disenfranchisement. Hired
operation were cited as rea- were Quentin Keith of Beau-
sons for cancellation of the mont and Miltoil .Regan, Pine-
—Leader Staff Photo
PUSH-PULL FOR UF — Boy Scouts Billy Ferguson and Frank hat In the rp_r or the
Rudeseal stick push-pull stickers on a downtown business door Palo‘" the rear, me cnapel.
as part of the coming United Fund campaign Stickers are re- 1 The • on * ’ rest Homer *
minders to the public that the campaign, Oct 5-21, will need member of the Texas Nursing
support of the Orange County residents if the goal of $185,401 Home Association, is licensed by
is to be reached. e the State Health Department
lence was "dominated by the
acts of youths ranging in age Dr. John C. Greco of Bridge
up to the middle 20s They were city, Republican candidate for
variously characterized by re-Congress, will meet Tower at a
sponsible people as ‘senool luncheon in San Augustine to-
dropouts; ‘young punks.’ ‘com- morrow. Sen Tower will be in
mon hoodlums' and ‘drunken Woodville and Jasper Tuesday
kids.'" morning before flying into Or-
VINTON (Spl) — Entering the bending over to burn it at a spot Hoover had an endorsement ange in the afternoon
Sulphur hospital, he calmly told near the checking station when for Johnson's antipoverty pro- After the reception in Orange
the doctors he had been bitten the coral snake bit him, gram as he dwelt on the “social the senator will go to Vidor
by a coral snake setting off a His arrival at the Sulphur hos- and economic conditions in, where he will speak and offi-
dramatic search for anti-toxin pital set off a frantic hour ses- which much of the Negro pop cially open the Goldwater for
serum and a frantic struggle to sionof telephoning to known ulation lives.” He termed these President headquarters th er e.
get it in time anti-toxin storage areas in Flor- ' ‘demoralizing ” He said the The new headqua rters in Vidor
The man, Kenneth Erle Wal- ida and along the Gulf. (Coast, antipoverty program “as well is at 167 Main St. ft will be
ter, 62, a resident of Vinton, Serum was finally located at the as other private and public staffed by the Vidor Republi-
was bitten by the deadly snake Veterans Administration Hospi
Friday around 5:10 p.m. at the tal in Alexandria and in Pensa-
Vinton cotton quarantine station cola, Fla. Then.the race began
on U.S 90 where he works. He 45 4
GOOD CORN BREAD—Greg
--“ Copeland, a first-grader at Mc-
Lewis School, was asked what
he liked best at school, "The
corn bread."' he said.
SPEAK UP—Frequently over-
- heard around the newspaper
Leader staff Photo office last week: “I'm from
Deweyville and I want to make
la statement.”
Investigation at Graveyard
Ends Deweyville Rumors
Data from U.S. Weather Bureau
Outlook: Partly cloudy to cloudy
and mild through tomor-
row with few scattered
thundershowers.
High today ........... ... 86
Low tonight —.______72
High tomorrow 86
Outlook tomorrow -......Same
Sunset today . 6:07 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow........6:07 a.m.
WINDS - Southeasterly 8-16 m.p.h. ot
night, 14-20 m.p.h and occasionally
gusty to 25 m.p.h. during day
TIDES - Sabine: high at 11:20 p.m.
low at 2:26 p.m., Bolivar: high at 10:12
p.m. and low at 12:30 pm Tomorrow’s
Tide — Sabine low at 1:39 p.m.. Boli-
var low of 3:35 p.m
YESTERDAY — Temperatures: high
B, low 67__
By PETE COLLINS the first rumor caused Sheriff into the spot. They uncovered 1
DEWEYVILLE (Spl)—A lurid Curtis Humphreys to initiate a what was later identified as an charges that the riots were
n- complete investigation Friday, ancient grave i stigated by the Ch "
3 Kentucky ... 27 Ohio State .. 27
0 Ole Miss.....21 SMU......8
DEWEYVILLE (Spl) - Back-
ers-favoring retention of the
common school district here
swept to a 134-vote margin of
don't know victory in heavy balloting yes-
this gentle- terday in a status change elec-
man, t he tion. 4
name is Jack At the same time; 7 candi-
. Brooks, bald- dates supporting the common as
ing white
father of the
(See PINEHURST, Page 9) | But continued repetition of
48 Pages 15 Cents SUNRISE EDITION
Report
Awaited
By LEWIS HAWKINS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
nation awaited Saturday the
imminent disclosure of official
conclusions on the how and why
of the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
A seven-man commission,
headed by Chief Justice Earl
Warren, was charged by Presi-
dent Johnson last Nov. 29 with
finding and disclosing “the truth
... as far as it can be discov-
ered" about the tragic events of
last Nov. 22-24 in Dallas.
On Thursday, the commission
delivered to the President the
digest of its findings - a 4-inch-
thick book. Later, the White
House announced that the re-
port will be made public Sunday
' at 5:30 p.m. EST.
The book is the fruition of the
questioning of scores of persons,
many on-the-scene studies in
Dallas, the examination of
scores of reports, photos and
other exhibits prepared by the
FBI and other police agencies.
It is expected to tell whether
the commission is convinced,
beyond doubt, that the rifle
(See REPORT, Page I)
WEATHER
2nd Congres-
sional1 Dis-
trict. A num-
ber of tirades,
Axelson executed in
the inimitable
Brooks manner, apparently
haven’t had the desired purga-
tive effect.
It is apparent your congress-
man is keenly aware there is
more than a spittle of resist-
ance to his candidacy in the
2nd Congressional District.
Some are even going so far to
say that “if we can’t catch him
this time, he’ll be a sitting duck
in 1966.”
That's planning ahead with
vengeance. One prominent
factor, among many in
Brooks’ zooming unpopularity,
is his insistence on the throt-
tling fixed-span bridge, at Port
Arthur.
It has become his bridge and
it’s slung around his neck like
a 500-pound blacksmith's anvil.
You just can’t run too far with
this kind of adornment ... for
very long.
The countering Brooks’ party
line on the fixed-span bridge
already has been fed to the
party faithful. It's being dis-
pensed in large doses. One in-
dustry which would be affected
by this fixed-span would be-the
Levingston Shipbuilding Co.
here.
As most people know the lo-
___(See P. S., Page 9)______
killed the snake and would have
gone on about his business but
for an insistent friend who got
him to go to a doctor
Yesterday he was released
, ™—====== ===
$300,000 nursing home situated who need constant care or who linger on his right hand there
beneath towering oaks and pines suffer from long - term illness, the snake struck. A lucky man,
at 3000 Cardinal St., Pinehurst . according to the Maberrys. The drama that was enacted Naval Air Stat ion by highway against tree rederai orc lais in ure island \
The nursing center, known as The home is equipped to take in Sulphur as well as up and patrol car and got it placed Beaumont s U.S. District Court The company claims that
the Jones Rest Home, Inc , will care of both male and female down the Gulf Coast as far as aboard a jet which took it to The suit, filed Aug. 21 by at such a bridge will "unlawfully
be operated by Mr and Mrs. patients They may be either Florida began innocently with Lake Charles From that city it torneys representing the Lev. and unreasonably" obstruct its
Louis F. Maberry, residents of ambulatory or patients The Walter at work at the quaran- was rushed to the Sulphur hos- ingston Shipbuilding Co. of Or- free passage along the water.
Orange County for the past 17 home does not accept mentally tine station. pital.ange, asks the court to restrain way . ,
years disturbed patients alcoholics or He stopped a car that hap- Luckily for Walter he re- and enjoin the U. S Army Officials at Levingston, a ma-
Mr and Mrs Maberry have patients with communicable pened to be carrying cotton. He ceived only a small amount of Corps of Engineers from build- jor contractor for the construc-
owned and operated the Jones . 0 ' confiscated the cotton and was ''— CMAVE D— •. ling the hridae nending a final tion and renair of giant offshore
Nursing Home at 1107 15th St. 0=-a-W
since 1962 It formerly was op- M t
erated for 10 years by Mrs. Ma- fch ALT
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