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FIRST with the news
FIRST in circulation
FIRST in reader confidence
FIRST choice of advertisers
NUMBER 114
Rted. Missle
Negroes Riot
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Los Angeles, Talk
Of More Tonight
Some States
May Review
WASHINGTON * — Presi-
dent Johnson plans no foreign
travel this year but hopes to
schedule speaking tours to
widely separated parts of the
nation in the fall as part of a
filut OE
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nent
Charges
Pictures
STAY and see
EAST TEXAS
3 best scenkc a
in this 04nG
So far as a presidential va
cation was concerned, in
formants said nothing was in
prospect for 1965 apart from
Cols. James A. McDivitt and
Edward H White II, is just
one minute short of four days.
present rate of im
or id population will
ible to six billion by
2000 and reach 12
2050.
S. astronaut has flown, but
short of the Soviet record of
the spacecraft and the REP,
is identical to that which
Chirra and Stafford wil use
M Scott Carpenter in a dive
ing bell 200 feet beneath the
surface of the Pecinie, period
---------------
Northeast Texas: Cloudy
tonight and Friday Showers
in half of east and south to-
day and tonight and in half of
entire area Friday. Low to-
night 67 to 75. High Friday
87 to 97.
fifth orbits. It will be a re-
hearsal for the Gemini 6 flight
scheduled in October, during
which Navy Cmdr. Walter
Then command pilot Coop-
er will switch the Gemini 5
orbit so the craft gradually
Cooper, who made a 34-
hour flight in the Mercury
program and who seeks to be
the first man to orbit twice,
and Conrad will carry their
rendezvous satellite with
them packing it in an equip:
ment section at the base of
to called REP for Radar Eval-
nation Pod.
During orbit No. 2,2 hours
and 7 minutes after launch-
States astronauts.
The four-day flight of Me-
Divitt and White gave modi
cal experts confidence that
man can survive prolonged
exposure to space weightless
ness But they say the only
way to be certain is to put
men in orbit for longer per-
lods and watch them closely.
Some state boards are go
ing to require that students
submit transcripts to show
that they are not only carry-
ing full loads, but are making
good grades as well.
Don Schomburg, who heads
the local board in Amarillo.
Tex . said. The policy of
this board is that if the youth
is trying to get an educe
tion we are going to let him
alone."
m. IIC AB rel
Downs US Navy Plane
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le of Fort Worth and
d Mrs. Max Kidd of
le Ramsey employed
lew a ter spent the week
k his parents the Rev.
Is H E. Ramsey. *
Ig the visitors of Mrs.
Hays of Mt. Pleasant i
180th birthday Satur
ere Mr. and Mrs. W.- 1
th of Talco, Mr. and
Jen Bradley and Mr.
its. Bob Bradley and
In, Teddy Bradley of
lasant
and Mrs. Tommy Cecil
Bve attended the AE a
sily reunion in Green
Ity park on Sunday:
her, Mrs. Ethel Ceci
Il home with them th
the week.
[Milton Whitney, Mrs, ,
Velch and Miss Ruth
I were in Paris Moor -
business.
It from various angles.
The radar system, ele-
ments of which are in both
307 miles
The flight is to last 191
hours 53 minutes, just seven
minutes shy of eight days
and will end with a landing
in the western Atlantic, about
500 miles southwest of Ber-
mode Cooper and Conrad are
to circle the globe 121 times
The time would break the
Winfield Man
Loses Pistol
A Winfield resident, M J.
Wright, reported theft of a
pistol and valuable papers
Wednesday night.
Taken from the glove com-
partment of his pickup truck
parked at the house was a
nine-shot H&R 22 caliber re-
volver and documents inchid
ing deeds, insurance policies
and savings certificates.
Wright told Constable Jim
Talley that he would like to
have the papers back and will
ask no questions if the pistol
is not returned. If the papers
are found, there will be a
for the Gemini 6 docking ma-
neuver.
The radar system, ele-
ments of which are to both
the spacecraft and the REP,
to identical to that which
Schirra and Stafford will use
Schirra Jr . and Air Force
Maj. Thomas P. Stafford are
to try to link up their space-
craft with another satellite
The space agency said the
Right was scheduled le start
Thursday at 9 a. m. (EST)
from Cape Kennedy, with ■
Titan 2 rocket serving as the
booster Gemini 5 is to set-
tie initially into orbit ranging
from 100 to 219 miles high-
Ward Tells Caor
Progress of 0169
City Projects
provement locally. The rail
road crossings at East 11th,
East 3rd,, East -2nd, East 1st report to the people" pro
icrofilm Service a Sales
ox 8066 Pise
alias, Zgxas
Junior High
Gets Coach
A new coach for Wallace
Junior High School was nam-
ed Wednesday, completing
the coaching assignments for
the coming year
He is James Duncan, 33, a
veteran of ten years in the
coaching profession, who will
succeed Larry Ward at Wal-
lace Junior High School.
Ward resigned earlier in
the week to accept a post as
line coach at Mount Vernon
High School.
Duncan will be head coach
for the Wallace Junior High
athletic program. Kenneth
Mills to the junior high as-
sistant
Duncan is a native of Mar-
shall and graduated from
high school there in 1950. He
attended Kilgore College.
he should catch I during or- - -__. u
bit No. 4, moving to within for the Gemini S docking me-
world record of 4 days 23
hours 6 minutes, held by So-
viet cosmonaut Valery By
kovscky The U. S record.
Whatever the season, you
will enjoy the warm recep-
tion and the cool efficiency of
the capable staff at the
GUARANTY BOND STATE
BANK, the BANK THAT
CARES Go in tomorrow and
talk over your banking needs
at the GUARANTY BOND
STATE RANK '
Fort Worth could not be rec
ommended at this time.
"In summary, the Bureau
of the Budget recommends
authorization of project fea-
lures for flood protection,
water supply, water quality
and recreation, but not the
navigation features," the col-
onel said.
falls behind the satellite to a
distance of about 52 miles.
Then, using a radar system,
an on-board computer and jet
thrusters, Cooper will begin
chasing the REP across the
skies. If there are no hitches.
DR. GEORGE B. TIPTON
Dr. Tipton in
Practice Here
Dr. George B Tipton to
now associated with Dr. J
E Ball and Dr Robert L
Hardman in the practice of
general medicine and surgery
at the Ball Clinic, 1114 N.
Jefferson'
The 29-year old doctor, dis-
charged with the rank of lieu-
See TIPTON, Page •
reward to the person finding ,
them. Wright told the officer visits to the LBJ Ranch
in discosing details of the
flight plan today, the Nation-
al Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration said the render-
yous maneuver would be con
LOS ANGELES ( - An
uneasy calm settled today
over a Negro neighborhood
torn for eight hours Wednes-
day night by a rioting crowd
of 1,500.
A crowd gathered when a
white policeman arrested a
Negro and accused him of
drunken driving. The crowd
switch and explosive devices
will kick the 76-pound REP __
into a separate orbit along- that Conrad can photograph
side Gemtoi 5. “ ------------dlaa
e , Save FIRST lor your own
’needs at FIRST NATIONAL
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Gemini 5 Will Circle, Photograph and Chase Radar Device in 4-Day Flight
t me Cooper will press a 1'20 feet of it, neuver. A 14-day Gemini mission to
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla..* ducted from the second to the 143 miles higher than anyU: unA.’X Mmoue and switch and explosive devices. Gemini 5 will circle the I. After completing the ren: scheduled later this years ...
—Most of the excitement and
[ Suspense of next week's Gem
ini 5 flight may be packed in-
| to the first six hours when Air
Force Lt Col L Gordon
■ Cooper Jr . and Navy U
1 Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr.
1 will attempt the world’s first
■ space rendezvous with a sat-
1 ellite they call the “Little
1 Rascal."
gram.
Johnson’s travel plans be
came the subject of renewed
interest alter the President
confided Wednesday to a visit
ing delegation of travel in
dustry executivesthat I
hope before the year is out
Attend
[ary Meet
adies Auxiliary of the
hapel Baptist Church
day afternoon at the :
with nine members
meeting opened with
1 “What A. Friend."
| prayer was voice!
I Thomas Allen. She
Id from Psalms 56:
I the devotional.
Joe Barrow, presi-
esided over the bust
irs. Clyde Thomas
I card reports, and
I Moon read the min- ;
Ihe last meeting and
le roll
Ison taken from Eph-
Chapter one, was
I the Rev. M. 6. Mo
1 * •
Bal prayer was le*
Valera Poag.
dezvous. Cooper and Conrad
will settle down to the long
haul in space—on a Right
which equals the roundtrip
time planned for the first
team of moon-bound United
NEW YORK * - Some
Selective Service boards say
they will tighten rules de-
ferring college students from
the draft in the Viet Nam
crisis.
Draft boards that have been
liberal in giving students de-
ferments in the past say they
.are going to get tough to
meet heavy draft calls begin-
and Arkansas Streets are be
ing repaired to make them
less bumpy.
While whirling around the
globe. Coopar and Conrad
will perform a total of 17 dif-
ferent medical, scientific and
technological experiments.
They range from photograph-
ing weather, land and ce-
lestial features, looking for
mecibeoo are
ning next month. .
A sampling by The Associ-
ated Press of 20 states show-
ed 13 planning to review the
status of deferred students.
At least two others in the sur-
vey are considering such ac-
tion..--------------
Texas and California are
the states considering a re-
view of draft deferments
The look to the campus
came after President John-
son ordered the monthly draft,
jumped from 17,000 to 35,000
men by November.
Lt Gen. Lewis B Hershey,
director of the Selective Ser-
vice System, said there are
between 1.2 million and 1.3
million college students with
draft deferments ,
Baylor University and was
graduated from Southern
State College. Magnolia,
See COACH. Page •
Latest Loss
SAIGON, Viet Nam in -
U. S and Vietnamese troops
lifted the 70-day-old siege of
Duc Co today.
Powerful units launched op-
erations to wipe Viet Cong
from the jungles flanking 40
miles of highway on which
that Special Forces camp to
situated near the Cambodian
frontier.
In the air war, a U S. Navy
A4 Skyhawk was reported
shot down by a surface-to-air
missle about 50 miles south-
southwest of Hanoi. A mili-
tary spokesman said the
downed craft was one in a
formation of four of the sin-
gle-seat lightweight Jet bomb-
ers The pilot was presumed
killed
The spokesman said the
area was outside the range
of known antiaircraft missile
sites in North Viet Nam. He
would not elaborate, but it
was believed this indicated
the missile was fired from
a mobile unit, th :-------as
11 4 troops of the 173rd
Airborne Brigade and the 2nd
Brigade of the 1st Infantry
Division backed up govern-
ment battalions of a relief 1
column that reached Duc Co
Wednesday night.
The Americans had flown
Tuesday and Wednesday to
Pleiku, 2nd Corpe area heed-
quarters in the central high-
lands. as the relief column
neared its goal, 30 miles
southeast of Pleiku
A patrol of U. S. para-
troopers made a brief con-
tact with guerrillas today at
the village of Plei Ya Ho.
Shots were exchanged, but
when the par a troopers charg-
ed in they found only fright-
ened villagers. No Ameri-
cans were hit during the
shooting
Speaking of the downing of
the Skyhawk, the spokesman
said the three other planes of
the Right returned safely and
reported it was hit by a mis-
sile from the ground
He added that no enemy
aircraft were sighted in the
area and no other groundfire
was reported except that
which hit the plane
, got out of hand after the man
was jailed.
Hooting, jeering young
people—inspired, according to
one officer, by general rebel-
lion against authority rather
than any specific cause—
threw stones, bottles and
bricks at policemen, passing
cars and bystanders.
More than 100 police final-
ly restored order before
dawn.
This morning the scene, in
the almost solidly Negro com-
munity of Watts on Los An-
geles’ Southeast Side, was
altered with broken glass,
stones, bricks and boards.
Knots of young Negroes
stood on corners, or strolled
up and down, discussing Wed-
nesday night’s excitement and
One teen-ager, who would-
n’t give his name, told a
newsman: “Anyone with any
sense will stay out of here
tonight, because we’re really
going to show those cops.”
Bureau Says
No To Canal
For Trinity
WASHINGTON * — The
President’s Budget Bureau
does not endorse at this time
the over-all proposed 3911
million Trinity River flood
control navigation project in
Texas, it was disclosed to-
day.
The bureau’s view was pre-
sented by an Army Engineer
witness at a House Public
Works subcommittee hearing
Lt Col. Ralph Kristoferson
of the Engineers said the
eeeed/A
BOOSTING LOCAL TOUPISM—John Etheredge, left, manager of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, and Elbert Goss, attendant, place a "Stay and See East
Texas" placard in the window of a Highway 67 Service Station. About 100 of
the placards are being placed at locations frequented by travelers. They list
Indian artifacts, Dellwood Park and Lake o’ the Pines as tourist attractions.
4 (Times Staff Photo.)
_The new sewage treatment
plant north of the city should
be in operation within two
months.
This was the estimate of
City Manager Donald B.
Ward, in commenting on sev-
eral projects under way in
the city.
Ward said a U.S. Public
Health Service inspector, Dan
Dowdey, would be here Aug.
20 to inspect progress of the
sewage plant. The plant is
being constructed with match-
ing funds from the federal
government.
A new 15-inch sewer line
has already been laid to the
plant, and is ready to be tied
in when the plant is com-
pleted.
At least one major street
improvement project is cur
rently under way. South
Florey Street from East 1st
to Choctaw is being torn up
this week for construction of
a new base and permanent
type pavement. The four-
block street is a main artery
for traffic to the Wallace
Junior High School.
In addition, Choctaw Street
from its intersection with
Florey east to Dunn Street it
due for a new permanent
surface. A permanent street
is also planned for Dunn
Street where the school to lo-
cated. to Highway 49.
A recent project completed
was the laying of a six-inch
water main down Highway 49
providing water for additional
residences and extern ding flail
hydrants out to the Spann
Company.
The Street Department has
assisted local Jaycees with
their Lake Mount Pleasant
Park by completing oiled
roads at the park site.
The Cotton Belt Railroad
is providing for another im
Budget Bureau in a report
dated Wednesday concluded
that the proposed barge can, -
al from the Gulf inland to
—when Congress gets out of
here—I can do some travel-
ing too”
White House officials, ask-
ed to elaborate on Johnson’s
plans, emphasized first that
no trips to foreign countries
were contemplated.
Bill D Moyers, press sec-
retary, was asked about John-
son’s off the cuff remark
about travel hopes. He said
the President wanted to "get
out and see parts of the
country and see people." He
said that this hope has not
reached the formal planning
stage nor have any invita
tions been accepted
From other sources. It was
learned White House aides
are thinking in terms of a se
ries of speaking engage-
ments, geographically scat-
tered, in which Johnson
would report to the people
following the adjournment of
Congress. It was understood
there also has been very tea
alive talk at the White House
about possible presidential
conference outside Washing-
ton with famers, students,
businessmen and, perhaps,
labor union leaders.
GOP Seeking
Negro Advice
WASHINGTON * - He
publicans are seeking the ad
vice of Negroes from across
the nation in an effort to en-
list Negro voters in the South
and in the big cities of the
North
Sen. Thurston B. Morton. R-
Ky . said today his party will
be “a bunch of suckers” if
they don’t do the job.
“We’re not talking about
taking over the Negro com
muntty and turning it into a
Republican camp.” another
party strategist said “We’re
not that impractical
"We’re trying to build a
very stable, long-range base
that we can grow from,” he
added "We’re not expecting
miracles."
National Chairman Ray C.
Bliss plans to confer before
he month is out with a team
if top Negro Republicans
from all sections of the coun
try, a party official said
Fire Sweeps Frame
Residence Here
Fire of undetermined orig-
In swept through a frame
residence in the 1100 block of
Bdoke) Street Thursday
morning________
An alarm was turned in at
10 o’clock to the home of
Jim Norman. Negro The
blaze required about 15 min
utes of efforts by members of
the fire department to bring
under control They were on
the scene for an hour
Most of the possessions and
furniture in the house were
destroyed.
| It Says
Here...
What’s going on during
these warm AUGUST days?
. .. well, plenty, if we read
the mail correctly . . .
For example, CECIL W.
1 DUGGER, a former teacher
of biology at MT. PLEASANT
HIGH SCHOOL, has been
named a professor at OKLA-
HOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
in STILLWATER, effective
SEPTEMBER 1 . . . be is
leaving his mission as head of
the technology department at
CAMERON STATE COL.
* LEGE in LAWTON, OKLA-
HOMA, to go to OKLAHOMA
STATE ... at STILLWATER
i he will be a teacher trainer
in the technical education de-
partment, and plans to, com-
plete work toward the Doc-
tor’s degree . he is a grad-
uate of TEXAS A&M and his
wife, GENEVA, is a recent
graduate of OKLAHOMA
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN at
CHICKASHA, with a degree in
vocational home economics
, . . and furthermore:
CHARLES R. DRIGG-
ERS, a MT. PLEASANT na-
tive who now lives in RICH
ARDSON, is completing two
■ weeks of active duty flying
| C-119 aircraft with the 923rd
Troop Carrier Group at
I CARSWELL AIR FORCE
BASE, FORT WORTH . . .
be trains one week end each
month and two weeks during
the summer with the AIR
FORCE RESERVE unit . . .
during the week, he is a man-
ufacturing engineer with
■ TEXAS INSTRUMENTS in
RICHARDSON .. he was
graduated from MT. PLEAS-
ANT HIGH SCHOOL and
EAST TEXAS STATE, is mar
ried and has two children
, .. and in addition:
MURRAY RUSSELL of MT
PLEASANT MOTORS will be
in DALLAS on FRIDAY to
get his first look at the new
k 1966 IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER
I and PLYMOUTH cars . .
the new cars will be unveil-
ed in an original BROADWAY
type musical revue, "1966
SWING UP," which features
a cast of 13 singers and danc-
sers . .. appropriate enough
for FRIDAY THE 13th.
wouldn't you say? ... but
I don't leave—there's more:
BOB SANDLIN has been
named an area director to
serve in conjunction with the
board of directors of the
TEXAS AUTOMOBILE
DEALERS ASSOCIATION ..
#. appointment of BOB, who
says he spends a little of his
time hanging around BOB
SANDLIN MOTORS, was an-
nounced by the TADA pres-
ident. JACK RIEGER of
SAN ANTONIO -WNF,
Ht Pleasant Times
-----------MOUNT PLEASANT. TEXAS ISS5. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12.1985
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