Mt. Pleasant Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 150, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1965 Page: 1 of 6
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Jit. Hleasant Wimen
NUMBER 150
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VOL. NO. 46
Asia
oms
tervention
B I
Several members
were
the 14,000 semifinalists an-
ladies night at again today
were present
senior Master Key award for pay ment of the $1 75 fee
ing performance on the qual
Old onarch awards were Dr
with no minimum guaran-
an
■ ware
R
wards went to Bill Phinney
P
A
these youngsters
ing it
Court Monday morning at J
E
WEATHER
la
fined $75 plus court
Cecil
Fields
performance on the qualifying
test Theirs is a notable aca-
demic achievement
"In a rigorous competition
night and
which 91
The civil jury docket will
come before 76th District
sides agree
The union is seeking a
wage increase of at least
five per cent with a 15-cent
an hour minimum increase
for oil workers
bargaining with various
Entertainment was provid
1 by the Rhythmettes, under
itrection of Lee Gray, and
Eddie and Terri Tillman The
club presented Gray with a
gift, a sport coat, in appreci
ation of his assistance to the
lub over the years
pins for 17. 14 and 10 year
respectively.
Others’receiving the 15-year
Awards Night Poll Tax
At Lions Club Time Is
Explosion Victim
Making Progress
Condition or Horace
Cases to Come
Before Court
County Kicks Off
UF Drive On Monday
• Payment of poll taxes a
requirement for Texas vot-
ling the past 63 years, began
nounced last month
Thurman Stroman, princi
pal said the commended stu
dents are Jay 8. Jackson
Phillip A. Rogers, and Jerry
E Skidmore
John M Stalnaker presi-
dent of the National Merit
Great Lakes Region
W L. Means of Mount
Pleasant and Carroll Andrews
of Southwestern Electric Pow-
er Company, Shreveport, La ,
will leave Sunday for a week's
visit to the Great Lakes in-
dustrial region
The trip is sponsored by the
Northeast Texas Industrial
Council. They will visit indus-
trial centers in such cities as
Detroit. Chicago and Milwau-
kee
ed semifinalists by a narrow
margin Nevertheless the stu
dent in this situation is very
capable and deserves gener-
ous recognition for his disting-
uished effort
al major oil companies, in-
c uding Gulf, have offered
Northeast Texas: Fair to-
night snd Saturday Cooler
In south and extreme east
tonight warmer Saturday
Low tonight 48 to 58, high
Saturday 72 to B2. L
Smith was stilt regarded as
serious Friday by his attend-
ing physician at Titus County
Memorial Hospital.
Smith received serious
burns and two fractures la
the explosions and fire at
American Petrofina refinery
Wednesday Smith is, how-
evet. making satisfactory
progress, the doctor said
The other employee hospit-
moned
First case on the docket
is styled J. 0 Hall vs. Dessie
Hall. _
Two other criminal cases,
not previously reported, were
disposed of Thursday after-
noon when pleas of guilty
were heard from the defend-
ants
L M Stanley pleaded gull
ty to a charge of driving
while intoxicated, second of
fense Judge Morris Rolston
set his punishment at a fine
of $300
Earl Williams entered a
plea of guilty to driving while
intoxicated, first offense He
and Joe Buford
A five-year perfect attend
ance pin was awarded Corbin |
Merritt, president: four year
pins were given T L Mitam
and Arlon Buchanan, Wayne
brought on by the 1965 Vot i , four per cent increase
Ing Rights Act, is tentatively |
set for trial Nov. 44—Appeals
agement, and their promise Ts
great They represent an im
portant intellectual resource: II Byrd and Fields
which our nation needs '
Some politic al leaders said
Virzit Tolbert received the a pending federal court suit
They deserve every encour- year s perfect attendance
- Five vear Old Monarch a
Lions Club
like the Ment Program it is awa.....ere .
una void able that many fine 1. Law ler. J. li Hamil ton
students will miss being nam *
the top two percent of stu-
dents who will complete high. w
school in 1966 The Commend. Thursday night at the Holiday
ed students rank just below Inn
SOPHOMORE OFFICERS From top to bottom,
these are the recenly-elected 1965-66 sophomore
class officers at Mount Pleasant High School Randy
Crane is president; Mike Sumlin, vice-president;
Suzanne McK Ivey, secretary-treasurer; and Joe.
Redfearn, reoried. Times Staff Photo)
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS. 75655, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1965
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OCAW Asks
Wage Raise
DENVER— The oil
policy committee of the
Oil Chemical and Atomic
■ Workers Union planned a
I final bargaining strategy
| at a meeting today
A F f rospiron, union
president, has indicated the
| more than 40 000 oil work
I ers wou’d strike at 12 01
I New Crisis
With Red
90th Division
To Disband
WASHINGTON • - Two
Texas units will be affected 1
by the plan under which six 1
Arms reserve divisions will
be disbanded and a number
of National Guard and re- -1
serve units brought to maxi-
mum readiness
The plan was disclosed
Thursday by Defense Secre-
tary Robert McNamara.
It embodies key features
of McNamara’s effort to
merge reserve units into the
National Guard or disband
them The original plan was
-ejected by Congress last
o'clock A panel of 100 pros rear but many of its crities
pective jurors have been sum applauded the new announce 4,
ment. *
alized Hershel Black was
said to be “recovering nicely” | was
from exhaustion and shock. I costs.
which should be developed Chitsey. two years, several
through further education Others were cited for one
Modern Math Class
Slated for Public
A modern mathematics
class for parents will begin
Monday October 18, begin
ning each evening at 6 30
and continuing for six Mon-
day nights at Wallac e Junior
High School
Robert McGee and Glen
Wood will be instructors.
can
When you approach a school
bus on the highways these
days, and the bus has halted
to discharge or take on as-
sengers, STOP I that’s the
law, whether you are overtak-
Ing the school bus, or meet
HEAD FRESHMEN-Three are this year's officers
of the Mount Pleasant High School freshman class
From top to bottom, they are Julian Redfearn, presi-
dent; Barbara Johnson, vice-president: Carla Rog-
ers. secretary-treasurer; and Carol Lilly, reporter
(Times Staff Photo.)
20-year Old Monarch award, to outlaw the tax would dis! a.m Oct 8 unless the: two
Gabe Abdnor received the courage, or at least delay.
of the Here Again
honored s
By The Associated Press
• casion was an awards
could extend the litigation
several months
In the suit the government
lays payments should be
banned as a requirement to
vote for state and local of
fices as well as for federal
offices
The State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee has adopt-
ed a resolution urging all
voters to pay poll taxes and
insure their right to vote for
state and local candidates
securing 25 new members in
Scholarship Corporation said addition he also was recog-
These students are being nized for the 15-year Old
recognized for their outstand- Monarch award
TOKYO P — Indonesian
Defense Minister Gen Abdul
"The commended students South and E B Hord received
have considerable ability. thtee.year pins: and John
Generals, CIA Blamed For
Plans Of Ousting Sukarno
Radio Jakarta said the
Goal for1966 is $19,500 and
it is the aim of U F officials
to sustain the record of the
past two years in successful
ly reaching the goal set.
Still to be kicked off is the
rural division and residential
drive.
Working in Phase 11 will be
Homer Holt, Ike Hartsell.
Lonnie Williams, Gerald
Pate, J O Horning, C A
Wood, Jimmy Powell, Don
Wyrick, Cecil Franklin, Jim-
my Crawford, Lloyd Sinclair,
Lewis Alien. Orville McDou-
gal Hilly Frazier, Rex Am-
erson, Joe. Dick Hamilton.
Roy Cheatham, Roger
Bridges, Wallace Fields,
Marvin Coffee, Gabe Abnor,
Darrell Cooper, Bill Wil
Hams. Dr Charles Barry,
Weldon Miller, Cortez Boat
ner. Buck Weems, Weldon
Wright, John Mason. Paul
Harbour, George Gilpin, John
Greene, T I. Milam. Ronnie
Gaines, Harold Smith, Billy
Merritt, Jim Barney Louis
Henson, R. Q..Tower, Gerald.
Bridwell, Corbin Merritt,
Sam Barker Thurman Stro
man, Hardin Whitaker, C, A
Robison, B A Thomas Rob
ort Crooks, Leon Aldridge.
John Cason, Paul Blackard
and Gene Neal..
LIONS HONORED—The Lions Club Thursday night made awards to members
at a banquet at Holiday Inn. Among those honored were, left to right, Joe Bu-
ford 15-year Old Monarch award;; Virgil Tolbert, 20-year Old Monarch award;
J O Horning, 17-year perfect attendance award; Gabe Abdnor, Senior Master
Key award and 15-year Old Monarch award: Cecil Franklin, 14-year perfect
attendance award Dr. L D Lawler, 15-year Old Monarch award: and Wallace
Fields, 10-year perfect attendance award (Times Stall Photo )______________
Only the highest scoring
students in each state, the
semifinalists, remain eligible
for further consideration in
the competition for Merit
Scholarships Although stu-
dents receiving letters of com-
mendation advance no farth-
er in the Merit Brogram, their
names are reported to other
scholarship-granting agencies
and to the colleges they nam
ed at the time they took the
NMSQT as their first and see
end choices NMSC also re
ports home addresses, test
scores, anticipated college
majors and career intentions
of the commended students
Kenneth Kraner was in
charge of arrangements for
the banquet.
ifying test Theirs is a not
able academic achievement Franklin and Wallace
receive ed perfect attendance
"As far as we are con
cerned this is just like any
other year- poll taxes go on
sale Oct 1." said an official
of the state comptroller’s of-
fice "We assume every
county tax collector is ready
to issue receipts."
The Texas poll tax snit.
oil companies is continuing
in many areas Union
spokesmen said that sever-
It Says
Here...
The 4-H flag flies proudly
this week on the pole on the
court house lawn, in com-
memoration of 4-H WEEK,
which ends tomorrow ...did
you know that 4-H ALUMNI
have a pin which they may
wear? ... we agree with a
national news release which
says it's safe to say that in
each of the 3,100 counties and
districts in the UNITED
STATES, resides thousands of
men and women who once
were 4-H CLUB members . .
there are 23 million of them
in the 50 states, the FEDER-
AL EXTENSION SERVICE
estimates . . . information on
these alumni is being sought
by the NATIONAL 4-H SERV
1CE COMMITTEE .
awards have been given to
them for 13 years, and every
effort is being made to lo-
eate any and all former 4-H
members who might be elig-
ible for the awards, which
are made at county, state and
national levels
Of interest to "COLD WAR"
veterans is an announcement
from DR D B BUCKNER.
Who is president of the TITUS
COUNTY BOARD OF REAL
TORS he says COLD
WAR veterans now qualify
for low down payment. gov-
ernment insured mortgages
up to 530,000 since BREST
DENT JOHNSON signed a
housing law extending home
loan benefits to post KORE-
AN WAR veterans .. .and,
in addition, the law assists
older veterans who have not
used up their eligibility un-
der any VETERANS ADMIN-
ISTRATION program ,. .
this provision lake* .care of
veterans of WORLD WAR I
andthe SPANISH-AMERI-
CAN WAR says DR BUCK
NER . . so, if you are a vet
eran in any of the categories
mentioned, you might want
to take his advice and consult
a realtor, who is a profession-
al in real estate, and who
subscribes to a strict code of
ethics as a member of the
TITUS COUNTY BOARD OF
REALTORS and the nation-
al organization known as the
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF REAL ESTATE BOARDS
. . many veterans of KO-
REA and WORLD WAR 11
have not exercised their el-
igibility under the VA pro
gram, and some might be
interested to know just how
hey might+enefit if DR
-BUCKNER can’t answer your
Bhase II of the Titus Coun
ty United Fund Drive will
get underway Monday morn-
ing October 4th with a kick-
off breakfast at Hotal Steps-
ens, Lon Bates, campaign
chairman announced this
morning.*
The speaker will be B. L
Hearne vice - president of
Ling Temco Vought, Green-
ville.
Phase I includes the em
ployee division (industrial
and professional) and small
business firms
Heading Phase II will be
Ed Hord and Virgil Tolbert
who will have fifly five vol
unteer wor ker s assisting
them
A report of the progress
of the advance division, kick-
ed off two weeks ago will be
made during the breakfast
This division is headed by J
A Petty. Dan Mitchell and
Charles Tucker All workers
in this division were asked
to make their report Jo Mrs
Tully Florey at-Uinited-Fund
Headquarters before five o'
clock this afternoon.
Fund President David Da
vies Stated that he is pleased
with progress of the drive
_..thus far and hopes it may
query, we dare say he can be concluded during October
refer you to the agency which be concluded during October
A brigade from Texas’ 36th
| Infantry Division will be
among six National Guard
brigades selected as high pri-
ority units. *
One of the reserve outfits
to be disbanded is the 90th
Infantry Division of Texas.
Men in disbanded units
may shift either to high pri-
ority units or go into a man-
power pool of other reserves
not assigned to units.
(About five men from the
Mount Pleasant area are
members of a 90th Division
unit at Tyler.)_________-
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council of generals was "a
subversive body sponsored
by the CIA" which "has been
very active lately, especially
after President Sukarno was
seriously ill in the first week
of August this year."
"Their hope that President
Surkarno would die of his
illness did not materialize."
Although Sukarno has been
reported suffering from a
serious kidney ailment tor
several years, this was the
first word that he was ill in
August
3 Students
Honored By
Citation
Three students at Mount
Pleasant High School have
been honored with letters of
commendation for their high
performance on the National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test (NMSQT) given last
spring They are among 38.
000 steudents across the na-
tion recognized for scoring in
O Homing,
Haris Nasution has crushed
an uprising against Presi-
dent Sukarno and both he
and Sukarno are safe and
well, Radio Jakarta report-
ed Friday night.
The broadcast an
nouncement came a few
hours after a revolutionary
council led by Lt Col. Un-
tung, a battalion commander
in Sukarno’s bodyguard, an
nounced it had seized power
and proclaimed itself "the
source of all authority."
The aJrkta Radio said
"those responsible for the
coup have been arrested "
Malaysian officials reported
Untung’s revolutionary
council, during its bid for
supremacy, had declared
that Sukarno, 64. was "under
protection" of the council.
This led to speculation that
the strongman had been re-
moved.
There was no immediate
report of Sukarno's wherea
bouts.
Untung, in a broadcast be
fore the government's coun-
termove. had said he took the
action because a number of
generals and the U S. Cen
tral Intelligence Agency had
n I a n n ed an anti-Sukarno
coup
Radio Jakarta at that time
appeared to have been under
his control
An earlier broadcast bv
Radio Jakarta announced
formation of a new, 45-mem-
ber cabinet laced with per.
haps a dozen Communists,
but D N Aidit. leader of In-
donesia’s 3 million member
Communist party, was not
on the list.
The revolutionary council
said it has—arrested a num
ber of generals
Observers expected Com-
munist influence to increase
still more in Indonesia in the
wake of the upheaval. For
years the country's army
leaders had acted as a check
on the Communists, but re
cently Sukarno and his gov-
ernment have been increas-
ingly responsive to demands
of Indonesia's 3-million mem
ber Communist party 1
Indonesia’s government ra-
dio said those arrested were
members of a subversive
"council of generals" spon-
sored by the US Central In-
telligence Agency It did not
give their number nor their
identities.--
US officials were appro
hensive The Indonesian
Communists have repeatedly
demanded that the govern-
ment break relations with
the United States, but Su-
karno had not taken this
step despite bitter opposition
to U.S. policy in Asia.
are much too precious to take
chances with ... the DE-
PARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY has announced an
intensified enforcement pro
gram against motorists who
illegally pass a school bus
under the conditions noted
so remember, you must STOP
when passing or meeting a
bus taking on or letting off
riders, and when you resume
driving, you must not travel
more than 10 miles an hour
when passing ... In the first
half of this year, two were
tilled and V7 injured in acci
dents involving school buses
E . . that ought to be enough
to convey the message. —
WNF.
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