The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 301, Ed. 1 Monday, December 18, 1967 Page: 1 of 16
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Oilers Alone
in First Place
See Page 9
Light Snow Falls
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U. S. Planes Rip
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Three Jets
Annual Cost Cited
A
Shot Down
Retirement Plan
In Raids
OKed by County
Australia
Due Crisis
In Politics
court.
(See RETIREMENT, Page 8)
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Petitions
U.S
Received
By Judge
Ratu l Work
Ik Planned
looking for a fourth dog but sald
On Hospital
WEATHER
P
>
tirement System
Jan. 1 following acti
swimmer and skindiver. He was
wearing swim trunks and beach .
called-to her husband then ran
to a neighbor’s house lor help
Two Boys Killed
By Pack of Dogs
alive "
Hott, so
Holt But observers in Canberra
believed his election would
cinct 4.
Employees of all other depart-
ments voted 100 percent in fa-
Terms for Greek King’s
shoes as he walked from his
and maroon Pontiac to his favodite
raid’ on Hanol’s northeastern
district
Tuesday, although the prime
ministers press secretary Tony
Eegleton, told newsmen today
"we are all hanging onto a
ahred of hope that Mr Holt is
i,yj
~Y
af 3007
•gse
the coast The alert area extend-
ed from Lake Charles, La , to
Jackson, Miss , and only a small
Texas. area was included
The El Paso area, and all of
the country west of the Pecos
River, remained under travelers
warnings due to a lingering
glare of ice on highways Tem-
peratures at daybreak began a
climb into the high 40s and the
Weather Bureau said most of
the snow and ice accumulated
by five days of bitter weather
would disappear.
The respite, however, was to
be short lived Another cold
front already had touched the
3 » pm with her other child, ieader ’ in 1m‘g.rX
Cindy, I. when she heard ader. "as in lne to succeed
drive the Country party out of
"1 was lying in bed when she thescoalition becaune he and
knocked on 1h door," said Mor MeEwen. 'disagree on a number
W. E. Pennington’s
Rites Set Tomorrow
possibly on
tion today by
a.”.
-----Summary-Index-----
News of Today
had the warmest minimum in
the state with a rain cooled to
The temperature at Presidio
fluctuated 46 degrees-from a
daytime 75 to 29 degrees over-
night Beaumont Port Arthur
had 79 inches of rain in the 24
hours ending at 6 am today as
rainfall was widespread along
the coast and in East Texas
A particularly heavy area of
thundershowers boiled up off the
Texas Louisiana line in the Gulf
in the early morning, dropping
as much as one inch of rain
per hour
A cold front pushed through
East Texas toward the coastal
Holl's death
Days till
Christmas
.1.1
the crane also pulled up one
huge chunk of the bridge super-
structure this morning. It was' 002- . . ■--------
placed on the barge. It was be- Co, died today at 5:15 am. in
Sieved that superstructure a local hospital following an
northern reaches of the Panhan-
die and was expected to bring
new wintry woes to much of the
state around midweek.
Interstate 10 was closed early
today on both sides of El Paso
Hoad conditions did not worsen
during the night, however, as
temperatures around El Paso
hovered just above the frees*
mark
Readings were in the 20s in
the Panhandle and some South
Texas points had temperatures
in the 60s
The temperature skidded to an
overnight low of 16 degrees at
Dalhart early today Galveston
J , by 189 of the county’s 206 em-
. I . ployees.
‘. sAe " *• Only 17 employees indicated
El opposition to the plan Five
Mh members of the opposition came
■ from the district attorney s of
edNI ficc. 3 from Precinct 1, 7 from
Mn Precinct 2 and 2 from Pre
Shopping
Data from U.S. Weather Bureau
Outlook — Cooler tonight with
lowest tomorrow mornihg
By BILL DUNCAN constitutional amendment ap
More than 200 employees of proved during the election of
Orange County come under the----- -
Texas County and District Re-
an excellent
i The commissioners said they that all employees who work
[ will consult with County Auditor
I Walter Ebanks today on "be-
at ginning on the earliest date pos-
• sible" for the system favored
presumption of
. . LYNCHBURG, Va (AP)-Aboys apparently had played wvunoimov Aut..1. is,
.American spokesmen report paek of German shepherd dogs with before, S-unMEcAuatrallapAP)
edsone, probably downed by altar k«M amt killed two small Th* sir tin e were Gene MiiatP “APPoaI V toll ’llme
the severatboys Sunday while their father Anthony Goodman 4, and Ken MnMI
Vwtrling air battles over Hanoi fought futilely to «ve them by noth Goodman, I sdas of Mr Muiniae wnin au . atone
Sunday. The American casual- clubbing the antmal wih a and Mra Eugene if Gondman ANialla“i h. plteal Srii
ties were an Air Force FjosrL, cd yaggk,, jpye, dPMDyUhreaxupolthe
Th under chief ana an 4 Phan Ke . . coalition that has governed the
trwn 11 A “n —“unan The attack, near a creek be Goocmnan and his wdr are in country since
and a osbtzdown. by ' MIG21 hind the victim*’home in near Lynchburg General isospital Mhewnmn,,
and a M1G17 The three crew by Madison Neighis, inelud- shere thy are beina treated xTheuu aimotsrobone that
ed two neighborhood dogs the for shock tidesthatawlowdhimtpsuP.
Amherst County Sheriff elect day while he swam qr Portaea,
Mahlon H Bryant wuj Good 37 miles south nl Melbourne
man. sobbing, told him that n,. .ed.. *
when he reaches! the snarling . weather ‛orced sapen:
pack he beat at the trenzled an Xh tbamamzvnaeaoanpoar
mala with a rake, ms shoos and 14 2.mo1 Pon
anything else he could find to xamhave. claimed, three other
Reconstruction of It 1 miles of turn them away from his blood without" yielding their bodes.
Deputy Prime Minister John
vember of the Orange Common
District to the West Orange
Cove Independent District by
the county school board
Although the attachment was
made. West Orange school offi-
cials have refused to recognue
1 (See PETITTONS, Page 8)
* Plains country, bringing clear
skies to the region tor a hange
Light rain and drjule fell in
scattered portions of Cedtral and
East Texas during the night'
Winds up ip to miles an hour
blew sheets of snow in El Paso
Sunday after noon and Guada-
lupe Pass had visibility at rent
i in blowing snow
Dalhar had one-half inch of
mow early today atop an A u
mutation of more than one inch
The sun broke through at El
Paso Sunday, then heavy snow
tell again at midafternoon Lght
.rain, sleet and snow covered
See (WEArER Page ai
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Light snow fell in the Texas
Panhandle early today and tem-
peratures fell to 16 degrees at
Dalhart in the early morning
hours before a general thaw be-
gan in vast areas held in a
sheath of ice for five days
The coldest storm of the win-
try season so far was losing its
grip on the Panhandle and
Southwest Texas regions, but
heavy thunderstorms prowled
the Texas Gulf Coast.
The Weather Bureau put out
• severe thunderstorm bulletin
for an area just north of Beau-
mont-Port Arthur and Orange on
e No" •
Mine intersection yesterday al about 1 20
a m ami strus k the rear of the Duggan
vehicie Both drivers were tssucd ticket, lor
failure to control speed by Constable Donald .
Gunn of Precinct 2 Bus Mgr Grady Gallien
Mid six mx 1 lone of the bleachers were
ruined along with 120 feet of a chain link
fence and some electrical work No estimate
was placed on the damage
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RESCUE OPERATIONS CONTINUE TODAY
16 Known Dead In Collapse of Huge Bridge
41 Still Missing
In Bridge Tragedy
SAIGON i AP» — American
planes continued raids on North
Vietnam's heartland for the
fifth straight day today, and the
U.S. Command reported the loss
.---- —_____._ of three jets Sunday—(wo of
1966. The retirement system is them downed by Communist
expected to be initiated in Jan- MIG interceptor,
uary. The US Command did not
_____________As a result of the overwhelm immediatelly reveal details of
members of the commissioners ing vote' in favor of the retire the raids today, but Tass the
seut. ment system, it is mandatory Sovie‛ news agency, said Amerl
T —— • *" -• . . as can planes made a "massive
ported today by Tommy pounded by local authorities A Mekwen, _ the leader of the
Samara resident S t a t « third could not be caught and Co t‛ ok ,over..the
was sho to death Police were KEeronmpentyheim unti mem
looking tor a fourth dog tut said cap,, larger mem
Lan., 1.. L L,, 0k f 0f he coalilion, elects a new
insthemattack.e y party leader and prime minis
Bryant said Mu Goodman v...1 ... ______
was inaide her home at about Esderal Treasurer . WIUU”
McMahon, the deputy party
Return Seem Deadlocked
• At Red Heartland
screams from the creek She
a
state highway in Orange County led sons
at art estimated cost of $938,000 Two of the dogs were Im-
POINT PLEASANT, W. Va.| The big 40-yar-ola bridge, a
(AP>—Working in a light rain, | major link between the two
a water-borne crane probing the states, crumpled into the Ohio
Ohio River’s depths latched on River 80 feet below just after 5 a
to a crumped car early today p.m. Friday. The center span of I
and brought up three more bod- the bridge disappeared, leaving I
ies in the grim search for vic- only the approach ramps on I
tims Of Friday’s bridge col- both sides and concrete piers' I
lapse. jutting above the river’s sur- I
They brought to 17 the num- face. I
ber of known dead. There were Max Ray, a commercial deep I
41 persons reported missing. sea diver from New Orleans, I
The car was one of scores of said that "you’ve got 10 worry •
vehicles that tumbled like play- p”00* falling on you.’ [ w. E PENNINGTON
toys off the bridge when the
suspension span collapsed Mo Levingston President
Ue nurKY I Iver- C
The bodies of two adults and
a child pried out of the car's
twisted metal remains were
taken to a temporary morgue in
a state armory.
They were not immediately
identified.
Sitting on a barge in the river,
members aboard the two Amer
lean planes were missing
The third American plane
. ____ - downed, another Phantom, was
I vor of the retirement plan . Petitions asking for an elec- hit by ground lire over North
I Cost of the program to the tion on consolidation of the Mau- Vietnam's southern panhandle
l county will be approximately riceville. and Little CypressOne of its two crewmen was
$50,000 annually, according to school districts were received to killed and one was rescued
Mrs. Earline Hilliard, assistant day by County Judge Charlie Including Sunday’s casualties
county auditor. She said the an- G Grooms and a Phantom shot down Sat
nual payroll of the county, is Grooms said he is turning the urday by • MG21, U.S records
[about $744,321. petitions over to Mrs. Ida Faye list 36 American planes and 9
! The employees of the county Arnold, county tax assessor col- MIGs shot down in aerial com- was.re! , ..
will contribute an equal amount lector, for certification of sign- bat so far in the war A total of M McNamara resident St at -
to the system. ers as qualified voters 765 U.S. warplanes have been Highway Department engineer
1 The plan, as now proposed Only 20 signatures of qualified reported lost over the North Involved is Highway 87 from
by the commissioners, will in- voters in each district are re- A freakish break in the mon- a point on mule north of the
elude employee contributions of quired to call the election, soon weather—which began last Interstate 10 overpass a distance
,7 percent with a similar amount Grooms said the petitions had Thursday-ha permitted the 2 7 ’ mues to the Newton
to be matched by the county, many more" than the required heavy raids on key North Viet- County line Construction of
W. E. Pennington, 57, presi-tively participated in marine Also, the commissioners are on number. . namese targets, after, a one -houiderasisoanticipated at *
dent of Lovingston Shipbuilding industry associations. He was record as favoring the maxi The suggested date for the month lull wh ch permitted the coto M80.000.
” "n •--- • a member of the American Pe- mum salary as the basis for the election is Feb. 3 Communists to rebuild shat- The other project includes re-
troleum Institute Propeller system. The consolidation election will tered facilities construction of grade, structures
' pieces were being hauledup" inlapparent heart attack at his Club of the U.S.'. Petroleum The plan will mean that em- ohmax amost A year of effor . North .Vietnam’s carefully and.sufacing at A, cost of
an effort to reach vehles home, 1907 16th St. Club of Houston and other or- ployees-receiving $400 monthly onusthespar,s. ol.patrons and hoarded MGs apparentiy. were Hss, 00 son Chemicalow.trom
trapped under the debris. Funeral services will be to- ganizat ions. will begin paying2s28 per month trusteesonsthedistrictsveme Zninzrezaternumbe rsSond lay te Iryinsassree ton onpSScolt"MyWiteletherin
The 1 500-foot-wide section of morrow at 4 p.m in Claybar He also was on the board of into the retirement system in boggeddnsoldationamovement thanuin.the.prsy iousd ays, o, the west to Highway 8 and she was crying sald Defense Minister Allen Fair,
the river between Ohio andFuneral Home with Rt Rev. directors of the Greater Orange January. An elected official re- . nearlyslast summer renewed; u when only four They are part of 862 million dogs had her u J by the hall and Foreign Minister Paul
West Virgin^ viekfed eight andMsgr. Joseph Berberich. pastor Area Chamber of Commerce giving $10,000 annually would when arter.patrons.ot the Or- to six of the Red interceptors two-year consolidated highway " Hasluck were also considered
ies from our cars dndsh truck of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and on the board of the Orange pay $70 annually. A ndependentySchool Dis- would ™ and out of Amer program which will mean M My daughter s a nurse ami likely candidates for the Lberal
whenthe derricksspuiea them officiating. Entombment willbe YMCA. The retirement system for pendenttsdatos abolish the i nde-can fonmations, (r ferhighwayfacilities troughqut helped herback to thelhoumse leadership
out Sunday. The other five bod-inst. "Mary’s Cemetery. He ws.amember,,of the county employees was favored The movement remained dor- nth fivedays „ " edthe state The programicalls for 1 ran on over thehill and met Governor General Lord Casey
ies were recovered Friday, a Pallbearers will be Cecil R < Pennington. Page 8> by the voters of Texas under a man( until attachment in No- "See VIETNAM Page »> (See ROADS. Page *i Oke Doos Page at war expected to announce the
few hours after the suspension [Beeson, Otho Haunschild, S. M. ...
bridge collapsed under the Vaughan, Maurice Bryant, L. J.
weight of rush hour and Christ- J Barrios Jr., Eugene Harmon,
mas shoppers' traffic. [George Duchamp and W. T.
Forecast of more than oneWalker.
inch of rain for the Point Plea-) Members of the board of di-
sant area brought with it the) rectors for the shipbuilding coin-
fear that the river’s level would ;pany were designated as honor-' LOCAL VIETNAM
rise and .increase its current, ary pallbearers Reconstruction of 11.1 miles of Jets, battle over Hanoi during, ... .
This would seriously hamper. The body will remain at the state highway in Orange County, the fourth day of American at Bids Listed
divers i their efforts to reach family residence until tomorrow is planned. tacks on North Vietnam's heart "* —ed
cars crushed under the bridge’s at 1 p.m. when it will be moved _____ land - e, C
superstructure to the funeral home. More than 200 emlpoyee. of
i A native of Beaumont, Pen-Orange County come under the _ WASNINGTON. Furnielinc.
i nington lived most of his life in Texas County and District Re- Sen. Edward, Brooke says ' urmisnings —
Orange and graduated from tirement System following ac-Congress will have to spend .a Orange County commissioners the G
public schools here. He also at- tion today by commissioners J0* of money on America s riot-today accented bids for furnish king 1
tended Chenier Business College court. tom _____ ingi ' equipment for tele..catig
- SPORTS tended care wing under con UI
He was named president of Petitions asking for an elec- exa. nih °%. rooni -—-----
in mid 40s. otherwissthe, s 1963 ing ip y tionson consolidatfon o the Mau year ends with no repeaters in
generalysairthrougn68*Nspn 10 work at the locatrhogtatsendctsiseeereyerdtzsate.potiht " "Riosm an
nomorwwPniggtite ® «Augus19gs. He was dayby county Judge Charlie G -cottsistoPhandie oAum
High today - _ knocks off Jets
1W tonight .......... Mid 40s ant, office'Kanager, production Orange County commissioners
High tomorrow 70 manager and general manager, today accepted bids for furnish-olvmpics
Outlook for Wednesday—Partly He was electeas executive ings and equipment for the ex- and RSph'B
cloudy and mild to cool, vice-president ofte company tended care wing under con- in
— - < 107 X stract Ion r‘ A-— •—"
ATHENS (API - Neaotia-reported to Premier George Pa miers and ministers _________ ronasue io n, ravorau
tions.between the Greek mill- padopoulos, the regime's strong- strengthen the executive branch "rock plunge" at noon sundav.
tary junta and King Constantine man, Immediately on hi, return jof government over the legisla- An old friend Alan Stewart
over his return to the throne ap- The Cabinet held a 2% hour tive walked out into the wr! a 12003
peared deadlocked today after meeting Sunday but made no The regime has said repeated distanee behind Holt and
"hesreefrnsabfneredwassnodnasannesinbemnensurctsr"ard
cation the military regime the regime has retired five constitution The 20 man com
E would accept them, army general,, including the miltee of legal experta prepar- Nr,/,
struction at orSnlcmnt Informant, said the 71 year tor met detent minuter, Oon ing the document has said it ORANGE JUICE
Memorial Horanse County old king, who fled to Rome Gregory Spantidakis, and rover should be ready within a week '___
The low hid V Lnitu. w. Thursday after unsuccessfully a) other top officers accused of but no date ha* been set lor sieo,u . . .
*21 06. .bmifoz.furniture wa: frying to start a counter coup conspiring with the king ft was elections 1 ARTY r M K - A local
Cout' ssroritted, N against the junta, demanded the second major purge in the queen Frederika, a native o woman wore what Hknown.e:
The furniture awsPnBeaxumont immediate free election, and a armed forces since the April 21 Germany has been an issue in glitter trips on. her eyellds
tablet ures"Aincudesbeds halt to revision of the constitu- coup in which a group of coto Greek potities for years She to * party pver.the weekend
, the Arcohinetssand ch airs for tion nel overthrew the parliamen- was acculed of exerting 10 A mangok > look at the rhifle
Denver may be site of Winter ™ The military dictators want tary government much influence on her hubarxd. stone 8 and asked. Do
Sunset today 5:19 pm onwMa rchpnnM.n . stnction, ,1° range County team, batting .honors Trus Wprrensubmtiteda bid of for Constantines mother. Qucen the attempted counter colp. constantin P Kirbyville woman was checking
Sunrise tomorrow 7.mam .eWbennPtnningttonrxanabi8M emorialk lospital tees to meet tonight concerning ciFoodusartsforthe hospital fa Frederika, and puppet status now is In Home with the king P There Was wome talk that her birth re. ord ana) found tha
wmos - MorNeN, „ h „ empoyment 122temfVKLon rrERNAToNAr semipro football in area S“bepurshared from for the king Tbere has been speculation Princess Hem the king, 2 th doctor’s writing of her name
u ” * fhereuwerStr2 employeen w n EENATTONAL. SothaSoast Surgical on a bid Greek Foreign Minister Pana that the new constitution being year old sister mig ■' b put on 1 ad mi sinterpreted by the
Trots "Soon. hJTi , had Erown.o 800emplpyees.Wiilliam McMahon, Austra: .Top basketball, tournaments " ’24210.... , . . ... yiotis Pipinells and the Ortho prepared by the regime played th* throne for an interim period typist and some letter, changed
z 2. a,,, n u ,* 10 em the me he took over activNa’s finance chief, is expected highlight college holiday sched- M for the. beds, will dox primate. Archbishop leron- a part in th* king', attemp !»■ as a compromise But this to make a new first name Now
B.ix°m"SShw‛mom •m *"• mpnagement._<n , Cosucceed Prime Minister Har-lule Cinderella teams have he „proyided. by Spring „Air .0f ymos. conferred with Conatan- formed nources said the pro- sounded like a mia idea which she must go through the entire
esrERoAy - jemecoture: wg, .Penninston was welknown " oldHolt, missing and apparent- big year Future of Houston[Texas in Houston The Houston tine at the Greek Embassy in poed document would strip th* th* royal family aculd never legal process to have her name
" low " rein ia i the marine industry and ae-ily drwned while swimming looks bright. | (See BtDS, Page 8) Rom* Saturday, and Pipinelis king of his power to appoint pre agree to. - ichanged.
CAR TWISTS AL.KACHEIS This car
driven by Sieve Duggan. 11, of Kt 4 Box
IM B, Orange, failed to stop at the end of
Irving Street and plowed through a Inner
knocked down a ticket booth and landed in
the bleachers at West Orange Junior High
’ School Saturday at 11 pm The car was not
damaged heavily until a second vehicle,
driven by David I. Rodgers 23 of .720
Cross Lane, Orange, failed to stop at the
in Panhandle
The Orange LEADER g
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