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CHRISTMAS
The Orange Leader
VOL. LVII—NUMBER 290 Memoer Associated Pres* ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960
16 Pages
5 Cents
ANT FARM
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uooey people end Leader re-
porters are uo exception. News-
room interest has been center-
ed lately on an “ant farm” and
on Sunday a Spice! feature will
tell all about the surprising
home Hfe Of ants.
LATEST EDITION
abor, TSTA
ightTaxPlan
By DAVE CHEAVENS
AUSTIN (AP)—Organized labor
joined with organized teachers in
promising a fight against the pro-
pose® one per cent payroll tax
UtgttPb/ the Governor s State FT
fiance Commission.
The Texas State AFL-C10 and
the Texas State Teachers Asso-
ciation both hit hard at the pro-
posal which has already drawn
opposition from some legislators.
Train, Truck
Damage Suit
Is Filed Here
A damage suit for $235,000 has
fceen filed in the district clerk's
office as result of a Sept. 4 col-
lision of a railroad tram and a
large truck at a crossing in the
Terry community.
Hie petition for the suit was
filed yesterday by a Beaumont at-
torney, Quentin Keith, of the firm
Of Keith, Mehaffy, McNicholas and
Weber.
Named as parties to the suit are
flie. Texas & New Orleans Rail-
road Co. and Beaumont Service
Contractors, Inc., Jordan Reese,
3t„ doing business and Jordan
fifteae, Jr. Industrial Contractor,
and Jimmy C. Root, identified as
driver of the truck.
The collision occurred near a
as Ter-
crossed by
_ _______ _ __ consisted of
4 diesel locomotive units, 82 load-
i and 52 empty cars, all
nting a total tannage of
The railroad company alleges-
Wat it approached the crossing
With whistle and bell operating
When a 4ti-ton truck, pulling a
float trailer upon which was load-
SP
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nploye of Beaumont
Contractors and Jordan Reese Jr
of such defendants, “whol-
ded the warning signals
by the train and negllgent-
carelessly, and heedlessly
luaed the said truck and trailer
to ton in front of the train.” Root
Is alleged to have attempted to
beat the train across the crossing.
Farce of the collision, the com-
? avers, caused derailment and
age to the 4 locomotives and
cars, which allegedly jumped
track.
company asks $50,000 dam
repair of the diesels, $i0,
the period during which
i were out of service, $50,-
The opponents come from such'
liberal groups as labor and the
teachers and from such conserva-
tive individual legislators as Sen.
George Parkhouse, Dallas, and
.tep. Ben Atwell, Dallas.
The teachers’ association hit at
the tax because, its spokesman
said, the levy goes only "half a
step" when a full step is needed
not only to give teachers a raise
but to improve the teaching pro
gram.
President D. Richard Bowles of
the TSTA said Thursday that the
$40!) raise suggested by the com-
mission is far too short of the
$900 asked by the association.
It all adds up to prospects of
a lively battle during the 57th
Legislature starting Jan. 10.
Fred H. Schmidt, secretary-
treasurer of the AFIX1IO, said
working men and women and oth-
ers with small incomes will “take
a dim view of the commission's
proposals.” He said that it was
better than a sales tax, “but
worse than a tax on income with
higher rates for the higher in-
comes."
Schmidt was a dissenting mem-
ber of the finance commission.
Another was John McKee, Dallas,
who said the payroll tax was too
much like an income tax.
Parkhouse called the proposal
a state income tax. Atwell san fiwn WlfinPrC Ijl/p
it was a gross income tax. * isuc
Schmidt said:
"This tax goes easy on corpora-
tions and those persons who can
own their own swimming pools.
"It fails harder on the man who
punches a time clock and who
cannot claim the deductions which
—leader Photo fry Bofrfrlo Broussard
DOLLS FOR NEEDY ARE ON DISPLAY
Mrs. Martha Cockerham Puts Dolls in Window
Heavy West Texas Snows
Follow Severe Ice Storm
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP)
A quick, furious winter storm
made an icy, snow:covered area
of the Southwest, New Mexico,
Arizona and far-West Texas suf-
fered under loss of communica-
tions and highways.
Snow continued over all of New
Mexico today, closing schools,
bringing traffic to a virtual stand-
still and isolating many commu-
nities.
El Paso, Tex., just to the south
of the New Mexico line, was vir-
tually isolated for a time by a
six-inch snowfall.
The snow ip New Mexico cov-
ered an earlier sheet of ice which
had coated tree branches and
power lines until they snapped.
The Weather Bureau issued a
heavy snow warning for the Texas
Panhandle and south plains and
forecast six or more inches of
snow in the area. Snow up to five
inches was reported in several
communities on the west side of
the Texas Panhandle with schools
closed at nearly a dozen points.
Three persons died in accidents
ing rain and glazing of highways bringing the total to eight inches
as far east as North Central Tex- Five inches of snow piled up
as Friday night.
Southwest of El Paso two inches
of snow was on the ground at
Alpine and a light snow continued
to fall.
The main power line to McDon-
ald Observatory on Mt. Lock in
the Davis Mountains broke under
the weight of ice. Six inches of
at Muleshoe and Bovina. At Mor-
ton, south of Muleshoe, 3 inches
of snow' was on the ground.
Schools also closed at Muleshoe.
Farweil, Friona, Bovina, Lazbud-
die, Oiton, Amherst, Anton and
Spade.
The Sabine Area has been
spared the devastating blows of
snow fell there during the night, icy, snow storms and floods ex-
pcrienced within the past few days
in other parts of the state but the
weather has been windy, damp
and cold with colder temperatures
forecast.
Temperatures sunk to 45 degrees
last night, four degrees lower than
predicted. The low for tonight is
forecast for 43, with the high for
tomorrow near 50.
Small craft warnings remain
(See WEATHER, Page I2)_
County's1960Population Count
jum ps; Now Past60,000 Fig u re
Orange County and all of Its urban
communities jumped upward to-
today with the announcement by
. „ -, .. .the Census Bureau of final figures
S3 ft, 1*0 count.
Official population figures for 1940. The gain in the Orangelcloses that 40,068 (66.4 per cent)
metropolitan area is 14,395 (52.29 of the people counted in the 1960
per cent) from 1950. tabulation live in urban areas of
The new census report also dis-|the county.
this proposal allows lawyers, doc-
tors, and other self-employed per-
sons to claim.
“It takes more of the income of
the little man and less of the in-
come of the wealthy than does
the federal Income tax."
The tax proposed by the com-
mission calls for one-half of one
per cent each on employers and
employes, exempting the first
$1,000. The self-employed are also
tjxed on earnings over $1,000.
Self-employed net earnings arc
defined as "gross receipts, In-
come from business* or trade,
commissions, fees, farming, rents,
interest, dividends, royalties, and
capital gains from Texas opera-
tions, less expenses and costs."
rain storms Thursday night and
today.
The ice and snow knocked out
electric power to the Permian
Basin Pipeline Co. plant in Hobbs,
N.M., which normally supplies 200
Salvation Army 'Queen Dolls'
On Display at Christmas Store
By BOBBIE BROUSSARD (H. T Pitts. The clothes will be
Dolls to be given to indigent judged on different style cate-
n^nf^theannualChristmas Cheer > Thc winners will be determined
**
tion Army are ton display in the *e Christmas Store.
The final tabulation — the fig-
ure which will go into the records
— gives Orange County a total
population of 60,357. This is an in-
.... ,. , . , . , crease of 483 from the preliminary
$ZJ figure' of 59,874 announced by the
Christ Tov Store, Front Ave-
nue and 5th Street.
The 11-inch dolls with natural
hair and eyes that open and close,
are clothed in five styles and
fashions. The clothes were made
by volunteers from various church
and civic organizations.
Special recognition will be given
to five persons for the best dressed
dolls in Fie annual “Queen’s Doll"
contest directed this year by Mrs.
^repairs to derailed cars, $25,-
for i
damage to cargo, $25,000
for .damaged roadbeds and other
ulpment, $5,000 for cost
rttag traffic over other
(See SUIT, Page 12)
***
LIT I
SulphurPlan!
To Close Down
VINTON (Spl) — Due to exhaus-
tion of commercial supplies at
Suiptiur, the Jefferson Lake Sul-
phur Co. will cease operations in
pie Vinton-Starks area by the first
of the year.
The announcement was made to-
day by L. B. Jensen, plant man-
ager,
Jensen said most of the firm's
90 wnployes will be transferred to
file headquarters in Brazoria or to
tong Point, Tex.
The shutdown will result in the
layoff of about 30 men. Most of
the transfers will take place over
a period of six months to a year.
The office and warehouse at Vin-
$<m will remain open during the
Jjplvage operation. Jensen said the
mineral leases in the Starks field
will revert to the land owners.
Jefferson Lake began construc-
tion of its plant in 1950 and went
into the production of Sulphur by
toe Frasch process in 1951.
Kennedy's Margin
WASHINGTON (AP)-Sen. John
F. Kennedy's popular vote plural
tty Over Vice President Richard
M. Nixon stood at 144 844 today
Out of a total vote of 68,694,754
tabulated so far.
Judges for the contest are Mrs.
Dorothy Marsh, Orange County
home demonstration agent; Mrs.
Harold Nelson, Stark High School
home economics teacher; and
Mrs. James McCarver, past presi-
dent of the Woman’* Club.
Two days prior to Christmas all
of these dolls and toys will be
given to parents of children, whose
names have been taken from the
Central Index maintained in the
Salvation Army ofice, Lt. Harry
A. Osborne, commanding officer
announced.
Some dells still remain to be
turned in, Mrs. Pitts stated. They
should be returned immediately.
The Christmas Store W'ill be
(See CHEER, Page 12)
iy to Iowa and Minnesota cities.
Telephone service in southern
New Mexico was knocked out.
Snow in New Mexico ranged as
high as 17 inches.
The storm came on the heels
of an ice storm that gripped much
of the area for two days and
caused extensive damage to tele-
phone and electric lines.
The snow began falling at Ei
Paso Thursday afternoon. By 8:30
p.m. all bus and plane schedules
nad been cancelled into El Paso.
Trains continued to run.
Many cars stalled on slippery
streets. Electric power went out
in many parts of the city.
At a motel on the edge of the
city, guests sat in the restaurant
during the night and drank coffee
to keep warm. The motel was
without heat after a power fail-
ure.
day morning traffic moved at a
snail’s pace.
At midmoming the Weather Bu-
reau issued a heavy snow warn-
ing for the Texas Panhandle and
South Plains. It forecast six or
more inches of snow in the area
Friday aftemoOn and night.
The bureau also forecast freez-
bureau’s district office severs 1
months ago.
Orange also got a substantial in-
crease. The final figure is 25,605,
up 299 from the preliminary tabu-
lation of 25,376.
All of the other urban com
munities pained some. Bridge
City, where the final count pro-
duced a figure of 4,677, gained the
most with an increase of 1,016
from the preliminary figure of
3,651.
This put the official population
of Bridge City just below West
Orange, which had a final total of
4,848. and only a little further
away from Vidor, where the final
count was 4,938.
Other final counts, with the pre-
liminary figures in parentheses
are: Pinehurst, 1,703 (1,696);
Brownwocd Addition, 1,286 (1.281);
Road graders worked all nightlLittle Cypress, 2,056 (2.054); Cove,
pushing .snow from streets. Fri-|l,749 (1,746); rural areas, 13,496
(14,338)
For the county, the new popula-
tion figures show an increase of
20,274 (50.58 per cent from the
1950 census and of 42,957 (24.6 per
cent) from the 1940 census.
The increases for Orange are
4,431 (20.93 per cent) from 1950
and 18,133 (241 per cent) from
Beaumont Vice Probe To Be Settled Un,ess DeP°sed Prem!er
AUSTIN (AP) - The House
General Investigating Committee
meets this afternoon to decide
whether it will continue its probe
of alleged gambling and other law
violations in the Beaumont area.
Vice-chairman Tom James raid
the Beaumont question definitely
will be taken up by the commit-
tee. He said the press would be
admitted to at least part of the
session.
Beaumont officials have denied
charges by Rep. Tom James of
Dallas that crime is flourishing
in the area "under circumstances
that indicates virtual immunity
from prosecution.”
Sheriff Charlie Meyer said he
believed James, vice chairman of
the probe group, is exaggerating.
Dist. Atty. Ramie Griffin said he
will ask the grand jury to subpoe-
na James.
Lumumba Supporters Threaten To Kill Hostages
Vote Dispute Shifts to Houston
AUSTIN (AP)—The State Can- day morning hearing on an in-
vassing Board withheld a decision junction against the canvassmg
today on a Republican request forj was thfc Houston
a recount of Nov. 8 votes while j Court’s restraining order that
the controversy scene shifted to1 kept the canvassing board from
making a decision Thursday after
a full day of arguments for and
Houston.
Attorneys for Republican and
Democrat el-->ctors gathered in
Houston today with Federal Judge
Ben C. Connally to discuss a Mon-
againsi recounting votes in all
cornties that used paper ballots
in the presidential election.
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo
(AP)—Supporters of Patrice Lu-
mumba who rule Oriental Prov-
ince today threatened to kill an
unspecified number of Belgian
hostages unless the deposed pre-
mier is freed.
They made the threat in a tel-
egram to President Joseph Kas-
avubu and Cot. Joseph Mobutu,
the Congo’ese army commander
whose troops arrested Lumumba
and clamped him into prison.
Bernard Salumu, boss of the re-
gime at Stanleyville, capital of
Federal Oriental Province, threatened to
arrest all Europeans, kill some
of them, and "sabotage all Bel-
gian interests in the province” if
Lumumba was not released with-
in 48 hours.
Orleans' School Squeeze Relieved
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP)—A
financial squeeze by the legisla-
ture on two schools that admitted
four Negroes was relieved at
least temporarily today through
an anonymous donation of funds.
At the same tim* there was a
hint the state would refuse to re-
scind action that prevents banks
from lending money to the New
School Board and from
checks issued by the
Orleans
cashing
board.
Segregationists cheered a fur-
ther tightening of the white boy-
cott of the William Frantz ele-
mentary school. Only 14 white pu
pils were escorted through police
lines there Thursday, compared
to 19 on Wednesday and 23 on
Tuesday.
Kong Le Forces Seize Capital
COLD
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP)
kerchiefed paratroopers of left-
leaning Capt. Kong Le seized con-
trol of this capital today in a
swift rebound from apparent de-
feat.
It was the second military take-
over by rival paratroop factions
in 24 hours but neutralist Premier
Prince Souvanna Phouma contin-
ued to preside over the govern-
Red ment in his cream stucco palace
through all the changes.
Col. Kouprasith Aphav and the
iti-Communist leaders of Vien-
anti-Communist leaders
tiane’s parrison whp seized con-
trol of the capital in a predawn
strike Thursday, were reported
bottled up by Kong Le’s 2nd bat-
talion paratroopers at Chinaimo
army camp outside the capital to-
day.
■?S2j>
From U.S. Weather Bureau
_ OK—Cloudy and continued rathei
Tlplth occoelonal rain or dritile
tomoirow. Highest temperature
id tomorrow hear 50, and the low
ofrout 43. Smalt craft warnings ore
tor northeasterly winds II to
Hifrine: hloh, 0 30 p.m.; low,
Boilvar; high, 10:3* p m.; low,
rises 7:02 o.m., sets 5:17 p.m.
fEROAY
role JO.
Kennedy Family To Visit Florida
WASHINGTON (AP)—President- compared with the 16 he saw in
elect John F. Kennedy, relaxing a busy day Thursday,
his pace after inviting Adlai Ste- The schedule called for break-
venson and two others to join his fast with Rep. Hale Bcggs, D-La .
new administration, takes his wife and a meeting with Dr. Walt W.
and new son to Florida tostaf. [Rostow, a specialist in Soviet and
Before the early afternoon de-|U, S. economies. Rostow, now
parture for Falm Beach, Kennedy with Massachusetts Institute of
planned a round of conferencesj Technology, has been mentioned
with callers at his Georgetown} for high office in the new admin-
Ttmporaturtj. high 5*. But on,y two were listed, I istration.
West Orange
Directors To
Quit Office
Two directors now serving the
West Orange Water District will
not be candidates in the Jan. 10
election, they announced last night.
'The two are D. W. Davenport,
board chairman, and C. V. Long.
Davenport has served the district
since its inception and assisted in
its organization. Long is conclud-
ing an unexpired term for which
he was appointed. He has served
14 months.
Davenport told directors:
“Since 1953, I’ve served in various
and sundry,capacities. The district
is in good shape and I have been
here longer than anyone. My quit-
ting won’t hurt anyone and I’ll be
available for consultation at all
times. As long as I stay -in, maybe
no one will try for the office, and
1 think interest should be created
in/the district.” ______________________,______•
Long inferred that he had con-
flicting commitments and said,
“I want to thank the people for
their confidence in me and the
employes and other board mem-
bers for their cooperation and con-
sideration. Serving has been a
rich experience for me.”
He'added: "With the high effi-
ciency of employes and tne wis-
dom of the board, I feel that the
district will continue to grow with
proud people.”
Both men vere urged to recon-
(See WCID, Page 12)
The United Nations took imme-
diate emergency action to protect
the c-timated 2,000 wh*t?s living
in the province, half of them in
Stanleyville.
The United Nations spokesman
said Salumu threatened only Bel-
gians. but was expected to make
no distinction between Belgians
and other whites.
An unknown number of non-Bel-
gian and a handful of Americans
are believed to live in Oriental
Province. Many of them are mis-
sionaries.
The United Nations has 1,800
Ethiopian troops in the province.
They took over a school building
in Stanleyville Thursday as a pro-
tected refuge for all whites
Plans were made to evacuate
the entire white population to Leo-
poldville if necessary.
Salumu’s cable reached Leo-
poldville this morning, but the
threat became known to U N. of-
ficials after a news conference
Salumu gave in isolated Stanley-
ville late Wednesday.
Early today U. N. Secretary-
General Dag Hammarskjold told
the Security Council meeting in
New York that he wa* "deeply
disturbing news” from Stanley-
ville and Oriental Province. He
declined to go into details at that
time.
Salumu’s deadline for Lumum-
ba’s release was believed to ex-
pire tonight. It was not known
whether any whites have been ar-
rested as hostages thus far.
The cable said: "Demand im-
mediate liberation Prime Minister-
Lumumba and members legal
government arrested by Col. Mo-
butu.
JEWELRY
* !>
"Liberation must take place
within 48 hours.
“If not will arrest all Belgians
in Oriental Province and begin
by cutting off heads of some of
them.
"It is unacceptable that Congo
be recolonized by Belgian im-
rw>rialifitc
"Will sabotage all Belgian in-
terests if Lumumba not released
within fixed delay.”
Lumumba was arrested Dec. 1
in the interior of the Congo by
Mobutu’s troops while heading for
Stanleyville where his aides went
after his government fell. The
troops beat him and brought him
back to Leopoldville, where he
faces trial on charges of inciting
mutiny. He has been,held in a
cell at the miiitai
ville southwest oi
County Land Involved
In Large Mineral Sale
By MARY ALICE LAKEY
A warranty deed involving sale
of $6,772,374 in mineral rights on
34,895 acres of land, some of it
in Orange County, has been filed
in the county clerk's office.
It is the largest sale of mineral
rights known in this area, old-
timers say. The rights were sold
to Southern Neches Corp., with
principal office in Jasper, by Carl
T. Bledsoe and A. P. Hart
Land involved is rich timber
land located in Orange, Hardin.
Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty,
Polk and Tyler counties. About
7,600 acres of Orange County land
are involved, most of it located
north and south of Vidor.
The deed "grants, sells and con-
veys all minerals of every kind
and character, metallic and no»-
metallic, with perpetual right of HAVANA (AP) — A band of
ingress and egress, to explore, about 150 armed anti-Castro in-
dnll, mine and in every other way surgents was reported fighting in
to operate for, and to remove, such central Cuba today after a new
minerals.
The grantee has delivered to the
grantor a promissory note, with
8 Apr
befor
1, 1961, and thereafter on or Before
April 1 for a period of five years.
A vendor’s lien is retained
against the property, including
"timber without limitation.
The property is described in a
former deed from the East Texas
Pulp & Paper Co. to Bledsoe and
Hart. Document was filed by
Southern Neches Corp. and was
prepared by the Jasper law firm
of Barber and Seale.
Land identification by survey in-
dicates that 95 per cent of it is
north of Vidor and most of it lays
in the Vidor School District which
includes part of Orange County
and part of Jasper County. The
district has 118.7 square miles oi
territory, with about 5 square
miles of the Jasper County area.
Orange County land involved in
the deed is as follows: 725.02 acres
in Nancy Davis League. 446.16
acres in Pinkney Lout League,
687.62 acres in Martin Palmer
League, 283.23 acres in John Har-
mon Survey, 228.45 acres in Ed-
ward Hurst Survey, 568.63 acres
in Eld Hurst Survey, 37.69 acres
in H. R. Holst Survey, 509.74 acres,
649.09. 623.79, 187.99. 636.98, 39.92.
371.23, 34.29 and 125.41 acres, all
ry camp at Thys-|in the I.&G.N. Surveys, 76 88 in
if Lepoldville. Gilbert Stephenson League, 397.82
in S. J. Witney Survey, 341.22 in
the G.C.&S.F. Survey, 155.40 in
Daniel McKay Survey, 15.82 in
S. J. Dalton Survey, 29.35 in J. W.
Sanders (F. Rudge) Survey, 320.31
in Amasa Rand Survey and 156.99
(See LAND DEAL, Page 12)
Battles Flare
In Cuba After
New Landing
Tanks Crumble Barricades
As Mobs Riot in Algiers
“I'd say, these items for ’noth-
ing down’ in your Leader Want
Ads—are real bargains!”
ALGIERS (AP)—Army tanks,
backed by troops and riot police,
crushed barricades thrown up
here today by angry crowds pro-
testing President Charles de
Gaulle’s arrival in this tebellious
African area to whip up backing
for his home-rule plan for Algeria.
About 10,000 Europeans skir-
mished bloodily with security
forces throughout the day. About
2,000 persons—fighting to maintain
Algeria as a French territory—
threw up barricades toward night-
fall, just as they did last January,
when thev came close to overthrow-
ing De Gaulle’s government.
Two army tanks rolled over the
wooden barricades across the Rue
Michelet in downtown Algiers
shortly after (hey were thrown up
by the rioters.
The tanks turned and recrossed
the shattered barricades and the
crowds tried to surge forward and
mount them, but were turned
back bv about 50 infantrymen
surrounding the tanks.
Surrounding the area were
steel-helmeted riot troops who
then moved in with tear gas gre;
nades to drive the rioters up side
streets. . >
De Gaulie himself, on a trip to
promote his ideas of self-determi-
nation for Algeria, was not near
the center of today’s two-city vio-
lence, in Aliers and Qran.
The crowd behind the Alaiers
barricades hoisted French flags
and shouted: "De Gaulle to the
stake!” “The armv to power!”
Hard-pressed police announced
that 400 rioters were herded off
to jail in seven hours of riotingj landed at Cienfuegos Airport were
today. ; captured in a nearby cane field,
Special riot police battled chou- **'<1 ^e anouncemeht.
today after a new
landing near Corralillo on th*
north coast 120 miles east of Ha-
vana.
Although the Armed Forces
Ministry denounced the report as
a “counter revolutionary rumor,”
sources opposed to Prime Minis-
ter Fidel Castro insisted it was
true.
Persons arriving in Havana
from Matanzas, west of Corralillo,
said the invaders hhire been en-
gaging Castro soldiers* and mili-
tiar -n in sporadic battles the last
two days. Some claimed to have
seen truckloads of troops diverted
to the area while en route to the
Escambray Mountains to fight
other insurgents.
Two mihtiamen were reported
killed by one such band which
came out of the mountains on a
raid for food Thursday and
clashed with troops at Cumana-
yagua, one of the gateways to the
rugged range.
This report—one of several con-
cerning armed clashes — came
amid these other developments:
Authorities at Cienfuegos. near
the south centra! coast, announced
one person was killed and four
injured in an unsuccessful attempt
of a group of counterrevolution-
aries to seize a Cubana airliner
in flight and force the pilot to
fly out of the country.
A Cuban diplomatic note to the
United States charged that a dou-
bleheader space rocket, which fell
in fragments near Holquin in
eastern Cuba 10 days ago . and
killed a cow was a part of a
“tremendous plot” of aggression.
The attempt to commandeer the
airliner was balked, Cienfuegos
officials said, when the pilot crash
landed the plane during a dra-
matic airborne gun battle.
Three rebels who attempted to
flee from the plane after it crash-
sands of demonstrators in the
packed streets of Algiers and
tough soldiers moved into the
great city square of Oran, 220
miles northwest of Algiers, to con-
trol a mob of thousands.
A call for a general strike pro-
claimed by the Front for French
Algeria, largest group of diehard
settlers, was heeded to a large
extent in most big cities.
But De Gaulle stubbornly went
ahead with his tour, pressing his
plan that could even lead to A1
geria’s independence. That is
what toe settlers fear most, for
they would be far outnumbered by
Algeria’s Moslem majority.
De Gaulle’s first stop was Ain
Temouchent, a city of 25.000,
about half European.
As he stepped from his car.
scattered cries of greeting were
drowned out by a roar of ' Algeria
is French.” Police said 5.000 peo-
ple stood in a chill downpour to
shout their protests.
De Gaulle smiled thinly and
strode erect to City Hall. After
he had gone inside, an army colo- circumstances
nel addressed the crowd through;
The pilot, Capt. Francisco Mar-
tinez, threatened with a pistol
soon after taking off from Cien-
fuegos for the 150-mile flight to
Havana, was one of the four
wounded.
The note delivered to the U. S.
charge d’affaires, Daniel Brad-
dock, protested that the United
States was endangering Cuban
lives and property by launching
its space rockets over this island.
| ORANGE JUICE |
NOT NORMAL - Most people
spend their jail hours trying to
figure a way to get out. A middle-
aged man yesterday morning re-
versed the procedure — he came
staggering into the sheriffs de-
partment. holding a half-filled bot-
tle of cheap wine and wanting to
get into jail. Observed one depu-
ty: "Well. I guess he wanted to
get out of the cold and rain. May-
be he was hungry, too.”
IN BAD WAY - Sandy Engel-
berg of Oranjsefieid, describing
circumstances of his childhood,
said: “We were so poor, we got
loudspeaker. He told them tojan apartment above a cafe so we
demonstrate peacefully.” 1 could just smell the food.”
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