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Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
Feb. 13 (AP) — Space
agency officials indicate
the first U.S. manned or-
bital flight may be put off
once more if weather con-
ditions fail to improve. They
say the weather prospects now
abe about even for the attempt
to send astronaut John Glenn,
Jr., into orbit tomorrow.
A spokesman for the astron-
aut team, Lieutenant-Colonel
John Powers, describes the
weather outlook for tomorrow
as marginal. He quotes project
director Walter Williams as
saying the launching would not
be carried out under conditions
existing today. However, Pow-
ers says a better idea on the
weather in the critical recovery
areas will come from the Navy
ships moving into the three sec-
tors. These vessels are expect-
ed on station four hours before
the scheduled launching time,
now 7:30 a.m. EST, tomorrow.
However, Navy officials say
they’ll be able to gather accu-
rate weather data some four
hours before that—around mid-
night, EST.
Jackie Blount
Enters Race
For Trustee
Jackie Blount, 34-year-cld
Sulphur Springs wholesale
used car dealer, has announc-
ed his candidacy for a position
on the board of trustees of the
Sulphur Springs Independent
School District
**I think I can render some
services to the school patrons”
Blount said.
Blount said that he planned
to prepare a written state-
ment setting forth a platform
on which he will seek election.
Blount, a 1945 graduate of
Sulphur Springs High School,
has lived here all of his life ex-
cept for short periods while in
business at Big Spring and
Cooper.
His wife is the former Glad-
ine Ray of Como. They have
two sons, Ronnie, 10, and Lar-
ry, 9, fourth and third grade
students at Lamar Eelementa-
ry School. They live at 1026
Mulberry Street.
Blount currently si presi-
dent of the Houston School’s
Dads Club.
The trustee election has
been set for Saturday, April
7.
Terms of three trustees —
Sam Bonham, Jeston Williams
and Allen Gammill — expire
this year.
Gammill told a reporter
Monday night that he will not
be a candidate for reelectmn.
Bonham and Williams did
not immediately signify their
plans, but both took applica-
tion forms to file for a posi-
tion on the ballot.
Khrushchev May Stage
New Diplomatic Move
Rusk Hopeful Military Aid
To Show Viet Nam Results
By Associated Press j President Kennedy of being
Secretary of State Rusk says less than candid about Amer-
be is optimistic that addition- j ican military involvement in
al U. S. military and other aid ! the Southeast Asian nation.
CHAPTER MEMBERS of the Pearle Jordan chapter of the National Honor Society at
Como High School are shown. Seated are Barbara Carpenter, Mike McKinney, president,
and Patricia Batchelor, vice president. Standing, left to right, are Betty Joiner, secretary;
Aline Cannon, Barbara Gulledge, Patsy Matthews, Janet Hill, Margaret Braden and Mrs.
Harold Hines, sponsor. Jonnny Porter, the tenth charter member, was absent when the pic-
ture was made. The chapter was named in honor of the oldest living teacher who was con-
nected with the educational system at Como. The faculty council is comprised of ail Como
teachers.
to C o m munist - threatened
South Viet Nam will increas-
ingly show good success.
Meanwhile, the Republican na-
tional comittee has accused
Damage Placed
At $3,500
In Fire Here
Old Twi*t
Ottawa, Feb. 13 W—The
University of Ottawa »ay*
there’* nothing new about
the twi*t. Scholars have dug
up a quotation from St.
John Ckryrtostom, who
wrote in the year 390:
Dancing women roil their
eye*, wave their hands, and
describe circle* with their*
feet and twist their whole
bodies, and the beholder
goes home with the impres-
sion* of this image . . . "
Second-Stage
Difficulty Halts
Missile Test
Point Mugu, Cal., Feb. 13 CP
—Second-stage technical dif-
ficulty halted the first an-
nounced night test of the.
Army’s misile - killing Nike-
Zeus Monday night at Point
Mugu.
Spokesmen said the'48-foot
missile was successfully launch-' ble t
ed, separated and sent into mehti
power flight down the Pacific
missile range.
It accepted and correctly
executed control commands
WEATHER
NORTHHAST TEXAS - Partly
cloudy through Wednesday. A litti*
cooler most section* Wednesday. Lose
toniybt 5(W>0, Hiirh Wednesday 70-S0,
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS - Clear
to partly ciudy. Low tonight 43-35.
High Wednesday 70-78.
NORTHWEST TEXAS — Clear to
partly cloudy through Wednesday. Lew
tonight 58 north to 4S south. High
Wednesday 65-70.
80UTH CENTRAL T&XAS Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday. A little
cooler Wednesday and northwest to-
night. Low tonight 51-63. High Wednes-
day in 80s.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS — Clear to
partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
A little cooler weet late Wednesday.
Low tonight 55-65. High Wednesday
in 80s.
Delinquent Tax
ContractDropped
The committee asserts that
Kennedy has a clear responsi-
bility to make a full report to
the people on whether there
actually are 4,000 U. S. troops
in the area where Communist
guerrillas are being fought
The committee, in its pub-
lication Battle Line, said: “We
would ask President Kennedy
if it isn’t time to drop the pre-
tense that the U. S. is merely
acting as military adviser to
South Viet Nam."
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Rusk touched on another
trouble spot — Berlin — in
a taped interview.
The foreign policy chief says
talks with the Soviet Union on
Berlin have been serious and
to the point. But he added:
“There is now no basis for
Trustees of' the Sulphur would be Mar. 8. A 8 p, m.
Springs school district voted j deadline on Mar. 8 will be ob-
Monday night to discontinue a served, he added. The trustee
contract with the Ramey & election annually is held in
Ramey law firm, for the coliec- Travis School on Garrison^nd
tion of delinquent taxes, set enue.
the annual election for April \ Such items as a $286 pitch-
7, approved the purchase of j ing machine for baseball, eight
athletic equipment for spring I dozen game and 50 dozen
sport3 costing about $1,047.-j practice golf balls, six dozen
64, and postponed action on tennis balls, a 14-foot vaulting
Fire believed started from a
welding operation caused dam-
age estimated at $3,500 at the
Farmers Co-Op Gin’s feed mill
Monday night.
A feed bin with a capacity
of more than five tons was de-
stroyed and wiring damaged, j agreement in sight.”
The bin, which was over a
hammer-mill, was almost emp-
ty at the time.
Wylie Williamson, Farmers j
Co-Op Gin general manager,
said welders were working on
top of the building Monday j
a bote had been cut
through the roof in connection
with a change being made. | pampa> Feb lg m __ Flames
He theorize3 that sparks are still flickering around a
Pampa Plant
Wrecked by Fire
And Explosion
several other items until a
called meeting at some later
date.
The contract on the delin-
quent taxes ran out some time
ago, Supt. Jack F. Gibson said.
The contract called for the at-
torneys to receive 15 per cent
of delinquent collections.
pole and standards, a take-
off boaid for broad jumpers,
etc., were included on the ap-
proved purchase orders for
the spring sports.
The trustees decided to wait
until a called meeting to elect
principals for the new year.
A committee . of Gibbon,
' Phil A. Sartin was named Dewey Butler. Allen Gammill,
judge of the annual trustee
election set officially fo,r Ap-
ril 7 — the first Saturday m
the month as required by law'.
Gibson said that candidates
must file for a position on the ' erinterdent’s report
might have dropped into the j gasoline refinery in the Texas
bin, starting a smouldering Panhandle near Pampa, that
condition which slowly built up was wrecked by a three million
into flames during the night dollar explosion and fire yes-
Firemen worked for an hour terday,
and a half at the building after | At times flames leaped 1,500
the alarm was turned in at feet high at the Cargray Re-
10:30 p. m. - finery, 7 1/2 miles west of
The mill was back in opera- Pampa.
tion Tuesday morning after; The explosion occurred'yes-
workers had spent the night; terday afternoon in an engine
drying out the motor and other room. There were 18 workmen
Slightly Cooler
Weather Due
By Wednesday
Slightly cooler weather is
scheduled to bring only a mi-
nor change in Texas’ unusual
spell of prolonged spring in
mid-February tomorrow.
A
was entering the far western
portion of the sta£e today and
was due to make the familiar
trip across from west to east
by Wednesday.
Air was dry behind the
front, and forecasters predict-
ed only a slight drop in temp-
eratures.
The mercury pushed up to
a warm 80 degrees in Sulphur
Springs Monday afternoon and
appeared headed for a top in
the same vicinity Tuesday.
The overnight low was 56 de-
grees.
Ralph Hill, local weather ob-
server, reported the mid-day
temperature as 72 degrees, rel-
ative humidity as 56 per cent
and barometric pressure ns
30.08 inches and steady.
Hill pointed out that Tues-
day was the 13th consecutive
day without moisture for Sul-
phur Springs. Such a run is un-
usual in February, he added.
Abnormally warm conditions
prevailed all over the state.
equipment.
Jeston Williams and Sam Bon-
ham was set up to review' j
school'bus needs for the new |
Gibson, in his monthly sup- J)j
Truman Calls
touchedj
ballot 30 days in advance of on the overall school program.
inside when a gas cup blew up.
All but one, 57-year-old Ernest
Foose, escaped unhurt. Foose
received a broken shoulder and
a head injury.
At one time there w-as fear
that a 500,000-gallon butane'
tank close to the refinery might
the election. He said this date
94 HONORABLE MENTION
High School Lists
62 on Honor Roll
The honor roll list at Sul-
phur Springs High School
lengthened slightly during the
third six weeks to 62, Mrs.
Finley McLarry, school secre-
tary, announced Tuesday.
As usual, the large freshman
class leads all others. Twenty
seven flreshman are on the
list, along with 14 soDhomcres,
seven juniors and 13 seniors.
Sophomores are Claudia.,.,. .
Bearden, David DeVore, Wil- j d,dJJte tlu_stee' ..
ma Graves, Margaret Green I Gr' fSlW,nd1dl 'vas ab‘
Juan Harrison, Betty Jean fnt Jhe* otheI, board “
Hurt, Vicki McKay, Brenda here, Bonham, \\ ill,sms, Gam-
McKinney, Elaine Morgan, ™ ’ Thoraaj tJahnsIton’ Dr'
Betzi Myre, Jeff Oopenheim, -8,11 Gray and John J- Moms*
Barbara Ramey, Mary Helen were Present-
Sheffield and Patricia Thomas. > “ “
Juniors are Jerry Brown, j ParisianC \iafTQ
Peggy Cates, Peggy Long, Cly- j * Cll IMQilO ululjC
which he said was moving, Washington, Feb. 13 if1—igo up.
along real well. Former President Truman Refinery officials said the
“We’ve had lots of illness,” j called on President Kennedy,' pres^hT plan is to let what
he said. “Different groups | at the White House today but j flames remain burn themselves
have been hit. Thbre have been
lots of measles, colds, chick-
en-pox and mumps.”
He said children, teachers,
bus drivers and the* school
mechanic have been ill.
Jackie Blount was a visitor
at the meeting and filed for a
position on the ballot as a can-
Qualifications for the honor! dus Ponder, Tena Stephenson, 1
roll are 90 or above grades Mike Tyler and James West-
in all subjects, including citi-
zenship.
brook.
Seniors are Bill Alford, Bar-
Big Procession
Senator Smith
Charges Leaders
Duck Campaign
J,e &T&JL 2^j to.'o&liJls* j&aLW f»“
accord for maintaining a 90! man, Fred _Frailey, Kathey j*«*ntie funeral prosess.cn to--
grade average for the third ” ** **’
six weeks. This is almost dou-
the 55 on the honorable
ion roll the previous six
weeks.
During the entire first se-
mester.of the school .year, 118
students, including 50 fresh-
refused to say what they talk- j out.
ed about.
Truman, in high good hu-
mor, said it is never proper
to quote the President after
visiting him.
A newsman tried another
tack by inquiring what Tru-
man had to say to Kennedy.
Truman laughingly replied
that reporters had tried that Banjrori Maine, Feb. 13 !*l
timg and time again and it _ Republican Senator’s Mar-
never worked. garet Chase Smith of Maine
Kennedy walked through the charges that some of her par-
White House lobby with Tru- ty’s leaders are ducking the
man as he left. They stopped 1964 presidential nomination
briefly to look at some of the because they arc afraid they
historic pictures on the wall, can’t beat President Kennedy.
Outside, Kennedy and Tru- Speaking in Bangor, Maine
man shook hands warmly. last night, Mrs. Smith made it
Truman is in town to attend dear she was referring to
a dinner tonight with some old Former Vice President Nixon.
Senate colleagues. (Continued on Page Six)
transmitted from its ground men, had an overall grade av-
guidance center and received ernge of 90 or better,
the programming of a simu-
lated attacking ICBM. Certain
objectives were met.
But an automatic device
halted the test after the tech-
nical difficulty occurred, m
nature of the trouble was
announced. The Army said it
had not planned to fire the
v capon’s third stage.
The solid - fuel booster,
launched from a fixed posi-
tion, attained a thrust of 450,-
000 pounds. It was seen as
far away as Los Angeles.
It was the eighth announc-
ed firing of a Nike-Zeua at
Point Mugu.
ljhr _ . _
Th Brittain, Randy Byrd, Sandra j Virginia Alsobrook, J a n e y! the Nazis.
4JLy-flates, Eugene Chamberlain, Bailey, Rickie Carpenter, June R was a grey, rainy day.
not Verna Sue Clark, Gloria June j Kirkpatrick, Linda Morris, j Electrical workers were on
Dodd, Wanda Dodd. Jackie Du- Elizabeth Post, Karen Swin- j strike, so shops in the areas
Freshmen on the current
honor roll, which is an increase
of three over the previous one,
are LaVada Adams, Jacky Al-
Lilah June Avinger, Que
France, Marsha Hendrix, Mary H8? ~ Protesting the terrons-
Lou Owens, Wilma Roberta, t,c a«*witi« of the »«cret arm*v
Mill* Steinsiek, Judy Tipping i organization and police repres-
and Randy Wilkie. !sion of anti-secret army de-
Those with an cverall A av- j monstrators. The funeral was
erage in third six weeks work I *or ^our the eight persons
ar0; killed when police moved
Freshmen — Alan Levine, | against one such demonstra-
Dan Mitchell, Linda Mitchell, jtion-
Janie Owens, Karen Jo! The government relaxed its
Balkum, Ronald Hames.jban dfl public demonstrations
Gordon Payne, Fey Alford, j for today’s funeral, and the
Robert Alford, Charlotte Ash-; mass of citizenry was one of
ton, Barry Bennett, Diane Cox, | the biggest assemblages m
Jo Lynn Elliott, Sammy Burt,! Peris since its liberation from
Priest, Rose Ann Erck, Mari-
lyn Sue Flowers, Clara Gam-
mall, Carolyn Halmontaller,
Glenda Hoover, Judith^Johns-
ton, Ann McLarry, Gail Miller,
Mike Passons, Gena Penning-
ton, Bob Pettit, Olivia Pinion,
Jeannine Ramey, Bill Shields,
Linda Vititow, Sarah Watten-
baiger and Elaine WOer.
dell, Robert Hollis, James j w ere dark, and it was quieter
Sheffield, Harold Symonds, than usual in Paris, because a
Thomas Wright and Dennis; transport workers strike had
Cox, a j halted buses and subways.
Cynthia Mays, Linda Sachs, j Many other phases of the city’s
Danny Smith, Betty Crowson, j life also were affected by
Jackie DuPricst, Linda Kenni- * strikes. The giant demonstra-
mer, Linda Moore, Richard tion was arranged by virtually
Persinger, Judy Rawaon, Loyrall labor and leftwing organi-
T (Continued oh Page Six) Izations in Paris.
No-Parking Zone
Policy Tightened
A tighter policy toward, en-1 applied for spaces in which
forcement. of no-parking zone’parking is prohibited. The
regulations was indicated Tues-i designating letters will be in
day by City Manager Carl black, a} is now the case.
Riehn in connection w ith the j The city manager said the
start of a downtown traffic present yellow background will
control painting program. j be continued in the design*-
The painting was started tion 6! downtown loading zone
Tuesday with the renewal of spaces. %
parking space lines in the west He also warned that motor-
side of the downtown square, ists who leave their cars in
The work in the square will the red - marked no-parking
be continued by sections, prob- spaces “definitely will be giv-
ably over a period of several en tickets."
days. Four-inch rollers are being
Renewal of curb line paint- used in the pavement line
ing will follow with a new painting for the first time,
color scheme being used for Their substitution for the
the spaces in which parking is < brushes used in the past is
(tanned. [being done on an experimental
A red background will be; bask.
By Associated Pres*
The U. S. and Britain
are trying to work out a
counter-proposal to Soviet
Premier Khrushchev’s
suggestion for a summit
conference at Geneva next
month. There are indications
that although the U.S. and Bri-
tain won’t go to Geneva, they
will offer to meet with Russia
later on.
There is widespread belief in
diplomatic quarters in Moscow
that Khrushchev will attend the
Geneva meeting anyway, even
if President Kennedy and Brit-
ish Prime Minister Macmillan
stay home. The diplomats are
sure Russia will use persuasive
arguments to try to force at
least two of the Western Big
Three to attend.
, n ... , , . Here’s why the diplomatic
weak Pacific cool front observer9 think the ^ssian
ruler will attend: Khrushchev
would be in a position to try
to show that his nation is lead-
ing the effort for disarmament.
He could argue — and probab-
ly would — that the Western
nations are holding back and
even threatening to fort i f ,v
their military strength by set-
ting off more nuclear tests.
However, there is no official
information oh whether the
premier actually plans to go
to Geneva.
The indications on Western
thinking come from statements
by British diplomatic sources
and from what U.S. officials
have said, publicly and private-
ly, so far.
The British diplomats pre-
dict, outright, a summit meet-
ing will take place later on.
But the U.S. so far has said
only that it could.
Secretary of State Rusk is
scheduled to meet with the
British ambassador in Wash-
ington today. They are expect-
ed to explore the problem of a
reply to Khrushchev.
Prime Minister Macmillan
said he welcomes what he calls
the broad spirit of Khrushchev's
letter. Macmillan told the
House of Commons the main
problem is to find ways of link-
ing suggestions by the U.S. and
Britain with the more general
ideas Khrushchev has in mind,
Khrushchev proposed that
the leaders of 18 nations meet
at Geneva in connection with a'
disarmament conference open-
ing Mar. 14th,
President Kennedy and Mac-
millan, in an earlier proposal,
called for a foreign ministers
meeting — also in connection
with the Geneva conference.
The Soviet Union indicates it
won’t give in on its opposition
to international inspection —
the obstruction to recent talks
on a nuclear test ban at Ge-
neva. The Communist party
newspaper Pravda claims the
Western idea is aimed at put-
ting spies on Soviet territory.
Dry Chemical
Extinguishers
Given Police
Fire extinguishers are being
added as regular equipment in
Sulpjmr Springs’ two police
cars. * *
City Manager Carl Riehn
said the extinguishers will en-
able police to help effectively
with automobile or other small
blazes they may encounter be-
fore regular fire fighting
equipment arrives.
The extinguishers are of the
dry chemical type and can be
refilled at the fire station.
They will be mounted on
brackets in the trunks of the
police cars.
Violent Winds
Claim Victims
In West Europe
London, Feb. 13 tfl — High;
winds raging across Europe j
and the British Isles today left j
,at least eight persons dead
and more than 100 injured in
West Germany alone.
Many’- sGerman roads were
blocked by* trees. Among the
fatalities was a train engineer,
killed when his locomotive
struck a fallen tree.
In Britain, where five were
killed yesterday, coastal areas
reported gusts up to 60 miles-
an-hour.
Two bus inspectors in Lon-
(Continued on Page Six)
Bank to Open
Drive-in Service
The Sulphur Springs State
Bank's new drive-in facilities
will be opened Thursday.
Gerald Prim, vice president,
said that the inside lane, with
entry off Church Street, will
be the only one placed in use
at this time.
Three banking services will
be offered at the drive-in win-
dow from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m.
Patrons may make deposits, ob
tain change and cash checks.-
Only two witnesses had tak-
en the stand early Tuesday
afternoon in an Eighth District
Court lawsuit involving titlp
to oil leases on Hopkins Coun-
ty'land.
Testimony in the case was
started Monday following se-
lection of a jury.
First witness ivas Billy Mi-
kule of Tyler, defendant in the
case. His testimony extended
through Monday afternoon and
into Tuesday morning.
Mikule \|&s followed on the
stand by Murph Wilson, Tyler
attorney.
Harry S. Phillips of Tyler is
plaintiff in, the case.
Valton Glosup, court clerk,
said the length of the testi-
mony being presented indicat-
ed the case will continue well
j into Wednesday at least,
j It was hoped earlier that
the Phillips - Mikule ca»«
could be finished in two days
and the first criminal trials aL
the January court term
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