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Smlmiribne Aitteriratt
WEATHER
HOT THROUGH FRIDAY
VOL. 41 NO. 7
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—THURSDAY. SEPT. 3. i960
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'NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER"
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Demos Move
To Swing 4
Big States
'By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senator John Kennedy\ hiothei
says the Democrats \ ill hd\p to
*rfge <i hdirt virtuous campaign to
carry Texas Kentucky. Okultom*
and Tennessee He say* it i an be
flone
Aa of now. Robert Kennedy add-
ed these state* must t e tousicwr-
ed doubtful hath of the States
voted Republican loui yeais ajio
Kennedy ulm is directing hi>
brrtther s bid for the president y,
dl.cussed campaign strategy at
Nashville, lennesee uiih party
leader* Horn the lour S.atcs
Kenne<ly said the religious issue
i a real problem not only tn tht
vouth but in other parts n! the
itmntry
H'>b Kennedy put it this wa> It
■ - not a question of where my bro-
ttW'i <**> to church, but whether
we re goint: to become a second
class nation
Hotiert Kennedy said tt is of ut-
most importance that the Kennedy
- .lohnson lirket ' carry a suhstan
Hal number o{ Southern and bot
tier states He also said there are
a number of difficult situations,
but we have a chance in all of
these states
Senator Lyndon Johnson was ac-
c u.-ed b\ his Republit an opponent
.lohn Tower of using his political
power behind the scenes to yet sup-
port for the Democratic ticket
Tower, who is a former Midwest-
ern I'niverslty professor at W ichita
Kails, said that many so-called
Texas consci vj ivc Ik'miwrats are
unwilling campaign worker*
The (j O P candidate spoke at
I.ubbock
lower said the Texas conserva-
tive Democtats ' are motivated by
three things He listed these as
desire for federal patronage ati\
tety to preserve favorable raninfU-
ee status in congress and tear of
Lyndon Johnson
Tower, who toured South Plains
cities yesterday ta* 's his cam-
paign to several Panhandle titles
today
When the Democrat!! president-
ial nominee Senator John t Ken-
nedy comes to Houston Monday
nearly every leading Texas par"
member will be with htm
Those with Kennedy will include
the vice presidential nominee Se-
nator Lyndon R Jntam, apeakei
Sam Rayburn. governor Price Dan
lei and Senator Kalph V arborough
Kennedy is due to arrive at Hou-
ston at 5 15 p tn .Monday from
San Antonio He will takp a heli-
copter to downtown Houston and
then go by auto to the Rice Hotel
The candidate will speak at 7 30
p m at the Sam Houston coliseum
Kennedy will leave for Austin im-
mediately after his speech
or Heard
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Srt±T FLORIDA WARNED STORM
DREDGE
BILLY BELEW BUDDY
TWO MUSTANG STARS B'Hy R*i *
wtill lead the Mi 'tangs against the Bucwaroos Friday night with
Buddy AMdredgc leM fnd 195-nound junior the movt imoroved player
on the Mustang squad. The Mustangs great power ij said to lie only
in the first tw.'iye "ten. desoite the fact they are rated the top team
04 AAA,
Mustangs Place Hope For
Victory On 12 Men Only
By RICK TAYLOR
Sweetwater Reporter Snorts Ed tor
SWKETWATKR < Spl. — Sw eet-
water's Mustangs will have their
woik cut out for the'm when they
open the I960 grid season against
Iirei kenridge's Buekaroos in Breck-
Police Wound
Youth Dressed
In Woman's Garb
A targe ^rowd, maybe filling the
( 200 seats m Buckaroo Stadium,
is seen tor the Sweetwater game
Friday . Pracit aally all reserv.-
lett here had been sold by
noon today — a few left . . . Sweet-
water was sent 1.250 reserved and
500 students swats . . • The Buek-
aroos may fool the mighty Mu*-
tings at that — at least we are not
giving uo until the game is over.
Bob McGtnnij officiated at Cisco
last week and this Friday he will
referee the Cisco — Eastland game
al Eastland - th,. other tw„ or
three local officials have not swung
into action yet U-ster Kuper-
man will entertain members of the
Lions Club tomorrow noon with an
electric demonstartJon "rs
n Morrison is the new regis-
trar at the Breckenridge High
School
Marvin Naylor has been return
heme after undergotng surgery
,n Houston - hope he will socio be
♦uffy recovered . . . Shorty Free-
man who exhibits tutting horses
of Arthur Knight won first pU«v •"
the show at the Tadk«:k
when the money blew away but got
T. rheck High School enroO
sums
rating Va'rbar'a Squires was
htoh individual -,owler and high
partes bowler w.th a 203 game and
*446 ser.es -n Women s League
play this morning.
No admissions, no dismissal
Stephens Memorial reports, and the
li sheriff" department said no ar-
[I ,„st Firemen answered a call (
Hart's grocery yesterday even- ,
ing where there was air conditionei
trouble - no damage Larl,
Trammell Is attending furniture ;
show in Dallas today . . • '
• „.ie Clarkes and the Jack Ro-
berts celebrated their wedding an-
niversaries at dinner I'st nlght^n
•ka Hnhfrts home . . . And, iving
IS r*t n>IM to company
from South Carolina.
Utf - Vlrttr Huji. _.
HOI STON r — A 19-year-old
youth who was wearing a woman's
cold Hrot ade rtrcs and well made
up «i!h lipstick was critically
wounded last night after a brush
with officers at Houston.
Motorcycle ofiners Tire A Fur-
low and .1 J Rose gave this
account:
They noticed 'he yong man speed-
ing in a .'15-mile /.one1 on a Hiiuston
main street
The officers curbed the auto and
forced it around a corner on a
side street Furlou dismounted to
issue a ticket while Hose stayed
behind
As Furlow got to the car, the
youth pulled a 32 automatic, dis-
armed Furlow and fired into the
ground at Furlow*s feet.
Rose pulled his pistol and ducked
behind his motorcycle. The youth
ordered Furlow into the car But
Furlow dropped to the ground and
Rose opened fire One shot struck
the youth in the left side. He was
reported in critical condition ai a
hospital
In addition to a woman's dress,
the youth wore slippers and femi-
nine underwear. His body was tat-
tooed with modernistic designs
Authorities planned to question
him regarding the rap . of two wo-
men in Herman Park, which is
near the arrest scene
enridge Friday night
The Ponies are rated as the top
AAA football eleven in the state,
a spot long dominate! by the
Bucks, and the contest with the
Bucks should either justify or be-
little that ratiny
Coach Elwood Turner's charges
are led by last year's all-stater
Billy Beleu The huce Belew, he
played at 220 last year and stands
tvt. was a tackle last year, hut
comes in at right end on both of-
fense and defense ibis year He is
rated by some as the best lineman
in schoolboy football in the state
and will be playing a few pounds
under 220 this season.
The Ponies will t;o only as far
as the fjreat Belew and eleven
other ouistai.ting first-line troops
carry them. Past that first 12
squadmen. the Mustangs are haunt-
ed by the lack of not only season-
ed performers, but by the fact
there are no outstanding perform-
ers on the bench
Sophomores must come through
to give the Mustangs the bench
strength needed to carry them all
the way to the state crown. Quar-
terback Marty Stewart is rated as
the only soph with the ability to
fill in in the front rank. Stewart
is running from the number two j
man-under slot behind standout Joe
Gerald and is expected to see a ,
lot of action •
A mammouth line is the big
boast of the Sweetwater crew, but
may lack the speed to stop a
fast eleven. The line averages near
200 pounds and is heapc 1 with ex-
perience. Going through that line
appears the hardest chore cut out
for the Bucks and other opponents.
Buddy Alldredge. 195 and an all-
district selection as a sophomore
last year, plays opposite Belew at
left end He will follow in Belew's
footsteps as the next great individ-
ual star tn come from the Mustang
camp He was the most improved |
ball player on the >quad last year
(CONTINUED ON PACE FIVE)
Two New Bowling
Water Research
By ASSOCIATE DPR ESS >
Democratic presidential i andi-
candidate John Kennedy is cam-
paigning in California today And
one of the points he is making is
that if elected he will launch a
research program for conversion of
salt water into fresh Water is a
precious commodity in much of
California
Kennedy's Republican rival. Ri-
chard Nixon, also has mentioned
w ater problems, in connection with
a proposal for federal aid on a
matching basis with state and pri-
vate contributions for scientific-
research. One object of such re-
search. Nixon said in his statement
last night, could be conversion of
-ea and brackish water into fresh
water
Another research project men-
tioned by Nixon would be in the
field of weather. Nixon said the
government should sponsor the
scientific researc h effort he envi-1
sions, but he does not mean, he
added, that the federal government
should control or operate it or fin-
ance it entirely,
Kennedy is campaigning pri-
marily by train today in California.
In remarks prepared for an appear-
ance in Redding, he stresses a
need for development of natural re-
sources, and criticizes the Repub-
lican administration's partnership
power policies
Kennedy also has sent a message
ot farm supporters meeting in In-
dianapolis calling the agricultur-
al problem the number one domes-
tic issue facing the nation today.
Kennedy did not spell out his own
agriculture policy in detail.
o
Two Field Wells
Staked In County
Serene Oil Co. Inc. of Dallas
staked No, 1-R Robert J Brown
as a 4.100-loot rotary project four
miles east of Crystal Falls in the
regular fieVI.
Drillsite spots J.l«# 1 feet from
north and 2.225.6 leet from west
lines of H J Cleveland Survey.
G W. Ewing of Breckenridge
scheduled No 1 M. O. Kennedy in
the Deer Ridge (Conglomerate*
Field three miles east of Ivan.
Location spots S03 feet from
north and 1 2M3 feet trom east
lines of Section lOfiO. TE&L survey .
Proposed depth is 4.600 feet with
rotary.
MAY STRIKE TOMORROW
Congo Situation
Continues Grave
Concern Of UN
By ASSOCIATED PRESSi
There's some expectation that
Premier Lumumba of the Congo
may demand later today that U N
forces be pulled out oi his country
Lumumba - ne\Vs oitice in IjeopoM-
ville has said important decisions
concerning the U.N will be taken
In New York, meanwhile, the
security council is expected to
meet tomorrow or Saturday to con-
sider Secretary - General Ham-
mai skjold's latest report on the
Congo situation Hammarskjold ex-
presses concern at the flow of out-
aide aid to warring factions in the
Congo.
Hammarskjold says it may be
iiecessary to disarm Congolese
military units temporarily. He did
not mention specific countries as
sending military equipment to the
Congo outside the U N operation
But there have been reports of
Soviet troop transport planes,
trucks and technicians in the Cc
go to help Premier Lumumba
Ar.1 a spokesman for the govern-
ment of secessionist Katanga Prc -
vince says Belgian arms original-
ly ordered by the Congo army are
now being delivered to Katanga.
Yugoslavia has authorized its
U N represenative to demand an
urgent security council session on
the Congo. The official Yugoslav
news agency mentions such things
Donna Death
Toll Already
Placed At 116
3
1
i
as alleged
powers.
Premier
odds with
over such
interference by colonial
Lumumba has been at ■
the U.N. Congo torcc !
things as the closing
down of Leopoldviile radio and
traffic at most Congolese airfields.
Woman Finds Bear
I RON WOOD, Mich. !/P) — When
Mrs. Herbert Peterson started
hanging wash in her backyard near
the downtown section of Iron wood,
Michigan, she heard a growl in a
tree overher.i. Hastily summoned
police shot down a 225-pound black
bear which apparently had ambled
m trom a nearby wood
WILL BE NOTIFIED—Negro Marcellas Day. left, and his son
Tyrrone Raymond, talk to newsmen at the Kashrnere Elementary
School in Houston just before they entered the prev ously all-white
school to enroll the boy in the first grade. Day was accepted today as
the first colored student to be enrolled.
AUCTION BARN, INDUSTRIES,
LAKE DISCUSSED BY C OF C
"suspects" and out of the one
prospect, but the committee keeps
on knocking and asks for tips from
local business men of more doors
to knock upon. He added that hope
is entertained for Boss Manufac-
turing Co to move a leather cutt- j.....
(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE)
MIAMI vP1—A hurricane warning
is out from Key Largo to Key
West. Florida, as Hurricane Donni
heads toward the area. The Miami
Weather Bureau says Donna's full
force is expected to strike tomor-
row morning. Donna, with top
wii.Is ol 150 miles an hour, is now
about 355 statute miles southeast
of Miami, moving westward at.
about 11 miles an hour.
\ hurricane watch is in effect
from Melbourne southward to Key
Largo on the east coast, and on
the southwest Florida coast as
far north as Fort Myers.
Much of the north coast of Cuba
also has been warned to be pre-
pared fr-r hurricane winds, and
the central and southwestern Ba-
1 in mas are warned of winds of gi!e
to hurricane force.
Donna already is blamed for 165
deaths. The storm struck Puerto
Rico and then move I into the Ba-
hamas. Mayaguana Island appar-
ently vvas stiuck full force, there
has been no communication with
it since the storm struck Very
high tides are forecast for the
north coast of central Cuba. In
the Bahamas, tides arp ex pec tel
lo reach I to 12 feet above nor-
mal in sorn,. places. In Nassau,
capital ol the Bahamas, residents
have been ordered off the streets
These conditions gradually will
spread westward and northwest-
ward today an .Itonight,
Thousands of southeastern Flor-
ida resident*; who had waited to the
last minute have finally decided
the hurricane may hit Lumber-
v arris, supermarkets and insuranca
agencies have been almost mob-
bed.
It has been 10 years since a ma-
jor tropical storm hit peninsular
r lonria and a curious "it can't
happen here attitude has grown
stronger w ith each storm-free ye ir.
Rains have been very heavy In
connection with Donna and are ex-
pected to continue heavy. These
will affect eastern and ceti-
ral Cuba.
Khrushchev May Sail Friday For New York
UN ACTIVITIES III CONGO
FIRED AT FROM TWO SIDES
Nixon Is Endorsed , Leagues Playing
By Wright Morrow
Two new bowftng leagues were
to cet under way today at the
Breck l anes A Thursday Morn-
ing Ladies league startc.1 at 9:30
a m . and the Thursday night Ten-
Pinners league is to get under way
at 7:30 tonight
Sponsors for the Ladies League
are: Sam Fambro, Gulf Distriou-
tor; Kwing Christian. Bill Arnot,
Bowen Drug. McMahan Drug and
the Hat and Gown.
The Mens League will represent
the Mans Shop. Hub Clothiers.
hhtn you finance your car at Km Boswell Dairies. T-P Coal and Oil
'Irat National bonk you may ptaca j' Ranger >. T-P Coal and Oil <Breck-
Of enridgei. Thurmon Furniture Co..
J. E. Cox and Sons Trucking Co .
and Tolle's Laundry and Cleaners
MOCSTON f — A former nation-
al Denroci atit ! ommitieeman from
Texas. Wright Morrow of Houston,
endorsed Vice President Richard
Nixon lor president this morning.
Said the Houston attorney "I am
convinced the election of Richard
Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge
would be in the best interest of the
people of our country and that is
of controlling importance."
mmrnmmmmmm - ■.SVaWyyi_nJ\n.ru-LfLn.
A I' S Air Force weather plane Pro Joe Maples of the Boone,
crashed and burned on a mountain. N. C.. golf course says the final
side I Id miles north of Tokyo. All 18 holes of the Blue Ridge golf
eleven airmen were killed. tournament will be played today.
But he stipulated one condition, if
A crippling strike is threatened doesn't fog. The new goifing
at Buffalo. New York, the world's hazard, fog. forced cancellation of
largest grain milting center.
play yesterday.
Newcastle in northeastern Wyom- In New! °r'®*ns' Publ'c schools
ing received its first rain in two a.r; opening today in a tradition-
and one half months last night. The "?* segregated However,
downpour dropped 18 inches of °ff,c'*ls 3re preparing for integra-
moisture °" in ,he f,rst 8rade ln mid-Nov-
. ember.
i By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Congo Premier Lumumba went
before an angry Congolese Senate
today to defend his government
and he ended up being cheered
for his accusations against the U.
N. and Belgium. It appears almost
certain Lumumba will again de-
mand that the U.N. get out of the
Congo. He's boasting he has the
nation behind him.
Yugoslavia has accused the Unit-
ed Nations of helping alleged Bel-
gian interference in the Congo by-
following a hands-off policy in the
bloody internal conflict. The charge
was m; 1e by the Yugoslav dele-1
gate in the U.N. He asked for an
urgent meeting of the security
rnuncil to consider the deteriorat-
ing Congo situation.
Premier Khrushchev is leaving, i
probably Friday, aboard the Rus-1
sian passenger ship Baltika for the
Quarterback Club i
Kicks Off Drive |
The Quarterback Club kicked off
its 1960 membership drive with
a meeting of the membership drive I
committee in the Junior Ball room '
of the Burch Hotel this morning. ,
The following members of the drive ■,
committee will be approaching the |
backers of the Buckaroo team,
asking them to pledge their support '
to the 1960 team: President Bob;
Anderson Gerald Allen, Robin Ro- i
minger. Eld (Jerhardt, Mac Machen. |
Uus Gallagher. L. W. Brooks. Ral-
ph Hllgenburg, Bob Elliott. Otto'
Spratt, Bill Black, Custer Knox. O. I
H. Reaugh and Sam Fambro. |
The drive committee would like |
to extend an invitation to all Buck-1
aroo supporters and followers to |
join the Breckenridge Quarterback
Club.
U N general assembly meeting in
New York. There is a possibility
the Baltika. formerly known as
the Molotov. may anchor in New
York's East River and that Khru-
shchev may live aboard. Leaders
of the Soviet satellites may travel
with him and hold a floatina com-
munist summit conference.
If Khrushchev lives aboard ship
he could commute to U.N. head-
quarters by launch and avoid hos-
tile street demonstrations.
A former ambass.-.'or to the So-
viet Union. George Kennan. told
newsmen in Seattle that chances of
the United States being condemned
by the U.N. general assembly are
greater than most Americans think.
Kennan thinks Khrushchev will
try to muster a majority to con-
demn the United Slates over the
U-2 incident and oppose our stand
on disarmament.
Attempts to secure an industry
for Breckenridge, discussion of pro-
gress on the proposed auction barn
here, and the letting of the con-
tract for the Hubbard Creek dam
were main topics of discussion at
the monthly meeting of the hoard
of directors of the Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday noon.
Eugene Thompson reporting on
the dam project stated that the
State Highway Department wiil
start getting righs-of-way for chan-
ges to be made in Highway 180
and raising it free of the lake wa-
ter, and added that contracts for
the dam are expected to be let at
a meeting to be held in Brecken- observers are keeping a check on at 420 West u-aiU'."^ "",'7' ,utal"a
Octo- the killer hurricane. Donna, which business open for
Storm May Bring Abilene Couple
Rains, Squalls To Open Cafe
DALLAS itf - Texas Weather Thf> HoIjfla
y Hills Cafe, located
ridge during the last wee'K in
her. Thompson said bids will be ad-
vertised for 30 days in trade publi-
cations all over the nation, and a
lot of big contractors will be here
making surveys prior to the letting
of the bids and on that day. Final
plans for the dam are to be approv-
ed at a previous meeting of the wa-
ter district board.
Skeet Fambro reported that a
special committee ls at work secur-
ing estimates of costs of a building,
land, and other needs for a modern
auction barn here. When these es-
timates are compared to data ga-
thered on the number of livestock
that may be reasonably expected
tn be sold here it is believed that
a profit of 4 or 5 per cent can be
realzed by investors. When the
amount of cash needed for the pro-
ject is determined it is planned to
and sell
is roaring toward southern Florida ^ent^riT [fo^'rh un''er ,/,e manage-
and the gulf of Mexico. snee ' J ?n ^ THe C3fe UiU
The hurricane appears to be «?v hi tnnnH, f .^enU t0 sati*
headed toward a wide low pressure criminating '! most d s-
sysiem that has been hanging ae- CTr Tu « r r' . D
ross the eastern and southeastern ..jfirrp f. ,..|omes . 0 Brecken-
Gulf for days. The low also is con- ' Lsocilto^ £ h® was
associated wth the Woolen Hotel,
tinuing to send showers and occa-
sional squalls over the Western
Gulf.
Harlingen. in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley, has had 1.03 inches
of rain since midnight, for a 24-
hour total of 1.83 inches. Donna
has had 2.10.
Other rain totals are: Dalhart.
in the upper Texas Panhandle. 42
of an incn: tjrownsville
South Texas, .38. Palacios .23:
Corpus Christi .02: and a trace of
rai nin Far West Texas at Van
Horn and El Paso.
Texan Is Among
Eleven In Crash
WASHINGTON — A Texan is I
one of 11 men aboard a U. S. wea- j
ther plane which erased and burned '
on a Japanese mountainside.
They are reported only as "miss- •
ing." despite accounts from the j
scene which said all 11 were killed. [
The Texan was a second lieuten- 1
ant from F'lainview in the South
Plains of West Texas. Lawrence K.
Draper.
An Oklahoman also was aboard.
First Lieutenant Rotbert W, Blan-
ton of EI Reno.
Another officer was Captain John
H. Willis of Clovis. New Mexico.
organize a corporation anu sen 1 Hwwiniitiwtniiwwiww
stock. i Ltii Cost—A better deal—Wher
Fambro stated that the auction | <ou flnanc* your Automobile with
barn on a sales day will require 20 j BLAKE JOHNSON
employes and will draw rural peo- INSURANCE AGENCY
pie to the city. Present plan is a ! Pit mm HI
project to cost approximately $80.- ————————
000. The idea of the undertaking is '
to have the Stephens county agri- j
culture dollar spent in Brecken- I
ridge as well as furnish livestock j
producers of the ar*" a ready mar-
ket.
Bill Rogers in reporting on at-
tempts to secure an industry stated
that two prospects are being con-
and he formerly was associated
with the Cap Rock Hotel in Lub-
bock.
Mr. and Mrs Thayer will be on
hanri Irorri fi a, m. until 10 p. m.
daily except Monday, when the
cafe is closed, to insure the most
appetizing food and courteous ser-
vice They will serve breakfast at
;n deep anv ho,,r ,ho riay- 8nrl ,hey
feature a popular priced plate
lunch and crispy salads. Complete
dinners will be served, and ala
carte service will be included.
The Thayers have one daughter,
Muriel, and thev live at 704 Nor.h
Miller.
IIMItllllllHIHIIIH
Vhen you finance your car at tba
"Irat Notional Bank Ita flnanewf
•Ith low bank Interact rata*.—tn1«,
More Negroes Expected To Seek i
Enrollment At Houston Today '"
HOUSTON 'fP — More
Houston
white
tacted at present one a large long youngsters are expected to s
range project Rogers reminded enrollment today in the first gr
that the committee can knoc'K at 100 i
doors of likely Industries, get 10
Sergeants Plan
Long Water Trip
PERRIN AIR FORCE BASE 1*1
Ranger John Straten has express-
ed cautious optimism that Indian
fire fighters carried to the scene
tn helicopters will contain a stub-
born 900-acre blaze In Yosemite
National Park in California.
The Civil Aeronautics board
hears additional arguments today
in the competition of 10 U. S.
airlines for additional operating
authority la tbe Pacific w*$.
In the Far East. Communist
China has taken note of the 100th
meeting of U. S. and Chinese Com-
munist representatives in Warsaw
to discuss problems in dispute. It
accuses the U.S. of an attitude pre-
judicial to agreement at the talks.
In Paris, a team of French doc-
tors reports the (irat auccessful
kidney graft betv en perionj of
90 Mootf
Weatherford Man
Killed In Crash
WEATHERFORD <JH — A 55-year
-old Weatherford resident was kill-
ed last night when his automobile
struck a bridge on U. S. 80 about
five miles east of Weatherford.
He was N. M. Whitson. a boat
dock employe at Lake Weatherford. :
Investigators said Whitson was
thrown clear of his automobile |
when it struck the Trinity river
bridge and then was crushed under
tfca wfctfU of a pai ia| truck-
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRfcSENTS
THE WEATHER
Generally fair and hot through
Friday. No rain predicted ex«-
cept along the coast and in South
Texas. Lowest tonight 68 to 75.
High tomorrow 1Y1 the 90s. Low
last night 71, high yesterday 99.
Winds southeasterly 10 to 15 mil-
ti par hour.
— Two Air Force sergeants. Ralph
A. Williams and Harvey J. Brau,
start their IMay leaveitaiPm| HOUSTON </ - Integration
rin Air Force became a reality at Houston this
intention of spending most of it on
. . morning.
Thefr'l.'400-mile itinerary begins : 'rh^fir^fad^n"fhe
at Denison They plan to float down I •"e„Pit®flIf°r
Negro a-vear integration plan with the
seek first grade at the opening of the
ade fall semester.
elementary The parents also were advised
schools. that no Negroes will be enrolled in
Only 13 Negroes sought to enroll previously all-white classrooms
at white schools yesterday. Nine Monday. The superintendent, John
others had filed applications dur- McFarland. indicated, however,
ing last week's pre-registration. 'hat some may enter the class*
Parents of each Negro child were rooms tomorrow.
1 School officials were surprised
hut obvinuslv pleased by the small
Houston Integration
Becomes Reality
number of Negroes who applied at
; only six of Houston's 107 whtte
schools.
While only 22 had applied at
white schools, more than 5,000 Ne-
gro first graders reported ?,t all-
j NegrO schools.
_ p. , 12 ! "previously' ail-whiVe3 KTshmere The school board vice pr it.
the Red River to the Mississippi Garden. Elementarv Seheol. S!onr Wells said "It spwell
of the good ji.lgmenf an,i under-
and then down the Mississippi to
New Orleans. From there they will
glide theii 16-foot craft into the
inland waterway for the final lap
to Port Arthur.
The Sergeants expect to make
the trip tn about a week.
Ml™
7k Gallon
(KICK ICI 00—401 WftRttf
Gardens Elementary Schcol.
He is Tyrorv. Day. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Marcellas Day.
There was no disturbance con-
nected with the integration.
standing of our Negro parents and
children."
However. Negrn attorneys were
watching the situatinn closely.
told they will receive word tomor- ^ Necro lawyer. Weldon Berry,
row on whether then children qual- ssv 'here is a great deal of dis-
ified ur ler new rules of the school satisfaction over the administrp-
board. j H"n of ,he integration." He added:
The rules wer« adopted after "We fee' they are still discrimi*
Federal Juddje Ben Connally or- na*'ng against Negro applicant uj
Hut Kot^sto# bejuj a jr«d8-v*rt°Ui icjiools.' (
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