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ORANGE, TEXAS. TUESDAY. MAY 30; 1961
Reaches
Boiling -
issues were
By GARTH JONES hour casting of a vote to Will a The two major
UStflN (API—The 37th Lcgis Senate-approved $3« million rev-!dumped on the , House doorstep
tature, which tied itself in knots enue package that was mostly,after midnight, too lite for action
over sales taxes from the begin- sales taxes. ¡that could have written them into
ning 140 days-«abócame to a bit-: Senators waited until shortly be- law.
ter, boiling-mad finish early Tues-ffore the midnight- deadline, then; Gov; Price Daniel, who threat-
day. \ ,in 10 minutfs. whipped through ened to veto the Senate tax ver-
tlousc m e m b e rs romped.r s5a<;e of a record $2.6 billion sion (HB3M) if passed" by the
tod-rere aiiied. over'appropriations bill and an $810 aiv House, Is expected to announce
James Turman's 11th nua I teacher pay raise.
start-from-the-
session in a
televisión
FLAGS HOISTED IN REMEMBERANCE-
Members of the Orange American Legion Post
41 were up at the break of dawn today to set
up 125 flags in the downtown area, shopping
carter districts and along Park Avenue in ob-
"'aeryánce of Memorial Day. The American Legion
IwSr- fc SobW Srauuard
fnklatedtfcís service Here following' World War
II in memory of their fallen comrades. The great
mass of Americans will join in the observance
throughout the nation with flowers on soldiers'
graves and high school bands inarching in
parades.
HYANN1S PORT. Mass. (API Mrs. Kennedy, who has been
— President Kennedy leaves for resting at their Middlcburg. Va..
Europe on this day of dedication e-tate joins him at Idlewild Inter-
to victims
to retreat
of war with the SOKÍnational
not one inch as a tíue to
art.
are
for Paris at 10
beginning
with Sovii
raí n
. JACKSON. Miss. (AP)—Jackson
police arrested the first group of
Freedom Riders" arriving in
this Deep Sooth city by train to-
day as tney moved into , the white
watting ram at the Illinois Cen
tral train dr*"1
Police Capt. J. L. Ray ordered
the four whites and four Negroes
Haley said
to believe
policy
Each 'time he told shake.'
a few feet and
spokesman for freedom.
Kennedy flies to Paris tonight
for conferences with
Charles de Gaulle of Franc
Saturday i^/vienna,)
Soviet premier.
On his 44th birthday. Kennedy
declared Monday night that "ser-
ious miscalculations, serious mis-
apprehensions" on the part of the
adversaries led to the three wars
fought in his lifetime. ¿
Looking toward his talks
Khrushchev, Kennedy indicated
pm.
"'W
Seem Headed
they entered the ¡want
particular reason for using
train, instead of the bus.
"it was purely a matter of local
choice," he .. said. He noted that
while trains aré desegregated.
Jackson ítrain depot is
"So far the emjtfi
on bus depots, to the-eJichisioo of
train depots,*' Haley said. "We
laws. Haii
rejason
been a change of
Jackson police." ,
a surprise move late Monday
night. Hinds County Sheriff J. R;
Gil toy shifted 1# convicted Free-
dom Riders, from the county pe-
nal farm Id the downtown ¿ounty
JaiL
Gilfoy said other
he hoped to erase anv such mis- —
calculations at this time of dis-
By THE ASSOCIATED
n«. piara for a
beginning special
statewide radio and
speech Tuesday night
"I congratulate the House for
killing an inadequate and unfair
tax bill and especially Speaker
Turmantor his courage in cast
lag the deciding vote." Daniel
said In an early morning state-
ment while legislative employes
finished up administrative de-
tails;.
"I would have taken the same
action if the bill had been sent
to this office "
All three crucial needs left harm-
ing—new taxes, spending, and
teachers* pay raises with other
school improvements—will have
to be revised and presented again
in a special session.
Also untouched was an esti-
mated $3S million sute deficit.
The tension in both the House
and Senate increased hour by hour
during the day and night. Com-
mittees trying for a táx compro
¡mise scurried between the House
and Senate, each tima reporting
{no success.
There was little decisive action
in the Senate from midafternbon
to about. 11:4 an. as Sen. Ilu
bert Hudson. Brownsville, and
others filibustered against accept
ance of a compromise on the bill
authorising a national seashore
Padre Island. The com-
great powers.
' Drowning
Kennedy spoke amid cheers at Miscellaneous
a gala political-personal birthday ^,}
celebration in his home town of
Boston.
He said he
park on
promise offer.
House, finally
Senate
approved in the
«to withdrawn in
killed the bill
he expected the Free^j tested the presence, of trfe Free
to be arrested when dom Riders and refused to asao-
léy reached Jackson and tistedl ciate with them.
they stopped at the exit
door, be again told them to
on. "out of the statRw."
They refused and he ordered,
them arrested. . L I
Four minutes after thsy de-j
scended the stairs leading from)
the elevated tracks the# were on"
their stav to the jail.
r The group. wHclr-nmied irom,
\New Orleans on the craca stream-7
Jurar "City of New Orleans." were! ¡
arrested on breach of\ peacs Acting upon Louisiana statei -We were acting upon the Loui-
Charges. The group included four t troopers' warning yesterday. Or-¡s¿ana troopers'' advice and handled
whites, two Negro youths andnvo. ange patrolmeh escorted a convoy'the group as freedom riders.
N^pt women. ; j ' of reported "Freedom R i d é r.s-'*jgetting the.ii through town in an
• The soaring death toll in traffic
goes to Europe as accidents on the nation's highways
leader of the greatest revota-over the long Memorial Day toli-
tioriary country on earth." jday appeared headed for a rec-
Americans believe in freedom ,ord today.
and always Intend to be assoctat-j Despite pleas of police and safe-
éd with that cause, he said. Hé'ty experts for the use of extreme
quoted as personal doctrine this caution by motorists, traffic
message carved bn a Boston sta , deaths ware averaging one every
tue of (William Lloyd GárrisonJlS minutes—more than four an
famous New England abolitionist: 'hour—since the count be?an at S
"I am in earnest. 1 wiH n<Pm Friday. If this rate con
f quivocate, I will not excusé.
will not retreat a single inch, and P"™* .at
fin
Hudson fought the bill because
there was no guarantee that a
road would be hiOuo allow tour-
ists access'to the island,
The big house action. ...he^an
WIIOA, THERE. COWBOY-Whoa. there. cowboy, you forgot'
something. Danny Ray Henderson of Carlsbad. N, M., was in such
a hurry to practice his 'bronc' riding for the Elks Rodeo June 8-10
that he-forgot his pants. (NÉA Telephoto) .
Tractors for Prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- hhcking o
dent Kennedy appears to be gain- litan. Sen
dent Kennedy appears to be gain-
ing ground in his support of the
support
isoners trade
of an influential Repub-
John. Sherman Cooper
with
. — the group crossed the wait-
ing room. Capt. Ray'told them to
"move on." They continued to
through Orange to the Bridge City orderly fashion,
are*I The "*so-calle<¡
Green. finally sp?nt the
area.
Police Chief Kenneth
B
he emphasized
it at Dickinson
fows _the waiting room sa¡d— ^ '^¡¿eiyed ¿ call i'r^! ^7b¿n¿^f«ed'^lodging in Gail,
awl he toBT tfiéín Hiiwr vut. [troopefs~it Chirlas arwodWiwa. wen the. group was final-
They stopped and began talkiligu p m the information that My given an opportunity to tell their
I. a call from atlep being refuse
«rmtfe Cliltries around{v^wi. When the
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to ofjicw / : -a group of freedom riders was side of the three-state affair, the
'AH of you are under arrest for ^in cscor(ed to ,he state Hue'magazine crew chief gave Ut* fol
refusing¡,to 'oiéy my order. Ray ,nd the Texaii police officials coukl lowing account:
. , N„rn tt.r,tor handle the matter as thry saw Robert Pierson. 21. Oneida,
ñ &<? ¿sklri iTeim., said ^Monday night police
££* mw wt" The convoy, later identified islfint picked up the three-car cara- _ . .. . ...
were ywir p«'W^. iu „ group of magazine salesnfen.'ven at Natchez. MLv.. after the Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion killed in a two-car accident near eluding
1 . was met in Port.Arthur by state;one Negro in the group was re-¡of Israel. : ¡Springfield. Ill. Monday night. ;dollars
. ^ J' L Lrr \r highway, patrol which escorted the;fused service at a cafe. In the evening Kennedy addres-i A council spokesman said Ihe.ey
*f*. (group oñ to Galveston. ' * ! He said police accused them of |ses a dinner of the Eleanor Roose- holiday today was "potentially the, The
B*V -«siar "For breech of the Chief Green said his men rón^bemg freedcm riders—wliites-andf^ Cancer Foundation at the most dangerous" of the ^ng into conference
Say said, ror Breach oí ™ ^ £r^V«r caravan !NegS«s attempting to integrate i Waldorf Astoria. weekend. . , lion from general
Friday.
1 tinues to the end of the holiday
■ ~rr>nd at midnight tonight.' the
about 10 p.m. after tax conferecí
(See LEGISLATURE, Page •)
★ * ★
tractor#-for<pri
Prime Minister Fidel Castro of
Cuba. Congressional opinion, how-
ever remains predominately^cpti-
Kennfdy
j May Be Voted in Ju
picked
cf Kentucky, in a White House-
directed campaign stressing that
Castro blundered badly In offer-
ing to trade lives for machinery.
Cooper told the Senate Monday
■*> [he agrees with critics who have
;h- contended that the Cuban' primo
minister is trying to blackmail
the. United States. But he said the
United States has a responsibility
lot the-1,200 prisoners because of
iii support of the ill-fated inva-
SÍOH. „
" Without our help,'I see no op-
. por{unity .¡that they will be re-
¡ leased." he *jiid.
| Previouiíy, Sen. Jacob K, Jav-
its. R-N.Y.. had given his support
I will be heard." jlinl toll would surpass the rec-
Kennedy's speech-.- drew htftyfe *9 ED OVEMHOLSER /fílouse bill' ldtaM t17 .2 million, ¡ro'a^a impaign of a private com-'
npptanwfroin . the crowd of f servancc-nf j!)i7 • . ' AlHnN (AP)—A new plateaui The report included S13.3--million; m¡ttee to raise funds to trade 500
m¿tüklthArmo£? for^^n There also was a heavy toll ofT ¿ rt**eij«^ap^«rtíy will to finance the J^teta±^;toactore for the prisoners, Ken
ner TSSStf^SKtí <*** acc.den.s deaths. includin« be voted ty the LegUteture In a
ner to cerate ^eWrthAqrrt.^ j d from niisceltone-¡ Pgf« probab^r in Ju.
or«ident ^ «• ™ As. j The , secret report of timM
president. The _J1D0 a plate ban-J. ,tav nf h<. Umv Appropriations Committee
quet also was to raw!^^^ ^
fondor the party. - tfSSÍg
A Kennedy tide said the pro- hf me from holiday outings. Getv
cteds of $500,000 added to iMonte era ||y pleasant Weather-In meSf
from a similar function m Wash-.p, the nition wn expectedtti hire
n Juiy.
nr Joint
w
-
the buig-
Appmprialions Committee was
disclosed at lattt Monday night
«chacote Senate adopted
ing bill; hi four miautes
The action has no. significance
since the regular session, is- ov :r.
ihgton. last. Saturday, reduced the noilions to the highways for Mem-! But the report may represent the
Democratic debt to just under JllPrtal Day visits. Icomprom.ie views of the House
mUlion. | National Safetytouncil officials l and Senate conferees in the spe-
digents program from $3.C million nedy ^ M¡d
more for other welfare programs
It included salary increase .for
state' employes, college and uni-
versity teach rrs.
The spending level from the
general revenue lun.d in the. cur- ,0|d
rent biennium is Í320 million.
Sen. Rdv Roberts, chairman of
the Senate Flhanc Committee,
said the report also includes a
one third boost in the formula al-
he helped in for-
mation of the committee, headed
by Eleanor Rcwsevelt. Walter
Reuther and Dr. Milton Eisenhow-
er. and supports their efforts.
Sen. Russell B. Long, DLa,
5
through Orange in an Orderly man- transportation facilities
*nor'*elriiio tkr>m onlv whiiUkdir^C-.r rn cfitet
on Ra-' ner asking.them on^whia*direc;
peace. *
Richard Haley, field director in
Jackson for the Congress on Ra- ...
«* i ■ Equality, said ttere was no t ion the^ were he*
Orange Tree Sale Slated
Monday in Perk^Up Move
Tweniy-five Orange tes will" con- ; to inches tall. They will kiüull
duct a door-t^dcor order sale stand 18-degree temperatures. Mrs. tvo.
Kennedy flew back to Hyanni* joined with lart?rcnforcf nrént agen-lctal session. . location 'orPuW«c lun,®f
Port after the banquet to spend,ries in jjrging motorists to drive! The hill wunld fix spending from Other highlights of the report:
his last quiet night before tak.ng with, extreme, care. (the general revenue fond at |3 -\5 state Hospitals and Youth Coun-
off for Paris. He is scheduled to; ;Many multiple death crashes million for the two years ,b«fin- C | «institutions up $19.3 million
hop to Ne& York this afternoon: have be in reported. Four person*, ninj; Sept I with PPPJOPri tions j over the current level. This, in-
fer an hour's conference with;including,a family of three, 'v?r«\from all funds-at Kt billion, in-|ciúde<i a 40-hour work weeir for
hundreds , of millions of hospital employes. 2,200 new tods
in supervised) federal mon -
Senate verwui as it went
Jed' S364 inil
revenue.
his colleagues the proposed
exchange is liKelv to become "an-
other fiasco" similar to the inva-
sion..
In this connection. Long again
rnised the -issue of the responsi-
bility of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
for the adventure's failure. He
said he agrees with Sen. Albert
Gore, (D-Tenn.), that "certain
changes are Indicated: and in or-
der" in military leadership.
Long indicated he thought Ad-
U.S. ambassa-
iri South
trn states.
The 10 men* five women and
'one child were met by police at
G- 'Vxjon. Pierson said they were
told to g*vjo Dickinson, a small
, io-.\ n ■ near Galveston.
wanted feed atiih
Bi^ore . tiie group
veston police receWed a
message from Orange,
j ficera**saying:
station wagryis
and
bearing
^ Orders
far orange trees whicb
Monday for orange trees to be de- Don Scherer, committee chairman. Oregon licenses Headed to Galves-
livered ai the jwoper planting time j said. _ _ . too with white freedom riders,
to the fan. The J5.50 cost will be collected:They are now in Bridge Cfty, Tex.
TV- m*JaV u|. a ear -0f for eaclutree ordered. Mrs.(We have iu't escorted them
•Cri^rPfrk-L-D" wül be con- Scherer Kmrneiited. There will be,through Orange
and associafe P'ant'nc instructions with each Pierscn said an incident at the
«SrtiSrMMs'*™*. she u!d- In addition, a bro-;Cafe and the fact a Negro was
nr«*er« will he taken chure on gardenirvg in the Orange with them until they reached New
*&mm . j-i. v, •>. area will.also be givoi to each Orleans probably led officers to
tree purchaser, she commented, believe thev were freedom riders
The brochure, being prepared by The trio began in St. Louis Fri
L". D.. Hall, will contain planting day. In the group was James
and care information on all types Anthony, 18. a Negro from
of trees, flowers and sHijibS which S*. Loúis. He -remained, in New
I" \ 1 are suiuble for growth in this cli- Otleans to sell magazines.
WyV JmJiLl)' 1 —
CjrrV# I The, Orange women who win be _
accepting door-to-door tree orders Dicfrirt* I rflnCiPf
Monday are Mrs. Gerald Snyder. 1 «UnblCr
14901 W. Robin Ave.: Mrs. Audrey
^ OCAt
1 Doadlino Hearing
H«h
Ixm tonight . —
Outlook tomorrow
lU^ tomorrow
"JIHIiiJDH. nil
Mrs. Diet Eddleman, 2100 W. Live
j Oak Ave.; Mrs. Elton Bullock. No.} Tomorrow is the final day for
5 Bruce Lahe; Mrs. Ray McCul- fsl;ng applications for student
lough, 410 W. Camellia Ave.; Mrs. transfers from one" district to an-
■f Jerry Wyatt, Ridgemom _ Drlv_e; otber before the June 1 deádllap,
Mrs. Robert Delorey. 1734 W. Couaty School Supt. J. B. Peddy
„ 7:13 p.m.
5:15 a.m.
It la V oi.p t , «Soy
4 a • man e M)M.
S:St. mjm.. ?Jj
fM a m. ««tiMor
H.SS.aw.
^v^taoar . Tntoaiatum: a«k a{
Bureau
Partly x]q>&
IWPtoW S6 to 88
« Bowling Lane: and Mrs, Lawrence reminded.
-iw« Smalhall. 807 3rd St , . ¡ Applicatkxu for student tránsíer
———- . Other* include Mrs., James may be made at the count su-
lk 0 ftS'.Qujgiey,- 61! W. Cvtwess Awe,; Mr* penatendent's office on the third
Mat tie Jackson, 865 Cypress Ave : floor of the county courthouse.
Miss' Mary Gflmor. 1011 W. Main Applications may be mftde by
St.; Mrs. • R. C. Terr , 1119 Isth the school district or by parents or
St .; Mrs. Charles Pou, 1412 Johr.-guardians of student*
Ave.; Mrs. John Lawler. W2 John Transfer ippikathms must be
Ave. ; Mrs. Harry-Reese Jr., 961 made pr or to June I. If the re-i
Burton Ave:; Mrs Brooks Kisn. ceivwg. district is té receiv* the
(Sea PERK-UP, Paga I) su aid ter transferring itudtnu
for "mentally retarded persoos. ala: E. Stevenson.
new mentally retarded school near'dor to th«> "United Nations, also.
Lufkln, four out patient clinics forjwas at fault,
mentally ill. and a state-paid iu-' "Apparently the decision ' to
The verrile parole supervisory system.shave the- operation to
lot large cities. mom thinner than the skin on our
Executive Departmentv-up «S10, teeth was advised by our repre-
f.See SPENDING. Page t> ^ "" "
THESE COOKS DOWT SKHI. BROTH-Three
of the women who are responsible for serving
food and drink at the annual Old Timers re-
union today at the Old Timers Pavilion are ..Mrs,
George Hafvey. center; Mrv Lawrence Win-
Varan I hiMMl. Klr« U .nxii
ires
Vernon Unscotnix Mra. Wmme 1' «Ad dancing
awiee tor Mery ane# t«*«y
Foreman, who has been sn charge of dinner
arrangements each year of the reunion, calls
them "some of my old .reliable*." Tb« reunion
•v>ra<■•.. fro?4TIOC MO persons eash .year.
The evening is spent enm-enatjon, music
his
the
t-nited States
argu
had
United Nations,
ment that the
no résponsibil-
Increase
')
d
Proposed
Recommendations for next \ ar's
.iv for the operation appear plaus-
ible." Long said.
S n. Hubert H: Humphrey. D-
>tmn . took former Vice President
Richard M. "Nixon! to task for say-
: that the tractors-.for-prisoners
Jal s morally, legally and po-
hücally wrong. .- •
' We had a right to expect more
- from om- who knows, oiily too well
jthe critical situation that has éx-
long throughout Latin
:MS¿r«igsí%" ¿St
Board members approved
submission to the city council a
fn, the Tractors-for-Freedom
ro' míttée. . -
.. . . - .. . "It is time tKat he gracefuHy
proposed budget increas^bv some nat and Ameiv
$10,000 over this years depart-,.)tans ^ W1|| to rally behind
ment allocation. The session wjs humanitarian effort to save
held at the library _ Jlhres , and to release freedom
An «ddKwnal S8.000 for the pur-! filters from prison camps. I
chase of books will be sought lor pa| hjm to d(> M-
-ncxt year. This allows a total of] *7 r
$10.000 for new books compared lo¡ b II I I C X I KI
$2,000 earmarked this year. D U U U E I I n
The over-all budget recommenda- INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A, J.
Foyt, one
era in professional auto racing.
won the jfich golden knrv'venU.y
iffiffi, as .isnA/uJg"
tions represent some $32.000 for li-
brary operations next year com-
pared to $22.850 allocated for this
year's esnendilurcs. )
Llorarían r-iAfi | RK J
pointed out to board members that
over 1,000 books we/e circulate
within' a two-day period last
Considering that 15.000 voiumes.1
make up the entire libriry stock,:
the -two-dav circulation represent- This was the comment of one reel-
ed a vers hluh ^rcentage c f 'he dent of Roselawn: "I suspect that
available books, she noted... ¡the hurricane season isn't the. only
Board memhers also studied ar- time when there's too much bto«-
ORANGE JUICE
BACK FROM VACATION —
chitect drawings pf-projxwed reno-
vation of the old post office build-
ing. Wavs and me vi of converting
the building into a suitable library
fc*ve been under oonsjd e r a t i o a
ing in florida."
FROM A SHOPPER — At a local
«uperservice meat counter the oth-
er day. My doctor said to eat
JPH less Aest — well, I would have to.
since the property -was turned anyway/becauie the price tafl
i over to the city April 4. sure back him up.
m
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