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ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1961
5 Cents.
VOL. LVIII—NUMBER 153
16 Pages
FINA}. EDITION
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CRIPPLED WOMAN DIES FOLLOWING PINEHURST FIRfe
Volunteers. Bring Fire Under Control at 3410 W. Lark A,ve.
—Leader Phglo by Bert Brewer
Dies From Burns in Fire
* A
B> BERT BREWER irdbm frwne house" yesterday
A crippled.. Pinehuret resident,4 p.m.
died last nightLand her 56-year-¡ Mrs. Attie Fruge, 76, of M',0
old son remains critical condi-
tion today from burns received
when fire-swept through their six-
W. Lark Ave., died at 10: Iff p.m.
from second and third decree
burns which covered the entire
In Beaumont Ceremony
Judge Stephenson To Take Oath
Dist. Judge Homer E. Stephen-
son will tako his oath of office as
associate justice of the 9th Court
oí Civil Appeals in Beaumont to-
morrow at 10 a.m.
The ceremony will be in - the
courtroom on the fourth floor of
the Jefferson County Courthouse.
A reception arranged by bar as-
sociations from Orange and Jef-
ferson counties will follow in the
courtroom.
To take oath of office with Ste-
phenson will be the chief justice,
1 B. Hightower III of Beaumont.
Judge -Hlghtower was elevated to
the office' upon the death of the
chief justice, John R. Anderson,
about two weeks ago.
Judge W, A. McNeill, the second
associate justice of the three mem-
ber court, will give the oaths of
office, according to F. W. Hust-
myre and W, > P. (Bill) Sextun,
wio have been arranging the pro-
gram with Jefferson County bar
assistance.
Hustmyre said today that' Dr.
Stuart Clendennin, a district Meth-
odist church official, will give the
invocation and introduce Judge
Stephenson' during ceremonies
David Kreager, president of the
Jefferson County Ba/ Association,
¡jnd Sexton, president of the Or-
ange County Bar Association; will
make brief addresses, Hustmyré
at ¡upper portion of her body.'Her
Ison, O. S. Huckaby, remains on
the critical list -v^ith third degree!
bums on his face, neck, arms and
chest, hospital officials said.
Both mother and son were
trapped inside the burning home.
They were unconscious wnen res-
cued by . W. W. Williamson, a
neighbor who hurried over to help
«+when «moke was seen billowing,
from the roof.t
Williamson said he broke in the
locked back door and -found Hm k-
aby passed out on the kitchen
floor. He carried Huckaby outside
and, on reluming, found Mrs.
Fruge in a chair between the kitch-
en refrigerator and stove.
"She had been burned pretty
badly," he said.
Mother and son,.were taken to
Orange Memorial TTospitai by
Claybar ambulance.
N ighbors at the scene, said they
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By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
-WASHINGTON (AP) - The
United States may increase its
military forces in Europe to
streRi:theii , NATO; defenses in
preparation for a possible show-
down with the Soviet Union later
this year over Red threats to
West Berlin.
Such a move is understood to
be. one of the measures being
studied by Kennedy Administra-
tion policy makers for dealing
with the Berlii) crisis.
President Kennedy met with the
National Security Council for two
hours and 40 minutes lite Thurs-
day to discuss- steps that may be
taken,
Tht^-Whllc House kept the dis-
cussions secret, and the news
secretary, Pierre Salffiger, de-
clined even to say which officials
attended. < .
It was not disclosed when final
decisions may be made and action
initiated.. It is known, however,
that top officials beli.eve softie, re-
| deployment tíf U.S. forces may be
necessary he*'a use or. the threat
posed by Soviet Premier Khrush-
chev to the position of the Western
powers in West Berlin.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk,
speaking in a television interview
Thursday night, said one thing
which is necessary in the develop.,
Ing crisis Is to try. to avoid any
"miscalculation"—by the Soviet
Union—of what the Western Allies
will do if and when their vital in-
terests aré threatened.
Rusk predicted that a number
of steps will he taken "aimed aty
-the avoidance of this kind of mis-
| calculation."- He did not make any
reference to military measures
but said there would be "points
of clarification, of purpose and
procedure and issue."
"The range of possible steps un-
der consideration by the Presi-
dent and his chief advisers, includ-
ing. Rusk and Secretary of De-
Tense Robert S. McNamiira, is
known to include military meas-
ures.
The Unltfed States is understood
to have: been urging its "NATO al-
lies to increase tneir Wn miltury
strength in Europe so 4hat it a
p« so ¿hat its
•showdown with tne Soviet Union
develops and a conflict, threatens
it may be dealt wltlj, at least at
Charles de Gaulle to shift a div-
ision of French troops from Al-
geria back to France.
The United.States itself has five
divisiops-iCEurope out of its total
of 14 now' in active service. Al-
together, U.S. troop strength In
fcurope totals 2S0.000 mfttf^but
this, includes a large number of
service and .supply troops. ,
Rusk stressed in/his discussion
of the Berlin situation Thursday
night that the United States in-
tends "to explore every possibility
of working out a tolerable peace
that Is consistent with the vital
interests of our country."* He sai^l
it is important to avoid running;
into a "dead end" in dealing with
the Soviet Union on the Berlin
dispute/ * 1. — i
There f 'no doubt. Rusk said,:
thaf there will be discussions be-
(See FORCES, Page 8)
Housing Bill
tEDITOR S NOTE — What do the
hauling bill which Pre ldent. Kennedy
may ilfln today mean to the home
buyer? What are II other ettects? Jar
Hall, Veteran AP Senate newsman v.ho
covered the bill on It rbngre lonal
lourney, «pell out lt> provision In tlw
following story.)
By JOE HALL
WASHINGTON (AP) -Admin-
e new housing bill could agency took
3 million moderate income
families eligible to buy their o.wn
homes. %
Other millions may find better
housijng In moderate rental apart-
ments under the bill's new. pro-
grams.
These tentative estimates came
is,tration officials estimated today as the housing1 and home finance
Revenue Agents Raid
Buster's Night Club
LAKE CHARLES (Spl) - In-
ternal Revenue Service stents
yesterday afternoon swooped
down on a Calcasieu Parish night
club operated by. an Orangeite
and confiscated six pihball ma-
chines.
This raid Was part of a series
cvnducted simultaneously through-
out" .the nation yesterday hitting
at organized gambling. They
netted 1 Off-arrests in 1!) cities.
More than $90,000 in cash and
ttxCars also were confiscated,
IRS agents said last night. The
coordinated raids were' aimed
primarily at horse race book-
makers and lottery operators,
IRS agents hit Buster's, well
gressional District and their wiv<?«•
have been invited by telegram by
the Orange County Bar Association
to attend the event.
Judge Stephenson was appointed
to the office by Gov Price Daniel first smelted rubber burning and
after being endorsed by numerous, then noticed smoke coming from
added.
All attorneys-
of the 2nd Con-
the Huckaby home. Pinehurst and
and West Orange volunteer fire
departfrrehts answered the alarm
and brought the blaze under con-
trol. The house" was a total loss
with only the back porch and rear
walls remaining intact. . >v
Some 11 members of th<? West
Orange volunteer unit assisted >n
controlling the ,blazi ;alonti with
some three or four Pinehurst volun-
teer ffi mbers.
Investigation b^ firt department
personnel could not determine the
cau.se of the fire. It appeared to
originite in the attic possibly from
eltctricál wiring, Pinehurst,, fie-
men reported.
When discoveredsmoke, was
pouring frim the roof and front
portion of the house 'Which was
covered With imitation brick sid-
ing and asphalt- composition shiu
gles. ■
WUramson said he ran to the
rear of the building and, f
civic, legal and municipal groups
The City of Orange, City of Wfest
Orange, Orange County Bar As-
sociation and' "Orange. County
Commissioners Court made pub-
lic endorsements.
Stephenson has the "distinction -of
.being the first Orange County jur-
ist to be appointed by a governor
to an appellate court position.
Meanwhile. Stephenson's ab-
sence tomorrow from Orange
County created at least one corn
plication. He was to have given
the oath of office to Mrs. Ethel
Burton, whom he appointed dis-
trict clerk upon the resignation of
Mrs. T. M. Dodd several weeks
ago. -
It was learned todav that Mrs.
Burton, recuperating frorti pneu-
monia,-will take her oath of of-
fice from Mrs. Sadie (Stephens,
county clerk.
There has been no word from
Gov. Daniel as to Judge Stephen-
son's successor to the judgeship of i the door locked, smashed ,it in
128th District Court.. Should an [Other persons nearby saicLthe roof I
emergency d. velop in court mat- burst into flimes,.when the back
ters, the Orange County bar Is [door broke thfpugn- •_ . |
empowered to appoint an- interim "I heard Huckahy trying to get
frdge- - " I (See FIRE. Page 8)
the very outset, by nonnuclear,known parish night club, operated
means* Kennedy ad.ninistratien by Marion J. (BusterJ Johnson,
officials Were chcered_by the re- 44. Sabine Area gambling figure
cent decision;of French President who lives at 1105 Cherry Ave.,
Gives Contract
By BILLIE JUNE MURPHY v«re awarded by the
nasium
In Orange, Tex. Hi* club Is lo-
cated just east of Orange across
the Sabine River in Calcasieu
Parish.
Johnson recently was convicted
In federal court in New Orleans
on perjury charge* .steming from
his denial he made payoffs to
Sheriff Henry Reld of Calcasieu
Parish. Johnson Is Currently free
on $5,000 bond ponding appeal of
his two-year sentence."
The Orangeite was present when
three IRS agents entered the club
at 1 p.m. The confiscated pinball
machines were loaded onto
truck and brought here for storage-
on the second floor Of the federal
building. < !
Agents said the machines were
. . a close look at the
$5,646,000,000 measure sent to
President Kennedy Wednesday.
The White House said there was
a chance tne President may sign
the bill today.
In his March housing message
to Congress, Kennedy said, in ef-
fect, that the housing needs of up-
per bracket families had been
met in the post World War II
boom—mostly In new suburban
developments.
Government housing officials
have emphasized tie legislation
will be administered with this aim
strongly in mind.
The chief provision which will
make more families eligible to
buy, homes is the. extension of the
"mortgage term from 30 year* to a
maximum of 40 years under the
moderate income family section.
FHA. figures this will cüt the
monthly payment on a $15,000
house—the most expensive the
agency will injure under the new
program—from $82.85 to $74.85.
The stretch-out also would In-
crease the total Interest the home
M Si
buyer would pay.
It is this reduction in monthly
payments which brought the
tough estimates of eligibility un-
der FHA income rules for 3 mil-
lion more famlllM.
The bill would give the moder-
ate income family a 35-year mort-
gage as a matter of right. The
term could be lengthened to 40
years if the FH,A-commissioner
félt the buyer's Iricome was In-
adequate to make the payments
seized for («Onpayment of the!under a 35-year loan.
$250 federal occufttfllonal tax on| The down payment on a $15,000
gaming devices. These tax stamps |house would be $450. Closing costs
run during the fiscal year from icould be included in the loan.
July 1 to June. 30 and one stamp
is needed for each machine.
The federal men said the stamps
are net put on the machine but are
posted conspicuously in the same
manner as other licenses.
During the past two months,
three IRS agents- saii thejf were
paid off- On the machines. They
said they visited the plsce on
j .. - ... ,¡three occasions and were jjáíd
In accTLnK alternatB bids °*¡$1.50 the first time, $10
rtrmtn \a/«K >••• /> n r>>.n I.t ,.1 .
Sponsors of the legislation be-
lieve that the new terms wijl fall
well short of making eligible for
homes all of the 11 million fam-
ilies in the $4,00036,000 anrrtiál In-
come brack
This Lr the group at which
the moderate income provision-
yuse* HOUSING, Page 8)__
LITTLE CYPKi SS (Spl) —Cóh-1trustees last night. IHerman Vfebe"r on, construction of and none on"^^^ '^H" "SpCCiol McetíllQ
acts totaling S262,135 for ths im-l The general contract for cón-¡covered walkways connecting .the fn .¡¿uch marble wrSchines. -the ... . ,
Slated for Demos
tracts totaling s2H2,135 for tbg ini-i The general
mediate, construction of a néwlstrúction of both projects was:'"1.''dings, the total contract for
eight-classroom junioTr high build-'awarded io Herman Weber ft Son j;enml• construction was upped to
ing and á new. high school gym-;cf Beaumont on a low base bid $238,622.
—>-— "——— " Jim. Connor
nasium |t Little Cypress School ¡of $213.873.
Yóung Mothér of Three
Dies in Auto Accident
Plumbing Co., of
Beaumont was successful bidder
on plumbing work foe tv>th. struc-
tures. The firm submitted a low
bid of $25.745.
The contract for electricaf work
in
ÜV
of Orange on gXbid of $5,400.Ion
ín .such marble ntichines, -the
replays are nwlted up by a
lighted Countjng device and the
player is pala off )n cash for the
numbetydf games won.
Tha^ÍRS agents said they saw
ah and woman paid $3, $9,
11 and $12. Prior to the raids
here and elsewhere, there was a
conslderabfe~amount of time spent
(.oastal I-Jeruá^ Co., of OrangeJ' Positively No Minors Allowed to
was given iWe electrical contract; Play This Game," and another,
frir the
of $s;
Letters went out today to chair-
men of the various county pre-
cincts which notified them of a
special meeting next week when
they will appoint a chairman of
the Orange County Democratic
Executive Committee.
The appointee will fill fhe office
from which George Cook resigned
this week. He is now in Spokane,'
Wash.
Sallie Frazier, executive secre-
mnasium on a low bid,' Notice: All City and Charity and lary of the committee, said the
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the junior high building was ¡in undercover work.
irfl'cfd to Parish ^KÍectrir Co., Several sticker signs were pasted
the machines. They read,
ii ey
Alloi
Hospital Permits. Federal and
'or!State Licenses. Personal Property
By BOBBIE BROÜSSARD dead on arrival at Orange Me-
Orange Cotjjny's second /ata)-! morial Hospital where she was
ity rn two days and"'the seventh! taken by a Noguess ambulance at HH
.for 1961 was .record-rl early tO-|9:25 a.m. ' T3ie general contract calls ...... .... . .
day when a young ¿nother v Her three children sustainecL^ompletion of both projects witjnin'.and Use Taxes Have Been Paid
killed in a one-car accidignt multiple injuries and two Vere'¿<íj210 working days. It also stipu-|on This Legal Game for Amuse-
Interstate 10, eight miles -west- wfjmitted to Orange MemoriaMios- lates that the general contractor;ment Only." • .. ¿ '
Orange. I pita! for treatment. The other was lis responsible for the performance! Johnspn told agents he bought
Mrs. Faye Sarver. 21 of 8I0¡ • ' 1 - . - . I * ... _ . ,,
Railroad Ave;.- vidor. 'was reported! (See FATALITY^Page. 8) ' (See; SCHOOL, Page 8) (See RAID, Page
meeting is scheduled for Thursday
at 7:30 p.m. in the county court-
room at the Orange Courity Court-
house, . , '
Mentioned as a likely candidate
(0 succeed Cook Is A. C. Shirley,
financial secretary and business
agent for Carpenters Local_2007.
West Orange Volunteers
Will Stage Street Dance
; -Ii
"■ T^e Jíviñg Jacks—wilL^rovi'dé
music for a street dapca to-¿e: music.' N G. (Doc) Watkins will
held tomorrow under the sponsor-
ship of the West Orange Volun-
teer Fire Department.
Dancing will begin at 7 p.m. at
the Phillips 66 Service Station at
Irving Street and Western Avenue.
Ten cents will be'W rÉed.,e3ch
couple per dancé and there will
PARTLY CLOUDY
be square dancing by recorded
Data From U;S. Weather Bureau
Outlook Partly cloudy
High today ...
Low tonight 71
Outlook tomorrow Cloudy, warm
High tomorrow w,-, 90
Sunset today.. 7:21 p m,
Sunrise tomorrow ,v S:193^if
.WINDS - Mottty eoeteftv ' IjMp *
TIDES - Sown*; hum. 3:«
p rrt.Li low. U:W p.m.
•jn., 5.00 p-mfi low, 1
VESTEHOAY - T« '
km 74. y
do the calling.
"We hope there will be a favor-
able; turnout for funds are critical- .
ly short to replace the old tnick
now in use. This should be par-
ticularly apparent «after yester-
day's fire in Pinehurst," Publicity
Chairman Grady. Gallien said to-
day.
A free talent show will precede
the dance from 3 to 7 p.m. with
seating facilities provided. There
vflf be;skifs and comedy acts by
Mrs. Ethel Hargis Campbell, Mrs.
Vangie Watkins and Joe Giarr -
tano, as well as a variety of mu-
sical numbers.
Featured performers will iti
Chide Jerry Messina and Jay
t*r. Melody, singer and dapf-er of
Fort Arthur; Óíif Potter/musician
and singer; Howard hnce, pian-
ist; the lawrehcp^Brothers. mu-
sical and. emmdy actf Sonny
Block and^his hillbilly band;
ter^Family. musicians; Les-
jean. dancer; Aliije Yo-
musician and singer; Tony
Joe Giarratano and Joseph
Savignano, musicians.
The program and dance, will con-
ude a month-long campaign by
*--• ti (department personnel to rats*,
ifusds lor m new an truck..
lie
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SHOW, DANCE SET TO RAISE MONEY FOR TRUCK REPLACEMENT
West Orange Volunteek Firemen Aiming at &oa| of $8,000
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City Dads Award Contract
For Cooper's Gully Bridge
Orange city ,coun(ilmen in a 4 foot wide roadway on a
' • " - 'ate'yestr-'—' ~lA~"' i-'
a contract to the Jj
. ■ ICI
to 1 vfite late yesterday awarded
C. Norman
construction Cd. oni a low $ 16,900
bid for installation of a 10th Street
bridge across Cooper's Gully.
Contract authorization camc on
a motion by .Councilman Rease
I.íttlefletó seconded by James D.
Gilliam. The lone negative vote
was cast bv .Councilman E. E;
(Jack) Bonnin who stressed h?
preferred a 44-foot wide roadway.
Cost of the bridge structure, in-
cluded as part of tlje current fis-
cal year capital improvements
program,. wiTl'comé from the. pres-
ent budget. There was $17,000 ear-
marked for this specific phase of
21-foot
span with sidewalks and the same
Width on a 26-foot span without
sidewalks. Low bid pwposals on
.these alternates were $17,700, $20,-
000 and $2.1.160 respectively. : ,
In the Norman contract award,
the firm specified a completion
time of 60 working days. Norman,
present yesterday, was questioned
(See BRIDGE, Page 8)
the work,
I ORANGE JUICE
THAFS FIGURIN* - A group
from the Orange Community Play-,
ers were discussing the best way
to -adyertise a forthcoming pro-
__ ductio'n this week and after mull-
In a Toundtablé. dUcussion preying over various mediums, •ftich-
ceding the special, council 'session,, Free came
fcouncilmeri went over costs and
factofs on each of the four alter-
nate proposals included in the
specifications They covered width
of span, roadway width and with
Or without sidewalks.
The Norman low bid covered •
21-foot clear span concrete bridge
with sidewalks and guard rails
and a 30-foot roadway. The 10th
Street roadway is currently 20
•feet wide.
Other . proposal covered a 25-
foot span without sidewalks, 44-
Free came up with, this
.. .
don't need it_aod. then you'll get
it." V ■ . .... ." ->?■' :■'!
LEARNED THE HARD WAY-
A prisoner at the Orange County
jail, who had been arrested in
connection with a wife beating
charge and who was sporting
alt up: "Weil, a word of advice
-don't give.it."
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 153, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1961, newspaper, June 30, 1961; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143075/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.