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Troopers Crush
Explosive School
Situation To Get
Public Hearing
By JACK MORGAN
The explosive Weit Orange
school controversy gets Its first
public airing tonight.
A jjublic meeting on the heated
situation has been-called for 7 p.nj;
in the West Orange School gym-
nasium by the West Orange Bet-
ter Schools Committee.
The committee was organized
last Friday by 35 taxpaying school
patrons wio said they are seeking
the reasons for the recent" resigna-
tions of three well-known figures
in the district — high school
principal Francis Rawson, .basket-
ball coach Leroy^Owen and track
coach Wayne^Shoemaker.
The Frida# meeting was high-
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called by' Orval Davis, president
of the Better Schools Committee.
Arrangements to hold the meet-
ing in th^ West Orange gym were
made by two other committee1
leaders, Harold E. Rhodriquez,
secretary, and George J. Robi
cheaux. r
Permission to use the gym was
granted late yesterday by Miller
and Mrs. Crawford. "
The purpose of the meeting to-
night, a committee spokesman said
today, "is to clear up the confusion
.that has arisen this week over just
why the committee was organized
in the first' place."
The spokesman said. "We want
the public to understand that we
lighted by'.the committee's deci- are hot attempting to attack any-
d/mand the removal of
3 red Crawford as school
rendent unless "turbulent
existing within the
system are not corrected
by 7the Board of Trustees.
, The meeting also has led to the
Adoption of a resolution by the
West Orange Classroom Teach :rs
• Assn. calling for the resignation
of C,leben (Crip) Trahan, West Or-
ange police chief,
Friday's meeting v^s held In
Trahan's home.
The teachers association blamed
Trahan for the meeting, which, nc-
"cording to the resolution, resulted
in "harassment, embarrassment
and a false creation in the minds
of the; patrons of the West Orange
School that a state of 'turbulence'
exists within the school dis-
trict. . * *
The resolution stated that such
"false Creations" were prompted
"without just cause or provoca-
tion." - ' ■
The resolution expressed confi-
dence in Mrs. Crawford andjjef
role as superintendent.
Further support of Mis. Craw-
ford came in a statement issued
yesterday by,H«mer Miller, presi-
dent of the' West Orange School
Boapdr'
.--"We (the board) feel that the
personal, attack on our superin-
tendent . . . was unjustified. The
school, itself, is a testimony to
her,"' Miller's statement said.
Tonight's public meeting was
Day Camping
Plan Listed
For Summer
Plans for a summer day camp-
ing program for boys 8 through
12 years of age was mapped out
yesterday afternoon by the Youth
Program Committee of the Orange
YMCA.
Dave Sanford, executive secre-
tary of the Y, sard.the organization
will begin accepting registrations
■> May 1 for. the program to be con-
ducted during the month of June,
i A registration fee of $7 a week
will be made to all members of
the YMCA. Non-members will be
charged $10 a week.
The daily schedule will begin
at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.
Youngsters will be transported to
and from the camp by bus, Sanford
said. Participants will be required
to bring their own luncly.but the
Y will furnish cold drinks.
The program will consist of hik-
ing, Indian lor®, nature study,
craft classes, archery, rifle firing
and trampoline courses* canoeing,
boating and other general games.
Persons desiring further infor-
mation about the program may call
Sanford at Y headquarters at TU
3-8120. .
Weather Ideal
Across State
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
In spite of light fog and mild
flooding in East Texas, the state
fenerally had the kind of weather
hursday that invites hookey-
playing among youngsters and
jricnic-planning among the older
It was clear and mild over most
of the state, with light fog report-
ed «in East Texas and partly
cloudy skies noted along the Gulf
Coast and in the Lower Rio"
Grande Valley.
Floodwaters continued to roll
down the Sulphur and Sabine Riv-
ers in North and East Texas, but
no one is expected to be bothered
except lowland stockmen, some of
whom might have to take their
Stock toThigher ground.
Three rural roads in the Mineo-
la area were closed as predictions
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LATEST EDITION
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lice
Hostages
to Job
one personally but are merely
(See WEST ORANGE, Page 3)
Order Is Given
CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Five
desperate: inmates of the Concord
Reformatory held 15 hostages for
| four hours Wednesday night until
|a wave of state troopers ended
their bid for freedom^with tear
gas and acetylene torches. .
One of the] quintet, identified 'as.
kidnaper Charles (Bull) Martin,
"36, held a smuggled gun to the
Mr- /Am n . «. . , head of a hostage while demand-
SON, N.C, (AP).—Po-j About 250 pickets ignored a'-'lnw -"'W4f want out"*"
state troopers, outnum-jsteady drizzle- at the 'company's! Correction Commissioner George
bum's pickets, escorted a full two plants to jeer and shout d<*-'jj4frCirath saici Martin ' mistakenly
ift bf workers to their jobs at | fiance "at the. departifig workers. |"thougbt he could make it out of
Hamet - Henderson Cotton One picket was struckj in the arm'jtK re -through the front dw'ir with
Mills today after another outbreak by a .38 caliber bullet. Officers !the revolver and hostaees " ,
of violence, . said he received first aid treat-1 "This- was an escaw attempt.
The quiet s^ene contrasted j ment at a hospital and was -re- ipure and simple,'' sa-id Edward S.
sharply with Wednesday • night, leased. [Grcnnan, superintendent of the re-
when second-shift workers metj An unidentified woman report-jformatOry,. which once housed
small_ aims fire, homemade flares^edly. suffered a '.slight head woundonly youthful offend-rs but- now is
and firecrackers.
Orange County attorneys soon
will have access to a handy law
library in the county cdurthouse.
County Commissioners Court
yesterday afternoon passed an or-
der providing that a county
library be established,
and operated in the
room on the thin
courthouse.
The oniej*''<firected the district
and couftftyf clerks to add an ad-
ditional $3 fee ori each civil case
filed, excluding delinquent tax
suits, to establish and maintain
the library.
Feagin W. Windham, president
of the Orange County Bar Assn.,
made the initial request for the
county law library about three
weeks ago. Windham also is county
and district attorney.
Windham said the special J3 fee
would bring in approximately
$1,000 a year to the libarary fund
and . would be used to purchase
books. '
Hie bar association has agreed
to underwrite the cost of shelving
in the grand jury room.
The management of the law li-
brary will be turned over to a bar
association committee, which
would act under orders of Com-
missioners Court
Windham said the Court's action
will enable attorneys to take ad-
vantage of offers to donate val-
uable books for a county law li-
brary if one was established.
Windham said an almost com-
plete set of the Southwest Reporter
has been donated to the county by
sons of the late W. E. Lea.
The coiinty and district attorney's
office has a number of volumes
which can be added to the library,
{See COURT, Page 3)
PRISONERS TALK WITH HOSTAGES—Two
escaped San Quentin. prisoners, facing camera,
talk with their woman hostage, Mrs. Louise Gsch-
wend, long coat, and intermediary, Douglas Har-
rison, in checked shirt, as they stood at the end
Kills Ben Atwell's Plan
House Tramples Down State Sales Tax Proposal
AUSTIN (AP) — The House de-( Atwell's proposed Amendment to
feated, 123-23, today the first so-,the tax bill woyld have exempted
called general sales tax plan offer- food, dfugs and inotor vehicles.
on a direct vote-, . , I "I don't like tne amendment I
The one-sided vote tabled a plan |am offering,"/lie said. "I don't
by ReP- Ben Atwell of Dallas to | j|ke any tax Ml, but the time haS
raise 120 million dollars a year in'come for uS/to face up to pgr re-
a one per cent sales tax patterned
on Pennsylvania laws. wh0 j eiec<
ntt's just a general sales tax," politiciar
and
the people
rd. us; We have been
so far, but pretty soon
Rep. H.J. Blanchard of Lubbock 75 cf u/^a House majority) must
said in asking the House to shelve I st^iesmen."
'be idea. , The Senate adopted and sent
It s not a general sales tax, the/House this morning a Request
Atwell argued This is a broad- f0/ an investigation into a .move
based tax that will touch every- ,7 stop importation of foreign la-
body a little bit. >bor for ranch and farm work in
The decisive vote came after th/Texas The resolution said
House stripped another 42 million
dollars today from the committee
version of a general tax/ bill
(HB727). The bill was left With a
potential income of only 73/million
dollars, instead of the priginally
planned 290 million. /
pro-
posed regulations by the U.S. De-
partment of Labor would deprive
Texans of a labor source arid de-
prive Mexican farm hands of em-
ployment.
Efforts to work out a compro-
mise agreeable to at least a ma-
jority of the badly split House
started yesterday. They continued
into the night. Members who sat
in would not say what resulted,
if anything.
The House meanwhile went back
to work on its iob of wrecking the
general tax bill.
Jobless Bill
Leads Toward
Odd Situation
WASHINGTON (AP) - An em-
barrassing legislative situation is
delaying House action .on a Sen-
ate-pass'ed bill, for a specittl com-
mission to study unemployment
and its remedies." '
House Democratic leaders re-
portedly fear that establishment of
such a commission now would
strengthen opposition . to housing,
aid to depressed areas, and other
bills they are pushing to create
jobs. Opponents could urge-a de-
lay until the commission had time
to study the problem.
The proposal for an 11-member
commission was sponsored by
Senate Democratic Leader-Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas. It passed by
the Senate two weeks ago. Once
it is allowed to go to floor, pas-
f.sage" does not appear to be in
! doubt.
, . , • , A top-ranking Democrat said Ihe
of results in the House tax search, problem was entirely one of tim
Senators cleared their calendar of]]nf, an(j added:
from a shot or a steel pellet used for l«ng-te>rm .adult prisoners,
hurled from a slingshot. Art ofM-J Greinan said the leaders of the.
cer said she was treated at the revolt called' him tvyice by tel-
South .Henderson plant dispensary, tephorie -fiom thejr temnorary
There; were a few minor inei-Jstronehold'demanding to g t*out.
dents reported during-the-night. [ Instead, Grcnnan ' called in State
Two persons were arrested and Police to storm the wing where
charged with illegal, discharge of, the rebels were hording-the bos-
firearms, and carrying' concealed tages.
weapons^ ' *"•• • | ...Grennan said that in addition to
The strikers were angered at jMa/tin the .cofniets' who causcd
the small number/Of jobs , left Uhe wild disturbance were Thomas
available to them after the strike fP. Carlino, 28, kidnaper; Charles
apparently was settled lastweek ;Woods, 31, burglar;. James Park-
When only 30 strikers were ta-R- jer, .3.3, robber; and Peter MakaSw-
en back.Monday, the striking T'ex-'wic/. Jr., 20, who five years ago
tile Worker's Union of America 1 killed a 15-year-old girl in his town
said it had been, misled as to thplof Norwood. ,
number'of 'jobs available to its j Authorities said, that about 50
members, -v
loth r prisoner's hiilled abmt free
of a fishing pier after their escape. The convicts,
Billy 'Joe Wright,/26, and William D. Werner, 24,
surrendered after about 6 hours of terror, at
times threating Mrs. Gschwend's life. (AP Wire-
photo) 1' , ,
The-union said it had about 1,--of their oplls during the uprising
1)00 members out of the 1,200 work- j but took no -•active, part' in it.
crs in the two plants *beforc the ' McGrath .said he learned that. /■
strike began N(iv. 17. 1 just before the siege ended, Caiv
Wednesday night's violence fol-ilincf Snatched the* gun ,from' M>ir-
(Sce STRIKE, Phrc 3)
(See PRISON, Page 3).-■< r
Now It's Official
"most importaht measures early
this week. Now they are waiting
for a chance at a tax bill V which
must originate in the House.
"This bill is dead, let's don't
kid ourselves," Rep. Tony Korioth,
•Sherman, declared yesterday after
sponsoring a group of amendments
that stripped millions from the
original measufe,
JCorioth tried to get the bill re-
tn6ved from debate.
Speaker Waggoner Carr refused.
"I'm going to give everyone in the
House a right to offer their
If '1 had my. way,
the time would, be'the end of the
session." ... ^
Republicans were taking obvious
enjoyment in the embarrassment
of their Democratic colleagues..
They were' not unaware that the
author of it was Johnson, a poten-
tial aspirant for thev 1960 Demo-
cratic presidential nomination.
House GOP Leader Charles A.
HalleCk of Indiana said Republi-
cans would not stand in the way
of a House vote on Johnson's reso-
lution, although he commented,
By nOB AXEISON
I (This was one .of three amend-
Orange city commissioners In ajments added to a resolution giving
special meeting eflrly last night Vickers the. authority to sign
unanimously passed ti resolution checks and execute other docu-
employing Lee S. Vickers as cityiments on-behalf of the city. Others
manager effective May 1, [included the prpyisioh that his pay
The former city manager, from would begin effective. April 20,
Gladewater has been at work here'date of his arrival 'here", and pro-
since Monday in an inti rim period]Vided , for an audit covering the
learning details' about the Orange p riod from Oct. 1. 1958 through
government from City Mfcr, Mar- April 30, 1959. •
tin Thompson.- Vickers will .as-'. It Was agreed that this six-month
sume his duties Officially on May [audit was a, desired check-out
I with Thompson continuing toippocedurp necessary for the City
serve in an advisory capacity;.im-fCommissi'on, Thompson as out-
"I have Serious misgivings about j til May 15 when he goes on vaca-j-f/oing and Vickers as in •> coming
it, that it might dp, more harm tjon. . ' • fcity manager. It will be done by
A motion officially naming 'Vick-
ers as city manager through action
of the City Commission was mad *
by Commissioner E. E. (Jack)
Bortnih. It was seconded by Cbm
amendments, just as you have of-
fered yours," he said. than good."
The general tax bill, aimed at; a Democrat close to Speaker
solving the xurrent deficit avnd|Sam Ravbum of Texas said "that
1960-61 spending ,jvas valued at; early enthusiasm of some Demo-
290 milliorrdollars when approved!c|.atjc liberals/for the Johnson pro- . .......
by the House Revenue and Taxa- pqsafl• now appears to have cooled missioner Alfred E. Miller
(See LEGISLATURE, Page 3) I off. ' .. . 'passed unanimously.
C. L. West, municipal auditor .from
Longview, at a' cost Of $1,700,. He
will begip < woVk' Monday, May .4.
An vaflier audit 'was made cover-
ing tjie past fiscal year, ending
andjSept,. 30. ,
[ In other business the- cbmm.is^
isioners awarded a contract to the
J. C. Norman.' Construction -Co. of,
| Orange, on a low bid of $168,504. .
It covers erection of a sewer lift
. . .. .. . station off Jack.s*on': street, gravity/
By JOHN RODERICK j .ThC army said that the only!rious yet -in a rapidly mounting lin- from'there® to the 4th .street
TOKYO (AP) — The.. Chjnesejremaining opposition was from!campaign..'to--*silence Indian crit-
<a few remnant bandits who icism of "
/: m
Communist command in Tibet I
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP)
chemical tank containing a weed and
killer exploded at the thompson-
Hayward Chemical Co. plant ear-
ly today.
Two men were missing and pre-
sumed to be dead. Three Others
were injure^
Alchemical tanks were destroyed
another half dozen were
threatened
Windows were shattered in a
nearby flour mill, but this facility
evidently was not in danger from
the fire. ... •
lin¥ ■ , .to. Firemen were concentrating on
The explosion occurred just be-'pnuring water on the tanks not yet
fore the change of shifts. Robert fcbjaze, and on the ruins of the
Thompson, president of the com- "
pany, said there were five men at
work on the night shift when the
blast occurred. He said three bad
been hospitalized. •
Jim Lewis and a man he could
identify Only as "Evans" were
missing, Thompson aid, and he
dotted they could have survived
the blast. '
Cause of the explosion was not
known immediately.
The fire was raging out of cqn-
to prevent its spread to other fa-
cilities of the Company.
.lift station and force main from
... ..— .... . „ .vwu.,,. Communist Chinese ac- the new unit to, the sewage vdis-
. Senators scheduled a brief ses-i claimed today, it had wipetl out j have fled to 'remote mountainous i tions in Tibet. • ,'lposal plant.
S|fin- - •■f |the_ bulk of the Tibetan rebellion|areas." I The 'official"' Peinin'c- Peohle's! Other bids included George Con-
^The Senate loafed most of yester-land killed, wounded, or taken pris-
day, • apparently peeved by lack^oner nearly 2,000 rebels.
Ike Said To Be Determined
To Add Missiles for NATO
,UI Peipin'g-. People's!
"With the active? support of the j Daily said *4he very act of is'ftuinjfi ^olinatod of HoiivStan, $180,532; and
Tibetan people, in those. Jocali- j such a statement, containing wild' (See COUNCIL, Page J) *
ties," the announcement said, "the |a||< about so-called 'indrrj> ndonce ^ "'7
tropps are continuing to hunt out for Tibet', and the unbridled at- \pil/pr / riinK
and mop up tb? scattered rem-
nants. Tbey will be wiped out in
the near future."
tacks on China,- show "that*certain;
influential figures in India wrong-!
jy take the vk<w that China is
building. They had reports .t^at. .WASHINGTON (AP)—President! The advisory group also sug- j Agency, said that in^ more than 10 china
i a r* cr p amnnntc nf hton <>vn nou/oc r icAntimcnf woe ^ j ^.11 l 1 .n J ." ..... . .. ..
large amounts of high explosives
were stored in one end of this
structure which had not yet ig-
nited.
The plant is on top of a high
hill near Southwest Boulevard
The army report, broadcast by j weak "and" timYd "and" now is the Repairs Due
'.he^ Gommuhist New . China^NeWs j time to fre<,|y exert 'pr ssurc' on] Rfiparrs wi„ ^,n tomorrow on
'correcti.ng pipe displacements on,
Eisenhower was reported deter-jgested a billion-dollar boost by lays of" fighting the Red troops!
mined, today to increase the July 1%1 -In. fuftds for loans, to, had chotured a vast number of'-. t „ j . , j . . .
flow of missiles to NATO nations underdeveloped nation?. Some Re-1 Villages including "all th > key ! ,aiP,a wa s®Y,nR fled to India on the west side of - Hluebonnet
desoife some stronc R«oublican publican leaders engaged in iv,,. his own free will, Red Chinese;drive rn Rns
At almost the moment the Dajai a 15-jnch sanitary s'-wer trunk .line
despite some strong Republican
opposition, .
He is understood
trof and firemen were attempting jJistrict of Kansas City, Mo., five
to have told
and Greystone Avenue, just across GOP leaders at a White House
the Missouri - Kansas state line meeting- Wednesday he is asking
from Kansas City, Mo. his foreign aid .advisers to come up iCVl lllc M.„I1IWI ,
■ A southwest wind picked up the with morj ammunition to supporter budget Eisenhower has sub- Hal
dense cloud of blacK smoke and its proposals along that line. ... ... _. . .
blanketed the downtown business A stepup in missiles and jet air
craft to European allies already
mileg away. ' ' has beoi recomjoended by the ad-
. „ The blast^was felt, many Kw8tfp5®E?SrneaSdd by William H. Dra-
The blast levelled a block-long!away. Passing, motor'ists reported:per, New Yorlj. investment banker,
concrete building and toppled a 1 there were as many as four explo- j It .called for a 400-million-dollar
tall smoke ttack." At lea#t seven'sions. , 'boost. v .- • '
selawn Addition, C'ty
pumican leaders engaged in appoints -in the border area of the,J r ,InrJr ,"uur
budget-balancing battle with tteiLoka area and in the north- '^1{5 1:5^1 o th«- Kp harf ' Jo«*. 'r'" J^plctn-s sc
Democrats in^.Congress oppose the ern- 'ranges' of the -Himafaya! y. . R betn_ it has-created a.>ink
said today.
Increase.. . «. . |Mobntain<"S °f th* " H,maraya|abducted: {dition some 24 feet long. Jenkins
The Draper plan Would not a£ The tok'a area is the main rebel! Nehru left New Delhi .today
feet materially the 77-billion-dol-,base southeast of' Lhasa;, the cap- MuWQorle, where the Data. Lama [had■ showr. up in th, W ™
7 f i. Tib-t's border area with1 ha* settled ffter his flight to;in this SecfTo.i. About six sections
mltted for the y ar starting-July|India a^d. Bhutan.^ M"dia. - '.of .pipe were found to be 1 2 feet
1. since the spending involved'is The Chinese
a year or two away. * ,an angry barrage
an 'India. • > ■ P'(X w,rc iwunu k>
Communists fired j The two leaders Are scheduled - ,
ige of criticism at to meet Friday. The meeti'nj? may ! ewer^-department
crews dug
ne ev'ery
By One-Vote Margin
: By JOE HALL
"WASHINGTON (AP)-ThelP 47-
46 victory in adding a major pro-
of floodstage three feet above npr- vision to the Kennedy labor bill
mal were issued for that stretch
of the Sabine.
Forecasts for all areas . were
the same: Partly cloudy Thursday
and Friday with slowly rising
temperatures.,
strengthened today the drive of
senators seeking further restric-
tions on the power, of union lead-
ers. _
By the one-vote margin,, the
Senate wrote into the bill a re-
quirement that union constitutions
'and bylaws must contain a series
of provisions designed tb assure
the rights of individual members.
It aets up criminal penalties Jtot
any union leader violating those
rights. ™
But the. submission of the pla - hp- ,"dia') Comment for releas- prove to -be an acW tpst of Chi- |We'^ Balince of the line wj *
would be a blow to the argument '^;the Dalai Lama t. statement nese-Indian relatjohs arfd may J- ■ w tlT
of j Sen. Styles Bridges 'of Now that he hit Tihef voluntarily. help shape rhe future course of the {^nV0[ thi«
-- 4 — ' - ' ■ - - — The charges-were the most se-ITibetan rebellion. 1,1,1 " " ^ l,J,s
a setback for Sen. John F. 4Cen-' publicans and Southern Democrats
nedy (D-Mass), who has argued put over the amendment. Voting
from the start that any major;for it were 32 .Republicans and
floor change in his measure would 15 Democrats, 13 of them South-
endanger, its chances of getting ierners. Opposed were 44 Demo
through Congress. ;' icrats and ,2 Republicans. "
Kenn.edy said the amendment The victory was clinched with
was poorly drawn and would,the help of Vice President Nixon. .
mean ;"uie federal government's j In a parliamentary maneuver to havo tn h nnurpri intrt ihi« roun- Charles
reaching its hands into fhe inter-jnail down the vote, the Senate tiedM$ 4&&S 1
nal affairs trf unions in a com^; 45-45 on a motion to table r^cOn-" - .... ■ ' ■ 1 . - I
Hampshire, chairman of the "S n-I
ate GOP Policy vCommittee, and;
other Republicans that the. Demo-- D/..#- / '
crats are ^rying to put over pro r I US 0 Kepfimana
grams that cost little at first but
would entail vast future spending.
,These Republicans obviously
think that a presidential recom-
mendation for increased foreign
aid—even if it involves no imme-
diate spending — will mute the
budget-balancing cry they feel js
beginning to take hold in the coun*
t^ ' f ' .
Eisenhower has contended
particular
section of line,"•.Jenkins explained.
Repair work costing <755 will be
done by Beaumont Construction
Co. personnel and equipment as-
sisted by city fojreeS. It was ex-
|Kvcted to take fibout four days. -
.-The city engineer said the ex-
cavation will b-- held in plaee'wjth
sheeting, a new fouhda-tlon of shell
arid sand will Ixr laid ti'nde-rneath
the new pip#? and ioints encased
with ceihent'mortar. It was esti-
. . .. m , Jritifed^that.
By JAMES CARY was haJf a month's pay, the, max- ;r>-inch pips* will b ■ 'placed^ Each
TOKYQ fAPj—The bumping Of jmum-permitted Without a trial. I (See REPAIRS'Page 3)
t-isennower-has contended inl„iuutTT', ~ , ...
private conferences that .urilens,^Vu" ?re^mfiTJh J!?' *n' R"b('rt. * Wurn«. US.
Steps are taken to. arrh U.S. allies] t. n military commander .in Japa/i;, be-
ide^uatelV, additional billio'ris will hero in the eyes of enlist-i-
pletely unnecessary way." j sideration of the 47-46 tally, Nixon
But McClellan insisted his :broke the tie to carry the motion,
amendment would give needed f The seven rights covered in. the
protection to union members;successful amendment are: iden-
against thugs, racketeers and pow- tical voting rights and equal pro-
er-hilngry leaders who, he said, tection of union'ruks. freedom of
Piatt ^Jrr his
and a $340 fine today. -
The ti.S. Air Force-said that
| CI V ICOVK.I B "UU| "R oaiUfl^PLtfUIl IJI UUi'/Jl I Ur.s, JirtUOlll «/
The Senate UWs up today antw^fe jnMratlhg more and mbrer'speech, freedom of assembly,
,i mendm«3t--I^S«i. Barrv <3oId-.i«n,nns < [freedom from arbitrarv.'ffue< in-
water < R-A^h?)' designed to assure' The a fh e n d in e n t apparentlytcrease^r protectiop^Of th?; tSOTt40
t> u rim g.«. itinini itiiuiB 11131 such labor groups a* Team- would have been defeated if all ofjjg**. safeguartfaT against unproper
outlook - cimt to p*rtiy cloudy sters Union conferences are cov- the Democratic vote« had be^n on disciplioary action, and inspection
"*hU)r 2BSSL. !28 ,,ifuw* ered by provisions of the bill. Ih^nd; Five senators were mining, of membv.rshlp lists,
megdment adopted'all Democrats. Of these, three This Would be enforced by ct\m^
*4.^biSh tomorrow Jbdut so d cte«. Wednesday was sponsored by Sen. were announced against the inal penalties against any uftion
Variable. mo Uy outh*a t lnd« 7 to
(cClellan (D-Ark), who
t0M!called it a bill of rights for labor,
to it t«m«rro . , ;Araong oth«r>thing8 it would guar*
'Jto*. s,a'ai'iV uwon «mber freedom of
Hi «aa r ' u*r n*a, speeeh tnd equal voting rtghu,
B.m., n o* pm. ' ■ _ [and require membership approval
flnw—Rim, s*4o • tn : Ml. 1:41 p.a. ai anv dues increase*
YKsmtBDAy-^Tinirx-rattirea: M«h, «#,!or_an" Qu" increase.
w . M
amendment Paul H. Douglas officer who sought to. interfere!
(Ifl), Theodore F. Green CRT) and with them. The penalties could
Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn).
Only one, A. Willis Robertson (Va)
waa announced for it. J. Allen
Frear Jr. (Del) did not list a po-
sition.
t Tba vote on the amendment wasi As it was, a coalition of Re- force them.
run up to a 110,0W fine and tv/o
years ia pnion.
Also, the secretary of labor
would be empowered to use in-!
junctions and other lawsuits to en
$
—"if"- m
Piatt, who had pleaded he was
,t the . yiCtTm of an administrative
i mixup in the March 2fi
accepted the punishment
command ,.c) men j,")r intervening on behalf ' ORANGE JUIOE
of the bun^ped Gils. ^ ^ j AFTER THOUGHT This itpm
The seven enlisted men were'^'nsi volunteered^ as a comment
hurrying on priority orders to sick <m 'h®. 9°'^ April weather. OJ as-
/ . f . . . 'piuv.ni ¥\f\ roennne. hi h f \r If ttnnc
' . J
ninistrative or dying relatives in the United IfVimes no tesponsibility,, Ir goes
^ incident, states whr-n they were takon off ^ had cOli
ent meted;a military-^ane. Piatt, his wife in -,W36. -.We .protably wouldn t M
out by his commanding-officer and four children boarded it for a observing .San- Jacinto Day^-^t
{ without demanding ,<*' trial by vacation flight to'Hawai; would ve hfien too cold, for the
iSifirtfciwaaii . '• _ , ... " . . ..^ .Mexicans to take a siesta , . . so -
One of the bumped 0.'*. '-'^ijvse might not hsvf'won the battfe -
jcOurt-martial.
(...'The 49-yeafir-old Brooklvir. N.Y..
officercommawlef nf the big
AA+ai Pluti^fffs, The seyfi#^hatl
mduties. The Aif FtrfCfi did not ain ]ef^ airport nn<i Iu-a hoine ttie
next day. ...^
An Air Force in vestigafitig
board cleared Piatt ; of direct
blame for the bumping and said
" "I wouldn't mind Alvin using
the Leader Want Ads ~ 'if he'd
• i believe in banks!''
" > >' . j-®-"
! ncAince his'new job.
Piatt s punishment was ordered
•bv Brig. Gen. Paul LV Barton of1
1 Rutland, jXfg? command^'" of, the
Northern Air Materia fCojR'mwd
tfl the Pacific
Piatt was not available for com- er.")r
m>« f 'tribut
Ihe $; 10 fine .mposed on him'ifa wd (he administrative error."there." "Man, that's rank heresy.
Aggies; loyal
0§t#s thapfs; held tlicir artriual,
muster earlier this week in con"
claves throughout the world. Vdu
know — two Aggies matie'a c*m-
clave feven if it's iff Tibet. An ex-
oaption—Orangb^-where there's 3.
gocdjy? cShcentratiws As. a .wck-
a-
it was due. to .an administrative
error. But ^att's ''actions con-j Jibbed focal Aggie put ityesterdayr
tributed tb the confusion whicht-We jusf can't get 'em njovin'
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.)., Vol. 56, No. 97, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1959, newspaper, April 23, 1959; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330524/m1/1/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.