The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 271, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 5, 1964 Page: 2 of 24
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2 fltjr Sayimim fcus Wednesday, August 5, 1964
Sam Hoover Guifty, Gets 60 Years
I ‘convict ■'the
5 •yotfc'felieve
the jury, he would
HOUSTON (API - A jury of for hi* reaction to the verdict.
eight men and four women
found former Pasadena Mayor
replied (
Under
lied crisply: "Nd comment.
„„ „ „ __ _ "" state law, Hoover must
S im Hoover guilty of conspiracy remain in jail until a'high court
today in the torture-robbery of decides his case. Anyone con.
wealthy Houston couple and victed of a capital crime and re.
sentenced him to GO years in ceives more than 15 years in
prison. t ■ prison cannot ixist bond
sT.
Hoover showed no emhtion as
the sentence was read in Judge
Arnold Krichame.r's court after
the jury had deliberated eight
hours. ..
Dist. Atty'. Frank Briscoe had
sought the death penalty, The
state contended Hoover, an at-
torney who once made an unsuc-
cessful race for Harris Courtly
judge) masterminded the -March
irrobbUiy at the home of Mair
J, Schcpps. a wealthy li+ja
Wholesaler.
. Hooever’s attorney, W a r-r e n
Burnett of Odessa,. asjptd that
the iurv be notied. V ■ '
One by one the jUrors replied
the verdict way.tfis or-her own.
* Burnett then filed immediate
— notice of appeal.——-—
i-w......•fr'fertJhfiJmy. JK.ndered jus-
ti.e In this case,” said Asst.
Hist. Atty. Gus Zgourides.
>"They could hot have returned
. Any other verdict in view of the
frets and evidence presented."
Hoover was remanded to jail
moments after the verdict was
read. Mrs. Mary Hoover, his
wife, was in the court room and
displayed little emotion.
Burnett and Luther Jones, an-
other defense attorney, began
arf immolate -conference with
,' Hoover in the holdover jail cell
but had no comment other than
to say an appeal would be filed.
---Hoover, asked by a newsman
-The jury’ began deliberate]
Hoover's fate last night
$15,000 in diamonds on a .teble
in the jury room. ,/
The trial went to Jhe jury at
,4:36 p.m. and 90 minutes later
the jurors.askyd to see a five-
carat diamond and a three-carat
diamond allegedly stolen during
the robWty’last March 11. ,
Cikfhnal Dist, Judge Arnold
.-Hamel1 Wenkjtome at 6 p.m.
yifi tuAeVeif fhrbaViff m allow
the jurors to deliberate late into
the night if they so desired.
The trial was to resume off!
clallv at 9 a.nii lodav
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Dist. Atty. Frank BRscoe had] from hi
decided to'prdceed dh fhe second
count of the indictment,. which
meant Hoover was tried only as
an accomidice in the robbery.
He hpd been iiccusddTif advis-
ing and encouraging three other
men oyer the telephone While
they were at the Schepps' home.
Briscoe asked for the death
penalty.
Warren Burnett of Odessa, de-
fense lawyer, told the jury the
Briscoe told'
always be,willing to7 grant im-
young man like
If It would help a Hauris
convict a man like
’cover.
Gus Zgourides, assistant pros-
ecutor, referred to Hoover as' the
mastermind of the Schepps rob-
bery during his final speech to
the Jury.
Mr. and Mrs. Sottenps testified
they , were beaten,®nd tortured
by three men looking foi; money,
Mrs. Schepps said she was
shocked with electric wires,
burned with a hot knife and lat-
er shot in the leg. —~—
Schepps, a tobacco wholesaler,
said he was beaten unconscious
and the armed men took $3,900
and two valuable diamonds
Stock Quotes),
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Aliis-Chakners ........... 19 Vi
Aluminium Ltd ..........29
robbed Mr. and Mrs. Schepps
were trying to save themselves
by testifying against Hoover.
•He was-referring to Samuel
Spivey, 19, who turned state’s
witness after he was indicted
Hoover, John Oscar Young, 25,
and Calvin Sellars, 22, m the
Schepps robbery..
Spivey testified during the
trial' and implicated Hoover in
pi* testimony bv saving the
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Pasadena lawyer conferred .with
him and Young on the telephone,
during the -robbery.
In the court's charge to the Dlaniond Aik 55
(Continued From Page 1)
his accounting of the U.S. air
actlon'todfty and coupled it with
this warning:
Whether this will bp all that
is necessary is up lb the North
Vietnamese.",
Johnson pursued the same
line in his address at ceremo-
nies dedicating a • journalism
building as the first unit of a
$15-mlllion communication cem
ter at Syracuse Univcrsto.
"The attacks have hSfi an-
swered," he said with W broad
implication that the one strike is
all that will corfie unless provo-
cation grows. ' .
Johnson declared peace’ "is
the only purpose of the course
pursue" and invited the
scrutiny of all the world to be
Man Charged AtJMic Office of Goldwater Backs Johnson's Stand In Asian Crisis
focused octhe action the United
States KficT taken'," for proof of
that intent.
But he went on:
With Flying
While Drunk
■GALVESTON (AP)- A Hous-
ton man was in jail early today
after he dropped in at Calves-
ton’s West Beach for a fast beer
—in an airplane.
Jenkins S. Martin, 38, was
charged with flying while intox-
icated, the first person to be so
eh^jfia ifl ^Galveston County
The' world is challenged to
make its will against \Var known
and known ^.clearly — felt and
ML-decisivfly. : )Vl •' **' ___
"To anyone who may be by a low-flying plane. One worn-
temptWfS support wdd- an. a*id-the plane--niekad. her
His bond was set at $750. He
was to appear before County
Judge Hugh Gibson on the
charge within the next few days
"You might say he rited or
floated in for a quick one and
got.his wheels stuck in Ihesoft
sand," a Galveston County sher-
iff's department dispatchermaid.
A pilot at the field where the
slngleengine plane was taken
fold officers there was less than
a gallon of fuel left in the tanks,
Several bathers had com'
Schools Relocated
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen.
The school athletic*office j# Barry Goklwater, dramatically
now located In a new building
at the West end of Memorial
Stadium, it was announced Wed-
nesday by Athletic Director Dart
Stallwortl
StailwqBh said- season tickets
to the 1964 Gander home foot
ball games may be picked up
which is locat-
the present aggression,
say this: There is no threat to
any peaceful power from the
United States of America. But
there can be no peace by
aggression and no immunity
criminals who K tortuK Jj* gft i«'Z= £% SW
That is what is landed earlier and had about
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Beth Steel ......„.......37V4
Celapese ................. 70V*
Celotex .................. 27Vi
Chrysler *................ SO1*
Cities Service .............70%
45%
Columbia Gas ........... 28%
Creple .................... 47%
Della Air X .............. 80
jurt. Judge Krichamer. said
Pre-Registration
PRE-REGISTRATION for the
fall term at Lee College is
scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m.
Tliursdiiy, Aug. G, and Thurs-
day, Aug. 20, Registration is by
permit and these are available
in the registearis Office -Only a
remain for the first pre-
registration period. Regular reg-
istration is scheduled Sept. 9
and 10 with classes to begin
Sept) 14. \ ' '
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Gen Motors .....91%
Gen Tele ................. 32%
Dm Tire ... 211
Georgia Pacific ..........55%
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Goodyear Tire ...........43^
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Gulf Oil .......... 57%
Gulf States Util .........47%
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Newp News 45%
New York Central .......41%
Olin-Math ................43%
Otis Elev ....... 46%
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Philip Morris 73%
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Pure Oil ...... 57%
Royal Dutch .............47
Safeway 69%
Sears ......116%
Shell .....................49%
Sinclair ......... .45%
Socony-Mob .............83 V4
Spy Pacific ....... 43%
Sperry-Rand ............. .14%
I Calif ............... 64%
Stan Ind .................82%
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Johnson left no doubt Tuesday
night that retaliation for the at-
tacks at sea would be on a ma-
jor scale. . ..
In a premidnight .address
the nation, Johnspn said:
•'That reply is being given as
I speak to you
"Air action is now in execu.
tion against, gunboats and cer-
tain supporting facilities
North Viet Nam which have
; trie-
rations.
"The determination of a M
Americans to carry out our full
commitment to the government
and people of South Viet N-yn
will be redoubled by this, out-
rage.” . , , .
In summary, McNamara
ported four North -Vietnamese
torpedo boat bases heavily dam-
aged and one oil depot wrecked
in 64 sorties,by pl#nes from the
aircraft carriers Ticonderoea
and Constealiaiion, with 25 PT
boats destroved or damaged.
He gave tire U.S. cost as two
aircraft downed by ground fire
and two damaged.
The action, McNamara said*
took place between noon and 4
or 5 p.m. local time Tuesday
With Vietnamese time 13
hour-s ahead of Washington, that
means the bombs and rockets
were falling within an hour aft-
er Johnson’s report of his dec!
sion. Planes doubtless were
going aloft as he spoke.
Johnson referred to the U.S.
reaction as a "positive reply” to
the. aggression by North Viet-
namese PT boats against Amer-
ican naval vessels in interna-
tional waters.
But he stressed the United
States’ long - range peaceful in-
icnliomf: v —
Even before the strikes be-
gan, McNamara disclosed "
stantial military forces” were
being moved into Southeast Asia
as a precamiajj. against li .Red
epunterthrust from North Viet
Nam' or Red China. He'gave
beach umbrella
Martin was arrested Tuesday
after he landed among parked
cars and bathers near a refresh-
ment stand that sold beer.
Martin told the offieers he had
at the new office, whi
ed under the npw stadium, score-
board." ' •..* *-
The office’s telephone number
remains unchanged, 582-2342.
Last year’s season ticket hold-
ers have until Sept. 1 to exer-
cise their option for the same
seats for th« 1964 home games,
llworih said.
Stall
Season tickets may be pur-
chased by mailing a check,
money order or cash in Jhe
amount of $7.50 to the school
athletic office. 'The tickets will
be sent to the purchaser by, re-
The Ganders open thefootball
season at Spring Branch on
*.,1 .... , . , , . Sept, 11,. with their first home
ceraseffl&gs.'s «-* *«***•**&
Rundeil Gone
DEAN WALTER RundeU of Lee
College is due to return to Bay-
day trip to interview prospec'
five teachers. He made stop:
Cliero, Menard, Ranger, PI:
seven beers before talcing off view and Lone Oak, Tex., and
again. * v Wichita, Kan.
supixprting President Johnson
on Viet Nam, flew back to the
nation's capital today. *
“We cannot allow the Ameri-
can flag to be shot at anywhere
/Xfl *IUI>tK B Pa|J n,nt/.n maU 1m
**«f, iu uv oiiui at UUJ v> i in c * * voiuviii • -vi !'•***•, v/uim/1
on earth," Goldwater said In nia time, listened to what John-
•*---•* • * son planned to say, and prompt-
ly gave this statement:
, "I am sure, that every Ameri-
backing the President
It was an unusual end to'an
unusual vacation.
{'$• .poldwater not only sup-
ported JBhfisofi’s stand; he is-
sued a slateipent saying
more ihan an hour before the
public knew what that stand
was.
Here's the way it happened
The Republican presidential
candidate was on the Sundance,
83-foot borrowed yacht,
.cruising. off Cait/ornia’s Catali-
Island in perfect ToUTng
weathpr, ’ *
But it the waters were calm
thereby, they weren’t off Viet
Nam, where U.S. -destroyers
were being attacked.
Three times Johnson tried to
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Republican Women
MRS. E. P. Lowe, delegate to
the* national Republican con-
vention, will be the speaker at
a meeting of the Republican
s in (.Women's Club, at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday at the new Republi-
can Headquarters, 12 N.' Main.
The public is invited.
reach Goldwater at sea. Three
Urns he failed because of what
a Goldwater news aide called
"lousy reception.”
When Goldwater finally
beached shore, he called the
President at 7:07 p.m., Califop-
a newsmt
President.
Training Extrcis*
ARMY PFC. Joseph Alexander,
son of Mr. -and Mrs, Paul Alex*
ander, Crosby, is participating his decision,” Goldwater said,
can will subscribe to tha actions
outlined in the President's state-
ment.
"I believe It is the only thing
that he can do under the dir-
cumstances. We cannot allow
the American flag to be shot at
anywhere on earth if we are to
retain our respect and pres-
ht all
ehind
in a three-week field training
dxercise at Grafenwohr, Ger -
many. Alexander was stationed
at’Fort Hood ‘before arriving
9* (overseas
"I told Mm that I thou
Americans would stand
There was no connection be-
tween his sudden departure and
the Viet Nam crisis. It had been
announced previously that he
would leave today. < ■, .
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some details on that buildup at
today’s meeting with newsmen!-
: The attack was In retaliation
for an assault by three Red PT
boats last Sunday against the
destroyer, Maddox in winch one
o’f the boats were sunk and two
others damaged, and another
fiercer engagement involving
two U.S. crafi Tuesday.
The second attack was aimed
ai llie "Jfa'dd<)x ' OTfi tho'Ticstroy-'
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“Bikini Beach”
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under consiruction in the vicini-
ty and the bricks were stacl
across the roatLiniront of Rose-
land Pool, .Plumbing was dam-
aged Tri rest rooms at Roseland
“ark and several-; signs w^je
rti' up. Hardy said.- v.....•
Gary McPherson,' 504 W.
Cleveland, pefioffed t he theft
of hubcaps from his car parked:
at Cullimetee Hud Janies
swiftly scheduled for .today.
As part of the beefing up op-
eration the United States rushed
F102 jet fighters to South Viet
Nam to be on hand in case .of
any attacks from North Viet
Nam or Communist Chinn.
Six Delta Dagger Air Force
jets fthm .ihe lfith Fighter Inter-
cepter Squadron based on ,Gki-,
mu\’a flew to SaiKoo. from Clark
Field in the Philippines and
promptly went on a 21-hour
day alert. :
. . The fHght commander, Lt
304% Lt. Col. Garnett D. Page of De.
catur, Ala., said the planes had
no "offensive weapons,” He
skid they carried antiaircraft
rockets for the defense j>f South
Viet Nam. They are . the fiBtJ.
combat jet fighters to be sta-
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A man on Pamela Street,
Tuesday fii-ed a shot at a prowl-
er. He told police, “I don’t know
if I hit him or not;” A prowler
also was reported on East Sterl-
ing Tuesday night and a num-
ber of speeding complaints were
receiyed by the police depart-
ment.
posted- a cash bond of $45, being
charged in Corporation Court
for speeding 65 miles through
a 35 mile zone in the Baytown-
La Porte Tunnel,
grated by
officials ted normally
the Peking line rigidly..
The Soviet news agency Tass
reported Johnson’s announce-
ment without comment
nine-line dispatch.
McNamara said in response
to questions that “whether this
Mgs. Jesse. Powell, 410 Lare-
do,. told Officers John Rosa -
.mond'and Harvey Frost that
,$6.66 was taken ;from her home
‘Laredo Voytek, 212 N, Fifth,
investigated
E. J. Jacobs, 402 Pamela, said
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James E. Walter, 506 S. Cir-
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reaction to Johnson’s announce-
ment, the Qiinese Communist
New Eyening Post warned to-
come too close” before' retaliat-
ing against what it called pro-
voeattve U-S. attacks in- the
Tonkl ng Gulf area. The Hong
Rong'paper is owned and °P'
all thatis necessary isf up
North Vietnamese.”
His summary’ of the U.S.
sponse was'a swift follow-up
tlie announcement by Preside)
Johnson Tuesday night that
Navy- planes bad been sent, on
the mission to give a "positive
replv" to the Red attacks.
The President made his
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