Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 231, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1960 Page: 1 of 16
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Denton Record - Chronicle
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THUNDERSTORMS
The Newspaper Written And Edited With Hou in Mind
DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1960
57TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE— NO. 231
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Hoffa Must
Stand Trial
— Assoclated Press
REMNANTS OF A TWISTER
Centralization Of
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FINAL TALK
AIR IN TEST
Midsection
Threat Of Decade
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the 1960s, the Texas
Teamster member’s lawsuit con-
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Commission Hopefuls Here
Winds, Rain
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Ankara Newest Spot
To Feel Wrath Of
Aroused Students
RADIO, T.Y.
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REMEMBER WHEN
Local funeral homes sup-
plied church pews with card-
board fans before the days
of air conditioned sanctuaries?
nounced the death sentence.
The judge gave him a week to
accept the verdict or appeal to a
higher court. If the flier accepts
the verdict, the judge may ask
Sukarno for a pardon.
Pope admitted flying for the reb-
els but insisted he flew only one
Last 14 Mours
This Month
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WASHINGTON (AP)-U.S. Dist.
Judge Joseph R. Jackson today
ordered a trial beginning Tuesday
of civil proceedings aimed to oust
James R. Hoffa as president of
the Teamsters Union.
Jackson denied a motion by
Hoffa's attorneys that he throw
out the proceedings.
Hoffa's attorneys immediately
announced that they would go to
the U.S. Court of Appeals in a
new attempt to avoid the trial.
Other motions to forestall the trial
already are pending for decision
before the appeals court.
The proceedings against Hoffa
are based on a contention that he
misused union funds. They were
tending Hoffa had been elected to
his Teamsters job in the fall of
1957 by a rigged convention.
Hoffa’s only personal comment
after Judge Jackson ordered him
to trial Tuesday was: “We’ll have
to consult the lawyers on our next
move.”
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otherwise, which
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touched — a 50-mile long strip of central Oklahoma
were blamed for three deaths and widespread prop-
erty damage. Thirty-one injuries also resulted from
the tornadoes.
draw a large crowd from both
Denton and Denton County.
Griffin will open the program
by introducing the seven commis-
sioners court candidates, each of
whom will make a five-minute talk
on whatever subject he chooses.
Ing, threatening to di
moisture through the
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Members of the Texas Legisla-
ture threw barbs at the two can-
didates for governor Thursday.
Two representatives said Jack
Cox of Breckenridge is a regis-
tered lobbyist with an admitted
interest “in all legislation pertain-
ing to oil and gas." They were
Rep. Joe Cannon of Mexia and
Rep. George Hinson', of Mineola.
Eight other representatives said
Gov. Price Daniel made “unwar-
ranted, unfounded and unfair”
comments about the legislature in
a television speech Monday.
The critics said Daniel has “not
unit a day nursery for working
mothers and other subjects.
The question and answer forum
is being sponsored by the com-
munity study committee of the
Denton Unitarian Fellowship. It’s
swer about county government.
Griffin will read these questions
aloud during the second half of
the meeting. If the question is
addressed to one candidate, it’ll
be assigned to him to answer.
Griffin will choose the candidate
to answer any general query.
Candidates are incumbent E. L.
(Loran) Tisdell and Jack Bryson
for commissioner from Precinct
1 and Charles Walter Morrison,
W. T. (Tip) Hall Sr., Buster B.
Copp, A. L. Crosby and incumbent
John M. Thompson for commis-
sioner from Precinct 3.
Seven candidates for two County
Commissioners Court posts will be
on the spot tonight at 7:30 in the
Denton Municipal Building Audi-
torium.
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tha.
With most of the state under
thunderstorm possibilities, light
showers were expected to con-
tinue through the night, the
U.S. Weather bureau said. Out-
look for Saturday and the
weekend is more of the same,
plus a somewhat cooling trend.
Meanwhile, tornadoes buffet-
ed parts of the southwest,
killing at least three, the As-
sociated Prong reported
Proposals for a highly centralis-
ed system of public schools, heav-
ily supported by federal funds,
will create an important issue of
They said Daniel's attack “upon
public servants who dared to op-
pose you” is beneath the dignity
of the office.
In his talk Daniel said critics
trying to blame him for the state’s
general fund deficit probably were
among the special interest groups
which were responsible for delays
and deadlocks in the legislative
session last year.
The statement from the group
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vicious winds and rains up to
4% inches lashed the mid-section
of Texas today and threatened
flash flooding on the Colorado
River watershed south of Austin.
At Bryan the high wind unroofed
Sun sets today at 7109 *mj rises Saturday
at 3143 a.m.
RAINFALL
(In inches) -
DENTON ANO VICINITY AND All of TEXAS
Pertly eloudy through Seturdevy with K*t
, tered thunderstorma this after noom and
tonight Cooler Seturcwy,
TEMPEEATURES
(Experimem Station Report)
Migh Thursday
Lew Friday
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was released by State
tion.
The May 7 polling actually will
only nominate the Democratic can-
didates for the offices in question
Actual election will be held on
Now 8, general election day. In
Texas, however, winning of the
Democratic nomination is tanta-
mount to election.
The questions likely will be on
all kinds of subjects — how the
commissioners court hopefuls feel
on city-county projects, hiring of
a probation officer, improved hos-
plal financing methods, establish-
meat at a county child welfare
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companied the wind.
At San Antonio a DC4 operated
by Trans-Alaska Airlines skidded
on a rain-slick runway at the air-
port, bogged down in two feet of
mud and blocked an instrument
runway. None of its crew of four
was injured.
The 4%-inch rains fell at San
Marcos, and nearby Martindale.
At San Marcos streets were flood-
ed and creeks rose, but there was
no important damage.
At Blanco, northwest of San
Marcos, 2.90 inches of rain fell
during the night, making the total
rainfall there since Sunday night
7x40 inches.
The Weather Bureau at Austin
said heavy rains fell in the San
Marcos, Lockhart and Thorndale
area south of Austin.
It predicted serious local flash
flooding of small tributaries to the
Colorado River below Austin Fri-
day and said that a significant
rise is indicated on the Colorado
below Austin in the next 48 hours.
A Weather Bureau alert for se-
vere thunderstorms and possible
tornadoes for an area bounded by
Memphis, Paducah, Mineral Wells
and Gainesville expired at 4 a.m.
without any damaging storms be-
ing reported.
One line of thundershowers ex-
tended from Tyler southwestward
to Waco. Another curved north-
westward from San Antonio to San
Angelo and Abilene.
Early morning thundershowers
were also reported at Dallas,
Kaufman, Sulphur Springs and
Sherman.
Tornado funnels which passed low over Oklahoma
City Thursday night caused a lot of damage to homes
and buildings. Typical of the damage is this side
view of a home with the entire wall shorn away neat as
a pin. Tornadoes which skipped — and sometimes
Popa said he fought with the U.
S. forces in Korea, where he won
the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Afterward, he became a civilian
pilot and helped fly military sup-
plies to the besieged French
forces at Dien Bina Phu tn Indo-
Teamsters’ funds in various per-
sonal business enterprises.
REAL ESTATE
One enterprise was a Florida
real estate development in which
Hoffa originally had a 45 per cent
option.
In arguing the proceedings
should be thrown out, Hoffa's at-
torneys contended that the courts
have no power to remove him and
that this is a privilege entirely
within the hands of the union
members who had elected him.
Judge Jackson ruled, however,
that “it is the decision of the court
that the monitors clearly acted
within the scope of their authori-
ty."
Jackson heard arguments all
day Thursday and for an hour
more this morning on the issue.
COURT CONSENT
A situation which gives a par-
ticular legal twist to Hoffa’s case
is the fact that he took the union
office under a court consent de-
cree issued in January 1958. That
decree let Hoffa take office pro-
visionally with a three-man mon-
itor board appointed by the courts
to supervise a corruption cleanup.
The consent decree, imposing
specially strict obligations on Hof-
fa to safeguard union funds, re-
were test and patrol flights.”
Pope’s World War II B26 bomb-
er was shot down near the govern-
ment-held port of Ambon on May
18, 1958, at the height of the re-
volt. He bailed out, injured his
right leg on landing and was cap-
tured.
Pope was held 19 months be-
fore being brought to trial last
December. The Sukarno govern-
ment had quashed the rebellion
meantime, although isolated reb-
el units have been reported hold-
ing out in remote areas of Suma-
tra and the Celebes.
The military court rejected de-
fense pleas that Pope be regarded
as a pritoner of war.
The American testified his main
motive in joining the rebels was
to fight communism because he
had heard that Communists con-
trolled the Indonesian govern-
McDonald of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County co-Chairman for Cox. Oth-
er signers were Reps. Frates
Seeligson of Can Antonio, Bob
Johnson of Dallas, W. N. Woolsey
at Corpus Christi, Bill Jones of
TUESDAY H BABY DAY AT
BURCHARD’S. 20% DISCOUNT
ON PHOTOGRAPHS. (Adv.
graduation requirements.
8. Enrollment of a hinher per.
centage of Texas children in
school.
"I think it would be fair to say
that the financial structure of the
Gilmer . Aikin program has dis-
charged its responsibility in a
satisfactory manner,” Dr Edgar
■aid. “that basically it is sound,
and it is one we can continue to
live by.
“The formulas within this struc-
ture should be revised periodi-
cally to keep them in harmony
with changing conditions. Recom-
mended revisions in present for-
mulas are clearly stated in the
Hale-Aikin committee report and
are now before the people of
- Texas lor decision.”
MORE RAIN
IS FORECAST
Moisture-loaded skies be-
gan opening up over the great-
er Denton area at mid morn
financial and
confront our
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G. Brown in Sacramento Thursday.
They will meet with Chessman
at 1 p.m. today.
Brown told them that he stood
firm on his statement of last Tues-
day—that he is powerless to act
unless there is some unexpected
development of a critical nature.
None is in sight.
CHIPS DOWN
Nevertheless, Wirin told report-
ers, “We are confident that when
all the chips are down the gover-
nor will do the same thing he
did last time.” The last time was
Feb. 19, when Brown granted
Chessman a 60-day reprieve.
The governor said nothing to
give him that impression, Wirin
admitted.
Plans for the execution went
ahead.
Warden Fred Dickson of San
Quentin said no visitors but at-
torneys of record for Chessman
would be allowed on the prison
grounds Sunday night, the eve of
the execution. Newsmen had been
admitted in the past.
CYANIDE PELLETS
The governor’s office announced
it would flash the word when the
death-dealing cyanide pellets are
dropped in the gas chamber.
Newsmen at the viewing area in
the prison aren't permitted to
leave until the execution is over.
Chessman was sentenced to
death in 1948 for kidnapping for
robbery with bodily harm. He was
convicted of being Los Angeles’
"Red Light Bandit.”
He has been on San Quentin's
death row for nearly 12 years,
successfully fighting off eight ex-
ecution dates.
Wirin. predicting Brown would
spare Chessman, said: “As a man
of honor he can’t do anything else.
It would be an unconscionable and
godless act to let Chessman die.
“We take the position that the
matter continues to be in the
conscience of the governor and
we are content to leave it there."
He didn't rule out further legal
moves, however, including a pos-
sible new appeal to the California
Supreme Court.
of education said in Denton Thurs-
day.
Dr. J. W. Edgar spoke to 115
school board members and super-
intendents at a regional workshop
at NTSC. It was sponsored by the
Texas Assn, of School Boards.
Those in favor of centralization
say local school boards can no
longer successfully discharge the
responsibility for education, the
Commission declared.
“What you, as local board mem-
bers, do tn rendering your stew-
ardship may be the determining
factor in settling the issue,” he
said. “The future of America's
school boards and in many re-
spects the destiny of our public
schools are in your hands.”
INCREASED DEBT
Looking at the next decade, he
predicted the rise in pupil popu-
lation win lead to an increase in
the bonded debt for school build-
ings from 1950 million to $1 25
billion. Operating costs will in-
crease. more than $133 million.
In this period. Dr. Edgar said,
five specific jobs face local
boards, superintendents, and the
state:
1. To provide for the increase
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP)—Al-
lan Lawrence Pope, American
flier of fortune, today was sen-
tenced to death for fighting
against the government in Indo-
nesia's 1968 rebellion.
An Indonesian air force judge
convicted the 31-year-old pilot
from Miami, Fla., of carrying
arms for the rebels, killing 17
members of Indonesia’s armed
forces and flying bombing and
strafing missions in the uprising
against President Sukarno.
Pope showed no emotion as Lt.
Col. Sardjono, the judge, pro-
being supported by 13 organize-
For the first time in the history
of American radio and television,
all the stations in the nation will
go off the air at the same time.
This unprecedented, but long-
planned action, will take place
Tuesday. It's a part of Operation
Alert, I960, the seventh annual
civil defense training exercise
scheduled to begin Tuesday at
noon and to last through 2 p.m.
Thursday.
Some of the stations that go off
the air Tuesday will come back
on immediately to broadcast the
Conelrad frequencies, 640 and
1240 kilocycles.
All non-Conelrad stations will
remain off the air for duration
of the 30-minute Radio-TV test.
Otherwise, the 50-hour exercise
is much like the Operations alert
held by civil defense during the
past. These have included a sim-
ulated nuclear attack on the Uni-
ted States, with a number of cit-
ies being “destroyed” by atomic
or hydrogen bombs.
Officials of the Office of Civil
and Defense Mobilization will be
faced with a number of simula-
ted, but nonetheless important
problems to solve. — and solve
quickly — such as evacuation of
people from contaminated areas,
food, and shelter for these re-
fugees. how to keep law and order
and to prevent looting, fighting
fires and other problems.
That's when they'll answer per-
tinent questions put to them by
— the voters of Denton County —
the people who'll put them in or
keep them out of office in the
May 7 democratic primary elec-
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) -
Caryl Chessman prepared for a
“final” talk with two of his at-
torneys today on what more can
be done to prevent his execution
in the gas chamber, scheduled for
1:10 a.m. Monday.
The attorneys, A. L. Wirin and
Rosalie Asher, got nowhere with
a new plea to Gov. Edmund
ers Union, the Denton County
Medical Society and its auxiliary,
the Denton Ministerial Assn.. the
Denton Welfare Council, the Den-
ton Kiwanis Club, the Newcomers
Club, the Women's Shakespeare
Club, the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and, of course, the Denton
Unitarian Fellowship.
Under the guidance of Dr. Ray
Griffin of the NTSC government
faculty, the forum is expected to
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Dallas, Ben D. Sudderth of Co-
manche, John L. Crosthwait of
Dallas and Joe Burkett Jr. of
Kerrville.
Cannon and Hinson said Cox
registered as a lobbyist May 4.
1969 and in 1955 appeared before
a House committee to oppose a
bill sought by Texas independent
oil producers.
“Other lobbyists for the gas
pipeline companies are raising
huge campaign funds to put their
fellow lobbyist in the governor's
chair,” they said.
Daniel predicted at Fort Worth
that he would defeat Cox by a 2-1
majority if a heavy vote turns
out for the May 7 Democratic Pri-
mary.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) —
Rioting against Premier Ad-
nan Menderes spread to this
capital city today in defiance
of martial law.
At least 100 persons were in-
jured as mounted police, swing-
ing long riot sticks, charged into
demonstrating students.
With tear gas, the police drove
the students into the Law and Po-
litical Science buildings of Ankara
University.
About 9,000 students took part
in the demonstration. Eyewitnes-
ses told of seeing four students
and a policeman killed, but these
reports could not be confirmed.
The demonstration began as the
Ankara students massed to sing
the Turkish independence anthem
and to shout approval for the 10,-
000 Istanbul students who rioted
against Menderes Thursday —
some shouting "freedom” and cit-
ing the example of Korean - stu-
dents who toppled the Syngman
Rhee regime.
NO DEATHS REPORTED
The Istanbul rioting also was
reported to have caused deaths,
but the military commander there
said he received no such advices.
The martial law declared Thurs-
day to curb Istanbul’s demonstra-
tions was extended to Ankara but
failed to stop the politically mind-
ed students from speaking their
piece.
The government controlled ra-
dio announced that all universities
will be closed until May 29.
Three hundred mounted police
charged into the students as they
started to march away from the
university grounds, singing in
praise of ex-President Ismet Ino-
nu, the leader of Menderes’ chief
opposition.
In the melee that followed, 30
persons were hurt and all the
windows in one wing of the uni-
versity law building were
smashed.
The students retreated into the
building and threw pieces of
broken window glass down on the
mounted police.
REPORTER ARRESTED
Two Turkish newspaper pho-
tographers and a Turkish reporter
were arrested as they covered the
fracas.
Ankara’s military commander
appeared and appealed to the stu-
dents to go home. The demonstra-
tors booed him and stayed in the
law building. The police then set
up a cordon around the building,
to keep the students from getting
out to rally others to their sup-
port.
At least eight ambulances
moved into the university grounds
to pick up the injured.
Army troops also blocked off
Inonu’s home and the approaches
to government buildings All are
located in one central area of Ank-
ara, the nation's capital.
Disc Jockey
Hurls Charge
Of Prejudice
WASHINGTON (AP)—Disc
jockey Dick Clark swore to
House investigators today
that he has never taken pay-
ola.
Clark, making a long-awaied
appearance before a House inves-
tigating subcommittee, complained
at the outset that he had been
condemned before getting a chance
to testify.
In a 34-page prepared state-
ment, Clark declared: A"Gentle-
men, I feel that I have been con-
victed, condemned and denounced
even before I have had an oppor-
tunity to tell my story. Further,
there has been printed in the press
what appears to be a prejudgment
of my case.”
Clark had been turned down on
his requests that he be permitted
to testify as the first witness at
the committee’s inquiry into his
activities.
In swearing that he had never
taken payola, the 30-year-old idol
of the teen-agers asserted: "In
brief, I have never agreed to play
a record or television show in re-
turn for a payment in cash or
any other consideration.”
Clark told the Legislative Over-
sight subcommittee that he had
cooperated fully in investigations
of his affairs and “I have given
your staff complete and unlimited
access to all documents, accounts,
books and ppers which they have
requested.
“I point this out only because I
want to make it clear that I have
nothing to conceal.”
Tracing his television and radio
background and explaining his
successful TV career which has
won him a following of tens of
thousands of teen-agers for his
two nationally televised disc jock-
ey shows, Clark said:
“I seek to provide wholesome
recreational outlets for these
youngsters whom I think I know
and understand.”
As Clark testified his wife, Bar-
bara, her silver blonde hair bound
by a wisp of a feather hat, sat in
the hearing room audience with
Clark’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Clark of Utica, N.Y.
brought by court-appointed moni-
tors who contend Hoffa used some
$600,000 of Detroit Local 299
in pupil population and the subse-
quent rise in the total costs of the
public school program.
2. To continue upgrading the
standards of the public schools,
in view of the increasing number
of high school graduates planning
to enter college, while maintain-
ing a strong program for those
students who do not.
3. To maintain a highly compe-
tent State Department of Educa-
tion which provides statewide
leadership for local schools.
NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS
4. To restudy and make any
needed adjustments in school dis-
trict structure.
5. To accelerate the use of re-
search in finding ways to main-
tain public schools which are fully
adequate at a cost which we can
afford.
“I think it is essential that we,
as citizens, recognize that the
ultimate solution to the problem
of financing public education can
come only as a part of the solu-
tion for the support of all of our
government,” Dr. Edgar declar-
ed.
“This is true because education
is an integral part of the overall
costs of our governmental ser-
vices and because a solution to
the problem of educational finan-
cing is deeply interwoven into
major policy decisions on taxation
which must be resolved by the
Legislature and which are now
before the people of Texas.”
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Reviewing the past decade un-
der the Gilmer-Aikin Foundation
School Program, the speaker said
"we can point with pride to what
has been accomplished.” As evi-
dence of progress, he cited eight
examples:
1. Bachelor's degrees held by
97 per cent of Texas teachers.
2. Full accountability for all
funds within State Board of Edu-
cation jurisdiction.
3. Installation by local schools
of appropriate budgeting, account-
ing. and auditing systems.
4. Expanded programs for the
physically handicapped and re-
tarded children.
5. Provision of new school
buildings at an average square
foot cost which is the same or
less than in 1950.
6. A redesigned program for
teacher preparation and certifi-
cation to insure a higher quality
of teachers.
STRENGTHEN REQUIREMENTS
7. Strengthening of high school
The Indonesian army charged
the American flier was respon-
sible for most of the rebel air
raids or ships, ports and airfields
in East Indonesia.
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Church News ....... 4
Classifled ............ 6-7
Comics ................ 7
Editorials .............. 4
Sports ................. 6
Town Topics .......... 2
TV Log ......•......... 3
Women's News ........ 5
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