Mt. Pleasant Times Review (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1962
VOLUME NUMBER EIGHTY EIGHT
NUMBER 50
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Wave of Terrorist Attacks
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Meslems urging them to avoid) "Spacetown, USA,” was getting
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Engineers,
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Local Store
Burglarized
provoke strikes and major dis-
on the eve of peace.
Bond Issue Is Defeated
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tie normal stocks apparently
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staid two ballots could not be
A newspaper carrier, Sherill
nearly wiped out
Nelson Parrish will con-
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duct the services Burial will be
lass of the front door and re- flag painted on the side.
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Conley Hess was a visitor.
House has torpedoed President
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Services Held
Eastern Part of
US Battered by
Bad Weather
He spoke in observance of Fu-
ture Farmers of America week
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‘Rescued from the Navy by the
17th Air Transport Squadron,
ship 7 spaceship which John H
Glenn Jr rode into orbit Tues-
day
of Mount Pleasant: Mrs Martha
Talley, Fort Worth; ten grand-
children; oae sister, Mrs. Mike
Collum, Minden, La.; three bro-
ial
tery.
their long buttle against Fran-
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most as a creditable if not a re-
cord turnout.
ycur own areas."
President Charles de Gaulle's
government approved the Alger-
ian agreement Wednesday night
after nearly four hours of dis-
state headquarters for this pro-
i gram.
Screwworm Program
Chairman Elected
French headquarters for Al-
geria appeared confident that
the army will succeed in keep-
ing the tense situation in hand
when a cease-fire is announced
But the command is not taking
any chance.: on the loyally of
various field commanders
Informed sources said that the
500.000-man French army in Al-
geria has been permitted only
City Hall.
The stockholders were advis-
9,000 chapters in 59 states, plus
Puerto Rico, and membership
Is 380,000 members, 82 of them
in the local chapter
President J O. Horning said
directors meet Tuesday night at
the home of Ralph Feagins. 708
For Mrs. Dooley
Mrs Nina Helen Dooley died
area to another, and that the
system will continue to have ov-
ercrdwded classrooms.
parents would be expected to
vote in favor of providing more
school accomodations.
The campaign waxed fairly
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on the voters.
The Mount Pleasant Taxpay-
ers League, organized tn pro-
test against the program of re-
evaluation tf property in both
the city and the school district,
led the organized fight against
the school improvement bonds.
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Dwayne Horton
Lions Speaker
Dwayne Hoi ion, third year vo-
calion'il azriruliure student,
provided the program for T urs-
Jay's Lion Club meeting at Mps
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A’I OPENING RALLY—Sam B Hall Jr
Two Run Away Girls
Taken Info Custody
Two 14 year-old girls from
Graysville, Alabama were tak-
en into custody here Wednes-
caosule surface apparently fail- from the sea and placed on the
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GLENN CHECKS SPACE CAPSULE—Aeronaut John
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Somewhat ruefully. City Man-
ager Jerry A. Singer said "It
would have been a privilege to
have the President come into
our town. “But he said be un-
derstood the President had Ms
reasons for doing it another
way.
Police reported more than a < l a new struggle against Al-
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the voting, with partisans
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Glenn's Friendship 7. Spaceship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla IP functioned slightly and forced ed to work reducing effective-
are being i
Dr . R. L.
they were
emergency j
apathy might have had some ;
thine to do with the failure of
the issues to be approved Satur- l
dav The usual estimate of par- 1
ents of children within the dis- i
were released Thursday at the iomed 153 Republicans. Thirteen
Chamber of Commerce office .4 Republicans crossed over to
iachinerv obso-
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The program was explained
B C. Sustaire. ,
After being questioned by Sus-
taire the girls admitted they had
ran away from home. They had
tarveled this far by bus..
Sustaire notified the girls' par-
e its and tne parents arrived
‘hursday morning to return the
1996, at Pilisburg. He was a votes.
preciatiot 01
lescence
There are
a few minutes He had hoped 1 Thursday morning at 8 .30 in a
— Engineers and
today examined
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vear for controlling the farm
and wildlife pest because of the
l ill back 16 Old Mexico by the
extreme cold winter
One million sterile male flies
have been released and $1,300,-
‘MM) has been turned into the
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More stormy weather batter-
ed wide areas in eastern half of
tne natio i today, with snow in
northern sections and heavy
rain, Iurii and strong winds in
the Southeast.
All signs pointed to a
t rrorist attacks swept Algiers
today as the right-wing Secret
Army Organization made a last
ditch effort to wreck an impend-
ing French Algerian agreement
ti. end the 7%-year rebellion
13 days of food and fuel
plies.
This drastic reduction
Store: Mrs Bob 1. Johnson,
Mount Pleasant, IIO. registered
at the Collegiate Shoppe; Mrs.
L. W Pate. Gilmer, $5, register
ed at Brookshire's Food Store.
rnd several nieces and nephews. Value Day Winners
Funeral services were held Are
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’- i
c loci? at the First Baptist Chur-
ch in Winfield. Officiating min-
Charles M Beaton, 76
The snowstorm which swept
across the Midwest into the Nor-
theast Wedresday continued in
many areas during the night
and morning Heavy snow warn-
ings were issued for parts of
• Lower Michigan and most of
of en-arms greeting to Astronaut
John H. Glenn Jr., first Ameri-
can to orbit the earth.
the front door Hie
tribt is 1.500. yet the proposals
received only 568 favorable
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1 ilm Sales & Service/
Taylor said this is the best
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Ldy's-plansioput a Negro. Rob-
el C. Weaver, in the Cabinet
for the first time Weaver, now
head of the Housing and Home
; I mnance Agency, would have be-
' come the urban affairs secre-
Announced tary.
Winners of the Value Day In turning back Kennedy's re-
certificates, given by merchants, organization proposal ill Dem-
in Mount Pleasant each month. orrats, mostly Southerners,
Services Held for
William E. Clark
Funeral services for Williams
E Clark were held Tuesday af-
ecoon at a funeral home In
McKinney Burialwas in Mount
Olive Cemetery. McKinney
Clark was born in March.
rie Winfield: one brother, Al
bert Benton, Mount Pleasant;
C Smith, election judge.
110,025 shares of
, A’len, discovered the broken' shin 7 labe l and an
score of scattered attacks be-
tween 7 am and noon, as Euro-
nean gunmen inf-cars and afoot
fred at Europeans and Mos-
kins, killing at least 11 persons
and wounding 15
The violence erupted as the
A.gerian rebel National Council
was called into session in Tripo-
L to act on an agreement with
France to end the strife
Fhursdav nigh’ to some: 600 persons at a rally ( pening his campaign for election to
Congress from the First Texas District. (B I1 Cade Photo)
field resident.
local hospital She was born
F‛eb 5, 1896, in Bowie County
She lived at 903 Edwards
Surviving ate tour daughters,
Merle Dooley. Mrs Juanita Me-
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technicians Glenn to take over partial man- ness of control on the yaw
ual control for, much of the 4-[axis: and the difficulty Glenn
horn 56-minute space journey ■ had trying to exit the capsule
when one of 18 gas jets on the . alter the craft had been pulled
was expected to give the needed
four-fifths aproval to the accord'
paving the way for Algerian in-
dependence a measure already .
endorsed by France
With the measure reported ap-
proved by the rebel Cabinet,
hopes soared for a cease-fire in
the North Atrican territory by
Sunday
Among the victims in today's
outbreak were four postmen
killed and three wounded Har-
ried officials accused the secret
a: my of desperately seeking to
Heavy rain pelted most of the
Southeast, with unofficial falls
of .3 to 6 inches in a three-hour
period in Macon, Ga. Water was
reported iwo to three feet deep
i: low-lying areas and some
tlines,were flooded.
izters were the Rev W. S.
Melton and the Rev John Whitt.
Burial was in the Winfield
Cemetery.
plan if Democrats had gone
down the line for the President
Ms proposal would have gone
Ithrough.
“By a ratio of more than 10 to
1 the House Republicans put
partisan obstruction ahead of
the needs of the nation." Bailey
said.
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Jay blamed his expected but
stunting setback o.i sectionalism
He said: “If we in this coun-
try began to adopt the system
t’.at everyone who lives in a ci-
While the condition is re-
garded as acute in many class-
roomns. he said it was not yet
acute enough to warrant hold-
ing morning and afternoon ses-
sions
Ahother breakin, similar to
the one that occurred here last
Tuesday night, was reported
’Inursday by city police Some-
t me Wednesday night Hutchin
son Food Store. 708 S. Jefferson
St . was burglarized
Police reported approximately
19 cartons of cigaretts, $4 or $5
in change, and some shirts from
t> e dry goods department were
teken. Also piece goods, had
been scattered about, rugs tak-
en from plastic bags and hand-
kerchiefs wele strewn about the
store
Entrance was gained to the
building by breaking the plate
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Ui day turned dow n the issuance
of c210,000 hi bonds for additions
and repairs to the existing
school plant
The vote was 897 against the
proposal and 568 for it.
the Friend
A D Taylor, vocational ag.'l- ,
citure teacher, introduced heen
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The Weather Bureau issued a
w aming of possible severe thun-
derstorms with hail and strong
winds and possibly tornadoes
for extreme east-central Missi-
s' ippi. most of west-central and
est-central Alabama and ex-
t eme western part of west-cen-
tral Georgia
Rites Held lor
Talco Resident
Kenneth E. Westbrook, 54, died
at his home in Talco Friday
morning at 6:15- He has been
a resident of Talco fer 25 years.
He was born November 1, 1907
in Deport, Texas.
Surviving are the widow _ Char-
lene Sikes Westbrook. Talco; his
mother, Mrs. J. R. Westbrook
Jr Deport; one daughter, Mrs
Wanda Pittman, Talco: two
grandchildren; two sisters. Mrs
James Perkins. Slayton. Texas:
Mrs. S. M. Dunnam Westbrook.
Albuquerque, N. M., and Ver-
non Westbrook, Paris.
Funeral services were held
at the Calvery Baptist Church
in Talco. Saturday afternoon
at 2:30. The officiating ministers
were the Rev. J. A. Haley
and the Rev Joe Denton. Bur-
By Vote of 897 to 568
Voters of the Mount Pleasant space to urge their position up-
independent School Disict Sat-
* k<nd Park Baptist Church The citch uprising by the right-wing
• ' •— “ - — European Secret Army Organi-counted, as one was marked for
zation pledged to keep Algeria both propositions and the,other
,n । was marked against both
___________2. , _ | ‘These were 1,465 votes cast
in the election, regarded by
the Friend-
There ha- been no discussion
as vet of the possibility of hav-
ing separatemorning and.after-
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Netex Poultry SAO Makes Last Effort T own Prepares
Directors Arc L Wreck _ pnsWelcomefor
NamedluesdayI VVIE-K rcalc nail3 Glenn Friday
ALGIERS IR — A wave oi ch troops battled openly in field CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. OB
Semn Hrvdysnvhy ndood stork Lt Poteet Here on
cn East Third Street was broken Leave From Hospital
into and several suits of men's ,. , , .... < «
...... i Lt. John P Poteet, injured
c’othing taken • l . . _ . . si
__2_________in an automobile accident in
deck of the destroyer Noa
Egress involves removal of a
parachute canister and oilier
equipment But alter several
minutes Irving to remove a sec-
tion of instrument panel. the
astxonaut gave up and pushed a
plunger which blew out an es-
1 cape hatch on the side.
In practice sessions. Glenn
1 had been able to leave within
Directors were elected Tues-
daAmorning when stockholders
of Netex Poultry Ch. met at
The 60-member parliament < ussion.
hospital He was born May 25. -His mother. Mrs Nancy Pal-
1885. In Wood County, mer Poteet, came to Mount
Surviving are his widow, Min Pleasant Thursday afternoon to
take him to her home in Paris
facility will not lie owned by
Netex it i felt the plant will
be a valuable addition to the
overall operation
The company's permanent as-
sets include a building valued
at $108,000- land worth $2,800;
machinery, equipment, furni-
ture and fixtures valued at $72,-
500. These are gross values
and de not take into account de-
Louis Joxe, minister of Alger-
ian affairs and top French ne-
ootiator witn the nationalist re-
bels, spoke for more than an
hour on the tentative accord
hammered out in secret talks
ii France last week
The document, more than 100
rages long, spells out provisions
for a cease fire and steps for a
self-determination referendum
which De Gaulle fully expects
to decide for independence.
It also provides for future eco-
remic, cultural and other coop-
etation between France and the
new-Algertn state and for gua-
rantees for the European min-
urty.
the plant is
While . Hus
freezer being con-
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New England. Snow continued1
across wide areas from the,
N:issippi Valley eastward to the
Atlantic Seaboard.
They were Mrs Johnie Bar- ripport the President. voting
nurd of Daingerfield. 115. who j v tth 137 Democrats for the plan
registered at Latimer's Shoe: At his news conference Kenne-
near completion
•lgig
,s ructionist," Democratic Na-
tenal Chairman John M Bail-
cashes with Europeans and to sct to let go Friday with a big
demonstrate your joy within
Blizzard warnings, with enow
and strong northerly winds
sweeping out of northern Alber-
t;-, Canada, were posted for eas-
tern sections of Montana and
Wyoming, the Dakotas and ex-
treme western Nebraska.
Horton said the FFA is an or- Charles Black is secretary-
ti area voted against those
things which were of assistance
to the farmer, and everybody
who comes from a rural area
voted against those policies
which provided a better life for
neoplc in the city this country
v uuld come to a grinding halt.”
Expressing regret that Con-
gress had rejected the plan.
Kennedy said he still regarded
Such a procedure, if begun,
would of necessity mean the em-
ployment of more teachers, he
added.
There was some indiieation in
the vote To'als that pat mud
Charleston Air Force
SC ” - tiers. Joe Merchant. Dave Mer- vas meant to discourage offi-
Far’ier .sailors of the Noa had j enant. Gene Merchant, all of j cers from attempting to join
added two Noa decals, similar DeKalb forces with right-wing extrem-
Funeral services will be held ists
combat Wednesday with secret | The high schol band polished
aimy members. | its instruments. The mayor pre-
viously behoved that the end of I pared a special proclamation.
'I he Chamber of Commerce rea-
spacecraft here from Grand
Turk Island Wednesday. The ( right, and Mrs Cleo Baker, all
plane crew had written on it:
e took no note of the heavy
Democratic vote against the hi»on Tessib’ s 6T school, ha SaMI.
d.ed a big red, white and blue
Welcome home, John" banner.
at hand They distributed tracts' The nearby town of Cocoa
Kmong Algeria's nine million Beach, which prides itself as
ganization of farm boys inter- treasurer and is accepting dona-, burglers left by the back door
ested in agriculture. There are tions. ■ —
Louisiana Feb 11, was in Mount
Pleasant. Thursday en route tow . . . . .1.. _
n . i Kennedy s plan to establish a
Paris, Texas, on a seven-day _ . . . ' e _
. . . . ,, ! ( abinet-level department of ur-
convalescent leave from the j . „ .
hospital at Fort Polk. La i ban affairs But he says there
He returns to the hospital the will be such a department
morning of Feb 28 for an ad : "sooner oriater." . „
roming a? 2 o'clock in alcn ditionai three-day stay, he said . The lopsided 264-150 House VO-
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ed that a
sirncted i
former Titus County resident. -
Surviving are three sons,
James Clark, Chesley Clark and
Huey Clark all of Allen, Texas;
two daughters, Mrs Olen Gun-
ter. Frisco, Texas: and Mrs.
Lloyd Lowe, Kansas Qty Kan-
House Torpedoes JFK's Plan
To Establish Urban Department Marvin Amersou. school su
WASHINGTON A — The rreation or meh a department , per intendent, said Monday ar-
- ---------------------- vitally important -I din-1 thinkton by thenvoterswilmean,'the
. . ... j . system will continue to trans-
i' is so much the administra- , a „ ____ .Wi
, , ... , "I fer student; from one school
tion s loss as it is a loss for the
cities and the country,” he said
In a statement blistering the
Republican party as"blindly ob-
the individual, that property
ownership is desirable, that lab- b: A D Taylor vocational ag-
or is dignified, and the scientif- i.culture teacher, at the meet-
ic processes cf farming ing held at old junior high
school.
Except for some surface
scorching from the 3,000-de-
gree re-entry heat, a prelim-
inary look showed it to be in
exceptionally good condition,
revorted a spokesman for Me-
Donnell Aircraft Co., which
made the capsule
He said these two areas are
rereiving special attention
They are the automatic atti
tude control system which mal-
'l aylor said FFA seeks to
teach boys five basic precepts:
trust in God, the importance of
to avoid blowing the hatch to
keep the capside as intact as
possible
An Air Force plane flew the
Firemen, Families to
Have Soaghetti Supper
Mount Pleasant firemen and
their families will have a chick-
en spaghetti supper Thursday
right at 7130 at the fire station.
According to Rex Mars, the
wives prepare the supper for
this annuel aflair
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Glen checks his space capsle aboard the Destroyer
Noa after his three orbit flight around the earth A '
technician inside the capsule poke* his hands through •
the escape hatch which Glenn emerged from his space
vehicle (NASA Photo via AP Wirephoto) "
The jov was tinged slightly
w th disappointment.
The townsmen had hoped
President Kennedy would ride
through on his way to greet
Glenn at the cape. But word got
around Wednesday that the .
President planned to bypass Co-
coa Beach and fly right to this
missile test center to give Glenn
a medal and make a quick in- •
spection before returning to
Palm Beach.
Traylor Russell was elected
chairman of the screwworm
(radicat ioi program of Titus
County, at a meeting Friday
to haggage slickers used by
travelers. Friday at 2 30 pm
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Marshall altornev, is shown here as he spoke -
common stock outstanding at a
par value of 1 each At Tues-
day morning's meeting, 69.775
shares of stock were repre-
sented
Directors named are J A
Petty. J no B Stephens Jr .
Travler Russell, A C Ander-
son. Carl Johnson, Winston
Ward and T C Walker Jr of
Mont Pleasant: W C Stevens
of Omaha and J M Gee of Gil-
mer,
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Construction is underway at
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