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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1962
VOL 43
NUMBER IS
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Longhorn Ordnance Plant
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Is Rocked by Explosion
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Ten Workers Are
W orld
Injured
Blast
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Briefs
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11 av ana
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Our real stregnth
in
occur-
W\SHIN(; ION
Secretary
com-
Open house will be held from
opened fire on
lem
Curtis Carroll pres-
Jacksonville
College. will speak at
Sunday night services. He will
speak at special Sunday night
other West Texans on
quar i
fraudulent chattel mortgages
Culprit in Odd
Water Taste
Niagara River
Is Reached
A settlement for $41,500 wan
tory which have fallen only two
Ate
11 tick automobile collision • near
HOLLANDIA, West New Guin-
'Die team is qualfied to enter
will be April 10
Hank Foldberg Speaks at
W ater
Area Contest
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can-made rifles
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He continued by saying that
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ment program he,said
and Dwayne Horton.
on belonging to a guest Officers
F’oldberg spoke at
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Indonesians,
Dutch Battle
outlawing- of Peronistas, Com-
munists and Castroites and plac- |
feel we must stay in step with d
the progress of the college in V
berg’s since college days Bu-
ford, in introducing the guest
speaker, spoke ol his coaching
The Rev
ident of
pro
John
Three
mopey
Dedication service for ttie new
youth and educational annex of
caused
Today
athletics is a department of the
college and should rake its place
as such in the athetic field we
Future Farmers
Place First
In Contest
Radio said today guilty pleas
have been entered by all prison-
before our youth who may be I
tempted to gO astray," the Pitts-
burg school superintendent said.
He reminded his audience that
Stevens.
supervis
Bandits Holdup
Stag Party
banquet
1"e asant
through
mony
Shouts
of Marshall. The xposion i
rd at 12 45 p.m. (CST».
Maj. D. L. Catherman,
Baptist
spt cial
with assault, following a fight
with his wife
depart
I feel it
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an ex-
w ith
earlier fires prompted Thiokol
to make part of the operation
remote controlled
it was disclosed here.
The settlement grew out of a
k a.
ism.
later found it about 2 miles east
of town
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strators in'Algeria
injured
LVNTo Meet Monday
The Licensed Vocational Nur-
ses Association will meet Mon-
day night at 7:30 in the council
room at City Hall
pastor said
With completion of the annex
the church now has 6,500 square
I
Fred Covin
Is Speaker
At Kiwanis
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I College Thursday night
Alps Cafe
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working on the Nike — Hercules
i and the Bull Pup missiles and is
expected to begin work on the
» Pershing.
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j South Jefferson Baptist Church
| will be held Sunday morning at
10 50, it was announced Friday
by the pastor, the Rev. Billy
Williams
Guido Assumes
Presidency
In Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina IPP
individual freedoin, and all our
freedoms are in a single bundle.
Kiwanians were told Frida', at
Hotel Stephens
ducts judging teams are
In 76th District Court a civilny Johnson. Charlie "
case was filed. C E Luna vs s-•
day in a new upsurge of tellin , Ialtalion
o' n a n a
the Broken Belt
Cuban invasion a year ago.
of the 21
pg
ford an cquaintance of
I given
A&M
about
captured quantities of ammuni-
tion, outboard motors, gasoline,
light machine guns and Amen
the girls' trio
The public is invited to any
all these special services. I
i watches and rings in robbing
he said. Then he asked.
I we crumbling from within""
a group of Mos
officers might not recognize the
military’s own first choice for a
constitutional successor to Ar-
turo Frondizi. deposed Thursday
and flown to a prison island
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l nizht
ti t of
Two men who hitched a ride
to notify police said the trio al
so forced one of the male guests
to leave with them after pistol
whipping him Officers said he
probably was an accomplice o'
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WEATHER
Ilies accused the
ville in North Texas Lane saia
others crumbled from within.
by the Mount
a terrorism began with ets on trial for the unsuccessful
ing all Argentina under federal
control
The president's office already
was being used by the military
to issue its communiques when
Guido, staring solemnly through
his hornrimmed glasses, went
ve much money "
The bandits, one armed with
a shotgun, entered the place
ehortly after midnight Stock
ings pierced by eye holes mask-
ed their faces All three wore
some 4.200 feet will be used for
educational purposes and the re
maining 2,300 feet for worship
Present facilities will house
seven departments of the Sun
day School to provide for 230
persons Every member of the
family is provided for through
PAY YOURSELF FIRST
With a First National Savings
. . .. Iedee tef hich she had fallen
I he Mount Pleasant Future . . . ,
,, , ,. w bile pi mg on the bank o( t i»
Farmers of America (‘hapter ,
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forestry team placed first and
civilizations in his reached Friday in the suit filed
by Charlotte Smith and son.
heard from a few persons pre-
sent at the ceremony in the
pink-walled palace.
The act of succession was fir-
st signed with all ministers of
The Reeder and Watson Fun-
oral Home at Hughes Springs is
in charge of funeral arrange-
ments
Club and atjended by
10) ex Aggies and their
. ami tltce
I « run-pit at y
two or three times, they took, staff has done a line ob
The Dutch said they suffered
no losses
The size of the Indonesian lor- |
ce of infiltrators was not dis- FFA Fntere
closed but the Dutch said they । • • •
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Plans will be mack1 lor a third
unit to take' care of growth he
said in grounds and fat limes
the church has an investment to
this point of more than $65,000
Construction of the annex be
feet of floor’ space. Of • this,
Andrew Cody et al. - partition
suit.
Members of the dairy
Charles Tucker. Gerald Pate,
Penn Wootton and the pastor.
Norone was j sforane and fertilizer tycoon
six organized and graded de-
partments The Sunday School
program js designed for Bible
study to meet the spiritual needs
of the individual the Rex Mi
Williams said
Johnson. Johnny Barnett and
When the bell broke on the1 i
mixing chamber, where chemi !
cals are added to the water, the)
Two teams from ‘the Mount
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it had been rented bv New®
connov ing to transport |
A Mount Pleasant Negro was' vocational agriculture classes
charged Friday in justice court were qualified to enter the area
contest
the six-minute cere j 2 until 5 o'clock Sunday after-
noon, he said
A&M ||
at the r
11t1ed hv law
pt ice cuts for
looking up
of, of Pittsburg, lieutenant govern-
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A
E Berry
church
ineluded
Cook, who formely operated a
el \grR ulture Orville 1,. Free-
man <ut dairy price supports to-
dav to the minimum level per
gray coveralls and gloves
After searching some victims Is definitely
outlining the athleti
workers. wounding live
। barges Thursday
., . , Cookville Feb. 16, 1961. and was
Free enterprise made us the the third to be affected in the
worlds greatest nation, he said.ltgation Late in 1961, two oth.
ye m he last 30 years we haveer suits, brought other plain-
allowed many of our eonomi tiffs, were settied in the total
freedoms to be eroded Today , amount of $59,500 for the deaths
he said soctal planners, suggest of three other persons in the
we merely conform , same accident
He said man in bondage । Mrs. Smith had a total of
dreams of walking erect that his $96,069 24 for damages and fun-
faith in God brings him courage oral expenses in the death of
which in turn gives him streng- the husband and father Elmer
hools serving children who
ion rocked one building at the ors and is opreated by Thiokol
said today that start Longhorn Ordrfance plant todav . (hemical Corp. It currently is
Northeast Texas Mostly clou
dy today and Saturday Scatter
ed showers and thunderstorms
today and tonight Cooler today
and yin south tonight. Low- .to
night 40 in northwest to 55. in
southeast High Saturday 60 to
68
invaders in a brief gun battle
on the island of Gag. a Dutch
military communique said to-
day
One Indonesian was reported
killed and the rest sent fleeing
in the skirmish Thursday on the
Dutch-held island off the west
football coach of Texas
building committee
tied for second in the Cypress
Sulphur Disrict contest held
Thursday The contest was held
on the Connors farm and Leo
F isher, forester was in charge
Wayne Garretson was high in
dividual in the contest and th
er team members were Leon
Newman and Jimmy Morris
The second team tied with
Daingerfield for second place
Team members were Johnny
He said c om age is greatly
house and left in a station wag Spring training
that the1 poor taste will dis-
AGGIE COACH SPEAKS—Texas A&M Cpllege coach Hank Foldberg is shown as
he addressed a banquet in his honor here Thursday night. The new coach, a for- 8
mm Aggie himself, 1 told his audience the only way to compete is to do your beat
with the best. At left is Warren Moreland. , president of the local A&M Club.
and football background before nd. president , of the local A&M Club. » ’
tasting the robbers
One victim told police he lost
I more than $200
The holdup took place at a
house on the east edge of Green
ern tip of West New Guinea
— Jose Maria Guido formally
assumed the office of president
today under the watchful eye
and guilding hand of Argentinas
military leaders — and amid a
few shouts of "Viva Frondizi!”
The oath taking ceremony
was the second tor the former
Senate president
The military chiefs were not
happy that he took the oath be-
fore the Supreme Court Thurs-
day without informing them
For a time it appeared some
ed by Jerry Smith meat identi
fication team members are
Wayne Garretson, James Milan
and Ernest McAnally, supervis
ed by A D Taylor. who will
accompany the teams
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VFW Elects Officers
Jerry Benton was elected
commander at a meeting of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Wed
nesday night
other officers elected at this
meeting were Marvin (Red)
Taylor, senior vice-commander:
Leon Aldridge, junior vice- com
mander: Joe H King, quarter-
master: Robert B Palmer, post
advocate, Luther Thompson
chaplain; Renford Justins, surg
eon; Horace Thompson, trustee
for year; Jams Morrow, trust-
ee for two years; H. H. Culver,
trustee for three years
fell to an outside invader The John Smith of LaFarge, Wise.
h,
four seriously d: v products but losses
Thursday night Hi mortal daurymen
KIA WESI, Fla
bad taste Poor tasting
they can endure poor
I coffee, never
Five of the 10 were admitted
to hosiptal for observations af-
ter suffering shock. All employ-
of .Marshall The explosion occur
1 for
No fire followed the explosion. •
our The plant is 15 miles northeast
j
by Furopean Secret Army <>i
ganration gunmen
The Secret Army (irgamz.it ion
is known as the DAS
l -ITT
South Jefferson Baptist
Hu I r * jl
The second ceremony was de- _ /vian is round
Annex Dedication Sunday Dead Thursday
of military demands including; •
day after 11 hours on a rocky also of great ini
wives frum Me+ P’leasaul and
the surrounding area
Jink Strother opened the
meeting by leading the group in
singing. "Spirit of Aggieland”
John Surovik gave the invoca-
tion. followed hv Warren More
land, local A&M club president
who recognized out-of down
guests He presented Joe Bur-
He said watet lines are being d'hat Sheriff Frank Lane des- Johnny Thurman
flushed as fast as possible, and , cribed as a stag party early to-
day i die state contest in Ivhi which
"Destry Rides Again"
Friday and Saturday
Friday and Saturday nights,
starting at 7:45 in the old gvm.
the Mount Pleasant High School
Choir will present its final per-
formances of -’the operetta,
"Destry Rides Again"
At the close of the Saturday
night performance, awards will
be presented to the outstanding
players based on rating from a
group of judges, made up of lo-
cal and out-of-town people.
military members of the Cabi-
net were the last to sign
The act declared that, in view I
of the facts known by the pub-
he which have produced the va-
i anev of executive power. Gui-
do had assumed the office
The military signers were
Gen Raul Poggi of the army,
who masterminded the bloodless
coup which ended Frondizi's
stormy rule Brig Cayo Anton,
io Alsina of the air force and
Rear Adm. Agustin Penas of the
navy
The shootings followed a night : Iive on federal property
of plastic bombings, in which ------
Four Killed in
New Upsurge of
Terror by OAS
ALGIERS A Four Moslems
were slain and five wounded to ,
| needed today He cited Ilie
courage of Jelierson, Lincoln.
six persons were injured and
heavy property damage was
A Hughes Springs man, Hoyt
Owens, was found dead Thurs-
day about 6 p.m. at the home
of his daughter, Mrs Junior
Redfearn. 4U2 Cecelia Drive.
According to Justice of Peace
Marshall Branch, the man had
been fishing and had gone by to
see Ins daughter and family
Mi and Mrs Redfearn were
not at home, and when they
came in they found Owens sit-
ting in a chair, dead Branch
ruled the death due to a heart
attack.
shooting of a Moslem Tin, n a
car sped by a group ol Moslem
passers-by in the* suburb of Mai
son Caree and three were 'lain
by gun fire A few minutes lat
er another < al load of gunmen
w Asi 11 N( I I ( N 'I lie admin
car keys from everyone in thetremcly excellent , job
Election of Aldermen
Will Be Held Tuesday
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The city election will be held
Tuesday April 3 at the new fire
station The polls will open at
8 a in and close at 7 p in
Two aldermen will be elected
Candidates are R L Thacker
for re-election, James Smith.
Tom Caldwell and Odus Jack
son. ..
domino hall here
"There probably was a two
bit due game going on," thei
sheriff said, but it didn invol
Rites Set for
R. R. Kelley
Romie Roscoe Kelley. 74 died
Friday in a Pans hospital He
was a resident of Talco. He was
born Nov 15, 1887. in Talco and
had been a merchant there for
16 years He was an elder in
the Talco Church of Christ.
Surviving are his widow, Ale
thia Kelley, Talco; one son. Dr.
W l. Kelley, Paris: two grand-
children; one great-grandchild,
one sister. Mrs Doshie Wilson;
and one brother Herbert Kelley.
Talco
Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Talco Church of Christ
L I. .Gieger. Donee Mitchell
Elmer L'Roy, ministers, will
conduct the services Burial will
lie in Talco Cemetery
gan last Oct 16 F l
was contractor The
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mg in September 196:3 it will injuring. Ill workmen none sei
l cut oil from segregated schools iously. ।
llie -pal ledeial aid given;----------- ~
chemicals accumulated in the '
bottom of the chamber This I
caused an undue amount of GREENVILLE iP
ea /P — Dutch marines fought a these agents to be present when masked bandits took
band of well-armed ‘Indonesian the water went into the lines
NIAiNAA FALLS Out A Washington, Columbus and Paul
" " il was """ to } Rcvcic. and noted that faith isi $41,500 Suit
We nea to show courage Settlement
Pleasant Future Farmers of
Gag is in the archipelago bor- America Chapter will take part
dering Indonesian territory in the Area v I judging contest
' ! which is being held Saturday in
Local Negro is Ft. Worth
cL a ... A .. Team members by winning
unarged with Assault the elimination contest m their
shells exploded in the vast gard •
ens of the Palais D Hte form I'EidS Federal authorities
er residence of French admini lauled Filiir Sol Estes, a grain
services He will be accompan-
Frondizi s last government also id by the college quartet and
affixing their signatures The
Services have been set for 2
p m Saturday at the Mission-
ary Baptist Church at Hughes
Springs Burial will be in the
Corinth Cemetery near Linden
Survivors ini hide two daugh-
lers Mrs Redfearn of Mount
Pleasant, and Mrs Charlie Bar-
ton of Hughes Springs; four
sons, \ D Owens J D Owens.
C M Owens and Danny Owens
all of Hughes Springs; and 16
grandchildren
mander of the works, said a rou-
Ibis could mean! 'flic speak t wa Fred cni tine investigation has been or-
consumers of of Pittsburg, lieutenant gov ern- l ‘ ’ 5
or of Division 13 of the Texas ! nhe plant tests its rockets and
Oklahoma dstric } has solid propellant in the area
Covin said oenef in America, Police blocked roads to the
and Americanism is not enough big cast Texas plant. They did
and that we must quit taking anot make an estimate of the ex
’ negative stand He urged k lento the damage or the mone-
1 wanans to speak up for Amer tary 05S
not just against Common i A similar explosion occurred
- in the plant two years ago Two
appear soon
Which will make a lot of
Mount Pleasant people happy
They complain that the water
causes their coffee to have a
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gaasgggqsgesh*
To Buy Auto Tags
file hurrieder we go
the lx hinder we get" Wal
lace Fields said Friday
morning as crowds gathered
at the tax office to register
their vehicles.
The crowds are getting
lai ger and the lines.are get-
ting longer" Fields' report-
rd, and we expet to lie
lushed .di day Friday and
Saturday morning
I th to win his freedom (it faith T Smith of LaFarge.
• he noted that our history reveals Old and Move represented the
I I A O AA (E. D —g, everythng depends upon taith Smith plaintiffs. The defendant.
LOCcE jlfg «IID ll fit1 Trucking Co.- of Wich-
; "U the original Mayflower passen- ita Falls, Texas, was represent-
. , . ,, । . gers wanted to go back when ed by a Texarkana law firm, a
Our aim is to give the co ege coming to A&M in Januarv ot > ... . ... . . _ „ . „ . _
., offered the < banco Wichita Fall* law firm, and T.
the finest overall athletic pro- this vear . .io •1 . . .. ,
... . .. , . ,, ,, . . . . . President Warren Moreland R Florey Jr. of Mount Pleas-
gram possible, said Hank Fold Benediction was by J F . . . . ‛
...... introduced the speaker ant.
berg, athletic director and head ( rawford 1
for Frondizi were
DEDICATION SUNDAY—Shown at right in this picture is the new youth and edu-
cational annex of South Jefferson Baptist Church, which will be dedicated Sunday
morning Open house will be held Sunday afternoon (Times Photo hv Bill Cade.)
Escapees Captured
PARTS Tex HP Two es
capees are back in the Lamar
County Jail A 19-hour manhunt
ended with the capture Thurs-
day of Harold Crawford, 21, of
Odessa and Robert Gribbin, 19,
of Louisville, Ky., at a farm-
house 6 miles north of here.
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Take one broken bell in a
mixing chamber, add alum
j lime and chlorine
Result poor tasting water
Thal's the problem in Mount
l’leasant now, says City Man-
ager A F Taylor
MARSHALL A" \ explos 1 he plant makes rocket mot-
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