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The ORANGE LEADER
ORANGE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1966
FINAL EDITION
Indian Prime Minister Takes
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V. Nam Peace Plea to Moscow
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Amez em--
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$6 million bond issue passed with
The 14-school district has a the teacher benefits
About 110 teachers received
$250 bonuses for teaching
ex-
director of
elementary education.
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By REBECCA FLICKINGER
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For Ambulance Drivers
Since the district extends over
Cover Area Mortuaries
audit is supposed to be filed egated the responsibility of se-
with the state auditor within 90
curing a CPA to execute the
suit in additional overtime cost.
Haworth initiated the disus-
"Be-
Another feature of the district
dicated that the
new
drivers'
The policy, which gives mini-
Director Fred Hetzel replied
am-
AU area funeral home
Area undertakers are
own-
mem*
Ditch Is Hand-Cleared
tion.
structional materials
Comments from area funeral
(See PORT, Page S)
e
ditch "
Directors, in other action, ap-
about
$1,000 in culverts to permit ex-
profitable business.
vision setup in the near future.
ange, said, "For years, under-
(See AMBULANCE, Page 5)
10 years, according to school of-
nior high students and a maxi-
the school
509 Pine Ave : and Mr. and
"When you start making excep-
2016
(See COUNCIL. Page 5)
1 made the motion,
Funeral home owners In Or-
the smaller dis-
nior
pay would not affect
them.
SPORTS
ORANGE JUICE
WEATHER
All - Star managers laugh
IT’S WORTH IT—Ed Love-
"Orange needs to grow to
ange County. It is one of these bring to this area, Our city 11m-
f wish to discuss.” its should be expanded north
effect of industrial districts on
Littlefield said,
growth
Financial records of the Or-
as
Littlefield, who has served
'Mansfield will more'than re-
taxes and the need for broaden-
is not eligible for re-election.
ing our tax basq. The concern is
The joint House-Senate
serve these
con-
change to action.
be forced to live in other areas.
"This, I believe, will be
"But let us be sure it is action
an
Odds on middleweight cham-
any dump trucks when we
even
Joey Archer .
one we
Ha
making countless decisions that
Littlefield said creation of in-
tracksters are listed today.
take the proper initiative.
(See LITTLEFIELD, Page 5)
v
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r
$1,400Pay
Hike Given
The high school choir has won
sweepstakes ratings for about 15
Funeral home owners in Or-
ange, Vidor and Newton who
The
course
(EDITOR S NOTE- Thu 11 the Ihird
in a series of four orticles written fry
Mrs Rebecca Flickinger; Leader edoco
By HENRY HOLCOMB
Financial records of the Or-
ledge last December
An additional $204,000 worth
of insurance on warehouses, the
office building and contents was
approved by the commission
FV
ar
that the cigar cost 20 cents. Af- .
ter Littlefield plunked down 20
cents, Lovelace consented to
put the cigar out.
Coaching Change
At Stark, Carr
See Page 7
Afte- chenkine records the di.
(See OCDD, Page 5)
Pomeroy
By EDEE HOLLEMAN
Orange Port Director Steve
The joint House-Senate con- His place is being sought by justified and the talk should
ference report approved by the Fred Y. Carter and Elliott Ram- change to action.
Urges Long-Range Planning
Outgoing Councilman Littlefield
Raps Industrial Districts Setup
High today ...........
Low tonight..........
High tomorrow _____
LOCAL
Rease Litilefield Jr.
The campus presently includes
the high school at Freeport, ju-
.. “This is the healthy way to need
the broaden ouk tax base!
golf championship because a
player was ineligible.
quired an audit.
■ “It’s quite plain,” said Thomp-
commissioners for help,
worth said.
students who stay after school
for studying or extracurricu-
lar activities or to r------
is similar to a junior colleg
its departmentalization and
. usually wins top honors in al-
most every competitive event,
has completely air - conditioned
facilities and attracts some of
the state’s best teachers with
its high salaries.
It’s the consolidated Brazos-
ries tomorrow concerns the er.
feet the consolidation has had
on the industrial and economic
development of the Brazos-
port area and movement to-
ward a one-city area.)
will be affecting all of us in
Jome small way. You will un
which was seconded by Direc-
tor Julian Sartin of Precinct 4,
to participate in the project.
"It will benefit half the peo-
ple in Bridge City,” said Sartin.
"Money for the project will
come from funds allotted to the
Bridge City area. No other area
will be hurt.”
“It’s a question of whether or
not the road will be built.” Sar-
tin added "Commissioner Asa
Mansfield has the money for
the road, but not the culvert
over our ditch."
Mrs J. E. Stephenson,
Coronado Ave.
excellent investment with a high
return for Orange," he stated.
Lannie Claybar, owner of
Claybar's Funeral Home in Or-
ness manager.
The district has bus routes for
conference and Mrs. Gan-
dhi’s prospects are not good.
Communist China has al-
statute states.
The board then questioned
P. H. Butler, local public ac-
(See AUDIT, Page 5)
in next Tuesday’s Orange gen-
eral election to 44.
the Bridge City district at $1.84
at 50 per cent of actual value.
—tpayer said.
However, the relativity of the
Brazosport schools to an opti-
mum school program is made
possible •■through a complete
I Persons who are physically
unable to go to the polls or plan
to be out of town on election
day are eligible to vote by ab-
sentee ballot
and evening thundershow,
ers
campus am
buildings. '
money against
. State's final
port Independent School Dis-
trict about two-thirds the size
of Orange County, considered
one of the most outstanding
school systems in the Southwest
because of its nearness to an
sey in the July 19 election.
"In a few days’ we will know
he names of our new city gov-
arning body," Littlefield said
"You (the
i
i
munv
“This district does not own
son. He read a section of the
enabling act creating the dis-
trict:
“The board shall cause to be
made and completed within 90
days after the end of each cal-
endar year, an audit of the
books of accounts and financial
records of the district for such
calendar year, such audit to be
made by an independent cetti-
tied public accountant ...
“Copies of a written report of
such audit, certified by such ac-
------Summary - Index--------
News of Today
Direcor
Precinct I
Prospects Poor
For Mrs. Gandhi
By HENRY S. BRADSHER
MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
jrams were just beginning
and were at a minimum," a
the city to abandon the wells
with a minimum of expendi-
optimum program
The 10,77s-student district has
property valued in excess of $15
million including a 300 - acre
in 1957, is a large storage and
research building for various
teaching materials, visual aids,
reference books and other in-
dependent School District, considered
one of the finest in the Southwest, wos
consolidoted in 1944. It wos mode possi-
bie In part throvch the community ef:
fort ot Dow Chemico Co. This is whot
schoot consolidotion meons in terms of
scholastic excellence. 22 yeors loter)-
Moreell Avenue in operation:
The agreement also "
report cards, records, course
schedules and a high school
course also are housed in the
center
center as headquarters for a
closed circuit educational tele-
must pay for culverts where a
new county road crosses an ex-
isting drainage ditch
Directors George O. Hilliard
of Precinct 2 and Fred Hetzel
of Precinct 3 opposed the mea-
sure strongly, but later voted
for it.
“I don’t think we should do
it," said Hetzel. -“Our job is
moving water.” Hilliard said,
OCDD CREWS CLEAR DITCH DRAINING HIGH-WATER-PLAGUED WINNONA PARK
Workers Are Clark Farnsworth (left), Perry Harmon, Joe Cleveland
Drainage District Audit
Of Records Is Ordered
Consolidated District Has Optimum Program
Brazosport Attracts Top Teachers
quire bylaw, I. think we
should discuss the matter.”
a delegation, requesting im-
mediate action to remove block-
ages in the drainage ditch that
cause water to stand in Win-
nona Park streets for days af-
ter a heavy rain.
____.____________- ad- that they were family operations home owners lent credibility to
-vanced and vocational course not requiring outside help, the report from The Associated
To data, 31 East Texas fu- Press that some sources felt
those who can't pay." Dr. Polk
said “Some families pay 25
cents a month," she said.
t h have
When the district consolidated Orange city councilman, today honors in almost every competi- rog
in 1944 the Velasco, Freeport asked that voters and members tive event, has completely air- an
lace came to a meeting of the
Orange City Council last night
with his usual 20-cent cigar. Af-
ter a complaint from ouncil-
districts and 10 elementary
schools.
Both propositions in a recent sion.
students, a few inadequate of industrial districts on Or-
buildings and only a grammar ange’s long-tange growth.
school at Lake Jackson. — -
made public by Mrs. Gandhi be-
fore she began a trip that took
her to Egypt and Yugoslavia.
She will spend four days here.
The 1954 Geneva Conference
ended the French Indochina
War. Agreements reached at
the conference are in theory
still in force and the Soviet Un-
ion and Britain remain confer-
"The people in the area seem
to think cleaning the ditch will . G
____help their problem.” McKenzie tions there’s no telling where it
Isaid. “What we are now doing will lead.”
" ' * - —— Tirnctor
House was a whopping $553,8
million more than asked by the
administration for military pro-
curement for fiscal 1967.
Included arc a number of con-
troversial items not sought -
lor wanted—by Secretary of De
■ense Robert S. McNamara.
of India came to Moscow today to discuss Vietnamese
peace proposals with Premier Alexei N. Kosygin.
Her plan includes th? convening by the Soviet
Union and Britain of a Geneva conference on Viet
Nam. Russia has rejected
repeated urgings to call a
tionoi reporter based on o three day
study in Freeport. The Brozosport In-
“We're not going to be shut
down . . . nobody has filed a
lawsuit, have they?” Hetzel re-
torted.
uuuulig - . - ... —. — Those funeral homes discon-
and $115 million in operate ambulances today in- tinuing service are located in in athletics.
unuigs. dintei " 2. - federal Kilgore, Henderson. Marshall,
The tax rate of $1.82 per $100 P ®11 Cy resulating ambulance Gladewater, Gilmer, Longview,
■ - — ■ drivare’ pay would not affect Overton. Troup and Lufkin.
On Friday members of the
Orange Port Director Steve pion EmllemGri u 8
‘omeroy was given a $1,400 dropped to -
/early raise and the use of a j Acilua . . . ouaws xnal
»rt car by the Orange County top times and performances of
Navigation and Port District Texas college and university
Commission yesterday. tracksters are listed today.
(The last article in the se-
ure by a certified public ac-
________ countant, it was decided last
7:20 p.m. night.
in 1921 WIE veld’V, rnxyuti 211 T2. *AVM-:° "‘T rX*t HAd YDIPEUI
and Clute districts had a com- of the new city council seriously conditioned facilities and at- Lke "JACks"n t
bined enrollment of about 3,100 consider the detrimental effect tracts some of the state's best 1
........ — - teachers with its high salaries.
Military Pay
Hike Approved
WASHINGTON (AP) - The ously consider
House voted a 3-2 per cent pay elfect of industrial
raise for the uniformed mill- Orange's long-range
tary today along with $17.4 bil- Liucgiu, wil oun serves
lion to procure weapons, planes three terms on the city council
and other hardware of war. I- —‘ • •
.Wios - Eosteriy, | lo is m.p.h
doyfms ond 4 | m.p.h q night
Probobillfy ©4 showers, 10 p. uM day
timet and 10 per cenf of nght
TDE$, — Sabine: Hih, 1;22 a.m ■'
Now, 44 Pm Bollvor: High 2130 o.m.:
3*5 i Temperoturen: Nig
that results in the long ■ term,
healthy growth of Orange and
the prosperity of her people The
council) will be potential is here if you, 'the
chamber of commerce and the --------------
other organizational leaders will dustrial districts could be lik-
endar year. I_______-_________
“This year’s audit will be 90 sion of the audit. He said,
'a ” cniA nircctor Hnmer ino ac the hnarr ontchewe
countant, shall be placed on file
Homer Haworth of with the state auditor, at the
district s office, and shall be
kept open for public inspection
at all reasonable times,” the
A WHATI!-Mrs. R. H. Voss,
502 Cypress Ave., Orange, last
night reported the loss of a pink
elephant from her back yard.
After a few gasps from the po-
have to ask county lice department, it was learned
r« for haln " M. that Mrs, Voss has three, pink
plaster elephants in her back
yard. The missing one was re-
covered nearby.
Drainage crews are clearing will fit into future permanent
t j . ----- —r------—, -IY vore vore debris and trees from a drain-improvements planned for the
bonds at a meeting today. ".--15 ’ WL 8ge ditch in the Winnona Park ditch.”
The council will meet at 7:30 Ahsentee Here area, seeking to relieve a sev- r-e, • -______
p.m in the council chambers A-n- ere flooding problem in’the sub- proved installation of
The bonds would be the first Six additional voters today division. X $1,000 in culverts to per.....
... ----------------sold to implement a phase of,brought the total absentee’vote Mgr A J McKenzie last tension of a county street across
Data processing equipment for the $1,015,000 sewer system im >D next Tuesday’s Orange gen-:night told directors of the Or- * - 1— J- •
" marde "--* ------provement program approved eral election to 44 ange Cunty Drainage Dia-
by voters April 19. Absentee voting continues,trict the current “hand clean-
Bids will be opened at the through Friday in the office of png’ ■ project, which started
Aug. 9 council meeting Mrs. Jerry Fairchild, city sec-Friday, may provide the tempo-
.In.its list of course offerings: A motion to extend an noren.iretary, 00 the second floor ofrary relief requested by Win-
the district has college orienta-mentowinh"°Lxtinndton agnis-city hall. - nona Park residents last month.
H— - - 5 -gston Ship- .... u. — ------ The residents appeared be-
fore the directors last month as
an un-
valuation at 52 per cent of actual
value is almost the same as in tem:
Outlook — Partly cloudy and
continued hot through to-
morrow with widely scat- brought the total absentee vote roster of
tered, mostly afternoon in next Tuesday’s Orange gen-
—, "There has and west. Services. including
been much concern and talk the water and sewer facilities, must scheduled to open' this fall’
last year or two. about rising be extended to these newly an- “Mansfield will moretha
nexed areas to give our builders
if you were jogging around in
Six additional voters today Watby"Llmms hopes "to Coach
------------- * some of his rookies:
Latest voters were: Mr. and
Mrs. William Levine. 526 Lilac
.i.. .1 „Ave.; Mrs. J. W. Taylor, 902
alsn.allows Cooper Ave.; Henry Stanfield.
------ ---- —— T*--*‘-*N AUn-"
ers said that less than 25 per bers of the Southeast Texas Fu-
The 1,900-student high school cent of their gross receipts neral Directors Association
- “in came from ambulance fees, or -
_ ------ East Texas Funeral Directors * - , ----, .
er rem oi anua vazue. mum transportation wage bene- Association will meet in Tyler eight Orange County school dis
district has extensive fits to ambulance drivers, af- w i t h representatives of the
offerings to challenge the fects only those funeral homes Wage and Hour Division of the
ial receiving more than.25.per cent U.S. Labor Department to clar-
ify the policy concerning am-
bulance service.
tion for graduating’°a«tiora,' aKMineWp" Levingston Ship-
prevocationa) nrogPam fnr in Duliding -0. to use water wells
PIpatonanaprosram for.ju located on Levingston’s property
also is on the agenda. The two-
month extension allows the city
enough time to get its new wa-
ter well at 6th Street and
The Orange City Council will
. . :nounced that they will discon- to be relieved from
ball and had to forteit the state tinue the ambulance service on profitable business.
Sept. 30 because they cannot
afford the minimum wage on
a 24-hqur basis. mpv, -u, • • yga o, uuuei-
. _ Ambulance drivers often work takers have wanted to get out
years and the band, for about 12-hour shifts, which would re-
top students as well as special receiving more than 25 per
instruction for youths with any of their gross receipts from
educational problem. A free balance fees. _
tutoring program is in opera-
The board then turned to its
a drainage ditch to the new attorney; Marlin Thompson, and
E. E. Sims Elementary School asked, if the law, in fact, re-
in Bridge City.
The action was taken, despite
an earlier policy that the county
. .ampus pesnu, Drainage crews, are clearing ange,. Vidor and Newton who scbool planttthat cOuldonbe
high sChoolat Freeport, ju- debris..and, trees from a drain- onorate amhal---- • d not be
high schools in the 3 former age ditch in the Winnona Park — -
■ • - ■• area, seeking to relieve a severe pol i c y
flooding problem in the subdivi- drivers'
Rease Littlefield Jr., outgoing doublcdly be faced with major "Saugelecdo iu giuw iu
Orange city councilman, today decisions that will affect the meet the needs of all the people
asked that voters and members entire future of Orange and Or- our new industries continue to
of the new city council seri- ------------ “ ... -----
the detrimental
ficiab.
A beginning teacher with a
bachelor's degree and no ex-
perience is paid $5,400 com-
pared to $5,100 at Bridge City,
the highest paying Orange
County school district, and
about $1,000 higher than some
other Orange County districts.
operate ambulances today in- provided by t
dicated that the new federal tricts, he Said.
regulating ambulance — *
- . ... Special inservice training pro- Kindergarten is offered to ev-
However; the validity of the grams salary bonuses for teach- ery child in the district at a tui-
_ ________________________ election is being challenged bylers who "go’beyond the call of tion charge of $1° Thirty units
A Gulf Coast school district several taxpayers who claim duty," service pins and yearly were, taught last year.
' some procedures were illegal. 'increments of $135 are among "O course, we don't exclude
The Brazosport Independent
. outgoing School District usually wins top slidationbecaus
Outlook for Thursday — Nol
much change indicated.
Sunset today ........
Sunrise tomorrow .. 5:24 a.m
rr , IEI a -vipidlL uuiu •UUICII-
its should he Ananaea“nor The. new road,, an extension man Rease Littlefield, City Mly.
is.shoud beuexpanded..north of Blueberry Street, will provide Charles Holcomb, a fellow’ cigar
access to-the school which is smoker, reminded Littlefield
_ " 196 square miles, an elaborate
T G 1W/ T NA AT . transportation system with 42
UA Wage Law May Notsweuavess°zsasedncuding
• J ll spares and always take along Soin
an extra bus on an athletic trip," 20
said O. B. King, assistant busi-
Ralph Colla trys to hang onto
his qualifying lead in the Na-
c . „ । ..210. tional Public Links Golf Tour-
......W ange. Countx. Drainage District nament Dan Grimm, 247,
..... 96 will be audited in the near fu- is watching his weight
Houston Oilers have size, weight
on their side this year.
offerings. To date, 31 East Texas fu- Press that some sources felt
Lastyear the district won neral homes who also operate the funeral homes were using
AAAA state competition in base- ambulance services have an- the federal ruling as an excuse
ball, went to semifinals in foot- ...... ......
a proposal to build, a second 551-member faculty including
! high school between Lake Jack- about 20 administrative and su-.. ... .C, g ..
son and Clute receiving about pervisory personnel headed by cellence this vear, according to
40 more votes than a proposal Dr J. R. Jackson, who recently;Dr. Gladys Polk, c.c. J:
sonoddto 016 Freepor high became superintendent --------- "
mum of eight years of foreign
language.
"There is little to compare
our district to before the con-
Haworth, "but let's go ahead by the local newspaper for not
and do it . . . two wrongs don't having our books audited as re-
make a right.” quired
Mgr. A. J. McKenzie was del-
* * * **.* sharply, “I'm not interested in
ww7/» m i iN • (satisfying no newspaper . . .
Winnona Park Drainage “ ““
, • Haworth replied, “Fred, I’m
not Trying to satisfy the news-
paper . . . I’m trying to satisfy
the requirements set down by
the State Legislature. This sort
of thing caused the old C&R
(Conservation and Reclamation)
District to be shut down.”
"V0" ' • /
2 H e L 7 1
—Leader Staff Phof -
DISTRICTS LARGEST BUILDING — A multimillion- west’s best equipped high schools. The AAAA district also has /
dollar high school plant for the Brazosport Independent School 3 junior high schools and 10 elementary schools with the total)
District is located at Freeport. The modern air-conditioned buildings valued at $11.5 million A $350,000 athletic field is1
structure for about 2,000 students is cited as one of the South- located across the street from the high school.
, , , ------J pay the money in terms of as:
and investors land to house and sistance with our projects. All
serve t.„se people or they-will commissioners have helped us,
.e, live in other areas but none as much as Mans-502 Cvpress Ave
field,” Haworth said: r.5555 •
ence chairmen. Pomeroy was given a $1,400
British Prime Minister Harold yearly raise and the use of a
Wilson visited Moscow in Feb-port car by the Orange County
ruary in an unsuccessful effort Navigation' and Port District
to get the conference back in Commission yesterday,
session.’ He is due back Satur- The raise brought his total
day for another try as Mrs salary to $12,500
Gandhi leaves, but there has President Bill Butler cited the
been no public indication that large profits gained bv the port
the Soviet leaders have changed this year and the need to bring
their position. . . . Pomeroy's salary in line with
. The Soviets in the past have comparable jobs at other ports
taken the attitude that they are as the reason for the increase,
not a direct party to the conflict Butler said a check had
and therefore have no direct shown that 132 per cent of the
roleto play in the settlement. Janticipated net revenue for the
Diplomats- believe this cau- entire year had been received
tious Soviet approach is based in the first
partly on reluctance to try pub- The budget had allowed $53,-
licly to influence the North Viet- 000 net revenue for 1966. How-
narnese government for fear of ever, net revenue for the first
failing. It is also believed based two quarters- lias totaled $70,-
on sensitiveness to Peking s 000. Butler also noted a 10 per
charges that the Soviet leaders.cent increase in tonnage and a
are selling, out the Communist 50 per cent increase in the num-
cause in Viet Nam to arrange ber of vessels calling at the port
t Soviet-American rule of in asking for the salaryiin-
tewworida. it * L . ... crease, Butler also noted that
The Soviet Unin has met this[other port directors' positions
charge.with. renewed xows paid anywhere from $15,000 to
aid to the- Vietnamese Commu-jfj. 000
______ nists and support for Hanoi's Rour nor wil not b. abl. ange County Drainage District days after the end of each cal-audit,
poace terms, which includes to mare’PIisWir 8 tons(time” wil be audited in the near fu- endar vear. Haw
participate American withdrawal from Viet Le mid "but we should be able tureby a certified public ac-
th di pt Nam before any negotiations, t0 match the salary of "theassis countant, it was decided last days late,” said Director Homer ing as the board got chewed out
is a central instruction and data catetvnde ns uppor j tant directors "Tn annual audit of the dis
processing center located on the * pEam „ " Butler said a study showed trics is reauired bv
Velasco campus, ft is similar _ (See PEACE, Page 5) the second mg.most ports state island a cpyor the
to a plan under study by the (made from $12,000 to $15,000.
phh-esC=,-a •1 Ax Pomeroy was appointed port * * *
tricts to be set up with federal UOUnCll Mdy director to replace J. T Ar-
The Brazosport center, begun . OK Cttll F
Bond Bids ! Jules H David Jr., represent.
----— m. ing the Oranee Insurance Ex-
When a teacher needs a teach- The Orange City Council will — ------
ing aid such as a filmstrip on consider authorization to ad- ----
France he orders the film,zertise for bids for the sale of
which is delivered in an instruc-$615,000 in sewer improvement Siv Mor, Vot.
tional center truck. bonds at a meetine todav "1 •IOI e ‘ OLe
The district plans to use the
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