The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 193, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1966 Page: 1 of 32
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Texas Clobbers
The Orange Leader
More Americans
Land in Viet Nam
See Page 4
ORANGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 1966
36 Pages
Rains Trigger Flooding in Texas
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on a merger.
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service. The consolidation.
The 10 board members
The West Orange trustees sup-:
pres-
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employes have quit
died. Of this
group 7 have
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been firemen
and 4 police-
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ue
For Director of Center
118 federal grant under Title 3
to pinpoint. Salary increases
Morrison Pulls Ahead
(See ORANGE, Page 4)
It was the first election held
eral Voting Rights Act and Asst.
Budget Hearing
Laredo had the state high of
WEATHER
the Justice Department's chief
the school their students will at-
new
ORAN(,) JUICE
Outlook — Partly cloudy, warm
and humid through tomor-
areas.
RE 5-3555.
tee on Un-American Activities.
Registration for students
mostly in daytime.
76
old.
are still under study.
Registration for new elemen-
$1.40 per $100 valuation and 44
$851,120 for last year.
tonic Hadacol.
cents for debt service. These
Ra rick
58,325;
son
race on the ballot, Ellender had
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1966 Annual Back-to-School Edition
boards, budgets, new build-
ings and other items.
Nsugo
wide swath of all municipal
employes, regardless, of
whether they're chiefs or In- ‘
dians.
POST
SCRIPTSG
to the
NEWS 6
£
(Set ONSOLIDTION, Page 4)
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2
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"There has been an
Penns^ in iBig 33’
See Page 11
most useful at a later date.
A $4,000 increase has been
budgeted to cover any deficits
from the athletic department.
Last year the trustees had to
amend the student body activi-
ties. budget to cover a deficit
101 while Dalhart and Junction
were the coolest spofswith 78.
unless I'm badly fooled, the
1966-1967 budget 'won’t be suffi-
ciently elastic to generate pay
increase. It’s not in the cards.
workshop, Sept 1-2.
Preschoo! festing-for
five first-graders will
22-23.
men. It isn't a particularly
bright picture.
Hearing on School Budget
•am!
a $16,525 decrease from last tion costs, the usual procedure
year's budget. for. the district.
compared to $2,642,577 last year
Local estimated revenues are
• Regardless ief your .opinion. -
there is a certain amount of I
The 1966-67 fiscal proposal will
be based on estimated receipts
of $2,245,736.
The district's present tax rate
Between Cove, West Orange
Public Meetings Are Set
On School Consolidation
ecan
were Woodrow
Bankston, L. J. Sonnier and;
Johnny J. Vaught.
The next fiscal year will be
one of hard steel-cold reality.
There is not enough money to
do what ought to be done and
will wind up probably in try-
ing to cram 8 pounds in a
5-pound sack.
This next 12 months will be
simply a stay of execution-
nothing more. The present Or-
(See P.S., Page 4)
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45;
vice to be true, but still a
service.
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Summertime is nearly
gone. which means school
cannot be too far away.
In fact, two weeks from
By BOB AXELSON
Attrition among Orange mu-
■ nicipal emploves, a steady
trickle since the beginning of
1966, is starting to reach pro-
portions of major consequences.
As time goes
on, parti c-
uarly if suit-!
able replace-
ments are not
found, it will
result inevita-
of the Elementary and Sec-
or been
from lowered gate receipts rev-
enue at football games.
Food services has been bud-
Campers
Picked Up
By Copter
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I Torrential rains of up to 12
inches sent five rivers on prodi-
gious rises and flooded wide
areas of West Central Texas
Saturday A tornado struck the
municipal airport at Greenville
in North Texas,
Rain, usually more than an
inch, was general throughout the
state Saturday. Wherever the
rain fell, ranchers and farmers
rejoiced. The areas of heaviest
rain were among the driest in
the state.
South Texas was expected to
get more rain Sunday as a cold
front moved ponderously to the
southeast.
The upper Nueces. Guadalupe,
Frio, San Saba and Medina riv-
ers spread widely from their
banks as the flood waters surged
toward the Gulf of Mexico. In
most cases, downstream dams
would catch the runoff for muni-
cipal and industrial use, as well
as irrigation.
there are always a few rabble
rousers. They thrive and breed
on discontent. Unless I’m
badly fooled, this aura of dis-
anything else
When you're living in, a
high-rent district—to utilise a
figure of speech—it's high rent
fo everybody. The entire
Golf Coast area from New
Orleans to 'Victoria is in the
high rent district.
This is the geographical sec-
tor that is on the move. The
space flight program at Houston
is generating billions of dollars
annually and cutting across all
types of manufacturing facilities
is a key factor
This same Gulf Coast sector
MX
8
2
ip
skill necessary in the perfor- i
mance of almost every citv job
—eliminating the few common
labor positions Experience is an
obvious plus factor in this work ‘
District will had reflected on ..... wwgly. , ,
Wirtz’ statement gave this ac- the 1966-1967 school year,
will be at the count of the events: The j .....
VIDOR (Spl)—A public hear- with him, on the ground .........
ing on a proposed budget for the has no basis in fact - that one
new school year i........
Independent School ________ .
be held Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The hearing will b ‘
school administration building
at E. Bolivar and Main streets.
ing were President Marion t
Burch. S. M. Bonner, Daniel F. i P.N
Ognoskie and Vernon Franklin. Kh
_______ A recommendation of Orange project made possible by a $136,-
This past week I have been County school superintendents • ------ ’ ' -
for a director of a county re-
vails. Discohtent, disenchant- Tuesday.
ment and poor morale are Board approval of the direc-
characteristic.
ans
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) -
After trailing in early returns,
12-term Democratic Rep. Jim- It was the first election held
my H. Morrison pulled ahead of in Louisiana under the 1965 fed-
his staunch conservative chal-
joint development of the eight reached Friday in‘the -day-old pearedto betheagreement“orstatemnents"to"nim -'th^ ule‘changes’ and'
The major reasons for the The budget is based on esti-
decrease are a slight drop in stu-mated receipts of $2,652,483
in the same degree that, it is-in I Tueiday some Orange
County school students al.
B REBECCA FLICKINGER (dent enrollment and the combi-
Orange School District trust- nation of grades 7-8 at Carr Ju-
iees Tuesday at 7:30 p.m at the nior High this fall to save some
school administration buildinginstruction and other costs. ac-
iwill hold a public hearing on _______
proposed $2,768,673 budget simi ette ” .
liar to last years fiscal policy The 1966-67 enrollment is ex.
The proposal for the 1966-67 peeled to tie approximately 5 030
school year is based on the pres- to 5,100 students or less based
ent tax rate of $1.35 per $100 on projected enrollment figures
valuation based on 100 per cent About 82 per cent of the bud.
Another Democratic, veteran.
___________________ ________Rep. Edwin E. Willis, chairman
row with scattered showers of the powerful House Commit-
trustees said they thought it
would be unwise to allow stu-.
dents in grades 11 and 12 to
have a choic" about th" school
Sen. Allen J. Ellender, 75,
swept triumphantly to a sixth
term in what has-been called District. . ...
StSabine.. Mieh, the "world's mot exclusive 229 precincts stood: Rep. Morri-
club.” With most of the returns
_____ 851 mv di8u --eaf5 in uie
eight county school districts are capital outlay and student body
participating in the planning for activities funds and a change
the research and curriculumin the method of budgeting food
ic se-services.
________ I The capital outlay proposal.
The' director will receive a which includes provisions for
, — .j. the purchase of furniture and
The Orange district is fiscal i equipment, has $16,250 budgeted
and administrative agent for for program development The
agents observing voting in six of
the state's 64 parishes.
Morrison's chief challenger
was John R. Rarick, a slightly,
_______ built, bespectacled former state
runoff Judge who campaigned on a slo-
gan of "for God and country."
Morrison accused him of being
a Klan member while Rarick
in closer touch with the city .
employes than normally. I was search educational center is ex-
surprised and dismayed at thepected to be made public at the
Parents of first-graders who August,
were not registered during the
spring roundup last May are
asked to contact the office of
93 appeared headed for a i_.....
76 with an old political foe — Dud-
Bliley J/LeBlanc, the flamboyant
Cajun salesman who made a
The six West Orange board
m.c. , .. .. .1; members present said they -guuonie mnu «
municinal —amerger o thetwo dis definitely favored consolidation Trustees absent
munisipaltricts,said.they would favor of the two districts and would - ' ' -
High today
Low tonight
High tomorrow .
Sunset today .6:58 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 5:43 a.m.
WINDS-- outherty winds 8-14 m.p.h. dvr-
Ino night, 14-22 m.p.h. durinc day. , ‘
TODAY S TiDES—Sobin* High, 3:10
O.m„ 10:46 o m , low, 7:46 a.m 3/6140 p.m,
3 Bolivqr High, 4:18 o.m., 11:54 o.m.;
low. 9142 o.m, 8:36 p.m
TOMORROWS TlDRt
3;46 o.m., 12:10 p.m.; low, 104 am.
Bolivoti Hi*. 4154 a.m, 1:19 p.m.; low,
bYESTERDAY — remperoture-: high
92. low 78.
fortune as the purveyor of the retorted that the incumbent was
tonin Hadanol "an LBJ rubberstamp" and the
"black power candidate."
The Count in the 6th
from '265 of
work to support the merger.
e -— The West Orange trustees at-
ent also agreed to have public tending were White,' Herman ported a phase-out plan, if the
meetings Sept 8 and 12 at 7:30 Nies. Don L. Garrett, Charles1districts consolidate, of allow-’
pm to present facts concerning : Adams, Alton Ratcliff and L. s.ing Cove students attending!
3 merger to people of both:Fortenberry. E. A Bishop was Bridge City in grades 11 and
zina absent. 12 to decide whether to attend
eer™ s™ «sss
date 37 municipal meeting at Cove School. Mem-ilhe district favored the merger newly consolidated district.
here „r hoth ...... t -------- .. _ . . * Ognoskie and other Cove
WHISTLER? - Debra Hodge,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
revised.demandsiinthetormof ter bassd,on.50percent ‘,"9.! *' am P.m
332. Current operational expen-
———3 222 bulgeted for $1,192,
202. • <
lenger who campaigned against U.S Atty. Gen. John Doar ~
the Johnson administration, as the Tutcc Dspuziscto
returns mounted Saturday night civil rights troubleshooter —
--------------------------from Louisiana’s Democratic headed a crew of 150 federal
Data from U.S. Weather Bureau primary election.
Me " aINUE "e 332 current op
- ------- e------ The total revenue is estimated ditures are bud:
tor issues with a value of ap- at $1,387,003 The proposed bud-
proximately $94 million over a get is $65,485 more than the
three-year period for the five 1985- 1966 budget of $1,320,760.
companies." | ......
. All Cove and West Orange press their opinion
my in a mark- trustees attending a meeting
ed reduction yesterday at Cove School to
in the quality (discuss a
read- will be attending
their first day of classes
and most others will start
during the following week.
Today's Orange Leader
features the annual back-to-
school section on registra-
tion, starting dates, new
school developments and
other information pertaining
to education.
A special feature is a look
Registration for new elemen- LOTTA BOOKS — An Orange
tary students will be Aug. 30 boy and girl may be suffering
from &.a m. 1.4 Pm. from sore eyes after participat-
Registration for former junior ing in the Orange Municipal Li-
high students will be Aug. 31 brary's gu--- ---- —
from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. School gram. Martha Kay
„ . , „ , „ . buses will run on registration read 69 books since Ju
Total capital outlay is $19,089 day. t -
javowravpovuugst ui $1,8zU,/0U. and total debt service is $174.1 ’ •
| The budget increase is attrib- 633.
enchantment cuts across a
Supt. Martin L. Brockette of the research and curric
the Orange School District said development center and th
yesterday that an agreement lection of its staff
had been reached on the direc-
Bridge City Board Slates
Saturday "was abruptly termi-
nated, shortly after it started,
when Mr. (Roy) Siemiller (un-
Sailed at Vidor taningesissnargainhdrewomrmmi BRIDGE CIry <Spl) — Theluted to the opening of the newhend tomorrow through F id "
..........him. on the ground •Which Bridge City school Board will E.E. Sims Elementary School ' TOe Zs EUemXv tele
--------g ... ---------------------- _ .at one hold a public hearing tomorrow this fall with the addition of six phone number is RE 5 5379 The
rear in the Vidor of the carrier representatives at 7 P m .attthe. school on a new teachers plus improvements Hatton Elementary number is
- " ... ... “ hs integrity.” proposed $1,386,245 budget for in various instructional areas. na - -— '
ihe 10681007 ehm ..— Proposed expenditures lor in-
Helicopters -from Lackland-
'■ and Del Rio Air Force bases
'rescued persons from Garner
State Park north of Uvalde. One
family of four was plucked from
■ ;the roof of a cabin.
The 12-inch cloudburst was re-
ported on the upper Nueces at
Pulliam Creek on Jessups
Ranch. Rains of 6 to 8 inches
In any group of employes, public hearing on the pro- committee to select the director (expenditures in the 1966-67 bud-
--- posed budget at 7-30 p.m. at Superintendents from the get are slight increases in the
the school administration build- eight county school districts —“ . , . . .
ing. । ........
not attractive enortm ent are meetings Sept. 8 and 12 at 7:30
cruit suitable replacements „ ,
ra • ' -a 1aac15s
There is always turnover to (districts.
some degree within city em- The first meeting would be
i ,va
u
q4,
NM
d
1 "TMNT
The district's present tax rate a 'package' covering wage of I*10 true market value,
is $1.65 per $100 valuation based fringe, and cost-of-living escala! ---------- '
An AA nor cont nC nct.n1 n1... 'll a • •
s summer reading pro-
Martha Kay Cook, 8,
read 69 books since June 1, more
i e , , , „ than any other participant. Stan-
i Former students will register ley Fred Allison, to, read 52
(See SCHOOLS, Page 4) (books, high among the boys.
Government. any govern-
ment whether it be city,
county, state or federal, exer-
cises primarily a service
function also. Specialized ser-
terminated..6 retired and 2 prsenatpthebmrelingwil beazrewdevwrtnthhnCowebo Orange
President Floyd A. White of trustees on a,plan for phasing
the West Orange School Board out the Cove students from
suggested the roll call vote of Bridge City High School
the trustees yesterday to ex- Cove‘board memtiers attend-
Another 22 of this over-all to-__—
Orange Trustees'
To Hold Budget
Meeting Tuesday
5) NW*
ple-ae - r~~
into the fashions area stu- , 2. . . - -----e-----
dents will wear to class valuation.based on 100 per cent About 82 per cent of the bud-
Other stories and pictures actual value. The new budget is get or $2,043,281 is the instruc-
concern news of s c h | n Slh.hh derrene from lnet tien mnete “he _______
on 44 per cent of actual value.
counted in the old statewide Jamcs E. Morrison, no kin tunast vearvsstotah available
(See PRIMARY, Page 4) 1$2,013,763.
In Democratic Primary
a 3-1 lead over his two younger geted"asa"special item this
opponents.
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15 Cents SUNRISE EDITION
union had also accepted it ” registration, Aug 30-31; elemen- The tornado that hit the
But Wirtz said that when tary /and junior high registration, Greenville airport flipped two
Reynolds broueht renresenta A"R 31 at 8 a.m. aircraft upside down but caused
lives of boh sides together la- CNew teacher orientation, Aug. no other damage. Witnesses said
ter to complete the details "the!3 at 8:30 a.m.; teacher lunch- the twister dissipated as it
union rejected the terms and re- leon at the high school cafc. moved away from ,the airport,
verted to its $94 million oosi- torium, Aug. 31 at noon; gen-j The cold front that touched off
tion.” Siemiller was not at the eral faculty meeting, Aug. 31 the rains gave the state a wide
at 1:30 p.m. and orientation and range of afternoon highs. Behind
• • - - the front temperatures were in
prospec-the <#s and 80s while east and
be Aug. south of it the weather was quite
humid, although mild for mid-
is the area where new plants
are being located, expansions
always under way on existing
plants and new families come
in, generating a resulting boom
in service industries. n • I • wm
Recommendation is D
Amendments to the budget ties during the past three days cach $100 of property valua- for instruction. Cost of instruc- day whistling. Debra is 14 months
re still under studv. "Yesterday agreement was tion. Local maintenance tax is lion is $940,971 as compared to “ 0<
apparently reached. *' “ — “----J .......— ' '
"The union had presented its
pay scales, re-
Axelson gardiess of de-
VOL. LXHI—NUMBER 193 Menber. Associoted Press
. King Feotvres Service
tai have been in the water and ! c , _
sewer department It isn't a1 Kehnnl Timo
particularly bright picture' •C1OVI J llfK
tor and that the applicants for $16,000 salary
______ the position were being con- The Orange
The solution isn't too difficult tacked. L. ........... ...... —......-
—p- St, ________ The d i r e c t o r will employ the project which will be a program development provision
are one obvious, answer. Again other persons necessary to pro- j-h:
...........ceed with the experimental districts.
esser increases also are ex-
up $32,144 due mainly to in- LI ....
creases in delinquent and debt age youngsters than last year
service tax payments will b ......
However, estimated revenues . .- , ■ .
from state sources decreased school classrooms during I
$17,768 due to a drop in the pernext, two or three weeks. _ ,,______ _ ______ _ ...
capita apportionment for scho- Schools in the Orange area No definite figures were avail- chial and private schools
lastics. will begin as early as Aug. 29 able The predictions are based! The starting dates in
The local receipts are based/01' the Vidor Independent on 1966 school census totals and schools seem to follow no
ondary Education Act of 1965 on a local maintenance tax of School District or as late as estimates of school officials. tain trend but are scheduled
supncu auu usunayeu at mejg-------------r----------- Dr. E. E Sims. Bridge City $1.16 per $100 valuation based on Sept 7 for ,sr Paul’s Episcopal/ Gains wer
attitude and outlook which pre-Orange School Board meeting School superintendent, Tommy 94 per cent collections of $107,- Da school.
- m-- " ""ITumeda" HUf( West Orange School su 633.370 and 19 cents fax on debt The Total
. —---perintendent, and Brockette, service to total the $1.35 rate,
tor is expected to follow the have served as a screening other significant changes in
, Hirenr expenditures in the 1966-67 bud-
wuMhainaB-"uthQruspssEnh-Adsttinsmnbangyanonesshoo! ferbsarsedannttesuasy‛sontsaliyand,ccinskzissatram,bottom
according to Supt Marin Brock, i twins who will attend school ™1. The first day of classes at Mauriceville will be Aug. 30. park coordinator, saidl’about
' 1 " • , 7 ’ ’ lone-third of the developed por-
M A A _ w w u l tion of Gamer State Park was
Orange County School Enrollment i t-z *2
• J in the park. Apparently no lives
I were lost since the campers
T m l m -u A pA Am w were alerted in time and most
Is Expected To Hit 18,700 Mcirk^'S^
I / Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krieg of
(Taft, Tex., and their daughter,
About 600 or 700 more school-, ange County schools, grades districts with Vidor, Little cy-gin Aug. 30. Orangefield. Aug.!8' and son, 5, spent 4% hours
oqu -- — e 1-12 is expected to be approxi- press, Bridge City and West Or -31; Little Cypress and West Or-! trapped on the roof of a cabin
be heading for Orange mately 18,700 according to proj ange expecting the largest in-ange, Sept* 1; and Bridge City near the park before being res-
County's public and .private ected. enrollment figures This creases Cove and Orange, Sept 6 ‘cued by helicopter. They were
chnel "lacereme duin" (he compares to approximately 18,- Lesser increases also are ex- A complete schedule of the flown, to nearby Leakey. They
000 about ajyear ago. pected at several of the paro expected enrollment, starting! were in good condition.
........ date and registration informa- 1 - Les Miller of San Antonio flew,
oca...... wal . the *'on of Orange County scholsoversthe.area and said he saw
seem to follow no cer 's as follows: i a white station wagon about one-
, school officials. lain trend but are scheduled BRIDGE CITY - The Bridge l^lf submerged in water. He
Episcopal: Gains were apparent in the the last week in August through City School District will resume said he could not tell from the
■ A. expected enrollment of nearly; after Labor Dav classes Sept 6 with about, 2,625 air whether anyone was in the
The total enrollment of Or- all Orange County public school! Mauriceville school will be- students as compared to about vehicle. ...
- y- —------------—— ---l———---- 2,550 at the beginning of the Miller said Ite saw large trees
last school year floating in theswater and cattle
W7* . Q N/ I • • . m 11 The expected enrollment in- stranded on temporary islands
Wirtz says Machinists Torpedoed :r.‘,
, ‘ * 1 in high school add 675 in junior It was reported that Gamer.
A high Park would be closed after thri
Agreement Reached in Air Strike
C 111111 kJll 11Y.C several other teacher meetings The Frio River north of the
and pupil registration will be park was dropping All roads in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sec- Wirtz said Asst Secretary of cated through Secretary Revn. held according to the following the Uvalde area, except U.S. 90
retary of Labor W. Willard Labor James J. Reynolds in a olds on the basis of TAM (In schedule: west of the city, were closed by
Wirtz disclosed Saturday night series of meetings with both ternational Association of Na. High school student registra- high water. Uvalde received 2.35
that agreement apparently was parties "obtained what ‘ap- chinists) president Siemiller’s tion, Aug. 29; high school sched- inches of rain in 3h hours Satur
........ "a "u-------1 new student day:
The
airline strike, but the striking both of them to a package cov
machinists later torpedoed it. ering all of these same items.
Wirtz said the airlines and the but with some modifications in
union at first apparently agreed their terms
on..a.package that would have 'This package would have a
costutheaairline, an estimated value of about $84 million over
884 millio nover threeyears, but the three year, period The air-
thsuurnion later backed out.of "i line compahies agreed to this on . ...
within tours . rn^rt fhlrwn the understanding - communl meeting,
ion negotiators stormed out of a
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