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HERE'S WHERE THE VOTES ARE - Politicians will politick and
orators will orate before more delegates than ever before when the
Democi ats meet in Los Angeles, beginning tomorrow, and the Re-
publicans gather in Chicago July 25. Democrats will have 149 more
delegate votes than they had in 1956, with each state allowed at
least one more. New York has grown from 98 to 114 votes and Cali-
fornia from 68 to 81. The Republicans have added 22 votes in vari-
ous states and taken away 12 votes from others, leaving a net gain
of 10. Each party requires a simple majority to nominate a candi-
date. For the Democrats the magic number is 761; for the Republi-
cans, 667.
MOSCOW (AP)—Premier Nikita,and was the boldest and most
Khrushchev Saturday pledged all- direct challenge to the Monroe
out support for Cuba in its strug- Doctrine since that cornerstone of
gle with the United States. Thes „
Soviet Premier declared the See RUSSIAN, Pg. 6-A, Cal. $
U.S.S.R. now has rocket power
capable of hitting America's D • J A al
heartland if the "Pentagon dare Sal TO AHAK
start an intervention” in Cuba. Pull M HIIG.
Thornton s Loss
Up to $8,427
A $500 reward was offered Sat-revised Saturday from an earlier
urday for the arrest or for in- estimate of $3,000 after a com-
formation leading to the arrest plete inventory of stock by offic-
of burglars who pilfered Thorn- ials of the store at 1230 Grape
ton’s Mechant Park Store Thurs-St.
day night of an estimated $8,427 Records show that the recent
worth of merchandise
won merchandise. . attempt topped the second largest
Police detectives linked the burglary of 1980 by at least $6,000
largest burglary of the year to The j Barren Specialty Shop at
the same burglars who similarly 224 Leggett Dr. was hit JuDe 10
ransacked the department store by burglars who took some $2,100
on May 9 of approximately one- worth of merchandise.
tenth the value of last week's
Labor Chief
Denies Veto
Of Johnson
LOS ANGELES (AP) — AFL-
CIO President George Meany said
Saturday there is no labor veto
on Sen Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex-
as in his battle for the Democrat-
ic presidential nomination.
Meany, accompanied by Andrew
J. Biemiller, the AFL-CIO’s leg-
islative director, conferred with
the Senate Democratic leader for
Kennedy Gathers
Southern Backing
He said the time of American |
dictation in Latin American af-
fairs is over and the Soviet Union
is “raising its voice and extend- |
ing a helpful hand to the people 1
of Cuba fighting for their inde-|
pendence.”
“We must serve a warning that
today is not the time when the
imperialists robbed and shared
the world at their discretion,”
Khrushchev declared. “We shall
do everything, to support Cuba in
her struggle.
"Now the United States is not so
unreachable as it once was.
Speaking figuratively, in case of
necessity. Soviet artillery can sup-
port with their rocket fire the
Cuban people if aggressive forces
Site Worker
Badly Hurt
A 33-year-old San Antonio elec-
trician working at the Baird Atlas
missile site suffered severe head
injuries about 12:30 p.m. Satur-
day when he was knocked from
a power pole he was stringing
with 440-volt power lines.
The injured man, E. J Oehler,
fell from the pole and suffered
burglary, $802.44.
Det. William T. (Bill) Davis
who has been investigating the
Meanwhile, a rash of thefts and recent break-in, said no suspects
burglaries at the onset of the have been questioned as of Sat-
weekend were under continuing urday He linked last Thursday’s
investigation by police officers, burglary to that of May 9 because
More than $1,940 worth of mer- of the mode of operation
chandise and personal property Davis
was reported missing in these Y
cases, officers said me 1
Davis said the front doors in
attempt had been pried
Capt. Carl Hallmark, chief of
detectives, said the reward mon-
ey in the Thornton case will be
given to any person for informa-
tin leading to, or the arrest of
offenders AND the recovery of
merchandise undamaged He said
any such information should be
forwarded immediately to the de-
tective bureau at the Abilene po-
lice department.
open with an iron bar to gain
entry. (Detectives later suggested
to store officials that they chain
and padlock the entrance to dis-
courage future incidents.)
He pointed out that Thursday’s
break . in was first attempted
NEWPORT, R. I. (AP) - Pres-
ident Eisenhower Saturday night
bluntly warned the Soviet Union
to keep hands off Cuba. He told
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
the United States won't stand for
a Cuban regime dominated by in-
ternational communism.
The President fired his stern
warning a few hours after Khrush-
chev had pledged all-out support
to the regime of Prime Minister
Fidel Castro in its crisis-ridden
struggle with the United States.
Khrushchev also had rattled the
Soviet Union's rockets again.
In a Moscow speech he said the
USSR, now has rocket power
capable of smashing America's
heartland if the United States
dared intervene in Cuba.
The vacationing Eisenhower,
trout fishing when he got word of
the latest Khrushchev blast, im-
mediately conferred by telephone
with Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter, who was in Washing-
ton.
The Soviet leader sounded off
amid administration concern that
he may overplay his hand and
perhaps try to make good on some
of his boastful threats-and con-
ceivably start World War III.
Eisenhower's tough statement
appeared to reflect that concern.
Eisenhower noted that the Unit-
ed States and other American re-
publics are bound by more than
one treaty to block any outside
interference in the affairs of the
See CUBA. Pg. 6-A, Col. 5
the injury when his head apparent-
* "* ** v-nc*. * — ly struck a large jagged rock near
Cuban people if aggressive forces the base of the pole, witnesses
in the Pentagon dare to start in-said.
tervention against Cuba.”
Khrushchev charged American
He was taken to Callahan Coun-
ty Hospital in Baird for emergen-
cy treatment, then flown from
Abilene to Fort Worth's St. Jo-
seph Hospital by Elliott's air am-
bulance
Attendants at the hospital in
Fort Worth reported Oehler's con-
out any question” that he will
have more than 600 first ballot
votes. He said that is true even "We will help our Cuba broth-
if he receives no support by then ers fight an economic blockade,
Johnson's Southern ramparts a from such states as California, the hickade will ha . fail,
bit Saturday, apparently cracked New Jersey, Minnesota, Iowa and
a line of favorite-son holdouts, and Kansas, which are hacking favor-
stormed on toward the Demo-ite sons. ______. ___________. . wutiwe .
Camps of his challengers—John- school teachers in the Kremlin surgery to repair a fractured
Gov. George Docking, Kansas son. Sen. Stuart Symington of ------,
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sen.
John F. Kennedy of Massachu-
setts breached Sen. Lyndon B.
cratic presidential nomination.
favorite son, said his inclination Missouri and Adlai E. Stevenson-
now is to release his state's 21- fought on. But the confident Ken-
our 4 minutes late in me Q vote delegation and that he ex- ned- seemed able to leap one by
“I told him the report was not pects a mapjority to surge to Ken- one the blockades they were try.
nedy. Previously he had stood fast ing to pile in the way of an early
against indicating any presiden- Kennedy victory.
tial preference
Docking said on television that
about 45 minutes late in the day.
true that labor bigwigs would not
accept him.” Meany informed
newsmen after emerging from
Johnson's Biltmore Hotel suite
Meany said the AFL-CIO has
taken no position among the riv-
al candidates for the presidential
nomination at the Democratic Na-
tional Convention opening Mon-
day. although individual labor
leaders have.
A short time earlier Carmine
DeSapio, New York' s National
committeeman, said he thinks
Johnson’s position as a candidate
has been enhanced by recent in-
ternational events.
However, DeSapio told report-
ers after a call on Johnson that
he didn't think any stop-Kennedy
coalition of Johnson - Symington
forces was in the making He said
such a combination wouldn't work
in Kansas.
Symington hit town, too, pro-
claiming that:
"Obviously, I'm not here to
lose.”
And to a crush of applauding
people in his elaborate reception
roor at the Biltmore Hotel, Sy-
An important labor union lead-mington remarked that: "There's
er. President Joseph A. Bierne of going to be some surprises.”
the Communications Workers of
America, sprang to Kennedy's
policy seeks to strangle Cuba with
a economic blockade.
and the blockade will be a fail
ure,” he said.
The warning was made in a dition to be fair late Saturday
bristling speech to a meeting of night. He underwent a two-hour
skull. He has regained conscious-
again by prying the doors apart.
When this failed, burglars broke his preference to the nomination
a plate glass window Once in-still is Sen. John F. Kennedy of
side, the suspects looted shelves
side, too
The front-running, hard to catch
Massachusetts senator . flew in
from New York to take command
of his campaign for the highest
honor his party can offer
Kennedy said he believes “with-
The larger estimate of loss was See THORNTON. Pg. 6-A, Col. 6
1ST HALF OF YEAR
Burglary Loss
Almost Triple
Massachusetts And he said he
thinks Kennedy will get "in the
area" of 100 of New York delega-
tion's 114 votes
DeSapio and New York's state
Democratic chairman, Michael
Prendergast, spent over an hour
in Johnson's suite. They were ush-
ered in by House Speaker Sam
Rayburn of Texas, one of John-
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Burglary amounted to a $30,-self, when there were 203 break-
600 - plus business in Abilene ins at a $27,943 loss.
during the first six months of of the 1960 total, 2” were com-
1960, which almost tripled the milted at business houses and
“burglary income for the first' at residences During th<. first
1020 0 d. ICDICIRC. LUIE CHIC 11Ot
half of 1959, 146 were at business-
From January to July, 1960, es and 52 at homes. A total of 146
police records show that 375
break-ins were committed, incur-
son's chief supporters.
Johnson worked behind the
closed doors of his suite most of
the day'in an effort to overcome
Kennedy's lead in the presidential
nomination sweepstakes Visitors
shuttled in and out.
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was also committed at businesses
during the last half of last year
and there were 57 homes hit.
Big 1960 burglaries through June
included:
ring an approximate loss of $31.-
641. During the corresponding
1959 period, 198 were committed
at a loss of about $12,765. The Barren Specialty Shop
. . r 1. Ine J. Darren Dpecaity OBOP.
.And on the heels of this, last 224 Leggett Dr., June 10. clothing
"Wednesday night came one of the and jewelry valued at $2,102.
biggest burglaries ever to be (This shop was hit previously on
pulled off in the Key City. A large Dec 10 1959 when the same type
amount of merchandise, including - , ’ Wh „ Cam IP
men’s and women's clothing, was
stolen from Thornton's Merchant
Park Store, making the second
time the store has been hit this
year.
Early estimates placed the val-
ue of the goods at $3,900. Lt. Gro-
ver Chronister of the Police Dept,
said Friday that the goods are
now being estimated at $5,000
wholesale and $8,427 retail. On
May 9, $800 worth of clothing was
taken from the store.
The last six - month period also
surpassed the second half of last
year, a big burglary period it-
But he didn't say what the sur-
prises will be or who will be sur-
prised.
Stevenson trailed the other pres-
idential hopefuls into the Los
Angeles airport, with a moist
finger aloft for an elusive draft.
Johnson already was on hand.
Kennedy was laughing, beam-
ing, sizing up his chances as bet-
ter thah ever.
Thousands of gleam-in-the-eye
enthusiasts were on hand at the
airport to salute their political
hero. And they whooped and hol-
lered at every word he said.
"I want to assure you,” he said,
“that today we begin here in this
city an effort to win this conven-
tion. which I believe will be suc-
cessful.
"And when we do so, it will not
be the result of a smoke filled}
room—"
"Bravo'” from some leather
lunged supporter.
ON FIRST BALLOT
Connally Expects
‘Very’ Close Vote
powerful, political leaders from been assigned by Johnson forces
Reporter-News Assistant Editor all over the nation have been to work with New Mexico, South
LOS ANGELES—Senators John- streaming in and out of Sen. John- Dakota and Arkansas delegates,
of items, valued at $2,600 were son and Kennedy will be a lot son's and Rep Rayburn's rooms Howard McMahon of Abilene is
stolen). ' ' } closer in first balloting at the at the Biltmore." concentrating on the 34 • vote’
- Democratic convention than ru- "Just wait until the voting delegation from Indiana.
Letters oarage, 22 S. 1st 8 mors have it, predicts Ed Connal-starts and you’ll see some sur- —
ly of Abilene, state Democratic prised people,” Connally said. Sen-Lyndon Johnson is “a good
chairman from Texas, ---buy a tough spot,” his wife
By KATHARYN DUFF
Lefler’s Garage, 2929 S. 1st St.,
June 25, a safe, pickup, packet
of safety stamps and a pistol
valued at $1,000. (The safe and As O" Saturday night. Connally} Abilene and Baird delegates' said. And thatS one or the reasons
PICK P were later round sate says, best guess is that Kennedy have been assigned seven states she thinks he would be an out-
has about 560 votes, and John- with whose delegates they will do standing president.
' son. 510 nailed down for the first | missionary work for Johnson’s
go round next Wednesday. Need-
ad been opened and $350 taken )
Show homes at 1402 Circle Dr.
and 2610 Minter Lane. May 16,
furniture valued at $1,378.
Thornton's Merchant Park
Store, May 9, clothing valued at
ed: 761.
Johnson's going up: Kennedy is
$800, something
The Savell Oil Co., 1221 Tread- something
going down, Connally declared.
With which rumors dis-
See BURGLARY, Pg. 6-A, Col. 1
agree
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} Officials said doctors had ad-
| vised that Oehler’s wife not be
notified of the accident She is
expecting a child immediately
and doctors feared the shock
might be injurious to Mrs. Oeh-
ler.
Larry Moore, project engineer
for Oehler's employer, H B
Zachry Co., said the electrician
fell about 35 feet from the top
of the pole
I What caused Oehler to fall is
I not definitely known. "He had
cut the master power switch him-
j self before he went up the pole."
Moore said "But apparently there
was enough electricity jumping
the switch for a strong electical
1 shock.”
Moore said the injured man has
been an employe of the Zachry
company for "a number of years."
THE WEATHER
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
(Weather Map an Page 12-A)
ABILENE AND VICINITY (40 mile
radius)—Partly cloudy and hot with a
chance for widely scattered afternoon
* m SunGaS: WeS NOW SUMLay niaht, w
to 75 ______
TEMPERATURES
wa- . ... sm
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75............3.00............
Hig
for 2-hours ending 9
same date last year:
t: 7:49; sunrise today:
Barometer reading at 9 p.m.: 28.13.
Humidity at 9 p.m.: 43 per cent
“1 think the same things that EMERGENCY AIRLIFT — San Antonio electrician E. J. Eohler, 33. critically in-
.cause between now and next Wed-made him a good congressman, a
nesday., . . good senator and a good majority Alvut s as anssusese---. .... ,---------------, - , - a
French Robertson of Abilene is leader would make him a good Fort Worth hospital An unidentified airport attendant looks on at right. Eohler,
politicking for Johnson with dele-president," she told a press con- - - ” A *= 2 4= -
gates from. Alaska, Wyoming, and ference staged in one of the John-
Georgia. .
Randall Jackson of Baird has See DUFF, Pg. 6-A, Cal. 1
jured about noon Saturday at the Atlas missile site near Baird, lies unconscious in
an Elliott’s air ambulance as the plane is made ready for an emergency flight to a
an employe of the contracting firm of H. B. Zachry Co., fell about 35 feet from an
electric power pole, striking his head on a jagged rock at the base of the pole, wit-
nesses said. (Staff Photo)
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