The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 365, Ed. 1 Monday, June 19, 1961 Page: 1 of 12
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80TH YEAR. NO 365
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ABILENE, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1w. TWELVE PAGES IN ONE SECTION
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BLASTS
TORNADO HITS GALVESTON
Central, South Texas
Areas Hit by Floods
Job Carried Out
For U.S. Group
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) - j
Mexican authorities said Sunday
Related Story, Pg. 6-A
they raided a floating arsenal Mexican officials said the four
in this little Pacific port Saturday
persons were evacuated from of the lowlands from Austin to Ciudad Acuna on the Mexican)
| their homes early Sunday but by Wharton Sunday night and Mon- side of the Rio Grande across the
late afternoon most had returned day morning Many farm roads border from Del Rio was flooded
to their homes, and low water bridges will be cov-j foot rise of Vacas
The Austin Weather Bureau said cred by water," the bureau said by Las Vacas
heavy rains Sunday caused sharp Wharton is about 115 miles south- creek which runs through the city.
rises on the Colorado River and east of- Austin. _______- J From 20 4o -30 -homes were badly
I all tributary streams below Aiis ! The Weather Bureau advised damaged and many more were
tin that all livestock and machinery flooded. Persons forced from their
In San Antonio an estimated 50 “There will be much flooding should be moved to high ground , , Saturday night in the
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tornado ripped into Galveston
.Sunday night after flood waters
drove hundreds of persons from
their homes in South Central
Texas and heavy rains were
blamed for accidents which look.
and seized four Americans, two
'of them charged with participat-
ing in the sabotage of microwave
I communications lowers on the
[ Utah-Nevada border May 28
The two accused in the case are
were being taken to the border
Sunday night to be handed over
to U.S. authorities
Mexican authorities said Brous
and Jensen admitted blowing up
the towers.
The San Diego Union in a copy-
Bernard Jerome Brous, 51, alias
Robert Hill and Dale Chris Jen- righted story quoted the two men
20 lives in Texas during the week-
end.
al hills surrounding the city. Reports
h indicated that’no lives were lost
the flood Waters from the
creek receded Sunday evening.
Sent About 350 persons in Austin
and about 50 in San Antonio were
evacuated from their homes after
rains of up to 9 inches fell in Tex-
” as. By late Sunday most persons
had returned to their homes.
Heavy rains that hit Galveston
with the tornado flooded streets'
and lapped at the doors of stores
a Downtown merchants were
— warned to remove merchandise,
ealis from street level floors.
Galveston sheriffs officers said
sen, 33, both American citizens, as saying the sabotage was done
Taken into custody with them on behalf of the American Re-
aboard a schooner—here were publiean Army," which they said
Brous wife, Minnie, 40, a former, advocates the overthrow of the
dancer and model, and Robert present political order in the Unit-
Gerald Bortoli, a gambling house ed States
dealer from Reno, Nev. In the interview Brous claimed
I---------------------------------— ' the organization is similar in
some respects to the ultra-con-
AF Recovers
83 Test Capsule
Th From Pacific
servative John Birch Society, but
more active.
Whether the "American Repub-
lican Army" constitutes an organ-
lization of any size was not known.
The FBI in Washington would not
comment on this aspect of the
case.
| A Justice Department an-
nouncement in Washington said
I Brous and Jensen "had reason to
I LOS ANGELES (AP — The Air believe their acts would injure, in-
Force announced Sunday night terfere with or obstruct the Unit-
I that the capsule of the 25th Dis-ed States in carrying on defense
j coverer satellite, fired into orbit action.” -
[ Friday, has been recovered from The roicrowrave cable relay tow-
1 the Pacific Ocean by a team of 5 2
several homes were destroyed.: FRUSTRATION - Tom may soon be a frustrated cat parachutists, = in coasi
The Air Force said the capsule communications.
I There was a strong suggestion
and rare metals to determine that other people were involved
-the effect on the metals in a with Brous and Jensen.
gas
lines broken and power lines if the window blocking him from a potential meal
doesn’t give way. Unaware of the hungry look sported carried samples of both common
by the feline. Taffy, a female Cocker Spaniel, is con-
tent to let the robin nestle on his back. The bird was
9 snapped in the western section of!
A Galveston fireman said sev-1
wgeral roofs were blown off homes.
He said he did not think anyone!
U was badly hint.
More than 5 inches of rain fell
on Galveston by 6 p m and a
heavy rain continued to fall on
rescued by the dog who brought it to
Munnamaker home in Benton, La. Taffy and Tweety
are fast friends but the cat has no part in the together-
the Nelson space environment." Mario Larraur, Mexican govern.
Aeon The 300-pound capsule was suc- ment prosecuting agent, said the
ness. (AP Wirephoto)
‘ NEITHER RAIN, NOR MUD, NOR ... —Prolonged rains which set off flooding
in portions of Central and South Texas Sunday failed to quench Raymond C.
Wimbereley’s enthusiasm for his favorite sport Donned with "standard" clothing
for most Texans, Wimbereley fishes from the White Rock Lake bank at Dallas.
(AP Wirephoto) _____________________________________________________
JUMPS TRACK AT 80 MPH
32 Persons Die, 153 Hurt
In Crash of French Train
VITRY-LE-FRANCOIS, France: work through the night to disen- jured cases to a French hospital
(AP) — The crack Strasbourg- gage one of the cars that lay al-at Nancy. Other injured were
Paris Express jumped the tracks most submerged in a water-logged treated at the medical depot
at an m p h. near here Sunday, swamp along the right-of-way. The cars left the tracks as the
killing 32 passengers and injuring The victims could not be iden- Express, one of the nation’s fast-
153 in France’s worst railway dis- tified immediately but officials at lest trains, flashed through the
aster in years the U.S. 77th Medical Depot in village of Loisy-Sur-Marne about
the city late Sunday A foot to 18
inches of water covered some
streets
The funnel hit the Island City
Housing Development and the
Gulf Village sub-division. At least
The engine and forward part of this eastern French town said they a half mile west of here,
the train remained on the tracks believed only three Americans Survivors said the noise was
but 10 all-metal passenger cars were aboard and none was seri-deafening and that passengers
tumbled off alongside a roadbed ously injured__were thrown against each other
French rail workers aided by Helicopters from a US air and pelted with luggage lalling
. from overhead racks. Bits of fly-
American soldiers prepared to base at Verdun flew gravely in-
Maritime Union
Offers to Bargain -
NEW YORK (AP) — The Na- .74 companies involved in the mar-
tional Maritime Union offered itime strike.
cessfully ejected from the satel-four were located on a 47-foot,
lite at 6 p m PDT Sunday. A two-masted schooner, the "Mon-
spokesman said it was impossible soon,” in this port about 75 miles
~ for C119 aircraft to snag the cap-south of San Diego, Calif.
sule as it floated down on a para-L Seized with them were more
—chute. —than 15,000 cartridges, several
However, a C119 pilot spotted machine guns, rifles, shotguns,
the capsule in the water, circling and a large quantity of hand gre-
the area until an Air Force SC54 nades, gas masks and bullet-proof
aircraft arrived vests
'd^rteXu^'^ son Larraur said the group gave no
the SC54 at an altitude of about reason for possessing the arms
1.000 feet. One parachutist landed The San Diego Union story
Souvanna Phouma and his pro- within 20 yards of the bobbing quoted Jensen and Brous as say-
Communist half-brother Souphan- capsule. ing they hoped the dynamiting of
ouvong—in Zurich's elegant Dol- The capsule and parachutists the towers would call attention of
*r Hotel were taken aboard a life raft, the American public to their
The conference is planned to The Air Force said a Coast cause.
last three days. In addition to the guard amphibious plane was en The three communications tow-
princes, three political advisers route from Hawaii to pick up the ers were key links on coast-
w ■ attend the sessions One of men and the capsule to-coast communications. In addi-
them is Gen. Phoumi Nosavan Aboard the capsule were sped tion to handling telephone and tel-
Boun Oum s deputy premier and mens of gold, bismuth, iron, ti- egraph circuits for public use, the
military strongman. | tanium, cadmium, magnesium, towers took care of circuits used
arring Laotian
Leaders to Meet
one injury but no deaths were re- ZURICH Switzerland (AP) -
ported shortly after the twister -. .
hit The princely chieftains of Laos
Rains continued over much of three warring factions announced
the soaked areas Sunday follow- Sunday they will begin a formal
ing heavy overnight downpours, meeting Monday aimed at form-
Austin Police Sgt Olan Kelley ing a government of national
said persons in Austin returned to on - .
their homes even though they The announcement was made
were advised to stay away from after a luncheon of the three
princes — pro-Western Premier
See CENTRAL. Pg. 6-A, Col. 5 Boun Oum, neutralist ex Premier: ----.--------
------The others are Quinim Phol- and nickel which will be in the nation's defense operations.
ing glass inflicted many cuts.
The nationalized French rail-
way's last major disaster, at
Chantonnay in November, 1957,
took 29 lives
Within minutes of the accident
a crowd of several hundred farm-
ers and townspeople responded to
the screams and shouts of the ter-
rified passengers
Ambulances from the U.S. air-
sena, information minister in a the subject of intense study b. But the three towers were not
Souvanna Phouma government Air Force scientists, a spokesman - , . the
that fell last December, and Thao said destroyed A a
Phoumi Vongvichit, foreign af The Air Force said "other many cire its were at
fairs specialist of Souphanou- space phenomena were moni- peak use. The blasts, following
vong’s Red Pathet Lao move tored by ion and microphone oneanother at short intervals. 9
ment type external density gauges. One curred Sunday morning, May 2.
Princess Moune Souvanna Phou- device counted and measured the J Edgar Hoover director of the
ma, the neutralist prince s daugh- impact of extra terrestrial matter FBI, said agents in Las Vegas,
ter. who is French educated will (micrometeorites). Nev., Sunday filed a complaint
—---------------------------charging Brous. Jensen and oth-
a a rer unknown persons with conspir-
acy between May 1.1061 and May
Jlllvvl VI Tvll n 1961 to commit sabotage by
blowing up and destroying the mi-
, crowave station at Wendover,
Princess Moune a gold-embroi- AAA ATAMRIC Nev. This tower was owned by
dered Oriental san over her IOH JIOIUJ the American Telephone and Tel-
smartly tailored European dress egraph Co. It was one of the three
fold newsmen the atmosphere of AUSTIN (AP)—Gov: Price Dan- blown up. The other two were at
the luncheon “was that of cordial el Sunday signed into law the Knolls. Utah and Cedar Mountain,
understanding and relaxation" bill making the University of Utah.
The three Laotian princes agree Houston a fully state supported The complaint said the two
on the necessity of national recon-)four year college effective in Sep- 44
act as spokesman for the group.
A joint statement said the ma-
jor problem of the conference is
to "achieve national harmony
through the formation of a gov-
ernment of national union "
. . . base and from Vitry-le-Francois
Sunday to negotiate singly or in NMU President Joseph Curran rushed victims to hospitals
any combination with any of the said his union of 37,000 members Tracks were ripped up, halting
----------------------------------------- was willing to do that if the com-1
panics will make "a positive re-See 32 PERSON'S, 6-A. Col. 3
sponse to our economic pro-------—--------------
posals." ----------.-------------------------
v. * DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE "Nobody has done any bargain Don’t Go Away!
"FATE REAL. ling for them up 10 now," the un- 3
ANILENE AND VICINITY 1 40-mile ion leader s statement said.
MeerMema o "para The American Merchant Ma-
cloudy and mild through Tuesday, with a rine Institute and the Tanker La-
slight warming trend High Monday in ======---=, E 1
low aww Low Monday might 50-65. High hor Service Committee have been
Tuesday in mid-Bo’s. - representing the companies in the
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Mostly representing companies in
cloudy Monday, becoming partly cloudy three-coast tieup
Turmer rarmne: Men A union spokesman indicated
Monday 7 to 8. the statement was prompted by
several inquiries about bargain-
ing by individual companies
Ralph E. Casey, president of
the marine institute, dismissed
Curran's offer as an "obvious ef-
WEATHER
ciliation, but they differ sharply tember, 1963.
on the means of achieving it. | The governor also permitted the
so-called Carling Brewery bill to
| become law without his signature
He filed the measure (HB533)
men, "had reason to believe their .
acts would injure, interfere with
or obstruct the United States in
carrying on defense action "
Fort Phantom
.2 of a Foot
Below Spillway
with the secretary of state without
comment or signature in an action
which will permit the bill to be-
come law 90 days after the end
of the regular session on May 29.
Brous said in the interview he
would support nationalization of
the utility companies in the
United States Both Brous and
Jensen said they had filed a $4.7
million damage suit in this coun-
try against private utility com-
panies
Basis for the suit was not im-
NORTHWEST TEXAS Partly cloudy
Monday through Tuesday. A few after
noon and evening thunderstorms in Pan
handle and High Plains Warmer south
portion. A little warmer Panhandle Mon
day High Monday 82 southeast to 94
SOUTR CENTRAL TEXAS Cloudy to
partly cloudy with scattered showers main
ly east portion and near the coast M<m
day and Monday night Partly cloudy
** WILL MOM -ASAOHEN
and 80 to 92 south
Bus m
TEMPERATURES
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70
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high and low
m: 72 and w
" a low same date last
Sunset last night 7:48: sunrise today
31: sunset tonight: 7:48.
Rarometer reading at 9 p.m.: 28.16.
Humidity at 9 p.m.: 76 per cent.
-hours ending 9
year
fort to divide and conquer our
group -
Curran Saturday threatened to
file unfair labor charges against
the marine institute
He said Casey had failed to bar-
gain in good faith and would not
discuss economic points until the
union eliminates its foreign flag
issue.
That issue has caused almost a
complete impasse in peace talks
to end the three-day strike that
involves 85,000 crewmen, seven
unions and almost 1,000 pas-
senger, freight and oil vessels.
. . . without telling us to
send year papers or save
them in our V oration-Par.
You’ll know everythin!
Dennis the Menace does
and keep up with all the
local happenings while
you're away. See your car-
rier. agent or
Call OR 3-4271,
circulation dept.
The Carting bill would allow a
Traces of rain fell Sunday in brewery to continue in business in
I Snyder, Anson and Abilene, but an area which becomes dry. The , , cud
not in measurable amounts More politically explosive measure was mediately niscioseu
light drizzle is forecast for early fought by a group of Fort Worth Brous himself was in Ensenada,
Monday to be followed by partly ministers with help from many Jensen said, when the unmanned
cloudy skies and a warming trend other pastors over the state towers were blown up
said U. S. Weather Bureau fore- The bill became known as the The Justice Department Mid
caster Bob Miller Carling bill because the brewery detention of the four persons, at
The halfinch rain Abilene re-had announced plans to build a Ensenada by Mexican authorities
ceived Saturday brought Lake $20 million dollar plant in a wet was based on their possession of
precinct if the bill became law. machine guns, hand grenades.
Daniel vetoed another measure pistols and ammunition aboard a
(HB897) which defined “outdoor 47-foot two masted schooner, “the
advertising in the Texas liquor Monsoon." The vessel is owned
control act Daniel said in his veto by Brous, the department said.
Fort Phantom Hill to two-tenth s
of a foot below its spillway, a
gain of about 25 million gallons.
The lake now holds slightly
MILKMAID IN TOWN — American Dairy Princess
Bonnie Sue Houghtaling, 18, of Swan, Iowa is met at
Abilene Municipal Airport by Miss Abilene, Jane
Pruitt, right. A reception was held for her Sunday
night after she flew in from Chicago. News media ap-
pearances are planned for Miss Houghtaling Monday
morning before she speaks at a Jaycee noon luncheon.
She leaves Monday afternoon for Dallas, part of a
13-state tour during June, which is National Dairy
Month. (Staff Photo).
over 23 billion gallons, said lake-
keeper Jack Blair. Its capacity
statement "I see no justification-------------
for expanding the advertising of 42ND PETIT JURY
is 24 billion. -- —.----------- --
Lake Kirby, which has re- alcoholic beverages to the outside 1 , , v
ceived 5.75 inches since Thurs- of buses and other public trans- TO MEET TODAY
day is now 4.6 feet below spill- portation facilities ”
Petit jurors for Judge J.
R. Black’s 42nd District Court
way level, said Water and Sewer The governor wound up the
Supt W J. Weems business of the regular session of
Towns receiving rain Saturday the Legislature by signing 61 bills,
night but previously unreported, vetoing 11 and filing 14 with the uled at 9 a.m. Court has not
were Stamford 1.10, Anson .50, secretary of the state to become been postponed, as reported
and Winters and Eastland .10. law without his signature. I previously.
will meet Monday as sched
previously.
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