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ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, J. —THIRTY SIX PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
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Iraq Force
Relations
Increasing Troubling
Increasing Minister
KUWAIT (AP) - Brig. Derek Kuwait’s independence against
Horsford, commander of British the threat of Iraqi annexation. TAIPEI, Formosa (AP) - For- I
forces, in. Kuwait, said Wednes- Military sources estimated a eign Minister Shen Chang-huan 1
day the tempo of the Iraqi build- third of the commando unit had openly admitted Wednesday the 1
up of ground forces on Kuwait’s suffered at least the first stages Pen mited Wednesday the -
blistering border appeared to of heat exhaustion—dizziness and existence of new and serious is-
have increased. | sickness. Most recovered quickly sues between the United States,,
At the same time he ordered with on-the-spot treatment. But and Nationalist China.
crack Marine commandos out of more serious, cases were
. At the same time Premier Chen
their advance positions because flown by helicopter to the Ma- 1 1:
, h 2nd .___. 1 : ...........A , , Cheng, who also is vice president
of the fierce desert heat and sand rines’ base ship, the aircraft car-
storms. rier Bulwark in the Persian Gulf
Fresh troops from reserve units off Kuwait.
and political heir apparent of
President, Chiang Kai-shek, said
went forward to relieve 600 men Meanwhile, Secretary-General in effect the Republic of China
of the No. 42 Royal Marine Com- Abdel Khalek Hassouna of the would quit the United Nations
mandos who dug into the desert Arab League, on a round of diplo-rather than share Chinese repre-
1 1.3 80 at the beginning matic talks in which he hoped to
the British operation to defers mediate the Iraqi-Kuwait dispute.
.sentation there with Red China. |
The two statements followed an
UAR, Russia
Urge Request
From Council
left here for Saudi Arabia.
Horsford said that although the announcement that U. S. Ambas-
Iraqi buildup of ground forces ap- sador Everett F. Drumright is
parently had increased Tuesday leaving for Washington Thursday
he had noted no unusual air or for routine consultations.
naval movements
Strong Re
Backed by
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Algerian Riots
Claim 80 Lives
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T05UGEN
By ANDREW BOROWIEC is one and indivisible. It is not a
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Al-gruyere cheese which can be
gerian Rebels backed their bid carved w
for power with a general strike € P
and riots Wednsday that cost The rebels capitalized on the
them at least 80 dead and 266 idea that France might give the
wounded. rich and fertile coast lands to
The rebel protest strike against Europeans and. pro-French Mos-
the French threat to partition the lems while consigning others to
North African territory degener- the arid interior if negotiations
ated into bloody rioting. Casual- fail to work out guarantees for the
ties dropped in the dusty streets Europeans safety in an indepen-
in many towns on the anniver- dent Algeria.
sary of the French landing in Al- Moslem men, women and youths
geria on July 5 1830 —often led by armed and uni-
French troops grimly put -down formed rebel guerrilla fighters-
disorders with gunfire, losing six massed in towns on the rich farm-
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. waved the white and green rebel
Although it was one of the most flag and shouted nationalist slo-
powerful demonstrations of pro-gans. French riot squads fought
rebel feeling among Algeria’s them off with tear gas and gun-
Moslems in four years, the chief fire
government spokesman, Jacques . . .
Coup de Frejac said the day’s An uneasy calm settled over
. Ineigemts CpNa RAEhineAIna retar tamale" tor. athour
! He described them as a tragic general strike was largely fol-
obstacle in Algeria s path toward lowed in such major cities as Al-
independence _ . giers, Oran and Constantine and
DEUX vL OULIN
He said his own huxsupe w.o c m but oncomm.ttaattitudenessMT @ me
The ambassador preserved a
proceeding with the arrival of the when asked by newsmen about
34th Field Engineers Squadron the purpose of his trip. He said
which will lay frontier minefields, that all he had to say would be
and the 29th Field Regiment of communicated to the State De-
the artillery with 25-pound guns. partment.
Asked if he thought the laying Drumright smiled when it was
of minefields was an extreme pointed out his reticence might be
Tie
ICOLA
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y (AP)
-eantateruneaa ane Mealture the commander said" Eterprenea 3 "EAMESSULSLANCE 1
U. N. Security Council Wednesday
to call for withdrawal of British
armed fores from Kuwait down then I would deserve the ward a crisis.
Omar Loutfi, thedele sack." . | This impression has grown out
gate, accompanied CaTA British military sources said of American moves to recognize SIGN OF TIMES IN ALGERIA — A white poster reading OAS in Algeria guards
plea to the council resolve the the Iraqi dispositions looked more Communist Outer Mongolia, a on’ covers part of a street sign in an Alg iers suburb. OAS stands for Organization
countries L ems Y Sesert like an offensive situation than central Asian country sandwiched Secret Army. The rebel group is protesting a French threat to partition the North
crisis over the rich deser defensive between the Soviet Union and Red African territory. (AP Wirephoto)
a Horsford said he was preparing China, and by implication favor-----------------------------------—--------------
He said this could best be done against the contingency that Iraq its admission to the United Na-
within the machinery of the Arab might cross the border tions. By attempting to recognize PREMATURE BABY RALLYING
League, whose secretary general A military source said RAF Outer Mongolia, the United States -
is currently consulting with lea Hunter jets spotted an Iraqi jeep hopes to test Soviet contentions
ers of Arab countries. . patrol just inside Kuwait territory that the nation is sovereign and
The Soviet and U.A.R. positions earlier this week, but the jeeps therefore entitled to U. N. mem-
were set forth at the second meet-quickly returned to their own side bership.
ing of the 11-nation council on Ku of the border and no significance
wait. The council met for the first was attached to the brief incur
time in extraordinary session on sion
Sunday, then adjourned until Wed He said his force is 80 per cent SECTION A
nesuay. . . complete and that he was com Sports 12, 13
Soviet Delegate Valerian A. pletely happy with the defense oil news ......15
Zorin asserted the first duty of force at his disposal However he Obituaries .... 17
the council was to condemn Brit-said he was extremely concerned SECTION E
ain for sending troops and to at the conditions
“adopt such measures as would men had to work.
lead to the immediate withdrawal "Winds whip up cruelly hot
of British troops from Kuwait burning sands, absolutely sting-
Britain dispatched troops and ing," he said after a visit to de-
naval forces at the request of fense positions
Sheik Sir Abdullah as-Salin as------------------------------
Sabah, who said his country’s in-ala •. .
===== Mother Says Her Son
the council and won support of . 4-
both Britain and the United A A g o •
May Be Defending Her
have been ordered to come in and to the impression that relations
organize the defense of this coun between the United States and
try. If I am caught with my pants Nationalist China are heading to-
NEWS INDEX
in which his Food news
Women’s news
Amusements........
Comics .........,.
Editorials .
Radio-TV logs ...
Form news, markets ..
... 16
States. 1
Loutfi said the United Arab Re- |
public supported the independ-
ence of Kuwait, and could not ac-
cept any idea of annexation by
Iraq. But he added that the
U.A.R. would not be against a
unification program such as
brought Syria and Egypt together
under the banner of the U.A.R.
The U.A.R. Ministry of Propa-
ganda in Cairo issued a statement
similar to that of Loutfi.
U. S. Delegate Francis T P.
Plimpton, the only Western dele-
gate to speak Wednesday said ac-
tion by the British and Saudi
Arabia to help Kuwait "will tend
to- ensure preservation of peace
in the area"
He welcomed assurances from
the Iraqi delegate that his coun-
try would not use force against
Kuwait, and he expressed hope
the ruler of Kuwait would receive
such assurances from Premier
Abdel Karim Kassem in Bagh-
dad.
Abdel Azziz Hussein, minister
of education for Kuwait, was seat-
ed at the council table on the
same baiss as Iraqi Delegate Ad-
man Pachachi—with the right to
take part in debate but not in
any vote.
Zorin objected to seating Hus-
sein, saying the Kuwaiti delegate
could not act as a representative
of a sovereign nation because
Kuwait is occupied by British
troops.But-Zorin didnotpress
the issue to a formal vote.
By JOEL KIRKPATRICK youth Tuesday evening, and be-
Reporter-News Staff Writer fore he was taken to the East-
CISCO — "I did it, I did it. I land County Jail at Eastland.
did it! I must have done it!" | The youth is accused of the
"No. Nathan, you couldn’t butcher - knife attack a week
have." ago on Mrs Florence E. Hussey,
The 15-year-old youth was talk-53, well - liked secretary at the
ing to his mother of murder. First Baptist Church here. Mrs.
The distraught mother of ac-Hussey’s body was left lying in a
cused murderer Nathan Curry pool of blood with 14 stab and
Wednesday recounted the above slash wounds.
conversation with her son. The jail doors at Eastland Wed.
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ALP Y He accused the rebels of hypoc-in many smaller centers. Public
Ahona PmyIRA MAu risy in pushing "irresponsible per transport and docks were hit by
MALICES H 1CE 1 111--------------sons, frequently women and chil-the walkout and most Moslem-run
• k dren” into the French line of fire. shops and markets shut down.
French gunfire, he declared. Even French officials conceded
Infant of Sharon Jones ============
- 15 terrorists and 51 street demon- While strike action and violence
Hundreds of prayers were ut- A pediatrician attending the to be rallying somewhat later strators:
tered in Abilene Wednesday nioht one-week premature infant said W Wednesday night. Mol
. . were reported in wide areas of
cumeaue, angad Moslem deput lies from. Al geria the country, commando units from
for the seriously ill" infant son the child began to have trouble The physician who performed sent , a telegram to President the rebel Army of National Liber-
9 of Mr. and Mrs Jack Jones breathing in its incubator about the caesarean operation said Mrs. Charles de daulaiinan pre ation swooped down on two
7 The mother, Sharon Jones, re- four hours after birth at Hendrick Jones,” who was knocked uncon- testing .cneanuirderous real French army posts at the eastern
11 mains unconscious, but in "good" Memorial Hospital. The baby was scious in an automobile accident 0. : = F_____. coastal town of Djidjelli
12 condition after giving birth to the placed in a special "isolet" to las. ueu. ... ouvwcu ...
, 6 pound, 4 ounce baby by caesar-j enable him to breathe a mixture regaining consciousness during" French
17 lean section at 12:42 p.m. of mist and oxygen. He was said the hour-long operation. : National Assembly suspended
Surgery had "no apparent af-business for a moment’s silence
fect" on the mother, the doctor as a tribute to the dead,
said. He explained that “medical Although the French spokesman
reasons” necessitated the opera-said disorders took place in only
tion a week before the baby was nine of the 75 administrative divi-
actually due. - sions of Algeria, he admitted the me gay s strte i was a
The child was named Dwain strike had been effctive through-
Edward. Dwain is Jones’ middle out the country.
name.—Mrs.—Iones father, M. M | There were mass demonstra-
Bowles of 1434 Anson Ave., said tions in support of the rebels in
the baby was named Edward aft- both neighboring Tunisia and Mo
er Ed Dunnigan, a brother of the rocco. . . .Constantine itself, shouting the
young Curry was shielding an-owner of Dunnigan Tool Co. where Abharithe rheicleaadhe, name of rebel Premier Ferhat
other youth - a friend, or some Jones is employed. Dunnigan has toida Arenscedthepiseris Abbas and "Down with Parti-
other unknown person. been a strong supporter of the in Casablanca, Morocco: Aset tion." Official reports from that
classmates at Cisco High School Exhausted city and county au-Sharon Jones Fund,
as “the quietest boy in town." thorities, stung by some of the Father U pset
District Attorney Earl Conner Jr. flying rumors, said that their in-
vestigation was not completed.
Related Photo, Pg. 16-A
barred newsmen and photograph
ers from the jail.
Rumors Fly
After young Curry’s arrest
Wednesday evening, rumors flew
like shrapnel over this ordinarily
last Dec. is. showed no siannset war-dsnunaer Ri" $
wounded and the rest were driven
off. They gave no figures on
French losses. Djidjelli has been
a nationalist hotbed in recent
weeks. - .
The Constantine area appeared
to be the most seriously rocked -
by the day’s civil strife. It was in
the nationalist rebellion first
flared almost seven years ago.
Upwards of 10,000 Moslems
streamed through the streets of
—----------------------------region listed 13 dead and nearly
200 wounded. Some in the mobs
Oriin LhOICe Faces which clashed with riot forces,
, . were reported armed with auto-
Woman in Saving matic weapons.
Ollidil III JOT 9 Another flashpoint was the Cas-
, , u a tiglione-Berard area, about 30
Drowning Victim miles west of Algiers. There 11
-" - D persons were killed and 61
Bowles said the new father be-
came “very. very upset" during
the operation and was given a
mild sedative. After the infant
was delivered Bowles said his
son-in-law was “relieved and
proud.”
“He said he didn’t feel like the
baby belonged to him yet until
the possibility that two persons he could hold him," Bowles told
were involved in the slaying. | a reporter
He discounted Mayor John H. Jones and his wife $ parents
Webb’s theory that the yout h planned to keep an all night vizi ________
may have had an accomplice. until the baby s condition became aid?
“We’re satisfied at the present satisfactory. That dilemma faced Mrs
that we have the right person - The pediatrician said he did not Robert Cole of Savannah
he said. “But we will continue know immediately what caused Wednesday
to check all possibilities.” the infant to have respiratory dif- ‘I had to choose between -
Mrs. Curry, mother of the ficulty. If the infant recovers sat- the child and the mother it
crew-cut high school sophomore, isfactorily from the setback. he was agonizing." Mrs. Cole
steadfastly maintained that her could be taken from the incubator said
son couldn’t have committed the within a week the specialist add- She rescued Mrs. Raymond
murder. She said a scream heard ed Savanich of Savannah
by a neighbor fixed the time of Bowles said the telephone at his ‘I though the child was
the slaying at 10:30 p.m June house began to ring within hours about done for and there was
28. after the news was spre d’th a better chance to save Mrs
Son at Home | child’s birth. "We have had calls Savanich" Mrs. Cole. 28. told
She added that her son was from all over this area the officers "She was hysterical
kitchen of the Curry home t phone will hardly .stop ringing, when I pulled her from the
that-+---------== me a He said dozens of “complete water and I was unable to
She said her son was in the strangers" called him early any pill free of ner to go back
groggy from an overdose of seda see ARIL BNE 16-A. Cols. 4. after the chi ld. -
tives (he took 24 pills in 20S4ETE —=2.9—Raymond.Savanich—r
hours which he reportedly took nn | drowned. The chid.wa:
to ease severe migraine. head- .
aches She said he was under
and that they were continuing to
look into every angle of the
case.
District Attorney Conner admit-
ted that the case had more angles
quiet West Texas town. One of than an interlocking Chinese
She said she had talked to him nesday clanged shut behind the____________,_______J.__- ________.___
after officers had questioned the youth, described by one of his the rumors was that perhaps puzzle. But he virtually ruled out
LOADING EVIDENCE — Lie Detector Expert Dee Wheeler puts bedding taken
from the room of Nathan Curry into the trunk of a police car for the 100-mile
trip to the Fort Worth Crime Lab. Also in the trunk are ashes from a fire recently
burned in front of the home of the accused youth, in which officers found bits of a
charred towel believed to be bloodstained. Sheriff Lee Horn (not visible) is aiding
Wheeler. (Staff Photo by Charles Cockerell).
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP)—A 7-
year-old boy is drowning. His
mother who can’t swim either
jumps in after him and goes
under. You can save one of
them. But which one will you
wounded.
At Fouka, in the same area.
Moslem demonstrators soaked
the fronts of several European
shops with gasoline and oil. But
they were driven off by troops be-
fore any fires were set.
Algiers itself was free of seri-
ous trouble. At one uoint crowds
of Moslem youths and white-
veiled women set up a chorus of
nationalist slogans in the Casbah,
ringed by troops posted at barbed
wire barricades.
Peace talks between the French
and rebels bogged down June 13
and were suspended by the
French for a cooling off period.
There is no firm word as to when
the talks will resume although
some reports say they may begin
again in the middle of this month.
WEATHER
sedation at the time officers talk-
ed to him and “he would have
signed anything to get some
sleep "
She added that she felt that
her son might have admitted the
murder “to protect me." She
said that because of her son’s.
drugged condition, and, because
“everyone in the neighborhood
was a suspect,” he might have
believed “that I was the killer."
, ing for crabs in a river with
t a brother.. Danny. 9 Ray-
1 | mond stepped into water over
his head.
The older brother couldn't
swim and shouted for help.
Mrs Savanich, about 35.
jumped into the water in a .
desperate attempt to save her
child and began to go under.
At that point Mrs Cole
€ s DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
WEATHER BUREAU
(Weather map. 16-41
ABILENE AND VICINITY Radius 40
a Ta. a arm Thursday and
Friday High Thursday 95, low Thursday
night 70.73 high Friday the unper 90‘s.
TE MPE RATU RES
We a.m. Wee , m.
E - :
72 *
72.
1
The mother said that a stocky
I woman in an old black car was
seen near the home of Mrs. Hus-
sey on the night of the murder.
Conner and Police Chief S. E.
Parkinson claim there is no evi-
See MOTHER, Pg. 16-A, Cols. 1,2
NATHAN CURRY
.. accused of murder
raced to the water’s edge and
made her decision. She had
been chatting with Mrs. Sava-
nich on the bank of the river
at a fishing camp.
After she pulled Mrs
Savanich from the water, she
said, she turned in time to
see the child’s body floating
downstream.
& 2-hours ending
ne date last year: 93
7 So: sunrise today:
: 7.49
s at 9 p.m 28 19.
im. 61 percent.
J TEXAS Clear, to
day through Friday.
NAS Clear to partly
my I nu my unroush Friday with a
few afternoon or ev ening thundershowers
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