The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1961 Page: 18 of 36
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19 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
A Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, July 13, 1961
MIG JETS
Russian Fighters Acquired by Cuba
By BEN F. MEYER guns, tanks and other war gear. One expert here said the MIG tro’s air force received 26 MIG Havana. The airport was built by
WASHINGTON (AP)— The Fidel chiefly from Iron Curtain coun-jet is primarily a defensive lighter jets. It was this report that IS the United States during World
Castor regime in Cuba has ac-tries. plane But he added. "It can be a officials confirmed Wednesday, War II to combat Nazi submarines
quired MIG jets, official sources News of the acquisition of an very destructive, mean weapon adding that the actual number attacking sugar ships leaving Cu- •
said Wednesday The MIGS are undetermined number of jet air- when rockets, napalm or other may be greater than 26. ba
the first Soviet aircraft based in craft coincides with reports that bombs are mounted. It already There have been reports here Speculation here is that the Cast
this hemisphere Latin-American nations, particu- has very considerable fire power that the MIGs were received by tro regime plans to use the MIG
: The buildup oi air power follows larly in the Caribbean area, have from several cannon." ship in crates and are being as- jets in military displays on July
many months of heavy purchases been revising and modernizing de- The newspaper El Siglo of Bogo- sembled at the San Antonio de Los 26— the anniversary date of the
by the Hav ana government of fense plans. | ta. Colombia, said recently Cas-Banos Airport on the outskirts of Castro uprising in Cuba
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DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR
SWAP FOR FREEDOM — Four Freedom Riders were fined $500 each and given
six month jail terms Wednesday in a Little Rick Ark , municipal court. The pun-
ishment was suspended by Judge Quinn when the four agreed to suspend Free-
dom Rides in the South (AP Wirephoto)
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LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) - He said that being in interstate cial Equality testified The others —
Four “Freedom Riders agreed bus pass nger does not exempt a convicted were Bliss Ann Malone, 2
Wednesday to stop their bus-rid- person from arrest for violation 23. St Louis Negro teacher, Janet S
ing segregation tests in the South of local laws Reintiz, 23, a white New York 3
in exchange for suspended fines Glov er also denied defense pleas housewife, and the Rev John C. gig
and jail sentences that the arrests violated due proc-Raines, white pastor of the Setau-—
Municipal Judge Quinn Glover ess of law guaranteed by the U. S. Let, N Y., Methodist Church. =
convicted the four on breach of Constitution or that the st ite law Also in the court room was An- 2
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peace charges and fined each $500 used for the arrests was unconsti- nie Lumpkin, 18. a St. Louis Negro
and gave them six-month jail sen- tutional who accompanied the group here
tences, the maximum penalty. If Only one rider, the Rev Elton but was not arrested.
they would go home, he said, he B Cox of St. Louis Negro field Police Chief R E. Glasscock
would suspend judgment, se. retary for the Congress of Ra- and two other policemen testified
After more than an hour of con-
ferences, which inc ided long-dis.
TIME SERVICE GUARANTEE
If tire fails during the monthly guarantee period, we will, 2
at our option, either repair it without cost or in exchange —
for the old tire, give you a new lire or a refund, charging 2
only for the period of ownership. Some competitors ad. 2
vertise a monthly guarantee and adjust only on the re- =
maining tread during that period. Cheek before you buy. =
stores lo< ated in « ities and tow ns
along the way to service you ...
you’re in touch with a Sears
store wherever you drive.
P<
In
tance telephone calls, the riders
accepted. They had planned to go i
on to New Orleans before their
arrest Monday night.
They were released from jail,
pending their departure
in convicting them, Glover re
jected a defense contention that
the arrests in a bus station inter-
fered with interstate commerce.
Ex-Winters
Mayor Sees
Gains
4
against the riders. They said they —
made the arrests because of a =
threat of violence from a crowd
of 300 to 400 persons at the sta-
tion
Glasscock said Negroes had
used the white section of the bus
station for three years without in-
cident and there would have been
no problem had the Freedom
Riders been given no advanced
THE AD LIFE GUARANTEE
If lire fails because of defects in material or workman- —
ship during the lifetime of the original tread after the 2
monthly guarantee has expired, we will, at our option, A
Entries Judged
In Achievement
Awards Program
Dr James Culp, head of the
English Department at Abilene
Christian College, is currently
judging papers submitted by con-
testants in the annual Achieve-
ment Awards competition of the
National Council of Teachers of
English (NCTE)
publicity.
Glasscock added the arrests
WINTERS - Former M or T were not made because the four
A Smith of Winters said Monday used the white portion of the bus
that he believes the local electric station ,
light would policeman said the crowd
2. Pint would make nearly was not unruly, but it gave signs
pay of making trouble Cox said the
ments and operating expenses if Only demonstration was a cheer
the West Texas Utilities Co. fran- when police escorted the riders
chise is not extended here.from the station..
In a Tuesday morning story Ancil Douthit, Little Rock city
about the Winters controversy manager, defended police action
over whether the WTU franchise as “the only course” to prevent
should be extended and the city trouble Pe added had there been
power plant be made the sole au- no crowd there would have been
thorized utility company here no incident.
Smith’s quotation about the $100,- "There probably are Negroes in
000 earnings inadvertently omit the waiting room right now,” he
Cuip was one of several asked ted a qualifying phrase Smith said.
to judge the entries in Texas, said the earnings by the local ' bus terminal official said the
The purpose of the program is plant would be that great only if waiting room had been integrated
to grant public recognition to WTU got out for several years, ‘ever since the
some of the nation’s outstanding Smith says he did not nolaw came out.”
students of high school English S's be did not mean to__________________.
and encourage them to continue indicate, in response to a ques-
their education in colleges and tion concerning the operation of
universities the Winters municipal electric
Three papers are submitted by plant, that it would make $100,000
contestants, and two tests taken per year over bond payments and
This year’s theme selected by operating expenses should the
the NCTE is The Truth of theNTC franchise be extended.
Human Heart as Expressed in Neither, he said, did he want to
Literature." The participants are leave the impression that the
juniors in high school electric plant is making that.
According to Culp, this program amount of money at this time
Why Hop-Shop
All over Town?
produces notable results in en In the same revs story, it was
couraging higher education CM stated erroneously that Mayor
the 5,800 students nominated for Harvey Jones and Smith are busi-
the award this past year, over 97 ness partners and are related by
pe- cent attended college and marriage Actually, Mayor Jones
about 80 per cent received schol- and Ralph Lloyd, a member of the
arships averaging $350 per stu- City Commission, are related by
dent for the freshman year marriage and are partners in a
Cisco Rotarians
Install Officers
CISCO (RNS) - The Cisco
Rotary Club has installed these
new officers for the new year
E. W Mince, president: Lloyd
London, vice president Anton
White, secretary - treasurer, and
1. L Bradley, Paul Farrow, C
B. Rust and C N Snow, direc-
tors
business venture here Jones fa-
vors the continuation of the elec-
tric franchise to the utility con-
cern and Lloyd opposes that ex-
tension.
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Quickly Fades Horrid
, BROWN AGE SPOTS
From Hands, Face, Neck, Arms
aKarrow is the retiring presi- Sensational cosmetic formula
visiting Rotarians at the club’s called FAYD penetrates skin
meeting last Thursday were Jack surface to break up masses of
Bridges, Frank Pruitt, Bob Gil- pigment which cause ugly brown
christ, Curtis Head, D. P Russey spots, freckles and embarrassing
and Shelley Smith all of Abilene, surface blemishes. They quickly
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1961, newspaper, July 13, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672006/m1/18/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.