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82ND YEAR, NO. 136
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Last week nearly everybody
tiptoed carefully around a plain
and gruesome fact. Hardly
anyone would mention it aloud
for fear of starting panic, his
own or his neighbors’.
But the tensions which gripped
us for six days have eased
suddenly, not by our own doing,
and football and politics have
returned to their places as the
chief topics for personal con-
cern.
Now it is safe to say it
We don’t have much in the
way of “civil defense.”
Johnson Had Key
“Civil defense" has been
talked since the coming of the
atomic bomb.
Except for the crises which
jar us periodically, the talk has
been chilled by apathy and ig-
norance.
Last week’s scare, the big-
gest one yet, melted the apathy,
that’s for sure. We told our-
selves it wouldn’t happen, there
would be no nuclear war, but
we were not altogether convinc-
ing.
In every household there was
concern. The degree varied, but
there was much looking about.
And when we looked we saw,
mostly, our own ignorance of
what could be done.
Role in Crisis
By LES CARPENTER .
Reporter-News Capital Bureau
WASHINGTON - The terrify-
ing Cuban crisis — the nightmare
which has passed — dramatized
the great dependence President
Kennedy places on his vice presi-
dent from Texas, Lyndon B. John-
son.
Through the anxious hours of 1
the long days of last week. Pres- g
ident Kennedy made no decision f
without first consulting Vice Pres- I
ident Johnson. It is known that
Johnson agreed with every step
the President took, and also made
a number of suggestions in the
Here in Abilene the civil de-
fease situation is something like
this:
There are some plans But
only a few have been inter-
ested in them.
We have disaster sirens. With-
out, we understand, proper aux-
iliary power which might be
needed for, say, a storm warn-
ing, and most of us don’t even
know which signals would mean
what.
A few of us have fall-out shel-
ters. But not many and some
of them may or may not be
very good.
Some of us have storm cel-
lars. But we don’t know what,
if anything, could be done to
make them of use against fall-
out.
There has been talk of locat-
ing areas in buildings which
might be used as public shelter
against disaster. But if any-
thing concrete has been done
about this the public doesn’t
doesn’t know it.
We know the public schools
have a disaster plan of sorts-
school officials met last Tues-
day to work out part of it. But
we doubt it would stand much
of a test.
(School plan is to keep all
children at school in the most
nearly safe spots to be found.
Idea is don’t turn them loose
in disaster But what of the par-
ent who has adequate shelter
at home? What of the parent
who, as parents might, wants
his child with him in a dire
emergency? He’s supposed to go
to the school for the child—
“sign him out" in at least one
school. What a jam that would
be!)
shaping of U.S. policy in the
showdown with Nikita Khru-
shchev.
Rarely, if ever, have a U. S.
President and Vice President act-
ed in such harmony in a life-or-
death situation for the nation.
Johnson participated in every
high level conference. At times,
the talk was between two men,
the President and Vice President.
At others it was the two men with
the cabinet, or the two men
with the National Security Council.
Most often, it was the special
eight-man "executive committee”
of the National Security Council,
which the President created as an
emergency group to handle the
Cuban countdown.
This committee met twice a day
most days and at least once a
day every day. Its members are
Vice President Johnson, Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk, Secre-
tary of Defense Robert McNama-
ra, Secretary of Treasury Douglas
Dillon, Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chairman Gen. Maxwell Taylor.
Central Intelligence Agency Di-
rector John McCone, and the
Ze
LYNDON JOHNSON
...in on all decisions
President’s White House foreign
policy aide, McGeorge Bundy.
The group served, for all prac-
tical purposes, as a super war
council with all authority over
necessary decisions of immediacy
in the fast-moving crisis.
To accommodate the President,
Johnson moved out of his U.S.
Capitol office and into the sutie
of rooms next door to Kennedy’s
in the White House which Presi-
dent Kennedy assigned to the Tex-
an right after inauguration. John-
son is the first Vice President
with White House offices.
There, at a desk with direct tel-
ephone lines into the President’s
Leader Says
Group Made
i
Cuba Landing.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)
—A leader of the militantly anti-,
Castro Cuban exile organization
Alpha 66 said Monday night he
had received reports that some
Alpha 66 commandos landed in
Cuba several days ago and en-
gaged in fighting.
Geronomo Esteves said he could
not confirm the reports. He gave
no indication where such a land-
ing might have taken place, the
number of men involved or the
extent of the fighting.
He said, however, that the
group was reported to have been
led by Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a
former major in Castro’s army
who fought against Cuban dictator
Fulgencio Batista in the Escam-
bray Hills of Cuba. Gutierrez Me-
noyo reportedly calls his forces
the Second Front of Escambray.
Esteves also said that Alpha 66,
which has claimed responsibility
for attacks on several ships in
Cuban waters, will continue its
fighting operations as planned de-
spite the latest turn of events.
He said he doubted that the So-
viet Union would keep its prom-
ise to withdraw missiles from
Cuba and added: "The freedom
of the Cuban people cannot be ne-
gotiated by the United States for
a few bases."
Esteves reflected the senti-
ments of most Cuban exiles in
private office, the State Depart-
ment, the Pentagon and the CIA,
Johnson stayed late into the night, ing our fatherland is ours and
'Town Hall'
Session Sel
Apr
Mayor C. R. Kinard said Mon-
day night that a Town Hall Meet-
ing will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday in the auditorium of the
Public Library for the purpose of
discussing the proposed city char-
ter
Kinard urged the public to at-
tend the meeting, saying that "it
is for their benefit and it is to
available instantly when the Pres-
ident had to see him. In a few
instances, Johnson remained there
all night, napping on a couch.
Special armed messengers con-
tinually were rushing reports to
him in envelopes marked "eyes
only."
This is a relatively new classi-
fication for top secret papers. The
designation means that no one
except the person to whom the
message is addressed can break
the seal on the envelope. It also
means the message must be read
and destroyed. It literally limits
its contents to “eyes only” — or
“only to be memorized.” No note
or memorandum can be made on
what is in the message on any
other piece of paper for later ref-
erence.
Johnson performed other serv-
their advantage to ask questions." ices for President Kennedy in ad-
Commissioner Truman
Kirk
first suggested the meeting,
saying that most of the opposi-
tion to the proposed charter is
"over things that are in the state
constitution or in the old charter."
Dr. Joe Humphrey, dean of Mc-
Murry College, will serve as mod-
erator.
dition to being a man with advice
and judgment the President re-
lies on heavily when the going
gets rough.
Johnson, for the President, kept
in close touch with top congres-
sional leaders and others who
Order in Effect
During UN Talk
By LEWIS GULICK
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
More on Cuba, Pg. 3, 11-A
We found out last week we
didn’t know much to do but near-
ly everybody did something-
bought a transistor, bought
canned food and bottled water,
looked around the house for the
safest spot, or at least talked
about not being able to do any-
thing.
As it turned out, it was “un-
necessary" and we may be a
bit embarrassed about our scur-
rying about.
But there’s little doubt another
time of fright will come. With
this one fresh on the public’s
mind, civil defense now has
its best opportunity to find fol-
lowers—if it knows which way
to lead.
Last week woke us to our ig-
norance. What sensible plans
can we make personally and as
families? What practical plans
could we undertake collectively?
What about the children at
school? Why wouldn’t school
safety be a good P-TA project
right now? (Might look over the
new Dallas program which in-
cludes such things as a simple
communications system, handy
in storm season, and an inven-
tory of parent’s wishes about
care of his child.)
Most of us know little about
civil defense.
News Conference
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
United States announced Monday
night the temporary lifting of its
naval quarantine of Cuba at the
request of Acting Secretary-Gen-
eral U Thant of the United Na-
tions.
U Thant is to meet Tuesday
with Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro in Havana in an effort to
work out details for U.N. super-
vision of the removal of Soviet
nuclear missiles from the island.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev an-
nounced Sunday that he had or-
dered such a withdrawal and
agreed to U.N. supervision.
The White House announced the
lifting of the quarantine against
shipments of offensive weapons
would be effective about 6 a.m.
Tuesday and would last through
the two days of U Thant’s visit.
UN MEETING — U Thant, left, acting United Nations Whether it will be reimposed
secretary general, is shown with Vasily V. Kuznetsov, after that period will depend on
Soviet deputy foreign minister, at the UN in New the situation at that time
York Monday. Kuznetsov is Khrushchev’s emissary The blockading U.S. warships
on the Cuban situation. (AP Wirephoto) meanwhile will remain on station
U Thant Confers
With Red Envoy
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP) ing, and that the Soviet delegate
Thant conferred Monday came up with “constructive sug-
Puerto Rico who were disap- — U 11 ““ CoueI mondd came up wil construcuve sug-
pointed by President Kennedv’s ni£ht with Premier Khrushchev’s gestions about practical steps for
RFU special envoy amid indications the implementation of agreements
ren tirmnation Cuba. U.S. position that the Acting Secretary-Gener- already reached with the aim of
noE invade Cuba, al’s negotiations on the Cuban settling the crisis over Cuba”
‘The Cuban people now know E me crisis over Cued,
that the responsibility of liberat-
that we cannot delegate it to the
United States," said Manuel Ray,
leader of the People’s Revolution-
ary Movement.
Language Teacher
Called Up Again
COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP)-Colum-
bus High School lost its Russian
language teacher again Monday,
called up the second time within
a year for Air Force Reservist
duty.
crisis were going smoothly.
Thant met for a second time
with Vasily V. Kuznetsov, first
deputy Soviet foreign minister, on
settling the crisis over Cuba.”
Thant met also with Cuban Am-
bassador Mario Garcia-Inchauste-
gui, who told Thant his visit to
the eve of Thant’s departure Tues-Havana is most welcome. He said
day morning for Cuba and talks Raul Primelles, Cuba s deputy
with Prime Minister Fidel Castro permanent U.N. representative,
on steps to get Soviet missiles out would accompany Thant on the
of Cuba.
Thant met also during the day
with U.S. and Cuban representa- U.S. Chief
tives. F
Havana flight.
Thant also met Monday with
The U.N. released a letter
E Delegate Adlai E.
Stevenson and John J. McCloy, a
veteran U.S. troubleshooter who
Thant sent to Khrushchev Sun- is chairman of President Ken-
day in which he expressed belief nedy’s newly appointed three-man
the situation in the Caribbean coordinating committee on the
area would be normalized when Cuban crisis,
the missiles are removed and the
Last November, the Air Force chev.
released Joseph R. Turk, 27, from
his typist duties with the 133rd
Air Transport Wing in Schenecta-
dy, N.Y., after his language pu-
pils appealed to President
Kennedy.
C. G. Addleman, assistant prin-
cipal, considers Turk’s call-up in
the current Cuban crisis another
matter.
“We all feel it’s crucial enough
now; I’m sure we won’t do any-
The other two members are
bases dismantled under U.N. sup- Undersecretary of state George
ervision as agreed to by Khrush-W. Ball and Deputy Secretary of
Defense Roswell L. Gilpatric.
Thant is going to Havana in a
at sea.
White House press secretary Pi-
erre Salinger told newsmen he
does not know why U Thant had
requested the lifting of the quar-
antine, which was imposed last
Tuesday. It seemed a good guess
that U Thant believes this ges-
ture would smooth his way in dis-
cussions with Castro, who has not
indicated any wholehearted ap-
proval of Khrushchev’s decision.
Neither the White House nor
the Defense Department made
any mention of the U.S. aerial sur-
veillance of the Soviet missile
bases which can determine wheth-
er the orders Khrushchev report-
ed giving are being carried out.
The lifting of the quarantine,
even on a temporary basis, was
at least a partial reversal of the
frequently stated U.S. position
that it would not change its pres-
ent course until given solid evi-
dence that the orders to disman-
tle the bases and remove the
weapons are being executed.
In fact, however, the announced
suspension of the quarantine was
largely a gesture since both the
State and Defense Departments
have said that as of Sunday there
were no Soviet ships within two
or three days’ sailing time of the
blockade area. And, as far as is
known, only Soviet ships have been
used to carry the critical offen-
sive weapons to the islands.
made will not be developed before
Tuesday. And he would not say
whether flights were made Sun-
day, from which pictures presum-
ably would have been available
Monday.
Prior to this announcement,
both the Pentagon and White
House had persistently turned
aside questions about whether
there is evidence that the report-
ed orders by Khrushchev are or
are not being carried out.
This stirred speculation that
there is as yet no evidence that
Khrushchev’s orders are being
carried out and that the admini-
stration is reluctant to acknow-
ledge this lest such an announce-
ment endanger diplomatic nego-
tiations for U.N.-supervised re-
moval of the nuclear rockets.
While naval blockaders marked
time on station in the Caribbean.
U.S. diplomats continued work-
ing out arrangements for U.N.
inspection of the removal of So-
viet missiles and jet bombers.
Goldsboro
Man Killed
u . . thing like that this time, though
had to beaconsulted on key points, we’d love to have, him back,"
Addleman said. "Last year, the
Among these men, with whom
Mayor Kinard said that the meet- Johnson remained in steady con-
ing will be held in the library
auditorium and that he appre-
ciated the cooperation of the li-
brary officials in moving the regu-
larly scheduled film program to
the basement.
tact to assist the busy President,
were House Speaker John W. Mc-
Cormack; Sen. Richard B. Rus-
sell (D-Ga.), chairman of the Sen-
ate Armed Services Commit-
WEATHER
U.S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
(Weather Map. Pg. 8-B)
ABILENE AND VICINITY (Radius 40
miles) Generally fair with slowly ria
ing temperatures through Wednesday
High Tuesday 70 to 75. Low Tuesday
night 55 to 60 High Wednesday near 80
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS - General-
ly fair Tuesday and Wednesday. High
Tuesday 69 northeast 71 Southwest
NORTHWEST TEXAS — Generally fair
Tuesday and Wednesday High Tuesday
70-78.
TEMPERATURES
Meo a.m. Mon. p.m.
54 - ..........1:00 61
54 2:00 58
53 . ........3:00 40
53 ............4:00 62
53 ...........5 00 .........-. 62
54 .........6:00 58
54 ........7:00 ............54
S’—:;: 8
57 ______ 10:00 47
60 1100 —
59 12:00 -
High and low for 24-Hours ending 10
p.m.: 62 and 52.
High and lew same date last year 81
and M
Sunset last night: 5:51; sunrise today:
6:54; sunset tonight: 5:50.
Barometer reading at 14 p.m.: 28.41.
Humidity at 10 p.m. 79 per cent.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Obituaries ........
Sports .!........
Oil news .........
Amusements
SECTION 1
Editorials .....
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5-7
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tee; Senate Majority Leader Mike
Mansfield (D-Mont.): and others. ... . .
Often in American history, this weekend,
presidents and vice presidents
Berlin crisis didn’t seem quite as
close to us.”
After his return to Columbus
last fall, Turk transferred to the
434th Troop Carrier Wing, based
at Bakalar Air Force Base near
here, one of the units reactivated
have virtually been strangers
when selected for political expe-
diency at a national convention to
See JOHNSON, Pg. 11-A, Col. 3
One of the arguments Turk’s pu-
pils used effectively last fall was
that the government had invested
$6,000 in Turk’s special education
in Russian at Indiana University
and in Russia.
Cuban Exiles Eye
Freedom Invasion
By LANE TALBURT
Reporter-News Staff Writer
Sign-carrying Cuban exiles
marched on downtown Abilene
during the evening rush hour Mon-
day. appealing for a United States
invasion of the Communist-
controlled isle.
Without a single incident to mar
the sidewalk demonstration, the
police-escorted group of some 25
refugees marched two abreast
along a four-block route from the
Windsor Hotel to the Reporter-
out in despair for help.”
Among the Spanish-speaking
clan were a former sergeant in
the Cuban army under ex-Dictator
Batista, a bank teller, a school
teacher, construction company
owner and a college student. Sev-
eral have been in Abilene less
than two weeks.
Their signs — prepared in a
mass meeting Sunday night —
read “Russians — Get Out of
Cuba." "America for Ameri-
cans”; "Kennedy' — Firm and
Onward, Invasion After Block-
Women’s news ...;
news conference in six weeks at RSLu.........
4 p.m Thursday, the White House Radio-TV 0117,
announced Monday. l Ferm news, markets’
dent Kennedy will hold his first
News.__. ... ade,” and "Invasion Today Is
In front of the newspaper office. Possible, For Tomorrow It May
the Cubans presented a letter for Be Too Late 4
publication asking President Ken- One particular sign seemed to
′ express the feelings of the men
2
3
J ne to send troops — themselves
included — into their homeland
to “free a people which are crying
See EXILE, Pg. 11-A, Col. 5
U.N.-chartered Brazilian airliner D. P.. nia
with a team of 29 U.N officials FTO-LasITO PIOT
Exposed in Chile
SANTIAGO. Chile (AP)-An ac-
cidental explosion exposed Mon-
day a plot by proCastro terrorists
to attack the U.S. Embassy and States brushed aside a Castro de-
other places in Santiago, mand that this nation give up its
A small band of pro-Commu-Cuban naval base at Guantanamo,
nists, rounded up after a blast and continued aerial reconnais-
in a downtown apartment, where
and military experts. He plans to
stay two or three days.
His task was admittedly a deli-
cate one—to win Castro’s approv-
al for formulas Thant worked out
here in conjunction with U.S. and
Soviet officials.
Thant’s first meeting Monday
morning with Kuznetsov lasted
two hours
The U.N. announced there had
been a new exchange of messages
between Thant and President Ken-
nedy but declined to release the
text.
Informed sources said Thant
sought approval from Kennedy to
convey to Castro the president’s
pledge not to invade Cuba, and
Kennedy agreed.
Kuznetsov’s second meeting
with Thant lasted only a half
hour. An earlier meeting ran two
hours
A U.N. spokesman who was
present said it was a good meet-
a home made bomb was being
prepared, led police to a cache
of explosives and bundles of Com-
munist and pro-Cuban literature.
Armando Gaspar Gomez, 25, a
student making the bomb, was
seriously hurt when it exploded.
Three other persons, including a
woman, were arrested later.
Police said they found a list of
places marked for bombings, in-
cluding the U.S. Embassy, U.S.-
owned firms and Chilean govern-
ment buildings.
KENNEDY -
FRM ANP or-nto
• i6teA INVASION
ABILENE AFTER"
AFTER
BLOCKADE
A few ships of other nationali-
ties were reported near the quar-
antine zone Monday night, includ-
ing two Turkish vessels reported
to be carrying cargoes of wheat
from Russia.
Earlier
Monday, the United
sance over the island while main-
taining the naval quarantine.
Meanwhile, there was no an-
snwer to the key question of
whether the orders the Soviet
leader announced are being car-
ried out.
The Defense Department Mon-
day afternoon announced that ae-
rial reconnaissance flights were
made over Cuba and “all aircraft
returned safely.”
In Mishap
TUSCOLA (RNS) - Linard
Hughes, 34. a resident of
the Goldsboro Community since
1953. was fatally injured late Sun-
day night near Ballinger when he
was struck by a passing motorist.
The accident happened about
11:15 p.m. about 4 miles north-
east of Ballinger on Farm-to-
Market Highway 382.
Justice of the Peace Earl
Cope of Ballinger ruled the death
was accidential.
Driver of the vehicle which hit
Hughes was C. W. Hendricks of
Ballinger.
Kenneth Wilson. highway
patrolman, investigated the acci-
dent and said Hughes was ap-
parently killed instantly.
Funeral will be held Tuesday at
2 30 p.m. in the Lawn Church of
Christ, with Richard Robbins of-
ficiating. Burial will be in the
Tuscola Cemetery, under the di-
rection of Fry Funeral Home,
Pallbearers will be Jerry Don
Wills, James Richards, Doyle
Heffey. Billy George Moore, C.
L. Reid, J. D. Allridge.
Born Aug. 18, 1928 in Marietta,
Okla., he was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hughes of Marietta.
He lived most of his life in Mari-
etta until moving to the Goldsbo-
ro area.
He had worked for drilling con-
tractors in the West Texas area
since moving to the state.
Survivors include his wife: two
sons, Douglas and Michael of the
home: his parents: four sisters,
Mrs. Estlene Stucky, Mrs. Doro-
thy Clifton and Mrs. Ruby Ladd-
ner. all of Marietta, Okla., and
Mrs. Genita Harmon of Oklaho-
ma City; four brothers, Winston,
Ernest, and Austin, all of
But Assistant Secretary of De-
fense Arthur Sylvester told a Marietta, and Robert of Admore,
news conference that pictures Okla.
WAKE VPI
DANGER 90
MIUEs A-*
CAIAM
CFN vi-L
All
CUBA MS *A
HELP THE
CUBAN EXILES SEEK MILITARY INTERVENTION IN PARADE
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