The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 15, Ed. 1 Monday, January 20, 1964 Page: 1 of 6
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1964.
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Dallas Jan. 20 (AP)-
A Yale University psycho
lopist testified at Dallas
today that in his opinion
Jack Ruby is suffering an
impaired functioning of
the brain and should have a
thorough examination.
The psychologist, Dr. Roy
. Schafer, testified at a bond
hearing for the Dallas night
dub operator, who g u n ne d
down Lee Harvey Oswald, ac-
cused assassin of President
Kennedy.
Dr. Schafer had given Ruby
a number of standard psycho-
logical tests. He said he thought,
it likely Ruby might have a dis-
order known as psyehomotor
epilepsy.
Dr. Schafer said this disor-
der affects control over im-
pulses and that a frequent
characteristic is a victim’s “lack
of knowledgeability” of what
he is doing.
Dressed in a black suit and
wearing a silver-gray tie, Ruby
sat at a defense table packed
with his corps of lawyers.
“I feel wonderful,” he said
just before he took his seat at
the table while photographers
were being permitted to snap
pictures before the proceedings
opened.
Asked if he felt excited,
Ruby said “My blood pressure
is at a faster pace.”
The Dallas night club opera-
tor has been in jail since Nov.
24 when he gunned down Os-
wald as officers sought to
transfer Oswald from the Dal-
las city jail to the county jail.
Sheriff Bill Decker's offi-
cers transferred Ruby from his
cell to the second floor where
the courtroom is located three
hours before the hearing begun.
The security task was in-
creased over that of Dec. 23
hearing because of other court-
room activity which brought
many people into the building.
At the earlier session, all oth-
er courts had recessed for
Christmas.
While Ruby was being photo-
graphed, he was asked whether
he thought he could beat the
murder charge. “Give me a
pill and I’ll answer that,” he
said. He did not explain what
he meant.
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IN TOP TEN — Thomas S. Mackey, 33, of Texas City, Tex., general manager of the
world’s largest tin smelter, is among the nation’s 10 outstanding young men of 1963
chosen by the National Junior Chamber of Commerce. Mackey is shown here in a fam-
ily portrait. Lefet to right: Mackey; Karen; Susan; Mrs. Mackey; Tommy; Kathleen,
four months, and Woris. (NEA Telephoto)
FOUR GUIDELINES LISTED
Non-Aggression Pact
Expanded by Johnson
Washington, Jan. 20 CP —
President Johnson has called
on Soviet Premier Khrushchev
to broaden his proposal for a
worldwide non-aggression pact
to outlaw “indirect” as well as
direct aggression and provide
greater security for West Ber-
lin.
In a letter made public to-
day, the President proposed
four “guidelines” for interna-
tional agreement which he said
would be “even broader and
stronger” than Khrushchev’s
proposed ban on the use of
force in territorial .disputes-
Johnson did not specify, Ber-
Disabled Youth
May Attend
Summer Camp
Application for admission to
the Lions Camp for Crippled
lin or its access routes across • ested. The President stopped
Communist East Germany in short of suggesting a pew
his reply to Khrushchev’s Dec. treaty specifically, though be
31 message. But administration | d'd no^ r“*e °Hj
officials said he had the Ber-I
lin problem in mind in asking! , , . , .
agreement to prohibit the use dent/ 700-word letter consti-
«- threat of force in change t''ted » P™poganda reply to
procedures Khrushchev s message, w h i c h
the White House and State De-
Propogand* Reply
a minimum, the Prejsi-
“arrangements or
concerning access to, passage
across of the administration to
those areas where international
agreement or practice has es-
tablished or confirmed such ar-
rangements or procedures.”
The President urged Khrush-
chev to join ip taking "con-
crete action” both to end the
nuclear arms race and bar the
spread of nuclear weapons and
to outlaw aggression and sub-
version.
partment considered mainly a
propoganda document.
As a diplomatic maneuver
Johnson placed heavy emphasis
on declaring the peace aims
of his foreign policy instead
of replying at length to point*
in Khrushchev’s letter to which
he and his advisers strongly
objected.
Johnsoir Says Tax Cut
To Bolster Prosperity
Grand Jurors
Picked to Study
Criminal Cases
A 12-member Hopkins Coun-
ty grand jury began delibera-
tion Moj.uay morning on a
number of criminal cases filed
here during the past six
months.
Presentation of the cases
was being made by District
Attorney Cameron McKinney,
assisted by Sheriff Paul Jones.
Named to the grand jury were
John S. Bell, Thomas John-
ston, H. E. Castle, Jerrell Wil-
hite, K. L. O d o m, Loyd
Thomas, J. T. Basshnm, Billy
Wayne McGrady, Russell Wal-
ters, B. L. Koon, Johnny
Burns, and Noble Horn.
In other court action Mon-
day, selection of a jury was
under way in the first civil
suit Scheduled for trial in the
current session of Eighth Dis-
tricL Court.
The first case scheduled for
trial was a damage suit being
brought by L. H. Penson, Wil-
liam and David Penson, H. L.
(Continued on Page Six)
Radio Facilities
Discussion Set
A discussion of radio com-
munications facilities for the
city and further talks on a pro-
posed second fire station in
Sulphur Springs have been add-
ed to the agenda for Tuesday
Presbyterians
Approve New
Building Plans
Ruby said he kept in shape children at Kerrville are being
sought by members of the Sul-
in jail by doing push-ups. He
said
but “they put a lot of gravy
on their potatoes.”
jail food was excellent phur Springs Lions Ciub.
Handicapped children
Violence
Claims 30
By Associated Press
Texas’ violent death toll
now stands at 30: Traffic 15,
shootings nine, burns three,
knifings three.
Four Lamar Tech students
were found dead of carbon mo-
noxide poisoning last night in
a cabin at Crystal Beach on
Bolivar Peninsula on the Gulf
coast.
They were 20-yenr-old Ernest
Alfred Jones, l'J-year-old Rob-
ert Gentry, 20-year-old Nor-
man Allen Nix and 20-year-
old Kerry Gene Cohn. All were
from Beaumont. .
A fifth boy who was with
them, Robert William Raiford, I
also of Beaumont, was uncon-
scious and was taken to John
Sealy Hospital in serious con-
dition.
Justice of the Peace Andrew
Johnson ruled the boys died of
carbon monoxide poisoning.
He said the five boys had
gone to the cabin Friday to
that wars for territory should
be banned by the agreement
, , _ „ he proposed but that the ban
tween the ages of 7 and 16 may , shou,d not apply to various con.
be eligible for two-week stays fljctg which he approved—
at the camp this summer. The j wbat be called struggles of co-
camp is open to childern who 1 jonjaj peop|cs for independence
Johnson did reassert, how-
lie said that “Our task is to \ ever, the US commitment “to
work hard and persistently on the peaceful unification of
. . . .problems and proposals Germany” and to Nationalist
. . . instead of confirming our- China and he declared US
selves to vague declarations of j “forces and bases abroad are
principale that oppose some for collective defense.”
wars but not all.” Johnson's four guidelines'
Administration officials said cover these major points:
this referred t« ^statement in | 1. All governments or “r«--1 ^ch'oVw ^rtKrooms^nci ji pastor’s
Khrushchevs letter arguing gimes —which would include
Red China—-“shall abstain from
the direct or indirect threat
or use of force” to change in-
ternational boundaries or divid-
Members of the First Pres-
byterian Church formally "ap-
proved Sunday initial steps in a
long-range building program.
Acting in a special congre-
gational meeting, the group ac-
cepted unanimously a building
committee’s report calling for
construction of a new manse,
use of the present manse ad-
joining the church for church
are crippled, blind, deaf or
route.
is open to both
and, by implication, at least,
, , , i any action Red China might
The camp is open to Doth t0 take to gain con-
hoys and girls. Three sessions tro| of Formosa.
for children 7 through 11 have, Johnson’s guidelines consti-
bcen schedu ed and two sessions | (J an oninibl)!f paokaRe for
will be held for childern 1- negotiation between the United
through 16.
Homer H e n n e n, county | nabjons of the world gen-j control of territory by over-
school superintendent, is chan-. era]]y j/ Khrushchev is inter-1 (Continued on Page Six)
man of the local Lions Club i---------------------------------
committee for the children’s
camp. Information concerning
possible applications may be
given to any Lions Club mem-
ber, however.
Officers Probe
Burglary, Rural
Theft in County
mg arrangements for access
to or administration of areas
where the arrangements are
cstab 1 i s h e d by international
agreement or practice. This
first guideline would also ban
the use of threat of force by
States ami Russia and among any government to enlarge its
TANGANYIKA UPRISING
study and the location of a pos-
sible new site for the church.
Building and finance com-
mittees were appointed to work
i on the manse project. The
ing lines established by interna-1 buildinp t.ommiUee js ,.(>mposed
tatnial practice, to upset truce !f w A CarotherSi Weber
agreements, or to alter exist- FoutS( Sam Steelt> and janles
Mutineers Quietly
Return to Barracks
Cross. Members of the fiance
committee are W. E. Bradford,
Jack Gillis, W. A. Cannon, Jr.,
and Gerald Prim.
Robert Skidmore presented
the report for the building
study committee. Other mem-
bers of the group were W. A.
Station Wagon
Found in Pool
At City Park
A station wagon reported
stolen in Bonham was recover-
ed — literally •— in Sulphur
Springs and a car stolen in
Sulphur Springs was located
in Hunt county in a quick se-
ries of events Monday morn-
ing.
Officers found the stolen
station wagon half in and half
out. of the small fishing pond
in City Park here. The vehicle
was reported stolen early Mon-
day by Hnnhum authorities.
At about 8 a. m. Monday a
highway patrolman working
out of the Greenville office
sought information on a car
found parked at the intersec-
tion of Highway 67 and FM
513 (to Lone Oak).
The vehicle was reported
stolen from Byrd’s Used Car
lot on South Broadway around
noon Monday.
In the station wagon inci-
dent, officers said the vehicle’s
ignition switch was still in the
“on” position and the driver’s
door was ajar, indicating that
the driver apparently headed
the vehicle toward the small
lake and then jumped out.
night's meeting of the City
Council here.
Discussion on the radio units
will include both equipment
and servicing. Regent federal
communications rujinga will re-
quire the city to make some
changes in equipment in the
coming months.
Councilmen also have sched-
uled talks with Charles Muller,
Commerce architect, concern-
ing the construction of a fire
station in the south part of the
city.
Provisions for construction of
the sub-stafiqn are included in
the budget currently before
councilmen for discussion.
The city has not as yet hired
an architect for the project,
but the council indicated ear-
lier that Muller was desired
for the job.
Further discussion on the
city's ordinance recodification
pro gram remains dependent
upon final approval of ull re-
visud codes by the city attor-
ney’s office.
Thu City Council will meet
at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in the
municipal building.
Billie Anderson
To Tell Bankers
About Grass
Motor Scooter
Rider Injured
In Accident
William Hatley, 130 North
Jackson, was hospitalized Sun-
day when a motor scooter he
was riding was involved in
collision on Jefferson Street
with a cur driven by Pete
Coke of Sulphur Springs.
Police officers also investi-
gated one other traffic acci-
Billie Anderson, Clifford
C hapel dairyman, will he one
of the speakers at the 14th
annual East Texas Bankers
Agricultural conference at the
American Legion Hull in Tyler
Jan. 30. ;
lie will discuss Coastal Ber-
muda.
Charles B. Shuman, presi-
dent of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, will he the
keynote speuker.
Troy Kern, widely known
Delta County dairyman, will
speak on “Who Will Produce
Milk Here in the Future?"
Other speakers will discuss
cattlu imports, the population
a i explosion, tree fanning, tour-
ism, and the Build East Texas
program.
Bice, Joe Holloway, Jeff Op-j dent over the week-end, a ear-
penheim, Mr. W. A. Carothers, | pickup truck collision at the
Mrs. J. Dan Sanders, Mrs. Wil- i South League entrance to ln-
son Thomas and Mrs. Vernon
Weaver.
ficers reported, and between
$2 and $3 taken from a soft
give a going-away party for drink vending machine.
A week-end break-in and a
rural theft were being inves-
tigated Monday by the Hopkins
County sheriff’s department.
The Rorie Tractor Company I barracks after
on Main Street was entered
Dar Es Salaam, Tanganyika,
Jan. 20 (iP —- The government
of the East African naiton of
Tanganyika reports that a re-
volt by army troops is over.
President Julius Nyerere said
in a broadcast that the muti-
neers returned quietly to their
he
Saturday night or Sunday, of- in a disPute between officers
(Continued on Page Six)
Balks1
Sidney, Australia, Jan. 20
f.fl—The US naval inspector
general—Rear Admiral John i
Ailes—spent four house to- j
day in the quarantine room
at the Sidney airport. He I
couldn’t produce a smallpox
vaccination certificate and
refused to be vaccinated
again. Finally, Admiral Ailei I
was escorted directly ot a
plane that left for New ea-
land. An Australian health
official commented: “It |
doesn’t matter who they are
—r egulations must be .
,obeyed.” 1
Entry to the business was
gained by prying open a back
door and breaking a night
latch.
! James Worsham also reports
j ed the theft of two tires and
I wheels off a two-wheel live-
stock trailer about fivp mites
east of Dike over the week-end.
The loss is valued at about
$60.
Repeat
London, Jan. 20 IPi—There
are now reports of a second
revolt by disgruntled army
troops in Tanganyika. The
British parliament was told
that in this second uprising,
the-troops have broken out
of their barracks and may
have taken control of the air-
port at Dsr Ea Salaam.
which swept the sultan from
his throne in nearby Zanzibar
hud spread to Tanganyika. But
it appears now that the trou-
ble in Tanganyika was not po-
litical in nature. Apparently
the troops were striking for
better pay and liping condi-
intervened j lions.
Tanganyika is a former Brit-
ish colony. It has been inde-
pendent since December of
1962, but British officers are
on loan to help train native
officers.
It appears the mutiny start-
ed after soldier's realized they
Hearings Set
On Smackover
Gas Fields
The Texas Railroad Commis-
sion will conduct hearings in
March affecting two Smack-
over gas pools in the Sulphur
Springs area.
The commission has sched-
uled a hearing for March 5 to
determine whether temporary
rules for the Como field in
Hopkins County shall remain
in effect or be amended and
whether additional rules are
needed.
A similar hearing will be
held March 9 on the West Yan-
tis field in Wood and Rains
counties.
The Railroad Commission is
terstato 30 and the north
service road.
Driver of the car was Cal-
vin R. Copeland, Route 1, Kil-
gore. Driver of the truck was
Eugene Oliver Wright, 400
Hodge.
Total damage was estimated
at $140.
DEPARTMENT BUSY
Earthquake Deal**
Deathly Blown
Taipei, Jan. 20 Nation-
alist Chinese and American
aid officials in Formosa have
begun rehabilitating areas
struck by an earthquake this
week-end. The earthquake kill-
ed 110 persons, injured 479,
and cuused property damage
in the millions of dollars.
Washington, Jan. 20
(AP) — President John-
son says that without im-
mediate passage of the
eleven billion dollar tax
cut. the record-smashing
prosperity that, is expected in
1964 could turn into a reces-
sion. Johnson's first economic
report to congress hit hard for
passage of the measure now—
not one or two or three months
hence.
Johnson told the legislators
the tax cut should help push
the gross national product to
623 billion dollars in 1964. It
passed the 600 billion mark for
the first time in 1963. lie mild
that when the tax cut would
become fully effective In 1965,
it would send well over efevan
billion dollars annually into
private economy. He said the
benefits of this eventually
would lewd to n balanced bud-
get in a balanced economy at
full potential.
Johnson said the unemploy-
ment rate r e m i n d s that too
much of the potential lies idle.
He said this costa the gross na-
tional product about 30 billion
annually. Johnson said two
million new jnl>« are nevded
each year, and that operating
rates in manufacturing ar« not
at their capacity. He said this
can he cured with the tax cut.
Specific Legislation
Johnson's report also speci-
fies he wants legislation to
spur the economy forward.
These measures include im-
provement of unemployment
Insurance, federal aid to up-
grade education, coverage of
two million more worker* by
tho $1.26 hourly minimum
wage law, and more legislation
for his war on poverty, John-
son also says he wants higher
penalty rates for excessive
overtime to help expand^hir-
ing,
Johnson told congress that
no single Washington program
can do tlie joh. He said all fed-
eral, state, local and private
programs must work together,
and communities must be assist-
ed in developing their own pro-
grams,
He said he will piesent fur-
tlier details of his war on pov-
erty program in a later spoe ial
message to congress. Hut lie
suicl he wants to raise above
(Continued on Page Six)
Fire Calls, Losses
Soar During Year
The commission also schcd-
(Continued on Page Six)
Train Robbery
Role Admitted
coidd take advantage of the
fact that 150 local police had init*,“t|n7both“ action”.’
been sent to Zanzibar, about
120 mile;, off the toast. The
• new revolutionary government
on the island had asked for
| the troops* to help maintain
i older.
i The soldiers trapped their
WEATHER
NORTHEAST TEXAS h*tr thin
afteriux n, tonight Hi»d Tw*4my. A
little warmer Tu«B<!ay. Ia»w ustiigh’
SJM2. Hit'll Tus-wrijsy 6h-7s.
NORTH .CENTRAL TEXAS Fair.
A little wi»rmcr tn.ifrht and Tueaduy.
Luw tonight 35-4u. Hitch Tuer*<l*»y in
an dother pho- I
1 * NORTHWEST TEXAS * A
Fire culls for the Sulphur
Spring* Eire Department more
than doubled in 1963 over the
previous year, and property
losses to buildings and con-
tents through fires in Sulphur
Springs increased by m o r e
than $24,000 during the year.
A final report on the 1963
total- compiled by the fire de-
pai tment Monday showed
ti ueks re.-ponded to 495 alarm-
during the year. In. 1962 the
alarm total was only 237 and
the department received just
212 calls in 1961.
c.-ti-
ures are maintained for
mated actual loss, however.
Extremely dry neat li c r
throughout most of the year
was the principal cause for
the huge increase in the num-
ber of alarms.
The Sulphur Springs de-
partment responded to 319
gra,-,,; fries during the pust
year, compared to only 96 sim-
ilar calls in 1962.
Eleven of the grass fires
during 1963 resulted in gen-
eral alarms.
: and the troops. About 30 Brit-
] ish officers and their families j British officers at a barracks
were held as hostages for 12 live miles from the capital and
( 1 hours before being released, sped into the city in trucks.
Aylesburg, England, Jan. 20 and most contact was'eut off At the height of the ,rou-
(.4*—One of 20 persons charg- I w i t h Tanganyika’s capital, I ble, American
ed with complicity in the $7,- Dar Es Salaam. itographers were threatened at j iittkT*'w»rm«r mo*t section* toninht 896.37, computed to a loss 1 months alone.
280,000 British mail train rob- | There were reports of some i their hotel. But the U. S. j ^^oCth^c’kni ral 7t xak r»ir valued at $37,562.23 in 1962. Rural Arsu
bery has pleaded guilty at the i beatings and looting during embassy in London received a 9* uMl-h .is.is inorti, uui it,..,#
stint of their trial in Ayles- j the uprising. report that all Americans in tegSirre*:A8'^TKXA§"S"
bury. The others entered pleas j For a few hours the British Tanganyika apparently are “—*“ “
of innocent, I feared that t.h* revolution i safe.
Above Normal
Temperatures
Due to Hold
Unseasonably warm tempera-
tures are being forecast for
Northeast Texas for the re-
mainder of the week after a
frontal system panning throuuh
the state Sunday failed to have
much of h weather effect.
Mercury readings are expect-
ed to average from 11 to 15
degrees atrove normal in the
Sulphur Springs area this week,
particularly following cool
readings tonight,
Sunday was the warmest day
yet for’ the year in Sulphur
Springs with the mercury hit-
ting 71 degrees, and the early
Sunday morning low of 59 de-
grees here was the warmest
January nightime minimum
since 1960.
The cool front sent the mer-
cury down to 31 degrees by
curly Monduy morning, but
temperatures were moving back
in,4pn the 70-degrac range early
in the afternoon.
The pleasant, spring-like
weather was made more enjoy-
able over nil of Texas after
gusty winds—which blew dust
over wide arras of the state
Sunday—■died down.
Lubbock recorded winds up
to 66 miles an hour Sunday and
u gruss fire five miles east of
Henrietta near Wichita Fulls
was fanned out of control by
gusts up to 40 miles an hour.
Du*t clouds hung on Monday
The totals were boosted by
Property loss figures are! a tremendous number of grass | mft7ni’nV Vn" the'southeasrquar.
carried only for “in city” fires fires doling January and Feb-1 tl.r 0f but otherwise
and the total insurable loss to ruary, nine of which resulted I ,kie» over Texas were clear to
both buildings and contents ! in general alarms. There were ! partly cloudy,
during the year was $61,- 108 grass alarms in the two | remaining traces of last
Hit
1 week’s sleet and snowstorm in
Northeast T e x a s disappeared
Actual Losses Higher The grass lire calls were during th night Saturday when
lour. Low Actual loss figures would-be about evenly distributed with-j winds coupled with the warm
4* higher since all daniuge is not; in Sulphur Springs and in j temperatures speeded up the
toSfaMn tb»3v». High covered by insurance. No fig-1 (Continued on Page Six) mwltlug gcocciit.
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