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SUN.
EDITION
The Winkler County News
Vol. 2—No. 242
10 Cents per Copy
Kermlt, Winkler County, Texas
Sunday, September 5, 1965
Senate Enlargement Proposal
toes To Texas Voters Tuesday
AUSTIN (AP) — Fewer than gressional redistricting plans. the executive committees of The state AFL-CIO campaign-
200,000 Texans, the smallest The 31-senator plan will take both parties to support the con- ed against the amendment, con-
turnout in 20 years, will decide effect for next year’s elections stitutional amendment. Only Lt. tending “a state that can be
Tuesday whether to enlarge the unless voters approve the con- Gov. Preston Smith heeded the represented by 23 congressmen
state Senate. stitutional amendment Tuesday request. can get along with 31 state sen-
Rural senators, who once pre- and the legislature works out a Among supporters of the 39- ators."
dieted the plan would be defeat- 39-senator redistricting plan at member Senate are the Dallas Both Houston dailies oppose
ed by city voters, are optimistic a special session. News and the Fort Worth Star- the plan,
over the prospect of a light vote. The 31-senator plan gives the Telegram. The Chronicle
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said the
"The larger body will more "amendment is unwise; and is
nearly achieve a proper bal* primarily to soothe the feelings
ance," the News said. of senators whose districts have
The Star- Telegram said "bet- for years been more representa-
ter government could result tive of acres than people."
from spreading the lawmaking "The Texas Senate belongs to
Following the failure of the workload among more mem- the people, not to the senators
Strong plan, senators agreed to bers and by cutting down the who happen to be occupying its
a resolution urging the gover- number of constituents' repre- red leather chairs at any given
nor and lieutenant governor and sented by each senator." time," said the Houston Post.
President Gets Off To
Busy Labor Day Weekend
To the senators’ surprise, the four largest counties, now with
proposed constitutional amend- four senators, a total of 10
ment to allow eight more desks seats.
to be placed in the spacious 31- The 39-member plan of Sen.
member Senate chamber is en- Jack Strong of Longview gave
dorsed by at least two big news- those four counties 12 seats,
papers and has suffered few
attacks.
The Texas Election Bureau
estimates a turnout of 150,000
to 200,000 of the 1,970,381 quali-
fied to vote.
The 39-member Senate pro-
posal sprang from what spon-
s^N5 admitted was an attempt
t^save the jobs of all current
senators and still meet court
demands for redistricting to in-
crease cities’ representation.
^PPhe legislature’s failure to
pass enabling legislation for use
if voters approved the amend-
ment brought several senators JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (AP) directors for the office of eco- Alexis Johnson, a foreign
to conclude that the proposal — President Johnson was off to nomic opportunity to push anti- service officer since 1935 and
is_as the state AFL-CIO says— a busy start on his Labor Day poverty programs on the local experienced in Far East and
a pig in a poke. weekend with announcement level. Asian posts, was sent to Saigon
Many senators brightened up Saturday of several, appoint- The President also announced in July 1964 when Gen. Maxwell
■this summer when expected op- ments including that of career U.S. recognition of the new gov- D. Taylor became ambassador,
position didn’t appear. diplomat William J. Porter as ernment in the Dominican Re- He served as a civilian deputy
Sen. Louis Crump of San Saba, deputy ambassador to South public. to the diplomat-general.
Redistricting Committee chair- viet Nam- Presidential press secretary In another diplomatic shift in
man who gave only lukewarm Porter, 49, was the personal Bill D. Moyers said Johnson had Southeast Asia, Johnson named
initial support to th6 proposal cboice of Ambassador Henry spent the morning and part of Joseph A. Mendenhall, who has
and never was optimistic about Cabot Lodge. He will replace the afternoon in his office but served in Viet Nam three years,
its adoption argued last week: an°tber veteran career diplo- probably would do some lake to be U.S. AID director in Laos.
"It will permit Senate com- mat> Alexis Johnson, who is boating in the warm, sunny He succeeds Charles Man, re-
mittees to function more prop- returning, the White House said, weather as he started a three-
erly and permit better evalua- t0 bis former No. 4 post in the day holiday visit,
tion of increased legislation State Department as deputy Johnson cautioned other
undersecretary for political af- Americans of the dangers of
fairs. highway accidents this weekend
The President, acting from and in a statement urging safe
his ranch office, also moved to driving noted:
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GUARDMEN PATROL NATCHEZ STREETS —Mississippi
national guardmen with fixed bayonets patrol streets of Natchez,
Miss., to prevent racial violence there. Negroes in back-
ground postponed a protest march. Natchez mayor John J.
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cently named AID director for
South Viet Nam.
JUBILANT COACH — Head
coach Don Schmidt of Jal is con-
gratulated by a member of the
Jal Quarterback Club Friday
after the Jal Panthers had rapped
the Wink Wildcats 13-7 in a tight
ball game. With the coach is his
wife. For story and more photos
see Page 4. (Staff Photo by Lee
Sneath)
brought about by our rapid in-
dustrial and population growth."
The dilemma which faced law-
makers was federal court-order-
ed redistricting which would
force up to .eight senators to
lose their seats by having their
districts combined.
Senators redistricted them-
selves with a plan throwing
In Virginia
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strengthen his program on ed-
ucation and the war on poverty.
He named Commissioner of
Education .Francis Keppel to the
"Last year alone Americans
killed some 47,000 of their fellow
citizens in traffic accidents,
more than 3QQ)-.times as many
newly created post of assistant A mericans as our enemies were
secretary for education in the able to kill in all the fighting in
South Viet Nam during that
same year.”
In the shift of second-line dip-
lomats in Saigon, Moyers said
Johnson feels he is providing
"the best possible support” for
Ambassador Lodge.
It was Lodge who picked
Porter, a fellow resident of
Whites, Negroes
Clash in Streets
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Nosser refused to consider list of 12 demands the Negroes
submitted. He rejected demands after conferring with Board
of Aldermen. (AP Wirephoto)
National Guardsmen Will
Stay Through Labor Day
NATCHEZ, Miss. (A.P)—Mis- pie was the only move pressed
sissippi National Guardsmen as- by civil rights forces,
signed to prevent racial rioting This historic city, atop a Mis-
plan to remain in Natchez sissippi River bluff, appeared
through the Labor Day week- normal downtown as weekend
end. shoppers frequented stores.
The city remained calm Sat- Whites and Negroes carried
urday. A boycott called by state packages of purchases.
Field Director Charles Evers of A guard spokesman saitf 650
the National Association for the troops ordered here Thursday
Advancement of Colored Peo- by Gov. Paul Johnson would re-
seven senators into re-election department of Health, Educa
races with colleagues. The plan tion and Welfare,
has not been attacked in court, named four new regional
as have state House and Con- A .
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Johnson To Send William
J. Porter To S. Viet Nam
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (AP)— as commissioner of education.
President Johnson announced to* Porter, 49, has been a foreign
day he will name diplomat Wil- service officer since 1937 and
liam J. Porter as deputy ambas- has served principally in posts
sador to South Viet Nam. in Africa and the Middle East.
Porter is the hand-picked He has had no experience in
choice of Ambassador Henry Southeast Asia.
Cabot Lodge. Porter recently was nominat-
Porter will succeed U. Alexis ed to be ambassador to Saudi
Johnson, who will be nominated Arabia. Moyers said that nom-
by Johnson to return to his for- ination is being withdrawn,
mer post as deputy under seere- A native of England who be-
tary of state for political affairs, came a naturalized American
This is the No. 4 position in the at the age of 22, Porter was the
State Department and includes first American ambassador to
responsibility for coordinating Algeria.
mCll intelligence activities of the U. Alexis Johnson was named
*deral government. _deputy ambassador at Saigon
Johnson also announced that when Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
Commissioner of Educa- became ambassador there. The
tion Francis Keppel will be post was created, apparently, to
nominated for the newly creat- give Taylor a civilian deputy.
Oil assignment of assistant sec- Johnson was deputy under
Jretary of welfare for educa- secretary of state from April
tion. 1961 until he went to Saigon in ’
,.ThlSW™f urlbedbyB1UD- J'a=yl9?i- . „ "His circulation system Is
Moyers, White House press sec- President Johnson appointed faillng his heart Is weakening,
retary, as a move to give him Joseph A Mendenhall as O.S. thc Mdn have slo ed
broader powers In supervising aid director In Laos. He will tionlng ,. sald Dr. medl.
the government's griwlng ac. succeed Charles Mann who re- cal h6ad of tte legendar; jungle
tivities in education. cently was named aid director hospitai founded by Dr
AMHERST, Va. (AP)—Crowds
of whites and Negroes scuffled
in the streets of this central Vir-
ginia community Saturday night
and State Police were called in
to restore order.
Three Negroes and one white
man were treated for facial in-
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Massachusetts, whom he had juries at a hospital in Lynch-
met while head of the U.S. dele- burg, 15 miles away. All but
gation at the United Nations one were released. There were
during the Eisenhower adminis- no arrests immediately,
tration. Authorities refused to discuss
Porter, a native of England the disorders, which began about
who was naturalized 22 years 6 p.m. and lasted for approxi-
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ago, has been a foreign service
officer since 1937. He has served
in Africa and the Middle East,
but never in Southeast Asia.
Porter had been nominated
recently to be U.S. ambassador
to Saudi Arabia, but this ap-
pointment will now be with-
drawn, Moyers said.
Schweitzer
Near Death
LAMBARENE, Gabon (AP>—
Dr. Albert Schweitzer "is living
in calm his last hours among
us," Dr. Walter Munz reported
mately lVfe hours in spurts.
State Police and Amherst Coun-
ty deputies patrolled the town
late Saturday night in an effort
to avert further violence.
Witnesses told reporters the
trouble apparently started when
several white men riding in the
back of a truck began swinging
with chains at a group of Ne-
groes standing on the sidewalk.
Two or three Negroes were hit.
One of the men in the truck
either fell or jumped from the
vehicle and was set on by a
group of Negroes. A mixed
crowd of 40 to 50 persons quick-
ly gathered, and there was a
brief period of scuffling and
fighting.
Both sides appeared to back
off and wait reinforcements.
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Keppel will continue to serve for South Viet Nam.
Schweitzer.
"His face is showing peace,"
said Dr. Schweitzer’s daughter,
Rhena Eckert. * 'It looks calm
and relaxed."
A message sent abroad ear-
lier to relatives and close
friends said: "He is dying."
"There is no more hope of
human effort that can save
CENTER, tions, headed the session but the him," said Mrs. Eckert,
Gemini Twins Hold
Debriefing Session
Death Toll
Is Mounting
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Traffic deaths increased
rapidly Saturday night in Tex-
| as as hundreds of thousands of
automobiles, loaded with Labor
Day holiday celebrants, jammed
the highways.
The traffic death count
reached 10 at a late hour. But
no drownings or boating fatali-
ties had been reported.
Fair weather, with only part-
ly cloudy skies, failed to slow
the death rate on the highways.
Vigilance of police and safety
officials probably kept the rate
from soaring even higher.
The Associated Press began
its tabulation at 6 p.m. Friday
and planned to continue the
count until midnight Monday.
Four persons, a man and
three of his small children, were
killed Saturday when their car
and a Missouri Pacific train
crashed together on Farm Road
99 in the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley. Two other members of the
family were injured, one criti-
cally.
The dead in the car-train col-
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. the secretary-general and of the lision were Henrique B. Rodri-
(AP)—The U.N. Security Coun- council. guez, 35, of Corpus Christ! and
Within a short time, a mixed cil Saturday night called for an Sponsors of the approved res- his three children, Henry, 5;
crowd of 200 to 250 persons immediate cease-fire in Kash- olution were Malaysia, Jordan, Ninfa, 3, and a 4-month-old in-
gathered, and the scuffling and mir 'and demanded the with- The Netherlands, Uruguay, Bo- feint, Ricardo,
fighting began again. drawal of Indian and Pakistani livia and Ivory Coast. Rodriguez’ wife,'Manuelito., 37,
The disorders stopped when troops which have crossed the In his message to Thant, Shas- was in undetermined condition
tri said the first step toward a at a Raymondville hospital,
cease-fire must be an agree- Christina, 2, the other Rodri-
ment by Pakistan to stop infil- guez child, remained in critical
trating across the cease-fire condition.
^ne* Spec. 4 Vernon F. Zubris, 21,
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Cease-Fire in Kashmir
Called For By Council
some 15 state troopers and about 1949 u.N. cease-fire line.
a dozen Amherst County depu-
ties arrived on the scene.
The vote was unanimous on
a proposal put forward by the
six elected members of the 11-
nation council.
Astrophysicists
Find Cool Stars
PASADENA,
Secretary-General U Thant
was directed to report back with-
ing three days on the implemen-
tation of the resolution.
The aim of the council was f ^ ag that both declare their
to reinforce an appeal by the intention to respect the 1949 In-
secretary-general which already "ian-Pakistani cease-fire agree-
Calif. (AP) — had been rejected in effect by *or if^hmir. Thant’s ap-
main through the holiday week-
end. The Mississippi Highway
Par; of >*aid the 75 oflL srsftft had
on hand for the racial crisis will
remain on duty.
The tense racial situation
peaked Thursday when the city
rejected 12 Negro civil rights
demands after the National
Guard arrived.
Evers persuaded a crowd of
several hundred, mostly young
Negroes, not to stage a march,
and civil rights forces have lim-
ited action to mass rallies and
the boycott.
Camacho
Decorated
EL PASO, Tex. (AP) — Army
M. Sgt. Isaac Camacho, the first
American soldier to escape a
Viet Cong prison camp was
awarded the Silver Star and the
Bronze Star in special cere-
monies Saturday at Ft. Bliss.
Accompanying the citations
presented by Maj. Gen. George
T. Powers III, commander of
Ft. Bliss, was a telegram from
President Johnson, who ordered
the medals presented.
The telegram read:
"Your service to your country
in Viet Nam typifies the finest
in the youth of our great nation.
Your valiant efforts during a
time of crisis deserves the high-
est praise. A grateful nation
recognizes your deeds by
awarding you a Silver Star for
valor and a Bronze Star for
meritorious service. Sincer
thanks from the country you
served so gallantly. ”
Camacho was promoted to the
rank of master sergeant Friday.
He was captured by the Viet
Shastri was the first to reply stationed at Ft. Sam Houston in Conp isrovpmhpr iqrs
to cables Thant sent Wednes* ------- - ~ Cong “ November 1963 and es
day to him and Pakistani Presi-
dent Mohammed Ayub Khan,
New Army Weapon
Wrapped in Secrecy
iuston, Tex., (AP) — The na- stars'were Cooper and Conrad. She showed signs of fatigue Astrophysicists have found two Indian Prime Minister Lai Ba- peal requested no more crossing
tion’s astronauts gathered Sat- The two newest space heroes and sleepless nights. really "cool" stars, one of them hadur Shastri. Just before the 01 the cease-fire line by armed
urday at the Manned Spacecraft started the debriefing by telling "Another man would have with a surface no hotter than vote, India’s Ambassador Gopa- Pers°nnel, no more shooting
Center to hear a debriefing by about the record-breaking flight given up long ago," she said, that of the planet Venus. , laswami Parthasarathi indicated across it and withdrawal by
Gemini 5 space twins L. Gordon in general terms. Afterwards, "But my father was stronger But if they are true stars like the council’s appeal also would * ^ .
Cooper Jr, and Charles Conrad other astronauts asked ques- than most men." He is 90. our sun, they may have internal be turned down. each side^ of armed person-
Jr. tions. Work at the hospital went on temperatures of more than 25 "The council does not seem occupying the other’s posi-
The meeting was held pri- The session lasted all day. as usual. Attendants moved million degrees Fahrenheit — to be facing up to the simple 1 ons-
marily for the Gemini 6 and 7 The Gemini 6 crewmen are about quietly, however, and high enough to start nuclear issue of aggression,” he said,
crews but the 22 other astro- Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra doctors performed their chores processes. "A cease-fire is a desirable
nauts attended as interested Jr, command pilot; Air Force conversing in whispers. An in- The stars, one with a surface objective, but it can come only
observers. Maj. Thomas P. Stafford, co-pi- termittent rain had wet the temperature of 800 degrees, the after Pakistan has been' con-
Donald K. Slayton, assistant lot; and backup crewmen, Lt. scattered huts in the compound, other with 1,200 degrees, were demned as an aggressor.”
director for flight crew opera- Col. Virgil I. Grissom an<J Navy Schweitzer was overcome by discovered in a sky survey Pakistani Ambassador Amjad |HPI8 _____ nn L
Cmdr. John W. Young. The fatigue Sunday after receiving a made with a new 62-inch tele. All denied a long list of charges WASHINGTON (AP) — The agency supplies such material U , ghts legIslation has had a
H it ik . j flight is expected Oct. 25 and number of visitors during Ga- scope at nearby Mt. Wilson Ob- made by the Indian representa- Army has a new nuclear tacti- sometimes called "talking Da- e^ec* *n the South, where
UOliar Pay lUUSday wUl be a two-day mission to at- bon’s observance of the fifth servatory. The telescope is sen- tive. He said India was the first cal weapon in development for pers," for its overseas posts so ^egroes faced voting obstacles,
tempt a rendezvous and docking anniversary of its independence, sitive only to infra-red "heat” to cross the cease-fire line in its atomic battlefield arsenal, it that the Americans there can no* *n nor^bern urban areas
maneuver with an Agena rock- He has been ill ever since. waves, not visible light. • May. India said Pakistan start- was learned Saturday. give knowledgeable responses where Ne&roes did not have
et. David Miller, American Scientists don’t know yet ed the current fighting by send- still wrapped tightly in offi- to inquiries. sucb voting barriers, he said.
Cooper and Conrad have been heart specialist summoned to whether the stars are very ing armed infiltrators across the cial secrecy, the weapon pres- Racial events in the United The long range solution for
locked up in debriefing sessions Schweitzer’s bedside, reported young or very old, or how far line Aug. 5. ently carries only the designa- States are followed with wide the urban Negroes lies in im.
since they arrived in Houston he planned to return home away they may be. The cooler U.S. Ambassador Arthur J., tion "207.” interest abroad and are a com- provement of their social and
Thursday. Sunday’s meeting Tuesday, "barring a miracle." one is in the constellation Cyg- Goldberg, president of the coun- A brief reference to "207” was mon target for Communist prop- economic conditions and «nir»h
will be to identify the hundreds "God gave him a full life," nus, the other in Qaurus. Both cil, said he had been instructed made in a recently published aganda. programs as President lohn
of photographs taken during the Dr. Miller said. "No man could are barely visible in large opti- by President Johnson to support document, but Army spokesmen USIA’s background paper on son’s War on Poverty are moves
cal telescopes. both the cease-fire appeals of declined to disclose any details, the Los Angeles riots, the toward this end, the paper said
See DEATH TOLL, Page 8 caped in July of this year.
For Overseas Officials
USIA Issues Paper
On Recent LA Riots
WASHINGTON (AP) — The spokesman said, names dissatis-
U.S. Information Agency has faction by the Los Angeles Ne-
sent to American diplomatic groes with their current situa-
posts abroad a background pa- tion as a major' cause of their
per for use by U.S. officials in unrest,
answering questions about the Th_ nanoT. . . .. , „
recent Los Angeles riots. .TJ1.6 .paper states that the
A USIA spokesman said his po^^ca^ gains from recent civ-
Kermit Dollar Day, usual-
ly held on the first Monday of
each month, has been moved
to Tuesday, Sept. 7, because
of the Labor Day holiday.
Dollar Day specials of par-
ticipating merchants will ap-
pear in the Monday issue of
The Kjrmit Daily Sun.
flight.
have done better."
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