Abilene Reporter-News, The (Newspaper) - July 4, 1966, Abilene, Texas Reporter OR WITH TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT mil 86TH NO. 18 79604, MONDAY JULY 4, PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS 5 CENTS DAILY 15 GENTS SUNDAY Associated Press Connally Raps Parks Board Action AUSTIN Gov. John Connally lias expressed treme at the State Parks and Wildlife Commission handling of the of Executive Director the Austin Statesman said knew nothing about the ignation of no member of the commission has discussed it with me Connally was quoted by Capitol reporter Sam Wood of the is in Los Angeles for the national governor's Wood said Connally told Texas reporters attending the ence that he had made only a limited investigation into the reasons for Watson's tion June 18. haven't had time for an in- in any exhaustive Connally regret there has been some action that casts reflection on that Watson's resignation was er formally man Will Odom said Watson was not forced to but Watson refused to when asked whether the com- mission requested his His job is ant while the commission seeks a replacement Wood said that while he would Vy to dictate the choice of a he hoped the commission would discuss it with governor was quoted as saying he did not think any appointed to make try to run an job is to hire competent it is a mistake when a commission tries to assume direct control of agency U.S. Death Total at 391 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS crash in Arizona snuffed out 10 lives and two Ar- kansas accidents killed 11 other persons as the grim July 4 day weekend auto death toll mounted The auto toll stood at 391 on the last day of the 78-hour Boating accidents killed 25 others and 102 persons The National Safety Council estimated that by the time the count ends at midnight between 510 and 610 persons will die in The count began 6 p.m. Two cars collided head on 30 miles west of Tucson Sunday and all the occupants were Police said all of the dead were Indians from BRECK KIDNAP VICTIM WHERE'S THE The beach at New York City's Coney Island was a mass of humanity Sunday as record 103-degree temperature drove massive crowd to the Brooklyn shore for New York's downtown areas were tually Oswald's Widow Has 3rd Child U. Clear to hot through Tex. Mrs. Marina Oswald widow of the man named by the Warren Commission as dent Kennedy's gave birth to her third child the Dallas Morning News The Dallas Morning News said today that Mrs. 24, gave birth to a 12-ounce boy at 3 08 p m. The News said the baby was named Mark Mrs. Laura trator at Richardson General told The Associated Press that the best of my had the Porter's mother talked with The Associated Press early but she would not confirm Mrs. Porter a patient in never been The accused assassin's widow and Kenneth J. Porter were married June 1, 1965, about 18 months after her husband was shot to death by Jack op- of a Dallas night It was her third She had two children by her first now 5, and 3. Porter recently quit his job with Texas a las area electronics He Girl Survives Frisco Bay Leap SAN FRANCISCO A girl plunged 230 feet off the San Bay Bridge Sunday night and was picked from the water 17 minutes later alive and but it was so the Coast Guard quoted Miss Loisa anne 18, of Dr. G. B. Kretchman at land Hospital in Oakland said there is no doubt she will adding that the girl had no ble has said he and his wife may move to 60 miles northeast of where he has was after the baby widely scattered thundershowers this and Probability of rain this 20 per 10 cent. High today and Tuesday low 7J. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST Clear to partly cloudy and warm A few late mainly in Low tonight 69 to 77. High Tuesday 94 to 104, Northeast cloudy and hot tonight ew thundershowers neither of the her son nor She his said wife Low tonight 68 to 75. High day 98 1o 105. TEMPERATURES were at but wouldn't say where they were at the Full Patrol On Highways With only one holiday end traffic death so far in their Highway Patrolmen from the Abilene district were to be out in full force Monday after- noon and night to to get everyone home Patrolman Dan De- of Public Safety ty education said the mission on the final day of the holiday period is remove dangerous drivers from the road and to assist anyone who needs 96 96 95 91 89 86 85 34 High arid 98 and 75.. High and low same date last year 95 and 73 Sunset last sunrise today sunset Barometer reading at 28.12.. Humidity at 41 per cent. The only holiday fatality in- by highway men in the district was day night near Snyder when a Littlefield man was The death of an Abilene man day night at San Angelo was in the San Angelo City Nowlin offered some advice for drivers on the way home from a holiday Take some rest breaks along the be sure all lights are it you notice it might be a knot on tire and the prelude to a be sure all dows are clear so you can see in all if necessary to be sure to pull dear of State Death Toll Hits 40 NEITHER S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Pg. 12-B) ABILENE AND VICINITY mile partly cloudy and Slight chance for except 90 to NORTHWEST Clear lo and A south and p.m. 94 94 97 low 4 00 5 00 12-00 for 24-hours ending 82 80 78 78 75 75 76 80 83 Workers Open March RIO GRANDE Tex. farm workers in the Lower Rio Grande carrying an American a picture of the Virgin of lupe and numerous set out today for a five-day march to San The march is intended to dramatize the independent un- ion's demands for a minimum of an The pre- vailing wage for field workers has 85 cents an There were 74 persons in the march when it left Rio Grande City at 7 a.m. they were joined shortly afterwards by 40 sympathizers from The Houston group arrived in a bus by the Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations David East Texas re- gional chairman for said two truckloads of food will also be provided by his organization for the Station Robbed 01 By JO ROBERTS Correspondent BRECKENRIDGE station attendant Clarence 55, was found dead at a.m. seven hours after he was kidnaped by an ab- ductor who robbed the tion of about the Stephens County sheriffs office body was ered on the Doc Ritchey ranch on the Necessity of enridge He had been County Judge Cecil Mayes was summoned to the scene to hold an in- The missing attendant was found after an sive search was using patrol cars and an The victim was working at Reed service mile east of Breckenridge on U. S. 180. There appeared to be no signs of a said Mrs. Glen wife of the owner of the The Mitchells live next door to the where Swaim has worked as night attendant for several Mrs. Mitchell said mately was missing from the cash Only currency was The checks and change were she The Mitchells learned thing was amiss when an lene motorist knocked on their door at 3 a.m. and said the tion was unattended and the cash register Seen at Last person presumed to have seen Swaim was a truck driver identified as Kenneth who told he stopped and drank OF A marksman of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division trains his machine gun on a North Vietnamese sniper during Op- Nathan Hale in the central highlands of South Viet as his tion bearer while feeding bullets to the The men were ing some 230 miles northeast of searching for a large force of North Vietnamese fee with as was his smoke and dust as they pounded about a.m. Swaim also the Do Son fuel depot 12 miles traffic death toll mounted rapidly today as multi- ple fatality wrecks pushed the Fourth of July holiday death county to 40. for 33 of the deaths and seven in separate around the Five persons died in a collision near El Campo day three persons near Clarendon Sunday died and i A three in Irving late Sunday The Associated Press old Eric Vaughan of Tex Randan 16, of Corpus was killed when car turned over four miles east of Cancan on Texas 127 Sunday A Starr County deputy Ramiro 28, was killed Sunday night when his car truck a bridge railing and plunged into Los Alamos Creek three miles east of Rio Grande City on U.S. 83. is to end at midnight -A on Texas 71 two miles north or ramno killed five persons Thomas urdar They were i fled John E- 27, ing- John Kaut and Sally Mrs. of about 21; 19, of The Dallas victims were at rear engine car that burst into A wreck six miles west of Gainesville on U. S. 82 night killed C Muldoon and 11-year Wayne Edward Green of Fort when an automobile rolled over on U. S. 77 just north of The child's mother and grand- mother were seriously Two other occupants of escaped with minor Three persons were killed late Sunday in a collision Texas 114, just east of the County j Killed were William Ira 53, his and a grand- James Michael Ragsdale of co was killed and three other persons were injured in a one- car accident north of Pilot Point early Janet 8, and Kevin 7, children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wichita drowned Sunday in Rock Creek near Possum Kingdom of Officers said the children 22 Bay slipped and fell into creek while tree five miles south of r Market Road 293 about S miles west of Her was injured Juan Rodriguez old son of Maria Rodriquez of was Wiled Sunday was a former The statewide bulletin issued for Swaim and his alleged kidnaper lists the incident as occurring between and 3. Swaim was the law of Abilene Policeman Jack His pickup truck was still parked at the with his untouched supper Mrs. Mitchell son-in-law is a for- mer Breckenridge Dale M. 31, a for- mer drowned in the San Jacinto River northeast of Houston Sunday A ness said Hutchins jumped into the river and swam to the op- but vanished as he Three persons died Sunday when their car slammed into a a family don on 70. Killed were Mrs. Ralph 19, of D. 91, and handle was fatally injured day when the family blew William 25, both of and Mason tire and overturned on 31, of A fourth man was injured Respectable rams washed several Texas cities Sunday but only four points in this area re- ported any moisture Haskell's was the Showers spotted the city of Abilene with an unofficial at 582 23rd. Neither of the cial gauges at Abilene Munici pal Airport and Dyess AFB was even Weinert and Clyde reported De Kalb in Northeast Texas had 3.97, Sims had 1.72 and Maud had reported Associated with high humidity ing to its rose degrees in That was five degrees under the 103 gauged at Wichita Lubbock and Wink More heat and a very slender chance of further scattered area thundershowers was the forecast of Dennit Noble at the S. Weather Bureau in Abi Noble today and a 4.J fast of on Farm Road 229, Jerry Lynn will be 10Q degrees Sunday m with probability of rtin afternoon 20 per cent and night 10 per cent. South Viet Nam U.S. kept up the intensive air war against North Viet ing another blow at a strategic oil depot near the port of phong and wrecking a missile site 15 miles west of Three siles were fired at the Air Force pilots who let loose their inch rockets against the One exploded close enough to the four to send vibrations through the supersonic a planes but did spokesman of The Green Beret forces supported by and the engagement broke off after an hour and a A U. S. spokesman said there were no allied casualties and the enemy casualties were not and small arms and broke jn action over South Viet Division and an entrenched Communist force estimated at two about 350 The action took place seven miles south of the Due Co cial Forces camp in the central highlands and five miles from the Cambodian The Viet Cong fired mortars The pilots saw an orange ball rise from the revetments that house the missiles and re- ported heavy damage to the control radar While the Air Force jets edged close to the North capital Navy fliers from the 7th Fleet carrier Constellation sent up clouds of the engagement after the unlimbered a heavy lery A U. S. spokesman said the Communists pulled westward toward Pursing U. S. troops again made contact late in the day and called in air Nam American pilots flew 414 possibly killing 64 Viet destroyed or aging 420 enemy huts and and sinking four the spokesman pilots flew 187 Gen. William C. Contact was broken commander of U. S. forces er two and a half The j spent the Fourth southeast of Haiphong for the second time in five Last Wednesday U. S. planes hit the tank farm while also hitting a fuel complex three miles from Hanoi and unloading and age facilities two miles from In U. S. pilots flew a near record 89 missions against the Communist although an American spokesman sized that the number of planes involved was not a He said Air Force toms and spokesman said that search op- today failed to find the Communist The man said U. S. troops suffered moderate many in the first mortar at- An estimated company of about 150 Viet Cong attacked the Trai Bi Special Forces camp with automatic ons and small arms fire Sunday It is also near the of July touring frontline units in the northern provinces and the central He was companied by Capt. William S. the 28-year-old er West Point football hero who i became the hero of the Kontum Plateau fighting last month by calling an air strike on himself and his men to save them from being overwhelmed by North Vietnamese become an He will aide to dian border 65 miles northeast I land next Mrs. Dies in EASTLAND Mrs. Ethel May 79, died in Eastland Memorial Hospital at 5 p.m. She was in- jured in an automobile accident on U. S. 80 west Feb. 4. She was wife of the late sm once county judge and district attorney in or destroyed all 20 trucks in a convoy southeast of Dong Hoi in the Panhandle and hit nine vehicles in another 20-truck Jap Police Screen Rusk From Leftists Secretary of State Dean Rusk traveled to this nese shielded by The socialists they turned out demonstrators and the communists said they had at the But j convoy south of the The U. S. jets returned thousands of police against police estimated the total thousands of screaming of demonstrators at demonstrators protesting said almost as many police North Viet Nam's industrial belt while Red China warned it con- itself freed from bounds or on ing the North as a result of the American raids near Hanoi and Haiphong The Peking statement said the attacks had brought the war to new and still graver but did not specify what policy in Viet i were vo Shouts of go mobilized to would VC Center Raided gave the Funeral will be held at 3 aid the Chinese Tuesday in Funeral Burial will be in Eastland Surviving are five St. John and Mrs. Roth Rosenquest both of Mrs. Annie Laurie McKenzie of Mrs. Edith Tully of Houston and Jeanne Wood of two C. J. Thompson of Temple and Morris L. son of a Jessie of 11 four Communists a July Fourth salute in South Viet Nam by saturating for the second day a Viet Cong tration near Da Nang and an- other along the Cambodian der northwest of Ground fighting in South Viet Nam dwindled to small patrol actions today after several flareups over the engagement between about 200 greeted his U.S. Air Force plane as it landed at Itami on Rusk and his including his wife and William the outskirts of south of assistant secretary of state for But is doubtful Rusk heard or saw the Police kept them 500 yards from the gate and then drove Rusk and his party toward to over a back road while sands of leftists waited in vain on the main A decoy police escort fooled Rusk came here from to attend a nese economic conference that amounts to a joint cabinet meet five members of dent official family on Protests Called His following the U.S. air raids on the Hanoi and phong brought communist and labor calls for The vowed to prevent his arrival and to block the opening of the A iff mti Far Eastern landed er dark and could glimpse the crowd Foreign Minister Shiina greeted Four other U. S. Cabinet Udall of the Orville L. Freeman of Wirtz of Labor arrived in pan men U. S. John Connor of and W. Williard A I 12 1-4
