Abilene Reporter-News, The (Newspaper) - October 4, 1966, Abilene, Texas OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT 86TH NO. 110 79604, TUESDAY OCTOBER PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS 10 CENTS 20 CENTS SUNDAY Hammering Associated Press Power Li By BEN FUNK Fla. Wild and blustery Hurricane Inez battered the southeast Florida coast today with brawling winds and tides and headed for the Gulf of the end of her to induce the start of bor in pregnant brought 24 of them into Jackson rial One freighter was disabled in 14-foot seas of and another 20 miles southeast of murderous 11-day rampage still nowhere in At a.m. eye of unpredictable storm rolled ust south of Key North t the coast ome of 2.5 million persons rom Palm Beach to Power lines snapped and fell in great showers of ic lights danced rees whipped and debris through the air as Inez fell n as she raged on along the of Florida the monstrous storm she hau vard Key Inez neared the luge Gulf of with its supply of warm to fuel the hurricane's engine and keep her going on WELCOME HOME FOR DADDY Dr. George Abilene physician who returned Monday night after a month's medical service in gets a hug from daughter 6, Abilene Municipal was Dr. son's third such African visit with Southern Baptist Mission hospitals Story on Pg. 3-A. Photo by John yh kes WOES ress Low 18th 20 Crews By BOB BRUCE Military Editor Wash. One point behind was the 465th Bomb Wing from Robins Ga. Misfortune befell Dyess Maximum points possible was crew early Tuesday as it posted a score of 382 good for only 18th in th 20 in the field of Trophy from the Ground crewmen 96th said the Dyess en- countered autopilot during First night leader in the Air Command Bombing and delegation meet was a from the 319th Bomb Wing at Grand Forks N. with 621 750. The second wave of 20 ers begins taking off on their missions at 7 p.m. Competition in the tournament continues Thursday difficulties i The Dyess ing the 96th Strategic U. DEPARTMENT COMMERCE ESSA WEATHER BUREAU Pg. 2-B) ABILENE AND VICINITY Cloudy and with al light rain today and ing partly cloudy and cooler High 70; low 50; of measurable rainfall at a given 100 per cent decreasing to 50 per cent tonight and 20 per cent NORTH CENTRAL Cloudy and showers today and partly and Low tonight 4 to 62 High Wednesday 72 to 78. NORTHWEST Mostly and cooler tonight with scattered shower in Wednesday partly cloudy am. Low tonight 36 to SO. High and Sea walls and crashing surf dashed across treets and highways from Fort down into the Rickety signs blew and bounced across peril to motorists who had to brave the Palm loose garbage cans and other flew hrough sections exposed to the battered 48 hours by Inez last found her com- ng right Evacuation of island's north coast from in Las Villas ince to Vahia Honda in Pinar del Rio Province was begun on SOUTHWEST Cloudy and er tonight and Wednesday with Low tonight 50 to 64. High Wednesdays to 84. TEMPERATURES Mon. p.m. Russia Frees WASHINGTON The Union Monday night re- leased Thomas R. the American Peace Corps teer picked up after wandering across the Iranian border into the Soviet the State De- reported who was arrested by Soviet border guards Sept. 11, was to cross the border at Astara into press officer Robert J. ey told a news collected 285 points in bombing and 97 in navigation for the wing's score of 382. The 96th will get a second chance to climb higher into the standings on second mission Wednesday Each of the 40 aircraft is allotted two missions during SAC's 15th annual com- bat 18th place ending left it ahead of Royal Air Force crew No. 3 with 365 points in the 379th Bomb Wing from smith with 299. Tournament news officials said no direct hits were scored by any of the 20 crews during the first 86 82 Tues. 73 81........... 79............. 79 77 76............ 75 75............ High and low 75 and 53. High and low 71 and 56. for 24-hours 72 71 70 68 65 61 60 57 56 56 ending same date last year Sunset last sunrise today sunset Barometer reading at 28.28. Humidity at 87 per cent. Slocks Well Up In Heavy Trading 1C i Rounding out the first up 4.67; rails were the 397th Bomb were down 49 were Dowell 607; the 456th Bomb Beale 589; and the Bomb 583. All of the planes in the top five positions were the fifth hour trading Tuesday on the A total of shares wer reported the Abilene of fice of Bernet Inc. Rapidly rising tides pushed three feet of water across U.S. 1 at the entrance to the keys and blocked it to The first gust 75 of miles an slammed into Tavernier at the top of the chain of the da Keys at 8 a.m. Gales hitting 60-mile clip coast from Palm to the Not Monster But with top winds of only 85 hammered at the north of wnn tup ui HURRICANE FLAGS FLY IN hurricane flags are flying in miles an Inez was no and blowing with the palm trees at Dinner Key been when she raged through the killing possibly On Key Largo power failed at 8 a.m. Clerks in boarded hotels and who had been through this many times trimmed and lit hurricane A high-pressure area building over kept Inez going on ler and said she would pass near Havana on her way into the Where she will go dy could Several persons injured by flying glass were treated at Mi- ami The excitement of the which always Many of the two million dents of the area had gone 10 bed believing they were out of They awoke in the early morning darkness to the ing thunder of wind and Frantically they rigged storm shelters and rushed to stores that opened early to dispense canned kerosene a Late Monday Inez was heading northward toward co Islands in the away from By midnight she was on a southwest course aimed at the Florida Hard to Figure Never before had forecasters had a storm on their hands so hard to center should go ashore near Key Largo miles south of said Gordon head of Miami's National cane But Inez had crossed him up See 2-A, Col. 4 230 at Hamlin Tops Area Rain DIRKSEN SEES ESCALATION By JACK BELL WASHINGTON Re- publican Sen. Jacob K. Javits rejected today intimation of the use of atomic in the war in Viet The New York senator thus took issue with the stand of his party's elder er President Dwight D. Eisenhower said Monday he would not automatically pre- clude the use of such weapons if he were still in the White Three Democratic senators criticized Eisenhower's would not be so much con- cerned if these utterances had not come from a man who is respected and said Sen. John 0. have to be expanded in Viet the senator Dirksen made it clear in an from Illinois either he did not expect escalate the fighting or think in son to use nuclear some other can't can't go on like and we can't By ROBERT TUCKMAN South Viet Nam Korean and Vietnamese troops drove from three sides today against a Communist force on which they already had inflicted a dav toll of 478 killed or Pastore appealed to President U.S. cavalrymen were op- posed by an estimated 300 troops but the Communist force now is known to be much One report said the North Vietnamese unit was the 610th U.S. casualties were reported Johnson and all government leaders not to put the United States into a position which might lead to the use of nuclear if we all I have to say is God help Pastore Praise From Mansfield Senate Democratic Leader Southbound passage of a slow-moving cool front through the Big Country dumped 2.30 inches of rain on and than an inch to other area Oak Creek Lake near Bronte received 2.14 An official total of 1.55 fell at Abilene Municipal ing annual total to 20.90, more than two inches above the normal of 18.55. The temperature kept up a gradual decline throughout the night and with the 56 degrees Tuesday noon and lowest reading here since iMike Mansfield The Abilene downpour rained of Montana Little action was reported elsewhere in South Viet went toll of U.S. helicopters as a U.S. The allied troops kept up their pressure on a force of North Vietnamese army regulars andj Viet Cong main force units op- in the mountains and lowlands near the coast of tral Viet Nam 30 miles north of The drive got under way since called day when -ing started troops of the U. S. 1st Cavalry spokesman reported another chopper shot down during the today It was on the central the fourth lost out Tuesday's United Fund and the baseball game between Woman Power for Tower members and the lican Women's The rade was reset for 3 p.m. Oct. 18, but the game was not A number of low spots on streets in southeast Fort Worth were The Forest Hill suburb reported torrents of wa- ter flowing down a dozen or more Firemen used sandbags to control the Water entered at least one house and several private a warning in said of the Rhode Island tor's And Sen. Gale W. B- said the Viet Nam tion required restraint and not talk and rather irresponsible Division launched Since then the ins. bearing down from the have reported killing 291 Communists and capturing The Command also re- ported that an Air Force FIDO Jet was shot down 35 miles west of Can in the Mekong Delta southwest of The plane was making a j napalm run against Viet Cong From the units of the positions and was the 124th U.S. Korean Tiger Division pressed plane reported lost over South northward In the Phu Cat tains and reported killing 52 NO maior fighting was Javits said he could under- the since ed Marines in the stand Eisenhower's feeling asj From the South s that the infantrymen and para- advance what weapons the ed States would or would bombers gled mountains just south of th Demilitarized but U.S. They reported four Viet and troop routes Sea Escape Blocked Chrysler Laying Off Downtown Fort Worth ured 1.5 inches of think we also have to sure Javits would not myself give any mation of the use of atomic To the south of received 1.50; Buffalo Gap 1.50; 1.40; See Pg. 2-A? Col. 5 By KARL MANTYLA DETROIT Five days after introducing its new Chrysler Corp. today took action to lay off more than workers across the by went on strike stopping work on passenger truck and Corvette assembly lines and halting production at the nearby Fisher Body Co. The employes at Thursday because of a stamping who make bodies plant The nation's third largest auto firm said it may idle virtually all its hourly rated labor force of by the end of next week if a United Auto Workers strike is not ended at Chrysler's gest stamping in UAW ers struck the main assembly plant of Ford Motor Co. of ada at Monday and 400 union members walked parts depot at Mich. About employes at the Chevrolet plant in St. Louis on alleged safety isaid The union had given notice cf intent to strike five days Chrysler began plant downs Monday by laying off 100 workers at its Hamtramck for the Chevrolet were Negotiators bargained sll night in an effort to avert the strike but were unable to reach agreement on a United Auto Workers complaint that em- ployes were overloaded with Negotiators were still in session when the strike Both the Fisher and Chevrolet employes are members of Local 25 of the but the Fisher employes did not James president of Local 25, said representatives of the union iand Chevrolet had settled another union complaint assembly plant in suburban De- Lynn A. Chrysler said workers would be sent home at the end of their shifts today in two sembly plants at Detroit and one Del. Another 900 will be laid off at the close of shifts Wednesday in assembly plants at 111.; St. the firm An additional 800 are slated for layoffs at the Los Angeles assembly plant ai an undetermined The shutdowns put a big crimp in Chrysler's production of 1967 and Townsend the walkout benefit General Motors and The firm reported its sales in the last 10 days of including two with were 16 per cent higher than in the same period 1965: sent a letter to Chrysler's hourly rated employes in. the United States and Canadian saying the Twinsburg walkout was irresponsible and would result in nent loss of jobs to UAW members struck the Twinsburg plant last the day Chrysler in- its 1967 Talks were scheduled to re- sume today at Twinsburg in t dispute over 14 unsettled See Pg. 2-A, Col. 2 ABILENE Municipal Airport 1.55 18.55 1.70 there and 12 miles northwest of U.S. and Vietnamese patrol the Marine forward boats waited offshore to cept any of the hard-pressed Communists who might try to escape by on Senate Leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois predicted the war would IT RAISED for Year Normal for Year 582 EN 23rd 1041 S. Jefferson 1.22 430 1.00 FORT WORTH 1.50 j HAMLIN 2.30J Dyess AFB ALBANY BAIRD BALLINGER BUFFALO GAP CISCO 1.40 1.40 HASKELL HAWLEY KNOX CITY LAWN LORAINE MERKEL PLEASANT GROVE PUTNAM ROSCOE SANTA ANNA SNYDER STAMFORD Tr. 1.00 Tr. 1.20 1.56 Tr. ters at Dong Ha. Air Attacks Heavier American air attacks Viet Nam were heavier A U.S. said he did than with U.S. not know the size of the enemy pilots flying 161 bombing force In the initial contact They aimed most of their at truck and water fic and claimed destroying or 95 five junks 41 I Pilots also reported their and fragmentation bombs iset off 54 fires and 10 secondary at a storage area and transshipment point 30 miles FORT WORTH men and two women who will southeast of Dong m North determine the fate of Kenneth Viet Nam's southern Ray Wright were shown graphs today taken after a KelK er accident in which seven sons COLORADO CITY EASTLAND ELMDALE EULA 1.50 1.80 STEPHENVILLE 1.34 Prosecutors introduced the pictures as testimony opened inj Wright's negligent i 18, is on trial for in the death of Charles j Lake Oak Creek Lake TUSCOLA WINTERS 10 15 2.14 1.40 1.50 misdemeanor are on file against in connection with the fiery accident north plaints Wright SECTION A Bridge 5 Log 5 Sports 8-9 SECTION B 2 j 2-3 V Obituaries 10 SECTION c Penney section
