Big Spring Daily Herald (Newspaper) - June 20, 1963, Big Spring, Texas i TODAYS WEAf HER BIG SPRING AND VICINITY Clear u cloudy and warmer through Friday or scattered again tonight Winds except in thundershowers High today 93 low to night 68 high tomorrow 94 Soil tempera ture 74 Year Ncx 16 BIG SPRING HERALD Member Associated Press Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Big Spring Texas Thursday June 20 1963 24 Pages 2 Sections INSIDE THE HERALD L Comics 9B OH News h fiA Dear Sports Editorials gB TV Log Food J Daily Yw Sunday Farmers Reported Welcoming Exile Invaders COMMANDO FORCES LAND IN CUBA MIAMI Fla The Cuban Revolutionary Council said today it had sent commando forces ashore at several places in Cuba and the invaders were being welcomed by farmers on the island The council issued this War Communique No I which it said was transmitted from inside Cuba Commandos of the Cuban Revolutionary Council have land ed in different parts of Cuba and the farmers are helping them They are continuing the action which will definitely lead to liber ation of our country The first reports by our forces reveal that the landings were affected difficulty and have the utmost cooperation of the peasants in the surrounding zone These commandos perfectly armed have entered Cuban ter They are going to transmit by radio tomorrow at pm EST on the band at 7018 kilocycles A council spokesman Dr Luis declared This is beginning of the liberation of Cuba In Washington State Department Press Officer Richard I Phil lips said that neither the department nor its Miami office had any confirmation of a Cuban landing We are checking further but as of now we have nothing on it he said The State Department spokesman also said that it would be difficult for any largescale invasion of Cuba to take place with out knowledge of the US government which maintains surveillance of the area including reconnaissance flights over Cuba itself He said the department has no information that a largescale military operation either occurred or has been planned Early reports from the council gave no information on the num ber of invaders but other sources said 500 men had landed There was no word either on where the landings took place place from which the invasion was mounted Some council members were reluctant to comment contrast to the conferences Which have trumpeted pre vious exile forays into Cuba We dont want any publicity declared one council source and he declined to give details immediately Asked at how many points the commandos struck he said It might have been two places And he added We cannot say from where they left nor where they landed We are doing this for Cuba not for publicity Lightning Flashes As Another Storm Hits A brilliant lightning display more high winds and heavy rain fall swept Big Spring and How ard County after 10 pm day The rainfall measured officially at inches was a new rec ord for June 20 in Big Spring The previous high was 123 inch es for the same date in 1921 Minor wind damage was listed and many dirt streets were badly washed but no injuries or serious damage was reported as a result Hot Line Treaty Signed GENEVA the popping of champagne corks the USSo viet agreement on a hot line be tween Washington and Moscow was formally signed today The line provides for a direct Teletype cable between the two capitals as one means of prevent ing an outbreak of war by acci dent It would be used by President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khrushchev US Ambassador Charles C Stelle and Soviet negotiator Sem yon K signed the agreement in the French Room of the Palace of Nations in their ca as American and Russian delegates to the disar mament conference The agreement was entitled Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics regarding the Establishment of a Direct Com Link Stelle and who have bitterly attacked each other for months in the otherwise dead locked disarmament conference opened a bottle of champagne and drank a toast to their first con crete achievement The line will use existing cable circuits from Washington via Lon don Copenhagen Stockholm and Helsinki to Moscow of severe thunderstorm activity for the second night in a row here The citys rainfall total for 1963 now stands at 1122 inches but many areas have had much more Rainfall Wednesday measured from 2 inch at to 175 inches at the Texas Electric Serv ice Co plant in northwest Big Spring The U S Experiment Sta tion gauge registered 134 inches making the total for the city 214 inches officially and the June total 309 inches Lightning struck at the Arthur Leonard home 1704 Scurry but only wiring and dam aged a light in the bathroom A lightning bolt knocked down the leadin wires at the L D Sprad ling home 1709 State but did no other damage A limb was blown off a tree a fence blown down and a clothes line knocked down at 1608 Syca more A few signs were down over the city and some loose ob blown around but no severe wind damage was reported Sherry Underwood Luther re ported a half inch of rain and lots of wind She said a big tree was blown down in their front yard limbs blown off other trees and sheet metal blown off the barn Lees Store just south of the county line re ported an inch of rain and heavy wind Glasscock County Commis Synod Okays Ike College CLINTON NY AP The Presbyterian Synod of New York State has approved a proposal to establish a liberal arts college named after former President Dwight D Eisenhower A synod spokesman said Wednesday night that million including a million dollars from an anonymous woman donor had been pledged for development of the college The school will be at Seneca Falls on the shore of Lake ga one of the states Finger Lakes A citizens committee at Seneca Falls had proposed the college Changes In Sales Taxes Announced AUSTIN Ml State Comptroller Robert Calvert has announced a number of administrative rulings that will put into effect July 1 the sales tax changes ordered by the legislature The 133 million tax making the changes was signed into law May 10 Actually the changes in he sales tax account for only million in new lax money for the 26 months Another million comes from doing away the present lf per cent motor vehicle tax and putting automobile purchases un der the 2 per cent sales tax A total of million comes Like K R a Man Watch The HERALD from a one year extension of the state franchise tax Calvert estimated the total an gross revenue from the sales tax now is million He predicted the changes would raise the total annual base tax to million Calvert said the principal change in sales taxes elimination of the exemption for outer wear ing apparel costing or less would bring in million an However changes in the sales tax provisions concerning newspaper and vending machine sales would take away about million of present annual revenue In carrying out the legislatures orders Calvert issued a new rul ing concerning newspapers mag and other periodical pub as manufacturing con cerns The new ruling says that a subscription sale is consid ered to be several sales of the individual papers delivered under the subscription Calverl said that as long as newspapers sell individually for less than 25 cents the tion will be exempt just as the individual sales would be Calvert estimated this change would result in a loss of about million annually in current revenue Exemption of vending machine sales of less than 25 cents cuts current revenue about million annually also original ruling that vending machine sales should be taxed on the basis of 2 per cent of the gross sales was challenged successfully in court A W White reported the roof loosened on his house and some rain damage to the in Mrs R L Millaway at Moss Creek Lake said they received 4 inch of rain lots of lightning and high winds which blew away everything loose They had damage Rainfall reports for other areas were Kent wood Addition 75 inch College Park 115 Webb Air Force Base 135 Western Hills 145 Big Spring switching station TESCO 90 Big Spring plant 175 Chalk 110 Coahoma 8 Forsan 1 Veal moor 2 Elbow 9 Vincent in the northeast part of the county received no rain but had some wind Odessa received 116 inches last night in addition to the 118 the night before pump sta tion in central Martin County reg 6 inch last night and 10 the night before LIGHTNING HITS TANKS NEAR STANTON A tank battery about six miles southwest of Stanton on he Curtis Erwin ranch Wednesday night was added to he list of damage caused by thunderstorms which have ripped through the area dur ing the past wo nights Lightning struck the ank battery on the Signal Oil and Gas Company lease about pm Wednesday start ing a fire which burned brightly and brought firemen in a rush from both Midland and Stanton However fire men could do nothing and left the fire to burn itself out The loss was estimated at less than since there little oil in the battery when it was struck The well being served by it is now de It was in the Spra berry Trend Area Lake Levels Rise A Little Lake levels were affected little by Wednesday night showers al though Cosden Lake south of Big Spring did go over the spillway Lake J B Thomas the Colo rado River Municipal Water Dis reservoir eased up to eleva tion 225618 a gain of 12 for the day This was approximately 900 acre feet or about 300 million gal lons During the past week the in crease has amounted to 112 feet or about 8300 acre feet some two and billion gallons Elevation at Lake Colorado City the Texas Electric Service Com pany reservoir was 206795 un changed There were no reports from Champion Creek Lake but indications are that it was un changed from its previous eleva tion of 205850 Showers were relatively light in the Moss Creek Lake area and the lake continued 34 feet deep at the spillway No reports were avail able from Powell Lake It was last reported at almost 20 feet at he spillway Cosden Lake caught a substantial volume of run off and went over the spillway about six inches deep Heavy Rain Hits Glasscock Area GARDEN CITS rain fell here Wednesday night soaking most of Glasscock County The official gauge kept by Bry ant Harris showed 13 inches In the south part of Garden City another gauge showed 25 inches Jim McCorquodale who ranch es in northern Glasscock County reported over two inches Dick Mitchell whose place is about 10 miles west of here said that there were reports of over three inches on his ranch Is Part Of Protective Dispersal Plan Some units of the Fighter Squadron al Webb AFB are destined to rotate to Reese AFB Lubbock on tempo rary duty basis under an Air Force program for dispersal of aircraft against a knockout blow by enemy ballistic missiles The proposed program was an in Washington It depends in part on a provision of the mili tary construction for the year starting July 1 Date for the dispersal program has not yet been fixed and there was no information as to number of aircraft or personnel involved Unofficially it was learned that a few planes would be sent from headquarters here to Reese and these with crews would be on a temporary rotating basis Operational and command func tions of the here would not be affected Some comparatively minor con struction would be involved at Reese to handle crew activities plane servicing etc it was said The dispersal program part of anAir Force plan to increase survivability of the fighter forces in event of a missile attack in volves Air Defense Command in units in 17 states Probable Cause For Thresher Disaster Is Told WASHINGTON sudden flooding of the engine room was the most probable cause for the sinking of the atomic submarine Thresher with 129 men aboard a report by a Navy investigating board said today Secretary of the Navy Fred Korth issued a summary of find ings by a court of inquiry based on testimony from 120 witnesses and 1700 pages of testimony most of it classified as secret The statement issued today said Navy believes it most likely that a piping system failure had occurred in one of the Thresh ers saltwater systems probably in the engine rooms The enor mous pressure of sea water sur rounding the submarine subjected her interior to a violent spray of water and progressive flooding In all probability water affected electrical circuits and caused loss of power Thresher slowed and be gan to sink Within moments she had exceeded her collapse depth and totally flooded She came to rest on the ocean floor 8400 feet beneath the surface Political Doom For Profumo LONDON House of Commons convicted John A Pro fumo of grave contempt today for lying in Parliament about his sex life with Christine The action spelled political doom for Profumo and minister He now is occupied further with Scotland Yard as a witness in a multiple inquiry into vice narcotics per haps blackmail and equally sor did phases of high life in high places Last April Manuel Antonio de Varona former Cuban prime minister resigned as president of the council with a blast at dent Kennedy for refusal to help the exiles in a war to liberate their island from Fidel Castros Communist rule Antonio Macea grandson of a Cuban independence hero of he same name became the president of council Manuel Antonio de Varona another exprime minister of Cuba is us guiding force The council remains one of the largest coalitions despite withdrawal of several groups in sympathy with Miro Car donas stand The council said the commandos who landed in Cuba repre sented its member groups Rescate the Revolutionary Recovery Movement and the Christian Democratic Movement These are es action groups State Allowable Goes Up A Little Going Up Delta rocket blazes into the predawn darkness from Cape Canaveral carrying the seventh of a of Tiros tvea ther satellites Tiros 7 orbited successfully and on its first orbital pass transmitted a set of good quality cover pic tures The satellites main as is to study hurricanes and typhoons born in Langdon Signs His First Order AUSTIN AP The Texas Railroad Commission inched Texas oil production up to 285 per cent of capacity during July in the monthly proration hearing today The production pattern sets the allowable for next month at 2856337 barrels per day an increase of 28641 barrels daily over June It was announced following the commissions monthly proration hearing Under a 28 per cent formula June production was limited to 2845818 barrels per day The 28 Kennedy Buzzes Into W Virginia CHARLESTON WVa AP President Kennedy told a rain soaked crowd at todays West Virginia Statehood Day celebra tion that he knows of no state where people have a greater sense of pride in themselves in their state and in their country Rain fell steadily on the crowd estimated at 10000 persons in the north plaza of the Capitol as they watched a program commemorat ing the 100th anniversary of state hood and awaited the President When he arrived Kennedy took note of the weather in his three minute impromptu speech He then spent twice as much time shaking hands with wellwishers in the drizzling rain After his short speech Kenne dy ventured down into the throng and spent a few minutes shaking hands Then the presidential par ly left for the airport to return to Washington cent factor has been used to regulate production during every month this year begin ning with March The allowable compares to the July 1362 figure of 2703002 barrels daily under the discarded producing pattern which was a 50000 barrel daily increase from June 1962 Seven of 13 major oil pur chasers and producers asked the commission to retain the 28 per cent order in July Purchasers nominations in bar rels per day by percentage with the total change in the statewide allowable for each are 2 per cent 57282 barrels daily Oil 107554 barrels Texaco 141000 28 per ana purchasing 250000 Mobil Oil 238000 Atlantic Oil and Re fining Humble Oil 401100 Shell Oil 161900 Gulf Oil 207 000 and Standard of Texas 35 500 27 per barrels dai ly decrease Sinclair 102800 26 per barrels daily Oil 26500 Cities Service 82000 25 per cent 171846 barrels daily Petrol eum 121678 The hearing was the first at tended by Commissioner Jim C Langdon appointed by Gov John Connally three weeks ago to fill the post vacated by W J Mur ray Jr Langdon signed the June proration order shortly after his swearingin after the order was delayed almost two weeks be cause of the absence of veteran Commissioner Ernest 0 Thomp son who is ailing Thompson did not attend todays hearing Commission Chairman Ben Ramsey introduced Langdon to SOME CIGARETTE MAKERS WILL HALT CAMPUS ADS NEW YORK AP Some major cigarette manufacturers have decided to discontinue advertising and promotion on college campuses says George V Allen president of the Insti tute Allen said Wednesday night the companies plan to stop taking ads in college newspapers magazines and football programs and give up distribution of sample packets on campus by student rep The institute is made up of companies that make 100 per cent of the cigarettes produced in the United States Allen did not specify the number of firms involved Florence Ala State College banned all promotion cf cigarettes on campus The ban announced Wednesday by the college dent Dr E B Norton prohibits cigarette advertising in the stu dent newspaper and other publications and outlaws any promotion of cigarettes including distribution of free cigarettes and free playing cards and ash trays which advertise them Dr Norton said his action involved promotion of a product about whose harmful effect there can be no doubt NEWS DIGEST INTERNATIONAL Giovanni Leone asked to form a new Italian government is con with leaders of nearly ev ery political group Sec Page Tereshkova a blue eyed blonde is hailed for her space flight achievement See Page Scotland Yard puts an emer gency guard on Christine the woman in the Profumo scan dal after tipsters in London warn she is in danger Sec Page WASHINGTON Party leaders oil the creaking machinery of Congress for the star of President Kennedys civil rights program on a uncertain journey See Page 2A Southern resentment against President Kennedys civil rights program may make it impossible to enact a tax cut until next year if then See Page NATIONAL A widespread trend toward new and higher taxes occurs in state legislatures a survey shows Sec Page STATE Thunderstorms die down after interfering with Texans slum bers Menacing winds accompany briefly torrential rains at some points See Page the oilmen and told them he has acquired tremendous respect among commission employes for his ability integrity of purpose and fine judgment Langdon replied that he finds the work challenging and the staff a group of tireless work ers who also possess unusual tal ents The several hundred oilmen at the hearing and the commission ers gave a standing ovation to Murray who was not at the meeting at the request of L A Douglas of San Antonio an inde pendent oil operator W E Turner executive vice president of the Texas ent Producers and Royalty Own ers Association read a statement to the commission suggesting that it tighten up the allowable pro order to make sure Texas avails itself of the full mar ket demand for Texas oil George Anderson representing the North Texas Oil and Gas As sociation asked the commission to hold a special hearing con the sale of an state firm of a gathering system in West Texas formerly owned by Texaco Inc Howard Rambin representing Texaco replied that we will stand firmly on our right that the matter be handled as we did 45 Ships Idled NEW YORK tional dispute between two mari time unions over six jobs on one ship has idled 45 vessels in ports of the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coasts the Great Lakes and Puerto Rico 30000 Victims MIAMI Fla under ground source estimates more than 30000 Cubans have been ex since Fidel Castro took over in 1959 Ends Life Mexican movie actor Pedro Ar shot and killed him self in a Los Angeles hospital where he was under treatment for cancer He was 51 years old Racial At A Glance HOUSTON Univer sity alumni said today they will take legal action to block admis sion of Negroes to the school one of the few private universities in the nation that is still segregated SAVANNAH Ga AP Hun dreds of Negroes were in custody today after a wild night of riot ing in which a police officer and three white men were injured and windows shattered by roving bands of Negroes downtown WASHINGTON AP The Army announced today that about 3100 members of the Alabama National Guard called into federal service in the University of Ala bama integration crisis will be re leased from active duty Sunday and Monday NEW YORK James Farmer national director of the Congress Of Racial Equality says We do not intend to call off demonstrations Farmer made the comment Wednesday night in relation to President Kennedys plea for ra cial peace WASHINGTON groes have surrendered and been charged with homicide in the death of a young white soldier after a street brawl Cardinals Fail To Elect Pope VATICAN CITY Catholic cardinals failed to elect a new Pope today on their first four ballots Twice midday and then in the late smoke puffed out of a slender smokestack over the Sistine Chap el The smoke was a signal to thou sands in St Peters Square that the 80 cardinals locked in the chapel had failed to find a suc cessor to Pope John XXIII When a Pope finally is elected the smoke will come out white The cardinals will vote again Friday There were moments when the smoke appeared white but Vati can radio said there was no doubt that the cardinals failed to elect a new Pope Thousands had waited in St Peters mixture of Ro man housewives foreign tourists Italian businessmen and nuns and priests Many trained binoculars on the smoke stack to the right of the dome of St Peters Basili ca What went on inside the Sistine Chapel was not known except that there had been two ballots in the morning and two in the afternoon The smoke signals followed each session The smoke rose from a little stove in which the cardinals burned their ballots Italian air force flares were being used to color the smoke Under conclave rules no more ballots can be taken until Friday morning
