Jennings Daily News (Newspaper) - February 1, 1963, Jennings, Louisiana AREA WEATHER 60 yesterday 71 tomorrow Sunset tomorrow The Jennings Daily News JC NN 67 Number 23 Its Official School Tax 95543 A 10year school maintenance tax drew overwhelming support in last Tuesdays official fig ures released today by the Jeff Davis Pariah School Board Voters in seven of the eight dis in the parish approved the taxes Total property as in favor of the taxes a mounted to Pro perty assessments against the taxes totaled The voters gave unanimous sup port to the maintenance tax in four precincts and two Voters in District 3 Hathaway gave a a solid 810 District voters cast unanimous approval of a with Fenlon favoring it 450 and Topsy lit District 1 Lake Arthur a proposal was approved in Precinct l and 1753 in all three District 22 Elton which fared the heaviest proposal five mills supported the measure Jennings approved a Services Are Set For Willie Gordon Willie Gorj died Wednesday at at the American Legion Hos Ilo worked and lived on a farm east of Jennings for many and moved into town 35 years Cordon was horn He leaves a eight 32 grand children and 3 great grandchild Three brothers and four sis ters als His children are Joe Da Gustavia B r e a u Stafford and Thel ma all of Jennings Ola Batiste of New Orleans Ray Gordon of Los Lu lu Holden am Mildred Che both of Burial will be in the Catholic Cemetery near Jennings following funeral services at 10 Sat at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Gas Deliveries Set New Record Record gas deliveries accompanied the Jan uary cold waves which gripped the Gulf South area served by United Gas Pipe Line with the company setting a new peak day delivery record of nearly billion cubic feet of gas on 24 The new high mark for a 24 hour exceeds by almost Hon eute feet the previous seasons peak day load of nil i Gas hand On 11 of the 17 days between ami 24hour gas deliveries exceeding 5 billion cub i averaging slightly more i ive billion for the entire tax by a 35620 Total assessments in favor of the mea sure were Assessments against the tax were Here is how Jennings precincts were officially with as listed in parenthesis Precinct 1 For 105 Against 5 Precinct 2 For 72 Against 1 Precinct 3 For 97 Against 5 Precinct 4 Against Precinct 5 For 32 Against Here are official totals for the other Jeff Davis Parish districts Lake Arthur For 175 Against 3 Hathaway For 61 Against 0 Fenton For 51 Against 0 Welsh For 118 Against Roanoke For 35 Against 1 Elton For 159 Against 12 The taxes will he used for main tenance of buildings and equip explained Superintendent Luke A main tenance tax approved for a 10 year period in 1953 by all dis expires this voted a maintenance tax in which expires next Reason for the increase rang ing from two to five mills in all districts except Fenton is be cause buildings have aged upkeep costs have said i Lake Arthur H gh Delegates ELECTED to represent Like Arthur High School at the an Parish Government Day program 54 in Jennings are these Bottom left to right Jimmy Lloyd Lucy Sandra Charlotte left to right Dale Stedman Ray Robert Pat Students from through out the parish will participate in the Daily News Photo Canadians Hit At Criticism Devastation Storm Hits California Steel Firms Say Squeeze Has Set In OTTAWA criticism j will not change Canadas defense Defense Douglas Harkness told the House of Com mons Thursday night Opposition parties stepped up their attacks on the government but rallied he hind Prime Minister John Dief chaw that Washington was butting into Canadian An emergency debute in Com mons brought no attempt to topple Conservative gov But the groundwork clearly was being laid for an elec tion campaign built around the nu clear weapons SAN swollen rivers surged through hundreds of evacuated homes in Northern pushed against hurriedly build sandbag dikes in and blocked traffic on main east west highway and rail routes across the Gule force winds pounded the Northern California Coast a third i temperature straight day arul began an attack degrees in Hie ireful The battering wind and rain the power head of a chain of storms raging in the fiom northwest to the mainland Gusts up to TO miles an hour lashed the Hawaiian Islands closing Honolulu liar i jet liner carry ing Queen of England and Prince Philip of to Honolulu to turn back to In California five deaths were blamed on the A boy was There no immediate relief in sight The Weather Bureau said the Pacific storm chain was driving its series of storm centers aimed at theOre gon and Washington coasts The storms meant snow lor western Washington where two inches was expected by this morn inn The Valley area ot central which received 14 inches of snow expected an additional 8 to Id Snou was general hington and many closed throughout for ot Sea Scouts filled sandbags use in the downtown area if Suddenly rising sent melted snow gushing into Bancroft in southeastern flooding basements and forcing stores to move out A chinook wind raised from 46 to 53 15 minutes and two hours later another boosted it four degrees in one Man Escapes On Voltage Line NEW YORK Evidence mounted today that he squeeze in steel has become acute for the industry The situation could have a bear ing on whether the United Steel Workers Union picks up an option press for higher wages or other Steel the na tions second largest reported Thursday that 1962 earn ings had hit a 15year Jones b Laughlin Steel ranking reported a sizable drop in profits from The news followed by two days the disclosure that the 1 Steel had its poorest year for profits since At a news conference after Bethlehem Arthur board was asked about prospects for a re opening of wage This is no time for any wage of state Department or employment cost Canadas defense It would be very bad and doing it j The State Department raised the controversy to crisis pitch with a charge Wednesday that by failing to accept American nuclear is drag gin its feet in the defense of North America and the North At Treaty The debate took place as specu lation mounted that will dissolve Parliament and call for a general election on the nu clear arms But the prime minister remained silent after ac cusing the State Department of unwarranted intrusion in Cana das The emergency debate ended with neither side The House was scheduled to return to day to routine The controversy was branching off into two phases Condemnation by both bakers Conservatives and his op Enter Your Youll beable lo bid on every thing frum a pint ol plum jelly to a complete slaughter job on your favorite steer during the annual Polio and Crippled Childrens Auction Saturday and A complete list of is carried in todays Daily Youll find it interesting reading and bids will help give unfortunate citizens a new lease on Items to be auctioned include a duck a dozen a 100pound live cakes and pies of all motor golf pork several soft sun groceries and hair Merchants and individuals have contributed gener Workers are donating time and Theres something to suit every age from nine to 90 and every item sold helps a worthy Read em take your pick and enter into the As Andy Griffith says a lot of folks will shore appreciate On 7 iiir TOWN TOPICS FOUR MEMBERS of the Jeff Da is Parish Sheriffs Department and the parish state policeman have enrolled for a 17week in service training program conduct ed weekly in They are Alphonse Austin l Gilbert Touchet of the sheriffs department and of the state A BARBECUE DINNER will be at the Legion Hut by the Junior Class in f n II to 1 The pub lie i to buy tickets by M JULIAN Andrews Monastery neir will be cele at the Holy Eucharist at Si Episcopal Church Sun a al Ameri can Legion Hospital ore Freeman M of Lake Miller of Edmond j t Marris Myers of and Damon of for the economy and the steel in Im hoping there wont be we don Agreeing with Roger Steel Homer said there are indications that the union has a bitter understanding of indus try Bethlehem said it or poli release in a press down from a in The figure was the lowest since the company netted million in and less than half the million earned in all time Homer said the lack of an in crease in higher employ ment a continued relatively low level of general demand for and a slump in important shipbuilding operations had hurt was on e of seven major producers that posed a aton increase in prices last Ap the it in the of ii hostile response from Presi dent Kennedy and failure of some companies lo go It was one of five companies that cut back the dividend on its stock later in the Steel was Although fourth quarter earn ings of or cents a share failed to cover the lower payout Bethlehem directors declared a quarterly dividend of 37 Mi This matched the amount voted stockholders last October when the regular GO cent dividend was A domestic political issue in which Diefenbaker is being by the opposition on a charge of refusing to say clearly whether Canada will accept a nu clear In the opposition had cleared Diefenbaker for causing last the Soil Study Is Outlined 1 Its Conservation Whats the PATIENTS are Donna of and Lyn el of NEW PARENTS are and Lawrence of a and Murray LeBleu ol Homer said which picked up significantly in the clos ing three months of hac gained slightly in January and seem destined to rise a bit more in From there ht il was anybodys or j told Commons that note presented an ob stacle to agreement with the United Slates on accepting nu clear But he drew jeers and laughs when he said Canadas policy is clear and He said the government plans the same it has followed in the past five Cries of shame rose from the House floor when Diefenbaker re ported that the State Department statement reached the Canadian ministry only a half hour Before it was released to the There are well recognized channels for the exchange of points of view between sovereign countries and allies even when these points of view as they and I express my very great regret that the United States Department of State did not sec fit to follow the usual course in communicating its he In a State Depart ment spokesman said the state ment was released in response to numerous inquiries received by the department and was designed to clarify the States posi Diefenbaker called the action I weigh my words when I say that it constitutes an unwarranted intrusion In Canadian he Stale Soil And they through an o leach peo ple how to judge soil and get maximum use of Jeff Davis Parish agricultural soil conservation em ployees and area supervisors will Services Held For Betty Sue Faulk Funeral services were scheduled this af for Miss Betty Sue who died Wednesday at 11 at the home of her Cecil during a visit in Services were to be held at lib Church with William Mayo Burial was in Ebenezer Survivors her grand mother a of Elton two broth Paul Faulk of Elton and Stc vie Faulk of Brooks Air Force four Thomas Daigle of Miss Melba Faulk of Jac Reading of and Thomas Harvey of El Faulk was member of the First Methodist Church in vm in of Area Farmers Urged To Sign Seed Petition dairymen and cattlemen who ei ther produce or use rye grass seed are urged to attend a pub lic hearing in New Orleans next Thursday said Alfred president of the Jeff Da vis Parish Farm Goebel said the meeting will begin at 10 Tuesday in Len Boulevard Room at 5236 Canal in New The meeting was called by the of Agriculture to hear views on a proposed marketing order concerning rye grass Goebel told the Daily News today that several Farm Bureau members have petitions for farm ers to These petitions are the basis of our protest against the pro posed marketing said Goebel The point of the entire matter is this this proposed marketing order would shut off Jeff Davis Parishs only supply of pure rye grass He added that the market order is an attempt by a ol Ore gon seed growers to corner the market by restricting future pro duction of seed This would prevent u from obtaining a special seed developed especially for this area al the experiment sta tion in s a id Goebel urged area farmers to sian the petitions this weekend so they can be presented at the Tuesday The following men have peti said Goebel Floyd Lynn Wal ter Ezra Floyd Winn Raymond Bug ene Charles Char ter resources rests largely with Glenn Harris and these young men and we m SCSi consider it an opportunity to work with director of vocational agriculture and his staff in the State Department of Education in conducting this he This year a statewide contest for FFA soil judging teams will be held on March Any FFA chapter can enter n In the future contests may be held on an area basis and the winners sent to a state On February 5 through meet ings will be held for vocational agriculture and SCS technicians throughout the Each of these meetings will be used to train teachers and soil conservationists in the tal of soil Teachers will then begin teaching boys how to Local Soil Conservation Service representa tives in each parish and the SCS toil scientists assigned to each area will in eastern Was schools were the stale Wind HUMS freed western flays til snow attend a 7 meeting al South western University in Lafayette to hear details oi the Luke superintendent of education for Jeff Davis Par has written all vocational agricultural teachers urging them to attend the soil and soil conservationist for the par will Tomorrows farmers need learn today how to evaluate the j soil and how to manage it for protection and savs Martin of the state soil conservation Hie future of soil and wa up to Oregon from four and As the fhaw extended to northern Oregon it produced rain which froze on still cold pulled them down and blacked out vast areas from he coast 100 miles Thousands of homes in the Portland area were without pow er fn Northern and Hie warming rain and snow melt produced more water than the rivers could At National Guard troops the River which runs through the city while gambling continued normally in Four bridges in downtown Reno were closed as a safety measure but city officials said they were not in immediate danger of being washed Water flowed over a few bridges on the outskirts but they normal ly carried little The rising Truckee caused the Reno Airport to close Thursday Reno City Manager Joe Lati more said he did not believe the current flood would reach propor tions of one that caused millions of dollars of damage in In about 35 air miles northeast of San the Napa River ran bank clos ing several of the main streets and causing some 40 persons to leave their their employes and Senate Takes Rest From Rules Battle WASHINGTON The Senate takes a breathing today in its battle over proposals for a stronger buster rule after opponents won a victory by a The looked like the hand writing on the wall for advocates of a rules but they re fused to concede defeat and vowed to carry on next week Said one Sen Joseph Unless the er is Democracy is in per BERLIN Sliding along Oft the seat of his an East Ger man trapeze artist fled over the heads of Communist border into West Berlin on a 110 power I could hear humming and had a tickling sensation in my said Horst A professional trapeze Klein had been forbidden to work in Kust German circuses because he was an outspoken I couldnt live any longer with out the smell of the circus in my he On the night of he climbed a steel power pylon on the Communist side of the Berlin wall and leaped to the big porce lain insulator on the I if I touched the lower and the cable at the same I would he turned to he told newsmen Thursday From the Klein eased himself down onto the cable and slid 70 yards on the seat of liis pants to another insulator then lie to a second His hands were numbing fast ia the 7degree Below two East German guards patrolled the wire barri cades facing West Berlins Teltow Klein was above the beams of the border Past the second Klein slid another 30 then hooked his legs over the cable and began to work a rope he had coiled around his He threw the rope across the cable in an effort to lower himself down into the Western But his numbed hands missed the rope and he plunged 40 feet to the canal towpath in the only a few feet beyond a clump of bushes marking the Klein came to three hours later and shouted for A woman heard him and called Ger man A fire brigade took him across the canal in a rubber In the fall Klein broke bis His story came out alter it be came known that the East Berlin police hud learned of his escape New Telephone Number No Good BESSEMER Blandine Lovelace had tele phone number People always getting it mixed Up with 12 and calling the So asked the ephone company lo give her a new She changed to That work either An other Bessemer City Robert Moore got a new num ber Same story people are still calling Lovelace and asking to speak to the of a Guidry To Head Mermentau Club Andy Guidry was elected president the Mermentau Civic Club at meeting last He succeeds Ernest who has served as president for the past two Edwin Breaux was chosen first vice president and Vincent Guid ry will serve as second vice pres Chosen as secretary and treasurer respectively were Char les Fruge and Past secretary Milton Seilhan listed accomplishments of club for the past The new president spoke to the group on the activities that the club could undertake during coming Southerners and their allies ar gue that fre debate in the Senate is a safeguard against rash ac tion and assures that small stales and minorities can he The roll call vote Thursday marked the first test of strength between the opposing sides At present a twothirds majority of senators voting is required to choke off The vole came on tabling killing a move designed to es that a majority of the Seni ate has a constitutional right lo shut off debate and force u down on a proposed change in rules at the start of a new Con Voting for the tabling offered by Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Montana and Republican leader Everett of were 32 Demo crats and 21 Voting against it were 31 Democrats and 11 4H Leaders Set Saturday Meeting local leaders from will nuvi in Jennings at the Hotel morning at nine oclock Guest speakers will In Spni aliM and associate State Club both from Baton About 30 teachers anil oilier adult leaders expected lo he WEATHERVANE FORECAST Night and tarly morning cloudy U partly cloudy and warm through this afternoon and Saturday Lowott to night S11 Bid For Life In 1963 Polio Auction I
