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17 Are Arraigned Here Following Club Forays11 Area Places Are Targets of Police StrikesState Agents Join Local Law OfficersFRIENDLY NIGHTSPOT COMPETITORS—Clubs operated by Mrs. Cora (Toots) Lewis and Grady Morrison were among the 11 hit by county and state raiders Saturday night. The pair accepted the raids in good spirits, gaily posing for the cameraman in front of confiscated merchandise. Seventeen persons arrested in the raids have pleaded not guilty to charges in Ottawa County court today.'Cannot Accept Situation,' CongressRusk SupportsTreaty'Risks' Kennedy Presents Jobless Views* ! U,’iCtlIVr;mKl /A D» PraeiHom IV- « u . ... (in v i.,_ .1 ..u_______i _____1Gives Statement Before CongressWASHINGTON (APT—Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Congress today the United States is warranted running the risks of its proposals fo •» . .clear test ban treatv For these ris-s are not so great, he said, as would be the risks in a world without any restraint on development of nuclear weapons And. in a statement to the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee Rusk argued too that achievement of a test ban treaty could open the way for further steps m a slackening of the arms race with the Soviet Union.There has been criticism in Congress that the U S proposals for a test ban agreement do not provide sufficient safeguards against Russian cheating “I am aware of the risks involved in an undetected Soviet violation of the treaty or its surprise abrogation,” Rusk said in his statement.But, he testified, he is aware also “of the graver mk to our security and the security of the free world implicit in a future without any multilateral restraint on the development of nuclear weapons.”Under questioning, Rusk was not optimistic for an early agreement with the Russians.‘‘Do you anticipate an agreement in the near future?” Sen George D. Aiken, R Vt, asked “No,” Rusk replied. ‘‘I do not ” See RUSK on page 3.Vicious Winds Hit 2 Towns in TexasDALLAS (AP)—Vicious winds— jossibly small twisters—whipped :h rough Kaufman in northeast rexas and Jonah in central Texas :oday.Kaufman was hit two blocks east f the main business district. Pow-?r lines were knocked down, elec-ricity was cut off and streets vere blocked by fallen trees.Some 30 to 50 buildings were lamaged There were no re-xrts of injuries. Damage was es-imated at $100,000 Earlier, the Department of Pubic Safety reported heavy winds tit Jonah Some telephone lines vere blown down and tin roofing j ittered the highway jW ASHING TON (APi—President ! Kennedy reported to Congress today that unemployment, our No.I economic problem,'' is wasting lives and unrealized production that could materially increase the nation's living standardsThe President said the economy is growing steadily more efficient but is progressively failing to supply the jobs to occupy a fast-expanding population and work force.' We cannot accept this situation, ’ Kennedy said in again urging on his tax cut proposals and other programs advanced to spur economic growth and job expansion.It is within our power to these steps,” he said “to summate an achievement of magnitude as to mark this decade for all time in the history of human progress.”Kennedy submitted his message to Congress along with a comprehensive Labor Department inventory of manpower resources and their utilization sinceII and forecasts of what is to happen in the futureAt the rate the economy is going, he said, unemployment will rise by 1967 to 5.5 million, or 7 per cent of the work force.Among other things, the President reported:--In the 15-year period 1947-62, the labor force increased 21 per cent but employment increased only 17 per cent, with consequent-I iy rising unemployment.-Nonfarm employment rose an average 900.000 a year in the 1947-57 decade, but since then has been rising less than 500.000 a year, or as Kennedy said, at a rate “not nearly enough to keep ! “P-”In 1962 alone, time lost—because of average 4 million unemployment and because some 2.7 million workers wanted full-time employment but found only part-; time work—amounted to a waste j of 1 billion potential work days. Kennedy said this was equivalent to shutting down all production in ! the nation for over three weeks.DIES IN OREGONPORTLAND. Ore. (AP) - Clay B Brown, 60, sportsman *wd | lumberman, died Sunday Brown w as first president of a Portland group that purchased Portland's-For each of the past i years the rate of unemployment i has been 5.5 per cent or more. | Last month it turned up to 6.1 per cent of the work force, j Unemployment is our No, 1 j economic problem.” Kennedy told j Congress. It wastes the lives of men and women, depriving both them and the nation.“Our continued underuse of hu-j man and physical (plant) capaci-I ty is costing us some $30 billionto $40 billion of additional goods and services annually. This means a considerably lower standard of living than we would otherwise en-More seriously — ominously— it means we are doing less than our best in staffing ourselves for the struggle for freedom at home and abroad that now commands our energies and resources on an unprecedented scale, and in ever more demanding forms.”CONTRABAND—An agent of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board D.-.f - r * r u u inventories the stock of liquor confiscated by law officers at Toots’Pacific Coast League baseball; Uub Saturday n5j;ht. Mrs. (ora Lewis operator of the Club, esti-ciub in 1955 mated items taken from her place were worth $3,390.By ROGER RICKARDOne of the biggest raids in Oklahoma since the repeal of prohibition,” said an ABC agent of Saturday night's dragnet operation that sent a small army of officers swooping down on 11 night club's in Ottawa county.Seventeen arrests were made and approximately $6,000 worth of liquor and bar supplies confiscated in the lightning strikes. The raiding party, led by Sheriff Bill Schuelein, included 15 agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, three Crime Bureau agents, sheriff’s deputies and five Miami policemen sworn in as special marshals.Simultaneously at 11 o'clock, the officers, armed with search warrants and arrest papers for 17, were knocking at 10 nightclub doors across the county It was a bottle-clanking success, and along with the club's operators and bartenders, officers packed off about 120 boxes filled with liquor, beverage mix, glasses and bar supplies.Raided were the Miami Supper Gub. west of Miami, operated by .Tab Bluejacket; Toots’ Club, northeast of Quapaw on_ U Z. 66,, operated by Cora Lewis, the Twist Club, east of Miami, operated by Junior Roberts; the Claret Club, east of Miami, operated by Maxine Kauff, and the 400 Club, south of Commerce, operated by Norman Atkins. Also arrested at the 400 was Tom F. Gregg, a customer charged with interfering with the law-Other targets were the BB Club, east of Commerce on U.S. 66, operated by Norman Kelly; Sands Club, west of Afton, operated bv Elmer Oakley Elsie's Bar, south of Quapaw on U.S. 137, operated by Floyd McKibben. and Grady's Club, south of Miami, operated by Grady Morrison; Y-Club, operated by John P Buckmaster, north of Commerce, and Lost Creek, operated by Lloyd Womack, east of Wyandotte on U.S. 60.Seventeen charges against club operators and bartenders were for “operating an open saloon ’ and “selling intoxicating beverage by the drink” The charges were dated Feb. 26 and 27, when undercover ABC agents patronized the II night spots as customers and made “buys.”The operation, planned for about three weeks, was kept a closely guarded secret About an hour before the foray only five local officers knew of it.It was planned after numerous complaints purportedly were lodged with the county attorney and sheriff. The complaints concerned under-aged persons being admitted to the night spots and incidents involving public drunkenness.For about two hours following the initial strike, the sheriffs office was a caldron of chaotic activity. Large enough for routine business, ttie office seemed to shrink to shoebox size as it filled with special agents, arrested persons. attorneys, spectators, deputies and bottlesA Miami attorney’ did a landslide bonding business on an as-semblyhne basis. So efficient was his operation that five persons had posted bond before they’ were officially bookedThe reason bonds were so readily available is that a bonding agent from Muskogee was m one of the night spots when officers hit All the arrested persons were released after posting $250 cash bonds or $500 property bonds.Many nightspot operators appeared despondent when escorted into the sheriffs office. But the atmosphere soon became almost festive as operators and bartenders began joking with each other and their arresting officers See RAIDS on page 3
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Miami News Record
Miami, Oklahoma, US
Mon, Mar 11, 1963
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