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SALES co, Section One News, Editorial Features Lake Charles BOX SCS6 4924 COLE AVE Press 8 CEKT3 LAKE CHARLES, WEBHESBAt, BECEMSfiR 14, 1960 38 PAGES Mostly deafly wffft rain thnmgn Thursday. Continued cold today ttMf twt so cold Hfgh totey 4ft. Low tontgbf 40. Hffh Ttrarsday SO, flortfietst wd wst 10 JO ffi.p.h, tftfotigfk KUMfiEB 84,448 LEGISLATURE MAY PAY TEACHERS New Segregation Bills Set for Final Vote BATON ROUGE (AP) The Louisiana Senate today sped toward final passage four new segregation bills in a drive to finish 30-day special session. The bills come up for final leg- islative action Thursday when the tomorrow, and the House at 11 session ends.

a.tn. A new 30-day special session tol Tlre include a fourth continue Louisiana fight against school integration starts Saturday. lempt lo rcplace the New Orleans The Senate returns at 10 a.m. Sch o1 Board ousf cd by the legis- AST DIGS OUT New Storm Spreads Across Southwest By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Slowly, painfully, the Eastern United States, still gripped by an unrelenting arctic cold, dug itself out Wednesday from the worst autumn storm in its history. As it did so, a new storm hit New Mexico and spread across the Southwest.

The toll of storm-related deaths fought and pushed to get on the 1 trains. The crush was so great at jlaturc for integrating New Orleans i schools under federal court order. Thc federal courts have nullified the ouster. Sen. E.

W. Gravolct Pointe- a-la-Hachc, told the Senate Judiciary Committee only Orleans Parish would be affected by a bill that names the attorney general legal counsel for the school board. The committee reported Uie Pennsylvania Station that extra i bills favorably with no objections police closed off the terminal Thc spccia i scssion cnds Thurs a limc day, and a new 30-day session The railroads abandoned schcd-j called by Gov. Jimmie H. Davis ulcs at the New York stations and jto continue fighting school inte- 'gralion begins two days The governor, legislature and sent out trains whenever they could get a crew and a train together.

oasscd 220 and the cost in lost 1 Thc Br musical "Wild- pas.Nco. iM, ana me losi in losi D-II top state officials remain under federal court injunction to stop i lnl uuui i injunction jcat. 1 starring Lucille Ball, origi- interfering after the U.S. slurring L.UCHIC can, origi- ntcrfer ne aftrr fhn "simrnmr. business and in the expense of nally schcdu i ed to open Thursday the state's oka to snow removal ran into millions (night, was postponed to Friday stay alliSgration orders of dollars.

i The four bills, already approved overwhelmingly by the House, The cold, which ranged intoi the below-zero regions in somcj areas, had a cruel companion the wind. It stung the faces motorists trying to dig out from streets still littered with abandoned vehicles; it blew the snow's fine powder into electric-train en-j gines and stalled motors, and it covered ordinary objects with drifting snow and turned them! into strange, white shapes. Man Sought in Disappearance At Shreveport SHREVEPORT. La. Police sought a medium-sized.

would: Repeal a legal provision permitting the Orleans Parish School Board or its successor to select its own attorney or lo fix and pay his salary; name the attorney general for the school board; and put the burden of court costs upon plaintiffs against the school board. Make it a misdemeanor to ob(AP) struct orders or judicial process Change in Money Stand Reported In Baton Rouge NEW ORLEANS Louisiana Legislature may supply funds for the operation of New Orleans schools, sources in the state capitol said today, without budging an inch in its fight for school segregation. There were reports in Baton Rouge that lawmakers might change the program that has tied up the pay of 1,300 school employes. The status at the twojntegrated public elementary in New Orleans re- unchanged today. Eight white inumbcr for the third straight day went to classes at the William Frantz school where one Negro I girl attends the first grade.

At McDonogh No. 19, the other EDUCATION BOARD HEAD Robert H. Ctirry, right, of Shreveport named Tuesday as the new president of the State Board of Education, is congratulated by outgoing president Joseph J. Davis, left, and Shelby Jackson, state superintendent of Education. (AP Wirephoto).

Fighting for Laos Capital Still Seesaws school intcgraetd on Nov. 14, only jthe three Negro girls went to WASHINGTON (AP)-Pro- and class. The school has been boy anti-Communist forces fought to- cotted by whites since integrated classes started. Reports had it that a program once sougni a mcaium-sizca. As millions chopped at ice and! blood spattored man today as tnc invplpH snniv.

it was nn rnvnfort it ,) vas no comfor search "for Mrs. Mary Allen Booth to read that Moscow, ly one of the icebox cities of the wcnt mto a tlurd day world, the citizens were complain LOCAL OFFICES TO BE MOVED TO REFINERY Moving day lies ahead for abo-it 60 employes in the treasury, accounting, sales and traffic offices of Cities Service Refining Corp. here. Offices at 716 Hodges street and in the Frank building on Ryan street will be closed ef- fectivc Friday and Ihe city office employes will then be lo- Texan Is Considered For Agriculture Post WASHINGTON (AP) he announced for today day for the center of the Laotian capital, Vientiane. Thc story of into the capital and a salaries "of attack by pro-Western forces leans Parish school board without reached Washington in fragmentary dispatches filed by American dent-elect John F.

Kennedy was quoted as saying today he is con as to which post he will fill next. Most of his other appointments recognizing the board's existance. The Legislature has voted to Una vultO lu correspondents through U.S. school board members and Department channels to the Voice refuses to recognize federal court of America. Normal communica- actions which 1 returned the board lions were out.

A midmorning dispatch said the struggle for Vientiane continued i it'll i i 1 f-t sidering appointing Rep. W. R. were with congressmen with a as soldiers loyal to Gen. Phoumt Poagc, D-Tcx, as secretary variety of interests.

agriculture. Among those expected to sec -m are Reps. James W. Rep. Albert ihomas.

Trlmblc of Arkansas, Frank M. struct oracrs or judicial process iccuve ruiay ana me city oi- Rep. Albert Thomas, Trimbl of Arkansas Frank UrtS: SCt 3 Pe aUy fiCC cmploycs wUl then be lo Kennedy told him that dm-Clark of Pennsylvania, Lester R' both for violaHon ea nS catcd in administration build ing a conference at the president-1 Johnson of Wisconsin. Albert Authorize the sale, lease or oth- Police called the unidentified er disposition of real or personal ing because unseasonable a "prime suspect" in the school property by any parish or had ruined the usual skating of the 56-year-old city school board for cash or crcd- skling. iSJiroveporl woman, wife of a when a school has been indcfi- Gov.

Nelson A. Rockefeller ofi inc furniture store wncr. I nUoly closed under authority of New York ordered out the State; Mrs Boo(h disappcared ale at law National Guard to help clear Hcr ar was found wltb Create an Orleans Parish school ing offices at the refinery. City offices have been maintained by the company since No changes in personnel are involved and the official mailing address will continue to be P. O.

Box 1562, Lake Charles, iWionnay. ucr car was found with! an uncans fansn school I u. BOX 1002, i York ritv-. snowrfo BB rH i blood Slains on i( and authorities! board: provide for interim appoint-1 company officials said. IOIK uti snow-clogged siiects.

fcarcd shc ha(J becn ment by the governor and election i t- i i. i in Lake Arthur Man's Body Recovered elect's home here. i Thomas of Texas, Victor L. An fuso of New York, Edith Green This did not seem to rule out of Oregon, Michael J. Kirwan of the possibility that several others Ohio and Francis E.

Walter of Earlier, pro-Communist to control over schools. The forces backing integration of public schools here appeared stronger today as 100 New Orleans civic leaders called for support of the Orleans Parish School commanded by Capt. Kong Lc had occupied the center of the capital. The dispatch said: The statement by the civic leaders was considered significant since this segment of the com- 'A struggle for Vientiane con- had remained silent thui 'center. BU doM a11 "Dunn, the who have been mentioned for the'Pennsylvania, agriculture post are also still be-; ing considered.

remarks have been interpreted as in his schedule just after noon, Is cct on a promise the post would go to a fine spot for an announcement jf orec tinued Wednesday as pro-Commu nist and anti-Communist forces fought for control of the city's morning, troops In its statement, which also ap. peared as an ad in The New Or- Times-Picayune, the group for "an immediate end tn iniy ludiuu MIC nau oecn lv suvumui aiiu election In the Southwest up to 12 in-i kidnaped and possibly murdered, i'" tl)e nc congressional clec- chcs of snow fell in the high moun- tion; aml 8 ivc the new school tains of New Mexico, and snow', ltrc was reported to board full financial powers, was general in a belt across Wcsti ha a bloocl off llis hands Texas from the Panhandle to the a elothcs at a drive-in cafe a secret session Tuesday 1 3 i T- abOllI mllp nnH a linlf thainiKll ia Midwcsterncr. if he has one ready. The mixed and pro- They called for an end to street Ldiiea lor an end rn Communist Patlret Lao demonstrations and ureed VlV 11 KCU uvuti uL-iaunsiraiions and urged full Standing in front of the prcsi- Kennedy still must pick sccrc-! td Ca P'; maintained support for "city officials, the po- dcnt-eleet's Georgetown home, taries of Agriculture, Treasury' 3 sl1 resistance." lice and thp rfniv Thomas told newsmne in response and Labor: plus a postmaster The dispatches were the pooled Big Bend country. In the Flat lands the fall was generally six inches or loss nd in some places at a ui i c-ul Ualt- i i UUalldy about a mile and a half from thei 8''t.

State Education Supt. Shcl- shopping center where Jackson discussed the New Booth's car was found. Orleans schools' financial situation was'mixed" with sleet and'rainJ with the Senate. ad sl "'t- i u. My minute executive sncc nn to a question that they had dis-lscncral and an attorney general.

cussed possibilities for secretary! of agriculture. He filled one of the big ones Tuesday when he chose McNa- reports of a handful of Western correspondents in Vientiane. Normal communications had broken Lakc Arthur tug-j Thomas saitl line ooay ui a nnnur lug-: The Caddo Parish coroner, Dr. SI? Sen'e BptBlB uiai.uaoi.-u, imt oeilalC a casipn nnrislr nnrif pnu- I told him have got a a ra for the Defense post jdown. and the telegraph office caudidatc in Texas, and he said had bmi shelled Perhaps for this he is giving him consideration' A PP ar "tly it took the correspondents asked I rt IT 1 persuading on Kennedy's part U.

S. Embassy in Vientiane On the Eastern seaboard no rc-l Parish coroner, he discussed, but lief from the subnormal cold wasi tlcr sald that said the main item was'uc, llis mo rnin in sight, although some moclera-i vt lnconcl uslve a whctlierjhow to make good some 1100 tinn was nrnriiftori 1 rlnrincf InHau Dloocl found in the Cafn's lavatorv phpfks fnr a I KVI un a pan 10 me u. o. in Vienitane mp i- get McNamara to give up his: to transmit their combined dis- legislative leaders S400.000-a-vear ioh as K.n-ri nr-nc. Thov aat Rouge with President tuy uiuciais, tne police and the duly elected School Board of the Parish of These groups have come under segregationist fire for trying to keep law and order in the face of federal court integration orders.

The school board itself ended in u) isci. 10 give up His 10 transmit tncir combined dis- 6 a vc parish sheriff's The president-elect's morning ifWO.OOO-a-year job as Ford pres- i patches. They were distributed in'r i uge wlth President lorning almost a week; callers included several other: a post he was named to Washington to the news agencies IrT. 0 Riecke Sr saying he nan fell from his craft Congress members and his Swro. ionly a month asro.

and take thp represented hv thp as vcry mu ch encouraeed" aunohi a inciuacrt several other IULIU a sl ne was named Washington to the news saying ne t'ion" was Drcdi'Jied "durinc "todav blood found in Hie cafe's lu0 i aftor lhc raan from his craft Congress members and his 0 fl month ago. and take by the ry ch encouraged" tion was picaictcd dunnt today- IIIOB vdiorj cnecKs lor a total of more than and drowned. of Commerce-designate, Gov. Cabinet spot. Icnts through the Voice of Amer-1 financial Problems may Luther Hodges of North Carolina ica.

an arm of the Stalp npnart.i soon eased. and Thursday. i New York City and the other; Ci 'y jrcat Christmas shop of the East suffered grievously as human or animal. $56,000 issued by the school board Police, sheriff's deputies oer great Christmas shopping centers! 8 airmen from nearby Barks- of the East suffered grievousl dalc Air Force Base are conduct- from a lack of customers. New York countec 1 the loss in several ln fi tne search which has cen- red ln wooded areas around the Payment on the checks has been held up by the struggle between the Orleans school board and the legislature over the part the board Deputies said the body of Nor- Luth dSCS of Nort Carolina ris Benoit was found on the sur-j Hodges met with Kennedy for face of the West Fork river.

The about 30 minutes, recovery was made about 200! yards south of the point where it! Hodges pictured Kennedy as they could recoup the lost sales; Mrs Bool left her home jdius suuiii ui uie pumi wJicre 11 us wer' gratlon The cnpcks was reported he had fallen from "Pleasant as always, and on the business with the board. before Christmas Day. Home deliveries of milk, fuel oil and diapers were scarce, but deliveries of foodstuffs to stores picked up, and the situation was not considered serious. Transportation improved, although delays on railroads and buses were still expectable. Airports resumed full flight schedules, but delays were probable because some runways had yet lo be cleared of snow.

Schools, which opened Tuesday but were generally more than half empty, expected better attendance today. Some suburban schools remained closed. The storm caused frenzied rnob Scenes Tuesday In New York City as homeward-bound commuters about 3:15 p.m. Monday. last sicn at about 4:30 the shopping center.

At police were notified shc was miss He added that he and KcnncWy dav miP wasi I a(1(lc a and KcnncWy 4 30 i in aw forblds Payment ofj Deputy Billy Simmons, over several men Hodges At 7 nn, ad e1 lu an illlc gratcd pub- ercd UK body on the east side in mind for under secretary rvt SCllOOl An flMnnvmm ic- nT lic school. An anonymous donor has provided payday money once K.WIIMVM ii unce a haIf Hdur lat hcr car for 'eaters in the two schools. was found. which police said indicated there had been a struggle. Police speculated that the man! who abducted Mrs.

Booth had driven her to a secluded area and then returned to get. Ms own car in the shopping center lot. Booth could give no clues to police, lie said he did not know Low much money his wife was carrying, but there were reports courthouse tomorrow. Salter Takes Oath Today As New D. A.

11 ik- mi, OSL a IIR ui at ui i. lory the river in the vicinity of the: 0 commerce, and for positions in Lake Charles city police depart- 'ic field of international trade, ment camp and the camp of IJanie Topp. governor said no conclu- were reached regarding Dr. Harry s. Sanlic.

appointees, and added coroner, viewed (lie none will be for some time, shortly afltr it was found at aboutj 8.40 a.m. today and said Benot 1 1 le was a ncdy announcing another his Beauregard Bond Issue Ahead in Vote i 0 1 8 Sch(X)1 Board members told legislative leaders they faced a of $3,128,000 in payroHs met death by "accidental drown ing. DER1DDKI ica, an arm of the State Depart- 1 'ment. The Associated Press corre- spondent in Vientiane is Roy Es- Although control of the capital JUUlt allon tipped back and forth from one in the board's tanelprf i to the other in less than 24 situation came when Iste (hours, the dispatches said thekation Supt disl i fighting generally was liglit. Only closed he would meet Friday with few buildings were damaged Porter, the school board 1 jshcllfirc, and apparently no for- en 'ef fiscal officer 'cigncrs were killed or wounded.

olaf sources reported after a Another indication of ently approved a issue for new school construe)ion' incomplete coin- pointmcnt to his "cabinet during the day, but Hodges said in re-! toy 00001 discuss Bcnoit's body to be taken sc to a question that Kennedy Miguez funeral home in Jennings, had not discussed that matter District Attorney-elect Frank i with him. Salter is scheduled to ec cl tl 'Sboat drowning vic-j moving into the district attorney's office in the Calcasieu parish she had just cashed a check for Are Iluppy to liilrofluce Ulconsed Hair KVKI.VN HKNN'INli foi-uu-rly of MuUon Hliinrhe's ''iinioui; Styling Hoom. HcnnhiK will be liappy lo your hair to flatter you now liter. MONIQUE BEAUTY SAI.ON I'l-irn Luke Rd. 7-2077 MR; ruiusTMAK HALM PHIL'S BARGAIN STORK 2UOD Hyan Arroba from Wcingarlen'i December Kith.

UHli and 17th Phil 1 Big Holiday Sale Will Begin Thursday 9 A.M. for Three Big O.os. COMPLETE NEW STOCK. GIFT SHOP HINTS BRIEF CASES DESK CALEN- DERS DESK BLOTTEHS NAME PLATES APPOINTMENT MEMO BOOKS TELEPHONE BOOK COVERS LIST FINDERS MANY OTHER ITEMS. QUALITY LETTER SHOP Offset Printing Office Supply 1317 Ryan St.

Donald E. Chavanne Announces The Removal of his Law office to 616 Weber Building HE 6-8365 LAST AND FINAL TOY SALE Our cumijtele stock reduced. Off Original Price You have to sec It to belief it. KIDDIE KORNER Ryan HE The move is due to follow swearing-in ceremonies for Salter this afternoon at the courthouse. The, ceremonies were to be conducted 1 by District Judge G.

W. Swift. Salter received his commission of office earlier this month from 1 Jimmie H. Davis. He wasi elected in the summer primary over incumbent Edward L.

Sha-l heen. The HUi Judicial District office serves Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. Urn, William P. Ellis, of Mobile, fell from a tug in Ihe Intracoastal canal just east of the Calcasieu locks Sunday afternoon His body was recovered Monday by Cameron parish deputies. SHOPPING DAYS Till CHRISTMAS BIG COMPLETE STOCK REDUCTION Must Sell Before Christmas.

Any reasonable price will not be turned down. THE STYLE SHOP 3210 Ryan lie 0- SPECIAL! All Imports Complete Tune-Up $10.50 This Week Only BRITISH IMPORTS 2016 Broad HE Will Remain Open STARTING THURSDAY TO CHRISTMAS EVE 9 TO 9 LO-RU CHILDREN'S WEAR HB 6-8055 NOTICE BEN'S AUTO SERVICE Will Be Closed SATUKUAY. ITlh SATl-HDAY. llKf'KMHKR To Euahle Our lOiiploM'ivs To Prepare for the Christinas Holidays 505 Sixth Street HE 9-8314 NAME BRAND BARGAIN STORE 3314 Ryan St. NKXT TO STOP NOB Will Be Open Frt.

Kennedy now has filled five cabinet posts and still has five to go. His fittli selection, announced late Tuesday, was that of Robert S. McNamara to be his secretary of Defense. McNamara, 44, is and i 713 was 1.8 The ass 20 precincts reporting, was 482,309 for and $1,070,760 and the banks accept their checks. At one point), planes to flyj to Vientiane.

I Comjnuod near rcezjng wealh But Souvanna Phouma fled to i cr ont a sainst kept demonstrators ried. Official returns had not anrt ler: fu an ainniu tabulated on thU nr 1110 low in Russians tabulated on (his proposal this morning. from Hanoi, the dispatches said. ogh, none at Frantz, Tuesday. The number of whites ct Wa 3 DrBlddc id dshl Kennedy is announcing in the parish approving in Kon 8 Le forces.

a lso attended Monday and Tuefo table for his choices. All he would! D0nd issue but the- heavy vote Ki Savanc Vattl reporters, camping in Uiat ward was enough to' irrt iana ls sued a- his Georgetown doorstep in bitter carry the election. The ovp nH i Riecke, who was elected Mon. L- oil ,,,,.,1 lo dissolve. A govern-'day uiaht to cold Tuesday night, was that he tag all rural, voted Pri ce Boun Ou'm'Ss expects to complete his Cabinet against the issue UUULl runce B0un UUI announced by Gen.

Phoumi No- within the next few davs i uy uen. rnouini No- alter the Baton Rouge meeting wumn me next lew The two precincts n()t repor ti savan forces from their strong- There were no definite i i j. 1 Co Nor was there any clue in tli ret ns are in DeRiddcr. jhold in Savanuakhet. president Llyd J.

Rittiner, said after the Baton Rouge meeting sions. BIG CHRISTMAS SALE CASH OUTLET STORES. INC. 826 Third Avenue NKW Silltr'MKXT: I.ailiiV Suits. i (oats ami ('liiHlien's Corduroy I to 6, Sl.JD slxoes And JacKtii.

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