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Lake Charles American-Press from Lake Charles, Louisiana • Page 6

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mil 16,1961, Uki ChaMM CONFUSING SIGNS ore apt tp be confused these twc signs at Lawrence and Bilbo streets one which indicates two-way traffic in only one direction and other indicating oneway traffic in the opposite direction. Actually 'the' signs are meant to indicate two-way traffic is permitted on Bilbo north of Lawrence, a recent change, but who would guess it from the signs. (American Press Staff Photo by Sam Guillory) In Probierns Figure Housewife Reporter Gives Analysis Of Air Attacks on Cuba Editor's Note: Bobert Berrellez, who has been reporting from Cuba since Fidel Castro took er, gives his analysis in the following dispatch of the situation in which Castro finds himself today.) By ROBERT BERRELLEZ HAVANA. (AP)-The air attacks on three Cuban air bases Saturday underline the seething internal opposition to Fidel Castro's 28-month-old regime. The blmvs struck at dawn by rocket-firing airplanes, said to have been part of Castro's now nearly depleted Air Force, were the most spectacular of life attacks on government property in the last 11 days packed arson, bombings and shoot- Ings.

Since April 5, saboteur's and terrorists have struck hard six different limes in widely scat tered parts of the Island, causing losses conservatively estimated at $10 million. These acts of terrorism, togeth- es display windows at El to, nation's largest department Eucanto Store by fire. Loss estl mated at $7 million or hjore. Pa store and Castro's show piece In warehouse destroyed by fire A Havana. April at La supplying Havana with heavily damaged by bomb and; I Nine bombs explode in Havana Cotton Dealers Are Favored by Policy Changes WASHINGTON CAP) Tho Agricullure Department an Saturday that cotton ex- 8C April 14-Sugar cane field near rtcrs who receive government some areas of the capital Icft'camaguey set afire.

Four persons subsidies can lake the payniem killed. Untold damage. In cash, use it lo repay federal cotton loans or redeem It for "'l- Uamage from Saturday air tou from govprnmc nt stocks. attacks could be substantial, with thousands of dollars worth of 1m- ported ammunition in flames. But observers here commented that without water temporarily.

April destroy I Cos Station Blaze Claims Fire Fighters PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Three By mobilizing workers' firemen were killed Saturday units, as he did Saturday, Castro when two rapid explosions spread Deduced the number of laborers flaming gas through a quiet) available to harvest Cuba's big neighborhood and leveled a three- money cane. ent program which permits Hie crs have been gating (he bulk of their cotton from the government at prices running 2 to 8 eft below (ho basic support tile. To qualify, an expWtef fla. iicc with the trillion lo export'ootttUJgH then files notice on the dtty he actual. iv makes the shipment, Then tha exporter receives a Certificate, which cnn be redeemed for otig of three ways; 1 in repayment of upland cotton purchased by the government.

2. In repayment of 1961-crop up. Inml cotton loans made under cotton loan program. For cosh not earlier than BO diiys after the certificate has been issued. exporters to be paid only HI ton drawn from government stoic the Castro regime will suffer gathered under the price support most from eventual economic program.

losses. However, (hose who Mr must wait at least 60 days belnrr turning in The government subsidy icssary to keep U.S. col ton coin- story building housing a gas station. Twenty-eight firemen and two civilians were treated at hospl- jpetitivc with other While arsonist and terror bomb- gn markets, ers were active throughout Cuba, a flareup of insurgent activity was reported in four provinces: tals for burns, bruises and cuts'oricnle, Camasuey, Las Villas, The department ami 21 that the rate of payment would be 8.5 cents a pound for cotton caused by flying glass and debris. The explosions shattered Mar- er with outbreaks of rebel violence from one end of the island to the other, seem to support the contention of foreign observers and antUCastro Cubans here that section of North Philadelphia, the present opposition to Castro climbing ladders "hen they were caught by one of and Pinar del Rio.

Mobilization had been carried shipped between next Aim. 1 July 31, 1962. ly's Sunoco station in a rcsiden- on ct i un til Saturday, but Any cotton shipped lielwern no tial and commercial Kensington was known thousands of militia-and then will come under nic was men were called to arms to fight program, the rebel bands in the mountains. cents a pound. rale of this i However, export- Mental Health Group Here Sets Film Showing Tin- film.

"A Family Affair." be shown Monday at m. in the assembly room of tho I'ultlic Health unit on 1'rlcrt Lako Tioad Showing the film Is sponsored hv i he Southwest chapter of Ilia siana Association of a I Tho film showing is open lo II depicts a family not lacking in affection for each other, hut cxpcriencins strained relations hv lhe deliaiice of all adolescent son. fronted deposed dictator cio Batista on the eve of his flight Jan. 1059. the explosions.

These opposition blows been admitted government: recently by the before Wier. Just George Heights, a Sunoco repair- th 42, explosion, of Clifton man, entered the basement of the station. April 5-Fire at Hershey sugar) ft Jo Russ0j 34 of eSate 2 0 Chester, w'as delivering MOO' $2 million. April bomb smash gallons of gasoline to the station. Weir spotted burning liquid In a corner of the basement.

American Killed In Auto Mishap POITERS, France (AP) Lt. Col. John Brizzard, 29-year-old 111 11 v.fc»«»*x* was killed Saturday, Flre Schmeltzer sent He raced to the street screaming at Russo to move the big gasoline truck, Russo drove down the street. An attendant, Francis Schmeltzer, 48, was pumping gas into a car when Weir came running out By SEATTLE; is the story, of a woman who taw each for tae first and last time a corner grocery store. His name is Michael olds I.

His mother" was 15 and ynmar- ried when she bore hfnr, He has lived in 17 foster homes In his 18 years. A psychiatrist once said he had been "damaged more than the human personality can stand." The woman's name is Blossom Alta Braham. She was former night club dancer who married a man she' began the moment he was brought into the world." Records show that six months he was born Olds was found to be so neglected and under- jjourished that ie badrlo be taken ta King County Hospital for treatment. After that came the many foster homes. The records show, he ran away repeatedly, looking for his mother.

When he was 11, be accidentally met her on a bus. She had a chance for the things in life. dated with 1 once, throuj and bout corresponded 'his Wartime Navy, At-38. and with she still was a On the Bight of March 28, Mrs. Braham.

Al Turner's grocery near: her home on Seattle's Queen Anjje Hfli to pickup-some tidbits for her husband. Young olds came in right 'bet hind-heiv brandishing a directed Mrs. Braham and 'Turner behind a forced Tu to put the money from the into a brown paper bag and then said, "I'm getting out of here As be left he fired two shots. Both hit Mrs. Braham and killed' her.

his confession, the youth said he pulled the trigger because he believed he had seen Turner's bands move. Then-Olds alleys to the hoijje of bis mother's third husbaijtf, Arne RJchstad, where he had been living, and watched television for a "I bid the money in a card- when his automobile and a truck collided at a crossroads at Vendeuvre, near here, then smashed into a roadside stone wall. The truck driver, a Frenchman, was not injured. Police said Brizzard had been stationed until recently at the American base at Orleans and had just been transferred to a decent basc near 0 rs. Brizzard's home address was the motorist racing from the station.

Then. Schmeltzer said, came the first blast. Capt. Arthur Grover, 42, said he was inside the building walking from the second to the third floor when the blast came. "In a day when we are 58, Rt.

Pearl River, La. box in the garage," he years said later, "and I didn't count it until Bejttlfoy. I 130.30." promised to come see him, but stte never did. Bowqver, six days after the boy's arrest, Mrs. Arnold Sieipness, 34, a housewife in nearby Edmonds, identified herself publicly as Michael's mother and said they be parted i Mrs.

Sleipuess bitterly blamed society for her son's plight and her troubled years which followed his birtfa in a home for unwed mothers. birth re? from, a rape committed she Afterward, disowned by her and relatives, she the boy were shunted from to borne, unwanted and separated, most of the time. She stole milk from porches to keep bimYalive as, an Infant. She said that not until six years ago when she met the man who is BOW Jter fourth husband did she feel needed. "I found love and God," she said, Adding that the decision from "Obscurity to help her was encouraged by her husband and minister.

But Mrs, Sieipness said Michael, whom she lost track of seven of shooting rockets to the moon, we should not allow conditions to; where child is starved emotionally and' shuttled about helplessly." And what about Afford Braham, the man the'young showgirl met and dated in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1940 and married four years later? Braham, now 38 and running a parking lot, was in ainqvie with a son when the police called to tell him his wife was dead. He too was looking for explanations. "It was such a senseless killing," he said, "a woman's life for such a little bit of money. Bank Building Gutted by Fire NEW ORLEANS (AP) The night building superintendent was hospitalized after a fire caused an estimated $30,000 damages on the eighth floor of a bank building in the central business district Saturday. Leonard Smith, 66, was reported in good condition at Baptist Hospital.

The fire damaged the offices of the Waterman Steamship Corp. located on the eighth floor of the National Bank of Commerce building. N. 0. Cartoonist Death Announced NEW ORLEANS (AP) Roy E.

Aymond, 65, former cartoonist for The New Orleans States, died Saturday after a heart attack. Aymond joined The States shortly after World War I and remained with the newspaper after it was bought by The Times-Picayune Publishing Co. He retired in August, 1945. During World War I he was an aviator and served with Capt. Edd i Rickenbacker in France.

He worked briefly for the New York Sun. Aymond was a native of Bunkie where funeral services' will be held Sunday. Survivors include his widow and two brothers, Dr. Branch Aymond of New Orleans and Dave L. Aymond of Bunkie.

C. M. (JACK) JACKSON NO. 24 INDEPENDENT For City Council NO. 24 I sincerely thank you for the vole and support that you rave me In the first primary on April 8, and I ask you to continue to support me in the runoff election on May 13.

To those of you who did not vote for me, 1 hope that you will consider my record and qualifications now, and I humbly ask you lo support me. ONCE AGAIN, I REMIND YOU THAT I AM AN INDEPENDENT C'ANDIDATE. I HAVE NO TIES OR OBLIGATIONS TO ANYONE, WHETHER THEY BK A CANDIDATE FOE ANY PUBLIC OFFICE. OR WHETHER THEY BE JUST ORDINARY I AM RUNNING MY CAMPAIGN ON MY OWN MERITS, AND 1 WANT THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF YOU. NOT JUST ONE FACTION, JUST ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

IF 1 WERE OBLIGATED TO ANY ONE PERSON, OR ANY GKOUP OF PERSONS, I COULD NOT EARNESTLY AND SINCERELY YOU TO VOTE FOR I think that you want someone on your City Council who will represent all of the people all of the time, and certainly not just one group or faction. I think that you want someone jrtd loves your and someone who is willing to Rive his time In helping your children. I think that you want someone who Is educated, someone is successful In business, and above all, sonfeone who will represent you fairly and impartially. Ladks and gentlemen, if you do want this someone, then go to work and support me. Talk me.

up to your friends. Check my record and see for yourself what I have done for the City of Lake Charles. I believe in I believe In your children, I believe in Lake Charles, and this Is the reason that I am seeking this office. I ask you to believe in me, and give me a chance to show you what I can and will do for all of us. WHEN YOU GO TO THE POLLS ON MAY 13, YOU MUST VOTE FOR SEVEN COUNCIL CANDIDATES OR YOUR VOTE WILL NOT COUNT.

MAKE ONE OF THEM C. M. (JACK) JACKSON, NUMBER 24. AND YOUR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WILL NEVER BE BETRAYED. (JACKSON POLITICAL ADV.) He spejnt'the cm food, Savenv flights later, Olds bajledi a taxi, pulled a gun, robbed the driver of fll and forced him to drive around town for 1V4 hours, Cabby Charles E.

Maisoa, 52, told police the boy bad bragged that he was the one who killed ago, had nothing to hold September, was 16. 'court show when Ke 6, court admitted choking a 4-year- old boy Into unconsciousness because the child said he "looked like tramp," He was committed to the King County court's It short time Patmjjjaa Harold accosted Qlds on a 8iwl at first arrested biro. The denied UM, kujing, (he next moraiag. The crtow shocked Settle set peopfcrto asking the inevitable pr. Jarvis, said then: ever vS MarS 1 to more than ttw bU own ta Juvenile consulting Court, The psychiatrist humitp personality cap stand wjtbput permanent scarring." Olds was placed in a custodial on nearby Mercer Island, was paroled last May io Blch- But.

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