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FACE 1P-THE BKOWX8VHJJ: 8. Military Shakeup Angers Governors lUPI) Stalei But the main ol Ihe KU of Ihem in a plan, wiping out 1861 civilian fiery mood. May weighed the units order create 1.017 new IKxsibililv ol vetoing part of De- and modern outfits, are expected WASHINGTON governors. fcnse Secretary Robert S. Me- Namaras massive reorganization p'an for (he civilian Army Reserves and National Guard.

to he put into effect by the middle of next summer. McNamara has already ordered ihe changes inlo effect in the Natural Gas Pipeline For Matamoros Okayed peels to investors with, excellent stable government. con- stanlly improving standard of said Mexico lacks only "sufficient capital." MEXICO CITY (UPI) A natural gas pipeline lo supply homes in Malamoros. Reynosa, Rio Bravo and Va'llc Hermoso, will be built by a joint U.S.-Mex- lean venture, it was announced here. A tie-in provision calls for construction of homes for 5.000 oil workers throughout Mexico.

The government oil agency. Pctrolros Mexicanos. this week granted a franchise for supplying the gas to a private corporation. Distribuidora Fronteriza if Gas. Company manager Armando Armendariz of Mexico City said Ihe ris, president -orValley.

Transit firm expects lo be within a year. Bus Company Head Testifies At Hearing HARMNGKN Robert G. Far- testified at the second day of a National Labor Relations $25" million (U.S.) in board hearing today that lie had nancing for the pipeline and homes win 1 be supplied by U.S. interests in Texas, New York and Michigan, represented by Frank B. Montgomery, Midland, (Tex.) oilman.

About S5 million will be spent on the pipeline and the remain- knowledge of union activities of three bus drivers whose employment had been terminated by the company. Counsel for the. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, bargaining agent between employes VTC. had charged that Hipolilo Solu- der will be loaned to an Jose Villarreal and Jesus ration formed by the oil Casanovs were discharged be- union lo finance low cost housing. Montgomery said.

Unils will he sold at prices ranging fromj $3,200 lo $6.400 (U.S.) wilh 10 years to pay. he said. Montgomery said several of Ihe U.S. backers have invested cause of their union activities. At the hearing before C.

-W. Whillemore, examiner for the Li Mexico before "always with satisfactory results." He said Mexico "offers "excellent pros- Adlai Hurt Badly By Article NEW YORK (UPI)-Adlal Stevenson, under fire as a rcsi" national magazine article was discharged after a tin 1 niltce had agreed that his work was the least satisfactory of any employe on Ihe extra board. He said that layoffs were neces-, ssnry because schedules had been consolidated following the January freeze and closing of Harlingen Air Force base. Moore field and the Naval Auxiliary Air station at Port Isabel, all of which reduced bus travel. Farris said Solomon was discharged because he lied to a supervisor.

He explained this by saying Solomon had made a charter run and had returned to Har- told his supervisor, cOO.OOO-man Army Reserves. It Is only in the 400.000-man National Guard I hat Ihe governors technically hold the veto power. Gov. Albert D. Roscllini of Washington, chairman of the lional Governors' Conference, urged Ihe stale chief executives lo withhold their approval until after sessions nex week that wil clarify he situation: To Meet Monday The state adjutants general scheduled-to gather in Washing- ton'Monday.

The Con ference National Guard Commit headed by Gov. S. Ernes Vandiver of Georgia, will review the issue some time later, on date yet to be-set. Some states were quick to join the dissenters. Gov.

Mark 0. Hat field of Oi-egon called it a "black jack and Gov. Orval Fau of Arkansas and Alabama Deputy Adj. Ges. Rufun W.

Shepherd said Ihe reorganization was unacceptable. Gov. Grant Sawyer of Nevada said he was following Rosellini's advice to withhold approval the plan. Gov. Ross Barnett called the reorganiza- Gov.

George D. Clyde of Utah called the plan "generally acceptable." Gov. Norman Erbe of Iowa, who led the original opposition to the proposals, withheld lormal comment. Veto Power "Technical" In the view of some Washington officials, the governors' veto lower is only technical. The De- Vnse Department, in a last re- soil, might withhold Ihe federal ay of Guardsmen in -units the Army insisted were excess to mobilization.

requirementi. The reorganization schedule calls for maintaining the corn- lined authorized strength of the wo civilian ncrvice-i at a total of 700,000 men, but a spokesman admitted there is little or no wssibility of their reaching that igure. Releasing a previously tinpub- Ished figure, Ihp spokesman said he Reserves anrf Guard were already down to 663,000 on Sept. 30, compared to 693.000 in June. a result when he had cerning his role in the Cuban tj, charter.

Farris sold his fall- crisis, said today he did not know whether President Kennedy would make a public statement supporting him. "I have had no discussion wilh the President," Stevenson said on show (NBC's "To- television Asked if he thought he might be requested to resign as U. S. ambassador to the United Nations as the result an article in the Saturday Evening Post. Stevenson snapped: "On the contrary-" He said the article, by Stewart Alsop and Charles Barlletl, is "as classic an example of irresponsible journalism as 1 have over witnessed." "It is untrue as to what I proposed.

It is untrue as lo what 1 opposed." Fax'ortrd Blockade Stevenson said that in Ihe executive committee of the National Security Council he emphaically supported an armed blockade of Cuba and "equally emphatically opposed an invasion of Cuba at the risk of world war until peacekeeping machinery ot Ihe United Nations had been used. This was the policy approved by the President," he said. "I hope the lime has not come in the United Stales when it is considered betlcr lo advocate war to sclllc disputes rather than use peaceful 1 Stevenson deplored Ihe breach ol NSC security evidenced in the article and said Kennedy had taken the position that With his top advisers must always remain private. "Because I agree Ihe President's position. I am somewhat inhibited in Idling you more alwut the talks," he said.

"It doesn't make much dillcr- ure to take out another run had cost the company business. He said Villarreal also was dig- harged because he failed lo "pull an extra run" when asked to do so, thereby causing loss ol bus! Less. Whiltemore said hopes to have the testimony completed lo- day, after which counsel for the union and Ihe company will be given time to prepare written briefs. After studying the briefs and the transcript ot testimony he will issue i recommended order. Kilhor side may appeal his order to the Business Briefs YORK (UPI--Ralph Rot nem of Harris Upham Co.

says it will be especially interesting to watch the behavior of the marke now (hat it is since that heavy volume day in May the industrial average reached an Iritra-day low of 554. He 'ays good te.it of the market's internal strength comes wh(-n long-lerm (six-month) profit Inking can done if there is the if tire. Rolnem also cites the irgumenl ab-iil whether this is a new bull market or a good rally in a (till unfinished major adjustment. He notes that there have been slantial retracempnls of 52 to 62 per rent of initial losses in each of our major bear markets. A per cent retrapement here would put Ihe market back at 860 in the senior average.

Standard ft Poor's Outlook jays it would now proceed cautiously wilh new but only because the market has had such a sleep rise in a mailer of weeks. III feels a pause or slight setback at prising. Spear flj vralH SMr Slalf recommends that cnc-c about me and the Irulh. I am used lo assassii-s. I remember McCarthy." Stevenson he had di( nh conrtnn lo mllni ihrfr heard of a "clique," to force him wio nul out of office.

He said he (fid notj, i m( fa know Alsop or Bartletl, although i nv 01 an pxtrnl and Court (Continued from Page One) 'Garra suspended the senlencing of Oliver Augustas F.vans for five years on charges of transporting a stolen vehicle across a state line. Flora Estpla Perales was sen tenced to serve 90 days false ly representing herself to be a citizen of Ihe U.S. Receiving a six-month sentence on the same charge was David Sigarroa Medina. Kliseo Maelm a 90-day sentence for unlawfully personating another when applying for admission into the U.S. and Arturo Macia Medina was given 90 d.iys for unlawfully using and having in his possession an altered U.

S. form. Runaway Pastor Still In Jail HENDERSON (UPI)-- The Rev. Leroy Daniels, 27, who ran away with a 16-year-old singer in his choir, remained in jail today because his motion for a new Ilia on his conviction of contributing to the delinquency minor was denied. Daniels was lentenced lo 90 days in jail and a 5300 fine on Nov.

23. Judge Charlex refused a new trial-without com- nienl. The minister ran away with Flora Jean Cole, a Talum, High School student on Nov. 2. They were found Nov.

21 in Wichita, where the minister was working in They were Thanksgiving Daniels pleaded guilly lo Ihe charges, but did not have an at- toiney. He has since hired a law- rr. The minister's bride of four monlhs filed for a divorce amf the minister has signed the papers. liquor warehouse, relumed to Texas Two'Injured As Car Hits House Ricardo cited for negligent collision and failure HE BEAT PETRILLO Bernard F. Richards (crossed arms) is surrounded by'well-wishers including his son, Jack, right, after he claimed victory in Musicians' Union election in Chicago.

Richards defeated James Caesar Petrillo as president of the 11.000-member Chicago Federation of Musicians Local 10. Petrillo had been head of the musicians since 1919. From The Public Record THE WEATHER Mlanta Sismarck. N.D. Buffalo Chicago Corpus Christ! )es Moines Denver Detroit Dululh Paso Fort Worth lelena Houston Jacksonville Kansas City.

I Los Angeles Memphis Mexico City Miami Midland New Orleans Nsw York Oklahoma City Omaha Phoenix Pittsburgh SI. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio Sault Ste. Marie Seattle Washington Petrillo Beaten In Union Voting Amarillo 46 32 63 44 34 11 55 58 60 38 56 34 .03 79 53 51 27 .08 35 16 56 41 45 19 61 39 63 43 35 26 77 54 74 52 51 32 77 51 78 53 62 43 70 46 74 1 57 32 44 20 72 50 52 55 34 48 23 71 43 62 -II 5S S3 43 28 78 17 50 36 45 42 55 39 FORECAST Partly cloudy and cool this af- lernoon. Fair and cold tonight with scattered frost likely in the upper Valley and risk of frost in low spots in Mid Valley. Thursday fair with temperatures ranging Thursday from 42-64 on Ihe 38-66 in the Mid Valley end 36-68 in the Rio Grande Cit area.

Northwest. winds of 16-28 miles per hour today diminishing tonight and becoming northeasterly at 10-22 miles per houi Thursday. BAROMETER: 30,25 and rising. TIDES: 5:12 a. m.

am 4:30 p.m. High 12:28 p.m. SUNRISE 7:03 a. m. SUNSET p.

m. CHICAGO (UPI) Musicians union czar James Caesar Petrillo today apparently lost his first union election since 1917, marking an end to the career of one of labor's most powerful Icad- rs. Bernard F. Richards, a dance and band leader and head of an opposition slalc. defeated Petrillo by an unofficial margin of 186 'oles.

Both sides had predicted landslide victories in the struggle for results were not known until early today. Petrillo. 70. former head of the American Federation of Musicians. Tuesday faced his first challenge at the ballot box in 30 years.

Richards, who headed the reb- Jackie Cheered By Crowds NEW YORK (UPD-The play wss not the thing at the Royale Theater Tuesday night Jackie Kennedy was. The First Lady, elegant in a el Chicago Musicians for Union Democracy. charged Pclrillo stood for "one-man rule and no benefits for members." Ncilhcr side would comment immediately on the prospects for HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS BROWNSVILLE Juan Vega Mrs. Sam Lizka.Jes.se Ray, Mrs lack Cas.s, Mrs. Simon Gomez Miguel Marroqiiln.

Baby Andres Cornejo, Mrs. C. S. Reid, Master Slcven Gentry. Mrs.

Emily Moore. Mrs. Ejllio Pena, Salumino Corlcz, Alberto Medrano. Uomaldo Gucrra. MATAMOROS Mrs.

Ramon Rojas, Mrs. Francisco Rodriguez LOS FRESNOS Mrs. Amadoi Gonzalez. PORT ISABEL Mrs. Antonio Galvan.

DALLAS Leon N. Bensmore. DISMISSALS he- may havf met on" ol them. lln socks will probably lo kcc vehicle under control lol-j BROWNSVILLE Mrs. Felipe He saH'he thai ronla (roni; nan( frr rM.

lowing an acciden! on Inlernalion- tion about his ouster ilsrtcd bf- lf possibility of i really cause of Ihe writers' "close S( correction." ial oh with Ihe President." Sprrifir Denial! Stevenson specifically a these denials about Ihe Po.il si- Hr Dfpl. of Interior tide: Hthrrtfc Rurrnu "There was no mention of Brit- si, P.I. bases during the week in ad- ivr (Mich. of the President's decl-l round sion "I arrived in Washington en Tuesday-- not Saturday." at 1 today. Two "The told about the about two hours he hsd heard about it himself." "Jack McCloy was to comi 1 here by me.

The President wanted some Republican lo par. ticipatc so lh.it there would be some expression of bi partisan- thip. llr was my "I tiked Auhur Schlesinirr lo. iHiii" (he speech I later drliv-l I IS 15-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-42 43-M 51-65 Brnnji Mnlt l.Ofl LOO Dr. B.

M. Mil Teresa Salinas, Mis. Ronald Bol- passengers in the aulo were hos- levillr, Mrs. Rila Alvarado, pil.ilizpil. icardo Lerma.

Ri .50 .70 .80 4J.632 MIlll.T 10-20 Arordlng lo police Ihr Ann- rncnili rar was traveling Miilli on International near Ringbolt) St. when It tailed to mike the curve, jumping the sidewalk, hilling a house, and then bouncing back Into the tlretl. Damage lo the house wai estimated at $600, and the car was to be total loss. Injured and in Mercy hospital this morning are. Itomnaldo Guerra, and Alberto- Medrtno both reported b) good condition.

HODfiKS IN' AT1IKXS ATIIKNS Commerce Luther Hodges ar- Mrs. Williams. BROWNSVILLE Mr. and Mrs. Snttirnlno Corto: a girl.

Dec. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gomez, a boy, Dec.

4. 'Mr. nnd Emlllo Penn, hot, Deo. 4. Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Hnlry, a boy, Drr. 4. Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Cass, a girl, Dff. -1. MATAMOROS Mr. and Mrs. Itamon Roj.u, a girl, Doc.

1. SXOWSTOUMS KIM. II BKLOUAPE (UPI)-At le.ist 11 ivrd Tuesday on the )i(M I persons have died in siww.siirms nlop sf" world lour that swecpin: Yugoslavia, the gomn 1 'ment said today. control of Ihe 11,000 member Gii- cago Federations of Musicians Local 10. Richards received 1,794 votes and Petrillo 1,608.

Voting took place Tuesday, but a recount. At stake was the $26.000 a year presidency of the local, numerous other union posts and control of a $5 million treasury, one of the richest local union treasuries anywhere. Obituaries T. A. (TOM) I'KliKLNS SAN BENITO T.

A. (Tom) Perkins, a former San Benilo resident, died Tuesday in a Temple hospital. Mr. Perkins farmed for a number of years in the San Bcnito area before moving to Hamilton, Tex. Survivors include the widow, Mrs.

Ann Perkins of Hamilton; two daughters, Mrs. E. L. Dan- Reserve Cut Won't Hurl Texas Much AUSTIN (UPI)-- The commander the Sth U.S. Army (Reserve) Corps said Tuesday that actual Army reserve strength in Texas will be affected very little by the Department of Defense's new reorganization plan.

There will be 966 less men called for under the new plan, Maj. Gen. Thomas R. Yancey said. Under the old plan, 15,622 was the total authorized and 14.G56 is the new total.

The actual strength now is classified. The numbers affected by the new plan applied only to actual drill-paid reservists. Some 86.000 reservists are under the Sth Corps Command. These Texas cities lose their units: Rocvillc. Daincprfirld, TIcbhronvillc.

Junction, Snnora, Cleveland. Burnrt. Caldwrll. Georgetown. Sherman.

Oeburnr, Ilamillon. Taylor. Temple. Killorn nnd State officials said the National Guard rporiranization announced Tupsd.iv will change Texas unils of (lie guard only in name. Slate D.fulanl (Jen.

Thomas Bishop said Tuesday the reorganization envisions a reduction of one Irnnsporlntlon unit whose personnel would pe absorbed hy olher unlls. Prrsrnllv. (he slnle Ins Ihr infilh. and lintih Iransoorlnlinn companies In the ward. One of fhrw irniiM he dissolved In name, nnd would he- come perhaps a branch of one of Ihr olhers.

Bishop emph.isbcd ro nnrn 1 mnn will be dlvlnrf ed In Tevns TV change In the Tevne fiiianl Is entirely on pnner. officials slid. The pinrd Is nf a present actual strenclh of 1B.n:.^ men. 11 hns nn aulhnrlred slrrnclh ol lO.S't, Tlie cuts Mia! Kirk di a In aulhnr- i7cd slrenelli of mm. Tfou-ever.

the vnarrl is not near Us authorized sir-will nnd there is no actual loss of men In Ihe reorganization. VOW VO IUCN'OW Hv I'nllod Infcrnnllnint Tlie of Arkansas and N'erlli with annual salaries SlO.fXX) are Hie Invvcsl paid chief pxrmtlvfs of the SO Icy of Harlingcn and Mrs. Wade Allen of Fort Worth; two brothers, Tyner Perkins of Los Fres- and Jim J. Perkins of Brownsville; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services, under the direction of the Bob Ricley Funeral Home, will be conducted at 10 a.m.

Thursday in Hamilton. Masonic graveside rites will follow. ROBERT L. GARKETT HARLIXGEN Robert L. Garrett, 68, died lale Tuesday afternoon at his home following a long illness.

Mr. Garrett, at the time of his death, was'a retired groceryman who had lived here since 1929. He a member of the First Methodist Church had served on the board of stewards for 30 years, retiring this year because of ill health. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Jewel Garrett; three daugh- Icrs, Mrs.

Alex Matz of Harlingen, Mrs. Lee Cassc'-, of San Anonio, and Mrs. Dick Lloyd of Harlingen; one son, Robert L. Garrett Jr. of Denver two brothers, J.B.

Garrclt of Hayncs- villc. La. and L. A. Garrett ol Harlingen; four sisters, Mrs.

Gus Armour of Haynesvilic, Mrs. P. D. Craig ot Austin and Mrs. Sally Baker of Shrcvcport, and Mrs.

Joy Pharris of New York; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will he con- tuctcd by Ihe Itcv. William Harris and Ihe Rc-v. Vance Daniel al 1 p.m. Thursday in the First Methodist Chuvch.

Burial will be in the Comix's Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cox Mor- luarv of Harlingcn. 5 Movie Films Seized By Cops DALLAS (UPI)- Dist. Ally. Henry Wade will take a look today at live movie films seized by Grand Prairie police at a drive-in theater on the ground ihcy arc lewd.

'Ilic films hail been advcrlisctl in Dallxs ucwspaiH'is. Police filtered the drive-ill and watched Ihe movies before cou- tin' film. They snid siml- movies had IK-CD shown rogu- larly at Ihe Ihcater for some time. Police said all the films were American-made. Chief ol Police Red Conover at Craml Prairie said he received a clecram from Hollywood movie officials fl.ilinj Ihe films did nol have approval ot Ihe Hollywood film industry.

Joe A. Besteiro FUNERAL CHAPEL AMIIUIAXCK SKItVICK rii. i.i ble, entered the theater on West 45th St. shortly before curtain time the enthusiastic cheers of the audience which gave her a standing ovation. Gawkers of both sexes stared at the President's wife with un- feigned admiration as she strode smiling down the aisle to her orchestra seat 'accompanied by her hosts, Mr.

and Mrs. James Fosburgh. Fosburgh, an artist, is chair- mar, of the White House Paintings Outside a estimated at more than 1,000 good-natured crowd sent up a loud cheer when the Kennedy party pulled up to the U. To File On Barnett WASHINGTON (UPI) The Justice Depailmciit plans, to file criminal proceedings next week against Gov. Ross Barnett as a result, ol the University of' Mississippi integration riot of Sept.

30. The action, by the Filth Circuit Court of Appeals in. Sew Orleans last month, will is motion legal procedure -that could outlast term- of office. so, any punishment ordered the case would brought against former governor rather, than one still in office. Barrett's four-year term expires in January of 1961.

Under he Mississippi constitution he cannot succeed himself. U.S. attorneys will file in New Orleans a brief charging Barnett with criminal contempt. The slate will be given time tu an- swcr. government before a.

hearing -is set and the case is', subject to other delays. A similar contempt proceeding against' Theron Lynd, registrar of For-. rest County, filed last May. has -not been decided. The Justice Deportment is ex- peeled to contend that Burnett 'is not entitled to a jury trial, that the case should be tried by the- appeals court iUcll.

Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson, who is expected to -run lor governor next also was Included in- die criminal contempt proceedings as ordered by the court, but be is not directly involved in the main government charge against Barnf It that he failed to maintain law and order on the campus and cooperate with federal officials alter promising Gen. Robert F. Kennedy he would do so.

Guerillas Seized By U.S. Customs Agents KEY WEST, Fla. (UPlj-The leader of a battle-garbed band 61 guerillas arrested by U.S. cus- loms agents in a boat In the Florida Keys Tuesday taid the group was holding "training exercises" and had no intention of -invading Cuba. "We have.

been doing lor several months. It has never been anything but training exercises," said Gerald Patrick Hemming, S-foot-7, bearded former Marine. "We supposed they head- Dateline: The Valley ED1NBURG A Mud District court jury panel, which reported Monday and Tuesday, has been ordered to return again at 3:30 a.m. Thursday. -by Judge Tom Hartley.

Scheduled lor trial'Thursday Is the case of Eliseo A. Rivera of Elsa, indicted in the. May 2 traffic death of Mrs. Jack Knowlet ol Elsa. Rivera is charged with murder with motor vehicle while intoxicated.

ED1SBURG Dorothy Mile Wallace, held in the county jail on Protter county warrant for thelt by false' pretext, wai released on $1,000 bond Tuesday at a habeas corpus hearing before Dist. Judge Fidencio Guerfa. The a filed the habeas corpus petition shortly. before the hearing was held, alleging she was illegally confined and restrained of her liberty by Sheriff E. E.

Vickcrs. Her petition said the confinement was "by a writ-of'process" which she did not "have access to a copy. HARUNGE.V ml- gun, was the weapon used in a case now under investigation by the Harlingen Police Department. When M. F.

Runnion, manager of the City Waterworks Department, opened the office at 216 E. ed for Cuba," customs agent Wallace Shanlcy, a U.S. commission er, said at a preliminary hearing for the men. He said the 31-foot boat the men were aboard "was capable of the voyage." Hemming, 25, and his 12 followers were held In lieu ot Jl.OOO bond each. U.S.

marshal was to bring them to Miami for federal court action. The men all pleaded innocent to a charge of violating U.S. neutrality laws by "an attempt to form an expedition to invade 'a foreign country." Lay In Walt Six customs officers had lain In wait for two days and two nights while the warriors worked ta get the motor started on their rented boat The officers moved In and arrested the men early Tuesday just as the motor finally cranked up at a dock at Sombrero Kev, near Marathon in the Keys. Found aboard the boat, named Sally, were 15 rifles, five pistols, several of ammunition; blood plasma and first aid supplies, one hand grenade and two plastic bombs. The group included one Cuban, a Canadian and 11 Americans.

They said they had been training lor six months on No Name dense island accesible only by boat nnd located about 40 miles northeast of Key West and less than 100 miles from Cuba. The group, which calls itself "interpen" for intercontinental penetration force, was formed by Hemming in early 1961 for. an nssult against Cuba, but the fortunes of the group rose and fell with political developments. In recent months, Hemming and hi-s men have staged a number of training demonstrations with live ammunition for newsmen visiting the Keys to write about the Cuba situation. Practice Landings The group' has also made several practice amphibious landings.

Hemming, who calls himself Jerry Patrick and wears an Australian bush hat, claims his organization is financed by private donation's from anti-Castro Americans; curb. Srreams Of Delight A cordon of police and Secret Servicemen barely maintained order as Mrs. Kennedy stepped out of the limousine and prepared to enter the theater. Little screams of delight, cries of greeting and hearty applause emanated from the crowd as. frantic photographers jostled each ether for just one more shot of the radiant First Lady.

Inside the Royale the audience, most of whom had bought their tickets for Tuesday night's per- iformance of "Lord jbefore Mrs. 'Kennedy's visit became known, waited in uncon- vJTn'Buren, he found an attempt had been ma de Ho steal payment envelopes from- the THiildihg'i. mail slot. The- burglar; had -a length of string tied to one-inch metal nut, with a wad of chewing gum stuck on the nut. His.operating method; obvious 1 ly was to drop'the weighted guni through- the slot to the.

envelopes, a i back up and pick oft any envelopes that had stuck. Runnion told the investigating officer, Patrolman R. C. Inmon, that there was no way of knowing how many if any, envelopes were taken from the slot. HABLLVGKN Danny i missing his home, 2214 E.

Grimes, was' located Tuesday in Victoria, according to. Harlingen police reports, but Jose Angel Lincoln, 14, and Jacinto Lea), 13, had still not been located. The two younger boys cealcd expectancy. They had come to see a "lord" and were given a 214 hour look al a First Lady as an added dividend. Churles Buyer "Thrilled" Charles Boyer, star of the play, told United Press International iater, "We were all very thrilled that Mrs.

Kennedy was here and selected our play during her visit to New York." Boyer, alohg with S. N. Behrman, author of the play, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Price, planned to atlcnd a post-theater gathering with Mrs.

Kennedy at the home pf the Fosburghs on Manhattan's Upper East Side. When she 'eft the theater Mrs. Kennedy was again greeted by shouts from a crowd at least as larf-e as that which had gathered to watcher her enter. Laredo Holdup Suspect Gels 10 Year Term LAREDO. Tex.

(UPD- A district court jury Tuesday sentenced Francis Redford of Houston to 10 years' Imprisonment on each of two counts ol armed robbery. Rcdlord pleaded cullly to rob- two drive-in grocery stores ot in last Junp. He escaped with J140 In the tlrst holdup $120 In the second. He was caught in Lnrrdo. Redforrt wns tree In bond from a Houston court In connection with robbery charges there.

Judge E. James Kazen said Ihe senlpnces: would be served con- currcnlly. last seen at Monday at Gay Junior High HARUNGEN The Hurlh Jaycces had received 75 entries Tuesday for the 10th annual Christmas Parade scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. Entries include eight bands and over 25 floats.

The Rifles A 1 College and the Harlingen junior and senior high schoolbands are among the entries. Santa's Clowns from the North Pole and Bculah Ihe Hear will furnish entertainment during the preparade activities. 'ccordin? lo Worlo' Almanac. CO.MO FOR TROOPS NKW YORK I Sinscr Perry Como and tt 6S-mcmber entertain the Iroops who made up lite front line in Ihe recent Cuban crisis. "I'm very Rlad they pickc.1 us, Como said before, boarding the plnnp at IcilcwiJd Airporl.

The Irip was made in lo a fi-oni Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Noted Chicago Newsman Dies CHICAGO (UFII Robert J. Casey, a legendary newspaper reporter and author, died Tuesday at the ase ot 72. For 27 years Casey was a Chicago Daily News reporter. One ol Ills fellow workers poct-his- lorian Carl Sandburg, An author of more than 30 boolis, his "Torpedo Junction" was a World-War II best seller.

laf.t work wns "Grand Slam." published July, collection of some of his The men, dressed IP. faded bat-'tie fatigues and cambflauged fa-' tigues and many of them wearing beards, said they were affili- ted with.any Cuban exile group. Informed sources said the men were considered irresponsible sol- diers of fortune. In binding the men over to federal court, U.S. Commissioner W.

V. Albury told them: "The United States government is attempting to settle the Cuban situation and it doesn't help when isolated groups interfere with its plans. You men could upset the whole applecart." Those arrested with Hemming: Joseph C. Carman. 32, Ronald Ponce DC Leon.

22, Ha- vans, Cuba; William J. 21, Ontario, Canada: Lawrence J. Howard 27, Pico Rivera, Edwin A. Collins, 27, J. Wilson.

26, William Sey- mour, 25, Edmund Colby, 31; Ramigio Arce, and Roy E. graves, 22, all of Miami, and James A. Lewis, 29. and Eleno 0. Alvares, 26, bolh of North Miami.

Atlantic Storm Moves On Coast WASHINGTON (UPI)- An Atlantic storm cariyinj winds as high as 55 miles an hour moved up the East Coast today toward the Middle Atlantic and New England stales. Gale warnings were displayed from Cape May, N. Mo Pmvineetown, Mass. Small craft warnings -were flying south ol Cape May lo Cape Ilalleras, N.C., and north of Provincctown to Kastporl. Maine.

The Wcalher Bureau here said Ihe lingering storm-which has caused nearly 51 million damage the nast week, mostly in Florida and North Carolina--was con- Icred about 250 miles cast of Norfolk, GUN TOTBH ACCUSED Raul dc Ixon was cliargcd in County court law Icday with unlawfully carrying a nblol against ihe "peace snd nily of the Mate." He will Iri- ed before Judge Bcn'Hardy..

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