The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 1

1. 0. LILLY Bl'DOXBOYETT Globe.Tlmes Sla'n Writer. Some parts of (lie Potter Counts- Grand Jury report on operation of Amarilio City 'goveminent were branded as being false or misleading i officials, although the official comment to the matter' was, "no comment lintil Vve have time to study it 'John Armstrong said, the commission would make no on the matter until it met, possibly later today, and a thorough study, report. City Manager who was recommended by the jury to be fifed, he also would have to study, the matter more closely, -but 'did of Report Called "False 1 'By PATRICIA MASTKRMAN i Staff Potter County grand jury today recommended that three top city officials be fired.

the grand jury report, delivered at 10:30 a. nti today to Judge Gene lordan, recom mended "the immediate dismissal of N. V. Moss, city manager; Lilly, director of finance, and Mark Miles, director of parks and recreation." In the grand jury report were eight'typed. pages of criticism of the city's purchasing system and other phases of city, operation.

The MportVrays thai the Investigation of city bookkeeping methods arose during the study a thell charge filed against an employe ol the city shop. That employe, Elmer Ray Milhoan, 23, of N. Oscge, a i i Mother Consoles lit jurdChild comment on some charges of the grand jury. To the charge; that 520,000 worth of dirt work was done at Thompson Park without competitive, bidding, Moss -said 1 the only work near this amount done at'Thompson Park was the construction of three dams which was done by contract and OH a competitive bid basis. "That's the 1 only work done at the park amounting to anywhere near that amount that I know of and it was "done by he said.

The report stated that specifications for work or equipment were drawn up by department heads who were not qualified to do this. Moss said they are mial- ified and Ihey were hired for the jobs -they, were holding because are qualified. Many of the remarks, in the report. were directed a C. Lilly, who was named director, ot finance some six months.ago.

The report also 'asked that Lilly be fired and said he had changed the method of purchasing in the purchasing department to such an extent that the city is now paying more for purchases due to a limited-number'of vendors. Lilly said this-is not true. "We have, in gone the-other way 'and installed a number of measures which-are saving the city thousands 'of dollars each said. The report stated; that-the' director of finance directed that purchases in one.instancebe made only from 'a certain supply house which charges'from 20 per cent lo 40.per.cent more than other-suppliers. Lilly said the instance referred to in case a police department vehicle.

needed a a beam headlight for-a 1958 model car. "We found'only-one supplier carrying these alter 11 p.m. and told the department to make emergency', purchases' ihere it the light." Askwi U-the'olty nhO(i d'id not carry such'a Lilly replied, 1 ''There are lots of parts carry. It would be. economically prohibitive to stock spare parts lor the city has.

CITV KDITIOX GLOBE-TIMES 'ednesday on a targe of theft by bailee in le of 272 parkplugs from the city bam. i The grand Jury report explains ial i.i] studying the MlMioan ease was'necessary to iuvesli ate the entire operation of the ilcparfaiient and ilii lop level purchasing director of finance (Lilly) aiid is many varied operations In id through the city, Ihfi oily nmii- jer.amt his assistant, and (fie po- ce department." Tho grand jury, during the udy, lalketj.lp heads of these 1 de- aftments as well as employes ot ie' departments and' equipment ealers who are suppliers to the "After hearing', 28' witnesses, rand jury found what it a be violations ot the city'charier purchases o( equipment by me'rgcncy requisition orders. Also criticized- was system "av.minor-employe who a salary for apprpximate- nioritji" Is Distribute a vast amount of busi- iess without'being-subject to question by any authority." The grand jury made also "the Thirty-filth 57 Price 5c 40 Pages Amarillo, Texan, Thursday, 195tt U.S.F104A Soars to New World Altitude Miles Up LOS ANGELES, May 8 (AP)--The United Slates claimed o'new world altitude record ol 91,249 ieel today. If was achieved in a 27-minute flighl over the Mojave Desert by a Lockheed F104A Starlighter Hown by Maj. Howard C.

Johnson, at Hamilton Air Force Son Francisco. Mai. Johnson, whose wife and (wo children iye at Novato, is from tnoxville, Tenn. He took oH rom the Lockheed lac il ity at nearby Palmdale yesterday. Force snid tho altitude in reached exceeded by Explodes Polaris in Test 'CAPE CANAVERAL, Fia.

tfl- Polaris test vehicle burst apart with a brilliant splash of lire shortly alter takeoff, today but the tyavy announced that the rocket behaved as expected." The trim Lockheed missile, about 35 feet long, roared up on what appeared lo be .1 perfect takeoft 'at 10:36 a.m. It climbed vertically tor 20 seconds. Then, just as it was about to level off, a violent explosion occurred and the rocket appeared to break in two. Both sections appeared to be burning fiercely. Two minutes after the launch- Ing, a white puff ot smoke swelled up from the Atlantic some five miles off the coast.

Apparently, one of Ihe sections had plummeted into the ocean. The breakup thai occurred was e.vpecled and Ihe lest appeara: normal, Ihe Navy announced later. It declined to give further details. Jf the lest was a success, it was another step toward preparing the Polaris; for its operational goal-a launching from a nuclear cred submarine above or under the sea. Polaris is the Navy's mile ballistic missile.

MAD THAD Says: TSIs grondpa i "Youth Nijht" It an Fter C. PARK for PRINTING-DRske 6-6MS Imn more wo miles the mark of 80,190 cct recorded May 3 by a French experimental Trident Isnrc-Ofi. This, in turn, had lopped the' altitude of 76,928 feet achieved April 1C by Navy LI. Cmdr. Icorge C.

Watkins, Alhambra, in a Grumman F11F-1F in a flight over Edwards AFB, Calif. Gen. Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ihe Starfigliter "the most idvanccrl plane of its type ever developort." Maj, Johnson said of flight and Ihe Stnrfighter: "It is mov- ng today's fighter pilot well out to Ihe region where the sky is deep blue, turning almost Hack." His wife, at Novato, said they iavc been married 16 years so she has learned, not lo worry too much but "I do wish he'd stay a little lower." The 17-mile climb by the Star- fighter, designed lo exceed the speed of sound in straight upward flight, and return was completed in 27 minutes. The Sfarfightcr, features wings that extend only feet from the fuselage. The wings are thin and the leading edges razor sharp.

Disclosure of the climb first came from the Lockheed Aircraft which manufactures the FlttlA. Tho results of Ihe flight over the Mojave Desert were confirmed by officials of. the Aeronautical the Ixckheed announcement said. Johnson, who took oft from Hamilton Air Force Rase, flew higher than any man who ever look oft in a plant from the earth. Only an experimental rock- See ALTITUDE--Page The Air' Force today this picture of an F104A ol the same type as the plane which le: captured the world's altitude record for the United Slates.

The plane reached a height oi 91,249 leet, ceeding the 80,000 loot mark claimed by a French experimental jet. The rec- ord occurred over Cali- iornia. --As-rcialfd Wirepholo Physician Puts Men Back in Authority "Al.1, ABOUT ME.V" just a Ihe doctor ordered! This serialization of Ihe. new book by Doc Joo Peck provide strong medicine tor nncmlo males who have been finding tlie lough In a world ot domineering women. For the War of the Sexes, this Is basic rcaillng.

In It, an articu Into family pliystclun enters the llsls In full p'nnoplyiWtlie std of men. "All About Men" will slart Monday In Tlic Olobe-Tltnes. Kvcrj chapter has sonic snlly and sound DOC 1'ECK SAYS: "Don't promlso to brcnk too many bat hahlts J.ef the girl's mom worry after midnight Judge Ih' gal guilty tinUI proved otherwise her know you expect he lo look like a Powers model on a pittance." Men won't want lo miss this man-lo-man mnnileslo hy Peck and women will have to stand second In line to read this new hlliriow Mrla'llratton starting ftondny in thfc mnrepiper trephoto -Peggy Nickerson, 5, sits sobbing, in her mother's lap after she suffered head Idcera- lions when, struck by an automobile Wednesday afternoon near her home in Kansas City. Holding the child tightly, Mrs. Mattie Nickerson sits in the street while awaiting the arrival of an ambulance.

A policeman ii attempting to calm the child. In the background is the end of the car that struck her. the driver of the car, Mrs. Mildred Hazen ot Kansas City, said the child darted into the slreel. MILLING, YELLING STUDENTS GREET NIXON WITH STONES recommendation for he summary dismissal of Orville leavers, Forrest Alien' and B.

Mien, employes of the city shop." Orville i. Deaver, '6010 vard, is superintendent of the ity shop. Forrest H. Allen, 3623 re 16th, is a. city shop mechanic.

Bryan Allen, 3610' NE 2-llh, is listed in the City Directory is a mechanic at the city shop. City Manager AIoss is accused interfering with a criminal in- 'estigation. "The city rtinnriger Interfered In i i a Investigation hy requesting the. chief of jwlice to refrain from giving folygrfif (lie-detector) tests to city ployes iirilii further Inyesliga lion hnd been made of Ihe suspects i a theft of city parts. As a result of this'request hj the city no fiirthur investigation ivns jnade.by the- police department against the employe under suspicion at tho city barn," the report snys.

Moss was also reported hy the grand jury lo have "completely disregarded a Conimission order 'o install at the city barn a By DAVID F. Unlled Press Slnft Correspondent 'LIMA, tUPJ-Vicc Picsi- dent Richard M. today walked into a-, ciwvd of yelling, -challenged them "hear gi-azed- his' nbck. Another, rock thrown by "a student struck Nixon's aide, Jack Sherwood, in Ihe face and chipped a About 12 stones burled at the Nixon party Ihe edge pi shouting, whistling students as Nixon left his car and walked into the center 'of Din -mob. An i'estimated 2,000 students no'n-stude'nis were gathered in the ark at the -approach to the ancient San Marcos University ng signs tint said.i "Get'out ot icre Nixon, shark," "Go iqme, Nixon." Die'vice president drove up'to the milling crowd 'and stepped calmly" Ironi the convertible to challenge the A a as well as hisses greeted the vice president, who had'included a visit.to the iml versity as part of his eight-nation lour of SouIh America: Nixon ignored previous ings that his appearance before Ihe Communist-instigated sludenls might.cause a ai)ti-Ameri- con.

demonstration. pushed' Into the" crowd. hat closed around, him, shaking, iands where he could ngolhers closer. "Come arid speak," he said, me 1 talk rjearby students s. t'e 'd at nini: home; Cio "Sure, I'll 'Nixon said, "but rlon't you want to hear the truth, first 1 the vice president "himself had cancelled his "plan's 'tb visit -San Alarms hec'ause of Ihe possibility that -the Communist sludeiits might provoke violent iOi.

not immediately'known Sec StUDEyTS--Pnge To Woman Lawmaker Members of Itie ecanil jury fuihmUUng lodny's report were T. A. Rcviite forcmnn. 702-B N'. Fillmore; (lid A.

Koute It. C. Npcly 3611 Travis; E. F. si.

CUIr 122!) T. G. Rob Hlalr, 2402 T. E. layman, 1 1011 Ruski E.

F. fanxetl. 2010 Kroj llektl. 2219 I.lpscomb; I. V.

Klllnll. Bcllilrc; W. 301 W. ir. Torrcr.

IM N. IjiSalle steam cleaner which was purchaser! and delivered three years ago for the purpose of making ihe trash more sanilary in the interest of public health. Final criticism aimed at Moss Is "The city manager readily responsibility but. in many cases has little knowledge of the responsibility that he readily assumes." In connection with Moss' assistant, Leland Nelson, 3008 Taylor, assistant city manager, the grand jury report say.s: "The duties of Ilio assistant city manager unilcr the. present system doss (sic) not qualify him for Ihe.

position of city manager, which noslllon ho nffcn fills In Ihe absence of rlly mnnnger. Tlii ilulfcs of Iho assistant city manager nro lo review complaints, sign Horn anrl npprnlso sick leave Also about Nelson is aiiollier KCR raco 2 THE WEATHER i JL AMARILU) AND Ihli. momtnr. Otherwise Dartly clouiiir tt.i coolfr loJiy, ntrM. inrt' Frldll', KlEh toiiy- 70, low tonlstit 5ft, hlih.Frliliy.75..

Coya Knutson shown with her husband, Andrew, in front ol their hotel at Oklee, Minn. Knutson issued a statement asking that his wife not seek a third term in Congress, "Our homelife Has deteriorated to Ihe extent that it is practically non-existent," Knutson's OKLEE, Minn. IB--The husband of Rep. Coya said today he had asked his wile not to run -tor a i term in In a statement, Andrew Knul-' son said her.election foui years ago their home life has deleribrated (ojth'e. extent it is practically nonexistent.

Rep. Knulsoh was not.available Jor comment. But in Washington, an aide of Knutson said the congress woman had telephoned from Minnesota lo say that her personal relationship with her husband is a personal matter and she does not care lo discuss it with the press. The aide also said-she did not know the 'whereabouts 'of William Kjeldahl, Mrs. Knutson's executive secretary who Knutson.

con. tended dictates, (lie woman's office policy. "I want to have the happy homo that we enjoyed for'many years prior to Kmilfon said, adding lhat he. expects his wife to comply with the request. "Coya hasn't been home for Christmas for Iwo ynarsi and 'for Easter the past three.

I have seen our-son but a few times and for only brief visits," Knutson's statement said. Rep. Knutson, -15, was elected to her first term from Minnesota's 9th District in 1951. A former schoolteacher, served terms in ihe Minnesota Legislature prior.to her elec- stalement said. The picture laken In 19S4 during tion to Congress.

14 Ymitc i it IjkJ TTlA "k'nn crtnc- U-. Mrs. lirst compatqiii Hews ut4 Inxhlc Dr. Slater In spcnk nt dpillrnllnp of ASM t'lmivcl-- Vngc 0. ClfllCJ-' Cl.KftK retires nflcr in ycnra of nillroadfng-- I'ago le! (rOi.I) SOX Hhislln Dixie nl Sky Suckers-- Pngb 17.

MKDICAf, MKX attend In Dallas-- I'age 41. I.OVK OK GOOD music prows with exposure-- page 23. riARDKMNG IS (or tho lilnls, reader declares-- Pag 30, RADIO AM) TV logs on 1'ngts 33. 1'UUTZBR PRIZK winner conies back after heart attack- rage 3i. A l.oith nt ff MOSAIC TO BE presented to Bowie Junior High.

JUMP NOTED In home building permitt, Giktmp says. The Knutsons were married'in 1JIO. Knutson said another reason for his request was that Bill Kjeldahl, Rep. Knutson's executive secretary, exercised dictatorial powers over her. "Finally," Knulson's statement said, believe it is useless for her to be elected as Ihe decisions that are made are not-hers but an individual who assumes no responsibility yet dictates the policy of her office." Comic Dictionary Fr.ORIST The man to-visit if you strong plea' to' accompany -your weak alibi..