The Vernon Daily Record from Vernon, Texas • Page 13

People In The News By THE ASSOCIATED FREAK BOSTON i ormer Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, 76. was reported resting comfortably today at New England Baptist Hospital. He entered the hospital Tuesday for what his doctors called a general checkup. Kennedy suffered a stroke in December 1961 and has been partially paralyzed since. LOS ANGELES AP) Actor George Raft has been indicted on six charges of ineome tax evasion, U.S.

Atty, Manuel Real says. Raft was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Angeles. the attorney says Raft is accused of paying no taxes on $85.000 income from 1958 through 1963. Raft, 69, will be arraigned next Tuesday before U.S. Pierson M.

Hall. NEW YORK (A) Bobby Fischer, 22, U.S. chess champion, has won his third long-distance game in the Capablanca memorial tournament. The tournament is being played in Havana but Fischer is cabling his moves from New York because thp Statf- Department refused him a visa to visit Cuba. Tuesday night he defeated D.

Tringov of Bulgaria in 22 moves. TAIPTE, Formosa (AP' Maj. Gen. James W. Wilson, commander of the 13th U.S.

Air Force based in the Philippines, inspected Chinese Nationalist air bases in Formosa today. Ked's Warning Being Renewed SAIGON, South Viet Nam (AP) North Viet Premier Pham Van Dong has derided U.S. peace offers and warned anew that the Communists are prepared to fight a 20- year war in Viet Nam. in the U.S. style actually means war of he said, in a speech quoted by Hanoi Radio.

The premier said regime understands justifiable of many people at the continuation of the war but he gave no sign that Hanoi is ready to negotiate with the West. The broadcast said Pham spoke Tuesday at a meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the founding of North Viet Nam. Upl 1,1965 VTINON DAILY HfUJAWOOD: Carr Urges Upholding Of Slate Poll ax Laws Prop Men Work Hard Classified Ads Get Results PROBE FOR AVALANCHE VICTIMS dig Into the glacier lee that burled many construction workers on the Mattmark hydro-eleetfic project near Fee, Switzerland. At rear Is the tangle of ureekage of the workers' canteen which was smashed by the alanehe. AERIAL VIEW OF SWISS AVALANCHE aerial view shows the Alanlin Glader, white section from left to right, which barled many workers In avalanche at the Mattmark power project.

The avalanche struck near Saas Fee, a ski resort In Southern Switzerland less than five miles from the Italian border. In foreground Is the dam of Mattmark, part of the power project. In early 1965 there 24,186 board members directing county govemmrm affairs in the 3.049 counties of the United States. That's an average of eight per county. Thaiia Briefs NON-DISCRIMINATION Southwest Electric Cooperative has filed with the Federal Government a Compliance Assurance in which it assures the Rural Electrification Administration that It will comply fully with all requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Rules and Regulations of the Department of Agriculture issued thereunder, to the end that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination in the conduct of its program and the operation of its facilities.

Under this Assurance, this organization is committed not to discriminate against any person on the ground of race, color or national origin in its policies and practices relating to applications for service or any other policies and practices relating to treatment of beneficiaries and participants including rates, conditions and extension of service, use of any of its facilities, attendance at and participation in any meetings of beneficiaries and participants or the exercise of any rights of such beneficiaries and participants in the conduct of the operations of this organization. Any person who believes himself, or any specific class of individuals, to be subjected by this organization to discrimination prohibited by Title VI of the Act and the Rules and Regulations issued thereunder may, by himself or a representative, file with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Rural Electrification Administration or this organization, or all, a written complaint. Identity of complainants will be kept confidential except to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the Rules and Regulations. THALIA Mrs. Ada and her daughter, Mrs.

Claud Lindsay, of Imperial, Calif, have returned from a vacation trip to Bonham Oklahoma and Arkansas. Miss Onita Cates of Abilene spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Thomia Cates. Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Holland and son and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright and son of Fort Worth and Mr.

and Mrs. Bob Martin and daughters of Lub- spent the w-eekend here and attended the wedding of their sister, Teresa Wright, ami Weldon Farrar. Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan of Amarillo spent the weekend with her father, Will Johnson.

Loyd Shultz of Lubbock spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shultz. Airs. Ed Pnvne and daughter, Mrs.

Claud Lindsay, visited Tip Skelton in a Wichita Falls hospital. Mrs. Irene Campbell of Wichita Falls spent Sunday with Mrs. Annie Shultz. Payne dom of spent the weekend with their grandmother, Mrs.

A. Wisdom and other relatives. Mrs. Florene Fisher of El Paso visited her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.

Ben Hogan. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Naylor and family visited relatives in Houston over the weekend. Mrs.

Cecil Carpenter, Mary Sue and Tommie. Kay Mrs. David Carpenter and Rusty visited Mrs. Glen Fox, Mrs. George Washburn and daughter in Wichita Falls Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Close and family of Fort Worth spent the weekend with her father, Charlie Blevins, and other relatives. Rev. and Mrs.

R. A. of Fort Worth visited her sister, Mrs. Archie Crabtree. Mrs.

Jess Fisher of El Paso returned home Thursday after visiting her mother, Mrs. Bonnie Bell, and her sister, Mrs. MrBeath. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs O.

C. Holland Sunday Worth is visiting her mother, Mrs. Juanita Gafford, and Mary Bob. Floyd Webb visited Saturday with his sister, Mrs. Earl Glas- gcu, of Fort Worth.

Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson last week were Mr.

and Mrs. Waldon Johnson Sherry and Terry, Pam Guinn, Mr. and Mrs. Gale Sills and daughters of Amarillo. Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Gray and family have returned home after a visit with her family at Cotulla. Sandra and Lauri Lvnn Wis- Classified Ads Get Results CARPET SPECIAL! WALL TO WALL SAVINGS! SOI NYLON Installed Over Heavy Padding Only $7.00 Sq. Yd. Continuous filament Nylon yard in several colors Heavy enough to give years of service Stubborn spot and stains are easily removed with detergents Expert installation plus 40-oz.

adding included in price Candy Stripe as low as $5.50 sq. yd. LAWSON CO. 1507 Main LI 2-6302 AUSTIN (AP On. Waggoner a favorable Civil Rights rej payment figure federal court poll tax laws Carr als his answer by the S.

attorne der provisions of Art, that sr State Atty 'arr, armed wit Commission on and poll tax has asked i uphold Texas in sked Tuesday i suit filed Aug. 10 general un- the Voting tions of the federal statute be held unconstitutional No date has been set by the three-judge court assigned to hear the suit, similar to filed in Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi. Carr said in a 11-page reply that the federal government contention that the poll tax is oppressive to Negroes completely refuted hv the fact thnt members of the Neyro rare pay their poll tax In a greater percentage than do members of the white race." Replying to cong findings that the some areas deniec vote because of rare, the Votin Voters refused in 1949 and 1963 to the poll tax requirement in the Texas Constitution The matter will go before voters again next year Carr urged the court not to Interfere with the November, 1966, balloting on poll tax repeal. Gov. John Conrally, who advocated tax repeal, may have to call a sperial legislative session if the court abolishes the poll tax.

Tiie tax serves as a voter registration system except persons over 60 years old in towns of under 10.000, where no exemption certificate is required The tax is $1.75 in counties. Persons wishing to vote i only for federal officials may do so without charge by obtaining receipts marked not paid The femur is the longest bone in the human body. HOLLYWOOD (AP) The real and unsung costars of many new television series in the coming season will the studio prop in the gimmick The writers think up the the actors pfay them out But rf the prop man with his ingenuity and trunk of visual tricks who makes things work. Jimmy Harris, prop man of new has had his inventive talents strained to fill orders for the sight gags that abound in this serref agent spoof. It was Harris who reconstructed a man shoe so that it contained a secret telephone under the retractable sole and heel.

Secret agent Smart played by Don Adams is a communications nut. so Harris also has had to build concealed phones in a flower pot, a pair of eyeglasses, a wallet, a belt I buckle, a garter, a bed post and a cigarette well as turn a normal telephone into A i lighter. His source of materials, Harris confessed, is a toy shop specializing in do-it-yourself miniature models of cars and planes. caps make dandy mini- I a hire microphones and the wheels do very nicely for bugging devices," Harris plained. He visrted a hardware store when he had to fill an order to I build a pair of I shoes" for Smart.

He merely i attached a half-dozen outsize rubber suction cups to the metal foot platform of a pair of ice Other assignments are easier: I An old railroadman pocket watch, found in a pawnshop, was easily converted into a crct television set. this section Act does hot view of the Commission found (in essional tax in right to arr said Rights apply to Texits fact that the US. on Civil Rights 1) that no discriminatory disenfranchisement exists in Texas Carr disputed 12 of the 21 allegations in the suit, including one that the poll tax was made a voting prerequisite in 1902 for the purpose of disenfranchising poor persons. He also said the suit drawn an unreasonable and arbitrary conclusion that the poll tax imposes an oppressive burden on the Negro race," adding: arbitrary conclusion seeks as a basis, plaintiff's (the federal own allegation that the Negro race has a lower median income. We respectfully submit that no law guarantees equal economic status.

Speed Riggs, famous tobacco auctioneer recommends Km wmsmrnm They put back the taste others take away 11 IT. Jo Frances Long of Fort were Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright and son of Fort Worth and Mr.

and Mrs. Bob Martin and daughters of Lubbock. Ronnie Holland is home after several visit with his brothers, Donald and Thomas Holland and their families of Fort Worth. Rev. Douglas Crow and son of Vera visited Mrs.

Knoxie Brown last week. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunn of Wichita Falls visited his father, Jim Dunn, Mrs. Roberta PwOgers and Dannie recently.

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