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VERNON DAILY UCOtD, Vemen, July 17, 1968 Some Texas Politicians Opposed to Unit Rule 111 THE ASSOCIATED MtMS Some of top politicians are try to convince their followers that political unity in numbers docs not necessarily mean one-man, one-vote. The so-called unit rule, where all members of a convention delegation are hound to the decision made by a simple majority, is beinc challenged hv supporters of Eugene McCarthy and George Wallace in an effort to break the apparent majority control of Hubert Humphrey's followers, A similar pledge made by the Texas Republican convention to support Sen, John Tower as a favorite son candidate, was broken after challenges by backers of Ronald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller. Tower and other supporters of Richard Nixon still claim majority control. As a result, 56 votes at the Republican national convention beginning Aug. 3 will be split on the first ballot for presidential nominee because Republican'; do not have the unit rule.

A late Associated Press check on individual delegates show only 27 who say they are solidly for Nixon and 11 for Reagan. The other 18 say they have not fully made up their minds. Unless the unit rule is broken the 104 votes of the Texas delegation to the Dem ocratic national convention starting Aug. 26 in Chicago will be cast as a unit, apparently for Humphrey after a token tally for Connally as a favorite son Opponents of the unit rule mostly backers of McCarthy, claim It is undemocratic and point out that only Texas and 13 other states will have delegations bound by such restrictions, of the unit rule claim it Is the only way a major political party can operate. They claim several minorities could make a deal to defeat the wishes of a true majority of the party.

The unit rule is not a part of any federal or state election law but a convention rule effective only for the duration of a political gathering Political oldtimers recall that nominees were chosen many years ago by the took two-thirds of a delegates to win a ballot, As a result, balloting often went on for day after day because no candidate could get two-thirds. The unit rule was devised to dilute the two-thirds rule. It was a lot easier to get two- thirds if each delegation was obligated to vote the way the simple majority of the delegation wanted to vote. Finally in 1936 the two-thirds rule went out the window. These are not the only convention rules that have caused political troubles in Texas.

After World War II the loyalty oath became a political weapon against Texas regulars, states righters or Democrats who voted Republican, A political loyalty oath for convention delegates was abolished in 1956 but delegates still had to promise that party nominees would appear on ballots in their states. FJeahopper Activity On Increase Town Crier (Continued from page one) apparently is needed to help meet the urgent shortage of blood in Vernon and across the area WILBARGER COUNTY 4-H Club members are reminded that 4-H records are due July 19 for judging for the county awards banquet later this year and for district and state competition. Members with special questions may contact the Extension Office for further information. DATE for the annual Wilbarger County Farm Bureau Queen contest has been set, Mrs. H.

T. Caldwell Jr. has announced. The event will be staged at 8 p.m., Aug, 6, in the Empire Room of Wrilharger Auditorium. MRS.

C. R. MARTIN of West Vernon has returned home from Rogers, where she visited her daughter, Mrs, James H. Porter and family. Study Says Segregation To luci DR.

HENRY CKI.F.H Dinner Rally For Wallace Is Thursday Mag: azme Banned at Army Base FT HOOD, Tex. fAP) The commanding general of this Central Texas Army base has ordered the August issue of Esquire magazine banned from sale on the post. The magazine contains an article dealing with a union for soldiers. Maj. Gen, Joseph A.

McChris- Fleahoppers continue to cause damage in several counties with boll weevil activity changing very little since last week. Eight bollworm infestations arc being found in many Rolling Plains counties, Emory P. Boring III of Vernon, area Extension Service entomologist, says in his weekly Rolling Plains cotton insect report. Here is a brief summary of conditions, as reported by Mr, Boring: Thrips Thrips continue to cause medium damage to cotton in Jones, Cottle and Runnels counties. Chemical control of thrips on four-leaf or older cot- ton should be based on the ex- tent of plant damage.

Fleahoppers Heavy flea- hopper infestations, ranging from 20 to 50 fleahoppers per 100 terminals examined, were found in fields in Wilbarger, Cottle, Jones and Knox counties. Light to medium infestations were reported from fields in Childress. Hardeman. Foard, Schleicher, Runnels, Nolan and Taylor counties. cotton plants set a large number of squares, larger populations of hoppers may be tolerated without causing serious damage Mr Boring says.

measures for fleahoppers after this should be based on numbers as well as indicated by excessive Iops of small Boll Medium infestations of boll weevils were observed in Knox, Jones, Taylor, Cottle, and Stonewall counties. Light infestations were observed in Foard, Wichita, Fisher. Hall Nolan, Runnels and Schleicher Counties the last two Mr. Boring says, weevils have started showing up in this area in large numbers in the last two weeks of July and JrV first few days of August. Pro- ducers should inspect their fields regularly for the boll weevil and its damage Bollworms During the last week, light infestations of bollworms were found in Fisher, Hall, Wilbarger.

Wichita, Foard, Childress, Stonewall. Cottle, Jones, Nolan, Taylor and Runnels counties. Bollworm have been showing up in many fields of the area. Producers HARRELL A. COLLARD, (Above), Juvenile probation officer with the Texas Youth Some 150 persons are expected to attend a Wallace for Presi- ijdent Dinner Rally at 8 p.m.

Thursday at the Em.oire Room of Wilbarger Auditorium. Principal speaker will be Dr. Henry Buck lew, 42, of Laurel, Miss. An ordained Southern Baptist Minister and former pastor and evangelist, Dr Bucklew is an author as well as owner and editor of the Southern Baptist News He has been shaking over a wide area in behalf of the candidacy of former Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, and is presently campaign director and speaker for Wallace in five states.

He will come to Vernon from San Angelo, and is scheduled to speak in Wichita Falls Friday night Munn of Fargo will serve WASHINGTON (AP) America will become increasingly segregated by race over the next 17 years, says a study released today by President Johnson's National Commission on Urban Problems. The study finds that between now and 1985. nonwhies will become more concentrated in cities and whites will continue moving into suburban areas, projections vividly portray the geographic fulfillment of the fears expressed by the Commission ori Civil Disorders that the American society is becoming an apartheid said the authors. Nonwhite population within cities of 50.000 or more are projected to increase from 50 to 58 National Bank of Wichita Fails a American Gibson (Continued From Page One) ribbon-cutting ceremony. Rev.

John Klappenbaeh, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, will offer a prayer of dedication. Lx'al community and civic leaders are expected to be on hand for the ceremony. Among those extended special invitations are Mayor A. F. Winston and City Commissioners Hamp Naylor, Clarence Graf.

Rav Renfro, and Ernest Rogers; County Judge Henry Scott and County Commissioners A S. (Pat) Tooley, Lawrence Kid well, O. J. Walker and Finley Bradley; Chamber of Commerce President Ray Coleman and Executive Vice President Ed Ooltharp; the Chamber Welcoming Committee, headed by Dowayne Harvey; Chief of Police Walter Suttie; Sheriff Smith; M. Berry, president of the Herring National Bank, and A Moore, vice president of the City past president of the Institute of Banking.

in addition, some 50 employes of the store will be on hand to per cent; white population will decline from 30 to 21 per cent. Former Sen. Paul H. Douglas, chairman of the commission, said in a forward to the report assist with the opening, that the findings are projections W. A Streich says the new not predictions.

But he said I Gibson store, including building, they underscore the site, merchandise and the ex- that people may pense that has gone into pre-j be increasingly segregated This paratjon the opening, repp should be read not as prophecy but as warning The report says the shifting of population undoubtedly mean more cities will have non- Gibson employes, white majorities by 1985. Of the The company is sents Bn investment of a quarter of million dollars Die building, like several others in the chain, is owned hv Council since the area office master of ceremonies for the local banquet The program will include solos hv Sue Coffee was established in Vernon, has resigned and is moving to Wichita Falls, County Judge Henry Scott reports, The vacancy will likely be filled sometime next month. In the meantime, Elton Strother College and Mississippi College of Fort Worth, area supervisor. Agreement Is Seen in Phone Strike NEW YORK Federal mediator Robert Kennedy announced today tentative agreement on a new contract of Northside and patriotic group covering 24.000 distance singing. telephone workers in 4-' states Dr, Bucklew received his edu- and the District of Columbia cation at Countv Junior will work with local authorities in dealing with juvenile probation problems.

MISS GLADYS LAMBETH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Red Lambeth, has enrolled in the second Summer-semester at Midwestern University in Wichita Falls as a junior major. She is employed as a member of a research team on education. Miss Lambeth is one of 25 students in an advanced honors class at Midwestern and has been on the University's honor roll every semester her enrollment.

MR AND MRS. EMORY of Watsonville, are visiting his mother, Mrs. Grub! key, and brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs.

Marion Gruhlkev. The announcement at 4 15 rn followed marathon talks and the Jackson School of Law. between negotiators the He holds two honorary American Telephone a doctor of divinity and a I Praph Co, and the M-1 a doctor of literature A former mayor of Laurel he is the founder and lifetime director of Magnolia Town, a home for home-1 less boys located on Boguehoy-j ma Lake near I-aurei, He has fravelJfYi widelv. eluding visits behind the curtain. Dr.

Bucklew served on campaign staff as rebuttal speaker in 1964. Communications Workers America. Talks had continued past midnight deadline on waj reopener provision of the cu rent three-year contract, now An spokesman sc ri bed the tentative naet if day, and continued good business from customers over a wide area in the years ahead Thn Vernon store will feature year-round air conditioning, free parking for several hundred cars, a convenient lay-away plan and fast checkout service There will also be a complete prescription department The store will carry spirting goods, toys school supplies, soft goods hardware, housewares automotive supplies, health and beauty aids patent medicines, drugs, jewelry, records, cam eras and photographic supplies Nat inn ally advertised merchandise will be sold Nothing will be at regular reta prices Savings of 25 to 50 per cent will realized on item) Three Freed rom Kidnaper MR AM) MRS, M. L. CHILD RESS and children, Connie and Martin, of Mount Vernon, are visiting this week in the home of his parents, Mr.

and Mrs Z. H. Childress at 2700 Stephens. Another son, H. Childress Jr and his family, of Area Deaths WICHITA FALLS Funeral services for Robert Davis her, 78 who died in a Wichita Falls rest home Tuesday were held at 4 p.m.

Wednesday in Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Ho tie chapel. Burial was in Crestview Memorial Park iron three-year extension tract He said frv main to be ironed ot ing major The tentative averted the possili strike that uld ha TV and radio type equipment, ine used hv news servi the hi ENSBOR held 24 hour? rht when ne ft ity of affor and 7') (ding men? k-ard kidr of the i should be on the alert for in- will arrive this weekend creased bollworm activitj dur- far a visit, ing the next few weeks Grasshoppers Grasshoppers were observed causing light to medium damage around borders tian ordered the issue withdrawn of cotton fields next to rangeland from sale on the post Tuesday. A spokesman said the general considered the offinsive and the article detrimental to the Army's overall well The article the effort ot create a strong union for servicemen will succeed because of a rigid division between officers and enlisted men, an unpopular war in Vietnam and inadequate military grievance procedures, Col Robert Carpenter, Ft, Hood public information officer, said: received some information from a source not sure of. I was fold there has been some advancement of the union thing here The extent of the thing is something I The article quotes an ex-GI, Andrew Stapp a founder of the union, as saying the class division between officers and enlisted men a bad taste the mouths of most Stapp was discharged from the Army in January for subversive activities but he is appealing in the military courts. He claims, according to the article, that more than 1,000 union cards have been issued to servicemen in the past two months.

and fence row's in Childress, Hall, Foard. Hardeman and Knox counties. Shooting Optimist Club Hears Coltharp Ed Coltharp, executive vice- president of Vernon Chamber of Commerce, presented slides and spoke on the growing industries of Vernon at the weekly noon luncheon of the Optimist Club held Wednesday at the Wilbarger Auditorium. Floyd Hughes was program chairman John Mikkelsen was in trod uc- I as a guest (Continued From Pare One) Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Short of 1023 Indian; four daughters, Mrs, Judy Ann Guggisberg of Loek- ett, Mrs. Katherine Joe Weisse of Houston, Jackie Hasselvan- der, 12, and Gayle Hassel- vander, 10; a son, Nickie Lamar Hasselvander, two brothers, Gerald Short of Vemon and Wayne Short of Alexanderia, four sisters, Mrs. Joe Hardison of Childress, Mrs. Dalton Thompson of Vernon. Mrs, Don Latimer of Bloomington and Mrs, Bryan Keener of Vernon Mr.

Hasselvander was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs Hasselvander of Wichita Falls. Following the of his parents, he made his home for some time jn the Thalia com- mumt.v with an uncle and aunt, Mr. Mrs L. McBeath, BIRTH!) greetings to Mrs, A C.

Rich. 2902 Wheatley. Saandra Rascbell Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart, 2703 15th.

Kficaped Killrr Is Recaptured SNYDER, Tex. Freedom lasted about 15 hours for a convicted murderer and kidnaper accused of tabbing de. puty sheriff E. L. Hatfield of Plainview as they drove between towns.

Fellow officers of Hatfield from Hale County spotted the fugitive, Heame E. Smith, 33, walking beside S. H4 about 5 miles northwest of here about 8 '10 p.m. Tuesday. They reported Smith was carrying a 38 caliber pistol pre national politi- romeno- Industrywide, a tions workers averaged $3 fil an hour in wages and fringe benefits before a recent contract en covering most employes in the Fieli System.

hog lines workers average slightly more. iooning, shortly in Roy Hr. Joseph Half WICHITA FALLS Funeral services are pending at Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home for Dr, Joseph Dudley Hall, 77, urologist and former member of surprise after a routine co the Wichita Fails City Council, hearing Tuesday at which he who died Tuesday in a Wichita1 quietly while his British law v. frnm page one) a pt Falls hospital. W.

Thompson SEYMOUR Final rites for Thompson. 78, who died Monday in a Bowie hospital, were held at 4 Wednesday in Seymour Church of Christ. 1 Burial was in Henson Cemetery under direction of Funeral Home. rrt -it nave disre Hr agreed to have him held in on another eight days charges entered Britain forged Canadian passport carried an unlicensed gun These were the charge: nn 5 He a of kid nd one theft on The Dan GRAHAM Services for Han Wilson, 82, who died In Lubbock Sunday were held at 10 30 a Wednesday in Morrison Funeral Home Chapel Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery O. ARCHER CITY for VV.

0. Johnston died Tuesday in an Arrber I which he was arrested June 8 at London Airport, ending two- month, worldwide search following the slaying of the ivil rights leader April 4 in Memphis, Tcnn, British lawyers had been preparing an appeal based on the contention that King slaying is a political rime and that Ray therefore could not be extradited under British law A hearing on the been tentatively set for June 3 even though it had not yet be. r. 77, who fded People who talked to Ray and Jun and North all the ols drawn, polire in a stolen to the father of He offered n- found two ri- Mo! in the car 37, a Ne.to from was declared an a per June am eouid him if he an order to wanted on of rape and armed robbery, car assault on an officer i oeeurred in May near Hendersonville in western olina The victims in were white hospital, were held at 3 p.m. cently in Wandsworth Jail ui Wednesday in First United; he had been growing restless sumabl.v the same one he took Methodist Church, Burial was in and tired of waiting after from the wounded deputy, but Archer County Cemetery under months on the run MARKETS Fort Worth Livestock FORT WORTH Cattle 500 calves 300; mostly steady, and 25-50; cows 16.50-18 50; calves 25.10-27.00; feeders 22.40.

good and ehoict 26 good 24.20; good and choice heifers 2 i.00-25 40, standard 20.00-22 50; good and choice steer calves 2S standard and good heifer calves 23.00-25 60 Hogs 200; weak to 25 lower 2-4 195-260 lbs 21.00-21.50; sows steady to 1-3 320-535 lbs 16.50-17,00, 380-440 ibs 15.0015.50, put up no resistance. Hatfield was reported in fair condition at a Snyder hospital Officers said Smith, from Cleveland broke jail in Bastrop County in 1959 and years later escaped state prison farm while being held as a maximum security prisoner. direction Home of Au Ids Funeral TWO ARRESTED Two Vernon men, ages 23 and 17, were arrested and charged with being intoxicated. They were fined 133.50 each in Justice Court. Sheriff officers made the arrest.

CALENDAR WEDNESDAY Noon Optimist Club luncheon, Wilbarger Auditorium. Noon KJwanis Club luncheon, Canton Cafe 7 30 pm, VFW Meeting, Post Home FRIDAY Noon Lions Hub luncheon, Wilbarger Auditorium. Mm. Ella Malone GRAHAM Funeral services, for Mrs Ella Malone, 89 who1 died Monday in a Graham resti home, were held at 2 30 p.m. Wednesday in Morrison Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery. Hospital Briefs HOSPITAL VERNON CLIN If Bud Cowan A HOSPITAL Grace Wilkinson Freeman Hopkins Mrs. James Wattenbarger Mrs. James Bordayo Jr. Mr.

and Mrs. James Wattenbarger, a son Mr, and Mrs James Bordayo a daughter Dismissals: Mrs Dale Wright and daughter Mrs. Mary Mathews They said he consistently claimed he is innocent of the killing, Ross Funeral ices Held Funeral services for James Wesley Ross, fil, were conducted at Sullivan Funeral Home Chapel Wednesday. Burial was at Wilbarger Memorial Park Mr. Ross died Monday in a Vernon hospital following an illness of several weeks Mr.

Ross was born in Fair- ANNEX bury, 111 in 1902 and moved to the Odell-Doans community as a child in 1913 He was a member of the Fargo Baptist Church and was a prominent Odell farmer He married the former Miss Georgia Ammons in Fargo Jan. 21, 1920. Surviving are his wife; four and several nieces and nephews Pall bearers were Norman Sharp, David Sharp, John 1 ewis R'v Ciois Bingham, Ross and Lewis Chamblisi, Pampa filasi Kills One ampa Tex iap One of seven burned in a gas lan? exp! -ton died bwlay and three thers remained in critic ai condition, Fire flashed through the Cities Co. facility about a mile southwest of Pampa in the panhandle about 1 10 m. Tuesday.

One of the injured men, 1 1 of Pampa, died er being taken to Northwest! Tex Hospital jn Amarillo. Attendants listed as in critical condition at the Amarillo hospital Travis Patterson. Leo Casey and Charles Reeves, also Pampa residents The othersuffering injuries Kmory Campbell, Sam Goodan and L. Was se 11 were reported in to good condition at a Pampa hospital, "A header pipe outside the plant blew out and fire spread over entire engine said a spokesman at the Cities Service Ik plant, which natural gas gathered from wells in this vicinity From here the is flows Into pipelines delivering ii to the around Wichita, and City Most of the Injured men were working in the engine room. The I explosion "blew debris over the! whole booster plant the! spikes man retried Automatic vnb-es off the flow of gas and prevented a worse fire.

largest cities the only ones with $50,000 in business on opening nonwhite majorities now are Washington, P.C., and Newark, N.J. Essentials For Snipers Are Listed WASHINGTON (AP) The ability to go for long periods without food or water, to control emotions and to kill and deliberately" and without remorse are the main qualifications of a good sniper, says a proposed Marine Corps manual. In effect, it adds, the sniper cannot be made he must be born. The 240-page manual is being circulated through Marine commands for comment and has not yet been adopted. Written by Maj.

Robert A Russell of Vista, who commanded early pickup sniper teams in Vietnam, it lays out the first formal training program on the subject since World War II The document says that can didates for sniper training should undergo psychiatric screening to ike sure the have essential mental smiper must kill calm- i ly and deliberately, shooting carefully selected the manual says "He must not be susceptible to emotions of anxiety or re-1 morge The manual says "a proper mental conditio cannot be taught or instilled by training Russell, now retired, Md newsmen at the time he com- pleled the manual more a year ago that sniping is a personal kind of fighting you can the look on people's when thev are shot or (Continued from page one) turn "in greater force," Clifford told newsmen at Da Nang during a visit to the northern area below the demilitarized zone. He met at Da Nang and Phu Bal with U.S. Marine and Army officers commanding trocps in the critical northern war zone. The Pentagon chief said none of the American troop commanders in Saigon has asked him for more troops, and he has no plans to request additional troops, Clifford said hr was interested in the recent statement by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thiu that phased withdrawal of American troops might begin in 1969. hut he himself was not prepared to give any estimate.

The "outstanding of the briefings he received In Da Nang today, Clifford said, was a report that the South Vief- 1st Army Division is comparable in effectiveness to any division in the D.S, Army. The division operates along the demilitarized COLLISION REPORTED A collision at 71? Wilbarger resulted in $150 damage to a 19fifi Ford driven by Velma Ingram Rush of 3013 Mam The other car involved was a 1961 Chevrolet driven by Sims of 2606 Luna City Police, who received the call at 12 i Wednesday, investigated the accident TURF.F FINED Three persons were fined $15 each in City Wednesday. One as fmed for driving without license, on? for defective tail light and one for speeding. You CAM do something about the Select an AIR CONDITIONER at Tintone LESS ALP! Nl COOUPi WITH Model H4100P (Not Shown) TRADE YOUR USED AIR CONDITIONER NOW Call Us For Complete Air Conditioner Service SEROLD Your 1922 Wilbarger LI 2-2491 Vernon. Texes.