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wm 0 At' TC s-'vt Yim-rx i Mull-b IL I'limJuaifi' 'LJ: ft "vSAv "WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT Byron 83 RD YEAR NO 100 5 CENTS DAILY 15 CENTS SUNDAY Auociated Press (I) ABILENE TEXAS TUESDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 24 TWENTY-FOUR PAGE V96 sVto Od LllH Mkosd Admtik Airlift Eventual End To On-Site Forces Seen Mass Lift To Europe Bases Set VI WAS ed Sts 1 a By LARRY 08118 WASHINGTON fAPt-The States will flex its RICHARD NIXON new cold war danger heralded onsite Scullies Pad Reporter-News Capital Bureau WASHINGTON Delivery of the troops to three air bases in Germany for a month of exercises is regarded not only as an impressive display of the nation's military might but also as possibly an experimental prelude to the withdrawal of some permanent forces from Europe Sen Richard Russell (DCa) chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee predicted Monday that if the exercise shows large numbers of troops can be moved quickly and efficiently such great distances on-site forces might not be necessary Rep George Mahon of Lubbock the House's top military expert wasn't wo sure however Asked if he agreed with Russell Mahon pointed nut that the problem Isn't that simple "I always have in the back of my mind" he said fact Th- vnfin turn that we nmrt afford to take The voting after two weeks of iucj actinni that would make it By Katharyn Duff) Dr Gordon Bennett president of McMurry College and Mri Bennett hooted a reception honoring college faculty and otaff member! ai the new ochool term got underway After refreshment! and hand-riiakmg Dr Bennett borrowing an idea from the classroom announced there would soma impromptu speech-making Each of the guests would introduce himself and relate some exciting thing which he had done during the vacation Dr Bennett would moderate the program "Mrs Bennett is going to let ho explained because it will make the party better but because she knows it will make me Samples of the professorial reports show it was a more exciting summer than you might imagine Dr Bill Miller chairman of the Division of Education reported: "Before this summer I had only five ways to drive from my house to McMurry This summer I found a new route and really enjoying it" Indian Coach Grant Teaff told how he and his wife got out the still1 camera and the motion picture camera and took pictures of their first grade daughter getting in and out of the car for her first day of school Nothing was unusual about this other McMurry folk report except that It was sad to see a man cry Dr Virgil Bottom physics professor said he spent six weeks at the University of Oklahoma City Dr Bennett replied that he and Mrs Bottom should look into this because Mrs Bennett was there at the same time and both the McMurry folk came home saying they didn't see pach other This was hard to understand Dr Bennett said since the UOC has a small campus Mrs Bennett when it came her time to introduce herself replied "I'm Lola Bennett and the most exciting thing that happened to me this summer was just a few minutes ago when I found out that Dr Bottom and I told the same story" moves all of its nuclear forces from Cuba was rejected 75-17 This was the first successful test of the Senate leadership's efforts to block any reservations or conditions to the agreement By JERRY BAULCH WASHINGTON (AP)-The Senate rejected by lopsided votes Monday a series of reservations to the limited nuclear lest ban treaty including a kqy proposal by Sen Barry Goldwater The Arizona Republican's proposal to suspend ratification of the MONORAIL MISIIAP Firemen aid 14 stranded passengers from a disabled car of the Los Angeles County Fair monorail system at Pomona Calif Monday They got a good scare when a coupling connecting the front of the car to the overhead rail broke leaving the car dangling Several persons were given first aid but none were seriously hurt (AP Wirephoto) Unit counter-punching muscles with a massive training airlift of 15000 troops to Europe late next month the Defense Department said Monday The troops mostly from the 2nd Armored Division Ft Hood Tex will lie flown to bases in France and Germany over a three-day period On arrival they will pick up heavy equipment stared there since the 1001 Berlin crisis then join with the 3rd Armored Division already In Germany in week-long North Atlantic Treaty Organization field exercises Duhhed Ijft" the exercise was described by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara as "the largest transnreanic Army-Air Force deployment ever to be made by air" The main object: to see how fast and how well US-based troops can he rushed to a far distant trouble spot Such a force McNamara said would have the job of blunting an attack "before the situation has deteriorated to the point where much larger forces would be needed to rerover lost territory" McNamara who announced the operation before taking off on a president ini mission to South Viet Nam said lessons learned from "Big will he applied tn other such excrrisci in the near toture lie didn't say when they might he held hut Pentagon planners are understood to tie considering similar tests in the Middle East and Far East next year A Pentagon spokesman said the exercise will cost an estimated $2t) million McNamara act no specific dale for "Rig Lift" hut it was unilerstissl at the Pentagon that it will take plare late in October In addition to the 13500-nian 2nd Armored Division some 1500 men from artillery and truck debate set the stage for a roll call on the treaty itself Tuesday State Delay Requested dfpsbtwknt op rnamicR WMTHtB BI RKAli IWMIkrr Mas Pa S-A I ABILKNK AND VICINITY (Barfiua nilrt) Pirthf cloud and mild Tuca-dav and Wrdnmdnv Hiah hnlh dnya near Low Tumriap niahi S7S NOBTH CKNTBAI TEXAS: Pair and mild thraufli Wadncadar Hiah Tumday1 as-at NORTHWEST TEXAS: Clear In mri rbairiv and Hltlr rkanar hi Irmprra-lurr throuah Wrdnrariay Hiah Turaday VENPKBATtiBM appear we are reducing our stfength or our resolve to resist aggression There is always the psychological factor of our morale which is largely sustained by the mere presence of our forces "Eventually he went on "there will be some pull-back but it must be done very carefully and in a way that will not hurt us strategically or our allies psychologically" The Fort Hood troops will lake off frtxn Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin Connally Air Force Base Waco Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls and Gary Army Air Field San Mar cos They will be lifted directly to three air bases in Germany Planes from the 5I6th Troop Carrier Wing at Dyess AFB will join other air squadmns at Lnr-ing Air Force Base in Maine and Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts from where they will depart for French and German bases pact until the Soviet Union re- Ratification is believed certain One senator who has been considered favorisg the treaty Sen Edwin Mechcm R-NM announced during Monday's debate that he will vote against it And Sen John McClellan D-Ark one of three senators whose stand had not been indicated also de- By OTTO DOELIIXG wiU VOte 10 th SYRACirSE NY (AP-Forrn-j ma(le 8 Knator who have er Vice President Richard made uch declarations Eighty Nixon issued a said or indicated they will for the pact ListedT un-ban treaty Mondayashemoved decided are Sens Howard iTr D-Nev and Margaret policies of the Republicans RMajne lwhat he labeled the first CoWwater Wd his colleagues a series of policy speeches the said the triaty must be BC' but he saw it as marking the be-cePled But our ginning of the "most dangerous i an( the name period in the cold war" of the trust Nixon disclaiming any ambition demand at least this for next year's GOP presidential 88 88 87 18 88 81 Nm im 7 88 88 88 71 78 ft) S3 1 88 3: (18 4 3 H8 I on 7 80 I on 88 toon II 08 1208 witnesses against the suit Roth testified the legislature was unable to agree on redistricting in the last session because nf uncertainty about Supreme Court rulings GOP Attorney William Cassin nf Houston said (lie legislature could largely correct unequal representation if it gave Harris Dal las and Rexar counties one more congifessman each Attorneys agreed with Judge Brown that the legislature would receive a "powerful cathartic" for action on redistricting if the Moral district courts ruled that Hiah and low lor H-bourn ending 1 am: and Hiah and law namo data laM rear: and Sunart laid nUM: SM auarlaa today: It auaart tnaiaht: I Haromrirr rrading tug a lilt llumidilv at a pmi S4 pvr rmt transport supporting units in five other stales will be flown abroad They'll make the trip aboard some 24U Air Force jet and turbo- imeaningful price' Sen Fuibright D-Ark Senate Foreign Relations Commitr tee chairman and floor manager HOUSTON Texas Atty Gen Waggoner Carir asked a three-judge federal court Monday to delay action on a congressional reapportinnmenl suit until tlie US Supreme Court acts on similar cases before it Carr said if the court here threw out the present state law on districting a special session of the legislature would lack adequate guidelines fur ivdistricting A Supreme Court ruling he said might invalidate new redis-tricting because the legislature would nut have acted on standards required by the court Carr's remarks came in the closing arguments before the case was taken under advisement by the court consisting of Federal Circuit Judge Juhn Brown and Federal Dist Judges Joe Ingraham and James Noel They said they would rule as soon as possible The suit was brought by five Houston Republicans who charged present rcriistricting is unconstitutionally discriminatory because rural areas have greater representation than cities nomination or fof the role of presidential kingmaker later told the Associated Press that he had decided to speak out on a wide ar- population compact ness and con-jp (ranfrHrtJt In-air refueling tiguity were the appropriate fr(m Kn35 tanhm wi fn able a mass nonstop flight tn Fu- guidelines ray of domestic and foreign pol- for the treaty said icy Issues because he thought the reservation was "inappropriate Republican position not unwise and irrelevant" despite the Dyess Planes for Duty If the present districting law were thrown out and the legislature failed to redistriet all 23 Texas congressmen would be forced to run at large in 19M US desire to get the Soviets out of Cuba The Senate rejected two reservations by Sen John Tower rope The transport force will include some 20110 men Providing tactical support tn the airlift will lie an air strike force numbering 1300 men and includ- getting through completely' In his first major speech since losing his bid for the governorship of California and since becoming a resident of New York state theR-Tex: one beaten 82-11 would former vice president conccn-have delayed the effectiveness of trated primarily on the test-ban 'ratification of the treaty until the treaty which is expected to bcjPresident certifies that the Soviet See NIXON Pg S-A CM 4 Sms TREATY Pg S-A CM Asst Atty Gen Albert I Jones jing 116 jet fighters reeonnais-said this could allow urban areas sanee planes and oilier aircraft like Houston to elect all the con- The troops will take only such gressmen and this would be even light weapons as rifles ami ma-more discriminatory Ichine guns Part nf the exercise In response to questioning byjis sirred at seeing how well the Judge Brown Murray said the division can mate with equipment State Sen Abraham Kazen of! legislature could carry out redis- which has been stored in France I redo and State Rep Minton tricting in a 30-day special ses- and Germany for the past two Murray of Harlingen at ipeared as'sion if so ordered by the court 'years planes to ferry equipment and personnel They will depart Dyess Oct 20 a US division to Europe in Oct spend two days picking up loads her will mark the first cnmpo-'then cross the Atlantic Ocean site air strike force CASF) in Fourteen of the planes will re-which a Dyess AFB airlift wing turn shortly afier making deltas played a role livery The other one will remain This includes the current 5lfithfor toe entire exercise expected Troop Carrier Wing and Us pred to last about two weeks Dorothy Kraft new faculty member introduced herself and Dr Bennett gave the faculty some more information on her including the fact Miss Kraft had spent three years in Pakistan and had learned to speak the Urdi language Could the faculty make any use of this talent this year at McMurry? Dr Bennett wondered Dr Norton Jones said he thought knowledgeof Urdi should be very useful around the school 1 "Some of the students write in Urdi I think Mrs Bill Flveash wife of the business manager of the college had a bit of tongue trouble when it came her turn to stand and report McMurry folk say She and Bill she reported went to see "Ttoelve Flags Over Texas" this summer "That just proves some people ate more than other Dr Bennett commented Twice as much Mrs Arvaleo Chappell reported her summer in Ruidoso Nil and answered the usual questions concerning horse racing Then Mrs Carolyn Blair of the McMurry speech department had her turn She reported she had been around the world this summer riding camels seeing the Sphinx doing the whole tourist bit I really thought I had had an exciting summer" she concluded "but after listening to aO this that has been going on while I've been away-noth-ing happened to me but just going around the world" The number of 516th people taking part is not yet known However at least 75 will go since each crew is made up of five men Exercise Big Lift will be a "practice" CASF testing Amer-ca's ability to stage its largest Haiti Accused of Shelling Dominican Republic Town McDowell Held On Gun Charges OXFORD Miss (AP) Clevejgun was noticed when it fell from McDowell Negro student at the! pocket earlier University of Mississippi was ar- A student who asked not to be rested and jailed Monday on said he and two other charge of carrying a concealed! students saw the gun toil to the pistol The university quickly sus-ground when McDowell dropped pended him his sun glasses and stooped over Sheriff Joe Ford said he found to pick them up the pistol in McDowell's inside Ford said he charged McDowell coat pocket He said McDowell with carry ing a concealed deadly ecessor the 64lh Troop Carrier Wing according to a 516th Information officer The transcontinental airlift also will mark the third gigantic maneuver in which men and planes of the 516th have partici- afternoon officials announced it would send vACl'( fifteen C-130E assault airlift1 lich have been SANTO DOMINO Dominican go that the Bosch government had' Godov said a special Dominican "forflepubtic fAPi President Juan 'not served an ultimatum un Du-jarmy commission was dispatched situations bordering on Bosch's government accusedjvalier's regime Farm did not ex-ito investigate the situatirin at Da-actual warfare occurred in 1958 Haiti of shelling the Dominican plain why the Dominican radio re- ijabon and its findings would de-whi-n strike forces were dispatch- border town nf Dajabnn Monday ported an ultimatum jtcrmire whether the Bosch gov- ed to Lebanon and Formosa The The official Dominican radio said! The radio said Rosch threaten- ernment would complain to the moves were prompted by threats! Rosch threatened a retaliatory aired to order Dominican planes to OAS of a possible Communist takeover raid on Haitian President Fran-bomb Duvalier's palace unless Gmluy said instructions had New Venezuelan Oil Zone Found By Phillips Co which carries a maxi mum penalty of $100 fine and three months in jail The sheriff said he took Me agreed the pistol was his hut refused any other statement Love dean nf students said the suspension would remain jin Lebanon and open war between jeois Duvalier's palace in Port Au Haiti met three conditions: An 'gore nut to Dominican represen- I ft raft YSk HnB i tl a ft Ska Vitl liaNa 1m Prince the United Nations Communist and Nationalist China immediate cease-fire: punishment tatives at in in effect pending a school hear- Dowell in to see the acting dean ing on the incident jnf the law school John Fox be- The hearing may be held taking him on to jail A large day Love said and McDnwelicrowd of students watched would be given an opportunity to attend even if he were jail declined to make a statement uiv "Precisely the same priwedures'less represented by counsel will be followed in this case that McDowell 21 of Drew Miss are followed in all nonacademic an honor graduate of Jackson disciplinary cases on the Ole Miss State College fur Negroes in Jack-he added inity to! At a hearing before Justice still in the Peace Jones McDowell he added 'sun Miss entered Ole Miss NEWS INDEX The Cuban crisis la-4 fall The Duvalier regime denied the! of the guilty beginning with Du- New York and the OAS in Wash- prompted a type of CASF that Dominican charges and in turnivalirr himself and compensation ington to draw attention nf au- NEW YORK AP) P-as deadly serious However1 accused Dominican forces of hav- fur damages The Dominican air thnrities to the alleged attack troleum Co of Bartlesville Okla those Involved in the buildup re-' ing fired on the Haitian border force was reported to have! in Port Au Prince Haitian For- oftMonday reported Wkat it called a'mained inside the US and it was town of Quanaminthe Haiti said dropped leaflets on Haiti warn- eign Minister Rene Chalmers de- major oil discovery at Lake Mar-inot considered a CASF in the 'it would take its case to the Or- jng Haitians to stay away from nied the Dominican version and Venezuela 'truest sense iranization of American Slatei tt Duvalier palace area ssertrd Dominican forces had lob- The discovery well is about recent CASF took: The Dominican government said There was no immediate Indi- bed mortar shells on Quanamin-three-quarters of a mile southwest place in June when approximately it may 'ration of any border firing after the of the nearest producing unit persore from eight coun- However OAS council President the ultimatum was reported nor Chalmers charged that the the Campo Lamar oilfield Phil- tries participated in Southeast Ganzslo Faciei said in Washing-' were there any reports of eas- Bosch government was trying tn Iast'jps said the new well is in a Asia Treaty Organisation maneu-ton that no emergency meeting unities on wittier side heat up the Haitian Dominican Ford said he picked up Me-Jure under federal court orders idae per and entirely different oil vers in Thailand would tie held immediately to Godov summoned all heads 01 feud to draw attention away from Dowell after receiving a com- He is the school's first Negro! reservoir 1 i0 taieside exercises partici-llea to renewed tendon on diplomatic missions in Santo Do- a general strike threatening the plaint that the the only graduate student The well was drilled or land pate(j Mriier this year by tha toe Caribbean Hand of Hipani-'mingo to the foreign mini -try and Santo Domingo government He Negro at Ole Miss now that James During the summer McDnwell operated by Phillips for Sunray Vth are probably larger than "I which the Dominican Repub- toki them the 111 inhabitant of referred to a strike call issued Meredith has was shared a dormitory room withiDX Oil Co Ashland Oil and Re- Exercise Big Lift and Haiti share Dajabon hail lied in panic wher by a Dominican rightist move- armed Im L- The sheriff said the gun was McDowell's inside coat pocket in which two persons 1 'when he was arrested He said the! and hundreds injured IPetreieums Ltd I 8e DYESS Pg 6-A toL 4 'conversation from Santo Domin- Domingo can government SECTION A Obituaries 2-3 a- 10 Oil SICTION TV Scant TV lag Waataa'a aaws Amnia manta ISftariala farm marfcata Camics aaaaaaai lltttlSitt atttlltasit atsaaissi aaasaoea sanaa 9.

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