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1W US Rams First Working Weatherman Satellite Into Orbit total of five spin speed-ups should they be needed Two weights attached to cables wound around the satellite were set by a timing mechanism to unwind slowly gradually reducing the spin to a satisfactory rate When completely unbound they were set to drop off automatically participate In the Tiros weather observation program was sent to 21 countries Including Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union Among the 13 that havt accepted the invitation there are no Iron Curtain countries However Communist weather officials may still be table to join the program if they wish because the cooperative international phase will not get into full swing for three to four weeks The variation of only 20 miles The announcement came at! 7:20 am I Shortly before that signals from the satellite indicated that a despin-ning me hanLsm operated as planned about 10 minutes after Tiros separated from the third stage i tThe satellite at separation was spinning rapidly for stabilization at about 126 revolutions a minute Had it continued to turn at this speed all its pictures would have been blurred satellite is in the most nearly circular orbit of any satellite yet launched i The remarkably regular orbit also would indicate a relatively long life time for the satellite Two television cameras in the satellite were expected to start sending back photos of cloud cover about 7:30 am CST Weathermen planned to use them in preparation of actual forecasts Project officials reported earlier that there was every indication the launching was successful turned out clearer and more Interesting than expected assembly and analysis of the information was too slow for any practical value in forecasts Tiros II while still experimental is expected to be of real aid because of the speed with which data will be assembled and distributed The satellite will pass over and take pictures of southern Russia and southern China but will not cross the northern parts of those countries The original NASA invitation to "Initial calculations show a perl-gee (high point) of 413 statute miles and epopee (low point) of 435 miles The orbital period is 88 minutes" This is very close to the orbit sought This is the second Tiros but the first was purely to see if the mechanism would work and produce anything useful This time the plan is to use information from the satellite In regular forecasts Although pictures from Tiros I CAPE CANAVERAL FJa ifl-jThe United State rammed Into orbit today a camera-carrying Tiros satellite designed to be the world's first working weatherman In space The 280-pound Tiros II away from this missile test center at 5:13 am CST in the nose of a 92-foot Thor-Delta rocket Two hours later the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced that the satellite was in orbit A NASA statement said: Ahcd of the official NASA announcement that orbit had been achieved Dr A Jones of the Sohio Research Laboratory In Cleveland Ohio said his tracking equipment had picked up a signal from the satellite on 235 MC at 7 to 7:05 am apparently on completion of the first orbit In Kansas City a radio ham reported signals 1 ud and clear at 6:54 a CST on at least two Should Tiros continue to reduce its spin rate below the nine revolu tions a minute required to hold the satellite stable in its orbit a ground command can fire control rockets to increase the spinning There are between the near point and the far point of the orbit indicated that the five pairs of these rockets for TWO SECTIONS 20 PAGES Wednesday Afternoon November 23 1960 Shreveport La Vol 66 Price 10 Cents In Shrevenort-BoMlfr City area 5 cent! elsewhere The Weather (United HtitM WMthtr Bureau) Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool this afternoon Higji near 60 Clearing and cooler tonight with low about 38 Fair and cool Thursday with high near 60 North to northeasterly winds 8 to 18 mph today Sunrise Thursday 6:52 set 5:11 Arc (tapis Tdnday iv I I If Pay For Teachers 'Iffy' Possibility Kennedy's Election Could Be Unhitched Soviet Declares Co-existence Is Still lop Policy Hard Bargaining Continuing At Top Item By GEORGE MARDER WASHINGTON (UPD-This is strictly "iffy" stuff But as of today two weeks after the election it's still possible for the presidential election of John Kennedy to come Davis Tosses Problem Into Solons' Hands TROUBLES Herman the Tomcat Battered Again ALAMEDA Calif UP) For the ninth time his owner says Herman the cat with a courtroom appointment has been beaten up Herman is too battered to keep the court appearance scheduled for today Herman's owner Mrs Russell Bowler said she found Herman in a neighbor's garage Tuesday suffering from multiple cuts on his ears throat and head and bruises on his head and body Somebody tried to kill him with a baseball bat Mrs Bowler declared in anger Others took the view Herman had been talking to another cat when he should have been listening Herman is due to appear in Superior Court in connection with an injunction sought by the neighboring owners of Siamese cats Mr and Mrs Howard Cook They are asking for a $3500 damage award and an injunction to make Herman quit bothering the female cats and Mrs Cook unhitched Kennedy's elec- toral vote majority would be threatened if two things happened: A recount gave Illinois to Vice President Richard Nixon in-i Red Summit Talks MOSCOW The Soviet Union in a tough rejoinder to its critics within the Communist camp today declared peaceful co-existence still a controlling principle in its policies The declaration in Pravda indicated very hard bargaining on Communist world tactics is still going on in the Red summit meeting here that has been in progress for two weeks though some kind of paper compromises may be reached eventually Only two days ago the official People's Daily of Peiping in an evident attack on Soviet Premier Khrushchev's theories of peaceful coexistence and the possibility that World War III may not be inevitable declared it was an illu- sion to think communism can get along with imperialism Legal Fight Brewing on 10 State Electors Move to Address Demos Out of Office Termed Fantastic A legal controversy of the J9j4 'l- stead of Kennedy Southern Democratic electors decided to withhold their votes from the Democratic candidate As of today the electoral vote stands: Kennedy 300 Nixon 223 Needed to elect 269 Eight electors in Mississippi are unpledged and six in Alabama are in doubt Republicans have been moving for a recount of votes cast in Cook County 111 which gave Kennedy a whopping majority If the Illi BATON ROUGE The Louisiana Legislature goes back to work at noon today after Gov Jimmie Davis tossed into the lawmakers' lap the problem of paying New Orleans public school teachers The teachers faced a payless payday today in the wake of legislative efforts to cut off funds to the Orleans Parish School Board to stymie federally directed integration Late Tuesday night Davis said the teachers would be paid But the governor left it up to the legislature to provide the funds Earlier Dr James Redmond New Orleans public school superintendent said there were no funds to meet the $19 million payroll due for 4500 teachers principals and other school employes nois recheck were to shift the state into the Nixon column Kennedy would lose 27 electoral votes and bring his total down to 273 just first magnitude was brewing! today over whether the Louisiana Legislature could name unpledged presidential elec LTA Will Vote On Resolution Teachers Expected To Offer Backing In Integration Fight four more than the majority needed for victory That slim hold on victory then would be in grave danger If Illinois and that's the big there might be enough Southern electoral votes in question to create doubt over Kennedy's victory The doubt would be resolved only when the electoral votes were cast here puts the finishing touches on her turkey for its top spot on the dinner table and she joins The Shreveport Journal in wishing a happy Thanksgiving Day to all (Journal Photo by Jack Barham) TURKEY 'N A delicious looking turkey served by a lovely young what could more enhance the traditional Thanksgiving feast? Miss Juanita Donelson the reigning Miss Shreveport tors The legal battle started after reports from Baton Rouge said that the Legislature might try to address out of office the 10 electors named on the Democratic slate and name independent electors Purpose of the move would be to make both Democratic and Republican parties bargain for Louisiana's 10 votes and thus halt some of the anti-South pro-integration Standpat Role Peiping in the role of standpat revolutionism called for all-out Communist backing for revolutionary movements in underdeveloped countries It urged however in a seeming mood for compromise that Communists "turn to the possibility of averting world war into a reality" The Pravda article also declared that banishing of nuclear weapons still was a controlling principle in Soviet policy In a separate interview with Khrushchev on disarmament it quoted him as saying the Soviet Union would accept any type of controls if an agreement is reached for general and complete disarma by the various states on Dec 19 Will Prepare Checks Davis said checks will be prepared today and delivered by the end of the week Public schools in New Orleans the state's largest city were integrated Nov 14 when four Negro girls entered first-grade classes in two previously all-white schools The system is closed this week due to a statewide teachers convention at Baton Rouge and Thanksgiving holidays The dropping of classroom racial barriers for the first time since the reconstruction era touched off BATON ROUGE WV-The Louisiana Teachers Association was expected to voice approval today of Gov Jimmie Davis State Education Supt Shelby Jackson and If Kennedy then had a clear majority even if it were a majority of one that would be it If however he lost Illinois and if more than four Southern delegates now credited to Kennedy the Legislature for fighting to Congolese Yell 'Death to UN Crowds Line Street As Army Marches To Bury 4 Soldiers maintain segregation in the state's public schools The resolution was to come before the 6500 white teachers and Kasavubu Given Seat WestScores Victory In UN Congo Vote UNITED NATIONS The United States and its Western allies scored a hard-won victory last night when the General Assembly voted by a wide margin to drive in Washington Harry Booth local attorney aH Louisiana National Democratic committeeman said the plan sounded "fantastic" to him But David Treen New Orleans attorney and chairman of the States Rights Party of Louisiana said that a simple legislative act could do the trick Booth said he believed that the clerk of the US House of Repre should vote for someone else for possibly Sen Harry Byrdfdf Virginia or Richard Russell of Georgia the election would go to the US House of Representatives But the White House wouldn't be up for grabs for anyone The Constitution limits the House selection to the top three candidates in the electoral college They would be ment Denounces Ideas He denounced Western ideas before the UN political committee a wave oi riots ana violence in New Orleans and a boycott of public schools by many students Classes are scheduled to resume Monday The school board is awaiting a decision from a special panel of three federal judges on a request to delay desegregation until differences over sovereignty can be ironed out between the state and administrators as they wound up their annual convention here Other committee reports were also on the docket for the 9 am session at the Baton Rouge High School The resolutions committee completed work on various resolutions Tuesday Although most of the membership has appeared to favor some sort of statement there has however saying these proposed controls not disarmament If his proposals on general and sentatives would accept the votes of the 10 Democratic electors but Treen said that the US Constitu LEOPOLD VILLE MV-Shouts of "Death to the United Nations" rang out today as the Congolese give the empty UN Congo Kennedy Nixon and presumably See KENNEDY Pafie 3-A complete disarmament were accepted he said he was ready to and Russia The two powers ac army marched to bury its four trust even the "wildest haters of men killed in a clash with UN 1 communism and socialism" to work troops Monday night cused each other of making a cold war issue out of the Congo's plight and of explotiing the African nation to promote their own interests The USSR has firmly backed leftist-leaning Patrice Lumumba out control methods He attacked the Western attitude Thousands of Congolese lined the seat to President Josepn Kasavubu The 53-24 vote with 19 abstentions marked a bitter defeat for the Soviet bloc and many Asian-African nations who fought Kasa-vubu's bid for a seat every step Boulevard Baudouin while the cor-(toward "putting neutral states on the 10-nation disarmament negoti tege moved slowly in sizzling heat to the strains of Chopin's Funeral deposed Congo premier who also tion and the Louisiana Constitution both leave the method of naming electors up to the Legislature and neither constitution provides for a popular vote "The Louisiana Revised Statues do provide for a popular vote on the electors" Treen said "but this is a legislative act and can be repealed by the Legislature even after the vote is taken" Treen said that the legal question to arise would be one of "vested right" and in his opinion the electors had no "vested right" in their position in that it was federal government Dr Redmond said he was "exceedingly pleased" that the governor found a way to make money available to the board In announcing that teachers would be paid Davis said the Orleans board was advanced its full allotment of state funds for November on Oct 25 "while a number of parishes have not yet been paid for October" sent a delegation to the UN Two Injured When Truck Hits Engine been disagreement on the wording Changing Tenure Law Other resolutions include three proposals to change the state teacher tenure law One would create a permanent fact-finding committee to aid in handling cases of teacher tenure Others would limit the time for hearings for teachers being tried ating committee "They are afraid" he said "that the representatives of neutral nations will see with their own eyes who is for disarmament and who hinders it" Kasavubu issued a statement ex-See UN Page 3-A March United Nations officials stayed away from the burial The UN military command was not represented and no wreath was offered Col Joseph Mobutu army chief headed a group of Congolese officials who followed a jeep carrying the body of his chief aide Joseph Kokolo killed in Monday night's clash with UN Tunisian troops of the way Opponents of Kasavubu tried repeatedly to stall a decisio by demands to adjourn the debate or defer any action on the credentials committee's recommendation to seat Kasavubu But all attempts were voted down The ballot climaxed two weeks of debate highlighted by bitter clashes between the United States A Wills Point (Tex) trucker and Sonic Boom under the law and provide more leeway to fire teachers whose actions have an adverse effect upon pupils Takes Exception Davis took exception to an earlier statement by Redmond that ARMED BANDS KILL 10 JAKARTA Indonesia Armed bands killed 10 persons wounded several and destroyed many houses the state was discriminating Caused By against the New Orleans school system in three raids in West Java villages reports from Bandung said today But afterwards the school of The coffins bearing the bodies of three other soldiers followed in huge black funeral vans behind a bus carrying wailing women mourners Thousands of Congolese Jet Plane his passenger were injured not believed seriously when their truck and semi-trailer crashed into the side of a Cotton Belt Railway switch engine in Bossier City at 3:20 am today The driver of the truck Charles Emory Evans 38 of Route 3 Wills Point suffered two fractured toes on his left foot and a passenger A Brown of Lancaster Tex received a lacerated arm and multiple bruises The conditions of both men were reported as "good" See ELECTORS Page 3-A Fair and Cool Weather Expected For Thursday Fair skies and cool tempera ficials said a legislative resolution "directing banks and business firms not to do business with the school board has made it impos followed on foot and bicycle Speakers Tuesday night included Dr Robert dean of education at Louisiana State University and former LTA president and Merritt Beadle outgoing president Robert emphasized the importance of maintaining a public school system He said: "No public school funds should be diverted to non-public institutions or services The entire economy of the state must support A high-flying jet crashed through Invest In A Home! 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Ads Crowds waited more than three hours outside the gate of a hos sible for us to borrow monies to meet our operating costs" the sound barrier over Shreveport late Tuesday afternoon and a sonic boom announcing the fact rever Thanksgiving Highlights On Channel 12 berated over the area A one day meeting of the legis-See LEGISLATURE Pase 3-A Many residents thought the loud bang was an explosion Shreve by attendants at the Doctors Hospital Police said Evans' truck en pital morgue When the four coffins appeared draped in blue Congolese flags with golden stars they shouted "Death to the United Nations" UN officials remained in their offices guarded by the machine guns of Malayan and Moroccan port police and news media were Thursday Programs See TEACHERS Page 3-A PARADE JUBILEE The famed Macy's Gimbel's and Hudson's Thanksgiving Day fjs parades narrated by Capt tures are indicated in the Shreveport area for the Thanksgiving Day holiday Local weather forecasters said skies will begin clearing tonight while the mercury dips to a chilling 38-degree low A rise to about the 60-degree line may be expected in the afternoon hours Thursday forecasters said Only a slight rise in tempera- HOMES FOR Queensboro bedrooms carpeted living dining room Bolch 3 bedroom brick Patio IS trees Anderson Island 3 bedroom brick Fairview near school $70 month Sherwood Park brick 3 bedrooms near Woodliwn S4O0 down Hyde Park owner must sell 3 bedroom brick 11000 down Western Hills 3 bedroom brick 180 month Caddo Heights 3 bedroom brick fenced yard $7903 payments Broadmoor 2 bedrooms large lot $13000 Bossier 3 bedroom hade trees $6800 Greenacres 3 bedroom brick $1600 Cherokee Park 3 bedroom brick $230 equity Queensboro $350 down 3 bedroom Broadmoor air-conditioned 3 bedroom brick Benton $150 for $1500 equity in 3 bedroom home Centenary Section newly decorated 2 bedroom home FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION on these and other "new" and "ready-built" homes see the large selection listed In today's Classified columns route from Florida to Ft Worth Tex with a load of aircraft engines struck the right side of the northbound switch engine driven by engineer Fred Koonce of Pine Bluff Ark Evans said he did not see the engine when he approached the East Texas Street grade crossing Signal lights at the crossing were in operation re flooded with calls from anxious residents However police could find no explosion and then concluded the noise was a plane breaking the sound barrier Officials at Barks-dale Air Force Base quickly an-tiounced the jet wasn't based there The blast rattled windows and fy Kangaroo and his pals 9 to Mississippi Citizens Council Receives Gift troops Tension gripped the city Members of the UN staff renting suburban villas and apartments spent the night in the city A UN spokesman said 40 UN See CONGO Page 3-A 10:30 am FOOTBALL Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions 1 1 a 'i: I tures is indicated today The low JACKSON Miss (CPD-The White ports stated reading early this morning was 58 Today's Journal Amusements 2-A Classified Ads 5-9-B Comics 8 9-A Crossword Puzzle 10-B Dear Abby 10-B Dr Molner 10-B Editorials -A Footnotes 3-A Horoscope 3-B Markets 4-B Oil 4-B Radio and TV 1 S-A Sports 6-8-A Woman's World 3-B start home delivery of your Journal rail Lonnie at 422-03SL one woman who lives north of the city said a cupboard full of dishes Citizens Council announced Tuesday that oil man Campbell crashed to the floor in her home degrees and highest for the day is expected to be about 60 High here Tuesday afternoon was 65 Winds are from the north and northeast The Weather Bureau recorded a But there were no reports of heavy damage When a supersonic plane cracks AD HOURS: AM to PM Order NY PHILHARMONIC Director Leonard Bernstein presents tKe West Berlin concert 4 pm The Journal Station KS LA-TV First in Shrtvtport of Salt Lake City has deeded it oil gas and mineral rights to 30 acres of land in Utah's Uintah Basin Citizens Council Treasurer Marvin Collum said the £ift was the Comic Dictionary BRAT A spoiled child whose parents your J-T Want Ad for Thursday CHARGES SPACE VIOLATION BERLIN (ITD Communist East Germany charged Tuesday that two West German Air Force fighters violated East German air space on Monday The Communist foreign office said the fighters flew almost 20 miles into the Soviet zone publication (morning and evening at one low cost) Dial 422-0381 or the sound barrier sound waves ripple through the air according to the Air Force When these waves reach human ears they trace of precipitation in the hour period ending at 6 am today 423-7131 Just ay: "CHARGE can't get away with a parking start of an endowment Droeram to ticket though he gets away with i step up the Council's racial segre sound like dynamite blasts aOlsmaifflaa See Weather Map Page 3-A) murder gation program mSVm.