Johnson Cites Possibility
Of GOP Holdup of
Business in Congress
WASHINGTON. — Senate j
Democratic Leader Lyndon John
son said today Congress can have
a brief and prouctive session if
Republicans don’t use obstructive
tactics.
With tongue in cheek, Johnson
told a news conference: “I be
lieve that the progress made dur
ing the first week of his session
has indicated that we can have
a brief and productive session
which will continue the work of
the 86th Congress. But it is
equally obvious that if concerted
efforts are made to inject extra
neous issues, we could be here
a long, long time.”
Republicans have threatened to
offer filbuster-spawning civil
rights amendments to bills they
oppose.
The House made an effort to
go into business, a week behind
the Senate, but couldn’t muster a
quorum and had to quit.
CAIRO, Egypt, If) — Policemen
who caught a pickpocket in the
act on a crowded bus had to file
a double charge against him after
he tried to pick anoher pocket en
route to jail.
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Gold is where you find it!
MOBILE, Ala., W — Back in
the 1800s someone found a good
hiding place for his money. But
the hidng place has now been
found and the result is a minor
but frenzied gold rush
A bulldozer clearing a site for
an urban development project up
rooted a tree the other day. Gold
coins started appearing, some
near the tree and others scattered
over the lot by the machine.
People started appearing too.
Just a few at first. And then as
many as 3,000 on the site. They
have sifted dirt for coins by day,
by night and in the rain, using
rakes, shovels, hoes and bare
hands. Shortly after the first coins
were found, the large lot became
so crowded the bulldozer oper
ator gave up trying to maneuver
his machine.
Fourteen coins were found the
first day. There is no way of telling
how many have been picked up
since, however, because the find
ers are not talking.
Most of the coins are $20 gold
pieces dated between 1851 and
1867 and now worth between $33
and $50 each. One man reportedly
paid $80 for one of the coins.
Several $5 and $10 gold pieces
also were found.
A coin collector said indica
tions were the gold pieces were
buried beneath the tree during
reconstruction days following the
Civil War
A son was born Friday at the
hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Daryll
Trigg.
African Republic Declares
Independence from France
PARIS, UP — The Central Af-1
rican Republic, formerly the j
Ubangi Shari territory of French
Equatorial Africa, proclaimed its j
independence Saturday.
The new country, somewhat big- 1
ger than France itself, has a pop
ulation of 1,170,000, including
about 6,000 Europeans.
DISHWATER
ATLANTA, UP — An Atlanta !
man wound up in a hospital after
he drank what he and a waitress j
thought was coffee.
It wasn’t coffee. It was a mix- j
ture of hot water and cleaning
powder being used to scour the
coffee urn at a downtown cafe
teria.
Mort Baker was served the
mixture by mistake by a wait
ress who was unaware that the
coffee-maker was getting its early
morning cleaning.
He was given an antidote by the
cafeteria manager and taken to
the hospital. Doctors said he suf
fered no serious effects.
From Both Ends . . .
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaya, IP)
— A railway man, S. Ayadurai,
40, was divorced by a wife in
Ipoh on grounds of adultery with
a wife in Kuala Lumpur, 150
miles away on his rail run.
Wife No. 2 was granted a di
vorce on ground her marriage
was bigamous.
Ayadurai an Indian, explained
to the court that one marriage
had been arranged by his parents;
the other was for love.
Russians Send Sixth
Expedition to Antarctic
MOSCOW, (UP) — The Sixth So- j
viet expedition to the Antarctic j
will sail at the end of October,
Tass reported Saturday, Quoting
an official of the Antarctic and
Arctic Research Institute, the So
viet news agency said the expe
dition will study winds, tempera
ture, solar and cosmic radiation, j
earthquakes and the earth’s
magnetic fields.
Dempsey Remarried
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., UP) —
Jack Dempsey says he has been
secretly married for a year and a
half to a New York business
woman.
The 65-year-old former World
Heavyweight Boxing Champion
said Friday his wife is the former
Deanna Pietelli, 38, proprietor of
a jewelry store.
Beyond that, he wasn’t saying
much. He explained his blonde
bride wanted to keep the wedding
quiet and those who took part in it
were pledged to secrecy.
Dempsey has been married
three times previously and he
said, “I hope this is my last.”
Reds Set up Shop
For Cuban Embassy
HAVANA, (UP) — A group of So
viet diplomats arrived in Havana
Friday to set up the first Soviet
diplomatic mission to Cuba since
1952.
Heading the group of 11 was
Boris Kasantsev who will be in
charge until the arrival of Soviet
Ambassador Sergei Kudryatvsev.
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U.S. Olympic Team
Has Field Day In
Record Busting
By CHARLES MAHER
WALNUT, Calif., UP — The old
est track and field record of them
all has tumbled wih three others
into a pile of wreckage left by
perhaps the most formidable team
the United States has ever sent
to the Olympic Games
The collapse came Friday night,
when 21-year-old Ralph Boston
of Tennessee A&I sprang from
the board at the edge of the
broad-jump pit and came down 28
feet, 1114 inches away.
That was just three inches far
ther than the immortal Jesse
Owens flew with flailing arms
one day in May of 1935, when he
set a record that looked as though
it might survive challenges as long
as George Herman Ruth’s 60 home
runs.
Boston’s historic leap was just
one of four world record-break
ing performances in the U. S.
team's final pre-Olympic meet at
Mt. San Antonio College
The others:
Hal Connolly, Southern Cali
fornia Striders, 230 feet. 9 inches
in the hammer throw, bettering
his own record of 225-4 set in
1958.
Bill Nieder, Army, 65 feet, 10
inches in the shot put, bettering
his pending record of 65-7, set
last August.
The team of Eddie Southern,
Earl Young, Otis Davis and Jack
Yerman, 3:05.6, in the mile relay,
bettering the record of the U. S.
national team of 1956. The sec
ond team in Friday night’s relay
— Cliff Cushman, Ted Woods,
Jerry Siebert and Glen Davis —
also broke the record, finishing in
3:06.1. Two other world records
were tied.
Rink Babka of the Southern
California Striders equalled one
by throwing the discus 196 feet,
6Vi inches, and Dave Sime of the
Duke Track Club tied the other,
running 100 meters in 10.1 sec
onds. Poland’s Edmund Platkow
ski set the discus record matched
by Babka an three men hold the
100-meter mark tied by Sime.
Bolt from the Blue
ANKARA, Turkey, UP — Light
ning killed four Turkish villagers
this week. One victim was named
Pildirim, which means bolt of
lightning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
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Order of Eastern Star
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Worthy Matron
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Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
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