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HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Vol. 69 No. 80 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1. 1970
HOUSTON. TEXAS 7 7001
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HOLIDAY
FINAL
10 Cents
Gl War Toll Goes Over 40,000
US in 10th
Year of Combat
; Saigon fUPH - The number ad in action last week South Vi-
af Americans killed ■ Vietnam etnamese casualties were pot at
has passed the 40 000 mark, of 234 dead and 1001 wounded, low
fkial US mllitarv sources said est since early October, with
today as the war entered its 1882 Viet Cong and North Vntr
Hth year namese reported slain.
Yet th* casualty report for The U S loases for the week
last week, the last recording pe- - •» dead and 557 wounded -
hod of 1969. showed that for the compared with the previous
first year in the war. American weeks toll of 66 dead and 713
lasses had declined from one woundjd and were the heaviest
year to the next « deaths since the week ending
The report came as 8,|k* Dec • when 108 GIs died
forces resumed combat opera- Yet 1901 proved to be 35 per-
tions in Vietnam today after a cent less costly in American
$HVY QF A GAME TOLD IN THEIR FACES
(See (if. Page W>
•'.•■'WO
Agnew's Aim:
Mend Fences
In SE Asia
BY JACK FOISIE
Mamla-An objective of the
By mint* Die reauftj tsi
to the Astro-
I WorffWeday ni|ht—Uitfrtmty *of IJouettn
" 36, Atrtnirn 7. Left, Auburn coich TWph (Shilg)
Jordan it a picture of dejection and frustration.
Right UH mentor Bill Yeoman k deliriously
happt-ae he rides off field on shoulders of his
happy players. No. 64, left, is Butch Brexina
whtfe^J© 10 is Ken Bailey. 'See stories, page
of pictures. Section 4. Pages 1 and 2.)
Sports and Money-The
Gold Rush Is on for 70s
v^mr* U.S. Is Seeking Delay
BY 13 DEGREES
for umpires, boycotts by
players and strike deadlines for serve di
Its all stdee 8nnyer to his team until he
ft buys Mg Bosomos traded or quits
BY
»t?» Ntw fm% Time*.
New York-It s
abundaat. Is
oats for race horsea. Bama rugs la abort as the sports world1 Flood has formidable friends considerably warmer,
lor auailerhacks, a domed sta acquires the affluence of big ta his corner: Arthur J. Gold- The 8 a.m. readings broke
dium for Houston. It's money, business h will continue to ac- berg, the former Supreme Court
and it will make the sports world quire the economic, legal and Justice, and Marvin Miller, the
go round in the seventies a« potiticaJ problems of big bust- onetime economist for the steel
never before. neas, with everything wrapped union who now directs the base-
Ekonomxa-the "dtstnal act is dollar signs from television ball players' labor relations
once**—will bring more teams time to lawyers' foes. New
to more cities In more areas of Curt Flood, an outfielder fa-
on more artificial surfaces wUh become even more femous as ^ ^ ..ntioOMl pastime" is a
the color of currency, a trend the man who attacked the "sys- j^ exmojtion addecreed by
^l*6^ ^-^y. **"„ ^ V**!^ "2? "^'Oliver Wendell Hoboes in 1922
dome. But economics also will spectator sports. As the seven rtt0v w(m ■ nfftlt, 1m!
bring more lawsuits by athletes, ties begin, be is awng for his J^ ~ JJ Na3 ^
Relations Board and their lawyer. Joseph Kelner. says
"The handwriting is on the
2nd Brush With Death
Road to Dayton
Jinxed for Troy
| 24-hour cease-fire for New
Year s
Earlier. Vice-President Spiro
T Agnew arrived in Saigon on
his first trip to Vietnam for
meeting with President Nguyen
Van Thieu and a visit with I S
troops in the field
The casualty report said 94.T8
GIs had died up to last Sunday
in I960, compared with 14.592
killed in 1968
Military spokesmen said L S
battle deaths rose sharply last
w»ek to 86 — 20 more than the
previous week — despite Christ
mas truces of varying lengths
by both sides.
Headquarters said the deaths Asian trip by
pushed the American death tod .-^ T . "
fTSe war. up to Sunday, to i^JJ^" *"
38.978 since Jan 1. 1881 The the Wnn> Hou* conahJera the
sources said battling so far this v«> harmful effect of daarhK
week has pushed H past the mm by Sen J. William Fui-
40.008 mark bright. D-Ark . and Stuart Synv
Anoiher SS7 GIs were wound- lngton ^^ about ^^
relations with Asian allies in
Vietnam.
The concern is over the release
by the Senate foreign Relations
Committee, of which Fulbright
is chairman, and the per^nal
elaborations by the two senators
of information concerning diplomatic efforts to bring friendly
order to desegregate before next Many lege! observers took "ftk>!J? ,n,°, *** v*tnwn *™i*
fall. The states involved are Ala- this as a sign the court would •*■ "* ^J* « *>"* tesU-
Washington- The Justice De- bama. Florida. Georgia. Louisi- grant the appe.il* and order the ™°nv *,ven b> American am
partment has asked the Supreme ana. Mississippi and Texas schools to meet ;be Feb I dead- »»»dors in Southeast Asia uv
Court to give school systems ir. These six states comprise the line - an aetior. that would execuJ,ve ] ^»**cTet > hear
six Deep South states until next area covered by the I' S Court touch off a strir* of suits for "•■ "** wjured the ability of
fall to desegregate their class- of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, immediate desegregation across "*?* representaUves to hold
rooms. *h*hheld on Dec-. 1 that 16 the South e f f e c t. v e wgot^tionsin fhe
If the request is granted, the school districts across the Deep In asking the court to give all "^TJL^T^ they resMk- A
government promised to satu- South could comply with the of the districts in the six slates fl^![~I u .u -, -. w.
rate the area with lawsuits and Supreme Court s demand for until next fall to desegrept?. 8**^.°? Es JzL^
to "focus its resources toward immediate integration by de- the Justice Department conced f? , ,i. X°° ! ^fJZ?'^
making that deadline a reality.' segregating at the beginning of ed that the single deadline SE^J0. JL!!!!11^!!!?0 ^1
The arrangement proposed classes next fall mav appear to accord particu- "l,,JPP,ne ^resKtent Ferdinand
Wednesday by Solicitor General Negro parents, represefited bv lar districts too much or too lit- ^J**™? , " second4 ^J1-
Erwin N. Griswold and Jerris the NAACP Legal Defense and tie delav." rieW an ,'^n{.pnvate **;
Leonard, chief of the Justice Educational Fund. Inc. rushed • We * are sensitive to the [;V Pndinnine rJ\JE£
Departments civil nghts divi- to the Supreme Court with an charge that such a solution will ,^Tr,
cinn »n..U nnl »tt~t tK^ VI Mi«., appeal trnwi U nt >^«. X.rtr^tc --ninf|CC lfte nghtS 0f SOTTte RelBU8Ba BSTSJBSOI
'tmmmm Wa,U D^«iw*c sissiPP» xbo^ districts sched- demandlngdesegregauon no school children for the remain- Relations have been strained
I Wins ▼▼orirj Receives ui^ t0 begin desegregation next later than Feb 1. 1970 d*r of this school year." Gris- ■8*t*88> by the published reve-
TWO 747 SuperjetS week under a Supreme Court Weakness Conceded *oid and Leonard said in the ,*lK>n» of the Symmgton foreign
edict issued last October ^ Justlce$ ^^ ^ dls. brief ^^ • [< ■!r.5 ^bcommittee looking
Court must declare it's a w^'^Vlines took delivery of Stafle De—Itae tr»cts to prepare to desegregate CaBr* ■"* S^~«
new ball game. We sav baseball ™ Boeine 747 suoer lets ** lX wouW ** a s,n8|e d^" °n **"{ dat« and announced But they suggested It would
is violating the trust laws, and w^s^y and began training "Peg**** «>«<"»"« «or aU they would consider the appeal be a surer solution because
the athletes are going to be crews t0 ^ them,
emancipated. We dosit insist 7^ planes were the third and
that players should peddle fourlft 747$ oeUvered as part of
themselves chaotically e v e r y ^ m ^^^^ by a airlines.
Houston Intercontinental
Airport today recorded a New
Year's Day record low of 98
degrees for the city, but .lower
elevations in Houston
On Dixie Integration
BY PBED P. GRAHAM
' 197* Htm York Timn N«w» Wv«*
In a parallel suit, the umpires
the previous record low of 27
on Jan. 1. 1969^
The downtown readings
were 39 at 6 a.m. and 40 at 7
a.m. Hobby Airport readings
were 30 at 6 a.m. and 28 at 7
a.m.
Forecast calls for continued
cold, a low of 30 degrees tonight, clear to partly cloudy
skies with a slight chance of
rain Friday.
waU for the seventies. The Su- 5^^ Waan (APi-Trans
into f S. commitments overseas
The report declared that UV
be\ond the target date
OtTBtviChV H8>e»8/ aaXVtCSal
Mont Belvleu — The road to
Dayton is short and wide and
Mds ghastly memories for
Troy Lynn Odom, 16, a
acl.-vlboy.
It was on mat road - Texas 148 - on Labor Day. 1883,
that Troy bad his first brush
with death.
He alone survived a two-car
collision just outside Dayton
that killed 18 persons, including all of his Immediate family - mother, father, brother
and sister.
Troy was 10 then
Brashes Death Agaai
He went back down that
road toward Dayton again
New Year's Eve. And again
death brushed close.
This time he was driving
and met another car head-on
a quarter mile north of Mont
Beifieu, where bo has Hved
since ofcat tragic day su
years ago.
The other driver. Morgan
HiU. 46. of 60a Alta Vista.
Pasadena, was killed. Hills
four pa>sengers were hurt seriously. They **re Dorothy
Ashley. 45. and Terry Jackson. 24. of 3!22 Garth Rd.
Bay town, and Elizabeth Ay-
|or, 43, and Joe Aylor, 21. of
the Barcelona Aprs., Baytown.
Troy's companion. Bruce
Neal v. 16. of Mont Belvieu
suffered* cuts and is la good
condition in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown.
Troy escaped with minor in-
<See TROY, Page 12i
year. But. say. after five years
some of the boys, like Tom
Seaver. should be allowed to
sell their services all over aa^in
—maybe for even a miltai dol
lars''
When the umpires sought fed-
oral intervention, they were
(See SPORTS. Page 12}
Houston Opens 1970
With Two Slayings
other school districts in the six shortly after the court recon- *™ld P* •" schools in Dixie ^^"il/rf J^^ZLJ?
5 Integration Plans
Placed Before Court
Cwnplete
Year-End Financial
lesort
Today's Chronicle reports
military group to Wtnom
Pointing up the'W****** comm^Ts !mdi!!gs o^m?L
ult.es that wouW be raised by ^ ^ ^^ ^^
K °^r !° Zm*?Z ,HS^SS «"»* «nto Vetnam » expected
systeni . bV*W OrcmtlS ^ ^^,^2^
have no plans for splicing all- w^ "u^^ST^
*h,te and^.11 -Negro irhooi sva- T^^rn^^iJ^L
BY FRED HARPER Defense Fund and a zoning and terns into unitary arrange- T^ ^TSllS?!^
enrobe eeeert^ ^lhng p,an dra^ bv a mff|tg> mere are suoseoucnt reporte
l.S Dist. Judge Ben C Con- Florida desegregation specialist if the justices aoorove the 1 °" Amenc* ^T^t
nally today has before Mm five for the US Justice r^pa^mcr.t ££. ff Mrf pW^ Z ?£% "JlfiKl 15
integration plans for the Hous- The Houston school board the fovernment wiU^biteiIT^J- **2Jlh\S^Z
ton school distnet. including the hied two plans Wednesdav - J^s ^^w^Z^^t^ ™J?L NaS0Othst <***
currently used freedonvof- the free^hoice plan and an al- ~ms. TS TiSL^ ^XTZLr^Ttm**.*
ternste neighborhood zoning $tatc$ frfl!** offkrials. as at* t^Jr *'-
Last .July Connally
the school board to submit by
today a new integration plan to comment
ordered proposal propriate. to bring remaining ££1~~ "' rr™ " „T
The board also filed without Z>&>\ dtstnets under ordei-S ther*. ~ ^ «**— P1^
a separate pairing- court
1 ented in the SvTrungtoo <
Houston dosed 1988 with its son's estranged wife, Patricia,
record 278th homicide - 33 la-
above the previous high of 145 X«sh said he shot Johnson
* m - to sur^d th, Ne. ^S^S'rfdLS V
Year with two killings In the througn ^ window
h«-,rWUr' 4 , w ^ PoVKt Mid ***** f,le ^
WUUam A. Johnson, 30. ad- rhlTge Httm{ Nasn but jaj|«d
dress unknown, was shot to him on traffic warrants. ,
death at 12.05 am today while «w «j staaoed
n mAm _ Ben Taub Hospital at 1 a m fo-
Brother Beatea dav after ^^ ^^ and
Nash, an inva'id confined to a stabbed at Hill and Lyons
wheelchair, said Johnson had Police had no witnesses to the
beaten up Nash's brother. Ed- slaving
gar Roy Hillhouse, 18, of 4528, ," * »„» n «i uv ni«
Hopper Rd.. after the bov S Javan ***"" M* * "" °
turned from a store with John- (See HOUSTON, Page 12)
high, low and closing prices
of all the stocks listed on
the Hew York and American
•xchanges in this special
New Year s day edition. See
Section 5, Pages 912.
Begin the new veer HgJir
Chronicle up!
be put into effect in September, zoning desegregation plan n added that the Justice De- ^JTS?^.L,
1570 drawn up by the Texas Educa- partment will take ail necee- ^f^! *o alnes as the VhnV
Two Plaes Thea lion Desegregation Technical sarv steps to insure compliance - " ^^
At the time of the order. Con- Assistance Ce nt e r. a federallv W1th the resul'uig decrees,'' (See MSIVW'S, Pago ttl
nally had before him a busing financed agency at the tniver- _—-««_««__---«---««_«««_M_«»—_-1--»«^—.—_
plan proposed by the National sity of Texas.
Association for the Advance* Poshes Free-Caofee
ment of Colored People Legal In its report to Connally I
Wednesday, the school board |
strongly recommended contm- ■
uation of the free<hoete s>> \mi slmlnts. Soc 2. pg$ 12
tern.
Inside Today's Chronicle
SHE MAKES 70
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Tucson, Aril. tUPt s— Melav W9y in achieve "permanent business. Sic 3. P$ s
sa Katherine htcXeona was constructive integration * it h O-ASsintD. Sec t. Ps$ n-24.
born 88 seconds afler mioV commumtv acceptance and !»up- *** 5- PgR 27
niRh! today at Tucson General port •• COMICS. Sec. 2. Pa*. 14. 15
Ho*f»Ul The repon. filed bv attornev C10WWO8ta>, Sec. I Pa, 2
The sex en-pound, three- Joe ^vnolds. said 21.814 trhite E8MTO8UAsA Sec. 2. Pgs. 18
ounc>e girl b Mr and Mrs. $tuo>nts and ll%m Negroes are rCATtSLI PaanJk Sec. t Pgs.
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