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Show -- t t t-,1K- vo lova Communities I PEDRO,1 Calif. (UPI) Nine jjvorkmen were injured Friday in an explosion aboard the SANi Face Flood Emergencies United Press International )d emergencies jsent Nation-VJ- $ anc tSuarcismen volunteers "v&ack to the; dikes and residents . fleeing their homes 'in two) Iowa communities Saturday.' Dry weather in the East brought threats of more forest and brush fires. In Dixie, Alabama was whipped by hail and heavy rain j j ' T - Friday. ' i. . With one battle against flooding rivers over in Iowa, jtwo more began. Weakened dikes! held against the cresting Floyd River at Sioux ! City Friday. But work, crews- In . . new $50 million guided missile frigatq USS England. They were reported in good condition today. section of the city, where , dikes Nine others suffered minor inshowed signs of weakening. authorities juries In tbe explosion,' believed In ' Sioux City, to have been caused by an acwarned the 900 persons evacuat- cumulation of acetylene gases ed .from their homes in the face which: ' spread during ' a work of the rampaging Floyd not to re''" y- 'j turn to their homes as there was break;! No fire resulted from the blast still danger of seepage through dikes. But the Big Sioux rose to in thk steering room i in the' aft warship. ward a crest predicted for Mon- section of the 530-fo' j, bulkheads some said of Firemen to that and top expected day the 1960 ; flood by more than a buckled. No! estimate of the dam- age was immediate y available., foot.. ; , , - ot ' i - . asked Agrl- der of Amarillo. U. S. Commis- Co. which makes anhydrous am- said the tanks had not been man John Tower,! culture Secretary , prvllle Free- sioner Frank B. Murray of Lub- monia (chemical fertilizer) tanks. ufactured and never existed. The . finance company, alleged These . sale contracts showed man for a full, report on dealings u bock lowered McSpadden's bond that Estes and 'the other defend-- ; Estes held chattel mortgages by Estes with the Department, of Agriculto $25,000. PECOS, Tex. (UPI)on sadowe ants the company $2 million. mortgages ture kingpin Billie Sol Estes, Agriculture on, grain ana couoa He said the ". other figure appersonal property dled with federal fraud charges peared somewhat excessive. Dr. Pacific also sought exemplary which the government f jalleged storage, - cotton acreage and any ' and a multi-- million dollarivil T. H. Blackwell of Spur,' Tex., damages of $2 million and attor- Thursday were false, in filing the other matters. lawsuit, remained behind bars to- and Madelyne English of Lubbock ney fees of $300,000. charges against Estes and the asproduces The world annually to A . . unable raise $500,000 bond; made the bond, Murray said. day restraining order and tempo- sociates.tons of 40 million 30 and between of assoaccused Estes one of barThe was three However, charge issued, Hearing Monday rary injunction ciates made a reduced bond FriEstes, 37 in jail at Pecos, will ring Estes and the 'other defend- conspiracy! to transport forged salt. Esand The associates be taken to El Paso for a U. S. ants from removing any, of their chattel mortgages from Pecos to day night. Los Angeles, home of Pacific. The tes are charged with conspiracy grand jxfry hearing Monday to de- - property and records. to defraud by transporting forged Cide if his bond should be lowr , Fraud Claimed mortgages; were mailed. Estes whose agriculture empire Pacific alleged that fistes and mortgages across state lines. ered. estimated at $150 million, and STANDARD OFFICE SUPPLY is from Los associates loans of obtained his Finance Pacific of Corp. Coleman McSpadden,- 47, FAST DELIVERY SERVICES r'e s t e d Hereford, Tex., "had been jailed Angeles filed theMawsuit Friday Pacific through fraud by present-- j the associates were ar"non VO public 40 W. ist lieu of $250,- - for j $4.3 (million xat Amarillo ing false contracts showing sale Thursday, He made in Lubbock- - Tex.,-inreached The case ammonia i tanks to comment. . FR 000 bond, the same amount set against Estes; the tliree associ of anhydrous ' for Harold Orr andlRuel Alexan- ates, and Superior Manufacturing farmers. In many cases, Pacific Washington Friday, where Sen . j i : . j- j J j I ' . rS0:-S- - 1 j . i ; - NO.-PRO- ! 50 - - t ( all-night- '1 inJArJiLbli 1 k1 Polaris Missile rails iesT CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) Kecovery . creyvs i gathered up the n Po- nr charred remains' 'of !'a iaris missile Saturday in a search forra clue to thereason why it went out of control and crashed.' The rocket, pamodel that has been declared! operational, was deliberately blown up when it headed in the ; wrong .direction - f ' ; 15-to- , ' 30-fo- ot : less 'than a t Iff. : sPzgb&s (skit's t?7 4 Tl after it half-minu- te ' t ' was launched Friday. ;" rained down on Cape The debris Canaveral, touching off a series of j i - smalF fires in the palmetto! scrub bustfes that abound on the 15,000- arrp m19U tpstintf center. Scientists hoped the wreckage M M. iJ i i 'i.n WOU1U give uiciii tui tuca as was failure. the It i to what caused . one of the rare occasions lately fell short of j that a Polaris, missile, ' x ' i. its goal. e bottle-shape. The rocket thundered smoothly, from - its launching pad on the start of a Ij ; planned flight . of about 1,500 : miles to test parts the Navy hopes y.to use In a still more advanced o i i i I . llc-ip- Larger linen stripe, full size pillow. filled ;wlth 50 chicken, 50 , , j j , & sJf $ ff - 4' 5"? .earners. ,i i4 ...'." iZ. SiiW ' ,i J I - d, two-stag- : . J 1 - ? al. x a - . " t' -- sex V - ! ' j t' h - Kather than banking to .the southeast as planned, the rocket suddenly angled toward the north. then nosed back toward the1 ground. The missile was about. 5,000 feet above the cape when a range safety officer "i tripped two switches, that triggered, radio sig- inlssile. - j - v, s V' nals jto' activate a "destruct" V ."package.' as heavy! occurred failure ,.The streams of automobiles took sile workers toward . the cape's - i j , i gate., There were no personal in- luries and only minor property t damage. ' 1. r-er-.Lrt . ' Quotes In The News V'. tax 1 - . " y r.y--7y- 6 i Br i United Prcsi International NEW YORK Singer Eddie real-lif- e roa Fisher, disclaiming Eliiamance between his, wifej actor Bichard beth Taylor, and Burton: "The only romance between Liz and Richard Is that between Marc and it's Antony and Cleopatra one. st pretty good !i LONDON I o A- - , : 9 a' - Ghanlan ! Cabinet Minister Krobo;Edusel, explaining to his wife why she should send d bed she back a $8,400 h week: last bought "It's just not socialism. 1 gold-plate- 1; ' i ' ; . . WASHINGTON Header, Rep. George s on .President appointment of U.S. h., v Kennedy's Deputy Arty.. Gen. Byron- White to the Supreme Court:. i 4 "The President has shown his1 I contempt for the Supreme Court, the law, the legal profession and the people of the United States WASHINGTON . fit's SenJ James! on Presi- appointment of O. Eastland.1 dent Kennedy's U.S. Deputy Atty. Gen; Byron White to the. Supreme Court: "He will make an able justice. I will support him." s., 'P j v It") - ... fi I x tri ' m, P X1 1 - M M GOP OPTBHSTIC - (UPI) The Re publican National Committee . said Wednesday the , GOP stands to "gain more than it will lose" from the Supreme Court's decision that voters can sue for betWASHINGTON - : I ter representation. i , ' ! The. GOP .publication, Battle-linsaid that while the Republi-cen- s lost ground ;in many big cities in 1SC0, they, carried many suburban areas which were the in state most e, under-represent- .. x jsr jfcs jft at " s jane ed A V V- tn",-...-, . -- Ht"' Our expression "time running out" stems from the sand in old- - "fashioned hourglasses running from the tqrpcr to the lower chamber. I. til V I j f, J . .' 1 No Finance! Co. is Ever Involved legislatures. t ' r J - " ot . j J, By JAMES T X0UNG United Press International that beleaguered city toiled to (erect a 13,000-fothrough the night ' earthen dike alohg .the: rising Big Sioux River. Some 600 yolunteer$ were joined by ' 150 National Guardsmen for an patrol of. dikes at Waterloo, Iowa, where the Cedar River was expected jto crest for more than six hours Saturday. About 200 families, were ordered from their homes in the northern . a Aqriculture Kingpin Stays in Jail In Mortgage Forgery, Conspiracy Charge Nino Workers Injured In Blast SUNDAY HERALD 3 i ' ' . t A1; . yr: ? |