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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
WEE WOMEN

sizes, and there was also a
frog pattern. I'd love to get
a copy of the monkey pat
tern before Christmas, and
will be happy simply to bor-
row it, if necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
Chinese Food

G. D. ", Falls Church
I am hoping that some kind
Chinese reader will supply
me with recipes for fried rice,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-01
plush Look

The plushy look Of mohair
coats, in cream or bright
colors like gold, red, emerald,
many with large snuggly col
lars is THE coat look.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
Senate Approves Dept. of Economic Development

l JUNEAU tR The Senate changed it's mind yesterday and gave approval to a bill, HB283, establishing new State Depart ment of Economic Development and Planning. The vote was lS-7.
 The Senate had turned thumbs down on the measure Monday, 6-12, but 1t was brought up again today on notice of reconsideration filed by Sen. Howard Pollock follow ing Mondays vote. Tn arguments before final pas sage, Sen. John McNees, said ere ation of the new department was recommended by the consulting firm of Arthur D. Little, Inc.
 Sen. Al Owen who led opposi- tion to the measure, told the Senate that the recommendation by the Arthur D. Little firm was to be expected.
 They are interested only in building up their own business and they can do so by building up gov errment," Owen said.
 He insisted that the work to be done by the new department, the 18th department of state govern mert including the Office Of the Governor, was being handled ade- quately under the present organi- zation.
 The dspartrnent would con- sist of the Division of Planning and Research, the Division of Industrial Development and the Alaska Travel Division. It would incorporate the work of the present Division of Tourisrn and Economic Develop ment and the Division of State Planning.
 Sen. w. Q. Smith told the Senate that after the bill was killed Mon day, he received assurances from Gov Vim. Egan that the admins tration favored passage of the bill and creation of the new depart ment.
 oAioch ssslu tiie' stsatr iissSSlxs' lss'1 the economic development coordi- nation the new department would provide.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
MEMBERS OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE WOULD BE ELECTED IN PRIMARY

JUNEAU sR Members of Dis trict and State Central Committees Of both political parties would be. Ielected by vote of the people Curing primary elections under the terms of a measure, SB147, which passed the House 25-15 Tuesday. The bill, which was introduced by Sen. W. 0. Smith, (D-Ketchikan), now goes back to the House for action on House amendments.
 Before final House approval, the lawmakers beat back attempts to table the measure and postpone ac- ton on it indefinitely.
 Opponents argued that the bill tempered with existing party organ ization
 For the first time in my life, ? said Republican Rep. Wrn. Board man of Ketchikan, q received communication from the Ketchikan Democratic Precinct Committee and they're against this.'
 The measures packers, however. argued that the people should have chance to vote for their party representatives
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
Former Bank Teller Held On Efnbezzling Charges

VENTURA, Calf. M A for mer bank teller accused of em- bezzling $3.500 from the National Bank of Anchorage was held in jail in lieu of $5,00O bond.
 Mrs. Beaulah peardeuff was arr raigned on ernbezzle1nent charges before us. Commissioner Ben E. Nordman in nearby Oxnard Mon- day.
 She signed waiver of removal and will be returned to Anchorag ge Fl ail tndisclo closed date.
 Mrs. Deardeuff was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury ii Anchor age The indictment said the money was embedded in June 1881.
 Mrs. peardeuff was arrested March SD in Ventura by F'BI agents and Ventura police officers. She had been in Ventura less than a month and worked as a hostess in nigi1t club, the FBI said
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
KENNEDY APPOINTS
 NICHOLAS KATzENBACH K DEPUTY ATTY GENERAL

WASHINGTON R President Kennedy chose Nicholas Katzenbach Anndav to be Deputy Attorney General, succeeding Byron White
 Katzenbach, 40, is now Asst Alssy. General and chief of the Jus tice Departments Office of Legal Counsel.
 Like White, whom Kennedy named to the Supreme Court last Friday, Katzenbach is a former Rhodes scholar. He studied at Ox- ford between 1947 and 1949.
 Katzenbarh is subject to Senate confirmation for the second high est position in the Justice Depart nent directly under Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy 's
 Born in Philadelphia, Kafxen- bach spent most of his early life in Princeton, NJ. His father, the 1ate Edward Katzenbach once was Attorney General of New Jersey.
 Katxenbach was graduated from Princeton in 1845 and received his Inv degree from Yale in 1947. A1 Yale, he was editor of the Yale Law Journal.
 During World War II, he was aI Air Force captain He was sho1 down and imprisoned by the Ger. mans.
 Kennedy on Jan. 26, 1881, picked Katzenbach as Asst. Atty. General in which capacity he has providee legal advice to various government departments and agencies.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
sA47.000 for Construction Tn Northern Alaska

WASHINGTON H1 The Air Force told the Army Engineers yes terday to proceed with $447, ,00O worth of construction at three Air Force stations in Alaska.
 The Alaska congressional dele- gation was told the projects are:
 Tin City, water supply storage, $180,000;; Kotzebue, radar tower, SI95, ,OO0; and Cape Sabine, water storage tank, $72,000.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04

Thomas Bichsel of Spenard Named ARA Representative
 WASHINGTON tB Thomas J, Bichsel of Spenard was named field representative for Alaska, the Area Redevelopnent Administra. ton announced.
 Bichsel, s, is president Of the Greater Anchorage Junior Chamber of Commerce. He will make his eadquarters in Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
COP Looks Closely At $7OO, COG Rural Appropriation

JUNEAU (R -- Robert Hoffman Director of the State Rural De. ve1opment Division, said Monday the disaster fishing season predict ed for Bristol Bay this year will cause heavy drain on his agency [ funds.
 Hoffman made the comment m testimony before the Joint Senate House Finance Committee on com paaion bills which would provide the Rural Development Division with $700,000 during the period ending June 30, 1863.
 One of the bills, SB244, would make a supplemental appropriation of $2O0, ,000 for the State Rural De- velopment, disaster and depressed area program for the balance of fiscal 1926.
 The second measure, SB245,
 would appropriate $500,000 for the
 program during fiscal 1863 Gov.
 Vim. Egan asked for an appropria- tion of $200,0o0 for fiscal '63.
 Hoffman said his agency had set little aside for Bristol Bay during fiscal 1862, "but we expect to have a number of projects going on the Bay next year because of the dis aster season predicted" ]"
 Hoffman said the program was not a welfare program, but pro- gram to provide needed public works in communities where the economy was depressed.
 Rep. Harold Strandberg a mem Der of the House Finance Commit tee, and Bruce Kendall, both Re- pub1icans, questioned H of f m a n closely about the origin of the two bills, which were introduced by 12 of the f3 Senate Democrats.
 Sen. Frank Peratrovich one of the prime sponsors of the tHso bills, told the committee:
 The need for this program, at least in the first division, cannot be denied The Illulie ss sssss zss: z;::st s; down the drain I don't think this program should be continued inde- finiteIy, but it is needed now'' Peratrovich said he protested strongly any inference that the Rural Development appropriation was political fund When the two bills were introduced, Republicans issued statement saying they were designed to create a campaign year slush fund.
 Sen. Howard Bradshaw another prime sponsor q the two bills, ad- dressing his remarks to Kendall said any member of the legislature has the right to introduce appropri-
 ation bills bsnefittirlg his 8speciflt area. \ s
 He said the Finance Cornrnittee only recently had included, at the request of Anchorage Republicans l a $1 million item m the apprupri' ation bill for new school al Chugiak.
The Nome nugget., 1962-04-04
WasiIia Citizens Praise W ork of Youth Camp

PALMER t - The State WaSiIia Camp and Schools Citizen Aaavis- ory Committee and dozen other private citizens met here Monday to discuss charges by Republican gubernatoriai candidate Verne O. Martin that appalling conditions exist at the camp.
 The meeting turned out to be d testimonial session in which the boys of the camp were praised for their work for the community and She camp staff was credited with conducting q good camp program.
 There were no dissenters or re- presentatives of Martin at the meeting. which was announced publicly Saturday.
 The Advisory Committee is coln- posed of laynaen who visit the camp and report on their findings monthly. Also attending was Charles Pfeif- fer, Director of the Youth ard Adult Authority. | Martin charged there is no re- mobilization program or discipline at the camp, that boys have been beaten and counse1ors slugged. The candidate said he had been informed by reliable witnesses'' that the boys selected to work oal the Chilkoot and Lake George trails the past summer were with drawn from the work because they could not be controlled.
 Two women who identified them. selves as mothers of two of the camp inmates testified that their sons had benefited from the camp environment.
 Pfeiffer quoted from an inter- view with Seattle Juvenile Court Judge Wn. ). Long in which Long described the Wasilla Camp as 'sthe finest camp of its type I've seen Long visited the camp last fall. William Feero, president of ths 1 Skagway Chamber of Commerce
 sent the following telegra1n:
 Understand Verne @. Martin {. has directed criticism al Youth and
 Adult Authority including remarls l about conduct while at Skagway
 last year. The Slagway Chamber
 of Commerce feels no justification
 for this attack. They Nhe boys) co. operated to the fullest extent will Iall organizations here and we would welcome their return this year. z
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Evening star., 1962-01-09
SHEINWOLD ON BRIDGE
Weak Hands Amuse Tourney PLAYERS

South cards had a field day.
North always started a cam
paign to swindle West out of
his vulnerable slam.
In some cases, North jumped
right to six diamonds. When
this was enough to buy the
hand, South gave up only 300
points to take the slam away
from West. Even If West re-
fused to sell out, South was
willing to go on to seven dia-
monds. A penalty Of 500 points
was still a good bargain.
Outlandish Bids
In a few cases North dreamed
up more outlandish bids. One
player jumped to three no
trump with the North cards
and found himself playing the
hand undoubled. He didn't win
a single trick, but that cost
only 450 points. If he had been
doubled he would have run to
diamonds.
One North player jumped to
four no-trump, as though in
terested in a slam. Sout h
showed one ace by bidding five
diamonds, and North passed
with a perfectly straight face.
The opponents fell for this,
Evening star., 1962-01-09

and South got away with a
loss of only SO points.
1t was good clean fun, and
nobody complained. North
wouldn't have been quite so
happy with his cards at rub
ber bridge. He would still try
for a cheap sacrifice, but he
wouldn't send out for cham
payne and dancing girls at the
prospect of losing 500 points.
There's probably a moral in
this: If you find yourself
getting irritated by very bad
hands, try duplicate bridge.
Deuces will give you no pain.
Daily Question
You are not vulnerable, and
the opponents are. Partner
deals and bids three diamonds.
The next player doubles. You
hold:
A. VQs8653 UQJ762 A7s
What do you say?
Answer: Something vigorous,
such as seven diamonds! The
opponents must be laydown for
Evening star., 1962-01-09

a slam, and your only chance
is to talk them out of it for
a small penalty.
For SheinDold'S 36 = page
booklet, "A Pocket Guide to
Bridge" send SOC to Bridge
Book, The Washington Star,
Boz 1918, Grand Central Sta
ton, NeID York II, N. Y.
Copyright, 1862, Gen. Features Corp. }
Evening star., 1962-01-09

When you're playing in a
bridge tournament, a certain
kind Of ghastly hand is very
interesting. If there's any red
blood in your veins you start
right out on a life of crime
East dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
NORTH
Vo9865s
HQJ762
%73
WEST EAST
AAQJ764 AK953
VIVA 2A107
"a %
1902 %AKJ98
SOUTH
A1082
%
OAK 10853
%1054
East South West North
ID 10 IA 50
Pass Pass GA Pass
Pass 10 Dble. All Pass
Opening lead: Deuce of clubs.
When this hand came along
in the national tournament in
Houston a few weeks ago, the
experts who held the North
Evening star., 1962-01-09
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Evening star., 1962-05-27
Native of Clyde

Billie Sol grew up at Clyde.
Tex, just outside Abilene, 200
miles from here. His father, a
lay preacher in the Church of
Christ. and his mother still
live there. A brother is a den-
tist in Abilene and an uncle
for whom Billie Sol is named
is an Abilene doctor. All are
highly regarded.
One Of the legends that
Billie Sol has fostered is that
he started his fortune with a
eve he received as a gift on
his 18th birthday and built 1t
up into the tidy sum of $4,000
by the time he was 18.
The story draws tolerant
smiles around Clyde and in
Baird. the county seat, where
young Billie Sol did his bank
ing.
He was just a farm boy like
the rest Of U.S." says Dan South,
the Clyde postmaster who went
to school with Billie Sol. I'VE
were all poor boys trying to get
along"
Bob Norrell, the Baird bank
er, said Billie Sol was just like
other boys starting out. II don't
know that he showed any great
distinction in a financial way"
he added, "but he was very
energetic"
Evening star., 1962-05-27
Cotton Boom

When Billie Sol arrived here,
West Texas was getting into
cotton production on a large
scale. 1t had been discovered
that the plains, covered by
greasewood and mesquite, would
produce cotton in great quail
ties through deep-well irriga-
ton and intense fertilizing.
AS a young man in a hurry.
Billie Sol started out with a
640-acre farm bought on credit.
He went into other enterprises
and finally, as a base for the
fortune he hoped to make, set
out to corner the West Texas
market for anhydrous am
monia, q liquid fertilizer, and
obtain a large number of grain
storage elevators.
In a little while he had ac-
quired almost the entire anhy-
drous market in the Pecos area.
He also found himself $500, 900
in debt to Commercial Solvents
Corp, of New York, the pro-
ducers.
Called to New York to dis
cuss the debt, Billie Sol coun-
tered with a proposition Of his
own. He said he was moving
into the grain storage field and
argued that arrangements mu-
tually satisfactory to the COM
pany and him could be worked
out.
Evening star., 1962-05-27

he would spend s5O.OOO a year
to drive him out Of business.
III health led Mr.. Hubbs to
sell his newspaper to other par
ties but he continued to op-
crate an office supply firm
which he has owned for many
years.
Mr.. Boyett, who received a
white Cadillac from Billie Sol
when he came to Pecos in Sep
tember, 1860. credited him with
many charitable deeds. His
good works were many" Mr..
Boyett continued. If 1 tried
to tell you all of them. large
and small. I'd be here all after
noon.
He mentioned only one. Some
citizens, he said, had learned
that a Mexican family was in
dire need. They went to Billie
Sol and he sent a man out to
visit the family. buy groceries
for them. get some medicine.
The next day, Mr.. Boyett said,
he gave the Mexican father q
job.
A leading citizen said he was
perhaps the largest contributor
to the Pecos Community Chest.
He donated a building to the
Negro branch of the Church Of
Christ in Pecos, helped the
Mexicans with a chapel, and
supported the All clubs.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
More Credit

The upshot was that Billie
Sol came away with an agree
ment under which Commercial
Solvents gave him an advance
Of $250.009 to help acquire his
first grain elevator Che put up
only $25.000; an additional
line Of credit Of $150,000 for
anhydrous ammonia, and ex-
elusive dealer rights in his West
Texas area.
In return, he signed a note
for $900,00 and gave CONNER
cial Solvents the right to col
lect all Government payments
on the grain stored in his ele-
vators.
One business man here said
Billie Sol really never got a
foothold until he went into
grain storage on a big scale.
With the help Of Commercial
Solvents and from a flow of
cash from the famous anhy-
drous ammonia tank deal he
expanded rapidly in this field.
In a short time Billie Sol had
acquired six grain storage IA
cilities in his own name and
an interest in several more. He
had become one of the biggest
storage operators in the coun-
try and the second largest in
Texas.
Evening star., 1962-05-27

Everything he's done was cart
wheeling"
Billie Sol soon had agents
securing the country and picked
up allotments in five States. He
increased his cotton acreage by
1923 acres in almost no time
at all. Individually and through
Agriculture. Inc. one of his
companies he soon had more
than 5000 acres in cultivation.
When the Agriculture Depart
ment cracked down, it charged
he had got the allotments il
legally.
The seven Pecos farmers who
were also penalized say that by
cutting corners Billie Sol called
the wrath of Washington down
on them all.
I'VE didn't want to do any
thing wrong" one of them
said. I'VE sold the land. We
gave a deed for it. Then we
leased it back because we
needed volume.
I'VE waited until it was all
approved. leastwise we thought
it was approved, before We
cleared the land and drilled our
irrigation wells (at a cost OF
$4,000 each)."
The farmers said Billie Sol
started preparing his land even
before getting the acreage to-
gether. For one who claimed he
had friends in high places in
the Agriculture Department. the
problem of getting approval OF
the added acreage, it seemed
offered no great obstacle to
Billie Sol.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
journalistic Venture

While it now appears that
the Estes empire was doomed
to collapse sooner or later,
Billie Sol may have hastened
the day when he decided last
August to start a daily news
paper in Pecos, rivaling the BIZ
weekly Independent.
The biweekly soon started to
fight back. Billie Soils tank
scheme was common gossip
around Pecos but no one seemed
to realize the full scope of it.
Alan Propp, the general man
ager of the Independent, who
said that to him Billie Sol al
ways has been a big phony;"
Oscar Griffin, the editor, and
Mari Carpenter. the staff. be-
gan looking into the tanks.
The result was three articles
which appeared in the Inde-
pendent starting last February
IL. The first began: Reeves
County may well be the anhy-
drous ammonia tank capital
Of the world-on paper that
is."
That was the beginning Of
Evening star., 1962-05-27
The Marshall Case

In connection with the al
lotments there is one dark as
pect: The mysterious death
last summer Of Henry Marshall
Of Bryan. Tex, an Agriculture
Department official who had
charge of adjusting cotton acre
age allotments.
Mr.. Marshall, So. was found
dead on farm he owned near
Bryan. He had been shot five
times in the body with a 90
calibre rifle. His death was de-
scribed as suicide by a justice
Of the peace but this week a
medical examiner conducted an
autopsy and issued a tentative
finding Of murder.
According to meager infor-
nation available to Texas Of
ficials, Mr.. Marshall had in
formation that the eminent do
main allotments taken over by
Billie Sol had been obtained
illegally.
At the time Of his death Mr..
Marshall was said to be inves-
tigating the transaction. What
he found out and what he re-
ported to the Agriculture De-
partment have not been dis
closed.
Evening star., 1962-05-27

His storage facilities, when
he crashed, had a capacity of
81 million bushels. They were
far from filled, but Billie Sol
looked to the influence he
claimed to have in Washington
to remedy that shortcoming.
His gamble might have come
off if he could have maintained
his house Of cards a little
longer. When the crash came
he had more than Al million
bushels in storage and was re-
ceiving-or rather Commercial
Solvents was-about 81 million
in Government payments a year.
Last week the Agriculture De-
partment said the Al million
bushels Of grain stored in the
Estes facilities would be re-
moved.
In time Billie Sol discovered
that the empire he had estab-
lished was only a financial
moloch which demanded offer
ings in hard cash. He reached
the point where he had to come
up each month with $500,000
to stave off disaster.
Evening star., 1962-05-27
The Allotment Scheme

Billie SOL" said one cotton
grower recently, ruins every
thing he gets into. He just
makes a mess Of things"
He was talking about a
scheme for using Federal cot
ton allotments that had been
assigned to lands later taken
out of production for reservoirs,
parks, highways and the like.
This month Billie Sol was hit
with an Agriculture Depart
ment assessment Of $554,1 on
charges that he obtained such
allotments illegally.
For Billie Sol, indicted on
charges Of fraud and sued for
millions. the assessments were
among his lesser troubles.
For others including seven
Evening star., 1962-05-27

jail, unable to raise the $500, 900
bond which had been set at the
Governments request because
there had been some sugges-
tions Billie Sol might skip the
country.
After a hearing his bond was
reduced to $125, 900. which his
family posted. Billie Sol re-
turned here where he went to
a Wednesday night service at
the Church Of Christ. He car
ried a written confessional
which the minister, w. S. Boy
EFT. read to the congregation:
II have intended to hurt no
one. and I'm sorry if anyone
has been hurt. But I have
sinned :"
Mr.. Boyett, recalling the
words, noted that a man "can
sin without breaking any law
-. Sol realizes that. His con-
feSsion was a confession Of sin
ming against the church but not
an admission Of violating the
laws of the land"
Evening star., 1962-05-27
He Was Rough

Many West Texans question
Billie Sol on this score. IF he
decided to go into a business
you were in he was rough, +"
said a Pecos man. Hes a split
personality. I'm not sure he
ever thought he had even done
anything wrong"
Barney Hubbs. printer-edi-
tor who owned the Pecos En-
terprise. a bi-weekly, for many
years. said Billie Sol has
caused me and my friends a
lot Of trouble"
Billie Sol wanted to acquire
Mr.. Hubbs' newspaper. When
he refused to sell. Mr.. Hubbs
said, Billie Sol threatened that
Evening star., 1962-05-27

the end. Someone sent a clip
ping to the finance companies.
They began checking on the
tanks.
Billie Sol sought to stave off
the inevitable. He obtained a
supply Of plates and stencils
and had numbers prepared
corresponding to those on the
mortgages. A team of Billie
Soils employees. carrying a
walkie-talkie, moved ahead Of
the investigators fixing num-
bered plates on tanks.
Sometimes the investigators
were told the tanks were some
where else out on the high
plains. One Of the finance COM
panies finally sent teams Of
investigators throughout the
area. 1t became clear that there
were no tanks.
The showdown came when
Billie Sol met with a repre-
sentative of the finance COM
panieS late in March. At last
he admitted, well, there Just
aren't any tanks"
But he repeatedly added: "If
you fellows will work with me-"
he said. I'VE can work this
thing out"
According to the testimony
taken by the Texas Attorney
General, Billie Sol said he ex-
pected enough income from his
grain storage operations and
his sale Of fertilizer to meet the
obligations. Questioned about
keeping his elevators full, he
was reported to have said:
Don't you worry about that.
I can keep them full If we just
don't let this house Of cards
fall down."
But the FBI moved in and
Billie Sol was arrested on
charges Of transporting bogus
mortgages across State lines.
He spent the week end in