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THE LEVELLAND DAILY SUN NEWS. Levelland, Texas, Sunday, February 1, 1959
IN 1960 ELECTION
Nixon bases hopes on assumption
spending will prove major issue
Bv JACK BELL
WASHINGTON <JI — Vice
President Nixon bases his 1960
Republican victory hopes on an
assumption that the spending is-
sue will be a majpr campaign
factor.
Nixon, an obvious candidate for
the GOP presidential nomination,
believes the Republicans can pick
up enough independent support
for President Eisenhower's budg-
et policies to retain the White I emment. He believes
House.
As he has related his opinions
to associates, the vice president
favors a positiop similar to that
pf Eisenhower, who contends thr
government should step inti
spending programs onfy where
orivate enterprise can’t do the
job.
But Nixon recognizes that a
m's fight against spending didn't
have much effect in last Novem-
ber’s voting.
Democrats' in Congress, he be-
By ED MORSE
AP Business News Writer
NEW YORK (AP) The stock
'ieves. may point up the issue by
breaking through Eisenhower's j market this month continued
proposed 77-billion-dollar ceiling advance despite profit taking,
on expenditures for the year be- * railing was the heaviest for any
tinning next July E Nixon thinks January since 1929.
Eisenhower will veto Democratic I’rofit taking grew' more insist-
majority of voters may want j proposals which would tend to un- ent as January neared its end.
more spending and bigger gov-1 balance his budget, now precari- f,ast vv<“ek was the first in
nine straight to show a decline on
political worry average.
GOVERNOR IN 'FIGHTINGEST MOOD'
Daniel ready to carry issue
of a sales tax to the people
Eisenhow-, nusly balanced.
I Nixon's chief
Bv DAVE <'HEAVENS
AUSTIN (API Gov. Price Dan
iel, in the toughest-talking, fight-
ingest mood of his administration,
is ready to carry the issue of pi
general sales tax directly to the
citizens of Texas.
Daniel, vvho has always spoker
softly except when the Texa:
tidelands were concerned, served
plain-language notice last week
he second time at a news con- nr \ just to get a Jast resort sale
ference. Ten days ago he slapped r raniel said,
lack hard at a spokesman for After three weeks, there was in
the natural gas industry who as-, creasing talk among legislator
■ailed his plan to put a new tax that the session could easily dead
on gas. : lock on the tax issue. This coulc
Daniel earlier in his political ■ lead to a special tax session oi
career w as a member of a band j sessions. Daniel said he think:
if 56 house members who battled the law'makers can erase the def
and beat Gov. W Lee O'Daniel on ' icit and balance the budget withii
a sales tax plan. Then he car- the 120 days working period sug
{that he won’t give an inch in his ried on a hard-hitting fight in de- gested by the Constitution.
Mother to file kidnap charges against
judge who made children wards of state
HOUSTON (AP) A mother
said Saturday she plans to file
kidnaping charges against a dis-
trict judge who ordered on Mon-
day that her five children be made
wards of the state.
"They had no right to pick up
my children without contacting
me,'' said Mrs. Betty Posey, 28.
"I wasn't there."
The children include the first
■baby to be born in Houston in
1959.
District Judge Robert Liles, in
a hearing at Groveton. ruled that
the children were dependent and
neglected. Investigators said the
children were dirty, had sores,
and had been fed meat from a
cow that had died near the home
where they had been staying.
After the hearing. Liles took the
children in his own car to the
Kiwanis Shelter for children at
Conroe.
M. F. Kelley, retired Baptist
minister who operates the home,
said a man took three of the chil-
dren from the home late Thursday
and picked up the 31-day-old girl,
Estelle. Friday.
Cheryl. 5, still was at the home
today.
Mrs. Posey, whose husband was
stabbed to death in Houston last
children Cheryl. Eugene. 4.
Louise. 3. and Garrett, 1, — to
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Freshour near (1 r o v e t o n and
now appears to be that the Re- The Associated Press average opposition to a general sales tax fense of Texas tidelands, both as, Daniel urged the Legislature ti
pubiicans wiil divide sharply over °f 60 stocks fell $1.90 to $217.60. I Daniel underlined his tax and
! foreign aid spending, as they have | The bull market drive reached budget-balancing plans including
I traditionally done in the past. He{ils *atesf peak of $220.20 in the i one levy on natural gas and an
j will support such spending at' AP average on Jan. 21. Subse- J other on business franchises for
ahout the present level of around Quently, about 40 per cent of the j
$3,700,000,000 a year. K;l:n-S since the end of 1958 have
Nixon believes as he has put been shorn away,
it to friends, that the ball game, Trading interest remained in-
i with Russia will bq won or lost- Volume for the month was
agreed to pay $60 from her month-1 J" jo'b° inf°unT-o^mVtVe*,*’a'!V*as of'linum-y.b'whth^ usually ITnUt
'y welfare payments for their- „ , . ,,
.' ;of the world. He regards a
"i" was expec ting a child.” she ual us on- a Poss*biIii>.
said. After Estelle's birth early
Ian. 1 she also was taken to
Groveton and Mrs. Posey said she
went to New Orleans Jan. 18 to
visit friends. She said she was
exhausted and tired and needed to
-etain her- strength.
Mrs. Posey said she learned
‘hat the children had been made
cards of the state when she re- , ,
■eived a telegram in New Orleans * s 111 '
from a friend Tuesday.
hot very active, it was topped only by!
January 1929 when 110,803.940
shares changed hands. In the -
month - to - month volume record, |
however. January turnover was ''“"tax bill
only the biggest since last October I" anamaker Seattte. Wash edu-1 £
when 95.087,094 shares were trad-! fator’ 5 4j'000 damaKes aday in
efj , nor libel suit against radio com-
The January advance was I mTe"tat01' Fulton Lewis Jr
AUSTIN (APi The TexAs buoyed bv substantia) evidence of I 14 was ,ht; b‘KKest libel
National Guard 36th Division said business recovery. Steel produc- ™cn4 ever avvarded by a Jury ln
Saturday a surprise statewide ,es, lion grew bv Daps anil bounds. ) thoDistnct «>f Columbia.
state attorney . general and ‘ as j move swiftly on his plan to ruf
U. S. senator. He left the senate {out the deficit. It was consideref
only after he considered the tide- ! unite likely that if action is not
'ands fight won, to run for gover-! forthcoming soon, or that if ?
nor. ! jeneral sales tax becomes more
{ Now he says he isn't making I than a threat, Daniel in his pres
j any political announcements, but j ent fighting mood would carry his
j he hinted strongly that he would appeals direct to the public.
| go after a third term as governor | ,i steady flow of tax proposals
j f necessary on the sales tax is- ! is piling up on the unfinished
I sue. i ousiness desk in the house
36th Division set
for statewide test
The chief target of the gover-
nor’s fighting remarks was Rep.
WASHINGTON (APi A federal' F[a,es Selhgson of San Antonio
court jury awarded Mrs. Pearl «ho pans to introduce a sale-
..... an(j wp0 has eriticrzei
s fiscal program as mis-
leading.
"I am not going to let the gas
■ r , -, interests pull the wool over the
eyes of the people of Texas am
make things look worse than the\
Ex-convict, wife
held for murder
NEW YORK (API An ex-con-
vict and his red-haired wife face
arraignment Saturday on charges
they killed the assistant manager
:f Birdland, Broadway jazz
meeca.
Lee Schlesinger, 42, anil his
wife, Terry, 35, were booked on
lomicide charges in the knife-
slaying of Zachariah (Irving) Le-
jy, 36, in Birdland last Monday.
The couple had eluded a number
if traps before police picked toem
up Friday night.
Police said Levy was stabbed
by a man accompanied by a red-
raired woman with a pony-tail
hairdo. The pair escaped in the
■onfu^on that followed
PiMf p said evidence against the
Schlesingers included eyewitness
identification and clothing found in
heir hotel room.
The murder weapon has not
been recovered
Schlesinger already faces other
"harges under the name of Harold
Cooperman in the shooting of
The appropriations committee {Dominick Manfro. a former Lght-
rnder chairmanship of Rep. W. S. weight boxer of Rye, NY. last
Heatly of Paducah, has gone to4Sept. 12.
work on a 5-day week schedule' Schlesinger, a balding. 180-
of hearing beginning daily at j pounder, has a record of six ar-
3 a.m.. in order to general a gen-j rests for weapons violations, for-
eral approbations bill ready for gery, attempted robbery and
action as soon as possible. j grand larceny.
Real work on any tax measure] His wife has been convicted of
s not expected until the spending ] prostitution, forgery and gr and
picture is clarified. ! larceny. ___
alert will be held ' t lie last two Amo on'put and salts surged
The jury, after a nine-day trial.
Level',anil's guard unit is a mem-
'If that person could have sent hoc 'J 'ho 36t.i.
i wire, the judge could have noti- "Operation Awake" will involve
lied me." she said.
dread. Machine tool orders, a has- fou"d ’hat uMrs 'Vanamaker had
ic indicator of expansion plans,' ®uf^d S^bsta",laL .....‘Y
soared.
Reports of fourth quarter eam-
AFTER DANISH SHIP HITS ICEBERG
a result of a nation-wide broad-
can by Lewis Jan. 6, 1956.
In the broadcast. Lewis mis- j
.......................... , in„s showed evidence that a str-ik-! 111 UR oiuductisi, iwwis ims-
overy member of the 9 OOO-rnan taknnly used Mrs. Wanamaker's
Sinking of the T itanic is recalled
She said she'called Liles Tr.es- ((.vision. Maj. Gen. Carl' L Phitr- ^ leve,s
Jay from new Orleans.
"He told me the children were for the alert has been set.
in speaking of
woman
riey". ' comm inder, " sa id'.'' No 'time .wa:v; Increased divi-| ^ bro(hep hp sai(, hf|d du,.ked
(lends sweetened the picture. A
"We want to show the people of ‘'J)ato <h s,l,‘ ^ splits
* * r»r\l ■ t l-i w n no / , urn
fed raw meat and had been neg-
lected." she said.
would not get them back. I told we can assemble to assist civil
was an-
behind the Iron Curtain and re-1
NEW YORK (API The most
disastrous collision ever of a shi;
and an iceberg sent the supposed
, . ... , . ly unsinkable Titanic to the hot
He told" me """i Texas' how'qulckiy'and eTfiV^ntiy j ^also^rificiz^ Ver‘Tn ' »[. ,h(‘ Atlantic; vvnjD a loss of
,,ir t »zxia ,«n ...... ,,i...n^kin ..L ii 1 ^ government rxmas aa\anceaj — .4 TI , ,1,317 lives on April lo
the 1933 White House conference 1 ,
him they had no right to pick up authorities m case of emergency." Gh^ .^.^securmes %de-■on educ'ation and discussed her
i lined.
Investment quality corporates I
lovis on the AP bond index. Rails
my children." Phinney said.
Mrs. Posey said Liles told her The alert, he said, is to test the
to contact him in Conroe Thursday units' mobility. The division’s 120
or Friday, that she went to his separate units in 70 cities will ire
home Friday and was told that he alerled. Gities from El Paso to
July 11. told reporters she had j had gone to New Orleans. Port Arthur and from Amarillo
obtained an attorney and planned! Kelley said the children were to Alice will take put.
to file kidnaping charges and a \ in perfect health when they were Tfm division said less than 30
damage suit against the judge. } examined Monday when they ar- minutes will he needed to notify
She said she took four of the • rived at the home. He said they all uni's, Within an hour, two
---appeared robust and had no sores, thirds of the Guardsmen are ex-
Charles Posey, father of the prided to he ready. In two hours,
children, was stabbed to death 95 p >r cent of the division will be
July 11 in the family's apartment assembled,
at a public housing project here.
A charge of murder was Lied PaU I RobeSOn, Wife
against Frank Markwalter, 38. 1 ’
\ When detective J. C. Brannon
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — investigated the slaying, he said
The European director of the 0f Mrs. Posey: , MOSCOW <APi American
American Red Cross today asked) "She must be a wonderful moth- -ro singer Paul Robeson and his holds its semi-annual meeting in
East German Red Cross leaders er. Those kids were clean, then- '•vi,re are both in the Kremlin Hos- Levelland Thursday with the local
for a conference to discuss the clothes ironed, their hair combed n>'al for treatment and have given Odd Fellow Lodge hosting the
release of L’.S. Army pilot Rich- anil the house spotless.”
ard Mackin.
Director Robert Storey Wilson)
telephoned the r equest to Dr. Wer- 1 4-VCH r-nlH |zi|lr>rl
ner Ludwig, president of the East! *. /C'JI u 1 u •Ml'CvJ
Ge-man iit truek accident
reversal of the suspension of a _ . , ,.
Tacoma, Wash., school counselor | ^“h _fh,P_u“a_nS,
1912.
The White Star luxury liner was
on her maiden voyage- like the
Hedtoft that
and utilities settled to new 195809 ] ^ t|^ ^“m-l TRanb^Dff "Sthamptor
mittee on Un-American Activities.
The jury found that Lewis had
not acted with malice and did not
award any punitive damages.
Mrs. Wanamaker, 60-year-old, , . ,
former superintendent of public wlIh a gross tonnage
bound for New York, as the new
est, bi/gest and plushest shif
afloat. She was also considered thi
safest.
The Titanic, a four-stacker, wa:
Rec\Cross requests
conference to free
American army pilot
in Kremlin hospital
drifted 1 o w e r. Foreign dollar
bonds and industrials edged high-
IV.
Trading declined to $33,210,000
par value on the New York Stock
Exchange from $34,717,000 the! !ormer . supenmenaeni or Pimi><- 0* 46 328 The „ — Horltoft
week before. A year ago the | in Washington State,
weekly volume was $25 693,700.
Lewis himself had no comment, I The T‘tanlc earnedI 2.224 passen-
but his attorney Roger Robb. ) .. if™
called the verdict "outrageous.”
Asked if he planned to appeal,
Robb replied, "yes sir.”
’traus went down with the mighty; On March 20. 1943. during World
ship with steerage passengers. War II, a merchant ship rammed
Mar itime records show the Ti- i an iceberg and sanlt with the loss
tanic was one of only three ships j of a number of lives.
vhich have sunk in collisions with
icebergs in the last 126 years.
On May 11, 1833, the Lady of
the Lake struck a berg while er
oute to Quebec from England
She sank with a loss of 215 lives.
After the Titanic sinking, the
International Ice Patrol was or-
ganized to watch for icebergs and
warn all vessels. The patrol is
rperated by the U S. Coast Guard,
but financed by 14 nations.
Friendship Circle
of I00F sets meet
Ne- The IOOF Friendship Circle will
tears welling in her eyes, called 1 abojt ,one thir? “ lon* with
the verdict "a vindication." gross tonnage of 2 875.
Goggin# Gibson pull
into tie in tourney
DUNEDfS, Fla. (APi Willie without discrimination. Such finan-
had retired for the night when
sH&rtly before midnight April 14
the giant ship sideswiped a huge
iceberg off Newfoundland and tore
a huge gash in her side.
Within three hours, the ship that
reputedly could not sink slid be-
neath the Arctic waters.
The tragedy claimed its victims
up them Hotel Motrnpole apart- groun.
I nent it was learned today. j Friendship Circle is composed of,
Robeson has boon suffering IOOF lodges in Lubbock, Brown- oF San Jose, Calif., and eiers as John Jacob Astor. Ben-
Dim bronchitis that f v od him field, Tahoka, Sundown, Whiteface 1 eland (Duke* Gibson of Kansas! jamin Guggenheim and Isador
to cancel a trip t-> India. Doctors and Levelland. The initiatory de- City, Mo., pblldd into a tie Satur-
Business in Texas takes big jump
of 9 per cent, hits all time high
AJUSTIN (AP)—Texas business
activity took a nine per cent jump
lurirVg December to reach an all-
time high 'level, the University of
poys—for opposition
South Side Laundry
Bobs Shoe Store
advised the singer h* is generally 1 gree will be conferred and J. R. | day for the lead after three rounds) Whisky advertising
Wilson said Dr. Ludwig would 1,1 1 1 ux_rx uv.UUCll( run down and needs treatment French. Noble Grand of the Level-) °F the Professional Golfers Assn,
notify him Monday of the date I CARTHAGE. Tex. (APi Jerry 'md re>t. But his < ondition w as land I»dge, invites all members | Seniors Championship.
when the meeting could be held. , Wayne Sears. 14, of Mount Enter- described as not serious. and visitors to attend , ____________
He said he will fly to Berlin prise' was killed early Saturdax , Mrs. Robeson is also getting A barbecued chicken supper xvill j leader, Dick Metz of Fort Worth advertising pays, but not when ! Tjpps \ien store
to meet with Ludwig or his rep-; when a heavy trailer truck went general treatment and hospital' he served following the meeting, j Tex., at the end of the second your competitor does the job for1 (;reat Western
resentatives as soon as the meet-) into a ditch and plowed on for care for an oi l illness.
ing is- definitely scheduled. ] 30 yards until it hit a tree. Then The 6>)-voar-o!d singer left the Mplirnclro coach nnih
Wilson moved swiftly following i the trailer, loaded with sawdust. United States for Europe and Rus-! *|UI«»
authorization from American Red crashed into the truck cab. sia last July after getting a pass- DETROIT (AP) John Gordy .
Cross headquarters in Washington! James Sears, 21, of Nacog-1 port ho had been denied by trie an assistant line coach at the Uni-' first two holes and wound up with for sale two miles” and "Whisky
to try to arrange the release of: doches. the driver, w as injured State. Department since 1950. versify of Nebraska, resigned Sat-1 a fat 77 and a 215 total. It droped, for sale one mile" and finally
Mackin. critically and brought to the hos- A supporter- of Communist-front urday and has signed a contract him into a five-way tie
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
Won Lost
Gibson, one stroke behind the) EL RENO. Okla. 1AP1- Whisky ] paxton Insurance
! had a one-over-par 73 for a three- you in the constitutionally dry jgj][ R05jnson
round total of 212. Goggin state of Oklahoma,
achieved the same total with a 70.
Metz -was three over par on the
,, .. ~ Dale Self InS,
Canadian County officers were Simmons Machine
-ntrigued by signs reading "Whisky
High Team 3 Games
........ ... _________ _____^... .... ................................ . fifth "Whisky for sale next door."
The 27-year-old pilot from Wash- pital here. Highway Patrolman '--ruses "and a w inner of the Stalin ,0_r-ejom the Detroit Lions for the j British Open chamion Denny The last sign was painted on
1939 season. ) place. a church. Officers decided to visit.
One stroke behind Goggin and next door. They - confiscated 286
ington, D.C.. parachuted into East Bob Morris said the driver appar- Peace Prize, Robeson was re
Germany after he became lost ently fell asleep, 'l'he accident or- fused a passport because he re
and his small plane ran out of curred 10 miles nor th of here -on peatedl.v refused to sign ,a re
gas. U S. 59. q iired non - Communist affidavit
This requirement later was out-!(Jibson were former PGA and pints and 179 fifths of whisky,
la wed by the Supreme Court.
SCORCHY SMITH
By Rolf B. Fuller
I KMOW VOUQ. TYPE,
SMITTV BOY,
WHEN YOU'RE ON
:W
f-YOU KISS THE (3ICLS
^ SOOP3YE \ WELL, ITC5
PIFFERENT NOW —"
AP NtwlfuftfiH
^-IU SE SEEING MUST *-
YOU ONE OF THESE j BE SUPINE-1
0R8IT5, SCORCH J
x--^TA -TA!
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British Open champion Denny, County Att-y. John Whelan Jr,
i Shute of Akron. Ohio, and Paul said the signs wer e put up early
I Runyan of La Jolla, Calif., also this week, apparently by a rom-
an ex-PGA titlehokier. Shute had petitor of Lloyd MeMillen.
a 71 ard Runyan a 73 MeMillen was freed on $500
The field will play the final 18 bond after being charged Friday ^]|)Prt Medford"
holes Sunday.
with possession of whisky.
Cost, consequences of school fire
go on although blaze out 1 months
OAKY DOAKS
By Al Hollingsworth
<(krrrLg
LEkT HAS
FAILED TO
LIQUIDATE
OAKY AMD
MURDOCK,
AUD NOW
HE'S
HOPING
THEY'LL
GO
AWAY...
AP
i-(9
( By WILLIAM J. CONWAY | The balance probably
CHICAGO (AP' The Our Lady spent for long-range care,
of the Angels School fire flick- tion and rehabilitation of t!
ered out two months ago. but the ! seriously injured children.
] costs and consequences go on
and on.
Outlays for the victims and
{ their families alone add up thus
j far to $450,000.
Steps to safeguard Chicago's
schools will run into millions.
The expensive aftermath of the
) Dec. 1 disaster maj extend tc
your town, too,
I "The old-style school building, kids, vour old man isn't so dumb,
j is a national problem in a conn- - A schoolteacher dropped 30 ques-
! try 182 years old." commented | tions in front of Lubbock Ex-
) Fire Commissioner Robert J. j change Club members the other
Quinn. "America has many, many day. Of the 31 persons at the
school buildings' that need to be service organization meeting all
rebuilt." ) passed.
Chicago's worst school fire j The questions were designed for
] brought quick death to 87 pupils 7th, 8th and 9th graders.
| and 3 nuns. Three deaths have { The questions were not the rasv
Look kids! Dad
isn't so dumb
LUBBOCK, Tex. (APi
Look
HALF ACRE CASTLE'
By John Morris
'
r
) some of them still in danger. before the tests.
The saving of lives of badly It had been a long time since
] burned children was remarkable, the Exchange Club member s had
) So vvas the outpouring of charity. ) done any formal studying,
j Gifts came from all sections of The questions were op spelling,
this country and overseas. Among social studies, science, mathemat-
martv others, they came from ics. word meaning and language.
Jewish rabbis and Protestant . Mrs. Marlin Hayhurst. a substi-
j school kid pennies to $2,000 from tute teacher in Lubbock gave
{Pope John XXIII. Three sizable, the exam. The "students" re-
collections totaled $703,321. ) ceived 25 minutes in which to
j Contributions to the mayor's) answer.
I fund recently went over the $500,-: Out of a possible 930 errors,
{ 000 mark. So far, $145,000 of it | only 90 were committed. That's
] has been spent $1,000 each to, (letter than a 90 per cent average.
; families of the dead and two pay- The members didn't sign the an-
I ments of $500 each to youngsters j swers. Instead, they gave their
I in hospitals. I occupations.
Bill Robinson
2555
Tipps Men Store
251C
J South Side Laundray
242C
High Team Game
Bill Robinson
937
Tipps Men Store
89'
.South Side Laundry
853
High Ind. 3 Games
Ansil Phelan
557
Marvin Bishop
572
James Harder
565
High Ind. Game
Albert Medford
yv
Ansil Phelan
227
Barty Johnson
22t
CARTER LEAGUE
Won Losl
I -oran & Tatham
10 2
1 Bobs Super Mkt.
8 4
) Plains Bowl
7 5
Murrells Welding
7 5
Levelland Compress
5 7
Amerrobt
5 7
Atchison Jewelry
4 $
Exchange Club
2 10
High Team 3 Games
Atchison Jewelry
250T
J Plains Bowl
2483
Bob's Super Mkt.
2469
High Team Game
Bob's Super Mkt.
93(
Plains Bowl
898
Atchison Jewelry
882
High Ind. 3 Games
Dirk McCann
602
Ansil Phelan
571
' Furious Berryman
570
High Ind. Game
P. Campbell. D. McCann
235
Garland Boggs
223
Barty Johnson
222
AUTOMOTIVE LEAGUE
Won Ixrst
Boulters “ " 3
7 1
Mitchell & Son
7 1
Levelland Wholesele
5 3
Bob Johnson
4 4
Texas Cafe
4 4
Chat & Chew
3 5
Morris Motor
1 7
Levelland Auto
1 7
High Team 3 Garnet
Boulters
2555
Bob Johnson
2507
Levelland Auto
2423
High Team Game
Bob Johnson
927
Boulters 5 & 10
900
Levelland Auto
854
High Ind. 3 Games
Howard Dannell
604
Barty Johnson
598
Dick McCann
581
High Ind. Game
1 Jack Sikes
254
J. B. Haskin
245
1 Howard Dannell
231
Texas Bureau of Business Re-
search said Saturday.
The bureau’s business -activity
index reached 211 per cent of the
'947-49 level 1 per -cent higher
than the December 1957 ratetand
9 ner cent above the previous
high recbfded in May 1957.
A strong fall pick-up in business
was credited with most of the in-
crease. although the bureau said
that a second factor was the im-
mediate rise in activity after the
economy hit its low mark last
March. -
The increase can.e in spite cf
a decrease in oil production, a
mainstay of the state's economy.
December crude production was
6 per cent above that in Novem-
ber. but 14 per cent below- the
1957 average. The figures are ad-
justed for seasonal factors.
Only 2 of the 10 areas cf busi-
ness used to compile the index
showed decreases from Decem-
ber 1957 to December 1958.
Freight car loadings were down
1 per cent and industrial electric
power consumption dropped 3.
Biggest jumos were in building
permits in cities, up 48 per cent
n residential and 26 per cent in
non-residential fields.
Other increases were: Total
electric power consumption. 2 per
cent;- crude oil runs to stills, 4
per cent; non-durable good sales.
S per cent: total retail sales, 7
per cent; ordinary li'e insurance
rales, 9 per cent: durable goods
sales, 11 per cent; bank debits,
13 per cent; and urban building
permits, 37 per cent.
The report said the improve-
ment of the agricultural segment
if the economy helped offset the
depressed condition of the oil in-
lustrv. Texas supplied 38.4 per
cent of domestic crude production
n the U.S. during 1958 a three
per cent drop from 1957 and an
ill-time low for the state.
Increased automobile sales
vere the big factor in the rise in
durable goods sales. Lumber,
building material, hardware, and
furniture and household appli-
ianoes also contributed to the
43 Americans in jail
for Mexico gambling
TIJUANA. Mexico (AP)—Forly-
three Americans face the prospect
of at least 24 more hours in jail
here because they can't immedi-
ately raised bail ranging from
$1,600 to $3,200 on gambling
charges.
They were among 61 persons
caught in a federal raid last Sun-
day night on a gambling casino
adjoining the Rosarito Beach Ho-
tel, about 18 miles south of Tijua-
na.
Mexican Federal District Judge
Eduardo Langle Martinez set bail
totalling $75,200 for 44 Americans,
most of them charged with play-
ing gambling games or just
watching them.
Uninvited Khrushchev
wanfs to visit in US
PORT ARTHUR. Ont. (AP)—In-
dustrialist Cyrus Eaton of Cleve-
land said Friday night Soviet pre-
mier Nikita Khrushchev wants to
visit the United States and Canada
but never has received an invi-
tation.
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 99, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 1, 1959, newspaper, February 1, 1959; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1122817/m1/6/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.