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VOLUME XVI I, NUMBER 72
PRICE DAILY 5c. SUNDAY 10c
CEVELLAND. TEXAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12,1957
FIVE DIE IN INFIRMARY BLAZE, EIGHT IN TENANT HOUSE FIRE
Fires Take Toll Over Nation
Curious Cat Loses
Its Tallin Washer
EUREKA, Calif. (Cl — Missing
— one curious cat with a very
short tali.
Mrs. Edma Miller called the
sheriffs office yesterday request-
ing help. She said her cat was
caught in the gears of her wash-
ing machine.
Deputy Joe Victorine went to
Mrs. Miller’s, but was too late.
The cat had fled, leaving most
qf its tail in the gears
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fires, mostly in the South, took
a tall of lives today among adults
and children. The fires coincided
with a wave of cold weather.
Eight persons in one family, in-
cluding six children, perished in
a rural tenant house fire* at Ella-
bell, Ga.
A fire in the Nelson County
Infirmary near Bards town, Ky.,
caused five deaths.
Three children burned to death
as fire destroyed their home in a
remote area near South Shore,
Ky.
An explosion followed by raging
flames in the three-story Beckham
Hotel in Greenville. Tex., caused
at least one death among the 32
registered guests.
Nine students v/ere forced to
leap from second story windows
to escape a fire that destroyed a
fraternity house on the University
of Mississippi campus.
A fire in a business block in
the Marshall, Mo.,* oourthouse
square destroyed at least two
buildings, including one housing
the Daily Democrat-News. |
An ekploding oil stove caused
a fire that destroyed a residence
at Bemus Point, in upper New
York state. The wife of the'owner
complained afterward that two
women talking on her party tele-
phone refused to surrender the
line so
men.
she could summon fire-
COTTON BOWL. TICKETS —
Warren Reid (left), winner of
the 1937 Lobo Football grand
prise of two tickets to the
Rice-Navy Cotton Bowl gaaae
studies with f. C. Howell, the
location of his seats. Howell,
assistant publisher of the Lev-
el land Dally Sun News, pre-
sented the tickets to Reid Wed-
nesday. Reid, who had planned
to vacation In the Dallas area
anyway, won the tickets in a
tie-breaker contest with five
other jfinalists. (Staff Photo)
Six Reported
Dead in Wake
Of Cold Wave
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Eastern sections of the country
shivered under a tooth-chattering
cold wave today, but there were
signs the outbreak had lost some
of its punch in the midcontinent.
At least six deaths have been
attributed to the weather since the
cold wave and snow began Tues-
day. They included traffic victims
find one man who died of a heart
attack after shoveling si
skidded
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New Indonesia Trouble Appears Brewing
CLEM RETURNS TO AUSTIN
Officers Withhold
Lie Test Results
4 Day
In The
SUN
- By OBUN BREWER
This comes under the category
of "not for the birds”:
Parakeet owners should look out
for the health of their birds during
the Christmas season. An amateur
bird raiser has advised that para-
keets should not have access to
Several types of Christmas green-
ery. If they eat the pungent needles
from pine and spruce trees, it m
prove fatal.
It’s suggested that birds be kept
in their cages while homes are
decorated with pine and spruce
and that other types of green
food should be provided for them
oOo
An attractive Levelland bro-
chure, the first in ubout five
years, was published early in
the year.
A check about town seems to
indicate that only a handful of
the city’s population has seen
the brochure, and a lot of peo-
ple — although they’ll admit
to liking Levelland better than
any place they’ve ever lived—
still don’t know enough about
the city to brag about the place
for five minutes without run-
ning out of soap or stalling
for time.
oOo
Brochures are, of course, design-
ed primarily to mail out of town
and to impress visitors with.
Levelland’s brochures apparent-
ly aren’t being used to full ad\^n-
tage even in this realm, not to
mention the intangible values
which are being missed by hiding
them from the iocal citizenry.
Brochures only do a partial job
when packed away in boxes at the
4
spirit moves.
• oOor
f The biggest job facing the
5 chamber and levelland mer-
"* chants, oddly enough, is not
selling out of town residents
on UVdland. It’s selling A hard
core of incorrigible* who al-
ready live here on the com-
munity, and convincing a large
number of others who think
this Is pretty clone to heaven
on earth to open their yaps
and witness a little bit, rather
than silently rubbing their tails
In comfortable self-esteem.
Once the people Catch the
spirit of the thing — and If they
ever do — they can do more
selling through personal con-
tacts and their own enthusiasm
for the town than a brigade of
workers mailing brochures to
_ every corner of the globe.
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T7iat'< the reason we think
portion of the 4.000 or so Level-
land brochures should be expended
•See—UAV IX THr. SUN-—fmgr S)
At Tho Theatres
TODAY!
The Wallace
THE GARMENT JUNGLE
with Valeria French
The
SANTIAGO
with Alan Ltdd
Secrecy veiled the reason behind
a second straight visit of Sheriff
Weir Clem to Austin Thursday af-
ter he returned Wednesday from
a trip there in which Mrs. John
B. King, wife of a slain Hockley
County farmer underwent a lie de-
tector test there.
Clem left his office with instruc-
tions to personnel there to say
simply that they didn’t know where
he was.
But unimpeachable sources out-
side the office said he had "turned
right around" and headed back to
(he state capital.
The sheriff declined to
results of the lie detector test, but
said results of the tests "will be
turned over to the grand jury" af-
ter further investigation.
Clem said that no charges would
be filed in the case at this time.
Clem and his wife took Mrs. King
to Austin earlier in the week and
were met there by District Attor-
ney George Gilkerson.
The 14-year-old boy, who was in
the King home at the time the
56-year-old Hockley County farmer
was shot to death, was not taken
to Austin for lie tests the first trip
and it was considered possible that
this might be the reason for the
second hurried visit.
Both the boy, George Winthon
Jones, a relative, and Mrs. King
had volunteered readily to take the
tests.
King was reported shot five times
on Wednesday, Nov. 4, by a mys-
tery gunman wearing a norange
Halloween mask.
No arrests have been made, and
if officers have uncovered any sus-
pects in their investigation, they [
haven’t been named publicly.
78 Algerians Killed
ALGIERS (^—French authori-
ties today reported 78 Algerian
rebels were killed in a battle with
French army forces near the town
of Roknia. in eastern Algeria.
Leaves Cancelled
For Armed Forces
By JAMES WILDE
JAKARTA,: Indonesia (AP)—The Indonesian army was
ordered to its barracks today and men on leave were sum-
moned back to th'eir posts as the national crisis with Holland
grew deeper.
There was no explanation of the army order. Military
headquarters bristled with activity. Officers were in battle
dress.
Premier DJuahda called in all three of his military serv-
ice chiefs foB talks. '
Meanwhile, a member sd, Indo-
ft.
snow.
Temperatures skidded ss much
as 30 degrees overnight from New
England to Florida and westward
through the Gulf states, and read-
ings in the teens extended as far
south as northern portions of
Georgia and Alabama.
The mercury was In the 20s
along the Gulf coast and temper-
atures in the 30s were common
in central Florida and as far south
as extreme southern Texas.
Where the frigid invasion, the
season’s first big cold wave,
maintained a rather steady grip
on the Midwest and northern
Plains, temperatures were some-
what less severe than subzero
lows of Wednesday. The U. S.
Wdather Bureau predicted a
warming trend today for that
area. '
Locally heavy snow occurred
near the southeastern shores of
the Great Lakes and in parts of
the north Atlantic Mates. South
Bend, Ind., reported an accumula-
tion of. 7 inches from more than
a day of snows.
In southwestern Lower Michi-
gan, Paw Paw measured up to
16 inches of snow from the last
24 hours, and a fresh fall at Hart-
ford, Conn., brought their total to
5 inches. Newark, N. J., recorded
3 inches.
JiuR Hurry! Hurryf
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FOLLIES CONTESTANTS—Linda Hill, a chilly Miss August who donned a fur coat to .
keep warm at Wednesday night's dress rehearsal, and Sandra Allison, Miss September,
discuss contest routine with Herb Humphries, director of the Jaycee Follies, scheduled
at 8 p m Thursday in the high school auditorium. They are among 12 girls compet-
ing for "Miss Jaycee” in the show’s calendar girl contest. (Staff Photo)
BEAUTY CONTEST IS HIGHLIGHT
Jaycee Follies Tonight
■ Urn Anahary, a leading mem-
ber of Masjumi. Indonesia’s larg-
est Moslem party, charged that
subversive agents from Commu-
active here in
the Indonesian
. Communists, he charged, were
trying to turn Indonesia Into an-
other Korea.
. Jf. fhsir activities are not
checked, he added, "a big calam-
ity will befall the Indonesian peo-
ple.” Anshary is a member of the
Constituent Assembly.
Communist-led workers have
been In the forefront of the anti-
Dutch campaign in occupying
Dutch business houses and es-
tates. ’
Masjumi has opposed President
Sukarno’s amiable flirtation with
the Communists and his concept
of a sort of dictatorship called a
"guided democracy." The army
has been reported abroad to be
divided, but in large part opposed
to Sukarno's political leanings.
Sukarno was heavily guarded by
20 armed motorcyclists, eight jeep
loads of shock troops and two
weapons - carriers with troops
when he drove to the presidential
nesia’s largest Moslem ratty, the
Masjumi, accused the' ISimmunist
The Levelland Jaycees stage
their first Jaycee Follies in two
years at 8 p.m. Thursday in the
high school auditorium, promising
one of the finest shows in the his-
tory of the stage show series, which
has gained a reputation for slap-
stick comedy and fun.
Director Herb Humphries, who
is journalism .instructor at Level-
land High School, puts his lineup
of performers through their paces
for a final time in dress rehear-
sals Wednesday night. 7~~
He says the talent is "outstand-
ing" and should assure a perfor-
mance which everyone will enjoy.
A total of 12 girls will vie for
the title of "Miss Jaycee” in the
calendar girl contest, the only hold-
(He«—* C rOLMES—race 5>
120,000 T0130,000 BALESPULLED
Cotton Piling Up
At Hockley Gins
ONE DEAD, ONE MISSING
Explosion Shatters
Hotel at Greenville
By JIM BOWMAN
GREENVILLE. Tex. (JPt A shat-
tering explosion thudded, through
the three-story Beckham Hotel
last night and was followed by
raging, stubborn fire.
One body was found in the ruins
| and one of the*.12 registered guests
| was still missing early today.
The body of Joshua B. Carter
of Celeste, Tex., a guest at the
hotel, was loutul in the wreckage
on the third floor. He was 72.
Three persons were hospitalized
and others were treated for cuts,
bruises and shock. Fifteen elderly
men lived at the hotel, which also
was popular with traveling men.
All the elderly were among those
accounted for.
Damage was estimated at $300.-
000 to $100,000 by Herman Scott,
editor of the Greenville Hcrald-
oic—i;.\rLosiox—r«#e i;
Although total ginning* in Hock-
ley County have reached some 95,-
000 bales, County Agent Bill Tay-
lor "estimates that there may be
as many as 120.000 to 130,000 bales
out of the fields.
How does he account for the dif-
ference in the two figures?
Taylor says the cotton is stack-
ing up'on gin yards, with each of
the county’s 34 gins having from
200 to 700 bales of cotton on the
yards waiting to be ginned.
The gins are the bottleneck in
Ihe harvest picture at the present
tibic, since they can gin only about
125 bales each per day, on an ave-
rage.
Taylor says indications are that
farmers, using mechanical harvest-
ers are sort of "taking it easy,”
harvesting only as much cotton as
they can put on their trailers.
He said there was little indica-
tion that large numbers are piling
cotton on the ground this year, as
they have during some past har-
vest seasons.
Taylor sBys that although there
still appears to be a lot of cotton
In the field, "you find a lot of farm-
ers who Ore winding it up.”
too long
ir-fm it
CROSSROADS
1 REPORT
I note that our U. 8. School
teachers are being jumped on
by various and sundry citizens
because they don’t turn out as
scientific a product as Russia.
He said it wouldn’t be
•See—COTTON PtuSo
But my fair-minded neighbor
says It’s not the teacher’s fault,
as most people seems like have
been satisfied to have thelt
kids major- In Getting By, or
maybe In Juke Box Apprecia-
tion.
Hays it’s a good thing many
teachers are not very practical
or they wouldn’t be teaching
school. They would he out sell-
lag vacuum cleaners, or mak-
ing rock and rOR records, or
some occupation like that which
we pay better wages for. *
D. E. SCOTT
party of trying to mal&
sia "another Korea." ~~
^'snsaa&rs;
calamity will befall the Indone-
sian people," said Isa Anshary,
a Masjumi member of the Con-
stituent Assembly.
Business circles said that Brit-
ish, French and Belgian estates
and some American holdings —
<*•*—INDONESIA—rase t>
It'sTooLate
him
To End Walkout
Subway Strike
Vote Tonight
NEW YORK IB — A sriking
subway union called a member-
ship meeting for tonight to take a
vote on ending the walkout which
has created four days of extreme
travel hardship for millions of
palace today in a bullet proof car.- f Manhattan workers
Assassins attempted to kill him
with four grenades on Nov. 30.
Palace sources said Sukarncr is
tired physically and mentally and
may leave the country for a rest
within a week. He earlier can-
celed a tour of South America.
The campaign went on to take
over the 1% billion dollars of
Dutch investments and oust the
46,000 Dutch citizens in reprisal
for the Netherlands refusal to sur-
render West New Guinea.
The army spokesman. Maj.
Harsone, refused to give any ex-
planation for the orders. But all
officers at army headquarters
were wearing battle dress.
Frank Zelano, executive secre-
tory -of the Motormen’s Benevo-
lent Assn., announced the move
after a conference of union offi-
cials with the union’s attorney.
It came in the wake of reports
that near-normal service has been
restored on subways, through use
of nonstrikers, supervisory per-
sonnel and return to work of
some strikers.
Zelano earlier had termed lies
the assertions of transit officials
that more and more MBA men
were reporting back for work. He
said it was an attempt to stam-
pede and confuse the men.
Police, 4th graf 112
Also to Study Bus Routes
Regents to Consider
Teacher Applications
South Plain* College Regents,
with excavation expected to start
next week for a new $334,000 ad-
ministration building meet Thurs-
day night for their regular month-
ly session.
College President Dr. Thomas M.
Spencer said the board is sched-
uled to discuss some teacher appli-
cations. consider possible bus
routes for the proposed college bus
system and consider setting a date
for taking bids on college busses.
He said the regents will also
probably officially set, the date for
taking bids on furniture for the
college.
. Fumitur* manufacturers and
dealers have already been notified
that they may set up displays of
their merchandise in the women’s
building for viewing tty tile board
on Dec. 16.
Regents are expected to look
over the furniture to determine if
it meets -the specifications they
have in mind. ‘
The furniture contract is creat-
ing a great deal of interest among
furniture dealers, because of the
size of the transaction. A situation
in which furniture for an entire
college will be purchased at one
time is highly unusual.
Dr. Spencer, said that the gen-
eral contractors for the new ad-
ministration building have Indicat-
ed they will have their equipment
moved in by Monday, preparatory
to starting excavations for the new
structure.
The administration building, giv-
en priority over afl other college
buildings by the board
they are hoping to hgve all struc-
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"the time has passed to talk
about ‘Mailing Early For Christ-
mas’,” Postmaster Rex Hudson
said today, “but you can still help
us to avoid a tremendous last min-
ute pile-up of Christmas mail if
you’ll send aH your gift packages
and Christmas cards right now!"
To the inevitable last m^jiute
mailers he suggests that you use
Air Mail for every Christmas card
or gift going to distant places out-
of-town. He points out that even
a few hours delay at this critical
time may mean disappointment
for your friends and loved ones
on Christmas Day.
The Postmaster says that he ex-
pects the 1957 Christmas mails will
break all records, and that the
mail loadf will undoubtedly hit its
peak within the next few days.
The flood of outgoing Christmas
cards and gifts is being matched
by a like torrent of incoming mail
that is becoming greater every
day.
Postal employees are digging in
harder than ever, and for your
convenience, the Po»t Office will
remain open from 9:00 a.m. to 5,30
p.m., including Saturday There’s
still time for local deliveries, btit
all Christinas cards should be sent
by First Class mail. Be sure to
include your return address on all
Christmas card envelopes and
package labels.
The Postmaster expressed his
thanks for the fine cooperation
from the public So far, and asks
your continued help so that all
gift packages and Christmas cards
can be delivered before Christmas
Eve.
Segregation Laws
Signed by Daniel
AUSTIN, Tex. <* - Texas had
three more laws today aimed at
keeping schools segregated.
Gov. Price Daniel signed the
bills yesterday. They Were passed
during a special session of the
Legislature which ended recently.
One bill gives county judges
authority to secure rosters: of or-
ganizations which harass: school
operations. The measure admit-
tedly was aimed at the National
Assn, for the Advancement of
Colored People.
The second will require the gov-
ernor to close public schools
where local boards certify there -
is enough threat of trouble to
bring in state or federal troops
The third bill gives the state7
attorney general authority and a
$50,000 fund to help local school
districts defense of federal law
suits in connection with Integra-
tion disputes.
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