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_“WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES’ —Byron
VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 249
PRICE: Daily 5c Sunday 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
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By ORLIN BREWER
Texas public school children may
get a long vacation during the
1959 - 60 school year if the legis-
lature fails to prov ide the neces-
sary state funds for schools.
This is the message Supt. Byron
Terrell at Smyer had, for us the
other day, and he called us up
long distance to ask that we write
something on the situation.
While we were trying to come
up with an accurate picture of
just what would happen if the legis-
lature is still wrangling long after
time for classes to start, Supt. O.
W. Marcom provided us with some
assertions of the Texas State Tea-
chers Association, which has a lob-
bying arm in Austin working for
the interests of teachers and the
public schools.
The Levelland superintendent
tells us that the information is ac-
curate, however. He says it has to
be because the TSTA doesn't have
much money and the "facts” —
whatever statistics and other infor-
mation they can get together — is
about all they have to work with.
"They have to be accurate or lose
their influence."
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Here's what TSTA has.to say
about the situation:
"Without state financial aid
provided by the Legislature,
schools would be limited to'lo-
cal financial support. Some
districts would be able to op-
erate for only three, four or
five weeks. Others could be
maintained for a semester,
while a few schools might be
able to complete a nine-month
term.
"The stark reality of this
possiblity apparently has not
dawned upon the parents whose
children attend the Texas pub-
lic schools. Legislators report
that they have received very
few communications from their
constituents. I The back-to-school season starts
oho j again in * Lev elland Friday when j
"If the Legislature should fail to j some 150 area Negro students are !
pass a general appropriafion bill j expected to register for classes at
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Trail riders to load out
Burlington Friday
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DUTCH VISITORS IN WEST TEXAS
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KEY TAX ACTION TODAY?
Going home
fever strikes
Miss Therese Notermans (right) of Am-
sterdam, Holland, chats with Miss Nellie
Paulson of the Hague as they visit in a
Levelland home. Miss Notermans is spend-
ing eight weeks in Levelland under the
American Summer Programs of the Inter-
national Research Fund, while Miss Paul-
son is visiting in Brownfield under the
same program. The two did not know
they were coming to the same area un-
til they arrived here. (Staff Photo)
Carver set
for Friday
registering
and enact a new tax bill to finance
Carver School.
can Summer programs of the In-
the State Treasurer would j Principal L. G. Griffin said en-
rollment this year will be "equal
j or higher" than at any past time,
j but the school is also better pre-
j pared to cope with a growing stud- (ernational Research Fund
, ent population.
Griffin said he will be operating
I w ith a staff of nine teachers for
I the first time in history. Some
j members of the school board re-
cently upped the Negro faculty
the public Schools and all other ! from ei*ht members. This will per-
state services will cease receiving mlt assignment of one teacher to
that bill, I..C ^.a.i ..caouici .* wuiu j
be unable to write a single check |
for any purpose. The public schools j
would not receive any state funds j
and their financing would be left j
completely to local property taxes, ,
many of which are already at the
legal limit.
"September 1 is the deadline
date. If the, Legislature has not j
solved these problems by that time j
THAT'S DUTCH TO YOU
Yes, yes-knickers'
abound in Hockley
Hockley County has an abund- ers the earth everywhere. A thick
ance of yes-knickers. (grass cover spreads over the
No, they're not a new type of ground, where there is not farm-
pants — they're oil wells. I ing activity, the teacher declares.
That's what the Dutch call their j - Every foot of Dutch soil is uti-
oii wells, or more strictly the lized to the fullest extent for agri-
pumpjacks. says Miss Therse Not- culture and industry, Miss Noter-
ermans of Amsterdam, who is vi-|mans adds.
siting Levelland under the Ameri-| in the xorthern portion of the
state funds.
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Supt. Marcom points out that
Levelland schools receive $426,-
150 every year through the
state school funds, but says
hje’d have to do some addi-
tional research to determine if
all of this amount would be cut
DAY IN THE SUN — Page 5
a Minute
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interview
TODAY'S QI'ES TIOX : “What
do you think about prospects
for a third major league base-
ball cclrcuit and another pro-
fessional football leeauge?
J. T. Humphries, I3<tt iith
St.: "I think the prospects are
favorable for another major
league baseball cireuit. I've
heard some discussions on telee-
vision about this. There are so
many players, I believe it
would be a good thing. I don't
know much about football, how-
ever.''
Mrs. Charles Cathey, 305 12th
St.: “I watch professional base-
ball on television and enjoy it.
I would say that the prospects
are good for a third major
league circuit. The population
is increasing, cities are grow-
ing, and I think baseball in
terest Is growing. As far as
football. I'm tired of it, per-
sonally.”
Headlee Bailey, 1105 Houston
St.: "I think it would be a good
thing. The two major leagues
now have a monopoly on base-
ball ; there is not such a mono-
poly on football as baseball.
I think possibly this might
cuasc Texas to gel a major
league baseball eireuit and
a professional football league.”
Leiden Brown, Route 3: "I
think prospec ts for another ma-
jor league baseball circuit are
good, if the players can be ob-
tained. I feel like we’ve got
two or three towns in Texas
that can keep up a major
league. The prospects for a
baseball league are better than
the prospects for aootb< r
football league.”
each of the first four grades, elim-
j mating doubling up of two grades.
Grift in said that busses w ill run
1 in the morning Friday, bringing
| students to the school for a nail
I day for issuance of books and for '
registration, then take them home
| at noun.
| The fust full day of classes will \
\ begin on Monday, when the school ,
! lunch room w ill be opened for
.lineals for tlie first time.
Gnttin is beginning his 13th year ;
j as principal of the school. Other ;
members of the faculty include >
Miss Betty Norfleet, first grade; |
, Miss Dorothy N. G.pson, second |
' grade
; grade
! fourth grade; Mrs. Dorothy Rag- j The tea. Ik r has traveled through'
'. «ter, filth and sixth grades; Don j many of the European countries.
I Jones, driver education and junior j ;,nd she say < Texas has "some-
I high social studies; Miss Nancy thing of Spain."
| Scott, high school
I Charles Alexander,
math and science. '
j Miss Gipson, is a recent grad-
j uate of Prairie Vjevv A&M, and
Miss Scott is a graduate of Ilous-
! ton Tillotson College of Austin.
, Both are newly - hired members
j of the local faculty.
Netherlands, grrain crops are
grown, but most of the harvest
The pumpjacks are called yes- is fed to cattle. Cattle are the pri-
knickers because they "just bow mary agricultural activity in the
and say yes" continually, de-! southern portion of the country,
dares Miss Notermans, who ar-j The famous Dutch tulips are
rivci here Friday. grown in South Holland, "just be-
I hind the dunes," along the sea-
THK W ELLS OF Holland pro-j shore,
duoe only aiiout one - fourth of the I
iK.-e.sary ...1 tor the country. The [ ACTUALLY, THERE is more to
icst is imported much of it | Holland in a geographical sense. House members
from the United States.
By GARTH JONES
AUSTIN (AP)— “Going home”
fever spread in the House today
as members weighed the possibil-
ity of approving Senate changes
to an 185 million dollar general
tax bill.
A decision on the key issue that
has drawn out the 56th Legisla-
ture for 194 days may come to-
day.
The Senate approved the bill
( 29-2 Wednesday night. The House
can accept Senate changes or ask
J for _ a ’compromise committee,
j "This hill comes close to what
I would vote for," said Rep. Roger
j Daily, Houston. "I understand the
| speaker wants to take it."
"I’ve talked to half a dozen
j members and it looks like they
might accept it," said Rep. Joe
Burkett. Kerrville, generally ac-
knowledged leader of conserva-
tives in the House.
Several other members predict-
ed the House would agree with
Senate amendments but not until
Friday or Monday when they have
had a chance to study the changes
closer.
Actually the Senate-passed bill
farm- closely resembled the measure ap-
proved 102-38 by the House last
week. The Senate added about 17
million dollars and made several
technical changes. Attempts to
change the bill radically were
soundly defeated.
Most distinctive feature of tliel
measure returned to the House:
today is a 11 •< per cent tax on the
first purchaser of natural gas—
a severance beneficiary or pipe- i
line tax.
It is the first time the Senate
has approved the severance bene-
ficiary tax theory. Previously sen-)
ators favored increases in the:
present 7 per cent production tax.
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tional.
In the midst of Wednesday’s
debate it was announced Senators
were debating only a 180 million
dollar tax bill instead of the 187
million dollar vehicle approved by
a committee. The crisis — caused
by a simple mistake in addition—
STATE TAX — Page 5
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ALVIN STEWART
Stewart named
as assistant to
Safeway manager
Big welcome
awaits group
in Colorado
-TWENTY MOTORIZED Interna-
tional Parks Trail riders from Lev-
elland, Sudan and Amherst, their
mounts with them in trucks, leave
early Friday morning on the first
leg of a thousand mile journey a-
long the newly - designed U. S.
Highway 385 the easy way - by
automobile.
It was the ride back home, 470
highway miles and more than 500
long horseback ones including
water stops and diversions for
camping which offered the big
challenge to the group. They'll ar-
rive home on Aug. 20.
THE RIDERS THURSDAY were
packing their personal gear ev-
erything from sleeping bags to
prayer books, which Trail Boss
Clyde Prestwood suggested they
might need before they reached
home again — while folks in Bur-
lington, Colo, readied a downtown
parade and other festivities to send
off what is believed to be the na-
tion's longest organized trail ride.
The riders, accompanied by the
Sparkles, Levelland teen - age
band, and four attractive adven-
ture - seeking young ladies from
neighboring Lamb County, deliv-
ered, their. horses, duffle bags and
other equipment to be used on the
ride to the Sky view Lodge Thurs-
day afternoon.
| Everything was scheduled to be
( loaded by 5:30 a.m. Friday and
ready to roll by 6 a.m.
THE RIDERS WILL LEAVE
I Burlington early in the morning on
j Sunday, Aug. 2, with the official
blessing of’ the top brass of the
j International Parks Highway As-
sociation, w'hich expects the rfde to
draw attention to their 1.800 - mile {
international route from Regina, '
Canada, to Mexico along U. S. I
I Highway 85 and 385 — the fast-1
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R. L. Owens, manager of the
local Safeway store, announced;
this week Aivin Stewart, a Lev-i est rou,c across the natlon-
A big day awaits
v. h ,«han most people realize. Miss No-1 beneficiary tax iif nvo*uS \ “nfmed as^st’anf ma'nager^d
Miss Notermans is staying in thejtormans says. Much of the land tax lulls but turned it down two1 me .tore manager of
homes of vaiious Rotary Club [along the coast is known as the (other times j
.....1.....1 u-..............Senators took particular care to S,e'varf is "«* son of Mr- and
specify the new natural gas would! Mrs- Buster Stewart. He was born
Leon Ransons while fnday, she Technically, Holland is only the j not fall back on producers if it I August 11, 1940 at Levelland. He
will go to the Spencer Kills home., DUTCH GIRL - Page 5 I should he declared
I ho yos-kmt koi s were about the --——___
only thin^ th.it looked even \14ue-*
ly reminisi. on? <>f Holland to Miss
Notermans. who is
memliers during her eight week j Netherlands because it is below seal
visit. 1 his week she is visiting the level.
26-v ear-old
geography teacher in a girls col-
li ge.
“I H AS TOTALLY impressed by
the wideness of the country.” she
Miss Dorothy Hunter, third i declares. "It seems a little hit like
Miss Clarice M. Everett, | the northern part of Fiance."
ACTION DEMANDS QUIETED
NAACP sets target
for Dallas integration
B\ ROBERT
DALLAS (APi
E. FORD
The Naional
zens.
The
English, and
high school
The things which impressed Miss1 ^ssn- f(>r 'he
Advancement
apparently
the riders in
Burlington on Saturday, where it
has been proclaimed International
Parks Highway Trail Ride Day.
A downtown parade will be stag-
ed at 11 a.m. and a trail ride
ribbon cutting ceremony is also
unconstitu- helped his fattier on the farm until) scheduled. Other events include a
j he became a junior in high school j horse show at the fair grounds at
I then started working part time in | square dancing competition on the
i local grocery stores to pay his
I way through school.
I He was one of the first em-
| ployees of the local Safeway store
and helped stock it. He worked
here until he was transferred to
Amarillo by the Safeway organiza-
tion. After moving to Amarillo, he
quit -Safeway and worked for other
g < ry organizations before re BY KEITH SUTTERFIELD
the
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RIP MITCHELL
Mitchell & Son
ui
open house set
Friday, Saturday
The L. E. Mitchell and Son Fer-
tilizer firm is celebrating the op-
ening of its new building this week
end with an open house. They are
serving coffee and doughnuts to
their friends and customers all day
Friday and Saturday. The new
Mitchell building is located just
south of the Santa Fe ftailw'ay
tracks on West Avenue.
L. E. (Ripi Mitchell Jr., is man-
ager of the business which was
first established in January, 1958.
Mitchell is a native of Fredrick,
Okla., and has been a resident of
Levelland since 1955. He farmed
prior to entering the fertilizer busi-
ness. He fin.shed high school at
Fredrick, then attended Oklahoma
A&M and Abilene Christian Col-
lege, where he received his de-
gree.
Besides fertilizer, insecticides
and other farm supplies the firm
has the exclusive sales rights on
Aqua Card masonary paint for this
trade territory. Aqua Gard is cov-
ered by a 10 - year material re-
placement guarantee.
Full time employees of the busi-
ness besides Mitchell are his sis-
ter. Mcs. Dorothy Spraggins, book-
keeper. and Neal Atchison. Mrs.
Spraggins also has an interest in
the business.
main street at 8 p.m. and a public j The senior member of the firm,
dance for w hich the Sparkles will j L. E. Mitchell, Sr., is still active
play at 9:30 p.m. at the state ar-, in farming operations at Fredrick,
mory building. | Okla.
I Rip Mitchell’s family includes
BURLINGTON IS THE HOME his wife Cherry Kay and one son,
of the highw ay association presi-j Mike. They reside at 404 Cactus
TRAIL RIDERS — Page 5 Drive.
set
NAACP inddieated in
Nixon cheered all the way as he
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motors into semi-secret mine area
By JOHN SCALI
SVERDLOVSK. Soviet Union
( lAPt Vice President Richard M
| Nixon motored deep into the semi-
I secret Ural Mountains mining
I area today and received cheers
j every mile of the way.
Speaking to officials of a copper
I mine ho visited during the fore-
[ noon. Nixon came nut w itH a v ery
I strong indication that he favors
| either a quick meeting of Presi-
| dent Eisenhower and Soviet Pre-
1 micr Nikita Khrushchev or a
I quick agreement at Geneva w hich
| would permit a summit confer-
ence.
"I do not pretend that personal
j contact would solve the basic
j problems of the world," he said
"This trip of mine will be fol-
lowed by others including contact
i between other, leaders," he added
I later.
The statement < ame in the wake
of reports that he was on the
I vcige ui recommending that Preo-
Notermans most about Texas were1 Colored People
it- flatness, the prairies and the, target of I960
"red" soil. In Holland, the soil i.s'Dallas schools
"green,'' Miss Notermans laugh
ingly remarks.
today in a federal hearing.
THE SOIL ITSELF cannot bet Apparently the NAACP leaders \
seen in Holland, as plant life cov-| backed down on demands for im-
( mediate integration.
Through their questioning of
I school board members, the
| schoo board m e m ho e r s, the i
NAACP attorneys mentoned I960 j
j as the possible starting time for (
integration of the Dallas schools, j
In another development, the Dal i
las school board revealed its fa-j
vored plan if integration here j
takes place.
Dr. Edwin L. Rippy, school
president, under intense question-
j ing by NAACP attorneys, said,
"We favor a plan . . of starting
j w ith the first grade." Rippy said
( however, that such a plan still has |
not been officially approv ed by j
the bboard.
j Rippy reiterated the position of
j the school board was that it cannot
inntegrate until it has determined!
whether it must follow state law
i or federal law. State law would (
deprive the Dalllas school system |
o' about $2,600,000 if it integrated
w ithout a favorable vote nl cm-1
questioning by NAACP at- turning to Levelland to become
jfjtorneys indicated they will press assistant manager of the local
l fot integration w ith Dallas rais-1 Safewav Stoic
a 1 ing taxes to overcome the deficit: Stewart and
for integration of caused by state withdrawal of j Kitchens
attorneys for the funds.
Your ADMAN'S Vue
schools.
606 Austin.
ident Eisenhower invite Khrush-
chev to the United States for a
visit. He has repeatedly remarked
that a look is worth a hundred
descriptions.
It was his next to last day in
the .Siberian industrial complex of
600.000 persons and perhaps the
one where he received the warm-
est welcome.
People all through this territory
cheered him oA his motor trip.
BULLETIN
HUDSON. Wis. IAP) — The
Chicago and North Western
Railway’s crack “400" pass-
enger train southbound from
Minneapolis - St. Paul was re-
ported deraileu this afternoon
near Wilson Hill in St. Croix
County. The sheriff’s office
broadcast an appeal to sur-
rounding counties for "all avail-
able ambulancca.”
-curt
,ORTHO1
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300 in. fish tourney
PORT ISABEL lAPi Contest-
ants in the Texas International
Fishing Tournament which starts
today may number 300, 'officials
3; i id
The tournament ends Saturday
the former Nancy
were married in the
spring about the time he was The month of July is on its way I of the Levelland Daily Sun News
questioning! Rippy testified that the Dallas, transferred to Amarillo. She plans; out. In just a few days now the j for money - saving shopping hints,
board plans to follow all proper to attend high school here this first Monday in August will roll DSN
court directiv es in integrating thee! fall. They reside at the rear of | around. Remember Levelland's big! We visited Howell Harpole's new
Dollar Day. and read every page house in the Colonial Heights addi-
tion again the other day and learn-
' led that some of the "helpers" with
the opening were not mentioned
j earlier. Grady Terrill had a new
(yellow Thunderhird parked in the
j (garage, and Your Sjiop in Level-
) j land had the closets stocked with
fasionable ladies clothes.
ADS
j Harpole and H. D. Hill continue
to welcome visitors to the house
I this week. Charles M. Smith of
jKing and Smith Builders. Sarasota,
j Florida, was among persons visit-
ing the new subdivision this week.
GET
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Haws, own-
| ers of White Auto Store, returned
i recently from Wichita Falls where
they attended the Christmas mar-
I ket. They are also among the most
I frequent v isitors to Ruidoso where
they have a summer cabin.
RESULTS
Persistency— in finding trouble
w ith some television sets is the
only solution, as Gene Parkinson
will probably tell you. He spent
i several hours this week looking
| for the fault in associate Paul
j I-auftron's set, and finally came
up with the answer.-
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L. E. Mitchel and Son will' hold
j the grand opening of their new
| building on the Morton Highway
: Friday and Saturday. Free coffee
i ADMAN'S Vue — Page S .
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MITCHELL OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED1
Here is an exterior view of I he show room
of the new brick and I labile block build-
ing which Mitchell and Son will show to
the public in an open house Friday and
Saturday. The modern structure, with
4,000 square feet of floor space, is one of
West Avenue's finest business structures.
It is located just south of the Santa. Fe
Railway.
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