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VOLUME XV, NO. 165
PRICE DAILY 5c, 5UNDAY 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
Associated Press (API
TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1956
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Levelland Set for Hockley Holiday
Give Vocal Cords Warmup
Texas Gubernatorials
Prepared for July 4th
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas Democratic gubernatorial
candidates were taking 'pot-shots
at each other and giving their vo-
cal cords a final warmup Tuesday
in preparation for a big Fourth
of July flow of oratory at picnics,
barbecues and celebrations.
AH of the gubernatorial candi-
dates, with the exception of W.
Lee O’Daniel, that is, were due
Independence Day Schedule.
O’Daniel said he would do his
campaigning Wednesday in Liber-
ty, the hometown of Sen. Price
Daniel, another candidate for gov-
ernor.
In addition to fire San Angelo
celebration which was due to at-
tract Daniel, Ralph Yarborough,
Reuben Senterfitt, J. J. Holmes,
and J. Evetts Haley, a debate
on segregation was scheduled
Wednesday between two of the
candidates at Palestine.
Rep. Jerry Sadler of Hickory
Grove said that Yarborough and
Haley had been invited to discuss
their views on segregation at a
VFW barbecue and political rail:
at Palestine Wednesday.
Sadler said they had both ac-
cepted. He said he had told both
that “boxing gloves, referees and
a goodly crowd will be furnished
you in order that your differences
on segregation may be settled in
a manner fitting to East Texas.”
The issue of labor support and
liberals versus conservatives dom-
inated much of the political talk
I in the governor’s race.
statement that said, “I believe the
people of Texas should know that
the junior U.S. senator actively
sought the support of organized
labor tor his candidacy for gover-
nor this year.’*
Yarborough said that before
Daniel announced his candidacy,
the senator had “begged repre-
sentatives of .the American Feder-
ation of Labor for their support.'
Daniel’s aides had called on both
tiie TSFL and the CIO asking for
support.
“Both Daniel and I have signed
(Continued on page seven)
Construction Rises
In City During June
of sharp
to State Federation of
Labor headquarters. One of them
asked if it was true that Yarbor-
ough was tire only candidate for
governor invited to speak at the
TSFL convention in Austin last
week, and if it was true that the
hat was passed for Yarborough
during the session.
Yarbborough slapped back in a
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(Editor's Note: The follow-
ing column, written by How-
ard Vaughan, is first in a ser-
ies written by guest columnists
while Editor OrUn Brewer Is
on vacation.)
How many times has it ever
happened in your home that you
have had company coming but you
didn’t know whether it would be
four people or twenty four? If you
can recall even one situation of
this kind you will have some idea
of what one of the committees of
the Hockley County is up against.
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In the case of having this
problem at home you would
have nightmares in which you
would fix for only four and
twenty four would show up,
all talking about how hungry
they were. After waking up in
a cold sweat and spending
some time getting your nerves
calmed you go back to sleep
and dream that you fixed for
twenty four and only four show-
ed, all talking about how they
had had a big lunch and were
not even slightly hungry,
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It’s hard to say whether it i
worse to endure the embarrass-
ment of not having enough or hav-
ing to eat warmed over food for
the next thirty days because of
having too much. Multiply this
problem by a thousand or so and
you have some insight as to the
facest of one situation that is con-
fronted in connection with staging
an event cf this kind.
I’m glad I was not assigned to
this committee and I have not talk-
ed with any of the ones who were
but I would venture to say that
they are having nightmares. It is
human for us to have our ups and
downs and I am sure that these
fellows have moments when they
can’t help but feel that the whole
thing is going to fall thru. (It is
fairly certain that they feel this
way every Monday morning. > Then
they will have times when they ca.
just tel somehow that it if going
to be big—the biggest thing Hock-
ley County has ever experienced.
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They grt to thinking about
how many people want a thing
(Continued on page seven)
Construction in Levelland was on
the rise again this month wdth
buikjing permits issued totaling
$108,900 an increase of $96,675 over
the May total.
The permits issued last month
pushed the total for the year to
$342,675%
Six permits for residences were
Poland Officials
Called Cowardly
In Poznan Revolt
By nmu no
BERLIN tm -e~ Poland’s ruling
Communist party cracked down
today on "lax and cowardly” offi-
cials it accused of failing to head
off the bloody workers’ revolt at
Poznan.
AON. the official news agency
of Communist East Germany,
said Polish leaders had launched
investigations to find out why par-
ty members in Poznan “displayed
such a lack of vigilance.” It said
they were not prepared to "coun-
teract the planned provocation in
time.”
Trybuna Ludu, official organ of
the Polish Workers (Communist)
party, ripped into party officers
it said scampered to safety when
the uprising exploded Thursday
and “did not return from hiding
until order had been restored.”
The attacks by the Communist
organs indicated the Polish Com-
munist hierarchy, jolted badly by
the Poznan upheaval, was hunting
for scapegoats.
Reports reaching Berlin led to
speculation the party ax already
may be swinging against party
and government officials, as well
as against hundreds of workers
jailed during the uprising.
“There may be some changes
in the Polish leadership,” said a
Communist journalist on his arriv-
al here from the riot city. He said
troops had been withdrawn from
Poznan itself, but the city was
sealed off by a wall of tanks and
artillery.
The Red writer and Western
(Continued on page seven)
issued during the month. These in-
cluded a $8,500 permit to W. L.
Breshears for a residence in the
Southside Addition and a $9,500 per
mit (for Breshears in the same ad-
dition; a $13,000 permit to Mrs.
John H. Goodpasture for a dwell-
ing in the Lea and Brown section.
A $12,000 permit was issued L.
G. West for a residence in the
Lea and Brcwn addition and ano-
ther $12,000 permit was issued for
the same addition on June 18. T.
B. Peacock was issued a permit
for a $5,000 dwelling.
A permit was issued Carl Cash
for $12,000 for construction of a ser
vice station in the Cannon addi-
tion. A $9,000 permit was issued
for construction of an educational
and recreational building near
St. MicbaeJ'a Catholic Church in
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to Dr. G. V. Edgar tor construc-
tion of an office - clinic in the
original townsite for $24,600.
Other permits Issued were to
Neil Brownd for a $1,000 addition
to residence; Charlie Moore for
construction of a $150 snow cone
stand on lot 10, block 101 of the
original townsite, and a car port
permit to Mrs. Harold Wilcox tot-
aling $150.
PCA Employes
To Attend 22nd
Annual Meeting
Five members of the Hockley-
Cochram branch of the Lubbock
Production Credit Association plan
to attend the 22nd annual stock-
holders meeting in the Fair Park
Coliseum Saturday, E. R. Davis,
president, announced Tuesday.
Those plannig to attend the
meeting from Levelland are A. B.
(Roberts, a director; P. J. Mar-
com, field representative; Neil
Brownd, assistant field representa-
tive; Mrs. Belva Hayes and Pat-
sy Heard, office employees.
“Over 1,000 stockholders now
own more than $1,000,000 in mem-
ber stocks and reserve'in the as-
sociation,” Davis said. He expects
more than 1,000 members and
guests from the nine county area
served by the association to be
present for the meeting.
Counties served by the associa-
(Continued on page 7)
Everyone Invited
To Join in the Fun
C. T. JOHNSON
,. . HoUday Speaker
LIBERTY BELL — Significant of American Independ-
ence, the Liberty Bell has always been a symbol of the
freedom Americans gained in 1776. Americans all over
the world will be celebrating July 4 Independence Day
Wednesday. Hockley County residents have planned a
special all-day celebration at the City Park.
Sudden Rain,
Hit Hockley County
Positive Indication
Airliners Collided
CROSSROADS
REPORT
I see where the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and a school of finance
and commerce have teamed up
ar.d just now finished a survey
which disclosed that the average
moderate income U. S. family
these days spends 102 per cent of
their income.
My ex-storekeeper neighbor says
this agrees with his findings after
many years of experience in the
business of selling on credit.
Only it took him longer to find
it out, and he was broke ‘before
it dawned on him who was fur-
nishing the extra 2 per cent for
some of the deficit spending fami-
lies.
D. E. Scott
Crossroad, U. S.A.
ACTION POSTPONED ON LIGHTING
Herbert M. Jackson
Is Named Director
City Council members in a meet-
ing Monday night named Herbert
M. Jackson as director for the
Canadian River Authority and post
poned for a second time taking
action on the proposed improved
street lighting program for Level-
land.
Jackson, owner of Com-mercial
Print Shop nere, succeeds T. E.
Loran who resigned from the post
of Canadian director last week.
The second postponement of ac-
tion on the lighting program came
after council members discovered
that a provision in the City Char-
ter would prevent them from draw
irfg up a contract with Southwest-
ern Public Service, the company
which- will install street lights,
should program be accepted, for
a period of 15 years.
George Stallworth, manager of
(Continued on page four)
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By LAWRENCE MALKIN-
GRAND CANYON im — An Arr
Force officer said today theie was
"a positive indication” that the
two airliner: which crashed 128
persons to death in the Grand
Cenyon Saturday had1 collided in
flight.
Capt. Byrd Ryland, head of an
air search and rescue unit from
March AFB, Calif., said the evi-
dence pointing to a collision con-
sisted of paint scratches found on
pieces of a TWA Super Constella-
tion.
The Constellation and a United
Air Lines DC7 smashed into near-
by buttes in the canyon Saturday.
A collision had been the gen-
eral presumption since the first
wreckage was spotted Saturday
night.
The first official report to sub-
stantiate this belief came shortly
after the la__ remains of victims
were removed from the TWA
wreckage.
“I saw positive indications of
collision in flight at the TWA
crash site,” Ryland said.
Questioned about the evidence,
he said he saw paint scratches,
He said he did not see any pro-
peller marks on the TWA
wreckage.
Jack Parshall, Civil Aeronautics
Administration examiner, refused
comment on Ryland's statement
or one also made by Coconino
County Coroner Shelby McCauley
that the planes collided. ‘
Recovery crews finished their
work on the jagged Grand Canyon
butte where a TWA Super Conste-
lation smashed to bits. Then, they
turned their attention to attempts
to reach the more inaccessible
peak on which ruins of a United
Air Lines DC7 are scattered.
Military helicopter crews, brav-
ing treacherous winds, a narrow
canyon neck and sharp, rocky
Peaks, flew out 26 olive drab rub-
ber bags containing remains of an
undetermined number of the 70
victims aboard the Constellation.
Frank Bush, TWA vice president
who combed through the wreckage
said that apparently some of the
Constellation's outer surfaces —
such as stabilizer fins — apparent-
ly had come off as the plane
plunged toward the bottom of the
canyon.
Reaching the TWA wreckage
was a difficult, dangerous job.
Getting to what is left of the DC7
is even more so.
Helicopters landed on a sandbar
in the Colorado River at the base
of a sheer cliff below the spot
where the UAL DC7 hit. Exper-
(Continued on page seven)
Chief of Police Urges
Minimum of Fireworks
In the Interests of safety lor
levelland residents. Chief of
Police Bill Sage urged Tues-
day morning that residents
keep fireworks down to a min-
imum during the July 4 holi-
day.
Sage reminds LeveUand resi-
dents that a city ordinance
states that there be no fire-
works within the city limits.
"We have had several com-
plaints already concerning fire
works and would like to re-
mind everyone to keep them
down as much as possible
Wednesday,” Sage continued.
Skies were clear over Hockley
County this week after a sudden
rash of rains ranging from one-
fourth to four inches in parts of
the county, accompanied by damag
tog hail to a tm cotton crop* Sun-
according to reports from the Huff
Pope, Gus Blair, and Schoenrock
farms in that area.
An unconfirmed report said that
two to four inches of rain fell on
the Bill Carter farm, southeast of
Ropes ville.
Artie Forehand reported rain-
fall in the eastern half of the coun-
ty which measured from one-half
to one inch. In the southwest por-
tion, from one-fourth to one-half
inches of rain fell with very little
hail.
Levelland received .27 inches of
rain.
Thundershowers that brought
winds of hurricane force to San
Angelo and promised to settle
down for some fairly steady rain
in South Texas brought some re-
lief from the heat in Texas late
Monday and early Tuesday.
The lashing 10-minute thunder-
storm that brought winds up to 75
miles an hour dumped rains rang-
ing up to 1*4 inches at San Angelo
Monday.
Showers that started in late
Monday continued most of the
night at Laredo and Cotulla. Ama-
rillo, Dalhart, Big Spring, San An-
tonio and Wink reported overnight
showers.
Early Tuesday morning skies
were cloudy over most of South
Texas and partly cloudy to clear
over the remainder of the state.
Pre-dawn temperatures ranged
from 61 degrees at Dalhart to 81
at Galveston.
The Weather Bureau said a
weak stationary front that dissi-
pated lowered temperatures in the
Panhandle Monday. In that area
and along the Gulf Coast they
were in the 80s, while over most
of the state they were in the 90s
Monday. Wichita Falls had the
afternoon high of 102 degrees while
Alpine had the lowest reading of
84 degrees.
The forecast calls for continued
party cloudy weather with scat-
tered afternoon and evening thun-
dershowers Tuesday and Wednes-
day. No important temperature
changes were predicted.
In the rest of the nation the
northern tier of states had a gen-
eral cooling Tuesday but it wat
hot and humid from the southern
plains to the Atlantic Coast.
Fun for everyone — from the
newest resident to the oldest pion-
eer — has been planned for the
July 4 Hockley County Holiday, the
largest celebration here since 1925.
A holiday mood prevailed
All downtown Levelland
stereo will be closed Wednes-
day, July 4, so that merchants
may attend the Hockley Coun-
ty Holiday celebration.
Banks, the poet office, city
and county offices will also be
closed.
throughout the county this week as
residents prepared for the all-day
affair beginning at 9 a.m. in Level-
land city park.
'Registration of pioneers for the
Golden Age awards will open the
day’s activities beginning at 9 a.m.
Pioneers may register at the youth
Center building.
Herb Jackson will serve as mas-
ter of ceremonies for the Golden
Age portion of the program in
which the oldest resident able to
attend will be recognized and pre-
sented a plaque, as will the ear-
liest settler in continuous residence
in the county.
Mrs. Harold Clingan and Mrs.
Lee Smallwood will receive hon-
or guests and be in charge of the
program.
Pioneers will ride into the Little
League park where the presenta-
tions wilt be made in a historic
Conestoga Wagon Prairie Schoon-
er which wes used to supply Con-
federate troops during the Civil
War and later displayed at the
Texas Centennial in Dallas . The
Scattered thunderstorms bit wagqp ere* *fOWred by foe Hock"
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no wet weather was predicted foi
the Pacific Coast, the northern
Rockies and New England. - • f
Cool Canadian air spread across
the western sections of the north-
ern and central plains, the upper
Missisippi Valley and the Great
Lakes Region. Temperatures
ranged from the 40s to the mid
GOs. There also was a cooling in
New England.
Generally fair and pleasant
weather prevailed in most areas
west of the rockies.
Thunderstorms last night were
reported along the northwest Pa-
cific Coast, the northern plateau,
the Rockies, the plains states, the
middle Mississippi and Ohio Val-
leys, New England, the Atlantic
Coast states and along the gulf
Coast. Rainfall amounts ranged
from traces to around one inch.
One of the heaviest downpours
yesterday was at Rome, Ga.,
which reported nearly 2*4 inches
in a thunderstorm.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. V. G. Anderson
attended funeral services for his
uncle in Montague, last tbursday. i
that three booths —one for the
ole of tickets to the barbecue, a
first aid station, and an informa-
tion booth — would be set up a-
round the park grounds for the con
venience of holiday visitors.
Early activities will include free
swimming at the city pool and a
district model airplane flying con-
test which begins at 10 a.m. on the
West Ward school ground. Regis-
tration begins at 9 a.m.
A first place award of $25 will
be given in both the junior and
senior divisions. First place win-
ners in each division will compete
for first pace in the contest and
receive a Fox model airplane mo-
tor along with $25.
A second prize of $15 and a third
prize of $10 will be awarded in
each division also.
Candidates to Speak
C. T. Johnson, candidate for lieu-
tenant governor, will be one of sev-
eral top state candidates on hand
with speeches at the holiday to be-
gin at 2 p.m.
.Others scheduled to speak are
Carroll Cobb. Preston Smith, and
Kilmer Coi bin. candidates for state
(Continued on page seven)
Full Dog Plonned for July 4
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HERBERT JACKSON
.. New Canadian Director
Family Night Slated for Thursday
At the request of hundreds of
Levelland residents, Levelland's
regular weekly Family Night will
be resumed Thursday evening af-
ter an absence of only one week.
Merchants who have actually
taken part in the plan predict it
will grow bigger and better as
time goes by and It is expected
that local residents will come to
look forward to this middle of the
week shopping time more and
more.
Late shoppers in Levelland will
be entertained between 8 and 9
p.m. with popular music and
square dancing in the street on the
east side of the square.
A feature of Family Night will
be a drawing for a $50,000 mer-
chandise prize which will toe held
in one of the participating stores
sometime between 7:30 and 8 p.m.
Anyone shopping in Levelland ban
register free of charge at any of
the participating stores anytime
during the week.
Provided the person whose hame
Provided the person whose name
is drawn is not in one of the par-
ticipating stores at the time it is
drawn, a $15 bonus will be add-
ed to the pot and the prize the
next week will be $65.00 and bo
on until e winner is present.
Stores which have indicated they
will participate in Family night
this week includes Cobbs, Level-
land Hardware, Stacy-MaSon. Pen-
ney’s, Copeland Hardware, Wack-
ers, Sears, Boulters, Dunlaps, Wes-
tern Auto, Vaughan Sleep shop,
Vogue, Ben Franklin, Bob's Shoe
Store, Chisum Drug, Mann-Paxton
Insurance, Beacon TV t Radio,
Wallace Theatre, Capri Beauty
Shoppe, Leedway Super Market.
Fair Department Store, Kenney's
Gift Shop. Potts Insurance Agency.
Sikes Motor Co.
Some of the insurance firms and
auto agencies will not remain open
but they are supporting the pro-
gram financially.
Schedule of Events
For Hockley Holiday
9 a. m.—Registration for district model plane contest, west
of West Ward school. Registration for “Golden
Age” awards begins at Youth Center and contin-
ues throughout the day.
10 a. m.—Model plane flying contests start.
Free Swimming opens in Levelland City pool.
Horse shoe, washer pitching, domino and checker
playing starts.
12 noon— Sack lunch under trees in city park. Concession
stands will be open for serving of hot dogs, cold
drinks and ice cream.
1 p. m.—Sack races, 3-legged races, other contests start.
Checkers, Dominoes continue.
1:30 p. m.—Babe Ruth League baseball game in Babe Ruth
Park. (Five innings).
2 p. m.—Political speeches, local and state candidates, start
3 p. m.—Political speeches continue. Tug of war between
Levelland Jaycees and Rotarians.
4 p. m.—Water Polo contest between Levelland and Sun-
down Fire departments.
5 p. m.—All activities cease and crowd gathers for vesper
services.
5:30 p. m.—County-wide vesper service under direction of
Hockley County Ministerial Alliance.
6 p. m.—Serving of 3,600 pounds of barbecue to start.
8 p. m.—Golden Age awards, Little League park. Organ
music by Spencer Ellis II.
8:30 p. m.—Short speeches by mayors of Hockley County
towns.
Drawing for door prizes.
9 p. m.—Old time fiddling and square dancing on concrete
slab in city park.
Fourth of July Fire Works.
Adjournment of Holiday.
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