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VOLUME XVIII, NUMBER 83
“WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES” —Byron
LEVELLAND, TEXAS PRICE: Dally 5c Sunday 10c
(AP) The Associated Press
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959
Council pushes plans for bond vote
open-
under
» ses-
reject-
press
States
als of
these
Area blizzard warning
withdrawn by Bureau
tizSUN
By ORLIN BREWER
Mrs. Jack Williams of 1304 Ave-
nue A says it’s more confusing
than amusing to have somebody
in town with the same name as
yours.
She's married to
Panhandle hit
by 4-inch fall;
travel difficult
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Snow up to 2 inches and drifts
Jack W. Wil-1 8 to 10 inches high blanketed the
TURNS 80 NEXT FEBRUARY
But the Weather Bureau with- j he will resign as president of the | Recovery Act and the Wagner La-
bor Relations Act passed during
former President Franklin D.
liams and it doesn't do any good! northwest part of the Texas Pan- j Lewis, a titan of the American I ic knees in the great depression
for somebody to call up and "ask J handle Tuesday. j labor movement, announced today I Lewis capitalized on the National
hamJwS ^f?sSnameJisCJoJ«. diw its forecast for blizzard con-j United Mine Workers early next
That’s because Jack without the; ditions in that area. year.
W i Williams of 1211 Avenue J is! The eastern part of the upper j Lewis, who will be 80 next Feb. j Roosevelt's New Deal,
e'so married to a Joyce. j Panhandle reported only rain, j 12, said a letter to UMW mem-1 Thi* established the rights of
Mrs. Williams says they're al-1 with temperatures hovering bers published today in the un-
ways getting each other's mail, j around freezing. j ion s journal that the time has
and there’s considerable trouble i Rain which fell in the western ■ come to step aside. Aides said he
with telephone calls which don't1 Panhandle froze on the ground, j is in excellent health,
be'ong to them. trees and utility lines, and snow j “Mister Eyebrows,’* as millions
She sure would appreciate it if j still covered the area. came to know the fuzzy-browed
folks would check up on that mid- j Motels were filled at some union chief in his flamboyant or-
dle initial. If they can just re- western Panhandle towns after1 ganizing and bargaining days of
member which one cf the Jack drifts blocked major arteries. But the 1930s and 1940s,
Williams folks has the "W," there during the morning, travelers i the UMW for 40 years. Few men
won't be any more confusion, un- were allowed to proceed'. have had greater impact on
less maybe you're as confused now The Amarillo Globe-Times said ] American economic life.
as we are.
oOo
Don’t know what It Is. May-
be It'i the chilly turn of the
weather that makes ua start
thinking about trail rides a-
gain.
Whatever happened to
that big Mexico • to Canada •
through • Levelland • along •
U. 9. SR5 trail ride which was
talked ^sbout so much during
this past summer’s horse wars?
Understand that Robert
Walker, the genial Levelland
trail ride camp follower, is in
charge of seeing that people
along U. S. 385 join in the fun
this coming summer.
oOo
Tt's a pretty safe assumption that
Walker, who didn't ride a lick ex-
j U.S. 66 west of Vega was closed Lewis will be succeeded auto-
due to snow, but traveler* were matically by Thomas Kennedy,
going south from Vega and turn- uyfw vice president and former
ing into New Mexico. A 15-mile i lieutenant governor of Pennsyl- j
stretch of Highway 287 between j Vania. Kennedy, TJ, a widower
Memphis and Childress was j wbo married again just a few |
closed. j weeks ago, Is honeymooning in j
Freezing rain at Amarillo Europe,
caused damage to trees, and their i Gn retirement, Lewis will be;
| falling limbs were blamed for loss j e]jglbie to continue at full salary j
I of electric power to about 1,000 j ^ j5o,ooo a year. He did not set I
I customers. Utility sources said
j service suffered some interruption
I in Canyon and Hereford.
The snow, ice and ram came
j from a storm. which dropped 10
! inches of snow in Albuquerque
j and heavy snows in other parts
] of New Mexico, Kansas and Okla-
! homa.
| Up to three inches of snow fell
during the night in the Big Bend
cept on rubber tires in last year s> country. The snow spread from
saddle sore marathon, can talk p0rt Stockton to Marfa and Bal-
a specific date for quitting, say-
ing only it would be shortly after |
the new year.
Lewis, a familiar figure for!
years in newspaper headlines, is
responsible more than any other j
labor leader for organizing work-1
ers of the nation's biggest inchM- j
tries into labor unions. ,
Financial
adivisor for
issue hired
MEMBERS OF THE LEVEL-
land City Council Monday evening
named a financial advisor as they
pushed plans for a S300.000 city
bond issue early next year.
Contract as financial advisor in
the issue went to Columbian Secur-
ities and First of Texas Corpora-
tion, who submitted a joint bid.
CLOSE TO A DOZEN BOND
men were on hand representing
three separate groups seeking the
financial advisor’s contract. Bids
were also placed by Ditmar and
Company of San Antonio and Rau-
ser - Pierce and Company.
Oouncilmen were quick to point
out that there was little, if any
basis, for choosing one group over
the other since all submitted the
same standard bid of $2,225 and
all were reputable firms.
Immediately before awarding the
contract, the council rejected a sug-
Thit established the rights of gestion by Bob Davis of Colum-
unions to organize and obligation I bian that the city take advantage
of employers to bargain with I of what he called a temporarily
them on wage* and working con- J favorable market to seel the bonds
ditions. Lewis formed the CIO ] immediately contingent upon their
and drew millions of workers into approval by voters,
union membership.
THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR will
do all the preparation work for the
bond issue and bear all expenses
except for the payment at election
judges.
VISITING BONDSMEN
advised that the city would sub-
mit the bond issue in two separate
propositions, one for issuance
$£50,000 in bonds to finance water
and sewer expansion and another
$50,800 for a new fire station and
city hall improvements.
This would mean that voters
could approve both prepositions,
defeat one while approving the
other, or defeat both.
John L Lewis
to resign soon
WASHINGTON AP) — John L. | With the country on its eoonom
A man of iron will, Lewis fought
the captains of industry and on
has hearten many occasions the government
itself in unrelenting battle to ob-
tain bargaining rights and wage-
benefit gains for workers in one
industry after another.
In the pest decade, although
still vigorous and willing to fight
if need be Lewis conducted his
union attain In peace with the
(See JOHN L* LIWIS — Page SA)
Anti-polio shots
for all students
to be asked here
more enthusiastically about t»aii
riding than any of the folks wbo
straddled a nag for the distance, j
They tell us that some of the |
real veterans of the saddle bust
out in carbuncles at the mention
of the words, “trail ride.”
morhea to 30 miles south of Al-
pine.
Rain and sleet extended to the
Rio Grande. The Highway Depart-
ment said all highways were open
in the area. No drifting occurred
Wheat farmers and stockmen
That’s why we figured maybe j ab|<p welcomed the moisture, bad-
the.v'd be interested in knowing j jy needed in most parts of the
that the sixth annual trail ride to
(See Day in the Sun — Page 5A)
Direct challenge
to France issued
by Sec. Herter
By GEORGE McARTHlIR
PARIS AP)—In a direct chal-
lenge to France, U. S. Secretary
of State Christian A. Herter to-
day told the foreign ministers of
the North Atlantic Alliance
NATO must continue to int
its military forces under
command.
Herter’s remarks at the
ing session of NATO's i
ministerial reveiw sharply
lined the major task of th
skm to resolve the different
vidirtg French President C
de Gaulle from his allies
North Atlantic Treaty Oty
tion. De Gaulle has openly
ed the principle of inte
forces.
Herter spoke in a close
• sion of the Ministerial Cout
NATO spokesman reporte
speech to a news conferenc
Herter mentioned recent
reports implying the United
might be planning withdraw
forces from Europe. He sair
showed a fundamental misc
tion of U. S. policy and th
United States intends to m
Its NATO commitment.
Speaking of the concept
tegrated defense, Herter sa
it wag on this basis that tb
ed States makes its contribution
to NATO. He said the idea of in-
tegrated defense is more impor-
tant than ever.
De Gaulle has rejected this con-
cept in favor of nations retaining
control of their own forces.
Herter said the West must seek
tangible agreements with the So-
ft** BIO. HINTS* - Page SA*
J
CROSSROADS
REPORT
OOUNCILMEN HAVE NOT DE-
cided at this stage whether they
win pay for the new bonds with
an increase in water rates, or an
increase in the local tax rate.
One bonding company repre-
sentative presented proposed sehed- [
Required vaccination of every j u]es of maturity, recommending
levelland youngster against polio on<, hp saitl would ™.,t a
as a prerequisite for school en-! total n82>ooo in interest on the
Herman Edmiaston (left) of the Level-
land VFW presents a check for $75 to
Fire Chief Amos Meek for the Levelland
Goodfellow fund. At center is J. M. Black-
well, also of the city fire department. Toys
in foreground are a portion of those do-
nated for the city's needy children. The
Goodfellow fund, including the contri-
bution raised in a game night by the VFW,
is still below $125. A total of more than
$600 is needed to give the city’s needy
children toys, clothing and food for
Christmas. Contributions may be mailed
to the City Fire Station or the Levelland
Daily Sun News.
(Staff Photo)
issue.
He said that this could be fin-
anced with a 27 cent tax increase,
if the tax payment route were
! state.
j Authorities stopped motorists on
Highway 87 west of Dalhart dur-
ing the night and asked them to
travel only if they were on emer-
gency missions. Restrictions were
| lifted during the morning.
Highway 66 w’est of Vega was
blocked with 8 to 10 inches of
drifted snow for a time.
Motels in the Dalhart area were
jammed during the night with
motorists who did not desire to
travel the icy highways.
Snow plow* worked all night in
the Dumas area Rain still fell
during the morning and froze on
the ground, trees and utility lines.
Farther east at Perryton. all
(See AREA BUZZARD — 5A)
Dear Editor i
I see w here President Elsen-
hower Is overseas again, hut
this time it Is to cheek up on
some of the friends we have
been making payments on.
My ulcerated neighbor say*
it looks like Ike is tiytng to
cut in on Congress, which the
members thereof have got
seniority on the job of keeping
the world inspected.
Says it appears the Presi-
dent don't trust our regular
junketeers no matter how care-
ful they are to report hack all
of the details of their trips ex-
cept how mnch of our money
they spent and what for.
D. E. SCOTT
rollment will be sought by the
Hockley County Chapter of the Na-
tional Foundation.
Plans to contact the school board
| about this possibility with the shots
to he made available free, w^ere |
mapped at a breakfast meeting j HE AIiM> presented A PLAN
Tuesday morning in which county I ^ payment through water reve-
March of Dimes workers were told j nue maintaining the current $2.50
that a total of $11,732 will he | minjmum on 3,000 gallons of wa-
sought for the MOD this next year. | ter ppr month, then upping the
Jack Setser, county - wide cam-1 (See BOnd VOTE — Page 5A)
paign drive chairman. outlined I -——-
plans for the 1960 campaign, which I _ ik.ie»i_icc
wdll provide funds to fight polio. | UP TO 1.3 INCHES
arthritis, birth defects and other
ailments.
The drive will start on January
1, writh road blocks, teens against
polio efforts, and other similar
programs planned.
The Mother’s March against polio
will be used again this year, but
will probably be staged much ear-1
Her. probably somewhere around
the second or third of January.
A mayor's proclamation and lo-
ASC committee takes stand
on new skip-row planting law
THE HOCKLEY COUNTY ASC heavy blow at skip - row planting THE PROPOSED CHANGE, p«4»-
committee has urged the organiza-
tion’s state committee to use all its
influence with the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture to change a
proposed law which would strike a
snow boost
moisture in county
A SOFT BLANKET OF WHITE had begun in the night was con-
cal publicity campaign shortly af- ] covered Hockley County when most I tinuing to fall, bringing up to 1.3
ter Christmas is expected to boost; residents retired Monday night, but inches of moisture in some parts
of cotton. lished in the Federal Register on
ASC Office Manager ,T. W. Ev- Dec. 3. would count a field with
ans said Tuesday that the county' rows skipped in planting as being
group had sent a telegram to the solidly seeded in determining the
state body urging that action be farmer's actual planted acreage,
taken. j Such a change would seriously
In addition, the county commit-, affect the county's cotton history
tee also has received notification j in determining allotments if far-
from Rep. George Mahon that he mers went ahead and planted in
is “continuing to vigorously oppose | such manner. Evans, said,
the elimination of the skip - row He also added that many farm-
practice in planting cotton.” ; ers who practice the skip - row
Mahon earlier had sent a tele- planting method of leaving four
gram to the Director of the Cotton rows out already have made plan*
Division of Commodity Stabilization i for continuing the practice in 1960
Service in Washington declaring and if the proposed change wa*
that the "proposed elimination ofj made effective, it would disrupt
skip - row planting of cotton is a | plans.
body blow to dryland farmers.” —See ASC TAKES — PAGE 5A—
the local effort as the campaign j when they arose Tuesday morning
move* into high gear. the mow wa* gone and ram which
These men, all employees of Pan American at the Level-
land gasoline plant, were honored with a steak dinner
Monday night for 26,312 hours on the job without an
injury. From left, in the picture are (front row), Mitt
Dowlen, plant superintendent; Major Russell, Henry
Burran, Larry Barnard, French* Broussard, L. £. Wag-
i*1
. b.
26,312 HOURS WITHOUT INJURY
goner, (back row), Glen Smith, Jim Sinclair, John Dav-
is, J. C. Ayers, Jesse Bridges and Jack Gage. Gang Fore-
men Davis and Russell were hosts for the dinner. Dowlen
and Smith, maintenance foremen of the plant, were special
Guest*. (Staff Photo)
of the county.
The unusual combination of rain
and snow gave farmers a head-
start on subsoil mositure for next
year, as the humidity remained
high under gray skies and the pre-
cipitation soaked into the earth.
THE 1.8 READING WAS REGIS
tered at the J. D. Moreland farm,
three miles south of Arnett. An
inch or more of moisture also was
recorded at various places near
Whitharral.
Three miles north of Opdyke. on
the Olen McDonald farm, one inch
was recorded.
In the Pep area, about .8 of an
Inch was registered, while .75 was
measured at the W. H. Cunning-
ham residence at Fairview and .73
was recorded on the official gauge
at the Artie Forehand home on the
Sundown Highway.
Forehand said his gauge caught one.
snow and rain alike, while others
who reported said their gauges
had only rainfall.
In Whitharral itself, R L. Heard
measured 6 of an inch of mois-
ture. while .33 was reported in
Pettit.
By JESS WOFFORD , taken from my pocket once in the
Little signs in business places j press room of the DSN and at the
often create a laugh, a thought or 1 cashiers desk at the San Andre*
a topic for conversation. In the (Hotel. If you found 2 fives in
office of Odell Frazier, manager | either of these places, I can ident-
of the Hockley County Farm Bur- ify mine 'cause both of them had
eau. there’s a picture of a country Lincoln's picture on them,
hick which says, "Six munts ago ADS
I cudent spel sailsmon. now I ar July 15 somebody took a 1953
" On the desk of Fred Bark- Ford from Furr's parking lot.
er. vice president of the First ; Frank Fry, manager of Furr’* and
National Bank, is a one word sign, j owner of the car. reported it to the
“THINK.” Weldon Ford, owner of i police. After a time he bought
Ford's ice Cream Co., has one fn ! another car. Last week he talked
his office which reads. "LORD give j with a Highway patrolman, right
us courage to STAND for some- j away the car was located at Coe-
thing, lest we fall for anything.” homa. Texas. The Coahoma Oon-
DSN j stable explained to Fry, the ear
Everything doesn't happen to [ was found July 18. but had no re-
VARYING AMOUNTS OF SNOW
fell throughout the county late Mon- me. but there's a first for every- port of
night thing. On Tuesday of last week I1
was given 3 ones and 3 five
dollar bille* in change tor a twen-
ty after mailing packages at the
day afternoon and info the
before the rain began about 10
p.m.
An estimated four to five inches
was on the ground at one time in
Whitharral, while about three in-
(te* RAIN, SNOW — Pag* 5A*
a stolen car of that. dh-
cription. It cost Fry a trip to pick
it up a new tire and $86.00 for
storage. A purchase he made at
Vaughan's close out sale for his
Post Office. In the evening, check-1 children’s Christmas, was still in-
mg my finances, I found the ones | tact. Fry has a car for sale worth
and only one fiva. My billfold was (Bee A OMAN’S VUR — Page SA*
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 83, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 15, 1959, newspaper, December 15, 1959; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132038/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.