The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 82, Ed. 1 Monday, December 14, 1959 Page: 1 of 8
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Level land Daily Sun News
“WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES’* —Byron
VOLUME XVIII,NUMBER 82
LEVELLAND, TEXAS PRICE: Daily 5c Sunday 10c
(AP) The Associated Press
MONDAY DECEMBER 14, 1959
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GUARDSMEN WATCH PLANT
Two Minnesota national guardsmen walk
their posts on a railroad overpass over-
looking the strike-bound Wilson & Co.
packing plant at Albert Lea. Violent out-
bursts by stricking members of the United
Packir, house Workers Union brought an
order from Gov. Orville Freeman send-
ing two units of the guard to maintain
order. (AP Wirephoto)
Deep snow,EXPECTANTM0THER'HUSBANDKILLEDINLUBB0CKCRASH
winds seen Woman dies in rush to hospital
for Plains
A Day
In The
SUN
By ORLIN BREWER
An editorial writer down at i
Houston offered some thoughts j
about the Christinas season which j
we think are applicable in Level-[
land, as well as any other place |
in the nation.
We are at the halfway point of
the pre-Christmas season, he point-
ed out.
Only 10 days remain in which to
complete Christmas shopping.
Only 11 days remain in which to
finish all the preparations for the
best-loved feast day on the Christ-
ian calendar.
Everybody Is busy. The down-
town and neighborhood stores are
thronged with shoppers. Traffic is
unusually heavy everywhere.
It would be well if everybody
took unusual precautions at this
time of extra heavy traffic haz-
ards.
But. moat important is to make
the proper spiritual preparation for
Christmas.
For what is the reason for all
this activity? Is it merely to give
and receive gifts? Is it merely to
hold family gatherings ano to en-
tertain friends and be entertained
by them? Is it merely to be more
gpnerous than usual in helping the
unfortunate?
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All these, thing* are con-
nected with Christmas, and all
are good. Rut he misses the
spirit of Christmas who for-
gets or subordinates the why
of all these activities.
We observe Christmas be-
cause It Is the anniversary of
the birth of the Christ Child.
We give gifts, and particular-
ly to children, because the
Magi brought gifts to the Holy
Infant.
We rejoice, we feast, we are
convivial because the Christ-
mas season Is an occasion for
joy.
We are generous to those less
fortunate because He said, “In-
asmuch as ye have done It
ante the limit sf these my
brethren, ye have done It un-
to me.”
The core and center of Christ-
mas I* the Christ Child. .All
Christians should keep that
thought In their minds through-
out the season.
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A few days ago. we did a story
on Levelland's civil defense pro-
gram, in which local civil de -
fense director Jimmy Bearden rat-
ed it an inadequate on-paper-on!y
program.
Bearden has been encouraged by
the possibility that an adequate
storm-warning system for the city
may become a reality one of these
days. But he says people locally
are generally disinterested because
the chances of a disaster seem
so remote, at least at the present.
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Fred Brewton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church,
says they don’t have any
trouble selling rivH defense
down in Waco.
Brewton knows, for he was
there as a pastor during the
Waco tornado. Several mem-
bers of his church died In this
storm, which did millions of
dollar* worth of damage.
Waco was almost totally
unprepared, perhaps more so
than a k)t of other place*
might have been because folk*
liked to believe an old Indian
(See DAY IN THE SUN—Page 4A)
9 criminal, civil
cases called for
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county settings
FIVE CRIMINAL CASES AND
four civil suits were slated to be
called for setting at 2 p.m. Mon-
day in the opening of the current
session of Hockley County Court.
A Mst df TT potential jurors also
has been summoned to report at
1C a.m. Tuesday.
COUNTY ATTORNEY E. W.
Bodedeker said Monday morning
that two driving while imoxicated
cases, two liquor law violation
counts and one case of driving
while license is suspended were to
be called.
Boedeker also said several cases j
were passed for various reasons.
C. W. Knick vs. K. P. Tillmon;
Boyd Hogue vs. John Birtciel; J.
R. Heard vs. J. B. Taylor; Reed
vs. Johnson & Baggett.
Judge Louis Owens will preside
over the session.
POTENTIAL JUROR.* CALLED
are:
H K Boswell; J. B. Silhan: Mrs.
T J. Youngblood: Eldon Morris,
R H. Carter: Theldon M. Oliver;
John M. Woodall; Fred G. Owens;
F. O Elkins.
Also. A B. Norman: F. F. j
Smith: Clifford Moreland: .T. W |
Borders Jr.. E. E. Nugent: Clyde
P. Moss, Frank Motl Jr.; Mitt
Dowlen.
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By KEITH BUTTERFIELD
The VFW family night party
which was held last Friday night
in the VFW Hall proved to be
fairly successful in raising money
for the annual Goodfellow camp-
aign in Levelland. If you have not
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The school is being taught by Mrs
Grady Terrill, and anyone interest-
ed in enrolling a child may con-
tact her or call the church office.
GET
More than a hundred boys from
the surrounding Texas and New
Mexico towns will be in Levelland
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made your contribution to Christ- this Thursday, Friday and Satur-
mas project, do it right away, j day nights for the golden glove
Mail your check to the Levelland j boxing meet. If you want to see
Fire Station or The Levelland ! some good fights, come out to the
Daily Sun News, Box 337G. Toys, | local high school gymnasium on
Schools to dismiss
for holidays Friday
Close to 3,500 student* InLev-
elland Public schools and at
South Plains College start their
second vacation within less
than a month after classes
dismiss Friday afternoon.
More than 500 day and even-
ing school students at the col-
lege and over 3,000 public
school students face a 16-day
vacation before classes resume
on Monday, Jan. 4.
They returned from a four-
day Thanksgiving vacation on
Nov. 31.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Weather Bureau issued a
“heavy snow and local blizzard
warning” Monday for parts of
Northwest Texas and New Mex-
ico.
Even as the w’arning came,
snow was falling at Dalhart,
Dumas and Amarillo and winds
gusting up to 35 miles an hour
fanned the Panhandle.
The blizzard warning said:
“A slow moving storm centered
over New Mexico Monday morn-
ing was causing snow through the
Southern Rockies. As this steam
moves Southward Monday,
afternoon and night, it will spread
heavy snows of four inches or
more through eastern New Mexico
and the Panhandle and upper
South Plains of Texas. Strong
winds will cause local blizzard
condition* with considerable drift-
ing snow.
“Motorists and other interests
through western Texas and New
Mexico should listen for later
forecasts and bulletins.”
Dalhart before noon had snow
in 29 degree weather. Amarillo
had 33 and the snow there was
mixed with light rain. Perryton
a sprinkle and the mercury
in the northeast Panhandle had
started sliding down. Dumas had
light pellet snow and 31 degrees
plus hail.
The Highway Department is-
sued a warning that a light snow
in the northwest part of the
Amarillo District is causing slick
pavements and hazardous driving
conditions. v *-
The warning *§jd weather fore-
casts call for snow throughout j
the Panhandle later in the day
and Monday night.
The bureau said snow of 4 in-
ches or more was expected with |
heavy drifts.
It said the snow would be ac-
companied by highwinds.
Blizzard conditions are expected j
to diminish Tuesday.
The forecast also called for
showers and thunderstorms in I
other parts of the state with con-
siderably colder weather almost
everywhere.
Minim urns in the Panhandle and 1
South Plains Tuesday morning are
expected to range from 20 to 40
degrees.
Snow struck Dalhart and Ama-
rillo before noon. Dalhart report-
ed gusty winds up to 35 m.p.h.
with temperature of 29 degrees.
Amarillo reported 33 degrees with
light rain mixed with the snow.
Half fares for visitors
MOSCOW iAP*—Youths coming
to the Soviet Union from other
lands next year will pay half fares
on Soviet railroads, the Soviet
Youth Committee announced in
the newspaper Evening Moscow.
The group added that other con-
cessions will be made for young
people.
SLATON, Tex. (AP(—Jo Ann
Hogue woke her husband early
today. The pains were regular
now. While he hurriedly dressed
she made last minute preparations
tions for the 16-mile ride to the
hospital where her second child
was to be born.
A half hour later, on the high-
way to Lubbock, a car appeared
suddenly from a side road. Tires
screamed on the paving, but too
late.
Killed in the crash were Mrs.
Hogue. 24. her husband, James
Arthur Hogue, 23, and the driver
of the other car, Juan Vela
Frusta, a farm worker from
nearby Abernathy.
Among cars passing the wreck-
age in the dim light of dawn was
one carrying Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Halliburton of Slaton, parents of
Mrs. Hogue. They talked happily
of the impending birth.
“Maybe we should stop and see
if it could be them,” Mrs. Halli-
burton suggested as they slowed
down to pass the scene. One car
— the Hogue's was upside down
in the center of the four - lane
highway. Frusta’s car, burning,
was almost disintegrated.
“That couldn’t be them,” Halli-
burton assured his wife.
The Halliburtons were waiting
in the delivery room at Methodist
Hospital in Lubbock when their
daughter was brought in, dead
on arrival. The unborn child was
not saved.
Hogue was an auto part* sales-
man in Slaton. He and the brown-
haired, brown-eyed Jo Ann were
married about a year ago. Survi-
vors of Mrs. Hogue include a son,
Lamar, 4, bom to a previous
marriage.
Highway patrolmen said Frusta
evidently drove through a atop
sign. Skid marks on the paving
showed he wa* into the inter-
section when he evidently saw the
Hogue car bearing down on him
and put on his brakes.
In the wreckage <4f the Hogue
car officers found a suitcase of
baby clothes.
Vital NATO talks
opened by Herter
By DAVID MASON
PARIS (AP)— France called
.“excessive and dramatic” today
j critical remarks made about this
j country last week by Gen. Nathan
! F. Twining, chairman of the U.S.
j Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Twining deplored delay by most
j West European members of the
I North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
[ tion in accepting U.S. atomic
weapons and stockpiles and in in-
tegrating air force into one air
defense structure. He made it
clear the United States feels
France is the chief offender.
Foreign Minister Maurice Couve
de Murville expressed the French
position on the Twining view to
U.S. Secretary of State Christian
A. Herter. French sources said
Couve de Murville “expressed his
extreme surprise at the revela-
tions by the American press of
remarks made in the military
committee, whose debates are, in
principle, secret.”
Couve de Murville also said
AFTER VISITING IRAN
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Ike given rousing
welcome in Greece
foods and other gifts items may be
left at the Fire Station.
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Well, only nine more shopping
days until Christmas. If you have
not done your Shopping as yet.
you’d better get busy. We notice
that most of the stores in town
are getting piled high inside with
wrapped gifts ready for Christmas
Eve or Christmas morning open-
ing.
ADS
The First Methodist Church in
Levelland is holding a day school
kindargaxtap for pre-sohoal wort
those three nights.
The trophies which have been
donated by several of the Level-
land firms are on display at Par-
sons Pharmacy. A trophy will be
donated to the boys who place in
each division.
RESULTS
Turn to the Business and In-
dustrial page of todays Sun News
and read an interesting story about
the Levelland Dairy Queen and its
manager, Earl Remmick. This is
a weekly feature of the local news-
paper, and we think you will en-
joy reading t
Auto drives away
after city accident
One auto sustained minor dam-
age, while damage to a second
one is unknown following a colli-
sion at Ave. H and Austin Street
about 9 a.m. Monday.
The second car, a 1959 Chevro-
let was driven away by its un-
identified woman driver immediate-
ly after the accident. The other
vehicle, a 1953 Plymouth driven by
Benito Hem&ndez, 401 Ave. G, sus-
tained about $30 damage.
Investigating officers said the
Hernandez auto was making a
right turn from Ave. H onto Aus-
tin. when it was hit by the second
vehicle which was backing from a
parking place.
No tickets have been issued.
Red carpet treatment
astonishes president
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)—President
Eisenhower was astonished to find
his limousine rolling over rich
Persian rugs in the streets of Teh-
ran today.
By JOHN 8CAIJ
ATHENS, Greece (API—Work-;
ing a 20-hour schedule, President j
Eisenhower said goodby to India j
today and won rousing welcomes j
in Iran and Greece, both under
the protective fold of U.S. mili- i
tary aid.
Here in Athens hundreds of
thousands of Greeks turned out to
cheer and wave. King Paul greet-1
ed the President enthusiastically j
at Athens’ Ellenikon airport, say-1
ing the Greek people had watched
his journey so far with deep emo-
tion.
In reply. Eisennower noted the
long history of Greek culture and
said Greece's steadfast devotion
to democratic principles has won
the admiration of the world.
The President’s big orang# and
silver jet landed at a seaside air-
port after a six-hour stop in Iran
that marked the halfway point in
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President Eisenhower and President Rajendra of India
rld« in an open coach enroute to the Fair Ground* in
New Delhi. President Eisenhower officially opened the
American pavilion at the fourteen-nation World Art!*
culture Fair. (AP Wirephotoj
his 22.000-mile goodwill tour.
King Paul I of Greece was at j
Ellinikon, the Athens airport, to j
greet Eisenhower as he flew in i
from Tehran.
Crown Prince Constantine and 1
Premier Constantine Karamaniis |
also welcomed the President, the !
first American chief executive to,
visit this ancient country.
Thousands of Greeks turned out
to make the welcome another
memorable occasion for the Pres-
ident. School children got a holi-1
day and many workers were giv-
en time off.
Prime Minister Karamaniis
urged his people to greet Eiserv-
hwer "with the enthusiasm im-
posed by the personality of our
visitor and the significance of his ;
mission.”
The President's 10-mile route j
into Athens lay along a broad [
four-lane highway beside the blue)
waters of the Bay of Phalercm,
then past the temple of the Olym-1
pian eus and the great arch of
Hadrian.
Thousands of U.S. flags and the ,
blue and white banners of Greece j
dotted the route, flying between j
pepper and orange trees. “Wel-
come Eisenhower” posters were
plastered on hundreds of buildings.
Tonight, in honor of the occa-1
sion. the floodlights will be turned ;
on such historic monuments as the i
Acropolis and the Parthenon.
Even the Communist-line EDA
party joined in. It urged a warm I
welcome for the President, ignor-
ing tor the moment the role j
American aid played in crushing j
th* Communists during the Greek j
civil war in the late lS40s.
The Greek Premier said Eisen-
hower’s one-day visit would give
th# Greek people an opportunity
to repay ”a great moral obliga-
tion—to express our feelings cf
friendship and gratitude to the
American people who for over 12
years have extended not only their
political and moral support but
also material assistance for its re-
habilitation.
Eisenhower will spend the night
at the royal palace, along with his
son and daughter-in-law. Maj.
John and Barbara Eisenhower.
John and Barbara Eisenhower.
King Paul and Queen Frederika
came in from their country home
at Tatoi to be hosts to the visitors.
The highlight of Ms brief stay
will be an address to the Greek
Parliament Tuesday.
The President will get his best
look at the city Tuesday when a
helicopter takes him to the U.S.
(«** IKK GIVEN — Page 4A)
Twining’s remarks were of an
"excessive and dramatic charac-
ter.” that the manner in which the
problems were presented was out
of proportion to the importance of
the problems themselves.
Herter called on Couve de Mur-
ville at the start of nine days of
concentrated Western talks aimed
at shoring up NATO and prepar-
ing a summit-level meeting with
the Soviet Union.
Herter had appointments with
Paul-Henri Spaak, secretary-gen-
eral of NATO; Gen. Lauris Nor-
stad, the supreme Allied com-
mander hi- Europe; and British
Foreign Secretory Sekvyn Lloyd.
Other top ministers from NATO
countries were arriving in Paris
for the ministerial meeting which
opens Tuesday. Most of them were
engaged in private talks with their
counterparts from other countries.
Out of these preliminary talks will
come the line to be followed in the
NATO meetings.
The U.S. secretary of state wel-
comed recent relaxation in world
tension on his arrival Sunday, but
warned: "It remains to be seen
whether the Soviet Union is pre-
pared to negotiate seriously to
reach equitable settlements of
major issues. It would be a grave
error to base our plans for the
future on a more optimistic ap-
(See NATO TALKS — Page 4A)
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CROSSROADS
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I REPORT
Dear Editor;
I see where out leading Pre-
sidential prospects have spilled
their view* on the matter of
sending birth control aid and
advice to other countries.
My trend • watching neigh-
bor say* likely most foreign-
ers would rather see a birth
control program In the IT. S.
to hold down the output of med-
dling Americans.
But says our politicians
would find it hard to make up
their minds on this, as long a*
birth i* a gamble and you
can’t teH until too late whe-
ther a new citizen will he a
Republican or a Democrat.
D. E. SCOTT
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L. W. HARVEL
Hockley official
for SCS claimed
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by heart attack
L. W. (B(TD) HARVEL. WORK
unit conservationist in the Hockley
County Soil Conservation District,
d>ed at his home on the Sundown
Highway shortly before 8 a.m.
Monday.
Harvel, who had been on tempor-
ary leave from his post after a
heart attack hospitalized him to
September, apparently died from
another such attack.
Funeral services are pendbig
awaiting arrival of Harvel’s daucA
ter from Laredo and his son from
Austin.
MRS. Hi4«V« HMD HM HUG
band was stricken Monday motto
ing while preparing breakfast %
the kitchen of their new home, tjk
to which the oouple had moved oto
ly a short tima ago.
Mrs. Harvel, a teacher In Lsssto
land school system, said she etas ffe
j another pert of th# heuee prepaw
I ing to go to work when she heart)
her husband call out from the kto
] chen.
When she arrived, Harvel wan
lying on a couch in th# den. A
j doctor and an ambulant*# wet*#
| summoned.
Dr. C. M. Phillips, who went to
the house, said Harvel apparently
I died before he was taken from the
j house to Phillips - Dupre HoapitaA,
MRS. HARVEL SAID HER HUR-
Levelland since Jan. 11, 1959. He
I came here from Vernon where he
I had been area conservationist since
1946. ,
Th# work unit head had ttoen
with the Soil Conservation Service
j for 25 years, originally joining the
organization in 1935 at Dublin. He
[ spent two years there as a farm
(SeeHEART ATTACK — Page 4A)
Goodfellow campaign
needs contributions
The Goodfellow campaign for |
Levelland’s needy children Monday j
still had a long way to go in a ■
very few days to make this Christ-1
mas a merry one for every young- J
ster, regardless of race, creed or |
financial condition.
A $75 contribution from the VFW
raised in a special Goodfellow
game night program Friday, was
expected to boost the overall total j
to close to $120.00.
The city fire department and Ex-
change Club are seeking more than [
$600 in contributions — the amount
they feel they'll need to assure ev-
ery youngster of a bountiful Christ-
mas.
Gifts of toys, clothing and staple
foods sre also being accepted by
the Goodfellow*.
Contribution# may be sent to the
City Or# department or to the Lev-
elland Daily Sun News.
The collowing business contribut-
ed prizes for the VFW party val-
ued at from $3 to $10: Cobb’s,
Fair Store, Helton’s Surplus, G. F.
Wacker Store, C. C. Dry Goods,
Hatch Drug, Tipps’ Men’s Store,
Clark - Logsdon Sporting Goods.
J. C. Penney Co., Your Shop, Ben
Franklin Store, Franklin’s Ready-
to-wear. Copeland Hardware, Eve's
Youth Shop, Dunlap's Stacy - Ma-
son Furniture, Chamberlaind Elec-
tric.
Cash contribution* turned to to
the campaign so far include:
Anonymous: $1.38
T. L. Casseaus 5.00
Newcomers Club 10.00
Howard Vaughan 10.00
Ray Jones 15.00
Total $43.35
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