Levelland Daily Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 125, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 24, 1968 Page: 1 of 20
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VOLUME 27. NO 125
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI)WIRE
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1968 PAGES 20
Clear to partly cloudy at
wanner. Low 32-42. High «
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30,000 V iet Reds I nvade La
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Construction Ready For‘Levelland Motel’
Completion
Date
Announced
Communist Mount
Major Offensive
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AL GARDNER
WE JUST heard a new term
for the Ku Klux Klan—White
Muslins.
HOW ABOUT the sign on the
milk truck: "All We Have We
Owe To Udders.”
R0CKEFE1 I EH says he
would accept the GO!’ nomina-
tion if it were offered. Could
it be he’s started opening doors
in hopes of creating a draff?
WESTMOHEl AND says it
won’t be a long war, W heeler
sees “no early end” to it. As
in all gambles, you takes your
pick,.
AL ALLISON says there’s a
rumor going around that if Bob-
by Kennedy is elected, he’ll
probably make his wife sec-
retary of labor.
AL ALSO TOI D about this
habitual drunk who was haul-
ed up before the judge. “Just
look at you,” his honor chid-
ed, “a man of education with
a fine family, broke, out of a
job, and fixing to go to jail.
Do you realize it’s whiskey and
whiskey atone that’s respon-
sible for this?”
“Oh thank you, your ho-
nor.” the lush sobbed,
“everyone else has been toil-
ing me it was my fault.”
PAUL MUSSI EWHITE tells
about a cafe in cow country that
has posted a sign saying: “How
Do You Expect to Raise Cattle
if You keep Shooting the Bull?”
SEE COFFEE PAGE 8
Ground breaking ceremonies
were held Friday for the newly
named “Levelland Motel”
whose owners announced they
are ready to begin construct-
ion.
Owners of the officially nam-
ed “Levelland Motel” will be
Palmer Brothers, Kirby Ro-
gers, RJJ. McDonald and Jim
Wills.
Contractors are Weems &
Nelson, local contractors. The
SEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 8
Thieves Keep
Police Busy
Officer, Dennis Wrinkle dis-
covered a breakin at Morris
Motor Co . during a routine
check at 3.56 a.m. Saturday. U-
pon investigation W rinkle
discovered that thieves had pry-
ed open a window to gain entry
into the building. A cutting
torch was used to cut open the
safe where an undetermined
amount of money and papers
were missing. Aso taken was 1 ■
a spare tire and wheel from
the trunk of a 1968 Plymouth *
parked in the rear of die Build:
ing. Investigation is continu-
\II \T1\NF, I aos (l PI)—
1 an' charged Saturday 30,1)00
North \ iotiiamo-'C troops had
launched a direct'invasion and
were overwhelming wide areas
of the country in the long
Communist drive to seizeSouth
Vietnam’s neighbor.
Government and military
leaders said Communist arm-
ies taking part in the general
winter-spring offensive in In-
dochina were widening and
improving the Ho t iMinh Trail
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in Laos and pouring more
supply trucks than ever before
into South Vietnanr over the
network of infiltration routes.
They said the North Vietna-
mese invaders and their Pathet
l ao allies were using more
soviet weapons and had slpied
up or forcibly recruited up- \\M
w ai ds of 20,000 1 aotian youths
to form a “liberation army"
poised to attack the govern-
ment.
SEE 30,000 PAGE •
Wes Furry Dies, Rites To
Be Conducted Today I
GROUND BREAKING CEREMONIES FOR THE New Levelland
Motel owned by Palmer Bros, Kirby Rogers, R.D. McDonald
and Jim Wills were held Friday. BillWeems, with Weems and
Nelson contractors, Melviti Kunkel, Vice president of Levelland
Industrial Foundation, Thad McDonnell, president and Judge
Palmer were on hand. Through the foundation, the motel was
able to secure a loan for over $123,000. (Staff Photo)
ing.
City Police received a re-
port early Saturday morning
that vandals had broken wind-
shields in three combines at
Central Equipment Co. Police-
man A.J. Fowler stated that da-
mage appeared to have been
done with B B guns.
Recalling Tech Raf fcr Isf ^ es
Unreal To David Sdmidy For Tornado Seaton
Dan Reeves To Appear
At All Sports Banquet
Dan Reeves, an outstanding
athlete who led his club, the
Dallas Cowboys in rushing with
757 yards will be special guest
tomorrow, (Monday) at South
Plains College cafeteria for the
All Sports Banquet for 1 evel-
land High School.
The banquet has been chang-
ed from the SPC gym to the
cafeteria, according to infor-
mation released by Ellis Stag-
ner, president of the 1 evelland
Boosters Club.
Reeves, a native of Rome,
Georgia and resident of Ander-
sonville, Georgia, married Pa-
mela Ann White in 1964. They
have one daughter, Dana, 2 and
one son Michael, bom in No-
vember 1967. He is salesman
for Gifford-Hill, Dallas, in off
season.
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Reeves was the second team
A1LACC choice In 1962 and 64
quarterback under Marvin
Base. Ha sat 10 school of-
fensive records and threw for
346 yards against Big Eight
champ Nebraska tat 1964. He
w .» overlooked in all prodrafts
end came an feet last season to
rank sixth an NF1. rushing
Charts with 787 yards. A glid-
ing type of runner with 4.7
spaed, Reaves rues good pass
patterns and caught 4f for S57
yards. He had eight touchdowns
cm the ground end eight in the
air for 96 points. A good pass-
er in college, he tossed for 348
SEE REEVES PAGE 8
Local Talent
Teams Up For
Girlstown USA
Talent from all over Hockley
County will ban together March
29 at 8 p.m. for a benefit tal-
ent show set for Girlstown 1 SA
in Levelland High School Audi-
torium.
Special guests for the show
March 30 will be the entire
residence of Girlstown, 68girls
along with Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
shall Cooper and their house
mothers.
Sparking the entertainment
will be three well known come-
dians, “Bolo” "Tobbie” and
"Phyllis.” The three are well
known in Sundown. They add
just the right touch of come-
dy to any main attraction.
Talent from the area have
been asked to submit their
names for the program that al-
ready has scheduled over 14
acts Including several bands.
Proceeds from the show will
go toward purchasing much
needed cooking were for Girin-
town USA, located near White-
face.
The show was organised by e
group of Sundown residents who
have been noted in the peet for
sponsoring enthusiastic shows
in their town.
Admission will be $1 for a-
dults sod 50 cents for students.
No cash awaits will be pre-
sented, according to I spokes-
man, but special reeogntttow
win go to first, second sod
uura place winners.
Tim show Is opao to the pub-
lic. Anyone Interested In enter-
ing are asked to call Sun News
8*4-3121, Mrs. Carrol date*)
Davis at 894-4764 after S pjn.
or Mrs. James Heateltry at
Sundown 229-4851.
By RUTH WARREN
David Schmidly recalls the
night of Mrs. Alice Morgan’s
murder at Texas Tech as un-
real, even yet. A biology grad-
uate student at Tech, David
was in the science building the
night of the gruesome episode,
Dec. 4, 1967.
David went about his usual
tasks that night at the science
building. An apprentice science
instructor, he started with his
office mate to the science lab
to mix solutions for classes
the next morning.
They tried the door to the
Science Lab. The door was lock-
ed. They noticed the cleaning
woman’s cart outside the door
but thought nothing about it.
Many times they left their carts
to go for a Coke, or to another
part of the building. It was a
common sight.
It was not uncommon to find
the door locked either. David
and his office mate decided to
try later. They made their way
to the second floor where they
found their instructor holding
classes. They decided to wait
until his class was over and
ask for the key . At that time
il was somewhere around 8 p.m.
They made their way back to
their own office to wait. Short-
ly after, when the Professor’s
class was dismissed, David
his office mate and the in-
structor again went to the third
floor with the intention of mix-
ing solutions in the lab. The in-
structor reached in his pocket
for his key as they reached the
third floor. He never used It.
The janitor was coming from
the science room, his face as
white as a sheet. “A woman
has killed herself in here,” the
janitor said. When the three
saw the body of Mrs. Morgan
they backed from the office and
the instructor went to call po-
lice.
"I really didn’t see how awful
it was, I just saw her lying on
the floor, and knew that blood
was everywhere,” David re-
called. “The full impact had
not yet hit any of us. I remem-
SEE RECALLING PAGE 8
For the first time in its his-
tory, the City of I evelland
is prepared for an emergency
through its newly organized Ci-
vil Defense.
In case of a.tornado sight-
ed in the area, the Fire De-
partment will sound a conti-
nous blast at three minute in-
tervals until the all clear is
Dedication Ceremonies Planned
At Clauene Baptist Church
Work is finally complete at
Clauene Fellowship Baptist
Church after nearly two years
of continuous work by members
of the congregation. Dedication
services have been set for
March 29-31 according to the
pastor, the Rev. S.L. Yielding.
Former pastors of the church
the Rev. C.E. Strickland, with
Three Way Baptist Church, will
conduct services Friday night;
the Rev. Heimiean Mitchell,
pastor of Calvary Baptist Chur-
ch in Monahans will conduct
services Saturday night and the
Rev. W.E. Wainscott, pastor of
North College Heights in Plain-
view will conduct Sunday morn-
ing services.
Rev. Yielding, who has been
with the church since 1965 will
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conduct dedication ceremonies
at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 31
and the Rev. W.E. Landless
will conduct Sunday evening
services.
The church was first organ-
ized in 1923 about two miles
north of its present location.
It was a small one room build-
ing with approximately 20 per-
SEE DEDICATION PAGE 8
City Receives
$14,460 Loan
Expaaded Mail
/
Program Now
Available
DAVID SCHMIDLY
An illustrated pamphlet —
MAIL FOR SFR VICE MEN -
outlining the expanded program
for airlifting letters, packages
anil other military mail over-
spas at low postal rates is
now available through Level-
land Post Office window clerks.
Postmaster Harry Mann an-
nounced today.
Postmaster Mann said that
"as a result of new legisla-
tion and action by President
Johnson wo are now airlifting
more than 75 per cent at all
mall going to military men and
women stationed sbrond. We
hope this guide will help more
American families be familiar
these services and usa
The' eight-page pamphlet 11-
Inctratos three service* I
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speedy service non available
tor newspapers and news ma-
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A telegram was received
Thursday by Sun-News stating,
“The Department of house and
l rban Division notified Sena-
tor Ralph Yarborough today,
that it has granted $14,460 to
the City of I evelland for an 18
month comprehensive planning
program. Local fends will sup-
plement the funds with 87,230.
City manager for Levelland,
Morris Hudson, said the plans
would be set up in five year
intervals. It covers a 25 area
square mile radious and will go
into considering Industrial de-
velopment for municipal.facili-
ties, housing, streets, water and
sewer facilities. It covers
•very activity for a projected
population for some 25 years.
It will also help establish posi-
tions for parks, Hudson com-
mented.
The plan was first brought be-
fore the public during a meeting
held last summer when Nathan
Kiser presented a
along with Dims an
city planning. M
Hudson said that if fends were
mate available now, tea city
plMhtrs would begin work tan-
mtdiilcly, ’flu Trhott 1ii if ill
of ten community win In
■wm of l evelland will be br-
sounded. This will be known
after a pause and a siren blast
for one minute, and then quiet.
The new Civil Defense De-
partment is organized so that
the various departments of city
government, both prior to and
following a civil emergency, of
any kind, including a flood or
tornado, all department heads
are thoroughly familiar with the
procedures. In addition they
are instructed to pay particular
attention to the use of radios,
traffic and crowd control and
mobilization of city employees.
Each department head will
have the responsibility of keep-
ing the city manager advised of
civil emergencies, threaten-
ing or existant.
The City Manager will be
so advised regardless of the
time or extent of operations.
He shall have the responsibili-
ty of deciding the establish-
ment and operation of a “con-
trol center” which will be de-
signated with full radio and te-
lephone communication and em-
ergency services available.
The primary control center will
be operated from the CITY
HAI 1 , With the alternated or
secondary control center to fee
established in the water De-
partment Shop on Hickory SL
Communications will be esta-
blished at the alternate con-
trol center using certain mo-
bil units.
SEE CITY PLANS PAGE 8
Funeral services for Tho-
mas Wesley Curry,207 Willow-
wood Lane, are set for Sunday,
March 24, 2:30 p.m. at First
Baptist Church, Levelland. Of-
ficiating will be Dr. William H.
Cook, pastor and the Rev. Fred
Blake, pastor of Trinity Baptist
Church.
Curry, 55, a resident of Lev-
elland for 13 years, died Fri-
day in a local hospital after a
lengthy illness.
He was bom July 25, 1912 at
Champion, Tex., and had for-
merly lived in Sundown. Curry
was employed by Pan Ameri-
can Oil Corp. for 21 years
and was maintenance foreman
at the time of his death. He
was a member of First Baptist
Church.
Survivors include Us wife,
Ella Mae, two sons, Eddy at
^ . _ T «•». J««X ,4*.
ugoton, Kan.; a brother, Otto,
at Monroe, La.; five sisters,
Mrs. Modena Wright, Porter-
ville, Calif., Mrs. Annie Lean-
on!, China Lake, Calif„ Mrs.
Bunde Bardin and Mrs. Jennie
Chapman, both of Abernathy,
and Mrs. Tootsie Faulkenber-
ry, Seagraves; and one grand-
son.
Serving as pallbearers are
Murrell Brown, Paid Muesle-
white, M.W. Brockman,Howard
Fowler, Rufus Barker and J.T. .
Rogers.
Burial will
Cemetery under!
George C. Price I
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FunersSjlome.
Whitharral Sets Annin/
Alumini Meet, Mnrch 30
mij
Ex-students from Whitharral
School, first organized in 1925
spanning its 43rd year will meet
March 30 for an Alumni Ban-
quet at the school cafetorium.
The banquet is an annua] cele-
bration which attracts hundreds
of students who reside all over
the Panhandle area. John R.
Davis is president of the or-
ganization this year.
The school was named for Dr.
John Whitfield Harral, a trustee
of the Yellowhouse Land Co.
He owned much of the land in
the area when the town site was
laid in 1924. At that time the
only inhabitants to welcome
newcomers were prairie dogs
and badgers.
The background of Whithar-
ral dates back to the first sett-
ler, Lee Crownover who moved
there in 1924. He found Indian, present the 1968
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ford (Thomman).
Under the leadership at
Crownover, John Petty and
Mrs. Badger of Littlefield, a
two room school was built and
ready for use on J an. 12, 1925.
Mrs. Lula Langford served an
teacher for tee school when
six pupils were enrolled in tee
school at that time.
Davis announced Saturday
that Trap Haynes, superinten-
dent of Early Thirties who ser-
ved the Whitharral schools hi
the early 1930’s and R.B.
Carnes who served as si*er-
intendent in 1940*a will also
be present for this year’s cele-
bration.
During the meeting Ed John-
son president of thq Whitharral
School Board of Education ntll
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relics and arrowheads just west
of the present highway. The
first thing Crownover did was
to see that a school was built
in 1924. At that time there
were only 16 persons populating
the small community. The first
child born in the newly organ! z-
ed community was Bill Lang-
Sandwiches and
be served by local
of Whitharral.
Performing for the
will be the Sextettes of J
Plains College under the dir-
ection of Harley Bulla.
meeting
of South
There will be a
person foe.
mi
tkms.
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ex-etudant At
Annual alumni
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