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Denton Id On The March
America’s Best
‘Home Town’ City
Section Two:
Editorial
Churches
Colleges
Amusements
Farm News
Business News
Section Three:
Political News
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L. S. Asks Treaty
To Ban Veto On
Atom Questions
Baruch Proposal Would
Avoid Amendment Of
United Nations Charter
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Price 10 Cento
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By R J (BOB> EDWARDS
Character Is like a tree and repu-
tation is like its shadow The shad-
ow Is what we think of it; the tree
is the real thing—Lincoln
with members of the
before leaving Wash-
June 21. 1904: A meeting of the
stockholders of the John B Denton
college was held at the college yes-
terday afternoon, with J T. Bot-
torff In the chair and J C. Colt as
secretary —B. C. Ivey has another
hemorrhage list night, but is rest-
ing well today —Ford Witherspoon,
Bala Williams and Miss Helen
Smith left for Terrell today to at-
Bee ROUND ABOUT, Page 2
conclusion that “you
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Society, Women’s News
Sports
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WASHINGTON, July 13. —(4*>-
Congress gave final approval today
to a »3.750,000,000 loan to Oreat
Britain, sending the legislation to
President Truman by a House vote
of 219 to 155.
The Senate already had authoris-
ed the huge fund intended to re-
habilitate England's war-disorgan-
ized international trade.
In closing debate, proponents
shouted thst the decision on aid
for the wartime ally would deter-
mine whether the world will turn
CHICAGO, July 18— lAPi— The
Federal Bureau of Investigation to-
day confirmed a fingerprint rela-
tionship between William Heirens
and a partial print found by police
in the apartment of Frances Brown,
Chicago's "lipstick murder" vic-
tim
Previously the FBI had said that
a finger and palm print of Heirens.
17 year old University of Chicago
student, were 'identical" to latent
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NEW YORK. July 13-qPA-The
United States proposed tonight
that the veto on atomic questions
be eliminated by international
treaty rather than by amendment
to the United Nations charter.
In a new memorandum, submit-
ted to the UN Atomic Energy Com-
mission, U. 8. Representative Ber-
nard M Baruch proposed that the
veto issue be disposed o( In the
proposed treaty setting up an
atomic control system.
This would make it unnecessary
to amend the charter, which some
of the atomic commission delegates
have admitted would be difficult.
If not impossible. In view of Rus-
sia s avowed opposition
There was no indication, however,
that Russia would be any more
willing to surrender her veto rights
Air Power ‘Major
Factor’ in Pacific
WASHINGTON, July 13—(JP>—
A commission which studied bomb-
ing effects and other factors told
President Truman today that Ja-
pan whould have surrendered be-
fore the end of 1945 even without
the atomic bomb. Russia's entry
Into the war or any Allied inva-
sion plans.
Assertiit that air supremacy was
“the major factor which deter-
mined the timing of Japan’s sur-
render." the U. 8 strategic bomb-
ing survey had thia to say on
other points, in a report to the
President:
Hie atomic bomb—Brought “fur-
ther urgency and lubrication" to
Russia's enta*-“Nelther defeated
Japan nor materially hasteaed the
acceptance of surrender.
The Invasion threat —Anticipated
landings were even viewed by the
Byrnes was due tn about noon Sun-
day on President Truman's special
plane "The Sacred Cow." The White
House reported that the President,
who scheduled a Sunday afternoon
cruise on the Potomac River, would
see Byrnes shortly after his ar-
rival.
Monday night Byrnes is tenta-
tively slated to make a nationwide
radio broadcast. Returning with
him are Senators Vandenberg (R-
Mlch) and Connally (D.-Tex.) who
arc expected to report, to the Sen-
ate next week
Byrnes and the Senators left
Washington a month ago today for
the second half of the Paris foreign
ministers conference. The firtt half
ended in almost) .total fatlure three
weeks earlier.
What rendered the auoceas of the
second half partial and uncertain, in
the view of diplomatic authorities
here, were the facts that only one
of four major problems which
Byrnes hoped to solve at Paris
was actually solved, and relations
between Russia and the Western
powers continued clouded and in-
secure.
BROWN WITHDRAWS
TO SUPPORT SMITH
texarkana' July 13 —1*>
- William V. Brown. Texarkana
attorney, withdrew from the
Texas gubernatorial race today,
declaring lie would r.upport
Lieut. Gov John Lee Smith.
He said Smiths position on
some issues were enough to his
own that Texas people "will
have another man who is not
‘afraid of tl>e big bad wolf’ to
carry on."
The ex-mayor of Texarkana's
platform had advocated settle-
ment of labor-management dis-
putes in courts, full payment
of old age pensions, Increase In
teachers' salaries and a stand
against "the damnable alpha-
betical New Deal agencies and
commissions such as FEPC."
Byrnes Flies Home
With Paris Report
WASHINGTON. July 13—(/Pl-
Secretary of State Byrnes was fly-
ing home from Parts tonight to
report to President Truman and
the American people a partial and
uncertain success of the great pow-
ers' efforts to forge real world
peace
He had plans, however, for a
swift follow-up of the limited a-
chievements of the Paris meeting,
in an evident attempt to expand
the agreements reached there. Be-
fore leaving Paris early Saturday,
he disclosed his intention of urging
another meeting with Foreign Min-
isters Molotov. Bevin and Bidault
prior to the United Nations session
at New York Sept S3.
Furthermore, reviewing the work
of the 28-day Paris session con-
cluded Friday. Byrnes told news-
men that the agreement to Inter-
nationalise the controversial city
should determine whether it Is
of Trieste, between Yugoslavia and
Italy, is “a great experiment that
possible for the United Nations in
a situation of this kind to reach
a solution "
The State
WASHINGTON. July 18-Ort-
One of three presidential plans for
merging and streamling govern-
ment agencies squeezed through
congress today when the Senate
heeded a plea of Democratic lead-
er Barkley tKy.) to “scrape some
of the barnacles from the ship of
state.”
The Senate, by a ballot an-
nounced as 37 to 30, voted down a
resolution disapproving
which proposed that the ______ _
service and general land office be
combined into a single bureau of
land management.
The House already had rejected
the plan, and two others President
Truman sent to Congress on May
16 Under the reorganisation act,
all three go into effect automatic-
ally at midnight Monday—60. days
after submission—unless both Sen-
ate and House turn them down.
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In the Sept. 10th, 1904 Issue, wc
note: "Next Monday Is the begin-
ning of Texas Week set apart by
the World's Fair authorities Mon-
day has been named "Denton Day"
Among those who left this morn-
ing for 8t. Louis were: Mr. and Mrs
James G. Wright of Bolivar. Mlsset
Lou and Jessie Owsley. Mrs. John
A Hann. Miss Luella Hann, Mass
Carrie Stratton, Mr. and Mrs. Cu-
vier Lipscomb and Charlie Czaro-
witz. Several more expect to go to-
morrow or tonight."—Loafer runs
on a tack The Loafer has had more
trouble. Last night while dreaming
about some of those things that
are past, he got up out of bed and
stepped on a rusty tack about six
inches long, with the result that
he has Infringed on General "Flat
Wheel” Wrays copyrighted name
and is now a "flat wheel” himself."
—"In the friendly suit of Susan
Simmons, Judge Barrett last week
• appointed a board of commission-
ers to partition the land in con-
troversy. The commissioners were
E Biggerstaff, A. J. Nance and J
W Underwood."—Mrs. T N Skiles
and family have moved to the J.
N Rayzor place on West Oak
street, where they will reside until
next spring when they intend to
rebuild their old home.----T. G.
Milliken is spending a few days
with his parents at Lewisville.—J.
W Scott has returned after spend-
ing two weeks at the St. Louis
Fair.
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Mrs. C A Tripp, nee Miss Lula
Evers, has brought some old num-
bers of the Record-Chronicle to
Roundabout to look over, so it
might be that some of the other
oldtlmers, and some not so old.
would like a glimpse back Into the
days when Denton wasn't the 'big
city' it is today
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TEXAS CANDIDATES AT HEARING—Four Texas
gubernatorial candidates, in Dallas to attend a Federal
Communications Commission hearing granted Candi-
date Homer I’. Rainey, are shown above outside the fed-
eral courtroom where the hearing was held. Left to right,
they are Caso March, Rainey, Grover Sellers and Beau-
ford Jester. Rainey protested radio time alloted him by
the Texas Quality Network. In his petition he charged
discrimination and monopoly. In photo at right, Rainey
(seated in witness chair) studies a photostatic copy of a
page of the O’Daniel News, handed him by his attorney,
James V. Allred, right. The page contained a speech by
.Sen \V. Le<‘ O’Daniel. (AB Photos).
for adjustment of differences.
That situation left the country
without national price or rent con-
trols for another week-end. They
went off July 1 when OPA legally
lapsed-.
After
Until Tuesday
WASHINGTON, July 13.—(AP)— With strong Repub-
lican, backing, a drive got under way today in the House to
send a revised price control bill to President Truman exact-
ly as the Senate passed it early this morning.
However, an informal but binding ‘‘gentlemen's agree-
ment” to defer the showdown until Tuesday gave adminis-
tration leaders a long-week-end to organiie a fight for re-
moval of Senate-voted decontrols of major food items.
The agreement, made by Democratic and Republican
leaders to protect many members who will be absent Mon-
day, nullified the House rules committee’s speedy action in
recommending tnat the controversial bill be sent immedi-
ately to a Senate Houne conference*--—
committee * recommendation nnd
send the bill to President Truman
instead of to .conference. That can
be accomplished if a majority of
the membership votes to concur in
the Senate bill, which technically
is an amendment to a House mea-
sure extending the old price control
law until July 20.
Rep Halleck <R.-Ind.) said he be-
lieved the bill aa pasted by the
Senate "la juat about as good a bill
aa you can get from the Senate."
He baaed that opinon, he told the
rules committee, on the heavy vote
by which the Senate wrote the de-
control amendments into the bill.
Before the House logically could
even ask the Senate to back down,
Halleck explained, it should go on
record for or against the decontrol
provisions and it could do that
j on a motion to accept the
Republicans joined U7
and one minor IMrtf 1
member in voting for ratification
i o» the loan urged by President Tru-
man. Opposed were 32 Democrats,
122 Republicans and one minor
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DENTON, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1946 Associated Press Leased Wire THIRTY-TWO PAGES
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Solons Launch Drive to Send
Senate OPA Bill to Truman
The fight centered around Sen-
ate-voted decontrols on moat, poul-
try, •«>. butter, cheese, milk and
other dairy products, cottonseed,
soybeans, grain, livestock and poul-
try feed and tobacco, and removal
of price curbs on petroleum aa
long as suppliss meet domestic
mends. n
House leaders Indicated they
would fight to restore controls to
all those Kerns,
British Loan Wins
Congress Approval
to Washington or Moscow for lead-
ership.
Russia loomed large In the long
and bitter House arguments, which
ended with Speaker Raybum (D-
Tex) appealing for approval of the
credit, lest England and Western
Europe "be pushed Into an Ideology
I despise."
' Sixty-one
I Democrats
Ington and was told to rush this
testimony to them as quickly as
possible," the former Army Judge
advocate said "I can’t sdy' a deci-
sion will be reached before the first
primary, two weeks from today, but
I know the commission Is a hard
working group and in constant ses-
sion. So It Is likely they will give
It immediate attention."
Cunningham said the hearing, in
so far as he knew, was unprece-
dented in commission history, that
he knew of no other case "so close-
ly Involved in a political campaign.”
Allred introduced the university
question late In the afternoon while
cross-examining Kern Tips, station
manager for KPRC, Houston, one
of the stations Involved.
Tips was questioned with refer-
ence to a visit made by the former
governor, accompanied by Major J.
R. Parten of Houston, to KPRC
in seeking radio time on TQN to
present “Dr Ralney’i sl-.le" of the
university controversy. The visit.
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Allred said, was made In early No-
vember, 1944, shortly after the dis-
missal of Rainey as university
president.
Controversial Question
The station manager said he re-
called the visit but would have to
consult records for details. Allred
then began to read from telegrams
and letters between KPRC and
Major Parten'a off tee with reference
to the matter,
“Do you recall our visit to you
and your telling us you wouldn't
sell us time because it involved a
controversial question." Allred ask-
ed
■ Didn't you offer us a 30-minute
program to be split between the
two sides of the issue?"
“I don't recall ”
Col Frank W Wozencraft of Dal-
las, attorney for KPRC, objected
on the grounds that Rainey was
not a recognized candidate for gov-
ernor at the time and that "there
is no remote connection between
the university controversy" and the
pending hearing
Paul M Segal, representative for
WBAP, Fort Worth, added his ob-
jections by recalling yesterday’s
testimony by Rainey In criticizing
Texas newspapers for trying to re-
vive the university situation and
making It an issue of the cam-
paign.
"They have revived It very stu-
diously and successfully." Allred re-
torted.
"Now we find counsel for the
plaintiff is doing so.” Segal said. "I
hope they have no blased-antl-
Rainey feelings."
Cunningham permitted the tele-
grams and letters to be entered In
evidence but ordered continuation
of cross-examination on other
subjects.
Smith, who has attacked many
of his opponents in his campaign
speeches, made little reference to
them in his hearing testimony to-
day He was on the witness stand
nearly an hour.
Commercials Only Conflicts
“My relations with the stations
involved have been very agreeable,"
he said, "except for a few conflicts
with commercials causing denials
of my requests."
“If that is wrong. I want them
(the stations) reprimanded." he
continued "But I reiterate that It
is money and not radio time that
is my problem.”
The lieutenant governor said the
interests of "freedom of speech"
would be aided "if we can compel
these powerful groups to lower
rates.”
On cross-examination. Everett L.
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military with hope that they would
afford a means of inflicting casual-
ties sufficiently high to Improve
their chances of a negotiated
peace."
Some Japanese leaders recognised
aa early as the spring of 1944 that
"Japan was facing ultimate de-
feat." said the report made public
by the White House.
I time lapse between mili-
tary impotence and political ac-
ceptance of the inevitable might
have been shorter," the report aeid.
“had the political structure at Ja-
pan permitted a more rapid and in:
decisive determination at national
policies.
“It seems clear, ho
of Japan’s surrender and obviated
any need tprtomtan.".
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Senate Probers
Decide May Can’t
Deny Evidence
WASHINGTON. July 13— (AP)—
In a gloves-off exchange, the Sen-
ate war investigating committee
concluded today that Rep May (D-
Ry.) is "unable to explain or con-
tradict” evidence Unking him with
wrunltlorLs makers and the House
Military chairman in reply chal-
lenged the general "conduct of your
hearings "
Dropping the polite formalities
of congressional exchanges, the
committee wrote May directly that
it could find no alternative to the
admit the
gathered in its inquiry “to
May snapped back a forma] re-
ply that such a conclusion Is “un-
warranted” and added that “It
parallels other characteristics of the
conduct of your hearings to which
I object ”
'Fhe committee turned thumbs
down on the conditions with which
May hedged an agreement to "con-
sider" a personal appearance to
tell of his acknowledged help to an
industrial combine headed by Dr
Henry Garsson It contended that
the import of those demands con-
stituted a refusal to appear in its
inquiry Into the group's profits on
878,000.000 in war contracts and its
Washington influence*
■ff have not so declined." May de-
clared in his reply “Before accept-
ing. I am simply seeking a basis
upon which such acceptance can
be made without being denied the
rights and privileges specified."
May struck back. too. at the Sen-
ate committee’s sharp comment
that public servants should seek
accountings of their public trust
“frequently, fully and openly" to
preserve the integrity of Congress.
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by treaty than by amendment
1 The Baruch proposal provides
that the Security Council would
maintain jurisdiction over atomic
matters which actually threatened
world peace, but that the five per-
manent members of the council
would agree voluntarily not to use
their veto rights on atomi« ques-
tions
The proposed atomic development
authority, the memorandum said,
would be given power to handle
control violations which were not
considered a threat to peace.
Here is the way decisions on
atomic questions would be handled
under the U. 8. plan:
1. In administrative matters,
the decision of the authority would
be Anal.
2 On questions not sufficiently
grave to endanger peace, decisions
of the authority might either to
etotaisil to < Dpectel bq^d ov
forcea by toe Security Council as
"procedLiral matters" If any nation
refused to obey orders of the au-
thority.
3. Offenses which endanger
peace would be subject to action
by the Security Ooundl, but the i
five big powers would agree not to
use the veto.
Weather Hits
Ceiling-With
No OPA Limit
By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS
The weather hit the celling—
and it wasn't OPA either—Satur-
day as a dozen cities reported 100
degrees or more with Waco and
Harpersville the hot spots. Each
showed 105.
Laredo was almost as tough on
the inhabitants with 104 while Abi-
lene. Quanah. Big Spring and Dal-
las hit 103
Dallas, In fact, was a little hot-
ter. The U. 8 weather bureau re-
ported 103.2—the hottest July 13
in the history of the city.
Read these other reports and go
hunting a fan and ice water:
Amarillo 98. Austin 99, Browns-
ville 94. El Paso 96. Houston 89.
San Antonio 101, Sulphur Springs
99 Tyler 97. Alice 102, Brady 102,
Clarendon 100. Port Arthur. 89.
Corpus Christi 94 Fort Worth 102.
Del Rio 99. Galveston 86, Palestine
93, Sherman 97, Navasota 94. Yoa-
kum 95. Wichita Falls 99, Midland
100
Waco reported the 1 ottest weath-
er in seven years an J Ed Marion,
cafe operator, actually fried an
egg on the sidewalk. A picture was
made of the stunt to prove it.
OPA Oiling Did Fall ~
REDWOOD CITY. Calif. July 18.
—(4^—The Redwood City fire de-
partment today had a report from
Broadway and Main Streets, the
OPA office: The celling collapeed.
parroiv ahd vicdott:
to partly cloudy, continued
temperatures today and Mt
KAHT TEXAS Partly cloudy
■cattered thundertoowe
upper^coa^ _____
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WEST TEXAS: Part
day end Monday. 1
devshowert to Pan
Paao area. —
122 Republicans
party member
Collateral Plan Defeated >
Final congressional approval oc-
curred after the House had beaten
back 219 to IM an effort to require
England to put up "mercan4Ue“
collateral, beyond that govern-
ment's pledge to pay
Likewise, the House rejected all
amendments seeking [y——la
return for the loan, of BrtUto to-
land bases now held by the united
States on 99-year lease
Rep. Dirksen (R-I1D author of
the collateral amendment, suggest-
ed that in consideration for, the
credit. Britain might put up Ite
Middle East oil resources, its wool,
gold mines, insurance companiM
and "other security of a merehaat-
able nature.”
Other Hsaae Acttons
Moving swiftly toward the final
vote, the House also:
1. Shouted down an amendment
by Rep. Bender (R-Ohlo) to re-
duce the loan to 81.250.000 ooo
2. By a 180 to 19 standtr< vote,
knocked down a motion by Rep.
Cellar (D-NT) to kill toe ratlficae "
Uon legislation.
8. Rejected by __
amendment by Rep. Mundt (R-
SD) that would have required Brit-
ain to put up the same collateral
and pay the same Intareat rataa
as are stipulated by the rsptrt
see BRITISH LOAN, Page 8
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Polio Cases In
Texas Hit 345
With 28 Deaths
By THK ASSOCIATED PRESS
The number of Texas polio cases
mounted to 345 for the season Sat-
urday with 28 deaths reported
State health officials have de-
clared frequently that all cases
have not been reported
The national foundation for in-
fantile paralysis reported that up
to July 8. Texas had 337 cases.
Eight more cases were reported last
week.
Latest reported deaths included
Jack Baldwin. 23. of Marshall, who
died in a Dallas hospital Saturday;
Lt. Rodman W Riley. 30. of Hous-
ton who died Saturday. Mrs Aaron
S. Lueck, 22. of Temple who died
in Waco, and Harold Brydges, 22.
who died in Dallas.
•-tout Antonio where the first big'
•cah outbreak of polio was first re-
ported. hsd 86 cases up to Saturday
Tyler reporter four cases during
the week
The West Texas polio center, re-
cently established at Plainview, cur-
rently is treating eight cases with
two admissions Friday.
President Truman had
vetoed on June 29 a previous OPA
extension bill on the grounds it
wss "unworkable" the House had
voted a 20-day. full authority ex-
tension of OPA.
But the Senate, after a week of
debate, finally passed at 1 56 a. m.
Eastern Standard Time today a
bill which exempted major food
items among other things, from
any further federal price control.
Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) said to-
day the Senate's 62-15 vote for the
modified price control bill was a
. notice to President Truman that
| Congress does not like the "out- < provi
rageous methods of the OPA." only ______ ____
The President, when he vetoed the Senate bill without change,
previous OPA bill had singled out, —
TUft for spetlal criticism, qontend- 1
Ing that an amendment sponsored
by Taft would have helped manu-
facturers reap "a bonanza ”
Taft asserted that increases in
food; prices since *OPA died "do
little more then reflect consumer's
subsidies which the OPA was pay-
The showdown Tuesdsy will be
s motion to revise the rules
prints found on the 820,000 ran-
som note in the kidnap-slaying of
Suzanne Degnan Jan 7.
Miss Brown was shot and stab-
bed in her nortliside apartment
last Dec 11
The latest FBI confirmation of
( print similarities found by the
Chicago police was contained in a
telegram sent by J. Edgar Hoover
to Police Commissioner John C
Prendergast. The wire said:
"Latent Impression In photo-
graph Frances Brown case Identi-
fied right index fingerprint Wil-
liam Heirens”1
Earlier today Chief of Detectives
WalteF G. Storms announced that
three separate finger or palm
prints had been found on the De-
gnan note and added thut all
matched the prints of Heirens The
FBI has termed "identical" one
finger and one palm pnnt
Announcement of the similarity
between Heirens’ print and a bloody
print found on the door Jamb of
the 33-y ear-old former Wcve’sl
apartment came yesterda" from
Elates Attorney William J Touhy
Heirens has denied any conne-
ction with the brutal killing of nix-
year-old Susanne Degnan, whose
body was butchered and disposed of
In sswers and catch basins after
she was kidnapped from her bed-
room
He remained silent when told of
the police discovery that his prints
were similar to the one in the
Frances Brown case.
Police have not charged him in
either of these killings.
Typhoid at Odessa
ODESSA July 13—(API-Three
positive cam Of typhoM fever end
over toe
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Spotlight At
Radio Hearing
DALLAS, Tex., July 13.— (AP)—A seven-hour session
today completed testimony in a Federal Communications hear-
ing on charges by Dr. Homer P. Rainey, candidate for gov-
ernor, that the four radio stations of the Texas Quality Net-
work “have not operated in the public interest” by ration-
ing time to politicians.
Col. James D. Cunningham, examiner, adjourned the two-
---- - - — - -- —*day hearing after former Gover-
nor James V Allred, one of Rai-
ney's attorneys, revived the con-
troversial issues of 1944 that result-
ed in Rainey's dismissal as presi-
dent of the University of Texas.
Until Introduction of the univers-
ity question, the day's proceedings
had been enlivened only by the un-
expected appearance of Lieut. Gov.
John Lee Smith, also a candidate
for governor, who said the stations
should be reprimanded “If they've
done anything wrong" but that his
problem was "raising money for
broadcasts and not obtaining radio
time.”
Soft-spoken Col. Cunningham,
liberal In admitting evidence and
testimony from both factions but
blunt and to the point after a de-
cision was reached, ordered the
abrupt halt In the hearing to per-
mit attorneys and witnesses to meet
train and plane schedules.
Ia>ng Senton Feared
a while, late in the after-
It looked as though yester-
10-hour session, punctuated
by testimony of three gubernato-
rial candidates, was to be repeated.
At least one witness was not call-
ed to the stand at the last minute.
Records of the hearing will be
forwarded to Washington for deci-
sion of the commission.
Cunninfcham said he did not
the decision would be
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