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Scientists Hope
To Get Peek At
Satellite Today
(H> A lICIATED I'HKSS)
Sovi-t Russia's earth satellite 1-
^ tni: out strom; signals aga.n
today following a period of silence
lit. yesterday ami last night. Trie
Naval !!• search Laboratoi \ >
VV i-hington reported th•• artifi.iol
v •"t -•••!< beep" transmissions
caiMf hi strong once again after a
!ap>. • six houis during whu'ii
nothing was heard. Other n.onitois
a!-.i I ■ ■ |>< •:t <i an extended pe
-in nee w
huh
J.iti
that the
d to ten p.
satel! :t
hatt<
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M.
•s initht have been exhau-
HOLDS NO CONCERN
SATELLITE DANGER
II. S. Satellite
To Be Launched
Next March
•anw
h 11 •
r 11; i: i
d pay dnt in the
the Kajfl.-s quickly
l>on Hujrhcs (*' 0)
< «TVJS
Business Drop*
Then Rise Seen
By II. S. Experts
(B> A SSI M IATKD PRESS)
Wh it T!.• government does in the
way of rutting taxes and easing
cred't i> seen by a group of lop
industrial executives as the .ie-
Yanks Defeat Braves To
Deadlock World Series
N K W
Yankees
lit thre,
downing
to 2. I'a
YORK
e\ ened
the
Die
W.l
games each
the Milwaukee
<1 by
oVe
in the nwi i ting
r the next ,x
tei mining fact
business takes
months.
These executives who chart sales,
and plan price policies for some
• ■f the leading firms believe busi-
nes> is likely to get worse before
spring, then l j ii improving.
Consimiei prices, however, aie <x-
p-cted to change V.v'y little.
A niin<>nty reported their ownl
individual businesses as booming. I
On the optimist ic side, howevei,
was Dr. Robert Gels ton ox Indian j
I polis. As marketing research ii.-,
rector foi l it m.ili Moore Company, j
he reported pharmaceutical nies
at a h.gn level, adding that his |
«>w n company has all it ran uoi
trying to keep pace with ordcis'
for Asian Vlu vaccine.
He assured his listener* ut a
N. w ^ oi k sales irnl price fore-
cast.ng seminar that Ait million liu
Valerie si. as will be available to|
the American public by mid-Di-
rcmlier.
The head or j large building
materials company fr.resees an 111-
ciease in home nu Iding and con-
siders the current slowdown as
only temporary.
The \ iew w.,s expressed by the
b"i/d chi'irman of National Gyp-
s'-ra Company of Hul'ialo, Ntw
York Melvin Itaker told a Cleve--
I..ml luncheon of security analysts
tha' lack of moiigage money wan
heh*iid curtailed home building this
year and in I9H. Hut he no'ed (
sortie re. • nt easing in the tight |
mom v s ip;ily and said new home!
srarts ajjn.ii to be occurring at,
a r it. one million a year.
New Yoik
rid Semi
today by
Braves, "l
the home run hit-
>f Yogi Beira and Hank
Bauer, the American League pen-
nant-winners Yorred a Tth and de-
cisive game, which will be played
tomorrow at Y ankee Stadium.
A crowd of 1,4"H watched the
contest. •
Neither team scored in the fust
inning, although the Yankees got
runners as far as second and third.
Bob Turley set the Brav
in order, chalking up one
out in the proc
out the 'first two
County Agents
Weekly News
By TOM JOYCE CUNNINGHAM
and JACK GRESSETT
I walked Knos Slaughter on a full
i count. Yogi Herra then drilled a
single to right, and Slaughter held
i up at second. Both runners moved
| up on a wild pitch, but Buhl set-
It led down to strikeout McDo
Both sides put runners <>n ha.se
: in the second inning, but neither
j was able to score.
Frank Torre came up with a
' two-out single far Milwaukee, but
! Hob Haste fouled out to Berra be-
1 hind the plate to close out the s
I Jerry Lump.- led off the
ibselV
eouiiliy and also in I'
Knglarnl .reported that
moon appears to be I
tude. Karly today, a
for til.- Cavendish Had.
tory in Cambridge, England '•
ported: "the latest obse; vation cer-
tainly indicates it is returning to
earth rather quickly. We can't .-ay
w hethe.r it is a matter of hours or
j days." The spokesman said Cawn-
. dish calculations showed the satei-
i lite was only about 1 miles
above the earth at one point early
| today. This is the lowest altitude
reported so far for the whizzing
j sphere.
The Russians said that when the
| satellite was launched last Friday,
it '.vas circling the earth at a
height of about 5t!n miles. Cana-
| diun scientists at Ottawa say it lias
j been losing altitude by three miles
| an hour for the past two days.
| They calculated its heght at :;>>">
miles early today over Cochran.',
Ontario. These figures tallied
closely with computations at the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Ob-
s dow n servatory at Cambridge, Massi-
st rike- I chusetts. The director 'Ii the Cam-
Bob Buhl struck J bridge observatory said the satel-
batters. but he | Iites average distance from the
<
\\ ASli I \( IT< >N i pi — President
inio ■ •! assui.-d the nati in to-
i> "lit he sees not one more
''a 'i <'• • ri ' ■ i ri tor national secur-
i.s a i esliii of Russia's suc-
ssltii launching of the earth sat-
. a.rth is approximately .°57-'t nines.
Scientists hope to make a visual !
observation of the satellite today |
as it passes over the Boston area, j
One gr oup wil ltry to sight the i
hurtling baby moon with binocu-
lars and telescopes from the Ag- ;
gassiz Field Station of the Har-
vard College observatory at Ha:- |
vard, Massachusetts. A n o t h , r ,
group of scientists wit! join a team
of amateur nioonwatchers at an-
other Harvard observatory ui1
Cambridge.
As a reminder to Home Dem in
titration Club women there will be
u meeting of all club women in the
'county on Thursday, October loth,
at the St. I'aul Methodist Church
I for the purpose of hearing re-
; iH.rts if delegates to the State
' Home Demonstration Association
Meeting. Mis. A. H. Da\ is. County
THDA chairman, is in charge of!
the meeting. Since $li>0 of council
funds were spent to send our dele-
l gates to this meeting it sh >uld be
I impoitant to each one of you to at-
tend the meeting to see what bene-
fit Stephens County can get as a
result of their attending.
The 4-H Council held its regular i homer
meeting yesterday" and elected of-|^*':,t "Ut an infield single, and
ficers f ir the coming year. Dale Lumpe drew a walk. Johnson
Three Admitted To
Local Hospital
Yankee
half of the inning by singling to
light. He was doubled off at sec-
ond when he attempted to steal as
Harry Simpson was striking out.
Jerry Coleman drew a walk, but
Turley bounce! back to the mound ! Stephens Memorial Hospital rc-
to end the inning. ; th, ee admissions: I'atric.a
Yanks Take Lead McBride, Mrs. M. F. Davis, and
1 he Y ankees took a 2 to tl lead j \farvin Denham, all medical pa-
in the third when Berra slammed Uj,,nts.
a two-run homer. Buhl failed to i Dismissals included Gary ttami'.
last the inning and he was re- I Lewis Holland, J. A. Crowley
placed by Frnie Johnson. j amj Warren Hart.
Turlev set the Braves down in
i*
F i Mril.r. BKl.Nt..> I
in the game with At
apparently is blowin
toward a score of
New Ag Teacher
Elected; S. Ward
Teacher Resigns
Members of the Ho;mi of hyd-
ration in scs.sion Tuesday niyjht
electrci William Atvvoocl, air teach-
er at w oodson, as ugi iculture
teachef here.
Atwtnxi succeeds Tom Seely. who
has resijc11^ to accept a busin«';is
position in Rr own wood.
KSriON
umhl
ji the fumble of Joe |-.(i i'fsi h
s shown < n the ground behind !'♦
as «riven to Abilene. The Hue!
e d> ive.
Space Missiles
Control Parley
Proposed By II, S
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Our government is seeking quick
unsultation with Britain, France
where the . a id Canada on a new proposal to
Seelys now have gone. The Atwood ' Soviet Russia for exploring in-
I'limily consists of Mrs. Atwoud ternational control </i space mis-
and one child. I ''lies. The western powers proposed
The board accepted the resignu-1 such a study at the London illa-
tion of Mrs. Robert Taylor. fir«t j armament talks last August, but
grade teacher at South Ward, who I only as part of a disarmament
is moving to San Antonio.
Work on the new building was
reported progressing on schedale.
It is to be completed by March I.
Current hills were ordered paid.
I package plan under consideration | tending the high school. Faubus
• lute.
\i.so at iiis news conference, the
I'resident said the C. S. c iuld have
lured an orbiting satellite be-
t'oro niia Cut he said to have done
so would have worked to the detri-
meiit of military progress in the
i long range missile field.
Russia's hairy m ron got its ex-
|n'cieii major share of attention at
the news conference.
out >>f the conference came one
basic p >int:
I'lie I nite.l States is going a-
ii.-ad with its military program on
schedule, with no change in plans
because ot the launching jf the
nh let satellite.
I lie President said flatly that
lie I nite.l States could have pro-
duced an orbiting satellite before
; no\> , if it want d t<>. But it did not
want to. because that would have
i work, d to the detriment of iniii-
| tiiiy progress on the long-range
| missile program.
Full Test In March
| As for the American schedule,
I it calls for launching test satellites
j in December of this year. The Pres-
| ident said the first fully-instrumen-
' ted I nite.l States satellite will be
i launched in March of next year.
What did the chief executive
j think about American security now *
' that I'usia had shown haw far ud-
| v a need it was in space projects?
Eisenhower said he was not iota
of apprehension regarding the S<>-
! \ iet launching of a satellite. He
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. '.P—Arkrui- j declared that he saw no possibility,
sas Governor Orval Faubus said at this time, of arty weapons be-
today he sees no solution to the ing tire.l frnn satellites as outer
Little Hock integration crisis save | spi'ce launching platforms,
the withdrawal of nine Negro stu- I The President said the American
dents attending the city's Central missile program still has top prior-
High School. ' ity in both intercontinental and in-
i Reporters pressed the Governor: termediate-range aspects. He gave
as to whether any solution can be no hint of when the United States
[ reached while the Negroes are at-! expects to have these missiles
illing
Faubus Suggests
Negro Students
Withdrawal
said he did not think it possible a
this time.
The Governor
order, striking out the
men. Rice and Buhl.
Buhl disposed of the
Yankees, then walked
first two
i
first two
Slaughter
for the second straight time. Ber ra i
clouted the first pitch into the |
lower rightfield seats "for his first i
of this ser ies. McDouga'd
COOL FRONT BRINGS HEAVY
RAINFALL TO SOUTH TEXAS
1957 H <DS with AIR CONDI-
TION!.Nu. only J2J95 at Daniel'
M 'lorn. —A#f,,
Keith and Gail Brown were elected
co-chairmen of the council and
they set their meetings to con-
tinue to be the first Monday • rt
each month, and junior leaders'
club meeting to be the "rd Monday
in each month. J><caseionaly these
meetings ha\e to be changed to fit
in a ith the agents' schedule and
point and struck
in.#'
out
Seen Or Heard
M. H.
in at th!*
Simpson.
After Logan had fouled out,'
Eddie Mathews bolted a double I
to light Yield. He .vent to thiid
when Hank Aaron grounded out to.
second base. Hut that's as far)
as Mathews could get. because:
W-s Cov ngton fouled out behind
third ba«e.
Coleman I' d off for the Y'anke. s
(Bv ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A cold front, pushing across the
state, has stirred up torrenti: I
ra.ns in sections of Southwest
Texas.
I'p to five inches poured down
on Uvalde, where classes at the
Southwest Texas Juni.e- College
were dismissed. Authorities ex-
plained that school buses are un-
able to get out to pick up students.
A number of Uvalde streets were
dosed by high water. High water
to Corpus Christi's 78.
! Some mo.'e lainfall reports for
; the :M-hnui period ending at 6:.'J0
i this morning: I'residio .-'<4 of ail
i inch: Mineral Wells .24: Sherman
iand Van Horn .l>7. Alpine .<>5; I
Midland .04; Lubbock .(>:<; and I
Texarkana. Dalhart and Laredo .01. j
by C.
doubt-
I nitrd
I he cool a e finally got
sonic -mcii with coat* on. and rain
may follow, birl | appears
fill in Ibis corner
Hind dri e on today,
well thin morning, but help of ail
needed It le« ng Sown, or
otherw«M- may be mt>«M*d leave
ronti ibiilion wiih Mr*. J. D. Gait
at lirsi National Hank.
by dropping i double down the j has made Farm Road 117 southeast
left Yield Ii ie. He was nearly of Uvalde impassable.
j caught off base moments late A terr?.*ie electrical display ac-
| w hen Turley pi.s.s. d a s&crifi. e ■ comparued the Uvalde thund -i -
attempt. But Cnleman n anaged to storm, but apparently caused no j old
bet back to second safely. John- damag.
McElroy Takes
Office Oath
WASHINGTON
soap .
i CiMcinnati
•n then disposed of the next three
was left strand-
lain
Another heavy
the Cotulla area.
Other rainfall reports were:
Junction 1.41 inches; Carnzo
Springs l.-'.O; .'1)1 Rio 1.12; San
Angelo 1.11; Kerrville I
,Hn of an inrh: and
storm hit i o*th of of
pu A 53-year-
'iiiijiariy executive from
Neil McElroy, took the
ice as defense sectetary
Reserved seats to Snyder game
going fairly fast here, .">nyiler jiut
them on saie this rtiorning, t>ut
no word 'irom there .... No f re
ami ni, no arrest .... Game ^ani-
en V K. Olover inaile ai rests
last month tor game law Violations,
;j , of hunters, two of fishermen.
Junior High played in Heather-
ford la*t night winning the ftr t
game I i to • and the sec.Mid 4# to
0, making four in a row
Mayor Hook* l.emmons said one
candidate for city manager has
been inter*lewed and about four
or flit will hi IliM to about the
job . ( Uy ( oniinissi« n in their
meeting yesterday spent the time
discussing possrble ^ ttepartwent
changes lor economy's sake.
as a result junior leaders, meeting
will be on V. ednesday of next wee'-*
— the :ir.l We.lnes.lay. On that day
ne will elect club officers f ir li>.">8
and see some siides on proper cloth-
ing for teenagers. Recreation has
also been scheduled for each club
meeting.
If you want to use y>ur empty
perfume atomozer for a new fra- i batter* and Jerry
granc \ make certain all the old \ ed on second.
i scent is removed. T i do this, fill l Lead Is Cut
workers d.d ! the ernptu •d container with rubbing' The Braves cut the Y'ankees lead
alch'd and let it stand for an hour, to 2 to I in the f.'.'th when Tone
Then fill it with hot soap or de- hit a home run.
tergent suds. After soaking, rinse Torre opened the inning by belt-1 amounts at dozens of other places.,
thr lughlv. not forgetting to v ishiing a :t and 1 pitch into the low -j At mid-morning, heavy .rain. Af ,
the cap. When the bottle is dry, er right field stands for his second j clouds began pushing into the Ken- praising Wilsons w..'K as ilelerise
pour in the new frag'ance w it! no homer of the series. Turley then ' nedy-Karnes City-Beeville area of
worry about contamination. retired the next three battels in South Central Texas. Considerable
Place mats are quicker and less [ order. lightning accompanied a steady
at an early morning White House
eweniony attended by President I merit.
Eisenhower. II. fore McElroy was
sworn in. Eisenhower piesented
Laredo j the medal of freedom to Char les
smaller 1 Wilson, the retiring defense se. -
' retary.
citation had been read
at that time. The Russians turned
I down the proposal.
Secretary of State Dulles aban
[ done.I the U. S. stand-pat decision plain the cooling oft* period he Ii
on this issue after a talk yesterday said was needed in the integration
with President Eisenhower. Duties deadlock. Said Faubus:
evidently wants to get the United "We need a chance for tense-
States into a more favorable po- ness to be allayed, time for litiga-
litirai and propaganda position be- tion and time for people to accept
foie the world. But the Secretary peacefully what is being
I is sticking determinedly to the line down their throats at
I that we will not negotiate and point."
! make agreements with Russia oil At Central High School tod i
1 issues which involve the interests the scene remained quiet. Half a
of other nations. In other worus, dozen soldiers escorted the nine
it will have to be more than a two- j Negroes to their classes.
nation discussion if Russia is ready i In Washington, President I 'is n-
to talk about the problem of inter- I hower told a new s confeience I-
national control .A' missiles. | is very hopeful the time may h.
j Secretary Dulles disclosed this dawing near when federal troops
[country's new position last nigiit can be withdraw n fr.mi Little R>ck.'
J after a 75-minute confeience wuii j But he offer ed no specific infor-
i the President and disarmament ne- j mation or elaboration.
gotiatur Harold Stassen. Later, thi . Students at Central High sch >l
State Department followed U|> the are taking i'i-week tests today*.
Dulles announcement with a nioiel The 'esults of the tests won't
specific statement dosigtiel to de-' be know n until next week. TT. y j
fine just w hat the United States is ' may provide some yardstick I'm
willing t<> do. This conditioned the I checking the rt'fect of the in*.
U. S. policy change on agreement tien crisis on student work. Most
by Britain, France and Canaua I of the students who have attended
which, together w ith the United' school during the integration crisis
States and Russia, have made up ' say they doubt their education h.i
the UN subcommittee on disarina- | suffered because of the tension in
ready for use if the need arises.
Rebuff and Integration
j Eisenhower also said that if a
asked to ex-1 Russian suggest' >n that Soviet De-
fense Minister Zhukov visit the
I'nited States was rebuffed, then he
knows it was unintentional. Eisen-
how T added that he had no infor-
mation regarding any rebuff.
The President's remark was in
emmmed jlreply to a question about a re-
bayonet . ported statement by Nikkita Khiu-
shehei. Soviet C immunist Party
boss that a proposal that Zhukov
j c one to the I'nited States was re-
jected by this country.
Eisenhower said he certainly is
j very hopeful that the time may
t e drawing near when Federal
troops eiifircing school integration
at Little Roc',. Arkansas, can he
■ withdrawn. Hut he offered no spe-
. citic information or elaboration re-
garding this hope.
O
Alleged Swindler
Arrested By FBI
tiouble to wash than full sized ta
(Continued on Page 4)
Johnson nut the Y ankees dow rr
(Continued on Page 4)
Missing Papers Of Union Awaited
As Action Develops Over Nation
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS) ! a switch in the hearing timetable
Senate rackets investigators are I to put maximum pressure on the
awaiting (delivery today of sub-1 Teamsters. He said the new sch.U-
poeruled Teamsters Union election ule calls 'for an appearance by
Rotary Ciul> program Tuesday-
was .repeat of L. S. Chamber ,>f |
Commerce pictuie shown Lions,
Club last Friday and reported on
' Winners in poster contest
I connected with United Fund drive
nn.l in other school contests on
same to be decided today
And, rar with an Arkansas license
and "legislator" on it here today,
Ted Butler said, but we could not
find it to ask if said legislator is
fleeing the state.
Thought For The .Moment: TU
always morning somewhere in the
world.—Richard Hcngest Home.
Bakery and Confectionary Work, i s |
to appear the following day. #MWeTTe l/IOfliie
records to determine the import- Teamsters' Union officials ut 2 p.
ance of some reported to be "def | m. October 24 with officers of tne
iniely missing." A union lawyer j United Textile Workers and the
advised the Senate committee's
chief counsel, Robert Kennedy, that
the records were thrown down a
Miami hotel incinerator by a hotel
m:«id.
The committee is looking into
charge* that many convention del-
egates were handpicked to rig th«
unions election e. iavi.i l « nits
Hoffa. the new union president.
AFL - CIO President George
Meany disclosed that the Tear.
sters' Union will be the first of
three unions charged with corrup-
tion to be heard before the A FL-
CIO executive council in Wash-
ington October 24. Meany said in
New York last night he had n«
comment on report! that thi« was
downpour at Kenedy. Lighter
showers were falling around
Antonio, Cotulla and Laredo.
Last n.ght at I^amesa, lightning
knifed into a truckload ifi ">9
Braceros. One Mexican National,
:t7-year-old Priciliano Ba!z Mata,
was killed. Another worker was
burned on the hand.
A rain shower, which measured;
.17 of an inch, had stopped the |
farm workers from picking cotton,'
and they were on their way to tow n
from the N. B. I«eatherw. od farm.)
The overn'ght temperature lows |
ranged from Dalhart's 4K degrees
HOUSTON i.fl — A ;<0-year-old
.... , .Dallas man, sought in Houston in
secretary, Eisenhower pinned tne ,n ,,stimat,^ |ln,iMHI st ick swindle,
medal on Wilsons coat lapel ami j jMls been arrested by postal inspec-
said. "Charlie, that s a lot oi I tors.
words to say we really appreciate, fhe man is identified as Jack |
.San ' what you've done." I Harris, who operated under the|
McElroy took over from Wilson name of the United Investment Co.!
at a time when Congress membeis Postal Inspector W. D. Main said
are asking several hot questions., j.« investigating for possible I
One of the questions is this: Why violation if mail fraud statutes.
W s Russia first with an earth sat- Harris, who used at least five1
ellite? Another question: Why has | aliases, according to Main, was ar
Russia apparently moved ahead in i rested yesterday in Dallas,
the intercontinental ballistics mis- Harris County Sheriff's deputies
are scheduled to return the prison- '
| recent weeks.
As for the
I 'ed in the;r
; in groups dei
feelings. But
I two of the N"
I said:
j "Th"y don't
class yet. They
i hard to catch
j Hawaii
nine Negroes enrol- i •*•> men
midst, the students i dered a
line to discuss their troni 1.
a teacher who has | landing
•groes in her classes from tli
take much part inj
seem to he working
up."
Vessel Aground
With 45 Aboard
S \\ FRANCISCO ..-PI— The Na-
vy fleet oiler ".Mission San Miguel"
has messaged the Const Guard
that it is aground on a reef 77.">
miles north' , st of Oahu Island,
and is taking water. It has
abinrd. The Navy has or-
al'age ship to the scene
II miles away and a tank
ship now .'{(HI miles away
e ree f.
For peace of Mind . . See
TRAMMEI.L - SWANSON
INSURANCE AGENCY Ad*.
I
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen!
Equipped ambulance service. | HUNTING K FISHING LICENSE
Satterwhlte Funeral n«m«. • MERRILL'S SPORTS CENTER
■ IMIIIMIMMIIIMIIIIL
Workers Open United Fund Drive
In Seattle, a Superior Court'
judge has denied motions for a'
change tli venue in the grand
larceny trials of Dave Heck, re-
tiring Teamsters' president, and
his son. Dave Jr. Beck and his son1
were indicted in Seattle by a King|
county grand jury last July on |
charges they sold automobiles be-
longing to the Teamsters' Union'
ana p.K-keted the money. The!
Becks' attorney requested the trials
be moved to Whatcom county,
north of Seattle. He contended tne
two 'are not as well known ui
Whatcorn county and there would
be le«s prejudice against them.
sile field
Some members of Congress are
demanding to know how much the
administration's program of econ-
omy and military cutbacks is in- 1
volved in these and other related I
defence questions.
To Marry Friday
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The 24-year- dd finace of Annet-|
te Dionne, German Allard, says,
he and the quintuplet will marry I
in Montreal Friday. He said he had;
i.sk"d the Quint's father, Oliva'
Dionne, not to let the word out and
was not aware that Dionne had
talked to reporters.
Allard sain he had not meant to
misletid any ine, hut that lie h d
hoped for a quiet wedding w ithout
any public announcement.
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI t-4434
PRESENTS
TW* WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness and lit -
t.t cooier v* ednesday night and
Thursday. Widely scattered
showers mainl.v in south and
east portions. Low tonight a-
rotind aO, high tomorrow around
70. l.ow las' night .V . high ves-
fer.lay 7H. Vo-theas|erly winds
15 mph.
er to Houston to face state charg
es filed in Justice W. C. Ragan's
caurt.
Texoma Bridge Is
In Legal Snarl
Legal ted tape threaten* to snarl
construction of the multi-million
dollar Willis Bridge across Lake
Texoma.
State Highway engineer Dewitt
Greer and U. S. Corps of engineers
Colonel J ihn Bristol of Tulsa, Okla-
homa, agreed to lengthen the 7 mil-
lion - 2im-thousand dollar bridge
which w ill cross the Red ri" ' r near
; Whitesboro, Texas, and Madill, Ok
! lahoma.
The legal snarl is Texas cannot
put up its share of the money !iv
pay ing it t i the federal govern
ment, and Rrifitor said no bids can
be taken until the money is in hsnd.
HMIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIHMIMIIinmiKIIIIHMINMIIMIintMHfftltlt
; Workers on the United Fund
; drive today opened solicati ins to-
|wa'd a goal of approximately ?27,-
mm. Twelve agencies are in the
, United Fund, newly organized here.
Concerning the drive Bob Elliott,
pictured here, fiist in a number of
j interviews, had the following to
say:
"I believe in the United Fund be-
I cause it gives every person a
ehance to do their part, big or lit-
tle.
"The one drive, instead of 12,
takes a lot of pressure off a
person by allowing him the ippoi-
tunity of paying a little every
month instead of having to pay alt
at one time. This takes away the
burden placed on your pocket b 10k.
"In other words, its the Ameri-
can w ay of gi' ing a helping hand to
those who are not so fortunate ;.a
we. and a betteiment of the yiuth
program of Stephena County."
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 9, 1957, newspaper, October 9, 1957; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135669/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.