Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 66, Ed. 1 Friday, June 15, 1956 Page: 6 of 6
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Economy fa East
Colorado Area
Ex-Convict Admits
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RATS ARC FOUGHT
MEXICO CITY (* — Rats out-
number people two to one in this
Federal District of four million
souls. And each rat does $6 In
damage each year, says Dr Al-
berto Enriquez Chavez, head of a
continuing campaign against rats.
Eight years ago the rots were a-
head 3-1, Chavez says
Cliff Edwards
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Chapter 6; Monster And The Ape
Boo Kind To Animals
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Sunday mad Monday
Thursday and Friday
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come of the increases when the
bill reaches the Senate floor next
week.
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DENVER IB—Drought is sap-
ping and threatening collapse for
the financial structure of eastern
Colorado built on livestock and
agriculture. -,«■«*. —
Anxiety is expressed by state
and federal officials over increas-
ing liquidations of basic herds by
cattlemen unable to hang on any
longer. ' •— - ",l
Dry winds and hot sun have
denuded vast areas of grass. Wat-
er holes are dried up. Cattlemen,
caught in the squeeze of lowered
market prices, find it impossible
to feed stock through the sum-
mer.
“The financial structure out
there will collapse unless these
people dan get help," Leavitt
Booth state director of the Farm-
ers Home Administration, Mid
yesterday.
Booth said he plans a survey
The activity that has been
going on at Dellwood Park this
week centered around the an-
nual Brownie Day Camp, which
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Richardson, Linda Sue Tolbert
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Patrol 3—Joan Smith, Ljnnie
Richardson and Thalia Conroy,
leaders; Betty Rose Colley, Donna
Denman, Nancy Lynn Ellis, Kay
Harvey, Dianne Hardman, Linda
Lou Hendrick, Karen Kennedy,
Patricia Mstzzare and Mary Nell
Sarratt.
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‘President IF
estimated 2,160,920 beef cattle.,
Tax assessments valued these ani-
mals at about 90 million dollars.
Officials estimate that in some of
the counties only one-fourth to
one-third of the cattle remain
today. In some areas, they said,
the number is much less.
David Rice, executive secretary
of the Colorado Cattlemen's
Assn., Mid herd liquidation has
been heavy in the drought area
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NEW YORK — A young man
■whose barroom remarks aroused
suspicion was held today for
questioning”'tn the acid-hurling
attack on lobor columnist Victor
Riesel.
Riesel was blinded by the as-
sault April 5
Dist. Atty. Frank S. - Hogan
said that a man, who identified
himself as William O'Connell, 25.
was picked up last night «' a lov-
er Manhattan bar, and hety on’a
vagrancy charge.
The man kept questioning the
bartender about the condition of
Riesel’s eyes, and the bartender
tipped off police about the man’s
conversation. .
Riesel had just left a Broadway
restaurant, when a thug hurled
acid in his face. A short time be-
fore Riesel had sharply attacked
labor racketeering in a radio
broadcast.
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would not ask reelection.
Bill Daniel, Liberty rancher rep-
resenting Sen. Price Daniel, said
his brother's platform consists of
honesty and integrity. “Price
wants to come back to Texas be-
cause he doesn't like Washington,"
he said.
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Chapter 8: Man Hunt of
Mystery bland
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Senate Committee
Boosts Foreign Aid
WASHLsGiON (B—The Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Committee
today boosted its foreign aid bill
to $4,515,000,000 or 715 million
more than the House voted.
The committee, in a closed ses-
sion restored 100 million dollars
to the President's discretionary
fund- for Asian economic develop-
ment. The vote was 9-5.
In actions yesterday, the group
had upped the $3,800,000,000
bill by 615 million dollars. '
Congress last year authorized
200 million for the President’s
discretionary fund for Asian eco-
L norpic development. Half of this
has been committed. The House
voted to repeal authority to
- spend'the other half. The Senate
group struck out this repealer —
in effect adding 100 million to
the bill.
While the committee actions
cheered administration supporter*
Sen. Bridges (R-NH) expressed
“great doubt" today over the out-
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The release of the two Ameri-
can priests had been expected all
day. U. S. Consular officials
waited at the Chiha border at
Hong Kong for the expected ar-
rival but the last train rolled in
with neither of the two mqn on
board.
A U.8. consular official Mid it,
might be several days or evUn a
week before they reach this
British colony.
tired Cwift Co., exeauKfe and
stepfather of McCall, wua to at-
tend the ceremony today. He died
after a heart attack.
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Mr. And Mrs. W. E.
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ly began rm the plains, the area KirkpatH(?k Will
grazed about 768,330 of the state’s Honor Anniversary
A family reuniob and open
house celebration will be held]
Sunday honoring Mr. and Mrs. I
W. E Kirkpatrick on their Gol-1
den Wedding Annivenary. i
Friends and relatives are In-
vited to visit them at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. Vida
Hughes, 1120 West Twelfth
Street, Mt Pleasant between the
hours of 1:30 and 4 P.M.
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Steelworkers
lliam Clifford and Thomas
Phillips, who completed
son terms on June 15,
eased today by the tu-
which made six separate camp- I
sites. Names of the campsites |
were chosen by the childrer and
included:
“Working Woodchuck,* “Ten
Brownie Alley,” “Twin Oaks,”
“Camp Brookside,” “Tumble
Inn”, and “The Flower Garden.”
Camp activities consisted of
nature hikes and studies, hand-
crafts, swimming and outdoor
cooking, musical dnd dancing
numbers, hat shows, beauty con-
test, Mickey Mouse Cartoon, “The
Red Man” in fcantomine, and
"The Three Bears."
The leaders fell the camp this
year was the most successful
staged, as there were no casual,
ties, not even minor ones, and
the children enjoyed the ex-
perience. *
Those participating in the en-
campment were:
Troop One
Patrol 1—June Davis, Erma
Crain, Claire Crain, Sandra Hays
and Sue Cox, leaders; Linda Kay
Barton, Mary Ann Enochs, Diane
Hutchings, Linda Morgan, Sylvia
Ann Poss, Kay Riddle, Barbara
Jane Roach. Anne Smitherman
and Mary Worsham.
Patrol 2—Nell Regain, Dorothy
Poss and Jane Patrick, leaders;
Sue Abdnor, Sharon Brock, San-
dra Cavia, Margaret Ann Ken-
nedy," Wendy Ann Lain, Jane
Crain, Dana McGill, Gail' Thom-
as and Sally Thomas.
Patrol 3—Otta Young, Ura
Hinson, Nancy Harlin and Judy
Daffer, leaders; Jan, Bcopk, Mary
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In the republic of Nicaragua,
Central America, the president is
elected for six years.
AUSTIN Gti — Abner McCall,
dean of the Baylbr Law School,
was sworn today in es associate
justice of the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice J. E. Hickman
gave the oath He said McCall
was the second justice raised in
an orphans’ home “which is proof
of freedom, and the American
way of life.” . \.-
Gov. Shivers, who appointed
McCall, 48. to fill the unexpired
seven-month portion of Justice
Will Wilson's term, said McCall
is “one of Texas’ finest sons.” * 7 '
Wilson quit the $17.50) iob to ^.5*° A™r.ic,.n Joh"
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Missionaries Are
Released By Reds
HONG KONG UR — Peiping
radio announced tonight two Ro-
man Catholic missionaries from
California, Father John William
Clifford and Thomas Leonard
Phillips, were released today,
after three years in prison.
The broadcast heard here Mid:
Yellowneck
••ASSISTANT PVCSIDCNT’* Sher-
man Adams arrives at Walter
Reed hospital, Washington for
conferences.
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is “one of Texas’ finest sons.”
Wilson quit the $17,500 job to
run for attorney general
Shivers paid tribute to Mc-
Call’s success as an attorney and
dean after graduating from the
Moaonic Home at Fort Worth in
1933. -------
Edward Burleson of Waco and
Matt Dawson of Coirsicana, form-
Charie* Starrett, Russell Hayden *r law partner of McCall in Long-
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Contineeu trvis rage 1
nickel an hour-‘about two per
cent..." -
“To get this trifling two per
cent wage increase, the steelwork-
ers would be required to mortgage
an unpredictable future by agree-
ing now to settle their fate, and
that of their families for a similar
wage settlement for each year of
a five-year term.”
Apparently, this foeant the of-
fer provided for a two per cent
wage increase for each of the five
years.
DAY SDtVKE 2
view, escorted th* new justice to
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McCall’s wife, the former Miss
Francis Bertie of Longview, and
three of their four children were
at the ceremony in the Supreme.
Court. ---------—
Before telling McCall of his
I duties, Hickman Mid the court
was sorry to hear McCall's step-
father died in Austin last night.
F. C. Minor of Mansfield, a re-
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Miss Mary Louise Black, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.
Black, West First Street, war
united in marriage with Bobby
Ray Allen, son of Mrs. Myrtle
Allen, Williams Avenue, recent-
ly, in the-home of Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Gilmore, 120 Euclid Ave-
nue.
The Rev. C. W. Pilgrim per-
formed the single ring ceremony
in the presence of the immediate
families and close friends.
Mrs. Allen was most attractive
in a powder blue nylon dress
with rhinestone bodice. She wore
white accessories and a white
carnation corsage.
The wedding took place before
an improvised altar of white
tapes and cathedral baskets of
blue hydrangeas and fern. The
candles were lighted by Gayle
Black, sister of the bride, and
a cousin, Barbaratine Black. Mrs.
Gilmore was matron ot honor
and Mr. Gilmore best man.
The bride is a senior in the
Mt Pleasant High School and the
groom is employed by the Gil-
more Cities Service Station. They
wilj make their home on Wil-
liams Avenue.
J Immediately following / the
ceremony a reception was held.
The bride’s table was laid with a
lace cloth and centered with a
beautiful three-tiered wedding
cake iced in white and topped
K._„. 'with a cluster of Totes. Mrs. Ar-
of the ravaged 16 counties to seek nolc* Bowman presided,
means of helping distressed
ranchers.
In 1953, when drought genera 1-
LOS ANGELES (A - “I killed
them. I, don't know why except
I was afraid I’d get caught when
they yelled and I’d go back to the
big house.”
Ex-convict Donald T. Bashor, 27,
made that admission yesterday,
police said, as be described slay-
ing two divorcees during burglar-
ies that netted him less than 846
The victims were Mrs. Laura
Lindsay, 62. and Mrs. Karil Rog-
ers Graham, 39. Both were bludg-
eoned to death in their homes.
Mrs. Lindsay, a legal secretary,
was killed with a mechanic’s
hammer last month.
J- Mrs. Rogers, an art center
registrar, was beaten to death
with a ead pipe 15' months earlier
in her apartment a few blocks
from Mrs. Rogers’ $20,000 home.
Bashor was arrested last Satur-
[ day when a patrolman surprised
him prowling between two build-
ings in the same district as the
slayings.
SupreTne Court
, aa aar-
ber trial date could be set Bien
if it grant* the rehearing motion.
Parr, is charged with filing
false tax returns for 1949, 1950,
1951. The South Texas political
MORGAN CITY, La. ur — The
IIS1 Supreme Court order halting new
|^fl drilling tn disputed offshore
MS lands brought a shut-down by
HM some 300 members of 10 geo-
flM physical crews engaged in off-
HM' shore oil exploration yesterday.
The work stoppages were foe
BM fl,s’ io'fow the ruling Monday
HM Some 86 drilling rigs also are
I working in offshore waters with
” an average of 70 men in each
crew.
The court enjoined Louisiana
and the federal government from
leasing new lands and from al-
i lowing new drilling,
ij The government
i Louisiana’s jurisdiction extends
i only three miles while the state
I claims 10.5 miles. Drilling op-
eration* are expected to be shut
down until the boundary ques-
I tion is determined.
Judge Refuses To
Set Date For Trial
Of George Parr ■
AUSTIN (B — Federal Judge
Ben Rice Jr. said yesterday he
Will not aet a trial date for the
tax fraud cane against Georg*
Parr until the U. S. Supreme
Court rules an the defendant's re-
hearing motion.
One of Parr's attorney* said a
motion for rehearing will be
filed on the high court’s ruling
Monday that the case could be
tried in Austin, rather than at
Laredo, Parr’s choice.
Government attorneys said
they were read* for trial but now
Will have to wait at least until
July and maybe until after Jan.
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Miss Willie Mae Black, Com-
merce, exchanged vow* with Pfc.!
Bobby Medlin. Fort Hood,
' Thursday afternoon, June 7, at
’ the home of the Rev. J. B. Ward,
. pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Hugo, Oklahoma.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Black, Talco,
and the groom’s parent* are Mr.
- and Mrs. W. L Medlin, also of
’ Talco.
The bride was attired in a
street length white rayon ace-
tate dress with a sweetheart
neckline and white accessories.
Sb* wore a corsage of white
carnations?
Miss > Barbaratine Black, sister
of the bride, was maid of houor.
Miss Black wore a baby blue or-
gandy street length dress with
white accessaries. Davie Rushing,
Mt. Pleasant, served as best man.
Mrs. Medlin is a graduate of
Talco High School and is now
attending East Texas State
Teachers College, Commerce,
from which she will receive her
B.S. degree in elementary educa-
tion in August.
Mr. Medlin is a wavuate of
Talco High Schoo) anti is now sta-
tioned in the U.S. Army at Fort
Hood.
They plan to make their home
■ in Mesquite where Mrs. Medlin
will teach school and Mr. Medlin
will attend school in Arlington,
figure is accused of defrauding
the government of several thou-
sand Dollars.
Defense attorneys Everett
Looney^ and Thomas James of
ive 25 days from Mon-
file the motion.
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Benjamin Franklin invented bi-
focal glasses to save himself_fhe-
trouble of changing his spectacles
when looking from near objects
to far ones.
/bMie Dk Itw New* Desna
clqse Thursday afternoon.
oontinued Tuesday | Patrol 1—Faya Hardman, Nell
Mazzare and Ann Riddle, leaders;
Susie Childrey, Linda Sue Coston,
Kathleen Cbopel, Pamela Darby,
Linda Jo Hardin, Jeanne Kay
Martin, Fhylli* Gail Richardson,
Linda Dianne Scott and Celeste
Tennyson. -
Patrol 2—Hassie Mae Riddle,
Frances Scott, Bobbye Stephens
and Margaret Firmin, leaders;
Day Camp Activities Friday
Ann Clark, Lydia Ann Colley,
Linda Anne Damiel, Jennifer
Meyer, Linda Perkins, Barbara
_________ , w Gail Pope, Terry Regain, Sheila
I opened Monday and which came Jo Smith and Evelyn Joy Hamil-
to a clq*e Thursday afternoon, ton.
Registration began at 1:30 P.M.i
Monday and oontinued Tuesday |
morning. Official camp hours
were from. 9 A M. to 4 P.M.
A total *f 58 children enrolled
and were Supervised by thirteen
I leaders. Carolyn Cross was the
I qualified Red Cross .senior lite-
1 saver and swimming instructor.
Mrs. Bob Conroy was camp di-
rector, and Mrs. Sam Harvey was
her assistant.
j The encampment wi* divided Martha Bullock, Brenda Dalton,
I into two troops, first year and j Fvplv_
troop consisted of three patrols,
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