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ted Parson’s
and president of the chamber of
field.
sioner R. B. Gambill asked the
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moot.
and demolished many farm build-
Miscellaneous business covered
termine if the
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as hens' eggs pelted sections of
Accept Negroes
School Bus Route
with scattered showers and lower
Changes Approved
Settled Here
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some colored
Harris said that
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cated win come around March L
But he told a news conference a
a jury, and received
sentence as Swinnea.
ternational
lotment of
Humphrey. There he
will reach a final
CITY FINE
BUSINESS
IS FINE
meter col-
since Par-
Stock Market
Up Sharply
Vinson,
intention
ence too between staying in the
White House and carrying on an
active campaign for the presi-
receiving a tentative allotment
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from the Civil Aeronautics Admin-
take these factors into considera-
tion. When he weighs everything,
I still believe he won't run.”
Sen. Olin Johnston (D-K) said:
"No man of his age has ever been
cent. Total taxes to be collected
this year is set at $399,000.
Skiles and J. Holford Russell. Ex-
officio members of the commit*
tee will include the mayor of the
of a
Denton
Johnson, professor of
ice at the University
MORRILTON, Ark. (+Tornado-
like storms struck two communities
President Makes
Excellent Recovery
From Heart Attack
broke six-year records at Dallas
and Fort Worth.
Early Wednesday, Lubbock had
freezing drizzle, fog, and a tem-
perature reading of 31. Amarillo
also reported fog, and a-reading
of 26, the lowest in the state.
A brisk rainshower that was ae*
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ACTION ON CIVIL
RIGHTS IS URGED
WASHINGTON m - Sen Hum-
Storms Hit
in Arkansas
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Dynamics Corp., and $4 a share
by Kennicott.
The Board of Education of the
Denton Independent School Dis-
trict voted last night to bold an
election to decide whether or not
district teachers want social secur-
ity.
The motion, which passed on a
1-1 vote, will be carried to the
to the
illty by
same
Commissioner De
who has announced
resent runway
to as much as
ggvjugugoje
sotonvafiar
mittee, 4
ers, are
saying:
"It's the best news the
and-west across Texas on a line
between Dallas and Waco, brought
a freezing drizzle to Lubbock, a
violent hailstorm to Dallas, and
rain to widely scattered points.
The holder air mass erased the
787 1
R. W. Bass, Joe Kim.
Dave Barrow, Walter B.
an, Tom Harpool, Jpe
Desegregation
Opposition Urged
AUSTIN LB—Reuben Senterfitt
E. Stevenson's __
cratic presidential
struck back at the contention of
Vice President Nixon in a New
York speech Monday that the
Democrats have proved them-
selves "helpless and futile" in this
WASHINGTON(AP>—Pres-
ident Eisenhower’s doctors
say he is physically able to
Dr.
social
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A new cold wave that brought
hail, freezing drizzle and rains
Wednesday snapped a premature
heat wave in Texas, the Associated
Press said.
The front, which shortly before
dawn Wednesday stretched east-
25-30 calls daily on faulty meters
when he first took over, calls are
coming in now at the rate of only
four or five every day. Mayor J.
L. Yarbrough car *
report by adding
lections have doc
unit would move to Denton, after
which another type of lighting
might be required. City Engineer
Creel said his survey crews would
make a preliminary study to de-
files today to Thomasville, Ga., for
about a week's vacation at the
estate of Secretary of the Treasury
to run for mayor in the April 3
from the commission of his letter
on aurveying equipment and re-
production equipment, and pas-
sage of three ordinances dedcat-
See AIR, Page 8
students are attending the night
classes; reports show that there
has been no trouble and we are
operating on an even kel."
twisting wind that destroyed a
house and barn at Port Neches:
In fees than an hour 2.42 inches of
rain was dumped on Port Neches.
Alice was the hottest spot in the
state Tuesday with 88 degrees.
Laredo had a high of 86, Victoria
and Waco 82, Lufkin, San Angelo,
Sherman, Dallas, and Fort Worth
80. Abilene n. Corpus Christi 78,
Beaumont 71, Lubbock 88, and
Amarillo 55. Tuesday’s readings
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sons and Watkins started their
maintenance of the meters.
Payment of $128.40 to Judge Z.
D. Lewis was approved to cover
a claim for court costs so delin.
quent city tax suits filed. The sp-
Dallas about midnight. Although
only .07 inches was received at
Love Feild, the rainfall was heav-
ier in some sections of the city.
The thunderstorm, w h l f h the
Weather Bureau said was a local
one, played out northeast of Dallas
No one was Injured in the wind
and rainstorm at Port Neches. The
heavy rain stacked up water five
and six inches deep in downtown
streets.
tom
tartly or Under court order, had
no exact figures. Estimates range
from 800 to more than 1,000 in
the eight states which practice
collegiate integration.
nation so the election in April
could include the commission post
ho has held, eliminating the need
Pedro Parsons, i
perintendent, repor
must be to by Mi
f* city at
Denny Vinson fot
MANY COLLEGES QUIET
Southern States
bus chassis.
In discussing the status of the
ak.A ImJ. AAA-
the industrial corn-
ed by Commission-
Partly cloudy to cloudy weath-
er with scattered showers and low-
er temperatures predicted for to-
day and Thursday erased the me-
mory of Tuesday's unusual spring-
like weather.
The1 area missed a Dallas hail-
storm but the front sent the tem-
perature tumbling 40 degrees from
a high of 80 to a low of 40 .ear-
ly this morning.
are in state-supported Southern
colleges with another 1,000 in pri-
vately endowed institutions.
A federal court order broke the
racial barrier in North Carolina
last fall at the general college
level when three Negroes en-
rolled at the university at Chapel
Hill. One lives in a dormitory
See NEGROES. Page 8
, A woman, identified only as
Mrs. Hollie Brker, was reported
drowned when she was washed off
dition of city parking meters. Par-
sons and George Watkins have been
in charge of maintaining the me-
ters for over a month. Parsons
said that where he received around
Money stiles tinkled and
hangovers were the mode last
week in Corporation Court as
14 persons were convicted of
Intoxication and assessed a
combined fine of 8218.
Speeding was the other big
contributor in the court's fine
total of $608.75. Ten were fined
for 870.00. Five were finea 850
for driving without an opera-
tor’s license.
Only 20 out of 103, ticketed
for overtime parking, lost the
25-cent race to the court The
83 paid 830,75 and the 30 late
OOM doled out 320.
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WEATHER
r undoubtedly will
rsicians’ report careful
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higher today in the wake of the
announcement by President Eisen-
hower’s doctors that he to physical-
ly fit to stand for re-election.
Prices of key issues were up
from one to four dollars a share
in the opening minutes. Transac-
tions were so heavy that the ticker
tape fell behind momentarily. The
statement on the President’s state
of health came after the close of
trading on the New York Stock
Exchange yesterday.
Today's opening prices included
gains of 81.50 a share by American
Telephone, 81.13 a share by Lock-
heed Aircraft. 83 a share by Boeing
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. un-A flash
flood struck this resort city early
today, pouring water six feet deep
through the downtown streets. One
death was reported.
The torrent, result of a 2%-hour
cloudburst, came at the start of
the tourist season in this west Ar-
kansas city of about 38,000 perma-
Water flowing into the downtown
district from surrounding hills
caused the flood. ...... -
The water coursed down the
city’s main street. Central Ave.,
smashed automobiles into each
other and poured into a number
of business establishments
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years in the White House if he to
physically able.
SUMMARY
Sen. Carlson (R-Kan), one of the
original Eisenhower - for - presi-
dent boosters, summed it up to
8,000 or 10,000 feet to facilitate jet
aircraft
Denton was one of 310 airports
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intensity lights on the north-south
runway at the municipal airport. The stor
Action wm postponed to the hope damaged
that the Hensley National Guard Cleveland
committee’s appointment to aimed
at one of many steps required to
attract industry to Denton and
the Dsnton ana.
versities in sharp contrast to the
bitter demonstrations that greet-
ed Autherine Lucy’s attempt to
attend the University of Alabama.
Eight Southern states have ac-
cepted Negroes in both graduate
and undergraduate division, an
Associated Press survey showed
today. No violence attended these
changes which upset patterns that
had stood for generations.
Arkansas admitted a Negro to
its university law school in 1948.
There was no incident. Hundreds
have followed quietly.
Other Dixie states with Negro
students ranging from a handful
to hundreds include Oklahoma.
Texas, Virginia, Kentucky, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Louisi-
ana. In none of these states has
there been any violence. Many
of the Negroes live in campus
dormitories and most eat to school
cafeterias with the white students.
A few have been admitted into
professional fraternities but there
is little social mingling
Most of the schools which have
admitted Negroes, either volun-
7-County School
Meeting Held \
Representatives from Denton.
Cooke, Grayson, Wise, Collin, Tar-
rant and Dallas counties were
expected to attend a school trans-
portation meeting here at 3 p m.
today. x
School administrators and trus-
tees from the seven counties were
to discuss transportation problems
affecting public schools. C. E.
Boyd of the Texas Education Ag-
ency. consultant in charge of trans-
portation. was to be the principal
speaker.
temperatures has been predicted
for the state Wednesday and
Thursday.
Icy air spread across wide areas
of the Midwest from the northern
Rockies today as most of the South
and East enjoyed mild winter
weather.
The cold air from Canada, which
kept temperatures below zero
along the Canadian border in Mon-
tana and the Dakotas, moved
southeastward into the upper and
See WEATHER, Page 8
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Report On Eisenhower
night included approval
, tong-standing"
Committee. The
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HOUSE RENTED
FOIST DAY •
People looking for a place to
live look first in the Record-
Chronicle Want Ads. This ad
found a satisfactory tenant by
8 p.m. the first day the ad was
to the paper.__________________
HOUSE for rent, avatlable now.
-rooms and bath, recently
decorated, new paper, floors, vs-
nela blinds, etc. Ideal for cou-
— per month. Phone C-
If you have a vacant roonh
hoMe or apartment, use this
readymade market to rent your
unMs. Call C-2551.
SALE OF GOODS
TO REDS SCORED
WASHINGTON UB-Sen. McClel-
lan (D-Ark) today accused high
•government officials of withhold-
ing informaton about what he sad
are mountng free world sales of
strategic materials to Russia's
’•war machine." : ->
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489 DEAD IN
EUROPE COLD WAVE
LONDON u — Europe’s relent-
less cold wave had claimed at
least 488 dead today after 2%
weeks. Relief still was not in
eight.
here
The woman’s hueband, identified
as Bob Barker, clung to a tree
when the water swamped the car.
After the water subsided, police
said, he hiked a mile to a farm
house for help. He was hospitalised
and treated for shock. The wom-
an’s body had not been found early
today .
The car was washed into a small
valley.
The openng of the annual spring
horse racing meet at Oaklawn
See FLOOD, Page 8
Tom Long and Joseph C. Swee-
ney, both pleading" guilty ‘
DWi charge, wererhdg
ment during the rest of the fiscal
year ending June N. Nearly 188.
million was allotted to the 318 air-
City commissioners Tuesday night
instructed City Engineer Grady
Creel to send a crew to the munic-
ipal airport to conduct a prelim-
inary survey which will be used
for further negotiations to an St.
tempt to secure the Hensley Field
Air National Guard unit for Den-
ton. The unit, slated to move from
Hensley at Grand Prairie, has
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announcement, which he has Indi-
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Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Tex*
as. Democratic floor leader, said
in a statement dictated from his
horns to Texas:
"As a fellow human being who
has gone through the same thing,
I am very pleased that the medi-
cal report is so favorable. I
know every American will be
happy.".
Johnson suffered a heart attack
last July.
The Los Angeles and San Fran-
cisco stock exchanges—the only
ones still operating at the time of
the announcement yesterday—were
flooded with buytag orders.
Sen. Duff (R-Pa) Mid he feels
confident "the President will be a
candidate again in order that he
may continue the program he has
so magnificently begun."
Sen. Allott (R-Coto) said, "We
should thank the good Lord that
He has answered the prayer of the
people and has given the President
an opportunity to be of further
SrVe to n1S counrY-
Sen. Carlson (R-Kan) said he
felt all along Eisenhower would
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run again "unless the doctors told
Sen. Sparkman (D-AD, the UN
Democratic vice presidential nomi-
nee, said there is "a great deal of
difference between carrying on the
full toad of the presidency and Just
staying in the White House.
"There’s a great deal of differ-
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QI resignation
Mon odoctivo
lose.’’ Vinson
phrey (D-Minn) called on the Eis-
enhower administration today to
“exercise its leadership rather
than its lungs" in obtaining con-
gressional action on civil rights
legislation.
supporter of Adlai
bid for the Demo-
nomination.
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Aircraft, $1.12 a share by Gruman might be extei
Aircraft, 83 a share by General
has not already done so.
“The choice (regarding a second
term) is his, not ours,” said Dr.
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from tbs commis-
April 3. “Win sr
ubmitted his resig.
DEFENSE EXECUTIVE WERE
Executive Secretary of the Civil Defense Coordinating
Board L Berwyn llstrom visited the Denton regional
office Tuesday in preparation for a speech he will de-
liver at the three-day federal agency school in Dallas.
His speech will be oh “The Role of Federal Agencies
and Employes in Civil Defense.” (Record-Chronicle
Staff Photo) -
Three driving while intoxicated
cases in County Court Tuesday
were settled following two pleas of
guilty. One plea of not guilty re-
quired a long trial and resulted
in conviction on the DWI charge.
Cecil Swinnea, pleading not
guilty, wm tried on the DWI
charge and found guilty in Judge
Jack Gray’s County Court. Swin-
nea was fined IN and court costs,
given three days in jail, and had
his driver’s license suspended for
six months. Swinnea’s attorney
said the judgment would be op*
pealed. L .
Dallas' Love_________-
lotment and.Fort
Worth s Greater Fort Worth In*
_____ Negroes are peacefully break-
Partly cloudy to cloudy weather tag color barriers at formerly all
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unseasonable high temperatures
reported by main points Tuesday
afternoon and set off a strong companied by hailstones as targe
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ommended changes in the bus
routes.
H. O. Harris, county school sup-
erintendent. said: "We are trying
to get the children moving home
right after school and I think that
possibly the way Pilot Point has
asked for can be the solution."
He also said that it would mean
that some of the buses would have
short routes but it would help get
the students home faster.
Also receiving acceptance at the
board meeting wm the Lake Dal-
1m school request for a new
wants Texans to urge Sen. Price
Daniel to introduce legislation in
pentan coum vocational school. Supreme Court desegregXn M
Harris said that “some colored tag.
A Clevetand, 11 miles north oz by the commission included eprox-
here, a 67-year-old Negro, Vernal al of monthly bill,, opening of bids
Ashford, was killed when wind
time last year, Preston said, the have had since the President was
district had collected 85.03 per
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NEW YORK LB — The stock
market opened active and sharply city, city commission chairman.
Sanity Hearing
Set For Brown
WEATHER
DENTON AND VICINITY: Cloudy
and colder this afternoon and
tonight. Lowest tonight 32-42.
Occasional rain and cold Thurs-
day.
WEST TEXAS: Occasional frees* '
tog rain or snow and cold in
Panhandle and Upper South
Plains this afternoon, tonight
aid Thursday.
EAST TEXAS. Mostly loudy thia
afternoon. tonight and Thursday
with widely scattered showers
or thundershowers.
TEMPERATURES
(Experiment Station Report)
High ........................80
Low ................. 48
High year ago • -*-----*--71
Low year ago ..............41
Sun sets today at 6:14 pm.: 1
rises Thursday at 7:11 am. Fish-
"Senton County raintan wo for
this month; 1.48. So far this year:
143. This time last year: SA
a rtudy o?the subjX Md’retJ DWI Cases Are
mates that about 1,000 Negroes
smashed his home to splinters.
His 52-year-old wife, Ethel, Buf-
fered multiple injuries.
One person wm reported injured
at Sardis, about four miles south
of here, and four houses were re-
ported damaged.
Sheriff Marlin Hawkins said the
storm at Cleveland, population
about N, cut a swath IN yards
wide, knocking houses and build-
togs off their foundations.
The storm struck about midnight
about four hours after the Weather
Bureau had lifted a tornado warn-
ing for the area.
At Sardis, the home of Robert
Parette was reported demolished
along with a Negro church and
other buildings. Wind damage was
reported at the home of Wade Oats.
Trees in the area also were up-
rooted.
Morrilton is N miles northwest
of Little Rock.
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overturning snow tractor at___
He and five others in the tractor were 1___________
Wiese, Mt. Hood district forest ranger, pointe to _
aged vehicle. In front of Stevenson is Alf Corbett,
Portland attorney and head of Oregon Stevenson for
President Committee. Stevenson, a candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination, was resting at
this mountain lodge while preparing a talk for de-
livery at Seattle. (AP Wirephoto)__
Special to the Record-hroniclel
GAINESVILLE - Richard S.
Stark and William Carroll. de-
fense attorneys for Wilbur Thomas
(Peto) Brown, have filed an insan-
ity plea in 16th District Court for j
the accused wife slayer.
The sanity case will be tried be-
fore a jury here Feb. 23. Brown is
accused of killing his wife, Billie
Marie Brown, to their apartment *
here Dec. 18.
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week ago today:
"I think I will probably trust my _ _ ___ ___
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Nevertheless, the medical ap- 2m‛thegragung“water," Teug
praisal was a cause, for much Police said the couple wm camp-
jubilation among political support- ing about five miles northeast of 1
ers who have been predicting Eis-
enhower will bid for another four
State Department of Public Wel-
fare who conducts such elections.
A substitute motion, to table
any action on social security, died
for lack of a second.
' The program, if the election pas-
ses. will cost the district $17,500
annually. Two per cent of each
salary check would be taken out of
teachers pay and the district
would match this amount. The soc-
ial security question came up prev-
iously on the request of several
teachers who asked the board to
look, into the program.
In other action Tuesday night,
the boad renewed the contract of
District Superintendent Chester
Strickland for three years and vot-
ed him a $600 annual raise. The
ratoe brings his annual salary to
They approved the hiring of a
landscape engineer for the new
81.500.000 high school at a salary
of 8150 plus 10 per cent of the total
nursery cost not to exceed a total
of 8500.
Lee Preston. tax assessor-col-
lector for the district, reported
that, as of Jan. 31, the district
had collected 85 45 per cent of the
total taxes for this year. At thir
commerce
ONLY $5,000
No action was taken by the com-
mission to accept a tentative al-
location of 85.000 from the federal
government to be used as their
share tO installation of medium
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Teachers May Vote
On Social Security
Scouts Missing
SAN MARCOS, Tex. LB - A
search wm launched yesterday for
three San Marcos Boy Scouts who
have not been heard from since
they left here Saturday to attend
a scout meeting to Austin.
Police said the three were Don-
ald Baker, 11, Charles Marburger,
12, and Terry Nolan, 13.
serve a second term. They go
further and say that from a
medical standpoint he ap-
pears fit for “another five to * _ .
Hot Springs
enhower takes with him when he 1 _ O
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WASHINGTON (AP)—Joyful Republichs predict that
yesterday's reassuring medical report will convince Presi-
dent Eisenhower he should run again: Democrats voiced
gratification at the extent of Eisenhower’s recovery. A few
of them maintained he will say “no” to a second term. '
Dr. Paul Dudley White, chief consultant on the case
since Eisenhower’s Sept. 24 heart attack, said he and five
other physicians believe Eisenhower should be able to
carry on in the presidency “for another five to 10 yearn."
“Like all Americans,” said-----"----------------
Democratic presidential can-
didate Adlai E. Stevenson,
“I am of course delighted at
the favorable report on the
condition of the President’s
near here early today, killing at
least one person and injuring two. _________________— _
The storms destroyed or severely proval wm given after Commia-
* eight houses — four at stoner R. B. Gambill asked the
____1 and four at Sardis — commission to approve Um pay.
Senterfitt to an announced can-
didate for governor, and Daniel has
indicated the strong possibility he
also will enter the race.
being turned dm
and Furt Worth
Another of 17
The appointment of Bert Gibbs
of Justin as veterans vocational
agriculture instructor for Denton
County wm approved at the month-
ly session of the county school
board Tuesday afternoon. Gibbs
will replace Alex Dickie Jr. of
Denton, who resigned to head the
newly opened Farmers Union of-
fice in Denton.
Also receiving unanimous ap-
proval by the board wm D. R.
Dunlap, a student at NTSC, who
wm selected m a bus driver for
the Double Oak School.
The board voted to allow Ponder
School to make a change in its
bus routes since it involved no
change in mileage but will give
better service.
In an effort to get the Pilot Point
children started home earlier, the
county board voted to accept rec-
Paul Dudley White, Boston heart
specialist, in telling a news con-
ference about the medical report
he and his colleagues gave Eis-
enhower.
SIX DOCTORS
The President’s six doctors said
in a prepared statement Eisenhow-
er "has made a good recovery”
from the heart attack he suffered
Sept. 24, and his health "contin-
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and assurance he will serve
dency,” Sparkman said “The
President has indicated he will
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Freezing Rain To Texas
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and lived out his term. I fear that
another term might be his death
sentence,"
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