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DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1957
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GOP Blasts
Ike Aid Plea
Legislature
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BOTHER DALLAS
Council Switches
Views On Switch
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WEATHER
shocking failures" in the field of
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Th* case of who's to pull a
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structed by the U.S. Army Corps
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Differing Ideas Take Hold
As Lake Dallas Vote Nears
Solons Begin
New Phase Of
Labor Probe
to start
sa by
water from Gar-
to augment the
in addition to the construction
grants, the bill would authorise
YOV CAN WIN CASH
WITH NEWS TIPS
CD Director
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The Soviet
ZHUKOV VISIT
TALK GROWING
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stimulate the states to increased
activity. -
city’s present supply from deep
artesian wells.
Franklin College was loca-
ted at Pilot Point?
flood stage
Present plans can for Denton
world tensions,
assy reflects in
Civil Rights
Bil Backers
MONEY - MUSIC - NEWS - 9:30
mornings-KDNT 1440,
lobby control, election code re*
form, anti-usury and loan shark
legislation, judicial redistricting,
freedom of information and insur-
ance reorganization.
IN TODAY'S PAPER
GEORGE PARR'S attorneys
prepare motion for a new trial.
Page 3, Sec. 1.
KNOW-IT-ALL teenagers say
parents are smarter than they
are. Page Sec.
FORT WORTH Cats base-
ball players are guests of the
Optimist Club. Page 1. Sec. I
LAKE DALLAS — A conflict of
ideas had taken hold of newly in-
corporated Lake Dallas today, just
two days before the new city will
elect its first public officials.
This to the story:
1. Fourteen candidates for the
seven offices that will be filled
Saturday continued a fast pace of
personal contacts with voters.
1 Backers of a petition calling
for the disincorporation of the
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Government Says It Lacks
Evidence For Conviction
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"For example.’* he said, "per
capita consumption of tobacco ia
much less in England than in the
United States while lung cancer
incidence is much greater. Simi-
larly cities of the same site in
the United States where no local
difference in tobacco use to known
do have very different rates of
lung cancer incidence." -
school construction legislation to ers never get lung cancer. Obvi-
help the states catch up on a back ously. there to no simple cause
lag of classroom needs. and effect mechanism resulting
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of filters on cigarettes. ——
Dr. Little until 1945 was man-
aging director of the American
Society for the Control of Cancer,
now the American Cancer Soci-
ety, and in 1954 headed up the
tobacco industry’s research ad-
visory board.
In a statement prepared for the
committee, he said:
"Nonsmokers get lung cancer.
The vast majority of heavy amok-
the long-time Dallas business and
civic leader to optimistic that the
two neighboring cities can work
together on a water supply pro-
gram.
Thornton, who owns a large Den-
ton County ranch near Roanoke,
said he believes "that as good
neighbors, Dallas and Denton can
work out a fair and equitable solu-
tion to the problem."
Dallas newspapers did not quote
Mayor Thornton.
Dallas has been alloted 415,000
acre feet of storage space par year
in Garza-Little Elm Reservoir,
WASHINGTON (—A visit to
Washington by President Eisen-
hower’s old friend, Soviet Defense
Minister Georgi Zhukov, appeared
today to be a distinct possibility.
Eisenhower, himself, said yes-
terday that talks with Zhukov
might serve a useful purpose in
improving Soviet-American rela-
B&K RETURN
A beaming Nikita S. Khrushchev, hat in hand, waves to the crowd as he steps from
a jet airliner at Moscow airport on arrival from week’s tour of Czechoslovakia. At
left is Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin, who made tour with Khrushchev. (AP Wire-
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the controversial school sid bill.
The measure, backed by the ad-
ministration. would authorize 1H
billion dollars of grants to states
on a matching basis to construct
schools. The money would be al-
lotted over a five-year period at
the rate of 300 million dollars an-
nually, divided equally on the bs-
sis of school age population and
the financial needs of the states.
The bill to similar to one killed
last year after the House wrote
ia an amendment to withhold fed-
eral aid from segregated schools.
The current bill rontains no inte-
gration provision, but a move may
sharply criticized the all-Demo-
cratic 55th Legislature yesterday
and called for two-party govern-
ment. ,
A special GOP Legislative Com-
mittee said the last Legislature
demonstrated that one-party gov-
ernment will continue to produce
irresponsibility, scandals, corrup-
tion, graf and legislative laziness
among politicians.
"The Legislature did not take
any effective steps to prevent fur-
ther irresponsibility, scandals, cor-
ruption and graft in public office."
said the committee, headed by
John Wood Jr., San Antonio, and
Thomas Anderson, Houston.
"The Legislature also proved
that the members of the Demo*
cratic Party do not have a monop-
oly on honesty, ability and leader-
ship."
The committee said failures of
the Legislature emphaszie the need
for two-party responsibility.
Thad Hutcheson, state Republi-
can chairman, said the committee
will continue its studies through
the special session proposed this
fall by Gov. Daniel
The committee said the Legisla-
ture made a start in dealing with
water conservation and flood con-
nal contempt.
CHARGES
' It charges that they knowingly
"acted in concert" to defy a fed-
eral injunction against interference
with enrolling Negroes in Clinton
High School. Clinton to a pretty
highland town, population 4,500,
near Knoxville.
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WASHINGTON I-Sharply dif-
fering opinions on the relationship
between cigarette smoking and
lung cancer were voiced today be-
fore congressional investigators.
Dr. Clarence Cook Little. chair-
man of the Scientific Advisory
Board to the Tobacco Industry
Research Committee, testified re-
search findings "disprove a single
simple striking cause and effect
relationship between cigarette
smoking and lung cancer."
Dr. E. C u y l e r. Hammood,
spokesman for the American Can
cer Society, testified that in his
opinion, "the evidence to over-
whelming" that cigarette smoking
to one cause of lung cancer.
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WASHINGTON (n-Two top of-
ficiate of the United Textile Work*
era Union were summoned today
to tell whether they used union
money to buy expensive homes
for themselves.
President Anthony Valente and
Secretary-Treasurer Lloyd len-
ert who have denied any iregu-
larities, go before the special Sen-
ate Rackets Investigating Commit-
tee to reply to testimony that they
used $57,000 from the union treas- 1
ury to buy homes for themselves,
and another $57,000 from the same
source to "reimburse" the union.
NEW PHASE
Chairman McClellan (D-Ark), in
a statement launching this new
phase of the committee's search
for evidence of racketeering, graft
and other wrongdoing, said the
public hearings would explore also
allegations, that Klenert dipped in-
to the union’s treasury for $40,000
more to buy things for himself,
his family and friends.
After plans for the hearings
were announced, the two union
officials said in a joint statement
that "all expenditures of union
funds have been made either with
the authorization of the conven-
tion or the International Execu-
tive Council, the organization s
highest governing body."
MEANT TO TESTIFY
McClellan announced AFL-CIO
President. George Meany will tea
called as a witness Monday. He .
said “it has been reported to the
committee that Mr. Klenert and
Mr. Valente took steps to return
this money (for the 1952 home
purchases? only after their mis-
use of these union funds has been
discovered by George Meany,
then secretary • treasurer at the'
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three minutes at the meet to pull
the switch.
There was also the matter of
Denton's keeping some log sheets
which Brazos wanted and Denton
doesn't need Brazos offered to do
without these log sheets if neces-
sarv.
Denton told Brazos it thought
it was an imposition for a Denton
employe to do this work for Bra-
zos but it’ nothing malor. Fur-
ther. Denton said, the switch null-
ing's not in the contract, but Den-
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one comment, at least, a generally
favorable attitude, and several
U J. Senators of both parties said
they thought it would be a good
idea. .____________•___■
U.S. officiate said, however. that
so far no steps have been taken
to make even preliminary ar-
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switch was closed. Brazos was
haopv. Denton seemed tn he han-
w-esvecially over a $17,000 check
Rrazne hrmht as vavment for
the electricitv it bouht during
June and over the orospects for
a $35,000 check for July
rangements for such a visit and
they were not sure when if ever
action might be' initiated.
How the possibility of a meeting
works out may well depend on the
formal reaction in Moscow to
what Eisenhower said at a news
conference yesterday.
If Zhukov or his associates in
the ruling .group of the Soviet
Communist party indicate an in-
terest in following up the Presi-
dents' friendly attitude toward a
talk, then events could move fair-
ly fast......... ' ' -
If Moscow seems cool toward
the idea in contacts with U.S.
diplomats there—or perhaps con-
tacts between the embassy and
the State Department here then
the whole idea may die quietly.
In Moscow, the Soviet agency
Tass reported Eisenhower's state-
ments in a brief dispatch notable
for the lack of any tinge of com-
ment or criticism.
A possible complication in the
picture is the state of politics and
personal relationships and motives
within the Communist party Pres-
idium
Party Boas Nikita Khrushchev
said in a news conference at Hel-
sinki a little more than a month
ago that he would like to visit the
United States but had never been
invited. Khrushchev might want
to be counted in on any mission
involving Zhukov and that presum-
ably cguld create complications.
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54TB YEAR OF DAILI SERVICE— NO. 887
period to required by law.
There'S really no definite indi-
cation that a petition will be pre-
sented at all — for only 69 votes
were cast against incorporation in
the original electiion. And it's ne-
cessary to have 100 signatures on
the petition asking for disincorpor-
ation.
From all indications there s no
one person in charge of the dis-
incorporation petition and., as a
result, no one is certain just how-
many signatures the Petition ac-
tually has. There was a claim last
week that almost 100 signatures
bad been secured
As best as could be determined,
no public meeting has been sche-
duled when all 14 candidatea could
give their stand at one time. Of-
ficials of the Lake Dallas Citizens
League talked about sponsoring
spokesman said the league gave
See VOTE NEARS, Page 2
Fair.
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WASHINGTON • - Supporters
of the administration’s civil rights
bill fought today against mounting
Senate sentiment to confine the
measure’s terms to the protection
of voting rights.
An influential senator who asked
not to be. quoted by name said
leadership. polls indicate a ma-
jority of the Senate now favors
an amendment by Senators And-
erson (D-NM) and Aiken (R-Vt
to narrow the bill's scope.
Anderson and Aiken have pro-
posed eliminating a section which
would authorize the attorney gen-
eral to seek injunctions to enforce
all civil rights, including deseg-
regation of schools and other pub
lie places.
If the amendment were adopted,
the proposed authority of the at-
torney general to intervene would
be limited to cases involving vot-
ing rights.
Sen. Knowland (R-Calif) told re-
porters he believes the vote on
the amendment “will be close but
at this point I don't believe the
section would be stricken from the
bill."
As an indication he wasn’t cer-
tain of any such results, however,
Knowland joined with Sen. Hum-
phrey (D-Minn) yesterday in a
move to chip away one portion of
the controversial section.
They offered an amendment to
repeal a post-Civil War recon-
struction la* authorizing the use
of federal troops to enforce court
orders. This old law had been
linked in the bill to the proposed
new authority for the attorney
general to help enforce all civil
rights. • • .
Sen. Russell (D-Ga) said this
move constituted an admission he
was correct when he told the
Senate two weeks ago that the
House bill would authorize “bayo-
net" enforcement of integration in
the South.
Knowland and Humphrey acted
after President Eisenhower had
told his news conference he
couldn't imagine any circum-
stances that would ever induce
him to use federal troops to en-
force court orders.
Humphrey said Atty. Gen.
Brownell "made a blunder" in ty-
ing the bill to the troop-use provi-
sions. He said he hoped "any ref-
erence ... to a period in Ameri-
only, and to designed primarily to sistenciea concerning the claimed
* cause and effect relationship be-
2,1
Raises Hopes
WASHINGTON « - Supporters
of the administration's embattled
foreign aid bill hoped today Preet-
dent Eisenhower's new appeal
would block further House cuts in
the multi-billion-dollar measure.
Eisenhower said last night a
400-million-dollar cut the House
voted tentatively in his defense
support economic aid request
"can be considered as no less than
a threat to our nation’s security
and that of the free world.”
His statement came shortly aft-
er the House voted 104-100 to al-
low 300 million dollars for the pro-
gram. Eisenhower originally had
asked 900 millions. The Senate cut
the request to 800 millions, and
the House Foreign Affairs Com-
mittee reduced the figure to 700
millions.
When it came out of committee
the bill carried a total of $2,242,-
333,000-800 millions below the Ei-
senhower request and 373 millions
below the Senate figure.
Before the House convened to-
day, Rep. Carnahan (D-Mo), floor
manager for the bill, said that if
foreign aid supporters succeeded
in marshaling their forces over-
night. there was a "possibility”
the House might reverse itself
and approve the Senate figure of
800 millions in economic aid.
But Carnahan also conceded the
House might vote further cuts in
other programs before it passes
the big measure.
have emphasized from cigarette smoking.
Dr. Little said there are incon-
(Experiment Station Report)
wigh Thursday ....................... 98
Low this morning ................ 78
High year ago ....................ier
Low year ago ..................... 76
Hun mtn today at 7:34 p.m: ria- — __r-r--.------.---x.
es Friday at 5:32 a.m. Piahing: while Denton has been granted 21,-
one other location (near Roanoke'
for a possible additional reservoir
site in Denton County.
Denton City Commission Tues-
day passed on first reading the
ordinance calling for annexation
of land on both sides of Elm Fork,
from a point northeast of Denton
to the Cooke County line. The
"take” line runs northward and
northwestward, following the river
channel.
One annexation reading keeps
any other city from annexing land
but three readings are needed for
final incorporation into city limits.
In quoting "city officials", Dal-
las newspapers apparently quoted
City Manager Elgin Crull and
members of the city commission.
In a talk Wednesday with Dal-
las Msyor R. L. Thornton, the
Record-Chronicle learned that
J
See Today’s Editorials, Page 4
Dallas city officials apparently
are not taking seriously Denton’s
actions regarding annexation of
about 8,000 acres of land that in-
cludes Dallas’ proposed site for an
Aubrey reservoir on Elm Fork of
the Trinity River.
Reports by both Dallas newspa-
pers and the Associated Press have
pointed out that Dallas city offi-
cials said the move by Denton to
pre-empt Dallas from using the
Aubrey site as a reservoir by an-
nexation proceedings would have
little effect.
Dallas,- although it has not taken
definite steps in earmarking the
site, has been considering it and
Denton water consumption Wed- of Engineers, coven 2,470 acres
vatlonntlnvefpan 38,20“acress‛nt ‘
The Money that slips through your
fingers will pay the loan that pays
year Mita. Complete personal lean
service. Industrini Credit Com-
pany, over Ram i lie.
tween smoking and lung cancer.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The government today
dropped ‘criminal contempt charges against four of the 15
defendants in the Clinton segregation trial.
U.S. Dist. Atty. John C. Crawford Jr. at the outset of
today’s session asked for dismissal of criminal contempt
charges against Thomas Sanders, Chris Foust, J. B. Long
and J. L. Coley. °
“In my opinion the evidence is not sufficient to war-
rant conviction of thesef 11 --------------
Way Cleared Probers Hear
For Vote On
stoners seemed to believe the
same thing when discussion got
under way on the thorny problem
of pulling that switch out at the
steam electric power plant.
The switch has been a subject
of discussion in at least three
commission meeting. It first
requests would be about 15 per trol problems, but there were
year. They said it takes about "eheekine feiuree" i- the Meld e
nenday: 6,743,000 gallons This time
inat year: 8,171,000 gallons.
3 ‛ RAIFLL
(In Inches)
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The Brazos people said Denton 1 . _ . ----
mountain out of a evervbodv will be happy.
Tennesseans and lanky, dark-
__haired John Kasper. Norhernseg-
gregationist organizer, for crimi-
— . . .. The testimony opened a hear-
be made on the House floor to add ing by a House.Government Op-
orations subcommittee which is
interested primarily in advertising
claims as to the protection value
DENTON AND VICTNrTY: Clear to
partly cloudy through Friday
with chances of widely scattered
late afternoon and nighttime
thunderstorms. Little change In
temperature.
WEBT TEXAS: Clear to partly
cloudy.
■ABT. SOUTH CENTRA TEXAB:
Clear to partly cloudy through
Friday.
TEMPERATURES
By TOM KIRKLAND
Record-Chronicle Staff Writer
Wel, they’ve finally decided
who's going to pull that switch at
Denton’s electric power plant even
if the decision did occupy 12 men’s
time for almost two hours.
The thing came to a head in a
City Commission meeting Wednes-
day afternoon when three officials
from the Brazos Electric Co-op
came from Waco—at Denton's re-
quest—to discuss the matter—the
matter which they said "shock-
ed” them.
ELECTRIC TALK
There was talk of oil circuit
breakers, cubicles, effectuation of
power, kilowatts and all those
other highly charged electrical
terms.
But when all was said and done.
Denton decided it would continue
to pull the switch for the Brazos
people. And Denton said it would
pull the switch free of extra cost
—it wouldn't charge the M75 per
month the Brazos people feared
as a result of a letter from Mayor
Jack Bryson.
, SOUGHT IN
COSTELLO CASE~
Vincent Gigante, former profes-
sional boxer, is being sought as
the gunman who attempted to
assassinate racketeer Frank Cos-
tello, it was learned at New
York City police headquarters.
(AP Wirephoto)
A civil defense director for the
City of Denton and Denton County
is expected to be named Thurs-
day.
Representatives of 13 Denton
civic and service organizations
have been invited to attend a
meeting to name a director and
to discuss civilian civil defense
plans on a joint city-county basis
The meeting, to be held at 8
am in the Council Room in Den-
ton City Hall, was called by May-
or Jack Bryson and County Judge
W K. Baldridge
The civil defense leader will be
appointed to replace Alex Dickie
Sr, who has resigned as county-
wide coordinntor.
the federal government to pur-
chase up to 750 million dollars of
school construction bonds from lo-
cal districts unable to find a mar-
ket at reasonable interest rates.
It also would authorize 150 mil-
lion dollars in advances to reserve
funds established by states to help
assure payment of state school
financing obligations.
J President Eisenhower has urged
men,” Crawford’ told U. S.
Dist Judge'Robert L. Tay-
lor. “Therefore, I move to
dismiss the charges against
them.”
U.S. Dist. Judge Robert L Tay-
lor agreed
Crawford then told the court the
government rested its case in the
history-making nine-day-old trial.
ASKS ACQUITTAL
Chief defense counsel Robert L.
Dobbs, Memphis, immediatelv
moved for directed verdict of ac-
quittal for the M remaining de-
fendants.
Taylor merely nodded his head
without committing himself as to
what his decision would be.
The statement setting fol th rea-
son for the defense motion for
dismissal was dictated to the
court reporter by Grover S. Mc-
Leod of Birmingham.
McLeod's statement asserted,
point by point, that the govern-
ment had not shown evidence to
support charges against the de-
fendants.
The statement said "it has not
been shown" that the defendants
, had knowledge or notice of the
I final injunction issued by Taylor
. prohibiting interference with in-
. tegration at the school.
The statement denied that they
■ had entered into any agreement
together to violate the injunction,
or that they entered into an agree
ment with Kasper to violate the
injunction or to "attack and villify
the / Rev. Paul Turner" on Dec.
4, 1956.
Finally, the defense's blanket
motion asserted that the U.S. Dis-
trict Court has no jurisdiction over
the case.
The government has indicted 14
* Editorials .....
Feed News ...
Sports .....
TV Leg
came up when Glenn Geyer. the
power euperintendent, said he
didn’t like the idea of the Brazos
switch being located in Denton’s
plant He said the switch had
nothing to do with selling or buy-
ing power from Brazos And
what's more, he said. Brazos tele-
phoned "often” to ask Denton to
pull the switch. ,
PHONE REQUESTS
But Brazos said it had phoned
13 times in May, once in June
and so far not at all in July. Bra-
zos officials said the telephone
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continued seeking signatures for
the third week.
£ The Lake Dallas Citizens Lea-
gue printed 500 circulars listing
the candidates it backs in the elec-
tfon. This includes a candidate for
mayor, approval of all three can-
didates for city marshal and
backing of six of the nine candi-
dates for the five aldermanic posts.
In addition, the Citizens League
started a get-out-the-vote drive
4. In Denton, County Judge W.
K. Baldridge said he d still re-
ceived no petition from the group
backing a disincorporation elec-
tion. Judge Baldridge said he'd
been told the petition would be
handed to him today or Friday.
But even if the petition — which
needs 100 valid signatures — is
presented today or Friday, the
Saturday election for city officials
will still be held as scheduled If
the petition is presented and val-
CHILD BRIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Turner Jr. of Columbia,
Mo, chat with their attorney, Lyman M. Cleek, over
their marriage problem. State Bureau of Vital Sta-
tistics records show the girl, who was married a month
ago. is only 10. Her 19-yearold husband was arraigd-
edona charge of filing a false affadavit that thegir
was 15 when they applied for a marriage license. MP
Wirephoto!
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WASHINGTON (P-The House
E Rules Committee today cleared
for a House vote next week on
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