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game this morning. The film was
After receiving flooding rains in
the spring. < 16 75 inches in May*.
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the Negroes entered Central High
Sept. 23. Next day. President Eis-
enhower federalized the Arkansas
Guardsmen and sent 1,000 para-
troopers to Little Rock. The Ne-
groes entered the school Sept 25
and have attended classes since.
emptied in seconds with
scuffling all over the field.
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window painting, Lewisville had some scattered pranks.
(Record-Chronicle Staff Photos)
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the 44-year average — fell on the
area.
Rangers i
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five-minute brawl. North Texas
won the game 12-6.
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school and the six Negro girls and
three boys were barred, a federal
court enjoined the governor from
interfering with integration.
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MONEY - MUSIC - NEWS — 9:30
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records to the city yesterday.
Mann said after telling the four
organizations to file their reports
that he considered all were con-
tributing to racial tension at Little
Rock.*
Mann is in New York on a busi-
ness trip.
The federal-state deadlock over
integration of nine Negro students
at Central High School shows no
sign of loosening. --
Dave Beck told newsmen yester-
day "I'd certainly be an optimist
if I thought" the appeal would do
any good in averting the threat-
ened ouster of his union from the
federation.
Beck met with reporters after
the Teamsters execuitve board
decided unanimously against do-
ing anything about the AFL-CIO
corruption charges against its
leaders.
Sun sets today at 5,37 p.m.i rises Sat-
urdey at 6145 e.m. Fishing: Sod.
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More cool weather — but prob-
ably not accompanied by freezing
temperatures — was forecast tor
the Denton County area this week-
The frost aso finished area cot-
ton crops, but farmers said little '
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ex-convict, had charged
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was recorded in October.
FREEZE
The Oct 27 freeze — 29 degrees
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damage was done Area gins were
expected to be running on a 24-
hour basis by this weekend. Only
grain farmers, gambling on a late
maturing crop, were hurt by the
early frost.
Over the state, warm air fanned
by south and southeast winds fur-
ther offset the cool front original-
ly expected to move into Texas
seven aidermen agreed on the ac-
tor 1 tion after the NAACP failed
gang had ordered the
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it possibly on testimony he gava
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in a 1951 hijacking case or from
trouble he had with an associate
once an invitation to take part in ,
; the celebration of Oklahoma’s ad-
mission to statehood. In his tele-
■ gram to Eisenhower. Gov. Gary
noted that Eisenhower had written
; him last May 31 that he was un-
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non Cole were involved in scuffling.
McKean was wrestling with fun-
back Theon Thetford and his hand
was on Thetford's back at the time
Cole left another scuffle and ap-
proached him.
“As they turned toward each
other, McKean was struck.
"The excitibility of players in
such a situation can be seen in the
movies where two San Jose boys
are fighting each other before dis-
covering they are teammates,”
Mitchell concluded.
The fight broke out just as the
final whistle sounded. San Jose was
in possession of the ball but failed
to get off a play and two players
began slugging.
Players in the game swarmed
into the melee and both benches
as a
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player as though both were watch-
ing the fight when suddenly the
Texan turned and smashed Marv
era were collecting a tota
for the United Nations (
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and State Patrolmen, the people from various points
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that "reels ’ "pie" and “safe."
j Complete explanations to
In Denton, the only vandalism
reported to police—who called it a
quiet night-eraa the caw of a
missing TWU patrol car. A TWU
patrolman found his car missing
north of Sanger and overturned
The car, a 1956 Chevrolet, was ’
reported totally destroyed investi-
gating officers said the vehicle ap-
parently skidded on the pavement,
then nosed into a deep pit along-
side the road, and turned end over
end
After noting press reports that '
the President planned to address
requires certain groups to bare
their confiedntial files.
Deadline for submitting the in-
formation was yesterday.
Only two local NAACP officers
were known to authorities and one
of them, Mrs. L. C Bates, was in
New York. She is state president
of the organization
The other officer is the Rev.
J. C. Crenchaw, pastor of the Mt.
conic to Oklahoma.
The president replied:
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Price Daniel by Carl Estes, pub-
lisher of the Longview News-
j Journal. The reinforcements gave
L Pruitt and D. ! Banks a total of 10 Rangers.
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; players rushed to the two but
1 jumped Sherburn rather than try-
ing to pull the two apart, Brown
reported.
Coach Mitchell stated that Mc-
Kean appeared to be involved in
the fight.
“Immediately after the game,
both Coach Titchenal and I expres-
sed regrets to each other that the
fight occurred,” Mitchell said to-
day. We were both amazed that It
broke out since it was a clean
game and exceptionally well of-
ficiated.
“We are extremely regretful that
McKean was injured. However,
when such an outbreak occurs, it
seems unfair to try and single out
one player to put the blame on.
Nor do we toel that the North Tw-
as team was responsible for start-
rainfall tapered off to less than an !
inch during the hot months But ........ .._____
with October's arrival shower ac- date on which the frost has struck
tivity picked up again, and some |
jumps 1
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Last June 29 Bates killed Frank
Mustari, 29, In a gun duel in
Bates' car parked near his home,
then in suburban Brookfield Two
other men who fired more than a
half dozen shots at Bates escaped
after wounding Bates in the left
elbow and back. A coroner's jury
returned a verdict of dustifiable
homicide in the shooting of Mus-
fl
— brought with it the season’s
tavern owner, who four months
ago fatally shot one of three men
who attempted to assassinate him
was slain in a burst of machine-
gun and shotgun blasts early to-
day.
Victim of the gangland style
slaying was Willard O. Bates, 56,
who was riddled with shots as he
drove his white 1957 station wagon
into the driveway of his home in
suburban Lyons.
Police said Bates’ slayers, ap-
parently armed with a machine-
gun and repeating shotguns, fired
several shots. Bates was hit in the
legs, groin and body.
MANY SHOTS
, sters Union has decided todis-! More than a dozen slugs, piereed
regard a clean-up order from the his car. At least, 40 slugs shat-
Faubus withdrew the guards-
tween the two teams were propt-
ly refuted today by North Texas
oach Odus Mitchell.
Titchenal. according to the As-
sociated Press, said that quarter-
back Marv McKean, who suffered
an eye bone fracture in the fight
wh.ch broke out just as the game
ended, was not involved in the
55 TH YEAR OF DAII \ SERVICE _ NO 75
ordered in
Lone Star Steel the invitation for Eisenhower to
uries received when the car he j early 706 men refused to sin the ; they will be repealed both Sunday
_ unsanctioned strike, and about 600 and Monday
‘ 1 have quit picket lines to return to
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way 24 and Mrs. Harrison
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drill, droll. cm. fine. fish, furious,
gage. gels. horrid. isms, junction,
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price, pride. prime, prize, rear,
right, roar, romp, rot, SA.. S.E .
sea, sight, sine, sleek, sleep, so.
under a $50,000 peace
reportedly the largest
attempting to make a left turn | night after
when Trimble's car, attempting to
pass Mrs Harrison's car, struck
from in front of Campus Drag
Store. Oakland at Austin. But it
was,found a few minutes later and
the patrolman said today he
lieved the pranksters were “
was patched ot
GIV E . . . the I niled way
weeks earlier than the average
Denton highway patrolmen
Gene Wofford and D. T. Black
have been assigned to duty in
Daingerfield for the duration
of the threat of violence at the
strike-bound Lone Star Steel
Teamsters President
DENTON HIGH will play
Grand Prairie in Grand Prai-
rie tonight Page 3
HALLOWEEN isn't what it
used to be. Page 4
ASRI RY METHODIST plan*
a roll call Nov. 10 to see who
among its 430 members is
present. Page 6.
AFL-CIO Executive Council, and
instead will apveal the matter to
the AFL - CIO convention next
month.
Defiance of the mandate to
change its upper echelons pointed
to almost certain expulsion of the
DENTON AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy to
cloudy through Saturday with chances of
scattered thundershowers this afternoon
•nd temigh. Coeler Seturdey,--—
WEST TEXAS: Clear to portly cloudy end
cooler through Saturday.
EAST SOUTH fENTRAI TEXAS: Partly cloudy
cod cooler through Saturday.
TEMPERATURES
(Experiment St at loo Repert)
his command last
an appeal to Gov.
ident of the Little Rock chapter
of the NAACP.
Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann
notified the NAACP and three Lit-
tle Rock segregationist groups
Oct. 15 that they would have to
make their records public under
the new ordinance.
The NAACP this week filed a
petition in U.S. District Court here
requesting a restraining order to
block enforcement of the ordi-
nance and a hearing was set for
Nov. 4
All three of the segregationist
groups—the League of Central
High Mothers, the Freedom Fund
for Little Rock and the Capital
Citizens Council—submitted their
showers, already
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Carter scratches his head at an overturned cotton
trailer Above Ernestine Pockrus, a freshman, paints
rains appeared unlikely.
The five-day forecast for the
area called for temperatures two
to four degrees below normal, par-
play and the Spartan player swung
on the North Texan. Two San Jose
Charge by San Jose State
Coach Bb Titchenal that an NTSC
player seriously injured a
Results of that old Hal-
loween spirit were being
cleaned up today in a number
of spots in the Denton area
after scattered outbreaks of
vandalism were reported al-
most everywhere with one
notable exception: - Denton
itself.
As one Denton businessman put
it: "It was the first time in 37
years my windows weren’t soap-
ed." .
Elsewhere in the area—at least
in some Denton County town*—it
was another story. Varying de-
grees of vandalism were reported
in Sanger, Tioga. Pilot Point. Aub-
rey, Lewisville and Denton.
SANGER
From all reports available. San-
ger evidently had more serious
vandalism than other area cities.
Bales of cotton wefe strewn over
Sanger streets along with broken
bales of hay and overturned cot-
ton trailers, watermelon rind, old
tires and bonfires. Except for
scattered hay, Sanger was clean
of the debris by 8:30 this morning
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in the face," Titchenal was quoted
as saying
The AP reported the Spartan
quarterback underwent surgery
Thursday after the broken bone
dropped from its regular position
and deadened all the nerves on
the right side of his face. The San
Jose coach said McKean may nev-
er be able to play football because
of the risk of further injury.
Mitchell, on learning of the
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, a copy of the one used by San
player not involved in a fight be- Jose and was supplied to North
Texas by the California school.
Both Mitchell and Dr. James
Rogers, director of the college
news service who accompanied the
team, said they did not feel that
North Texas players were respon-
sible for starting the fight.
first killing frost, exactly t w o
ticulariv Saturday and Sunday and
F Sh aw investigated theaccident. I •The bitterness of the strikers CashWordblpuznizecintehis wecks: to normarbyo nday.
bothadrivrsiMrs Har stems fromethe pockethook," said The puzzle prize jumped after october ciosea but with, hieh
i. J, . ,, a Daingerfield merchant,. who more than 6,000 entries were — '
a hand signal and Trimble for ( asked not to be named "They are ceived last week when most
exceeding he speed limit and at sore at the guys who didn’t walk trants had trouble with “sight,'
tempting to pass at an inter out with them and those " ‘
section Slater went back to work”
At mid morning, lee P. Bewlev l c .
of Gainesville was hospitalized at Company spokesman say the
Flow Memorial Hospital for in- Plant had a work force of about
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in Lewisville, above. Sanger Constable C. C. (Bill)
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er Jim Sherburn and a San Jose
McKean end struck the first blows. Sher-
burn held up the end on what ap-
peared to be an attempted pass
Dub Brown, Record-Chronicle
sports editor who covered the
game, noted that Eagle Lineback-
। as Ranger Capt Jay Banks.
I hacked by armed reinforcements,
today lowed to maintain order in
j this strike-torn east Texas area
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dence in American scientific .1 , Eisenhower plans to fly to Okla-
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achievements and national whiCh began ln June and , homa l ity around midday on Nov.
defense K , "E an / and . 13 He will return to Washington
, , . .... . to . N ' Arrows to either that night or the following
i ne topic of the Oklahomn Atoms j . 6
speech, a half an hour address at The address will lie carried by 1 , ,
9 30 pm (SI will be "Science all major national radio and tele- ■ , The address Will be carried live
and Security ision networks 1 h,‘ NBl , television network at
The White House released to The address is one of a number 9 30 P m CST and by ABC and
pnKower promised when he CBS television networks on kine-
re....... the vational Fund for scope at 10 15 A’J national radio . ____
Rasmond Gan in which fnAKledical Hducation in New York networks Will carry the address T *111 1) 1 T) Ah I
hower accepted an mutation to (ity Oct 21 1 he objective was C I III | Q db4•W E 4 b l | (• A V DvCIAV4i
make the sperch In Oklahoma i ‛ listed as an effort to strengthen Eisenhower had turned down' • -T — “ • • —*h J •IIU• B — UUI •U
If you have a room, apartment
or house for rent, a Want Ad
will rent it.
If you have furniture, golf clubs
toys or anything that is still
usable, a Want Ad will sell it.
Just test the Want ads while
voa can take advantage of this
$1 bargain.
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ficial rainfall total passed the of-
ficial record long ago. Downtown
Denton rain gauges measured 4 01
inches for October and a total of
58 08 inches for the year.
One other major change in Oct-
ober was noted. Three days of
tween the P’resident
80s
Predawn temperatures today
ranged from 58 at Salt Flat to 72
at Brownsville. During the 24
hours ending at 6:30 am. today,
the only measurable rainfall was
10 of an inch at Salt Flat, al-
though showers were sighted out-
side El Paso.
WASHINGTON (P—The Team-
able to attend the opening of the ! , 1— : -........ - - --
New Frontiers Exposition in Okla- today had orders to arrest all of-
homa Citv on June 16 but held out ficers of the National Assn
hope that he might come out in the Advancement of Colored Peo- to obey a new ordinance which
the fall for the 50th anniversary ple they could find in integration-
celebration of statehood.
I Oct. 8
the October brought several chang-
' es to the area weather situation.
Co. plant, focal point of a bitter.
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Teamsters bv the full AFL-CIO
this morning, the Associated Press convention which opens Dec. 5 in
reported , Atlantic City.
Top temperatures Thursday var-
ied from 72 at Childress to an al-
most summery 91 at Laredo, with
/ number of other readings in the
ing the fight.
"As we look again at the film,
SnaPRonr exas huabebheKan foenngare weretromsix
tered the picture window, living
room and den on the front side of
the seven room ranch style home.
Bates’ body was found by his
wife, Joan, 38, seconds after the
assassins sped away in a car.
"I thought they were after me
too when those bullets begamhit-"
ting the house,” Mrs. Bates told
a reporter. "I knew they got my
husband. It sounded like there was
a million shots."
Mrs. Bates said she had heard
her husband pull into the drive-
way and had just started for the
door when the shooting started.
She said she hid behind the refrig-
erator in the kitchen and when the
shooting ended called policee Min-
utes before her husband drove up,
she Said, she had heard another
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day an exchange of telegrams 1, His,
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six week-old wildcat strike.
I DAINGERFIELD Tex. JS-Tex This is an explosive situation
I ■ Banks said, standing outside his newed invitation on behalf of the j__
r A . - I command Post in a motel hen-, state of Oklahoma to participate!
I IATA Apgiante ! " We plan to take any action in its semicentennial celebration
1 WO .111 1(11 IILS nece.s.sarv to keep order” which ends Nov. 16. Upon review
j Sporadic bombings, brawls and of my engagements during the
A D . ] । gunfire have rocked the area I next two weeks I find it passible
ArC ltnort66 since the walkout started Sept 21 to schedule the first of my forth-
V The dispute centers on company ; coming addresses to the nation on
a n.. 1 : , i policies in filling job vacancies. /
escaped seriows mjurv tX when We’re pretty sure most of the ' make that address from Oklahoma
her car was in collision with an violence stems from the strike.” City in that way doing what my
other at State Highway '>4 and said Banks, soft-talking, 6-feet 3 time permits to join with Okla-
Alice at 8 20 a m R peace officer with one notch on homa in this celebration of its 50th
investigating officers said Mrs the huge pistol he carries. ! year.I am.grateful
Emma Harrison. 921 Stuart Lane Banks, 45, a riot buster sea 'you and the people of Oklahoma
suffered only minor hruon, whensoned by Texas' integration out- forteingttingmerandiookforward were also predicted
her car turned over after- being breaks, emphasized his forces . 5e on 13
struck bv a car driven by William were present only to help local
. Tumble of 2425 Kayewood. authorities.
e — Aeeerding-e police reperte borh FWeratkdmtmafRewgrsmd16
cars were traveling west on High-' more State Patrolmen were dis-
The month's rainfall boosted the
year's total to 48 40 inches, a rec-
ord 10-month amount As October
turned into November, county
weather observers noted that the
figure was 21.01 inches above nor-
active mal for the 10-month period. The
over me soutn rians, were ex- total is barely .an inch and a half
PPuzzle Prize
in the city, however, the unof-
were re j temperature of 77 degrees on Hal-peratures were
’ en;loween Day Today"s" minimum j by area residents Oct 26 through
। was 62, the highest minimum since ‘ 28 It was the first time in five
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GILMER "—J. W buffy,
charged with firing two charg-
•s of buckshot into the home
of a Lone Star Steel ( o. plant
non-striker. was placed today
Possible thundershowers
window painting contest, there
were some minor outbreaks re-
ported in Lewisville Thursday
night. Police Chief W. J. Moody
aaid a car was parked on the
sidewalk in front of the Andy
Theatre and some garbage was
found in scattered areas.
At Sanger, deputy sheriff Bud
Gentle, who lives in Sanger, re- .
ported more than just scattered
vandalism. The cotton bales were ।
ment at Clear Creek on CS
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teenagers in Lewisme-anadz
catur. Even though school stu-
dents to Lewisville participated to
the annual chamber of commerce
work Around 950 new employes
. have been hired.
"We will rehire all but the strike
leaders and agitator* as long m
jobs are available," said E R
i Germany, Lone Star Steel presi-
dent
United Steelworkers spokesmen
have claimed 1,500 to 2,300 men
still are idle
One stumbling block to asettle-
ment was a union protest against
the company's offer to let strik-
ers go back to work as new rm
ployes without seniority.
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