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Bureau Sees
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SEEN AT STAKE
Still In Flow Memorial Hospital
cident at State
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By MARVIN ARROWSMITH
Gus. Garlile Jr., 20, and Jackie
PARIS O—For President
killed Sunday when their light pri-
bearing that the United States
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Also, Flanders said the United
States must be in a position to
combat any military attack that
aion on
Europe.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE EISENHOWER, RENE COTY OF FRANCE
The NATO Summit Conference Opened This Morning In Paris
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gradually
Johnson
the 13-mile distance into Paris
standing in an open car. anna out-
It will
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should push plans to boot Soviet
Russia to the moon.
REMEMBER WHEN
Farmers received 12 cents
a bushel for oats at harvest
time? /
Jury To Hear
Justin Case
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lack and Mrs.
pone a final deci-
nuclear rockets in
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Want to know the weather fore-
cast? Just look up at the sky.
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material gathered by the staff
over the weekend and It Indicates
a need for more hearings.
Johnson said more testimony
will be required from industry
groups and that Defense Depart-
In New York, Republic Aviation
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services at the American Cathe-
dral. There he joined in a fervent
prayer for success of the confer-
ence.
Eisenhower worked again on his
address after church and late in
the day conferred for an hour
with French Premier Felix Gail-
lard. ? — . —___________A
mum since Nov 17 This morning's
55 • degree low was the highest
minimum since the same date.
Skies were generally cloudy ov-
er the remainder of the state —
with the exception of West Texas.
Drizzle in Central Texs and some
fog along the coast was reported
by the Associated Press.
Predawn temperatures ran from
34 degrees at Dalhart to 66 at
Laredo and Cotulla.
Cloudy skies were forecast with
some rain in West Texas. :
Beaumont had .11 of an Inch of
rain. Galveston .04 and El Paso
a trace Sunday. Highs Sunday ran
from 82 degrees at Alice and Co-
tulla to 56 at Salt Flat
steps behind in
and someone is
Ses iet today et S>» p.m., rines Tuet-
day at 7123 a.m. Fishing Gond.
They were
Ranches of El
35, of Austin, and Mack Wooten
Jr., 11, of San Antonio.
Antonio Delfin, 68; waa found
shot to death in San Antonio Sun-
day with a revolver by his aide.
An inquest verdict was pending.
servers detected a i
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tion of it several times
way.
On arrival at the embassy res-
idence, Snyder reported the Preo
ident in good condition and said
he had stood the trip well. Eisen-
hower got in a round of work then
on his opening address to the
NATO session, and also conferred
with Secretary of State Dulles and
other US. officials.
The President waa chipper and
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going to have to take over direc-
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tion
Malone was shot to death in Jus-
tin last Monday night reportedly
following an argument with Lump-
kina and Ganoe over repossession
A Growing Newspaper For A Growing Area
SPACE RULE
Sen. Flanders (R-Vt.), another
member of the Preparedness sub-
committee, Mid yesterday ft to m
He immediately ran into de-
mands from some other NATO
leaders to '
PRICE FIVE CENTO
senhower, still convalescing from
his mild stroke, the stakes are
high at the NATO summit confer-
ence.
Just three weeks ago today he
waa stricken in Washington with
a brain artery blockage. Now, aft-
er bouncing back with surprising
speed, he to leading a drive to
on." Thia waa a dear suggestion
for American - Russian talks
something the European Allies
have always shied at heretofore.
The Norwegian Premier said the
Norway informed the conference
that his country has no plans now
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fires killed 10 persons over the
weekend in Texas and the violent
death toll soared to at least 35.
Bob Gump, Dallas real estate
man, waa burned to death Sun-
day night when a flash fire and
explosion hit his Dallas home.
sity of California nuclear physi-
cist, and from Dr. Wernher von
Braun, a top Army missiles ex-
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wanting to punch cattle in Texas.
They said that Lass agreed to
draw 0100 out of a bank account
he had and they bought the car
and beaded for the cattle country.
They didn't give any definite des-
tination, saying only that they
wanted to come to Texas.
The trio was turned over to
Denton County Sheriff Wylie
Barnes and Barnes contacted the
boys' parents in Milwaukee. The
parents. In turn, sent the boys
money and Smith chose to ride
the train back to Chicago where
hie parents planned to meet him
Lass and Atwood planned to return
as soon as the car was back in
running condition.
Barnes said this morning that
the three youths appeared to be
_ -car theft while his
partner, Thomas Ganoe, to charg-
ed with car theft
veto plane crashed south of Bor-
ger.
George Overstreet, 88, of Hous-
ton was killed Sunday when the
station wagon he was driving col-
lided with a freight train near
Houston.
ELECTROCUTED
Lee Harris, 13, was electrocuted
Sunday when he tripped over a
broken high power line in a field
at Southton, 10 miles south of San
Antonio.
Liberio Gards. 41, of Colorado
City, waa shot to death Sunday
outside a cafe near Colorado City.
Police held another man for ques-
tioning.
Five lives were claimed by a
raging fire that swept an Odessa
apartment house Saturday. Mrs.
Edna Corder, 45, and Judy Seals.
4. died in the blue end Connie
Deason, 14, and Danna Wells, 14
months, succumbed several hours
later. The fifth victim, Loyce Cor-
der. 10, died in an Odessa Sunday.
FANCY FIREPLUG
Guen Johns, an employe of the dress shop in the back-
ground; touches up the top of a fireplug with the last
of a can of pink paint. The girls of the dress shop had
finished a redecoration of their shop which included
a pretty, patio pink decor before they noticed it clashed
with the Halloween orange-colored fire plug. City of-
No other cases will be gri—*id
Thursday.
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ment testimony
viewed. He said
Danton County Atty. Robert H
Caldwell Jr., has called a Denton
County grand jury for Thursday to
hear evidence against two free -
lance collection agents from Fort
Worth in connection with murder
disagreement over quick ae-
on NATO missile bases and
Launching Of
Huge Missile
Is Expected
PARIS (AP) — President
Eisenhower called on the At-
lantic Alliance today for he-
roic efforts to build its mili-
tary strength in the missiles
race with Russia “while the
margin of power is still
ours.”
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55TH YEAR OF DAILY SERVICE—NO. 113
. WASHINGTON IP-The acting
commandant of the Marine Corps,
U. Gen. Verne J. MeCaul, told
Senate investigators today that
Soviet advances in weapons and
space technology increase the
throat of limited war.
Gen. McCaul also cautioned the
Senate Preparedness subcommit-
tee not to forget about improving
other weapons and not to think
in terms of missiles alone.
RECESS
McCaul was the first witness as
the subcommittee resumed its
probe of the missile-satellite pro-
grams after a weekend recess.
The chairman, Sen. Lyndon
Johnson (D-Tex), said in an open-
Harless of 710 Pacific, who were
released from Flow Memorial Hos-
pital late Sunday.
They were working on a valve on
an acid line used to treat water
at the plant when the line blew out,
spraying them with sulphuric acid.
No damage was done to their eyes,
physicians reported.
Mrs. Flora Grady, who was
found unconscious in her home at
710 Texas. Friday afternoon, wm
reported "improving a little" by
Flow Memorial Hospital officials.
She was discovered by Police Capt.
C. C. (Bil) Martin, who rushed her
to the hospital.
It was thought that she had suf-
fered a stroke.
IKE’S PRESTIGE
police officer Willi.
Paso, James Fisher,
ficials of Harlingen lent a sympathetic ear to the girl's
plea and found no rule saying a fire plug could not be
pink The girls sprinkled on a few rhinestones and
AUSTIN • — State Insurance
Commissioner W. A. Harrison
gave an Amarillo life insurance
company today the choice of oust-
ing its president or going out of
business.
John L. McCarty, president of
the Estate Life Insurance Co., was
accused in the show cause order
of paying $2,000 in cash Aug. 27 to
J. W. Pierson of Dallas, an Insur-
ance Department veteran of 24
years.
"Both said it was a gift,” Har-
rison told a news conference
“There was no other explanation."
- The commissioner Mid there
was no question, "as far as I
know,” of the solvency of the Am-
arillo firm.
Harrison Mid he fired Pierson
yesterday after he recived word
of the Cash payment.
The commissioner's news con-
ference today followed yesterday s
announcement by Sen. Charles
Herring, chairman of the Senate
Investigating Committee, that it
would begin a hearing Thursday
in Dallas on the payment.
Harrison charged that although
he had asked Herring and the
committee to give the deportment
any available information on the
eash “gift” be had received noth-
ing
"Herring hasn't even answered
my telephone calls,” he Mid.
Pierson couldn't be reached at
his officein Dallas where it was
reported he had been expected all
morning. Mrs. Pierson Mid at her
home that she didn’t know where
he could be reached and indicated
he was out of the city.
mths were picked up
ation by Lewisville
W. J. Moody Friday
and oar theft charges
The charges are the
at the slaying of 40
Burnell Malone of P
The wonders of the wild west
apparently continue to fire the
imagination.
And if it hadn't been for the
ills of a 10-year-old automobile and
a lack of money, three teenagers
from far-away Milwaukee might
have made good their desire to
become cowpunchers in Texas.
Ronald Lass, 16, Dale Atwood,
17 and Harland Smith, 17, had
their dreams cut short when their
car gave out on them in Lewis-
ville, forcing them to halt r their
trip to the cow country
One of the boys, Smith. is al-
ready back home, while the other
two plan to get the car running
and drive it back to Milwaukee.
ons progress, far from reducing
the probability of limited war
threats, actually increases them.
And the Marines, he Mid, are the
principal mobile force kept ready
to oppose the typo of ambiguous
threats to our security which only
the Kremlin can so skillfully de-
vise.
McCaul reasoned that the mas-
sive power of both the United
States and Russia in the field of
nuclear weapons tends to prevent
the posing of situations which
could lead to mutual extinction.
RED ADVANTAGE
He said this leaves the Krem-
lin with greater latitude in politi-
cal and limited military action
and thus the role of the Marines
has never been more significant
than it to today.
While the Marines have no need
of intercontinental or medium-
range missiles, McCaul Mid the
Corps does require missiles with
mobility for its landing forces. Its
position with reaped to these is
atomic stockpiles appeared to be
developing at ths very outset st
the historic summit conference to
rally the resources of the Western
coalition.
• ADENAUER
The conference opened with a
brief public session at noon, at
.which Eisenhower spoke. It went
into a closed working session in
midafternoon, but statements of
government heads were made
public as delivered.
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer backed the U.S. princi-
1 plo that—to Adenauer's words —
must be re-
bo would confer
on Norwegian territory or to con-
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Move Delay
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
The countdown that precedes a
missile launching reportedly was
under way today, preparatory to
the test firing of America's Atlas
intercontinental ballistic weapon.
There was no official word that
the third attempt to launch an At*
las might be in progress.
, The Atlas normally requires a
countdown of about 10 hours.
However, there is no strict time-
table.
Watchers from beaches four to
five mi let'away from the heavily
guarded launching area noted
great activity around the Atlas
stands, where men worked under
floodlights through the night. "
TWO VISIBLE
Two of the giant missiles were
visible in their stands. These may
be ths ones which were giveh
static tests last week.
In addition to the firing expect-
ed today, another Atlas launching
is believed likely toword the end
of the week.
Two previous test launchings of
the Atlas were held last summer
and last fall.
In both instances the missile got
into the air. Before it could get
fully under way, however, it start-
Lee Jump, both of Bolivar, Mo. Gus. Garlile Jr., ». end Jackie
Mn. Jump's condition was listed' Wilson. 19, both of Borger, were
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DENVER UB-Tony C. Ma-
dina. 33, pressed the starter on
his car, The motor ran but
the wheels didn't turn. The
drive shaft had been stolen.
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NATO should be equipped “with
advanced weapons equalling those
of our potential enemy.” Yet
Adenauer said an military ques-
tions here need “very thorough
study,” with a decision put off
until next spring.
Premier Einar Gerhardsen of
RIGHT COURSE
Gerhardsen said that if neces,
sary a solution to disarmament
must be sought “through direct
"I would like to stress once Appearing on
again.” Johnson said, “that the view, Flanders
objective of the committee is to
and overtake our competitor,” he
said.
Johnson spoke to an interview
as his Senate Preparedness sub-
committee investigating the U.S.
missiles and satellite programs
summoned top Navy research spe-
cialists for questioning.
Listed to testify for the Navy
were Adm. W. F. Reborn Jr., to
charge of the Navy program to
perfect "Polaris," a 1,500-mile
range ballistic missile; Adm. J. E.
Clark, director of Nevy research
end development: end Aset. Sec-
retary Garrison Norton, in charge
of Naval air and research pro-
grams.
Testimony that Russia to aim-
tog at control of space has come
from Dr. Edward Teller, Univer-
Richard Clark, 47, of Dallas was _ _ - ________-___
stabbed to death in Dallas Sunday, tion so we can skip a few steps
Royce White, 39, was shot to
Lewisville.
His vehicle overturned several
times before coming to a stop to
the ditch near the road. The car
was totally destroyed. The other
vehicle did not stop, Wise said. He
was not injured.
William Davis,of Denton was to
satisfactory condition today in
Flow Memorial Hospital after he
was injured Sunday when he was
pinned under his house trailer at
Fish Trap Camp, east of Denton.
Davis wm reportedly jacking up
the trailer to get it ready to move
when the jack slipped and the
trailer came crashing down on
him. He was found moments later
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A woman and two small children
died Sunday when fire raxed a two-
Rory frame apartment house in
south Dallas. The victims were
Mrs. McGraw, 29; her son, Julian
find positive steps that will pro-
duce the weapons of security fast-
er and more effectively.”
Gen. McCaul Mid it to paradoxi-
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McGraw, 8, and a niece, Irene
McGraw, 4.
Harold Smith, 37, of Austin and
Mrs. Joy Price, 30, of Frisco were
killed Sunday when their auto over-
turned 10 miles west of McKinney.
A double shooting claimed two
lives at Ballville, 5 miles east of
Vidor in southeast Texas Sunday.
The victims were Joseph Pippt
of Vidor, a Beaumont shipyard
worker, and Miss Mario Mott, 29,
a Beaumont beauty shop operator.
A verdict of murder and suicide
wm returned.
GUN BATTLE
Three men were shot to death
in a gun battle to a crowded El
Paso drive-in theater Saturday
stretched above his head trequent-
E-lyt acknowledge the warm wel-
come from thousands along the
Sunday’s maximum temperature following a Saturday morning ac-
was 72 degrees, the highest maxi- " "m "
death at Trinity Sunday. A man,
88, was charged with murder.
Earl Houdyshell, 80. of Midland
was killed Sunday when a car
crashed through a road barricade
about one mile west of Trent to
West Central Texas.
Harold Strube, 17, wm fatally
Injured Sunday when his car over-
turned near Weatherford.
R. C. Day, operator of the camp.
Robert Hooten and George Meek-
er came to her aid and got the
trailer off the man.
TO FLOW
He was taken to Flow Memorial
Hospital by Goen Funeral Home
ambulance. Denton County deputy
sheriff Olen Jones investigated.
Victims of other weekend accid-
ents to Denton County generally
were reported to satisfactory con-
ditions today.
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sequins, making it a mighty fancy fireplug, even for
Texas. (AP Wirephoto).
good boys who apparently couldn’t Non.
restrain a yearning for the out- ,20
door life and adventure of a cow- ”
IN TODATS PAPER
TEXAS’ high school football
champions will be determined
this week. Pago 6.
FIRST IN a series of stories
to help women’s club reporters
is printed today. Page 5.
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Three Fort Worth Negroes charg-
ed with theft over 830 are free
from Denton County jail under
88,000 bond each.
Ernest Riley Ricks, Douglas On-
ych and Calvin Atkins wore being
held ia fail to eonnection with the
alleged theft of four doctor's bags
three weeks ago in Denton. Ricks
and Onych were captured after
they allegedly stole a bag from a
doctor’s car to the Flow Memorial
Hospital parking lot
After questioning the pair, Den-
ton police arrested Alkins the next
“Xi four bags were recovered and
identified by the doctors.
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. .- . . . revitalize the -anti - Communist
improving,,he reported. North Atlantic Alliance, which be
saidiin advance of the helped forge *« 1951-52.
His prestige as America’s pres-
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slight indica- Lumpkins and Ganoe are la Deo- •
nos Saturday, ton County jail awaiting a
her was near ha*rtog Friday to Judge
-Ahil Gray’s 16th District ourt.
DENTON ANO VICINITY, Considerable eloudi-
ness with M important changes through
Tuesday.
WEst TEXAS, Party eloudy wit no im-
portant temperatur changes,
UaT.soum CENTMAL TXAS Comsiderabie
TMPLRATUNIS
Effort By NATO
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ident and as NATO’s first su-
preme commander to Europe a
poet he gave up 5% years ago-
is on the line as he seeks to bol-
ster free world defenses to the
face if the Russian space-era
challenge.
FRENCH SURPRISED
Parisians, getting their first
look at Eisenhower since he was
NATO commander here, are
amazed that he has traveled to-
ward recovery so swiftly. People
to the streets and French and oth-
er Allied officials frequently re-
mark: “You never would know be
has been ID.”
Actually there are signs remain-
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ing or nis niness. HOUaDly 2 slight
speech impairment, and he still
is under close watch of the White
House physician, Maj. Gen. How-
ard M. Snyder, who is here with
him.
On Saturday, when be stepped
from his plans after a 16-hour
transatlantic flight, he appeared
tired, but he spruced up swiftly.
and the Eisenhower smile flashed
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sd to wobble and change course
and had to be blown apart.
The Atlas is designed to deliver
a hydrogen warhead over an arc
reaching as high as 800 miles
above the earth to a target 5,000
miles or more from its launching
point. Its average speed is 10,000
miles an hour.
TEST FIRING
In a test launching, however,
the main purpose is to check the
functioning of the various parts.
The missile may be pre-set for a
lesser altitude and a shorter range
for better observation of its flight.
Although constructions details
are secret, the Atlas is believed
to bekabput 70 feet long and 8%
feet m diameter and to weigh
some 100 tons at takeoff.
It consists of the stages and
is powered by three rocket en-
gines.
The main Atlas engine is be-
lieved to have a thrust of 135,000
pounds and the two booster en-
gines oare estimated at 100,000
pounds thrust each. The fuel con-
sists of kerosene mixed with liq-
uid oxygen.
The Atlas uses a complex
ground-based radio-inertial guid-
ance system and has inertial gyro-
scope elements aboard to keep it
on course during any temporary
loss of ground guidance.
NOSE CONE
In the operaitonal missile that to
used in combat, the nose cone con-
tains. among other things, an
atomic warhead and provision for
arming and fusing. ,
The Atlas, which requires elec-
tric power to operate its guidance
and control systems, to launched
vertically to order to reduce the
time spent close to lbs ground
during takeoff, and because it la
easier to build equipment to
launch heavy vehicles vertically.
After its initial vertical climb
the missile goes into a “pro-
gramed” turn toward the target.
It to during this turn that the guid-
ance sysem begins to function
and continues to do so until the
desired altitude, speed and angle
are attained. Then a signal cuts
off the propulsive power.
When power to no longer avail-
able. less than 10 minutes after
takeoff, the missile goes into its
free flight or ballistic trajectory,
and can no longer be influenced,
guided or controlled.
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escaped injury early today and a
Denton man who wasn't so lucky
wm in the hospital following a
- freak accident, as the rash of week-
end mishaps to Denton County
spilled over into the new week.
William H. Wise, 047 Milton.
Lewisville narrowly escaped in-
jury early this morning when his
car overturned.
Enroute to his job at industrial
National Bank to Dallas, Wise
swerved his 1955 Oldsmbile in sn
attempt to miss a northbound car
at the point on U. S. 77 where the
new four - lane a nd the two - lane
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as fair, and Black's condition was
cFod ’y^r - old Michael Howard
McDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George H. McDonald, of 880 Eagle,
was released from Elm Street Hos-
pital & Clinic Sunday. He wm in-
jured when he was struck by a car
on Eagle Drive shortly after noon
Friday.
ACID VICTIMS
Also back at home today are
two city employes who were injur-
ed in an acid explosion Friday af-
ternoon in the Denton Municipal
Steam Power Plant They are Wal-
ker Hale of 1507 Boyd and M. J.
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FIRST SPEECH
Elsenhower's speech at the air-
port wm his first since be was
stricken. The doctors reported last
week his speech difficulty had just
about cleared up, but some ob-
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