Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 30, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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Neal estimated that about 60 to
65 attended the demonstration,
and they came from Titus. Frank-
lin, Wood and Bowie counties.
Also demonstrated was the ro-
tary weed cutter, designed to cut
not only weeds but light brush
as well. Neal said it would op-
erate efficiently where it would
be impossible to use a conven-
tional type mower.
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There was no debate before the
roll-cell vote.
negotiate a separate Berlin set-
tlement if the Soviet Union re
iects the over-all package deal
oh Berlin, German unity, and
European security they plan to
propose at Geneva.
This Allied agreement on a
fall-back position was disclosed
before the U.S., British, French
and West German foreign minis-
ters began their closing discus-
sion of Britain‘s project for a
zone of limited, controlled arms
and armies in central Europe.
Britain's Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan has advocated estab-
lishment of such a tone as the
first step in.a cold war settle-
ment with the Soviet Union. b
Qualified sources gave this out-
veto loans to cooperatives for ru-
rat electric and telephone services
'Fur Democrats ijoined 142 Re-
ference committee that will draw
up a compromise version of the
appropriations bill to allot no mon-
ey for the commission was defeated
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Service Parts Moves
Ta New Building
Mt. Pleasant Service Parts will
open for business Monday morn-
ing in its new location at 1406
North Jefferson, Herman Wilson,
owner, said Thursday.
The business will be closed
until Monday, he said, while
stock is moved from the present
site to V»e new one.
The new building has 5000
square feet, considerably more
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Milton Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. I. Rall, 1416 Delafield, is vale-
dietaries of the 1959 graduating
class at Mount peasant mugn
School
Roxie Hutson Agan is salutator-
ian. They were announced Thurs-
day by Principal Thurman Stro-
man.
Milton’s grade average is 96.77,
The salutatorian’s average is 94.-
59. She is the former Roxie Hut-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Hutson.
"A student in Mount Pleasant
House today upheld President Ei-
senhower’s veto of a rural elec-
trification bill.
The vote was 280-446 in favor
last Monday and the Senate over-
rode the veto Tuesday by a vote
of 64-39.
The House decision kept intact
Eisenhower’s record of never hav-
n " for ns neeat Peems
WASHINGTON — Oil imports
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A chemical weed control dem-
onstration on the Charles Black
farm a mile north of Winfield
Wednesday afternoon was well
attended, said Gene Neal, county
farm agent.
The chemical. 24-D, mixed with
water hi the ratio of a pound of
Rie chemical to a gallon of water,
was sprayed on a test plot using
equipment furnished by the Ser-
via Company of Dallas, through
its local distributor, Daffer Im*
Thursday night
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Af Lions Meet
voted unanimously today to halt
a reduction in. the Marine Corps
ordered by Pentagon leaders in
defiance of Congress.
The student must be taking four
junior eaator solid subjects during
their seatar year, he added.
Other top honor graduates and
their averege are Elisabeth Banks
94.29, Sunny Bullington 94.1, Eu-
gene Capehaert 93.78, Jimmy Mi-
zell, 93.66, Decker 93
Roger Kidwell 91.73, Jerry Strong
91 28, Dale Yingling 91.08 and Jane
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( — A long, Utter fight
to set maximum hours for Texas
firemen and policemen ended to-
day with House approval of the
biltiby a voice vote.
2 Tgkaminte attempt, amend
the' Miiasure hwere defeated. Jt
from Canada and Mexico were
exempted from the mandatory
oil import control program to-
day by President Eisenhower.
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Lions heard Thursday that
gasoline prices hve advanced
only six per oent while taxes on
gasoline have gone up 319 per
cent since the Roaring Twenties.
Information was supplied by
C. B. Burkham who, with Cay-
ton Knox, screened slides at the
club’s meeting in Alps Cafe.
Burkham cited other increases
in this period as steak, 242 per
cent; auto, 164; shoes, 142; bread,
100, among others.
The program is a part of the
work of the local Oil Information
Committee.
. Pat Bryant was a guest and
introduced Carey Rust and his
father, Laos; John’Dacus, whose
their tiny apartment here
day indicated his inncen
Hale is the son of t. B.
* Co. of Mount
the local entry
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in 51 gheskdzamne ;
Moot* M*ifwt reA en*
tries repreyein about 100 chap-
ten in doribeast Texas, Stone said*
He compile a score Of 918 point*
out of a possble 1,000. A Sulphur
Springs entry won the contest with
with a score q 868. Others plac-
ing in the scoring were Marshall,
Gilmer and Edgewood.
Texas Christian football great in
the 1930s. Both the Hale and Com-
nally families live in Fort Worth.
A fingerprint expert mid no
prints recognisable as the youth's
were found on the shotgun which
killed his wife, Kathleen. A palm
print which could have been hers
was on the weapon, he said.
Hale testified his Wife, seemed
in good spirits the night before
her death but suddenly left their
apartment and did not return un-
til Tuesday morning.
When he returned after search-
ing for her, he said, she was seat-
ed in their apartment with a shot-
gun in her hand.
He said he knelt at her feet
and begged her to put down the
shotgun.
“I convinced her to take her
finger off the trigger but She had
a horrible look on her face,” he
told the jury.
- 'She was telling, me she was
going to kill herself he said.
“She said ’Bobby, I'm sick in my
mind and I need help I know now
that no one can help me’"
World
briefs
thur Godfrey’s left lung was '
removed today along with a
malignant tumor there. 2 »
A statement issued shortly
after 3 pun.:
"Mr. Godfrey was operated;
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detheh the western end at the
St Lawrence-Great Lakes water
route.
' "We got a motor," he replied
with a laugh. y
The Friso cut a watery trail
along the entire distance from
the deepened St Lawrence route
and proclaimed to the world that
Great Lakes ports new are open
to deep-draft sea vessels.
The Friso made the trip from
the entrance of the slocks, near
Montreal, to Chicago in a little
more than 4% days.
As part of the welcome, a party
of Indians set out in tugs to greet
the Friso.
The first American flagship to
make the run through the new
Seaway to Chicago, the Santa Re- <
gina, approached Chicago with •
House Solons
Size of City Will
Regulate Top Hours
Seaway Joins
Chicago With
Nation’s Ports
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eel Association at the recent meet- Bernita Sus ta ire. 1r
7 Ing of the Association in San An- Fourteen members of the JETS
!' tonio. { Club made a field trip to Thiokol
Dr Ball will serve throe years in Chemical Plant in Marshall. The
the capacity. 8ee TEEN Pa 6
Pinwoode Derby eliminations
lastSundayei: r,rbloiigi •
Olin Smith was program chair-
man President Wallace Fields re-
minded of election of officers
next week, other than president.
said Principal Stroman. ,
Entry Total
Swells to 14
WASHINGTON — Texas re-
placed Iowa' last year as the
largest producer of cattle and
calves. But Iowa producers got
more for their animals.
CHICAGO — Stanley Yankus, '
Michigan farmer who rebelled
against federal regulations on
planting wheat, said today he - •
will move to Australia.
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to fby the President since he took ‘of-
flee early in 1963.
II' The bin would have stripped
from Secretary of Agriculture
• Era Taft Benson his power to
joined the ranks of the world’s
deep-sea ports today.
The Prins Johan Willem Friso,
• trim Dutch freighter, arrived
off Chicago at 6:45 a.m. She was
the first ocean vessel to make the
run through the new St Law-
rence Seaway to Chicago.
The 353-foot Friso, winner of
the race to Chicago by a wide 1
margin, rode to Chicago in Lake 1
Michigan until a midmorning ‛
welcome at NavrrPin: dhn,
Capt. Sander raiins nesecieky
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VKW Atta gray, dieele 3
Weed Control
Methods Seen
Civil Defense Meet 1
It SlatedTonight
Titus county civil defense per-
sonnel and their wives Will meet
Thursday night at 7:30 in the Na-
tional Guard Armory, it is an-
nounced by Dr. John M. Ellis,
Civil Defense coordinator for
Titus County.
There they will view a 20-
minute Air Force film on Rie ef-
fects of atomic bombs, and an 18- J
minute film on self-preservation
in an atomic attack.
Also, Dr. Ellis said, the work-
ers will hear a final review of
the survival plan for Titus Coun- 'I
ty and Mount Pleasant.
This is not to be a public
meeting, Dr. Ellis reminded.
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PAT YOURSELF FIRST—With
a 1st INaten Savings 400, }
have to pay overtime for any
work past the maximum
Uta House spent most of the
morning on a bill requiring corn
mean and grits to be enriched
with vitamins. The Senate-approv-
ed measure was tentatively pass-
•d by the house but requires a
final approval.
The Senate quit until 10:30 a.m.
TUMOR REMOVED •
I Collins, mo w. 12th. She will
I be sponsored by Rex Collins
I Wholesale Produce Company.
I Audrey is a member of. the
I MPHS student council. Library
I Club, FHA Biology Club. pep
I squad and girls choir.
I Mount Pleasant B&PW Club
I will sponsor Thalia, who is the
I 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and
I the is a atetoeat Mpas. A mem-
I ber ot theNationat Honor Soci-
I ety, Library Cbub;FTA FHA
f and A Coppells Choir..
I 'May 13 la deadline'for entries.
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I Shooting Victim
I Improves at Hospital
• Titus County Memorial Hospi-
L tai officials said Thursday the
I condition of J. E. (Mike) Wal-
I drum continues to improve.
I Hospitalised last Friday night
I suffering from gunshot wounds
1 received in an affray with a
neighbor in the Wilkinson com-
munity, Waldrum’s condition
was critical for several days, of-
ficials said, but he has now been
removed from the critical to the
serious list They said he had a
Vlr-St otaottioersinalude sanan. "Jw Sondra
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Martha Vaughan, secretary; Glor- Jackson and Carta* Virgnia
. a, .. , 7 * 4 Jackson, and Carla CroXtoDa Nor-
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aroup was installed by Mrs.C.A "Congratuhtons goghetopteor
M n st , 22 junior high announced on Tuesday'
Dr. Ball Elected Those who win be honor graduates
To Medical Fort
Dr. James E. Ball of Mount Mika Holman, Jackie Pope. Cathy
Pleasant was elected consultant Spencer, David Legg, Joyce Hed-
for the 15th District of Texas Medi- gas, Judy South, William Love, and
. coronation ceremonies at First Baptist Church. Left to right the qi
front) are Judy South, Kathy Currey and Robbie Holliday; Joyce H
er and John Perkins; Janet Justiss, Jeanne an Justiss and Morris
Lewis, Pattie Bright and Gary Mizell; Iva Hedges, Carla Rogers and Kenny Farmer.
The Women’s Missionary Union of the church presented the program.
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DWI Cases Slated
In District Court ।
Two DWI cases were called
for trial in 76«i District Court
Thursday.
Called at 9 a.m. was the State
vs. Lewis Fant. Defendant in
the second case on similar
charges is Willie Bob Kay.
Hale Death
Accident Rules
Coroner's Jury
/TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A
coroner’s Jury last night ruled
Mrs Robert Hale. 16 - year - old
daughter'of Texas politician -
lawyer John B- Connally was kill-
ed by the accidental discharge of
a -30 gauge shotgun.
TAle detector expert testified
the answer of her 18-year-old
husband about th* sholing in
line of the new Allied plan to offer adequate parking, Wilson
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PARIS UR — The Western Big
Four foreign ministers announced
complete agreement today on a
package plan they will deliver to
the Geneva Conference next
month. They then unexpectedly
ended their session.
A final communique gave no
details of the plan. The foreign
ministers opened their meeting
only Wednesday to unify their
positions for the East West for-
eign ministers conference at
Geneva May 11.
The ministers said they stood
four-square behind the West's
pledge to hold firm in Berlin and
to refuse to abandon the 2 Mi mil-
lion residents of that city.
Though the communique did
not day so, official sources report-
ed the ministers had agreed to
House Okays Maximum Hours
Bill for Firemen, Police
KI rM-
publicans in upholding the Ptesi-
NEW YORK « —Parkof Ar-'.' dent. Six Republicans and 274
Democrats voted to override.
Earlier House members turned
back a move to cut out state sup-
port of the Commission on Higher
Education
"We're just playing Santa Claus
by | creating all these state sup-
ported colleges and paying no at-
tention to recommendations of the
Commission on Higher Educa-
on this morning for removal i
of a tumor in.his left luhg. The
upper lobe ofcthe lungwfoi guc-4'
cessfully removed with the bob-,,
tained tumor.
"He withstood the operation
well. His general condition
immediately post-operative is
good"
of passing the bill over the Presi- ing had a veto overridden.*
dent's veto. Thia was four shdrt This bill was the 138th vetoed the day:
of the tub tlflrtfo naew—fp' 4
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PARIS -+ U. S. Secretary of
State Christian A Harter made a
sentimental journey today to a
French school he attended more
than half a century ago.
Waylon Moore 2nd
In Tractor Meet
Wayton Moore, Mount Pleasant
High School junior agriculture stu-
dent. placed second in District VI
tractor operating contests in Gil-
mer Wednesday, L. E. Stone, high
school vocational agriculture teach*
er said. -
over the weekend where she visit- c-ivn rj
•d Braskenridge Park and other BPotIE
tourist attractions.
SENIOR PLAY CAST — These are memhers of the senior class play, "Headin for a
Weddin” which will be given Friday at 7:45 pm. They are, from left, front row; Nancy
Smith, Randy Hargrove, Nancy Hartin and Nancy Hendrick*. Seated—Ann Riddle, >.
Sunny Bullington, Thalia Conroy, Patricia Jackson, Ernestine Anders, Julia Reevs h
and Jean Adams. Standing—Pat Payne, Gary Chapman, Dale Yingling and Dicky
Garrison. • (Times Staff Photo)
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on the edge of the inland prairie
His motion to instruct the con-
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size of the city involved Cities Will V
distributots of‘Ford tractors and
agricultural quipment. District
winners will/compete later at 9
state meet for th* grand prize--
a brand new Ford tractor of the
TOO series. Stans said.'
Far from being discouraged by
failing to take first place in the
District contests Wednesday, young
Moor* is eagerly looking forward
to the contests text year, Stone
Package Plan Sete
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Fourteen contestants now are
entered in the 7th annual Miss
Dellwood-Miss Mount Pleasant
beauty contest.
Applications from three Mount
Pleasant High entries were re-
ceived by the Chamber of Com-
merce Thursday. The annual
event, climax of Splash Day fes-
tivities at Dellwood Park, will
be June 2.
The new entries are Myra Hitt.
Audrey Sue Collins and Thalia
Conrov, ell MPHS students.
Myra, 16-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hitt, 308
Carr, is the Rotary Club entrant.
She is d sophomore, member of
the B Choir. Rotaryettes, FHA
and Phy-Bi-Chem Club.
Audrey Sue to 16 and the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W L
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Uphold Veto
WASHINGTON —• The - -
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MT. PLEASANT. TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 30. I9M
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