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BRENHAM, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1957
VOLUME 92
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CITY SCHOOL
First Bids On Loop
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STORM DAMAGE HEAVY
MORE RESTRAINT NEEDED
A Brenham contractor has
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Telephone Company office
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first phase of Brenham’s
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‘Byrd made the reduction pro
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She and her son, Melvin, 42,
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around Dalhart, Eck Broun and
few of those in the county.
SCHUBERTS HAVE BOY
Hoile of Old Washington and Mrs.
the
born
boy, Mark Allen,
at
1 p.m.
M 12 ounces.
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of Fort-
pendent School District and urt-
nightly Club meeting 3 p. m. at
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his mission, but in Bermuda a
on
Amman.
on April 6 for example.
Band will be here to march in
eh
Saudies
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More Cold Weather
Heads For Panhandle
Israel Claims Syrian
Troops Opened Fire
8 Juveniles
Face Charges
In Burglaries
In County Board Elections-
Schwartz Bill To Clear Up
Muddled School Vote Rules
Dr. C. E. Southern
Named To Seventh
Term As TB Head
The existing law permits resi-
dents of the independent’distrit
Israeli settlement at mit
that marauders from-
Burglaries believed cleared up
by arrest of the juveniles includ-
ed three at the Brenham Country
club, two at Germania Hall Bow-
ling Alleys, and one at Brenham
High school agricultural build-
ing In addition, thefts of hub
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along the western shore of the
Guif ot Aqaba i wit —rid -be
uts by Congress as fatuous and
yeenmost foolish ineeimeeonomy-
As-tora specinre recommenda-
a rtec
Strip ambushed an Israeli truck
Tuesday, seriously wounding one
Chilian. . .
Egypt’s semi-o f f i c I«1 news
agency reported in Cairo that
Saudi Arabia had moved troops to
the outskirts rof the Jordanian port
E. Dannheim la up for re-election
he is not eligible to vote for him-
self. , , . . *
The reason?
the start of a new Arab move to
blockade Israeli shipping in the
narrow waterway.
The Arab moves sharply in-
creased tension in the Middle East
La2
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and Mrs Fred W. Becker, execu-
tive secretary.
Mrs Wiley is the only new of-
ficer. She replaces Miss Elizabeth
Lehmann.
New directors elected to serve
SECURED FOR
HIGHWAY 36
SQ4
,n.
Hill.
The other directors Include:
The City Of
•aHespitality .
Dallasites Protest.
Killing By Police
459 *
275 Days Estimated
For 1st Phase Of
Loop Work
The State Highway Department
is scheduled to accept bids for the
g 5%
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qa-EapweE
dreds more would be found dead.
Elderly Woman Dies
Mrs. R. D. Clevenger, 85, be-
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March 27:
Special business m e e t i n g to
discuss the building {u n d at
Hammarskjold ended his Cairo
mission and left for New York
without solving the future of the
Suez Canal or the U.N. Emergen-
cy Force.
West Has No Comment
The West was silent pending a
families of the boys involved are
affiliated.
Following the conference,
names of the boys involved were
turned over to County Attorney
W. J. Ehlert to prepare the pa-
pers.
ggal4
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been given the job of construct- 1
mg a new Southwestern Bell !
A real friend is one who, when
yoa’ve made a fool of yourself,
Moeoa’t consider it a perfpaneut
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By WALTER LOGAN
United Press Staff Correspondent
Israel reported today that Syr-
ian troops opened fire on an
The.
SPECTATOR
I curity and welfare requirements
of the Uited States.
came the ninth person killed by
posal in a speech prepared for
delivery in the Senate today.
in his most vigorous discussion
of the budget to date, the Presi-
dent challened Congres to de-
cide for itself whether the Ameri-
eight miles west of Etter. They ]
had been strunded in their car
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. MOREEBANDS INVrEEDTET
Belligerent Beck
A belligerent Dave Beck, president of the Teamsters
Union, is shown as he clashed with Senators during an
appearance before the Senate Labor Rackets Committee.
Beck defiantly refused to give the Committee his personal
financial records or answer questions about his financial
dealings with the giant union he heads. The Committee
is questioning Beck on charges he “may have misappropri-
ated” more than $320,000 from the union. (NEA Tele-
photo).
Labor Consultant Says - -
$85,000 Union Funds
Spent On; Boss Beck
Charges were being prepared
Wednesday against eight juve-
niles accused of participating in
a series of burglaries and shop-
liftings.
Each of the boys will be charg-
ed individually according to his
own role in the affairs.
A hearing will be held in the
case of each Individual by Coun-
ty Judge Odis Tomachefsky, act-
ing as judge of juvenile court.
These proceedings will be closed
to the public, according to law.
Wednesday morning a confer-
ence was held in Judge Toma-
chefsky’s office, participated In
I by law enforcement officers and
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Although Washington County
chooBordmember-atlarge C
However, other sources said the
had moved troops all
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A bill to clear up muddled
county school board election eg:
ulations has been introduced in
the Legislature by State Rep.
Walter C. Schwartz. * —
Schwartz said his proposal,
House Bill 606, was prepared
through the aseistance of the At-
torney General’s Department and
has been favorably recommend-
ed for action by the House Com-
mittee on Education.
The bill will modify the exist-
ing law which has produced
some styange situations. Take
this year’s county school board
worst bhzzarcs, may get more
snow later today and Thursday.
They did not indicate, however,
that there is any chance of a re-
peat of las weekend’s blizzard.
A new cold front is pushing into
Texas and the Panhandle will be
colder tonight, with temperatures
of 26-34 degrees.
The front is expected to produce
showers as it moves farther into
the state.
The death toll from the big
blizzard stood at nine persons and
at least 1,300 head of cattle
continurd to rise, meanwhile, as
many ranchers were able to get
out in pastures for the first time
today
" IIvestock Losnes Heavy
Friday has been designeted
as grass and shrub planting
day at the Brenham Country.
Club. All members are asked to
bring tools and help plant grass
and shrubs around the swim-
ming pool and the club house.
The planting dey is a project
of the Women’s Auxiliary. Mrs.
wo J. Rabb, who is in charge
of -the Friday event, said that
all club members, both men
and women, are asked to take
part. She said that all persons
are asked to bring grass or
shrubs to be set out.
highly. informed source said,
"Everybody accepts the lack that
er bands to build up our pa-
rades," Barnhill said. So he sent
out about 20 letters to schools
whose bands had not been invit-
ed before. Of the four replies
received thus far, three of the
bands have accepted invitations
to attend this year’s celebration.
They are Huntsville, East Bern-
, a rd and Willis. Barnhill said he
was not familiar with the band
situation when he first served as
chairman last year, but found
through experience of arranging
two parades that the more bands
that take part the better. So he
has gone to work in an effort to
build up that phase of the pro-
cessions. It is.hoped that sever-
al more high school units will de-
cide to visi t the Mai fest and help
make this year’s parade one of
the best ever held.
idnight and
-the"uarjas U..
can people wanted to cut down
on payments to veterans, agri-
Woman Found Dead ‘
HOUSTON (UP)— A 57-year-old
semi-imnwalid woman was found
dend in a hotel room Tuesday
night, an empty bottle that had
held 20 sleeping pills near the
body.
Police identified the woman as
Mrs. Sarah Rivers Bailey. They
said they found a note that read:
’I have no money, no relatives,
no friends and no job.”
cultural benefits and the
Secretary General Dag
that the upper Panhandle, still she died in Moore County Memo-
counting the coat of one of- Its rial, hospital at Dumas.
Sen. Byrd Prop oses
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Arnold Tobrea, partners on a
K Oelke, Dr Thomas H. Giddings
and Mrs. G M. Wiley, all of
I Brenham: and Will Weeren and
Mrs. A. K. Avis, both of Burton.
; All members of the executive -
। committee were reelected. They
are Dr Southern. Bartz. Dr. Tot-
tenham. Miss Lehmann, Mr*
Wiley, Dr Hasskarl, Dr. Hodde, .
Martin and Dannhaus, . 1
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Calendar of Events
. . .. RACE ABSENTEE
Scheduled April 16 voting opens
BRENHAM WEKTHER
Partly cloudy through tomor-
row. Warmer this afternoon and
tonight. Widely scattered shower*
tonight and tomorrow. Low to-
night 60, high tomorrow 68 Read-
Ings for 24-hours up to 7 am. to-
day: Mak 88, Mtn. 38; ---2.--.
-Sunset 6:37.
VHJ5Wa
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s-dn
ge
'• Bwn)
were rescued Monday morning
I could be chopped down, because
| to reduce expenditures for de
i fense, mutual aid and the Atomic
7 pm. Stew.
Rainbow girls Initiation, 7:30
pm. Masonic Hall. All Rainbow .
girls. Master Masons and East-
ern Star members urged to at*
tend.
Training Union Planning Sup:
pet at irst Bapthst Church, 6139
£m l ____ ■ A
district. .
Thus, a Brenham voter will , Library. , ,
have to go to one of the rural I Washington County A&M Club
boxes to vote for the Precinct 3 meeting. Brenham Country Guh
ue3 ’’
Ry UNTED PRFSS
Weather forecasters said today the blizzard Tuesday night when
Eaa= hre
of Wiede’s office on April 2.
Three candidates are vieing for
two positions on the board. They
areW J. Embrey, the incumbent,
and Dr. Thomas H. Giddings and
Albert Voelkel.
Not A Candidate
The other board member whose
term expires this year. William
H. Buske, is not a candidate for(
re-election.
Voters eligible to cast ballots
in the election must reside with-
in the Brenham Independent
School District and must have a
Washington County poll tax re-
ceipt.
The candidates do not seek of-
(ice by precincts, and eligible
voters may vote for any two of
the Mirer The two candidates re-
ceiving the most number of votes
will be elected. ■ r
Box At Fire Station
This year’s election will be held
in the fire station at the City
Hall. The election was originally
scheduled for the City Hall Audi-
torium, but had to .be changed
due to a display by local firms
taking p a r t in the industrial
Week promotion.
Industrial Week will be "the
week of April 1 through April 7.
Besides the City Hall box. oth-
er voting sites will be at Wiede-
ville- and Old Washington. Vot-
ing hours will be from 8 a.m. to
7 p.m.
boy, Mark Allen, born at ine C. L Schatz of Burton.
Milroy Hospital Tuesday at 5:06 - One year terms: Dr. E. P. Tot-
He weighed seven pounds, tenham, Louis Hausman. Rev. O.
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fense or foreign aid programs. So
the only places big cuts could be
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Two year terms: T H. Bartz,
James Y Allen, Dr Herman Hod-
tion by Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D-
Va.) that the $71.8 billion budget
। for fiscal 1958 be cut by $5 bil-
lion. the President said he did not -
। believe a cut of this size could
be accommodated within the se- ;
He said, however, he had been
hearing from "thousands and
thousands of Teamster Unin
members” and that rank and file
reactions supported him "500 to
1.” Beck said there had been
three meetings of “big Teamster
locals in the past 10 days repre-
senting 22,000 members.
$id Silk Shirts
Beck’s white - haired friend ad-
mitted paying for such creature
comforts as $19 silk shirts, $8
worth of repairs on his false teeth,
and more than $4,500 in plants and
labor for the garden of Beck’s pa-
latial Seattle home.
Shefferman was recalled to the
witness chair as the committee
set out to show the defiant boss
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2 Barbecues
Scheduled At
1957 Maifest
to vote for their precinet. mem- —------
ber on the school board, but does Baptist Church, 7:30 p.m.
March 28: ,
WASHINGTON. (UP)— Presi-
dent Eisenhower today vehement-
ly attacked piecemeal budget
35 -Minute Conference
Mr. Eisenhower’s news confer-
l cnee ran unusually kong. — 35
minutes as he went to great
length to support his budget
against growing demands on Cap
iol Hill for sharp reductions.
He said ‘savings undoubtedly
were possible but he was some
what amazed tn notice recently
that a number of persons were
becoming more economy-minded
than before.
He energetically rejected the
idea of any major ruts in the de-
of Aqaba, but a Jordanian mill- formal report from Hammarskjold
tary source denied the report in * ’ " - ■- " 3
, pastors of churches with which
Two Washington County style ; -.........
Dr. C E. SoutherflWas elected
to his seventh consecutive term
as president of the Washington
County Tuberculosis Assockation
at the annual meeting of the or-
organization at the Southern
1 Clinic Tuesday night.
ranch north of Dalhart, counted ; Other officers for the coming
170 dead out of 800 head. W. L year are J. H Bartz, first vice-
Scott northeast of Dalhart found [ president; Dr. E. P. Tottenham,
70 dead out of 400 Many cattle ! second vjce - president: Mrs. G.
died in feedlots in Dalhart. j M. Wiley, secretary . treasurer;
Bill Goldston, county agent of
Hansford county, said ranchers in
his county were just getting out
today. He said the only way of
H* lives in the Brenham lode- not call for the establishment of
pendent‘Seh00ipistrictanduna voting box I-the independent —Hterary. Department
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building in Yoakum. Erwin.
< Boots) Broecker was awarded
the contract at a bid price of III Ar I A Arh
Ur LAND
construction, is to be com -
But District Attorney Henry
caps and several cases of shop- । Wade said the case is not chosed;
lifting from stores were admitted । he will turn it over to the new
by some of the boys. grand jury meeting in April.
N- „■ ”__— ut. for three years include: Dr.
"Those cattle in the. brakes Southern. Gene Martin, G. L
fared much better since they were i Keahey, Dr Robert A. Hasskarl,
protec ted from the winds,"" ( w O. Dannhaus and Miss Eliza-
Goldston said. "Those caught out beth Lehmann, all of Brenham;
on the flats were hit much worse." and Ed Hartmann of Chappell
V.0
anml
Damage from the hail and
wind storm of last Wednesday
' night was much heavier at
Somerville and even in Bren-
ham than most people realized,
Ed Spangler, insurance ad-
juster, said today. He has spent |
most of his time since the storm
inspecting damage in Somer-
ville. “It's really a mess,” he
reported. He said he is han-
dling 350 claims there himself.
He said he made an inspection
trip In the colored section in
the northwest part of the city
and that most roofs in that vi-
cinity were damaged by wind
or hail. And Navasota, too,
suffered more damage than
was generally known. Everard
Ketchum of the Navasota Ex-
aminer staff was in our office
yesterday and reported 90 per
cent of the homes in Nava-
sota suffered damage from
the hall. Many of the hail-
stones, he r e p o r t e d, were
as large as golf balls.
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Shocking as were the arrests
of eight youngsters involved
in breaking into various ibuild-
ings and helping themselves
to money and merchandise,
law enforcement officers today
egreed they were not surpris-
ed. At least some of those in-
volved have been seen prow-
Carson County agent George
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Ranchers feared when the final Dallam County Agent JerryT;
livesstock count was made hun- Mobley said lossesswere great .
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‘PIECEMEAL’
J SLASHES HIT
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ling around the city late at
night in automobiles, they re-
port. and they considered it
only a matter of time until
they would be in trouble. Per-
I haps the breaking up of this
group in the early stages of
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Absentee voting for the Bren-
ham Independent School District
Board election April 6 has begun.
County Clerk Charles E. Wiede
is aacepting absentee votes at
~ Fhisroffie e. THevot i ng pel or tot -
~ electton cay ends with the etose -
barbecues will be features of this
year's Maifest, the association
announced Wednesday.
Celebration Chairman" J. W.
Barnhill said that Willie Kmiec
was selected to serve the barbe:
cues both days of the event, May
10 and 11.
Kmiec is owner of Willie’s
Drive-In in Brenham.
The Maifest Association adver-
tised for bids for the two barbe-
cues, and the on by Kmiec was
accepted.
Barnhill said there would be a
beef and pork barbecue the first
day (Friday) and a chicken bar-
becue the second day. Both will
be held at Fireman’s Park from
11:30 a. m. until 1 p.m.
The beginning of an advance
sale of tickets will be announced
soon, Barnhill said. The tickets
to each barbecue will be priced
the same as last year—91 each.
A deadline on the sale of tick-
ets will be announced so that it
can be determined how many to
prepare for.
Kmiec Wednesday stressed the
fact that barbecues will be
Washington County style. He
said the meat will be prepared in
the outdoor pit at—Fireman’s
Park. Kmiec Mild he planned to
have extra meat on hand which
will be sold after everyone hold-
ing barbecue tickets has been
served.
While announcing arrange-
ments for the barbecues, Barn-
hill said another high school
band had accepted an invitation
to take part in one of the Mai-
fest parades.
The Huntsville High School
getting around was in tracked
vehicles, and there were only a
der the present law persons liv-
ing in the Bran hum District can
not vote for the member-at-
large.
However, evert though he can
not vote for himself, Dannheim
is still eligible to run for the
post.
Another oddity of the law con;
cevps the election ofa-board
member from Precinct. 3, which
includes a portion of the Bren-
ham Independent School District.
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board member. This year there is
a contested race in Precinct 3
between incumbent W. C.
Schwarze and Howard Kiecke.
In order to accommodate rest-
dents of the Brenham Independ-
ent School District who ish.10
vate in the Sehwarze-Kieke rece
(Continued on paze 42 <
By HERBERT FOSTER
and
JOHN A. GOLDSMMrTH
United Press Staff Correspondents
WASHINGTON (UP) — A Chi-
cago labor relations consultant
testified today that he spent $85,-
000 of Teamsters Union money on
a host of items ranging from ny-
lon hose to loveseats for Team-
sters Boss Dave Beck and his son.
The consultant, Nathan W. Shef-
ferman, told the Senate Rackets
committee he didn’t know the
$85,000 came out of the union
treasury until income tax inves-
tigators discovered it had. He said
he paid the bills and, as it turned
out, was reimbursed by the union.
Other developments included:
-A statement by Beck to re-
porters that he expects to be pros-
ecuted on income tax charges. He
said that at that time all the ques-
tions he has refused to answer
"will come before a court at law
and will be answered freely."
Bought For Green
-Another Beck statement, made
during a recess in today's session,
that Shefferman also made pur-
chases for William Green, late
AFL president, "and many oth-
ers. . . because he was able to buy
at discounts.”
-The reading by Sherrman of
a long list of items he bought for
the Becks and his frank puzzle-
ment over some of them, such as
"‘kneedrawers" and "a watch for
golf clubs."
In his talk with reporters Beck
said he bid not yet received an
invitation to attend a meeting of
the AFL-CIO Executive Council
called for Friday to consider his
use of the Fifth Amendment be-
fore the Senate committee. Beck
also Mid he did not know whether
he would attend the meeting.
part ment reported Wednesday
the advertising for bids for grad-
ing and small structures on the
4.5 mile road will begin about
April 1.
To Tako 275 Days
It is estimated it will take 275
forking days to complete the
first phase of construction. Then
other contracts to follow will be
tor grade separations and pav-
ing.
The loop will connect Highway
290 East and West, crossing State
Highway 36 south.
The State Highway Department
will accept bids on construction
throughout the state both on
April 16 and 17.
Local highway office officials
said, if a bid is accepted, its ap-
proval' would be announced in
about a week. Then construction
would start in about 30 days.
Land Secured
In other highway news. Coun-
ty Judge Odis Tomachefsky said
Wednesday that all of the right-
of-way for the widening of State
Highway 36 north to the Burle-
son County line has been secur-
ed.
Meanwhile, work is continuing
on moving fences and clearing
the property of such obstructions
as houses, telephone poles, bill-
boards, etc., in preparation for
the work of actual construction.
The judge-has not yet been
advised as to when bids on the
project will be called for, but he
expects it sometime in the near
future.
He said he has three crews at
1 work now clearing rights-of-way
for highways, including High-
way 36 and the Independence-
William Penn farm-to-merket
road.
To Cut Dowa Milla
Latest Highway bepar tment
1 plans for Highway 36 call for
(cutting down seven bad hilltops
along the 13 mile stretch of road
and relocation of a section near
the Yegua Creek to straighten
out sharp curves.
The local office reported that a
large portion of the road—some-
thing less than one half—will be
completely rebuilt with a new
base.
The other portion will be wid-
ened and topping, placed over the
existing pavement.
mile radius of Brenham were ----- . ... A.
not listed. "I got to thinking Highway loop construction April
that the list had been handed j 16,
. down from year to year with no I The Brenham office of the
additions, and wondered if there
was a possibility of securing oth-
for better or worse Egyptians are Band will be here to march in
going to operate the canal." The the Friday processlon which will
"4€onnuedehpage4} 'katutethelunior court
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DALLAS (VP)— Justice of the
Peace W. E. Richburg has ruled
that the killing of a mechanic by
two constables, which caused 500
persons in the Arcadia Park sec-
tion to hold a protest meeting,
was "justifiable homicide.”
The grand jury last month de-
clined to indiot Constables. Sid
McKissack and Harold Rhoden
for shooting J. L. Booth, 48, on
Jan. 9. Booth was shot during an
argument over a summons.
Richburg Mid he could return
no other verdict in view of the
grand jury'* actum.
„ . . Ide. Miss Dot Lindsey, end Pinky
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schubert Dorsey, all of Brenham: C. F.
of Brenham are the parents of “ ---
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since Saturday ami were hospital-
ized in critical condition from car-
bon monoxide poisoning. The son
still was in critical c ndition to-
| day
The d 1 toll among livestock
pleted in August. Three other
Brenham firms were awarded
' sub-contracts — the Durden
Plumbing and Heating, plumb-
ing: Fischer Tile and Floor -
Cevering Companyflooring;
-----Waldo Mueller, electrical
contract.
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Maifest Chairman J. W. Barn- *
f. hill the other day got to looking
— over the list of high school bands
that have been invited to the
yearly celebration and discover-
ed that many tiwns within a 100
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' This pigeon, building its home in the eves of a house I
in New Orleans, La., got the string it was carrying en-
tangled in a crack and while trying to free the string be- . — -
came twisted in a loop and hanged itself. (NEA Tele- Energy Commission would be to
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