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4 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS --------------
2-A Abilene, Texas, Friday Morning, May 1, 1953 SPIDER, SPIDER
Snyder Driver Denies Crossing
No-Passing Stripe Before Crash
ON THE WALL...
Ralph E. Evans, 24-year-old Sny-
der service station operator, In-
sisted from the witness stand in
S District Court Thursday that
he did not drive across a double
stripe into a “no-passing” zone
on U. S. Highway 350 before, his
car coll den with another: driven
by James Cunningham of Odessa.
The accident, which resulted in
Cunningham’s death, to the basis
for a $100,000 damage suit, now
on trial before Judge T. Whitfield
Davidson and a jury. Plaintiffs in
the suit are Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
- Cunningham, Sr., of Mildred, Kas-
parents of James; and, his brother,
M Cunningham, Jr., of Okla-
, homa City. . A
Evans and his partner, doing bus.
iness as Evans and Favors, are
defendants in the original suit and
hive named as third-party defen-
dent the Chemical Process Co. It
was a truck belonging id this
con pany that Evans was attempt-
ing to pass when the accident oc-
curred Nov. 28, 1952, 17.3 miles
west of Snyder.
Davis Scarborough is attorney
for the Cunninghams and W. 0.
Shafer of Odessa ia representing
Evans. Attorneys for Chemical Pro-
cess Co. are E. L. Harwell of
Abilene and Robert E. Bowers of
Breckenridge.
Collision Described
ALBUQUERQUE, • —Feran-
do Najera. 35, spied • spider
’ stalking him above the bed. He
blasted three times with his
pistol. The hunt cost him $50 in
police court yesterday for drunk-
enness and discharging firearms.
Officers said the spider sniping
planted bullets in a wall and the
bed headboard.
Railway Wins
Damage Suit
Ben N Gifford's suit for re-
covery of $76,000 for the loss of
a foot in an accident ended Thurs
day in U. S. District Court with
Judge T. Whitfield Davidson
instructing the jury to return a
verdict favoring the defendant.
Wichita Falls and Southern Rail-
WEATHER DATA
Sweetwater
Native Dies
SWEETWATER. April 30.—Mrs.
Jessie George Richardson, native
of Sweetwater, died at 6:15 a. m.
Thursday in Sweetwater Hospital.
Funeral will be held at 4 p. m.
Friday in Patterson Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. George R.
Wilson, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, officiating. Burial will
be in Sweetwater Cemetery under
direction of Patterson Funeral
Home.
Survivors include her mother,
Mrs. Silas George, who to herself
critically ill: three sisters, Mrs.
Dick Starr of Abilene, Mrs. Leon
Manor of Cisco, and Mrs Henry
Rogers, Sr., of Sweetwater; sev-
eral nephews and nieces, including
Dick Starr, Jr., of Abilene: Henry
Rogers, Jr., of Denver, Colo.; Mrs.
Goodson Sellers of Abilene: Mrs.
‘ Teo J. Foster of Elgin Field, Fla.;
and Mrs. Glenn Casey of Odessa.
She was married to T. S.
Richardson in Alpine in 1919 and
they moved to Valentine where
they lived until his death in 1928.
After his death she worked as
a nurse in hospitals at Monahans,
Alpine and Sweetwater.
She had been making her home
here with her mother for the last
several years.
Pallbearers will be John Hub-
bard, J. N. Dulaney, Preston Rag-
land, Dick Starr, Glenn Cases and
' Glean Marrugg.
‘Sheriff Named
For Fracas Week
Wide Burroughs hat been named
Evans said on direct testimony
that he was traveling behind two
Chemical Process Co. trucks and
followed them to the top of a hill
from which point he could see the
top ot the next hill to the highway.
He rotated that he saw Cunning-
ham’s car approaching and thought
he could pass the first truck be-
fore meeting the car but that when
his car came alongside of the
truck he realised the trucks were
too close together for him to get
between them.
Seeing, this, Evans said he turn-
ed off the left side of the highway
and evidently at the same instaft
Cunningham swerved lils car off
the same side of the highway. The
collision occurred, according to
both Evans and Highway Patrol-
than Bill Zimmerman who Investi-
gated. about 20 feet off the high-
way pavement.
Evans estimated that Cunntog-
bam “was about 200 yards away
when 1 first saw him" He said
Cunningham was traveling "at a
terrific speed—more than 60 miles
per hour" He stated he drew this
conclusion because he could see
Cunningham’s car "bouncing up
and down.”
Evans said his own car was
going only about 50 or S5 miles
per hour.
Zimmerman testified that he
arrived at the scene of the acci-
dent about 30 minutes after it hap-
pened and that he could not deter-
mine the speed of either car. The
highway patrolman said the acci-
dent occurred “practically on top
of the hit! "
Mother Testifies
Mrs. Cunningham was overcome
by emotion when she testified that
her son was “a good Christian
boy" and that he had regularly
contributed to the support of her
and her husband. While her son,
R. M. Cunningham, Jr., was testi-
fying that his brother had sent
his parents "about $20 ever two
weeks,” Shafer asked him whe-
ther he had receipts to support
this. Cunningham produced a num-
ber of checks and money order
stubs from a brief ease.
Neal Wood of Oklahoma City
and M D. McNutt of Midland both
employes of Phillips Petroleum Co.
testified that he was ambitious and
industrious and had “far above
average possibilities"
Mrs. Lula Walker’s
Funeral Set Today
Funeral tor Mrs Lula C. Walk-
er, 70, will be held at 10 am Fri-
day at the South Side Baptist
Church, with the pastor. Dr Frank
Royal, officiating Assisting will
tie the Rev W. C Ashford, form-
er pastor of the South Side Church.
Burial will be in the Copperas
Cove Cemetery with Elliott’s Fu-
IKE
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gressional leaders with Eisenhower
this morning.
Still uncertain was whether the
Eisenhower administration would
signal tor a tax reduction this
year, as many members of Con-
gresa hope. Speaker Martin (R-
Mass) said budget cuts so far out-
lined are “not enough yet to assure
a tax reduction" but he has not
yet abandoned hope for such a re-
duction this year. He agrees with
the administration that a balanced
budget should be in sight before
taxes are cut.
Sen. Taft of Ohio. Senate Repub-
lican leader, said he obtained the
impression from this morning's
White House conference that
efforts would be made to control
and reduce actual spending on a
month-by-month basis. He said
“nobody seems to know just yet
how much spending can be re-
duced"
Taft said be renewed at the White
House his proposal that new Chiefs
of Staff be appointed for the mili-
tary services and told to review
the whole military program.
Other legislators reported Taft
bad a “heated discussion" with
representatives of the military
services and challenged their
money requests on the ground that
no over-all resurvey of military
needs had been made.
Won’t Cut Strength
Eisenhower asserted his pro-
posed 8% billion dollar reduction
in appropriations would not restore
the effective military strength this
country has planned for itself and
its allies in fiscal 1954.
‘Deliveries actually will be
speeded up through the reduction
of lead time,” he said, “and the
concentration on producing those
Items which make the most mili-
tary sense for the immediate fu-
ture.”
way Co.
Basis for the court's order was '
the fort that Gifford had signed a
contract agreeing to the company’s
payment of $6,000 as settlement for
his injury. 1
Gifford maintained during the *
trial that he had been promised
“a lifetime job" with the railway
company.
His attorneys. Davis Scarborough
of Abilene and Philip S. Kouri of
Wichita Falla, said they would ap
peal the judgment.
Gifford’s right leg was amputat-
ed several inches above the ankle
after he was injured when a motor
car on which he was riding was
derailed. The accident occurred on
the railroad north of Ranger.
H. S. Lemmons, vice president
and general manager of the rail-
road company, and Leslie Hum-
phrey of Wichita Falls, attorney
who took the stand as a witness,
both denied that Gifford had been
promised a job.
R. C. Walker of Graham, former
father-in-law of Gifford, testified
that after the contract had been
signed Gilford told him that the
company did not give him a job.
Mrs. Walker said from the witness
stand that she did not recall Gif-
ford's saying anything about this.
City to Take Bids
On Sub-Structure
Of Pump Plant
The Abilene City Commission Fri-
day will receive bids tor construe-
tion of the sub-structure of a new
pumping station on Lake Fort
Phantom Hill.
The sub-structure is a small part
of the total project. It is expected
to cost less than one-fifth of the
estimated $500,000 plus for the
complete project.
“sheriff" for the annual Fracas
Week at Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity beginning May U. The week
will be a part of the national in-
tercollegiate rodeo which will be __....
held at Hardin-Simmons May 14, for $13,240.
U and 16. --------
Joe Grba, baseball coach, hat 1
been named faculty sponsor of the'
week’s activities.
neral Home in charge of arrange-
ments.
Mrs. Walker died here Wednes-
day at the home of a son. Mack
H. Walker, 1217 Sycamore St.
During the British Civil War,
the regalia, crown and jewels of
the king were broken up and sold
Bible Lectureship
Set at Buffalo Gap
BUFFALO GAP, April 29 (RMS)
-A Bible lectureship will be held
at the Buffalo Gap Church of
Christ beginning Monday and con-
tinuing through Friday. The serv-
ices will begin at T:30 p.m. tach
day.
Monday, the speaker will be Le-
moine Lewie, teacher of Bible at
Abilene Christian College. Hit sub-
ject will be “Church Unity."
Hugh Tinsley. ACC student from
Ireland, will speak on "What is a
Christian" at the service Tuesday.
John Stevens, dean of men at ACC.
will speak on “The Work of the
Church.” Wednesday. Thursday
Wesley Reagan, ACC student from
Tucumcari, N. M. will take for
Ma subject, “Handling Aright the
Word of Truth.” Fred Barton, head
of the speech department at ACC.
will speak on “Did Christ Die la
Vain?" Friday
The public is invited to attend.
JUDGE
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pointed March 25 by Judge Laugh-
lin.
Guerra said the commission
was instructed to empanel two petit
Jury panels only. He asked Laugh-
lin about a grand jury, he said,
and was told the judge did not
want any.
This was after Laughlin had
dismissed 60 indictments involving
South Texas election questions,
Shlreman told ths committee
He said failure to empanel a
grand jury prevented new indict-
ments being returned in the cases.
On cross examination. Guerra
testified bs was a member of Starr
County's "Old Party" and the in-
dictments dismissed by Laughlin
had been generally against per-
sons in the opposition "New Par-
ty."
Weatherly told the committee he
has been in the employ of the
“Old Party” as an attorney since
February, 1950, and is on "a small
monthly retainer" of George Parr,
South Texas political boss. .
He said he wat asked to come
to Austin and wat present “to
help Judge Laughlin any way I
raid it was at his advice
that Judge Laughlin appointed
Judge E. D. Salina, to tit In the
trial of the law book case against
Laughlin.
Burroughs, who has ‘warned
that the rules of wearing western
clothes will be enforced to the let-
ter” has chosen ss deputies Lou
Sweet, J. H. Cagle, Tom Burks,
Chief Lawson, Don (Mousie) Smith
Tommy Hale, Riley Cross, Eldon
(Windy) Smith, Doyle Brunson,
Hank Green. Archie Hunter, Rod-
ney Williams. Jake Collins. Doe
Windsor, Alton Hodges, Harold Gra-
ves, T. R. Baack. Fat Tone, Kay
Johnson, “Teach” Morrell, John
Beard, Diana Chandler, and Betty
Phillips.
David Hodge will represent the
Rangers and George Creagh, the
Cowboy Band.
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STORK NEWS
Three babies were born in Hend-
rick Memorial Hospital Wednesday
and Thursday:
A girl to Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Greer, Route 5. Abilene at 12:25
p.m.
I A girl to Mr and Mrs. Oniksico
Gonzales, 434 Cottonwood, at 1:37
1 p.m.
A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
Cooper, Jr. 1402 Sunset Dr., at 9:34
p.m. Wednesday.
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The city thinks the substructure
can. be built comparatively cheap
while the water la low. Purpose of
the project is to place pumps where
they can draw from the deep part
of the city lake.
During the Friday meeting the
city also will deal with two tone-
changing ordinances. Public bear-
ings and second land final) read-
ings are scheduled.
One ordinance proposes to change
from Zone D (apartments) to Zone
F (local retail) the territory from
North Fifth St. to North Sixth St.,
and between the Beech-Orange al-
ley and the Grape-Mulberry alley,
except two lots owned by Herbert
Middleton and two by Dr. J. M.
Alexander at North Sixth and Beech
Sts.
The other ordinance would
change from Zone J (light manu-
facturing) to Zone E. (multi-fam-
ily residences) an area from North
19th St. to North 20th St. along
the east side of Mesquite St a
depth of three lots.
MRS. C. L. STEPHENS
Mrs. Stephens’
Rites at Anson
ANSON, April JO.—Funeral for
Mrs. C. L. Stephens, 46, Anson club
woman and civic leader, will be
held at 2:30 p. m. Friday at the
First Methodist Church in Anson.
The Rev. David Binkley, pastor,
will officiate. Assisting will be the
Rev. C. C. Armstrong, retired min-
ister.
Burial will be in Mount Hope
Cemetery in Anson with Lawrence
Funeral Home to charge of ar
rangements.
Mrs. Stephens had been ill of
cancer for about three months and
had been to a critical condition
most of that time.
She was Amy Loraine Lit-
tlefield on Oct. 1, 1906, to Adams-
ville. Tenn. The family moved to
Texas in 1907 and settled at Sag-
erton. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Littlefield of An-
son.
Mrs. Stephens was graduated
from Anson High School to 1924
and attended Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity.
She was married to Charles
Stephens on Nov. 15, 1927.
State GOP Chief
Invites Prominent
Demos to Join Him
, DALLAS (JR-Republican leader
Alvin Lane invited Wright Mor-
row, Gov. Shivers, Sen. Price Dan-
tel and other conservative Demo-
crats today to join forces per-
manently with the Texas GOP.
Morrow, whose Job as Demo-
cratic national committeeman is
in dispute, said yesterday the Na-
tional Democratic Party is delib-
erately snubbing Texas.
Lane. Republican state chairman
and national committeeman, said
it was “amazing” to see national
Democratic leaders "deliberately
thumb their noses at Texas."
“If the New Deal socialists who
are to control of the national Demo-
cratic party do not want Wright
Morrow, Allan Shivers and Price
Daniel, the Republican Party
does and I extend to them a cor-
dial invitation to join forces per-
manently with us."____
in the past five years, the
amount of feed needed to produce
a three-pound broiler has been
reduced from 10% pounds to about
9 pounds.
It to estimated that the average
American ate 17 fewer pounds of
red meat in 1951 than he did in
1947. 5.1
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Essay Winners
Named in Coleman
COLEMAN, April 30. (RNS)-
Ewell Parker, Coleman High
School senior, has been named
Coleman County’s first place win-
ner in the National Essay contest,
sponsored by Coleman County
Medical Association.
Mary Wilkinson to second place
winner.
Ewell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
E. Parker to president of the stu-
dent body.
Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
A. L. Wilkinson, to s junior in Cole-
man High School and to a mem-
ber of the National Honor Society
County winners will be sent to
state where the three best will be
selected there and sent to national
First prize there will be $1,000,
second $500 and third $100.
Local winners received $25 and
$15.
Her husband is a prominent
Jones County landowner and the
son of the late Dr. D. L. Stephens,
a pioneer Jones County physician.
She was president of the Woman 's
Club at the time of her death, and
was also a member of the district
board of the P-TA
Mrs. Stephens had been award-
ed a life membership in the P-TA
shortly before she became 111.
A member of the Methodist
Church, she was active in church
work and had been a worker with
the Cub Scouts in Anson.
Surfivors include her husband;
two daughters, Mrs. E. C. Fagan,
Jr., of Hamlin and Betty Stephens
of Wichita Falls; one son, Lee
Stephens of Anson; her parents;
two sisters, Mrs Vernon Blackley
of Morton and Mrs. Roy Propst of
Anson; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Red Cowsert,
Cloyd Sanders. Bob Pence. Gene
Pittard, Morris Pittard, Red. Row-
ell, John Hala and Earnest Pitt-
man.
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