The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 332, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 17, 1955 Page: 2 of 20
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MISSOURI RIVER TO TEXAS
Mahon Requests $5 Million
For Water Diversion Study
WASHINGTON. Mey 16 —A
congressional appropriation of five
million dollars was asked today for
a study of the feasibility of divert-
ing excess water from the Missouri
River to the Southwest
Rep. Mahon (D-Tex) gave no
specific details in putting the re-
quest bofore a House appropria-
lions subcommittee
However, Mahon said it was his
idea to tap the Missouri some-
where above Kansas City, probably
between there and Omaha. Part
of the flow would be channeled
some 500 miles to the Panhandle
and high plains of Texas.
He said localities in Kansas and
Oklahoma would want some of the
water along the line of the diver-
sion channels He also added that
it would probably have to be a
“give and take" compromise ar-
rangement requiring construction
of storage reservoirs at suitable
intervals.
Mahon also said in an interview
after the closed-door committee
meeting:
Missouri Accepts
Abilenian’s Work
Toward Doctorate
Heber Taylor, assistant profes-
sor of English and journalism at
Abilene Christian College, receiv-
ed notice Monday that his disser-
tation for a doctor's degree had
been accepted by the University of
Missouri.
Taylor will leave Abilene May
25 and will take his oral examina-
tion before June 2. He is sched-
uled to receive his Ph D degree in
Journalism June 8 at the univer-
sity’s commencement exercise at
Columbia, Mo.
A member of the ACC faculty
since 1949, Taylor is a native of
Trenton, Tenn. He received his
B. A. degree in 1948 from the Uni-
versity of Arkansas, and his M.A.
for Vanderbilt in 1949.
He studied at the University af
Missouri and the University af
Oslo in Norway, in connection with
wort on his doctorate.
Mr and Mrs. Taylor live at RM
EN 10th St.
"I think we've got to undertake
programs and projects which may
on the surface appear to be fan-
tastic. if we are to meet the na-
tional water emergency.
“I realise that my proposal could
be classed in the ‘pipe dream cate-
gory.' I agree Riat some of the
problems incident to a large scale
project such as I have proposed
seem almost insurmountable
“Despite the tact this project
may seem unrealistic. I think the
time is coming when this project,
or similar projects, will become a
reality. I just hope we don't wait
too long."
Mahon said one of the engineer-
ing problems would be that the
water would have to be lifted about
1,500 feet
Mahon told the committee of a
water storage project on the Cana-
dian River in the Amarillo-Lubbock
area. Congress authorized the proj-
ect without appropriating any
money to build it. About a dozen
Texas towns would be served by
the 95 million dollar project.
He said he would ask for federal
funds if attempts to raise the
Canadian project money through
private banking sources fail.
House Approves
Hoover Commission
Extension Bill
WASHINGTON, May 16 —The
House today passed without oppo-
sition and sent to the President a
bill to extend the life of the Hoover
Commission until the end of June
11 now is due to expire May 31.
The action came after Rep Pat-
man (D.Tex) accused the commis-
sion of having overstepped its du-
ties sad gone into the policy-mak-
ing field
He said he hopes this will be
the “last commission of that type.”
The commission, he said, original-
ly was set up to investigate waste
and extravagance
Patman said the attorney gen-
eral has ruled that the commis-
sion is a part of the legislative
branch of the government.
“That meens." Patman said,
presents conclusions for Congress
to act on and then tries to “force
them through in the form of law
and . . . therefore, they perform
a legislative function.”
Patman’s remarks were chal-
lenged by Reps Hoffman (R-Mich)
Brown (R-Ohio) and Johnson (R-
Calif' who said it still is up to
Congress to approve legislation.
Charges, Countercharges
Hurled in Vels Land Cases
AUSTIN. May 16 —Charges and
countercharges of intimidation, im-
proper tactics and alleged bribe
offers in connection with veterans
land scandal cases echoed in 53rd
District Court today.
The accusations all centered
about deals in Cuero—where the
scandal to the 100 million dollar
Veterans Land Board first came
to public view.
The charges were leveled during
a hearing before District Judge J.
Harris Gardner on future proce-
dures to be used in taking deposi-
tions of witnesses in civil suits
growing out of investigations of the
scandal
DeWitt County Atty. Wiley Cheat-
ham said he's looking into reports
that some veteran witnesses in
land cases have been offered
money bribes.
Special Asst. Atty Gen. Kellis
Dibrell accused Austin attorney
Donald S. Thomas of the law firm
of Looney, Clark and Moorhead of
"yelling, screaming and hollering"
at witnesses.
Thomas countered with a charge
that witnesses have been intimi-
dated by state authorities He
charged also that his car had been
"circled" by “police” while he
Nelson Hakes Bond
But Stays in Jail
SAN ANGELO, Tex., May 16 .
tried to interrogate a witness on a
Cuero street.
Cheatham complained that wit-
nesses had been asked queries in
which he said their answers would
have been wrong no matter how
answered
The hearing followed the Issuance
by Judge Gardner of a directive
that objections raised in the taking
of oral depositions be "preserved"
until trial of the civil suits.
In another phase of the investi-
gation. General Land Office em-
ployes continued denying they 1
know of "any irregularities" on the
part of land office officials in their
duties.
Appearing today before a court
of inquiry investigating the land
office operation were John Allison,
director of the Mineral Depart-
ment in the land office, and one of
his assistants, Charles Bering.
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Morning, May 17, 1955
son-in-law of the woman, was
charged with her slaying. He is
held here without bond.
Mrs. Weaver was killed by a
bomb as she started her auto-
mobile.
Police said the death trap was
A $10,000 bond was posted today
for ex-convict Andrew H. Nelson
in the car-bomb slaying of wealthy
ranchwoman Mrs. Helen Weaver.
But Nelson didn’t leave the set for her husband, a prominent
county jail. Sheriff Cecil Turner
said he’s got a theft and a habitual
architect, and that the woman was
killed by mistake.
2-A
criminal hold order on the two-
time ex - convict and Houston
officers would probably come here
to pick him up.
Nelson, 45, was charged with
murder and accomplice to murder
in the slaying of Mrs. Weaver.
Harry L. Washburn, a former
Housework
Easy Without
Nagging Backache
Nagging backache, losa at pep and energy,
headaches and dizziness may ba due to slow-
down of kidney function. Doctors say good
In answer to close questioning kidney function is very important to good
by Aest Con T health. When some everyday condition, such
Aty. uen. rred Jones, as stress and strain, causes this important
Allison testified that he has never function toslow down, many folkssuffernag-
r king backache-feel miserable. Minor blad-
been approached by anyone seek- der irritations due to cold or wrong diet may
ing favoritism that he would con - cause gettingup n ightsorfrequent passages,
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