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WINDY
VOL. LXXV, NO. 191
The Abilene Reporter ~J2eu 5 SUNDAY
______''WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES" -Byron 5 e.
Assocrater "-exs (PP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 195&-SIXTY EIGHT PAGES IN SIX SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY Sc, SUNDAY 10c
4 Examiners
Suspended
AUSTIN, Dec SI m.—Four in-
surance commission examiners un-
der fire for, allegedly conspiring
to defraud the public were sus-
pended by the commission today.
They were chief examiner Larry
Blanchard: Robert Butler, assist-
ant chief examiner; William Noad
and Lee Pfefferkorn.
In a civil action yesterday, the
state sued the examiners and 45
officers and others connected with
the defunct General American
Casualty Co. of San Antonio for
$6,640,000.
with the Insurance Commission
since 1939. Butler, also of Austin,
has been with the commission
since 1941. Noad lives -in Dallas
and Pfefforkorn in Lockhart,
Deny Guilt
Garland Smith, commission
chairman, said, the commission
talked with Blanchard and Butler
today and that they denied any
guilt. The state civil suit was filed
yesterday in the 126th District
Court.
The state alleged that an inves-
tigation vi the affairs of General
American Casualty Co. planned by
The state's petition alleged the _________. ... ,______,
examiners received gifts or favors a Kentucky insurance commission-
from the firm, one of those in- er had been blocked by political
volved in a series of big insurance | influence.
failures in Texas. General American went, into re-
Effective at Once | ceivership in" July, 1954. It oper-
The Insurance Commission in ated in Texas and nine other
special session issued a statement I states. The company had 120,000
saying the examiners were sus- policyholders.
pended "without pay or duties” | The suit brought by J. D. Wheel-
effective at once. er, state receiver for the company,
The board said it would begin i charged there was a conspiracy!
an “immediate investigation" into beginning in 1949 and continuing
the allegations against its employes until June, 1954 to "defraud the |
in the civil suit, using "all the public" and the parties represent- |
facilities of the state” in the in- ed in the suit by the receiver.
quiry. , Along with the insurance com
That included services of the mission examiners, the suit named
attorney general; who had recom-as defendants C. B Erwin of San
mended that the.employees named | Antonio, president of the company:
44 other officers, directors or oth-
SUES MARINES — Earl E.
Brown, 19. fromer Marine re-
' cruit living at Dell Rapids, S.D.,
is suing three Marine drill ser-
geants and the U.S. government
‘or $175,000. Brown claims he
was treated cruelly by the ser-
gents at Camp Matthews, near
San Diego (AP)
Along with the insurance com-
in the suit be suspended.
Blanchard, of Austin, has been
ers associated with the firm: 11 in-
surance, surety and banking con-
Violated Duties
The civil suit seeks to recover
the maximum money possible for:
policy holders and others who
stand to lose.
New Year's
Gels Quiet
Start Here
The long three-day New Year’s | insolvent (as of June 30, 1952)"
holiday weekend started out quiet- Ion the basis of a Sept. 8 to Dec 24.
ly in Abilene and this West Cen- 1952 examination.
The suit alleged the insurance
' commission employes "willfully
‘ and maliciously violated their du-
ll ies as examiners in showing a
condition of solvency of General
American when they knew it was
al Texas area but city police. Smith and Commissioner Byron
the sheriff’s department and high- Saunders said the receiver’s pen-
way patrolmen were keeping their tion was the first time any such
fingers crossed.
allegations had been made to them
The Highway Patrol was out in about the examiners.
all force, Saturday night. Approxi- | They said the work of Blanchard
mat y 25 patrolmen including four and Buller had been satisfactory
Extra men o speiss duty were --------------------------------
ou in he. 13-county district. - - NEWS INDEX
accident had been reported
o the biler dispatch ei 9 30
.1 county jail |
had " “residents" and even, had |
been released earlier New Years
A few wrecks were reported 1
—but only one resulted in personal
, injury, police said Mrs Marion
Dortch. 4202 S 7th St , was treated
a: ) released from St Ann Hospi-
tal for minor abrasions about the 1
SECTION A
Obituaries
Oil news
SECTION •
Top news of 1955
Strategic Air Command
Amusement
Winters Meter Reader
Bridge
SECTION v
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Firm to Develop
700 Home Sites
Sites for approximately 700 tate of Dallas The ‘land lies be-
homes are to be laid on 186 acres
purchased by four men who have
incorporated at the Northwest De-
velopment Co.
Land for the development was
purchased from George L. Minter
Jr. of Abilene and the Cullum es-
IN HORSE TRAILER
Coleman Boy, 4,
Burned to Death
COLEMAN, Dec. 31 (RNS)—A 4
year-old Coleman boy was fatally
burned here Saturday afternoon in
a blazing horse trader loaded with
hay.
Bob Ewing, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Ewing of 1000 Clow St., died
about 6:45 pm in Overall Memori-
al Hospital The accident occurred
about 4:45 p.m A
The father of the boy was in the
Coleman hospital Saturday night
with burns about the arms, hands
and face. His condition was not
considered serious.
The boy's body was taken to
Stevens Funeral Home where ar-
rangements were incomplete Satur-
day night * ,
tween N. 12th and N. 19th Sts., and
from Minter Lane west to Elm
Creek. It is immediately west of.
the Green Acres development. ;
Members of the purchasing com- 1
pany are John A. Matthews, W
Rufus Sivley, Herman A. Swan and
R J. Windrow
Matthews is listed as president of 11
the organization, and Sivley as de- 1
veloper.
Sale of the two tracts was nego- I
tiated by \Bransford-Hinds Realty 1 *
Co.’ " ,
Purchase price of the two tracts 1
was not disclosed. I
“We do not plan to build any 1
homes,” Sivley said. “All of the
lend will be for sale, either to indi-
viduals or to builders. We will put
in utilities and paving as the area
develops.”
"About 15 acres of the develop-
. ment is being set aside for a shop-
ping center."
Planned for homes of the $12,000
MEDAL WINNER EMBRACES
MOM - Fourteen-year-old Patri-
cia Ann Strickland, winner of
the Young American Medal for
Bravery, embraces her mother
in Atlanta, Ga., after U.S. Atty.
Bulganin Says
Geneva Spirit
Remains Alive
Related Story, Pg. 2-A.
Year End Roundup
i , . West Texas Builds ....
—ICES She was taken to the hospi-. Abilene Datebook
tal in an Elliott' Funeral Home Fashionably Speaking
ambulance. Federation Candidates
The accident occurred at 3033 S Hollywood Beauty
1st St. about 7:15 p.m. Driver of Bachelors Entertain
the other carwas Leon Dobbs.
3226 S 2nd St: police said
Since Sunday is New Year's
Day, all public offices, banks and
most Abilene businesses will be
closed Monday. All city hall and |
county courthouse offices will be J
closed except the police depart-
ment and sheriff's department. 1
3
Garden Topics
Editorials
Abilene Newcomers
Book News
SECTION D
Sports
Form, markets
Church news ..
Kedio, TV logs
Business Outlook
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12
1-2-3
9
10
10
Drivers Warned
Word HCAP
worst to come
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deaths in traffic accidents were adding up only about
a third as fast New Year’s Eve as they did during the rec-
ord-breaking Christmas weekend.
Safety officials called the slower pace “gratifying”
but said it still was too early in the holiday period for op-
timism. ■ I
At 9 p.m 74 traffic fatali Tall Tavae -
ties had been counted. IOI II ISAUS
through the nation. Eleven* etP
fire deaths and nine from ph a Ara
miscellaneous causes upped Dearhoc J A
the over-all accident toll to KvClvIlVJ I
A total of no sahway deaths 02 ! —
had been reported at the corre- 6/ I TACKS
spending hour of the recent “Black BE Buesum
Christmas" period, which pro-
duced an all-time holiday record
of 609 traffic fatalities. -
*===
There were factors which worked
for a less deadly New Year's holi-
day on the streets and highways
than last week’s. They were taken
in the National 70.
edicted that the
1 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The violent deaths toll continued
to climb Saturday in Texas, reach-
ing a total of 154 since the Christ-
mas holidays began.
Traffic deaths totaled • to a
late hour Saturday and observers
feared the worst part of toe holi-
days was yet to come. Violent
deaths from other causes totaled
Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr., an-
nounced Ilie selection. In May
1954, a plane piloted by Patri-
cias father, LionelH. Strick-
land and carrying the child
and her mother, crashed and
to $30,000 class, the entire develop-
ment will be restricted to that ex-
tent: Sivley said, and all homes
must be of predominantly mason-
ry construction.
were at the scene; Advance sales of home sites are
The boy was playing with several - already being accepted, pending to go back for her father but
other children near the horse trail- completion of the plats. The devel- was restrained by observers. He
| CT. He fell into the trailer and the opment will have FHA approval. 1 died in the wreckage (AP)
hay caught fire. Cause of the fire-__
was undetermined late Saturday
night.
Here is an account of the story
as given by Coleman Fire Chief
Jack Sored and neighbors who
| One child ran to the house to tell
' the parents Mr and Mrs Jack
Ewing, the boy’s aunt and uncle.
I w ere visiting the parents of the
, boy. Weldon Ewing, sor of Mr and
burst into flames. Patricia was
thrown clear but returned to
drag her mother clear She tried
into account
Safety Council---
current three-day—78 hour-traffic I 1
toll would he 420—440 less than Jamons.
. its shattered prediction of 360 for
the Christmas period
Perhaps most significant was the
absence this weekend of the tra-
ditional Christmas office parties
which last week put many a mo-
On the new year’s holiday tabu-
begun nationally * 6 p.m.
Friday, the Texas toll was 1 traffic
deaths and one from other causes
attributed to the holiday.
Telephone Strike
Looms at Haskell
Mrs. Jack Ewing, pulled the boy
from the trailer, he was slightly
MOSCOW. Dec 31 P—Premier burned after the boy’s father was. , -------
Nicolai Bulganin turned off the more severely burned r HASKELL, Dec. 31 IRONS - Em-the traffic employes, to include family reunions
flow of Soviet invective against the The Fire Department extin- ployes of the General Telephone plant and maintenance employes. _________________
West today, declaring .that the guished the blaze which was al- Co. herw were authorized and in- The union is opposed to this plan Year period is 407.
spirit of Gene a will not be most put out when the fire trucks structed to strike at midnight -
buried" and another summit con- | arrived. Chief Sneed said.
Hferenee might be fruitful provided Spectators said Saturday night
. some big ifs *re overcome. that the fire might have been__The strike, if it materializes, will
The fact that both sides of the caused by fireworks, be affect 37 employes here, exclu-
East-West division now have the The boy’s survivors include his sive of supervisory personnel All
H-bomb is no sure guarantee there parents, one sister, Mrs. Jo Nita union workers here are members |
" -1‘ be — war, Bulganin asserted Vaughn of Rockwood, his grand-' of the Communicat ions Workers of i
Buthe seemed to reflect a Soviet father, Floyd Whitfield of Coleman America, nicluding switchboard op-
. feeling of security, growing out of and several aunts and uncles | erators and plant men
The strike would affect union
employes in General Telephone
Co.’s 242 exchanges in Texas. New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Saturday unless a settlement is See STRIKE. Pg !-A. Col 4
reachedbefore then.-------
Some of the latest reported
deaths:
Dr. and Airs James Otis Loftin
Of San Antonio were fr tally in-
torist behind the wheel of his car
' handicapped by the after effects i jured Saturday when their car ran
of drinking. Many a pedestrian, off a culvert near Kerrville. He
too, faced the hazards of crossing was president of San Antonio Col-
streets under a similar handicap. lege.
A second factor in the lighter Six-year-old Tommy Routt died
■ death rate during the early part in an Austin hospital Saturday of
of the New Year holiday was less burns suffered a week ago. The
traffic congestion as fewer travel- fire also claimed the lives of his
ers covered the miles to traditional | younger brother and sister. It de-
Six-year-old Tommy Routt died
stroyed their home while their
The record traffic toll for a New mother was away.
1 . A youth tentatively identified as
Deaths by states in traffic, fires Jan Dan Broderick was found shot
and miscellaneous accidents to death near Hempstead Satur-
Alabama 2 0 1: Arkansas 3 0 1; day He apparently was en route
^ 31% Worees : o t Houston from Texh A4M NEE :
I Georgis 3 0 1 Illinois 1 0 1: Iowa holiday visit.
last summer, against the actual
I possibility of H-bomb war.
Bulganin’s statements. closmg el.
with greetings and best wishes to - ***2I
the American people, were con- ..
tained in answers to written ques-
tions from Telenews. an agency POS
| affiliated with Hearst ■ I
i In plugging for survival of the WASHINGTON,, Dec. 31 a-Sen.
See BULGANIN, Pg. 2-A, Col. 4 Lyndon Johnson of Texas said to-
——————--------night he will continue as Demo-
G. R. Davis,
Iusa JU 1 IuUiS i v 1: Iowa Paul Landry 30 Trier hie
" 0 8 1: Kansas 3 9 9; Kentucky - Paul Landry, 30. Tyler, fell to
pe 4 0 0. Louisiana 40 ! M death from a water tower under
’ € IP m A n — 100 Massachusetts 2 0 1 Atlent Construction near Whitehouse sat-
wlllUllj to can 300: Minnesota I 0 0: Ne-
braska 1 0 0. Nevada 1 0 0: New
Jersey 5 1 0: New York 8 2 9; community near Gainesville, wes
New Hampshire 1 0 0; New Mexico shot to death Saturday when his
10 0: North Carolina 1 2 0: Ohio -® rifle became entangled in a
urday.
EE Chanslor, 95, of Cue Hood
Louisiana..
9 Exchanges Affected
Service would be curtailed in at
Thelma Andrews Appointed
Head of Carnegie Library
I cratic leader of the Senate. Doc-
| tors reported he “has made a most
J satisfactory recovery" from a
I heart attack he suffered July 2.
i Deeply tanned and more than 30
pounds lighter, the tall Texan said
i he feels fully able to resume the
least eight other General exchanges
in this area which operate through
Haskell. They are located at As-
permont, Benjamin, Goree. Wein-
ert, Knox City, Munday. Rochester,
and Rule
tough job of leader when Congress
reconvenes Tuesday.
Thelma Andrews has been ap
___pointed by City Manager Austin -
P. Hancock as head of the city-
operated Carnegie Public Library,
N 2nd and Cedar Sts., beginning
Feb. 1. Mayor C E Gatlin an-
nounced Saturday
She has been the librarian lor
—Hardin-Simmons. University 31
years.
Gatlin said her title with the
city will be librarian, but that
the position is that of head ad-
ministrator for the library." The
• job is budgeted at $500 per month.)
Such an administrative chief was
recommended to the City Commis-
sion in 1955 by Mrs Gretchen
Knief Sclienk Summerdale, Ala.,
library expert, after she made a
survey of the local library set-up.
The City Commission at its next
meeting will appoint an advisory
board, replacing the administra-
tive board which has been serv-
THELMA ANDREWS
. . . city librarian
Dies al 86
: 5 0 0: Oklahoma 1 0 0: Pennsyl-; barbed wire fence.
G. R Davis. 86, prominent Tay- vania 0 1 1: South Dakota 1 o 0: ; (Joseph G Isaac Jr., 28, of Taft,
lor County rancher, whose home Texas 3 0 1: Virginia 1 0 0: Wash- was killed Saturday when his car
is at .18 Victoria St., died in the ington 2 0 0; West Virginia 1 0 0: turned over in San Patricio Coun-
Hendrick Memor 1 Hospital at Wisconsin 2 00
8 45 p m Saturday He had been
ill about a week and entered the Al • • g
dabou ree our ber Celiodo Ron
Mr. Davis moved h Aer C9e Wwy
1869 in _ . _
__1 1.PI •
— found Slam
Members of Local 6180 at San from Stephens County in 1920.
Angelo also were instructed to go ‘He was born July 18.
on strike at midnight Saturday un- Kaufman County, and married
less successful negotiations are con- " " “
ly afterwards they moved to Ste-
cluded before then.
The union announced Dec 24 it phens County
1 ty.
1 are his wife, Mrs. HOUSTON, Dec 31 a—A Texas
funds in the annual budget But “I'm going to be sensible about a 20-1 majority of the 23.000 mem- Carrie, Dayisi one daughter. Mrs. A&M College student, Jan David
the administration of the library it," Johnson said. “Im not going bers had approved the strike. : T. Edgar. Johnson of Vermont one Broderick, 20, of Curundu, the
was in the hands of a board elect-to try to do everything " | Company and union-eificiak ne- Ca kali Davis,det 205 Buttalo Canal Zone, was found shot to death
ed annually be the lit. malhore p.s gotiated through Saturday for atap lid.: a granddaughter, Mrs. today near Hempstead
dim ^ Facraion ^ He handed' sale RE COMTE: we X£T^ Tianaic " LOu k. COAl Dacca ; mT= mortwe. * HR
Assn. ments about his health signed by old contract at end of 1955 i Abilene: three great. grandchil.
.In. accepting the resignation of the six doctors who treated and old tract p res L thar the dren, and two sisters, Mrs. B S ^ a.zi mind. MISS Name
heassociation and the board, ef- checked him onion wX eperind sheared Walker of Fort Worth and Mrs. Smith. 17. of Houston. She said
fective Jan. 1,1956, the commis- 1 have never had a pain since company now AN in her Torl Emma Richardson of Denton
sionpraised their long and faithful that afternoon," Johnson said rap. I differ entials, now only in effect T -
sen-ice and pledged that the city ping his wooden desk for good
would continue to work for a bet- luck. "I do have some fatigue af-
ter library, ter I’ve worked for several hours." ____________________
From Jan. 1 to Feb 1, 1956, Johnson said that during recent ” DRMAATNEENHERCE
Miss Andrews will assist the city checkups be jumped up and down. ABILENE AND VICINITY, Cearuite
in an advisory capacity on library 20 times and the doctors told him Monass mien temperature Sunday
matters while continuing her full- his heart and pulse were normal tis.de Low Sunday night. 6 Hish
time-------Hamlin C--------The senator said his near brush "None cETRALE MAM
with death had mellowed his atti- "Ms" AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
tude toward life. Clear to partly cloudy, warmer, Sun
On Feb. 1 she will assume the ‘Life Is Better’ douche "At and mouth windt on conn "
position of Carnegie librarian, but “Everything tastes better, looks TEMPERATURES |
the city has agreed to permit her better and feels better,” he said, Satyrdas A.M. 1.30 Saturday EM.
to spend half her time on her adding that he is carefully watch- Ix ' 1 “
H SU position from then until ing his diet, has quit cigarette $ M
April 1, 1956. This arrangement
was made in order to give the
university sufficient time to se-
| cure her replacement. Mayor Gat-
lin explained
had polled its members and that
found Broderick, still breathing, in
a gully. The youth died before aa
ambulance-arrived. --------------
Whitworth said the youth's cloth-
today near Hempstead, Tex. 50 ing had been stripped of all identi-
fication and valuables except a high
school ring marked “Cristobal High
1954” and with the initiate “S A M."
The body was identified positive-
ly by a girl friend. Miss Na line
The investigators said one theory
time services to Hardin-Simmons
University
Half-Time at H-SI /
The senator said his near brush
THE WEATHER ■
he was en route from College being considered that Broderick
Station, 95 miles to the northwest, being considered that Broderick
- — He was a member of St Paul to visit her during the New Veast was asleep on the back seat of the
Methodist Church and the Masonic' holiday her during the New Year car when the fatal shot was fired.
Lodge | Texas Rangers were looking for! Whitworth went to the scene after
Funeral will be conducted from a 1955 blue Chevrolet auto they * passing motorist spoted Brod-
Elliott’s Chapel of Memories at 2 said belonged to Broderick. erick, parially covered with a blue
na p.m. Monday with Dr Earl J.. Dr. C S Walker said Broderick | blanket.
J Hamlett officiating assisted bv Dr. lived about two hours after being Broderick's stepfather and moth-
C A Long Burial will be in the shot in the head with a 39 caliber er. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Guy Gee
Cedar Hill Cemetery in the family | bullet S. J Whitworth, Chief Wall-1 of Balboa, left by plane for Houston
lot. er County deputy sheriff, said he upon learning of the youth's death.
Gee is a civilian employe of the
U.S. Air Force at Balboa.
ing. The latter panel goes out of_____.
office Jan. 1. 1966 * the Abilene Federation Library
! Answers to City Manager I Assn, for operation of the Car-
Under the new plan, the library! negie Public Library will expire in
. will be run by Miss Andrews, an- February, /1956, and it won't be
swerable directly to the city man- renewed,
ager. The new board will act in
. m advisory capacity only. Commission provided the financial
A 50-year state charter held by support of the library by voting See LIBRARY, Pg. 2-A, Col. 3
7 $ 1
Under the old charter the cay: The mayor said:
Commission provided the financial |
‘We feel indeed fortunate in se
smoking and sleeps 8 to 10 hours
a night. -
"I plan to take 1 of 10 two-day
vacations,” he said. "They will do
me more good than one longer
one."
. Prior to his heart attack John-
son said he was busy from early
morning until past midnight.
ReDuve
nrgratures for M hours
mperatures same date
3+44 p.m. Sunrise to
■ tonight 5:45 p.m.
at 9:30 p.m.: 28.22.
at 9.30 p.m.: 565.
p.m.: 28.22.
NEW TREAT!
A new comic, Lonce, makes its debut
in the Sunday Comic Section
today’
An adventure comic of the early West,,
it’s sure to be a favorite.
Start with today's new episode and
watch for it each Sunday!
“It looks like Broderick was
driving to Houston for New Year's
Eve." Whitworth said. “He prob-
ably picked up a hitch-hiker and
the rider shot him and dumped
the body out of the car. The killer
got all his money and identifica-
tion.”
i The farm road where the body
was found is just a few miles off
the direct rood between College
Station and Houston, Whitworth
.I said.
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