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FAIR AND
WARMER
The Abilene Reporter-32ews SUNDAY
"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOU ‘R WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES" -Byron________________________________
VOL. LXXV, NO. 198
Aasownated --pas (PP) ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1956—SEVENTY-TWO PAGES IN SIX SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY 5c. SUNDAY 10c
Atom-Nosed B-36
Reported Flying
Near Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Jan. 7 (—A
transcontinental B-36 bomber
carrying an atomic reactor is
making flights in the Fort Worth
area, and police officials here have
been alerted on what to do in
case the giant plane should cr: ch
or be forced to make an unsched-
uled landing, a high police officer
said today.
The reactor is believed to be
a power device rather than an
explosive, the Fort Worth Star-
Telegram said.
Start-Counly
Court-al-Law,
Lawyers Ask
The Abilene Bar Assn.- will ask
the Taylor County Commissioners
Court to take immediate action
Monday to establish a court-at-
law authorized by the last legisla-
ture.
The commissioners will also get
a formal report from County At-1
torney Lee Sutton on an opinion
by Attorney General John Ben
Shepperd on creation of the court
according to the statute.
The bar association at its noon
meeting Saturday voted unanimous-
ly to send a committee to the Com-
missioners Court meeting Monday
to request immediate establishment
of the court-at-law. •
Announcement of the bar's action
was made by J. Neil Daniel, chair-
man of its public relations com- |
mittee.
The committee will be headed by
Bryan Bradbury, president o' the
bar association. Carl Hulsey, Bev-,
erly Tarpley, C. G. Whitten, and |
John Camp are members of the
panel.
In an opinion received Friday by
County Attorney Lee Sutton, Attor-1
ney General Shepperd ruled:
1. As soon as the Commissioners I
Court adopts the enabling act for
the court it becomes mandatory to
appoint someone to fill the office.
2. The person appointed to the
judgeship will serve until a suc-
cessor is elected this year to take
office Jan. 1, 1957..
The Commissioners Court must
adopt the enabling act, thereby
creating the office, before potential
candidates can file, Sutton said.
The opinion also ruled that the
judge would be elected for a four-
year term beginning Jan. 1. 1959.
The act authorizing crektion of
the court here was passed by the
last legislature.
Two local attorneys have an-
nounced that they intend to seek
office. They are Allen Glenn, asist-
ant county attorney, and George
Overshiner Jr.
The commissioners will open the
meeting at 10 a.m. Monday in the
county courtroom.
Killed by Truck
MUNSAN, Korea, Sunday, Jan.
8 in — A high-ranking Swedish
member of the truce commission
• , died Saturday after he "apparently
slipped and fell beneath the wheels
of a U.S. Army truck" in the de-
militarized zone, the Allies an-
nounced.
Recovery Pleases ■ ■ C ^ g D.epcl red
Johnson’s Doctor U.S FUST resIgenT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 o-Sen. • H E CH th ■ ■ **= " “
Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas Mid
The American Aviation Daily
said the plane carried its atomic
reactor in the nose.
A high police official here said
today that the instructions par-
ticularly are aimed at how to
handle crowds which might gather
at the crash scene.
“We have been told to keep
crowds at least a quarter mile
away from the scene,” he said. 1
The official asked that his name
not be used.
He said the B-36 had flown only
once or twice and that the instruc-
tions on how to handle the crowds
had come from Convair aircraft
plant security officers.
Officials at Convair and Cars-
well Air Force Base consistently
have refused to confirm or deny
the flights.
August C. Esenwein, Convair
vice president and manager of the
Fort Worth division, said, "The Air
Force is restricting any and all
press releases. We positively can
say nothing about the matter "
A Carswell spokesman had only
a dry “no comment” to make
when questioned.
Another high police official said
officers have not been given any |
details as to what kind of device |
is in the plane or what it will I
be used for.
“They haven’t even told us if
the plane looks different from any
other B-36" he said. "All they tell
us is when the plane is flying.”
The instructions to police were
sent out about two months ago,
he said.
today his doctor is "very well
pleased" with Johnson’s physical
condition after a week of work
as the Senate's majority leader.
Johnson said Dr. R. W. Gifford
of the Capitol staff found that
Johnson suffered a heart attack
last July 2.
Shoots Se
GRID STARS CONVERGE — These Hardin-Simmons
University football players took no chances as motorists
halted for a light at North 2nd and Pine Sts. Each with
Mobs Protest
Baghdad Pact
With Violence
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 7 *—
Screaming, stone-throwing mobs
stormed through the Jordan capi-
tal of Amman and the Jordan sec-
tion of Jerusalem today in a re-
vival of violence against the Bagh-
dad Pact.
Dispatches from the two cities
gave this picture:
Mobs apparently were aroused to
fury by popular fears that the
resignation of Premier Ibrahim
Hashem meant the undoing of the
government decision to stay out of
the pro-Western alliance al-nng Rus-
sia’s southern borders.
Crowds surging through the
"streets burned the American tech-
nical aid headquarters in Amman,
and smashed windows in the Amer-
ican consulate in Jordan-adminis-
tered Jerusalem and ripped down
the Stars and Stripes.
Arab Legion troops, finally called
out toward evening, fired rifles
and tear gas into the demonstrators
in both cities, killing one of the
rioters.
Censorship apparently was im-
posed in Jordan, since the Jordan
radio made no mention of the dis-
turbances.
in Head
A. B. Shoemake
Critically Hurt
WACO, Jan. 7 (PP) — A. B. Shoemake, whose bank-
insurance company collapsed owing creditors seven mil- ,
lions dollars, shot himself tonight in what his personal
physician called a suicide attempt. He still was living at a
late hour. -
Shoemake staggered to the door of his ornate home,
blood streaming down his body, when a neighbor rang the
an armload of balloons converged on several lanes of
traffic, and nearly everybody bought one. (Photo by
Charles Cockerell)
Gridders Good Salesmen;
Sen. George
Polio Balloons Net $4,512 Opposes Ike's
Bang!.
"Ooooooohh . . . it broke."
The wail came from a child
whose long red balloon had just
popped and gone the way of all
good balloons. No sooner had the
“unblown” balloon fluttered to the
ground, than a college football play-
er was urging the child’s mom to
buy him another one.
The football players, from ACC,
H-SU and McMurry, chanted and
rivaled themselves to an Abilene
total of $4,317.21 for the March of
Dimes, in its third annual balloon
sale, toward a goal of $5,000.
Combatting the chilly weather
with much bodily activity, the foot-
ballers from Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity netted a total of $1,607.62 to
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Obituaries 3
Oil News 10-11
SECTION 8
Abilene Growth ...
Oil Boom .........
Bridge ..........
Obituaries ........
Church Newt ......
City Hell Boot......
’ Radio, TV Logs .....
Business Outlook ....
Merkel Housing .....
Book News .........
Iditorials .........
Form, Markets......
SECTION C
■
Designs in Fireplaces .....1
Exhibit Opens .......2
Fashionably Speaking ..... 5
Campus Chatter .......7
Abilene Newcomers......9
Garden Topics .......♦
Amusements ......10-11
SECTION D
Sports.........1-2-3-4
General to Head
Air Division Here
Brigadier General Charles B.
Westover Sunday was named to
command the air division which
will be stationed at Abilene Air
Force Base. Announcement was
made by the Air Force.
Gen. Westover will take com-
mand of the division here Feb. 23
An air division is made up of two
combat wings. One wing is sta-
tioned at AAFB now, with planes
scheduled to begin arriving early
in February. *
The general will have his head-
quarters here when he takes com-
mand. Gen. Westover now com-
mands the 12th Air Division at
vision, Plattsburg, N.Y., from com-
mander of the Sth Air Division at
MacDill AFB, Florida.
Westover AFB in Massachusetts
is named for the father of the new
Abilene division commander. Gen.
Westover is the son of the late Maj.
Gen Oscar B Westover, who was
killed in an air crash.
Abilene’s Gen Westover gradu-
ated from the U.S. Military Acade-
my jn 1937 and went into pilot train
March Air Force Base, Riverside,
Calif. March AFB is headquarters
for the 15th Air Force, which is in
charge of Abilene's Strategic Air
Command base. A number for the
Abilene division has not been re-
leased by the Air Force.
Gen. Westover's assignment to
Abilene w is simultaneous with new
SAC appointments for three other
brigadier generals.
Brig. Gen. Walter E Arnold, now
chief of staff for Gen. Archie J.
Old's 15th AF, will become com-
mander of the 817th Air Division at
Portsmouth, N.H.
Brig. Gen. John R. Sutherland,
commander of the 802nd Air Divi-
sion at Smoky Hill AFB, will be-
come chief of staff for the 15th AF.
Gen Kenneth 0. Sanborn will go
as commander of the 820th Air Di-
GEN. CHARLES WESTOVER
... to Abilene AFB
1
lead the pack, with Abilene Chris-I to sales areas. A truck equipped
tian College second with $1,012.95.
McMurry gridders solicited a total
of $868.06.
Abilene firemen upped the total
considerably, turning in total sales
pf $828.58. The firemen conducted
sales in front of fire stations.
The total from Merkel, Tuscola,
Ovalo and Lawn, $194.88, brought
the grand total to $4,512.09. This
brought the polio fund drive to $7,-
490.15 so far this month.
The balloon sale was sponsored
by the Taylor County chapter of
the National Foundation for Infan-
tile. Paralysis. The sales force,
which worked in the downtown and
with a public address system, fur-
nished by the United States Army
Recruiting Station, gave informa-
tion concerning purpose of sales in
the sales areas.
Hardin-Simmons football squad
members sold balloons on Pine St
(N. 2nd, N. 3rd, N. 4th and N. 5th)
and Hickory St. and N. 8th.
McMurry football players con-
ducted sales on Cedar St. (N. 2nd,
N. 3rd), S. 1st St. and Chestnut
Southwest Park Shopping Center
and Elmwest West.
Abilene Christian College players
were assigned Oak and Cypress (N.
2nd, N. 3rd N. 4th and N. 5th Sts.).
residential shopping areas, began
its chant at 8 a.m. and ended
sales at about 3:30 p.m., due to
lack of balloons.
Women’s activity chairman for
the county chapter of the national
foundation, Mrs. D. R. Richardson,
director of the balloon sale, said
20.000 ballons were sold and that
they could have sold 20,000 more.
Mrs. Richardson said, “The foot-
ball men did a wonderful job. We
couldn't go on without the firemen.”
She said she wanted "to thank the
U.S. Air Force for furnishing trucks
and the U.S. Army Recruiting Sta-
tion for pickups," also the "people
of Abilene 'should be thanked for
their generous contributions." .
Abilene firemen inflated the bal-
loons, which had "Polio Fighter"
inscribed on them, and tied the
balloons on sticks.
Abilene Air Force Base furnished
the trucks to provide transportation
of balloons from the fire stations
U.S. Planning
H-Bomb Blast
ing after graduation. During World
War II, veteran pilot Gen. West-
over spent 34 months in the Euro-
pean theater. He commanded the
98th Bomb Wing during the Korean
War. Gen. Westover was born at
Fort Tanana in Alaska where his
father was stationed.
Gen. Arnold, from El Paso, is al
graduate of the University of Ari-
zona and entered service as a cav-
alry lieutenant in 1936 He became
a pilot in 1938 and a bomb group
commander during World War II
Shot down over Germany, he spent
several months in a prisoner-of-war
camp.
Gen. Sutherland is also a West
Point graduate. He entered the
academy in 192* He was in the Pa-
cific area during World War II and
since that time has had a number
of Air Force special weapons as-
signments. Gen. Sutherland is from
Monroe, N.Y,
Gen. Sanborn was an aircraft
commander on one of the four B-
doorbell. n
The neighbor, J. W. Barnes, called Shoemake’s person-
al physician. Dr. Boyd Alex- — -
ander. When the doctor ar- E
rived, he found Shoemake
sitting in a chair. Blood al-
ready was beginning to Co-TAIL TUI
When Told
Of Shooting
Some Applaud
Aid Proposal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 W—Sen.
George (D-Ga) voiced vigorous op-
position today to President Eisen-
hower’s proposal that Congress au-
thorise a long-range program of
economic aid to other nations.
agulate.
His life was insured for one mil-
lion dollars. The beneficiary is his
defunct firm, U.S. Trust and Guar-
anty Co. Presumably the money
will go the creditors under the re-
ceivership if he dies. The life in-
surance is held by several com-
panies.
An ambulance arrived at 7:35
p.m. Shoemake was taken to Hill-
crest Hospital and immediately to
the X-ray room.
Chances 'Slim’
Dr. Alexander said that his
chances of survival were "slim.”
Lt. Ira Royals of the Waco police
department, chief investigator on
the scene, said Shoemake was shot
through the temple with a 380 cali-
ber pistol.
The pistol was found by police
and is in their custody.
George, who heads the Foreign
Relations Committee and is chief
spokesman for congressional Dem-
ocrats on international matters.
Mrs. Shoemake was absent from
the home at time visiting in a
Waco suburb. She went to the
hospital immediately on being in-
formed. Dr. Alexander said she
was being "a regular brick" about
the suicide attempt.
Net Determined
Sgt. John F. Wohlwend of the
Crash Near
Big Spring
Kills Driver
BIG SPRING, Jan 7 (RNS) -
Johnny Buck Baker, 36, of Garden
City, died about 4 p.m. Saturday
in Medical Arts Hospital here of
injuries be received an hour earlier
when his pickup truck overturned
20 miles south of here on Farm-to-
Market Road 821.
Highway Patrolmen who investi-
gated the accident said there was
a possibility the steering gear on
the pickup came loose and caused
the pickup to overturn. The acci-
dent occurred about 200 feet south
of the Howard-Glasscock County
line near Forsan.
said he will fight any move to pro-
long economic assistance abroad.
"I will favor reasonable military
appropriations to strengthen our
cause at home and abroad," be
said in an interview, “But I am Waco police said officers had not
not in favor of any increase in fully determined here the shoot-
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That doesn’t mean that I I scribed as a "pallet" (a bed made
not vote for some specific assist- r_1 . — the
ance where the facts justify it but from bedelothing placed on the
I am against setting up any pro-
gram,on a 10-year or even a 5-
year basis."
Eisenhower said in his State of
the Union message Thursday that
America's friends abroad "need
Related Stories, Pgs. 4, M
HOUSTON, Jan. 7 W-There
were both silence, and scattered ap-
plause among 350 U.S. Trust and
Guaranty Co. depositors tonight
when advised that A.B. Shoemake
had shot himself.
Depositors from seven cities
were meeting to perfect a state-
wide organization when Senator
Jimmy Phillips of Angleton an-
nounced that the president of the
defunct Waco firm had been hos-
pitalized with a head wound.
Phillipa bad been advised by re-
porter* of the Waco developments
while waiting to be introduced be-
fore the group.
Demands Resignations
The depositors earlier had heard
Ralph Yarborough call for the im-
mediate resignation of all three
state insurance commissioners for
the "good of Texas and the in-
surance industry."
Phillips said the No. 1 objective
is to regain all or part of their
Baker, a. maintenance operator
for Glasscock County, lived only a
few minutes after he was brought
to the hospital. He was traveling
alone at the time of the accident
Damage to his pickup was estimat-
assurance of continuity in econom-
ic assistance for development proj-
ects and programs which we ap-
prove and which require a period
of years for planning and comple-
tion.”
"Accordingly." he said, "I ask
Congress to grant limited authority
to make longer term commitments
for assistance to such projects, to
be fulfilled from appropriations to
be made in future years."
George, who has worked closely
with the administration in the past
in support of foreign aid programs,
said he is flatly opposed to building
up the economic pipeline for future
spending.
His opposition and that of Sen.
Russell (D-Ga) posed a serious
threat to the administration’s pro-
gram in the Senate even if It sur-
vives expected attacks in the
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 un - A ed at only $150. . . .
new super hydrogen blast, dwarf-Funeral is pending at the Nalley
ing both this country’s and Rus- Pickle Funeral Home here, s
six's previous best efforts, report- Surviving are his wife, - a •
will be set off by the United five sons, Jimmy, Kenneth, jerry
States this year. Lynn, Troy Dean and Dennis Ray, foreign aid appropriations, military
Congressional sources Mid the all of Garden City; one daughter,
test would be part of a series the Martha Sue of Garden, City This
Atomic Energy Commission is parents, Mr. and Mrs. M.I-PE
planning in the Pacific Ocean test- of Big Spring: four brothers. Her
ing area. The AEC itself declined man Baker of Greenville, Troy Bak
to comment. er of Aztec, N.M., Billie Baker of
Speculation put the size of the Big Spring and Floy Baker of Ama-
major test between two and three rillo; seven sisters, Mrs Ve
times the force of a hydrogen de-Cuiston, Mrs. Jean Hens E
vice the United States detonated Gretchen Ray. Miss Allene Baker,
at Bikini March 1, 1954, which all of Big Spring. Mrs. Zola are
caused a small island to disappear Buxby and Mrs. Artie am .
completely. That would put the wood, both of Amarillo and
strength of the new blast at the Daisy Bonita Riggan of Campbell
equivalent of between 30 and 50.-------------------
million tons of TNT. THE WFATHED
Russia reported last November IUE WTAIHILAS
it had set off its most powerful-SE-CE
hydrogen bomb. AEC Chairman »- 8. DRIRNTM *
- - - **LENE AND VICINITY = Fair and
% -*"=
2 =
of INT. *d-ELTE
The United States’ 1954 Bikini Monday-patleu colaermomas, mean %
blast is generally thought to have leans strong norther "in. St, ^
had a force of 15 to 17 megatons, ere Monday.
Widespread radioactive fallout TEMPERATURES
from that blast reportedly caused segprday AM 1:90 S*N
U.S. officials to cancel plans for g
Lewis L. Strauss said the Russian! 4
explosion “was in the range of Br
megatons" and later published re-*,
ports overseas set it at between soi
one and five megatons. A megaton .
is the equivalent of a million tonsa
29‘s which made the first nonstop___
flight from Japan to Washington, a second explosion with perhaps
D.C., in 1945. He witnessed the first
atomic bomb test at Bikini in 1946.
From Potter Place, N.H . he
graduated from West Point in 1937
a* an infantry lieutenant. He
transferred to the Air Force the
following year and saw action in
the Caribbean and Pacific theater*
during the last war.
as much as 30 megatons of force. $
Pressure for new U.S. test* de- S
veloped after the Russian explosion is
last fan. Sen. Wiley (R-Wis) said
congressional committees should
meet with military leaders to de-
termine "whether we have taken
all necessary steps for our own T2
continental protection."
et
5
floor) in a bedroom.
Most life insurance policies have
restrictions which cancel them in
case of suicide. It was not possible
to determine immediately whether
Shoemake’s policies contain these
clauses.
Dr. Alexander said the bullet
entered the right side of Shoe-
make's head between the temple
and the eye and came out at the
same position on the left side. He
said there were powder burns on
the right side.
The physician, who had attended
Shoemake for 20 years, said he
first asked the insurance execu-
tive if he felt any pain. Shoemake
said he did not.
Dr. Alexander asked him. “Did
you do it yourself?"
Shoemake gave no answer.
By 8:30 p.m., Shoemake would
not respond to questions except
when pressed, and then, said the
doctor, his answers were not re-
liable.
One of the notes was to his wife.
Both speakers warned the group
to stay out of politics.
"Anyone who would try to use
your misfortune as a political ve-
hide would, in my mind, be as
guilty of indifference to your wel-
fare as those responsible for this
situation in which your savings
have been jeopardized,” said Phil-
lips
Later the depositors—organized
as the Preferred Depositors Assn,
of Texas—gave unanimous approv-
House.
Secretary of Stole Dulles has
said the administration will ask
Congress for $.,900,000,000 in new
It was written on scratch pad, ad-
versising type paper with U.S.
See SHOT. Pg. 4-A, Col. 2
al to a resolution that would per-
mit endorsement of a political
candidate only with the approval
of a two-thirds majority of all
members.
From Seven Cities
Participants in the two-hour
meeting included creditors from
Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas, Sher-
man. Corpus Christi, Beaumont
and Galveston.
Chairmen from Houston, Fort
Worth, Dallas. Sherman and Cor-
pus Christi earlier had drafted
proposed objectives of the
new statewide group and several
resolutions. All received unanimous
approval.
The preamble to the objectives
declares "that we are entitled to
first preference on the assets of
the U.S. Trust & Guaranty Co."
and economic. Some of this money
would not actually be spent in the
fiscal year beginning next July 1
but would go toward increasing
pipeline reserves.
>■ far M hours
Warmup to follow
Low of 25 Today
A gradual warmup is in store for
the Abilene area Sunday and Mon-
day, but weathermen forecast a
low of 20 early Sunday morning be-
fore the rise began Saturday
morning the low was 33 following
a cold front which moved in a day
previously.
The Weather Bureau here said
highs Sunday will range between
50 and 55 and will reach 60 Monday.
The high Saturday was 48.
Freezing temperatures were fore-
cast for northern parts of Texas
Saturday night. The Weather Bu-
reau at Dallas forecast readings of
around 30 degrees in the Panhan-
dle.
Small craft warnings were issued
Saturday along the coast from Gal-
veston eastward. Increasing north-
west winds are expected to reach
25 to 35 miles per hour velocities
Sunday.
Cold arctic air spread across
most of the eastern two-thirds of
APPEALS COURT RULES
Lines Can't Cross Streets,
But Will Can Serve Baird
In a new opinion, the 11th Court
of Civil Appeals at Eastland has
ruled that West Texas Utilities
Co. can serve customers in Baird
without a franchise as long as its
lines do not cross public streets or
alleys, f
In an earlier opinion the ap-
peals court had upheld a ruling
here by Judge Floyd Jones in 42nd
District Court that WTUC could not
operate in Baird because its fran-
chise expired March 19, nor could
the company go under or over the
streets.
western Bell Telephone Co. re-
peater station.
The two customers were the Ma-
ter of the heated legal struggle be-
tween the City of Baird and its mu-
nicipal power system, and West
Texas Utilities Co.
The fight over whether WTUC
would operate in Baird after Ms
franchise ended began see-sawing
in and out of court on March 12.
Hand said Saturday that WTUC
has "eight or 10 customers who
we don't have to go under any
streets to serve.
“I’m very happy about * (the
decision),” Hand said.
That a franchise was not a right
to de business but a permit to use
streets and alleys was WTUC’s
main contention in the struggle.
Dallas Scarborough, attorney for
Baird, said the appeals court held
"that West Texas Utilities Co.
could slip up at the back door as
long as they didn’t slip up a street
or an alley, but couldn’t tunnel.
“They cut out the gopher crew’
and went ahead and affirmed the
judgment," Scarborough said.
run," the decile
The latest opinion came after a
motion for a rehearing by WTUC.
The court’s latest opinion held
that the only thing a franchise
means is the right to use streets
and alleys, not a right to do busi-
ness as in its first opinion.
The appeals court also rules that
tunneling under” the street is use
of the street just aa much as have
tag overhead wires.
Jim Hand, member of the firm
representing WTUC, said the lot
est opinion, if it stands, will mean
the nation Saturday. — . . __
The mercury elid to an overnight that WTUC will have to discon -
— low of -31 at Bemidji. Minn., and tinue service to the Callahan Cour S
OE :* -is at Fargo, N.D. ‘ly Co-Op Feed Mill and • South wook
same date
rise today
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