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ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL S, 1956—THIRTY PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
LUCK OF THE FLYNTS—Mr. and Mrs. Grady Flynt of Anson weren’t too surprised
when Flynt learned he won $5,000 cash and an all-expense paid trip around the world
Flynt came out second among about 3,700,000 motorists who entered the nationai
Plymouth Lucky Motor Number Sweepstakes.
3.5-MILLION-TO-1 ODDS
Anson Man Hits Jackpot
For $5,000, World Trip
ANSON, April 4—A 3%-million-
to-1 shot paid off here Thursday
for Grady L. Flynt, Anson insur-
ance man.
Flynt didn’t put up a nickel on
the bet but he won $5,000 in cash
and an all-expense paid trip
around the world as second-place
winner in the nation-wide Plym-
outh Lucky Motor Number Sweep-
stakes. The contest, in which $150,-
Hilton Hamed
Official Guest
Related story. Pg. 16-A
WASHINGTON, April 4 -
President Eisenhower today des-
ignated hotel proprietor Conrad N.
Hilton to be his personal repre-
- sentative at the April 18-19 wed-
ding of Grace Kelly and Prince
Rainier III in Monaco.
Hilton, head of the Hilton and
Statler hotel chains, is a personal
friend of the President. In reply
to a question, White House press
secretary James C. Hagerty told
newsmen it was his understanding
that Hilton had been invited to the
wedding before being named to
represent Eisenhower.
The invitation for the President
to name a representative was ex-
tended by Prince Rainier through
the State Department. The Wash-
ington Evening Star reported yes-
terday Hilton was the choice. He
lives in Beverly Hills, Calif.
000 in prizes will be paid out, was
sponsored by the Plymouth Motor
Corp., a subsidiary of Chrysler
Corp.
First prize in the contest, $50,000
in cash, went to Hazel Rotenberry
of Shawnee, Okla., whose name
was announced along with Flynt’s
Wednesday night over a nationally
telecast program sponsored by the
automobile manufacturer.
Flynt will be presented a $6,000
check in Stamford Thursday by
Dave Prewit, owner and opera-
tor of the Plymouth agency there.
The presentation will be made
at 4 p.m. at the Prewitt Motor Co.
Flynt entered the contest when he
registered the motor number of
his 1951 Chevrolet at the Stamford
agency. 4
The Anson man, after being
informed that he had taken sec-
ond place, said he would probably
trade his Chevrolet in on a new
Plymouth, Prewit said Flynt also
owns a 1955 Buick.
The round-the-world trip will be
mapped out by Flynt and a travel
agent who will contact him soon,
Prewit said. No details on the
trip were available except that the
trip will be by air.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Radio, TV logs ...
Oil news.........
Obituaries
SECTION B
Woman’s nows ....,
Sports ...........
Editorials ........
Comtes ..........
Form and markets ..
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Mrs. Flynt, an employe of An-
son General Hospital, plans to ac-
company her husband on the trip
this summer.
The couple has three children-
«Joy, a student at Hardin-Simmons
University at Abilene; Jill, an An-
son High School student, and
Jack, who attends grade school
here. ——
A nephew, Roy Leonard, makes
his home with Mr. and Mrs. Flynt,
and also is a student in high school
here.
Prewit said that approximately
3,700,000 motorists throughout the
nation had entered the contest.
Other contest prizes included a
$5,000 third place award and 700
additional prizes of smaller
amounts.
Cool Front May
Hit Late Friday
A cool front may move into West
Central Texas late Friday, drop-
ping temperatures slightly, the
Weather Bureau at Abilene predict-
ed Wednesday night.
Hammarskjol
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Mission Voted
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April
4 (—In a rare unanimous vote,
the U.N. Security Council today
directed Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold to undertake a
special peace mission to the trou-
bled Middle East.
The Soviet Union joined the
Council majority in supporting the
United States plan after trying
unsuccessfully to modify the word-
ing by a series* of proposed
amendments.
Israel and her four Arab neigh-
bors—Syria. Lebanon, Egypt and
Jordan-pledged their full cooper-
ation.
Hammarskjold immediately ac-
cepted the assignment and prom-
ised to do his best. He called for
support of all interested countries,
including those in the Middle East.
Hammarskjold, anticipating the
Council’s action, already had com-
pleted arrangements for a quick
departure for the Holy Land. He
will leave Friday by plane.
. U.S. Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr., April president of the
Council, told Hammarskjold:
“As you leave on your mission,
you carry not only our good
wishes and hopes but our heart-
felt confidence, and high reward
and great expectations for your
success.”
The action came after six long
sessions which began March 26.
The delay was caused primarily
by Arab fears that the scope of
the mission might be too broad.
They agreed to the plan after
Lodge assured them that the sec-
retary general would work strictly
within the framework of the armi-
stice agreements of 1949
This means Hammarskjold will
direct his efforts solely to investi-
gating violations of the armistice
agreements and seeking ways to'
make the agreements work bet-
ter.
Hammarskjold was directed to
report back within a month.
Weathermen said the front was ... _ „..
too far away to forecast with cer- Wies ievac Thark
tainty whether it will reach Abi- ”VAC Cllveh
lene.
Meanwhile, partly cloudy and
mild weather was forecast for
Thursday and Friday with a max-
imum of 80 predicted for Thursday
and a high of 85 expected Friday.
A low of 50 degrees was predicted
for Thursday night.
Twister Cleanup Operations
Pushed; 44 Listed as Dead
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleanup operations were pushed
Wednesday in many communities
left torn and battered by the sea-
son’s worst rash of death-dealing
tornadoes and destructive winds.
The two-day storm toll in the
IS midcontinent states affected
reached 44 dead, more than 325
injured and property damage near
15 million dollars.
The American Red Cross said
in Washington that 320 homes
were destroyed, 969 damaged and
1.496 families affected in the eight
states hardest hit Monday and
Tuesday.
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The Red Cross reports came
from Michigan, Wisconsin, Okla-
homa, Kansas, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas, Tennessee and Missouri 1
Disaster Crew Moves In
Red Cross disaster specialists
and scores of Salvation Army of-
ficers and workers moved into the
stricken areas with emergency re-
lief equipment.
A cold front that triggered the
tornadoes moved eastward into
Pennsylvania, Virginia and North
Carolina Wednesday and relative-
ly calm weather prevailed in the
midcontinent. .
This was the picture in the
stricken areas:
MICHIGAN—17 dead and more
than 260 injured at Hudsonville,
Standale and near Traverse City.’
Some 2,000 homeless. Damage
estimated at 11 million dollars.
WISCONSIN—8 dead and more
than 50 injured at Berlin and Ban-
croft. Damage heavy at Berlin
TENNESSEE—4 dead and 36 in-
jured at Lexington and near
Dyersburg. Damage estimated at
$500,000
KENTUCKY-3 dead and 1 in-
jured near Henderson. Some dam-
age to power lines.
MISSISSIPPI-1 dead and 4 in-
jured near Tunica.
ARKANSAS—5 injured near Os-
ceola.
IOWA—Several injured south of
Sioux City. More than a dozen
farms suffered extensive damage
NEBRASKA-1 dead in traffic
accident attributed to a storm
near Auburn.
INDIANA—21 injured near Sa-
lem. Several homes and farm
barns wrecked
ILLINOIS-t injured in Chi-
cago. Three small tornadoes
caused some farm damage down-
state.
OKLAHOMA—5 dead. One mil-
lion dollars property damage at
Drumright.
KANSAS-2 dead. One million
dollars property damage at To-
peka.
(Combined Oklahoma - Arkansas
injuries estimated at 50).
TEXAS-$ dead in traffic acci-
dents blamed on dust.
Hot and humid weather pre-
vailed along the Gulf Coast and in
the Southern and Middle Atlantic
states. Warmer weather returned
to the Northern and Central Plains.
Cooler weather extended from the
Ohio -Valley northeastward to the
Upper Great Lakes and the Al-
legheney Mountains.
Suspect Arrested
in Big Spring Bank
BIG SPRING, Tex., April 4 —
Hubert Coon Jr., 27, of Midland,
was arrested in the First National
Bank today after a teller gave a
prearranged signal to officers hid-
ing in the bank.
Coon was charged with "forg-
ery and passing."
Sheriff Jess Slaughter said the
trap was set after officers had re-
ceived reports of a fraudulent
check writing scheme in Lubbock,
Seminole, Odessa, Lamesa, Color-
ado City and Big Spring. 7
In each city, Slaughter said, a
man would go to a bank and make
a deposit, then use the deposit slip
to cash checks in the town and
withdraw all or most of the de-
posit the following day.
Slaughter said $925 had been de-
posited at the First, National Bank
yesterday and the hiding officers
were signalled today when Coon
made a withdrawal of $600 today.
THE WEATHER
U.S. DEPARTMENT or COMERCE
, WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY—Partly cloudy
and mild Thursday and Friday; possibly
turning cooler Friday night. High Thurs-
dex 80. Low Thursday night SO High
NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST TEXAS
— Generally lair Thursday and Friday. •
EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
— .Partly cloudy Thursday and Friday;
warm days and mild nights; gentle to
moderate southeasterly winds on the
coast. ----—
TEMPERATURES
Wednesday A.M Wednesday P.M.
52 1:30 72
Roby Merchant's
Condition 'Fair'
ROBY, April 4 —R. L. Lovett, re-
tired Roby merchant and chair-
man of the board of the Roby Citi-
zens State Bank, was said "doing
as well as could be expected"
Wednesday night in a Roby hospi-
tal. Hospital attendants said they
would classify his condition as
"fair."
_ Attendants said Lovett was
conscious and had rested well
Wednesday. He was taken to the
hospital at mid-morning after suf-
fering a stroke at his home here.
Lovett is the father of Mrs.
Frank Grimes and Dwight Lovett,
both of Abilene: Max Lovett, San
Angelo architect; and Mrs. Helen
Goode of Austin.
69H:» ..... -
. High and low temperatures for 24 hours
to 9:30 p.m.: 75 and 45 degrees.
High and low temperatures same date
last year: 83 and 52 degrees.
Sunset last night 7:01; sunrise today
6:23; sunset tonight 7.01.
Barometer reading at 9:30 p.m.: 28.03.
Relative humidity at 9:30 p.m.: aw.
Midland Banker Dies
MIDLAND, Tex.. April -
Andrew Fasken, 66, who in the
early 20s built the Midland North-
western Railroad which was later
abandoned, died today He was
chairman of the board of the Mid-
land National bank. The funeral
will be tomorrow.
WANTED: MALE SINGERS,
EVEN BATHTUB VARIETY
Wanted: Singers.
Singers of any and all type—soprano, alto, bass,
tenor and bathtub baritones
Gene Thompson, who is directing choral music for
the Diamond Jubilee pageant, “Saddles to Jets,” has
issued a call for more singers to join in the mass choir.
Rehearsals will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Lincoln
Junior High School, and all who can take part are
urged to be present—
Music to be used in the pageant will be, for the most
part, familiar music, much of it 'of the folk variety.
Thompson particularly invited members of church
and school choirs over the city, with an added invita-
tion to individuals who might like to sing but aren’t
associated with any specific organization.
He has room in the choir for about a dozen more
women singers and for all the men singers he can get.
The mass choir will sing at the performances of the
pageant next week at Fair Park Stadium.
McMurry to Break
Ground for Dorm
McMurry College will break
ground at 6 p.m. Thursday for a
new $496,500 girls’ dormitory, as
part of the college’s 35th anniver-
sary Founder’s Day activities.
All friends of the college in Abi-
lene and the surrounding area are
invited to join the McMurry ad-
ministration, faculty, students,
trustees, exes and others who will
take part in the groundbreaking
ceremonies, according to Dr.
Harold G. Cooke, president.
The program will be held on the
site of the new dormitory, be-
tween Gold Star Memorial Dor-
mitory and South 14th St.
Scheduled to take part in the
groundbreaking are representa-
tives of the McMurry student body,
faculty, administration board of
trustees, and ex-students.
Dr. Cooke said that McMurry
officials expect to be able to start
construction on the new dormitory
within a week or 10 days. A fed-
eral loan of $450,000 has been ap-
proved for financing the dormitory,
and negotiations are under way by
McMurry officials to increase the
loan to cover the increased con-
tractual cost of the building, the
president said.
Dr. Cooke said that Dr. John O.
Gross, executive secretary of the
division of educational institutions,
Board of Education of the Meth-
odist Church, will take part in the
groundbreaking.
Dr. Gross is here from his head-
quarters in Nashville, Tenn., as
guest speaker for two McMurry
Founder’s Day activities. He will
speak at the 9:30 a.m. assembly
program in Radford Auditorium,
and again at 6.30 p.m. for a din-
ner meeting of the McMurry trust-
ees faculty, administration and
staff members and their guests in
Iris Graham Memorial Dining
Hall.
Dr Cooke said that invited
guests for the dinner meeting will
include Abilene members of the
McMurry board of trustees, fac-
ulty, administration and staff, and
DR. JOHN 0. GROSS
. . . Founder’s Day speaker
He Won’t Insist
On ‘Perfection’
WASHINGTON, April 4 W -
President Eisenhower said today
he would not insist on “perfection”
in a farm bill.
His comment, at his news con-
ference. was somewhat of a de-
parture from recent talk in the
administration that a veto was
likely on any farm bill providing
for rigid government price sup-
ports.
The legislation now being
whipped together calls for rigid
supports. It also has a soil bank
scheme the administration wants.
Eisenhower indicated he might
settle for a farm bill containing
things he doesn’t like, if the over-
all effect can be considered good.
Ellender’s Warning
Sen. Ellender I D-Lal, chairman
of the Senate Agriculture Commit-
tee, declared that if Eisenhower
does veto the omnibus bill and
asks instead for only a soil bank
measure, "He is going to wind up
with a goose egg "
Ellender and other Senate-House
conferees have agreed on a one-
year extension of rigid price sup-
ports on major crops—something
the President and Secretary of
Agriculture Benson blame for
piling up huge surpluses
Eisenhower was asked:
"Are you willing to compromise
on the price support issue, to get
the soil bank through Congress?"
He replical
"The whole bill has to be in
front of me before I can say a
word.
"Now, I have never been one to
say, to believe, that you must hold
; up good things in order to attain
perfection. We have got to get
them, though, are very sensible -
men and know that this adminis-
tration is trying to do something
that is for the good of them, doing
it through the, medium of being
good for the United States of
America"
Eisenhower said on March 21
that he did not think the farm
bill passed by the—Senate- was
good, or workable. Secretary Ben-
son said March 27 that he did not
think Eisenhower would approve-
even for one year—a return to the
rigid price supports which the con-
ferees have now voted.
Chairman Cooley (D-NC) of the
House Agriculture Committee,
said today he agreed with Ellen-
der that if Ei sen how er should veto—
the farm bill Congress finally
sends him, there will be no major
farm legislation this year.
“If the President vetos it, that
will be the end of it," Cooley said.
"I’m not optimistic enough to
think we could pass it over a
veto.”
Ellender commented tartly when
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something good, and in its over-all
effect it must not be bad.”
The soil bank plan has biparti-
san backing. It provides for gov-
ernment payments to farmers who
withhold some of their cropland
from production of commodities
their wives, husbands and friends that are already in surplus.
Eisenhower coupled criticism of
the rigid_price supports with an
expression of belief that a good
soil bank system will be operating
this fall. He said:
Final activity on the Founder’s
Day agenda will be a social meet-
ing for the Abilene chapter of the
McMurry Alumni and Ex-students
Association, at 8 p.m. Thursday
in the Social Hall of Radford Me-
' "It would be, of course, idle to
say or to intimate that the farmers
morial Student Life Center, say or to intimate that the farmers
Mrs. J. B. Jordan of Abilene, have no problems. They have
president of the Alumni Associa-
tion, said the informal meeting will
include introduction of the college’s
new athletic staff, spring football
training film, color slides from the
McMurry Band’s trip, to Europe, almost impossible to work our way
student entertainment, and light re-
freshments.
many, many problems.
"They have had them for a long
time, ever since rigid price sup-
ports, too long continued, began
to build up surpluses and make it
out of the problem without seem-
Mrs. Jordan said that all McMur-
ry exes in Abilene and the sur-
rounding area are invited and
urged to attend the Thursday night
meeting.
Flees Jailat Brady
BRADY, Tex., April 4 @e —
Authorities today sought Lonnie
Moore, who dug out of the Mc-
Culloch County Jail during the
night. Moore, 47, was serving a
year in jail for taking 'copper wire
from power lines.
Singly getting in deeper.
"Now the soil bank portion of
the program which we originally
thought would help a great deal
this year can’t, because it is
getting too late. The planting
season is right upon us, and you
'can't take land out once it has
been planted to the spring crops.
"But we certainly can get a good
one so that before the next wheat
planting season this fail starts,
that it will be—we will have it.
"Of course," Eisenhower said,
“farmers have a right to be some-
what bewildered. I think most of
'No Taxation' Plea
Works for Alaskan
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, .April « in
—A plea of "taxation without
representation” won an acquittal
today for an Alaskan who was
charged with income tax evasion.
A federal court jury acquitted
Jack Marler alter three hours of
deliberation. Marler, a former
deputy collector—of internal re- *
venue, is manager of a highway
lodge.
He was accused of failure to
file income tax returns in 1951
and 1952.
The “taxation without repre-
sentation" plea was based on the
failure of Congress to grant state-
hood and the fact that Alaska has
no voting member in Congress. >
Gene Howell Hired
As Deputy Sheriff
Gene Howell, 28, former credit
manager of an automobile loan
agency here, has been hired as a
Taylor County deputy sheriff
Howell, who is a former Hardin-
Simmons University student, re-
places Doyle Newcombe.
Newcombe resigned effective
April 1 to enter the service station
business in Breckenridge. He came
here from Breckenridge.
Before becoming a deputy under
Sheriff Ed Powell, Howell was
credit manager of Universal C.I.T.
here for four years.
Howell’s family consists of his
wife and three sons. They live on
Route 2.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Howell of 326 Grand Ave.
He will serve as an office
deputy.
TRAIN VS. TRUCKS—This old-fashioned steam loco- it will be on display. E O. Wittie, left, is an employe of
motive finally submitted to retirement Wednesday after- Roy Parnell Trucking Co and Cecil Profitt (wearing tin
noon as these two trucks hauled it from the T&P tracks hat) works for the West Central Drilling Co. Both firms
here to its permanent resting place at Fair Park where moved the heavy engine free of charge. (Staff photo)
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