The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 72, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 26, 1958 Page: 3 of 24
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2 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
• A Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Morning, August 26, 1958
Keepin' Tab On Servicemen
Federal Grand Jury Indicts
Eighi in Gambling Syndicate
Mrs. Rosser Cites
Changes in Brussels
Firsthand report on the Brussels
built but the city was able to ing while the U. S. concentrated
stage a World Fair. on entertaining and activity.
Mrs. Rosser also commented on ----------------—-------
the American and Russian pavil- Mark Antony made his “Oration
lions at the fair, pointing out the on the Dead Body of Julius
Russian statistics were overpower- Caesar” in 44 B. C.
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STAMFORD — PVT. BUSTER GAUNTT, 23, son of Mrs Mil-
L. SHEPHERD, 24, whose wife, dred C Gauntt of Stamford and
Lona, lives al 802 E Oliver St SECOND LT. DAVIS H. BASH
Stamford, recently completed the FORD. 24, son of Mr. and Mrs.
eight-week radio relay and car Howard J Bashford, 1910 Cedar
rier operation course at the (rest in Abilene recently > com-
Army Signal Training Center pleted the 12-w eek quartermast-
Fort Gordon Ga.
er officer basic course at Fort
Shepherd entered the Army in Lee. Va. Bashford is a 1952 grad-
March of this year and received uate of Stamford High School and
basic combat training at Fort a 1957 graduate of the University •
Carson, Colo He is a 1951 grad of Texas. Gauntt is a 1952 grad-
uate of Keota (Okla.) H i g h uate 01 Rochester High School
School and a former employe of and a 1957 graduate of the Uni-
Spears Cooling & Heating in Abi versity of Texas. PVT. RICHARD C. BOONE
lene. soldier of month
His parents Mr and Mrs Cle- HASKELL - Six Haskell Army
burn Shepherd, live on Route 2. reservists recently completed two ; cho
Keota.
w eeks of annual active duty -
, ----training at Fort Chaffee, Ark.
ROBERT LEE — PVT. RICH They are members of the 375th
ARD C. BOONE, of Robert Lee, Replacement Battalion They are
recently was selected as Soldier
of the Month for the U. S Army
Ordnance Group on Okinawa
Boone was selected for his
soldierly appearance, knowledge
of duties and military courtesy.
Tlie son of Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard S. Boone, he was last sta-
tioned at Fort Gordon, Ga.
Among his awards he holds the
Purple Heart and the Combat In
fantryman Badge.
The 26-year-old soldier attended
Robert Lee High School He was
employed by the Odessa Police
Department in civilian life.
I.T. COL, RILEY C. COUCH. 1.ST
LT. ERVIN E. FRIESON, CAPT.
TERRY M. DIGGS, SP. 4-C.
WILLIAM L. NORTON, SP. 3.C.
PAT 0. GLOVER, and PFC 1RA
L. JOHNSON
Army PVT. LYNDAL BING-
HAM, whose wife, Wanda lives
in Big Spring, and PVT. BOBBY
F. KILLIAN, whose wife Juanita, |
and parents Mr. and Mrs. F. J.
Killian, live in Munday, recently
completed the eight-week general
supply course at Fort Chaffee. |
Ark Bingham’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. N. Bingham live in Spur. PVT. BUSTER L. SHEPHERD
SECOND LT. JAMES C. Bingham is a 1957 graduate of
______________:________________Hardin - Simmons University,
t while Killian is a Texas Tech
Ballinger School
Registration Set
BALLINGER RNS i - Ballinger
‘schools will open Tuesday. Sept-
ember 2, and registration dates
have been announced for high
school students.
Seniors were to have signed up
at 9 a.m, Tuesday and sopho-
mores the same day at 1 p m.
Juniors will register at 9 a m
August 26 and sophomores the
same day at 1 p.m.
Freshmen will register at 1
p m. Tuesday at the junior high
building.
New students should register, at
the office of Joe Forester, high
school principal, any time during
the month.
Elementary students will regis-
ter September 2.
grad.
. . ends radio school
Fair was given to members of the
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eight Four of the five counts carries Abilene Junior Chamber of Com-
operators of a Terre Haute, Ind., a possible sentence of up to five merce during their luncheon meet-
gambling syndicate were indicted years in prison and fines of UP to ing Monday by Mrs. Felix Rosser
bv a federal grand jury Monday $10,000. The fifth count carries a of 4117 Potomac /
on five counts tax conspiracy and and a time % AP LX SToD. Prison Mr Rosser, who returned sun-
federal excise tax evasion. . Tabbert said there may be more day from a trip to her native
The indictments were returned persons indicted before the grand Belgium, shared with Jaycees a
before the grand jury completed jury ends its inv estigation picture of improvements in Brus-
hearing testimony from more than The charges allege the conspir-: sels over the past few years. *
160 witnesses in the investigation, acy began Sept. 1. 1957, when She said many projects had
now in its third week Wyatt paid Joseph Traum Sr of been begun in the city prior to
Named in the indictments were Terre Haute $1,000 to rent a third World War II. but that they were
Leo Shaffer and Jules Horwick, floor room above the restaurant destroyed by the Nazis. Today
both ol Chicago: Philip Share. Traum operates | not only have the works been re-l
Minneapolis, Minn., and Las Ve- Specifically, the conspiracy
gas. Nev.; Irwin Gordon. Las Ve-charges accuse the eight of work-
gas: Joseph Jacobson and Charles ing in collusion to conceal the na
L Sumner both of Indianapolis: ture of their business and destroy-
James Tamer, Miami, Fla and ing records of wagers they han-
E M Wyatt, Terre Haute died to avoid paying the 10 per
Bond was set at $10,000 each cent tax.
U. S. Dist. Atty Don A. Tabbert-----------------------------------(
said Tamer and Wyatt had not: E ,
yet been taken into custody but Gold Coins Found
that he anticipated no difficulty in MOSCOW (AP)-Pravda reports
finding them, workmen excavating for a new
The syndicate ran for 10 weeks Ministry ot Agriculture building
last fall before U S. Treasury
agents broke it up in a raid Nov.
29. The eight indicted Monday
were charged with evading $326,-
315 in 10 per cent federal excise
taxes on gross wagering receipts
of $3,263,150.
have found 22 pounds of gold —
coins, medals and nuggets —
traced to a pre-Revolutionary
merchant who lived on the site
The gold went to the Soviet gov -
ernment. The workers were given
municipal decorations for honesty.
A bounty of $3 is paid for a fox
killed in New Jersey.
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