The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 143, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 6, 1960 Page: 3 of 64
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3 A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
“ Abilene, Texas, Sunday Morning, November 6, 1960
HOME AGAIN — Searching for her baggage which she took on the exchange trip
to Wyandotte, Mich., was Nina Estes, a junior at Abilene High School and daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs. Gene Estes of 2018 Palm St. Miss Estes and 23 other AHS
honor students returned Saturday from the two-week tour. (Staff photo by Jimmy
Parsons).
'OUT OF FUNDS'
13 from Abilene
On Baptist Boards
The Baptist General Convention
of Texas, which met at Lubbock
this week, named U Abilene Bap-
tists to the board of trustees of
five Baplist institutions.
Selected as Hardin - Simmons
University trustees were John H.
Alvis, Guy Caldwell, Bill Tippen
and W. P. Wright, Abilene Bap-
tist laymen. Dr. Elwin Skiles,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
here, was also elected to the H-SU
board as well as the executive
Board of the BGCT.
Named to the board of trustees
for Hendrick Memorial Hospital
here were the Rev. Maple L.
Avery, pastor of University
Baptist Church; Sam Waldrop,
Thomas E. Roberts, W. W.
Haynes, E. M. Perkins and Oliver
Howard, Abilene Baptist laymen
Grady C. Hughes of Abilene
was elected to the board of
trustees for Baptist Memorial
Geriatrics Hospital at San Angelo.
More than 225 trustees and
board members were elected to
the boards of 25 Baptist institu-
tions during the annual conven-
tion business session at Lubbock,
NE
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Exchange Students End
‘Fabulous’ Two Weeks
Ex-Cuban Official
Arrested at Sea
HAVANA (AP) L. David Sal.
vador, former boss of the big
It was Old Home Week at Abi- strong — who had awaited their from the bus Saturday, many of Cuban Federation of Labor, was
lene High School late Saturday arrival for about an hour, the exchangers professed to be
afternoon as 24 exchange stu- The bus carrying the returnees short of available capital. “Every-
dents returned from an extensive was met by a police-escorted car- body was borrowing money from
two-week tour which took them avan of some 30 cars on the everybody." Miss Hailey joked,
to Wyandotte, Mich. eastern edge of Abilene just a few While in Wyandotte for seven
Tears filled the eyes of many minutes after 5 p.m. Arriving days, the Abilenians stayed in
students as they stepped off the at the high school cafeteria park- homes of students who have been
chartered bus into the arms of ing lot, the students literally selected to make the return ex--
parents and friends - about 200 burst out of the bus with tales change trip - sometime next Agramonte Milina, ex-chief of
------------------------------T of the ''fabulous" two weeks.
the exchangers professed to be
under arrest Saturday on charges
of conspiring against the govern-
ment after trying to flee by aea.
Military agents swooped down
on the fiery leftist and several
others aboard a yacht as it sailed
away from Havana Friday night.
A communique said Joaquin
Cabin Entered;
Burglar Takes
Joyride in Boat
April.
Miss Carolyn Hailey, homemak- AHS honor students who made
ing teacher who was a sponsor the two-week tour were Becky
on the trip along with Dell Me-Bowers, Lynn Chism, Nina Estes,
Comb. speech instructor, said the Noel Welch, Janis Polk. Mary
Ann Herndon, Kitty Kincaid, Mar-
gie Coker. Alan Barnes, Jack
'girls on the bus were in tears
when they spotted the welcoming
caravan.
Asked what she considered to
be the highlight of the tour. Miss
An aquatic joyrider took a spin Hailey said it was a tossup be-
North, Ronnie McClarty, Dale
Craik, Patricia Brown. Sherry
Gladden, Dianne Bass, Grace
Toombs, Davis McAuley, Richard
|Castro's 26th July revolutionary
movement in Camaguey Province,
was among those seised. There
was confusion as to how many
were aboard Radio broadcasts
listed seven, the government com-
munique six.
All face a military tribunal on
conspiracy counts, punishable by
death.
___. ____________. _ ____- —___- The government said the men
on Lake Phantom Saturday in a tween a tour of the Ford assem-Fourment, Stanley Murff. Phil had $13,500 on them and planned
borrowed outboard motorboat bly plant in Detroit or a visit to Davis, Ray Finfer, Eddie Brady, to join counterrevolutionaries in
owned by H. N. Davis of 4249 Elvis Presley s home at Memphis, Sherman Higdon and Jeanette Miami ‘ who are supported by
Don Juan St. Tenn. "-Ad - 4 ~
A brief spell of speedboating "They kissed the walls,’' she
apparently was all he wanted said, speaking of the girls' reac-
when he broke into Davis’ lake- lion to the rock and roU singer’s
side cabin, where nothing was mansion,
found missing The group held a spontaneous
Det Troy Willis theorized the pep rally for the Abilene-Odessa
forced entry was to find the keys game at a roadside picnic outside
to Davis' boathouse Strangely of Memphis Friday,
enough, the key was found back By lhe time they embarked
on the kitchen cabinet, indicating
perhaps the burglar made a trip
back to the cabin after opening
the boathouse
He didn’t, however, return the
boat to the boathouse Lakekeeper
Clifton Ross found it on Lake
Phantom’s west side. The Davis
cabin is located on the northeast
12-Lane Eastland
Bowling Alley
Being Constructed
Bell.
the United States government.”
shore of the lake. . EASTLAND (RNS) - Plans to
The incident was reported at construct * 12-lane bowling alley
, The incident was reported a in the eastern part of Eastland'
103 pm Saturday, but it was were announced by Don Pierson
not known how long the boat had were, announced try Don Herson
been missing, said Willis, Del. O ’
L Bayne assisted in the investi- Leveling of the ground has al-
disno ready begun. The structure is ex-
* pected to be completed by the
Christmas holidays.
The plant will have sufficient
property to expand to 32 lanes
in the future, Pierson said.
Tye-Merkel Vote
Set in Auditorium
TYE — Taylor County Precinct
The building will have confer-
ence rooms, coffee shop, snack
22, the Tye-Merkel box, will vote
at the Tye School auditorium in bar and will be air-conditioned
Tuesday’s General Election.
It was previously announced the
election would be held at the city
hall in Tye.
Walter McCartney is the election
judge.
To be known as the Fiesta Bowl-
ing Lanes, the firm will be an
affiliate of the American Bowling
Congress.
Norman Guess of Eastland will
be the manager
High And Handsome
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