The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 18, 1961 Page: 2 of 22
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Morning, July 18, 1961
Date From U.S. WEArNes
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Burglary In Early Morning Gun Battle Ch ELMWOOD
V Two of three young ADCLIS STUDENTS
ANSON - Two of three young
Odessa Negroes charged here PLAINVIEW API—Police Sgt. der with malice and guarded him had called a lawyer, who notified
Monday, with burglary have been Virgil Thompson, 33, died in a closely at Plainview Hospital. police
returned to Odessa for investica-dawn gun battle Monday after The battle at 4:20 a m. was near , e
tion of previous breakins emptying his revolver at the kill- the railroad tracks in the Latin A Ranger and Lubbock police
| Charged with the Sunday bur- er American section of this West sped to Plainview to help solve
glary of a 24-hour automatic Alfonso Sandoval 33, a laborer Texas city, 44 miles north of Lub- the killing
laundry were with a police record, was arrested bock
Fred Wallace Jr., 18. Ernest when he asked for treatment for
Smith Jr 17 and Monroe Robin-two bullet wounds in the back
son, 17. ° Wallace and Smith were Officers charged him with mur-
WAL OR 40503 for LICENSE GIF
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JE ANNE
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“MAN WITHOUT A STAR"
Thompson was the father
FORECAST
OW
FEZ
transferred to Odessa Robinson ---
n lieu w.s
e Veterans Reelect
the Peace Albert Story. - 5°0iPll
The trio was rounded up within Iusnr
five hours after the burglary of EVanS Lommander
the laundry was reported at 1
“Come to the tracks on Milwee small child and had been a pe
Street I’ll be checking a charac- liceman here for four years. H
ter walking,” Thompson radioed was the leading officer of the 1
to other officers just before he p m. to 7 a m graveyard shift
died _
Plu
US-THRILLING MYSTERY
SAPPHIRE"
Nick Patrick-e Yvonne Mitchell
For Daytime Tuendoy
Favre Show High Temperatures Expected
FORECAST FOR TODAY
THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jacksonville, cloudy
High Low Pr Juneau. M
Atlanta, clear
Bsmarck, clear
Boston, cloudy
Buffalo, cloudy
Chicago, clear
Cincinnati, clear
Cleveland, cloudy
Denver, cloudy
Des Moines, clear
Detroit, cloudy
Fairbanks, rain
Fort Worth, Clear
Honolulu, rain
Indianapolis, clear
85 68 .02 Kansas City, clear
93 62 ... Los Angeles clear
68 59 Memphis, clear
79 63 .05 Miami, cloudy
83 68 .08 Milwaukee, cloudy
85 66 Mpls.-St. Paul, clear
82 61 .02 New Orleans, cloudy
99 62 New York, clear
85 67 . Omaha, clear
82 61 Philadelphia, cloudy
62 53 .08 Phoenix, clear
93 68 .07 Pittsburgh, rain
M
88 72
85 80
84 59
86-56
88 71
Policemen Bobby Newkirk and
Robert Stroll arrived within two
minutes. They found Thompson
lying on his face in a puddle of
p.m A total of $73 was taken Texas members of Veterans of water inca, ditch his empty gun
from three coin and soft drink World War I reelected Roger close tochis hand
machines The laundry is owned Evans of Baird to a third term . gasped, and died,
by B J Cook of Hawley and is as state commander Sunday at Newkirk said he thought Thomp-
i located at 11th St. and Ave. J the state convention in Fort son knew who killed him and was
Six Jones County law officers Worth. trying to tell him
- . , took part in m nhunt. | Corpus Christi was chosen as A 9 m.m. luger was near the
------------—— -------the 1961 convention site body, punctured by six wounds
, Other officers are John Sagray. Doctors extracted one 9 m.m. bui-
Eastland Accident San Antonio, senior vice-com- let from the body
. „, -m ander H. 1 Garrett. Eastland Asked at the Plainview hospital
- Texas Soaked Hurts Ex-Resident r Her-commander Brucniec he * Tapper, snimal
Edwards, Denison, quartermas-said:
ter: and. R E. Cummings, "Naw."
Palestine, chaplain. - Then asked who shot him, he
Mrs. Joe Donald of Denison was replied:
named auxiliary president "I don’t know who done it.”
Veterans and auxiliary mem- Sandoval had been charged in
bers attending from Abilene were earlier incidents with intent to
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haile, Mr murder and violation of liquor
05 84
80 62 1.08
80 70 .14 Portland. Me . cloudy 72 5
83 62 Richmond, clear
St. Louis cloudy
San Diego, clear
TOMMY
SANDS FABIAN
THE NEW COOL MODERN
CASEY'S
RGER
TEXO DOUBLE BURGER WITH
CHEESE Two Pettie. of Freshly
Ground Beet Served on Large Se
same Seed Bum with Crisp Lettuce
Slice of American Cheese To
motoes and our own Special
Dressing
CASEY’S
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Open 12:45 • Showtimes 1:06-3:30
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75 66
San Francisco, clear 82 57
Seattle, cloudy 7 57
Tampa, cloudy 92 74 1.11
Washington, cloudy 90 74
Winnipeg, clear 80 61
(M—Missing: Trace)
m , EASTLAND — A two-car acci-
Nang Damme dent on U S Highway, 80 Sunday
NCW Kdll night resulted in extensive intern-
Ial injuries to a McCamey, Tex..
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS schoolteacher, formerly of East-
land
, 32 Thunderstorms moved into She is Hazel Lou Adams. 24 and Mrs. John Maroney, Mr. and laws.
Southwest Texas Monday after who was in “satisfactory” condi. Mrs. Dick Canter, Fred Rucker, His wife and mother went with
drenching the central part of the tion at Eastland Memorial Hospi- Mrs. Mattie Shipley, and Mrs. Sandoval to the hospital at 6:30
state with fresh downpours meas- tal Monday Lora Turner. a.m. Previously one of the three
os uring up to 4.75 inches. Mrs. Adams’car was in oolli-===========================
The new rain fell on predom.n w :h a car driven by an un pdldhwh shade & dh dedecbep as 41
nantly ranch lands in a triangle identified man, reportedly not --
. formed by San Antonio and the hurt. The accident occurred about
e A 42.
Rio Grande cities of Laredo and 10 30 p.m. four miles east of here
Del Rio. Mrs Adams was returning from
The heaviest rain in Central Weatherford to Eastland.
T Texas was measured by J.M. -
Russell at his gauge II miles west T.nA Pum
of Cleburne Many Cooks-
George of the Ritz Pearsall 60 miles southwest of p ,
sorge A San Antonio and in the new rain Divorce Granted
Succumbs in London one measured 4.00 inches of PTUCO VICITU
rain before dawn. The town is
LONDON (AP —George Criti- high and sandy and there was no SWANSEA, Wales (AP —Mrs
cos, known to princes million- flooding The Uvalde area had Olwen Bull won a div force Mon-
aires and business tycoons as 3.04 inches, with the city catching day on the grounds her husband.
George of the Ritz,” died Mon-2.75. a chef was cruel to her about her
SOUTH SCREEN
NOW WED
TOWN &
I Country
IN
COLOR
90°
wocK
648
-PASSES SUSPENDED—SPECTACULAR
CRESCENT "THEATRE
8.15 & 11:40
sunseaneane
BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE BEST.SEL
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8:15 & 12:15
ADM 60-50-CHILD FREE
COLEMAN HWY —ow 2-3131
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From the Author of
"WRITTEN ON THE WIND"
—COMES—
"STRANGER
IN MY
ARMS
—Starring---
JUNE ALLYSON
. JEFF CHANDLER
SANDRA DEE
CHARLES COBURN
to cor
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in. next
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WEST HWY 80—OW 2-1722
SOUTH SCREEN
10:15 ONLY
lony,.
Curtis Debbie ..
cr Reynold:
“I ara, PERLBERE SETOS
h cuccon nns
IT’S JERRY’S BIGGEST,
FUNNIEST YET! -
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in a
hotel
for girls
only!
90°
MORE
TO SEE
ON
110 FT.
SCREEN
D’aguia
for a
dynamisr
Forbes
in a thre
MORE
EXCITING
UNDER TEXAS
STARS
day. Texas skies from Waco north cooking.
George, a familiar figure to and west were generally clear. On one occasion, she testified. 1
patrons of London’s Ritz Hotel They were partly cloudy from Bull hit her across the face with
and a friend to many of them. Waco to the coast and Rio a moist mackerel Bull, 26, is
was 77. Cause of death was not Grande head cook in a hotel.
given. — . L “If he did not like her. cook - :
Far out in the Caribbean, 4 ing.” ruled the judge, he should
weak easterly wave pushed toward have helped her in the kitchen,
the Florida Straits, producing only His conduct was unexplicable, un-
showers Hurricane watchers kept pardonable. unforgivable and
a close check because waves rossly escessie.---------
sometimes develop into tropical
storms and the storm season is
here.
A long range forecast said the
northern half of Texas could ex-
pect temperatures 1 to 3 degrees
below normal through Friday with
occasional thunderstorms leaving
50 to .75 of an inch of rain. For
the southern half, normal temper-
atures and locally moderate thun-
dershowers were forecast.
These other heavy rains were
reported for the 24 hours to dawn
Monday: Mineola 3.00, McGregor
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OPEN 24 HRS DAILY - 7 DAYS wx.
NOW THRU JULY 25TH
Made in our kitchen
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2.80, Waco 2.57, Easterly 2.5
Boerne 2.41. Longview and Jeffe
son 2 36. Utopia 2.27. Camp Verde-
2 21, Denison Dam 2 20. Austin
2.12, Medina 2 07.
Also Bankersmith 2.05, Sabinal
1 94. Blewitt 1.90, Lufkin 1 87. Jar-
rell 1.85. Vanderpool 1.77, Lam-j
pasas 1.69 Gatesville 1.63, Glade- .
water and Rio Vista 1.60. Rain- ..
bow 1.54. Aquilla 1.45. Benwier :
1.42, Kopperal and Cresson 1 40.
Sisterdale 1.33. Elgin 1 33. Center .
1.30; Comfort, Hico and Tarpley 1
1.25; Strawn 1.21. West 1.20 Buch-
anan Dam 1.17, Marble Falls 1.13.
Brackettville 1.10, Taylor 1.07 and :
Hillsboro 1.00.
Scores of places reported rains 2
of less than one inch.
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SAN ANTONIO (AP—The prin-
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Aug. 1. Dr. Virgil Blossom. North :
East Independent School District
superintendent, announced Mon-
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