The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 70, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1962 Page: 1 of 24
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82ND YEAR, NO. 70
ABILENE, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1962—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
Associated Press (PP)
ruck Hits Rest Home
Causing Death to Three
3 Soviet Arms
e Start Flowing
NO RAIN IN 55 DAYS — Even a Texan would not
brag about the size of these thirsty cracks in the
ground near Austin. Posed in a pleading manner, the
hands of a manequin were placed there by the pho-
tographer to emphasize the size of the cracks and the
dire need for rain in the central Texas area. The
Austin area went into its 55th day without rain. (AP
Wirephoto)
Hard Rains Pour
Down on Texas
Toward Cuba
WASHINGTON tAP)—U.S. offi-
cials said Friday a new wave of
Soviet arms deliveries to Cuba is
under way, much of it apparently
intended to step up Fidel Castro s
coastal and air defenses.
The resumption of large scale
Soviet aid was seen as a sign
of Kremlin trust in Castro's Com-
munist leanings and as a commit-
ment to become more deeply in-
volved in propping up the Havana
regime, which has been facing se-
vere economic problems.
The new Soviet shipments, car-
ried in an estimated 20 cargo
ships, plus the arrival of an esti-
mated 3.000 to 5.000 technicians
in passenger vessels, was de-
scribed as unlikely to significantly
improve the ability of Cuban force
to wage an offensive campaign.
Much of the gear unloaded so
REST HOME FIRE — This heating gas truck went out
of control in Electra Friday after the driver had
far was said to have included (
transportation, electronic and con- jumped from the vehicle. The truck crashed into the
struction equipment, communica- Hillcrest Haven rest home, setting it afire. Three el- of his body. (AP Wirephoto)
tion vans, radar vans, trucks and -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS some minor flooding occurred mobile units. ‘
Rain - laden thunderstorms. Rainfall measured 1.35 inches “ was described as the type of:
spawned by a welcomed cold within an hour. equipment used for radar spotting |
'systems and perhaps for anti-air-
One thunderstorm slammed in craft missiles The number of
on Gainesville, close to the okla-technicians was described as a
3 the after- logical number for the Soviets to
noon, dropping_the temperature send to set up such equipment and
train Cubans how to use it.
U.S. Renews Call Baird Sets
For Berlin Talks $200,000
Mofher Of
Abiienian
Viclim
Related story. Pg. 1M
ELECTRA, Tex. (AP) — A
flaming, driverless tank truck
barreled into the front door of a
rest home Friday, setting off a
devastating blaze that took the
lives of three elderly patients.
Miraculously, only one of the
38 bedridden or mental patients
in the modern, one-story structure
suffered injuries. First reports
said 15 were hurt.
The truck, loaded with heating
gas, rammed like a fireball into
the building after the driver, Dan
Craighead, jumped from the free-
wheeling vehicle. He was burned
on his arms and face but was not
believed in serious condition.
Jerry McHugh, a young grocery
derly women died in the blaze. The truck had been clerk across the street from the
pulled back from the building when this picture was Hillcrest Haven rest home, said
made. The driver suffered burns on the upper portion "the driver just seemed to lean
1 out the door and roll into the
ditch and that truck just turned
slow like into the front of the
building."
Fire broke out in the building
immediately and raged out of
control for more than two hours.
The roof collapsed in less than
an hour.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Obituaries .....
Sports ........
Oil news.......
SECTION
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5-7
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. 3
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S
front that pushed southeastward
across Texas, stirred up turbu-
lence in parts of the state Fnday homa border, during
The storms prompted the ....... ... ... .... .......
Weather Bureau to issue a pair of 32 degrees in 25 minutes,
severe weather alerts for North , _ . . . , . ,
Texas Large sections of North Central Contrary to various unofficial
uand Northeast Texas fell under a reports, these U.S. officials said
.Heavy rains raked the Dallas- severe thunderstorm forecast for their information does not show
Fort Worth area during the eve-6 hours Friday until g p.m. that any Communist bloc troops
ning rush period. Traffic was__. A Li have landed in Cho thor . *********** ... ‘7u. -—- against me stoning oi a troop ous DAINU (INDI — Dau ■ UIL
snarled, gusty winds knocked The sec nd a - hich an- missile launchins sites th t any ed States repeated Friday its in- by West Berliners last Sunday. Council, meeting in a special ses-
down trees and power lines, and celled the earlier one. called i for built e launching sites are being vitation to the Soviet Union to dis The incident was an outgrowth of sion Friday night, ordered a.,, - „
scattered thunderstorms with The US officials uid also the cuss the powder-keg situation in last Friday’s shooting by East $200,000 water and sewer reve- Volcano South
Showers ===== 5 ===== = - ON TARTU ErU@S
as a matter of concern to the les This exchange of notes is ex- take 'necessary measures" to in- treatment plant and to improve TOKYO (AP)—The tiny volcan-
tire hemisohere However nther pected to suspend diplomatic ac- sure the safety of its soldiers. The the water system. Some $77,000 of ic island of Miyakejima, 120 miles .....
Latin American countries have tivities over Berlin for the week- note, which did not spell out what ‘^ total will be used to retire south of Tokyo, erupted Friday day
not voiced much alarm vet nossi end, unless new violence erupts in these measures would be, is under outstanding water and sewer with a tremendous explosion that Mrs Berry Mrs Colberts,
becauseCommu t ASKiSt the city, study at the State Department. No revenue bonds canau hearty ...s smoke and ashes up 6,000 dauenter from Stephenville
ance does not appear to be help- US officials appeared confident answer is expected this week. dec ion Mlow smarty two feet Japanese Meteorological Friday night that Mr. Colbert was
ing Castro’s ability to mount an that tension has passed a peak U.S. specialists..on. the Berlin * * "seR l Agency said the eruption was fol-in Corpus Christi when he heard
lowed by a series of quakes reg-of the tragedy.
stering five on the Japanese Rest Home Manager W T.
scale of seven. Blevins estimated damage to the
Reports said a few persons suf building in excess of $100.000.
fered slight injuries while fleeing Wichita County Sheriff Ham
to safety. Vance said the truck caught fire
The island has a population of as it rolled along State Highway
6.700. 25 about 2 miles northwest of
The meteorological agency said Electra.
the island was covered with He Mid his information is that
clouds of smoke from both the the driver jumped and suffered
volcano and burning forests, critical injuries The driver was
Miyakejima. one of seven Izu identified as Dan Craighead, in
islands south of Tokyo, has about his early 20s from Electra. He
Another picture. Pg. 9-A
for the death of East Germans
who tried to escape
The Soviet note protested
WASHINGTON <APi—The Unit- against the stoning of a troop bus
Bond Vole
BAIRD (RNS) - Baird’s City
In Area
This alert covered an area
along and 60 miles on either side
of a line from 20 miles north of
College Station to 20 miles east
Scattered thundershowers fell in of Alexandria, La.
the area Friday afternoon, with Winds at Gainesville gusted to
the heaviest downpour reported in 56 miles per hour, causing spotted
Nolan, which measured an even damage. Rainfail measured .35 of
inch of moisture
an inch with mercury plunging
However, thundershower active from 100 degrees at 3 pm. to 68
ity is expected to diminish, with at 3:25 p.m.
Saturday’s forecast calling for At Odessa, in West Texas, light
partly cloudy and cooler tempera hail fell in a heavy thunderstorm
tures . that also spawned a small twister
Only a trace of rain was re- that tore a garage from a resi-
ported at the Municipal Airports dence.
Weather station, while Dyess AFB Other rainfall measurements
weathermen registered 07 of an included 53 at Fort Worth, 81 at
Inch Abilene has had 14.20 inches Galveston, .61 at Midland and .10
of moisture this year compared at Mineral Wells. .,...„, - rax
with 14.72 for a normal amount San Angelo and Junction record- =.= thre"et
_ ed Thursday s high temperature,
103 degrees Dalhart's 58 was the
WHERE II RAINED
Southern and coastal areas
invasion, and that no further deterioration problem are skeptical about their
A previous wave of Soviet bloc of the situation is to be expected invitation to the Russians for talks
arms to Cuba was reported in a—at least not for the next few on the city. On the other hand.
State Department white paper is- days, they refuse to attach too much
sued last January. I There are signs, some U.S significance to Moscow’s protest
strategists believe, that Moscow note.___________________________
has recognized it could not go I t
In November of 1961, Fowler &
WEATHER
much further on this collision
___________course.
1 " PMEATMERT SURSXTMERCE The U.S. invitation for talks was
ABILE*E"*N"V‘RLdis 40 extended in a diplomatic note de
miles - Partly cloudy and not quite livered in Moscow The British and
near ■. low" Saturday name a tor x, the French handed identical notes
SOUTHWEST TEXAS - Clear to part, to the Kremlin. The Soviet protest
Rased munaeinc sunt JS ehedek was received by the U.S. Embas-
Saturday night. A little cooler north. High sy in the Soviet capital
Saturday Ms in north and 92 102 m The three Allied notes followed
Church news ....
Women’s news ...
Editorials .......
Amusements.....
Comics ........
Farm news, markets
TV Scout
Radio-TV logs
Firefighters from neighboring
towns came to the aid of this town
of 5.000 about 26 miles northwest
of Wichita Falls in North Texas.
The dead were identified aa
Mrs Mary Lee Sorrells. 87, of
Electra: Mrs Maud Barker. 83,
of Dallas and Mrs. Myrtle Hunt,
age unknown, of Electra.
Mrs. Sorrells, 87, is the mother
of Mrs Hugh Colbert of 833 N.
Willis in Abilene.
Mr and Mrs. Colbert will leave
for Electra Saturday Services are
tentatively scheduled there Sun-
ABILENE ........
Municipal Airport
Total for Year ...
Normal for Year .
DYESS AFB ...
BRECKENRIDGE .
CISCO ............
COLORADO CITY .
EASTLAND .......
HAWLEY ..........
NOLAN ............
PUTNAM .........
RANGER ..........
RISING STAR .....
SNYDER .......
SWEETWATER ...
WESTBROOK .......
* Dalhart, inside the cool air
... Trace mass, had 76 degrees during the
.... 14.20 afternoon and Amarillo had 77.
.....14.72 To the northwest, snow that
.....07 piled in drifts up to 14 inches
** 06 deep closed the Trail Ridge Road
.....20 in the Rocky Mountain National
......16 Park at Estes Park in northeast
......80 Colorado.
......55. As the cool air moved south,
.... 1.00it blunted the simmering Texas
......30 heat wave. The great hope, how-
.....50 ever, was for rain, urgently need
.....10 cd in every corner of the state
... Trace Skies generally were cloudy
......06 over Texas except in the El Paso
.....60 area.
sruth.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Clear to
partly cloudy through Sunday Scattered
thunderstorms in extreme south Saturday
Cooler Saturday and in east Saturday
night High Saturday 84-94.
NORTHWEST TEXAS - Clear to part-
ly cloudy through Sunday. Cooler to south
Saturday High Saturday 80-90.
TEMPERATURES
Fri am
mr.
3''.'.’.
a,U.S.-British-French declaration
Thursday which said Soviet dis-
continuance of its military com-
mandant's office in East Berlin
affects neither Western rights nor
Soviet responsibilities in the city.
Friday's notes restated in force-
ful terms the Western position
that responsibility for the Berlin
wall and for all the tragic events
in its shadow rest solely with the
Grafe Inc , consulting engineers,
were employed by the council to
make a preliminary survey of the
existing sewage facilities.
On Feb. 13. 1962. James D Fow-
ler of the firm explained his
firm's report to the council.
Part of the funds to be used will
come from a federal grant under
provision of Public Law 660, 84th
Congress Mayor J. L. Ault has
been notified that the Public
Health Service has approved the
grant for $36,375.
Baird’s present sewer system
was built in 1927 and was design-
ed to serve 200 to 300 customers
It is now serving 544.
24 hours ending 9
BERLIN VICTIM — This is
Soviet Union Hans - °'<’tcr Wesa, 19 • year-
It Mid the wall was built "in old East German transport po-
violation of international agree- liceman, who was killed Thurs-
Hish and low
p.m 98 aod 76. , ****= *. ------------------- -e---, ... -
.$ and low same date last year: 89 ments and of the most elementary day night by East German ma-
Sunset last nisht:, 7:13;, sunrise today principles of humanity’ and re- chine gun fire in an attempt to
Barometer reading at 9 p.m.: 28.19. jected as “singularly ironic" So-, escape into West Germany. (AP
Humidity at 9 pm: 61 per cent viet accusations blaming the West Wirephotor
Reds Get U.S. Escort in Berlin
By LYNN HEINZERLING The Soviet Union protested to power talks to halt "further de-mored vehicles—even American deep in the front seat of an ar
RERUN (AP)— The Red army the United States against the re - terioration of the situation in Ber vehicles— must have escorts in the mored personnel carrier is relay'
used armored cars again Friday cent stoning of Soviet soldiers by lin"— a proposal that the Russians interest of safety and traffic or- ing Soviet views to an American
for changing guards at the Soviet West Berliners and warned “nec-have several times rejected der. . it was Mai Ed
war memorial and grudgingly ac- essary measures" will be taken to In Washington, it was under- The Soviet soldiers in the three1 h
copied an American escort after insure safety of Red army guards stood the appeal for a new meet armored personnel carriers ward Luce, of Hemingford 20
only a six-minute argument if the attacks occur again It was ing had again been rejected but showed no arms Friday-comply- standing at Checkpoint Charlie.
The U.S. Army stood firm, and after three soldiers were hurt in U.S. authorities expressed belief ing with another U.S. order When a woman interpreter read
there was no retaliation from the the stonings that Russians shifted tensions in Berlin are easing Thursday they defied the ban and , statement from Luce outlining
Russians as U.S military convoys from buses to armored cars to Former President Du hl D displayed Tommy Guns the edit or ceort her
rolled unescorted over the Auto- carry the change of the guard into Eisenhower in Dublin dec d the The absurdity of the situation ', '
hahn and Army and civilian traf- West Berlin And Berlins traffic Allies must assert their rights and created in Berlin by the with- words were heard by a Soviet
fic through Checkpoint Charlie rules call for any armored car to added "Any retreat from the drawal of the Soviet commandant lieutenant standing in the carrier,
moved smoothly be escorted principle might be looked upon as was being played out clearly at then relayed to the colonel down
Mayor Willy Brandt appeal- The Kremlin protest and threat a weakness and it could lead to Checkpoint Charlie below His reply came back
ed to West Berliners to keep came shortly after the three West aggression." The Western Allies have no through the same chain of com-
calm. declaring "The wall ere powers in sharply worded A Red army colonel accompa- authority in East Berlin with munications.
must go, but until it goes, the notes directly blamed the Soviet nied the 18 Soviet guards to Check whom they can discuss delicate.: It was in this manner that the
city must live ” y. Union for "the wall and for its point Charlie on Friday. He put possibly fateful, questions con- Soviet talk of placing an escort
The battle of the wall shifted consequences.” up only token resistance to U.S cerning the city on every U.S. vehicle in East Ber
o Moscow as a 'bottle of notes."" The Allies called again for four insistence on the rule that all ar Instead,a Soviet colonel sitting lin came through Thursday.
100 craters. In s 1940 eruption, 11 worked for the Keller-Matchett
persons were killed and 50 houses Butane Co. of Vernon
disappeared under flowing lava Mrs Hugh Lee. editor of the
and falling rocks. Electra Star-News, Mid from the
^^^=^^^=j hospital:
"Some were brought in bleed-
ing. others were burned
"Doctors and nurses were clean-
ing them up.
“Most of the patients were
elderly and some might have been
in a state of shock.
"The way they brought them in
was orderly Relatives looked in
the halls for their loved ones.
They were crying and upset.”
The hospital has about 50 beds.
The rest home patients over-
flowed the hospital and some
were taken to West Tex Hotel.
Ed Bingham, general manager
of the Electra Star-News, said
“the truck ran right smack into
the front door
"It looked like it tried to go
right into the building ”
Bingham Mid the one-story,
ranch-style Hillcrest Haven re#
home is shout 60 feet off the
highway.
“Many of the patients were
mental patients,” he said “When
I got there, most of them bad
been taken to the hospital."
Thick gray smoke boiled from
all windows of the building Fire-
men from surrounding towns
opened their sirens as they sped
to the home
"The main trouble was the fire
men couldn’t get to the blaze.”
said Bingham.
“The truck was still burning.
The major fire was around the
truck.”
Some firefighters were over-
See FIRE, Pg. 4 Col. 1
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District 6AA
The first of a 10-part series looks at the football
prospects of Anson, Bollinger, Hamlin, Has-
kell, Stamford and Winters. Must reading
for the district’s football fans.
* We Visit Stamford
Colorful Stamford . . . where the old West lives
again every year during Cowboy Reunion’ time.
This plus stories dealing with the city's govern-
ment, chamber of commerce, schools, and its
new "package store strip."
• Texas Water
. . . present and future. State map in two colors
and block showing the results of an exhaustive
study into Texas' water needs and potentials to
the year 2010.
• Late Summer Weddings
. . , take prominence in the Women's Section
with the cover page featuring brides of Abilene
and other cities.
• Interesting Features
Impressions of a young teacher from Amster-
dom, Holland . . . honors for West Texas Fair
Sweetheart candidates ... a fashion show for
high school and college coeds . .. Dateline Dyes.
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