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THE PALMER RUSTLER
PALMER, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS 75152
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1971
VOL. 47—NO. 40
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Jack
Bates and children recently
moved to Pipetop, Arizona
where he was transfered by The
Fuller Company, in which he is
employed.
H. Reasoner
Highlights
Forum
U. L. Ford
Services for Urner Lee Ford,
69, of Dallas, were held Tuesday
in the Dudley M. Hughes
Funeral Chapel, 400 East
Jefferson. Burial was held in
the Palmer Cemetery, Palmer.
Mr. Ford died at Dallas
Sunday in a hospital.
Born in Plainview, Ark., he
lived in Dallas 25 years and was
% a retired contractor for the
Austin Bridge co.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Vernelle Ford; a brother,
W.W. Ford of Houlka, Miss.;
. and two sister, Mrs. Frank
Driskell and Mrs. Roxie Miller,
both of Little Rock, Ark.
Television network an-
chorman Harry Reasoner will
deliver the highlight address of
the 19th annual Southwest
Journalism Forum at Southern
Methodist University Oct. 22.
Some 400 college and
secondary school journalism
students from Ennis and across
the state are expected to be on
hand to hear the co-anchorman
of the ABC Evening News at a
12:30 luncheon in the Grand
Ballroom os SMU’s Umphrey
Lee Student Center.
The forum, which is co-
IT’S NOT MODERN ART although it appears to be. Rather, it’s a drum lounge
chair, one of the new furniture pieces by Italian designer Guiseppe Raimondi. He
uses urethane foam covered with stretch fabric for this creation. When not in use,
it looks like a brightly colored sculpture, right.
Nixon ma Redistricting Board Is
Trip Being Facing Deadline as It
Prepared Tackles Drafting Work
sponsored by the Press Club of
Dallas and SMU, will begin at
8:30 that morning with a talk by
Dallas Mayor Wes Wise, a
former newsman and past '
president of the Press Club. The
opening general assembly will
- be in Caruth Auditorium of
SMU’s Owen Arts Center.
Harvest Each of five 90-minute
I 1 veol IO seminars in the fields of
ci I electronic journalism, print
plowed as journalism, photography,
. advertising-public relations,
Rainc ( A mo Q and corporate publications will
• be offered twice during ^
WASHINGTON - President
Nixon is sending Dr. Henry
Kissinger to Peking later this
month to make advance
preparations for Nixon’s trip to
Communist China. White House
news Secretary Ronald Ziegler
said Kissinger will head a full
traveling party. Ziegler said
they will make concrete
arrangements for the
President’s planned trip
sometime before next May.
By Bill Boykin
Texas Press Association
district issue. Whichever way it Heaby weekend rains halted morning to give students two
rules, another lawsuit cotton harvest which had just choices to hear about new
challenging- the decision seems got rolling again following the developments and job prospects
AUSTIN - The State likely. The Board has only until previous rainy period. Samples from top professionals in those
Legislative Redistricting October 23 to complete its work, classed at the USDA, Cotton fields.
Board, ordered by the Supreme
Court to reapportion the House
of Representatives as well as
the Senate, is in the process of
writing its bill under deadline
pressure.
There is official competition Division Classing Office in
in the governor’s race with the Dallas, totaled 21,093 for the
entry of Uvalde rancher and week ending October 1; about
banker Dolph Briscoe. Lt. Gov. the same as the previous week.
Ben Barnes announced last This brought the seasonal total
June he would run.
to 55,105, according to Roy W.
Finding of the Court that the Briscoe made clear the stock- Gilreath, Officer in Charge.
Board should take over the loan scandals (which resulted in For the week, samples from
unfinished legislative rean- three state-house indictments 7,764 bales ginned in Ellis
portionment task was doubly September 23) will be a major County were classed, bringing
significant. issue in his campaign. the seasons’ total to 18,991 from
Aside from setting a He focused attention on quick that county.
precendent as to responsibility passage by the Senate of the A summary of Consumer and
of drawing new district lines, same bank deposit insurance Marketing Service records,
the decision eliminated the bills which figured in the in- compared to the previous week,
necessity of an early special dictments of Mutscher, Rep. showed grades averaging
legislative session. This pleased Tommy Shannon of Fort Worth lower, staple longer, mike
both House Speaker Gus and s Rush McGinty of Austin, improved and Pressley lower.
Mutscher and Gov. Preston And he maintained Barr 5 Strict Low Middling Light
Smith. “helped push them the bills) Spotted continued to be the
the U.S. And he said he does not Mutscher, under bribery through the senate ” predominate grade accounting
believe this decision could be want to force him to step down Barnes declined to reply He for 45 percent of the cotton
easily reversed. The com- indictment, escaped an early said there will be aplenty of classed. Low Middling Light
position of the Kissinger party showdown with legislators who time to set the facts straight” Spotted moved into second at 25
would suggest the Nixon trip as speaker and replace him within the next seven months percent. Strict Low Middling
could come relatively soon. with another. before the election and Middling Light' Spotted
At about the time of the White Although speculation was Briscoe also emphasized need accounted for eight percent
House announcement, radio widespread he would hand his ch : - -each. Bark or grass caused a
Peking said the U.S. and duties to a speaker pro tempore, sportation further a
Communist China have agreed he announced four days after en-
on the trip by Kissinger in the the Cn**n d—cinn had
last ten days of October. Peking
said the trip is to arrange
Nixon’s visit to Red China.
In addition to Reasoner’s talk,
the luncheon session will
feature the presentation of five
forum awards to outstanding
journalists, according to Teel
Salaun of WFAA-TV, the forum
chairman.
MOMENT OF TRUTH for his government’s represen-
tation in the United Nations approaching, President
Chiang Kai-shek on a recent public appearance on
Taiwan to honor Chinese war dead showed no lessening
of the vigor with which he has dominated Nationalist
China for four decades.
Kissinger says he and the
Chinese will be discussing
possible dates for the Nixon
‘ visit.
And Kissinger said an an-
nouncement should be made
within a reasonable period after
is coming trip to China. He said
• he believes the Communist
Chinese have made what he
termed a “serious decision” to
seek improved relations with
Early Blast
Fatal to 2
Palmer Zone Bd. to Meet
Wage-Price
Violations
Are Stated
The office of Emergency
Preparedness today reported
that the largest number of
complaints alleging price
violations of the wage-price
freeze ordered by the President
on August 15 have been about
the retail price of gasoline.
George A. Lincoln, Director of
the Office of Emergency
Preparedness, noted that more
than 1,000 complaints about gas
prices have been logged out of a
total of 12,000 complaints to
date. OEP, by order of the Cost
of Living Council, is responsible
for administration and en-
forcement of the 90-day wage-
price freeze.
The Internal Revenue Ser-
vice, which receives and in-
vestigates the complaints, has
reported that nearly 600 or 60
percent of the investigations
conducted on the complaints
were closed when no violation
was found to exist. In 14 percent
of the total cases, there was
compliance after an Internal
Revenue Service representative
contacted the alleged violator.
There are still 269 cases in-
volving retail gasoline prices
under vigorous investigation by
the Internal Revenue Service.
Lincoln, who is a member of the
Cost of Living Council, is also
Chairman of the Oil Policy
Committee and the Joint Board
for Fuel Supply and Fuel
Transport.
George E. Hastings, OEP
Regional Director for five
Southwestern states, indicated
that 143 complaints alleging
violations by gasoline retailers
were received in his region as of
September 23. No violations
The Zoning Commission will 26th, 1971 at the Community : were found to exist in 83 of the
hold a hearing on zoning the Cen er at 7:30 p.m. All in- complaints following an IRS
entire city Tuesday, October terested citizens are invited, investigation, and voluntary
__— compliance was gained in
SAYS HENDERSON
REPORT FALSE
FORT MEADE, Maryland - A
battalion commander at My Lai
says Colonel Oran Henderson
lied in an official report about
the number of civilians
killed in the assault on
the village. The officer
says he was informed his pilots
had seen more than 100 civilian
bodies at My Lai but that
Henderson reported only 20
were accidentally killed by
artillery and helicopter gunship
fire.
Lieutenant-Colonel John
Holladay testified today at
Henderson’s court-martial at
Fort Meade, Maryland. The
Army says Henderson failed to
properly investigate reports of
My Lai atrocities.
IS YOUR
AUTOGRAPH
IN GREAT
DEMAND?
The place where
your autograph
means most is
on a check,
which it turns
into money!
with another.
Although speculation was
widespread he would hand his
duties to a speaker pro tempore, sportation and further en grade reduction for 23 percent
he announced four days after vironmental protections of th esamples, a sharp increase
the Court’s decision he had P from nine percent the previous
decided to stay on the job, _____week.
confident he will be found in- The predominate staple
nocent of charges A new Ethics Commission to length continued to be 15 16’ ’
GovernorSmith applauded police behavior of public of- at 46 percent. Second place has
the Court s decision. He said he ficials is now complete, though held by 31 32" at 27 percent,
wants to wait as long as 41 1 1aT 2 The one inch length moved into
possible” to call a special doubt as to his erreceivenesseed third place accounting for 12
session on budget matters so the members alerted percent of the cotton.
r .1 j inree members elected Dy 5
Legislature will have full ad- „ o .cts a MT The premium mike range 3.5-
vantage of data on available Aikins of Paris Charles 4-9 accounted for 42 percent of
revenue which might curb the Herring of Austin ‘and Oscar the cotton, 5.0-5.2, 23 percent
tax bill Maury of Dallas and 5.3 and above, 35 percent.
Indications are there will be House members elected Pressley strength readings
no special session now until Reps John F Boyle Jr of Ir- averaged 77,000 pounds per
June, 1972, after the primary vino Clyde Haynes Jr of Vidor square inch compared to 79,000
elections, and James E Nugent of the previous week. The range
The five-member Kerrville below 80,000 PSI accounted for
Redistricting Board held a Court of Criminal Appeals 75 percent, 80-84,000 17 percent
hearing Sept. 30 and heard Presiding Judge John F. Union and 85,000 or ig er, eig t
only testimony of big-city Jr. appointed Rabbi David Percent.
residents debating the merits of Jacobson of San Antonio and D emand for cotton was
single-member vs. multi- University of Texas Law steady to slightly weaker,
member (or countywide) House Professor John Sutton Jr. of Prices continued to cover a
districts. Austin, narrow range. There was some
Apparently, the Board is Supreme Court Chief Justice variation, but the overall
divided two-and-two, with Atty. Robert W. Calvert earlier average price farmers received
Gen Crawford Martin un- designated Baylor University wasabout 26.50 on a hog-round
decided on the metropolitan Law Professor Mrs. Margaret brevious week lower than the
Harris Amsler and Houston
Attorney Alf Roark. SELASSIE TO
First Court of Civil Appeals RED CHINA
Chief Justice Spurgeon Bell
picked Dallas Attorney J.W.
At Tex. Home
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Community Club Here to
A father and his young son were T - 5. F.1
killed when a predawn blast Have | rinity River Film
ripped through their home in *
North Richland Hills, near Fort Jack McKay, President of Community Club to be held at
Worth. Ennis Chamber of Commerce, 7:30 Monday October 11th. All
Police identify the victims as and a representative of the members and all interested
Bert J. Pitkin of 8300 Jerrie Jo Trinity River Valley Authority men are cordially invited to
Drive, and a son, Michael. will present a film and program attend this interesting
Critically injured in the blast on the progress of the project at presentation.
were Pitkin’s wife, Adilene, and the next meeting of the Palmer ------------
another son, 17-month-old
Steven. Both are at Parkland
Hospital in Dallas.
Firemen said the bodies of
Pitkin and his son were found
three feet from the door of the
home. They speculate the pair
was overcome by smoke before
they could reach the exit.
Shortly before eight o’clock
this morning, a second ex-
plosion rocked the home next'
door-at 8304 Jerrie Jo Drive.
Firemen said the blast ap-
parently was set off by a pocket
of gas which accumulated from
the first explosion. They said
the second blast was ignoted
Selassie in China
FLORIO BACK
TO DALLAS PD
Yes, you can ‘make money’ with your pen when
you have a checking account. No need to risk loss
or theft by carrying large sums of cash about.
Pay bills the ‘write’ way!
Commercial
State Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
PALMER, TEXAS
TOKYO - Emperor Haile
Selassie of Ethiopia is visiting
Red China and is due in Peking
tomorrow.
Votes It Down
WASHINGTON - The Senate
has voted down a proposal to
end all U.S. bombing in In-
dochina.
DALLAS - Suspended Dallas
policeman Felix F. Florio will
rejoin the force for active duty
October 21st.
A spokesman for Chief Frank
Dyson announced the return of
Florio, who was no-billed last
week in the shooting death of his
airline hostess girl friend-
Karen De Phillips.
Florio claimed the shooting
was accidental- the pistol
going off when he dropped it to
the floor.
when a light bulb was turned off -
by the resident, Mrs. C.S
Parker. She was rushed to all
Saint’s Hospital in fort Worth
where she is in undetermined
condition.
Firemen from Hurst and
North Richland Hills, along
with Lone Star Gas represen-
tatives, are investigating the
blasts.
Police have evacuated a five-
block area to guard against
further injuries.
Texan in Big
ADDIS ABABA - Emperor Rodeo Win
Hassell Jr. and retired Houston Haile Selassie of Ethiopia left OMAHA, Nebraska - A rodeo
newspaperman William H. Addis Ababa today for a six-day rider from George Wes’t, Texas,
Gardner, now of Austin, for the visit to Red China. Phil Lyne, parlayed the bull-
Judicial Qualifications Com- He will spend tomorrow night riding and calf-roping cham-
mission. in Canton and arrive in Peking pionship to win over 2,600
-----------------------Wednesday. dollars at the AK-SAR-BEN
ACTED ON IMPULSE The 79-year-old Monarch is 44th annual rodeo at Omaha,
BALTIMORE (AP) - Bern- accompanied by several senior Nebraska.
ard Braxton, a state prison in- officials and a number of his Lyne also walked away with
mate, was taking part in a relatives, the all-around cowboy title.
church skit depicting prison life China’s ambassador to He’s a contender for the
when he says he ’ just had this Ethiopia also accompanied National All-Around title this
impulse to go home."
Braxton slipped away during
intermission but was re-
captured after a month’s free-
dom. A judge ordered him to
serve an additional six months
for jailbreak.
Please Phone
YOUR NEWS
— TO —
MRS. ARCHIE L. HEARD
Phone 449-2257
Box 40
Palmer, Texas 75152
—THANK YOG-
CHURCH NOTES
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Daniel Bailey—Minister.
SSSupt.—Mrs. Lee Prude.
Board chairman—Edward
Prude.
9:45 a.m. —Sunday School.
Il:a. m.—Morning.Worship.
No evening worship. 3
Official board meeting every
3rd Sunday.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
BESSIE CANTRELL
Pastor
SUNDAY:
10:00 a. m.—Sunday School
7:30 p. m.—Evening Worship
7:00 p. m.—Christ’s am-
oassadors.
Thursday:
7:30 p. m.—Mid-Week Service
FUNDAMENTAL
BAPTIST CHURCH
SIMMIE G. HANCOCK
Pastor
Louie McElhaney—SS Supt.
SUNDAY:
9:45 a. m.—Bible School.
10:50 a. m.—Morning Wor-
ship.
5:45 p. m.— Youth Training.
6:00 p. m.—Pre-Services.
6:30 p. m.—Evening Worship.
WEDNESDAY:
7:00 p.m.—Prayer Meeting.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
JOE PENDLETON, Pastor
CLARENCE 0.HEARD
Sunday School Supt.
Music Director
Raymond Caldwell
another 20. The Internal
Revenue Service still is in-
vestigating 40 complaints to
determine if there was a
violation of the wage-price
freeze. _
COMMENT ON
NEW RULES
WASHINGTON - A wide
variety of national
organizations said today that
new rules laid down by a federal
mortgage-buying agency will
deny home financing op-
portunities to millions of
citizens.
They said new rules of the
Federal National Mortgage
Association “flagrantly
discriminate against members
of minority groups, blue collar
workers, families with working
women, and senior citizens.”
Among the 30 groups signing
the joint statement are the AFL-
CIO, the e National Council of
Churches, the League of Women
Voters, the NAACP, the United
Auto Workers, Ralph Nader’s
Public Interest Research
Group, the National
Organization for Women, and
the National Association of Real
Estate Brokers.
Calendar
of Events
him. year.
From China, Selassie will go Lyne won 1,448 dollars in calf
to Iran for a four-day visit roping and 1,198 dollars in bull
during which he will take part in riding to top the total money
the 2,500th anniversary record of 2,122 dollars and 98
celebrations of the founding of cents, set in 1959 by Freckles
the Persian empire. Brown of Soper, Oklahoma.
Woman's Study Club of
Palmer in Reassembly
FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
.Richard G. Penna, Pastor
“A House of Worship for all
sod's Children.”
Sunday:
10:00 a. m.—Church School
11:00a.m.-Morning Worship 7:00 p.m.-Evening Worship
6:30 p.m.—Youth Fellowship' (May-Oct.)
(6th-12th grades) WEDNESDAY:
Catherine Harvard—Church 7:00 p.m.—Prayer and Bible
lay leader. Study
J. L. Green—Administrative 7:45 p.m.—Choir Rehearsal
Board Chairman THURSDAY:
SUNDAY:
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School
11:00 a.m.—Morning Worship
6:00 p.m.—Evening Worship
(Nov.-April)
The Woman’s Study Club of
Palmer had its reassembly
meeting of the year, Oct. 1, 1971
with a coffee in the home of
Mrs. W.M. Biehler from 10 to 12
o’clock. Co-Hostesses were Mrs.
=====--= G.G. Harvard, Mrs. Esma
Moore, Mrs. Doyle Reddell and
Mrs. James.Wester.
A tour of the house filled with
original antiques was enjoyed
by guests from Dallas, Ennis,
Ferris, Waxahachie, and
Palmer.
Mrs. Joe B. Griffith—Supt. of
Study Program.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
- SAM NORTON, Minister
10:00 a. m.—Bible School
7:00 p.m. —Women’s
Missionary Auxiliary
7:00 p.m.—Men’s Visitation
Teachers’ Meeting
Sunday evening.
Deacons’ Meeting
1st
2nd
11:00a. m.—Morning Worship Sunday evening.
6:30 p. m.—Evening Worship Church Conference
Everyone is invited to attend Sunday evening.
2nd
these services.
Lord’s Supper - Sth Sundays.
CITY OFFICIALS—
Mayor-J.W. Caloway.
City Secretary—Wanda
Stacks.
Councilmen—Lloyd Williams,
R.M. Winford, Mrs. Winnie
Hobbs, Nolan Cottongame,
Elmer Washington. Meeting on
1st Tuesday night at city hall.
PALMERBOARD OF
EDUCATION
C.N. Stacks—president;
Bobby C. Hobbs, Roger Harper,
Joe Bonner, Norman Allen,
F.R. Baker, Hallie Robinson.
Meetings on second Tuesday
night at PHS.
PALMER PARENTS CLUB
Mrs. Earl Richardson—”
president.
Meetings on second Tuesday
afternoon (Oct. through April)
at the school gym.
MEN S COMMUNITY SER-
VICE CLUB
Lee M. Barron, president.
WOMAN S STUDY CLUB
- Mrs. G.G. Howard, president.
Meetings on first Friday af-
ternoon (Oct. through April).-
PALMER MASONIC LODGE
Meetings on fourth Tuesday
night at the Masonic Hall.
Charles Tate, W.M.
PALMER VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT
J.W. Caloway—Fire Chief
Meetings on the first and third
Monday night of each month at
the fire hall.
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