Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 1955 Page: 4 of 8
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SwMtwater Reporter, Ttxai, Friday, January t4, 196S
ALINE MOSBY'S HOLLYWOOD
TV Censorship Group
Causes Industry Furor
By ALINE MOSBY
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 14 — UP
A motherly-looking housewife who
thinks television viewers should
voice their opinions on programs
is the center of a hot controversy
in the TV industry.
Five years ago, Mrs. Clara Lo-
gan, a dentist's wife, started a
small Parent-Teachers' Association
committee of TV reviewers.
That group has blossomed into
the National Association for Better
Radio and Television. It has an
impressive list of directors, and
many prominent citizens and clubs
around the nation are members.
However, some television work-
ers, including Jack Webb and Roy
Rogers, have frowned upon the
group. Some TV newspaper colum-
nists have blasted NAFBRAT as
"dangerous" and its members as
"censors."
Mrs. Logan, a slender, attractive
matron, thinks cries of "censor-
ship" and "pressure group" are
"perfectly ridiculous."
"Our goal is to speak up about
objectionable programs," she de-
clared. "We also want to encour-
age fine programs. There should
be much more active interest on
the part of listeners."
NAFBRAT's evaluation of pro-
grams is made by a committee of
12 Los Angeles women, mostly
housewives. Their last report
caused a bombshell. They con-
demned most westerns on TV as
harmful to children, causing
moans from Roy Rogers, Bill Wil
liams and other video sagebrush
heroes.
One prominent psychiatrist 1
queried said he thought westerns
provided an "emotional outlet" for
children's usual hostilities and frus-
trations and were not harmful.
COMPLETE
SERVICE
CAR SERVICE:
OUR BUSINESS
Drive in for honest-to-goodness
top notch auto service ... at
honest prices! You can always
tryst our work.
Wayne Smith Motors
LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALER
306 Pecan
Mrs. Logan replied, "but west-
erns are in essence crime pro-
grams. The plot starts out with a
crime," and she produced state-
ments from many psychiatrists and
psychologists that crime programs
are harmful to children.
How does the committee decide
what is "good or bad?" The group
has published a list of "suggested
standards for program evaluation"
that says a show is desirable if
it upholds acceptable standards
of behavior, promotes democratic
and spiritual values, is wholesome
adventure or humor," etc.
Mrs. Logan thinks her group
should be allowed to protest
against programs just as any news-
paper critic does. However, after
NAFBRAT decided the ' "Captain
Midnight" program was not ac-
cording to NAFBRAT standards,
the evaluation committee wrote to
the sponsor. He dropped the show.
vyhat seems "good" to this year's
evaluators might seem "bad" to
next year's, Mrs. Logan admitted,
but "we are careful who we ap-
point to the board of directors."
The group next will tackle adult
programs. First under fire will be
soap operas and news programs.
"We do not represent any politi-
cal party," Mrs. Logan added. "We
think stations should present both
sides of any subject."
Hitchhiker Tries
Robbing Motorist,
Receives Beating
SEYMOUR, Tex., Jan. 14—UP—
A hitchhiker, who gave his name
as Billy Franklin Hanson and said
he had served time in the Okla-
homa state prison, was being held
in the Seymour jail Friday on
charges of armed robbery.
He had 30 stitches in his head,
put there by a man that he held
up.
Harold R. Ferrell, 23, an Abilene
printer, told authorities that he
picked up Hanson and that Hanson
robbed him and forced him into his
car trunk Thursday. However, he
said that he later overpowered the
holdup man and gave him a severe
beating.
Ferrell said he was driving from
Wichita Falls to Abilene and picked
up Hanson just outside Wichita
Falls. He told authorities that near
Seymour Hanson said he wanted
out.
He then forced Ferrell into the
trunk of the car after taking $3
from him. But, Ferrell said he had
his car keys with him and when
Hanson found the keys gone and
opened the trunk he leaped out at
Hanson with a tire tool in his hand.
A melee followed. Hanson told
Ferrell he was going to shoot him,
but Ferrell wrested away Hanson's
pistol and used it to beat him.
Finally, a passing truck driver
stopped and helped Ferrell and to-
gether they took the hitchhiker to
the Seymour sheriff.
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Dallas Man Arrested
LAREDO, Tex., Jan. 14—UP—
Detectives said Friday that a 22-
year-old Dallas man arrested here
on suspicion of cashing bogus
checks had admitted passing bad
checks in Dallas, Denton and San
Antonio. Detective Rodolfo Saucedo
arrested the man after he tried to
cash a S60 bogus check at two
downtown stores. The man admit-
ted passing the bad checks in Den-
ton and Dallas and said he had
been paroledf rom the penitentiary
in December.
The General Land Office wts
established in 1812 as a bureau in
the treasury department and trans-
ferred in 1849 to the interior de-
partment. The office was abolish-
ed in 1946 when its functions were
transferred to the new Bureau of
Land Management.
Runway to Be Dedicated
DALLAS, Jan. 14—UP—The
longest runway at a commercial
airport in Texas was to be dedi-
cated in Dallas Friday at Love
Field. The civic celebration marks
the end of a major phase of mod-
ernization of the Dallas airport.
C. S. Perkins Jr.
Life Insurance
tOfl David Bldg.
Phone SOSO
—BnstneM
—Educational
—Retirement
—Mortgage
Southwestern Life
Insurance
Christian Science
The Lesson-Sermon to be read in
; Christian Science churches this
j Sunday is entitled "Life." It will
; be brought out that because man
reflects God, who is Life, man
: lives eternally, inseparable from
| God.
The Golden Texas is from John:
i "This is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God,
I and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast
jsent" f17:3 >.
The Lesson-Sermon consists of
[ selections which are read from the
i Bible and from the Christ Science
| textbook by Mary Baker Eddy, the
' Discoverer and Founder of Chris-
' tian Science. These lessons are
prepared in advance so that they
may be studied throughout the
week preceding the Sunday serv-
ice.
Among the selections to be read
this week is the following from
I "Science and Health with Key to
{the Scriptures:" "If life were in
I mortal man or material things, it
j would be subject to their limita-
i tions and would end in death.
| Life is Mind, the creator reflected
in His creations. If He dwelt
within what He creates, God would
i not be reflected but absorbed, and
! the Science of beirig would be for-
| ever lost through a mortal sense,
I which falsely testifies to a begin-
ning and an end" (p. 331).
Massachusetts' anti - litter law
permits a 30-day suspension of the
j driving license of a person convict-
ed of trash-tossing and, if he is
| owner of the car involved, for sim-
j ilar suspension of the vehicle's li-
cense. It is the only state with such
;a provision.
.—jJ
BREEZY — Shapely Elaine
Deming prances on a sea wall
as an ocean breeze catches her
gaudy bandanna. She was en-
joying the pleasant weather at
Miami Beach, Fla.
First Baptist News
Published by the First Baptist Church, Sweetwater, Texas
GEORGE R. WILSON, Pastor January 14, 1955 CHARLES MAYO, Music & Ed.
Pastorgraphs
S3®
IT IS WONDERFUL
f—to be back
ihome! We of-
Iten say that
Jw i t h mixed
[emotions, but
P'believe me it
is from the
depth of my
heart! There
is no place in
all the world
like AMERI-
CA. The things
we have and the things we have
to do with — the people with
whom we work, the attitude of
work and industry, the HOPE
we possess is unmatched any-
where. I wish I had the time
and the space to tell you all
about the trip to Jamaica and
to Cuba, but suffice it to say
that God has been graciously
good to America.
THE RESULTS OF THE
—Crusade for Christ on the Is-
land of Jamacia have not been
fully evaluated so far as the
figures are concerned, but as
near as we are able to report
now, there were over 2.500 pro-
fessions of faith in the church-
es which participated in the
Crusade. Many of the churches
were disappointed because
there were not enough Ameri-
can Ministers to be in all the
churches. Baptist have 230
churches on the Island, but only
80 ministers. Most of the pas-
tors have io be responsible for
three and four churches each
and some have as many as six
to eight There are many proo-
lems there which we do not
have here. There are multi-
tudes without Christ and they
have been under the influence
of a decadent leadership for so
long that progfess has been nil
for many years.
ALL OF THE MINISTERS
—were well received every-
where they went. Many of the
people wanted to come to Ame-
rica, but "far away places with
strange sounding names" soon
lost their attraction to us and
WE too wanted to come to
America. Pray for these hun-
gry hearted people of Jamaica.
EVANGELISTIC CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD IN LUBBOCK NEXT WEEK
SERMON TOPICS
by
THE PASTOR
A.M. "The Need Of The
World For Christ"
Acts 8:35
P.M. "Teaching Them To
Observe All Things"
Matthew 28:20
YV. M. S. FOCUS WEEK
JANUARY Ki-21
The Woman's Missionary Un- j
| ion of the Southern Baptist j
J Convention has set aside the j
week of January 16-21 as W. M. j
| S. Focus Week. Throughout all
this week the various organi-
! zations of the W.M.U. will be
studying the work of the women
of the Baptist churches and ;
: special programs wili be pre-
[ sented.
The local W. M. S. will ob- j
serve a Diamond Jubilee Tea '
> at the church on Monday after-
noon, January 17th, at 3:00 |
: o'clock. On the program will be j
j a skit, a history of W .M. U.
; work, by Mrs. A. N. Densmore j
and Ml-s. Audrey Ballew.
All the women of the church ■
are cordially invited.
A regional Evangelistic Con-
ference will be held in the First
Baptist Church of Lubbock on
Thursday and Friday, January
20-21. This will be one of three
conferences to be held this
year instead of the central
meeting usually conducted. The
first session will begin at 1:45
on Thursday afternoon, and will
close on Friday evening with an
address by Evangelist Angel
Martinez.
On Thursday afternoon there
will be separate conferences for
all phases of the Simultaneous
Revivals; there will be groups
consdering the preaching, mu-
sic, publicity, enlistment, pray-
er, census, and conferences dis-
cussing the layman's place in
the revivals.
Many outstanding pastors and
leaders from all over the state
will be present to lead confer-
ences and bring inspirational
messages. Among these are
Fred Swank of Fort Worth,
Levi price of Monahans, L. H.
Tapscott of Dallas, L. L. Mor-
ris of Midland, Otis Strickland,
President of Decatur Baptist
College, and Forrest Feezor of
Dallas.
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KXOX
Saturday
Spanish Program
Bible Baptist Church
News
Personality Time
Dabney Motor
Personality Time
Nolan County Health Program
KXOX Radio Want Ads
News
Turn Table Tunes
Mustang Roundup
American Travel Guide
The Amazing Mr. Whiz
Recorded Music
Farm & Home Hour
Big Ten Roundup
Here's to Vets
Musical Interlude
KXOX Radio Want Ads
Farm Bureau Roundup
Music Recorded
Ruby Mercer
Richard Hayes Show
Bandstand, U. S. A.
Salute to Nation
Sports Parade
Teen-agers Unlimited
Musical Interlude
Fred Grunfield Orch.
Men's Corner
Jack Brickhouse
News
Sam Levine Show
Report From Washington
Recorded Music
The Globe Trotter
True or False
Evangelical Methodist Clmrctr
Saturday Nite Jubilee
Basil Heater
Orch.
Sign Off
I Associational B. W. C.
And Brotherhood to Meet
Tim An.nnintinnnl 13 r^tll orhnnfl
will meet at the Immanuel Bap-
tist Church in Abilene on Mon-
I day evening. Supper will be
I served at 7:00 o'clock, and the
j program will follow.
The Business Women's Fed-
' eration will meet with the Uni-
versity Baptist Church of Abi-
lene at 7:30 on Monday even-
i ing.
CARD OF THANKS
Gratefully acknowledging and
thanking you for your kind ex-
pression of sympathy.
Mr. & Mrs. Pat Gerald k Sons I
REMEMBER BIBLE
STUDY WEEK!
I3ih*C St-d" Woolr will hp nh-
served in tiie First Baptist
Church January 23-30. The book
of Hebrews will be studied, us-
ing "Studies in Hebrews" by
H. H. Hobbs as the basic text.
The pastor will teach the book.
ORDER OF WORSHIP
SUNDAY
9:45 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
6:45 p.m. Training Union
8:00 p.m. Evening Worship
"In The Heart Of Sweetwater, With Sweetwater On Her Heart'
KRBC-TV
Friday
2:00 Test Pattern
2:15 Matinee Movietime (F)
3:30 Daily Devotions (I.)
3:45 Brighter Day *F)
4:00 Homemakers Fiesta (L)
4:30 On Your Account (F)
5:00 Kalvin Keewee (L)
5:30 Superman (F)
6:00 The Music Mart (L)
6:30 Evening Report (L)
6:45 Christopher Program (F)
7:00 What's New with Ann Harper (L
7:30 Life of Riley (F)
S:00 Topper (CBS-K) J. U. Reynolds
8:30 Rocky King. Detective (DuM-K)
9:00 December Bride (F)
9:30 Income Tax
9:45 TBA
10:00 News, Sports, Weather 'I.)
10:15 Charlie Chan Theater (F)
11:15 Vespers & Sign Off
Saturday
2:00 Test Pattern
3:45 Boy Scouts (L)
4:00 Western Theater (F) *r
5:00 Mr. Wizard <F>
5:30 Palomino Playhouse (F)
6:30 George Goebel (Fj
7:00 Fox 4-7 (L)
7:30 So This Js Hollywood (F)
8:00 Ringside with th* Rasslers <F)
9:00 Professional Father (CBS-K)
9:30 Hit Parade (F)
10:00 Saturday Final «L)
10:15 Masterpiece Theater <F>
11:30 Vespers & Sign Off
K T X L - T V
SAN ANGELO — CHANNEL 8
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Friday
Test Pattern
Kitchen Party
Kiddie Time
Sagebrush Theater
Your San Angelo
World News
Texas Today
Sports At A Glance
Your San Angelo
My Hero
I.lfe Of Riley
Chicago Wrestling
The Line Up CBS
Variety Drama
Tomorrows Headlines
Sports Hi Lltes
Weathereast
Channel Fight Theater
Sign Off
Ritturday
Movie Matinee
Sagebrush Theater
To Be Anounred
Jackson &• Jill
Mr Wizard
Western Swingsters
Dangerous Assignment
Place The Fare
This Is The Life
The Serenaders
To Be Announced
Tomorrows Hendllnps
Sports Hi Lites
Weathereast
Channel Eight Theater
Sign Off
Quick Exit
FRANKLIN, Neb. — CP—Mice I
haven't a chance ir. the Franklin I
County courthouse. Supplies of
poisoned grain kept by the county
agricultural agent for lighting prai-
rie dogs, mice and other rodents
were recently invaded by court-1
house mice. They invaders scarce-
ly made it away from the sack be-
fore they succumbed.
Opening Sunday
at The AIRPORT. .
Town & Country
Restaurant
FRANKLY:
We're Snowed Under
SO GREAT HAS BEEN THE BUYING ACTIVITY IN
THIS SALE THAT CONFUSION IS EVERYWHERE!
-IN FACT/ WE DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW
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OR COMING
SWINGING INTO THE 2ND AND 3RD GREM BAY IN A BARGAIN BLAZE OF GLORY!
15 EXTRA
SALES CLERKS
UNABLE
TO HANDLE
THE CROWDS
THERE
MUST
BE A
REASON!
Follow the Crowds to the Sale that is a Sale!
Sweetwater's Greatest Sale in the Last 20 Yrs.
MEN AND WOMEN ... PEOPLE FROM FAR AND NEAR
ARE JAMMING THE AISLES
CROWDS! . . . CONFUSION!... AND AN APOLOGY!
THEY'RE
LINED
UP
ON THE
OUTSIDE...
JAMMED
ON THE
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IMPOSSIBLE
To Take Time Out and Quote Prices
And Descriptions in This Ad!
When this advertisement was being written, our
store was a beehive of activity . . . Crowds
were grabbing right and left . . . Fighting over
store-wide bargain gems defying competition!
BUT...
The Original Price Tags Pvemain
on Every Item In Every Department
. . . And Nothing Can Be Purchased At
Regular Price!
THE HUGE RED SALES TAGS DANGLING FROM
EVERY ITEM TELL A THRILLING STORY OF
OUR FIRM DETERMINATION TO UNLOAD . . .
REGARDLESS OF LOSSES!
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A Plsin Statement 01 Fads!
The response to the Great Sale is indeed a revelation . . .
Something you must see to believe. Although we are in
the midst of one of our greatest droughts in years, this Sale
is proof conclusive that people will always respond to a
Genuine Bona-Fide Sale when they see with their own eyes
that Values Are Realistic and Honest. Crowds from miles
away positively swamped us on opening day. It was a mad
scramble of excitement. They came — Saw — Bought. They
told their friends and neighbors. We invite you to see for
yourself these Once-ln-A-Lifetime Values on Sale. If you
believe in Saving Money be here Friday and Saturday when
the doors swing open.
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NEW SPECIALS DAILY! ... A TREMENDOUS VARIETY!
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED LINES! . . . PRICES SET BY LIQUIDATORS!
Easy Credit Terms Extended To All Even At Low Sale Prices!
REGARDLESS OF TRAVELING DISTANCE ATTEND THE GREAT
TAKING SWEETWATER BY STORM-NOW IN PROGRESS AT
Noian
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Hurry!
Hurry!
Located At 119 West Third St. In Downtown Sweetwater
DON'T MISS IT!
SALE
ENDS
TUESDAY
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