Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 95, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1955 Page: 3 of 20
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A-Bomb Test To Get
Special TV Treatment
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HOLLYWOOD —UP— Holly-
vootl moves in on the A-bomb
i4t week with a TV "spectacu-
ar" starring the bomb, a pretty
{irl poking around the ruins and
:omedian Dave Garroway in the
Tenches.
Both CBS and NBC are televis-
ng an atomic explosion near Las
Host Of American
Tpurisb Expected
To Flood Europe
By UNITED PRESS
The greatest horde of overseas
tourists in history — more than
half a million Americans — will
swarm over Western Europe
from now until October.
They are charter members of a
revolution in vacationing.
It is an uprising which Is tak-
ing. tens of thousands every sum-
mer from the jammed U. S. high-
ways and sending them by plane
and ship across the Atlantic.
They will spend as little as $3G0
or as much as $2,290 just to get
there and back.
They will find that Italy has sup-
planted France as the American
tourist's favorite country.
They will discover that in Ma-
drid one does not have dinner un-
til 10 p. m. They will bristle at
a *§2 1-2 per cent "service" levy
that still does not take the place
of a tip. They will find cafes
slowly surrendering on serving
icewater; hotelkeepers still resist-
ing individual bath with room.
Half a billion dollars they will
spend altogether for fares, lodg-
ing, food, wines, guides entertain- i
ment and purchases.
They will find Capri crowded,
jasoline 88 cents a gallon in
Italy. Famous Oxford University
a few blocks from a mina-
ture Detroit. The same 400-day
clocks for sale in Munich as in
Chicago.
Some will go by guided tour and j
wish they weren't being herded.
Others will strike out on their own
and wind up paying twice as much
as they should and seeing less.
They will discover that snob ap-
peal, keeping not only up with
but ahead of the Jones, is one of
thfe main motivations for foreign
trflk'el and a big reason why Amer-
icans notoriously hurtle from
country to country.
Yet the great majority will come
back tremendously pleased with
having spent their vacation in Eu-
rope. They will consider their
money well used and look forward
to going' again.
Their numbers go up every
year.
In 1953 some 376,000 Americans
vacationed in Europe. Last year
{.wvas around 450,000. This year's
total is estimated at a record
560,000.
Church Sponsors
Study Course
The Christian Education Commit-
tee of the First Presbyterian
Church has announced home study
courses designed for shut-ins and
oiySers with much free time, with-
out regard to denominational af-
filiation. and at no cost, Rev.
Charley Harnest, pastor, has an-
nounced.
Courses will deal in pure scrip-
ture and in methods of Bible study,
to be directed by Mrs. R. A. Hen-
thorne, who will also evaluate all
lessons submitted by mail.
The initial series will begin May
2. Persons interested may enroll
by calling 4866 or writing to P. O.
B'£< 375, Sweetwater, Rev. Harn-
est stated.
Vegas April 26, one of the biggest
special event programs in TV his-
tory (beginning 6 a. m. est). An A-
bomb blast was shown by the net-
works two years ago via a local
station's telecast. But this season,
mankind's most terrifying inven-
tion is getting the supercolossal
treatment.
NBC is flying a make-up man
to Las Vegas to make sure all the
NBC noses are powdered before
the blast. Comedian Garroway,
horn-rimmed glasses and all, will
conduct his "Today" show from
the Gl-filled trenches two miles
from the bomb blast.
And after the blast, pretty Kit
Kinne will tour the atomized mod-
el village to show viewers of the
"home" program the effect of the
explosion. (A powder room had to
be set up in the desert bomb area
for Miss Kinne.)
Both networks are pooling their
resources to telecast the explosion,
which is akin to Macy's telling
Gimbels. The "script" for the
show has been worked over for
months by the networks' special
events directors here, Sam Zcl-
man of CBS and Roy Neal of
NBC.
"Two years ago when the bomb
went off the TV picture was
twisted all over the place, but this
time proper facilities will be
used," explained Neal.
Four cameras will telecast the
actual blast BVi miles from the
bomb. The cameras will be rigged
to go off a fraction of a second
after the blast. Any sooner, Neal
and Zelman explained, might blow
a fuse somewhere. Another cam-
era in the trenches will show
faces of the 800 soldiers crouched
there.
More than 1500 civil defense ex-
perts from around the country j
will be part of the "backstage"
audience. The networks are send- !
ing 85 men to the spot to man the
live cameras, color newscameras
and the make-up kit. One inter- .
ested observer will be a manu-
facturer whose radioactiveresist-
ing paint will be daubed on some
of the dummy houses as a test.
Even the GI's have gone into
televsion and will have an Army
camera at the spot for the net-
works to use.
All the TV stars and workers in
the blast area had to be cleared
for loyalty by the government.
"They even cleared one traffic
cop so he could tag speeders in
the blast area," says Zelman.
Underwater Surgery
Done On Bat Ray
PALOS VEPDES, Calif. —UP—
! Charlie, a 50-pound myopic Bat
Ray, swam languidly about the
j main tank of the Pacific Oceanar-
ium Thursday convalescing from
a delicate half hour eye operation,
the first underwater surgery on
record.
In his left eye, Charlie sported
a new transplanted cornea deftly
sewn in place with eight sutures
by Dr. H. George Blasdel, eye
surgeon at Los Angeles County
General Hospital.
Blasdel donned an aqua-lung
and a grey-white rubber suit to
perform the operation at Marine-
land Wednesday. Acting as
"nurse," was Pat Patterson, a
diver at the Oceanarium, who was
forced to chase Charlie all over
the tank before the blind but un-
willing bat ray could be put on
the operating table.
Charlie, a friendly black-winged
ray that had become a pet at
| the Oceanarium, was nearly blind
from bumping his protruding eyes
i on the glass walls of the tank.
| A healthy ray was caught in the
ocean to act as an equally un-
willing donor.
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NOMINATION BLANK
SWEETWATER'S OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN
OF 1954
NAME: ; AGE:
OCCUPATION: ; MEMBER OF CHURCH;
THIS MAN IS OUTSTANDING BECAUSE:
(SIGNED)
Mail all nominations to SWEETWATER JAYCEF.S, P. O. Box 66, City;
all nominations must be postmarked not later than midnight, April 26,
1955.
RULES:
(1) Nominee must be between the ages of 21 and 36 years;
(2> He shall not have previously received this award.
(3) Nominations will be judged on the following points:
(a) Personal and business success
<b) Participation in civic activities
(c) Participation in church activities
MEMORY LANE—Living her life over again, Mrs. C. W. Massey,
Jr., of Ft. Worth, Tex., visits daughter, Deberah, in third grade.
Mrs. Massey attended third grade in the same room 19 years ago.
But there is much change, at that. Blackboards are green, furni-
ture has been revolutionized. Other things change, too. "They
used to call me 'cat-soup' and I had to beat their heads in," says
mother. Says Deberah: "We don't do things like that." Mother's
whispered comment: "I think we had more fun than they do."
Valley Farmers
May Use Puerto
Rican Farmhands
ED1NBURG, Tex. —UP—Lower j
Rio Grande Valley farmers, in "a i
tight" because of a ban on con-
tracting "special" Mexican labor- [
ers, Thursday were considering j
trying to get help from Puerto j
Rican workers.
"Specials" are braceros hired in-[
dividually by name, in contrast
with the "regulars." who are hired j
as a group, with the farmer having |
no control over what workers he j
gets.
Farmers who have tried to re- j
contract individual workers al-1
ready in Texas have been told at j
the U.S. bracero processing center
in Hidalgo that Mexico has banned |
that form of contracting.
Hugh Cupps, president of the •
Editiburg Farm Bureau, said the
ruling put "some farmers in a ]
light."
Richard Bunting, manager of the \
McAllen office of the Texas Em-
ployment Commission, said he was
checking with state headquarters
and the ,U.S. Department of Laljor
on the •possibility of importing
Puerto Rican laborers.
"It might be an expensive propo-1
sition even if the Department of j
Labor approves," Bunting said. ;
"But a good many employers think |
it might be cheaper in the long run j
that trying to operate under what j
they think will be expensive and j
impractical bracero labor treaty
j provisions, as outlined in the re-j
■ cently-sianed treaty between the j
| United States and Mexico."
Cupps said skilled farmhands al- j
ready in Texas were being forced '
to return to Mexico at the end of
their contract periods and go j
through numerous examinations in
the Mexican interior before they
become eligible to return to Texas
to work again.
Cupps charged U.S. Immigration
Commissioner J. M. Swing had as-
sured Valley farmers last year that
they would be able to hire "spe-
cials" this season.
Autograph Hunters
Requested To Quit
Harrassing Graham
GLASGOW — UP — Autograph
hunters were urged to quit harass-
ing Billy Graham at meetings of
his "Tell Scotland" crusade.
The "signature seekers" are hin-
dering the work of the American
evangelist and his team, an official
of the "Tell Scotland" campaign
told the audience at Kelvin Hall. |
David McLeay, joint convenor of [
the crusade, appealed from the j
platform to autograph hunters not j
to pester Graham and his team ]
members before, during or after |
the meetings.
He said Graham is often pre-
vented from seeing those who wish
to discuss spiritual problems by
autograph hunters who lie in wait
for the evangelist.
Cliff Barrows, leader of the
choir, supported McLeay's ap-
peal. He said people often come
up on the platform after Graham
finished speaking and prevented
the evangelist from getting to the
private room for a word with those
who had made "decisions for
Christ."
Graham's popularity was under-
lined by the capacity crowds he
has attracted during the five weeks
of his crusade. With more than a
week yet to go. the "live" audi-
ence neared the half-million mark.
In addition, more than 1.5 million
persons in Scotland, Wales and
England have listened to his ser-
mons over a relay network from
the hall.
Some 17.800 persons jammed the
, hall Tuesday night, boosting the
i overall total to 488.070. Those who
| made "decisions" for Christ num-
| bered 387 bringing the total to
date to 11.585.
Banks Will Head
Achievement Day
Fair Committee
DALLAS, April 20—UP—Dr. Wil-
lette Rutherford Banks, retired
president of Prairie View A&M
College, has been mamed chair-
man of the statewide advisory
committee for Negro Achievement
Day of the State Fair of Texas.
Dr. Banks, recipient of the 1954
State Fair of Texas Distinguished
Negro Citzien Award, spoke to
more than 100 Negro Leaders
Wednesday from communities over
the state.
Banks said his committee hopes
to boost Negro Achievement Day
attendance to 200,000. It was 178,-
068 last year.
"Some people try to say this
(Achievement Day) is a segrega-
tion thing," Dr. Banks told the
leaders. "But it's not. There's no
segregation issue involved; Ne-
groes can attend the fair on any
of its day.
"Most of us can't come to the
fair but one day anyway."
He said the State Fair's achieve-
ment day "has been and is one of
the most significant exhibitions of
interracial cooperation to be found
in America today."
St. Stephens Vicar
At Loraine FFA
LAST TIME TODAY
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George Montgomery
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SNEAK PREVIEW
FRIDAY 8:00 P. M.
See Our Regular Show And
One Of The Following
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In CinemaScope
Robert Teresa
MITCHUM & WRIGHT
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Jeff Jack
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In CinemaScope
Greer Dana
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Ginger Van
ROGERS & HEFLIN
Uranium Found
WASHINGTON -UP- Sen.
Henry M. Jackson iD-Wash.) said
Thursday uranium deposits re-
cently discovered in his home
state "are of real economic val-
ue." Jackson, a member of the
] House - Senate Atomic Energy
Committee, said Washington
"may become an important pro-
| ducer of uranium ore."
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In CinemaScope
Richard Maggie
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Tonight & Friday Night Is
Lucky License No. Nights!
AND DOWN WE GO—Two
hundred feet from a cliff top in
suburban Cleveland, Ohio, to a
creek bank. Police believe a
car thief hopped out of the 1954
Cadillac and let it crash down.
Owner of the car. said he last
saw it in his driveway.
Democrats Win
!n Michigan
LANSING, Mich. —UP— Michi-
gan Democrats, fresh from a sur-
prising spring election victory,
Thursday received another boost
when a Republican legislator an-
nounced he would turn Democrat.
State Rep. Leonard Wood (R-
Detroiti announced Wednesday he
was abandoning the Republican
party "because this exclusive club
has no room for liberals."
The GOP rebel said he would
become a Democrat if they want
me" and Democratic leaders wel-
comed him into the party Thurs-
day.
Wood said "a big man in the
party" had suggested he "join the
Democrats" and he decided to
lake him up on the suggestion.
"Even the state chairman of the
Republican party once told me I
was too liberal to be in the
party," Wood said. "These attacks
are an eloquent example of what
is wrong with the Republican
party."
Wood's bolt came less than
three weeks after the Democrats
won their first spring election in
Michigan in 22 years.
Amarillo Youths
Admit Robberies
AMARILLO, Tex. —UP— The
Potter county sheriffs department
| arrested two youths who admitted
{ some 30 automobile burglaries and
j the burglarly of a supermarket.
One of the youths, James Ed-
ward Pankey, 17, was charged
with burglary and felony theft, the
second youth was only 16 years
and he was turned over to juven-
ile authorities.
Pankey was arraigned before a
justice of the peace and his bond
was fixed at $2,000.
Two deputies, Stony Jackson and
Clarence Ball, stopped the car oc-
cupied by the youths and ques-
tioned them. The deputies found
a fully loaded .22 automatic pistol
in Pankeys possession. Some loot
j was found in the car and other at
I Pankey's home.
The sheriff's office said the boys
[ admitted burglarizing a MeCarty's
| Supermarket about a week ago.
Considerable damage to the
store's bakery stock occurred,
j sheriff's deputies said, and wires
! were ripped from the refrigera-
i tion system.
The Rev. Angus Miller, vicar of
[St. Stephens Episcopal Church
j here, was guest speaker Tuesday
j night at the annual F.F.A. Chap-
iter at Loraine High School at a
I banquet at the school.
I Officers of the chapter conduct-
led the meeting with Raymond Holt,
I faculty advisor, presenting annual
< for outstanding achievements.
I The four sons of Mr. and Mrs.
! Bernard Jones of Nolan gave a
i musical program.
i The meat was served in the
I school cafeteria with 30 golden
j brown fried chickens, grown by
the boys, as a feature.
i In his talk to the group, the
Rev. Mr. Miller urged that the
! boys "keep in mind the jobs
you find in life, dollars and cents
do not count the most—nor do the
[ accomplishment of any particular
! assignment—but rather the gen-
j eral problem of building the na-
| tion."
I He cited as an example of this
j point, the story of a man visiting
;the site of a great construction job.
j "The man asked the workmen what
j they were doing. One said he was
! making $2 an hour, another said he
| was laying bricks, but a third one
[exclaimed 'I am helping build
a cathedral"
Retired Dentist Named
Mayor Of Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, April 21—UP—
Dr. Jack Garrison, a dentist who
[ retired from public service five
| years ago. was named mayor of
j Fort Worth Wednesday.
Garrison "retired" from the
school board five years ago. He
I was named on the fourth ballo'
Wednesday by the city's newly
elected council, after the council
j appeared to be deadlocked between
j Tom McCann and M, M. McKnight.
| Councilman Jess Tarleton was
named mayor pro-tem.
Ohio Students
Receive Flowers
HONOLULU — UP— A truck-
load of flagrant, exotic Hawaiian
flowers was aboard a plane Thurs-
day bound for Ohio Wesleyan Un-
iversity as a token of thanks from
the parents of a freshman student
I whose classmates chipped in to
send him home for a Christmas
i vacation.
Thousands of rare Dendrobium
and Cattleya Orchid blooms and
; thousands of the more common
| Vanda Orchids will decorate the
! campus dance hall Saturday night
! and 400 coeds will have corsages
j as a result of the flight.
The exotic Aloha was from Mr.
and Mrs. Richard S. Hazemoto of
Kaneohe. Oahu, who wanted to
i thank the students who made it
| possible for Kenneth Hazemoto to
have a real Christmas vacation at
home.
Largest Plane Order
LOS ANGELES, —UP— Aircraft
magnate Howard Hughes said
Tuesday that Trans World Airlines
has contracted to buy 24 giant j
Lockheed Constellations for $70 j
million, the largest single purchase I
of commercial aircraft in indus-1
try history.
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