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Polio Vaccine
program Rolls
On Wednesday
The Nolan County anti-polio vac-
cine program will be resumed
Wednesday when approximately
800 first and second grade stu-
dents will receive the second in-
-oculation of the Salk anti-polio
fvaccine.
After nearly a three-months de-
lay following the first injections,
clinics will be set up at three
Sweetwater schools and at Roscoe
to give second doses to all first
and second grade students of the
county who received their first
shots in April.
The program, given free of
charge, will begin at 1 p. m.
Wednesday, with members of the
^Sweetwater Medical Association
Administering the inoculations.
Clinics will be set up at East
Ridge, J, P. Cowen and John R.
Lewis elementary schools in
Sweetwater for all local children
and at the Roscoe elementary
school gymnasium for all other
Nolan County children.
Members of the various parent-
teacher organizations will assist
at the various clinics. All eligible
students in Sweetwater are re-
^quested by officials to report to
•the clinic where the first shot was
received.
The serum will be delivered
here Wednesday morning by Dr.
D. R. Reilly of San Angelo, state
health doctor for Tom Green and
Nolan Counties and will be di-
vided between the four clinics.
The first of the series of two
shots was given to all first and
second grade children receiving
permission from their parents in
-April. The second injection was
^delayed until national health au-
thorities completed further study
of the vaccine.
The Texas supply of the anti-po-
lio serum is supplied by the Eli
Lilly Co. of Indiana, supply ap-
proved by the national public
health service.
Local health authorities said for
all first and second grade stu-
dents who received their first
shots in other communities and
—then moved to Nolan County may
"eceive the second shots upon
presentation of written statement
from the previous health unit, cer-
tifying that the first shot had been
received.
The city-county health unit and
the Nolan County chapter of the
National Foundation of Infantile
Paralysis is cooperating with the
Sweetwater Medical Association
in the anti-polio vaccine program.
WEATHER
Continued Cloudy
Price Daily 5c, Sunday 10c
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Dedicated To The Welfare Of Sweetwater And Surrounding Area
SWEETWATER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1955
NEA Telephoto Service
Big Four Tackles Problem
Of New United Germany
CRASH —Baggage is piled near wreckage as rescue workers search for bodies and survivors of
Dallas-Chicago Braniff airliner crash at Midway Airport in Chicago Sunday. Twenty-two persons were
killed when plane, landing in fog, struck gas station sign across from airport and crashed in. (NEA
Telephoto)
Sweetwater Hospital Board Votes
To Abolish Administrator's Job
Leaders Hold
Shirt-Sleeved
Work Session
GENEVA —UP— The Big Four j
heads of government Tuesday j
tackled the complicated the touchy
problem of German reunification '
in their first shirt-sleeve working
session. The meeting began at 4
p. m. (9 a. m. est).
The West went to the conference
table prepared to push a new
"Eden plan" for a reunited Ger-
many as the first step toward a
cold war settlement.
The Big Four foreign ministers
— including Russia's Vyacheslav
The position of administrator of
the Sweetwater Municipal hospital
was abolished by the Hospital
Board Monftay night in regular ses-
sion, according to minutes of the
meeting.
Motion was made by G. E. Brad-
Warden Will Take
Any Action Kesded
To Halt Pen Strike
ford Jr., and seconded by Hail W. i policy of the Board and its ultimate
Pinkard that the position of ad- ajms an down the line are to help
ministrator be abolished. Stan Big- .. nnt)pnt<! "
gerstaff voted against the action. p '
„ ,, ,, „ .. Stan Biggerstaft. another mem-
Followmg the Board s action,
Henry Taylor, who has been ad- her ol the board, protested the ac-
ministrator of the hospital for ap-1 tion and told the Reporter Tues-
proximately 11 months, submitted day that he was resigning from the
his resignation to become effective Bo;u.d effective JuIy 19.
30 days from date ot the meeting.
. . „ , , ,, 1 feel that the action will com-
W. A. Pool was named Manager- , , , „ ,
Director of the hospital. >)k'tcIy destr°y a11 ,he accomplish-
C. B. Whorton, chairman of the ments of the hospital during the
Board, told the Reporter that the past three or four years, and will I in this order
action was an economy measure, retard the progress of the hospital j European security.
Soviets Get Pledge
GENEVA —UP— President
Eisenhower told Soviet Pre-
mier Nikolai Bulganin Tues-
day that the United States
never would wage an aggres-
sive war against any nation.
The American chief execu-
tive gave the Soviet leader
that assurance in the course
of Tuesday's first shirt-sleeve
working session of the Big
Four summit conference.
M. Molotov in an unusually co-op-
erative mood — had agreed in a
morning session to give the Ger-
man issue top priority on a four-
point agenda which also included,
"The hospital finances are in bad for a number of years," Bigger-j Disarmament.
shape and we feel we can use the staff stated. i Development of East-West eon-
money to better advantages," he in a statement to the Reporter j tacts.
said. Tuesday, Henry Taylor said: "I Concession by Soviets
"Also," Whcrton continued, "the bnd no indication whatsoever of i The decision to give top billing
such action being contemplated by I to German reunification was a
the Board. To the contrary, I have j concession by the Soviets, who had
been considerably pleased with the I wanted to consider first the issue
progress that has been made to- j of European security. And it rep-
ward the solution of hospital prob- ' resented a substantial strategic
iems during these past several I victory for the western Big Three,
months." ' all of whom had the German ques-
"I have been very grateful for ticn first on their lists,
the cooperation, assistance and The very fact that an agenda
support given me by the person- was agreed upon in a harmonious
Peron Opponents
Watch Congress
BUENOS AIRES —UP— Politi-
cal opponents of President Juan
1). Peron kept a close watch on
congress Tuesday for signs that
By Allen Bakar
No. 1 Adolph Hackfeld test of
Sinclair Oil & Gas, north of Sweet-
water was reported setting casing
Tuesday after having found a to-
tal of 17 feet of pay sand.
The first pay sand was said to
measure five feet but lower an-
other 12 feet was picked up.
Rumors were current Tuesday
that another well will be drilled
right away on the Brownfield
place north of Nolan.
CARSON CITY, Nev. — UP—
Gov. Charles H. Russell of Nevada
prepared Tuesday to take "what-
ever action I deem ne^esffiary'V in
a sitdown strike staged by 222 con-
victs at Nevada state prison.
Russell flew here from Las Ve-
gas to study the situation at first-
hand. He did not indicate what
measures he would take to end
the strike.
There has been no violence. The
prisoners merely refused to line
up for dinner following the end
of their regular exercise period at
4:40 p.m. est Monday.
Through a regular three - man
grievance committee, none of
whose members was involved in
the sitdown, the strikers presented
a list of 12 demands. One was tor
a public meeting with the gover-
nor.
Clad only in dungarees and thin
T-shirts, the prisoner spent the
night loafing in the brilliantly
lighted exercise yard. It was
warm during the day and evening,
but the temperature steadily fell
to around 45 degrees.
Twenty - two highway patrolmen
walked around the walls surround- j officially began Monday, it was , • , , „ ... ,
ing the yard, keeping a watchful I not expected to produce any t.on. i personally ordered the price raised in reference to Giles
eye on the convicts. They were | crete action before Wednesday at 0,1 j .,1 District Attoiney Les
ready to use tear gas at a mo- ■ the earliest. Congressmen from
ment's notice if any rioting should j remote interior points were
develop. I on their way to the capital.
i f i , !u- . . V : nel of the hospital, the medical 90-minute session of the foreign
the days ot dictatorship may be i staffi t)le hospital Board, city offi- i ministers was considered a good
ov^r- _ .... I eials and the citizens of the com- augury for the conference. Many
nunity." See BIG FOUR page 8
Ex-Employe Testifies Giles
Ordered Price Of Land Hiked
Congress was In session Monday
for the first time since Peron
pledged to give up all special pow-
ers and to restore full constitu-
tional government to the country.
Congress had been in recess since
June 30.
Legislators and the ministry of
interior were expected to play
leading roles ill backing up Pe-
ron's pledges with action. Political
observers believed this week could
be one of the most crucial in the
country's political history
AT SESSION—Pres. Eisenhower, right, and Secy, of State John
Foster Dulles are shown at their desk in Palais des Nations at
Geneva during opening session of Summit Conference Monday.
Pres. Eisenhower, in a speech opening conference, called for
"a new spirit" in East-West relations and proposed an 8-point plan
to bring about a cold war armistice. (NEA Radiophoto)
Additional Moisture
Received Over County
Rains ranging up to 1.70 inches j Sweetwater until noon Monday,
dropped on scattered portions of j fell again Monday night, and total
Nolan County Monday afternoon i rainfall at 8 a. m. Tuesday at the j
and night, boosting the moisture to- j city filter plant measured only .09 |
tal received throughout the coun-! of an inch.
ty since rains first began falling j All three of Sweetwater's reser-
Friday afternoon, July 15, first 1 voirs reported varying amounts of
appreciable moisture received in moisture. Lake Sweetwater, need- j
the county during this month. i ing the most rain, received the j
Heaviest rain reported Monday j least, only .08 of an inch, Lake
was 1.70 inches west of Wastella, in Trammell, southwest of the city
northwest Nolan County. Heavy j had .52 of an inch of rain and Oak
showers fell north and northwest of Creek Lake, in northeastern Coke
Sweetwater, with .75 falling in the County, below Blackwell, had .48
Claytonville area Monday evening, of an inch in addition to the heavy
Roscoe received .50 of an inch and rains received Saturday. An addi-
the Champion area had an addi- tional 2 of an inch was received
tion 40 of an inch. i west of Sweetwater on the Wetsel
A slow drizzle, which fell on ranch.
Other rain reports included .25 of
Heavy Rains Cause
Hoods, Fill Lakes
In Dry West Texas
A. C. Poe, Employe
Of Railway, Loses
Leg In Accident
Alfred C. Poe, 2G, Texas & Paci-
, lie railroad employee, was severely
; injured and his right leg cut off
in an accident on railroad tracks
near the U. S. Gypsum Company
plant here at mid-afternoon Mon-
I day.
His leg was practically severed
below the knee and amputation of
: the leg above the knee was nec-
Iessary.
Poe's left foot was badly crushed,
most of the bones in it being brok-
| en. However, it was placed in a
' cast and his condition Tuesday was
reported fairly good.
Poe was rushed to the Sweetwat-
| er Hospital by a Patterson am-
bulance and his condition was re-
\ ported satisfactory.
He is an apprentice helper for
j the Texas and Pacific here and
was working on the tracks at the
gypsum company where the acci-
dent occurred.
AUSTIN —UP— Baseom Giles, i an acre
former state land commissioner j tacts.
on the remaining
While the congressional session tried on a t''larfie steal-
ing $6,800 in state money, twice
By UNITED PRESS
Rains that produced the rare
spectacle of summer floods in
West Texas drifted farther west-
20 | ward Tuesday, but forecasters
j predicted that they will move back
I an inch Monday afternoon at Nolan
and 2.5 inches in scattered sec-
j tions around Maryneal up to noon
Monday. The Elmo Alexander
ranch received 2.5 inches and the
Gus Farrar ranch 2.2 inches, all of
i which fell before noon Monday. No
j rain has been received in that area
| since that time, reports said.
Monday's light rain boosted the 1
1 July total to approximately .6 of
an inch for Sweetwater. The only i
previous moisture received in the
I city during July was a .3 of an '
' inch shower last Friday afternoon.
However, the agriculture area :
around Sweetwater has received
, considerably more moisture dur- \
j ing the past several days, giving
invaluable benefit to cotton crops j
I and small grain.
FIGHTS IMPEACHMENT
Drilling on No. 1-A Leland How-
ard well southwest of Sweetwater
in section 56 south of the Magno-
lia pump station was proceeding
around 5,700 feet Tuesday.
Recovery of oil and salt water
was reported on a drillstem test of
Ailie upper Pennsylvanian, possibly
Mhe Canyon, at 5,430 to 5,448 feet.
The three-hour test developed
gas at the surface in 1-% hours.
Recovery was 150 feet of oil, 300
feet of mud-cut oil, 150 feet of oil
and gas-cut mud, 250 feet of heav-
ily oil and gas cut mud and 50 feet
of sail water.
The 1-A Howard well is the new
Estaban Ellenburger pool opened
by C. L. Norsworthy Jr.
Bill Holland's No. 1 Cuthrell
test, south of Roscoe south of the
No. 1 W. C. Cleckler, was reported
Monday bottomed at 6,610 feet,
running logs. On a 30-minute drill-
stem test between 6,546-76 feet, re-
covery was 10 feet of mud. Flow-
ing pressure was zero; one hour
shut-ill pressure was 3,400 pounds.
An official report on No. 26
Evelyn S. Cox well recently com-
pleted west of Lake Trammell on
fthe Cox ranch shows the oil flow
was nearly 15 barrels an hour
through half-inch choke.
The Canyon Sand well in sec-
See OIL page 8
Mayor Of Houston To Present
Arguments At Mass Meeting
Giles ordered it, Richey testified.
Testified Appraisals Raised
Richey, a lean graying six foot-
er, said the appraisals were raised
! alter conferences with Giles.
HOUSTON —UP— Mayor Roy heinz has counter-attacked with a , ' ue (Giles) said he thought the
Hofheinz is expected to tell his side city charter amendment calling for ian[j was Worth more," Rickey
of the feud with the city council another city election for all city \ s'ai(j
Tuesday night at an "old fashioned offices, including mayor and coun- \ jn tj,e casc of the Rosenow
community mass meeting" and he J til. Nov. 19. ranch - a transaction resulting in
Giles' present theft trial — Richey
"He thought it was worth more j eastward and produce more rain
he said it was," Richey said j tor "several days."
Some business houses in Mid-
Procter i land and the main north-south traf-
under the veterans land program j asked Richey if he or Giles ar- | fic loop around the San Angelo
'Vj'j! ! he headed, a former employe tes- ! rived at the final figure on the j business district were flooded Mon-
i tilled Tuesday. ! value per acre. ] day, but not seriously. The money . . , t , ,
The onetime employee of Giles "Mr. Giles did.' Richey said, the rains put in the pockets of h divide have received up to five
and witness at his trial — H Lee i Richey went to work for the gen- i farmers and ranchers outweighed ,dve iecei\eu up io me
Riehev _ told of his innraisals ■ eral land office in 1939. He worked | thousands of times any damage
; of the vast Rosenow ranch in Kin-1 as an appraiser for the veterans ; they did.
nev enuntv nf Smith Texas as well land board from January of 1951 Heavy rains oi the past few days
as the Frank Young tract in Za- ' UI til January of this year when [ have soaked blotter - dry farm
valla county " he left the state agency. His name j lands in the western part of the
'Appraisals ' on both pieces of as an appraiser has figured in tes- state
property were increased after
Some areas northwest of Ros-
up
inches of rain since Saturday.
filled lakes and rivers to
timony before House and Senate ] near overflowing and caused local
committees of the Texas legisla- j flood threats.
ture in their investigations of the j Two tornado funnels were spot-
veterans land scandals. ; See RAINS page 8
$25 MILLION CASH DEAL
said that "the fur and a little hide
Hofheinz took his case to the
j is going to fly." j people Monday night in a half-hour
Hofheinz said that he had taken ' speech on two television stations
j out large advertisements in Tues- , and a radio station. He described
j day's Houston newspapers publi- the impeachment attempt by coun-
j cizing the meeting, which will be j cil as "abortive" and "trumped
i held in a huge air-conditioned mu- ■ up."
sic hall. j But he promised that the best is
A running battle between the j yet to come at the mass-meeting
council and Hofheinz over the j Tuesday nigh.
\ strong mayor form of government j Costly Blowoff
j in Houston resulted in a recent ! The "blowoff" will cost the may-
move by the council to impeach | or $3,250 for television and radio
RKO - Radio Pictures, Inc.. Mon-
day to the General Tire and Rub-
Hofheinz on charges of "miscon-
I duct, inability and willful neglect"
' in office. The feud involves politics,
| city economies and a recent house
| and land scandal.
Initiated Proceedings
coverage, newspaper advertising
and rental of the music hall for
$250.
City councilmen, who met with
their attorney Monday, took the
news of the mayor's all-out attack
The eight - man council initiated ! calmly.
Impeachment proceedings last Fri- j Councilman Gail Reeves said
day, suspending the mayor for 30 [ "This is not a battle to be tried
days, but Hofheinz got a court or- | on television, on the radio or in
der to keep him in office at least
until Thursday's injunction hearing.
Hofheinz was re-elected to a sec-
ond term in November, and would
have to be elected again in Sep-
tember if the council is successful j the money to spend,
in impeaching him. However, Hof- ' up to him."
music hall. It's not a three-ring
circus and councilmen do not in-
tend to make it one."
However, Reeves added that if
the mayor wants to do so and has
then that's
said he appraised the property at
"between $27 and $28 an acre."
But, he said, he raised the price
by "about five dollars," upon or-
ders of his boss.
Richey said he estimated the
value of the Frank Young property
at "around $175 to $185 an acre," , _ . .
but after a closed door conference ^er. ?' ,for ^ ®
with Giles, boosted the price ulti- | d.eal, believed to be the largest
mately paid by the state to S225 «n?le financial transaction in the
an acre oil nine tracts and $215 : history of the motion picture in-
dustry.
An announcement said payment
; is due to be made by check on
July 25. The transaction was be-
lieved to be one of the largest
j cash sales by an individual in the
I history of American finance.
BERLIN —UP— Twenty-four j The contract was signed by
miners were killed and 96 were ! Hughes and Thomas J. O'Neill,
injured when fire broke out in a \ vice president of the rubber com-
Communist East German uranium patiy and president of General Tel-
mine, the Soviet zone radio an- eradio, Inc., and Mutual Broad-
nounced Tuesday. i casting System, which are subsid-
Tlie radio broadcast said the j iaries of General Tire and Rubber,
disaster happened in a mine at ! The studio will be taken over
Nieder-Schlema in the Soviet zone j by General Teleradio. The new
province of Saxony. I owner also will acquire control of
Hughes Sells Tire Firm
Motion Picture Studio
Production Drops
From City Wells
In Airport Field
Sweetwater's city airport wells
are steadily declining in oil pro-
duction, reports this week indi-
j cated.
Rowan & Hope engineers have
I contended that the oil-gas ratio is
down but the oil "is there" and
j water flood from the top up is
needed to restore the field to its
LAS VEGAS, Nev. —UP— Mil- about 400 old films and some new
lionaire Howard Hughes, sold ones. It was believed they would \ one-time production level.
24 Are Killed
In Mine Fire
be shown on the Mutual television
network.
O'Neill said no immediate per-
sonnel changes were planned as
a result of the change of owner-
ship.
The sale does not involve the
former holding company, RKO
Pictures Corp., the parent com-
pany of RKO Radio Pictures. Inc.
Facilities which will change
hands include the major motion
picture producing and distributing
company with extensive studio and
production facilities in Hollywood
and Culver City, Calif., control of
studios in New York; access
through part ownership of produc-
ing facilities in Mexico City; 101
domestic and foreign motion pic-
ture exchanges, the facilities of
RKO-Pathe and RKO Television,
Inc.
Introduction of water to push
the oil up by hydraulic pressure
can restore the field to the pro-
duction power it once had. the en-
gineers have told city officials.
The airport has seven wells on
the city lease and they once pro-
duced $2,500 to $2,800 monthly for
the city's one-eighth.
In recent months, oil income at
the airport has dropped to $2,200
one month, recently to $1,100 in a
month and in July to $600.
The city water department's
lease at Lake Trammell has 12
producing wells with strong gas
pressure lift at this time. Three
or four wells are not yet on the
accounting list but income from oil
to the city at the Lake Trammell
lease is around $3,500 a month with
three or four wells yet to be ac-
counted tor.
Far East Called
More Explosive
Than Is Germany
NEW DELHI —UP— Indian
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
said Tuesday the Far East is a
more explosive problem than Ger-
many and cannot be ignored by
the big powers.
In an obvious reference to the
Big Four meeting in Geneva Neh-
ru said he h<*p d .the big powers
would give some 'Consideration to
Formosa and the Far East ques-
tion, and "prepare some ground
for a smooth consideration of the
whole problem later."
He added that the Formosa ques-
tion cannot be considered without
Communist China.
"At some time a conference will
have to be held to discuss the Far
East," the Indian statesman said,
at a press conference at which he
reviewed his recent trip to Rus-
sia. "But informal approaches
should be made before any final
discussions."
The premier, regarded as the
leading exponent of East-West co-
existence, sent his good wishes to
the Geneva conference.
Asked to comment on President
Eisenhower's proposal for consid-
eration at the summit meeting of
the future of Soviet "satellite"
Nehru said each country must be
treated separately The approach
should be peaceful in accordance
with the people's wishes, he said.
Western Big Three
Voice Different
Views At Meeting
GENEVA —UP— The United
States, Britain and France went
to Geneva to speak "with one
voice" at the Big Four summit
conference, but they showed
marked differences of accent on
the first day.
President Eisenhower said in his
opening statement that the talks
were designed "to find a basis for
accommodation" that will make
future concrete solutions possible.
British Prime Minister Anthony
Eden offered Russia a five-power
11011-aggression pact with a demil-
itarized buffer zone between East
and West.
French Premier Edgar Faure
suggested a security organization
i to include all European countries
! as well as a new disarmament
I deal.
A first assessment of the West's
peace plans led observers to con-
clude that these views reflected
western agreement on the broad
principles of a possible settlement
| but the absence of a joint plan so
j far on how it could be achieved.
Western observers welcomed
i President Eisenhower's policy
statement as a "sober and con-
ciliatory" outline of Allied strate-
i gy for future diplomatic moves.
But they also noted its cautious
j and noncommittal air, which con-
trasted with the more firm British
i and French approach to the meth-
■ ods for a European settlement.
Interest focussed particularly on
; the vital question of European se-
curity which all three western
! government chiefs mentioned, but
with a marked difference of em-
phasis.
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