Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 1956 Page: 7 of 8
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Thursday, November 8, 1956
palacios beacon, palacios, texas
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"Never invite trouble—because
it will always accept!"
M Anyone who thinks he's indis-
pensable should try sticking his
finger in a bowl of water and
noticing the hole it leaves when he
takes it out.
DIAL *7221 DAY OR
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"BILL" FINCH PALACIOS
Public Hearing On Colorado River
Project In Washington November 30
The Board of Engineers for Riv-
ers and Harbors has for review the
preliminary examination report of
the District Engineer, Galveston
District, Corps of Engineers, on
the preliminary examination re-
garding the provision of naviga-
ble channel in the Colorado River,
from the Gulf Intraeoastal Water-
way to its mouth, including a jet-
tied outlet into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Preliminary Examination is
unfavorable to making a survey o'f
the desired improvement in that
the reporting officers find that
cost of the desired improvement
would greatly exceed the benefits
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prospective at this time. Accord-
ingly, the reporting officers recom-
mend that no survey be made at
this time of the proposed improve-
ment for navigation of the Lower
reach of the Colorado River from
the Gulf Intraeoastal 'Waterway
Crossing to the Gulf of Mexico, in-
cluding jetties at the mouth of the
Colorado River.
At the request of interested par-
ties who desire that the navigable
channel be provided, the Board
will hold a public hearing com-
mencing at 2:00 p.m. EST to 3:00
p.m. EST, on November 30, 1956,
in Washington, D. C.
All interested parties who may
be affected by the plan of improve-
ment desired, as outlined below,
are invited to be present or repre-
sented at the hearing. The pro-
ponents of the project will be af-
forded the opportunity to present
their statements first, followed by
opponents to the project.
The reporting officers in their
report indicate that the desired
improvement lack3 economic justi-
fication. The Board desires at its
hearing to have presented to it
factual data and information which
would substantiate the claim of the
proponents of the project that the
desired improvement is econom-
ically feasible and justifiable.
Proponents of the requested im-
provement desire a safe and de-
pendable shallow-draft navigation
channel between Matagorda and
the Gulf o'f Mexico. To eliminate or
reduce the rapid shoaling that oc-
curs at the entrance into the Gulf
of Mexico, they requested that
two constricting jetties would- be
constructed of concrete sheet piles,
with a top elevation of 5 feet. The
east jetty would be about 3,000
feet long, with the first 700 feet
located on shore. The west jetty
would be about 1,800 to 2,200 feet
long, with the first 200 to 400 feet
located on shore.
j NEW ROLE for beauty queen
Margo Lucey, Miss Washing-
ton (D.C.) of 1956: donating
; pint of blood in emergency
| Red Cross blood bank drive.
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LIP SERVICE is provided by
Mama Hippo in Tokyo zoo to
comfort and reassure her 20-
day-old baby.
PARRY O'BRIEN shows by
how much he beat his own
world shotput record with 62
feet, 6% inches toss at Eu-
gene, Ore.i
NIGHT AND DAY this man-made rubber plant at Institute,
W. Va. hums with activity as a $6,000,000 expansion program
is being rushed to completion by Goodrich-Gulf Chemicals
Inc. Without American rubber "plantations" like this one,
the world would be short more than a million tons of rubber
this year.
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SMU-Texas A & M
Game Highlights
Humble Oil Coverage
Four Southwest Conference foot-
ball games will be broadcast by
Humble Oil & Refining Company
on Saturday.
The Arkansa«-Rice game will be
broadcast from Fayetteville, Ar-
kansas. Ves Box and Jim Wiggins
will describe the game beginning
at 1:50 p.m. (CST) over KTRH,
Houston-740; KEYS, Corpus Chris-
ti-1440; KVIC, Victoria-1340.
The Baylor-Texas game will be
broadcast from Waco by Bob Walk-
er and Jerry Doggett. Broadcast
time is 1:50 p.m. (CST) over KP-
RC, Houston-950; KWBU, Corpus
Christi-1030.
The SMU-Texas A&M game will
be broadcast from the Cotton Bowl
in Dallas with Kern Tips and Alec
Chesser describing the play and
color. Broadcast time i« 1:50 p.m.
over KXYZ, Houston-1320; WOAI,
San Antonio-1200; KRIS, Corpus
Christi- 1360.
TCU and Texas Tech meet in
Lubbock and the game will be
broadcast by Dave Russell and Ed-
die Barker at 1:50 p.m. (CST)
over WFAA-WBAP, Dallas - Ft.
Worth-570; KTHT, Houston-790.
SHARKS-TIGERS—
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yards and a first down, Crawford
got to the five yard line on a
keeper play, fumbled and Bates
recovered to give the Sharks first
and goal. Oren Hamlin, Bates and
Pennington combined to give Tay-
lor a chance to gain four and one-
half yards up the middle. Craw-
ford rammed over right guard for
the score. Bobby Shows punched the
ball through the uprights and the
Sharks had seven points.
The Tigers bounced back on the
next series of downs with David-
son the big gun in the ball carry-
ing department. Davidson contrib-
uted runs of 46 and 12 yards to the
drive before Rod gained the goal
line on a two yard quarterback
sneak. Rod 'failed to run the point
over and the Tigers had a 20 to 7
half time score posted on the
scoreboard.
Palacios kicked short to the
Wharton 43 to open the second half
of play. Starr quickly grabbed the
ball to give the Sharks possession
on the Tiger 43. Moments later,
after Shows had gained three
yards, Crawford fumbled) afnd
Tommy Rainwater fell on the ball
to give Wharton possession.
The Tigers with their two speedy
backs Hobson and Davidson pick-
ing up good yardage on each carry
racking up three first downs to
gain the Palacios 19. Hobson cir-
cled his own left end for the re-
maining 19 yards and Wharton
had their fourth T.D. Stafford
quickly added the point to make
the score read 27 to 7.
After Alamia ran the kick-off
back to the Palacios 30 the Sharks
began their next drive. Taylor
passed to Crawford for 25 yards
and a first down which carried to
the Wharton 42. Bates and Kitch-
ens sprung Taylor over left guard
for nine yards, and Taylor gained
a first over center. With the
Sharks calling on Taylor four
times in succession and Kitchens,
Starr, Oren Hamlin, and Sea-
quist for blocking they were on the
Tiger's four as the quarter ended.
On the second play of the final
period Taylor blasted left tackle
for four yards and a touchdown.
Shows kick was wide and the score
was Tiger's 27 and Sharks 13.
Seconds later Jones shocked the
Sharks by bounding 47 yards
through the Shark defense for
Wharton's fifth score. Stafford
concluded Wharton's scoring for
the night by adding the point.
With about eight minutes remain-
ing the scoreboard read 34 for
SLANTS—
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eighth straight same and third
district game by whipping the
Tigers 34 to 0. To Slants that
means only one thing, that Sugar
Land has a mighty fine ball club
because Tidehaven hasn't lost
many games hy such a large score
in their nine years of existence.
* ♦ *
iWe lost a very good friend last
week when Dick Midkiff, aged 42,
died in a Temple hospital. Dick
was one of my idols as a youngster
in Gonzales. He was a pitcher on
Uncle Billy Disch's 1943 and 1936
Texas University baseball teams.
Dick won ten straight Southwest
Conference games in 1935 and '36.
He also spent some time with the
Boston Red Sox.
May you always be remembered,
Diclv
« * *
If the Sharks can find them-
selves on defense they could give
b<ith the Edna Cowboys and Sweeny
Bulldogs bad times in their two
final games o'f the season. If you
havert't heard, West Columbia beat
Sweeny 33 to 13 and Boling pound-
ed out a 33 to 6 win over Edna.
Sharks, let's draw those de-
fenses up tight for these two. Noth-
ing would make all of the fans
and coaches happier than Cowboy
stew and Bulldog steak.
* * *
Slants would like to salute the
Palacios High School Drum Major
and Majorettes who have done &
fine job this year. The Drum Ma-
jor 13 Gayle King, the Majorettes
are !Frances Halamicek, Donnie
Faye Cosby, and Virginia Loth
ridge.
* * *
Slants football predictions for
this week: Edna 20, Palacios 13;
Tidehaven 26, Hitchcock 20; Bol-
ing 27, Sweeny 13; West Columbia
40, Wharton 13.
Wharton, 13 for Palacios.
The remainder o'f the game saw
the Sharks gain the ball on four
occasions without mustering a
threatening drive. Pat Jewell gave
the Sharks several defensive mo-
ments as did Harold Bowers, Mar-
shall Rogers, and Clark Jackson.
The final score was Wharton 34
and Palacios 13.
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