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British Cabinet Meets To Poirier
Growing Crisis in Middle East
Police and Pickets Battle'at Westinghouse
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LONDON (AP)—Prime Minis-
ter Eden called hie Cabinet today
to discuss the growing crisis id the
Middle Egst and to consider Li-
bor it* demand! for parliamentary
.-debate oh the "government's policy
of selling arms to Arabs and Is-
raelis.
Eden assembled his ministers
-i after meeting Labor party leader
SS HughGaitakell and turning down
a Socialist request that he Invite
M' ^the Krem)i/n to help maintain;
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New Year's
Traffic Toll
Sets Record
in (he explosive
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Weekend tra
new record for a three-dnv New
Weekend traffic deaths set a
Y
Year holiday neriori.
But the total was far short of
the rerent Christmas holiday mark
and was lower thaa the toll, fdr
a nonho'idav test ueriod. *
The final tabulation for the
New Wear weekend, including de-
layed renorts. todav showed 357
traffe deaths. 72 deaths in fires
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The Cabinet meeting preceded
an emergency conference tomor-
row between Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd and British ambas-
sadors to eight Middle East coun-
tries who wrt suddenly ordered
back to London.
Accompanying the flurry of dip-
lomatic activity war a warning by
Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion
that Israel moat be ready for im-
minent war with her Arab neigh-
bora. Ben-Gurion told hi* Parlia-
ment; however, that was not “un-
avoidable.” , ■
Britain's press kept up t'bar-
rage of criticism against the Eden
government over revelations that
old British tanks Sod other sur-
plus World War 11 good have
trickled through Belgium to the
Middle East.
-.The government issued a state-
ment pledging jinew to do all in
its power to prevent a Middle
East arms race- v
At the same time, it partially
lifted its recent embargo on war
surplus goods, it said such goods
could be shippecPabroad4 if gov-
ernments of the countries con~+
cerned could guarantee the mate-
rial Would not be reconditioned
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VOL Ltll
Member Associated Press ORANGE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1956
Congress Reconvenes
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NUMBER 1
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HoBig*Time
County Gaming
Grand Jury Told
(See BRITISH, Page 6)
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and 74 in the mhcjHlanemn class. anr| resold for military purposes.
The over-all total was 503. In response to Gaitskell’s rc-
The traffic toll for the oeriod | quest for a “new approach," to
that began at 6 p.m. Doc 30 and
at midnight Monday broke the
three-dav fJcw Year oeriod rec-
ord of 3i7. The over-all total also
surpassed the three-day: New Year j
period record of 433.
But the traffic toll failed to ap-
proach the record for any holidav
-period—'he 60? total cotnoiled!
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during the recent Christmas holi-
days — and was well under the
predicted 420.
For purposes of comparison the
Associated Press made a survey
of traffic deaths during the three-
day nonholiday weekend of Dec.
9—Dec. 12. Motor vehicle fatalities
during that period — a 78-hour
period that matched the New Year
and Christmas holiday periods in
xtirre—numbered 364.
\|lut, desoite extraordinary ef-
forts to curb the slaughter, traffic
rieathrdut record highs for the
second weekend in a row.
The previous three - day New
Year records were established at
the end of 1953 apd the start of
1954. .. Y
The toll by state—traffic, fires,
miscellaneous:
Alabama 8 5 0: Arizona 5 0 1:
Deposits Reach
Peacetime High
A peacetime record of deposits
By PHILIP LILLY
"If there is any organized
gambling in Orange .County I
don't know anything about it and
the% last grand jury couldn't find
any evidence of it.”
So said District Judge Homer
E. Stephenson today in charging
the January term of the Orange
County Grand Jury.
“You may have read about the
trouble in Jefferson County. We
are very fortti'nate here. The
newspapers have been most co-
operative in bringing gambling
violations to light. They have
,hc “■
three eountv bank* Jury rooni to investigate crime and
The statistics were disclosed j reamed indictments which he
following the issuance of a Jcall
from the comptroller of currepcv 1 ^ll the Court of Criminal Ap-
at Washington tor a staftment oft M«als »«• us t0 bel,e% e theTe was
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Many Issues
B® 't IP y
race Solons
In Session
Striker Dies
After Beating-
Union Reports
COLUMBUS. Ohio (AP) — An
stimated 100 police movad in to
break up mass picketing at
Columbus Westinghouse
Corp.. plant today did
the spark to a 12-week-old i
keg »t the struck plant In the
•brief 'violence: "' . , ......^
One man died, possibly ot a
heart attack but after a beating,
claimed an officer of the Inter-
national Union of Electrical Work-
ers (AFL-CIO).
s At Meet seven persons ware In-
jured. ' -• / ■ .- |
Eighty-six person were storest-
ed—74 men and 12 women.
At. least one auto was overturn- ; ~ M
the condition of all national banks
as of the close of business Dec. 31
Deposit figures serve a* good
business index of the county's
growth in the past year, which
also saw the addition of a hew
bank on the county business
scene, the Vidor State Bank. De-
posit figures from these three
bank* totaling *27,435.758.87 were
slightly below the World War II
California 34 5 9: Colorado 0 frL peak of 528.000,000
Connecticut 1 2 2; Del a v. are 1 1 0>v Last year's deposit figures
Florida 16 0 1: Georgia 15 0 5:
Idaho 4 0 0; Illinois 13 1 8, In-
diana 9 0 0; Iowa 10 0 1;
Kansas 9 1 0; Kentucky 8 2 1:
Louisiana 10 3 0; Maine 0 3 0;
Maryland 15 0 0; Massachusetts
4 2 0; Michigan 21 1 3; Minne-
sota 2 0 4: Mississippi 5 5 2; Mis-
souri 7 0 0: Montana 1 0 0. Ne-
braska 5 V 0 ;
Nevada 4 0 0; New Jersey
10 I 1; N«w York 22 13 1; gew
Hampshire 2 0 0: New Mexico
3 0 0; North Carolina 9 6 1; Ohio
17 S 3; Oklahoma 4 10; Oregon
(See TRAFFIC. Page 61
which
room for serious doubt of their
validity.” •
“Stay within your grand jury
room, conducting your investiga-
tions under oath.” he added.
He appointed H. Evejette Mar-
tin of Bridge City as foreman.
Martin was recently elected a port
commissioner for the new port and
navigation district.v-
Two of 16 summoned to appear
for duty on the panel failed to
show up. They were J. L. Morse of
. . —t«»d»r Photo by Mar? Alice lake?
TELEPHONE HOPE FOR NEW YEAR—About 150 persons in Vidor waiting tor telephones will
get them in 1956 as Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. installs new and additional equipment in the
exchange building on East Bolivar St. Outside work, such as new lines and new circuits, will be in-
stalled by fall.
Moderate Factions Split Majority of Returns
France Faces More Years of Shaky Governments
a ndhFi nit^N a ti oh sd” Ban Ik sM o! a led * Vldor' who repdrtedly works *s 3
$23,269.56(1. The three banks this
year as of Dec 31 showed a de-
posit gam of ^2,166,189 87.
These figures compare with the
1953 year and figure of $24,794.-
073 The previous peacetime peak
came in 1951 when deposits jump-
ed six million dollars over the >
previous year and climbed to
pharmacist in Beaumont, and
KPAC radio announcer George
Crouchett. 7 „
It was the first time since Judge
Stephenson .took office, he said,
that this has happened.
Excused from duty were John-
nie Sanders and Bob Steele.
I Empaneled were; R. E. Petla-
I way. 208 Park Aye.; G. M Von
5207 We
PARIS
looked forward
shaky coalitioo<wgovernments a?
the rival i^oderate factions of
Premier E<J£ar'fjfiir( and ex-Pre-
mier Pieqte Mendes-France sptit
the majoftt?: of returns fqptt the
National fA^nih^y el^tihnsjf V
The Communists And Pierre
% tax rebf ls piled up un
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
84th Congress today convened its'
second session Whidh will draw
the issues—and perhaps make or
break hopes of “potential candi-
dates — in the 1956 presidential
election year.
The lawmakers gathered in an
atmosphere of post-holiday jovial-
ity, but they were already jockey-
ing over such vote - important
questions as a farm program —-’
tabbed No. 1 by both parties —
tax reduction, foreign aid and
highway building.
And the Democrats, in control
of the congressional machinery,
were talking anew about invgsti-
gations, commonly an enthusiastic
pastime of election years.
- House Democratic leader Mc-
j Cormack (Mass) said he thought
his party should center its investi-
gations oh “control of government
by big business."
"This administration is domi-
nated by big business, ’ McCor-
mack fold reporters, “and I think
the public should know the extent
to which big business has taken
over.'*
ao arrival
ed at each of the plant's five i
gates......
Police ears were stoned and '
clubbed in the predawn darkness
as the long-expected violence fi-
nally burst out at 5:30 a an. during
a previously planned "mass dem-
onstration.'1
j The dead man was Troy Tad-
lock, 34, who was dead -eo »m*at
at a hospital Dr. Robert
coroner, aid not report
on the cause of death immediate-
ly, but Earl Webb, international
representative of the striking un-
ion. said of Tadlock’s death:
"If he had a heart attack It
was because it was given to hifh
by the beating he took.”
In addition to the alleged beat-
ing. Webb said Tadlock Was
“stepped on.” Webb added the
union is investigating the death
and expects to have a statement
ktef- '* Zx-.
Tadlock, who leaves a wife am)
a 6-year-old son, had bean em-
ployed at Westinghouse nearly
two years. Mrs. Tadlock said her
husband had been on the picket
line about three days a week since
(See WESTINGHOUSE, Page I)
CAP) — France tdRiy • the 4 to 8 observers had conceded ' moderate coalitions which have ducU^o°legislative business until
ward tjfcjjpireycafs of them bet ore the voting. They had ] governed France since 1947. But jit received the President’s annual
-, - - »»■»•. dui j h receivea the President’s annual
jumped to prominence only last j there was no immediate echo from ! State of the Union message,
year with their leader's campaign Mendes-France, a close associate 1 ~ —
Labor Contract
Talks To Resume
December Was Orange's Worst
Month in Traffic, Police Say
qffigLsr low rime in 1949 bchriltz, 5207 Westway; Dave
when C dropped to $17,889,830 ! J* ^
and many Orangeites then saw j j L Box l'2- „t'ur^ls
(See DEPOSITS, Page 5) 1 Rt"11!,'Box°ri'97:enRodolph lL?ns-
comb, Rt. 3. Box 101; James C.
Headrick. West Orange; George
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-
Dear Editor:
Gunter, Rt. 2. Box 248G; Wiley C.
Wright, West Orange; James R.
Bays. Rt. 1, Box 444A; and Mar-
tin, Bridge City.
Traffic-wise, the Orange police
department had » poor December
despite the dearth of serious ac-
cidents over the long holiday peri-
od, Traffic Sgt. Raymond Harper
nojed today
Part of the soaring Increase in
damage and injuries was attrib-
uted to the extension of the city
limits, particularly to the east
which resulted in the annexation
of Simmons drive, the curve and
Fire Department
Officials Grateful
U.S 90 ffom the middle of the
Sabine River bridge west
In the December departmental
report reelased today by Police
Chief Ravmond Sanders there was
one death. Bonnie Mae Kevs, 15,
and 11 injuries cited as the re-
sult of 72 traffic accidents. Dam-
age in those collisions was esti-
mated at $23,859 and 74 tfekets
i for various traffic violations mere
; issued.
"The bluk of these injuries and
i damage estimates stemmed pri-
I inertly from accidents on the Sim-
! mons drive curve or in that stretch
of the four-lane highway between
the curve and bridge,” Harper
Case Against
Hunters Ends
Pouja,de’« Ux rebgla piled up ™
expected gains. The Reds actually j Me des*F c
were runajng slightly behindithejr ■ p
1951 popular vote, but the Moder-
ate split—-meabinl bit at>b-R4d
alliances succesggul ih I|5Hr-fKFe
the Communists mote seat*. ■
With returns in for rotH£*Mir
544 -Mats filled in Europe^.
France, these were the major As- J
sembly standings from the voting j
yesterday;
Faure s right-center coalition-
170 seats. Jess than expected due
partly to inroads of the Pou-
jadists.
Mendes-France's leftist “Repub-
lican Front”—140, including 81 for
the Socialists.
Communists—135. already :',6
more than the ,99 they held in the
" last Assembly.
against paying taxes, i of Faure until they split last year.
An estimated 25 million voters j “The first results of’the vote,”
turned obt,' a record for France. ( Mendes-France said in a state-
Faure af once called for a re- ment, “confirm the discredit into
of his forces with those of'which the outgoing majority has
to rebuild the j fallen,”
■ . ----- ,\ With no faction anywhere near
a majority of the Assembly mem-
bership, three possibilities of a
j coalition seemed likely;
Report From
Circleville
President Eisenhower, recuper-
ating at Key West, Fla., from his
Sept. 24 heart attack, wiH send
the message to the Capitol on
Thursday. It will be read by-;
elerks.
Eisenhower will return to Wash-
ington next weekend. At present,
he has scheduled no personal ap-
pearance before the legislators.
Circleville
Jan 3, 1916
The wards would fit some of
the Hollywood crooners better if
they’d sing that song like this:
Love and marriage
Went out of date with
The horse and carriage.
Tours faithfully.
II B. Fox
___ Vice President Njxon rapped his
1. Faure or one ofhh friends- ’
perhaps Foreign Minister Antoine ! A])P ' Washin,
Pina; might lure enough Men- j to^orX sSriWofme sesslS^I
cept Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) and
Bg BOB AXELSON
Negotiations will be resumed
tomorrow st 10 ajn. between offi-
cials of the American'Btidge Di-
vision and representatives of Dis-
trict 31 Of the International Assn,
of Machinists on a new labor
agreement
Plant spokesmen commented to-
day that a. number of contract
items, ineluding wages, remain to
be settled. The AFL-CIO local will
be represented by Johnny Foster,
business agent
Negotiations haVe
Twvtiai wwf* wiun
chinist! in the U.S. Steel
if remaining ae the lone
haVe continued tor
witR"srfiie^72 ma-
U.S. Steel subsidi-
duig for the Democratic presi- by a new contract. All of the other
AFL-CIO craft locals have signed
pacts ranging from one to two
Poujadists—461, a lot more than
BULLETIN
pointed otit.
Fire Chief Vertis Sands and Elsewhere, ’other department
Fire Marshal Raymond Horn to- i patrolmen
day expressed their appreciation ‘
for the “splendid cooperation”
shown by Orange residents over
JASPER. Tex. (AF)~An order ,
of dismissal” on assault to murder I
charges against five Southeast
Texas hunters was signed today
by Dist. Judge E. A. Lindsey.
This apparently closed the books
on a sensational shooting case on
Christmas day, 1954, in which a
Beaumont hunter was killed, and
another hunter and two rancher-
brothers wounded.
Killed was Roy Muench. 51. of
Beaumont. The five surviving
hunters were found innocent by a
HOBBS. N.M. (AP)—A cage 0
earning five men plunged 230
feet to the bottom of a shaft in
a new potash mine 46 miles
west of Hobbo today, killing at
least two. Project Engineer
James A. Lilly reported there
were two known dead and three
others who obviously were
seriously injured.
Transfer of Bonds,
Land To Be Studied
the holidays
“This has been a record holiday
in the memory of the fire depart-
ment and it can be attributed to
Orange residents. It was through
(heir combined efforts that they
either eliminated or kept fire haz-
ards to a minimum,” Horn com-
mented.
During the holiday season from
Christmas through New Year's
there were no major fires but
, _ „ . j miiittrij) nxrr lutuiu luiiwvruv «
ing charges: drunkenness, 64; dis- j vlhlct' at>out 40 shots were ex-
turbing the peace, 9; affray, 10; j chan*ed- Krew out °*
investigation, 3: drunken driving.
3; aggravated assault. 1; murder.
1; vagrancy 3: theft, 2: and holds
for other departments. ?.
During December, fines collected
through department activity tot-
aled $2,490. This breakdown was
listed; criminal, $1,385; traffic
fines, $759; and overtime park-
ing tickets, $346.
Poundmaster Oscar Breaux dis-
grass and trash fires kept depart- j posed of 63 dog and livestock cases
mental, employes op the run. The j and the bill for fpeding prisoners
bulk of these blazes were attribut- j in the city jail was listed at
ed to exploding fireworks.
$129.65 for December.
the killing
of a- hunting dog on the property
of ranchers Sterling Garlington
and Dslthin Garlington near here.
Travis Ellis, of the Jasper area,
was wounded in the face. Other
hunters charged and then cleared
in the shooting were Charlie Ellis,
Gerald Sanford and Richard Mor-
ris, all of this area,1 and Clarence
Willingham of Beaurqpnt.
The Garlington brothers were
seriously wounded.
Judge Lindsey ordered the case
dismissed on grounds of insuffi-
cient evidence.
Israeli Leaders Post Warning for Neighbors
Jewish Nation Is Ready to 'Beat off Any Attacks'
LITTLE CYPRESS (Sol)
assumption of a share of bonded
indebtedness on territory trans-
ferred to the Orange Independent
School District last August will
occupy the Little Cypress School
Board today at 7:30 p.m.
Supt- E. A. Bates said the board
is expected to approve a propor-
tionate sum of the bonded indebt-
edness about $2,000.
The territory includes the Rie-
beck Crossing and Lincoln Heights
areas. , •
Also expected to come under
discussion-is the district’s problem
of providing adequate school fa-
cilities for the anticipated grow th
of scholastics, both immediate and
future.
Officials Map
Probe Plans
des-France supporters to make up j
j a Cabinet team.
| 2. Mendes-France might work j
I the same maneuver on the Faure- | dential nomination, was in Jack-
| Pinay forces. I s0nville, Fla., where he announced
1^3 Mendes-France might yield to , he would enter that state's pref- in'iength with a'"‘*5a'nd 1 fl-
it hem into a “popular front” Cab-I Across the Capitol, Speaker; major '"factors!***** ** <m* °* ****
inet. He has said he would not Rayburn (D-Tex) simultaneously!
seek Red support, but some of his ! called the House to order,
friends thought this might become j Majority Leader Lyndon B. j
Johnson (D-Tex)
inevitable,
Another wav out would be for
l he Assembly to pass a new elec-
tee FRANCE, Page 6)
AUSTIN (API—State officials
met today to plan an immediate,
thorough inquiry into charges that
four insurance department em-
ployes joined a huge conspiracy
to "defraud the public.”
The Insurance Commission and
members of the staff of the attor-
i*#y- general met behind dosed
doors to map procedure for the
probe. Commission member J. By-
ron Saunders said a news confer-
ence would be held this afternoon
to report progress.
A civil recovery suit for $6,640,-
The ooo filed in District Court here
Flour Shipment To Co
Through County Port
A two million-pound shlpmen
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's
Iwo top leaders have placed the
Arab states on notice that the
Jewish nation will beat off 'any at-
tacks from her neighbors.
But they told Parliament yes-
terday Israel does not want to
start another Holy Land war.
They cautioned against the belief
that war la unavoidable.
The stern statements came from
Premier David Ben-Gurion, ad-
vocate of Israel** “activist” policy,
and Foreign Minister tyoshe Shar-
ett, who has urged a course of
restraint
_ that all the Middle
.4
anccs,” Ben-Gurion urged Israelis
to be “ready for the danger of
imminent war.”
“We shall be grievously at
fault,” he said, “ifiwe do not see
with open eyes the imminent
danger of attack by Egypt—and
perhaps not only by that count-
• try , ,,**. 49
“In this confused, crazy, elec-
trified atmosphere,” he continued,
“any spark in any quarter may
ignite a conflagration of an un-
forseeable extent and results. We
ltary equipment,”
“Israel does not intend to pro-
voke any Arab state to war,” he
said. "She will stand ready to beat
off any attack and fight back any
aggressive war, but she will not
Initiate aggression against any-
one .. ”
,
'irector T. Arledge said to-
shalj, be grievously at fault it we
are not ready and prepared for
any eventuality.
but Israel and Tur- “H i* my duty and right of tl
of disturb- State of Israel to defend the Hv
jei
Mt tnm V.S.
ttocsl IMMU1 Pair m« mild with da*
—>a* touwtia*.
toHdt-
and It will do to
the means at its i
rriuini humidity tonl|hi tad touiono*.
. —-sc—^Vhrn&it 4t
with ___
as long as it ia necessary.”
Sharett. who reportedly had led
fight within Ben-Gurion's own
atoiot- hlah to CM
sue • )•* st 1:16 s.m. Md
1 M »M. mim tosh u it s# t m. tod
• m mi.; mv st 4 el « m. Md S'.se *.m.
rttTtt ItotogtoV to I II IX lit
more extramist views, spoke out
in much tha same vein yesterday.
He denounced both the CzechO-
tlovak-Egyptian arms daal and
tha "flow to Kn*Pt of British nul-
million-pound shipment
of hard wheat flour, probably to
J a South American country, will go
through the Orange port on Jan.
23, Dire
day.
The U.S. Department of Agri-
culture shipment made through
the Surplus Commodities Corp.
will fill, about 25 freight cars. The
surplus wheat will be loaded
aboard the Gulf Merchant,
Lykes Lines freighter.
Several such shipments of sur-
plus commodities have been han-
dled through the Orange port in
"recent months including pinto
beans and wheat. The shipments
went to Italy and Bolivia.
last week named Chief Examiner
Larry W. Blanchard, asst, chief
examiner Robert Butler and ex-
aminers William J. Noad and Lee
J. Pfelferkom as having had a
part in an alleged conspiracy to
defraud the public in connection
with the affairs of the defunct
General American Casualty Co.
of San Antonio.
The commission suspended the
four employes and announced it
would hold its own inquiry this
week. Blanchard and Butler have
maintained they are innocent of
any wrongdoing, and have said
they welcomed an investigation.
Saunders said the commission
owed it to the public, its employes
and their families to clear the
matter up immediately. The at-
torney general was called In to
aid in the inquiry.
Doctors Will Meet
With Hospital Unit
A joint meeting of the Orange
County Medical Society and the
board of managers of the Orange
Memorial Hospital will be held
Jfridsy at 7:30 p.m. at Little Mexi-
co Restaurant.
Labeled as purely a social meet-
ing. it is being hri# to foritially
present Joe Taytor. new adminis-
trator of ttoS i65-bed hospital
scheduled »tb open in June, to
county ' dwrorifL^TaylOL and his
family have ,;ntoVed hfere
and Minority
Leader Knowland (R-Calif) an-
nounced jointly as the Senate ses-
sion opened that it would be brief
and purely routine.
They said the Senate would re-
cess until Thursday to receive
the President’s State of the Union
Message. No legislative business is
(See CONGRESS, Page 6)
It included a 5-eent pay hike
retroactive to March 3, 1955, ex-
piration date of the old contract,
and 10-cents across-the-board
hourly wage hike effective on
signing of the contracts Other
benefits including six paid holi-
days and vacation plan were in-
cluded. Crafts which have reach-
ed agreement include the boiler-
makers, hoisting engineers, car-
penters, pipefitters and eleetrj-
(See AGREEMENTS, Page 6)
Ike Completes Work on Two
Major Speeches to Congress
■y’ v
Presi-
KEY WEST, Fla (AP>
dent Eisenhower today completed
work on two major tasks — his
Stpte of the Union Message and
his budget message reportedly
from!calling for spending about 63 bil-
Nashvilje, Tehn.. apd% officially lion dollars in the year starting
went t<) work Jan. l, Considerable July*
work has beep done by Taylor in | The. State of the Union docu-
hospita! planning and location of ment will be sent to Congress
equipment m the institution. j Thursday. And the President's
Following a policy set at the; vacation headquarters here an-
regular December meeting, the i nounced today the budget message
hospital board will meet Jan. 18..! will go to the lawmakers Jan. 16.
at- 6:30 p.m. instead of tomor- ( Eisenhower completed the State
row night. The change in. meeting of the Union Message at a bfief
dates, formally the first Wednes- j session with staff members fhis
day of each month, was made so j morning, then met with Budget
that administrator reports will be j Director Rowland R. Hughes,
ready for presentation once op- i Afterwards Hughes reiterated to
eration begins. Effective this! newsmen he still is hopeful the
month the board will convene on federal budget for both the pur-
the third Wednesday. — rent fiscal year, ending June 30,
and for next year can be balanced.
The conference with Hughes
presumably touched on a big
question of this political year—
whether the administration wUL
be able to recommend a tax cut
in the fiscal year starting July L
A final decision on that however,
probably will be delayed several
months.
Hughes was accompanied on his
flight here by Eisenhower's eco-
nomic adviser, Dr. Gabriel Hague.
The budget conference came as
Pupil Count Begins
In County Schools
the second session of the Demo-
cratic - controlled 84th Congress
THE LITTLE WOMAN
was about to convene in the cap-
jtaL
Both Hughes and Secretary of
the Treasury Humphrey have said
they hope taxes can bei reduced:
But they have declared too that a
decision must await determination
whether the budget for the new
fiscal year can be balanced. ,
After a conference with Eisen-
hower in November. Hughe* re- 5
ported that the new budget was
shaping up “in the same general
area" as t)kt expected spending
figure for the current year ending
June 30—around 63 billion dollars.
■ A
Union, Company Optimistic
The official student enumera-
tion for Orange CoUnty schools
began today and the results will
determine the per capita state aid
for which school districts will
* qualify.
Census taking is being done on
individual school y district basis,
with some superintendents as-
suming the duty and other census
workers appointed by the school
boards. Census work will con-
tinue through January.
County School Supt. J. B. Peddy
k
union a«d _
sib over
reaching an agreement in the
strike against the General Tele-
phone Co. of the Southwest,
Negotiations
ment.
term. The figure is about
above the present enroll-
Xx
• *
ENTERS FLORIDA PRIMARY
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. (AP)—
Sen. Estes Kefauver today an-
nounced he would enter Florida
preferential primary this year lor
the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation.
ORANGE JUICE
ELEVATED TO PRESIDENT
SAN ANTONIO (AP)
iated Press
"How come this freezer we
fot in the Leader Want Ads al-
ways «6ta all the steaks?”
various phases | HH
There were no formal sessions but ceedtng J. O. Loftirt. who along
it was reported that company and1 with his wife, was killed tit an
union officials conferred fre- auto accident near Kerrvtlle Set-
quenily by telephone. 1 urday.
Be-
COULD BE — Assoc:
labeled it as an earthquake in the
Los Angeles area about the time
;'e .(n nearby , sp
‘asadena was nearing an end. OJ
\vas watching the televised game
and has other non-scientiflc the-
ories: (IV Spartan rooters ripping
down a goal post. (2) the teriffic
impact with which Michigan State
backs smashed into the Brum line.
^ mtt-m .iiwm »■ »«Su «MMW»
"Wen. that better be good, since you were so busy making it
yesterday you forgot to get into The Leader like it said oa Page 1
POM were going to.*
TREAT—If you don't like foot-
ball—skip this one teo. Perfect
pfeyjicsl r conditioning plus BjtH-
executed plays and three teams
of equal caliber proved that Ok-
lehoma deserves it* No 1 national
rating. It wes a thrill to wateh -
the Sooner ground game chaw up
Un opposition.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1956, newspaper, January 3, 1956; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth560544/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.