The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1957 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DENISON PRESS, DENISON, TEXAS
TWO FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1957
State CAPITOL
EDITORIAL
Candidates should pay their way
Candidates in the current race for U.S. Senator are not
faring near so well with their free publicity as they have been.
Newspapers are willing to let the people know the goings-on
even to announcing the names of candidates. But when long
stories, usually with mats attached for pictures to be run, which
really is classified as advertising, it is there that the 1956-1957
crop of candidates did not fare so well. Newspapers are refusing
to play up such as news, when in fact it is paid matter and
should be charged the advertising rate.
Just now when so many names are announced as can
didates for the place of U.S. Senator, the inference seems to be
on the part of most of the candidates that the very high position
sought carries with it plenty of free publicity on the part of the
candidates. No such free publicity is given by the other advertis-
ing or announcement media now at the disposal of those who
wish to advertise or carry the word of their announcements.
The newspapers will carry the names and the office to which
a candidate may be elected after his election. That is in the
classification of news, as it informs the people who is their
elected officer. And that is a vast difference between being
elected and wanting to get elected.
Confidence Suffering in Texas
Confidence that should be exercised in our elected men
in office, and particularly in our Senators and Representatives
who are elected to pass regulatory measures for the betterment
of our society, seems to be suffering badly in these days.
Texas is having exposed plenty of such breach of confidence
and trust at present. And, what is more, the present exposures
bid fair to lead to a lot of threads, which threads, if followed
to the garment, may also disclose the man in the garment. For
all forms of graft and evil doing wear the garment that may
someday be removed from the body and the guilty man bared.
"There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed."
And when exposures similar to Ihose going on in Austin
start, every man wearing a guilty garment is living in mortal
fear and seeks to cast off the tell-tale apparel. But graft, sin,
murder, rape, and all things done in the dark, shall be brought
forth to the light. That's why evil seeks the darkness and by the
same token, probing for guilty ones always begins by turning
up the places where the evil planners gather. All the sinners
and plotters in the graft and dishonest world gather at the same
hideout and their interests are so interchangeable that once the
exposure starts, all are thrown into consternation.
Meanwhile the people are willing that the consternation
be spread and that the crimination and recrimination charges
take hold, for when crooks fall out, the honest public has a
chance to get justice done and guilt placed on the proper ones.
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DENISON and GRAYSON COUNTY
Grayson county, accredited by Texas Almanac 1955
of having the “most diversified economy of any Texas
county, with income from crops, livestock, manufacturing
and trade, oil, tourisrs and recreation seekers."
Blackland soils and terrain in the southeast, grand
prairies characteristics in the southwest, gray lands on
divide in central section; sandy lands and hilly topo-
graphy in north part along Red River. Drains to Red
River on north, Trinity on south. Post oak, walnut, hickory,
pecan, elm, bois d' arc. Oil, brick clay, cement material,
silica.
Lake Texoma has six million acre feet capacity, many
bays for fishing, booting on large scale, lake 1300 miles
around perimeter, and declared the ninth ranking in
capacity among the world's reservoirs. Lake four miles
north of Denison.
County has population of 70,000; 53.4 per cent urban;
90.9 per cent Anglo-Americans; 8.7 per cent negro; .04
per cent Latin American. Annual rainfall 37.55 inches;
temperature averages Jan. 43 deg., July 84 deg., mean
annually 65 deg.
AUSTIN — Legislative digging
into the affairs of ICT Insurance
Co. lias reached the pick-and-
shovel stage.
Previous sensation-a-day pace
could hardly be maintained. In
prospect now js an exhaustive
turning over of every detail of
the bankrupt company’s financial
history. Goal is to discover if
crash was due to any violations
of law or lack of adequate laws
or enforcement.
One possibility for fresh sen-
sations would be the return of
BenJack Cage, former manager
of the company. Cage is in South
America. He said he would be
glad to talk with the committees,
but was busy right now and
couldn’t get away.
Cage’s successors at ICT have
accused him of squandering the
company’s funds in numerous
bizarre promotional schemes.
Recent disclosures from testi-
mony;
(1) Former Insurance Com-
mission Chairman J. Byron Saun-
ders received some $7,000 from
ICT Discount Corp, in monthly
checks. Saunders said it was in
payment for his interest in Wood
County oil wells. Atty. Gen. Will
Wilson questioned Saunders close-
ly as to why the money was list-
ed on his income tax return as
legal fees rather than money
from a property sale.
(2) Two former Insurance
Commission examiners were ask-
ed to explain if they were the
same men whose names appeared
on checks from a BenJack Cage
interest. A doctor certified the
two, L. W. Blanchard and Robert
Butler, were too ill to testify.
Both had been discharged from
the commission for alleged con-
nections with another company
that went broke.
(3) Renne Allred Jr., court-
appointed liquidator for ICT,
charged the company was organ-
ized with borrowed money, a pro-
cedure contrary to state law. He
also said year-end statements
were fattened by short-term
loans.
(4) Several legislators and
former legislators testified con-
cerning fees from ICT. Most
were small in amount and re-
ceived some time ago.
Coke’s Co. in Trouble
Physicians Life Insurance Co.
of Dallas is to appear before the
Insurance Commission Thursday
(March 28) to show cause why
it should not lose its license.
This is only one of the dif-
ficulties faced by the company
headed by Former Gov. Coke
Stevenson.
It js one of several Dallas-
based insurance companies that
are to be investigated by a special
Dallas County grand jury.
Governor Stevenson said the
original founders of the company
sold some of their stock through
the company at a tremendous
profit and retained the money
themselves. None of these people
is in authority now, he said, and
the firm has sued for recovery
of the money. “It will go a long
way to get things straightened
out,’’ he said.
Stevenson also told stockhold-
ers the company’s future solvency
requires it to get loose from a
commitment to take over assets
of American Atlas Ins. Co. from
the state receiver. Federal tax
liens against American Atlas were
discovered after the deal was
made.
Another Insurance Commission
order gives Legal Security Life
of Dallas until April 15 to clear
up charges it falsified its books
to show assets in excess of their
true value.
Confused History
House bribery investigators are
having slow going with the Texas
Naturopathic Association.
Efforts to uncover details of
the TNA’s past legislative activ-
ities have been repeatedly balk-
ed by faulty memories and lack
of records.
On the committee’s recommen-
dation the House formally censur-
ed ex-Ren. James E. Cox of Con-
roe. Cox has been indicted on
charges of agreeing to accept a
bribe from the TNA.
Panel then turned its attention
to reports of a fund raised by
the Naturopaths to “educate” the
Legislature in 1955. Fund was
variously estimated from $8,000
to $59,000.
But only hazy and conflicting
testimony was received. No re-
cords were kept, said a former
office secretary.
Irked by it all, the committee
prepared contempt charges
against a Dallas naturopath, Dr.
Robert Spears, for refusing to
answer questions about his back-
ground.
Oil Down Again
Texas’ big gush of oil produc-
tion was short-lived. Europe
couldn’t use it after all.
Texas Railroad Commission cut
the April allowable by 224,710
barrels a day. It is to be at 3,-
564,665 barrels a day on a 16-
day producing pattern. This puts
things back about as they were
in February before the big jump
to 18 producing days in March.
Major oil companies had
strongly urged increased produc-
tion on the commission. But after
three weeks under the higher pat-
tern, they were unanimous in ask-
ing a cutback.
News of the lower allowable
brought uneasiness to Legislators.
They had been counting on high
oil production to bring in the in-
creased revenue to put over their
record spending program without
new taxes.
State Comptroller Robert S.
Calvert had forecast an extra
$100,000,000 for the next bien-
nium After the Railroad Com-
mission order, Calvert said he was
not changing that forecast yet. It
included some leeway for fluctua-
tion in oil revenue, he said.
Limited Sales Approved
Bill to prohibit limiting of
sales for below-cost items is back.
Senate State Affairs Committee
approved the measure sponsored
by Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr.
A similar measure passed in
1955 was outlawed by courts be-
cause it applied only to groceries.
Aikin’s bill applies to all retailers.
A record crowd attended the
committee meeting. Bill is gen-
erally favored by smaller groc-
ers who contend it is necessary to
prevent big chains’ usurping all
the business with drastic price
cutting.
Short Snorts
Texas Research League an-
nounced it has accepted the In-
surance Commission’s request to
survey its activities and offer
suggestions for more efficient op-
eration ... A bill to make par-
ents liable up to $300 for a min-
or child’s property damage is un-
constitutional, ruled Atty. Gen.
Will Wilson . . . Former Con-
gressman Brady Gentry of Tyler
was appointed Highway Commis-
sion chairman by Gov. Price Dan-
iel. Gentry previously headed the
Commission from 1939-45 . . .
Texas highway deaths during
1956 hit a record-breaking 2,611,
reported the Dept, of Public
Safety in closing its statistical
books for the past year. More
discouraging, the number of
deaths per miles traveled also
inched up . . . Court of Criminal
Appeals upheld the conviction of
George B.Parr for threatening to
take a human life. A Jim Wells
County court bad convicted and
assessed a $1,500 fine against the
onetime political leaded . . . Feb-
ruary saw 3,202 Texans enter the
armed forces while 2,932 were
separated, reports State Selective
Service Headquarters. Only 816
of the 3,202 entrants were draft-
ed.
Registrations for
Little League open,
deadline April 13
Registration of boys for Lions
Club-sponsored Little League
started this week and will con-
V. L Ashburn
buried Sunday
Funeral services were held at
Waples Memorial Methodist
Church Sunday afternoon at 3:30
for William L. Ashburn, Jr., 65,
prominent Denison business man
and civic leader. The Rev. Duke
Barron, pastor of Waples, of-
ficiated. Burial was in Cedarlawn
Memorial Park with Johnson-
Moore Funeral Home in charge.
Mr. Ashburn died in Madonna
hospital Saturday morning at 7
o’clock after a month’s illness. He
had been in ill health since strick-
en with a heart attack three
years ago.
Pallbearers were W. L. Steak-
ley, E. J. Lilley, W. L. Pete; son,
J. V. Conatser, Walter Lebrecht,
Kenneth J. Mills, Carl Flanery,
Sr. anrTXIbert Martin.
Mr. Ashburn was born near
Pottsboro March 3, 1892, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Ash-
burn. He attended school in
Pottsboro and received his bus-
iness education at Draughon’s
Business College in Denison. He
was married June 24, 1922 to
Blanch Church, native of Den-
ton. The Ashburn home is at 1231
W. Bond.
Ashburn w*a associated with
his father and brothers in the
dairy and creamery business all
his life. He started his own bus-
iness in Sherman in 1916, then
took time out for service in the
First World War. He returned
to the Sherman plant which he
sold in 1920 to return to Denison.
He purchased the Ashburn dairy
from his father ad operated it
until 1924 when he joined two of
his brothers, Harrell and Martin
in the creamery business.
Ashburn served two terms as
mayor of Denison. He was a mem-
ber of Waples church. He was a
past president of the Chamber of
Commerce, the Rotary Club and
Grayson County Chapter of the
Ameiican Red Cross. He was ac-
tive in Boy Scout work, Dokeys,
Masons, American Legion, and
various civic welfare organiza-
tions.
Survivors are two sons, W. C.
Ashburn III, stationed at Ft. Car-
son, Donald Ashburn of Denison;
two daughters, Mrs. Ryall Skaggs,
Denison and Mrs. Harold Pace,
Sherman; four brothers, Paul
Ashburn, Sr., Denison, Harrell
Ashburn, Ft. Worth, Frank Ash-
burn, Sherman and Lawrence
Ashburn, Dallas, and five grand-
children.
tinue until a midnight April 13th
registration deadline according to
Homer Gaddy, league commission-
er.
Eligible to participate in the
program are all boys ages 9
through 12, except those who
reach their 13th birthday before
August 1st. Age requirements
prohibit boys reaching 13 before
August 1st from participation in
the piogram. All boys must com-
plete a registration card properly
signed by parent(s) before the
April 13th midnight deadline to
be eligible. No registrations will
be accepted after the April 13th
deadline.
Little League spring training
will begin Monday, April 15th,
and player auctions will be held
on April 30th.
Registration cards have been
distributed in offices of princi-
pals at Lamar, Raynal, Peabody,
Houston, Central, Layne, and
Golden Rule elementary schools.
Cards are also available down-
town at Wayne’s Shoe Shop, 408
West Main and St. Xavier’s Acad-
emy.
Ten uniformed teams will par-
ticipate in the Little League pro-
gram this year, Gaddy has stat-
ed, two more than last year, with
five teams in the National leag-
ue and five teams in the Amer-
ican league. Two games will be
played each scheduled playing
night, according to the schedule
worked out by league officials.
1957 Little League baseball
play will start May 20th in the
National League, and in the
American League on May 21st.
Eugene Geer is president of the
National league, and Ben Barnes
is president of the American
league.
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Anderson, LeRoy M., Sr. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1957, newspaper, March 29, 1957; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth736732/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.