The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1956 Page: 2 of 4
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Milford Bank Robbery
Suspect Given To FBI
32-Year-Oid Negro Arraigned
In Dallas on Robbery Charge
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• President Richard Nixon
t the Vienna. Austria air-
ur of Hungarian refugee
within 11 miles of the
*> lead to new American
DALLAS. Tex <1 l*i
32 >ear old N*-gn* Ins h» • ri
arraigned in Dallas on a
charge of robbing ih«* first
National Rank of Milford of
12.900 but he wept and in
tinted he didn't want a hear
ing
The Negro, \bner Batie.
wax tent to jail in lieu of
$10,000 ho ml ief b) 1
Commissioner V\. M.iiMm
Hill
Hatie said h*- had never
been In trouble hefori <1
hit story was ha< h• I h> five
brothers who e.iuo- I,cm
from Houston f *r the ! • .ir
ing.
The brothers • .lid tiles
will hire a lawyer and Ii.iw
Batie out of |ail M lda>
Two of the brothers w*|»t
during the hearii , i
USDA Reveals
1957 Soil Bank
Allocations
Requiem Mass Said New Egypt-lsrael
For Mrs. Tom Slama Flareup Delays
Suez Salvage iob
uuO
ihie .‘or
Requiem mass was said at the
St John Church at 10 am Fri-
day tor Mrs Tom Slama
Mrs Slanaa died in Fnms
Municipal Hospital Thursday at
the age of 84
Those who served as pallbear-
ers for the burial right* in St
J">eph Cemetery were Charlie
Jurrik John Reznik L J Kud-
rna Edwin C. Nesuda. Charlie
Now and Wesley F Honza
Drouth Drops
Texas Crop Values
M STIN Tex (UP) The I S
Department of Agriculture re-
ported *oday that a devastating
dr u’.h dropped the value of
; -;pa! crop-, in Texas during
.<7. d An nine per cent from
! CAIRO, Kg
flareup he!w<
rael again h .
work in the S
Kgypt (let la
begin on the
get* all of it
Sinai Desert a
refugee p.r k*“
Israel couri'
Kgypt of n
! commando ra
said it sent ii
Sinai Renini.i
Premier Davn
said that I r e
(/ dZ i St r i rj
An Lsraeli f<
esman s.,id th
their m...th«i had reared
them to he honest citizens.
Sheriff Burl White arrested
Italic at a roadblock soon
alier (he robbery yesterday.
V n< \ \brier Batie 32-year-
(’Id N< . ro held as a suspect in
’h" I relay robbery of the First
\ it:on.d Bank in Milford wa
’ -ri 11oin *be fibs <’ounty jail
r. W irahaebie to Dallas this
M'ornmg according to Milton
1 orliiMion I llis County depu.y
i r ton d Sheriff Burl
V. te took the Negro to Dalla-
to be (pie tinned by the FBI
90 Hungarian Refugees
Enroute to Houston Today
DALLAS. Tex <l’P) -Twenty
Ho ■ . n refugee-, who spent
i ■ • ( Most ri ,, in America
bu 'top|n.-(I over
’; ly here today enroute f o
n H< u ton
• i on •
■ i' which left Camp Kilmer.
.!■ r-iy on Christmas Kve
• *r<- aboard i ‘■poetal Con
.i 1 railways bus which
* about mid-morning on
■ t toj trip to Houston
I hree couples were among
■ cup- vs!iic h told an inter
T- N-r ’-.r.v very little of the
mi ’h r long trip be-1
they ept ab< ird the bui
* 1 ' the tunc- Most of the
f: <m Budapest which
November 18 They left
\ ’r Dec ember lb
i Batie is reported to have con- j
lessed to White Friday night that I
he was tin1 lone bandit who en-1
'••red the bank at Milford around 1
12 JO p in Friday, with his head
v l 1 ’ b, ‘ ! ... .V UIIU l(((
more than $2000 at pistol point
iroiii Cbai ies .1 Woodward vice
president of the bank
Woodward was on duty at a
tellers window and was alone
m the bank except for a book-
keeper Miss Fay Herrin
Batie i.s reported to have spent
his early years at Milford, but 1
to luxe lived in California for
some time
Turlington said Batie had stop-
ped at Midland en route to Mil-
ford from California, and that
he reportedly left Midland
around -1 30 or 5 o'clock Friday
At Least 707
Die in Accidents
On US Highways
ID l MTKD PRKSS
Tiv Oiri-t ;ms holiday traffic
toll set an all time record
The latest United Press count
• >i" uoiuldv accident deaths, com-
plied from 6 p m Friday to
Christmas midnight i hows at
lea ' 707 Americans died on the
highway The figure was well
over the bOO safety experts had
predicted
California led all over states
web 7..* dead ard Illinois was
second with be at latest count.
Thre< tat< Maint North I >;*•
kota and South Dakota, had no
traffic deaths
Jr. .’•> annual crop summary
e department estimated the
t a I value of Texas farm yield
one and one-tenth billion dol
and other
were train,
new raids
re
tack* on !
that Egyp1 i
Mur r < . v < e,<
Sunday Guesti
Du.’m of Mr and Mrs. C. M
ay n Sunday were Mr. and
Mr- H 1 Greer and Mr. and
Hip Sayer of H< uiton
i Mr r,d Mr K C Sinker
Two top
cials arrive
Cairo to 1r
They ar< \i
live aK si.star
f General Da
Alfred ha’/
a*i/ iMuh/job I..
fin
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Fire Does $75,000 Darnoge
To Lumber Yard in Houston
HOI 5TON i. (UP) Pire
I c-d some $75 (XX) worth of
'i tiortly before midnight
when it swept through
■ i• rii;•/!•* Lumber Company in
f Iniictnn
• : •<! fice and hard war•
w .ri :i'<u-e of tb*- firm was do-
'i 'yed Firemen kept the blaze
t: n spreading to the lumber
"I .Ki'i-s the street from the
on bidding.
-Vj' iiontir*s of ’he fire d<*p> irf -
...d the three alarm blaze
b! O' r ’!y began in (he rear of
II • * ’ icco building
Christmas Hunting Trip
Fatal to Minister’s Son
ROSHARON. Tex (UP) \
1 ' N’na hunting trip ended m
. ye terday when the 15-
> • old oil of :t Houston irnn-
'•■r w,i• accidentally shot to j
The victim was Robert W '
■ • ■ f an v : tant
; : '" o i.i I Preacher
The youth was kdle<l while
t dui k in t he Pr ■//<< Rr. < r
w.’h three companion'
H hot when the 1 rigger of
i g ;n apparently < aught some
• rb* J w re near Rosharon. Tex-
fire took 43 live
. nine and miscel-
nt deaths totaled
In acid it .on
plane era he
laneous viol*
129 during the holiday period
A United Press survey for
Texas showed that at least 88
persons met violent death dur
ing the first five days of a 12-
lay holiday • • n in Tt
The de ith count begun early
F riday morning Traffic account-
ed for 4‘t of the victim
Homicides and suicides claim-
ed 2b lives during the period
Other forms of violence, includ
Tig f:• ha.i taken 14 more
victims in Texas
( hri-dmas Guests
Met;
Don Process 01
mg Speer,-., Texas
lent and Mr and
ity of Austin will
luest- of Mr and
.■Spec
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HOSPITAL N£WS
visiting hours at Knnts
Municipal Hospital are 10
to 11 a in.. 3 to 4 p.m. and 7
P \ I IK NTS IS HOSPITAL
Mr Joe Baldridge
. 11 on
* *.' 1. 11 Graham
A J Bate
on
IlLTI R\ TO AUSTIN
i and Mr Clarewe John-!
: ' f • ' 111 Iictl to 1b<-ir home j
MM 1 Live <>ak Austin after j
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ol ill V i. \ntbony
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ROUGH STUFF — A slam-
banc basketball season for
Kentucky would :^-em to be
anticipated with Hay Mills
wearing a football helmet, face
guard attached But the six-
foot four-inch forward is only
protecting a fractured jaw.
TBXAS POWIR & IIONT COMPANY
PALMER RUSTLER
ed at the r>o-t office at Palmer Texas as <-e* ond (lass maij
< r under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879
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• ■ •, ( • mm ill; corrected upon icr. nroyght
, j: ait* ntion
morning, dropped a passenger
off in Dallas, and then went
directly to Milford
Turlington said the man who!
rode to Dallas with Batie was j
picked up for questioning, but I
was released from the Ellis!
County Jail this morning ,
Batie was reportedly arrested (
about an hour after the robbery, i
on U. S Highway 77, about 25 !
miles north of Milford.
Woodward’and Miss Herrin'
said they watched from a bank
window and saw the robber j
leave, alone, in a car Batie was
caught at a road block after a I
description of the robber and I
his car had been flashed to police
over the county
(NEA Telephoto)
GOOD MAY C OME—Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
told a nation-wide TV audience that good may come from
recent ‘ tragedies” in Kgypt and Hungary because they have
proved ‘ the most powerful countries cannot impose their
domination over weak countries’
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Lb. Can $1.00
Black Eye Peas
3 NO. 300 CANS DHY
25c
NAPKINS
80 Count
2 Pkgs. 25c
PAPER PLATES
Bond ware
40 in Pkg. 41c
autumn At/ue
40*
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FOR
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BEEF SEVEN ROAST
SHURFRESH OLEO
PIKES PEAK ROAST
PURE PORK SAUSAGE
GROUND MEAT
HAM Shank
Ends
HAM Center
Slices
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49
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46 Oz. Can 29c
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ORANGE JUICE
SHurfine Frozen
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LETTUCE
Crisp
Pound 15c
RED POTATOES
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RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT
Lb. 8c
ORANGES
5 Lb. Bag 29c
GRAPEFRUIT
5 Lb. Bag 30c
WALNUTS, Baby
Lb. 45c
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Black I Peas
Homofolks Fresh
No. 300 cans 10c
Sweet Peas
Del Monte • Early Garden
17 oz. cans 19c
Sandwich
Spread
Supreme
Pint 25c
Kclpcns Hi Lo
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Dessert
/2 Gallon 49
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SUGAR
10 Lb. Bag 97c
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SPAGHETTI
Lb. Cello 19c
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TISSUE
3 Rolls 25c
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WHITE MUSLIN 3 Yards 1.00
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TOY MIRRO ALUMINUM COFFEE POT, 18 Piece Set 69c
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The Palmer Rustler (Palmer, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 27, 1956, newspaper, December 27, 1956; Palmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth785659/m1/2/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ennis Public Library.