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THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN ISIS. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTE IN 1924.
VOL. 86.—NO. 04.
SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS.
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WEDNESDAY, APR. 22, 1964
20 PAGES
SECTIONS-5 CENTS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Council Approves
Major East End
Street Program
Petitions for major improvements for both Car-
ter end Lamar streets through the East End section
of Sulphur Springs were accepted Tuesday night by
the City Council. In the event that both streets cannot
be paved in the 1964 summer season—and the admin-
istration indicated that it is not likely—the council
instructed that work proceed
first on Carter Street.
That project, nearly * mil*
|| length, will involve curb,
•utter end paving from juat
•will of Radio Road (near a
proposed extension of Spence
Street) to College Street. The
Street project extend*
from Whitworth to College-
The two project* will be
•Med — when an aaeewment
is prepared »nd sp-
ier each—to s street
that already includes
paving for ail or portion* of
Irvin Lane, Hines, Davidson,
Rusaali Drive, Spence, East
Park, Tennessee, Jackson, Fish-
er and Parkins streets.
The council again delayed
action on the possibility of in-
cluding Mulberry Street be-
tween California and Middle
streets on the paving program.
Action Tuesday night by the
eeuacil Included p«u|* *"
final reading of the East Park
street assessment ordinance
and Manage en first reeding ef
the Itorkta* Street aneaament
Councilmen took up a re-
toning request again Tuesday
that bed been tabled at the
After hearing dieeueekm*
Mr Mi against the request, the
upieM a^^ni^SS&lS
deny rescuing for a let en the
northeast corner of the inter-
section of Gilmer end
streets.
The request far a change in
toning from second class resi-
dential to local bustoeea had
been made by Larry T. Booker.
Booker appeared before the
council to support his request,
while Dealer Thornton, who
owns property adjacent to the
lot to question, appeared to
present opposition
Later the council approved
on final reading mm ordinance
changing the sontog on thy
east side ef Gilmer moth ef
Spence Street from residential
to local basinet*.
Councilmen indicated that
they desired e street line as •
dividing area between varying
sontog classes.
In addition to chi sens ap-
pearing before the eeuacil on
the reaoning issue and to sup-
port «tf the Lamar Street pav-
ing petition, three ether pen
sons! appeals were made at
Tuesday’* semion.
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Joe Coke, Airport Road, ap-
peared to request an exception
to current ordinance limits- five major dairy breeds.
tions for extension of water
service to a proposed new resi-
dence on FM 2286.
The council, noting that the
proposed service ia "inade-
quate" by definition of city
codes, voted to deny the re-
quest.
Den Shipley, owner of White
Auto Store, wss granted per-
mission for one May house-to-
house delivery of circular ad-
vertising material.
Such delivery is generally
prohibited by municipal ordin-
ance end three local business
establishments, including Ship-
ley’s, have been asked to halt
the practice in the last fpw
weeks. Shipley said that the
May material already is on hand
and that no changes in plan
ntog would be practical at this
time and asked for the one-
month permit.
Pretests Tishet
Jimmie Roberta, 128 South
Moore, appeared before the
c o u n c i l to protest a traffic
ticket issued to hie eon for im-
proper and imprudent speed.
He Jmrtlcularly obpected to
the fsc$ that the arresting of-
ficer wrote the numeral* "64”
instead of "46” on the epecc
for the year of birth on the
(Continued on Page Six)
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Demonstrators Shout
As Johnson Opens Fair
QUEEN CANDIDATE — Gail Blackburne will be the Sul-
phur Springs representative this week-at the Lions Club dis-
trict convention in Kilgore. She was selected by a vote of
local club members and is pictured here with Bill Moore,
president of the Sulphur Springs club. (Staff Photo).
Tax Structure
Change Studied
ficial
n Falls
In County
The song may refer to
"Pennies from Heaven,” but
Tuesday’s 2.71 inch rainfall in
Sulphur , Springs was more like
The highly beneficial series
of cloudbursts brought the
area its heaviest 24-hour mois-
ture total since Sept. 1, 1862,
when an overnight rain mea;
lured at 4.05 inches caused
flesh flooding in portions of
the city near Town Branch.
Moisture from Tuesday’s
storms is expected to gTeatly
improve the chances for good
jAsture crops in Hopkins "Coun-
ty this summer. Last week most
pastures were described as well
; behind schedule - as the area
struggled to rebound from last
yearns drouth conditions.
Stock pools throughout the
county benefitted highly from
the rains, too, and many were
(Continued on Page Six)
Tentative discussion on a
"paper change” ia the tax rate
Live Display
Set at Bank
Another live downtown dis-
play featuring aapecta of Hop-
kina County's dairy indus-
try. is planned for the Dairy
Week observation here May
5-9.
It will feature heifer* of
various breeds that have been
raised in the county end sam-
ples ©f gnmses and clovers il-
lustrating what ia being done
toward improving pastures.
The exhibition will occupy
the outer drive of the Sulphur
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day. May 7, and Friday. May 8.
A similar exhibition featur-
4uil9b. of Auk* mJ9hR'
phur Springs was started Tu*«- once in the 1864 tgx Mile ua-
day night by the City Council.
The council has taken under
advisement a plan that would
double the formula method of
assessed valuation for tax pur-
poses and cut the present 62
tax rate in half.
This would leave all 1964 tax
bills the same as in 1968, unless
the property was being added
to the roll* for the first time
or a new rendition was being
made by property owners.
Councilmen have indicated
interest in the plan as a pos-
sibility of presenting a more
favorable tax rate structure tp
industrial concerns possibly
seeking e local site.
"The tax amounts to the very
salne thing” one councilman
said, “but you’d be surprised
placed on it,” City Manager
Carl Riehn said.
tog live dairy eowa attracted
conrtdersMa attention last
year.
The 1964 display will he
aimed at emphasising the sue-
befng attained to raising
cement heifers in th *
county. It will be open to ell
event set may
Dairy Show Expected
jTo Draw Huge Entries
to.
word another near capacity
turnout of exhibitor* for the
28th annual Northeast Texas
Dairy Show ham May D-B, di-
rectors of the sponsoring
Northeast Taxas Dairy Associa-
tion agreed Tuesday afternoon.
Th* prediction was based ea
trim to May t They will
ceivod by Billy Conner,
FFA chapters, 4-H organisa-
tions and breeders over s wide
Dr. L W. Rupel, heed of th*
dairy science department at
Texas 8 to to University, will
judge this year.
The program will begin with
judging of th* Junior Division
at 8:80 a.». Friday,^May 8
and will continue through Fri-
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the final trophies
arded to the
Cloudy to
. iur.day A
certh Thunder
some industrial firms. |
The State of Texas has estab-
lished a maximum tax rate of
|2.50 per |100 valuation for
cities in the state. This can
he applied against a 100 per
cent valuation figure.
Sulphur Springs has hsd a
tax rate of $2 since 1955 (the
rate from 1948 to 1965 waa
$1,85 and before that it was
also 82).
But the rates are applied on
a formula basis of from 26
to 40 per cent of true value.
Thus a residence rendered at
810,000 in Sulphur Springs ac-
tually ia taxed at the |2 rate
for 82,500, or 25 per cent of
the valuation.
TBS tax on such a residence
ia now $50.
Under the plan being consid-
ered by the council th* per-
cantags of market value for
assessed valuation would he
raised from 82,500 for this res-
idence to 85,000, but the rate
would be dropped, resulting in
a tax still at $50.
“The only adjustments to in-
dividual assessments this year
will be when an individual ren-
ders property at a different
value or when the property to
new and must have a value
Two American
^Soldiers Killed
Saigon, Apr. 22 Off)—Two US,
.soldiers and three Vietnamese
soldiers have been killed about
66 miles from Saigon. Their
jeep was destroyed by a bomb
planted by Communist guer-
rillas.
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der this plan and those paid in
1963 by individuals who did not
render their property at a dif-
ferent value or did not have
new construction on their prop-
erty during 1963.”
At an earlier request of the
council, a study of tax struc-
tures of other area cities was
made by the Sulphur Springs
administration and Riehn re-
ported to councilmen Tuesday
night:
“1 would seem, in a compari-
son, that most of the cities in
this area operate with a lower
tax rate and a higher assessed
valuation than does the City of
Sulphur Springs, thereby pre-
senting a more favorable ap-
pearing tax structure to out-
siders.”
Councilmen indicated they
may consider the plan again at
the next meeting, set for
Wednesday, Msy 6.
DrillingResumes
Hr Smackover
In Wood County
Drilling was reported in pro-
gress again Wednei day on
Humble Oil & Refining Com-
pany’s strategic No. 1 Ottalie
Allen Smackover test in north-
ern Wood County about four
miles southwest of the Como
field.
The operation had been shut
down for about 36 hours for
a fishing job after a bit twist-
ed off the drillstem.
(Continued on Page Six)
HOME DESTROYED — High winds completely demolished
this cat’s home and one other in Carlisle, Ohio. Some 40
residences were damaged. An estimated 60 homes in Frank-
lin, Hollywood, Springboto and Middletown, Ohio, were also
damaged by the storm. (NEA Telephoto).
WATER ROLLS OVER DAM
Mrs. Gilreaih
Retains Post
Election of officers for 1964
66 highlighted the regular
meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Woman’s Club
Building Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Charles Gilreath was re-
elected chairman, and also
chairman of the calendar com-
mittee. '
Mrs. Bruce Melson was elect-
ed secretary, Mrs. George Hen
ry Ward, treasurer, Mrs. John
ftiyne auditor and Mrs. Pete
Wright, reporter.
The kitchen rental fee prev-
iously raised to $10 has been
reduced to the original $5.
British Swap Spy
For Businessman
Berlin, Apr. 22 iffl — Britain
exchanged Soviet spy Garden
Lonsdale today for British bus-
inessman Maynard Wynns, jail-
ed by the Soviet* As a courier
of espionage information.
The British foreign office
in London said it agreed to the
exchange because Wynne was
ill.
The exchange was made at
the Heeratrasse crossing point
between the British sector of
West Berlin and Esmt Germany
at 6:86 sum. and took just over
20 minute*.
Informants in London said
Wynne wo* Down from Moo-
cow to East Berlin. They raid
Lonsdale was taken from pri-
son |n Birmingham and flown
to tile British air force base
at Gatow about five mile* from
border point wnere i
Lonsdale, who is 40, wss
sentenced to 25 years imprison-
ment to 1961 as the master-
mind of * spy ring operating
at th* Portland naval research
establishment.
Wynne’s 45-year-old wife,
Sheila, denied that he was ill.
She said in London:
“He may be half the sixe be
was when he started his sent-
ence, hut he’s in splendid
fom."
The foreign office said the
Soviet Union proposed on April
7 to pardon Wynne if the Brit-
ish would free Lonsdale. The
announcement said:
"Her Majesty’s government
have* recently learned that Mr.
Wynne’s physical condition has
seriously deteriorated.
"Without prejudice to the
h had previously ex-
about the procedure
wed with regard to
arrest and trial and
of Lonsdale, they
Century Lake Filled
First Time Since May
Century Lake was rolling over bottom both above and below
the full length of its 2,500-foot
dam Wednesday for the first
time in almost a year.
The abundance of water was
being viewed with genera, sat-
isfaction as insurance for the
city’s summer water supply and
as enhancing recreational op-
portunities in the area.
The lake filled up during the
night as torrential rains sent
a heavy flow of water down
White Oak Creek.
Century’s water level had
been only about two feet below
the dam, and city officials had
not shared the concern being
felt by some individuals over
a possible depletion of the mu-
nicipal supply source.
Whitp Oak Creek was spill-
ing into low areas in its broad
New York, Apr. 22
(AP) — President John-
son spoke at the opening1
of the World’s Fair in
New York—over outcries
of racial demonstrators.
Johnson suid that free and un-
hindered criticism of men and
ideas is the vital nourishment
of freedom. He predicted that
peace is possible in this gen-
eration—earlier than might be
expected. Then he opened the
huge US exhibition building.
Representatives of CORE wav-
ed placards and chanted "free-
dom, freedom.”
President Johnson pegged
his speech to the fair’s theme
—Peace Through Understand-
ing. The President predicted
that peace not only is possible,
but is coming nearer. Johnson
said that if he is right, people
will see at the next world’s fair
an America as different from
today as the country now dif-
fers from 1939 when New
York staged its last fair.
The racial demonstrators
chanted even while Johnson
spoke. After opening the US
building, Johnson took a heli-
copter to Kennedy Airport and
flew hack to Washington. He
was in New York only about
two hours.
CIa»he« Occur
Clashes between civil rights
demonstrator* ywi<! police mark-
ed the rairi-sivept opening of
the World’s Fair. Police report
that by 1 p.m., a total of 109
arrests had been made inside
and outside the fair. Some 80
of the arrests were made on a
variety of eharges at a beer
exhibit on the fairgrounds.
The national director of
CORK, James Farmer, was ar-
rested outside the New York
(Continued on Page Six)
Sulphur Springs
Merchants Set
Bazaar Sale
Similar mild flooding con-
ditions prevailed downstream.
School Board
Sets Reception
For Tom Linam
Members ef the Sulphur
Springs board ef trustees are
planning a reception from 3 t*
4 :30 p. m. Sunday at the high
school cafeteria to present the
newly elected superintendent,
Tom P. Linam, and his family
to the school faculty. The pub-
lic is invited.
The new official, who will
assume duties here July 1, waa
• week-end visitor in Sulphur
Springs. The family has been
hunting a house here.
Real Zippy
Washing tos, Apr. 22 W*—
The Past Office Department
reports it lias keen receiving
cnmpUJnts about being too
apeeey in delivery of moll.
The protests stem from the
mow “accelerated business
collection and delivery pro-
gram. This provides four-
hour downtown business ores
service in 271 cities. In sev-
eral cities, the pest office
says, people have complained
that cheeks ere getting to
the bank before they have
the dam.
The creek's main channel was
running slightly over bankful
at the Highway 11 crossing Sulphur Springs merchants
above the lake shortly before continued with plans for the
noon, and broad areas of hot- city’s first Sidewalk Baxaar
tomland were under water. | sale Thursday while keeping a
wary eye on the weather.
Enthusiasm for the event was
. reported as high, with business
Water was running across I fpelinp that easinK of
F-M Highway 69 at the White jnp <irouth worries would
Oak crossing south of Ma-| more than ovcrcome the handi-
honey, but traffic continued capg presont(.<} for rural resi-
to move on the road. dents living off the main high-
ly. B. Darling, maintenance Ways.
foreman for the Texas High- j jf pood weather prevails,
way Department, said creeks; pians for outdoor merchandise
all over the county “got pretty displays all over the business
full’ but caused no particular district wijl go ahead on
trouble on highways. schedule.
He expressed belief F-M 69 If rain should develop, the
can be kept open unless addi-' sale will go on, but on an in-
tional rain falls. | store basis.
Century Lake’s last overflow Aron Massingill, chairman of
Was reported us occurring about the sponsoring Chamber of
May 8 last year. (Continued on Page Six)
SOME CONFUSION DEVELOPS
Cancer Collections
Good Despite Rain
A partial completion of a
planned door-to-door campaign
in the 1964 Hopkins County
Cancer Crusade Tuesday eve-
ning netted $432.85, campaign
officers reported Wednesday.
Heavy rains and unsettled
weather caused an interruption
for the planned saturation
coverage of the city in the
campaign.
Confusion over conflicting ye*
ports as to whether or not the
campaign was still on also
caused some disruption, offi-
cers noted.
Remaining workers were be-
ing urged to complete their
contacts in residential areas
Wednesday'sight and to turn in
reports .to the Murray-Orwosky
Funeral Home, where addi-
tional material is available if
needed.
Hopkins County society offi-
cer*, including Gene Orwoeky,
president; Henry Sartin, cru-
sade chairman; and Mrs. F. M.
Holder and Mrs. Kearney Brim,
Jr., co-chairmen of the house-
to-house campaign, expressed
appreciation for the coopera-
tion in the drive Tuesday
night.
"It was very satisfying” Mrs.
Holder said, "to see the women
come in dripping wet wijh their
collections, but with smile* on
their faces.”
Sartin reported that a group
of 18 North Hopkins workers
collected $68 in rural areas of
the county despite some rough
experiences with rain, mud and
water.
He added that the sam* North
Hopkins group plana to work
the Weaver, Saltillo, Cumby,
Braahear and Miller Grove
areas Thursday.
The collections made in the
campaign Tuesday brought the
total collections in th* 1984
Crusade to $877.86 for Hop-
kins County. '
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 94, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 1964, newspaper, April 22, 1964; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824940/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.