The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1957 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 59—NO. 75.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1957.
‘fl PAGES — 8 CENTS. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ike Offers Plan
To Pick Acting
U. S. President
_j Washington, Mar. 2 9.
(AP)—President Eisenhow-
er suggested a constitutional
amendment today to give
the cabinet the power to de-
cide whether a president is
temporarily disabled. Under this
proposal, the vice prebident would
take over if a majority of the
cabinet so decided.
Eisenhower discussed the pro-
posal with congressional leaders
of both parties at a White House
meeting and ran into opposition.
Some of the congressional leaders
said there is no need for.such a
spelling out of what should be
done in case a president is dis-
abled. Others said the situation
can be handled by a simple law—
that changing the constitution is
not necessary.
President Eisenhower’s own
two major illnesses since Septem-
ber, 1955, is what prompted him
to have a study made how to
handle the problem of a disabled
president. On this point, Presi-
dential News Secretary James
Hagerty says the proposed con-
stitutional amendment would
probably not apply to Eisenhower
personally.
Under Eisenhower’s plan, the
cabinet would be authorized to
declare a president Unable to car-
ry on his duties if that president
Were*unable or unwilling make
the decision himself.
Rayburn Ballu
The Democratic leaders are
said to have agreed not to take
action on the president’s plan this
year. And the Democratcs hold
control of congress.
The Speaker of the House,
Democrat Sam Rayburn, said of
.the President’s plan:
“It won’t have much help out
of me.”
After his morning conference
with the congressional leaders,
President Eisenhower left Wash-
ington for a weekend
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• the last 2 we
Auctioneer Hurt
As Car Overturns
South of Town
Ed Wareham, Jr., 29, Hugo,
Okla., cattle auctioneer, was se-
riously injured Thursday night
t when his car went out of con-
trol on Highway 19 a mile south
of Shirley, struck a bridge and
overturned.
Wareham, who was thrown out
of the car when it overturned,
received chest injuries and cuts
on his legs and right shoulder.
He was taken to a Dallas hospital
Friday after receiving treatment
at Memorial Hospital here.
His car, a 1957 Plymouth, was
described by State Highway Pa-
trolman Ben Thomas as a total
loss.
Thomas quoted”" Wareham as
saying he did not know what
caused the car to swerve off the
highway.
The culverj; was the same one
which figured in a similar acci-
dent March 17 in which George
Guilliams of Canton, Tex., was
badly hurt.
The right door of the car was
torn off in the crash and hurled
about 100 feet away from the
scene of the accident.
Wareham was reported on his
way from Athens. • The” accident
occurred about 11 p. m.
Thundershowers
Predicted Late
Today, Saturday
Weather forecasters were dis-
cussing rain prospects again Fri-
day as high cloudiness cut off the
brief glimpse of clear skies ex-
perienced here Thursday.
Scattered thundershowers were
predicted for late today, tonight
and tomorrow in portions of
North Central, West, South Cen-
tral and East Texas.
Mild temperatures continued to
prevail. The low reading Friday
morning was 40 degrees follow-
ing a high of 64 degrees Thurs-
day afternoon. T. '
Ralph Hill, local weather fore-
caster, reported the temperature
at noon as 63 degrees, relative
/humidity as 48 per cent and baro-
metric pressure as 30.24 inches
and falling.
The U. S. Weather Bureau’s
five-day forecast issued. Friday
called for temperatures averag-
ing 2 to 4 degrees above normal
in East Texas. Moderate precipi-
tation is expected.
Foreman of Jury
Charged With
Hatchet Attack
Conroe, Mar. 29 M—The fore-
man of a grand jury in Conroe
which yesterday indicted two
newspaper officials on criminal
libel charges was charged today
Minister Lists
Ways to Restore
States Rights
Abilene, Mar. 29 (Ji—An East
Texas minister has told delegates
to the 39th annual convention of
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce in Abilene that five amend-
ments to the nationl constitution
should be passed in finding the
way back to states rights.
The statement was made by Dr.
Walter Kerr, Tyler minister and
national vice chairman of the
White Conference on Youth. Kerr
listed the five aiHendemnts as one
which Require a balanced budget,
limit income taxes to 25 per cent,
change the electoral college sys-
tem, make it possible for two
thirds of the states to amend .the
national constitution without in-
tervention of eongress, and the
Bricker amendment which limits
treaty power.
witn assault to
turbing the peace at Magnolia,
Texas.
The witness, C. S. Hosford, is
a Montgomery County workman.
He said he received cuts on his
left arm and shoulder.
Hosford said he was at Pre-
cinct 3, Commissioner Quinn San-
ders’ home at Magnolia when
Brantley called him from the
front porch and swung .at him
with the hatchet.
Brantley could not be reached
for comment.
The jury yesterday indicted
Pubsiher Rigby Owen and Edi-
tor Ed Watson of the Cojnroe
Daily Courier. It charged that
a series of editorials contained a
“malicious written statement af-
fecting the reputation of Com-
missioner P. J. Peel of Precinct
4.”
Beck Suspended From Union
Position in Drastic Action
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DRIVER INJURED—fid Wareham, Jr., about 28, of Hugo, Okla.,
was seriously injured in a one-car accident near Shirley about 11
p. m. Thursday. His car struck a bridge, left the highway, and
threw him out of the vehicle as it overturned. A cattleman and
auctioneer, Wareham was enroute holne from Athens. He sustain-
ed chest injuries and multiple lacerations about the arms and
shoulder. (Staff Photo by T. A. Wright).
PREDICTS SEGREGATION ACTION
Chapman Urges Full
Corruptions Probe
State Representative Joe N.
Chapman today callecLJor a con-
tinued full investigation of cor-
ruption in Texas government and
condemned what he termed pres-
sure being used in an effort to
stop the probe.
“It looks like some of the mem-
bers don’t want to be investigat-
ed,” he said. <
“I have always contended that
the situation in Austin should be
completely investigated and the
results'.laid out on the liiie. The
people of Texas are entitled to a
chance to see what is gping on.
“I have been actively fighting
for this in Austin and have been
one of the legislators who has
kept the investigation moving as
far as it has.”
Rap* Daniel Attack*
Chapman also declared he cor
vancement of the Colored People.
Chapman also discussed his re-
ply earlier this week to critfcism
of pro-segregation legislators by
Archbishop Robert Lucey of San
Antonio.
“Seventy-eight per cent of the
people of Texas voted for this leg-
islation in last year’s referend-
um,” he said. “We are carrying
out a mandate of the people.
“We do not believe that Arch-
bishop Lucey is expressing the
sentiments of his , congregation
and they fcannot do anything
about it. It is unfortunate that he
does-not have to be reelected ev-
ery two years as we do.”
Chapman is spending the week-
end at his home here. He will re-
turn to Austin Sunday.
Linda Thompson
To Enter Contest
At Greenville
Miss .Linda Thompson, 17-year-
old Sulphur Springs High School
coed, carries the banner of Com-
pany D into a battle of beauty
in Greenville Saturday night.
She will he among the National
Guard company sweethearts com-
peting for the honor of -sweet-
heart of the 147th Armored In-
fantry Battalion—parent unit of
Sulphur Springs’ Company D.
Miss Thompson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Thompson,
Texas Street, and a junior in high
school.
She was selected Sweetheart of
Company D several weeks ago at
a contest at the City Park Armory
where judges selected her'over
sevep other nominees. Saturday
night at the Greenville Armory
she will he Introduced to judges
along with sweetheart nominees,
from Bonham and Greenville. The
two units-in Greenville will each
he represented giving the judges
four contestants f r o in which to
choosg Jhe battalion sweetheart.
The winner will be in the run-
ning for the honor of 49th Armor-
ed Division sweetheart. The win-
ner of the division contest will be
honored at the 49th’s Governor’s
review at Fort Hood June 8. She
will join Governor Price Daniel,
Army and National Guard digni-
taries in the review stand.
The 147th’s sweetheart also will
win a trip to Fort Hood for the
review.
At Saturday .night's program
..which
BACK AGAIN—-Max Wayne Rychlik, son-in-law of former Texas
Insurance Commissioner Garland Smith, is shown ns he appeared
a second time before a House, Investigating Committee in Aifstin
which is looking into the collapse of the ICT Insurance Co. Rych-
lik was confronted with additional BenJack Cage checks amount-
ing to $9,800, bringing to $18,200 total he received for doing
nothing while his father-in-law was Commissioner. (NEA Tele-
photo).
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BEFORE STARTING BUILDINGS
Contractors Warned
To Get Permits First
City officials issued a waVningj “Actually, they will save a little
Friday to contractors and other j money and a lot of time and
1' . .i- it.uu.kU: .if they will, come dawn
Washington, Mar. 29
(AP)—-The executive coun-
cil of the AFL-CIQ has sus-
pended Dave Beck, presi-
dent of the Teamster Union.
And it has ordered an in-
quiry into the entire Teamsters
union.
The action came in Washington
at a 2-hour session of the council,
which -includes the top leadership
of U. S. organized labor. The sus-
pension of Beck from his seat on
the council is effective immed-
iately, and will remain in force
until the outcome of charges be-
ing brought against him by the
council.
in announcing the decision,
Federation President George
Meany raid. Beck’s actions have
tended to bring the labor move-
ment. into disrepute. Meany refer-
red specifically to Beck's refusal
to explain the many charges
against him concerning the use of ■
union funds.
Beck pleaded the 5th amend-
ment'—possible self-incrimination
.-when the Senate Rackets Com-
mittee asked him about use :of
union funds. The council has a'
rule that it may oust, a member
who pleaded the 6th ia an inquiry
into union affairs.
The senate committee said the
evidence it had collected indicat-
ed Beck had diverted some $320,- ,
000 of union funds to his personal
use.
The AFL-CIO council directed
its ethical practices committee to
investigate the Teamsters’ Union,
to determine whether it is sub-
stantially dominated or controlled
by corrupt influences. This inves-
tigation could leud to ouster of
tM Teamsters from the federa-
tion, unless the unicn moves to rid '
itself of alleged ^corrupt leader-
ship. The council’s actions are
WEATHER
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Partly
cloudy through Saturday, warmer this aft-
ernoon anti tonight. Widely Scattered
thundershowers beginning late tonight or
Saturday.
WEST TEXAS- Partly cloudy through
Saturday, widely scattered thunderahowera
Del-Rio-Eagle Pass arean and cant, of the
lower Pecoa Valley late tonight or Satur-
day. No important temperature changes.
SOUTH CENTRAL and EAST TEXAS
Partly cloudy through Saturday, warmer
tonight. Widely scattered thundershowrn
beginning, northwest portion late tonight
or Saturday.
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i Mrer “aira'w-y
program—the state crime com-
mission, the lobbyist control bill
and the code of ethics for all state
employed
The local legislator is support-
ing ail threty bills. The lobbyist
registration and code of ethics
bills both have been cleared by
the House.
He discredited charges that
Daniel was connected with the
ICT scandal because he was at-
torney general when the compan-
ies were incorporated and because
Jim Cage, present ICT Insurance
Company head, once contributed
$100 to the governor’s Dallas
campaign fund.
The attorney general’s office
has nothing to do with granting
charters except to see that appli-
cations are in legal form, he said,
while candidates have no way of
knowing who is making contribu-
tions to their local campaign man-
agers .
Segregation Bill* Ahcajj
Chapman declared there is no
question hut what the five bills
to strengthen • segregation being
sponsored t;y East Texas legislat-
ors all will receive house approval.
The first and most controvers-
ial measure was passed this week
by a 2 to 1 majority. It would
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From Red China
■ Hong Kong, Mar. 29 tP—1The
Reverend Fulgence Gross of Oma-
ha, Neb., was reached by tele-
phone today in Shanghai—where
he has been relcaRed from house
arrest -by the Chinese Commu-
nists) He told John Roderick of
the Associated Press—who is in
Hong Kong—that he expects to
return to the United "States soon,
and that arrangements are being
made to get to Hong Kong. He
said:
“Tell my family I am in good
health and of good cheer. . . ”
Father Gross is a Roman Cath-:
(die missionary who has been un-
der house arrest in China for 5
years. The Reds accused him of'
spying.
Father Gross told Roderick that
five other Americans remain un-
der house arrest in Shanghai, and
that all but one are in good
health. The except? on suffers
from asthma, but the priest did
not say which it was.
Four of these men are Catholic
missionaries: They are Fathers
John Houle of Glendale, Cal.;
Charles McCarthy of San Fran-
cisco;-Joseph McCormack of Os-
prohibit employment by the state j hjpjng, N-Y.; and John Wagner
or any of its governmental subdi-
visions of any member of the Na-
tional Association for the Ad-'a businessman.
of Pittsburgh. The 5th man is
Hugh Redmond of Yonkers, N. Y.,
ORDERED RELEASED—Brit-
ain has o'rdered the release of
Greek Cypriot leader, Arch-
bishop Makarios. The Arch-
bishop has been in exile on, the
Seychelles Islands in the In-
dian Ooean. (NEA Telephoto-.
hncpccuHl'.
WIDESPREAD SEARCH PRESSED
Armed Prisoner Slugs Action on mils
Deputy; Flees in Car " ”
Amarillo, Mar. 29 tf) — A pris-
oner slugged a deputy at the jail
in the Panhandle town of Vega
this morning, and fled in the dep-
uty’s radio-equipped car.
Vega is in Oldham County,
about 40 miles -xyest of Amarillo.
The escaped prisoner, Charles
Donald Henson, is said to be arm-
ed with a .38 caliber revolver.
• Vega authorities said he had
been convicte<| on g burglary
charge, and was awaiting trans-
fer to the state penitentiary in
Huntsville.
, Four Civil Air Patrol planes as
well as highway patrol and sher-
iff patrol cars are engaging in
the search. Sheriff Paul Gaither
of Poter County sent six patrol
car units from Amarillo to the
Vega area to help in the search.
The prisoner broke out of the
Vega jail about 7 a.m.
Apartment House
Blaze Claims
Lives of Seven
Philadelphia, Mar. 29 l/TI—Fire
swept through a North Philadel-
phia tenement apartment early to-
day taking seven lives a"rrd injur-
ing at least four others.
Police said- six of the victims
were children, while the 7th also
may he a child although no posi-
tive identification has beep made.
The origin of the blaze which
whipped through the 3-story brick
building whs not immediately de-
termined. Three families occupied
the dwelling in a residential dis-
(Qptttinped on Page Six)
The public is invited to, the pro-
gram. M/Sgt. and Mrs. Morris
Abercrombie will accompany Lin-
da to Greenville. . ' '
Divide Names '
Scarborough
New President
Lonnie Scarborough, route T,
Brashear, itf the new president of
the Divide community organiza-
tion.
Other officers elected were
Jess Wood, route 4, S u 1 p h u r
Springs, vice president; Mrs. Jer-
ene-.Anderson, route J, Brashear,
secretary, and C. E. Hatchett,
route 1, Brashear, treasurer.
Committee leaders named are:
Increasing and managing family
income, Jess W o o d and C. E.
Hatchett; improving health .con-
ditions and services, Mrs. Thelma
Hatchett and Mrs. Pearl Wood; I motor vehicle owners to get their
improving the farm and home, ,967 registration tags before the
Mrs. May Hammond and Mrs.
Velta Scarborough; encouraging
social participation, Avery Ham-
mond and Leonard Petty; pho-
tography, Mrs. Velta Scarbor-
ough ; • reporte r, Mrs. Pearl
Wood; scrapbook, Mrs. Thelma
Hatchett; chaplain, A. E. Ham-
mond.
Solons Put Off
. fwnTU'f ftp?
completed,, before an application
for a permit is filed and checks
for compliance with zoning and
building ordinances made.
City Manager Jack, Henderson
said members of the ci(y council
are concerned about the situa-
tion and are calling 16r more
strict enforcement, of the law.
“The ordinance says they must
have (a permit before starting a
building,” Henderson said. “We
are notifying all known contract-
ors and builders by letter calling
their attention to this provision.
“Delaying getting the permit is
an old piaetiee that has been go,- ,
ing on’ for a long time. They wi|l I phur, Springs’ police force was an-
have to get their permits before I huonced Friday by Chief of Po-
* •' 'lice Vaughn Deaton. • , >
Dennis, who is 25 years r^ld,
hj** beer, attending East Texas
State Teachers CollegJ. lie ia* an
ex-serviceman. Mrs. Dennis works
at Memorial Hospital.
Dennis will start work Mon-
day on the night shift. He suc-
ceeds Pat Banks, who is moving
to Dallas. ‘
New Policeman
Is Hired Here
Employment of Luther Leon
Dennis as a new member of Sul-
they start if they are to. comply
with the zoning and building ord-
inances. '
New Car Plates
Become Necessary
Here on Monday
Only one, more day remains for
atfUed- ..lab
Earlier this year, the council
expelled a Philadelphia union of-
ficial, Charhes Nadd-io, and tempo-
rarily suspended three small un-
ions.
These unions Nvere the Distil-
lery Workers, Laundry .Workers
and Allied Industrial Workers.
They ‘ are suspended1 until they
demonstrate a clean-up of condi-
tions in their tanka,
In addition, Meany has sus-
pended Paul Dorfman, head of a
Chicago waste handlers local un-
ion, pending a union trial on cor-
ruption charges.
Twin Trouble
To Force Honesty
Austin, Mar. 28 -Two' pro-
posals aimed at reenforcing the
honesty of Texas legislators got
a thorough airing yesterday by
House meijnbers, But final action
was put off until at least Mon-
day, ’
Both measures —the proposed
code of ethics and the lobbyist
registration shill—were cleared for
final action and will be up for
Srd and ,final readings Monday
morning.
Final approval was given yes-
terday to the first/segregation bill
to be acted on by the legislature.
This is a measure banning the em-
ployment of NAACP members by
the state or any of its subdivis-
ions.
Both the jiouse and the senate
are in recess x^ntil Monday. Be-
fore the senate quit yesterday, the
finance pommittee approved the
senate appropriations bill. Flood
debate has been scheduled for
next Monday.
April 1 deadline.
O. C. Sewell, Jr., county asses-
sor-collector, said 'the demand for
-new; vehicle licenses had slowed
up the (ast day or so.
The registration office in the
courthouse will remain open Sat-
urday afternoon to accommodate
late applicants.
i
Columbui, Ind., Mar. 29 tW—
Fine* of $25 h n d cost* have
been levied Agnmiit Joe Fred
Miller of Ind i a n a p o I i.i nod
Avery Mtller of Edinburg, Ind.,
—26-year-old twins.
The charges were drunken
driving in separate autos.
Joe told the judge he kept,
trying to paa* Avery to »low
•him down ao he wouldn't get
into trouble.
Sulphur Springs
Man Arrested
On DWI Charge
' V,
A Sulphur Springs man pleaded
guilty in county court Friday to a
charge if driving while under the
influence of intoxicating liquor.
A first offender, he. was sen-
tenced to three days in jail and
fined $50 arid costs, a total of
$85.30, by Judge Newt Owens.
His drivers' license was -suspend,
eil for. six months.
He was arrested by county offi-
cers Thursday night on Church
Street.
HAPPY DAYS ARE OVER—-Six- months of hooky are over for
brothers Jerry Don, 13, ar.d Ore Lee Linville, 14, Shown as they
are enrolled in School. Paints thought boys were in school but
police 1 discovered youngsters’ happy hiding place^ in cava near
Southeast High School in Oklahoma City. (NEA Telephoto-, *
Portland Mayor
Freed on Bond
After Arrest
Portland, Ore., Mar. 29 <W—The
mayor of Portland., is free on
$2,000 bail after being arrested
on two indictments. One charges
Mayo) Teiry Schrunk with accept-
ing a bribe aridVhe other with
perjury.- \
The district attorney in Port-,
land—William Langley—-a..n d a
city police officer and a gamblhr
also are Under indictment. They
were named by a grand jury
which has b e e n investigating
charges Of vice and corruption
in the We^t Coast city.
Both Langley and Schrunk were
key witnesses at recent hearings
in Washington before the Senate
Rackets Committee.
Langley cited the 5th amend-
ment when asked about charges
b'C'^had conspired with certain
Teamster officials and others to
expand vice activities in Portland.
Schrunk denied accusations that
he had accepted a bribe and offejr-
ed to take a lie detectdU. test.
Later the mayor walked out on
the test, charging it was unfair.
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1957, newspaper, March 29, 1957; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth828183/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.