The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN 1918. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTE IN 1984.
VOL. 88.—NO. 12.
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Soil Fertility Held as Key
To Increasing Farm Profits
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JAN. 15. I*60.
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Hopkins County farmers and
business men were called upon
Thursday night to join forces
to create new wealth in the
county by increasing the effi-
ciency of its agriculture.
The call was made at the
FREAK WIND—Two students of Our Lady of Good Coun-
sel school in Dallas, Tex., ponder the resulta of a freak
wind accompanying a weak cold front which passed through
the area causing widespread minor damage. A section of
the school’s roof was blown off by gusts during the frontal
passage. (NEA Telephoto).
IDLE NUMBER DIPS
Employment Climbs
To December High
Washington, Jan. 16 U5 —
The Labor Department has an-
nounced that employment hit
a December record1 high of
65,698,000 last month as the
economy rebounded from the
steel strike. Lebdr Secretary
James Mitchell said mhu*
ployment in December was up
59,000. This was the first De-
cember since World War 2
that showed no employment
downturn. Usually the Decem-
ber drop runs around 700,000.
Mitchell also noted that un-
employment was down 93,000
to 8,677,000. Hie seasonally ad-
justed ratio of idle workers of
the total work force declined
from 5.6 per cent in November
to 5.2 per cent in December.
Normally unemployment in-
creases in December.
The factory work week rose
by more than a half hour in
December to 40 and a half-
hours — about twice the nor-
mal seasonal rise for the
month. The average hourly
earnings of factory workers
were up 3 cents in December
to a record 92.26. Average
weekly earnings rose by 22.65
to 691.63 — also a record.
These increases reflected in-
creased overtime and the re-
turn ef higher steel and auto
workers to their jobs.
★ V.
Make# Sente
Providence, R.I., Jaa. IS
lit — Paperback heoks have
invaded the Providence pub-
lic library. Some 600 eoe-fic-
tion paperbacks bare been
put on tko library skelvaa in
aa economy experiment. An
officio! say a they don’t stand
up as wall aa hard-cover
books, ef coarse, but their
initial coat is so lew that the
experiment should pay off.
Money Squeeze
Set in Cuba
Billy Harry's
Condition Said
'Good' Friday
Billy Wayn# Harry, hospital-
ised Thursday with injuries
sustained when a wheal rim
blew off the roof of his service
station and struck him on the
head, was listed as being in
’’good” condition by hospital
officials Friday.
His physician related Friday
that Harry does not h a v e a
fractured skull but does have a
severe concussion. He is “do-
ing fine’’ the physician con-
cluded.
Hospital officials reported
that he had a “good” night
Thursday.
Harry, 27, Was taken to Me-
morial Hospital Thursday
morning when high winds blew
a wheel rim, estimated to weigh
35 pounds, off the roof on his
service station on South Broad-
way Street which struck him
on the head.
He sustained a three inch
laceration on his head and his
physician first stated that he
might h*v« ■ possible skull
fracture.
Harry was standing beside
his pickup when the rim struck
him. He was knocked uncon-
scious and lost considerable
blood.
Harry, owner of a Phillips for
66 service station, resides on
Doris Drive.
Havana, Jan. 15 (PI — An
unofficial source in Havana
says the Fidel Castro govern-
ment has banned Cuban banks
from making loans to sugar
mills owned by Americans and
other foreign interests. The;
idee would be to force the mill
operators to bring dollars into
Cuba to meet expenses.
Nehru Observes
Border Dispute
New Delhi, Jan. 16 UP —
Prime Minister Nehru of India
said today his country will not
ask foreign armies to help it
against the Chinese Commu-
nists, whatever the consequenc-
es. Referring to India’s border
dispute with Red China, Nehru
said: “To be realistic, no coun-
try in the wide world can help
us on the frontier.”
kickoff dinner for the county’s
Intensified Soil Fertility Pro-
gram before an enthusiastic
audience of about 150 com
inunity leaders in the educa-
tional building of the First
Baptist Church.
Two guest speakers pointed
to soil fertility as the key to
reducing production costa and
increasing farm profits, with a
gain of at least a million dol-
lars a year in the county’s farm
income at stake.
“The way to get cheap pro-
duction is to get the yield up,1
declared Frank Boyd of Mont-
gomery, Ala., agronomist for
the Virginia-Cirolina Chemical
Corporation and a widely re-
cognised soil use authority.
Yield* Up, Cost* Down
“As yields go up, costs come
down and profits rise.”
The same theme was sound-
ed by Jack Barton, Texas Ex-
tension Service soil and water
conservationist who is coordin-
ator for Operation Soil Fertility
in six Northeast *Axas coun-
ties. ,
“The thing that limits profits
from land in Hopkins County
is low fertility,” he said. “Very
few soils here are in the high
fertility bracket Fertiliser now
being used is far below the
amounts needed for maximum
yield.
'As fertility ia increased,
overhead remains the same but
profits go gp with the yields.”
Barton presented a slide-
illustrated outline of the new
program to show “how people
and the soil can work together
and increase the net income of
the county.”
He described Hopkins Coun-
ty as having • present annual
agricultural income of more
than 68,000,000 from approxi-
mately 2,500 farms and point-
ed out how changes in farm in-
come are quickly felt in city
business trends.
Describing the new program
as a plan for prosperity, Bart-
on outlined its four principal
features as follows:
1— Soil Taating, “a blue-
print that tell* what we have
to work with 16 produce the
crop wo ore growing.”
2— Balanced Fertility, “us-
ing the soil test to find out
what tba soil nssds end sup-
plying it to provide o balanc-
ed diet, which is just a* im-
portant to * plant us to you
and mo.”
3— Use of Lima. “Lima it
often the key that unlocks
the door to tha plant food
dollar. In many cases it is
needed to got maximum use
of tha plant food in tha soil.”
4— Con sarvation. “It
would bo ridiculous to im-
prove and fertilise land and
thou allow it all to wash
down the hillside.”
Barton declared the new pro-
gram needs leadership in adapt-
ing the four points to Hopkins
County and selling it to local
farmers.
“There is no doubt in my
mind that working as a team
we can create new wealth in
Hopkins County by increasing
the efficiency of agriculture,
In Georgia, the program has
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THIS ONE WASN'T E£R^Tl$iJZED—Frank Boyd of Montgomery, Ala., waves a sadly de-
ficient ear of corn as an example of what happens when essential plant foods are missing
as he bore down on his call for soil testing and balanced fertility at the kickoff dinner
for Hopkins County’s Intensified Soil Fertility Program Thursday night. (Staff Photo
by Cody Greer). ;i ;
PASSENGER HEAVILY INSURED
Senator Convinced Bomb
Caused Airliner Crash
Washington, Jan. 16 UB —
Senator Mike Monroney of
Oklahoma says he is convinced
that a bomb explosion caused
the crash of the airliner in
which 34 persons died Jap. 6th
in North Carolina. After hear-
Sulphur Springs
Citizens Enjoy
Rare Sunshine '
Sulphur Springs residents
welcomed another rare day of
sunshine Friday, with sharply
cooler temperatures accom-
panying the dry conditions.
The mercury dropped to 33
degrees here early this morn-
ing and a brisk north wind
served to limit its daily rise.
Thursday's high reading was
68 degrees.
Ralph Hill, local weather ob-
server, reported the mid - day
temperature as 43 degrees,
relative humidity as 56 per
cent and barometric pressure
as 30.16 inches.
Skies were generally clear
over Texas, with some cloudi-
ness in the southern part of
the Btate.
The general forecast for the
state called for increasing
cloudiness tonight and Satur-
day with rain likely in the west-
ern and central parts of the
state.
The U. S. Weather Bureau
predicted temperatures averag-
ing near normal for East Tex-
as during the next five days.
Moderate to heavy precipitation
is expected in showers mainly
around the first of the week.
ing an official report, Monroney
said there is strong evidence
that a passenger aboard the
plane committed suicide by
bombing, and caused the dis-
aster. Monroney says new laws
may be needed to protect
planes against such acts.
The story was unfolded be-
fore Monroney’s subcommittee
on aviation by Oscar Bakke,
safety director of the Civil
aeronautics board. He revealed
that a passenger, Julian Frank,
had taken out nearly 6900.000
in life and accident insurance
in the past year, most of it In
November. Frank’s body was
found on the beach 16 miles
from the main portion ofNhe
wreckage. Bakke said Frank
could have been blown out of
the plane by an explosion.
Bakke did not make any
direct assertion that there was
a suicide. But he said evidence
so far indicates there may
have been an explosion.
And he adds, if there was, the
fact will be discovered and the
cause p r e s i s e 1 y established.
Bakke also said Frank’s body
has sustained injuries which
differed markedly from those
of the other victims.
Julian Frank was 32 years
old and practiced law in New
York. He jived in fashionable
Westport, Conn. He was marri-
ed to the former Janet Wagner,
times. The plane was bound
from New York to Miami.
The FBI has entered the case
and Monroney says the fi-
nancial affairs of Frank are be-
ing looked into.
There have been eight cases
of bombings or attempted
bombings of planes all over
the world in the last 10 years.
Ninety-nine persons have been
killed. Four persons have been
put to death for these murders
and others are serving jail
(arms.
FHA Council
To Map Plans
For Meeting
Sulphur Springs High
School’s Future Homemakers of
America chapter will serve as
host to an Area VI executive
council meeting of all the area
officers and sponsors at 10 a.m.
Saturday.
The meeting will be held at
the local homemaking depart-
ment at the school.
Purpose cf the Saturday
meeting is to discuss plans for
an area meeting in which all
FHA students and sponsors will
attend.
Daniel Denies
Session Plans
New Filter Beds
Placed in Use
Two new filter bods have
been placed in service at the
city water treating ptant.
City Manager Jack Hender-
son described the installations
as the best that have been made
at, the plant due to the high
quality of material used.
The bed* consist of four lay-
ers of gravel of various sizes
and a top layer of special type
sand. They replace two old
filters which had deteriorated
badly.
The new filters are being
used with, two others which
were installed in 1952.
Henderson said work will
start In a week or so on the re-
conditioning of a small stand-
pipe at the treating plant, with
construction of a new dearwell
storage of treated water
scheduled to begin after the
tower project is completed.
Floe Evacuated
By Scientists
Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. 15
I* — The Air Force has com
pleted evacuation of Station
Charley, which is disintegrat-
ing some 440 miles northwest
of Barrow, Alaska. Four mili-
tary personnel were the last
to leave .the scientific station
today.
At Ladd Air Force base in
Fsirbenks the information of-
ficer says the four did not
have much to say when they
arrived at Ladd. “When you
get out of a plane at 45 be-
low aero,” he said, “you don’t
talk — except to aak where’s
the nearest stove.”
Austin, Jan. 15 CP — Gov-
ernor Daniel said, today that
any report he has promised to
call a special session of the
legislature Feb. 15th is “pure
rumor, positively incorrect.”
The statement was issued
from Daniel’s office at Austin
while the governor was in Dal
las for a speaking engagement.
His office said the statement
answered a report that the gov-
ernor had promised the offi-
cials of the Texas State Teach-
ers Association to call the ses-
sion.
This meeting will likely be
a leading photographer’s model, held in February or March and
They had two young children, approximately 2,500 persons
Mrs. Frank refuses to discuss
the tragedy.
The insurance was payable
to the widow. Insurance offi-
cials point out that such poli-
cies are uncollectable in cases
of suicide less than two years
after they are written.
An informant close to the
family says Frank was afraid
of flying. He was said to have
taken a train when the rest of
the family flew to Chicago for
Christmas. And it was reported
that he had cancelled the flight
on which he was killed four
are expected to attend.
Area VI is composed of 20
counties and approximately
100 schools.
Nan Irvin, Sulphur Springs
High School junior student, is
the only local student serving
as an area officer. She is the
area secretary.
Local FHA sponsors are Mrs.
Ira Black and Mrs. Raymond
Barton. Also expected to at-
tend from Sulphur Springs are
Mrs. Caroyln Williamson, stu-
dent teacher, and Mrs. Jo Marie
Phillips, Area VI supervisor.
City Policemen
File 3 Cases
Two persona were filed on
In Corporation Court by mem-
ben of the police department
Thuraday night.
A Sulphur Springs man
pleaded guilty to two separate
charges of using abusive lang-
uage and being drank in a pub-
lic place. He was assessed a
total of 931 in fines.
A local woman pleaded guil-
ty to a charge of speeding on
Gilmer Street and was assessed
a 916.50 fine.
Texas-Style Hat
Given to Visitor
Proudly wearing a new Stet-
son hat with a 4-inch roll brim,
Douglas Eccles, a visiting edu-
cator from Rhddesia, South
Africa, left Sulphur Springs
Friday with a warm feeling in
his heart for the reception re-
corded here.
The Texas-style hat was a
departing gift from the facul-
ty members and administration
of the Sulphur Springs schools.
Earlier, Eccles had visited the
News-Telegram office to com-
ment on his visit.
I want to sincerely thank ev-
erybody. My visit has been a
wonderful experience,” Eccles
said. ,
“If I had known this was
going to be such a friendly
town, I would have made plans
in advance to stay longer.”
Eccles said that he had re-
ceived many invitations to visit
in Sulphur Springs homes, but
that he had been forced to turn
them down because of his tight
schedule. He arrived in Sulphur
Springs Monday.
Eccles visited all of the Sul-
phur Springs schools and spoke
before assemblies at Austin,
Junior and Senior high schools,
and to the classroom teachers
association.
He also visited several dairy
farms. He was “most impress-
ed” with the parlor-type milk
barns and their labor-saving
devices.
“We don’t have your labor
prolflem in Africa,” he observ-
ed.
The former Royal Air Force
pilot with more than 5,000
hours in aircraft ranging Up to
the bomber type made an in-
stant hit with local people.
Daniel Sees
pu;
Deficit Dip
Dallas, Jan. 15 (AP) — Governor Daniel told
the Texas Manufacturers Association meeting in
Dallas today that the state’s deficit is not as stagger-
ing as it appears to be. He predicted state finances
will be in “relaatively good shape” by August 81st
of next year — the end of the present 2-year fiscal
period — particularly if the
courts uphold the new gas pipe-
line tax. ,
The governor spoke on “the
fundamental problems of state
government” at the 37th an-
nual conference of Texas in-
dustry sponsored by the TMA.
Other conference speakers
included state Commissioner of
Education J. W. Edgar, state
highway engineer Dewitt Greer
and state Commissioner of Pub-
lic Wedfare John Winters.
State Treasurer Jesse Jamea
said last Monday the State’a
general revenue fund was in
the red 969,886,000.
This is the way Governor
Daniel explained the situation
today: *
“In our fiscal system the big
expenditures — such as for
schools — come early in the
fiscal year while much of the
tax collections come late.
“By May first, when 59 to
55 million dollars in franchise
taxes will be coming in, the
amount of the deficit will be
cut sharply from its present
level.”
The governor repeated his
opposition to a general sales
tax or state income tax.
Governor Daniel said that
“despite deficits and so-called
financial crises, we are meet-
ing our responsibilities better
than a lot of states with the
‘broad base’ taxes.”
Dr. Edgar told the confer-
ence the cost of public educa-
tion in Taxaa is e:
crease more than
dollars the next five years.
He estimated a jump from
the 1958-1969 total of 9642,-
109,000 to 2776,611,000.
Edgar also estimated a five
year increase of 420,766 in en-
rollment will require 16,788
more teachers in 1965.
StauLRepair
Work Started
By City Force
Waco Firemen
Control Blaze
Waco, Jan. 15 U) — Waco
firemen brought under control
shortly before noon a stubborn
fire they had to fight from
underground near the edge of
the Waco business district.
The fire smouldered for
several hours in a giant silo
filled with about 9240,000
worth of cottonseed.
The silo is owned by the
Brazos Valley Cotton Gin
Company.
The fire broke out at the
base of the big structure, 60
feet tall and 70 feet in diam
eter. It is thought it may have
started from an overheated
conveyor that operates through
tunnel to the silo.
It was through the under-
ground tunnel that firemen
battled the fire. The tunnel
first was flooded, then pump-
ed out and firemen dragged
much of the smouldering
(Continued on Page Six)
Anether approach to badly
needed street repairs waa start-
ed Friday by the city aa drying
conditions made patching possi-
ble again. a
City Manager Jaclr Hender-
son said the backlog of street
damage has increased appre-
ciably during the last routed ef
rain and described existing
street conditions as the wont
in three years.
“As long as it stays wet, the
holes cannot be filled and the
paving material keeps chipping
out,” he explained.
Several starts have been
made on the repair program
during the winter, with each
effort cut short by additional
rain.
Dean Charged
With Murder
In Louisiana
Baton Rouge, La., Jaa. if
Oil Well Fire
Rages at Bowie
ulty has been jailed on a charge
of murder. Dr. George Mickey,
dean of the graduate school
and a ranking scientist, is ac-
cused of the bludgeon slaying
of Margaret Rosamond McMil-
lan — a colleague on the facul-
ty. Police refuse to give details
of the evidence which led to the
arrest.
Miss McMillan’s body was
found on a lane near the LSU
campus in Baton Rouge on
Sunday. She had been struck
repeatedly on the head, appar-
ently from behind. She was 39
years old, and taught biology
in the New Orleans branch of
the university, and police aay
she had gone to Baton Rouge
in her own sports car for a
date. But they will not namo
the date.
Dr. Mickey is 49. He is a
leading authority in genetics,
the branch of biology dealing
with heredity. He is married
and has a 19-year-old son and
a married daughter. The son ia
a sophomore at LSU.
During the early 1950’s,
Mickey taught at Northwestern
University in Evanston, 111. —
which was Mias McMillan’s
home town. She was taking
her doctor’s degree there at
the time, and Dr. Mickey di-
rected the project she carried
out for bar t heals.
The police in Baton Rouge
have mentioned some letters
and photos found in Miss Mc-
Millan’s New Orleans apart-
ment. There are no other de-
tails.
visits around Sulphur. Springs.
“He left us a lot of good
educational ideas,” Scott ob-
served. “We profited by his
visit.”
Bowie, Jan. 15 — A big
oil well fire is raging near
Bowie in North Texas. Fire
fighting experts have been
called from Houston to control
the raging fire.
The well caught this morn-
ing. It is being drilled by the
Pantex Oil Drilling Company
on the Mitchell and Mitchell
lease 16 miles south of Bowie,
near Alvord in Wise County.
Thd cause of the fire has
not been determined.
WEATHER
EAST TEXAS — Gunarally fair and
cool tha afternoon and tonicht with
lowaat so to 40 ia interior tenisht. Sat-
urday mostly cloudy and coot
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Part-
ly cloudy. No important temperature
ehanywa Lowaat SO to 40 interior north
portion t< niyht
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS — FUr
Bill Hamrick, Burford, Scott, nol. bacoaiay cloudy with aome
Sterling Beckham and Other s*t“"**» Vo—*
teachers escorted Eccles on his
night.
NOteTHWKST TEXAS Cloudy to-
night and Saturday with mum rain ar
aaow likely Saturday. No important
temperature chanyaa. Lowaat SO to S*
toaipht.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS Cloudy to-
ri let! t and Sxpirtlay with aome raia
Saturday. No U
chans**- Lowaat SO to 4S.I
Two Seek
FFA Post
Glen Wagner, S u bllJt
Springs, and Ronald Ferrell,
North Hopkins, were elected
as candidates frojn the Paris
District of Future Farmers of
America for the Ares VI pres-
ident’s post.
Wagner and Ferrell were
elected es district candidates
in a meeting held in Sulphur
Springs Thursday afternoon.
The president will be elect-
ed at the area convention at
Texarkana Junior College Fab.
22.
Approximately 10 0 FFA
students and sponsors from 20
schools attended the district
meetings Thursday, which waa
held at the agriculture build-
ing on Van Skkla Street.
Como’s FFA chapter cap-
tured first place and Sulphur
Springs’ chapter won secoa
place in an entertainment con-
test held during the Thursday
meeting. X’- “
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Frailey, F. W. & Woosley, Joe. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, January 15, 1960, newspaper, January 15, 1960; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth828597/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.