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Deep Oil Tests Near
Strategic Territory
SLANT DRILLER — “Whipstock Bill Janies, an oilfield
worker from Kilgore, Tex., told the House General Inves-
tigating Committee in Dallas that he had worked on oil
wells that were deviated from the perpendicular in the
giant East Texas oil fields. James also testified that he
installed a pipe network on the L. R. Jacobs lease where-
by oil could be pumped from a producing well to a dry hole
to give it the appearance that oil was coming from both
wells. (NEA Telephoto)
COACH DOBSON GIVES VIEWS
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Successful Football
Season Envisioned
A successful football season
for Sulphur Springs this fall
was predicted Thursday by
High School Head Coach John-
ny Dobson.
Dobson, who spoke before
the Rotary Club’s annual pic-
nic meeting in City P a rk
quickly added that a successful
season does not necessarily
mean a winning season.
He was confident that con-
siderable football progress will
be made on a broad front with
the new single wing formation
and a steadily developing back,
log of dedicated players.
Must Learn System
“You have to teach young
boys the system," he declared.
“They can’t pick up the single
wing and go with it. It will be
a while before they are a great
single wing team. They never
would be great with the T for-
mation.”
The coach pointed out that
Sulphur Springs has won only
two conference games in s.x
years while using the T system
"The boys don’t believe they
can win with the T,” he added.
Dobson reported his players
in good condition for their brief
practice session and convinced
that the only way they can hope
to win is through hard work and
strong desire to succeed.
He declared the players like
the new single wing formation
and are learning it more quick-
ly than he had anticipated.
To emphasize Power
Dobson said the Wildcats’ of-
fensive will be based primarily
on strength at the line of scrim-
mage. He predicted that passing
and punting will be much im-
proved over last year’s perform-
ances and that the over-all
team showing will be better.
“I feel we have better foot-
ball players,” he said, “and I
can look ahead a few years and
see even better players coming
up.”
Dobson said more than 40
boys had turned out for sum-
mer practice and only one had
given up. He expects from 10
to 15 additional candidates to
report after school starts.
The coach explained only
players actually scheduled for
action fn a game will appear
with the team for varsity con-
tests. Others will be assigned
to the Blue Raiders “B” team,
which also wilt play ten games.
Players are restricted to one
game a week.
Prospect* Reviewed
Reviewing the leading ean-
eycutt, center; Jerry Haney,
right guard; Que Brittain and
Billy Sachs, right tackle; Lar-
ry Palmer, right end; Miles
Bramblctt, tailback; Charles
Lewis, fullback; David Raw-
son, blocking back, and Bobby
Meador and Robert Cook,
wingback .
Reserves discussed were
Thomas Wright, Jerry Brown,
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Mercury Climbs
As Threat
Of Rain Fades
Temperatures began to warm
up in East Texas today as a
tropical disturbance that sent i
clouds and rain across portions
of the area Wednesday began
to dissipate over Arkansas.
Some scattered thundershow-
er activity is still expected in
East Texas, but the threat of
heavy rains appears to have
ended.
Temperatures were generally
in t h e 90s throughout Texas
this afternoon, with some
points pushing the 100 mark.
Only a few points received
measurable rain Wednesday,
with Texarkana recording .56
of an inch, Longviiw .21 and
Victoria .20.
Tdo deep oil tests in the
Como field were moving
into highly strategic terri-
tory Thursday as they
neared the potential loca
tion of their target Smack-
over lime formation.
As often is the case at such
a juncture, information on
progress dwindled abruptly as
the possible pay level was ap-
proached.
Both Mobil Oil Company’s
No. 1 Robbie Ford and the
Walker-Phillips No. 1 W. H.
Coker were described as below
12,200 feet.
Oil men said reports on the
Coker, a wildcat venture, were
cut off Wednesday.
The Ford was described as
drilling in the Buckner lime,
which overlays the Smackover.
The thickness of the Buck-
ner formation is regarded as a
critical factor in many of the
Smackover tests drilled in this
area. If an abnormally large
layer of Buckner is encounter-
ed, the structure often turns
out to be too low to permit a
reservoir of gas in the Smack-
over formation below.
The Ford is a southwest off-
set of Delta Drilling Company’s
No. 5 W. H. Coker, which dis-
covered Smackover production
under the shallow Como field
about a year ago.
The new No. 1 W. H. Coker
is situated about a mile north
of the discovery well.
Only previous attempt to ex-
tend the deep production was
Gulf Oil Corporation’s No. 1
Joe Bohannon, southeast offset
which proved a failure early
last spring.
The Smackover was. topped
at 12,436 feet in the discqvery
well.'
Two Nations
Merge Forces
Amman, Aug. 30 (4*1—King
Hussein of Jordan and King
Saud of Saudi Arabia have an-
nounced plans to merge their
nations’ military forces, coordi-
nate their economies and pre-
sent a united front in Arab
and world affairs. The merger
was announced in a joint state-
ment issued an Amman and
Mecca. The two Western-allied
Middle East nations have call-
ed on all other Arab states to
join their agreements.
WEATHER
NORTHEAST TEXAS — Clear to
partly cltudy tonight and Friday. A
few isolated mostly daytime thunder-
showers. Low tonight 70-76. High
Friday 02-08.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Clear
to pertly elcudy and little change
in temperature through Friday. A few
isolated deytime thundershowers.
NORTHWEST TEXAS Clear to
partly elcudy and little change in tem
pereture through Friday. A few iso-
lated thundershowers.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS Clear
to partly cloudy and warm tonight and
Fiiday with widely scattered mostly
evening thundershowers.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS — Partly
cloudy ai’d warm tonight, and Friday
with scattered mostly afternoon and
evening thundershowers.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS — Clear to
partly cloudy and warm tonight and
Friday with isolated afternoon and
evening thundershowers mostly eaat.
Civil War Threatens
Embattled Algeria
| Students
To Enroll
PLEADS FIFTH — Nelson
Decker, a former Texas state
oil official accused of taking
$47,000 in bribes in a “hot
oil” theft scheme in the
East Texas oil field, pleaded
the Fifth Amendment 16
times and refused to an-
swer questions of a House
General Investigating Com-
mittee meeting in Dallas.
An assistant attorney gen-
eral accused Decker of tak-
ing bribes to allow operat-
ors to drill slant wells and
siphon oil from neighboring
leases. (NEA)
Contesiants
Call Witnesses
In Will Appeal
Contestants to the probating
of a will of the late Mrs. Sallie
A. Lindley continued to call
witnesses this morning in the
appeal hearing in 8th District
Court.
Joe Chapman, counsel for the
contestants, called four .wit-
nesses Wednesday. One of them
returned to the stand as the
first witness this morning.
Those testifying Wednesday
were W. W. Jones, president
of the City National Bank; Dr.
Sam W. Swindell, Sulphur
Springs physician; Dr. Henry
E, Mehmert, Greenville physi-
cian, and Ray W. Murray, Sul-
phur Springs funeral home di-
rector.
Murray was on the stand
Wednesday when court was ad-
journed.
All were questioned on the
physical and mental condition
of Mrs. Lindley in 1959 and
1960.
Mrs. Lindley died the night
of June 2-3, 1960. A handwrit-
ten will admitted to probate
in Hopkins County Court later
that same month was dated
Aug. 10, 1959.
Office Opens
Without Mail
Block Island, R. I., Aug. 30
— A shiny new post office
opened for business on Block
Island, but its first day was
something of a disappointment.
The ferry boat which carries
mail to the island was unable
to make its trip because of a
storm, and islanders had to
content themselves with just
finding out where their
mail boxes were.
Students in the Sulphur
Springs school system will
make their first appearances
of the new term Friday morn-
ing for registration.
The enrollment will start at
8:30 a. m. and is expected to be
completed by 11:30. School |
buses will operate on the short
schedule.
Classes will start next Tues-
day morning on a full day’s
basis.
100 Attend Meeting
School principals and teach-
ers held their annual prelimi-
nary meeting Thursday morning
in the Junior High School
cafeteria with approximately
100 persons participating.
Principals conducted their
own faculty meetings in each
of the school buildings Thurs-
day afternoon.
The Rev. Felix Kindel, pas-
tor of the First Methodist
Ohurch, was guest speaker for
the morning session. He stress-
ed the relationship between
Christianity and teaching and
discussed the role of Woodrow
Wilson as a scholar, teacher and
statesman.
■^Teachfcrs voted to donate a
full day’s pay to the Hopkins
County United Fund again this
year following a report on the
approaching campaign'by Ster-
ling Beckham, school chairman.
Jack F. Gibson, superintend-
ent of schools, reviewed gen-
eral plans and policies for the
new year, 'including textbooks,
lunchrooms, sick leave provis-
ions for teachers and continu-
ing education requirements.
New Emphasis on English
He pointed out that new em-
phasis will be placed on Eng-
lish this year along with sci-
ence, mathematics and modern
foreign languages.
All teachers will be expected
to be teachers of English to
some degree and to see that
students use the language prop-
erly both in written and oral
form.
Plans are beihg made for an
English workshop here next
summer, he added.
Truman Drake explained the
group insurance program. Har-
vey Harrington, county presi-
dent of the Texas State Teach-1
ers Association, discussed that
organization. Calvin Denton
pronounced the invocation.
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CAMERON HIT AGAIN — A tornado ripped a six-blocks-
wide path through the Louisiana coastal town of Cameron,
and at least three persons were killed and 40 others in-
jured, according to rescue workers. In 1957 more than 500
were killed in Cameron when it was hit by Hurricane Aud-
rey. (NEA Telephoto)
Wirtz Appointed
Labor Secretary
Washington, Aug, 30 tfi —
President Kennedy has named
W. Willard Wirtz to be Labor
secretary. Wirtz has been un-
der secretary since the begin-
ning of the Kennedy adminis-
tration and has long experience
in the labor-management field.
He’ll succeed Secretary Arthur
Goldberg — who is being nom-
inated as Supreme Court jus-
tice. Wirtz is 50 years old.,.
In announcing the selection |
of Wirtz, Kennedy said he has <jay night, seemingly heralding
served with distinction as un-
der secretary. He expressed
condidence that Wirtz will car-
ry on what he called the very
Car HUs Pole
To Set Off —
Bright Hashes
Rattling windows, trembling
walls, brilliant flashes in the
sky, television blackouts and
power failures in some areas
hit Sulphur Springs Wednes-
new
Murphy Denies Estes'
Arrest Spurred Action
didates for varsity positions, mony previously
Dobson mentioned Joe Brown, | a 11 e g e d I y
Washington, Aug. 30 UPi —
Undersecretary of Agriculture
Charles Murphy has denied
that the department’s crack-
down on Billie Sol Estes was
triggered by the arrest of Es-
tes. On the contrary, Murphy
said, the arrest may have de-
layed the department action
for a few days.
Murphy gave that testimony
under questioning by Demo-
cratic Senator John McClel-
lan of Arkansas. McClellan is
chairman of a Senate subcom-
mittee which is seeking to
learn -whether political in-
fluence helped Estes make mil-
lions under farm aid pro-
grams.
The committee heard testi-
that Estes’
Charles Froneber-
ger, left guard; Mickey Hoa-
canceled until Agriculture Sec-
retary Freeman learned of the
case and stepped in. McClell-
lan noted that the Agriculture
Department’s own investigat-
ors viewed the cotton deals as
outside the law. And McClel-
lan asked Murphy:
“In the face of everything
that was known to the de-
partment, was there not suf-
ficient evidence to enable a
decision long before this?”
As Murphy was giving a
lengthy reply, McClellan in-
terrupted to ask whether Mur-
Estes a chance to furnish
proof that his deals were legal.
Murphy said he never did be-
lieve that Estes could produce
such proof. But he said the
government wound up with an
air-tight case because Estes
had the opportunity to pro-
duce such proof.
Murphy says he believes he
still holds Secretary Freeman’s
vote of confidence, with re-
gard to his actions in the Es-
. „ i it j , tes fuse. Murphy made that
llu i J nTS to Wore
Estes had not been arrested.
Murphy replied
“Yes, I do.” He went on
to say:
“The arrest may have delay-
ed it a few days.”
h ft Skf V —*
a sen-
ate investigation. In response
to questions, Murphy said:
“So far as surviving in my
job is concerned, I have not
the slightest doubt.”
Model Airplane
Derby Switched
To Airport
The addition of radio con-
trolled model airplanes to the
Sulphur Springs Model Air-
plane Derby Friday has neces-
sitated changing the site of
the contest from City Park to
the Municipal Airport.
The contest will begin at
4 p. m., open to anyone. It is
sponsored by area Boy Scouts.
As an added feature, a com-
bat flight will be staged be-
tween two model planes.
Prizes will be awarded on-
ly in the category of boys 16-
and-under, with a model air-
plane kit and motor for first
prize and a kit for second
prize.
Anyone with model planes
is urged to enter, however.
Kennedy Signs
Damages Bill
Washington, Aug. 30 WPl —•
President Kennedy has signed
the 73 million dollar Philippine
war damages bill. In doing so,
he expressed gratification that
most of the fund will be re-
invested in the Philippine econ-
omy. The President used a
fine tradition set by Secretary
Goldberg. The President de-
scribed Wirtz as an able law-
yer.
Wirtz was chairman of the
Wage Stabilization Board in
in 1946. He also taught law
at Northwestern University and
the University of Iowa. And he
was an arbitrator in many la-
bor-management disputes.
At one time, he was a law
partner of A d 1 a i Stevenson,
currently ambassador to the
Unitaed Nations. Goldberg has
relied heavily upon him for
mediation and negotiation in
many labor disputes.
President Kennedy’s move
brought immediate praise of
Wirtz from president George
Meany of the AFL-CIO. Meany
used the term “a very fine ap-
pointment” and added: “He has
the experience, background and
understanding that are neces-
sary in this difficult role.”
Algiers, Aug. 30 (AP)
—Algeria teetered on the
edge of open civil war to-
day as loyal troops moved
toward Algiers from the
west and rebels holding
the capital vowed to fight them.
The troops were summoned
from western Algeria by Depu-
ty Premier Ahmed Ben Bella.
The rebels holding Algiers and
the nearby Kabylie military
district say Ben Bella wants a
dictatorship. And they call for
all-out resistance.
Algiers comprises one mili-
tary district and the Kabylie
regions another. The four re-
mainin,; districts are believed
to support Ben Bella and his
political bureau.
The two rebel zones contain
a total of some 35,000 battle-
hardened guerrilla fighters. The
regulars opposing them total
45,000, but they’re largely in-
experienced in battle. During
the seven and one-half year
independence struggle against
the French they mostly stayed
in frontier training camps in
neighboring Morocco and Tun-
isia.
Some loyalist forces have al-
ready moved into territory of
the Algiers military zone—re-
portedly meeting no opposition.
The command of the Algiers
zone is said to have pulled
heavy reinforcements out of
outlying areas into the capital
itself. A joint declaration by
tfife ttvo rebellious districts have
pledged to defend the capital
with all means at their dispos-
al..
The declaration accuses Ben
Bella’s political bureau of be-
traying the revolution and says
it made Algerian martyrs with
bullets that should have been
used to liberate the nation.
Soviet Premier
To Miss Opening
some type of world disorder.
In the calm of daybreak,
however, the town remained.
It beban shortly after 8 p.
m. Wednesday when a jet air-
craft sent a shivering sonic
boom through much of
phur Springs — one of the
loudest and most shocking
booms recalled in this still
young field of experience.
It ended at 4 a. m. today
when Texas Power and Light .
Company personnel finished Cnmea
replacement of a pole on west
Main Street and restored pow-
er to all sections of the city.
The first of three rapid-fire-
order flashes lit the sky here
at 9:48 p. m. when a car
plowed into a TP&L service
pole at 1021 Main Street,
snapping the pole in two.
Transformers were knocked
to the ground and primary
lines carrying charges up to
12,500 volts fused together.
The accident plunged most of
the north and northwest por-
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Moscow, Aug. 30 (ff)—Acting
UN Secretary-General U Thant
said in Moscow today Soviet
Premier Khrushchev told him he
has no plans to come to the
opening of the UN General Ae-
s"Y sembly next month in New
' York.
But Thant said Khrushchev
did not exclude a visit later in
the assembly session.
Thant conferred this week
with Khrushchev at Yalta in the
Turmoil Hits
In Argentina
Buenos Aires, Aug. 30 UD—
A veteran Argintine newsman
has been sworn in as his coun-
try’s defense minister. But
even as Adolf Lanus was tak-
ing the oath, he was faced with
renewed feuding between sev-
eral military officers and
threats of an open split be-
tween the army and navy.
U S Disarmament Proposals
Evaluated by Eisenhower
[> saved
that”
New York, Aug. 30 Ml —
Former President Eisenhower
said in New York today that
the latest US disarmament
proposals go about as far as
any sane person can go. But
he added that Russia as of
now will not agree to any de-
cent inspection that could give
the West any confidence to
disarm. Eisenhower made his
comment firing a shipboard
news conference on his return
from a five-week tour of six
European countries.
Newsmen asked Eisenhower
if he thought the United
States should keep after Sov-
iet Premier Khrushchev in an
effort to reach an arms agree-
ment. The former president
replied forcefully: “My friend,
do you think I didn’t try —
He added he
plan to resign voluntarily,
partment had gone> about as and he does not expect to be
far as it could go, in giving asked to quit,
score of pens to sign the meas- i and others?”
i
Philippine Senator Rogelb De
La Rosa and said it was for
President Macupugul.
Russian proposal'for a nuclear
ban ' without inspections.
Eisenhower said ho ftoND't
believe there is a space gap
between this country and Rus-
sia. Comparing the contest
with a track meet, he said one
country might win the broad
jump, the other the 100-yard
dash. Regarding the military
possibilities of outer space,
Eisenhower said: “You have to
be concerned when they have
rendezvous in space or fleets
of them up there.”
Eisenhower said he doesn’t
think the European Common
Market would be a threat to
the American economy. He
said he saw true progress in
Europe since the last time he
was there, in 1959, and said
he noted especially the im-
provement since 1951.
Regarding the sometimes
critical attitude of French
President De Gaulle toward
Eisenhower said of De Gaulle:
“He gets his own
la ivmIMm
‘mmiiir1 n
change his mind. He
France: don’t forget
Eisenhower said bis
hour talk with Win
Churchill was of a
nature — that they
isced.
Mrs. Eisenhower
friends with her left
The former i
ed she had slipped in
and that a man
her seized her so
she suffered a strained
ment in the shoulder,
Eisenhower, his wife,
two of their
rived on the
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