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THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN 1915. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTjE IN 1924.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1962
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Weather Forecast
Fair
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Strom Thurmond of
Carolina has moved
)rce a showdown on
pentagon’s refusal to
the censors who struck
fic anti-Communiat state-
from texts of speeches
Mlitary officers. Thurmond
Inded that a witness, Willis
rence, be directed to tell
censored a speech nearly
nr ago by Lieutenant-Gen-
| Arthur Trudeau. Lawrence,
of the top Defense Depart-
Bt censors, had refused to
wse any names.
%.'Jhurmond then asked the
“ irman, Democratic Sen-
John Stennis of Missis-
pi, to require the witness to
ver. Stennis postponed a
lision on the demand. He
he had anticipated the is-
but was not ready to hand
jtn a ruling. He said he may
do so for a few days. What-
ruling he makes, he said,
aid be subject to a vote by
the subcommittee.
Earlier in today’s session,
Lawrence told the inquiry that
the Kennedy administration’s
directive telling military men
to avoid discussion of foreign
Xlicy matters doesn’t mean
gfactly That. Lawrence said
he believes it means military
men should not make speeches
in which they differ with U.
S. foreign policy.
The subcommittee council,
Janies Kendall, said of the
administration’s directive is in-
terpreted literally, it puts a
complete ban on discussions of
foreign policy.
But Lawrence said censors
Understand the directive means
there are not to be speeches
\y military men which differ
with foreign policy, criticize
pt or advocate a different pol-
Kennedy Asks Tough
New Farm Program
DAMAGED INFLICTED in a fire at the apartment of Mrs. Ora Lovell, 312-14 Robertson
Street was heavy in the kitchen. The ruins of the kitchen are shown. Gas from a stove
being disconnected was ignited by the pilot on the water heater, according to firemen.
(Staff Photo by Cody Greer).
Three Potential
Fallout Shelter
Sites Noted
•
Three potential fallout shel-
ter sites were noted by a fed-
eral agency representative who
made a survey of the city for
that purpose Monday.
|*| They are the basements of
the courthouse, Junior High
' School and the First Methodist
I Church.
The visitor, who talked to
County Judge W. B. Kitts and
(City Building Inspector Bob
fvVaughn, said he could give no
additional information on his
survey.
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19th Releases
County Soldier
Fort Polk, La., Jan. 31 -
vfPrivate First Class Earl R.
JfBurns of Sulphur Bluff, Tex-
as, was scheduled to be releas-
ed from active service with the
4!)th Armored Division today.
He will be immediately re-
assigned to the U. S. Army Re-
serve Control Group at VIII
Army Corps, Austin, Texas, an
inactive “paper” unit.
(Continued on Page Six)
Tecumteh, Mich., Jan. 31
—Mr*. Mary Shrader of Te-
cumteh ha* liven birth to
her ninth daughter. Her firtt
remark wu: “I gave up on
a boy after number four.
Cars Damaged
In Collision
Cars driven by Miss Patricia
Ann Taton, 1009 Bergin Street,
and James Roy Groves of
Commerce collided at 8 a.m,
Wednesday on Rosemont Street
near the Jefferson Street inter-
section.
4 Patrolman Earnest Morton
said Tanton was driving south
on Rosemont and did not see
Groves making a left turn off
Jefferson until too late to avoid
the accident.
He estimated damage to the
Tanton 1962 Mercury at $125
and that to Groves’ 1955 Ford
at $40.
Police investigated another
collision Tuesday at the inter-
section of College Street and
Oak Avenue. Cars Were driven
by Mrs. Mildred Sims Douglas,
route 1, Yantis, and Houston
E. Rosser, 202 Morris Drive.
Only damage was an estimated
$50 loss to the Douglas vehicle.
DEADLINE FALLS TONIGHT
Voting Eligibility
Rights at Stake
The door will close tonight
on payment of 1961 poll taxes
and consequent eligibility to
vote in thjp various elections
scheduled this year.
County Tax Assessor-Collec*
tor- Claudia Buchanan will keep
her office open tonight to ac-
commodate last-minute taxpay-
ers. The closing hour will be
governed by the demand for
the service.
Payment of both poll taxes
and property taxes continued
at a brisk pace Wednesday.
Miss Buchanan reported 262
tax receipts were issued by her
office Tuesday to bring the
county’s total to 2,542. This is
far below the number of tax
payments maiie in preparation
for the 1960 election.
Property taxes will become
delinquent Thursday and a
penalty of 1 *4 per cent will be
added.
Unemployment
Rate Declines
To 5.8 Per Cent
Washington, Jan. 31 t/P> —
The Labor Department says
that in January the unemploy-
ment rate fell below six pei
cent for the first time in W
months. It reports a drop in
the jobless rate to 5.8 per
cent of the total work force.
Labor Secretary Goldberg
Fire Heavily
Damages House
Late Tuesday
A duplex apartment at 312-
14 Robertson Street was heav-
ily damaged at 5:50 p.m. Tues-
day when an open stream of
gas became ignited by a hot
water heater.
Mike Blount, a nephew of
the occupant of the damaged
apartment, Mrs. Ora Lovell,
said furnishings were being re-
moved. from the rooms when
the fire broke but.
Workmen found, after dis-
connecting a gas stove in the
kitchen, that the ''gas supply
had not been cut off. Before
the pipe could be capped, es-
caping gas apparently eploded
from a nearby hot water heat-
er.
The kitchen was destroyed
and the attic and roof were
badly damaged by smoke.
Owners of the dwelling, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Moreland, said
their side of the duplex was
only slightly damaged.
The, fire was answered as a
general alarm.
Firemen also were called
Tuesday afternoon to extin-
guish a grass blaze on Pampa
Street in the new Lee-Hi Ad-
dition south of the high school.
Space Program
Gains Impetus
During Year
Mothers March
Proves Success
Washington, Jan. 31 Ml —
... . , , , President Kennedy has told
says although employ ment j conKress the US space program
dropped and unemployment gained new impetus and
Lee Plant
Site Cleared
Grass ivas burned from the
Radio Road site of the new II.
D. Lee C o m p a n y building
Wednesday morning, and Con-
tractor M. D. Misso of Paris ex-
pressed hope to be able to start
ground work in about ten days.
The burning operation was
carried out to hasten drying of
the water-logged site.
Misso said that if no more
Iflrain falls, the ground should
be dry enough to scarify in
bout a week as a means of
■hastening the process. He is
onfident, he could start work
few days after this operation.
No trouble was encountered
jurning off the heavy growth
>f grass. With a light east wind
blowing, backfires were stait-
| »d first at the west edge of
dUflir property and along Radio
d. The tract then was ig-
hted on the cast side,
ive men with tow sacks
fires under control.
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Jury Handed
Damage Case
An Eighth District court
jury began eon s i d e r a t i o n
Wednesday afternoon of a
$22,598.95 damage suit brought
by Mrs. Maggie L. Jones, 837
■College Street, against Max
Wilson of Sulphur Springs.
The case was presented to
the jury around noon following
completion of closing argu-
ments by attorneys.
Mrs. Jones is seeking dam-
ages for injuries allegedly suf-
fered Jan. 24, 1961, when a
car in which she was riding col-
lided with an automobile driv-
en by Wilson at the intersec-
tion of College and Jennings
streets.
Navy Pilot
Killed in Crash
Dallas, Jan. 31 (At — A Navy
flier was killed today when his
jet crashed into Mountain
Creek Lake near the U. S.
Naval Air Station at Grand
Prairie.
A skin diver dispatched to
the scene recovered the body
from 25 feet of water.
The crash occurred about
100 yards off the south end
of the runway.
The jet was one of two
planes apparently engaged in
fighter tactic maneuvers.
Authorities said the jet was
being chased by a secoiid jet
as part of the training. The
pilot of the second plane told
investigators he saw the fel-
low jet begin to spin and then
head toward the lake. He said
the pilot managed ty eject him-
self from the jet, but wasn't,
more than 30 feet above 'the
water.
The pilot's body was strap-
ped in the ejection seat when
it was recovered.
January Exits
With Weather
Sunny, Warm
January was making its exit
in a perfect weather back-
ground Wednesday after bring-
-mg-Sulphur-Springs some of
the roughest weather it has
experienced in years during its
earlier weeks.
Temperatures reached a high
of 74 degrees here Tuesday
and appeared likely to ap-
proach that level this after-
noon. The overnight low was
went up in January, both
changes were less than season-
ally expected. Employment in
January declined by about one
and one-haif million going to
around 65 million. The num-
ber of jobless rose by about
ono-half million to about 4,-
600,000. However, while Janu-
ary employment fell from De-
cember it was at a record lev-
el for January.
breadth last year. But he said
greater strides must be made
in the months and years ahead.
The President’s report was in
accordance with the National
Aeronautics and Space Act of
1958.
Kennedy recalled he told con-
gress last May that a leading
role in space achievement may
well hold the key to this coun-
try’s future. He said today:
“That I reaffirm.”
I
Sketching, in broad terms, j
what has been done since he
took office, the President said
foremost was a decision to land
a team of US explorers on the
moon d u r i n g the present de-
„ . , ,, . cade, rather than in the mid-
Tyler, Jan. ol Mi Voters i jg70» as prevj0usly contem-
turned down a 8% million dol- plated< He said this objcctive is
lar bond proposal yesterday byipart of a national spacc pro.
a margin of 161 votes. gram composed of many basic
Tyler Voters
Reject Bonds
Sulphur Springs women raised
a total of $542.95 for the
March of Dimes in their annual
Mothers March Tuesday night.
It was the best showing made
in the project in several years.
The 1961 march yielded
$388.85. ,
Weber Pouts, county March
of Dimes chairman, reported
the additional funds brought
the county’s total for the cam-
paign to $2,130.15.
The 1961 drive raised a final
total of $3,163.56.
More to Come
Additional contributions from
several sources remain to help
the current campaign! They in-
clude schools over the county,
a street collection by members
of the Vagabond Car Club, a
bowling tournament, money
from coin collector boxes in
stores and additional mail gifts.
The Mothers Culture Club,
which sponsors the annual
Women’s canvass, topped the
list of participating organiza-
tions by collecting $176.68.
Mrs. Joe Pearson served as
general chairman of the
project.
Money raised by members of
other participating organiza-
tions included: Waverly Club,
$128.18; Junior Waverly Club,
$59.30; Dial Study Club,
$38.2<; Treble Clef Club, $17;
Sulphur Springs Garden Club,
$13, and the Tanti Club, $9.
Members of the Douglas PTA
organization raisedv|l0l.55 m
their socilitation a tn o n g the
city’s Negro residents. Mrs. La-
merle Goodson directed this as-
pect of the campaign.
500 Pennie* Given
Fouts expressed his appre-
ciation to the women for their
work and his pride in the re-
sults accomplished.
An unusual addition to the
MOD fund was $5 in pennies
given by Mrs. J. C. Lowry, 206
Anglin Street, who said she had
been saving the coins all year
for this purpose.
The count :2,013 to 1,852.
The proposal was for a vari-
Atomic Ship
Puts to Sea
projects.
(Continued on Page Six) ety of street improvements.
BY SPECIAL COMMISSION
Outdoor Recreation
Needs Told America
Washington, Jan 31 Wt — A
special commission reported
today that there is a surging
need for more outdoor recrea-
tion in America. The outdoor
recreation resources and re-
view commission said this need
must be met by imagination,
largescale action and “money,
lots of it.”
The 15-man commission is
headed by Laurence Rockefel-
ler of New York. It left it to
President Kennedy and con-
gress, and to state and local
governments, to figure out
price tags and what specific
areas should be acquired or im-
proved.
But the commission did say
the first task is to provide re-
creation for the Metropolitan
regions, which have the biggest
population end demand for re-
creation, and the least space
for it.
In surging immediate ac-
quisition of ocean and lake
shores, the commission said:
. “Highest priority should be
given to acquisition of areas
located closest to major popu-
lation centers and other areas
that are immediately tre.it-
diied. The need n> critical —
opportunity to place these
areas in public ownership is
f&ding each year as other
uses encroach.”
The commission said that,
basically, there is plenty of
land and water acreage for re-
creation. The problem is that
most of it is where the people
are not.
Rockefeller told newsmen
the commission intentionally
did not come up with any
figures on acres' or dollars. He
said the group’s idea was to
discuss the principles' and
tools, and leave It to others to
determine how they can best
be used.
By direction of congress^
the commission has been
spending three years and two
and one-half million dollars
studying the problem of out-
door recreation as it will de-
velop over the next 40 years.
It put more than 50 recom-
mendations on paper. Some
probably will be echoed in a
vast .conservation program,
stressing recreation, which
Kennedy is expected to put be-
fore congress in a special mes-
sage Feb. 21st.
New Car Tags
Offered Public
At 5 Stations
New vehicle license plates
will go on sale Thursday at the
courthouse and at four sub-sta-
tions in the county.
The sub-stations are at Pick-
ton, Saltillo, Sulphur Bluff and
Cumby.
The 1962 Texas plates are
black with white lettering.
Hopkins County has been as-
signed two numerical se-
quences.. They are LN 10 to
1974 and LM 4550 to 9999.
Truck numbers range from
2W-275 to 2W-1424.
Display of the new plates on
vehicles becomes mandatory
April 1.
Camden, N. J., Jan, 31 Mt—
The world's first nuclear-pow-
ered cargo and passenger ship
—the Savannah — has put out
to sea from Camden on her
maiden voyage.
EXPULSION MOVE SET
Eight County
Students Win
College Degrees
Commerce, Jan. 31 MV—Eight
Hopkins County students are
among approximately 150 stu-
dents who were awarded bache-
lor’s and master's degrees by
East Texas State College at
Winter Commencement Tues-
day.
Mrs. H. L. Harness received a
B. A. degree in Spanish-Eng-
lish. She is the daughter of Mrs.
A. C. Clark, Route 1, Dike.
Mrs. Marion Teel received a
Master’s degree in education.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Moncrief, Route 4,
Sulphur Springs.
Mrs. J. J. Smith received a
master's degree in education.
Her home address is 738 Con-
nally, Sulphur Springs.
Virginia Ann Alberts receiv-
ed a B. A. degree in elemen-
tary education. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Alberts, Route 5, Sulphur
Springs.
Artie Romack received a B,
S. degree in math. He is the
son of Mr. ind Mrs. A. G. Ro-
mack, 1222 Texas, Sulphur
Springs. .k
Linda Leftwich received a B.
S. degree in business education.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Bridges, 105 Har-
red, Sulphur Springs.
Betty Louise Garner receiv-
ed a B. S. degree in home
economics. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gar-
ner, Route 2, Saltillo.
Martha Brumley received a
B. S. degree in business. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Brumley, 2222 McCann,
Sulphur Springs.
WEATHER
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTH-
EAST TEXAS — Sunny »nd mild this
afternoon and Thursday. Clear and
cool toniicht. law tonight 3(5-40. High
Thursday 70-78.
NORTHWEST TEXAS — Fair and
no Important temperature changes
through Thursday. Lew tonight 26-38.
High Thursday 66-76.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Clear
to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
Mild afternoons. Cool again tonight,
law tonight 40-50. High Thursday
74-82.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS — Clear to
partly cloudy tonight and Thursday.
Low tonight 40-50. High Thursday
72-80.
Artny Reveals
Cutback Plans
Washington, Jan. 31 M' —
The Army has announced a cut-
back of overseas duty for thous-
ands of men whose tours abroad
were extended by as much as
six months to help meet Rus-
sian threats to Berlin. It is the
first major cancellation of em
Castro Cuba Dealt
Blow at Conference
Funta Del Este, Jan. 31 lift their refusal to deal Cuba such
—The inter-American confer-! a hard blow is a setback to
ence in Uruguay voted con-1 U. S. policy and evidence of
demnation of Castro Cuba i a deep rift in the hemispheric
early today for lining up with
the Communist bloc. But only
a bare two-thirds majority—
the United States and 13 oth-
er countries — approved a res-
olution directing the Organi-
zation of American States to
expel the Communist Havana
government from the Arnett
system.
Several other resolutions
were adopted by varying votes.
Approval of a ban on trade
and traffic in arms between
Cuba and other OAS members
was by a ballot of 16 to 1—
Cuba being the lone dissenter.
The Havana regime also was
Washington, Jan. 31
(AP) — President Ken-
nedy sent a tough new
farm program to congress
today which wduld give
the nation’s farmers this
choice: accept much tighter
production controls on surplus
products or face a cut-off of
most federal price supports and
other aid.
Kennedy said in a special
message that his proposals are
designed to slice an estimated
five billion dollars off farm
programs over the next four
years. Otherwise the programs
would cost more than 12 bil-
lion during that period.
He said additional aims are
to boost farm income and re-
duce costly farm surpluses
now in government hands.
Farmers growing wheat,
corn, oats, barley and sorghum
grains would lose all price sup-
ports if they did not go along
with acreage allotments and
marketing quotas set under the
new program. In addition, the
government would reserve the
right to dump huge amounts of
these surplus grains on the
markets. Under most conditions
this would depress prices.
Marketing quotas would be
set on ail dairymen for the
first time if the program is ap-
proved.
Cat or Else
The new Kennedy program
is the toughest proposed by a
president since federal controls
were introduced into agricul-
ture in the 1930s. It’s tough in
this respect:
In the past farmers were
asked to cut production of sur-
plus items or perhaps lose some
of their price supports. Now
’ti’a a case of cut surplus pro-
duction or git practically no
aid.
The more rigid controls high-
lighted what Kennedy describ-
ed as his “A B C D” farm pro-
gram for the 1960a — abund-
ance, balance, conservation and
development.
He said the program is built
around maximum use- of the
nation’s food abundance while
balancing future production
with needs, conserving farm
resources and developing low-
income rural areas. 1
The tighter controls would
be applied, in the beginning, to
the three big surplus products
—wheat, feed grains and dairy
products. They would require
approval by at least two-thirds
of the producers voting in three
separate referendums.
Briefly,, the programs pro-
posed for these products are:
Wheat—Reductions of pos-
sibly as much as 20 per cent
in the years immediately ahead
in acreage allotments and mark-
eting quotas from the 1961
level. Growers would get a
somewhat higher price support
for grain used for food in the
domestic market and a lower
one for wheat sold for export.
All wheat now is under the
same support level.
But should the program bo
rejected, the government would
withdraw all supports and re-
serve the right to dump up to
200 million bushels of its sur-
plus grain on markets. The gov-
ernment could, if it saw fit,
make payments on land divert-
ed from wheat. The present
program provides for supports,
but at a reduced level, if con-
trols are turned down.
Feed grain — Acreage allot-
ments and marketing quotas
would be set for the four ma-
jor feed grains — corn, oats,
barley and sorghum grain. ^
In the past, only corn* has |
can family of nations. The ! the only nation to oppose a been grown under allotments
OAS council apparently will new endorsement of President and none of the four grains has
ergency steps taken last fall to
‘iEji-SrSi 35i« STM«7c'o"Itid
meet in late February to sus-
pend Cuba from all OAS ac-
tyities' until her formal ouster
is arranged.
Actually, the approval of a
declaration that the Castro
Castro government’s align*
ment with the Communist bloc
is incompatible with the inter-
American system was by a 20
to one vote. But, the single
opposing ballot was by Cuba
itself.
Only the 14 nations ballot-
ed for rejection of Communist
Cuba from the American
States organization. The op-
posing six nations abstained
Kennedy's alliance
gross program as
for- prog-! ever been subjected to market-
the best ing quotas. Payments eould be
weapon to combat. Communist
and Castroite influences.
A final resolution calling
made on land diverted from
these grains, as is being done
now. But all supports would be
j withdrawn and the government
for hemispheric d f f e n 8 0 t{,« r^t well
Cuta «Sn1 no, lud’ljo-
livia abstaining. Among other
swifty* Army officials said they
were unable to estimate immed-
iately how many men were af-
fected.
Argentina, They are the big-
gest and most influential coun-
tries of Latin America. And
things, the resolution calls for
creation of a special consulta-
tion committee to chart se-
curity measures and to assist
nations which request aid.
The foreign ministers sched-
uled another plenary session
for later this morning. Their
trols were voted down.
Dairymeh Hit
Dairy produets — For the
first time, mark e t i n g allot-
ments would be set on all
dairy ai e n. The government
would attempt to support prices
up to 90 per cent of the purity
price, but not in excess of 300
million dollars a year for sup-
closing session will be tonight! ports or about half vthis year’s
when the conference declara-
tions and resolutions will* be
signed.
expected cost.
Should allotments be reject-
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