Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1965 Page: 5 of 8
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Mrs. Brannon was issued a tick- slated that up until about a wetk|Beaumont and that she had been
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before the date of the acadent that I. regular patient of h* **re lh-*, e^y, Teaai „iurs<iay June 3 19BR Page Five
(Ms* aau been in um at the time He gave a very long and in____________________X-jj,
bottom of the temporary barrtcadt‘s foresting history of Mrs Hallman the company payroll terminated at testimony was brief but confirmed
Fitzgerald was followed on the and said that in hit opinion as a that time H«* *tat«*d that thi Uti uli tin abave NiaUilMOtt to her con-
tand by his wife, Nan lit Joe FIU- doctor, she had been permanently [riende* had been left in a diagonal Jdition ami the settled law suit
ferald. who stated that she reached disabled by the accident on Sept I position and the flares light»*<t
the scene of the accident soon ?fter,4th and that she would remain a| The last witness called b> the
her husband and that the Hallman|permanent paralytic for the rest ot .defense was Marshall Harri*. Em- ci
chikiren were removed from thelhrr life (ory Fire Thief He testified thstj
vWiarrive at the scene of the accident l‘<u Ih*! *he them to he» ^evera i surgical instruments when he reached the accident *|JUUKt- v.n«vm«n »«
ms He helped to remove the occupants Ik0™* to c*rp *or lhpfT1 Th* Hall- wen> introduced into evidence tbaae P*!*- 4 the flares were burning h* -charge consisting of
n both automobiles He *tatJmaii children remained in her <Uft?Lf a jlke kind {ihtNi m the initial|B*a#h ,he barricades Uuestjonsi to the Ju
| »nd paid a fine of $27)1.55.
Mrs. Brannon was also hospital
i Tied for in furies received in the no
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tom uf “ the The R*v Albeit (Turk wee tn
... )ury l>\ next wiUK», to take li» «t«<* an.i
[ itu* j . ,n»i AJ»m‘ n . .. ...int new i slated he was the llrst person to
tali from
i«., He al»u ed that he had smelled no liquor 0H(uw,y about 21 hours until their ,,n of Mrs. Hallman at the All <k-fen'i .......
iL-iam whaijMri Brannon s breath but that ho1'1* arrived During this time, both tim, o( h<T |K,spitali/ati'>r at Bay I'*1** ruas-examinatK*
ii hisjihd mv both a Bible and scverall**1* ehildren wen taken to a ' .r.e-r: )nr w]lh a . hjiri Iihnwioa »».«■ tiffs attorii£yy„Ihe Hef
At this point, both the plaintiff
and defense lawyers rested their
use,
■ | Thuisuay morning at 10 a.m.,
*|Judge chapman read the court'!
61 counts lur
Jury panel.
. hannei|cans ol beer in her cf. .......
KffiKfutij fiighway Patrolman Maxey
Sulyhur Springs and investigating
j““ ™“i" "e. > ....... a],mfT wlt|
(Cilie hospital for tjnefoca! rt»«!e:p ,.rrv,cai vtrti
of,*^
rw Mr
and Mrs Roy Turner and
and Mrs Rylant Neither
:H»a of the body.
__._ __________________ played to the jury along with
i.. an te.ti- "(fleer at the time of the accidentjfbe Alldrwi were injur^l to the tt~-revs-taken nflne TiattortrW yarB50«TdongBtl.
.. -TCetBi-anwerwlTg wltwanii~Bolh W«Sms-r*l^*'al ****>' ha<* required tnnlii al danry her haatiitetiysnoo Wednesday afternn n the defensej2 45 i
Physical therapy had alsi. been gw re-opene<i their rase by Attorney[dkd at
I n ,,ns t ouniyua.K ........ ----..... ™ ...__ ----------------—,en Mrs Hallman at the Texas Be- Alexander reading a knal instru run x
. , fir>1 (.jii tlKirough investigation of the scemr|Waldrop, the third party to arris, habilitation Hospital in Houston men! from 'he sta of Oklahoma »n| Judy, t hapman after consulting
h' .hw is iwr-ot the accident He testified to var-jon the scene Waldrop said that he, thinlop explained that at the "inch. Wilma Green Hallman o ,with lh« atteraevs dismissed the
r.Vth w arningjioua measurement* mack regaul la-lped to remove the orrupants ofl((mt 0j thf incident the 6th snd sued suit against two defendant ""1
reiervtslj plaintiffs’ rounsel opened their
I lain- |stimmaUon* and. were fnneweaA-.by -
uci.Mil.ni s council with the re-
Ajlt* ease and Judge Chapman r»-|i,u„., by Plainlifl attorney Young.
summations and reburtie
JnnR-j-he«: period:--r-
. ontultstian at
and rendered thetr ver-
5 p m. Foreman of tho
Adams
model spinal column was also di»- <*»*<' 'hr un,il ^ P hi Wed- rh.
twfday. at which tim«* the Jury
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v.ns about 1*1! the point of impact from thejhnth cars and then returned to his|7)h cervical vertebra were injured Audie Taykrr and Robert L Black
date of this|h>ghway edges, etc and said that|home Under cross examination,
on in the absence of skid marks on the,stated that during the period
on the contractors pert
rpt lighted flares along
and at the barricaue bull
| The court findings were in favor
of the defendant R N. Adam* Cod-
•tria tion Comany The jury panel.
t ie accident pavement and the condition of the]<unrtruction the .ont-actois perion-P -using t)lf para
ad further,rai s after the head on collision, that nel had kept lighted flares along lhejma|
Mills also both cars were traveling at an ap-jhrghway .t n.. Iw,'
- that he
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[sufficiently to -ause permanent *b» k f.» injuries received
damage to the spinal .-olumn thus b-nse aevideni on «-2f» in ... •-1---------------, --- - -
the paralvsn of Mrs Hall time these injurie* were believid unanimoush agieed that the
from approximately her neck permanent iwt when the plsinlilt Adam- Construction Compxoy was
—.down Mrs Hallman retains a nor maided they were not. she settled no 'onger reiwn.ibte for this proj-
know the proximate rate of thirty to ihiny-lthat he did not recall how lunglma| mantai condition '* ,our' ,nr H5**1"' ■f'1 ,1,u" 'Aspevkion. made
, w J cx“rirkr.^:^ n ^
. , , Ui ui Mime tif the photographs he could .< W| and imi>re^*ivo lift ol rrs K ,*.r . pur tw#. m>»v ol 196b
relatives » _OUa- and rochra;. vh.l, 1.-™ ! Wayne Wise of Beaumont a fel- .ailed only five The staggering
7 ' o, u;.m. further stated that in hiH^ *upi*rvised heretolore MrMul !no tr0"> ■ 1,1 ° low worker ol Hallman. and ►unn ot had born aaked
''' in* ‘ '' ' , . len and the plaintiffs' attorneys tn "***' one-time neighboi, trvrk me stand by ihe plaintiffs or roughly $3S.OO
In ail- op.mon me warning s.x.is Monday morn** after the week >Bll wift#rt ^ he hud kllta*n:pei day fw the remainder to Mis.
night were going vices already testified
B. v
dkenridgr»
nimponw ,
d Mrs D |
<5*'lm* i
tended lht|
nsfield
tlrkp
' dtxdt,
y night
of him Instead the been there, the night of the acci
,en by Mrs Brannon, miss- dent were not adequate to channel
ftnn SMO old Highway HP traffic through the area
and hi. him head-on ' Doyle ntxgerald the next wit
.an added that he had been “**»• *"*“ »“ ,h*
. ............. _i.Ci -- ond nee son tn reach ihe -eerie n
esriy rinur and that" his car had 'remained “•* •«:**** “•«* JJ“* ** "**,*“"*
hit (*.io-0: hr, right hand side of the road"’"' *"
• Ttobas ........ .n various photographs'"*1 , «*» "■ «~* «
i opoeirM elresdi .ntroducwd irto evideore Raxhlight He further -toted that
|«rly the Hallman also testified to what ex A* »h« oreu-
m iMBbiC'enl w„- ,n,ur. i in -he accident *»»** ,r»m th* •f*.
1 to Md (roffi ■. .
•*«* -fated ..... - ..w oarncades erected
K"*-.«f the intersection from theL' R N Adoms CoB„ Co.. ^
Lll . J’ 'a" ','0".. JIT!!. I.1'’''’ •-«• n-r* permanent type barricade
” erected by the Texes Highwvy Dc-
dpai-tm—il for some time in order
! to reach his home on the south side
diagrams showing what in McMul- end recess the tirst w ane. Mrs Hallman and that
len s opini.*, wouM have been the called was Ronald Hallman w normal m every resp t prior
propel channeling devices and Kave further testimony regar ng ^ aCcident of Sept 4 IttKf M
wrarning signs for this particular bis wife s condition both before »ml Wuc. followed liei tiuxtouid oh
transition area Slides were also|a«*> lft* aaident He also
wa. Hallman s life, which sreordiag
n|FlkJaiy in
„ At this
osition was read by plaintiffs' law hu.liand on the stand Pictures tak
----—and Neal Th.j depot Jen of Mrs. Hallman before the ac-
•*V.— foe #r -
yers. Youni
Hnfi
. ihowinf ;nto oM Highwa\ OH was neaiw
two and the barricades and that when .she
kcti wtrwroniized she was about to mixa the
| Ouir-*i»as turn, she turned sharply and hit the
\ Depart- Hallman car. head-on. Tliis putting
her car on her left bar t tide of the
Iroad She too stated that she was
■(traveling about thirty mile* per
her
i U* stand roa
» had also|tra
my in tWh*.u
of the new Highway G9 These tein
porary and permanenf barricade"
*>
portion of Highway 69 He further
ils point In the trial, a dep
stand
of Mrs Hallman before
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I lhat as she ap-____________ . . a,.|r«;ui JSUIgeisi, nad examined Mrs |«er was exhibited o tne pi .
Hallman upon her admission toj Following these testimonies a
Baylor hospital Sept. 5. 1962 and dramatic 20-mmute movie was
treated her until she was dismissed '*• lh'' lur>' “ lhis ,aken ™
Sept 27 to be moved to a hospita)|Mrs. Hallman showing the prepara-
In Tulsa. Okla tion* necessary in getting her in
The next testimony was given by and out of bed. a car and what
Dr L. C Dunlop of Bcaummt. wlui'vcry limited how.i^ld chores she
stated lhat he had first, seen Mrs '* able to perform.
Hallman on or about Deo. 27 1962 At this dramatic point, the plain
... when she was transferred from the tiffs attorneys rested then case _
He "***"«* ^ h^pu., «w . town.wL-
-- 1 ductal into eviden.e along with
<«quipmenl used by
Friccs Good Thursday, Friday and Saturday
ISf COFFEE
tmmm
16-OUNCE JAR
49c
With $7.00 Groc»ry Purchase
with
Mrs
•xMMtod *n tht
ALL 29c BAGS
Dl? CANDY 4 for 99c
»«ww«wmwiimi|iMmmiimm
• OR SOUR QUART ARMOUR
**»»*»«»»> msss »a«au
2 CANS
25cl«IM MSB
r
n Meal
5 lb. Bag
29c
FOUND
ICE COLD
WATERMELONS
?wrr«
POUND
:AN HthJES J WALDORF Asst. Colors S FOOD KING
® MIX I TOILET TISSUE j SALAD DRESSING
S9c | 4 ROLLS 1 29c * QUART 33c
POUND | FRESH
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special
Hallman being
/▼MirtrAom
The first witness .-ailed by the
defense was Richard Stauter, an
employee of the Texas Highway
Department and acting resident en
glue or at the time this new portion
of Highway 69 was under crtistrui
m
Stauter stated that he had made
a final inspection of the project on
Aug. 29 and that on fiept. 4. his
letter which was Introduced into
evidence, was wrilten in which he
a. knowledge-! the final inspection
of the highway and informed thi
Adams Construction Co that they
con'd remove their barricades a!
their convenience
The next witness called was a
Mr Thorn burger also an employe*
of the Texas Highway Department
No significant testimony was giver
' this witness
A’. J Lectch a former employ-|
oi the Adams Crawl. Co . wasjl
called next Lcetrh stated M tj!
hwm part of his Job an this
project tn -ee that all flares v ere
lighted and to check the hattery
operated blinkers before leaving the
Job each afternoon He further stat-
ed that he had completed his em-
ployment with Adam- Construction
on Aug 29 and that ..-hen he
the job. at that time, the flaresl
______Nil piece, sighted and that;
the barricade, had been left at a
[diagonal position to Ihe intersertion |
At this point Dehay read ex
cept* from the standard contract
manuel is«ued to all contractors
buildjpe Texas highways These ex
eerrts stating how anri when a;
nob is considered complete
Next, parts ol depositions taken
from Patrolman Maxey and Mr-
Brannon were read by attorney De-
hay
John Stin was then
placed on 'he witness stand and he
stated that this construction Job
dosed down on Aug. 29 with
Tho siromloil 'T«x
There is an ever-preve. t din-
er that xiuillpox which kills
' eon vjctim* a year world-
. i.k-could he h-ovli r.l into this
• \iOiry bv an intern umiwI irav-
: the World He.’.th Organ-
rat < n (WHO) warn.
Albiouell the d.- aw lias
. . u-J (n i Ils UJ
j.’ *L.! Nj'ton* ap-t cy -ayv.
it can spread l.kr wildfifs'
rom a -ingle infected visitor
tir.vmg from Afn-.. As . er
n An enca. when smallpox
s-ill Ixkcv a heavy i. J
, , i, ■ , aw,
.VMO hat itken Smallpox.
nuant Aim" as is* theme
ic- nns tu-* World He ''h
i . , o'- crve.t even April 7.
■ ... am l‘.r t
■ ... r , l A . S4S l
Seven years after WHO
launched its worldwide small-
eradicatron project, ca
have been cut fiom nearly J00,-
(hk) to 100,000 annually. The
aided by
dren'e Fund
sis of data col'
three-xtep program,
the UN. Children
i NIC El I. congntt o---------
IcUKju. vacsiiuUMM and a global
alerI for xuxpcsied outl teaks.
Practical obstacle* include e
•hortsee of funds, leek of
trained personnel and inade-
quate facilities for vaccine pro-
JucliOO and storage. Bui med-
ic..! ,y, there i« no rtawo why
smallpox cannot he wiped off
ih, -!.,nct hv 100 percent vac-
err non of its inhabit*
' ,Y . ■ .it to: IJnind Sationi At-
4tih Si New York, N. "■ Wtf
llefi
TAWAKONI BEAUTY SALON
LET US STYLE YOUR HAIR
Featuring
Revlon, Lorofll, Realistic Products
For Appointment. Call 447-4375 West Tawakonf
Tawakoni Center Highway 35 Persy Thornton
Across From Fish Hool; Lodge
aaaxas »xsH»i.»»»»»wwwee*wai
B&B FOODS
SKCIALUING IN
THU NEW
"BREEZE CUT"
IN SUMMER
"SWING HEART”
HAIR FASHIONS
Opal's Baauty
Soion
CALL
• GR 1-2325
Shsrfey — Opal — Nor*
2.90 AQUA NET HAIR SPRAV ............ 7«c
5 *bx. SULPHUR - ................. 5»c
4 lb* SfVlN 3 DUST..........................1M
4 lb-. DR. ROGERS l D DUST ................ L0#
29 lbs. DK ROGERS ( D DUST .............. 4 50
I GALLON TOXDANE CATTLE SPRAY 5«
ONE GALLON GLOBE GUfTtX SPRAY 5 69
I 49 CONTAC CAPSULES......................LI
1(10 ST. JOSEPH ASPIRINS .................Me
New Shipment of COTY MIST ———- 2.M
NIX PHARMACY
will be about 51 yean.
This ya Ap i-trhppp the Urgeit
laxtosu Ji tv Cl llitxi Ul iLPittp LUMWI
___________ _ I -land and te-tified to the same •nd «rtajnly the meet up-todtoe
shown the jurv pertainine to rhcnldetatled arcouto of all hospital Horn JJK.g(e arice ()Wa [methods ard equipment were UUli-
McMullen was 011 the wit jtrtr ^ m,r*# 4*Yp^ns^ mctirrtNi pip,null, alsol"^ *» Fiaintills’ Uwytrt.
nes« stand Thursday afternoon and]****0* ^ aotident, these iota ing ^ the** basic itatcmcwt* I
f wu™ Haimin followed her H*Um“ W“ *“* T*1 IrEAD THE LEADS* WANT ADS
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Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 3, 1965, newspaper, June 3, 1965; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth835093/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.