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VOL. 37 NO. 25
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS—TUESDAY, FEB. 5, 1957
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INFERNO—Funeral pyre for a jet pilot is this blazing wreckage of an F-84 Air Force Thunderjet,
which demolished this home in Mountain View, Ca lif., when it crushed on a landing approach to Moffett
"Naval Air Station. Only one civilian was slightly hurt, but at least 25 homes were damaged by bits
of the jet's wreckage.
Tubbs Assigned
Active Service
In Armed Force
NORMAN, Okla. Feb. 5 (Spl)—
Gerald J. Tubbs, Breckenridge, is
among 78 Army ROTC seniors at
the University of Oklahoma as-
signed to the various branches of
the army for active duty and fur-
ther military schooling, Col. Met-
ticus W. May, professor of military
science and tactics .announced.
The cadets will be commissioned
in exercises at OU on June 9, the
same day they receive their de-
grees from the University. They
begin their tours of active duty
at Uketr branch school within 12
months after commissioning.
The four-year ROTC .jtragau .
including two years of basic work
ancf two years of advanced, is car-
ried in addition to a regular course
of study. Besides classwork and a
weekly drill period, each cadet re-
ceives six months active duty
training in the summer between
his junior and senior years.
The bulk of the group will be
sworn in as second lieutenants of
the Army Reserve. A limited num-
ber of outstanding military stud-
ents are selected tor the Regular
Army.
Artillery is the dominant branch
given Oli students this year, with
J£l cadets choscn for commissions
in that branch. The Ordnance Corps
is next, issuing 10 cadets branch
assignments.
'l'uobs, a senior in economics, is
the son ot Mr. and Mrs. N. J.
Tubbs, 297 E. first. He has been
assigned to the Infantry.
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance service.
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
Next to honesty, your best policy-
Trammell-swanson Insurance
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Seen or Heard
* By C. M. H.
The rainfall measured .08 at mid
night, but there has been consider-
able since—Tobe Gracey <"^1 he
put his ear to the window at 2:30
this morning to listen to the mus-
ic Dr it Maybe we need to ex-
plain that our groundhog took his
sun reckoning about 9 o clock at-
urady morning when it waa cloudy
dad misty Buckaroos slated to
-W{'Mineral Wells there tonight.
"XXiiamber of Commerce directors
«fc*t tonight at 7:30...
call requests we say Wednesday
Study Club program to start
promptly at 3:30. tea hour to follow
.... Colored Masonic Lodge to of-
fer benefit turkey dinner to whites
wid colored Feb. 7 until 8 o clock
in Mt Olive dinning room......
Merchants show window beginn-
ing to be trimmed for Boy Scout
birthday program—that is one of
our finest organizations.
Supt. John CulweH lit Clifton
where his father suffered a fall
7. . . Mrs. Lillie Hasel still serious-
gjr ill in Big Spring dWc BuH
Durham and wife, former Mary
flynn here today. Bull making
career of navy and * •«*
children. Smoke alarm at 207 East
rnd caused ft fire run Uwt
at 7127. .... • *•*; • •
Understand Sam Newcomb pro-
moted to sergeant before leaving
jpjrt Sill, to sail on General Rose
Feb. 6....Charlie Stewart being
transferred to Sweetwater... .No
arrests reported... .And, "J*"11. ?
month of thi* ohpuft gff JheJob
done two of hardest things these
days is to balance the national bad-
get and get ground moisture to
Thought For The Moment: Wlim
aD else is lost, the fntarn still re-
Jesse Hobson Is Killed
When Struck In Traffic
Thomas Jesse Hobson, 72, was
fatally injured about 9:25 p
Sunday wh
car while crossing West Walker
len he was struck by a
street in the vicinity of the Breck'
enridge Convelescent Home.
Mr. Hobson was pronounced dead
on arrival at Stephens Memorial
Scouts Finn To
Celebrate 47th
Anniversary
Cub Scouts,' -Boy Scouts, Ex-
plorers and their leaders are pre-
paring to celebrate the 47th Anni-
versary of the Boy Scouts of
America February 6 to 12.
A five-point program will find
the Scouts displaying handicrafts
and camping equipment in up-town
windows, attending church services
on Scout Sunday, February 10,
conducting open house with par-
ents as guests at the regular meet-
ings, going on hikes and camps
and giving goodwill and presenting
special programs at school assem-
blies and before civic clubs and
church groups.
The theme is "Onward for God
and my Country" which is being
practiced by participation.
"We are grateful to sponsoring
organizations and churches that
provide the Scouting program year-
round for the boys ages 8 through
16 in the eight-county Comanche
Trail Council," stated Rio Cox of
Brownwood who is President of
the Council.
"The membership in the Council
is at an all-time high with 97
i'ack, Troops and Posts provid-
ing the training for 2101 boys
under the leadership of 856 adults.
This is 16',4 unit gain and 7%
boy gain over the year before,"
according to W. Doyle Graves of
Stephenville who is Chairman of
Organization and Extension.
forty Boy Scouts, Explorers
and Scoutmasters from this area
will attend the Fourth National
Jamboree and camp with 50,000
Scouts and Leaders this summer at
historic Valley Forge, Pennsyl-
vania.
Foreign Policy
Debated By Reds
MOSCOW (C.IM— The Supreme
Soviet parliament agreed today
to a major debate on Soviet for-
eign policy at its first session since
the upheavals in Poland and Hun-
"Pop leaders of the government
and party, with one exception,
were on hand for the opening
meetings of both houses of the
Supreme Soviet. The exception
was Defense Minister Marshal
Georgi Zhukov who is touring In-
dia.
Deputy Premier Lazar Kagano-
vich and Georgi Malenkov, and
Foreign Minister Dmitri T. Shepi-
lov, whose health has been the
subject of considerable rumors in
tlje West, attended the meetings.
Hospital.
Driver of the car was Jerry
Corn, 17, Baird High School stu-
dent, who told investigating of-
ficers that he did not see Mr. Hob-
son prior to the accident.
Mr. Hobson, who lived with his
son, A. N. Hobson, whose wife ope-
rates the Breckenridge Convales-
cent Home, had been to a restau-
rant to have a cup of coffee, avid
was returning home when he was
hit.
Corn had been in Breckenridge
visiting friends and had just start-
ed home. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lowell Corn of Baird.
Highway Patrolman John F.
Heard, one of the investigating of-
ficers, said that Corn was not trav-
eling at ^nftcceBsfverflteof^peed,
that he was meeting a car ana had
another car behind him, so he
might have been partially blinded
bj the lights.
Mr. Hobson, a retired rock ma-
son and cement contractor, was
born May 14, 1884 in Bell County,
and came to Breckenidge in 1921.
His wife died in 1945.
Funeral was to be held at 2 p. m.
Tuesday in the Pentecostal Assem-
bly of Jesus Christ with the Rev.
E. W. Copeland, pastor, officiating.
Pallbearers were named as John
Funderburg, Reese Funderburg,
Bill Harris, Ben Lauderdale and
Ross Greenlee.
Burial was to be in Breckenridge
Cemetery under the direction of
Satterwhite Funeral Home.
Survivors include five sons, A. N.
and J. E: of Breckenridge, Darnell
of Seminole, B. R. of Grand Prairie
and Warren of Lubbock: four
daughters, Mrs. Mary Chauncey of
Snyder, Mrs. Ola May Husdet of
Dallas, Mrs. Bertie Hannah of Al-
len, Okla., and Mrs. Florence Lip-
incott of Seminole; one sister, Mrs.
Saltie Barnes of Sweetwater; one
brother, Durwood Hobson of San
Antonio; 21 grandchildren and sev-
en great-grandchildren:
Texan Killed In
Escaping Prison
TIJUANA, ftlex, <Lr.E>— James
Edward Davis, 19, wanted for
murder in Fort Worth, Tex., was
shot and killed as he and a com-
panion attempted to escape from
a jail through a tunnel Monday,
Mexican authorities reported.
Police said Davis was being
held in connection' with the hold-
up shooting of hotel Manager
Mario Aguilera here on Jan. 6.
Davis was shot when he emerged
from the tunnel outside the jail
and ignored an order to halt, po-
lice reported.
Chief of Detectives Graham Ro-
land of San Diego, Calif., po-
lice department said Davis was
wanted for questioning in the
Christmas Eve robbery-slaying of
Ralph Claybrook, a juke box firm
operator in Fort Worth.
Mexican officers said .mother
prisoner surrendered at the mouth
of the tunnel. They identified him
as J. D. Pyle, 21, alias Billy Ray-
Clifton, also of Fort Worth. He
was being held with Davis on t|he
Mexican charges. Pyle also is
wanted in Fort Worth on the mur-
der charge.
British TV Stiows Birth Of Bahy
Broadcasting Corp. televised the
birth of a baby Monday night.
Most viewers agreed it was done
with remarkable tact, but the dis-
senting tabloid Daily Sketch quot-
ed a "father of two*5 today as say-
ing BBC was turning television
"into an ultra - sensational horror
comic."
The BBC said early today it had
only six telephone calls from the
millions who watched the program
around their firesides after most
children were asleep. Four calls
disapproved, two approved.
The birth of the baby came as
part of program is which
IW ,
"Wl-
ural birth" expert Grantly
Read defended his system where-
by the mother helps guide the
baby into the world—a system op-
posed by London doctors.
One of the doctors present said
after the film, "I wouldn't like any
patient of mine groping around
trying to help her baby out." The
doctors were not identified in line
with British Medical Association
policy.
The mother was unidentified
South African who volunteered
when the film was made in John-
annesburg last year. She agreed
to its being shown anywhere in the
world except Soatb Africa.
Rainfall Adds
.08 By Midnight
With More Due
By midnight Monday rainfall
here had added .08 of an inch,
making a total of 1.08 during the
wet weather that has been con-
tinuous for days with some sun-
shine sandwiched in, and a slow
drizzle was continuing.
Rain or showers wpre predicted
today along a 500-mile line from
East Texas to Del Rio where a
cold front had stalled.
A huge section of the state was
blanketed with fog and drizzle
north and west of the cold front.
The entire area from the South
Plains and the Pecos Valley east-
ward was covered with fog and
drizzle.
Increasing shower activity, with
a few thundershowers, was fore-
cast for East and Central Texas
as a result of overrunning warm,
moist Gulf air across the stalled
front.
Scattered, mostly afternoon
showers also were forecast for the
area south of the front.
Temperatures remained general-
ly mild across Texas, with Dal-
hart's 27 the only report of freez-
ing weather turned in early today.
In contrast, the low at Corpus
Christi was 70.
Skies were mostly clear today
west of the Pecos Valley and in
the Panhandle, and were partly
cloudy south of the front.
Generally, the precipitation has
been light over Texas the past few
days, similar to the report for the
24-hour period ended at 6:30 a. m.
today.
Wichita Falls, with .25 of an
inch, reported the most rainfall for
the past 24-hour period. Amarillo
had .16, with smaller amounts re-
ported at Del Rio, Dallas, Texar-
kana, Marfa, Abilene, Fort Worth,
Mineral Wells, Lubbock and Junc-
tion.
Low temperatures today ranged
from the upper 30s and lower 40s
in West Texas and along the Red
River Valley, to the upper 40s and
lower 50s through Central and
East Texas to the 60s along the
coast.
WOMAN iMfES IN FIRE'
WICHITA FALLS (U.E)— Mrs.
Oma McDaniel, 63, bumed to
death when fire swept through her
small apartment Monday night.
Cause of the fire was being in-
vestigated.
GOV. DANIEL TO PUSH
BILL FOR RUN-OFF VOTE
Daniel Opposes
Bill To Retain
Sen. Blakley
Solons Rebate
Emergency Aid
For Ranchers
WASHINGTON <IIE> — The
House called up for debate and
quick approval today a $50-million
emergency aid program for ranch-
ers in the drought-stricken Great
Plains states.
The _ urgent approporiation was
$26 million less than the amount
President Eisenhower asked. The
House Appropriations committee
said it is enough to meet imme-
diate needs.
While the house considered
emergency drought relief aid, a
Democratic bill to provide a long-
range relief became bogged down
in backstage maneuvering brought
on by a dispute between House
Democrats and Agriculture Sec-
retary Ezra T. Benson.
The House originally was to
have' voted Monday on a Demo-
cratic bill to pay ranchers $1 to
$1.25 an acre to keep their cattle
off parched grazing lands. But at
Benson's request, it was with-
drawn for immediate consideration
until the administration could
cor.ie up with its own program.
The bill would provide this aid
for ranchers:
—$15 million for immediate soil
conservation programs to provide
for deep field plowing and emer-
gency cover to atop wind erosion.
Mr. Eisenhower, who recently
toured the drought-stricken states,
asked for $2a-million for this pro-
gram—with $7 million to be spent
next summer, fall and winter.
—$15-miUion for the disaster
loan revolving fund to provide
emergency feed and seed - for
farmers and ranchers. Mr. Eisen-
hower asked $25-miilion, but the
committee said only $10-million is
urgently needed now.
—$20-million for form ownership
loans. Mr. Eisenhower asked $26-
million, but the committee said
$20-million would be "adequate.
REV. H. G. MARKLEY
Well Is Completed Near Woodf—
DEEP WILDCAT AND REGULAR
HELD WELLS ARE LOCATED I
PI DC 30 Deep
J. E. Connally, et al, of Abi-
lene No. 1 Lillie Adams was spot-
ted as a wildcat 14 miles south-
west of - Breckenridge in Stephens
County.
Having a proposed depth of 4,200
feet with rotary, it is 330 feet
from the north and 2,980 feet
from the west lines of Section 49,
Block 7, T&P Survey.
Warren Petroleum Corp. oil di-
vision, No. 2 Wade Boyd, A. C.
McDonald Survey, is now a dual
producer. It is eight miles south-
east of Woodson in the Bowar
Field.
Latest completion is from the
Caddo for a daily potential of
69.34 barrels of 40 gravity oil. It
Support Claimed
For Election Bill
AUSTIN (U.E)— Rep. Joe Pool
today claimed a safe two-thirds
support as the House prepared to
open debate on his bill calling for
a run-off ip the special U. S. Sen-
ate election.
The Dallas lawmaker said his
propostal would gain more than the
100 votes necessary for immediate
enactment, and predicted quick
approval, "maybe in a couple of
hours."
But he tempered his forecast of
ouick action with the comment
that there were "several amend-
ments, three or four at least,"
.waiting to be tacked on his bill.
The measure would require a
run-off between the two top candi-
dates following the April 2 elec-
tion if no candidate received more
than 50 per cent of the total vote.
Buidingl*
Destroyed By Fire
Fire of unknown origin Sunday
evening about 9:15 o'clock destroy-
ed the old R. C. Martin store
building at North Breckenridge
Avenue and 1st Street. A house
north of the store building hud the
roof damaged. Mrs. R. C. Martin
owned both buildings. Firemen
said she carried no insurance. The
store building was vacant.
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Parent* Of Boy
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker are the
rents of a boy. born Feb. 4 in
mis Valley, Oklahoma.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Fizer and paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
is pumping from 64 perforations at
3,566-74 feet.
The oiler was first completed
from the Mississippian. From that
pay it flowed 137.27 barrels of 40
gravity oil per day on an 18-64-
inch choke. Pay was from an open
home at 4,381-90 feet.
A Stephens County Regular Field
project is slated for 2,990 feet
with rotary three miles south of
Necessity.
•It is T. A. Newman No. 1 J. E.
Lungford. Driilsite is 660 feet from
the north and 2,300 feet from the
west lines of Section 63, Block 6,
T&P Survey.
Eight miles northwest of Breck-
enridge, a wildcat was plugged
at 4,410 feet. It was Renwar Oil
Corp. of Corpus Christi No. 1 Sam
Ball, Section 1264, TE&L Survey.
Father Finds
ChiMmi Dead
vivimi vii Vvflu
CHICAGO (I'.R)— A father re-
turned home from work Monduy
night to find his three children
drowned in the bathtub and his
wife unconscious in an apparent
suicide attempt.
Richard Puetz, 32, of suburban
Park Ridge, told the coroner's
office his house was filled with
gas when he arrived. He said his
wife was lying unconscious by a
stove with her head resting on the
oven door.
Mr. Beverly Puertz, 26, was re-
vived and reported in good condi-
tion at Psycopathic Hospital. Her
husband, an official of an Evan-
ston department store, said she
had been suffering from a ner-
vous condition but was not under
a doctor's care.
Authorities estimated the chil-
dren, 3-year-old twin girta Debra
Lynn and Cory Lynn, and 5-year-
old John, had been dead about four
hours.
INSVItANCB
104 N. Corn Phone HI
Tffl( WEATHER
Mostly cloudy and cool with
occasional rata through Wed-
nesday. Low toinght 42. high
tomorrow 58. Low last night 42.
high yesterday 50.
H. W. Burleson
Rites Are Said
Monday At 3
Henry W. Burleson, 62, died at
9:45 a. m. Sunday in. Stephens
Memorial Hospital.
He had been in ill health for
seven years.
Mr. Burleson was barn Feb. 23,
1894, in Edwards County. He
moved to Breckenridge 28 years
ago from Haskell County. His wife
died in August, 1955.
Funeral service was held at 3
p, m. Monday at Melton Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev. E. W.
Copeland, pastor of Breckenridge
Pentecostal Church, officiating.
Burial was in Breckenridge Ceme-
tery under direction of Melton
Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Chase Booth,
C. A. Hale, W. J. Booth Jr., Bur-
ley Burleson, Charles W. Calhoun
and Bill Shack.
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. Claude Green of Hobbs, N.
M., and Mrs. Walter Harris of
Fort Worth; four stepdaughters,
Mrs. W. J. Booth Jr. of Brecken-
ridge, Mrs. Ray Heath of Fort
Worth, Mrs. Maxine Crawford of
Houston and Mrs. Charles W. Cal
houn of Lubbock; two grandchil
dren, seven great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Mrs. Bill Lewis and
Mrs. Lonnie Clark, both of Desde-
mona; one brother, Joe Burleson of
Anson.
Congratulations
To Four Couples
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Baker of
618 S. Butte, are parents of a
baby boy born February 4 at 1:15
p. *m. The baby weighed seven
pounds, four ounces and has been
named David Gene.
A baby girl was born to Mr.
and Mrs. D. A'. Doyle of 805 N.
Panther, February 5 at 4:03 a. m.
The baby weighed seven pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sanders of
110 W. Fourtlj, are parents of a
baby girl born at 8:35 p. m., Feb-
ruary 4, weighing seven pounds,
seven ounces.
Debra Sue is the name of the
baby daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Simmons o«. 602 N.
Court, at 1:44 a. m., February 5.
The baby weighed seven pounds
and one ounce.
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Insurance Co.
To Honor Agent
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 5 (Spl)
—William R. Black, 1006 W. Wil-
liams St., Breckenridge, will be
honored as one of the leading life,
accident and health agents of The
Travelers Insurance Company at
Boca Raton, Fla., during March,
it was announced here today by
Vice President Perry T. Carter.
Mr. Black will be admitted to
membership in The Travelers Inner
Circle, honorary agents' organiza-
tion, at the Boca Raton Hotel and
Club during the annual Inner Circle
qualifiers conference, March 18-22.
Mr. Black represents the Travel-
ers through the Dallas branch of-
fice.
P
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Eft
ectPtay
Pat Jackson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben M. Jackson of 1204 East
Walker in Breckenridge, will di-
rect a one-act play to be produced
by Midwestern University Theatre
in Wichita Falls. The.production,
entitled, "Le Farce du Couvier,
in the original 'French will be giv-
en, Tuesday, FpH. 12. Jnrksoh is a
speech major and an English
roinofc
MRS.
G. MARKLEY
Golden Wedding
Anniversary Is
Observed Sunday
BAIRD, Feb. 5—The Rev. and
Mi's. Herbert G. Markley- of the
First Presbyterian Church here
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Sunday afternoon
Feb. 3, in Fellowship Hall from
2:30 until 5:30 p. m.
The Markleys have lived in
Baird a little over two years and
he was formerly pastor at Breck-
enridge from 1929 to 1938.
Two of their three children were
to be present at the reception Sun-
day. They are Mrs. Roy Menegay
of Fort Worth and Herbert Mark-
ley, electronics scientist at White
Sands Proving Ground, N. M.
Unable to attend his parent's an-
niversary party is T/Sgt. Robert
Markley, stationed with the Air
Force at Harlingen.
The Markleys were married in
Watseks, 111., Feb. 4, 1907, and in
1913 moved to North Dakota where
their first pastorate begun at
Cheyenne on the Cut Head Sioux
Indian Reservation. After one year
service they went to Granville, N.
D., where Mrs. Menegay was born.
From there they moved to Hamil-
ton in October 1916. Rev. Markley
then served as chaplain of the 2nd
North Dakota Infantry for two
years, spending 14 months in
France.
They came to Texas in 1925
where they worked with the First
Presbyterian Church at Del Rio.
After five years they moved to
Breckenridge and then to Wink.
From Wink they began a series
of three moves during which time
they were directors of USO Unit
work. These towns were Brown-
wood, Greenville and Newport,
Ark. Finally they settled for the
next 10 years in Rogers, Ark.
Jan. 1, 1955 they moved to
Baird where they have lived until
the present time.
Rev. Markley is one of the foun-
ders of the American Legion and
is past department chaplain of le-
gions in Texas and Arkansas.
Those attending the reception
were shown a collection of paint-
ings by Rev. Markley, whose hob-
bies are art and poetry.
Eight Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports eight admissions: Mrs. J. A.
Guill, Mrs. Ann Slaughter, Mrs.
Nell Cates, Mrs. Mack Couger, Mrs.
S. E. Baker, Mrs. D. A. Doyle. Mrs.
W. W. Sanders and Mrs. John A.
Simmons, all medical.
There were eight dismissals:
Mrs. Eva Blevins, Mrs. C. H. Fife
and baby, Teddy Hall, S. H. Boat-
wright, Garland Holt, Mrs. J. A.
Guill and Henry White.
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AUSTIN (lri!) — Gov. Price
Daniel said today he will submit
legislation providing for a run-off
in the April 2 special U. S. Senate,
election as an emergency matter
if it is necessary to obtaining im-
mediate action in the Texas Sen-
ate.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe
Pool of Dallas, was scheduled for
House debate today.
Immediate enactment requires a
two-thirds or 100 vote support in
the House. However, Senate rules
would require a four-fifths vote
unless the matter would be sub-
mitted for emergency action. That
would cut the required majority
to two-thirds of 21 votes.
"I certainly wouldn't want to
see a minority of less than one-
third block the majority" in the
State Senate, he said.
Holds Press Conference
The governor, meeting newsmen
in a 30 minute conference, said he
was opposed to a bill propoaad
Monday in the Senate nulla'}"
Daniel's April 2 election call
continuing Sen. William A. Rli
ley, a millionaire Dallas attorney,
in office until the November gen-
eral election in 1958.
Blakley was appointed to serve
at interim senator by former Gov.
Allan Shivers.
Under the measure, sponsored
by Sen. Charles Herring of Aus-
tin, Blakley would serve out the
two years remaining on Daniel's
original six-year term in the U. S.
Senate.
Favors Election
"I think Mr. Blakley is a fine
man "the governor said.
"But as you know, I've atapp?
been for election so the people
could select my successor. 1 said
that long ago. He should have
been selected before Congress con-
vened and 1 certainly wouldn't do
anything to delay it until the next
Congress convenes."
Daniel was asked if he thought
his call for the April 2 election
could be withdrawn.
"I don't know. I wouldn't if I
could," he replied.
Daniel sharply criticized former
Gov. Allan Shivers for making
some top state appointments less
than weeks before leaving office.
All of the apointments are sub-
ject to Senate confirmation, and
could be rejected by the upper
chamber.
The governor told newsmen he
is scruitinizing the list of appoin-
tees to "be sure they are people
who will cooperate with the ob-
jectives of this administration."
The appointments by Shivers in «
eluded that of John Osorio, a for-
mer executive aide to Shivers, as
a member of the State Insurance
Commission. The job pays $15,000
a year.
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Polio Vaccination
Pushed At Houston
HOUSTON (ILE)— Houston area
churches and civic organizations,
with Dallas setting the example,
rallied today behind a program of
mass Salk anti-polio vaccine inoc-
ulation.
However, sanction of the Harris
County Medical Society, which
halted a voluntary mass vaccina-
tion program at a Methodist
church last week, was awaited.
There was no immediate word
than the society's polio, ad-
visory committee charged with
formulating a plan for widespread
inoculation has outlined a cam-
paign.
But the siciety said the plan
won't be revealed until the soci-
ety's entire membership can meet
on Feb. 13 and go over it.
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FORT WORTH <UR>—A berserk
Negro shot four policemen and a
bystander with a shotgun late
Monday night before the police-
men killed mm.
The Negro was Edward Haynes,
47, who fell dead near a funeral
home with a bullet through his
back.
The wounded policemen, none
of whose condition was serious,
are: detective Cody Rodgers, 56;
patrolman J. D. Roberts, 28; pa-
trolman Ray Lantrip, 23, and re-
serve patrolman R. B. Torrance,
48.
The bystander was Durwood
Manning, 36, a Negro from Mont-
gomery, Tex., who was hit in the
Lantrip and patrolman B. L.
Harbour went to Haynes' home to
answer a disturbance call by his
daughter, Jlxa. Gladys Mao Mc-
Gee. Harbour knocked on the door
but got no answer. Haynes appar-
ently slipped out the bark and
through the house next door.
"Just as I stepped forward to
knock again, the Negro stuck his
gun out of the door of the other
house and frred at me," Harbour
said. "I guess the step forward
saved me. As it was, he just nick-
ed me."
They called for reinforcements
and Rodgers and Torrence were the
first to arrive. They leaped out of
their squad cor and tlie Nei
egro
squad car-
fired at them.
"We jumped out of the car,"
Rodgers said. 'We yelled to him
to stop. He lifted the shotgun and
fired.
Both men, who . were standing
near the squad cal1, were hit.
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