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BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1957
TOWN HALL MEETING SCENE—Shown above is a section of the large audience, and in the rear
the panel of city officials, who took part in the recent annual Town Hall meeting. Many suggestions
were made, many questions asked concerning community welfare, which are expected to prove valu-
able in the future. A complete record has been kept.
Budget Cutting
Zeal Test Opens
In House Today
WASHINGTON (III!) — The
House today t'iced this year's first
test of its budget -cutting zeal.
The first appropriations bill of
President Eisenhower's record
$71.8 billion peacetime budget came
up for a vote.
The bill would appropriate $3,-
884,927,000 to operate the Post
Office and Treasury departments
and the U. S. Tax Court.
The House Appropriations Com-
mittee approved it last week aft-
er shaving $58 million from postal
funds and $22.3 million from the
Treasury Department—a total of
About 2 per cent.
Some committee members were
apologetic for not cutting deeper.
But the administration wants more
than half the postal cuts restored.
House economy forces claimed
to have the votes to make the cuts
sUutd.
Other congressional news:
Guard: A House Armed Serv-
ices Subcommittee summoned Ma-
rine, Coast Guard and reserve of-
ficers to testify on extending
training of National Guardsmen
Subcommittee Chairman Overton
Brooks said he is convinced
Guardsmen and other reservists
should have six months training
on active duty.
Atomic: The General Account-
ing Office sharply criticized the
Atomic Energy Commission's first
contract tor development of a
demonstration unclear power re-
actor by a private utility com-
bine. The GAO submitted tne crit-
icism in a report to the joint con-
gressional Atomic Energy Com-
mittee.
Six Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports six admissions: C. E. Dixon,
Mrs. E. C. McCathren, W. J. Wim-
berley (all surgical), Mrs. Weldon
Fox, Walter McBay, Mrs. S. Pow-
er (all medical).
Dismissals included; Mrs. 0._ M.
Cramer, H. A. West, Mrs. Willie
Johnson, Paige Knight, and Mrs.
R. A. Fincher.
Seen or Heard
By C. M. H.
Who says Hreckenridge is not
doing something! Won a national
contest—and on cleanliness......
Congratulations to all Claude
Peeler, chairman of the drive to-
day said the important thing now
ia keep it up.... And on top of thia
more rain! Fine days we'll sajr.
.
Firemen report no run* made and
sheriff's department said "a quiet
night" Charles Sommer aaid
• if-.i is looking fine and prospects
ajlHbr • good crop A Melton
1 i/| k^ywent to Ft. Worth to-
Mp jrn Mrs. Mack Machen
fromTK-apital there.
Doctors of St. Josephs on exami-
nation found that Homer Tudor
does not have a brain tumor, a re-
lief to . his. many, frienda—room
■umber is 118 Mrs. Freddie L.
Young will undergo surgery in
Harris Memorial Thursday, report
today said* and her room number
ia 723....C. K. West is in Ft.
Worth today to be at bedside or
Mrs. West, who is reported improv-
ed.
Earl Trammell' and Bob Housel
went to Ft. Worth today on com*
munity project business... .Mrs*
Raymond Stewart, commuting to
Cisco now, next month wilt com-
plete 26 years telephone company
service, has 17 years perfect atten-
dance. .. .Bill Black said everything
has gone up except cattle. How
qjtout a pun bill 1—the rain is com-
ing down.
Thought For The Moment:
is the bail af
Rainfall In Breckenridge
For Four Days Totals .41
Report of rainfall from the local
water plant since the fall started
Sunday added .07 by 7 o'clock
Wednesday morning, making a
total of .41, and low hanging
clouds gave promise of more.
Baylor Co. Dam
Movement Starts
AUSTIN — A bill to create
the North Central Texas Munici-
pal Water Authority, embracing
seven incorporated cities, has
been introduced by Sen. George
Moffett of Chillicothe.
Moffett's proposal would affect
Goree, Haskell, Knox City, Mun-
day, Rochester, Rule and Sey-
mour, with each city holding an
election to decide if it would join
the authority.
Rep. Ed Cloud of Rule intro-
duced a similar measure in the
House.
If a sufficient number of the-
cities favor the proposal, the au-
thority would seek permission
from the Texas Board of Water
Engineers to build a dam on Mill-
er Creek in Baylor county, with
about 80 per cent of the cost fi-
nanced through the sale of water.
tw^nwl^thc^iichool fees are henry.
Negro Orderly
Poses As Doctor
JERSEY CITY, N. J. — A
young Negro hospital orderly ad-
mitted to police Tuesday night
that he had treated his neighbors
for more than a year while pos-
ing as a doctor.
Clarence K. Garland, 26, a $175-
a-month orderly at New York's
Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital,
was arrested on a tip from a
pharmacist.
Garland, a native of Ports-
mouth, Va., said he always had
wanted to be a doctor, but he
didn't have the money to go to
college. He told police he learned
the rudiments of medicine by
watching doctors in various hospi-
tals where he had worked during
the past several years.
California Drug
lling Broken Up
MERCED, Calif. (t'J!)— Author-
ities claimed today they have bro-
ken up a marijuana ring at Cas-
tle Air Force Rase, home of the
first fult squadron of interconti-
nental B-52 bombers.
Two airmen were arrested on
charges of possessing and selling
marijuana and four others were
being questioned.
Confined at Merced county jail
were Airnvtn 2-C Ricardo Uribe,
20, El Paso, Tex., and Airman
Robert F. Kailstrom, 20, of Car-
mel. N. Y. * .
Merced c o-u.a fey Undersheriff
John Lallaorroca said the two
sold $100 of processed marijuana
to a state narcotics agent.
The report showed that in the
past four readings Breckenridge
has received .07, .22, .05, and .07.
Rain fell again today over much
of Texas and forecasters said sim-
ilar conditions would hang on
through Thursday.
Skies were clearing in the El
Paso area and Big Bend country
today and the weather bureau in-
dicated rains apparently had end-
ed for those areas.
Heavy showers fell early today
in an area between Waco, Hamil-
ton, Fort Worth and Corsicana.
Forecasters said this shower belt
would move eastward and de-
crease during the day.
To End Thursday
Five-day forecasts indicated the
rain probably would end Thursday
with warmer temperatures expect-
ed for the week end. A cold front
was expected to touch the Texas
Panhandle about Monday and
bring a new round of showers.
The rain Tuesday night and to-
day -generally-was- Hgfit—actually
amounting to a pattern of almost
constant drizzles over much of the
state. Alpine reported .71 of an
inch, Wing .54, Laredo .41, Corpus
Christi .29, Marfa .25 and San An-
tonio .22.
Lesser amounts of measured
rain were reported at Austin,
Waco, Victoria, Brownsville, Lub-
bock, El Paso, Childress, Wichita
Falls, Abilene, Amarillo, Dalhart
and numerous stations in between.
Temperatures early today varied
from 34 at Dalhart and Salt Flat
to 56 at Brownsville. The average
low tempertaure across the state
was about 45 degrees. Little change
in temperatures was expected for
Thursday.
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Economic Phase
Of Doctrine Hit
WASHINGTON <U. — Another
attempt will be made in the Sen-
ate to knock out the economic aid
provissions of President Eisenhow-
er's Middle East resolution, it was
learned today.
Sens. Harry F. Byrd (D-Va) and
Richard B. Russell (D-Ga) led an
unsuccessful drive to separate the
economic and military phases of
the resolution when it was being
considered by the Senate "Armed
Services and Foreign Relations
committees. But they lost by a
17-11 vote.
Their forces plan to renew the
attempt now that the resolution is
before the full Senate for debate.
Just when the move will be made
and who will offer the amendment
had not been decided, however.
Under the military phase of the
resolution, as modified by the two
Senate committees, Congress
would declare that the United
States is "prepared to use armed
forces" if necessary to resist any
Communist aggression in the Mid-
dle East. Mr. Eisenhower original-
ly reouested; and the House ap-
proved, specific authority for him
to commit U. S. forces should a
Communist attack develop.
Brotherhood It
5 i vii
Orged By Three
Club Speakers
Three visiting ministers spoke
to the regular meeting Tuesday
of the Rotary Club in recognition
of National Brotherhood Week.
They were the Rev. Floyd G. Kin-
ser of Wichita Falls, a protestant
minister, the Rev. Camille Boes-
mans of Ranger, a Catholic priest,
and Morris Goodman, a Jewish
Rubbi.
The Rev. William T. Osborne in-
troduced the first speaker, the
Rev. Kinser, who charged that
Christians had somehow failed to
follow the Divine Plan in brother-
hood. He stated that three areas
should be exploited in advancing
brotherhood; economic, social, and
political, and expanded on each of
the three.
The Rev. Boesmans stated that
in this world something is still
missing, and that millions believe
in brotherhood, but few practice
it. He quoted a peace officer as
saying that the world is divided
into four groups:
Four Divisions
Those who are always ready to
help their fellow man, those who
just take care of themselves; those
who ride the fence and are good or
bad according to the circumstances;
and those who are consistent trou-
blemakers. The Rev. Boesmans
called attention to the Eighth Com-
mandment, 'Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neigh-
bour."
Rabbi Morris Goodman began
his comments by quoting the Rev.
Joseph Van Winkle as saying just
before the meeting, "In the years
to come, the American people will
make up the model of civilization
for all mankind to follow." The
Rabbi reminded the Rotarians that
here in America we have preacher,
Rabbi, and priest speaking to-
gether, and church, cathedral, and
synagogue side-by-side. "Lincoln
not only freed the colored people
from slavery, but all people . . .
making slavery a hated word
among all true Americans," the
Rabbi said.
The program was under the
sponsorship of the Breckenridge
Ministerial Alliance. Visiting min-
isters included the president of the
Alliance, the Rev. J. D. Hatch,
Rev. Joseph Van Winkle, Rev.
•Charles WRitmer, Rev. William
Cockrell, Rev. E. W. Copeland, Rev.
Gene Kimler, Rev. Morgan Thomp-
son, and Rev. Byron Bryant.
Prior to the program the Pesi-
dent, Russell Payne, announced
that the Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone Company had donated a
7,500 cfm evaporative air condi-
tioner, and that it was to be in-
stalled in the YMCA by the Rotary
and Lions Clubs. Pres. Payne ap-
pointed Don Crenshaw and Andy
Anderson to cooperate with the
Lions on the project.
Mr. Payne also stated that H. R.
Shackelford had resigned as secre-
tary of the club and that the Board
of Directors had appointed Dwaine
Tolle to fill the unexpired term
ending July 1.
PRICK DAILY 5 CENTS, SUNDAY 19 CENTS
By DOC QVIGG
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK (ILR)— Those aw-
ful people, the society for the pres-
ervation of the pun as a form of
humor, will be in our midst in
annual convention in six more
weeks.
Mindful that the best defense is
a good offense, some of us are
stockpiling ammunition of the
most horrible kind—fiendish wea-
ponry designed to maim and mu-
tilate—in preparation for a count-
erattack as soon ss the enemy
strikes.
And stroke they will, because
the real Cone punster, a man who
■inks daily deeper in the putrid
mire of his addiction, cannot re-
sist loosing his tortured mind on
It majr not be generally known,
but a rather distant cousin of
Syngman Rhee came to this coun-
try from "Korea and got a job in
New York on the magazine Life.
He came to work for one day, and
on the second day failed to show
up.
A week went by, and he didn't
show. The people at Life were ter-
ribly perturbed. They phoned his
hotel, checked all possible points
where he could be visiting. Final-
ly, they organised posses and be-
gan. JTine-too thing the city block by
At length, a searcher entered a
certain third .avenue bar. and
there, transfixed on a stool, was
his man. Overcome with joy and
relief, the searcher rushed up and
—please brace yourself—exclaim-
ed:
"Ah! Sweet Mr. Rhee, of Life,
st last I've found you."
TOPS RATION II
CLEAN UP WORK
Grid Trailing
Bevelopslnto
Hard Nose Play
"Hard-nose" football, that's what
it was. Mostly tough fundamentals
like - blocking and tackling, were
the order of the day as the 1957
Buck hopefuls went through their
second day of spring training.
The ground was still very wet
and a drizzling rain still falling,
and though it might have been a
mite ehilTy for spectators, it was
near ideal temperature wise for
the participants. The wet footballs
had to be dried periodically to al-
low better handling conditions.
James Potts had a neck injury
but it wasn't considered serious,
and Joe Edd Pesch missed practice
due to a bad cold. The rest were
on the spot and ready.
Coaches Murry Holditch, Dan
LaGrasta, David Sullivan, and Rus-
sell McMurry were engaged in
linemens drill. At this stage of the
game, Mr. Holditch was interested
in seeing which of his prospective
linemen would really put out and
hit. While this was going on,
Coaches Emory Bellard and Truett
Holland were working with the
backs, teaching pass defense, tack-
ling, blocking, and play assign-
ments.
The afternoon was topped off
with a 25 minute contact scrim-
mage, both offensive and defens-
ive. This was the first time any-
one had a look at the defensive
unit. Ronnie Payne is switched
from right end to left end, Johnny
Funderburg, because of his quick
reactions, plays the right end po-
sition. Glen Dixon and Charles
Huddleston retain their offensive
positions at the tackles. James
Potts a d Ronnie Martin are at
the guard slots and Glen Willing-
ham plays directly over center.
Frank 'Rice plays right outside
linebacker ana Larry Parker plays
the same position on the left side.
Bobby Goswick and George Wragg
are the last line of defense at
their safety positions.
Fliers Kited
NEWTON, at*. itrJ!)— Army of-
ficials have released the names
of two fliers killed in &. helicopter
crash near here Monday.
Victims were Maj. John Dick-
son, 37, of San Antonio, Tex., and
1st Lt. Donald L. Osbom, 28, of
Streator, III.
Ft. Rucker Public Information
Officer Lt. Paul Wirth said the
two were killed when their heli-
copter crashed on a routine train-
ing mission.'
CLEAN UP LEADERS—Claude
Peeler, right, and Bob Housel,
left, today were being congratu-
lated on the major role they played in spring Clean Up, Paint Up,
Fix Up drive that won national honors for Breckenridge. Mr. Housel
said he has no idea when the trophy won will arrive.
II. S, Opposition Dooms Action
SMKTKMS AGAINST BIKL
NEAIQ FOR WASTBASKT
By WALTER LOGAN
The threat of immediate sanc-
tions against Israel faded today in
the face of growing U. S. congres-
sional opposition.
U. N. diplomats accepted the
fact that if the United States does
not back a move to punish Israel
for its failure to withdraw from
Egyptian territory, any move to
have the assembly vote sanctions
is doomed in advance.
President Eisenhower was meet-
ing congressional leaders in
Washington today to discuss his
future course in the Middle East
crisis, and a United Press survey
showed he would find congression-
al leaders overwhelmingly opposed
to sanctions.
Israel was banking on this sup-
port and on London reports that
Britain would urge Commonwealth
and Western European delegations
to vote against sanctions. France
also was working against the
Arab move to punish Israel.
Israel threw its support behind a
Canadian proposal that a U. N.
naval force patrol the Gulf of
Aqaba to enforce freedom of pas-
sage there, a condition Israel de-
mands before it pulls its troops
out of the area.
Syrian Premier Sabry Assali
said Tuesday night in Damascus
the Arab states are prepared to
use force to drive Israel from the
Gulf of Aqaba and the Gaza Strip.
New Hostilities Possible
Assali said President Eisenhow-
er may have interrupted his Geor-
gia vacation because he realized
the seriousness of the situation
which might lead to renewal of
hostilities.
The Israeli cabinet was awaiting
the return of Ambassador Abba
Eban to discuss its own position.
Eban was due from the United
States sometime today or tonight,
and a cabinet session was expect-
ed immediately.
Israeli officials discounted re-
ports Eban was bringing a person-
al message fnom Mr. Eisenhower
or that the United States had
served a last minute ultimatum.
Israeli Premier David Ben-
Gurion was meeting almost con-
stantly with other government
leaders and Israeli sources said
his Mapai cabinet members fa-
vored every effort to avoid incur-
ring U. S. wrath while insisting
on the right of guarantees before
withdrawal.
Former Editor
Visits American
Mr. H. I. Trout, former editor
of the Breckenridge American,
visited in Breckenridge Tuesday
and paid a visit to the American.
Mr. Trout compared the facilities
of the paper with the 1921 to
1931 period when he was editor.
Mr. Trout said that the general
manager of the paper then was
the late George Spears. He re-
membered the city of Breckenridge
as one of an oil boom, mule skin-
ners in the streets, the Ku Klux
Ktan, good churches and good
schools. Also, Mr. Trout said he
served on the school board.
Mr. Trout had to make his visit
short because he was on a trip
to Big Spring to visit with ill
relatives. He said in parting that
he thought thje American was a
good paper ana to extend his con-
gratulations to the entire staff.
BILL BLACK
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a tomorrow. Low tonight
Iswsnsw 54. Low last
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night 42, high yesterday 48.
Dynamite Blast
Fails To Stop
Satchmo Show
By WILLIAM E. CLARK
United Press Staff Correspondent
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ttPJ—.Ne-
gro trumpet playfer Louis "Satch-
mo" Armstrong refused to inter-
rupt his southern tour today be-
cause of a racial bombing target-
ing his concert here Tuesday night.
"I've been playing the horns for
44 years and never had any trou-
ble before," Satchmo said, com-
menting on the blast set off out-
side the auditorium in city-owned
Chilhowee Park.
' Armstrong-was bearing down'on
his "Back. O' Town Blues" when
two or three sticks of dynamite
exploded outside, sending a shock
wave through the segregated audi-
torium jammed witn 2,000 white
and 1,000 Negro jazz fans.
Didn't Miss A Beat
There was a stir. Many heads
turned toward the direction of the
earth - shaking explosion, which
tore a five-foot hole in the ground
outside. But it did no other dam-
age and no one was hurt.
The Armstrong instrumental en-
semble did not miss a beat and
Satchmo himself stopped blowing
his trumpet only long enough to
say "It's O. K. folks. It was just
my telephone ringing."
The concert of Armstrong favor-
ites such as "I Get Ideas" and
"Lucky Old Sun" continued for 20
more minutes. The troupe left im-
mediately afterward by chartered
bus for Columbia, S. C.
Eli Weinburg, a show promoter
from Bluefield, W. Va., said Arm-
strong will not let the incident
shorten his southern tour now in
its third week.
Armstrong, wearing a dark blue
suit with white buttons and a black
four-in-hand tie told reporters aft-
erward, "I feel like 1 could go
right to Birmingham and play—I
don't believe we'd have any trou-
ble."
Negro singer Nat (King) Cole
was assaulted on the stage of City
Auditorium in Birmingham, Ala.,
a year ago by white segregation-
ists campaigning against mixed
musical performances.
Eden Belittles
Illness Report
AUCKLAND, N. ~. (OB)— For-
mer Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden today belittled reports he is
seriously ill aboard his New Zea-
land-bound ship.
The 59-year-old Eden sent a ra-
dio message on his condition to
New Zealand Prime Minister Sid-
ney Holland. He said he was re-
covering well from two attacks of
fever which struck him aboard the
liner Rangitata on his way here
for a prolonged rest.
Eden's message said he was
well enough to hold a news con-
ference when the ship arrives here
Thursday. The 16,000-ton liner had
speeded up on the last 500 miles
of its voyage from Panama to get
Eden to Auckland for emergency
treatment if necessary.
Pool Bill Action
May Come TeMay
AUSTIN (KE>— The Pool bi
Sooner Turncoat
Is Returning To
United States
HONG KONG, (Efo—The com-
munist Chinese Red Cross said to-
day turncoat American Samuel D.
Hawkins of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
will arrive in Hong Kong Feb. 27.
Hawkins, 24, one of 23 American
soldiers who chose to live in Com-
munist China after their capture
by the Reds during the Korean
War, has been expected for sev-
eral months to try to Teturn to
the United States. - . — • «* -
However, he married a Russian
girl in Peiping last year and his
departure was believed delayed by-
indecision over whether to take her
with him to Hong Kong.
So far as British and American
authorities here know, he will not
bring his White Russian wife,
Tanya, to Hong Kong, but may-
seek a visa for her to follow him
to the United States after he re-
turns home.
A Pakistani newsman who visit-
ed Red China last year reported
in August that Hawkins "has de-
cided to return to the United
States because of a boring life in
China."
Hawkins joined the Army at the
minimum age in 1949 after finish-
ing high school in Los Angeles,
Calif., where he lived for a while
with his mother. He spent most
of his life with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. Slaugh-
ter, of - Oklahoma City.
He served as an infantryman in
Korea and was captured by the
Communists in November, 1950, a
little more than a year after join-
ing the Army. His grandfather
said he went into service "be-
cause he knew nothing else to do."
Newsmen Mahammad Naziri of
the Pakistan Standard of Karachi
reported in August he met Hawk-
ins in a restaurant in Peiping. He
said the young ex-GI was working
in an automobile factory in Pei-
ping, and quoted him as saying
"I am going back to the United
States in a few months, not be-
cause I do not like China, but be-
cause I want to go home."
"There is no night life in Peiping
as most restaurants and cafes
close at 1 p. m., and life is bored
stiff," he said.
ill
to create a run-off in the April 2
special U. S. Senate election is
awaiting possible Senate action to-
day, but its author, Rep. Joe Pool
of Dallas, indicated it may be sev-
eral days before the measure is
revived
Pool left the way open for pos-
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looking better." His measure re
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Sen. Grady Hazelwood of Amari
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ceived a setback Monday when the
Senate refused to give it imme-
diate endorsement.
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Breck Is First
In Contest In
Own Category
Breckenridge has topped the na-
tion in the 1956 Clean Up, Paint
Up, Fix Up campaign.
This was the message receiv-
ed Tuesday afternoon by Robert
Housel, executive secretary of the
Breckenridge Chamber of Com*
merce, from national headquarters
for the annual movement.
The message from Washington,
signed by Joseph Dattley, presid-
ent of the organization, read:
Congratulations to you and your
associates. In the final judging of
the national 1956 cleanest contest,
your city placed first in it's popu-
lation category.
"Your trophy will soon be en-
graved and snipped to you for pre-
sentation ceremonies."
Breckenridge's category was cit-
ies of ten thousand and under.
Claude Peeler was general chair-
man of the clean up which was
staged last spring and said today:
"This was made possible through
the co-operation of the whole town.
Many worked hard and long on the
job, and I wish to thank these and
the County Commissioners court
the City Commission and the
schools for the great assistance
they gave."
Mr. Housel was active in mapp-
ing out the work and presenting
the results to be entered in the
national contest. The Breckenridge
contest was the third in which ne
entered brochures in contests. Cit-
ies he has represented in thia have
received honorable mention twice
and Grove City, the last entered,
placed third in the nation.
The brochure mailed from Breelt-
en ridge Was voluminous, carrying
all publicity, pictures etc of the
work done. Ihe judging was hosed
on the brochure.
Volcano Belches
Smoke And Fire
GUATEMALA CITY Tha
"Volcano of Fire" 30 miles west
of this capital city belched faith
flames and smoke today and near-
by villagers prepared for possible
evacuation. i
The volcano erupted spectacu-
larly Tuesday night and the Una
began raising slowly. A column of
smoke hundreds of feet high could
be seen from the heart of Guate-
mala City.
Rumblings that accompanied the
eruption were stronger tiiou any in
the past year although the volcano
frequently shows signs of activity*.
No earthquakes accompanied .the
beginning of the eruption, but res-
idents of Antigua and Guatemala
City as well as the village of Es-
cuintla which is near tne slopes
of the volcano made preparations
to flee if the laval overflows the
rim or ground tremors hit.
Reports from other villages near
the volcano said there was similar
alarm but no panic as yet. Resi-
dents of this Central American
country have witnessed the de-
structive powers of earthquakes
and volcanos in the past.
Antigua was the capital of Gua-
temala until it was wiped out by
an earthquake in 1773. Guatemala
City was established as the capital
in 1776 but was destroyed by
earthquakes in 1917-18.
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Attorneg Battles To Snve If*
Of Ballas From Receivership
AUSTIN (tTJ?)—The ICT Insur-
ance Co. of Dallas today was on
the brink of liquidation but its
attorney, battling to keep the
company from the hands of a
receiver, said "where there's life
there's hope."
The stock fire and casualty in-
surance firm, alleged by the State
Insurance Commission to be
$4,460,000 in the red, was placed
in temporary receivership Tues-
day by District Judge Charles O.
Betts. The Insurance Commission
also rejected its charter to do
business in Texas.
Commission Chairman John
Osorio said the company, had re-
ceived adequate time and- had
failed to get a solid offer to pre-
vent it being put out of business.
J. D. Wheeler, state insurance
liquidator, was named neciever.
President James G. Cage earlier
sought another 10 days and told
of an offer by Pioneer Fisher and
Associates of Dallas to put money-
into the firm. But Assistant Attor-
ney C. K. Richards told Judge
Betts the state opposed continuing
the temporary restraining older,
issued Feb. 7, for additional time.
J. M. Qster, Dallas attorney
representing the firm, said that
almost $200,000 has been raised in
fl-per-share contributions by ICT
stockholders. The attorney said he
believed the $1.5 million needed "
make the firm solvent could
raised*
"Where there's life there'# hope
and considerable
been made apd we
present
showed a |lw,w
profit in the last
1966 — can pull
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 36, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 20, 1957, newspaper, February 20, 1957; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135505/m1/1/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.