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VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 56
PRICE DAILY 5c. SUNDAY 10c
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LEVELLAND, TEXAS
ASSOCIATED PRESS (API
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17,
City Home Fire Boos
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'Necks, Antelopes
Bi-district
AreOmen Area Losses to $8,000
Dog Casualty;
Pettit Damage
Set at $4,000
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RAMS INTO BUILDING—City* Patrolman Bill White looks at the gaping hole where
a 1951 Chrysler, driven by May Lee Ware, about 50, rammed through the tile and stuc-
co wall at Simmons Machine Shop, 314 Ave nue H, Saturday night, after the car was
hit by a truck. Mrs. Ware, a negro, was taken to a hospital for treatment of a leg in-
jury. Raymond D. Graninger, 24, driver of the 1945 GMC truck, was cited for failure
to grant right-of-way. (Staff Photo)
EXPECTED TO ASK STEVENSON'S HELP
Sec. Dulles Seeks to Regain
Fading Confidence of Allies
A Day
By 6!
Levelland apparently has a repu-
tation many people are not aware
of.
The U. S. Post Office delivered
promptly a letter from McGregor;
Tex., addressed simply: Mr.
George Price (Undertaker) Lover
Land, Texas.
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Rather than the general con-
dition of amor, however, the
Chamber Commerce w ould
probably like to believe lt'» the
new brochure and ntationary
slogan, “Everybody Loves Lev- ,
elland,” which is responsible.
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The Baltimore, Md., pity council
has passed one of the most danger-
ous and discriminatory ordinances
we’ve ever heard of.
Baltimore councilmen voted 14-6
in favor of a 4 per cent tax to be
paid by. all city advertisers and
14-5 for a 2 per cent tax which
must be paid by the newspaper,
radio or television station or other
advertising media. •
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Our own personal opinion Is
that such a discriminatory tax
is contrary to the constitution-
ally guaranteed freedom of the
press which the American peo-
ple enjoy.
Two per cent or four per cent
may not sound like a very big
tax to some people, but If a
city government has a right
to levy the tax, we must as-
sume it also has the right to
set the rate.
Allowed to stand, it’s con-
___ ceivable that some irate coun-
cil at some time in the future
might be able to levy a tax
of such pro|Mjrtions that it
could put a newspaper or radio
station critical of the city gov-
ernment out of business. The
very existence of such power
might serve to intimidate the
press.
The tax on the merchant
advertising purchases eould
have the same effect, in that
it would encourage them to cut
down on the volume of ad-
vertising which supports the
In addition, H places a pen-
alty on progressive merchants
who try to go out and bring
business into their stores.
) • “ We wouldn't be at ail sur-
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16 LB—Sec-
retary of State Dulles is expected
to ask Adlai Stevenson Monday
to join in working out an Allied
political and military program de-
signed to restore the crumbling
confidence of North Atlantic
Treaty countries in United States
leadership.
The American - British crisis
with France over Tunisia has re-
doubled the conviction of admin-
istration leaders that urgent meas-
ures are necessary to pull the al
liance together.
This is in large part a question
of restoring confidence in Ameri-
can leadership, a confidence bad-
ly shaken by Russia’s surge for-
ward in the missiles race and by
fears of allies that the United
States would not risk nuclear dev-
astation to live up to its commit-
ments to defend them against at-
tack.
Only by restoring confidence,
Sites of bi-dUtrict games for
two Hockley ares teams have
been selected following the
clinching o> league titles by
each of the squads, Friday.
Sundown, winner of District
5-A will meet Merkel, the B-A
victor, Friday at Sundown,
While Whltetoce, who- copped
the 4-B laurel will tangle with
3- B winner Happy at Plalnview
the same afternoon.
The Sundown-Merkel battle
will be at t p.m. While the
Wblteface • Happy game la
scheduled for t:30 p.m.
Sundown officials met with
Merkel representatives Satur-
day afternoon tn Snyder to de-
cide the game site. The schools
decided to play on a home and
home basis and the Roughnecks
won the toss of a coin.
The two teams met last year
in a bi-dtstrlct affair in BI g
Spring, with the Badgers winn-
ing 48-20.
Sundown smacked Plains Fri-
day night 42-12, to give the
’Necks their fifth undisputed
conference crown, while White-
face rolled over Cooper 26-10
for undisputed possession of the
4- B crown.
Sundown representatives at
the site selection were Super-
intendent Billy Key, Head
Coach Ray Hopkins, assistant
C. W. Keeton and high school
principal W. W. Plrtle.
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26 Persons Killed
In Train Accident
Howell to Direct
Toastmaster Meet
j. C. Howell will serve as toast-
master of the evening when the
Levelland Toastmasters Club holds
its regular dinner meeting at 6:30
p.m. Monday in the San Andres
Hotel.
He will emcee a program which
will include Eldon Boulter, Jerry
Atwood, Dr. John Roberson, Claud
Tipton and Earl Van Stavern as
speakers.
C. O. Strickland will serve as
general critic and Dr. Wayne Har-
dy will present table topics.
Individual Trifles will include Bill
Wadlington, M. G. (Bud) Waller.
B. J. (Skip) Phnkratz, John Schlen-
sker and Orlin Brewer.
high officials here believe, can the
United States wdn acceptance of
its plans for setting up intermedi-
ate range missiles bases on allied
territory extending from the North
Atlantic fntfrAtha- North Pacific
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Similarly, restoration of confi-
dence is coneidered necessary to
win accepUnek of plans for the
kind of nuclear armaments pro-
gram which Washington would
like to cany through over the
next two or three yars. . Allied
forces would.be trained in atomic
warfare and promised access to
nuclear weapons provided by the
United States if. war broke out.
Stevenson, the Democratic pres-,
idential nominee twice defeated
by President Eisenhower, is due
here tomorrow for a Monday
meeting with Dalles. He has said
that he could not undertake to
make Eisenhower’s NATO polici-
cies for him but he has offered
to comment On the President's
plans and to support them where
he agrees. He may attend the
NATO summit Conference at Paris
December 16*18 as a Democratic
adviser to Eisenhower.
State Department officials ( ex-
press the hope'-fhat although Ste-
venson bas refused to take the
lead in policy-making, he is pre-
pared to make detailed sugges-
tions to Dull**. The latter was
represented as ready* to try to in-
corporate StevenSon's ideas. He
and other administration leaders
have been searching for proposals
which would breathe new life into
the alliance systems of almost 50
nations to which the United States
belongs.
One reason Stevenson was call-
ed in, some informants say, is
that Dulles after several weeks
of consultation and planning is
(See—SEC. DULLES—Page 2)
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CHANTONNAY, France. Nov,
16 LB—A freight train on the
wrong track plowed into a passen-
ger train near here today, smash-
ing cars into twisted wrecks and
26 persons.
persons were hurt and
rescue workers hacking into the
wrecked cars with crowbars and
acetylene torches feared more
bodies might.he found- All vic-
tims were believed French.
The freight train apparently got
switched to the wrong track en-
tering the station of Roche-Sur-
Yon, railway officials said. The
diesel-drawn passenger train, of
a type used on conrtnuter runs,
was just pulling out of the station.
IN CITY WRECK—Damage to this 1956 Pontiac was estimated at $600 Friday after-
noon following its collision with a 1953 Chevrolet pickup at 11th Street and West Ave-
nue. The driver of the car, Homer J. Goolsby, Lovington, N. M., roughneck, is in ja.il'’
on charges of driving while intoxicated. Occupants of the pickup, Mr. and Mrs. A. N.
Polk, 1723 Grant Street, were treated for bruises at Renegar-Campbell-Walsh Hospital.
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4-H'ERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS
Achievement
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Involved in Wreck
OfficersLocate
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A residential fire in Levelland
early Saturday morning, which re-
sulted in 53,800 damage and also*
claimed the Fife of a small dog, ’
boosted fire loss totals in the area
to almost $8,000 following a blaze
at the Pettit Co-op Gin Friday.
The house fire at 113 Holly
Street, was of unknown origin, al-
though it began In a i
in the living room of the J o h
Dickson residence.
The gin fire, which began in the
steel bur box, destroyed 25 bales
of ginned cotton and damaged sev-
eral trailers and a semi-truck to
cause approximately $4,000 loss.
Fire Marshall Ray Jones said
damage to the contents of the
house would mount to approximate*
ly $2,000, while loss to the house
itself was about $1,800.
The dog was suffocated when It
crawled under a bed in the bed-
room.
Jones said all four rooms of the
house, owned by W. E Crabtree,
were damaged, with the living room
hardest hit. |§gj(H|
The marshal said the
completely
The Achievement Day program
for the Hockley County 4-H clubs
will be unreeled Tuesday night in
the Junior High auditorium.
A short talent show by various
clubs will precede a talk by Coun-
ty Judge JPaul Williams.
Climax of the evening will be the
presentation of awards. Re-
freshments for club members and
AFTERTAKING $44,000 RECESS
Legislature Hopes
ToWindUpSession
By DAVE CHEAV’ENS
AUSTIN, Nov. 16 Oft—Texas law-
makers took another Thursday-t—
Monday weekend recess that cost
the taxpayers about $44,000, and
said they hoped to wind up the
second called session of the Leg-
islature next week.
Salaries and fixed expenses ran
right on during the four day vaca-
tion. Monday hearings are sched-
uled in the Senate and House on
three versions of the troop-school
bill which the session was called
on to pass.
• Gov. Price Daniel insisted again
he would not submit any other
tppic, including a controversial
their families and friends will fol
low the presentations.
Awards and the persons present-
ing them include:
Achievement, Grady Terrill;
Beautification of Home Grounds,
Mrs. J. C. Peeler; Boys Agricul-
tural, George Sigler; Canning,"
Mrs. J. C. Pointer; Clothing, Mrs.
L. L. Dycus; Dairy, Eddie Schlot-
man; Dairy Foods, Mrs. Wilson
Campbell; Dress Revue, Mrs.
Frank Simnacher.
Also, Electric, C. E. Birdwell;
Field Crops, Birdwell; Wildlife,
Bill Clark; Food Preparation, Mrs.
Fred Owens; Frozen Foods, Mrs.
Russell Cotton; Garden, Biff War-
1001
Levelland city police, seeking an
unidentified man in* ISM Pontiac
after a tip that he might be driving
while intoxicated, found him Fri-
day afternoon — but just a little
too late.
His car was involved in a colli-
sion before they located him.
The driver, later identified as
Homer J. Goolsby, a Lovington.
N. M., roughneck was charged with
DMT and held in jaij in lieu of
bond.
The collision at 11th Street and
West Avenue, resulted in minor in-
juries to a local couple, Mr. and
Mrs. A N. Polk. 1723 Grant Street
ren; Leaderiiip, Williams; Girl’s and jail for Goolsby.
THIS WEEK'S HOCKLEY PROFILE: JIM BARTON
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Dangling from Balloon Mile in Air
All in Days Work lor War 1 Veteran
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>AY IN THE SUN—Page 2)
At Th« Theatres
TODAY!
Tht Wallace
"JET PILOT”
with John Wayne
The Spade
"GREAT DAY IN THE
MORNING”
with Virginia Mayo
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By DALE JOHNSON
Floating around in the sky, more
than half a mile off the ground,
at the end of a cable might seem
like fun to some people, a terrify-
ing experience to others.
To Jim Barton, it was strictly
business as he observed artillery
fire from an army balloon moor-
ed 3,000 to 4,000 feet high Over
Fort Sill practice range.
As a spotter, it was the job of
Barton to relay information to the
ground about where practice
rounds fell in relation to the tar-
get they were seeking.
With the information relayed
from the balloon to the gunners,
the sightings were corrected until
the shells would Tati squarely rat
target —) only they never did, for
when the artillerymen knew their
next shot would be on target, they
ceased firing.
Barton, now an insurance agency
JIM BARTON
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owner in Levelland, ascended daily
In balloons for several months dur-
ing Worid War I in training for
the same duty overseas, but he
never left Fort Sill.
Occasionally, the gunners would
hit the target on the first shot
Barton recalls, but more often they
used six to eight rounds to solve
their problem.
The balloons carrying the observ-
ers inched slowly into the sky at
the end of a winch cable. When
finally located In the air, the
spheres, with baskets of human
cargo dangling underneath “Would
be about two miles from the tar-
gets.
From the high vantage point and
with the aid of binoculars, the
spotters would note which direction
from the target the shell landed,
then phone the infoVmation back
to earth where it would be given
(5»ce—PROFILE—Page 5)
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farm and ranch water uSe plan.
A filibuster against the bill that
would close schools faced with
state or federal troop control did
not seem likely.
That raised hopes of Daniel and
many lawmakers that the ses-
sion's sole objective could be
reached perhaps by Wednesday
but most likely by Thursday or
Friday. Then the legislators could
go home.
While both the House and Sen-
ate held token sessions Thursday,
they did nothing, having no busi-
ness to transact. That in effect
gave them a long weekend holiday
characteristic of recent regular
and special sessions.
The first special 30-day session,
which finished all of its program
with only' eight minutes to spare,
gave Daniel virtually everything
that he asked for in water, lobby,
influence and crime study legis-
lation. #
A, source close to Dahiel mean-
while indicated that he probably
will not make an appointment to
the Water Board until after the
second special session ends. Fac-
ing him is a vacancy on this
board and numerous others that
may not be filled until the session
ends. That would mean no Senate
action on confirmation until the
next session.
Daniel issued a statement prais-
ing William A. Harrison, whose
nomination as insurance cofhmis-
sioner was rejected by the Senate
this week. Harrison was appoint-
ed by the Insurance Board, which
was appointed by Daniel and con-
firmed by the Senate.
Daniel said he regretted the
Senate’s action, which under the
constitution was taken in secret
and which under Senate rules the
upper chamber is not required to
explain.
The prospects were good that
Daniel, in addition to his first ses-
. (See—LEGISLATURE—Page 2)
, /
Home Economics, Mrs. Jewel P.
Robinson; Meat Animal, Burnett
Roberts.
Poultry, Leon Ranson; Re-
creation, Mrs. Johnny Pitts; Safe-
ty, Bob Reid; Soil and Water Con-
servation, Vic Childers; Tractor,
Leroy Coufal and Gold Star, Bill
Taylor.
Sponsors of 4-H work in Hock-
ley County are Deryl Coker, as-
sistant county agent, and Mrs. Bil-
lie Jean Evans, assistant home de-
monstration agent.
Particles of Sputnik
May Return to Earth
MOSCOW, Nov. 16 LB— Sputnik
II is of such durable material
fragments • Of it may return to
Earth, Soviet scientist Kiril Stan-
yukovich said in a lecture reported
in the press today.
"The second Sputnik may not
be completely destroyed when it
reaches the lower layers of the
earth’s atmosphere,” he said.
"Parts of it may be recovered.”
The Polks, riding in a 1952 Chev-
rolet pickup were treated for bruis-
es at Renegar - Campbell - Walsh
Hospital and are to go back later
for-further treatment.
Officers were in south Levelland
looking for the Pontiac after re-
ceiving a drunk driving complaint,
when they learned of the accident.
Three cans of beer were found in
the car at the accident scene.
Goolsby, driving a 1956 Pontiac,
apparently rammed the rear of the
(See—Officers Locate—Page 2)
lech Beats HSU
LUBBOCK (Spl)—Texas Tech
rode to a 26-21 football victory
over Hardin-Simmons and the
Cowboys’ passing specialist,
Ken Ford, in Jones Stadium
Saturday. Quarterback Jerry
Bell and Halfback Ronnie Rice
sparked the Tech victory, the
second of the year for the
Raiders against seven defeats.
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to $15® p#
trugk damage was about $500.
The fire began about 11:30 a.m.
Friday and was not completely ex-
tinguished until late in the after-
noon by Levelland firemen and vol-
unteers from the Pettit area.
Lubbock Mon Fined
Frank'Park Crutcher, 54-year-old
Lubbock resident, was sentenced
to three days' in- jail and fined
$100 and costs Saturday on a plea
of guilty to driving while intoxi-
cated.
CROSSROADS
REPORT
Dear Editor:
I see where during the last
session of ‘ the Wisconsin leg-
islature it is said the lobby-
ists s|>ent Si4,134 on drinks (or
the lawmakers.
Which seems like a lot of
money for coffee, soda pop,
etc., especially when buying
the drinks is not a guaranteed
way to get votes and influence.
Like my political neighbor
ran for constable one time and
bought every voter in the
county a cup ot coffee during
his campaign. But his oppon-
ent did the same thing. Which
evened up the special benefits
and forced the people to toil
back on the old-fashioned cus-
tom of Voting for the better
man.
D. E. SCOTT
'Definitely Something' Lowmon Tells Reporter
'Weather Phenomenon?1 Clem
Vows What He Saw SureWasn't
An Air Force announcement that
a bright light seen recently at Lev-
elland was a “weather phenomen-
on” known as ’’ball lightning”
drew fire from Hockley County
Sheriff Weir Clem Friday.
"It was definitely something,” he
told a reporter by telephone.
"They couldn't convince me that
it was that. I have seen all of
those things (weather phenomena)
several times. ,
"I think my theory is better-
having seen it — than that of the
man who came 2.000 or 3.000 miles
down here after it was all ovef."
The Air Force reported in Wash-
ington that > the strange sight of
Nw. 2 was “St. Elmo's fire" caus-
ed by stormy conditions.
• The announcement also said in-
vestigation on the scene reveOed
only three persons, rather than do-
zens as originally reported hdd
seen the light.
That’s three persons saw . it on
the ground,” Clem corrected.
“There were, let’s see. 11 that saw
it in-the air. I saw it in the air.”
Clem (added that the investiga-
tors came-around and "asked ques-
tions” but they didn't do any talk-
ing.”
He said other persons who saw
the strange light take the same
stand as his—that It was not caus-
ed by freak weather conditions.
"They ore all reliable people and
the reports came too close to being
the same to have been made up,"
the sheriff added.
Clem sajd there had been no re-
ports of similar sightings since the
one time.
"I’m looking at the ground now,
he said. “A big bomber flew over
here the other day and a" fellow
called me out and asked me if I
saw it, I said, ’Yes, but don’t tell
anybody.’ "
Clem said he had been getting
letters about the light from all
over the United States and even
received one from Italy, "a n d
they are still coming In." he said.
"I still say It definitely was not
wliat die Air Force says it wax."
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