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The Weather
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Levelland Daily Sun News
"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES” — Byron
VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 85
PRICE: Daily 5c Sunday 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
(AP) The Associated Press
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1959
Tense, tax-worried legislature opens session
Carr wins contest
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ROADBLOCK TO CATCH CONTRIBUTIONS
NOT AMONG 19 INVOLVED IN HOLIDAY CASES
Five youths held for burglary
Five more Levelland juveniles | after a quirk sur vey of the opera- ( some of the same hoys had been i The five are being held in coun-
vvere taken into custody Monday' tion, in which approximately $135 i involv ed in at least two previous I ty jail for further investigation in
following the discovery of a break-[ was taken. None of the boys were 1 burglaries of the butane company. ; which Clem and County Judge Le-
in and burglary of L and H Bu- I among the 19 called on the carpet! Clem said that three of the boys wis Owen hope to clear up other
as speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives today, defeating Rep.
The five ranging- in ages from holidays.
12 years old to 16 years old, were | "We just about knew who did it one 15 year old and the 16 year old
Joe Burkett of Kerr ville. Carr j picked up by Sher iff Weir Clem 1 after making a check," Clem said, are not enrolled,
reached a majority of 76 votes
when Burkett had only 68.
The total vote was 79-71.
and one in high school, but that ! 1958.
About $80 of the stolen money
(FIVE YOUTHS — Page 7)
Motorists driving down the streets of
Levelland Saturday observed a road
block thrown up, not to capture a crimi-
nal, but to collect funds for the March of
Dimes. The road blocks were manned by
local National Guard members, such as
the one on Houston Street pictured
above. Guard Joel Cookston and aide
TAX CUT HOPES CITED
President figuring
on budget surplus
AUSTIN (APi The tense, tax-
worried Legislature opened on
schedule at noon - with some
members already talking about go-
ing home.
Secretary of State Zollie Steak-
ley brought down his gavel to
begin house proceedings exactly
at 12 noon.
U In thg Senate Lt. Gov. ' Ben
Ramsey's practiced hand rapped
the session to order at the same
moment.
The Senate had already named
gravel - voiced veteran George
Parkhouse of Dallas as its presi-
dent pro tempore.
The House was edgy, awaiting
election of a speaker to climax
a fierce struggle for power.
An hour before the formal start
of the session that will be a su-
preme test of the wisdom, courage
and governmental know-how of the
lawmakers and Gov. Price Dan-
iel, tension mounted in the race
for speaker.
Backers of Rep. Waggoner Carr
of Lubbock, seeking re-election to
claimed victory over Rep. Joe
Burkett Jr. of Kerrville. They
staged a shouting demonstration
In Capitol corridors.- |
Beset by financial troubles, 'ft
promised to be a session to su-
premely test the wisdom, courage
The first phase of the 1959 March fnd governmental know-how of the
, . " i biii-t^ n 1-Ai'n o rvn ■ ./\lf Wl*l/vO I loninl
of Dimes campaign in
Peggy Wiley collect a contribution from
E. D. Roberts. Jesse Hofacket was sta-
tioned at the other end of the truck to
catch traffic heading north. Other trucks
were set up on College Avenue and Ave-
nue H. Over $1000 was collected during
the day.
National Guard
roadblocks net
$1,167 forMOD
Hockley
lawmakers and Gov. Price Daniel.
Tension mounted in the race for
A Day
In The
SUN
WASHINGTON <APt President ] County has been carried off with) the House speaker
can leaders of Congress today his i yioncjav
77 billion dollar budget for the
new fiscal year contemplates a
BY ORt.iN BREWER
Modern gadgetry has just about
ruined all the skills that once prov-
ed a man was a man.
Lisenhovver told the new Repubh-; , ,r e e ^ce*s’ ?^®D campaign backers of Rep Waggoner Carr
chairman Keith Lane reported I, ,, ,. *“?p: waggoner ^drr
j loudly claimed victory over Rep.
, . , , , _ —- . Joe Burkett Jr. of Kerrville. They
Lane said that the Texas Na- staged a noisy demonstration in
Renal Guard road blocks set up In Capitol curndors.
surplus of about 100 million dol- the city Saturday netted a total j Members of both houses were
Hi's. " of $1,167. . 'quickly given the oath of office
House GOP Leader Charles A. ,.M.ore ‘^an S9'°°° ls sou«ht 'Si and the house prepared for an
,, ,, , , , , ,, Hockley County this year as the
Halleek of Indiana told newsmen N(ltiona, Foundation launrl
Two student editors obviously enjoy their visit with
newsmen on a special Sigma Delta Chi dinner meeting
at the San Andres Hotel Monday night. From left are
Bob Bowers, editor of the Levelland High Schell Lobo
Lair; W. H. Graham of Farwell, publisher of three Par-
mer County newspapers; Tom Rambo, publisher of the
Hale-Center American; Ben McCarty, student editor of
the Texas Tech Toreador; C. W. Ratliff of the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal, and Joe Bell of the Colorado City
Record. (Staff Photo)
VISITING NEWSMEN TOLD
afternoon of oratory in nomina- i
As far as we know, there's not a there is hope of a tax reduction new campaign to Whip virus dis*- ,lon sp<jechos fl,r lhe speaker ship j
Although"'there a^'son/'^iol ,h* "7 or ^ if - of unan* j
shnotine marksmen who can nrnh i thc heavll>’ Democratic new Con- ; *n ,m*' “ ,ne samf Ud> 11 hds P10’ j imous choice as second til com- |
«resS goes along w„h Kisettbow.: Jj* mean, for a victory over mami in the Senate during a,
slingers you sec on Saturday night ers spending and legislative pto-1 Th„ (;ll;m|, aided bv a group of “in^the' Senate ‘"a move
TV, probably not a one ol them grams. Levelland High School girls, set up ’ make sure the' new’ses-'
would like to bet his life on his lhe President’s budget .Tor the four roadblocks in the city. A total sjon jasts
Papers in small towns JgSj
on par with big Cltys service officer
Professional newsmen from over, of writing and covering the nows. - San Andros Hotel,
the West Texas area Monday night : The occasion was the first area, J©©—B©U, co-swnor of the Colo
no longer than 120 days heard a claim from a -man who meeting of the West Texas Chap- rado City Record and formerly a
Curtis Epperson, employed by
Stacy - Mason has been named
sk‘lis- ' fiscal year starting July 1 will go ' of n guaid-men and seven teen- ay."’Many legislators has worked both places that small ter of Sigma Delta Chi, national i writer for thc Fort Worth Press Veterans Serv ice Officer fot Hock-
May tie a few fine horsemen a- to Congress next Monday. The age girls manned the blocks during , are saving they don't want to city papers today are "on a par fraternity of professional journa-1 and Fort Worth Star - Telegram, ley County by the county cornmis-
round too, but the old timers tell " bite House recently announced the day. putting MOD stickers on p ppvonrj that c onstituti'onallv- with or better" than regional city j lists. More than 30 persons attend-1 told the group he thinks the small ‘ sic-ners court.
,u„. •' "■ A........1 ,f ” '"'d *>"-t .........1..... 1 ‘ ...... (CARR FORCES _ Page 7) dailies in the jot) they are doing ! ed the dinner meeting, held in the town newspapermen are "going
• ------ - ---------------------------- ~ • • to the eourthou.se" to get the news
us that even the rodeos aren't it would be a balanced budget cars which were stopped for con-
what they used to be. Detroit s calling for spending about 77 bil- ti.bu'ions.
chorme-plated monsters have ic lion dollars. approximately two Lane stressed that the type wot k
placed most of the skills of horse
manship.
oOo
Gadgetry has also invaded
the field of clothing.
Take the manly art of tying
a necktie. .Most men ran still
tie an ordinary one, hut they've
been making ready-tied how >
for so long that tying one of
them is a lost art.
For instance, we're still 'try-
ing to locate somebody who
can show us how to tie the
real, honest to goodness how tie
we received for Christmas.-Is
there anybody around old «-
nough to remember, or infer
ested enough in the practices
of antiquity that they learned
the art from grand-dad?
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Who should be honored ;is Lev
clland's "Man of the Year"?
We asked this question in thi
U. S.# ALLIES STANDING FIRM
WASHINGTON (AIM
billion less than in the current done by the Guard is the sort ol
year. - effort which will be needed to get
I"'Gy. Senate Republic an Load- the new three-fold National Found-
er Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois ation program over the top this
said in reply to a question that year.
Eisenhower informed the GOP Girls who worked with the road-
congi'essinnal (relegation the budg- Pin ks were Sandra May, Jean-
c; actually contemplate s a surplus njne Xesl>;11, Jackie. Hallow, Bet-
o! about Put million dollars. tve Russell, Peggy Wilev. .Lin Mus-
In tne . orient fiscal year- a def- slow into and Karen Nelson,
h it of about 12 bllion dollars is Guardsmen participating during
irf> prospect. Jhis was l-.isenh-rw- the dav Sataj'day vvete Charles W.
er s first meeting with the party's Bird. T. A. Cowan, Wayne R.
congressional 1 hiefs since election Thompson. Howard I). Glenn, Wal-
of new leaders last week. \ ytagers Dennis- Hoelseher. ,arY of s,a,i' Dulles said today
In advance of the White House j()C] Cookston Jesse Hofacket Russian proposals for the future
session Dirksen said he expected ja(.k;f, c.ddeil Billy R Car ter j of /Germany are brutal and stupid
only a general discussion of ,the j0,,.y Svvinford' Max White a n d 1 and L'aught with danger for the
legislative program. He said there j j' j»-, 1,-ymple ' Peat'e (>f Europe,
was no arrangement to retreat to . » Dulles told a news conference
Senate E -public ms. who have yet r IOI1GGI’ S NfCS TOQOy i the United States and its Allies
to set up their policy committee. MIDLAND. Tex. iAP» Funeral stand firm on their basic policy
Halleek. who defeated the vet- -erv ices will be held today at j of tying a reunited Germany into
eran Rep. .k»se|)li W. Martin Jr. Stanton for S. C. (Tinki Houston 1 the Western World. *
of Massachusetts for the leader- 76. p i o n e e r Glasscock County! But he also said, possibly for the
space a fevv' days~~aco The re- slliP f),jSb headed the House dele- ranchman since 1885. He dic'd first time, that German unification
sponsc so far favors College Presi- eatinn. Sumlay. might Ik- a.romplished by ways
dent Dr. Thomas M. Spence-r.
SIDELIGHTS FROM OPENING OF LEGISLATURE
service.
Bell was amon
on a program considering
The action was taken in (tie
and doing it as well as their ti r 1 ,ult's reSuIar meeting Monday,
city brothers in the profession. Epperson succeeds Dick Cooke,
He further charged that.big city who retired from the offkc after
papers are doing very little public- taxing over as county t.ea.-urer on
•hm. 1. Cooke defeated incumbent
foul panelists \|-M-V Meek in the Democratic pri-
’ "Small
Town Journalism vs. Big City rd ">•
Journalism." Other panelists were Epperson. who resides at 209
W, H. Graham Jr., of Farwell. Avenue N. is a veteran of World
publisher of three Parmer County Wal R- He entered the service in
Newspapers; Tom Rambo. editor and was discharged lronor-
and publisher ol the Hale Center m 194c.
Sec re-; other than through free elections, should be held in Prague or War- \ American, and C. W. Ratlifl. asso- He saw two and one-half years
He declined to elaborate. saw jn the next two m»nlhs to' <'iate editor of the Lubbock Ava of servic e in the Pacific theatre.
Dulles left no doubt he expects ! lanche - Journal. "Die neu county administrator
—‘ draft a Ger man peac e treaty. 1 Bell pointed out that weekly, for veterans affairs is an ac tive
Soviet proposals for the treaty new spapers are now winnig Pulit- member of the \ I \\ w ho has set'*
Dulles brands Red proposals
stupid, fraught with danger
State employes ousted from areas
where they park when solons
Some of the reasons:
1. He has been associated with
the greatest accomplishment of the
year in Hockley County. .
2. He's a man who seldom thinks
a negative thought, and lcileets
this rare capacity for positive liv-
ing in everything that he does. 1
3. Although the people are re
sponsjble tor the creation of South
Plains College, he is the ao hi- By DAVE CHEAVENS cP-ring this session what their fate
tect of the new college and all - AUSTIN iAPi State employes, will he. Relations between the
that it stands for today. ousted from their usual parking lawmakers and the Capitol press
4. Although his life was hit by places around the Capitol by leg- aie pretty cool these days. See
personal tragedy, he has eontin- islators. had their biennial rise in next item.
(A DAY IN THE SUN Page 7) blood pressure extra early today,
Guaids- were’ on the job before
daylight, making sine no upstart
Capitol woiker ■ or visitor en-
croached on the spaces "Reserved
for the Senate" or "Reserved for
the House "
; to take a very firm line on the
German policy issue when talk-
ing with S i\net Deputy Pro liter ■
Anastas Miko.van here Friday . Af-
. ter the talk with Dulles. Mikoyan ,
..will see President Eisenhower (ii|
i Saturday,
j. Dudes said he hopes the talks
with .Mikoyan may eliminate the \
! dangers of miscalc ulations and 1
; accidental mistakes between the
(Soviet and US. governments but
j he said the United States is not
j negotiating with Mikoyan.
He. lef' til-’ way open, so far ti-
the United State’s i> eon. e; tied, fot
(SEC. DULLES
Page 7)
(SMALL TOWN — Page 7)
„ a reported attempt on
the t.dks with Mikoyan and other th(, i!te of. Mrs Kda' Fugleman
ctlrient diploma'!,- moves to lead . nn(| threats against her husband
to later n-i otiat'on nossibly m ; Her husband. Dr Glenn, .n 1.
a font-]>ower foreign ministers ( Kngleman. 31. is the termer .h i-
meetirnr ' 1 band of Mrs, Edna Ruth Bulloc k.
Dulles said the United States is widow of the victim in the un-
r-sentatives in speaking from the 1 prepared to a, c-p! mead a mm solved crime. James S. Bulloc k,
floor. cln f-.i such a ennferenc e bat 27, utility firm c lei k and
SAYS CAR TRIED TO RUN HER DOWN
Attempt on life of dentist's wife
complicates mystery slaying case
SI. LOUIS (APi The Bullock (streetcar. A lilac k ear. parked
'laying mystery was complicated nearby, suddenly started up and
today by
veil the VEW post as set vice olfi-
ccr, quartermaster and trustee.
CROSSROADS
At the Theatres
TODAY!
The WALLACE
“THE 7TH VOYAGE? OF
SINBAD”
The Spade
“FROM HJiLL TO TEXAS "
Rep. Bill Stromnn of San An-
gelo, who advocated in a unique
Glu istmas card this year that re-
p i,'tors be chased from the floor
of the House and from their press
roc nil space in the Capitol doesn't
Working newsmen who also-get—tiki* I lie new—tonrtirm Trf the press
black looks fnlrn state workers be- table in the House The table
cause they are usually included where reporters sit is directly be-
lli the par king preserve arc v.on- j hind the microphone used by rej»-
"I don't know whether I want to1 would not am wpl a listing ,! sub
'urn my back on them boys or ; jP, ts narroweci only to Russia
not,” said Stroman. picitiosals.
He explained that his political; This .country lias in new pro
views included in the Christmas posals i . make n- Mi key an i'idles
greetings were intended only to : said. It is landing on a proposal
provoke thought among legislators made bv the Mlied 'lowers De
tunc’ university siudent
io 'death in front of the
muse um I io . 17
Mis, Fugleman, v li.ise
his ref used to sulnn ;l lo
lector lest in the muni, v
cl. iv i”' of a ear tried t<
hut some representatives and sen- ; 31 for Fast-West talks on < ie; man down Monday,
ators showed Stroman’s greetings ; unity, European sec urity and tne A member of the Fngl"iiran
to the press, "I'm not going to future of Berlin. family telephoned radio station
sent!—them hoys any more Chrhil-- Russia, in l-ejilyinq. t.a till- Den- . k'SIl this version of the incident
mas- cards," Stroman promised. . 31 note, proposed to the Western Mrs. Fugleman left the public
Senators and representatives re- Big Three and 2 1
(SIDELIGHTS — Page J) last weekend that
sped directly towaid her.
Mrs. Fugleman leaped to safety
when a woman, standing in the
streetcar safety /one, screamed.
Mrs. Fugleman did not report
directly to police, bm members of
the* homicide squad questioned
her and were trying to locate wit-
nesses.
Dr. Fugleman also reported that
city ait shortly after his wife told him of
tlie n.ii low esc ape he received an
anonymous telephoned threat on
hi . hie.
1 >'. Fugleman., a dentist, tw ic e
inn her refused to testify p a coronet bs
jliqitest into the sla-y-Hig.
. Mrs. Bit’l'm■ k. 23. in seclusion at
h-’r mother's home in Men iam
Kan,— also has refused to take a
lie detector test end declined to
pm
was shell
111 nba a I
a’ lie cle-
said the
oilier nation- library, where she works and return to St. Louis for a grand1
a conleience stepped into tire street to catch a, jury investigation ol the case.
REPORT
Dear Editor :
I see where the Army is
working on what they call a
'■fear gas" which they ran
spray on the enemy and it
asphyxiates his belligerency so
lie is too scared to fight.
)M,vg badgered neighbor syas
this stuff ought to make wars
shorter and safer, and he
would like to have some of it
to squirt on hill collectors and
his wife.
I’.ut he thinks thc Army
could save a lot »t research
time and expense by just
getting the recipe used hy the
Internal Revenners, who ran
throw a man into a fear sweat
with only a long white enve-.
lope.
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 1959, newspaper, January 13, 1959; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1122967/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.