The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 23, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIEFK>S Oft POES WE SKETCH YOUK WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOB” —Byron
LEVELLANP, TEXAS
PRICE: Doily 5c Sunday 10c
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1960
Hemispheric development pledged
SOME DISSATISFIED WITH SCHOOL BOND ISSUE KllbitSCllfek
No organized opposition yet Ike declare'
joint effort'
INDICATIONS Or AT LEAST
some opposition to the new $967,-
000 school bond election, set far
March 10, appear to be develop-
ing in Levelland.
But an admitted opponent of the
|1.6 million issue defeated last
Nov. 14 say* there is no organized
opposition to the issue yet.
"I hope there won’t be,” he says.
“We need the schools.”
The local resident, among those
mentioned most prominently with
the opposition in the Nov. 14 vot-
ing, .says he is maintaining a
“neutral position” in the coming
March 19 vote in order to give | a wide crops section of community
the people an opportunity to vote leaders into the planning of the
declines to
their own minds. He
be quoted by name.
THERE APPEARS TO BE some
dissatisfaction over the decision oi
the school board to offer the en-
tire building program as a single
proposition, rather than in separ-
ate issues which might permit
them to vote for some items and
against others.
Whether opposition of the type ex-
perienced in the first election will
develop isn't known.
The school board moved to bring
second bond issue, and says it
has followed majority recommen-
dations in presenting the new bond.
TWo of seven subcommittees re-
commended submitting major
buildings as separate propositions
on the ballot, while one suggested
making the administrative-tax cen-
ter a separate proposition.
AN EFFORT TO influence the
board to consider backing up and
breaking the issue down into sepa-
rate propositions apparently came
too late.
The board’s attorney advised
that once petitions had been pre-
sented asking for the election und-
er specified conditions — in a
single proposition for buildings and
a second proposition on Senate Bill
116, in this case — that it was
duty bound to go ahead and call
the election.
He said there was a possibility
that the 124 signers could with -
draw their petitions, but said he
was not certain about this.
Trustees then ordered the elec-
tion as a single issue.
tJ&SUN
By ORLIN BREWER
Ulknan, the brilliant
but sometimes tempormental pian-
ist, came to town for a concert at
Leveliand High School Monday, but
■talked away without playing.
The reason: The school had teS-
ed to supply printed programs tor
the non-paid student assembly.
The school, first of all, didn't
know that the visiting pianist want-
ed programs, and second, probably
wouldn't have felt the expenditure
was justified wider the circum-
stances.
Ulknan, local music lovers will
■emember, played last year in a
special program at South Plains
Collage. At that time he objected
to having his picture made and
consented to let the newspaper use
a photo of faim signing autographs
snly if it were very becoming;
W* judged tbs picture, gbwe ft
was left to this
fton, to be highly flattering.
After aft, *ve took it
o0o......
Understand that Bill Coak,
the new pastor of the First
Baptist Church scheduled to
arrive here about March 1, will
be the' third preacher in Level-
land to come from Arkansas.
Anybody know the other
two?
wOo
Rev. Cook's predecessor. Maple
Avery, has apparently defected to
the Methodists since going to Abi-
lene. Wayland Dowden, pastor of
Wesley Methodist Church, says he
has it straight from Sue Daniel of
Levelland — a student there — that
Avery i» now attending classes at
McMurry.
Avery is pastor of the University
(next to the H-SU campus) Baptist
Church in Abilene. He was attend-
ing classes at Texas Tech while
here, working toward • a Masters
degree with a long range goal ot
a Ph. D.
The reason why Methodist math
Is now preferable to Baptist math,
iar.'t completely obvious, unless
maybe he has qualms about tak-
tog courses under members of hi*
own congregation at Hardin - Sim-
mom.
oOo
Something ne# for Lev-
•Hs.nO: We see one of the new
nlsmlnum homes Is nearing
completion In Colonial Heights
(DAY IN THE SUN—Page 4-A)
By EDWARD T. BUTLER
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Chief
executives of the two biggest na-
tions in the Americas today
pledged their joint determination
to help develop the hemisphere
materially and morally with the
goaf of "greater prosperity and
harmony for all.”
President Eisenhower and Pres-
ident Juscelino Kubitschek of Bra-
zil, in a "Declaration of Brasilia,”
expressed confidence in the suc-
cess of a hemispheric crusade for
economic development. At the
same time they asserted their
support of “the fight against ra-
cial discrimination” and their be-
lief in freedom of thought and re-
»l —!---
“Economic development cannot
be disassociated from the preser-
vation of peace and democratic
rights,” they declared.
"The "Declaration of Brasilia”
was drafted in advance In ex-
changes between the two Presi-
dents and their foreign affairs de-
partments. It was made public to-
day just an hour before Eisenhow-
er was due here on his 10-day
South American tour.
He flew to Brazil from Puerto
Rico, crossing the Amazon and
heading for this still-building city
which is due to become Brazil’s
capital two months from now. On
Wednesday Eisenhower is to get
his major reception in Brazil
whan be lands at Rio De Janeiro,
tbs present capital.
The too presidents' declaration
said the improvement of E*
WINNERS IN ENGLISH FESTIVAL
Larry HcVay, co-sweepstakes winner In
the junior high division of the recent
English Festival, demonstrates his win-
ning poetry reading form for two other
top pointmakers in the festival. Kenny
Turner, a seventh grader along with
Larry, was the co-champion of junior high,
while senior Margaret Fietz ran off with
high school honors. The sweepstakes
winners were announced Tuesday, follow-
ing the Festival Friday and Saturday.
Larry and Kenny each racked up three
firsts, while Margaret had two top plac-
ings, one second and two thirds.
Overall winners
in Festival just
do natural' thing
DOIN' WHAT comes naturally. ..
Reading and writing naturaly
go with English, so ft’s only natur-
al that the sweepstakes winners
in the recent Levelland English
Festival should take most of their
honors in those fields.
In fact, the high school winner-
senior Margaret Fietz— did hers
almost exclusively in writing, while
junior high co-winners Larry Mc-
Vay and Kenny Ttirrter split their
winnings between the "two Rs”
(ENGLISH FESTIVAL—Pags4-A)
hSv'ji
► ac.
By CUFF ALLEN
Wbss happens when newspapers
don’t hit town? Back in 1950 Pitts-
bwgh was strikebound for seven
wsaks. Hare are a few interesting
Ihtngs that happened during tout
DSN
Whan the electricity falls, you
rummage through the house for
candles — and for a while they
dr, the job, in their fashion. But
when the power failure stretches
Into weeks and weeks, you re ally
begin to realize how very impor-
tant electricity is to you.
ADS
It's something Met Brat with
newspapers — as with other
things that are taken for granted.
Deprived of them, people suddenly
find that they miee diem, keenly.
There’s the chap who drova 66
miles to Wheeling — just to lay
Ms hands am • nswnpspsi, any
GET
The dimenefons of people’s appe-
tite for the newspaper are hard
to gauge under ordinary circum-
stances. Itot they come clear —
and fast — whan something like
Pittsburgh happens. The mailman,
for instance, says: ‘T mias the
editorials. It’s my page.”
RESULTS
Itot other things begin to make
sense too — second in Importance
to Pitaburgh women is focal store
advertising. To men. sports, Wo-
men put vital statistics, births and
deaths, well up to fourth place,
features on food and cooking sixth.
Men rate national and international
news well up on the ltat (alao com-
ical, think practically nothing at
society and fashions — woman on
toe Other hand, aren’t too much
interested in business and finance,
stocks and bonds. But the newspap-
er plainly, ban much to Merest
REDUCED SERVICE THREATENED
Postal service resists
fund-cutting campaign
By WILLIAM F. A R BOG AST
WASHINGTON (AP) — An elec-
tion-year money-cutting drive rune
head on into a threat of curtailed
postal service today in the House.
At issue is a proposed cut of 82
million dollars in new funds for
the Post Office Department for the
fiscal year starting July 1. It was
recommended last week by the
Appropriations Committee and is
the biggest cut ever imposed by
that group on requested postal
funds, although the total allowed
still would be $104,590,000 more
than was appropriated for this
year.
The committee action, taken by
a lopsided vote, brought a com-
plaint from Postmaster General
Arthur E. Summerfiekl that it
would be necessary to reduce
postal service and deprive many
communities of needed facilities M
the cut sticks.
Rep. J. Vaughan Gary ID-Va),
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CROSSROADS
«
II REPORT
Dear Editor:
I saa where toe tJ. B. Is not
going to rebake Cuba’s
Mr. Oaatro for ttradiag against
■a and taking property away
attttuda in on account k wa
took • fly owa
to apt
chairman of toe subcommittee
which worked out the appropria-
tion cut, described Summerfield’s
remarks as his “usual annual
threat to the Congress.”
"If the Congress is going to be
intimidated by such tactics, we
might as well pack up and go
home,” he said in a statement.
Indications were that toe House
would go along with its Appro-
priations Committee, as it has to
toe past
There were further todicatione
that all or most of the cut would
be restored by toe Senate, or be
provided in a later bill, as ft has
in toe past
The Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee meanwhile in effect re-
stored almost 18 million dollars of
House cuts in another money bill,
for the Commerce Department
and related agencies. Restorations
(POBTAL SERVICE—Page 4-A)
! aBSSTA. n*
that toe American nations al-
I needy have achieved much, toe
I tone presidents said they are
“firm to the conviction that ac-
tion stiil more fruitful should be
| taken.”
They did not elaborate, but
quite possibly will before Eisen-
hower concludes his visit to Bra-
zil Friday. He is to address toe
Brazilian congress in Rio, before
continuing on to Argentina, Chile
and Uruguay.
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter was designated to read the
| declaration in English and toe
Brazilian foreign minister, Hora-
cio Latfer, to read it in Portu-
guese, at toe site of a monument
commemoraing Eisenhower's vis-
it to Brasilia.
The declaration is to be in-
scribed at the monument in this
spectacular new city, hewn from
the wilderness on a plateau 600
miles northwest of Rio.
President Eisenhower called
Brasilia a symbol of Brazil's
progress.
“Your decision to carve a beau-
tiful city out of toe wilderness re-
minds us of our own decision
many years ago to move the cap-
ital of our fledgling nation from
Philadelphia to the District of
I Columbia,” he said to a brief ad-
dress prepared for a civic
reception.
The address wee aimed mainly
at Brasilia's construction workers
and their families. To those work-
ers and to all others in Brazil,
Eisenhower brought special greet-
ings.
'May your toil be fruitful to ad-
vancing Brazil's development and
well-being,” he said. "May your
hands be firmly clasped with
(IKE TRIP—Pafls 4-A)
SCENE OF BLAZE WHERE PICKUP BURNED
Volunteer firemen and spectator* crowd
around the entrance to a grease room at
West End Texaco Service where a late
model pickup was heavily damaged in a
fire Tuesday morning. Smoke billows
from the room where the pickup still was
partied at the time of the picture. The
blaze started when gasoline in the room
ignited. Damage to the vehicle, owned by •
John Nelms, was estimated by fire de-
partment officials at $400.
(Staff Photo)
Water pollution biD
gas station ■
CLUB GIVES MANY BENEFITS TO BOYS
FFA membership held
by most ag students
ALMOCrr EVERY vocational ag-
riculture student in tot Levelland
School system is s member at (he
Future Fanners eg America, says
teacher Bill WhitfMd.
Membership to * (he FFA adds
joyment and benefits to studying
vocational agriculture, declares
4hs teacher for doors are opened
Enough toe organization tost are
mat available to the non - member.
Whitfield eays that moat of the
and other events are set ig> on an
VTA basis; that to participants
have to belong to Etc organization
Tbe Bow and contests are oat
mp to that manner because oCA-
cMe foci that a bog aan gain
much from the VFA program, al>
though ha might not roaltot that
at the time he begins
“The FFA setup to really just
a ctob at boys taring vocational
agriculture," Whitfield declares.
EACH CHAPTER HAS one club,
aaye the teacher. From (here, the
organization goes on up to dis-
trict, area state and national.
Qualified youths hold offices in all
those various portions at the club
organization.
Degrees won by vocational agri-
culture students are all in the F-
FA setup. Greenhand degrees can
be earned by first year students,
and chapter degrees are Em next
step up Etc ladder. Then, after
fidfffling certain requirements,
youths can attain stake farmer de-
grees and go on to American
fanner laurels.
The American formers and Am-
erican organization officers are
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3 W.
Eisenhower vetoed a 900 million
dollar water pollution control bill
today on .the ground that state
and local governments rather than
the federal goverment should foot
most of the bilL
"Because water pollution is a
uniquely local blight,” Eisenhow-
er said in a message to the
House, "primary responsibility
for solving the problem lies not
with the federal government but
rather must be assumed and ex-
ercised as it has been by state and
local governments. This being so,
the defects of H.R. 3610 (the ve-
toed bill) are apparent
"By holding forth the promise of
a large scale program of long-
term federal support, it would
tempt municipalities to delay es-
sential water pollution abatement
efforts while they waited for fed-
eral funds.”
House leaders, sure the veto
would come, already have laid
plans to attempt to override it,
perhaps Thursday. They aren't
optimistic about the prospects,
however.
But they do figure some Repub-
Icy coat spreads
over Texas after
Panhandle snow
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A coating of ice spread over
trees and utility lines in the Fort
Worto-Dallas area Tuesday gnd
icing was expected to spread into
extreme northeast Texas. Some
Bridges in Palo Pinto and Parker
counties iced over.
Meanwhile toe Weather Bureau
issued a cold wave warning for
North Central Texas, with tem-
peratures expected to drop to 15
to 25 degrees Tuesday night.
The agency said in late morn-
ing (test the rain was expected to
move out of the Dallas-Fort
Worth section around noon.
Some parts of Dallas presented
a "winter wonderland" picture
with trees and utility Hnes iced
over. Police advised caution on
overpasses and bridges dining the
night, when temperatures are ex-
pected to drop to around 20.
Iciclas hung from trees and toe
formed on windshields and tend-
ers of automobiles at Fort Worth.
Airline flights to and from Garter
Field between Fort Worth and
Dallas were delayed as much as
an hour and a half. Temperatures
dropped 16 degrees to an hour and
a half.
Streets were not icing to Dallas
and Fort Worth.
ItM Weather Bureau sari icing
to a strong possibility along Em
Rad River Valley eastward to
(ICY COAT Fir 4-A)
. .
Means may be hurt to the No-
vember election it they vote to
support a veto of a bill that
would offer financial help to cities
over foe country for building sew-
age disposal plants.
Today’s veto was the first of
the new session of Congress.
The bill would continue a water
pollution act of 1956 and raise the
total of federal funds that could
be spent from 500 to 900 million
dollars over a 10-year period.
Shannon to speak
For Levelland club
at area contest
Russell Shannon was voted toe
top speaker of the evening in a
special ladies night club elimina-
tion to determine who will re -
present the Levelland Toastmast-
ers Club in area speech compet-
ition later this year.
Shannon won out over four other
speakers, all using topics assigned
to them Sunday afternoon.
He spoke on the topic, “Let’s
ail be Politicians in 1960.”
Dr. Wayne Hardy was named as
an alternate for the speech con-
test. His topic: “Why vote?”
Among toe other speakers were
Hilton McCabe, who spoke on the
topic, “I’m from Missouri;” and
BiU Wadlington, "Do We Need
More Socialized Government?”
Rev. J. B. Sharp was honored as
critic of the week.
Tommy Thomas was general
critic, Eddie Paxton supplied table
topics, and O. R. Watkins was
toastmaster of the evening.
A LATE MODEL FORD PICK-
UP was heavily damaged by fire
while a Levelland service station
sustained heavy smoke damage in
a Tuesday morning blaze which
started when an open can of gaso-
line sitting in the station grease
room ignited.
Damage to the pickup, owned bp
John Nelms, 1723 8th, was estimat-
ed at $400 by Fire Marshal Ray
Jones. The motor, radiator and
front of the pickup were heavily
burned. The interior of the farm
truck’s cab also burned, white
paint over most at Em bcxfcr was
singed.
The interior of the grease room
at West End Texaco Service, at
the intersection of West Ave. and
Houston Street, was blackened
with smoke, along with several
pieces of equipment. A small rad-
to in the room was ruined by fir*.
No damage estimate was immed-
iately available.
JACK WILLIAMS, eo-operator at
the station with Ervin Engledow,
said Nelms had drained the gaso-
line from the pickup and had been
in toe front part of the station for
several minutes before a passerby
told them smoke was pouring from
the grease room, which is connect-
ed to the office of the station by
a hallway.
The gasoline had been drained
into a five - gallon can and was
sitting on the floor by the pickup.
Fire officials theorized that the
fumes had been ignited by a firs
in the front part at the building.
Williams said neither he, Engle-
dow nor Nelms had smelled amoks
prior to discovery of toe Maze.
AREA PHONE COVERAGE UP
'60 telephone directories mailed,
several new exchanges included
LEVELLAND residents Monday
and Tuesday began receiving new
— and bigger — 1960 telephone di-
rectories through the mail from
General Telephone Company of
the Southwest.
They found directories had gorwn
almost 20 pages from the previous
year and included exchanges ne-
ver before listed in the local di-
rectory.
THE FEBRUARY ims direc-
tories had listed only Levelland.
Morton, Smyer, Sundown and
Whiteface. The 1900 editions added
Hurhvocd Shallows ter, and Wol-
forth — all communities served by
General.
fit addition, foe directory Mao
included Arnett, Pettit end Mer-
red, all exchanges at Em South
Plato* Telephone Cooperative, Inc.,
which has headquarters to Lub-
bock.
be called from Levelland without
toll charges, but toll fees are re-
quired on calk from Levelland to
MerreU and to all Other exchange*
listed in the directory.
THE NEW directory has 12$
pages as compared to 104 for B
year ago, 43 pages of directory
listings as compared to 36 pages
previously and 80 yellow pages
compared to 68 in 1959.
Levelland showed a slight In-
crease in telephone listings — from
a total of 42 columns (22 pages)
to almost 44 columns at Em pre-
sent time.
Exact number of Levelland tele-
phone* ki service was not aiv
nounoed, but it hit the 3.000 mark
a couple of yean ago. But Em 97
Arnett Exchange phonea and Em
120 Pettit exchange connections
boost the total phone coverage
available to toaal adbscrtbawB by
2U, however.
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 142, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 23, 1960, newspaper, February 23, 1960; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1129554/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.