Levelland Daily Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 237, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 12, 1965 Page: 1 of 10
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Highway Patrol Reinforced
States Seek To Curb Traffic Deaths
CHICAGO (AP) — Many
states are sending reinforce-
ments — more highway patrol-
men — into the battle against
traffic accidents.
An Associated Press survey
also showed today that recent
sessions of legislatures acted
against drunken drivers, drag
racers and junk heaps — and, in
one capital, started a move to
design a maximum safety car.
The increase of police forces
took place against this statisti-
cal background: Motor vehicle
deaths hit a record 47,700 last
year, and seven out of 10 of
them occurred in rural areas.
California lawmakers decided
to double the size of the high-
way patrol to 5,200 officers.
Legislatures authorized an
additional 200 state troopers in
Michigan, 150 in Washington
State, 100 in Iowa, Tennessee
and Connecticut, 145 in
Missouri and 50 in Kansas, Ohio
and Wisconsin.
State police are seeking 400
more men in Kentucky on
grounds that the present force
is spread too thin.
Iowa's governor was empow-
ered to declare a state of emer-
gency on the road network dur-
ing critical periods — such as
holiday weekends — and to use
state employes to help the pat-
rol.
Some of the laws were aimed
at the two-wheel set
The Nevada Motor Vehicles
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VOLUME 24, NO. 237
Associated Press (AP) Wire
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
10 PAGES
TUESDAY OCTOBER 12, 1965
Cloture Fails On 14 B Debate
Vote Apparently
Blocks Passage
Funeral Home To Remodel
ACCORUNG TO ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THIS WEkK by Joe Smith, the funeral home operated
under the name of the Joe E. Smith Funeral Home, and located on Houston, will be completely renova-
®d* as well as some 3500 feet of floor space added. Mr. Smith stated that the remodeling contract
called for the expenditure of $20,000, giving the home a new chapel which will seat 250 people, as
well as a new display room. The entire structure will be of brick and the building will be completely
redecorated throughout. Mr. and Mrs. Smith moved to Level!and over a year ago from Abilene. ------- -----• — .- ------
They have found Level land a very pleasant place in which to live, and will make their future home would set production and price
here.
WASHINGTON (AP) — LaDor
leaders and President Johnson
may have lost their battle for
repeal of state authority to ban
the union shop when they lost on
a Senate debate limitation vote.
The Senate's 47-45 vote Mon-
day against invoking its cloture
^ rule to kill off a filibuster
against a House- passed bill of
this nature indicated that Organ-
IM
Farm Bill
Set For
Approval
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Senate was set to give final ap-
proval today to a four-year farm
program , that would include un-
precedented direct treasury
payments to cotton growers.
Although there was so my op-
position to the compromise
worked out last week by Senate
and House conferees, final pas-
sage seemed., assured. The
House approved 219 to 150 the
final version Friday.
Besides cotton, the program
Today
The weather—The time of year
when no one knows just what
will come next.
Do you remember the good
old days when you received a
letter it would be thusly, “Dear
Sir: I now take my pen in hand
to write you a letter.”
And, now, if the old style was
followed, we should say, “Dear
Sin “I now uncover my type-
writer so that I can pound out
a few words to you.”
Of course, we understand, and
have been told, you should not
write personal letters on a type-
writer. Oh, my gosh, if you
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Absentee
Balloting
To Begin
County Clerk Raymond Den-
nis announced this week that
absentee balloting will start
on the 10 constitutional amend-
ments on October 3 and contin-
ue through the 29th. The elect-
ion is on Nov. 2.
If no more people voted for
these ten amendments than did
on the amendment voted on in
September we cannot see where
it will pay to open the polls.
Mr. and Mrs. Gil Patchske
and daughters and Mr. and Mrs.
Al Green attended the TCU -
Tech game last Saturday night.
Fund Drive Local Boy
Workers Injured
To Meet
An important meeting of the
United Fund workers has been
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tues-
day, Oct. 12 at Carlo Inn.
All Chairmen and as many of
their workers who can attend
are asked to be present.
Co-Drive Chairmen of the
Levelland Area United Fund
A.L. Fisher and Coot Arnold
will present final plans for the
drive Oct. 18 and 19.
Workers will receive necess-
ary literature and instructions
from their chairmen.
This will be the final general
meeting of this group.
Sammy Stanley is recuperat-
ing in the Levelland Clinic and
hospital, where he is being
treated for bruises and a broken
right leg, sustained when the
motorcycle he was riding Mon-
day smashed into the back of a
car driven by Frank Malone.
A witness told the Sun News
that evidently Samny came a-
round the corner off Austin
onto G. At the samj time Ma-
lone was backing out from the
curb, and the allegation is made
that this is when the motor-
cycle hit the car.
The accident occurred almost
in front of the county jail, and
Sheriff Clem said: “My wife
and I were eating dinner when
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controls for dairy products,
wheat, feed grains, rice, wool
and for retirement of surplus
cropland. Cost of the program
Is expected to be about $4 billion
for the 1966 crop year. The Ag-
riculture Department says the
total should be $300 million to
$400 million lower than In re-
cent years.
The final bill follows in gen-
eral the proposals of the John-
son administration.
Unless changes are made, it
will govern the nation’s agricul-
tural programs for four years
—an unprecedented period for
farm legislation.
The cotton program would peg
the support price for cotton for
next year at the world market
price of 21 cents a pound. Farm-
ers who cut back present acre-
age allotments by 12Vi per cent
would qualify for direct subsi-
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Sun-News Football
Contest Winners
1st.... Raymond Dennis 1402 Ave. D
Levelland
2nd.... Betsey Jordan 1212 Ave. D
Levelland
3nd.... June Boggs 110 Eagle Ave.
Levelland
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Get Your Entry In For This Week's
Contest, You Could Win
Sun-News Cash.
Ambulance-Car Collide
On College Avenue
A George price Ambulance
driven by Jerry Beaudreaux,
and a 1962 Chevrolet driven
by Leonard Bee Bryant, of Whit-
harral, were in collision on 5th
Street and College atl2;35p.m.
The Chevrolet was going
| THIS AND THAT I
Mr. and Mrs. Hub Baggett,
Jan, Judy, and Toby of Plains,
Texas are moving to Levelland.
Hie Baggetts formerly lived
here.
A Preferential Tea was held
Sunday afternoon honoring the
six new members of Kappa
Psi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
The Tea was held in the home
of Beverly Allison, Park Ter-
race Apts.
Refreshments were served to
members, honorees, and the
Chapter sponsor, Mrs. Maurlne
Elkins.
The six new pledges are Jean
Ray, Rita Dalrymple, Jackie
Dycus, Nancy McCutchln, Bar-
bara Overman and Sherry Wads-
worth.
south on College Avenue when
the Ambulance, which was mak-
ing an emergency run and in
attempting to make a right-hand
turn on 5th Street the two cart
met almost headon.
The Ambulance was enroute
to Lewis Super Market where
they had been called when Mrs. i
Lonnie Burch had fainted. Both |
Mrs. Burch and Bryant were |
carried to the Levelland Clinic
and Hospital, where they were
treated and released.
Another wreck which occurr-
ed October 11 on Avenue H
and 15th Street at 5:10 p.m.
was investigated by the City
Police. A 1961 Ford driven
by Norman Eugene Ransom and
a 1956 Chevrolet driven by An-
thony Langford were in
collision when Ran son was
making a left turn, when struck
by the Chevrolet. The Ford re-
ceived $50 damage and the Che-
vrolet $250.
Langford was issued a ticket
for following too close.
A GEORGE PRICE AMBULANCE and 1962 Chevrolet after
collision on College. Ave. and 5th St. The Ambulance was mak-
ing an emergency run to Lewis Super Market to pick up Mrs.
Lonnie Burch, who had fainted in the store. The driver of the
Department retires all motor few — midnight on Friday aid
scooter drivers in the Reno and Saturday, 11 p.m. on other
Las Vegas area to pass written nights,
and driving tests. Iowa made racing on public
New motorcycle riders now roads punishable by a fine of
must pass driving tests and ob- *--- ----
tain special licenses in New
York. Scooter operators and
motorcyclists must take exami-
nations and get special licenses
in Oregon. ^
Motor bikes affivehorsepow- appr .
er or lower are barred from study to
** Jail-
Nebraska F
on public
banned drag racing
•toy1*™1 and
Illinois enacted similar laws.
Michigan dMrfo earlier.
' Hie New ’York Legislature
‘$100,000 for a
Ohio's freeways. t State - ahoulT^^l^f^o^i
Colorado raised the minimum passenger* car designed to pro-
age for operators of motor scoo- vide maximupt safety,
ters from 14 and 15 to 16, the-- Sponsors of the bill
same as for automobiles. if the stated should decide to go
Wyoming boosted the mini-, ahead with die project, other
mum driving age for cars from states mp4 the federal govern-
15 to 16 and for power cycles' tnent would be]p.
from 14 to 15. ^ Michigan’s Legislature estab-
Illinois prohibited motorists Ushed a new charge: “Careless
ized opposition probably will be
able to block a passage vote
even in 1966 on the bill as it
stands.
W ith this prospect ahead, la-
bor leaders and the President
may have to accept dilution of
the simple repealer to include
some new federal restrictions
on the union — particularly in
the civil rights field—to enlist
enaigh support to kill any sub-
sequent filibusters and force a
final vote. Even that may not be
enough.
Hie imposition of cloture re-
quires approval at two-thirds of
those voting. Hie bill’s support-
ers fell 17 short of that mark
Monday and didn't even muster
a majority.
However, the announcement
of positions of senators not
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Davis
Services
Funeral services were tor
Jess J. Davis, Sunday, October
10 from the George Price Fun-
eral Home Chapel, with Dr.
W.H. Cook, First Baptist
Cburch pastor, officiating.
Interment was in the City of
Levelland Cemetery with
George Price Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Pall Bearers were Wendell
Akers, R.V. Vialle, Cecil Stan-
ley, Gail Willis, Jerry Per-
meter, Gerald Reding.
He was 81 years old and re-
sided at the home of his son,
Glenn Davis, at 1308, Avenue
K.
Survivors include two sons,
Glenn, Levelland; and Kenn,
Missoula, Montana; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Carter McCuan, Ok-
lahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs.
Mary Cobb, Ashdon, Arkansas;
two brothers, Hugh Davis, Le-
velland; Henry Davis, Chico,
Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Mary
Blocker, Dekalb, and fifteen
grandchildren.
mm okv#
i. I want to see the Boy
h Ihetr programs l«Mi
a worthwhile donation.**
Give One Days Pay
Tommy Lockridge, assistant manager of J.C. Penny Cot#
Levelland, is giving one day's pay to the Levelland Area United
Fund.
According to Lockridge: *T spend more than that for
coffee breaks. I want to see the young people In the area
enjoy^tte^berafite^of^yarthjmntera. I want to see the
the very least I can do is to give a wo
This is an opportunity for me to give the young people
a chance for something to do in their free time. I look
at it this way, ance you break it down, this is very little
compared to the benefits derived from these various agen- 1
cles,** Concluded Lockridge.
A graduate of South Plains Collage, Lockridge came to
Levelland from Seminole to attend college. He began work-
ing for J.C. Penny's and liked if so well, he continued with
his work here after graduation from SPC.
He did not let his education stgp there. According to.
Lockridge, he is attending SPC .Evening College, taking
typing and Spanish to keep his mind* alert and to keep Ms
creativity ability active. When the opportunity presents
itself, he plans to enter a four-year college or university
for a final degree. .♦ r •
Lockridge is a member , of the Cactes Drive Church of
Christ and is interested in the youth af Jhe Levelland
area. v • j »m
Cotton Chemicals Take Economic Management
Cotton farmers can lose mon-
ey by applying harvest-aid che-
micals before figuring the eco-
nomics of the practice, accord-
ing to County Agent Bill Taylor.
Chemicals can be profitable
when they enable a grower to
strip mature cotton ahead of
adverse weather, but cotton gen-
erally should have 75 to 80
percent open bolls before the
harvest-aid chemicals are ap-
plied.
rWifce yields and hurt seed
quality micronaire of lint, while
applications made too lads gen-
erally have no benefit
Studies at the South Plains
Research and Extension Canter
utiOeHakcn in cooperation with
Plates Cotton Growers, Inc.,
back Taylor's statements.
In 1962 test to learn effects
of timing of harvest-aid che-
micals researchers at the cen-
ter applied the chemicals at
Hospital where he
Staff Photo by Robert_____
car.
Clinic and
(Sun News Staff Photo by Robert
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