The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 82, Ed. 1 Monday, December 14, 1959 Page: 2 of 8
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FAGi TWO — Sec.ON A THi LiVkLIAND DAILY SUN NEWS, L.v.llond, Taxes Monday, December 14, 1959
New approach seen
Ikes India stay
GRADUALLY INCHING UP THE LEVERAGE
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Aftnociated Press News Analyst
NEW DELHI, India (AP)-
Indians today professed to see in
President Eisenhower’s visit a re-
appearance of American idealism
of the sort that appeals to edu-
cated Asians seeking directions
for their struggling countries.
Many hailed the visit as a land-
mark of U S. relations with India
and all of Asia.
Eisenhower's triumphant stay
In the Indian capital was inter-
preted as a sign of a new direc-
tion in U.S. policy, a trend strong-
ly emphasizing the futures of the
restless, underdeveloped overpop-
ulated Asian continent.
Indians will be a long time as-
sessing the results of the visit.
Actually, in terms of tangibles,
there is little they can put their
fingers on. There were no deci-
sions, no broad sweeping con-
clusions. But such things had not
been the purpose of the Eisen-
hower visit. What the President
showed the Indians was a glimpse
of America and what it purpots
to stand for.
The term "new American ap-
proach” is being used here to de-
scribe the principal result of
Eisenhower’s visit—an American
approach toward Asia based upon
an attempt to understand how
Crosby boys
team may
be through
HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Are the
Crosby Brothers finished as a
team?
Gary, Philip, Dennis and Lind-
say may have done their last per-
forming together when they
walked out on a $12,500 10-day
contract at a Montreal night club.
That’s how it looks now, though
the situation may alter with the
changeable Crosbys.
They cancelled out of a Palm
Springs date this month. They are
slated to open in Miami Jan. 28,
do some one-nighters in March
and play Reno and Las Vegas in
April and May. But these engage-
ments largely depend on the pres-
ence of Gary. And he just might
not be available.
For one thing, his throat is bad;
he star‘e-1 '■ft tfi°ir r-f-ssful tour
with a cold and was ailing much
of the time.
Gary was the acknowledged
leader of the quartet. He took
precedence not only by age, but
by show biz savvy. He was the
only brother with the name and
experience to carry the act.
Their show started out as
musical. As the boys toured
across the country, Gary began
Injecting more patter between the
numbers. Sometimes the jokes
went over; often they did not.
Asian attitudes came about and
why Asians think as they do.
Asians, particularly Indians, like
to think that the hectic four days
in which Eisenhower was the ob-
ject of vast admiration of India’s
masses had a close relationship
with what will happen in Paris
when the Western heads of gov-
ernment examine their positions
in preparation for the summit
meeting an world tensions with
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush-
chev.
They like to think also that the
visit means the United States is
ready to apply its great strength,
enormous wealth and respected
moral force to the goal of world
betterment.
Eisenhower tpld India the wel-
fare of the United States inevi-
tably is bound up with the welfare
of India.
One cf his most important mes-
sages stressed the need for what
he called a noble world war
against hunger.
He also spoke of the need for
vastly increasing the exchange of
students.
He indicated the United States
is ready to give sympathetic help
where needed. His approach was
soft, implying the United States
has no intention of meddling in
Asia. His voice was nonbelliger-
ent, although he implied the
United States is ready to come to
the aid of any friend against the
threat of aggression.
But above all his message dwelt
on the over-all goal of freedom for j
all men. This came from a man j
Prime Minister Nehru hailed in j
advance as a "messenger of j
peace.”
It was an important message at
what Nehru repeatedly referred to f
as “this special hour.” It is an j
hour w'hen India is menaced by
the truculent Chinese Communists.'
HAL BOYLE SAYS
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BUSINESS MIRROR:
Look for smaller pay check soon
as social Security's bite goes up
NEW YORK (AP)—Don’t look
Wisdom is more likely
with age than wealth
NEW YORK (AP) — Things a both China and Japan,
columnist might never know if he , Our quotable notables:
didn't open his mail; | greatest freedom man nas,’
You are more likely to
wiser than richer as you
Three-fifths of U.S. citizens over j
65 had an income last year of less
than $1,000. Only one in five got
more than $2,000.
Everyone has seen the painting
of Whistler’s "Mother,” but few
know that Whistler’s father,
George Washington Whistler, has
a claim to fame, too. He built the
a | first American locomotive
equipped with a steam whistle.
Wives, if your husband gets
tired of the salads you serve, why
not pep up your next one with a
lily? Lilies are grown for food in
"The
says
get, Bernard Baruch, "is his freedom
age. i to discipline 'himself.
Channel 11
MONDAY
6:3ft—Continental Classroom
7:00—Today
9:00—Dough Re Ml
9:30—Treasure Hunt
10:00—Thai Price is Right
10:30—Concentration
11:00—Truth or Consequences
11:30—It Could Be You
12:00—Burns and Allen
12:00—Susie
1:00—Queen for a Day
1:30—Thin Man
2:00—Young Dr. Malone
2: JO—From These Roots
3:00—House on High Street
2:30—Movie
5:00—Hospitality Time
5:15—Mr. District Attorney
5:45—Here’s Howell
6:00—News
5:15—Huntley Brinkley
5:30—Cheyenne
7:30-WWs Fargo
8:00—Peter Gunn
8:30—Man Named Dawson
10:00—Maverick
10:00—Lawman
11100-Jack Paar
• TUESDAY
8 :S0—-Continental Classroom
7:00—Today
9:00—Dough Re Mi
9:JO—Treasure Hunt
10:00—Price is Right
10:30—Concentration
11:00—Truth-or Consequences
11:30—It Could Be You
12:00—Bums and Allen
12:30—Susie
1:00—Queen for Day
1:30—Thin Man
2:00—Young Dr. Malone
2:30—From these Roots
3:00—House cn High Street
3:30—Movie
5:00—Hospitality Time
5:15—Sgt. Preston
5:45—Here’s Howell
6:0O—News
8:15—Huntley - Brinkley
6:15—Laramie
7:30—Donna Reed
8:00—Rifleman
8:30—Startime
10:00—Real McCoys
10:30—News
11:00—Jack Paar
Channel 13
MONDAY
7:45—Sign On
7:50—News
1:00—Richard Hottelet News
•:15-Captain Kangaroo
9:00—The Red Rowe Show
9:30—On the Go
10:00—1 Love Lucy
10:30—December Bride
11:00—Love of Life
11:30—Home Fair
12:00—CBS News
12:05—News and Weather
12:20—Names in the News
12:30— As the World Turns
1:0O—For Better or Worse
1:30—Houseparty
2:00—The Millionaire
2:30—The Verdict is Yours
3:00—The Brighter Day
3:15—The Secret Storm
3:30—The Edge of Night
4:00—The Life of Riley
4:30—Cartoon Circus
5:00—Looney Tunes
5:30—Quick Draw McGraw
6:00—News, Weather
6:15—Doug Edwards
6:30—Eye Witness to History
7:00—The Texan
7:30—Father Knows Best
8:00—Danny Thomas Shew
8:30—Ann Sothem Show
9:00—Hennessey
9:30—June Allyson Show
10:00—News. Weather
10:30—The Rebel
11:00— Showcase
Good Sam
TUESDAY
7:50-News
8:00—Richard Hottelet News
8:15—Captain Kangaroo
9:00—The Red Rowe Show
9:30—On The go
10:00—1 Love Lucy
10:30—December Bride
11:00—Love of Life
11:30—Home Demonstration Da
11:45—Home Fair
12:00—CBS News
12:05— News and Weather
12 :30—As the World Turns
1:00—For Better or Worse
1:30—Houseparty
2:00—The Millionaire
2:30—The Verdict is Yours
3:00—The Brighter Day
3:15—The Secret Storm
3:30—The Edge of Night
4:00—The Life of Riley
4:30—Beauty School of the Ai
4:50—Cartoons
5:30—Superman
6:00—News, Weather
6:15—Doug Edwards
6:30—To Tell the Truth
7:00—Dennis O'Keefe Show
7.30—The Many Loves of Dobie
Gillis
8:0O—Tight - Rope
8:30—Four Just Men
9:00—The Garry Moore Show
10:00—News, Weather
10:30—Gale Storm Show
11:00— United Artists Showcase
Romance of the Redwoods
Too Many Husbands
Christmas warning: Be careful
about giving your children sharp-
pointed toys. America’s school
children suffer more than 100,000
eye injuries a year.
The pencil is still our most pop-
ular writing instrument. We use
more than m billion a year, or
about eight for every person in
the land.
A ton of wheat drinks 496 tons
of water during its growth period.
A ton of alfalfa requires nearly
634 tons of water, and a ton of
cotton about 657 tons.
Science has found that monkeys,
when confronted with executive-
type decisions, develop ulcers just
like human executives. The moral
is, don't monkey around with big
problems, or try to ape another
fellowls worries.
Sixty-three per cent of Ameri-
cans now belong to a church, and
the nation spent 863 million dol-
lars on church buildings last year.
Each member contributed an av-
erage of $63.17 to his church dur-
ing 1958.
Many a man rents his tux or
"tails” for a special occasion, but
a Manhattan furrier now has ex-
tended a similar service for the
ladies. He rents mink or sable fur
coats to bachelor playboys who
want to give their dates a "real
Cinderella evening.”
Our broken homes: According
to Harvard sociologist Pitirim So-
rokin, about 12 million of 45 mil-
lion U.S. children don’t live with
both parents, as a result of di-
vorces, separations and deser-
tions.
Visitors to New York City often
complain about the difficulty of
finding a parking space. The city
has only 50.000 parking meters,
but 89,981 fire hydrants.
now. But in less than three
weeks from today the boss will
start holding back more of your
pay check. It'll hurt him just as
it does you, because he's got to
match the bigger amount himself.
On January 1 the Social Securi-
ty tax rate goes, up again.
Back in 1940 the most the boss
witheld from any employe (and
matched himself) was $30 a year.
But in 1960, the maximum collec-
tion from a worker will be $144.
This year the maximum was
$120 and the year before $94.50.
The reason the tax keeps going
up is that the amount of pension
payments keep going up. Part of
this is due to a little more gener-
ous payments to the retired. But
most of it is because of , the
steady increase in the number of
retired persons eligible for pay-
ments.
This year the tax rate was 5
per cent. The boss withheld 2l4
per cent of an employe's pay up
to $4,800. and also turned in 2*4
per cent of the pay rate to Uncle
Sam up to the point that he had
paid an employe $4,800. Then the
withholding and payments ended.
In all Uncle Sam got a maximum
of $240 per worker.
Next year the rate goes to 6 per
cent—divided equally among em-
ploye and employer. By 1969 the
payments into Social Security will
reach 9 per cent, also equally di-
vided.
From 1969 on the maximum that
can be taken out of your annual
pay will be $216, with another
$216 paid by the employer.
The rate schedule was stepped
up in 1958 by Congress after So-
cial Security benefit payments be-
gan to outrun collections for the
first time. The new rates, plus
an expected increase in the total
of the employed, are supposed to
keep the system in funds.
Painful as it may be to see
your tqjce-home pay drop after
New Year's Day, the boss has
other expenses beyond the 3 per
cent he, too. must contribute.
Paper work connected with all
the deductions that companies
now make in preparing payrolls
runs into countless man hours.
Bookkeepers not only have to
figure out how much to withhold
for Social Security, they have to
withhold large sums for the U.S.
Treasury to meet individual in-
come taxes, each withholding
tailored to the number of de-
pendents and so on of the worker.
Gov. Rockefeller finds unexpectedly
warm political weather in midwest
By R ELM AN MORIN
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) —
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, tour-
ing the wintry Middle West today,
is running into unexpectedly warm
political weather.
In some places. It turned al-
most tropicsd toward him.
He drew overflow crowds in
South Bend, Ind., and St. Louis,
Mo. The majority of Republican
chiefs in both states are reported
favoring Vice President Richard
M. Nixon as the nominee for pres-
ident.
But as one of them put it, after
seeing Rockefeller, "You have to
take a good, long look at this
guy. I was pleasantly surprised.”
Again and again, rank-and-file
Republicans in St. Louis said to
him, “I hope you make the race.”
A woman said, “Governor, you’ve
got to run now after so many of
us stood in line this long.”
Most significant, a number of
people who shook Rockefeller’s
hand told him they are Demo-
crats.
GOP strategists are painfully
aware that, being outnumbered in
registration by the Democrats,
their presidential candidate must
pull votes from the opposition
party, along with independent
votes, to win.
Last month, Rockefeller went to
the West Coast.
The present trip across the
Great Plains will be his last, he
says, before he announces wheth-
er to try for the Republican nom-
ination. He says he would like to
be able to make it before Jan.
6, when the New York Legislature
convenes.
On both trips, he invaded states
where Nixon’s strength is sup-
posed to be overwhelming.
In both cases, there were clear
indications that Republican lead-
ers began having second thoughts
after talking with him and see-
ing him in action.
An Indiana judge said, “People
around here have seen Nixc*i sev-
eral times. They had never seen
Rockefeller. I think he has
changed some minds.”
Sen. Homer Capehart (R-Ind)
offered to bet that Rockefeller
would have half the state’s 32 con-
vention delegate votes if he makes
the run. Capehart, alone amono
Indian's top Republicans, is
openly favorable to Rockefeller.
‘‘I’ve been for Nixon for many
years,” said Missouri state chair-
man H. Kenneth Wangelin, “But
I’m glad to see a good Republican
like Rockefeller here. This recep-
tion shows great interest in him.”
He referred to the biggest,
noisest warmest welcome Rock-
efeller encountered cn either trip.
Some 4,000 people pushed and
shoved through a hotel ballroom
to meet Rockefeller Sunday after-
noon.
“It’s the biggest Republican
turnout in 15 years,” said Homer
Cotton, a coal operator and party
worker.
Rockefeller gave the crowd a
peppy, jut-jawed fight talk first.
The room thundered with ap-
plause.
"I think we're in business now,”
said John J. Schroeder, St. Louis
GOP leader. He said he meant
the Republican party in Missouri,
which hit a low point last year |
when it elected only one con-
gressman and no statesman.
Then, for nearly two hours,
look like the next presl-
Mo , and
Rockefeller stood, shaking hand*
with people. Some told him they
came from distant points in Mto-
souri, others from nearby IUinoa.
Here are some word-for-word
comment*: ,
“I sure hope you run.
"We’re all behind you, govern
nor."
"You
dent
"We’re from Cyprus,
we’re Democrats.”
One man gripped Rockefellers
hand for a long moment, looked
at him earnestly and said. "Gov-
ernor, take second place on that
ticket and we’re sure winners.”
Rockefeller smiled and shook
his head. "I’d like to oblige you.”
he replied, “but I juat can't do
it.” He has often said he would
rvot be the vice presidential can-
didate.
After the hand-shaking mara-
thon, Rockefeller went to a closed
meeting with Missouri GOP lead-
ers and some labor union officials.
After that, he had dinner with a
group of some 45 Missouri Busi-
nessmen. v
A Missouri Republican who
asked not to be quoted said later
he estimated Rockefeller could
have “at least half” of the state’s
26 convention votes.
From St. Louis, Rockefeller
flew to Minneapolis. He planned
to spend two nights and a day in
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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QUESTION: How did the idea of Santa Claus get
started?
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ANSWER: The idea of a mysterious gift-bringer such as
Santa Claus is much older than Christmas. The age of the old,
old, very old gray-bearded gentleman Is Immense. He Is so old
that his birth is lost In the past. And he has been called many
things. Once he was Odin, the Norse god who rode through the
world on an eight-footed horse bringing reward or punishment.
When Christianity drove away the old gods, he took the name of
8t. Nicholas who was a real person. St. Nicholas was Bishop of
Myra In the 4th Century. He was a generous man who left gifts
for the poor when they needed it most.The first Ditch settlers
brought the Idea of St. Nicholas to Amerlcawith them. Little by
little, he became known as Santa Claus which Is the name he
uses only In this country. He was first described as fat and
Jolly and riding In a alelgh drawn by "eight tiny reindeer" by
Clement C. Moore who wrote "The Night Before Christmas"
In 1822. Thomas Nast, a cartoonist, drew the first picture of
Santa Calus in 1866.
* • *
FOR YOU TO DO: See if you can write an original poem de-
scribing Santa Claus. Be careful not to use the same words to
describe him that are used In "The Night Before Christmas."
• * *
(If you have a question, mall it on a postcard to Violet Moore
Higgins, AP Newsfeaturee, In care of this newepaper. If sim-
llar questions are recelvod, Mrs. Higgins will choose the
winner.) 12-21
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Night of revelry ends
with death for banker
SCORCHY SMITH — Mr. Adventure
By George Tusko
DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Violent
death in a ragged part of town
early Sunday ended a night of
revelry for banker George F.
Rock. 52. Colorado Democratic na-
tional committeeman for seven
years.
His body, the clothes blood-
stained and pockets turned inside
out, was found in a tiny park-
littered with wine bottles and beer
cans. An autopsy showed he died
of a skull fracture.
Detective Sgt. Keith Morris said
Darlene Gresham, 29, a Negro,
told him Rock, who was white,
fell down the stairway of her
apartment.
Morris said the woman related
she called a Negro cab driver and
with the aid of another Negro
woman placed Rock’s unconscious
body in the cab and drove to the
park eight blocks away where
they dumped Rock's body.
The detective said William
Franklin Tribmel 28, a cab driver,
admitted he made the trip. Police
are holding the Gresham woman,
Tribmle and another Negro, Clar-
emce McGroom, 32. No charges
have been filed.
The Gresham woman was
quoted by Morris as saying she
met Rock outside Romolo’s, a
downtown Denver restaurant and
bar, opposite the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
Rock had attended a stag party
for the Jesters, a Shriners’ fun
Saturday night. About midnight he
left there with two friends, Joseph
J. Marsh, automobile dealer, and
Clifford Price, owner of an auto
glass company.
The trio went to Romolo’s and
when the bar closed at 2 a.m.
they departed, each heading for
his own car, Marsh said.
Marsh told officers Rock cashed
a $100 check at the hoteland re-
paid him $20 which Rock borrowed
earlier in the evening. Officers
said Rock’s wallet was empty
when they found it in the park
and an expensive wrist watch was
missing.
Rock was president at the Bank
of Denver. He was prominent in
the city’s civic life, and belonged
to many professional and social
organizations.
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