The Waco News-Citizen (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 14, 1960 Page: 1 of 6
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The Waco News
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Day on June 19
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The cow oI feeding prisoner* ,
al (be count) jail is going tu
show a considerable increase this
year, judging from (he number
of permanent boarders being
sent there of late Most of these
long jail sentences is conuitg from
the count) cou t af-iaw Two inen
with long criminal records. Sam
inie Brooker and Fine Werthen
were added to the register law
week on theft charges The weir
given six months each plus costs
ot court
A )mry three weeha Me seel 1
a Ware business man la Jail
let sixty days pirn |2M line
and rests el rourt sn first el
• eesr IlHI Ibis was an an
usuall) still penalty ter ihr al-
lease. The jury was rtimpesrtl |
ul In r wernra and ear man
Wamrn uppurrnllx don't belirrr
in h|lit srntenirs In criminal
rases However there is on -.uch
thiag as a light sentence la a
drunk driving conviction Mini
mum sealrore Is three days la '
tall plus fifty dollar line, rests
el rwOit aud six months sua
pension of driter's llrrnse TV
Jury is no! allowed tu know atroal
• he loss of driver's license which
is as inuih a part ol the penally l
as is the Jail tlmo and liar, I
as well as costs.
Itecently the Texas court of
criminal appeal* affirmed a stiff
penally on a former Waco boy
who gurnard wrong in pleading
guilty in anlicipation of a small j
fine when hr was involved in an
assault complaint Instead hr was
given a six months jail tune for ,
which thr count) is pnying the j
feeding full now
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If these punishments served
to reform anyone we will have
heeb glad ta share' aur part
of this lax burden, hut we have |
oar sertwws doubts Brooker and
Waco, Texas, Tuesday, June 14 I960
James Capture Almost Scoop
By W S FOSTBR i \ngrlrs policeman on the phone
The Stoop that seldom comes lo a newspaper man n< ours I've got the warrant numbers
Satiirdavnighf when the John Jiiiuoi James story broke at the I heir somewhere Winding to as
PAT CLOUD. BAYLOR University student from Houston won
the title Miss Texas at Lake Whitney's Boachland Camp Satur
day night As a rasalf sha will competa in th* Mist Univsrte
come .♦ ,n Miami Beach Florid* July 7 9 Runnar up wa* Miss
Sue Morris of frying Pal is 20 Sue II
" tro police stalion Tint wr couldn't rapilali/e on it bn .him- wr
had no imnirdutr publication dale
I had cnine '<* •the police station on business Things were
all a bu/r The records department was hurricdlv iissisting Scr
•rant I’ukev lartrv to nbtum a criminal file
.lofin Junior James has been I ~
c.iptm ed the telephone girl1 l ather Goodson Sergeant Far lev
gleefull) reported Pokey grabbed | rushed back to hi.s telephone in
a bulky envelope containing the the patrol lieutenant s ofluc where
case hlsdorv of the James draper- a long distance call awaited
adoev John l av on and Mrs. I Hello. he said to the l.ox
Street Selling Papers
Fatal To Newsboy
The hazardous practice of allowing newsboy* fo
work Waco Drive for the tale of newspaper* brought
disastrous results this past weekend when Rondell
Fuqene Fertjinon, 10, was killed by a passing mo-
tored The news boy had |uvf made ci sole ta a cus
tomei in another cor and was returning to the renter
strip when given the fatal blow.
The center medium strip is lined up usually with
Negro newsboys after each edition of the daily
comes out This often creates a dangerous traffic
hazard Cars must stop in the middle of the heavy
Traffic fo make the purchase of o newspaper Thus
the cars on eithei side are held up or suddenly must
crash into the boi k of the ^Cppe-d car.
Tune ul services for ypunq Ferguson ore set for
today of 10 o'clock at St. haul's Lutheran church with
buiial m China Spring The arident happened at
Fourth and Waco Drive in the middle of Saturday
night He was a member of o large family, son of
Joe Ray and Mrs. Ferguson, 920 South Eighteenth.
SES5K?? Editor to Hear Nixon. Hot Stuff!
See Jane Mansfield
plea, getting JaH tint-
« hen c i««ht with the remit in
a theft habitue" x'vtnr. habl
lual criminal iipnn three felunv
cnnvirliiMtk for vnnir offense
That s the deiimma facing Wil
hum Turner now who has been
resfing in the county jail for
several months awaiting trial His
lrial is tentatively set for aiiout
June 2bth with Hhuford Farmer
as his defense attorney It is a
weak ease against Turner but will
be good exper ence lor the di* I social ion when the weekly Texas
diet attorneys wanting the eon- newipaper people journey to the
action Ilk acronjplice is Hentun * Ruvno City Thursday
ll.m.l.m, in some stolen iron sold A m(nul(. hlJlh|jgh, of ,h„
for junk fv idem tv Hamilton also. Ihrrf ria> program W|
A safe was at the IIF.B store in
Fast Waco all-day Monday Idled
with a charge of nitroglycei in
ft AT MERE ATTACK
VSfTlI GARDEN HOF
A man was assaulted with n
garden hoe police report stated
Vice President Richard Nixon,
I who is A ding (’resident ol Hu-
ll S . with Eisenhower out ul
the Country, will hold -in "ask
me anything' question arid an
swer >e»sion when Texas news
paper editors gel together this i
weekend in Houston
It II ta- the goth anniversary run
vent ion of the Texas f’u* s A*
HEADERS INVITED TO
A.Ms NIXON Ol ESTIONN
The editors of the Cittrrn will
be attending a press eonfrrrme
for Vice f’rsident Kirharri Nix
on Saturday. Headers of the
Citizen are invited to send ns
any questions that they would
like to ask him. These ques.
thins should be here In the
office hy Thursday.
which was placed there Sunday lh'” I™"' nn(l A whi,r m,'n
night hy burglars The explosion wn,i f"' ,n ,h'' h,uid in the attack
did not go off it was planned complaints were filed
1 to take the charge out of the safe
Monday night |
with a hurt criminal record, has
lieen given immunity to testify j
against Turner That's the way |
law enfo- cement works hut the I
credibilitv of Hamilton as a wtt
ness might not set so well with j
the jurors (•ambling with a jury |
however i* more often a losing
proposition than a winning bet i
Thn actual count Saturday wan
I ho county Jail had Iwratv prison-
ers hooked lor rood Jail terms
This is prohnhlv a record estab-
lished tor Mclennan county and
could Im- a record lor most any
county in Texas Ear .while
the rtty jail had numerous re-
peaters serving thirty days or
more. This proved too expensive
to the ritv. Judge Q Z. Vaien
liar aisa derided the long Jail
terms wasn't accomplishing any
thing, so he hangs the repeat-
ers down lo rourt for a few
days on each anpearanco The
city rourt actually Is a money
making proposition The punish
meat seldom reforms anyone.
It might curtail the art to a
certain extent which at leant
serves some
ill he a short
vi.it by rurvacious mo- >c star
Jane Mansfield who is in the big
city for a ficnefit show and tbc
premier ot the new movie The
Story of Ruth
Guy Wi'li.ms, belter known as
Zorm in Waco now will also
get down Houston way
Many other fabulous hm:* have
been lined up for the mure than
WO visiting editors and tiieir (urn
dies
Attnding from Waco will fa- W
S
The customary large crowd of
local business ami professional
Other events during the ron 1 men is expected for the annual
vcnlion include a \ acht ride- down Benefit Rartiecue put on by the
the bayou lo the San Jacinto Waco Syrian Association this week
battle gtound where the news ' The party starts at fi p m
peoplr wilt dine at the famous lasting until 8 p m at the club
Inn thaie j grounds on McGregor Highway
Crowds Expected Al WdCO Area
Hits $1000
Karem Nearly
Took All Honors
Karem Hhrtae waa three first
places and one SC road honor la
Ihr ondormud units competition
Bill C and ( amelia Eosier of in Austin last week end of the
• he Waco Citizen Texas shrine Association Dr.
A free fishing'’ trip has ix-en Charles A ( all was elected presl
arranged with party Boats. Inc
of Freeport This will la- after
Take the c*y do* law for In
stance A Miff penalty of thirty
dollars is the minimum tot by
the court on the th-ee nrrumula
thre romfdainto all growing out
of the same offbwa* The owning
of a dog faitnre to nay the city
tax and not harms the dog on a
leash or impounded and not hav
mg the dog mnoculated Some
dog owners have fatmd R rather
expensive owning a dog in Waco
IE
hi IIIIISMfl IHMftl.
NOW SHOWING
Si
the convention Monday Editors
will be going HO miles out in
the gulf hunting red snapper
Schedule here calls for a 2 a m
getting up time
On the other hand other dug own
era violate the law religiously
without getting caught
Wr knew el a North Warn i
family of almust a dor (or
every child and therr arc sev- !
oral children in tbr familv The i
dug* are mangy loll ot fleas,
stick hark all night and part i
of the day. are terribly under
| led. juol living skin and hones.
The police claim they hove no
authority lo correct thn her
rtMc situation The health de-
partment should step in siaee
the fleas .re a nutsaoer to the
neighborhood when they scatter
for greener area*.
Most of the county cases In jail
have been worked up by the rtty
police department Anything in-
volving a value of more than fivo
dullary goes to the county to hand-
le Thu* the ccwinty must carry
i the financial load On the other j
I hand the county gets the big
j pay oft too when a fine i* paid
on appeal or transfer of cases
We JuM thought the public would i
I like to know ationt such fh.ngs j
I as the*# going on at your ex j
, pone* Of course it s aii within i
j the law and is not intended as
j a criticism in an) way
dent ot the I'atrol Association
Taking first were the Karem
Wrecking craw, the Shrine hand
• nd the Motor Pstrut while tor
walking patrol teak sera ad place.
Friday’* Howe.
five miles from town
East Texas C of C
fo Meet in Waco
"Industrial Climate nnd Com
munlly f'mgree* will l>c the
i theme of the district meeting ul
the Fast Texas Chamlier of Com
mercy- staff In the l/mr Star
Room of the Roosevelt Hotel on
Thursday June If!
The meeting will start .f 1100
a m and Is to he followed by
at Dutch Treat l.unrheon after
Waco Region Bed Cross Direc-
tor Winifred Scxifield said Bafur , . . ,
day that non., ha- ....... collected '8kr" t,yJJ“"" J* "'W P"r'
si>t I liclil the p.iges us Farley
turned each to keep them from
living buck while he scanned the
entries hurried!) hunting for the
two warrant numbers which would
enable the I os Angeles authorities
to place a hold on the handlt who
had lust been arrested
John Junior Jumes hud been
caught in the act of continuing
u holdup of n Western I'nton of
fice m Ihr Pacific coast city of
I .os Angeles I looked loo Inking
a section over lo hurry up the
cull I've gol it,” Farley soon
told the Californian us just the
three of us were in on the de
tails It would have been nn
otherwise routine night lit the
I police stat mil. had this call nut
enme in
Now give me some informa-
tion." Furley requested of the
I us Angeles informer The Warn
I seri’eanf started jotting down
some notes on n yellow pad. legal
stye II hy It page He was anxious
starting toward the liottom ol Hie
page then jumping up n little
further with .neither paragraph
Finally he went lo the lop of the
page
"Do you know whtd I am do-
ing.?" he asked me in between
telephone break. I nodded It
wus f’okey's big break too. to
handle the call He did it in a
masterly wny The Information
being completed, the phone was
hung up Then a short sigh The
sergeant picked up ihe phone to
dial n number He was palling
Chiel of Police Jesse Gunterman
Isn’t that what you would do?”
| lie inquired of me "Sure,” we
j agreed Gunterman had jiiM left
j the police stalion not very long
before this rail came in
Rartier In the afternoon, past
three o'clock the congenial head
of the Waco police department
had remarked to some police Hint
Sergeant Farley Foster and I
are working this sh'fl " In fact
I had had occasion lo have ‘«mr
business earlier that morning loo -
dining the day shift which wpnl
off al J p m "I bent vou too
it this time Jesse," I hollered in-
to Ihe phone when Sergeant Far
ley was giving (he chief Ihe dope
So John Junior James wus cap
lured, .live and without « gun
battle No one In the know would
have ever believod this could hap
pen And above all the fearless
desperado, th* killer, was armed
! only with a toy gun. one he hud
txnight or stolen The price lag
w.s in Ihe cor A 22 calibre
rifle was available in the nulo
also Ho were 1273 This was the
pocket change which hod 1111*11
She ll Be Safe
After John's Trial
t
who hat been domiciled in
MRS BITMBR PBARLRMB GOOOfON. moftter of fw* child**
«io McLennan county |oN Hnce ft*
(rial o* Loyal La von James, issued * sigh of roliof when
it was announced that John Junior Jnmot had boon captured
end would be brought to trial in Waco toon, gbo fo.rs that
John will kill har if given the least chance. I ho I. a maternal
witnoct in tha case
1 lew ally m the Bed ( runs Chilean
Relief program
He conlinued to say that Ihe
national office had reported n
contributions totaling a million
and a half dollars
Scofield said lhai ih»x was only
a drop in Ihe bucket "Remember,
a halt million was s|ienl here in
li*r»3 "
He said that II is hard to grasp
Ihe vastness of Ihe disaster in
Chile
ner in crime. In a hijacking i>er
haps in another Mate His 12 200
taken In Warn had long since
1 iieen gone
John Junior could he handled
, by Ihe federal authorities tint he’ll
tie McLennan county's hail Dls
tail Attorney Burney Walker and
his staff will "put Ihelr all" into
sending him lo the electric chair
In' Ihe cold-blood murder of John
1 Blackford John James was the
trigger man Eavon got W* years
accumulated, In each th* murder
and rolitiery cade. He I* doing
1 Ihe time now Mrs Ooodson will
Stolen Iron Recovered
At Rubel's Junk Yard
Two while men Harold N*u-> Shops Earl Davis ta owner of the
mann .«) and Hugh Edward Wil I shop esiabliahed by Cana Me-
hams 34 were arrested by Warn I Cracken Tbi* happened WedRes-
po I iceman Holieri McCollum mi | day night at about *
charge ol iIn-Ii over fifty dollars j So mg new material was stolen
I’oUteuiun H B Sullivan assist j valued al $224 from a place
ed McCollum in Ihe arrest on South Loop Drive Mar the
McCollum hud Ihe case solved Fifth Wheel
lie fore detectives were assignd to William* and Neumann wore
it lie had recovered some scrap taught almost In the act of dis
iron stolen (rnm Gene's Welding (vising ihe iron to Rubai’s Junk
! yard m East Waco. Williams Mves
1 between Temple and Belton Neu
mnnn's home is at 232S Park.
They gave siatomenis on the theft
Other item* were reportd mips-
Left-Turn Slots
Started al 25th,
26ih and Waco Dr.
log
Mere detail* in
Contributions may tie sent to
Red Cross, 523 North IHth Waco
Warm winter clothes may fie taken j go free after (he conviction of
ward* A business meeting will j tu Austin Avenue Methodist Church John She doesn't want to leave
follow the luncheon or the Knights of (olumtuis hall ihe Md-ennan county jail until
1 after John fs put ouf of ci-cuta
tion for good He has as*urrd
her he would kill her for "squeal
Ing " •"
John already is under fwo In
dieiments here The district al
Boating Accident
Results In Injuries
lorney. Sheriff C C Maxey and ! turns will tie ullowed during the
perhaps Chief of Police Jesse1 construction work
Cons!ruction began on left turn
slot* yesterday morning with the
erection of barricades at Twenty
fifth and Twenty sixth ul Waco
Drive
Waco Drive traffle is ieduced
to (wo lanes al these Intersec-
tions, licit the Intersections are
open
Traffic I* tinned in the lanes
immediately next to the center
island Motorists aie advised to
proceed through these mlersec- j ^ Mcam*
linn* with extreme caution Warn ,n (hr (-0||i.H*on according to |R>-
lice reports They took off wt
A boating accident was reported
lo the Waco police on Lake Waco
last week.
Miss Olga Fallen was In Col-
lision with a boat in which Mr.
and Mrs W F Deaton wera nd-
ing near Club Selma Several Mr-
sons we e reported injured. Qitun*
ing sign* have been erected IWl
Gunterman will go to I/is Angeles
probably today or at least this
week lo bring the defendant back
< for trial As in the I/ivon James
case they may not even ask
John if he wants to waive ex
Ihelr license number was obtain-
ed and later wore interviewed
tradition They'll
start
I with him lo Waco. It is up to
; 'he defendant to protegf In other
words M's Johns move first, other
w se he will be rushed hack across
the Texan state line as fast as
possible, before a defense lawyer
has time to get started in the
case
Since John has already given a
rrirtfewnon of some 17 pages,
admitting the Piggty Wiggly rob
be-y and murder of the customer
l/fi turn slots will la- provided, (aplain Charles T. May
for by modifying the center island . charged, given a Hckei. f»r
Waco Drive will not tu- widened I |^„,n 0f th« WBl,r Safety
Other Waco Drive intersections
are scheduled for left turn slots
in the next th'ee months Others
are to tie improved at times yet
unscheduled.
ance, it was stated in the-
reports.
Jaycees Annual
Meeting To Be
Held In Lubbock
_ A delegation from the Waco
in Waco on January 2* of this Ftolw Chamber of Commerce Was
ZORRO AMO ZORRO — Mere fee the premiere
shewing ef Mo new mevie lipw ef Soree”.
Guy William*, the reel Zerre sees surprised
when met bp Waco Zerre. 0«Wlng his signeturs
ere Rabbi Stewart, dr*
Crewterd Long in th* Zerre eeslwma The two
hey* gathered up the cesteme* after returning
from o trip to Disney tend (Bill Fester phete).
oo Don Oiege end
year, H is doubtful If he will
give any trouble on the return
free ride to Waoo He couldn't
avoid being rxtredtted anyway
which would take a hearing be
fore the California governor but
wtr.’A catM* the McLennan of
ficiala a little delay hi California.
Don't imagine they'd mind that
loo much.
unsuccessful last week in their
bid for Ihe Texas Jaycees Annual
Pall Board Meeting
At the meeting held In the Traas
Headquarter* in Grand Prairie it
waa evident that the chief reaaen
Waco did net get the meet waa
that ft wa* held here last year.
The meeting will he held hi
Lubbock on November It, It, »
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Foster, W. S. The Waco News-Citizen (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 14, 1960, newspaper, June 14, 1960; Waco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1159775/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .