The Waco Citizen (Waco, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1958 Page: 1 of 8
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Predicted To Win
Number 21
Volume 23
Firemen and Police Changes
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"ROCK-A-BYE BABY"
Starring
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Quality has everything in
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MICROFILM SERVICE
P.O. BOX HO66
DALLAS TEXAS
Starring
JOCK MOHONEY
and
•ILBIRT ROLAND
New Patrolmen
Gel Assignments
Eighteen new driver license ex-
aminer patrolmen for the Texas
Department of Public Safety have
completed their recruit training
and will take up new positions
throughout the state this week
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thorst, at tha wheel, and President Eddie Slough,
both of the Citizen's National Bank. If you want
to vote, and have no way to polls, call the
Jaycee Office, PLaza 3 S881. Bill Foster Photo
RICHARD DUNCAN
TO SELL BIBLES
Richard Duncan who has stag
ed a comeback In religion has
received his penr.it to sell Bib-
lea, He wishes to take this means
of thanking al) the people who
have helped him in theae efforts
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the dstrict at-
com-
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timaianj trit rvir t i
Adoption of P.A.S. Brings
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Absentee Voting
Hicafe Big Vote
Waco, Kincannon and the adver
tisers, as well as protect the
The ordinance*enabled the police department
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Complaint Filed
When Woman
Rudely Handled
Billy Joe Pennycuff. 923 South
coordination of firemen and po-
licemen so as to make the per-
formance of their duties infer- I
locking. The PAS recommended
IS EVERYBODY IN
WACO GOING TO
THE ASYLUM?
Waco is helping to populate
the insane asylum. Right now in
MaLennan County stands second
only to Harris County in Texas
on committments to the mental
institutions
Deputy Sheriff who have just
escorted eight cases to Austin
says it looks like a lot of people
ar* going crazy around here.
Under the new mental health
law it only takes a couple of af
fidrfvits to send a person to the
asylum on a ninety day comi^itt
ment In some cases the family
takes the patient to the institu-
tion after being committed by the
county judge.
M Citizen
Your Neighborhood Newspaper • Published Every Friday
Waco, Texas, Friday,*July 25, 1958
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eluded in Mclennan County.
1959 and 1960 Interstate
Construction Program
, 1959
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NOW SHOWING
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Judge D. Y McDaniel in
74th District Court, acting
RIDE TO THE POLLS—Th. W.c. Junto, Cham
bar of Commorca Is offering, as they do in evary
major election, a Free ride to the poll*. Two
of the driver* will be Jaycaes Andy Schmed
NO CITY MEETING
There will not be > city
commission meeting next
Tuesday due to the absence of
City Manager Jack Jeffrey
and members of the commie
•ion.
A
Intra-City Expressway
* from Plum St to North City
Limit
Interstate 35 - Protective buying
of R. O W in Waco from 0 3
Mi South of South City Latnit
North to South 17th Street 2.3
Interstate 35 Protective buying
of R () W from North 5 1 City
Limit of Waco North to 12 Mi.
North of F M 2417.
It was announced that work
Highway Commission Approves
Money for McLennan Highways
Slate Penitentiary Also Right of Way For
(Special to The Waco Citizen) I
The Texas Highway Commis
sion has approved appropriations I
of $5,164 (XX) for construction
and $1,920,000 for the purchase
of right of way on the Inter
state System in this District dur
ing the ensuing two years, D ('
Greer, State Highway Engineer
has announced
Thomas C. Collier. District En
gineer of the Texas Highway
Interstate 35— Between 4 0 Mi
North of Bruceville and Waco
Grade Separations Approaches
I AND 1960 INTERSTATE
RIGHT GF WAY PROGRAM
Interstate 35 Protective buying
of R O W. in Waco from 0 3
Mi South of South City Limit
North to South I*?th Street
Protective buying
W in Waco from
South 17lh St North to South
1st St
possibly get the land Office job
On the local scene there are four
county-wide contests The voters
don't give a whoop who goes to
the State Legislature The county
treasurer's race seems to be a
nip and tuck affair with two
charming wdntefT and a popular
■nan. Juat close your eyes and
vote
Nash Oliver is mere tssian
•d as a trial judge and it wvutd
OlnA t —a----*-
v^wV Te»W ^^aal ■ lEiwTwala
t^^^t cltisvns t^s r^ttssess Islets t^s
the county court at law bench.
This la no time to be onporF
monting. Bain* a native of this
county will help Oliver. Voter*
In the county are the most in-
terested in the county super-
intendent's job. Some hove ex-
pressed opposition to the vet-
eran In that pest, J. E. Batson,
who is retiring. Therefore they
ere voting against R. V. Mahan
because he is linked up with
Batson as hl* successor. On the
other hand Joe R. Hatcher has
a let of supporters who realise
his capabilities at handling the
school executive job.
A large portion of the voters
must choose a county commis-
sioner for precinct four. J. B
Reese has a large following,
while the present encumbent has
a lot oFAginners.’’ Joe Lechler, a
good man, has brought on this
opposition himself Mart and
West have a couple of lively jua
tice of the peace racea. In Bell
mead you don't hear much about
L Matt Smith trying to unseat
F. C. Goodman for county com-
missioner of that and Mart pre
cinct, No. Two.
The City of Waco has a lot
of sortov* business ahead of it.
The commissioners aro putting
in long hours trying to cepe
with the expanding conditions
brought about by the carrying
out of the Improvement Pro-
gram. They are conocionteeusly
trying to carry out the man-
date* of the voters, Citiien* of
Waco ore paying a heavy price
In taxes and hidden charge*
for the privilege of living here.
Some of the penalties are not
so hidden.
Our twice a week paper is
being well received. We strive to
please. We’ll give you the news
as fast as it happens. As explain
ed before, we don’t make the
new*, we print it.
of thia work was $42,155 23 This
goes from the Circle to the
River. Another resolution as read
by City Attorney Wiley Stem Jr.
and adopted modified the agree
ment between the city and the
highway department.
NO further protest was heard
from Bagby Street property own
era. This cost to these property
owners is $1,924
ney, reported that the
taxes, penalty and interest ha»
been paid
61 Loan Program
Must Be Accurate
.Lenders and builders in the
G. I. home loan program should
make sure that reasonably accur
ate tax estimates are Riven to
veteran buyers and reported to
the Veteran Administration. Dr
T McStahan. Manager of the VA
Center in Waco, said
In some areas, he explained,
lenders and builders have er
roncously estimated real estate
taxes and special aaaessm- nts
when negotiating with veteran
buyers, and when submitting loan
applications to VA.
nose, fractured left jaw. some
teeth knocked out, swollen lip.
_____B _____‘ i and bruwes to her legs
been purchased and is being put t 4nd taody She is receiving medi
the |
for :
Judge I) W. Ba-tlctt of the 54th '
District Court, Wednesday after
noon sentenced Hardie A De-
ment to three years in the State
Peniteniary on a f
plaint. This is to run concurrent
with other sentences which start
ed on March 16 195B Dement ob-
tained money on credit cards of
oil compaines.
Sheriff transferred
•"*, Otis White, and
Jn to the penitentiary I .. . , , .
I Department of Waco, has stated
I that the following highways on
thi- National System of Interstate
I and Defense Highways were in
well a* blow* from the fist and
othor rough treatment. BRe told
DA ahe tried to get away from
her^axsailant but couldn't before
being roughly treated. He was .
crazy drunk on w|ne. The assail
ant had formerly worked for the
woman In a tavern on the Marlin
highway at the Mart Y
Bond was posted by Attorneys
Dave Copeland and Gene Maddin
The case will await the action of
the next grand jury
The girl also reported that
Pennycuff has threatened to put
sugar in the tank of her ear,
and burn her home down while
she slept and fears for her
life. This lawyer warned
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as well
Police and firemen were a »tep closer to complying
with the Public Administration Service recommenda-
j tions when the city passed a firemen and police ordi-
You'll surely be disap- ! nance Tuesday.
dividual connections to city i
water./
One was for $393 75 while an I Interstate 35
other cost $1672 50
A tax judgment was released
when Wiley Stem Jr , city atlor
ba<k Interstate 35 Purchase R O W
in Waco from South 1st St
North across Brazos River to
Plum St
its I Interstate 3^—protective buying
of R. 0. W. in W'aco North
(ily Contracts With
Kincannon In
Bench Advertising
The City of Waco is in the ad
vertising and park bench busi
uess now with Claud Kincannon
In the agreement with Kincan
non to continue putting concrete
benches on corners for bus
patrons, the city is to be the go
between in case of dispute with
an advertiser,
‘ Liability insurance will be
i carried so as to protect the city
against any possible law suits.
The ordinance was read by City
Attorney Wiley Stem Jr. and
passed on first reading Tuesday.
Kincannon was not given an ex
elusive contract. At the expira-
tion of five years the concrete
benches become the property of
the city.
City Engineer George Dieter
perked up when he heard the en-
gineer's office referred to in the
ordinance City Commissioner
Billy J. Hinton noticed this, in-
quiring from him about it. He
................. might be called on to supervise
will begin on these projects justl ,h*‘ conjrad between, the city of
as soon as right of way maps and ,
conveyances are prepared on the j
case of the right of way program, streets and city property
or as soon as final planning is
completed for the construction
program.
eal treatment for the injuries
which are of a serious nature.
The injuries were caused by
ment. Police and firemen are on ' licks from a pistol and knife as
civil service while theae auxiliary
personnel will not have civil
•crvice classification except as
provided for otner city em
ployees.
The police are being relieved
of these details so a* to keep oc
cupied with policing. The desk
sergeants too will be put in the
field with girls waiting on the
lawyers and customers in obtain
ing prisoners releases The jail
will be taken out of police con
trol, if the PAS recommendations
are carried out in detail.
The two warrant officers are
to be reassigned to field work,
being taken away from court
duties," if other drastic changes
are made under the PAS report
The man making these recom-
mendations only worked a short
time on a police force Hi* inves
tigation in Waco for which the
Looper Foundaton supplied the
money only took a few weeks.
One man to patrol car was a
suggestion, with only one police
man to patrol entire East Waco.
Negro area and all, was the
crazie«t'~recommendation of all
the silly ideas. Waco is fixing to
get some men killed if the PAS
report is adopted in its entirety,
seasoned officers explain.
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Curbs And Gutter
On LaSalle Runs
To Cost $2.20 Fool
Curbs and gutters on LaSalle
will cost $2 20 per running foot
City is to pay half and state half
of the costs. Resolutions on this
work was adopted by the city
commission Tuesday. Thejncreas
ed price of $1.10 for curbs and
gutters on city streets is due to
larger facilities on the highway,
for which the state of Texas is
paying most of the construction
costs while the right-of ways is a
federal project
Assessment hearings on the
USalle curbs and gutters to be
paid by the owners was set for
August 5. Total estimated costs
Colorful Shriners
To Have Hawaiian
Dance Saturday
Karem Temple Shriners, fam
ed for their colorful Arabic uni-
forms and Oriental pageantry, go
to the other side of the earth
for'the theme of their dance Sat
urday night"
Joe H (Yaven. Ftitenate of
Karem Temple, for this one en
chanted evening will become the
ancient Hawaiian Chieftain. King
Kamehameha.
The Beachcombers, a new and
exciting band, will play dance
music from 9 until 1. clad in tat
tered trousers, fancy “Oloha"
the two departments
Police snd firosnon wore quit*
, intorvstoS in tho rvcommondod
race ;
could be decided bv almost the I
flip of a coin Bill Allcotn should *TanC< "
locking. Th« PAS rocomm^nded
that police be used a* firemen Hall when a 24 year old white
Seven hundred and forty
seven absentee votes were
cast for the July 26 primarv
in McLennan County. On that
basis County Clerk Floyd
Mitchell predicts that there
will be 25 000 vote* cast Sat-
urday,
- X^f this number 627 voted in
the county clerks office, ijo
ballots were sent out by mail
There were still 80 out Wed
nesday morning These will all
come back, howevet, Mitchell
explained
County Democratic Chair
man. A P -Cagle, with a com-
mittee counted these votes
which will be added a* a sep-
arate box in the total*.
Based on the number who
paid their poll tax this should
make the most votes percent
age wise that Mclxmnan Coun-
ty has ever had
•nd vice versa whan n«t busy girl appeared at
•tharwisa at fire* er police torney s office to file the
work. i plaint The girl showed a broken
A dictating machine which will ,
lead to elimination of police
having to type out reports has , j;n-l2,rje*
to work Girl* are to be employ
M to cepy these report* but will
not be under the police depart I
OBSERVATIONS
Sy WfT
sheriff’s office Tuesday on a
$2500 bond set by Justice of
Peace Raymond Monnino on a
, charge of Aggravated Assault
with a Deadly Weapon.
The complaint was filed by
Assistant District Attorney Don
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WE PREDICT, lhaf
(Casting no reflection on any nor is this necessarily encourag
ing votes for any candidate)
Ralph Yarborough will carry McLennan County for U. S Senate
and be electedfby a slim majority over the state.
Price Daniel will go back as governor without a runoff
George Nokes will replace Ben Rainsey as Lieutenant Governor
J Edwin Smith will lead the balloting for Supreme Court
Place 1
Joe GreEnhiil will get his first elective term on the Supreme
Court Bench ......................—?
John C White wilt get the
Agriculture
Bill Allcorn will have easy sailing for laind Commissioner
Jack Woods might’ get a few more votes than the veteran Sam
Sellers, who hasn't been so successful in politics of recent years.
Nash Oliver will be kept on the county court at law- bench as
judge, rather than to experiment with the less experienced Vic Hall
Johnnie Hunt will be in the runoff with one of the two women
opponents, Dorothy Torrance Jaynes or Myrtice O’Neill
Joe R Hatcher will furnish a change in the county superin-
tendent's office of which his opponent. R V Mahan is now a vital
part
E C Goodman will get more
Matt Smith, both of Bellmead
J B Reese, a property taxpayer, will oust Joe Lechler as county
commissioner, precinct four
Earl Suttle will be in the runoff for Justice of the Peace
i JL <’ f’nleinan will have rough going against Ed H Grimm and
Jack B Harper
L_ J Hargett will l»e Jp at Moody over McKay Rice Jr
Speegl^e’jp’ra^e’ '"d ‘ BUiC* A F S'an,ord *" »»>«
That all of those candidates
elect ed.
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Waco In Dog
Business Now
In Big Way
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Well, this is the last say we
will have ^before the Democratic
Primary Saturday about the va
riou* candidates. This has been
an unusual) political year in that
there are »o few candidates to
talk about. You know most votes
are cast agaljnst a person, not one
for anyone. \
Th* f«w local race* have ’
stirred up a little interest dur-
ing the last few week* of the
campaign. It hes been a short,
one. Soma years ago the race*
started in Oecamber and con-
tinue through the hot months.
A fellow really earned the of-
fice when he got elected dur-
ing such strenuous campaign*.
We told aome\of those running
this year that if they couldn't
lose they had better not be run
ning. A candidate must be ready
to lose the race; because any
thing can happen. Don’t ever j
think you have a cinch on
office T
pointed if you do
The Senatorial
holds the highlight of interest
in Texas. The anticipated
spirited race for Governor of
Texas, failed to materiolize.
Wrice Daniel will get back in
for a second term without a
runoff. Some good men run-
ning for Kgricultural Commis-
sioner but we haven't heard
much about these candidetee.
Judge Joe Greenhill seems to
be in shape at the polls to gain
hie first elective term. George
Noire*, the Waco candidate,
ha* a good chance to unseat
Bon Ramsey m lieutenant gov-
ernor of Texas.
Place Grift- Supreme Court
Saturday is the first Democratic Primarv election day Based
I en the large niunlM-r of absentee votes there should be a good turn
out at the polls
A spirited campaign has Ix-en conducted for *he U. S Senate
seat The governor's race has been less spirited laical candidates
have had to take a back, seat to the Statewide races
Based on the sentiment expressed, this paper is going to stick
; its neck out to make a wild guess of the outcome of each Mace
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' make some changes in
I cation along with other changes
I but does not add any appreciable
cost to the operation of either
' the police or fire department*
both Clue's Jesse Gunterman and
Leslie Summey, wno were p/es
ent, stated Police have 107 mem
bers on the force while the fire 1
j men number 108. There is a
' fl
■ rfl
vtk
slept and fears
This lawyer
him to stay away from the girl
and leave her alone She was told
to protect herself in case of
further contacts.
Pennyvuff has had several
encounter* with law previously.
His episodes arc well known by
other members of the district
attorney's staff, it was brought
out when complaint was being
filed.
Waco police wouldn't make the
arrest that night when informed i
of the assault until a warrant
was issued
WATER CONTRACTS
APPROVED BY CITY
Several wafer main extension
contracts wore approved for in I
connections to
This was for a reclassification of personnel whicn
i already is tn force. The law was retroactive to April
Deputy
Mary Martiiwj.
Burt H NeJ-tfn I
•Tuesday. ^Dements was brought
back Jiere on a bench warrant
He is serving the time in the
shirt*, and haltered straw ho*”'''walls at Huntsville which is I
over crowded, he explained De I
ment says ',i« has to slecmiiLJjM- I
The city of Waco is in the dog
business in a big way now The
commissioners were pleased with
the work of Walter Pankey, city
dog catcher Commissioner* won-
dered when the supply of idogs
would be exhausted \
City Manager Jack Jeffrey told
the commissioners that the city
already has a larger number of
licensed dogs now that for the
entire previous year, nearly 700
Also the city is reaping big re
venue from fines in the city
court, which runs from a mini
mum of ten to fifty dollars each
with some thirty-odd complaints
this n.onth already
The Humane Society amount
was $166 20 for one half of the
dog fees The city pays fifty
'■ents per day for upkeep of dogs
while the city prisoner meals run
six cents per day higher It was
explained that the humane so
I ciety gets pay for the gas used in
! killing stray dogs, as well as
I room and board
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