Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1955 Page: 4 of 6
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BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
I'uWUIitd Sunday morning and Turnday Witlnmday, Thuraday, aad
r ntluy aftrrnoon by l*ubli ham, ln«, at 114 E. Da Street,
Hcvckenruiict-, TVxa*.
Kiiltrtil at tli I'> st Offii'i- in Texaa ag second-clan
matter umi-r tha Act of Conic r*w«, March 3, 1879.
8 U BSCU1 IT I ON ItA'IKS: Uy CAKKIKK in Urw.kenridjre, one week
Ujc; oih- month *t lu. Uy mail ui Stephens and adjoining counties I
one y. : r $t, ikj, u months JH.OO; .1 months f:i.W; 1 month 85e.
Uy mail tu Ttxuji, one fear IC.&O, t months $3.50; 3 months $2.00;
oi e month h&c.
By m ill elaewhere, „ru, y,.ar $a.oo. Other rates by mpRat.
I he pijiinstu r is not nn^Huiblc for copy omissions, typographical
errors or uninUntional • rrurs in :ieM.-t or advertising that my
(arcur other than to correct sm.>e in the next issue aft«r it ia brought
to h>j| atUi.ti.,1..
Any erront vi* reflection upou the charm t« r, sLaiititiitr or n-putatioa
of any prsoii, firm, or t-orp>.ration v*hiih may occur in the column*
of tlie !ll!Ki hl..\nii >.l AMKKli'A.N will bo xlully corrected upur
L*-u < brought to th<- atte.itioii «#f the ii .iiiuK«'m«*nt.
Payroll Bandit
Killed In Fight
Watched by Crowd
NKW YoltK <I'P —A policeman
killed a payroll bandit and three
other persons were wouiMltti l\ies-
day in a wild vrun battle witnessed
by thousands in a crowded com-
mercial district a few blocks from
City Hull.
The hold-up man. fleetinir with a
payroll snatched from a ll -
year-old tfirl meaaenjrer in a build-
ing lobby, was killed by a motor-
Elio
ts which rippeti through
cycle policeman after an exchange
! kround floor hallway, he vrappeu
me. I ncreamed. I thought ni* (run
wan a toy pistol."
As the elevator man, Jmieph Sot-
tola no, 43, ran to her aid, the' gun-
man fired, dropping Sottolanu with
a shot in the groin, artd fled with
i the payroll.
Motorcycle Patrolman Aurelio
; de Kilippi, 28. jumped off his bike I
I :>nd ran after the bandit.
A passerby, Detrick Fberhard,
attempted to halt the bandit and
shot by him.
The bandit then shot at the pie
' I iceman. Allele Lamber, 54). a
state industrial relations investi-
gator, walked into the path of the
: bullet. She was hit in the neck, not
seriously.
ifled
ed Klk Street, 1 called 'stop'," de
He barricaded him
The CORRAL
DRIVE-IN THRATKK
now iiiiei mi KS. ~
m GUIS WUjAtf
CROSBY KELIT H01OM
THE COUNTRY-
JaL&L. iW
wvu HMitwme
WANTADS
A (withal Imitation
tu
MOKMNC TOWKK
III liLK (LASS
'• on \ \|. Kach Suitday
I'alace I healr« Bids.
windshield of an iM*cupied automo-
bile.
Before he was killed the bandit
shot a building elevator man who
went to the rescue of the payroll
messenger; grazed u woman pass-
erby with a bulrt aimed at thr
policeman, and sht.t another pass-
• rby who attempted to nab hiiu.
An unidentified K141 man also
went to the patrolman's assistance,
hut didn't fire a shot. He was un-
hurt.
Diana l*anzer, IS, clerk and typ-
ist for the Lincoln letter Service,
said she had left a bunk for h* r
office with the payroll wrapped in
a plain brown paper envelope.
"I noticed a man following me,"
she said. "When we got into the
I ipulled my gun
Klk Street, 1 called
Kilippi said.
self behind a parked station wait-
on and fired one shot at me.
"I got behind a truck with an
KBI man."
"The guy shot at me again, and
I emptied my gun us I jumped to-
ward him.
"He was crumpled when I got
him."
The payroll was recovered.
Integration
Is In Tht Mi
Making
urn k
UN ALL
MAKES
l);i) or Night Call 121
Richard Gentiel
((Jil W. I>> er
Taxi service
200 K. Walker Ph. 1 or 1«
TAXI NO. 1
I'omplele Antu
Service
Mobiloil Maxiwlia
I'luducts
PALACE
Theatre
WED.—TIIITRS.
Ka I herine Hepburn
Cary (irant
in
**BKINt<IN(i
lip BABY"
AKE YOI'—Paying (no much for your fire insurance?
WOULD YOU- liLt* In pay 20', less than you are now
pu>ing for the same protection?
YOIJ CAN—save .20 cents on every dollar you now
spend for fire insurance
II YOU—are not already enjoying the reduced rates
approved liy the State Insurance Commis-
sion on your home, your household goods,
nee:
HART' S INSURANCE AGENCY
3ad W. Walker Pliune 1013
BROADLOOM CARPET
BUY lOI It CAKPKT TIIE EASY WAY
NO MONEY DOWN
36 MONTHS TO PAY
Thorpe Furniture Co.
211 N. Brerkenridge Ave.
BUCKAROO
LAST TIMES TODAY
—PLUS-
AUSTIN —State-level rec-
ommendations on how local au-
I thorities should comply with the
| U. S. Supreme Court order ban-
' niiiK seKregation in public whools
l will probably be released in less
: than a mouth under plans in pro-
cess Tuesday.
lu an earlier letter to school
superintendents. State Kducation
■ Commissioner J. W. Kdgar point
^ >-d out the board of education will
: meet July 4.
"We plan to advise you imme-
diately thereafter" with respect to
' policies for the l r,a-r « s«'hool
year, Kdgar wrote.
Meantime, a seven-member sub-
committee of the board of educa-
I tion will meet Saturday at Fort
| Worth for an initial airing of the
segregation problems.
5
OH IT 6 O.P UCK anO
A PROMlS€*HIAtSEL?.' I
thought IT WA& OME oe
<3«tdiSTS s.-
wow: won't need these j
^AITIKI' TOOLS" ^
w
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V«CVV. WHAT
A BREAK:
fc'/V
WHPN tout* ID tivf w r
"Hold my glassAt a minute, dtari'*
ALLEY OOP
■ — |_
Grocer Of Y
AMNu c?VEK.'
i
SCOK^ l-
SUSkfCT /'r-EH IT;>
Wc'Kfc HEW / Rk-HJuHE-RN
IOuRAB I I fUiofcRfcl'
M.J''
BuT >t\l AN
l\X TAKE CARE
ut ^corr ILL
tu-NPLE Tu
BOV li? ..
*MfcN
(•
VICK FLINT
CHICAGO Iir.pi—1Tom C. Solo
mon, 40. Marshall, Tex., was
named "grocer-father of the ycai"
Tuesday by the National Associa
I tion of Retail Grocers.
The association is holding I's
I fd'.th annual convention here.
Solomon, the father of five chil-
i dren ranging in age from 7 to 18
| and senior partner and manager
of the family-owned fo«>d store, I
was selected because- of his civic |
| activities in his community, par- |
I ticularly those undertaken in be-:
I half of young people.
LAST TIMES TODAY
Alan Ladd
Joan Tetzel
-HELLBELOW
ZERO"
in Color
ONLY $1.68* per week - - - Brings
You Cool Comfort from Kings—
Mogkoire
AND
*
Winter-Air
Evaporjliir ( oolrr*
m
4.oon ( KM
3,000 ( KM
121
* Include* complete insurance
coverage on unpaid balance six*
life ii insured.
COMPLETE WITH PUMP—FLOAT—(.HILL
WINDOW ADAPTOR AND 1*0 FEET OF TUBING
KING APPLIANCE 60.
I'JIO E. w \LKEIt
PHONE 8,'W
Evaporative
Afar
CondMonert
4,000 CFM
$138.88
2,200 CFM M.9S
3.0(H) CFM 119.9S
1,500 CFM 149.93
AU model* have floats, pump, variable speed rontrsl.
Damper type—Window kit with adjustable vertical
and horizontal grill.
We have in stork all sizes aspin wood pads, tubinff
ropper and plastic. Water pomps—floats—connections
and valves—
BUY ON EASY TERMS
WHITE
"V < '.1 J '• ! - <
r ( inswctoa
l™1— I'M fttTTlNO
THE FfiSL
OP THE
THW<5/
MNI Wc^oooEBxH
w /I wasn'T ©OINSTO
ivou , HUWS4 THt PCTUBSl
A fHKTly PIC-J AND LIMP TMPV
TUM OP \s^, VC,
rtutom taoc£c\ pidruse «
ID THE J W«*TH TEN
OP A ^ THOUS^NIf
WOKPii '*
Flint f+v ►ciic£
*C* TH6
/wufcPta
PlCTuBt.
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PUK'Nfcf) THAT COWfltTtLV
IT/ y
. CLEAHS Me OF THB
StAv J6/
NOT
U3nV\HeT£Ly
LAJCKfNL'-!
For REALLY
PERSONALIZED
SERVICE
TMMHELL-SWANSON Insurance Agency
Phone 66 Breckenridge
KERRY DRAKE
( if MtY C>.'e
WANTS TO
STILTS PALLAS —
JUST LET M'M T*V.
KSKKV
-ON Tmi Fuoc,; rt i -w
^tZeEBE£K
K/uUr los I (t'UK
MV0V rnH€N HE i/iUN f GET
ELEV4TOP' H<jn£
WELL NOV*
HM>
TAKE /Vy rtDVlCE.
STitTS. KEIf THAT,.
tANKkOLL OUT
Of SlCHT'
MARY WORTH'S FAMILY
Ron!
BACK TO WORK.E.M? T0L1
TALK LIKE. ME.T0P7I.BUT
>CU DO NOT VET WALK.
t KNOW. PAUL!- THEkES
A CERTAIN LITHE SllH-
KNf ED 5TRUT THAT VOU
ptKHAK'' MIJ-.IC WOtILL) Ml U '
vjAit: 1'it GIVE ttXJAFEW BARS
„ Of ' fclLLf l*o IJOUA". - . •!
rv.
m
Vl
V
k
L>
OHSoRky! PlAV I
WILL?. -TME BRAIN ft
HHJHjy
OWL NTf
IT AGAIN
AWAY F-ICMN6 FLOWER*),
7HERE WA*> A
on the hanoamomlni
No. 2
The kingdom Of Tut MAOti. timEUSS and TieaiotC. nuito bt >acan savaGHy
•CrONO The WHITE MANS IAW> WHERE A HUMAN HEAD COULD tur A lift...
ANO PAGAN IMTIS mtED THE NIC.MI W"!H fCSlACY AND TE (tO ' BASED ON THE
J ARTHUR RAN< MOTION PICTURE STARRING IACK HAWKINS ANU ClYNlS JOHNS
1
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You Can Place Your Confidence in
BLAKE JPUXSON |
INSURANCE AGENCY |
lilake John.Hfin Sr.
Ulnkf Johnson I:
^ .^im r iri" ^
:• S + ronq Fxp^rienced Reliable
\ l-or rrompt. < ourlfoiw ln>uiHn< i ScMnr J
5 Pnone 1777 Hiqfiers Bldq. \
Int.I1 (l.iim> piii'l liy "Ur aifeni v in I'.i.S.;
lM«l*| hi* M«*ri Mm4i, PHiHp
Ways* nHi Iw lsgln< in Hm
"••ch«n". Tk* wily certain,
•rye*, (rich* Mm into *•"•>•**• of
•ImmIim IimnI* tikst. Nt it
RasgM «R< atyRM^
OUTCASTS NOW. THCV MTUftN ID NEW
ZIALAND MARION. WMVNC% SWiiT
HEART. IS TKUC TO HIM ANO THCV
MARRY AT MA
CHIEF HONG I TfPf
WELCOMES WAVNf. RUT
HIS HIGH rRIEST
AWARUA DOES MOT
CONCEAL HIS HATRED.
• :k:AVV. 1
-v
iitL ■
WHEN THE "RECKETT"
RETURNS. WAYNE SOR
PRISES BRVCE BUYING
HEADS FROM A RIVAL
CHIEF. TOMUNGA. Af TE.H
A GREAT FIGHT. HE
FORCES A CONFESSION
WHICH CLEARS HIS
i
BUT TOHUHOA. FULL
OF HATRED. GOES
ASHORE WTTH MARA
WHO STILL SEERB
A CHANCfc TDOR5TRO*
THE SETTLERS OUNtt
HONG* TEFE'S "
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 118, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1955, newspaper, June 15, 1955; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135079/m1/4/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.