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Help Crippled
Children With
Easter Seals
Ammratt
WEATHER
A LITTLE WARMER
VOL. 41
Leased ASSOCIATED PKKSS Wir*
NO. 133
"NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER"
NEA Newsphoto Service
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN—TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1961
PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY 10 CENTS
ECONOMY RUN OFFICIALS Thrc; jud-jp; fcr the drive or the Mobilgas economy run came through
Breckenridge yesterday in crdrr to n?t ahead of fh? cavalcade then headed for Dallas. Left to rinht in
the picture arc Robert W. Hjmslcr, Chester A. Gausmjn. one not identified and George H. Reynolds;
Mobil service st.it • on ooerjtor here.
Mrs. C. Williams
Dies Following
Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Cora Williams 70. long-
lniir resident o'i Breckcnridgr,
ilic<l at JO a m. Monday in Ste-
phens Memorial Hospital ol pneu-
monia
Slu- had Ixrn hospitalized since
Saturday, and lias been in ill
health loi tiie past five >,cnrs.
Funeral was to he held 1 ucsday
at 3 p. in in the Melton Funeral
Home ChaiH-l with the Itev. E. W.
Copeland, retired Pentecostal men-
Mcr, ofiiciating. Burial will be in
lhe Murray Cemetery near Gra-
ham
New phews were to be pallbcar-
cr t.
Survivors include one sister. Mis
Grovcr Pcidue ol htiasvilie: lour
brothers, Charlie Burch. o'i Elias-
* ille Wiley of Newcastle. Eugene
and Lcland (lurch both of Gra-
ham.
She was born in April, 18H0 in
Virginia. Iter husband, John Mack
Williams died Jan. 15, 1901. She
was a member of the United Pen-
tecostal Church.
Bill By Blakley
Raises Earnings
WASHINGTON .* — Senator Fil-
liam Blakley. the Texas Demo-
crat, has introduced a bill to in-
n-case 'irom $1 200 to SI.800 the
amount retired persons may earn
each year before being subject to
deductions from their social secur-
ity payments.
Another measure offered by
lllaklcj would raise the pension re-
ceived bv all winners of the Con-
gressional Medal of Honor after
thr\ reached the aye o'i 65 Irom
tO-dollars to 100 dollars a month.
Seen or Heard
by C. M. H.
* * *
Economy Race Officials
Cut Off Through Breck
| Directors Meet
On Farm Bureau
Matters Monday
By J. FRED CROSS
County Agent
The Stephens County Farm Bu-
I reau Board of Directors met last
I night at the Bieckenridge High
School Agriculture Building. Bill
! Echo's. president, was in charge
of the meeting.
j T. C. Harris. Jr., gave a report
j on the membership. Thirty-six new
I members have joined the Farm
; Bureau this year. Harris congrat-
: ulated his committee for their
goi.l work Roger Carey was given
I a big hand lor signing up the most
' new members. The membership
' drive kick-off breakfast was re-
ported on bv Jack Fambro. Fam-
! bro said that this was t'lie first
year for a kick-off meeting and felt
that it really aided in getting new
members.
Joe Rogers reported on a trip he
made to Austin. Rogers said that
the Farm Bureau Presidents and
! Policy Execution Chairmen from
i nearly every county in Texas
j were present. He said that he \vas
"very proud to belong to the Farm
Bureau" after he saw the fine
I leaders who were assembled in
| Austin. Every member of Farm
I Bureau in Stephens County shou'.lii
: study the policies more elosley, he
1 said.
| Another
members
KENNEDY ASKS MILLIONS
TO AID LATIN AMERICA
Second Meeting
Ot Society Set
For March 16
In order to get ahead ol the cars
in Hie Mobilgas ecunomj run who
were on Highway 80. three officials
took route 180 and paused here
lor a while with local lepresenta-
Rites Thursday
For Mrs. Weaver
! Mrs '.!ahie Weaver. 48. a Breck-
••iii •'ye lestdent for the past four
years, died at 10 p.m. Satuidav
hi Stephens Memorial
She had been in tailing
thiee years.
Bern May 3. 1912 in Whitney. She
came to Breckenrid^e t r o m
Aquilla. She was a member of the
Bethel Baptist Church.
Funeral will be held Thursday
at 2 p.m. in Mt. Olive Baptist
Church here, with the Rev. Nat
Foster. Breckenridge Methodist
minister, and live Rev. G. T. Oli-
phant of tircekenr.lge, oificiating.
Burial will be in the Brecken-
| ridge Cemetery, with Melton Fu-
! neral Home in charge of airangc-
I mcnts.
Survivors include two daughters.
| Mrs. 1)< rothy Jones and Mrs. Bes-
sie lllghtower. both of Oklahoma
!City. Ukla.; two sons. Melvin of
Oklahoma City, and Bcrnice of
, Fo.t Worth; her mother, Mrs.
Edna Smith of Breckenridge: two
brothers. Sylvester and Elmer
Polk, both ol Los Angeles, Calit.,
and lour grandchildren.
lives before proceeding to Dallas
to check in the ears as they
airiw.l there.
More than CO cars left Dallas
today on the lourth leg o\ the 2,000-
mile mobilgas economy run.
'1 lie drivers reached Dallas yes-
teiday after 1,470 miles of the 6-
uay run.
'the Dallas stop was the third
ovcmight layover of the trip which
began Saturday in Los Angeles
and ends Thursday at Chicago.
The Drivers head lor Little Bock,
Arkansas today. The fifth slop will
be in St. Louis Tuesday night.
Yesterday's run from Boswell,
New Mexico, was without incident
The second meeting of the
Stephens County Historical Society j
will be held oil March 16 at 7:30 j
p.m. in the District Court ttoom j
of the court house.
At this time, the formal organi-
zation of the Society will be com-1
| pleted, a constitution and by-laws |
will be adopted and a slate oi offi-
cers will be elected. Reports on
projects proposed for the Society
will be heard, and it is expected
that this business will take only a
few minutes.
Immediately following t'lie busi-
ness meeting, a program is planned
for the members. E. It. Maxwell
is chairman of the program, aivl
it is expected that a review ol a
historical book concerning Stepli-
Burcnu ens County will be presented. A
ii r. - , review of a historical pamphlet i
hi, ernmnnnvin., h reported dealing with the forts in this area
that accompanying her on the tnp „ni also be heard. I
Echols. Mrs. Echols. Proposals to be included in the
® , jv,s; j constitution and by-laws suggest1
and r red: that the society meet quarterly.
group of
attended
Farm
Austin
were Bill
Mrs. Joe Jackson,
Joe Hood. Jack Fambro
sessions of the
7°USC a"rt Senate j the society, said that the obliga-
tes Mrs" n nu n {"TU!1 f°i mrpt" tions or membership will be based
weN vmrthwtifto *'•' s°Wy on the interest of the in-
Farm ttiiri>in j- i dividual. This would remove ob-
,{uli■" services were dis-1 staclcs of membership for those
Glenn iajlor. Jr. The | who are intcrcstol
This kind of March weather j
right now is not bad at all ... !
Grace Episcopal Church New Or-
leans. has sent the Breckenridge
choir SIQ0, said is estimated ICO.ouO
heard them on TV . .,. Possum
Kingdom Association to meet to-
night at Trammcll's at 8 o'clock.
Firemen called yesterday alter-
ii,km to extinguish blaze in old lunt- j
bcr at A. Tuck's . . . Boss Hood
said he never dreamed raltlcsnak- ]
es could be handled as was done
in the pit at Sweetwater . . . Nor-1
man \ ork is in room .VV5 in Met ho- j
ilist llospoital at Houston.
Congratulations to Mrs. Martha :
Thorpe, who observed her 99th
birthday Sunday, lives south of
Breckenridge • • Town Club is j
now serving both noon and even-
ing meals on Mondays . . . Sandra
Hudlow has lost her glasses with i
bronre plastic rim — if fotAid call <
2633. !
Many brochures .ioing out of f
Chamber « f Com metre office in
attempt to rent the B-J building
. Burke Musgrove is candidate
for head cheerleader at Univer-
sity oi Texas . . . Mr. and Mrs.
A II Davis shown as delegates to
the Farmers Union meeting in
Washington . . . And, our Idea of
good cooking is that just as the
cook thinks its beginning to set
well done — take it off.
5-Year-Old Girl
Sees Mother Die
LUFKIN (.fi — A horror struck
3-year-old girl wont into hysterics
and police were unable to question
her after the child's mother shot
and killed herself in their home at
l.ufkin in Southeast Texas jester-
day. Dr. |{. E. Red. the 'lamily
physician, said the mother. 25-
year-oid Mrs. Jo Ann Harvlll,
committed suicide by pointing a
.410 gauge shotgun at her midsec-
tion and pullhig the trigger. The
doctor said Mrs. flarvill had been
in tailing health
Actress Killed,
Escort Injured
BAKER CALIF. IF — British
Actress Belinda I ee w as killed and
her fiance, Italian film director
Gualtiero Jaeopetti, was injured
yesterday wher their speeding car
blew a tire, skidded 1.100 feet and
crashed upside down near Baker.
California Two other passengers
in the car were also injured. The
highway patrol quotes witnessc as
estimating that the car was travel-
ing about 100 miles per hour at the
time of the accident.
■ a i . r | | * t'i v Alv t/1 I' O w ^ Ul V\iV
h-. ifh V aml drivers bad an opportunity to
ioi bcUcr miicagc over the plains
of the Texas Panhandle. '
A Ford Falcon held its lead in
the class a division Vor compact
cars with manual transmissions,
averaging 33.29 miles per gallon.
leading the six-cylinder com-
pacts with automatic transmissions
was a Corvair Mouza with an aver-
age oi 30.45 miles per gallon.
A Ford Fairlane led the low pric-
ed V-8 field with 22.14 miles per
gallon.
Eight - cylinder compacts with
automatic transmissions were led
bv a Buick Special with 2j.'J8 miles
per gallon.
The standard-sized 6-cyUnder cat-
lead was held by a Plymouth Sa-
vo\ with 23.85 miles per gallon.
The medium price field was
headed by a Chrysler Newport
which posted 20.56 miles per gallon.
A Cadillac led the high priced
cars with 19.45 miles per gallon.
Each car carries a driver, an
alternate driver and an official of
the United States Auto Club. The
cars must have standard equipment
and drivers are not allowed to use
trick techniques to increase mil-
eage.
o
cusst.l by
board is trying to establish a
county office for at least one day
a week to give members better
service. Insurance available to
members pays large dividends and
is much in demand. It is cxpccted
that an ofiice will be in operation
soon.
Missile Fails
are interests t in prescrvin
the history of this country but
who reel that they are too busy for
committee work or detailed as-
signments.
A large crowd of interested per-
sons attended the first meeting,
and it is hoped that a similar
crowd will be on hand for tiys
second" meeting? * *
—o —
ROLLER COASTER JUMPS TRACKS—Ke,<.ue workers U'i a victim
from a roller coaster car at an amuserrent park in Long Beach,
Calif. Five sailors were injured when a chain of cars carrying 19-
persons jumped the track while roaring down a 60-fcot slope. Two
injured sailors had to be cut from the wreckage with torches.
One Is Admitted
To Local Hospital
CAPE CANAVERAL, l.p _ An
Atlas Missile, 'tired from Cape |
Canaveral last night, plunged into!
the Atantic shortly after takeoff j Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
due to an engine malfunction. The ported one admission and one dis-
iv>rH rni««?i " j'1 a re" lnissal during the past weekend.
?. ?. i. o n«i ■ which would t Mm. R. N. Brenmann was r.i-
.£ ,..0n a,M2 nnl'- Journey into mitted. and Mrs. Mary Baker was
the Indian Ocean. 'dismissed.
House Committee Hears Twghpny
CATHOLICS ISSUE APPEAL
FOB SCHOOLS ASSBTAHCE
Rattler In Car
Causes Wreck
SAN ANTONIO UP)— A car driven
b> 2t'.-year-old Jose Corncjo knock-
ed down seven mail boxes and 15
WASHINGTON i/Vt — The Roman
Catholic Hierarchy of the United
States has issued a new plea for
federal aid to parochial element-
ary and scor.lary schools. The Na-
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
made up of U. S Cardinals, Arch-
bishops and Bishops, did not ask
that parochial schools be given
the same outright grants provided
public schools under the program
sponsored by President Kennedy.
The President, a Catholic, has
maintained that such aid to private
schools would be unconstitutional.
But the Catholic leniers did urge
a program of long-term, low-
interest loans for private and paro-
chial schools
Discovery Wei!
Is Completed
East Of Caddo
Fletcher Oil & Gas Drilling Corp.
of Abilene has announced comple-
tion of its No. 1 Jce Winston as a
Conglomerate oil discovery tour
miles east o'i Caddo 'in Stephens
County.
The strike is in Section 33, Block
4, T&P Survey, in the eastern part
ot the county.
Daily potential was 114.59 barrels
of 38 gravity oil flowing through
a 16 . 64 - inch choke wth 4-per-
foot perforations at 3.904 - 3.908
feet. Formation was fractured.
with
Herman Chaney
Succumbs: Rites
On Wednesday
public
. . . , . . , . . | sciiiHjis to match anv that
feet of fence beside a highway j might br made avai|ab,e through
after the motorist heard a rattling { a fot|erai aid program for
• noise. The sound came from a ^-Ischoels
foot rattlesnake which Corncjo dis- i The church's views were outlined
by Monsignor Frederick Iloc'nwalt,
director of the conference's De-
partment of Schools, in the testi-
mony prepared for the Senate sub-
commltee on education.
, Other testimony w as prepared for
the subcommittee by a top Cath-
olic layman. John Hayes. He said
loans to parochial elementary and
secondary schools Is the very min-
imum required to make the educa-
tion bill acceptable.
Meanwhile, Executive Secretary
Thought For The Moment: All
husba'nds are alike but they have
different face* to you can tell them
apart — Anonymous.
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When you financt your carTt the
First National Bank you may plaea
your Insurance wHh the agent of
The American Legion will obser-
ve its -1211(1 anniversary March 15-
17.
The Legion has cine a long way
since that historic caucus of dele-
gates from the first American Ex-
peditionary Force in 1919 in Paris.
France. Today, The American Le-
gion numbcis in the millions its
members, all of whom are united
in a grim bond 'lorged In the un-
speakable horrors of war and de-
dicated to the preservation of the
American way of life througn un-
hesitant service to community,
state, and nation.
The inlluence for good on the
American scene of The American
Legion is immeasurable. It has
been an important factor in the de-
fease o'i out tree institutions, la
covered on the seat with him while
en route to his home at Jourdan.
ton. south of San Antonio. A pass-
erby killed the snake after the car
finally stopped.
o
Juror Not Guilty
Of Perjury Here
VEVAY. Ind. t— A prospective
juror here has been asked twice _
how many children he has. Last | William'Carr of the National Etlu'
week, Clarcnce Brown Jr., answer-j cation Association m-.lc public tes-
cd "three;" this week, "four." ] timony prepared for the House
That's right he said, his fourth j education subcommittee. He said
child w as born over the weekend. I '— —
Search Still On
For Cop Killer
CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo. i/n _
Law officers are still looking for
their man in the timberland of
Southeast Missouri in the Marble
Hill area. They feel reasonably j
sure, they say, that California pri-1
son 'lugitive Douglas Thompson,
charged with murder in Missouri,1
is still hiding out there,
Thompson has ^een hunted since j
Friday night, when a policeman
was Killed and two other officers ,
were founded in gun battles with ]
Thompson and a companion, Sam-
my Tucker. Tucker has been
caught.
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Salute To The American Legion
keeping love of Country at a high
premium, in the great increase In
home ow nership, in the enlightened
streamlining of child welfare con-
cepts, In pioneering in the modern
carc of the disabled and the physi-
cally handicapped, and in the Na-
tion's preparedness against ag-
gression.
Kennedy's aid to education pro-
gram would strengthen the eeon- j Casing was set at 3,975 feet
omy as well as make a stronger
future certain. He said money
can t solve all our educational
problems, but that it can buv many
of the indispensable ingrc.lients of
Herman F. Chaney, 53, a lormer
I employe of the White Top Cab j
Co., died Monday j.t 1 a. ni. in1
j Stephens Memorial Hospital where
he had been a patient for the past
19 days.
Funeral will be Wednesday at 2
p. m. in Satterwhite Funeral Cha-
pel. The Rev. Edgar Jones, pastor
of First Baptist Church, will of-
ficiate. Burial w ill follow in Breck-
enridge Cemetery.
Born June 14, 19U8 in Ballinger,
he came to Breckenridge with his
parents as a small child. He was
Towering Aid
To Beat Reds
I Is Indicated
I
| WASHINGTON i/li — President
Kennedy today urged Congress to
\ provide 600 million dollars as the
tirst step in aid to Latin America,
j He said there is "grave and im-
! mincut danger that desperate pco-
j pics will turn to communism or
: other forms o'i tyranny" if help is
nut forthcoming.
The President sent a special
! message 'o the capitol in a follow-
| up to his address last night callin;
| lor a ten-year cooperative aid pro-
gram ol "towering dimension" for
| south of the border nations. 11c
! advocated hoisting a banner with
this moito: "Progress yes, tyran-
! "y no."
i The administration progranv out-
lined by Kennedy in a White House
speech to Latin American diplo-
mats, is keyed to the idea of an
aliiauce o'i progress. He wants the
Latin American countries to join
w ith the United States in a massive
drive to improve living conditons
and thereby help oust "tyranny
from a Item sphere in which it has
no rightful place."
Kennedy made it clear he had
Cuba and the Dominican Republic
specifically in mind in saying
this.
In his message today, the Presi-
dent asked Congress to appropriate
,~>i)0 million dollars as an initial
step in the over-all aid program,
to meet a U. S. commitment made
last vcar at Bogota. Colombia.
Eighteen other American Republics
also subscribed to the idea of mu-
tual help. The U. S. share was au-
thorized by Congress at the last
session, but the money hasn't
been provided yet.
Congress also authorized 100 mil-
Ion dollars in aid last year for
reconstruction and rehabilitation of
| areas of southern Chile devastated
by Earthquakes and fires. Ken-
nedy urged speedy appropriation
o'i this money so the task of rebuild-
ing the economy of Southern Chi-
le can proceed without delay.
In calling for fulfillment of the
„ j U. S. commitment of Bogota as
part of the administration's gen-
eral aid program, Kennedy told
Congress:
"The act of Bogota marks ail
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
better schools.
Texaa In Prison
Shot And Killed
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico WPi
— A 35-year-old Dallas man, Wil-
liam A. Shclton, who was serving
a 30-year prison sentence in Mexi-
co for murdering a Detroit, Michi-
gan, couple, was shot and killed
yesterday after killing a piison
warden.
The shooting occurred at Cuidad
Victoria, Mexico, 280 miles south
of Brownsville.
Shclton was shot and killed by
the warden's assistant.
Shclton is reported to have held
a deep grudge against Warden
Francisco Lerma Bianco since he
was jailed for killing Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Barton Kennison in
Mexico in 1956.
Mexican jolice said Shclton suc-
ceeded in getting an interview with
the warden, then pulled out a gun
hidden in folded magazines and
newspapers and fired at Lerma.
The warden's assistant. Miguel
Martinez Ruiz, who had taken the
Texas to the ofiice, then shot Shcl-
ton. Before dropping, the Texan
critically wounded Martinez Ruiz.
hole bottomed at 4,112. Gas - oil I married to the former Anna Fa>e
ratio was 720-1. Casing pressure ; Grimes on March 26. 1912 in Abi-
was 660 pounds and tubing pressure j iCne. He was a member of the
320. ; Baptist Church and the Brecken-
Fletcher will drill No. 1 S. G. I ridge Elks Lodge.
Copeland as a wildcat six miles Survivors include hjs wife; 'live
north oi Caddo. daughters, Mrs. Doris flight of
Slated ior 4.200 feet with rotaiv : urec5cenridge) Mary, Dianah May.
it spots 2.200 feet from south and an{j grencia Ann and Carolyn Kay
760 feet from west lines ot J. A. i chancy all of the home; one son
Copeland Survey. 1 - ' — • ■ '•
Thousands of American com-
munities are better places in which
to live today because of the civic
responsibilities assumed by some
17,000 American Legion posts.
On this 42nd anniversary of The
American Legion we salute Ber-
nice Coles Post 191 and the millions
of Legionnairies everywhere In
their continuing endeavors dedicat-
ed to God ua Country,
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PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Fair this afternoon and partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday
Little warmer this afternoon
and tonight. Low tonight 48-58,
high Wolnesday 75-84. Low last
night 41, high yesterday 72.
Southerly winds 10 to 15 miles
per hour to increase to 20
Wednesday.
W. J. Gourley of Graham, an-
nounced plans for a 5.000 - foot ro-
tary wildcat three miles east of
Caddo and slightly less than one
mile southwest tfi Fletcher's No.
1 Winston.
It will be No. 1-E Winston, 2,173
feet from s. ith and 467 feet from
west lines of Section 33, Block 4,
T&P survey,
A proposed 4.600 - foot rotary
wildcat was staked six miles south-
east ot Woodson in northwest Ste-
phens County.
The test is J. Dewey Bawer of
Dallas No. 2-B T. p. Robertson.
Site is 1.215 feet irom the north
and 5.618 Tcet from the west lines
of Albert Sidney Johnston Survey
56. • .
Location is 3,000 feet southeast i
of Harding Brothers No. 2 S, P.
Robertson, a dual discovery from \
the upper Caddo aud Mississip-
pian.
Eldorado Oil & Gas Inc., of
Dallas No. 1 John Williams, wild-
cat five miles northwest Vi Crystal
Falls .was plugged at 3.633 feet.
(CONTINUEb 01*4 PACE 3)
Castro Charges
United States
HAVANA W>—Cuban Prime Min-
ister Fidel Casti o charged today
that counterrevplutionarics in an
armed ship supplied by the U.S.
government attacked the national-
ized Texaco refinery in Santiago
early yesterday. He toid a Univers-
ity of Havana audience that a Cu-
ban sailor was killed and a militia-
man woundrtl In the attack and
that the ship "came from bases
organized by the United States
Government for counterrevolution-
&ries*"
James Edward Chancy 61 the
home; his stepmother, Mrs. Anna
Lauta Chancy of Breckenridge; one
brother. McDonald Chancy of
Brcckenridggc; two sisters, Mrs.
Thelina Harper of Santa Maria,
Calif., and Mrs. Ada Martin of
Fort Townscnd, Okla.; 'tivc half-
brothcrs, Billy, Lec, E. E. and Cal-
vin, all of Breckenridgc, and Jes-
se Chancy of Highwood, 111.; one
half-sister, Mrs. Dorothy Carey of
Breckenridge; three stepbrothers,
D. F. Grimes of Breekcnridge,
Clyde of Diamond, Okla.. and Jack
Grimes of Waco.
Houston Youth
Shot By Officer
HOUSTON — A 23-year-old
Houston yout'h, William Tad Man-
sel. was shot to death in a shoot-
ing in Iront of the Shamrock Hotel
this morning.
Two Southern Pacific detectives
reported the shooting to Houstou
hcmicVIe officers.
The railroad detectives. 38-ycar-
old T. M. Mixon of Jasper and 3t-
year-old H. C. Iluckaby of Cypress,
said they were driving into Hous-
ton from a railroad yaftl when
three men in a car drove alongside
and began to cuss them.
The detectives said one of the
men got out of the car when tiie
detectives stoppol for a signal light
at an intersection in front of the
Shamrock Hotel and approached
them with an open knilo.
The defectives said the mail
grabbed Mixon and Mlxon, to pro-
tect himself, hit the man over the
head with his rovolvcr.
The detectives said the weapon
ex.plcdcd and the slug struck the
man in the head.
t
Texas Senate To Act On Two
Matters; Insurance Plan Loses
AUSTIN • i/n—Operating under a caught unprepared when a measure
new rule of procedure, the Texas j comes up unexpectedly.
Senate is set for debate today on
such controversial proposals as one
to abolish the court of. criminal
appeals and another to change the
name of Texas A&M college.
A constitutional amendment of-
fered by State Senator Dorsey
Hardeman of San Angelo would
abolish the Court of Criminal
Appeals. The measure provides lor
its work to be taken over by a 15-
membcr State Supreme Court.
A bill backed by State Senator!
Members of the Texas House
handed a flexible automobile in.
sura nee rating plan a beating yes-
terday. They killed the proposal by
a 122 to 22 vote.
Representative C. W. Pcarey of
Temple was author of the bill. It
called for an optional merit rating
plan as substitute for the present
safe driver insurance law.
Pearcy argued that competition
among automobile insurance firms
now is throttled under a single
monopolistic rate. He said Texas
William Moore of Bryan and other i is the only state not allowing com-
formcr Aggies would change the j petition in the writing of auto in-
When you finance your car at the
Pirst Notional Bank its financed
NMaS&SLi!^
name of the school at College Sta-
tion to "Texas State University
and Agricultural and Mcchanieal
College."
As presiding officer in the State
Senate, Lieutenant Governor Ben
Ramsey broke precedent yesterday
by announcing that hcnceforth any
Senator wanting to bring up a bill
for debate must give 24 hours' no-
tice. He said Senators wanting to
propose amendments often art
surance policies.
Opponents of the plan for letting
car insurance companies compete
for premiums by offering different
rates contended the measure wouM
le three big national insurance
firms take over most of the busi-
ness in Texas in a few years. They
listed these companies as State
Farm Insurance, All-State Insur-
ance and Farmers Insurance
Croup. .
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 138, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1961, newspaper, March 14, 1961; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136116/m1/1/?q=%22%22%7E1: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.