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NUMBER 247
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Menu holds animal while Dr. Andre Migot applies the hot iron.
SEATO Talks End
West Counters Soviet Demand For Ban
On A-Bombs With Appeal For Arms Cut With Optimistic
Hint Of Progress
Youth Tumbles 14
Stories And Lives
Two Texans Die
House Members
In Truck Wreck
Okay Pay Raise
CLOVIS, N. M., Feb. 25 IP —
State Police
Hawkins said the pickup truck
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on the little-traveled road wasn't
noticed until early this morning.
BRAND WITHOUT SEAL OF APPROVAL—Touch of branding iron and roar of protest by sea ele-
phant are similtaneous on shores of Kerguelen islands, midway between Australia and South Africa.
Branding is part of program of a French mission studying migratory habits of animal life. Chaplain
BAMBOO FLAGSHIP FOR THE PRINCESS—The Union Jack
decorates the raft carrying Princess Margaret, right, and Lady
Hugh Foot down the Rio Grande River in Jamaica. The raft trip
was to leave for the Bahamas, last stop on her Caribbean tour.
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^Lost^ Boy Found
Asleep in Bed
MAUD, Okla., Feb. 25 I —
Hundreds of officers, National
Guardsmen and civilians search-
ed for 7-year-old Harry Gene
Ragan after he failed to return
home from school. At 1:20 a.m.
the search was called off. The
boys parents found him'in bed.
He had sneaked in la'te while
everyone was hunting for him.
him at gunpoint to jump through
a skylight atop the 14%h story
building as part of a burglary
attempt.
A building employe coming to
work at dawn today heard cries
for help coming through a wall
of the airshaft and sumoned po-
lice.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (41 —
The House today approved with-
out debate a compromise bill
boosting the pay of members of
congress to $23,750 a year.
Its action sent the measure to
the Senate.
The House passed the bill by
unanimous consent after a clerk
had read the adjustments, worked
out by a Senate-House Commit-
tee.
The committee split the differ-
ence between $25,000 voted by the
House and $22,500 voted by the
behind,” he said.
Nationalist spokesmen insisted
right up to the end that Nanchi-
shan would be defended.
The operation began at 7 a.m.
Wednesday and ended at noon
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PANAMA'S PROSECUTOR, Dr. Jose N. Lasso de la Vega, is shown in court as he brought a direct ac-
cusation against ex-President Jose Ramon Gulzado (seated between guards) in the assassination of
President Jose Antonio Remon. Trial of Ramon Guizado is underway in Panama City. (international
EAST TEXAS: Mostly cloudy,
some light rain Saturday and to-
night. Slightly warmer tonight.
Mother Who Killed Two Small Sons Now
Anxious To “Get Everything Over With”
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LEWISVILLE, Tex. Feb. 25 Im
—Federal deposit Insurance Corp
says the city of Lewisville will be
repaid the money it had on de-
posit in the First National Bank
here when the bank was closed.
The FDIC ruled that the city's
eight accounts in the bank were
separate and apart from each oth-
er. Therefore, said the govern-
ment agency, each account was
protected by the FDIC’s $10,000
maximum.
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Democrats in Dallas in April.
McKelvey said he thinks there
is a good chance that the nation-
al Democratic Party might be
willing to make concessions to
conserveative Democrats to win
them back to the fold to beat
President Eisenhower next year.
“Mr. Butler is in the mood to
make party harmony,” he said.
Shivers broke with the nation-
al party three years ago and led
Texas’ conservative presidential
vote into the Republican column
for the second time in the state’s
history.
McKelvey had just come from
a conference with Shivers when
he announced arrangement of the
Snivers-Butler meeting to news-
men.
“The governor authorized me
to say he would be very glad to
meet with Mr. Butler. He said
he thought it would be in the
interests of all concerned and
that he feels harmonious views
brought to Formosa.
The entire civilian population,
a little more than 2,000, chose
to leave rather than come under
Red rule, the spokesman told a
LONDON, Feb. 25 IP — The armaments,” one Western offi-
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GROCERY STRIKE ENDS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 (P
—Sixty-nine stores closed in the
bay area by a three-week strike
of Local 648 of the AFL Grocery
Clerks were to open today as
DALLAS, Feb. 25, (P—‘ There’s
no corpse, yet. But police believe
they’re about to discover a mur-
der.
Police were summoned on a
disturbance call and found a wo-
man hosing own a driveway. She
ran when they sought to ques-
tion her. She was arrested.
Then they found a blood-spat-
tered apartment. In it were a
man’s shirt and pants, a .22 auto-
matic pistol, and two towels, all
bloody.
Blood led to tho recently hos-
ed-off driveway. A woman drove
up in a car, its upholstry smell-
ing strongly of cleaning fluid,
and she was arrested.
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Mt. Pleasont, Texas, Daily Times, Friday Evening, February 25, 1955 ______________
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court house in
Thursday night.
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ther children had taunted her
boys because their father was in
a federal prison for interstate
transportation of a stolen auto-
mobile.
She said she loved the children
and that “they were very good
boys.”
Of the killings: “I can’t ex-
plain it now. I don’t know how
psychiatrist, yesterday.
Dwyer said two examinations ,
had convinced him the Pasadena
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HOUTON, Feb. 25, (1— Pretty
Ann Williams, who says she
strangled her two young sons
and then dismembered their bo-
dies, hopes to end her troubles
in the electric chair, she told po-
lice.
Should the attractive red-hair-
ed woman be executed, she
would be the first woman to die
in Texas’ electric chair.
“I wish they’d electrocute me
and get it over with,” she told
Dr. C. A. Dwyer, Harris County
can be worked out,” McKelvey
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I could’ve done it.”
Dywer asked if she thought
such a crime deserved the deatti
penalty.
“That's the law,” she replied.
“I think it would be better. I ,
don’t think I’ll ever get straigh-
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from reality.”
“She has poise and bearing,”
he said, “. . . above average in-
telligence.”
The bodies of her two sons—
Calvin, 9, and Conrad, 8—were
found Tuesday night in a shal-
low grave near Algoa, Tex., in
adjoining Galveston County. A
young friend of Mrs. Williams
, unwittingly buried the bodies af-
ter she told him the four bundles
contained spoiled venison.
At present the woman faces
four murder charges, two here
in Harris County, where she says
she killed the boys, and two in
Galveston County, where the bo-
dies were found. Prosecutors de-
cided last night, however, that
Galveston County would handle
the case.
Mrs. Williams, 287 broke down
and cried several times as Dywer
questioned her in her jail cell
yesterday. The psychiatrist des-
cribed her as belligerant at first.
“I’m not going to answer,” she
told him.
“Everything I say will be used
against me. I know me. I know
there's something wrong with
me”.
“I thought I was doing the
right thing,” she answered when
IDwyer asked if she believed she
had done anything wrong. She
has said she dreaded hvaing the
children grow up in poverty as
she had done. She also said o-
He said it would either be
' during Shivers’ next visit to
I Washington, not yet dated, or
Bobby McClinton, Eagle Scout I when Butler comes to Texas to
of Troop 201 of Mt. Pleasant, j speak at a meeting or liberal
spoke at the local Kiwanis Club ~
Burglars Open
Long Locked Safe
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 25 (41 —
Burglars did the owners of Wood-
ien Gardens florists a favor yes-
terday by forcing open a safe
that had been jammed shut for
two years.
The safe was empty and the
burglars didn't get a nickel for
‘heir efforts.
They did get arrested, however.
Police charged Francis A. Pglegi,
31, and Douglas K. Frost, 30,
with breaking and entering.
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areas dealt with by the pact, 1....... ........ • — -
namely, defense against open, Two Texans were dead today and
armed aggression; defense against another seriously injured after
subversion from without; and their pickup truck left the road
promotion of economic and so-' and overturned in northcast
cial well-being.” | Curry County. Officers said ap-
... . . . parently the men lay in the
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Dulles said, “We have exchanged ’ The dead: Buford Hughes, 60,
opinions about the over-all posi- Friona, ex an r ares ar ,
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tron in Asia. There has been i e in his wallet was 4210 w .16th
recognition of the gravity of the st., Lubbock.
danger that confronts us and of ..
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the urgency in dealing with it. third man, E J. ward, 37, also
1 am confident that sense of of Friona, was in serious condi-
urgency will be carried into the tion
work of our permanent represen-
tative and of our political, mili-
tary and economic experts.”
Dulles and British Foreign sec-
retary Anthony Eden discussed
Formosa at length last night. Un-
Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, and
his staff presented an outline of
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cial said, "would expose Europe
and Asia to being overwhelmed
by the huge Commuist armies.”
The West’s disarmament pro-
gram stems largely from propos-
als made last year which the
Russians rejected. Informants
said Lodge is pessimsitic about
prospects of the Russians ac-
cepting any agreement based on
the Western formula. But Lodge
was said to be ready to talk over
any compromise that would bring
about disarmament without en-
dangering the West.
Gromyko is expected to press
Soviet demands for a world dis-
armament conference this year.
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Emergency squads at once be-
gan to batter the wall in an ef-
fort to free the youth, who iden-
tified himself as James Ander-
son.
For more than three hours
they pounded and finally broke
through—only to find they had
punched the hole at the wrong
point.
While the youth complained of
numbness in his arms and legs,
the emergency crew set to work
at another point.
Anderson told police that he
and a companion had climbed a
fire escape to the roof at 9 p.m.
last night.
“My partner held a .38 caliber
gun to my head and told me to
jump through the skylight,” he
said.
He wanted me to get into the
building and pass stuff up to
him. I told him I wouldn’t do it
“My partner put the gun to my
head and I jumped. The next
thing I remember I was entangl-
ed in these pipes. I called for
hlp and no one answered.”
Mt. Pleasant
Pittsburg and Mt. Pleasant heard
Col. Barnes state that CAP is a
civilian organization, open to men
and women who share a common
interest to serve their fellow
man. The organization is not a
flying club, Barnes continued,
but rather includes pilots, flying
enthusiasts, persons interested
in communications, first aid,
transportation and administra-
tion, all things necessary to or-
ganize for civilian defense or any
type disaster. Membership is
strictly voluntary in CAP, it was
stated, with any member
privileged to drop his affiliation
at any time.
Major R. E. Beeman, of Tyler,
air inspector of Group 7, said
that America has reached the
crossroads of history which places
civilian defense in prime impor-
tance, as this country no longer
is protected by natural barriers
from the advanced methods of
warfare.
Persons attending the meeting
included three “ham” radio op-
chishan because of U.S. refusal to
aid in its defense.
The Communists were expected
to move into the island quickly
just as they did the Tachens af-
ter those islands were evacuated
wiin U.S. 7th Fleet assistance.
In the view of Washington offi-
cials, Nanchishan had strategic
value to the Nationalists as a ra-
dar post from which to watch
Red air and sea movements a-
long the coast. It has considerable
psychological value to the Reds
as a place to be exploited as
evidence of Communist invincibi-
ty in the Far East.
Even while pulling out of Nan-
chishan, the Nationalists main-
tained the tempo of their air
strikes in the area.
overturned around
official sources said Eden ex-
pressed the belief Red China
would not invade Formosa. He
is also understood to have urged
that the coastal islands of Que-
moy and the Matsu complex be
abandoned by the Chinese Na-
tionalists.
Dulles, honored by the dele-
gates on his 67th birthday today,
told the final session, “The in-
dependence of the treaty coun-
tries and the liberty of the peo-
ples of the treaty area are more
assured now than they were be-
fore we came. To turn that prob-
ability into a certainty will be a
continuing task.
“It is one, however, that I am
confident will be achieved pro-
vided that we retain the spirit
which has been manifested by
our gathering here.”
today. Nationalist warplanes
flew a protective umbrella over
the convoy to Keelung harbor.
Nanchishan, 140 miles north of
Formosa and 23 miles off the Red
mainland, was the northern an-
chor of Chiang Kai-shek’s chain
of offshore island outposts.
Its loss followed by less than
three weeks the evacuation of the
Tachen Islands, 200 miles north
of Formosa. The Tachens were
surrendered without a fight af-
ter the Reds stormed and captur-
ed Yikiangshan, eight miles to
the north.
The evacuation of Nanchishan
rolled the civil war front south-
ward to the Matsu complex, 100
miles northwest of Formosa and
about 20 miles off the mainland.
Besides the Matsus, the National-
ists hold only Quemoy Island out-
side the U.S.-protected Formosa
defense zone, which includes For-
mosa and the nearby Pescadores.
The Mastus are opposite a Red
port, Foochow, just as Quemoy is
off Amoy, another Red port.
The Nationalists decided to
abandon three-square-mile Nan-
TAPEI, Formosa, Feb. 25 (41 —
Nationalist China today bandon-
ed tiny Nanchishan to the Chi-
nese Reds, giving the Communists
another bloodless victory in their
civil war.
The Defense Ministry said the
evacuation was carried out with-
out U.S. assistance and with no
interference by the Reds.
Theministry refused to divulge
the number of troops involved,
but the garrison of regulars and
guerrillas totaled perhaps 5,000.
A ministry spokesman said the
island’s fortifications were blown
up before the withdrawal and all
supplies and equipment were
news conference. All arrived Murder Indicated
safely in Formosa. I n 1 NT n 1 H 1
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erators and six pilots, along with
individuals interested in all
phases of the Civil Air Patrol
program.
Another public meeting is
scheduled for Monday, at 7:45 P.
M., in the Council Room of Ci'ty
Hall, for the purpose of organiz-
ing an area-wide unit.
West countered Soviet demands
for a nuclear weapons ban today
with an overall disarmament pro-
posal calling on Russia and Red
China to reduce their armies.
The offer was made known to
newsmen as delegates of the
United States, Britain, France,
Canada and Russia made ready
to resume secret disarmament
talks that ended in stalemate
here last June.
U. S. Delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge Jr. was scheduled to meet
in London’s Lancashire House
wilh Russia’s Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko, Bri-
tish Minister of State Anthony
Eden, France’s Jules Moch, and
Norman Robertson, Canadian
high commissioner. The five
powers are conferring as the U.
N. Disarmament Commission
subcommittee.
American officials said the
United States stood behind the
British-French plan for the even-
tual scrapping of all atomic and
hydrogen weapons, but that it
tied this in with step-by-s'tep re-
ductions in military manpower
as well as conventional weapons.
The U.S. contribute to the pro-
gram is a blueprint for an inter-
national control system with the
powers to enforce disarmament
measures on both sides of the
Iron Curtain. The Russians have
bitterly opposed opening their
arsenals to outside inspection.
The Western Powers were pic-
tured as agreed 'that this was the
only formula which would allow
them to meet the Kremlin's Feb.
18 call for abolition of nuclear
weapon stocks.
“For us to throw away our a-
tomic punch without firm agree-
ment on reduction of other
NEW YORK, Feb. 25. (41—A
20-year-old youth hurtled to the
bottom of a 14-story air snaft of
a downtown building during the
night and remained wedged
there for 12 hours before being
rescued today.
Poilce quoted the injured man
as saying a companion forced
weekly general wage increase raises of $7,500 to $10,000 for fed-
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Bob, son of Ewell McClinton,
618 N. Van Buren, holds the dis-
tinction of being one of only
three registered and active Eagle
Scouts in the Big Cypress Dis-
trict. Besides the Eagle Award,
he holds the cherished God and
Country Award, Protestant
Scouts' religious award.
He has held leadership posi-
tions as den chief, bugler, and
patrol leader. He attained the
Webelos rank in Cub Scouting,
is a member of the Order of the
Arrow, and has taken part in all
council summer camps.
Bob is a senior at Mt. Pleas-
ant High School and plans to
enter Austin College in Sherman
next fall for a major in engineer-
ing. While in school, he has been
active in the High School choir,
Phy Bi Chem Club, Masquers
Club, tennis, basketball, track,
and as president of the Tiger
Band.
Other scouts who participated
on the program were:
Charles Robison, Harry Joe
McClinton, Robert Dews, Wayion
Hughes, John Nelson, Wayion
Ward. Jerry Strong, Tommy
Tennison, Marvin Chipman,
Doyle Hughes, Hill Enochs, Ed-
win Forsyth, Tommy Williams
and Roland Florey, along with
Scoutmaster Sam Parker, and
Cub Scout David Ward.
Friday. Bob’s talk was a part of
a full scouting program being
staged for various local civic
groups by the Scouts, Explorers,
and adult leaders of Troop 201
during the national observance
I of Scouting’s 45th Anniversary.
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AUSTIN, Feb. 25 (41 — A meet-
ing aimed at restoring "harmony"
between Texas conservative Dem-
ocrats and the na’tional party
was arranged here today between
Gov. Allan Shivers and Demo-
cratic National Chairman Paul
M. Butler.
The meeting was announced by
i John E. McKelvey, Electra at-
torney, who called himself an
“unofficial” self-appointed emis-
sary interested in bringing the
two political forces back to-
gether.
McKelvey had just returned
from Washington where he had
' talked to Butler about the Har-
I mony move.
No specific date was set for the
meeting, but McKelvey said he
i hoped it could be arranged “in
j the next two or three weeks.”
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BANGKOK, Feb. 25 (41 — The
eight - nation Manila Pact con-
ference ended today on a note
of optimism that progress has
been made in strengthening the
area against aggression.
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles
told the closing session of the
three-day meeting:
“The way of the aggressor has
been made harder.”
Gathered to implement the
treaty signed in Manila last Sep-
tember, the delegates establish-
ed a permanent secretariat in
Bangkok and set up committees
on military, antisubversion and
economic matters to put teeth in-
to the pact.
The eight nations are Pakistan,
the Philippines, France, United
States, Great Britain, New Zeal-
and, Australia and Thailand.
Dulles told the delegates:
“We have taken decisions
which will make the council (of
representatives) an effective
working party within the three
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