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25 Million Gallon Oil, Gasoline
Tank Plant Blazes in Virginia
Dr. Riddle
No estimate of the loss at the much of the peninsula area.
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12 Waterfront Tanks
Consumed by Flames
Air Force Announces
Exercise Eagle Wing
To Continue Saturday
Reds Reject
East-West
Titus Farmer
Recipient of
Press Award
Ends Missile
Cone Search
Speaks Al
Lions Meet
Value Day Prize
Winners Hamed
Junior High
School Names
Honor Students
Chamber Signs
10 Hew Members
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WASHINGTON •-General Mo
tors and Ford Motor Co. lined up
today in support of a bill requiring
tagging of new automobiles with
the manufacturer's suggested re-
tail delivered price.
WASHINGTON uR — The House
has passed a special school aid
bill after rejecting a move to deny
such federal help to racially seg
regated schools.
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drop the grand jury investigation
of income tax allegations against
Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D
NY).
HELSINKI, Finland I-We earing
a borrowed overcoat, William He
ikkHla left Helsinki airport today
on his return journey to the United
States.
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BATON ROUGE Un-Louisiana’s
oil allowable for May was cut yes-
terday to 744,576— the lowest since
September, 1956.
Serving A Progressive Four County Area of Northeast Texas
MT. PLEASANT, TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL ICltM
Volume XXXIX
MASS AIR DROP
PAY YOURSELF FIRST-with
a First National savings account.
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flight any American bailiatie mis
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possibly 5,500 miles . kenship sll of Meant Pleasant.
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man of the local Salvation Army
Service Unit, announced this morn
ing that, notification had been if
ceived from. State Headquarters
that the Salvation Army Hoblitz
elk*. a summer camp for boys 8
through 14 years of age, will open
June 1
“Our local service unit has three
reservations for some lucky boys
NEW YORK UR-Secretary of
Agriculture Benson declared today
there is no recession in farming.
(COST OF LIVING'
CONSUMES P»Kt INMX
005T OP LIVING INDEX AT NEW HIGH-This chart shows
how the government living cost index rose in March to 123 3
per cent of the 1947-49 average for a new high The bureau of
labor statistics said the index was up seven-tenths of one per
cent from the previous month. Rise was attributed principal y
to higher food costa. CAP Wirephoto Chart
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saw an
slims.
Heavy smoke visible for more
than 25 miles boiled up 306 to 300.
feet with roaring flames at the
base, and hung in the air over
Evoyne Sargent Thursday was
named valedictorian of the 1958
graduating class of Mount Pleas-
ant Junior High School. Her
threeryear average is 94.37.
, Salutatorian for the class is
Phy I u Warren who has a 94.16
in paper work, and installation
Rev Chester E Phillips, chair
Twelve hours after the initial
explosion in the plant's pump-
house touched off the fire, firemen
let the flames consume the burn-
ing tanks. They were ready to go
into at turn should the fir* spread.
Cause of the blast has nor been
determined.
The
World
Today
AUSTIN uR Texas is ready to
•go ahead with plans to build a
bridge across the Red River be-
tween DeKalb, Tex., and Idabel,
Okla , Gov. Price Daniel said
today.
Firemen said one of the great-
est dangers to the waterfront area
had been in the possible flooding
of th* t 46-8 foot high dihes around
each tan*. This could have pour-
ed burning oil and gasoline into
the harborwaters.
Esso officials said the local plant
was the only one of its kind Us the
United States. Il was equipped to
fuel ships at the nearby CAO coal
piers as they took on their car-
wors. an operation that saved seve
eral hours of time in port for the
vetsels.
Last weekend Hill Enochs, Bob-
by Mangum, Johnny Hendricks,
Jimmy Langley, Stuart Florey and
Larry Hall went to Houston where
they attended a Key Club conven-
tion. Edwin Hendricks also at-
ti nded the convention. They left
Friday and returned late Sunday,
reporting a most enjoyable trip.
Monday morning in assembly,
Mr. Hindman. the traveling sci-
ence teacher, talked to freshmen,
sophomores, juniors and seniors
on the importance science can
play in mahy of our lives, in the
future, particularly.
After much campaigning and
hard work the 1958-1959 high school
cheerleader tryouts were held ear-
ly Tuesday morning The new
girls chosen were Sunny Daniels,
next year's sophomore; Mary Nell
Hanes and Karen Traylor who will
be juniors next year; and Sandra
Freeman, next year’s senior. We
regret very much that we will be
losing Linda McClaran when school
is out. Linda, the excellent sopho-
inorc cheerleader for the past
year, will be moving to Dallas.
M.P.H.S. also will lose three cheer-
leaders due to graduation. They
are Barbara Penny. Barbara Har-
ris and Martha Barrett. Hawever,
Sei Friday
Funeral services for Stephen
Smith will be held Friday at 2 30
p.m. at Liberty Hill Church.
Smith died at his home Thurs-
day morning. He was 64.
He is survived by his wife
Florence and three sisters: Mrs.
Martha Sudduth of Mount Pleas-
ant; Mrs. Tempie Gerfon of
Mount Pleasant and Mrs. Annie
Fryar of Wright City, Okla.
Rev. E L Carver and Rev.
Carl Phelps will conduct the final
rites with burial in the Liberty
Hill Cemetery.
accurately as had been planned
However, the Air Force Winfeld, Adorlee Gandy,
firmed that the nose cone had at- Route 1. Mrs M M MeClinton,
tained intercontinental range । Put it •• R<i*y. and C E Blan-
of mat hinery to
mainder of exercise Eagle Wing
will continue as scheduled. The
exercise, a two-week maneuver,
is designed to prepare the men
for instant battle.
Maj. Breault said Saturday's
jump will be spread over eight
drop zones on this 88,000-acre
reservation astride the Kentucky-
Tennessee line. The jump starts
at 6 p.m. Men of the 502nd Battle
Group, involved in yesterday's
drop, will not participate.
The 101st was the nation's
first unit of that asize to be
equipped for atomic-warfare it is
composed of five battle groups—
origin of its destination. ____
Treacherous and gusty winds,
ranging on the ground up to eight
knots at jump time, turned yes-
terday’s exercise into unexpect-
ad we are anxious to contact
those who would like to attend. The
campers live in redwood and brick
cabins, enjoy free swimming in a
big, modern swimming pool, take
advantage of the fishing facilities
avaialblc. as well as camp at-Uvi-
ties of baseball, movies, handicraft,
camp fires, stunt nights and ves-
per services. There is no expense
involved to the family, he empha-
sized. *
Rev. Phillips asked this morn-
ing that any resident who has a
buy, or knows of a deserving boy
who would like to attend this sum-
mer camp to please contact him or
the Salvation Army Camp Chair-
man, Mrs. Ear! Roach.
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NEWPORT NEWS Va in Ex
plosions arid roaring falmes today
destroyed 12 oil and gasoline stor
age tanks in the Esso Standard
Oil Co. 22 tank plant here.
increase ef-
Ten new Chamber of Comm er-
fieleney and cut cot one otjtermambarwerannund“pprina
these will ettect an annua »< Membership Roundup Drive gok
underway here.
John Summers' Bronco Busters
are competing with Lewis Rid-
dle's Calf Ropers for the highest
number of new members obtain
ed for the Chamber. The drive
will last for nine more days,
W L Means, president of the
Chamber, pointed out Thursday
morning the accomplishments of
the C of C during the past year
"We accomplished many things,
Taylor to Attend
Paris Farewell Party
Judge Harry Taylor will be in
Paris Thursday night to attend a
farewell party for Henry Braswell,
* who has resigned as Lamar Coun-
ty judge to join the staff of Attor.
ney General Will Wilson in Aus
tin.
Judge Taylor is president of the
North and East Texas ounty
Judges and Commissioners' Asso-
elation.
FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. UR—Mili-
tary authorities announced plans
today for another mass air drop
Saturday three times as big as
the one yesterday in’which five
paratroopers jumped to their
deaths and 137 were hospitalized.
Seturday’s drop will involve
more than 4,000 men from the
famed 101st Airborne Division,
comrades of the men who jumped
to their deaths across wind-swept
drop zones yesterday.
Maj. L. A. Breault, public in-
formation officer, said the re-
Tttus County farmer H M
Bozell was named today as the
recepient of the Fort Worth
Press Award for making the
best improvements on a depleted
farm in the East Texas area
Bozell will receive the $100
award at Huntsville for his work
on his 252 acres The East Tex-
as District is composed of 83
countics.
Hu began work oa the run-
down farm in 1963 and earlier
this year, was selected by the
B ard of Supervisors at the Sut-
phur-Cypress Soil Conservation
District as the land owner mak-
ing the most improvement. The
board submitted his name to the
Fort Worth Press Award Pro-
gram
Bozell is currently chairman
of the agriculture Committee of
the Chamber of Commerce.
He is married to the former
Miss' Margaret Sewell and they
have three children. Ronnie, 26.
of Indianapolis, Ind.. Marilyn, 19,
student at Tyler Junior- College,
and Darrell, 17, student at Chapel
Hill Sehool.
The family came here from
, mountain community struggled
from beneath a record 42 inch
snowfall today and roads, choked
from travel for 16 hours, were
' slowly dug open.
LONDON (— Hie Egyptians
have seized two British army
boats on an inland water trans
port unit near the Egypt-Libya
frontier, the War Office said to
day.
WASHINGTON GR—Soviet Pre-
mier Nikita Khrushchev has re-
jected a proposal from President
Eisenhower to start new disarma-
, ment negotiations by opening
East-West talks on arms control
measures.
The turndown, in a Khrushchev
letter to Eisenhower made public
last night, is the latest in a se-
ries of Soviet moves which have
raised grave doubt here as to
whether Moscow is presently pre-
pared to enter any serious
negotiations with the West on
terms it does not dictate.
To explore Soviet intentiorts
further on this point, the United
States, Britain and France have
decided to urge the USSR. to
agree promptly to joint diplo-
matic talks in Moscow on summit
conference arrangements and is-
sues.
The Khrushchev letter got
prompt attention from Eisenhow-
.er and Secretary of State Dulles,
who met at the White House late
yesterday.
Mrs Dave Thompson, Pitts-
burg. won the 125 merchame
certificate in the Value Day
drawing held Thursday morning
al the Chamber of Commerce
offic e
Winner! of 35 merchandise cer-
titicates are Mrs H E Easter-
LUBBOCK UR—The Texas Bap
list Sunday School Assn, elected
W R Bumpus of Midland presi-
dent yesterday., The group chose
Waco for next year's convention.
Matha Jane Swann. who was elect-
ed head cheerleader for next year,
and Suzanne McCarty will be back
as seniors. “Congratulations" to
each of these ’58-'59 cheerleaders
of whom I am sure M.P.H.S. will
once again be made proud.
Tuesday morning the boys' quar-
tet went to Sulphur Springs where
they sang for a senior luncheon..
Wednesday morning high school
was privileged to hear Governor
Price Daniel speak on “Safety" on
radio.
Wednesday afternoon the Junior
D.J. for "Requcstfully Yours" was
Bobby Mangum.
A group of seniors spent an en-
joyable evening at Darla Red-
(cam's yesterday. The purpose of
the gathering was—dancing les-
sons' It seems as though many
are getting ready for senior acti-
vities in various ways. The group
mentioned was Sharon Brogoitti.
Joe Grant, John Spearman, Rosi-
land Butler and Danny Garretson.
This afternoon the Junior Fine
Arts Club was entertained by the
Senior Fine Arts with a supper at
Ferndale.
“Happy birthday" to Betty Em-
bree today, and to Shirley Fomby.
Saturday!
WASHINGTON • -Chicago
Teamster Leader Joseph Joey
Glimco today was given until next
Wednesday - to produce complete
union fund records and avert a
possible contempt citation. -
East Texas: Considerable cloud-
iness. cooler in interior this aft-
ernoon and tonight Scattered
thundershowers Friday afternoon
Or night.
Dallas County in 1942. They are equipment
memhers of Hickory Hill Baptist
CAPE CANAVERAL Fl* in--
The Air Force abandoned search
today for a top-secret missile
nos* cone hurled skyward in an
effort to solve the problem of re-
entr from space.
The heavily classified cone was
designed to protect the warheads
of balliatic miasiles from the fric
tion heat of the earth's atmos-
phere as they plunge from space
toward their targets.
A second purpose of the shot
was to determine whether the
Thor missile and the Vanguard,
rocket can be combined for a
journey to the moon Last nighta
vehicle wa* componed of the
Thor and the second stage of the
Vanguard
MICROFHM EERVICE S SALES
PO BOX 8066
DALLAS TEXAS
electrical are from the transform-
er atop the boiler moments before
the blast
The explosion came as the tank-
er Easo Newark was unloading.
36,000 barrels of gasoline and 18,,
000 barrels of dienel oil. The tank
er was removed to safety as were
fishing and pleasure craft moored
in the nearby small boat harbor.
There appeared to be no imme-
diate danger to the coal loading
piers of the Chesapeake A Ohio
Railway, some 350 yards from toe
Easo property, or to the CAO’s
merchandise piers stiu further
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change in toe prevailing light
wind
Several of the tanks untouched
thus far contain high octane gaso
line and diesel oil One contains
a small amount of alcohol
Wilson sal-1 there was not so
much danger now fo flames reach
ing the remaining tanks The dan
ger element. he added, is in explo
25-million gallon capacity plant
was available Three firemen guf
fared minor injuries.
Acting Fire Chiet J M Wilson
told a reporter he thought there
was a 36 50 chance of confining the
fir* to the present area and sav
in* the remaining tanks of the
despite the limited budget"
"These include"*— .
Work to obtain .water reservoir
on Cypress Creek, helped the
North Texas Canning Co. locate
in Mount Pleasant, was instru-
mental in locating Srader Sports-
wear to locate here and persuad-
ed a branch of Chemell Hatcher-
ies. Inc. to open a plant here.
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Hindman Will Speak
At Kiwanis Meet
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John Hindman, traveling sci-
ence teacher from Oak Ridge.
Tenn , will be the speaker Fri-
day when the Kiwanis Club
meets at noon in Hotel Stephens.
Hindman, who has been in
Mount Pleasant High School this
week, will be introduced by
Marvin Amerson, school superin-
tendant.
CORPUS CHRISTI I - Mrs
Elizabeth Allen Parr. 91, widow of
the long time Duval County politi-
cal leader and State Sen Archie
Parr, died at her home here last
night.
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The . battle-trained soldiers
making the jump were members
of the 502nd Battle Group, one of
five such groups in the stream-
lined 181st Airborne Division-
The 502nd is the aggressor force
in Exercise Eagle Wing.
J tificates at the Chamber of
I Commerce office.
ricia Jaggers, 92 60, Charlotte 1----------f , -■ — —- - -
Moore, 92 29; Donald Decer, 9z;W.Williams denies that his office
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aboard the Thor-
average The announcements
were made by C. A. Robison,
principal.
Evoyne is the daughter of Me-
an d Mrs. V. H. Sargent, Route
4, and Phylis is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Rayford Warren,
609 West 7th.
Honor students in the top ten
graduates are: Bob Russell, 93.71;
Douglas Hobbs, 93.08; Lois Dews,
93; Ronnie Newsome, 92 8; Pat-
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VU»UIIE 101113 about the drop rone by treacher-
ous. and shifting .wind gusts.
The victims, among nearly 1,400
taking part, were dragged across
the rough drop zone by billowing
parachutes which they were help-
less to deflate. None of those hos-
pitalized Were believed in se-
rious condition.
"The guy who collapsed my i
chute for me looked like Sants
Claus at Easter time," said Sgt.
I.C. Daniel Kling, St. Louis, who
suffered severe cuts snd bruises.
“Guess I went clear across the
drop zone."
KINGSVILLE OR - A 6 year-old
neighbor boy has admitted he
stomped and killd a baby girl
near her Kingsville home. Police
Chief B D Condron said today.
He said the parents of The boy
had helped obtain an admission
that he took 5 week old Sandra
Ann Carric k from her crib in
panic day before yesterday.
Condron said that as police re-
construct the slaying, the boy was
frightened by the infant's cries
after he hurt her in innocent in-
vestigation prompted by sex curi-
osity.
He took her from the house ahd
killed her to halt her pries, the
police chief said.
Under Texas law. the boy can-
not be prosecuted - because he is
under age, Condron said, and he
has been released to his parents.
Police are marking the case
closed.
The body of the infant was
found in a clump of shrubbery
several blocks from her home.
Police questioned the boy and
his brother, 7, and the two said,
they saw a man carrying the child
near .where the body was discov.
cred.
Condron raid the 8 year-old fin
ally told him last night that he
killed the baby.
Condron said his department
and the boy's family are convinced
that tile child killed the Uttle girl.
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Adoption of all 314 recom-
mendations of the Hoover Com-
mission would save $5 billions
annually in cost to our govern-
ment, Dr Don l Riddle told the
Lions Club Thursday noon at
Alps Cafe.
And, he added, the result would
be more efficiency and no curtail-
tailment of essential services. I
Dr. Jtiddle, a Paris veterinarian I
and yeteranot World_WarII
and Korea, called the federal
g* vernment the largest corpora-
tion in American history He said
the Hoover Commission, a bi-
partisan group, had as its objec- .
five "better government at a
better price ".
He called attention to the com
petition between private indus-
try and federal agencies in
some cases, he declared; the gov-
ernment subsidizes a private in-
dustry, then operates in com-
petition with it
Obviously, he said, private in-
dustry can not compete with fed-
eral enterprise, since tax and
other advantage* lie with the
federal agency. One he mention
cd reported a >4 operating profit
for a year But, on analysia, ft
was found that instead it operat-
ed at a loss of $104 million per
year.
“No account was taken of tax
liability or use of uniformed
personnel," Dr Riddle said.
There are 2.1500 businesses in
the Defense Department alone
which compete with private en-
terprise, he declared
As a further illustration of
waste, he said paper wor k costs
our government $4 billions an-
nually an amount egual to the
entire budget 25 years ago.
Federal" employe turnover (20
to 25 per cent annually) costs,
$276 millions in 1954, he said.'
The Hoover Cominission an-
swer to this is a politically neu-
tral senior Civil Service board
of career men, paid enough to
above the threat of bribe or ।
pressure, to help retain federal
employes. It costs 8500 for each
replacement trained, he said.
Some progress has come from
Cummission reports. Dr. Riddle
slid He, mentoned a reduction
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