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Exams Are Scheduled
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Walter Leo Whifney
Dies Wednesday
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NORTHERHITS
MT. PLEASANT
Every child whose birthday is
between Sept. 1, 1941 and Sept.
Mikoyan made his remarks at
a news conference. -
Immediately upon arriving in
However, Asst. Secretary of
State Roy Rubottom was sum-
moned before the House Foreign
Affairs subcommittee in Wash-
ington to face a demand for U.E.
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“We have given orders to shoot
every one of these murders,"
Castro declared Wednesday night.
that the United States
Marines to Cuba came
Clinic, will be buried Saturday
in MidWay cemetery. Funeral
services will be conducted in the
First Baptist Church. Talco at
10:30 a.m. with the Rev. James
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Shaeffer officiating.
Mr. Whitney, for 40
Instructions were issued Thurs-
day to parents by J. Travis Jack-
son for reporting ages of school
children to the school census of-:
fice. Jackson is census trustee of
the Mount Pleasant Independent
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downward trend of the mercury.
The rain subsided in the face of
north winds that registered' a
steady IS mile* per hour, with
gusts up to 25.,
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Burglary Suspects
Are Releaped
Two suspects held in the bur-
glaries Tuesday night of the Whit-
ten Lumber Co. and Jean’s Gift
Shop, Talco were released from
custody Wednesday when they a-
greed to take a lie detector test
Friday in Dallas.
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Jones has been working here
three months. Previously he had
driven trucks and done other
jobs in Cherokee County.
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ing berries when he found the 86
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height.
Jones told Moore he found the
gold last year while picking bel-
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There is more liberty here than
in the United States. There is no
country in the world with more
liberty than Cuba."
Fresh dispatches telling of the
shooting of 10 men increased the
reported toll of revolutionary jus-
tice to 195.
The rebel leader, Fidel Castro,
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ROMA, Tex. — Storage in
Falcon Reserve reached the three
mil lion acre feet mark this week
for the first time since last. Nov.
8. engineers at the International
Dam said today.
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School Census
Is Started Here
. PLANNING MEET—These members of the Highway Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
are making plans for the Highway Banquet at Alps Cafe Jan. 17. Seated are Joe Steed, Chairman
Otis McMinn, and Hayes Johnson Sr. standing, are G. L. Brogoitti and Bob Sahdlin. Marshall
Formby, chairman of the Texas Highway Commission, will be speaker at the dinner. Tickets
are on sale at the Chamber of Commerce office or may be purchased from any member of the
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Times; Lewis Harris, assistant
day city editor of the Dallas
News; Miss Laura Hamner, Ama-
rillo Globe-Times- News, author
of a teenage column; Joe Buser,
Texas A&M student from Arp;
Bob Kerr, A&M student from
Coleman; David Stocker, A&M,
student from Fort Worth, and
Miss Gretchen Neibunr of Cost,
Tex, who represented the TPA
at a recent teenage press con-
ference in Detroit.
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he has found 86 bars of gold
worth1 $2,408,000. But he wial-
low no one to view his reported
treasure. •
He is D- E. Jones, 38, a native
of Cherokee County, who works
for the C H (Doc) Allen service
station.
Jones related his story to Paul
Moore of the Corsicana DallSuh
When asked by Moore why he
was working at the service sta-
tion if he had so much wealth,
Jones replied;
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March of Dimes dime cards, dis-
tributed to school children earlier
this week, should be returned to
the school as soon as possible. Joe
W. Steed MOD chairman, remind-
ed Thursday.
It to hoped to reach a large ma-
. jority of Mount Pleasant people
through um of the cards. Steed
I, 1953 should be on the census
list in the school district where
he lives, Jackson reminded.
Census blanks are now being
sent by the children *6 the homes
of all parents who now have
children in school. Parents should
complete the blanks and return
them to the schools promptly.
. Parents who do not now have
children in Mhoek —d whe haw
children who will reach the age
of six on Or before Sept 1, 1959
can obtain the blanks by calling
at the principal's -office "in the
school which the child will at-
tend nxt year, Jackson said.
The school district includes the
city of Mount Pleasant and the
communities of Concord. Panth-
er’s Chapel and Monticello. L—
who died Wednesday night
Mount Pleasant ’ Hospital
Smith Sentence is
Affirmed in Austin
The Court of Criminal Ap-
peals, Austin, Wednesday af-
firmed the two-year sentence of
George Lee Smith for assualt to
murder.
The sentence was imposed by
a jury in 78th District Court last
Castro said the executions are
not understood in other countries.
“We are trying those who killed
20, 30 or 40 persons,” he said
"and they ask us to be humane.”
In a diatribe against North
Americans, Castro said:
“They sent bombs (to Fulgencio
Batista’s government). They sent
a military amission. The Ameri-
cans are guilty of this. They are
guilty of concessions. Americans
are responsible.”
“We are more democratic than
continued- “We are more demo-
contniued. “We are more demo-
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tonight for the annual
NetSeo Trails Council of
boy Scouts banquet at Alps
6am.
7 am.-
8 a.m.
9 a.m. .
10 a.m.
11 a.m. .
A whistling norther ripped in-
’ to Mount Pleasant in the pre-
PINEHURST, N.C.
UNITED NATIONS. N.Y.w-
Dep. Premier Anostas I. Miko-
yan renewed Soviet demands to-
day for a summit meeting to
ease East-West tensions.
The Kremlin's No. 2 man said
the Soviet government still feels
the leaders of the four big pow-
ers must meet before real pro-
gress can be made.
He declined to suggest when
such a meeting would be held.
resident of Talco, was born in
Franklin County, Dec. 39. 1883.
His wife died in 1855
He is" survived by seven sons,
one daughter, 28 grandchildren
and 5 great-grandchildren. The
sons are: Farris, Talco, Johnny,
Hobbs, N. M., Earl D.. Greenville,
Robert, San Antonio, • Henry,
Houston. Roy, Hondo, and Billy
Ray, Albuquerque, N. M. The
surviving daughter to Mrs. Evelyn
Hall of Hemphill. —
Bogata Funeral Home is, in
charge of arrangements.
AUSTIN — The 56th session
of the Legislature quit its first
week of work today, without ap-
propriating money to pay its own
expenses. —------
WASHINGTON — A multi-
billion-dollar housing bill, to re-
lax FHA home mortgage re-
quirements and provide a three-
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Safety this week awarded R. M.
(Red) Arnold a Certificate of
Appreciation for 20 years of ser-
vice with the department as a
law enforcement officer.
-Arnold, stationed the last three
years in Mount Pleasant -1r~W
Texas Ranger, began his service
as a highway patrolman with
headquarters at Corpus Christi.
After 14 years’ service as a pa-
trolman he transferred to • the
Rangers, and maintained head-
quarters at Comanche’ until mov-
ing to Mount Pleasant in 1955.
Arnold is. married and has
two children, Bobby, 16 and
Joan, 11. The Arnolds live at
1201 Stephens.
summer on charges growing out
of a knifing incident in Decem-
bar. 1958 at a service station op-
erated by Smith.
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AUSTIN • — Newspaper ad-
vertising of tomorrow and meth-
ods of attracting teenagefeaders
will be two subjects up for dis-
cussion at the annual meeting of
the Texas Press Assn. Jan. 23-34.
Arno Johnson, vice president of
the J. Walter Thompson Co., New
York City, will address a morn-
ing session on tomorrow’s news-
paper ads which will be follow-
ed by a question-and-answer pe-
riod.
A panel discussion led by Wil-
liam Berger, Hondo Anvil-Herald,
will consider “What should we be
doing to attract teenagers?”
Members of the panel are Miss
leasant; Aaily
East Texas: Much colder. Cloudy
Thursday afternoon and night be-
coming partly cloudy Friday.
Showers near the coast this after-
noon. Lowest tonight 25 to 35 north
and central portions and 35 to 40
near the coast tonight.
~GOING PLACES? — Travelers
check* at IM National Bank. (Adv.)
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The Moore-Coats-Hoftman 1-B
was drilling at 3,350 feet Thurs-
day morning at 7 o'clock with
. coring expected during the day
So far the test has checked out
exactly with the Moore-Coats
discovery well in the same Wood-
bine pool, according to Jno. B.
Stephens Jr. of Stephens Drill-
ing Co., which to drilling the
test for R. E. Moore and W. M.
Eleclion Due
e ■' lsy
In a special meeting Wednesday
the City Council took initial
steps to submit to voters a pro-
posal to amend the City Charter
at the next general election April
7.
By unanimous action, it agreed
to submit for discussion and pub-
lic hearing at its next regular
meeting Feb. 4 a proposal to
place on the April 7 ballot the
question of amending the charter
to permit the council to extend
and after the city limits and an-
nex additional territory lying
adjacent to the city with or with-
out Une consent of the territory
and inhabitants of the area.
City Manager A. E. Taylor
emphasized that the Feb. 4
meeting of the Council will con-
sider only the question of sub-
mitting the proposed charter
amendment to the electorate at
the. April 7 election. All in-
terested persons are invited to
attend that meeting of the coun-
cil, Taylor said. ‘ ‘
off U S. credit or barring Cuban
sugar.-----------------
By The Associated Frni
AUSTIN — The Texas Rail-
road Commission today ordered
an increase of 31,971 barrel*
daily in the February allowable,
fixing the permissive crude oil
flow at 3,194,826. ____
the cache and to waiting until
June, 1959, to come out with his
treasure and claim it under a
treasure-trove statute.
He gave no indication where he
thought the gold might have
come from. There have been no
myths of buried treasures in
that area.
Jone*, told Moor* he had talked
to attorneys, including a firm in
Tyler, about his find. He said he
had cached the treasure where no
one can get it--“not even the
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countered slight trouble in set-
ting casing. When pipe was set,
apparently a Aoint failed, caus-
ing the pipe to separate. The
mishap soon was repaired, how-
ever.
Indication now is this test may
yield a fourth producing level.
It ha* registered about 18 feet
of sand in the upper Glen Rose
at about 5,400 feet, in addition
to its Woodbine indication, which
is different from the Woodbin*
production found in the Moore-
Coats discovery. The two Wood-
bine levels, plus the Glen Rose
and Paluxy levels, would bring
the area its fourth production
level.
George C. Marshall, 78, suffered
a mild stroke at his home here
early today and was taken to
Womack General Hospital at
a 16-car cavalcade, the Russian
First deputy premier went to the
38th floor of the Secretariat
Building for a private talk, with
Dag Hammarskjold, secretary
general of -the U.N. He was ac-
companied by Arkady A. Sobo-
lev. Soviet ambassador to' the
UN., and an ' interpreter.
Strict security precautions were
in evidence. There were 85 of the
U.N.’s own uniformed guard* on
duty and across the street from
the Secretariat entrance a heavy
cordon, of city police kept spec-
tators back. There were no indi-
cations of picketing or demon-
stration.
BlastsRed Renews
, S. Cuban Policy
said the execution* will continue,
regardless of world opinion about
the summary justice ' accorded
captive follower* if ex President
Fulgencia Batista who are ad- but said it "cannot be sidestep-
judged majo£ war' eriminals.1 mdmhlm"
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cratie than John Foster Dulles. a Moorusdespoked
Nancy Hendricks, teenage colum-
nist for the Mt. Pleasant Daily
Coats ,
Meanwhile, the
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Lions Thursday viewed a
March of Dimes film and talked
about the club’s Talkathon,
scheduled fo Friday and Satur-
day, whan th* club met at Alps
Cafe.
Unfortunately the film was
without sound, but members
could read the story in the faces
of the youngster* who took up
most of the footage.
There were youngsters in wat-
er therapy; in braces, and tn
various' appliances used in seek-
ing to restore use to legs and
arms crippled by polio. There al-
so were views of obvious cases
of injury at birth (the National
Foundation now supoprts work
___ See LONS, Page 6
Schedules for mid-term exami-
nation* in both junior and senior
high school were released Thurs-
day b Thurman Stroman,prin-
cipal of senior high.
' Examinations will begin next
Thursday at 8:30 a.m when test*
will be given for all first period '
classes from 8:30 to 10:15. Sec-
ond period classes will be
examined from 10:20 to 12 noon.
Teste for all third period--classes-
are from 1 p.m. to 2:45.
The test schedule will be com-
Dieted. on Friday when fourth
period clsses meet from 8:30 a.m.
to 10:15. with fifth period exams
set for 10:20 to 12 noon.
No lunches will be served in
the high school cafeteria Thurs-
day and Friday. Students will be
dismissed at 2:50 p.m. TRursday
and at noon on Friday. All buses
will leave the high school at those
hours, Stroman said.
Second semester will begin
Jan. 26, when all schools will
observe the regular schedule.
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DALLAS TEXAS
He said he had one of the bars
ejaunined- H* said the entire
cache weighs about 4.&0 pounds.
- The attendant said the gold was
found east of Alto. He declined
to reveal the exact spot.
. Reports from Tyler are that
See STATION, Page 2
City Charter 20-Year Award
dawn hours Thursday accom-
panied by light rain and an elec-
trical storm.
At 11 a.m. the temperature
was a chilling 40 degrees, irt* con-
trast to a high in the upper six-
ties Wednesday afternoon.
The sun broke through a heavy 1
overcast ji few minutes Thursday .
morning btdid not halt the -
(Times Staff Photo)
Lions View
Dimes Movie
Thursday Noon
Much colder weather is fore-
cast, with freezing temperature*
prohabletin this area. Thursday
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tions had been made by
Thursday afternoon.
1. The banquet, which will
honor Scouts .and Scouters
from 205 troop* and packs,
start* at 7:30.
L D. (Red) Webster, vice-
president of Lone Star Steel
Company will be principal
■peaker. He will be introduc-
ed by another steel execu-
tive, J. M. Brashear.
rie* east of Alto in Cherokee
County. He saidhelater reburied School District-
VANA QB — Fidel Castro,
the execution of per-
the Cubans call war crimin-
declared today that if the
• States sends Marines to
“200,000 gringos will die.”
rebel chiefiain made the
to a crowd which sur-
lou ided him in a hotel lobby as
he was heading for a Rotary Club
un theon. The reported toll of
executions by order of revolu-
, sonary .courts has risen to 195.
2 fliwas not made clear how the
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action to halt the executions. ,
-Finding 2 Million
sending troops, such as shutting
to contribute to this important
community phase of a great nation-
wide efort to wipe out polio and.
other crippling diseases.
Mrs. Inez Reeves, chairman of
the colored division of the local I
campaign, marshalled force* to I
bring the campaign to the colored
population. Dime cards and other
, material have been issued to stu-
dnts of the colored schools, and
committee chairman appointed to
lead other phases of the program.
Seven zone chairmen area: Lat-
•on Heights, Mr*. Ollie Peters;
West Side, Mrs. Lorene Berry,
Bungalo, Mrs Nora Griggs, Duke*
Addition, Mrs. Lynn Collins, Sun-
rise, Mrs. Dean Norman. Oak
Lawn, Mr*. Virginia Turner and
Mrs. B. Lewis, Sunset Heights.
Mrs. Viola Burley.
Mrs. I. W. Milsapp and Mrs. Car-
rie Dillard will be in charge of can-
vassing clubs and professional or-
ganiza tions.
Joe P. Ballenger and A. D. John- l
son will handle distribution ana I
collection of canisters and placards
in puDnc piaret. Mrs. Hate- -rar
mell is chairman of the Mothers
March. O. W. Milsapp and Elben
Black will handle special dona-
lions. .
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