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NUMBER 124
VOLUME XXXVII
Lone Star Steel Operates Despite Strike
Pleasantries
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Union Walks Off
Rival Democrats
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Accuse Each Other
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Of “Steal” Attempt
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lions as we had expected to do it
gaining table with its own em-
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ansas, Barbara Banks.
their final paychecks by
ing out" some of them possibly mail immediately." He said that
violate the federal lobbying laws
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the interest of all concerned to
so
conduct of the convention by the Case (R-Sd).
that they will be in order when
Democrats distrib- John M. Neff of Lexingto, Neb.
State
into effect at midnight,"
bathing spot by the men. Experts 1 Democratic Executive
Committee
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has demonstrated in the past
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will continue to operate
House of Commons to support the
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Group Thursday
384
ciuision in the interstate highway’ ticket
f chools
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for 90 per cent of the cost undt '
tudents is great • rough Since the
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Ama: illo via Wichita Falls gen- the cas of parents of Junior High
Dallas. Fort Worth, San Antonio
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Amerson continued
The Mt. Pleasant School Board
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Citizen of Sturgis. Ky., is held back
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Harry Farragh Is
Named President
Of Kiwanis Club
11 Marines Drown
While Swimming
On Okinawa Beach
W. Melvin Jacks
Dies Early Friday
Of Long Illness
Lawyers Plead
Innocent To Charge
Titus Co. Singing
Convention Set
For This Weekend
majority."
The liberal
AUSTIN (—Five more roads
have been submitted to the gov
ernment for consideration for in:
piece ofeandy uptown where juke :
box music and a few whirls around
the block can be combined with the
it would be deeply appreciated,
too, if parents would come occas-,
tonally and eat in the cafeterias
in order-o ge first hand informa-
tion about tile afeteria meals. Tins
would be particularly helpful in
suspicious simi-
ve elderly wo-
tween 1934 and
erally along or near U.S 287
Also included in the list was
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Shivers’ charge brought a quick
denial from Mrs. Kathleen Voigt
of San Antonio. state organizer for
the liberal group.
She said she knew of no such
plan and is not a part of it if
there is one.
"The certification of the nomi-
nee for governor, so far as j'm
haven for the
I city officials
1 the rumors of
on elderly vic-
very four resi-
h coast town is
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resort to force.
Advocates of an approach to the
eal at these prices, provided the I
: arlicipation or patronage of the |
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the strike I* over."
"Also, for those who continue
on their job* the wage increases
as granted by U. S. Steal in July
man, Lee Gray.
A board of directors is to be
named at a later date, it was
said.
'A membership drive for the or-
ganization has been set for the
week of November 8 to 10, after
which selection* will be made
of the artists who will appear
here neat year. The number of
concerts to be staged will depend
to a great extentron tie success
of the membership drive.
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by a friend as he threatens to hit a national guardsman who
stands with crossed bayonette rifle Guardsmerhd other law
enforcement officials were on hand to quell disturbances re-
sulting from the first integration move in this West Kentucky-
the plant was struck."
Siortly before one o’clock the ployes.
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has postponed nny increase in the I
price of school lunches for the last |
two years, even though all the cafe
terias except one have operated
at a considerable loss for the past
two years. The old prices for school
lunches were esablished in the late
1940’s and, as everybody knows,
food prices havu gone up consist-
ently ever since, and now stands
k T
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Of Sen. Price Daniel who won the
party’s nomination for governor
in1 a close race .with Ralph Yar-
bofough.
gri cs. < ■ | P*ny
General rams ranging up to 5 them during the strike. Oficiale
inches fell in The Rio Grande Val-' Conu-ued on page 4
Lone Star’s big furnace*, which
were banked and shut down sev-
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Five More Roads
Considered For
lannam, officer
nquiry. indicat-
within the next
the information I
ustifies exhum-
REHEARSAL FOR BIG NIGHT—Six of the seven een contestants for the Miss America title go over
one another’s routine at rehearsal at Atlantic City. They will perform in the second preliminary
talent. Left to right: Mississippi, Miss Martha A. Tisdale; Texas, Barbara T. Murry; North Dakota.
Janet E. Smith; Montana, Alice Jean White; New Hampshire, Margaret Doyon, and seated. Ark-
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through the processing of "clock- ceive
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Steel offer which contained all the
enting wage increases and economic ad-
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Harry Farragh, Mt. Pleasant
jeweler, was named Friday to
head the local Kiwanis Club for
with Egypt, probably would see
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their political complexions.” He
voted to national party affairs”
Yarborough said his main ob-
jective in attending the conven-
tion is to insure “that Texas Dem- I
ocrats keep their pledge” to sup-
port Democratic nominees.
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JohnH. Roach is
Buried Friday At
Judson Cemetery
Funeral services for John H.
I understand the defeated can-
; didate has already conceded.'
Mrs. Voigt also hit back at
■ Shivers' charges that liberals are
; planning a "big steal" of the con-
moved in an orderly manaer , ular shift after midnight will "re-
some kind was almost certain-next gelo 48, Alpine .28. College Sta-
week’as a result of Eden’s calling tion 27. Fort Worth 23. San An-
Tempr-tures at dawn ranged eral days before the company was
from the upper 70s along the Gulf struck in 1952 are still going full
Coast down to Amarillo’s 50 de- i blast, indicating that the com-
[plant almost one-tird of the to- vision would mean that the steel
I tal number of employe* remained companies and unions in Pitts-
in the plant. The number will burgh could agree to • contract
permit us to maintain the opera for Lone Star steel instead of per-
mitting it to sit down at the bar- -
Surviving Mr Jacks are his
widow, Mrs. Sally Ann Jacks;
two sons, Tillman Jacks. Mt.
Pleasant, and Rayburn Jacks of I
Dallas; a brother, Joe Jacks. Mt
Pleasant, and two sisters, Mrs.
Mary Qualls of Avinger and Mrs.
Della Decker of Fort Worth.
Funeral arrangements were in-
complete Friday, afternoon -
From Houston down the Coas-
tal Plait! to the Rio Grande at
Brownsville. -
A direct connection- between
San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
A route from Fort Worth to
odies.
A preliminary report said the
drownings occurred in waist deep
water when the men went for a
swim in their effort? after a hot i
day of work and field problems. | uted a pamphlet
The beach was often used as a I "Shivercrat - Republican
j of public relations, said "exclud- Star officials have refused to
: inb the women employes of the grant, saying that such a pro-
East Texas: Partly cloudy to
cloudy with widely scattered
n water currents said, however,
hat the unexpected undertow
nay have been caused by typhoon
onditions.
system in Texas.
Congfes added 1,000 miles to
the system. The Bureau of Road
requested a listing of higaways,
along with supporting ’ data, fm
consideration of -eligibility.
_ The federal government pay a
the superintendent concluded.
I
loyalists factions both said the
being 1 other side would try to “steal”
I the convention.
At that time this Writer made
every effort to get at the bottom
of the rumors . . . even to the
point of contact with the presi-
dent of TP & L, and then by
_ enlisting the aid of Congressman
Wright Patman, who we know
stands in good graces with the
company. No one ■ piece -of in-
- formation could be. obtained to
indicate a definite, planned use
for the coal.
We know, at that time, too,
that TP & L, working with the
United States Government, had
developed a process for the ex-
traction of chemicals from lignite
and that the rsultant residue was
actually a better fuel than the
lignite in its natural state. Para-
phrasing the old adage of "you
can’t have your cake and eat it
too,” this meant TP & L coulc
have a valuable fuel and at the
same time have the valuable
chemicals taken from the coal
Years-have rocked on since TP
& L first began taking lignite lea-
ses and the landowners in the coun-
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the completion -of loop* around- freedom. -many of them- prefer af ‘
Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio hamburger and a cold drink, or a
complete scorn for the legality of
county conventions won by Demo-
crats . . and the same disregard
is being planned in Fort Worth."
"For only by-seating the illegal,
bolting delegations from at least
five of the seven contested county
delegations can the Shivercrat-
Republican machine retain con-
trol of the Democratic party in
Texas,” the folder said.
I Daniel promised his support of
the seating of "all legally .consti-
tuted delegations regardless of
Something is going on in Titus
County that could stand a good
explanation, but even though we
have tried every angle we know
to get the explanation it still
is not forthcoming.
Most of the people of Mt. Pleas-
ant know that a large part of
the west part of this county is
underlaid with lignite coal, and
that a large part of the land un-
der whica the coal lies is under
mineral lease to the Texas Pow-
er & Lignt Company, a utility
that does not serve the area.
Many will recall the numerous
Titus County Singing Coven-
tion will be held all day Sunday,
Sept. 9 at the American Legion
building in North Mt. Pleasant.
This is one of the biggest singing
conventions in Texas and this i:
expected to be the best one evei
held in Titus County.
Opening the cop vent ion wil'
be Saturday night, Sept. 8 at f
p. m. with a concert by Stamp:
Harmony Five of Dallas, with a
full two hours program of gos-
> pel songs. The public is invited
No charge will be made, buf a
free will offering will be taken.
Sunday, old fashioned gospel
singihg will begin at 10 a.m. and
singers are expected from all
parts’of East Texas and many are
- expected from Arkansas, Okla-
homa and Louisiana.
Some of the outstanding quar-
tets of the South are expected
Such as the Deep South Quartet
of Shreveport, La., and the Ant-
lers Quartet of Antlers, Okla., the
. Little Dixie Quartet and the Red-
land Quartet of Hugo and Idabel
the Gospel Four of Texarkana.
Pittsburg Quartet of Pittsburg
and the Tom Briley Quartet of
Mt. Vernon.
This will be a great day for
lovers of gospel singing and a
large attendance is expected
Lunch will be served at noon and
flic officers of the convention
ask and urge the people of Titus
County to bring well-filled bas-
kets so that every one may have
enough to eat.
Officers of the convention are:
Humphrey Jones, president; Geo.
W McLemore, vice president
and Joe Mebane, secretary-treas-
urer.
Hit. pleasant daily Limes
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ML Pleasant, Texas, Daily Times, Friday Evening. September 7, 1956 -
vantages granted in the recently
signed contract between U. S
, Steel and the USW. Germany has
. said that the union has never
turned down any of the com
pany’s economic offers, but the
snag has been chiefly the Sep-
। tember 7 expiration date of th?
present contract The union has
' wanted that date changed to July
so that date would coincide with
Big Steel contracts. This Lone
. t this level for the entire year.
This brings the cost of the meal
Britian Split Over
Violated Lobby Law Course To Take In ।
em lawyers pleaded innocent to New Suez Situation
day on charges of conspiring to
which wagtset up at the recent
London conference to negoiate
ley' Thursday.
Farm and ranchlands in the; e c i
San Angelo area were soaked by GoriAg I if I nnopytq
slow rains measuring up to 108 BClAC VI ------
planned to handle the j inches. - p.-- Rv ,9]
| Other rainfall reports Palacios LldnIu Dy LUCI
A parliamentary showdown of 1 13 inches. De Rio 99, San An-
for the last time. [ if no new contract is signed the
During the first minutes after company will then be bound by
the strike was ordered a group of ■ no agreement and may hire and
workers who had been gathering fire whom it pleases. However,
there since about 10:30 p.m, be- he said, for our employe* who
- gan to disperse leaving only three desire to continue working the
of their members walking the gates ar* open, we intend to con-
picket line. They kept ample in- [ tinue • portion of our operation
tervals and were proceeding in simply because we feel it is in
order. -
Germany, in a last minute ad- protect the plant * facilities
jection to an 18 nation plan to
have Egypt turn over the canal
to internationaloperation.
London diplomats said Austra-
lian Prime Minister Robert G:
January. William. E. Hercher, of
Legg & Harrison men’s store, was
selected to serve the club as vice
resident.
A new board of directors was
hosen, also, and includes:
Jack Pope, Jack Smith, Marvin
Zoffey, Jack Harrison, John
Mason, Arthur Merritt and Ches-
er Phillips.
Tie club holds its annual elec-
lion of officers in September in
order to make it possible for
newly chosen officers to have
sn opportunity to be selected as
ielegates to the district conven-
ion,“which will be held this year
n Corpus Christi.
n
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rumors that went the
when the leases were
taken.
declaring the and Elmer Patman of Austin.
Tex., together with the Superior
said he hoped - -------
1957. He will take office at the would be devoted to state matters
annual installation banquet in
I uter, W L. Means; assistant
i ! membership chairman. Mrs. F.
W Stephenson; headquarter* sec-
; 1 retary. Mrs. W L ‘ Means; *p-
stte"payinetsospetrPeenttth - ho.......... ,
j" " ral and necessary- part of he’
These roads were submitted ’ chool program, it is hoped tht
yesterday by the department I parents will encourage their child-
A route from L’ S. 80 neariren to take advantage of the cafe-
Longview via Lurkin to Houston | teria service, Supt Amerson said
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Gov. Shivers, longtime head of
the conservatives, charged in Aus-
tin that the liberal-loyalists also
might try to block the nominaion concerned; has already Deen made
— --------—[and is not an issue in this con-
i vention.” she said
Menzies’ five-nation committee
Oil Co. of California for whom------------------
! School Cafeteria
in the U.S. District Court here. I m g_0,:.
Superior Oil was named as a 0 Start Serving
codefendant in the conspiracy. It • o
also pleaded innocent through A 4 Nnnn Tnpgnav
counsel Roger Robb of Washing- Hl IVUVI I utdud J
operation was still proceeding Germany also flatly stated that
I smoothly and as the last shift those employes who do not re-
ended at midnight the workers port for work on their next reg- *
ing are three brothers. J. A.
Roach, Mt. Pleasant; Robert
Roach, Oilton. Okla.; Felt Roach,
Queen City, Tex., and one sis-
ter, Mrs. Belle Smith, Mt. Pleas-
ant _ .
showers or thundershower s in ex- i far above the level of that period,
treme south through Saturday. I
at midnight Thursday when ne-
W. Melvin Jacks, resident of
Mt. Pleasant for many years, died
att5 o'clock Friday morning in. a
Tgrrell hospital following a leng-
y illness. The body was return-
ed to Mt. Pleasant Fridoy after-
noon in a Smith-Bates funeral
car.
gotiations between U S
Workers and a team repre
vention.
Shivers warned of a "great dan-
ger" of plans for a "big steal”
he said were ’ being made by the
liberals, but said it would be a
conservative convention.
"Every time the so-called Ray-
burn group, has been in charge
of a convention. May or Septem-
ber, the ethics are to boot out
by brute strength all who oppose
them," Shivers told a news con-
ference.
Daniel said he understood a mi-
nority faction ”2 presently at-
tempting to organize another ef-
fort to capture control of the par- and unlawfully attempting to in-
ty or at least to harass the-orderly fluence the vote of Sen. Francis
The trial of the two lawyers, I should appeal to the U N, or
LONDON I — The reported jority. But influenial backers of
stalemate in the Cairo Suez talks j a policy of "force if necessary" I
tday widened a deep split in' insisted that the canal must be
htain over whether this country I kept open to British shipping at
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rival factions of the Democratic
party were agreed today on one
point. Both said there was danger
of "a big steal" at Tuesday's state
convention in Fort Worth.
The conservative and liberal
and High School students Since
these stud' ns have a great deal of
A representative of Commu-
n ty Concert*, an afiliate of
Cohimbia Artists Management
Incorporated, met with a group
of Mt. Pleasant people to make
plans for a series ot professional
artists concerts here next Spring.
A local organization was set up.
w th the following officer*
chosen:
President, William Hercher;
first vice president. Mrs. L H
Gunnell; second vice president
and membership chairman, Mrs.
J F Palmer, third vice president
and . publicity chairman, Dan
Manfull; secretary, Mrs. J. S.
Kennedy; corresponding Secre-
tary. Mrs. Walter Young; treas-
ton. < ! The Mt. Pleasant School cafeter-
Neff and Patman each were re- ia will open for business Tuesday,
leased under 8500 bond, c 1 Supt. Marvin Amerson said today.
---------------.----------- tunches will not be served Mon Nasser again tomorrow and leave
day. since the student* will be dis- [Cairo Monday—unless he suddenly
’missed at noon tha day. reversed his stand.
’ in a recent meeting the school | There were rumors here - un-
board authorized a possible in Confirmed by any official source
crease of ten cents per meal Prime Miniser Eden would
.a wnton In+nrc+,+. Cwc+nm the cost to students- However, only stake the life of his Conservative
the convention nLerstale 3YSLem 1 ve cents per meal is to be added pvernmenton.an apre al to the
------ . ' now to the student's cost, and it is 1........."C -...........
as the May convention is de- AUSTIN (P_Five more road, oped that the price can be held way
crisis.
I the company failed to reach an
agreement in a last ditch session
j with a federal mediator in Long-
J view
I President E, B Germany, of
I Lone Star Steel', announced at
1 11:50 pm. Thursday "we have a
I strike" shortly after he talked
I with his representatives in the
I Longview meeting
I [ Half an hour later L D. "Red"
I Webster, vice president in charge
Parllament into special session for tonio and Midland 17 and
Continued on page 8 Brownsville 01. L
cents per meal The High School
Cafeteria willnow charge $1.30
Hor th. 5 ticket
| ftwt be possible to provide pa
,tabi wholesome, well balanced
* pointment chairman. R B
Palmer and Mrs. A. T. Chalk;
' dinner chairmen. Mr. and Mrs.
1 C. E. Gaddi*, and concert chair-
Roach of Gregg County were
held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon
at Judson Cemetery ih that
county. Services were hel at
Welch's Funeral Chapel in Long-
view.
Mr Roach died at a Longview
hospital Thursday morning fol-
lowing a prolonged illness.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Roach, Judson road; six
sons. Olen, Johnny, Richard,
Jesse, and Jame* Roach, all of and Houston.
Longview; Lloyd Roach, Houston; ’ The Highway Department also |
seven daughters; Mrs. Swanson j expressed its interest in the in-
Lynch, League City, Texas; Mrs. clusion of U.S. 75 from Dallas to i meals.
Albert Corbello, Lake Charles, the Red River if the government
La.; Mrs. Iva Shirley, Gilmer. - is interested in the application
Mrs Joe Koppes, Dallas; Mrs. R. which has been indicated by the
A. Blalock. Mrs Leona Moughon Oklahoma official* for U.S. 75 to
and Mr*. Lawrence Rouse, Long- be included in the interstate sys-
view; 28 grandchildren and six I
great-grandchildren. Also surviv-
Job At Midnight
LONE STAR — The sprawling dress to the workers stated “un-
" Lone Star Steel plane was struck equivocally" that the company
(5 meals) in the Ward
to $1.25, or twenty five
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any cost with or without U N I
The division became sharper Skies Clear Over
U.N. appeared to be in the ma when Western diplomats said here ” .
i Inst night that President Nasser/Ktatn Kallawin
had eiven an apparently tinal re j state "18. That meana that
Heavy Night Rains panyoanateubeeasmaippa“hcreme
_ „ l. p.l.. 1 it had offered the union although
Bv The Associated Press - ' 2 ...__. -
. v. they are.working without a con- -
Skies cleared over Texas Fr-i
day following heavy rains that a tract,
southbound cool front triggered
over West and South Texas.
NAHA, Okinawa « — Two
bodies were washed up on the
beach today where 11 U.S. Ma-
rines drowned in an unexpected
indercurrent yesterday.
Interruption of communica-
ions with remote "North Camp",
where the drownings occurred,
revented any report on whether
he bodies were identified. The
J.S. 3rd Marine Division said,
owever, that helicopters and
nen of the 2nd Battalion; 9th
egiment were continuing patrols
n the hope of finding more
Water Report
Compiled daily from readings
taken at both city reservoirs.
PUMPAGE
Wednesday 775,720 gallons
Thursday 720,940 gallons
LAKE ELEVATION
New Lake 9 feet, 3 inches
Old ke 8 feet, * inches
Readings Below Spillway Level:
RAINFALL
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