The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 111, Ed. 2 Wednesday, October 6, 1954 Page: 3 of 28
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C-C Prospectors Toe Mark
For New Member Roundup
Revival of the Abilene Chamber
of Commerce Prspectors Club for
a fast fall membership campaign
-was completed with the meeting
of two teams Wednesday.
, A. M. Mcilwain, general chair-
man of the committee said that
individual meetings have been
held with all nine Prospector
teams and the fall campaign is to
be climaxed Oct. 26 with a ban-
quet for all Prospectors.
• Specific aim of the group is to
invite every eligible firm and in-
dividual in Abilene to support the
efforts of the local Chamber in
building and improving Abilene
and its trade area.
2 Captains Named
McIlwain announced the appoint-
ment of two new team captains
and assistant team captains plus
several new Prospectors.
New team captains are Cecil
Webb, branch loan manager for
Pacific Finance, who replaces
Jack Tucker; and Garth McLean
of the Citizens National Bank who
replaces Jeff Armstrong.
; Webb's co-captain is Lt. Col.
Jack 0. Brown, who is liaison of-
ficer for the 8th Air Force.
J Webb's new team members in-
clude Richard Doramus of Pacific
Finance: 0. D. Calk, personnel
manager of Foremost Dairies,
Inc:; L. P. Bell, manager of Gray-
bar Electric; Joe Windrow, of
Centrad Texas Machinery: Don
Wilson, newscaster for KRBC; and
S. Logan Sharpless, manager of
Crawford and Company.
Lunch At Hotel
Bill Griffitts of Security Invest-
ment and Joe Sandlin, Windsor Ga-
rage, are newly appointed co-cap-
tains of what was formerly Bill
Fulwiler’s team. This group met
for lunch at the Windsor Hotel
Wednesday noon
Team Captain Bob Springer and
his Prospectors had breakfast
Wednesday at Mack Eplen’s, North
Third and Hickory.
Team Captain Everett Haney
has named Lewis Thomas, man-
ager of Great Southern Life, as his
assistant team captan His new
team members include Neal Mog-
ford, of Concho Oil Company; and
Henry Denning, assistant admin-
istrator of Hendrick Memorial Hos-
pital.
Newly appointed to Captain Lee
Mosley’s team are Duncan Frame.
3 Webb Airmen
Ask Freedom
Three airmen confined to the
Webb Air Force Base stockade
have filed a petition in U. S. Court
here for a writ of habeas corpus,
seeking their freedom.
In a petition to Judge T. Whit-
field Davidson the men state that
they have been illegally held in
the Webb AFB stockade since last
May 10 on order, by Colonel Fred
Dean, Webb commanding officer.
The men are LaFayette Cooper.
William Roy Stephens and Dennis
Richard Estrada. They are rep-
resented in the petition by Clyde
E. Thomas, Big Spring attorney.
Judge Davidson has set a hear-
ing on their petition for 10 a.m.
Thursday in U. S. Court here.
of The Osborne Company: Jim
Pomeroy, agent for Great South-
ern Life: V. L. Lucas, manager
of Western Auto, and Dewey Webb,
business manager of the First Bap-
tist Church.
McLean’s new members include
Jim Wilkes, agent for New York
Life: Joe Black, business man-
ager of the VFW; and Captain H.
C. Schryver, inspector - instructor
for the USMC.
., Women Leading
The top team in production of
new members is the group under
Marguerite Anderson which is an
all-woman team. Her new team
members include Mrs. Willena
North of Laughter - North Funer-
al Home; Mrs. C. E. Gatlin, Cul-
ligan Soft Water Service: and Val-
eria Gartside of the George Fos-
ter Insurance agency.
Team captain Ben Gray has ap-
pointed Dub Wofford of Western
Cottonoil Company as his assist-
ant team captain. His new team
members include Homan Johnson
of Texas Employers Insurance
Association and Frank Robertson
of the same firm: plus Hal Mc-
David. Oil Lease Broker, and Hen-
ry Doscher, attorney.
Witness Not
Sure Negro
Sold Beer
A witness subpoenaed by
the
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS 2 A
Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Evening, October 6, 199 ”
Fines Totalling $175 Levied
In 6 Cases in County Court
Six fines assessed on pleas of
guilty to misdemeanor' charges
Tuesday in Taylor County Court
totaled $715.
Three of the fines were on check
swindling charges, two on boot-
legging cases and one an a charge
of driving while driver's license
was suspended.
Loyd McKinsley Smith of 600
North Seventh St , defendant in
two other bootlegging cases, went
to jail to serve two concurrent 75-
day sentences. Smith pleaded
guilty to two charges of selling
whisky. One of the cases against
Guards Picket
Michigan Pen
him alleged that he was convicted
of selling whisky in Taylor Coun-
ty Jan 30. 1953.
M. A. Grantges of Fort Worth
paid a $30 fine and $21.20 court
costs on a charge that he gave
a worthless $15 check to Grande
Lodge May 27. Mrs. E E Cock-
erell, Jr., was the complaining ‘wit-
Pistol, 'Sale'
Signs Stolen
Thefts of a wide variety of loot
were reported to city police in
the past 24 hours.
J. G. McClure at Thornton’s
Department Store said Wednesday
that a 25 calibre pistol. Spanish
make, was stolen there since Tues-
day. The pearl - handled gun was
valued at $53.
Richard Henley, of Henley Real-
ty Co., said Tuesday that a "For
Sale" sign with the firm name
was stolen from 910 Elmwood Dr.
He said other realtors are having
the same trouble.
A. J. Price, 725 Walnut St., has
reported a blue double - breasted
wool suit stolen from his trailer.
ness.
Ray Cason of San Angelo,
charged with giving a worthless
$6.08 check to Modern Market on
Aug. 13. paid a $15 fine and $21.20
costs. Curtis Barber, Jr . partner
in the business, sighed the com-
plaint against Cason.
John Leonard, Rene Hotel por-
ter. was fined $325 on a plea of
guilty to a charge of possession
of whisky for the purpose of sale
: on July 24.
Don L. McCombs of Odessa was
W. W. Smith, 2610 Hickory St.,
said hand mechanic's tools in a
metal box (total value $100) were
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind ur—Off-
duty guards picketed the Indiana
State Prison early today in a pro-
test aimed at getting state officials
to meet with their union repre- |
sentatives.
The midnight shift of guards
went to work in normal strength,
but members of the outgoing shift
formed picket lines soon after mid-
given a $300 fine on a charge of
transporting whisky for the pur-
pose of sale June 17 He pleaded
guilty to the charge.
A $20 fine and $2120 court costs
were set for Bill Murry on a
charge of giving a worthless $8.40
check to Thornton's last Jan 27.
Murry gave his address as Har-
din - Simmons University. The
check was written on the State
night. -
Merle Griffith, vice president of
the International Guards Union,
said the postmidnight demonstra-
tion was not ordered by the union,
hot he added. “The strike is on."
Griffith had said earlier he had
telegraphed Gov. George M. Craig
stating that a walkout might come
at 7 am. today if the governor
did not agree by that time to, meet
with union representatives Griffith
indicated that a limited number of
guards would be left on duty to
feed the 2,300 prisoners and to
keep them under surveillance The
prison employs about 190 guards.
National Guard units stood by
in armories at Gary ready to move
: in any emergency, and other units
at Valparaiso and Whiting were on
a four-hour alert. State police also
were ready to mass troopers at
the prison quickly if necessary.
Gov. Craig said in response to
the union's ultimatum:
• We won't recognise the union
now or at any time in the future,
and we won't recognize anyone
else who seeks to turn, people
against the government.”
National Bank of Big Spring
Estanislado Mongarro of 802
South Eighth St . charged with
driving Oct. 2 while his license
was suspended, was fined $25 and
costs of $21 20.
Fired Worker
Kills Wife, Self
BOONSBORO, Md in—An air-f
craft factory worker who had been .
fired from the plant where his wife ”
also was working shot his wife to
death yesterday and then turned "
the gun on himself while his chil-
dren looked on.
Dr. Samuel R. Wells, Washing- J
ton County medical examiner,
termed the death of Mrs. Mar-
garet Catherine O'Neal murder, •
and that of her husband Fred
suicide. . 1
State Trooper Clyde Tucker said ;
Mrs. O'Neal had just returned k
from work at the Fairchild aircraft I
plant in Hagerstown and was in 1
the kitchen with one of her five
children preparing supper.
Then, Tucker said:
• O’Neal shot his wife with a
single-barrel shotgun She ran j
through the house and dropped 1
dead on the front porch, before |
her other children. -
O'Neal put the gun muzzle in
his mouth and pulled the trigger 1
Tucker said the children who
range in age up to 19. told him
their father and mother quart:
reled frequently. O’Neal was fired
from his job for drinking. Tucker
said.
state and called to the stand by
the defense in county court Wed-
nesday morning refused to identify
Robert Hughes as the man from
whom he bought a bottle of beer.
Hughes, a Negro, lives at 640
Henderson St. He is charged with
the possession of wine and beer
for the purpose of sale.
Leon Bowman, formerly super-
visor of the Texas Liquor Control
Board here, and William Bateman,
an LCB inspector, testified that
Kiels pointed out Hughes as the
man from whom be had bought a
quart of beer.
Both officers said Kiels and his
16-year-old son were sitting in a
car at Hughes' house, with a bottle
of beer on the car seat between
them, when the officers arrived.
Kiels denied that he had been
seved a subpoena and said he did
not know that he was to Testify
until 30 minutes before he ap-
peared in court.
Defense Attorney Tom Reid
called Kiels to the stand and he
said he could not be sure Hughes
was the man who sold him the
beer
Hughes' wife, Gwendolyn
Hughes, testified that her husband
and J. D. White had gone to San
Angelo to buy the beer. She said
she and the two men drank one of
12 quarts of beer they bought.
White corroborated her testimony.
County Attorney Lee Sutton and
his assistant, Allen Glenn, are pro-
secuting the case. It was to go to
the jury Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the jury are John
F. Simmons of 2102 Sayles Blvd.,
Bennie E. Kidd of 1234 Elm St.,
J. T. Brain of 742 Davis Dr., G. G.
Hardin of 1625 Sycamore St., C. R.
Price of 1526 Vogel St. and B. B
Reynolds of Rt. 4. Merkel.
Stowaway Boy
11 Days in Ship
Without Food .
NEW YORK dn—A young stow-
away, who lived in hiding for 11
days without food or water in
order to get to America, was head-
ed for a return trip to Germany
today.
Immigration authorities seized
18-year-old Alfred Oestmann after
be was discovered in the sealed
hold of the German freighter
Barenstein yesterday.
Astonished seamen watched
Oestmann crawl from the hold,
which had been sealed when the
Barenstein left Bremen Sept. 24.
The hold was not supposed to be
opened until the ship reaches
Baltimore next week, but a sea-
man lifted the hatch after docking
in Brooklyn to get some rope he
remembered was stowed there.
Dirty and dazed by the sunlight.
Oestmann collapsed weakly on the
deck. His ordeal had reduced his
normal 150 pound weight to 90
pounds. Seamen on the freighter
said the youth would have died
had the bold remained closed until
reaching Baltimore.
Immigration officials scheduled
his return to Germany on a ship
sailing today.
toll road corporation, the Sam
Houston Turnpike Corp., should be
tax exempt. This was upset by
the Civil Appeals and Supreme
Court.
The effect of the Supreme Court’s
decision is that toil roads as pro-
posed by the private companies
would be subject to city, county,
school and road districts taxes so
long as they are operated by toll
road authorities.
The state’s turnpike authority ..
law provides that the toll roads %
would be turned over to the state 0
when debt free. The toll road com- .
panics had contended that they are
entitled to tax exxemption on the 2
ground that title will "at all times" o
be vested in the state and the roads 2
will be for public use and tor pub-
lic purposes.
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Can Be Taxed
AUSTIN 0—The State Supreme
Court today held that toll roads as
proposed by the Texas Turnpike
Co. are subject to property taxes.
The court sustained a Court of
Civil Appeals judgment in the test
case .
A Dallas district court had ruled
that property acquired by the
company and by another private
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stolen from the Humble service
station at North Eighth and Grape
Sts. He said they had been left
on the outside of the building Sun-
day night. ,
Mrs. Thelma Scott. 2149 Cedar
St., reported Tuesday that the
name plate was taken from her
front door.
Mrs. J. L. Pollan. 1201 Blair St .
reported a billfold stolen out of
her purse, when she left the purse
in her parked car in the 1100
block of North 19th St. Tuesday.
Personal papers and a small
amount of money were in the
billfold
The Sheriffs Department said a
Firestone outboard motor belong-
ing to a Dr. West was stolen from
Lake Fort Phantom Hill.
One license plate was stolen off
a 1950 Cadillac at Western Chev-
rolet Co. lot in the 1800 block of
North Treadaway Blvd.
The drink box at Lightfoot ser-
vice state, 1900 block Of Pine
St., was broken into again Tues-
day night — at least the fifth time
in recent weeks.
Name Going
On Ballot
. AUSTIN —The Supreme Court
today ordered the name of Gerald
Weatherly placed on the Nov. 2
general election ballot as an in-
dependent candidate for district
attorney of South Texas' 79th
Judicial District.
The action was in response to
Weatherly's request for a mada-
mus to force the placing of his
name on the ballot after Sec. of
State C. E. Fulgham refused his
petition for a ballot listing last
week.
The court order meant Weatherly
would oppose Democratic nominee
Sam Burris of Alice, who won a
tight primary contest against in-
cumbent Raeburn Norris, also of
Alice.
Norris had the backing of South
Texas political boss George Parr.
Burris was backed by an anti-Parr
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