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Defendant Says Deputy Israel
Pulled Blackjack on Him
By DON NORRIS
Reporter-News Staff Writer
James Otis Russell of Texar-
kana, convicted of burglary by a
42nd District Court jury Thursday
morning, testified that Deputy-
Sheriff Claude Herring of Abilene
tried to force a confession from
him with a blackjack.
Russell was convicted of burglar-
izing the residence of M. Shaw on
the San Angelo Highway last Sept.
18. The jury recommended that be
serve five years in prison. Herring
testified during the trial that Rus-
sell had made an oral confession
of his guilt. I
Under direct examination by bis
court - appointed attorney, Henry
Hart. Russell testified that he was
arrested by Herring and taken to
his cabin at the Deluxe Courts.
Herring questioned him "about
where the guns were,” Russell
Mid.
Here is Russell’s testimony as to
what transpired:
“I told him I don't know any-
thing about what he was talking
DEPUTY CLAUDE HERRING
‘... pulled out blackjack’
about and he (Herring) reached in
his right hand hip pocket and pull-
ed out a blackjack. At this time
I was handcuffed and he held the
blackjack in front of my face and
says:
"You know waht this is? he says,
'Have you ever had one used on
you?" I says, ’Yes. Sir ’ He says,
Well, you ready to sign a confes-
sion?’ I told him ’No sir ’ They
continued to shake the place down.
Of course, I was scared at that
time and then they took me back
up the jail. I didn't know what to
do. I knew where the guns were
because I had bought them and
sold them.”
Herring took the stand and testi-
fied under cross - examination by
Hart:
Q These alleged confessions, Mr.
Herring, were these purely volun-
tary' on his part?
A. How is that?
Judge J. R. Black: The confes-
sions he made to you, were they
voluntary on his part?
A. Absolutely. Yes sir. He hadn't
talked with us a bit about it until
I went and got Mr. Shaw to come
See BLACKJACK, Pg. 14-A, Col. I
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Meet Opens
Robert E. Lee Among First
Clear Fork Water Gripers
By KATHARYN DUFF
Reporter-News State Editor
Robert E. Lee was among the
first white men to voice some loud
gripes about Clear Fork water.
As a young U. S. Army captain,
before he won fame as head of
the Confederate armies. Lee was
sent out to command Camp Coop-
er, a frontier post on the Clear
Fork of the Brazos north of where
Albany now is located.
The water was so bad he wrote
letters to his wife complaining
about it.
- This same “gyp water” plagued
the soldiers stationed at Ft. Phan-
tom Hill and they dug a well 20
feet wide and 60 feet deep in a
partly-successful effort to get de-
cent water to drink.
In later days, cities have tried
to use the water out of the main
stream-but have given it up.
All this experience has pointed
Abilene away from the Clear Fork
to another site for a bigger lake to
insure water for the town's future.
A Clear Fork reservoir could be
Weak Cool Front
Due During Night
A cold front moving southeast
from Colorado was scheduled to
move into Texas late Thursday or
early Friday, but it is not expect-
ed to lower temperatures to any
extent at Abilene.
The Weather Bureau here fore-
cast a high reading of 75 degrees
Friday after a low of 60 to 65
Thursday night.
The norther was expected to
reach the Panhandle by dusk
Thursday and cover the northwest
part of the state Friday.
Some widely scattered showers
may develop as the cool air moves
deeper into Texas. A flow of moist
air was moving in from the Gulf
225
wet
much more convenient and less
costly to operate, but the quality of
the water which would be obtain-
ed is very doubtful.
Next Tuesday, Nov. 1. residents
of Abilene, Anson, Albany and
Breckenrdige will go to the polls
to decide whether they will create
a water district to do jointly what
the towns cannot do alone, build
a big new lake.
As of now, the thinking is that
Hubbard Creek, a tributary of the
THE WEATHER
Clear Fork, is the most likely site
for the new lake. Hubbard’s
watershed includes part of Calla-
han, Shackelford, Eastland and
Stephens counties.
Trouble with Clear Fork water
comes from the Blaine Gypsum
Formation and allied formations
which slash across West Texas.
TWO DIE ON PUTNAM OVERPASS
... auto spins around after head-on crash
U. •. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY — 1
and windy Thursday, Slightly i
day. High Thursday 85 to 88. I
day night 60 to 65. High Frid
High and low temperatures 4
hours ending at 6:30 a.m. Thu
and 50.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS —
fair and warm this afternoo
cloudy, widely scattered thunc
and turning cooler in northwe
and in southeast early Friday.
WEST TEXAS - Clear to par
through Friday Cooler Frida
Panhandle and South Plains ton
est tonight 35-45 in Panhandle
nen
st 24
: 82
partly
showers
tonight
pp
EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS —
artly cloudy through Friday Isolated
owers and thundershowers and turning
oler in Interior Friday. Moderate to
cally fresh mostly southeasterly winds
i the coast.
79
82
71
73
5
TEMPERATURES
.....1:30 ......
......2:30 ......
6:30
7.30
65
64
Barometer reading at 12:30 p.m.: 27.96
Relative humidity at 12:30 p.m.: 38%.
Several towns over West Texas,
including Abilene, have avoided the
main stream of the Clear Fork and
dropped back and dammed up
“clean” tributaries to supply them-
selves with water.
Phantom Hill Lake is so located
Abilene is recent years has been
getting some water from the main
channel of the Clear Fork, but do-
ing it “selectively." Pumps were
installed so that when flood waters
come down, some of the better
grade water can be lifted over into
Phantom for storage.
Stamford and Breckenridge are
two West Texas cities who tried
and abandoned the Clear Fork as
a source of water.
"Waco has never been able to
secure a usable supply of water
from the main stem of the Bra-
zos,” said S. W. Freese, water en-
gineer from Fort Worth who work-
ed with many Texas cities on their
water problems.
The same gypsum deposits
which affect the Brazos also af-
fect the Red River.
"Lake Kemp has been ruined as
a source of water for Wichita
Falls,” Freese said. “The Red Riv-
er is not usable as a source of
See LEE. Pg. 14-A, Col. 1
Benson Under Fire,
Abandons Trip Plan
WASHINGTON' (——Secretary of
Agriculture Benson came under
fresh fire today as he abandoned
plans for a European tour in or-
of Mexico.
Maximum temperatures Wednes-
day ranged between 74 at Galves-
ton and 87 at Presidio. The lowest _____. .
minimum overnight was 49 at Am- Commendations to Congress next
der to work on farm program rec-
arillo.
year.
RUMORS OF VIOLENCE
Guards Patrol
Struck Foundry
NEW CASTLE, Ind. W-A Na-
tional Guard riot squad was on
patrol here today as the result of
rumors of a possible strike dem-
onstration at the Perfect Circle
Corp. foundry.
The 25 guardsmen on duty were
all that were left of 1,000 who
moved three weeks ago into three
cities where Perfect Circle plants
are ' cated.
They were called up after eight
persons were wor nded in an ex-
change of gunfire between strike
sympathizers outside the plant and
nonstrikers inside.
Tear Gas
The CIO United Auto Workers
went on strike at the New Castle,
Hagerstown and Richmond plants
of Perfect Circle in a contract
dispute July 25.
Capt. William Scott, acting dep-
uty adjutant general, said the
small contingent of troops has
enough tear gas and ammunition
"to handle anything that might
comeup.”
Mayor Paul F. McCormack
banned all parades and demonstra-
tions after bearing rumors that
strike sympathizers might gather
again.
"They were just rumors and we
weren't able to pin them down,
but we aren't taking any chances,”
McCormack said
Windows Smashed
The resumption of National
Guard patrols was ordered after
eight windows were smashed by
stones a’ the foundry Tuesday
night. Guards saw no one around
the plant, and police said vandals
may have throvn the stones.
Wage negotiations between the
UAW and the company broke
down Aug. 26.
Nonstrikers at Hagerstown and
Richmond have petitioned for de-
certification of the UAW as their
bargaining agent, and the com
pany declined to enter into a con-
tract covering those plants while
the action wa; pending T' - nion
declined to negotiate for the New
Castle plant alone.
The Hagerstown and Richmond
plants have operated with some
nonstrikers. P a r t i a 1 operations
were resumed at the New Castle
fou fry Oct, 1L
Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-SC),
picturing Benson as unpopular
with farmers throughout the coun-
try, said he thinks the Eisenhower
administration will dismiss Benson
as agriculture secretary next year
in an effort "to -save face” with
the farmers.
“I haven’t found one farmer in
South Carolina who is for Benson.”
the senator said in an interview.
A member of the Senate Agricul-
ture Committee, he has long criti-
cized Benson and the administra-
tion’s flexible price support pro-
gram for farm goods.
Johnston said that even if it cost
five billion dollars a year, it would
be better to return to the Demo-
cratic-sponsored high price sup-
port system than let farmers “go
under” as he said is happening to
them now.
TODAY'S TOTAL
$84,151.65
$124,050
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000
Community
Chest
Faure Risks
Losing Vole
01 Confidence
PARIS, GPt — Premier Edgar
Faure, recent victor in two crucial
tests in the National Assembly, to-
day demanded a third and even
riskier vote of confidence.
The result could throw him and
AX
) Killed School Site
Cost is $250
PUTNAM, Oct. 27. —
ly couple was killed early Thurs-
day morning in a head-on crash
on an overpass just east of Put-
nam.
Dead were Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ard Walter Nall, of 1050 W. 104th
I Spokesman
Notes Clashes
I In Two Areas
| JERUSALEM UB — I.-aeli mili-
I tary spokesmen claimed today
I that Egyptian and Syrian military
| units had penetrated Israeli ter-
| ritory in two different demilitar-
ized zones and said one Syrian
I soldier was believed killed.
The Egyptians were reported to
have crossed into the El Auja-
I Nizana zone near the Sinai border
I and entrenched themselves. This
position, the Israeli spokesman
said, is in addition to the one
near the El Sabha checkpost held
by the Egyptians for some time.
I It is about a half mile inside
Israeli territory, south of Beer-
otayim.
I Another spokesman earlier said a
(Syrian military unit entered the
1 demilitarized zone near Dan in
northeastern Galilee and clashed
I with an Israeli police patrol, then
withdrew. He said the Syrians
took the body of one man back
with them across the border. The
Dan demilitarized zone is near the
site of biblical Dan and close to
(the Jordan River sources.
In Israel Territory
The Egyptian intrusion near El
Sabha, according to the Israelis, is
at a point 200 yards inside Israeli
territory in the southeastern cor-
ner of the El Auga-Nizana zone
(which was held by the Egyptians
(even before yesterday's clash at
(the nearby Beerotayim checkpost
in which Israel reported one of its
I policemen killed.
I A U.N. spokesman confirmed
that Egyptian forces still were in-
I side a small section of the Israeli-
I controlled demilitarized zone. He
said orders from U.N. observers
to withdraw had not yet been met.
See ISRAEL, Pg. 14-A, Col. 1
St., Los Angeles. Mr. Nall was 77.
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay Mrs. Nall's age was not immedi-
out of office at the very start of ately available.
the Big Four foreign ministers
meeting in Geneva.
Backed into a corner by defeat
on two procedural questions. Faure
shut off further debate until tomor-
row by demanding a vote of con-
fidence. Until the vote tomorrow
the Premier, a master of political
maneuvering, had an opportunity
to cast about for additional sup-
port.
The Nalls’ 1952 Plymouth sedan,
headed west, was in collision with
a Gillette Motor Lines truck from
Dallas, headed east.
The accident happened at 5:50
a m , the Highway Patrol reported.
The truck was driven by Willis
Putnam Above
elder- Burl Hughes, 53, of 2418 Alaska DUTL UTICT
St., Dallas. He was not injured.
The Plymouth was a total loss. Abilene School Board’s offer for
It was hanging over the edge of a Northwest Abilene elementary
the bridge and was barely kept school site is $250 an acre less
from falling below to the railroad, than the owner is asking, the board
Damage to the truck was estimated said in a meeting Wednesday noon
at $1,000 - mostly to the right- in the Lincoln Junior High School
front corner of the tractor. cafeteria
i E*CELCOPclaok ^t •SX1^
Rf Baird and D' R Womack of Abi- Trustees said that Mrs. Earl cul-
Some damage was done to the | lum of Dallas, the owner, has of-
side of the overpass. A post was fered through her son to accept •
knocked down and a guard rail $1,250 per acre. " WeraeaW
bent over. Damage was estimated) The board on Oct. 10 voted to y
at $300. make a firm offer of $1,000 per ----- |
Premier Says
Israel le Figh
acre for a minimum of 12 acres
Had a decisive vote been taken
this morning, he probably would
have been beaten.
The point that the Big Four
foreign ministers were starting
their meeting in Geneva today
seemed to have caused no hesitan-
cy among deputies who want to
throw the government out.
It was the same way last week
when the Premier asked for a vote
of confidence on Algerian policy.
He won that one easily 308-254
after the deputies had a weekend
for reflection, though on a prelimi-
nary procedural question they had
defeated him 305-274.
6 Absentee Ballots
Cast in Election
With only one more day left for
such balloting, six persons had vot-
ed absentees votes by Thursday
morning in the Nov. 1 city elec-
tion.
Absentee voting will end at 5
p.m. Friday.
Two matters are on the ballots
for the Nov. 1 election:
(1) Choice of a city commission-
er to succeed Dr. W. D. Rich, who
resigned recently to move to Al-
pine.
(2) The question of whether
there shall be created a West Cen-
tral Texas Municipal Water Dis-
trict with Abilene as one of the
member cities for the purpose of
developing a multi-city water res-
ervoir.
J. P. Perry Sr., former city com-
missioner, is the only candidate
for Dr. Rich's place.
NOTHING LIKE IT
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2nd Parley Slated
GENEVA (A) — Israeli Premier
located .4 of a mile west of N. Moshe Sharett flew in to Geneva
Mockingbird Lane. The tract is
In AI
A general meeting of represen-
tatives of both sides involved in
the walkout at Abilene Air Force
Base broke up at 12:30 p.m. Thurs-
day at the Corps of Engineers of-
fice at the base.
Contractors immediately went
into a separate huddle, with both
groups due to meet back in session
at 2:30 p.m. After that meeting,
Nat Wells of Dallas, representing
the Building and Construction
Trades Council and the Texas Fed-
eration of Labor, said a statement
would be issued to the press, in-
cluding a list of the grievances the
union has.
Wells had suggested at the morn-
ing's first meeting — at 10 a.m. —
that the union group and the As-
sociated General Contractors select
committees to attend 'he main
meeting. The two groups then held
separate meetings and selected
committees. The committees then
met for nearly two hours.
Nat Wells of Dallas, represent-
Valkout
sions reached in a meeting last
April in which he said both sides
understood what wage rates, work-
ing rules and classifications prac-
tices were.
Maurice Brooks, attorney for the
Associated General Contractors
presided at the meeting Thursday.
Corps of Engineers representa-
tives at the meeting were F. W.
Drummond of Fort Worth, attor-
ney, and Harold Freeman, labor
relations officer.
The walkouts began last Friday
and about 500 to 600 men are re-
portedly off their jobs.
Members of the Carpenters local
were on the job Monday after
reaching an agreement as to who
would hang overhead garage
doors.
bounded on the south by N. 12th
St., and on the east by Minter
Lane.
Plans of the board include early
construction there of a 12-class-
room elementary school with later
expansion probably to 24 class-
rooms.
No action was taken by the trus-
tees Wednesday on the Cullum
counter-offer of 31,250 an acre.
Board members accepted the in-
vitation of the City Commission to
attend a dinner meeting at 6:36
p.m, Nov. 8 in the high school caf-
eteria.
To attend also are the City Com-
mission, the City Planning and
Zoning Commission and the Park
and Public Recreation Board. Pur-
pose of the huddle is to consider
making a long-range program for
future park and school sites.
today and said his country would
fight a preventive war if necessary
but "I hope to God she will not
be driven to this.”
Sharett said he came to Geneva
to see Soviet Foreign Minister V.M.
Molotov and the Western foreign
ministers but had no definite ap-
pointment with Molotov.
"My task.” said Sharett, “is to
attract international attention to
the very serious danger confront-
ing Israel as the result of acqui-
Police Chief Gets
Physical Check-up
sitions by Egypt — an avowed
enemy of Israel — of large quan-
titles of weapons from Soviet
sources."
Sharett said Israel, by virtue of
its history and its spectacular re-
construction program, is of great
interest to Jews everywhere and
to citizens of countries throughout
the world.
“It should be the interest of
civilized nations everywhere to see
that Israel does not have to fight
again — as she will fight if she
has to.”
Asked if he would be long in
Non-union construction workers
and other contractors’ employes he went for a physical check-up.
have also been on the job. He was admitted Monday.
Police Chief C. Z Hallmark is in
Hendrick Memorial Hospital where Geneva, the short, mustached pre-
mier replied:
“I hope not.”
ing the Building and Construction
Trades Council for the Texas Fed-
eration of Labor, suggested at an
earlier meeting of the union, group
and the Associated General Con-
tractors Thursday morning that
the two organizations select com-
mittees to attend the conference
The two groups then held sepa-
rate meetings and selected com-
mittees
About 60 persons attended the
first meeting Thursday morning
They included representatives of
the Abilene Building and Con-
struction Trades Council. Associ-
ated General Contractors and the
Conference Begins
In Geneva Palace
GENEVA (—Russia and the
Western powers opened another
historic, and not too hopeful, con-
ference here today to see whether
they can agree upon a formula for
unifying Germany and securing
permanent peace in Europe.
Foreign ministers of the big four
nations settled down to work in the
Corps of Engineers.
Others attending the meeting council room of the palace of na-
tions at 4:15 p m.
were Ed Fly, secretary of the Plas-1
terers and Cementers Union local. I
Stanley Wiggins, business agent1
of the Carpenters Union local, and
C. T Harris, secretary and busi-
ness agent for the Bricklayers Un-
ion local These three groups are
not involved in the walkout
After a brief discussion, Wells
said all the Trades Council wants
is for contractors to live up to deci-
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, Foreign Secretary Harold
Macmillan of Britain and French
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay
had agreed beforehand to press
Russia's V M Molotov to accept
German unity on Western terms
They were prepared to confront
the Soviet diplomatic chief with a
antee Russia against German ag
gression in the future if Russia will
agree to merge East and West
Germany through nationwide free
elections The Western ministers
are convinced a free German vote
would be overwhelmingly anti-
Communist.
Barring a reversal of established
Soviet policy. Molotov was expect-
ed to insist that before Germany
can be unified new conditions must
be created in Europe by abolish-
ing the North Atlantic Alliance
and building up a new European
wide security system.
But looming before the foreign
ministers—although not taken into
account in preconference planning
—was the fear that Middle East
two-part program, offering to guar-I tensions would flare into full-scale
shooting war
New frontier clashes between
Israel and Egypt have heightened
these fears, as did recent ship-
ments of Communist arms to
Egypt from Czechoslovakia.
Officiate in Washington today
described the Middle East as the
most critical theater in the cold
war. State Department spokesmen
said they had new information
that Soviet bloc sources have made
several approaches to Israel about
supplying arms to Israeli forces.
Secretary of State) Dulles, Brit-
ish Foreign Secretary Harold Mac-
millan and French Foreign Minis-
ter Antoine Pinay were expected
to protest to Soviet Foreign Min-
ister V. M Molotov about the
See BIG FOUR, Pg. 15-4, Col. s
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