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Associated Press (AP) ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1953 FIFTY-TWO PAGES IN FIVE SECTIONS
DEATH TAKES A BACK SKAT—Two men died Saturday morning when this oil trans-
port truck smashed into the 1953 Buick in which they were riding. The accident occur-
red on a bridge near Miles (Southwest Runnels County). When the vehicles stopped, the
truck’s front wheels rested in the Buick's back seat. (L. F. Jackson Photo)
Auto-Truck Cras
Kills 2 at Miles
BALLINGER, Oct. 3 (RNS) — lished. Shepard, who was on the
Two men were killed and another
seriously injured Saturday at 10
a. m. when a 1953 Buick skidded in-
to the path of an oil transport truck
on a bridge near Miles.
Dead were Carroll Bently Mos-
ley, 53, of Ballinger, and Clifford
Dale Sanders, a, of Stamford, tor-
merly of Ballinger.
Mosley's son-in-law, Charles
=2, =1.71 Men
Shannon Hospital. He suffered a
concussion of the brain but had
regained consciousness and doc-
tors thought be would recover.
Abilene Driver
aide away from the impact, was
thought to be the driver.
Both Shepard and Sanders were
employed for DPL Drilling Co. at
Stamford. Mosley was accompany-
ing them to San Angelo to pick up
the company pay checks from Van
Lindley, the operator.
Mosley lived ep a farm outside
FmroRLPE
months before.
Highway Patrolmen Frank Per-
kins, Donald Jay, and Joe Perry,
and Runnels County Sheriff Don
Atkins and Deputy Dub Moreland
investigated."
direction of Newby - Davis Fu-
neral Home.
Mr. Sanders was born March
21, 1925, at Aarondale, Okla., and
came to Runnels County in 133f
with his parents. He married the
former Ina Ruth Reeves of. Ballin-
ger Aug. 27, 1946.
Mr. Banders had been working
for DPL for several years and
made his home at 302 North Mo-
PRICE DAILY 6c, SUNDAY 10c
t to
ivy Rains
out State
Greenlease Family
Prays for ‘Break’
In Kidnapping Case
KANSAS CITY, Oct 1 mn — An
unnatural quiet settled about the
big, ivy-fringed home of little
Bobby Greenlease tonight ss Ms
wealthy family prayed for a week-
end break to the six-day-old kid-
The muldlmiionaire father,
Robert C. Greenlease, appeared to
be working quietly In the seclusion
of his home in an effort to nego-
tiate the release of Ms son.
Police continued to stand aside
at the family's request Police
Chief Bernard Brannon discounted
reports that the police felt they
bed waited long enough end were
about to begin a concentrated man-
hunt by saying:
"We will not make a move with-
out permission of the parents. We
are marking time. Our chief con-
corn is getting this child back alive
and we are not in contact with the
family because of its request to
Seventh Day Approaches
WHERE IT RANH
ABILENE
Municipal Airport ....
TO Hickory St. ......
2225 Edgemont ........
1450 Clinton St ......
-
Big Spring Gets
Bigg
Downpour
B. G. Sharp. Ballinger justice
of the peace, said that an inquest
into the wreck will be delayed un-
til Sunday because Shepard was
unable to talk Saturday night.
Both bodies were taken to New-
..-, __.__. by - Davis Funeral Home to Bal-
eleurinetn/o "MAL "T Me Motley Ivea on the wee
/ ters Highway two and a half miles
north of Ballinger where he farm-
ed. Born Jan. 1. 1900, in Bell Coun-
ty, he came to Runnels County to
1903 with his parents and has
lived here ever since.
On Dec. 24, 1921, he married the
former Eula Brenham at Hatchel.
He was a member of the Baptist
Church most of his life.
Funeral for Mr Mosley will be
held Monday at 5 p. m. in the
First Baptist Church at Ballinger.
The Rev. B. J. Martin, former
Ballinger pastor now at Childress,
will officiate. Burial will be in
the Old Runnels Cemetery under
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bennett
Pendergraft, 1401 Green St., Abi-
lene, who were riding in the cab
of the transport, received min-
or cuts and bruises but were not
hospitalised. Pendergraft to own-
er-manager of Jack’s Oil Company
The accident occurred after the
Buick attempted to pass another
car on the bridge and apparently
saw the transport coming, Pender-
graft said Evidently the sr went
out of control on the wet pavement,
he added.
The car’s rear swung to the left
so that its right side broadsided
right into the truck. Pendergraft
said. It happened so fast that he
eli not have time to bit his brakes.
When they came to a stop, the
truck a front right wheel was rest-
ing in the car’s back seat, he said.
The Buick was completely demo-
“Wucrol nor Mr.Sanders a son
pending but will be held at the
Church of God on Broad St. in
Ballinger. He was a member of
the church.
The Rev. Charles Jones, pastor,
will officiate, assisted by M.
Warner of San Angelo. Burial will
be in Ballinger Cemetery
Mr. Sanders is survived by his
wife, three daughters, Shells Ruth,
Vivian Lurena, and Ginger Gale:
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. H.
Sanders of San Angelo; two broth-
ers, Marvin Sanders, stationed in
San Fraaeiaco with the Navy, end
Paul W. Sanders of San Angelo;
three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Collins
of Ballinger, Mrs. Jack Long Jr.
of San Angelo, sod Mrs. Marvin
H Moehmke of San Antonio.
Mr. Mosley is survived by Ma
wife and one daughter, Mrs.
Charles Shepard; three grandchil-
dren: one brother, L. G. Mosley
of Newport News, N. J.; six sis-
ten, Mrs. Willie Keel of Fort
Worth, Mrs T B Mitchell of
Lockney, Mrs. H. H. McGregor of
Mineral Wells, Mrs. Lola Faircloth
of Eastland, Mrs. Raymond Rees
of Temple City, Calif., and Mrs.
Chester Sylvester of Midland. Randall Leon Hendrix, 20, of
otic school by a woman who passed
herself off to a nun as the boy's
"That to the formal time set
dar the Lindbergh law for the FBI
to enter a kidnap case unless it
has knowledge the victim to trans-
ported across a state line.
The FBI says it has been keep-
ing in touch with the case but de-
elined to say whether it would take
over tomorrow. In the past it has
been mare or less the policy of
the FBI to let the family attempt
negotiations with the kidnapers
without intervention.
The family, through their spokes-
men. have denied they have been
to contact with the kidnapers. Rob-
ert Ledterman of Tulsa business
associate of Greenlease, yesterday
denied a published report that the
family had been in contact with
the kidnapers through s newspa-
per went ad and that a $500,000
ransom had been demanded.
It was unusually quiet at the
Greenlease mansion today. The
family slept late, a maid said. An
adopted son, Paul Greenlease
called at the home briefly as he
has done every day since the ab-
duction. The mailmen came and a
physician called but left in a few
minutes.
Later an unidentified man drove
up in the circle drive at the home.
He rang the bell twice before be
was admitted by a maid. He has
not been seen st the house before.
The front porch light wsi on
again today although the sun was
shining brightly. It was on Thurs-
day but it was off yesterday.
Spokesmen for the family at that
time said aervanta had just for-
gotten to turn it off.
But the fact it was an again to-
day, caused some speculation it
MtAss free
. At Houston, rex., late today, a
police pickup was ordered for a
Florida-licensed automobile report-
ad carrying a boy resembling the
Greenlease child.
The FBI agent to the Texas city
who authorised the police broad-
cast said he doubted there was
anything to the report. He said
a “hysterical sounding” woman
called and said she saw the bey
and a man eating to a Houston
cafe.
“I don’t think a kidnaper would
take the boy into a public eating
place where all the boy would have
to do would be about out,” the
agent Mid. The man driving the
Florida car was described as about
40, freckled and 6 feet tall.
1829 South Eighth St. .......60
ALBANY ...............sprinkle
ANSON ...............light rain
ASPERMONT .......... 1.39
BALLINGER..........1.00
BENJAMIN .............. 1.00
BIG SPRING ............. 2.69
BLACKWELL .................45
BRECKENRIDGE ..........05
BRONTE ...............1.00
BROWNWOOD ..............1.40
BROWNSVILLE..............41
CLAYTONVILLE.......showers
CLYDE...................90
COLEMAN ............ .75
COAHOMA ..............3.00 est.
COLORADO CITY............70
(Morgan Creek) .............37
CORPUS CHRISTI .........1.65
EASTLAND ..................50
HAMLIN ...................1.00
HASKELL ...................1.15
LUBBOCK ..................72
MARYNEAL ................ .50
MENARD ...................s. .75
MATADOR .................1.69
MERKEL .......“
MIDLAND .......
MUNDAY......
RISING STAR ..
ROBY ..................
ROSCOE ... ...........
ROTAN ...............
ROSCOE ............
RULE ..............
SAN ANGELO .......
SAN ANTONIO
SEYMOUR ............
(Radio Station).......
SNYDER..............
SONORA ...............
STAMFORD ...........
STANTON .............
SWEETWATER ........
12 miles south ......
VERNON ...
WICHITA FALLS ......
WINGATE ..............
WINTERS ..............
WINK ..................
1.07
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.....1.50
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NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Murder Charged in Big Spring
Shooting; Trio in Jail Here
Oil Mows ......Pages 10-11
SECTION B
National Newspaper
Week ... ....... Page 1
Better Reed Beads ....
Federal Court Opens ...
Housing News ......
History of Abilene ....
Book Page ..........
Editorials .........
Amusements ......
SECTION C
2 4
. 6
8-9
CITY STILL TENSE, JITTERY
Dallas to Use Helicopter -
. In Hunt for Phantom Slayer
DALLAS, Oct 1 W—A hellcop
ter equipped with powerful search-
lights was brought in tonight for
possible emergency use in the
search for the phantom rapist-kil-
ler of a pretty dime store clerk.
For the third night, augmented
police patrolled a city lense and
jittery from a series of sex attacks.
Self-appointed vigilantes formed
neighborhood protective groups.
Police warned against use of fire-
arms In unfamiliar hands.
Police Chief Carl Hanaeon re-
quested the helicopter from the
nearby Bell Aircraft Plant. “We
won t use it unless we have a
prowler who has escaped into an
open area where there are no
homes,” said Hansson.
Police sought s Dallas Negro
who fled from a state hospitals
criminal ward at Rusk, Tex., only
four days before Mrs. H.C. Parker,
Ml was raped and slain Wednes-
"night. She staggered onto »
street near Love Field, the munl
cipal airport, and died in police
officers' arms from S stab wound
in the throat after gasping that
she had been stabbed by a Negro
Negro Escaped Aug. 30
The Negro who escaped from the
state hospital Aug 30 raped and
maimed a Negro women here in
1048, was adjudged sane at the
time of the crime but insane when
brought to trial. The sheriff at
Rusk, Frank Brunt, told Dallas
authorities the maa may have
come back here and may be res-
possible for recent sex crimes
"fer death climaxed S series of
attacks on white women in Dallas
.xr=iun
was in the immediate offing. ,
Meanwhile, s reward fond in-
creased to more than $8,000. Busi-
ness firms and individuals, include
ing Negro residents, were contribu-
Some excitement was generated
early today when pence took
charge of a white youth on a
bridge under which Mrs Parker
was attacked.
He had slumped into uncon-
sciousness after muttering: “Oh,
the body, the body, the body."__
He was sent in an ambulance to
a hospital aad later taken to the
city jail.
2 Ex-Abilenians
Arrested by FBI
BROWNWOOD, Oct. 1 in—Arrest
of three men and one woman on
federal beak burglary charges
here today was announced tonight
by FBI agents
The FBI said the quartet had
been charged in Amarillo to con-
nection with the looting March U.
1953, of the Flrat National Bank of
Lakeview, near Memphis. In the
Texas Panhandle.
Charged were Eugene Debbs
Bellah, 39; his wife, Jettie Onita
Bellah, 33, both formerly of Abi-
lene, Tex.; and Gerald Turner
Ervin, 22, and his father, William
Earl Ervin, 46, both of Roswell,
N. M.
All had been living here several
months
Police said the four had admit-
— Sweetwater was charged to Big
Staring Saturday with murder to
the fatal shooting of his wife near
Big Spring Friday night
Big Spring District Attorney Al-
ton Gilliland to announcing this ae-
tion said that the murder charges
were mod pending further inves-
tigation.
Later Saturday, Hendrix along
with Junior Coleman Lawhon, 20,
and his wife Rosie Lawhon, 19,
"also of Sweetwater, were charged
in Justice of the Peace H F.
Long’s court here with the Thurs-
day night burglary of Barry’s
Marine and Sport Shop at M2 Wal-
nut St. The three were returned
to Abilene Saturday afternoon from
Of slight build and blue-eyed, the
23-year-old youth told officers he
was an ex-Marine knife-fighting In-
structor. now employed at a Dallas
“Ofeer ? qutsuoned him closely. Big Spring w Defective Cape W.
but emphasized the strong possi-
bility that the man was to a men-
) tally unbalanced state and might
have been trying to attract atten-
•Usa.
At the hospital to the presence of
a newsman, officers asked the
ted taking part in a series of bur-
glaries over the state. Texas Rap-
gers, U. S Post Office Inspectors,
county and city officers, liquor
control board agents, and highway
patrolmen, as well as FBI agents,
participated in the arrests today
just before noon.
Officers said the four were still
being questioned on various bur
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youth: t
“What were you doing down
there?”
Says Man Down There
“A man waa down there,”’ be
replied "I think he may be the
one doing all this trouble. He was
big - awful big.”
This business is s dirty, rotten
mess," he said when asked why
he wss prowling around the area.
“It scares me I've got two sis-
ters.”
Two women told Police Sgt.
Stavis Ellis the youth, who plays
in a dance bend at night, offered
to take them home from a night
spot when it closed.
Instead they drove to Love Field.
They quoted the youth as saying
he wanted to show them where
two rapes had been committed.
They said the man stopped the
car near the arene of the Parker
crime, jumped out end yelled ex-
citedly for the women to 30 for
help The women drove to a nearby
filling station and police were sum-
moned
Officers said the youth collapsed
as he ran across the bridge aa
"Aeno "mre Parker Mid a
negro attacked her, police said
they were checking all possibilities
in the brutal slaying
"This is a COM where you can’t
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a. McDonald and Police Chief a
Z. Hallmark. A gun taken in that
burglary was the weapon which
Big Spring police said Mrs. Hen-
drix, 14, a bride of two weeks,
was killed.
Police in Abilene are investigat-
ing three other burglaries that
also took place here Thursday
"MA Hendrix, the former Path
cia Geraldine Shefflett also of
Sweetwater, was married to Hen-
IE WEATHER
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ND VICINITY - Cloudy
showers ending Sunday
cloudy and cool Sunday
th Monday high temper-
hrs lav Sunday might so
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Del Rio - Eagle
TEMmIUEA
WAS.....1.20 .........
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299.........
W:7 s 30
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Rains fell in moot areas of West rain at Odessa and s light rota at
Texas Saturday in amounts vary. *
ing from a light sprinkle at Albany
to more than three inches in the
dry 84 Spring near
port in Abilene, sithough more than
half an inch was reported to sev-
eral spots in the city.
Reins esme on the heels of a
cold front moving in from the
northwest that was expected to
lower temperatures to 50 or 55
sometime Sundsy night.
Reins were general throughout
the state, but heaviest fella were
in the worst hit drought areas of
West Texas.
Buses Slowed
The wide spread rains slowed
buses coming into Abilene from
the west and temporarily halted
Abilene-bound commercial airline
flights at San Angelo and Big
Spring.
A.bus driver who left Pecos on
U. S. Highway 80 said a "tor-
rential rain and hard wind” forced
him to stop his vehicle just before
entering Monahans. Traveling
eastward, he encountered a heavy
Midland.
Eighteen miles farther at Stant-
on on U. S. 80, he rsn into s heavy
rain until he reached Trent. A
light drizzle waa encountered from
Trent, to Abilene.
Seymour reported 2.40 inches at
I p.m. and the Seymour radio sta-
tion reported 3.80 inches one and
one-half hours later. Haskell re-
ported 1.15 inches.
A bus driver from Dalles report-
ed rains ware falling aU the way
from Dallas to Abilene. He arrived
in Abilene during the afternoon.
Flights Halted Here
Pioneer Air Lines said Saturday
night airliners due to fly into Abi-
lene from San Angelo and Big
Spring wore grounded at those two
cities as piloto waited for a break
to the weather at Abilene.
The plane et Big Spring waa ex-
pected to by - pass Abilene and
fly on to Dallas, but the craft
at San Angelo was expected to
stay there overnight, then fly to
Abilene Sunday morning.
The Big Spring rain was be-
lieved the heaviest there in three
See RAIN, Pg. 12-A, Cot.
By Reporter-News Service
BALLINGER, Oct. 8. — Dr.
John T. Pearce, 35, son of a
prominent Ballinger pioneer fam-
ily, remained in “extremely eri-
tieal” condition in a San Angelo
hospital Saturday night following
an automobile accident there late
Friday night
Doctors said he was doing “re-
mastably well" considerin’ his
He suffered an extreme depres-
sed skull fracture on his forehead
and multiple lacerations on the
face and neck when his ear col-
tided with a pipe truck Bending
the car spinning down into an
Police said the roof of Dr.
Pearce’s car was eased in, mak-
ing it difficult to remove him
from the vehicle.
In Accident
I Sehoot, he received his bachelor’s
degree from Hardin * Simmons
University to Abilene and his M.
iD. from Tulane University School
of Medicine to 1943.
After interning at Wesley Me-
morial Hospital at Northwestern
University in Chicago from July,
1943, to April, 1944, he entered the
Army Medical Corps. He was dis-
charged as a captain to November
1946.
From then until 1948, he was an
instructor to anatomy st Tulane
University Medteal School and lat-
er did residence work atAlton
Oschner Medical Foundation and
Tulane Graduate School of Medi-
Dr. Pearce joined the start of
Clinic - Hospital to San Angelo to
November, 1952.
Ba was alone in Ma car at the
drix on Sept. 17 to Juarez, Mexi-
co.
Big Spring police said one of
the men said the shooting was an
accident, that a rifle and pistol
reportedly stolen from an Abilene
store Thursday night were lying
on the beck seat of the car and
one of them went off hitting Mrs.
Hendrix.
The three burglary suspects
were being held here in the city
iall Saturday night.
Girl Fatally Shot
It Be Buried Today
SWEETWATER, Oct. 3. (RNS)
—Funeral for Mrs. Geraldine Hen-
drix, 14, who died of a gunshot
wound inflicted between Big Spring
and Sweetwater, will be held at 2
p m. Sunday in West Side Bap-
tist Church here.
The Rev. O. D. Carpenter, pas-
tor. will officiate. Burial will be
to Sweetwater Cemetery under the
direction of Cate - Spencer Fu-
neral home.
Mrs. Hendrix was, born June 18,
1939, in Sweetwater end had lived
here all her life.
Survivors are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Shifflett, Sr., of
Sweetwater; four brothers, Calvin
of Abilene and Gerald. Charles
and Jack, all of Sweetwater: two
sisters, Mrs. John Hill at Sweet-
water and Mrs. Orville Bailey
of Amarillo,
Pallbearers will be Torn Hill,
Wayne Hill, Edwin Guelker,
Charles Guelker, Leonard Clark
and Lloyd Smith.
17 ure T iur
, m is sea st
: temperatures same date
mviverr ar
Women’s News
Garden Topics
Newcomers, Bienton
Stondefers ........-
Mr. J. W. Dowdy, 87........1B
Fashionably Specking ........ 11
Campus Chotter J ........ 11
soon New Pages 1.4
Farm and Ranch News ......8-9
Markets ................V
Church News .............10
Rodie a TV Logo ...........10
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The young surgeon is the son
Pages 1-11 of Mr and Mrs Frank M. Pearce
.......6 of Ballinger. His father is part
owner of Pearce • Bailey Drug
Store here which. Dr. Pearce's
grandfather founded 60 years ago.
aete sureery, Dr/psarrr perform-
ed a rare cardiac resuscitation and
was credited with bringing a 67-
rear-aid Ozona man back to Ufa
last Dec. 19 although he refused _ ,___________
to claim the credit. with oilfield pipe, Underwood D
LA graduate of Ballinger High 1 part of the pipe was bent doubl
He and his wife and four children
make their home at 407 Tyler St.
Driver Of the truck was Wayne
Underwood, 25, of Fort Worth Be
said that Dr. Pearce’s car struck
IhATe ME O the mu. Ma con
w
re the underpass,
did not turn over.
parentiy, — —----—
Police said the car came b
more than 500 feet from the
of impact. The truck was 1
with ofifield------
Benjamin Voles
Waler District
BENJAMIN, Oct. 3. — Voters
Is Beniamin and surrounding tar
ritory Saturday approved the crea-
tion of a Knox County Control
*enens
jamin showed 85 votes for and one
vote against in the other box out-
side of Benjamin the results were
25 for and 10 against. 1
Preliminary estimates are that
the water project will cent about
$125,000.
WHY BE A FOOTBALL HERO — Burt McCoy, who stars on the cinder track and basket-
ball court rather than the gridiron, finds that being a spectator can be fun as he is sur-
rounded by Abilene Christian College coeds. They were among the 650 students who
took a Burlington Lines train to Wichita Falls Saturday for the ACC Midwestern foot-
ball game. They were to return early Sunday morning The girls are Joanne Hackler,
lower left, and June McLeod, lower right, and, back row, Vera Howton, Bally Middle
brook, Darlene Watta, and Ruby Shelton. (Staff Photo by Don Hutcheson)
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