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VOL LXXV, NO. 103
Associated Press (AP) ABILENE, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 6, 1955—TWENTY-SIX PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY Sc, SUNDAY 10c
I High Court Voids
104 Duval Cases
Expectant Mother
Critically Hurt
A 33-year-old expectant mother, U. S. 83 and U. S. 84.
Mrs. Charles Caldwell, of Lawn,
Also injured in the crash was
elf"
HIGHWAY AND KAILWAY BRIDGES OUT — Both
these bridges spanning the North Fork of the Wichita
River were washed out by raging flood waters 17 miles
north of Benjamin. The nver at this point is the county
line between Knox and Foard Counties. The bridge on
State Highway 283 is washed out at the north end, left,
and the Santa Fe bridge is out at the south end, upper
right (Aerial photo by Staff Photographer Don Hutcheson)
was critically injured about 6:30
p.m. Wednesday in a two-car col-
lision IS miles south of Abilene on
U. S. Highway 84 at an intersec-
tion with an unnumbered county
road.
The accident occurred about two
miles south of the intersection of
'Comfortable
Day' Spent
By President
DENVER. Oct I m-President
Eisenhower’s physicians reported
at I p.m., MST, tonight that the
President’s condition “continues to
progress satisfactorily without
complications.” He spent a com-
fortable day.
White House News Secretary
James C Hagerty said the Presi-
dent slept for at least to minutes
during the rest period from 2:30
to 4 p.m.
His mother-in-law Mrs John S.
Doud and Mrs. Gordon Moore, the
sister of Mrs. Eisenhower, visited
briefly with the chief executive
during that period.
Westbrook Pair
Hit Train, Die
COLORADO CITY, Oct. 5 (RNS)
-Mr. and Mrs John Millard Con-
away of Westbrook were killed in-
stantly when their car collided
with a train at the west edge of
Westbrook at 5:05 p.m. Wednes-
day.
Mr. Conaway, a farmer, was 70.
Mrs. Conaway was 69. Both were
deaf-mutes. They were the only oc-
cupants of Me car.
The accident occurred when the
two turned south off of U. S.
Highway 80 onto a farm-to-market
road and struck a Texas & Pacific
freight train about a foot from the
front of the engine.
Pieces of the car were scattered
120 feet along the railroad right-
Kiker and Son Funeral Home
will announce funeral arrange-
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. Conaway are sur-
vived by three sons. Carter Cona-
way of Electra, John M. Conaway
Jr. of El Cajon Calif., Joe Bob
Conaway of Hobbs, N. M.; three
daughters, Mrs. Weldon Moore of
Abilene, Mrs. A. B. Colson and
Mrs. Hiram Mann, both of Colo-
rado City.
He is also survived by one broth-
er, Frank Canaway of Westbrook;
and six sisters, Mrs Willie Byrd
and Mrs. Witt Hines, both of West-
Youth Sentenced
In Dallas Murder
DALLAS, Oct I Un—A 20-year-old
youth was sentenced today to 99
years in prison for the 1953 mur-
der of Mrs. Mahaia Winterbauer,
57-year-old policeman’s widow and
telephone operator.
Brazil Dail Carmichael, Tampa,
Fla.—elated over his escape from
toe electric chair—immediately ac-
cepted the sentence from Criminal
Dist Judge William McGraw.
of-way. i---. —
Deck Alvis, a school bus driver, of Lubbock,
said he was sitting in his ear on
the other side of toe railroad cross.
brook. Mrs. Powd Armstrong of
Jal, N. M., Mrs. Hattie Rice of
Fort Worth, Mrs. Ruby McIntosh
of Iowa and Mrs. Cecil Meskinen
ing. waiting for the train to pass
when the collision occurred.
The engineer, John C. Craven of
Big Spring, said he was traveling
toward Big Spring at about 50 to
■ miles an hour.
Westbrook to a small town nine
miles west of Colorado City on
U. S Highway 80.
The accident was investigated
by Highway Patrolmen Alfred
Chambers and H B. Slaughter.
Mrs. Conaway to survived by
several brothers and sisters, in-
cluding Mrs Tom Horton af Big
Spring and Mrs. Emma Veal of
Coahoma.
Wichita River
Falls; No New
Flood Feared
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Wichita River and Holliday
Creek, which together flooded 1S0
blocks in Wichita Falls, were fall-
ing very slowly Wednesday night
and few of the persons forced from
their homes had returned.
The Wichita Falls Record News
said it might be two days before
all could return. But no new flood-
ing was in sight.
The city area couldn’t drain be-
cause Holliday Creek remained
high. Holliday Creek couldn't
drain quickly because of the height
of the Wichita River into which it
pours. And the Wichita remained
high because the Red River, into
which it drains, was on a rise.
Actually, only about ISO persons
were directly effected by the
floods, including some who con-
tinued to live in their flooded
homes.
Lake Kemp is expected to pro-
Sect Wichita Falls from the new
area rains that fell Tuesday.
Strike Fighl
Injures Eight;
Officials Feud
NEW CASTLE, Ind., Oct 5 m
Eight persons were wounded today
in a march on the Perfect Circle
Corp. foundry by 5,000 strike
sympathizers, and a call for Na-
tional Guardsmen touched off a
dispute over authority between the
governor and the lieutenant gov-
ernor. ,
Gov. George N. Craig, vacation-
tag in Miami, Fla., cent an order
through bis office in Indianapolis
for one battalion of some SOO In-
diana National Guardsmen to go
into New Castle tonight to stop all
work and all picketing and close
all taverns.
A short time later. Mayor Paul
McCormack said he was advised
by Indiana Atty. Gen. Edwin K.
Steers that Lt Gov. Harold W.
Handley was ordering the guard
unit, the 3rd Battalion, 151st In-
fantry Regiment to remain at its
armory at Muncie.
Craig and Handley, both Repub-
licans, are longtime factional op-
ponents.
The mayor said he understood
the lieutenant-governor wae acting
under an opinion from the attorney
general that the governor did not
have authority to call out the
troops while be wae out of the
state
New Cartie to an industrial city
of 11.001 population in east-central
Indiana.
McCormack issued a proclama-
tion calling for National Guard
assistance "to protect property
and life.” He said Steers and Hand-
ley were on their way here to con-
fer with him.
Guard officials at Indianapolis
declined to say what course they
lee I HURT, Pg. SA Cols, 1, 2
Clyde C. Stewart, 65-year-old farm-
er of Rt. I, Tuscola. .
Mrs. Caldwell’s physician re-
ported late Wednesday that the
woman was 8% months pregnant
at the time of the accident. He
said that as far as he knew, the
baby was "all right," despite the
mother’s injuries.
The doctor said she suffered
skull fractures, a bead injury and
fractures of both arms. One arm
was placed in a cast and the oth-
er was put in traction, the physi-
cian said. ,
Mrs. Caldwell remained uncon-
scious late Wednesday night, her
physician said.
Stewart suffered a cut lip and a
fractured knee cap. His physician
said he, too, was "aU right.”
Both the injured were carried to
Hendrick Memorial Hospital by an
ambulance from Fry Funeral
Home of Tuscola.
Mrs. Caldwell was a passenger
in a 1950 Ford driven by her hus-
band, Charles Sam Caldwell, 34.
Other occupants of the vehicle
were Merk Wilkins, 24, of Lawn,
and three other Caldwell children,
who were not identified. Mrs Cald-
well was the only person injured
in the Caldwell car.
Stewart, driving s Dodge sedan,
was alone at the time of the crash.
State Highway Patrolman D. It
Womack of Abilene to investigat-
ing the accident.
FOR WEINERT
Haskell Water Distrid
Okays $100,000 Bond Issue
WEINERT, Oct. I (RNS) — A A joint meeting of ton Weinert
•100,000 bond issue to finance the
development of a water supply
for the City of Weinert was au-
thorized Wednesday by voters in
the Haskell County Water Supply
District.
The bond issue carried by a vote
of 124 to 68.
The water district was created
by an act of the last Texas Legis-
lature and has the same bound-
arise as the Weinert Independent
School District.
City Council and board of direc-
tors, of the water supply district
was scheduled at Weinert at ■
pm. Wednesday. Purpose of the
meeting was to canvass Wednes-
day's bond election vote and the
vote of the city election last Satur
dey.
The board of directors of the
water supply district to composed
of R. C. Liles, president; R. N
Matbison, secretary; and directors
R.’J. Rainey, Eddie Sanders and
Bill King All are of Weinert.
The Weinert City Council to com-
prised of Mayor W. B. Guess and
aldermen C. V. Ashley, E. 8 Mc-
Guire. Clyde Mayfield. R. A.
Mathison and W. A. Dutton, also
city secretary.
The development project will
bring water from wells to be lo-
cated generally west and north-
west of Weinert. Weinert for
many years has barn obtaining wa-
ter from a large surface tank, but
during the drought the city has
had to ship in water by rail.
The surface tank to located to
the north and west of the city lim-
its. The city has been faced with
a fire hazard as there has born a
lack of water with which to fight
Lest Saturday voters in the City
of Weinert voted 70 to 1 to au-
thorize the Weinert City Council
to contract with the Haskell Coun-
ty Water Supply District to provide
water to the city for municipal,
domestic sod industrial uses
Some preliminary engineering
work has been lene in order to
estimate the cost of the project.
Additions to the present water
works system ta Weinert, which
will comprise practically a new
system, will be developed by the
district The system will serve
residential customers, schools and
other pubtie institutions and indus-
trial users, including cotton gins.
After results of, Wednesday's
bead election have been officially
canvassed, the board of directors
of the water supply district and
the Welnert City Council will take
immediate steps toward getting ___________________
the water project under way of about 40,000 gallons.
fires.
Preliminary plans for the project
include construction of a raised
metal storage tank with a capacity
Anson Sophomore
Contracts Polio
ANSON. Oct I (RNS) - Joyis
Andrus, 15-year-old Anson High
School sophomore, haa been con-
fined to her home with polio which
as yet has not developed into mus-
cular paralysis, according to her
attending physician.
Miss Andrus, daughter of Mr
and Mrs J H. Andrus of Anson,
entered the hospital Monday morn-
ing. A diagnosis of polio wae ren-
dered by her physician about 10
a.m. Monday.
The doctor said that at this point
she is still running fever and ta
under close observation for signs
Of paralysis and other symptoms
of the disease.
The girl's father is a pumper at
North Anson Lake.
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Kemp Rises; Knox
Roads Reopened
Lake Kemp waa rising Wednes-
day at the fastest rate in its 32-
year history after rain fell Tues-
day night at several West Central
Texas points.
The lake, located north of Sey-
mour on the Wichita River, feeds
Into Diversion Lake, which to one
of Wichita Falls' chief sources of
water.
Hal Fees. Reporter-News cor-
respondent at Seymour, said Lake
Kemp had risen about two feet
between 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Wed-
nesday and was still rising.
Water was sboat four feet and
three inches from the top of the
spillway.
There waa as real danger to
the area along the Wichita River
below the dam. Fees said. The
South Fork Of the Wichita was
receding M State Highway 283 is
Knox County and the highway was
expected to be reopened Thursday.
Farm Road 267 in Knox County
from U. S Highway a north to
Gilliland was reopened. Farm
Road 266 from U.S. a south
to Goree was also reopened Wed-
nesday Farm Read Ml wort of
Knau City remained closed and the
State Highway Department would
make no prediction as to when
it might be reopened.
Knox County Sheriff Horoor T.
Melton said the second flooding of
the Brazos River did much more
damage to roads in Knox County
than the first because the rondo
were soft from the first flood or
had jurt been rebuilt.
Sheriff Melton said several
hundred acres of the League ranch
southeast of Benjamin were turned
inte sandbars matend of wodlue
The Brazos was receding Wed-
nesday and Fees said flood waters
were being pumped oat of Sey-
mour's sewage disposal plant
Abilene received W inches of
rain between 9 p.m Tuesday and
1 a.mi Wednesday. Other rainfall
not previously reported included
Matador 2.25, Snyder M. Seymour
35, Stamford 34 and Winters .30.
Through Oct. 5 this year, AM-
lene has received 22.38 inches of
rate Normal for the ported is
18.10. A total of 1.04 inches has
fallen here thus far this month
as compared with the normal for
the first five days of October of
A
The rata was blamed for caus-
ing a car wreck on U. S. 84 just
northwest of Snyder ta which twe
Navy men were injured.
A car driven by Kenneth Willis,
21, of Fort Worth, hit a puddle
of water on the highway about
7:30 pm Tuesday. Water splashed
into his eyes, blinded him tem-
porarily and caused him to lose
control of the car.
The auto turned over to a road-
side ditch and Willis and a pas-
senger. Devid Varner, 21, of Nor-
walk, Calif., were pinned under
toe cor Passing motorists pulled
the couple from underneath the
car and they were taken to Cog-
del! Hospital M Snyder for treat-
ment. Neither was believed se-
riously injured
A 5,000-barrel oil tank on the
SACROC No. 1 lease just west of
Snyder was set afire by lightning.
Firemen were unable to control
the hi see and iho firs tarasd it-
Argentine Regime
Considers Ousting
Peron labor Pals
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. s on -
Argentina’s new provisional gov-
ernment tonight was reported pre-
paring to hand over the Peron-
organized General Confederation of
Labor (CGT) to new leaders.
The six-million member organ-
ization, backbone of the ousted
dictator’s political strength, to
being torn by an internal struggle
for power between Peronista and
anti-Peron leaders.
Government circles said the nec-
essary papers for too hand-over
are being drawn up. There was no
immediate indication who would
assume control.
(Chilean Foreign Subsecretary
Mariano Bustos reported to Santi-
ago, meanwhile, that former Ar-
gentine Foreign Minister Jeroni-
me Remorino has been arrested
in Buenos Aires.)
The government’s move on the
CGT followed a wave of sudden
strikes by meat packing workers.
Army troops surrounded four big
plants to prevent possible disorders
as a result of the dissension within
the CGT.
MAJ. GEN. A. B. OLD
... to bring visitors here
24 Civilians
Of 4 States
To Visit AFB
A group of M civilian visitors
and several U. S. Air Force offi-
cers beaded by Maj. Gen. Archie
B. Old, commander of toe 15th Air
Force, will visit Abilene Air Force
Base Monday.
Bob Tiffany, chairman of the
Abilene Base Community Council
of the Chamber of Commerce, said
the civilian group represents sim-
ilar organizations of four Air Force
cities — Tucson, Ariz., Spokane,
Wash., Great Falls, Mont., and
Mountain Home, Idaho. Tiffany
made announcement of their visit
at a meeting of toe council
Wednesday at the C-C office.
The civilian and Air Force visi-
tors will arrive here at 12:10 p.m.
Monday and will tour the base.
The Base Community Council will
be bort to the group at a luncheon
at the air base, where Lt. Col
Jack Brown, barn commander, will
brief them on construction prog-
ress at the air installation. The
visitors are scheduled to leave Abi-
lene at 2:20 p.m. Monday.
Tiffany will preside at toe lunch
eon. Members of the Bern Com-
munity Council are Clyde Grant,
Frank Hobbs; Henry Doscher, B. F.
Gilchrist and Dm Waddington.
At toe meeting Wednesday, Tif-
fany said the council eventually
will include a large portion of Abi-
lene and Air Force Base popula-
tion. He added that purpose of the
council will be to integrate Air
Force personnel and their families
into community life.
“As strength of the base in
creases. Air Force representation
will be assigned to work with the
a tie committee," Tiffany
MORE ABOUT
OIL...
In Sunday's
Abilene Reporter-News,
October 9th . .. the
Annual Oil Progress
Edition. Reserve extra I
copies today.
We will wrap and mail
to ony address in the
United States for 25c each.
Coll 3-4271
Washbum Trial
Sel for Dec. 5
WACO, Oct s m-The Harry L.
Washburn murder trial today was
set for Dec. 5 at Waco.
Fifty-fourth Dist. Judge D. W.
Bartlett made the setting after
talking with the district attorneys
of Tom Green and McLennan
Counties. He refused to make it
definite until all of Washburn’s at-
torneys approved it.
Shepperd
Asks New
Indictments
AUSTIN, act. 5 mn-the Court
of Criminal appeals, in effect, to-
day wiped out 104 indictments
aimed at cleaning up alleged cor-
ruption in Duval County.
Atty. Gen. John Ben Shepperd
promptly promised re-indictments
would be sought.
The appellate court held the
grand jury returning the indict-
ments against more than 30 public
officials and others was illegally
organised.
It said then Dist. Judge A. S.
Broadfoot acted improperly ta dis-
missing a previously-appointed
grand jury panel and appointing a .
new grand jury commission of his
own choosing. The indictments had
been returned by a grand jury
selected by the Broadfoot-ap-
pointed commission.
The ruling wae in a decision
ordering judgment reversed and
prosecution dismissed in the con-
victing of former Duval County
School Supt. R. L. Adame on a
charge of felony theft.
Shepperd lamented the action as
a “tragie” setback in Me campaign
against what he has termed “po-
litical and economic tyranny” ta
the South Texas stronghold of po-
litical kingpin George Parr.
He said all the matters to the
104 indictments will again be sub-
mitted, beginning Monday, to the
present grand jury. He charged
the appellate court's new decision
had reversed its position of is
months ago.
The appeal court split, two to one.
to today's decision. The majority
opinion said to permit conduct by
which then 79th Dist. Judge A. S.
Broadfoot dismissed a previous
grand jury panel and appointed a
new grand jury commission
“would amount to destruction of
our grand jury system.”
The dismissed panel had been
named by Dirt. Judge C. Woodrow
Laughlin before his removal from
office.
The court said the dismissed
panel was entitled to an “open
court” hearing before it was dis-
missed to determine if there was
cause tor such action.
In the previous case, then pre-
siding Judge Harry N. Graves and
Judge K. K. Woodley constituted
the majority, with Judge William
A. Morrison dissenting. Today,
Judge Lloyd W. Davidson, who was
elected to the court upon Judge
Graves' retirement, joined Judge
Morrison to constitute the major-
its. with Judge Woodley dissenting,
the years ta prison oenue
County jury on a change of venue
from Duval County. He wae
charged with taking $200 in cash
as change from a $231.33 check
used to pay a $31.33 school debt.
The Adame case was the first to
reach the Court of Criminal Ap
peals among the 104 indictments
returned by the Duval grand jury
today held to be illegally organized.
In Critical Condition
WASHINGTON, Oct, s in—Mar-
tin F. Durkin, 61, former secretary
of labor, is in a critical condition
from a brain tumor.
NORTH OF SAN ANGELO
Masked Bandit, Carrying
Machinegun, Robs Tavern
SAN ANGELO, Oct. S—A holdup
man wearing a mask and carrying
a machine gun walked into a tav-
ern in the Orient community 17
miles north of hero Wednesday aft-
ernoon and escaped with $285.57 in
Mito and change.
The bandit flrod two toots into
the north wall of ton building, or-
derod toe owner, A. B. Carter of
San Angelo, on the flear and than
waked back to the ceah regis-
tor and pltoad up the money.
He then ordered Carter and one
Ballinger, Tennison, Miles, Robert
Lee and Abilene joined in the
search.
Abilene police aat up road blocks
on U. S. 277 for some two hours
late Wednesday afternoon.
The blockades were called off at
6:15 pm The robbery hadee-
curred about 2:15 p.m. and no
trace of the man had been re-
ported.
The bandit waa reportedly wear-
ing faded blue coveralls and a
scarf covered his face from his
forehead to Ma neck. A portion of
his face was visible, the tavern
owner said.
change to the cash register.
Police tote Wednesday night
were looking for the holdup man,
said to be about five toat. seven or
eight inches tall and weighing be
tween 150 and 160 pounds. He was
wearing Mack rim glasses, police
M. A fee of his gotavnr
customer in the tavern, F. E. New-
sem of San Angelo, into the men's
restroom. Ho fled in a car
State highway patrolmen, San
Angelo police and Tom Green
County Sheriff’s Department offi-
cials set up a road Noch on many
highways and country roads. Po--------
lice from Sterling City, Bronte, The holdup man left 481 in
He told police that it appeared
that the man's face was rough and
said that he might have had it
painted or was wearing a mask
under the seart.
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