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ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 20, 1955—SEVENTY-SIX PAGES IN SIX SECTIONS
ASSEMBLY LINE—Toys for the Goodfellows Toy Store get a fresh coat of paint from
firemen at the Butternut St. station. Sprucing up the tricycles and small bicycles are.
left to right, A. L. Boyd, J. H. Conaway, Leo Williams, Lewayne Long, Ray Smith and
R. M. Snell. (Staff Photo by Don Hutcheson)
FOR GOODFELLOWS
Wheels Needed
For Toy Repair
There are lots of toys on hand to
be repaired for the Goodfellows
Toy Store, but ..
"We need wheels." Fire Chief
D. C. Musick stated Saturday.
Firemen are repairing tricycles,
wagons, scooters, bicycles, pedal
cars and many types of large
wheeled toys—but wheels are eas-
ily destructible, it seems Many of
the wheels on toys are damaged.
As Musick said. "We’ve got lots
no
of bodies and frames, but
wheels."
No wheels, no repair.
All Sizes Wanted
Since the firemen are fixing up
all sizes of toys for all sixes of
children, it’ll take ail sizes of
wheels to remedy the situation.
Little wheels, big wheels, mid-
dle-sized wheels. "If we had some
more wheels, we probably could
repair all of what we have," the
fire chief said.
The toys are being repaired at
Central Station and repainted at
the Butternut St. station Mechani-
cal toys are being repaired at the
ACC Hill station.
At the "DoU Factory,” where
South 7th St. fire station men are
working on dolls, the men report
that “we’re keeping up with our
work pretty well."
Last week the firemen finished
83 dolls. Three hundred and twelve
dolls are being dressed by Abilene
women, and 175 have been return-
ed to the station.
Firemen have lees than a
month to wind up their paint and
polish work. They hope to clear
up all the toys and close up shop
by Dec. 15. Then the toys will be
transferred to the Goodfellows Toy
Store.
O. R Tullis. Goodfellows chair |
man, plans to call a Goodfellows
meeting soon to work out further
details on this year’s project.
Johnson Summoned
To See President
SAN MARCOS, Tex . Nov. 19
—Senate Majority Leader Lyndon
Johnson (D-Tex) announced today
he had been called to the White
House for a Dec 13 conference
with President Eisenhower and
others, presumably on foreign pol-
icy.
Johnson returned here — the
scene of trials and triumphs as a
poor boy college student—to insist
to a school homecoming crowd
that both parties shun foreign af-
fairs as a 1956 presidential cam
paign issue and confront the world
with unity on foreign affairs
He said there were other issues
and promised to get into the de-
bate on at least one of them at a
Democratic fund-raising dinner in
his honor at Whitney, Tex., Mon-
Co-ed Killed,
Seven Injured
GEORGETOWN, Tex., Nov. 19
in—A co-ed was killed and seven
other students were injured today
when their station wagon overturn-
ed 15 miles northwest of here on
U.S. Highway 183. .
The students were from Howard
Payne College, Brownwood, Tex.
They were members of the Life
Service Band, enroute to Elgin.
Tex , where they were to give a
religious play tonight.
Killed was Barbara Stedman, 19,
of Houston.
Dorothy Lennon, 19. of Corsicana,
is in "very critical condition" with
a fractured skull, broken left leg
and facial injuries.
Jo Cowan, 22, Throckmorton,
Tex., suffered a possible broken
back and pelvic injuries.__
The other injured were Contella
Amrine, 18, Nancoas, Colo, pos-
sible internal injuries; Le Roy Cox,
Coldwater, Mich, broken pelvis;
Ernest Bailey, 19, Hurst, Tex., the
driver, possible broken left ankle
and badly lacerated back.
Released after treatment for mi-
nor injuries were Jim Gordon 19.
Muleshoe, Tex., and John Johnson.
23, Bacyrus, Ohio.
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 10c
Adlai Leads Assault
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On Administration
HST, Kefauver,
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Harriman
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NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Obituaries
Oil News
SECTION B
City hall beat .....
Thanksgiving .....
Editorials .........
Church News .....
6
10-11
9
Radio, TV logs ......9
Movies, Amusements .... 10
Business outlook .......
Book news .. .......
SECTION C
Private clubs ..........
Doll show 1-34.........
Abilene newcomers......
Abilene dotebook +-...,
Fashionably speaking ....
Campus columns .......
School menus.........
Garden topics ..........
SECTION D
Sports
Farm, markets
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12
7
1-5
11-12
Wrecks Hurt
2 Abilenians
Walter Dorman, 31, of 933 Sun-
set Dr. was slightly injured about
8:20 p.m. Saturday when his car
day night. , _
Johnson did not expand on his
announcement about the Dec. 13
conference but departed from the
prepared text of his speech to
make it at a point where he had
said there would be future summit
and lower-level meetings on for-
eign affairs.
The Texas Democrat, recovering
from a heart attack suffered in
July, spoke forcefully before an
audience at Southwest Texas State
Teachers College. He grinned and
said he would attend the Dec. 13
conference assuming that his and
President Eisenhower’s health per-
mitted.
Johnson had scheduled a final
CHICAGO, Nov. 19 (—Adlai E.
Stevenson led a Democratic as-
sault tonight against what he called
“special interest government in
Washington," which he said offers
a shaky peace, deceptive prosper-
ity and no progress.
Flanked by party leaders who
voiced the same theme, the 1952
Democratic presidential nominee
who wants to be its 1956 standard-
bearer, tore into the Republican
slogan of "peace-prosperity-prog-
ress.”
Former President Harry S. Tru-
man predicted an "overwhelming"
victory for the party in 1956 presi-
dential and congressional elections
True Friends
Truman, maintaining a new atti-
tude of neutrality in the presiden-
tial nomination contest after pre-
viously having repeated several
times he was for Stevenson, said
that the people are dissatisfied
with the change they got in the
Republican administration after 20
years of Democratic rule.
The farmers are beginning to
find out just who their friends
are,” he declared at a meeting of
an agricultural advisory group.
•'You ought to hear them cry
when they come to me."
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan, a potential favorite
son" candidate for the nomination
who was not on the list of dinner
speakers, called in a speech to
Young Democrats for prosperity
"more substantial and less hazard-
ous than the present most callous
and treacherous over-extension of
our consumer credit in history."
Wall-eyed
Stevenson told the Democrats
that "who plays politics with peace
will lose both."
“Certainly we must have learned
that sound foreign policies cannot
be devised with- one eye on the
budget and the other on the di-
rammed into the ticket office at
Fair Park Stadium.
He was taken to Hendrick Me-
morial Hospital by an Elliott's
Funeral Home ambulance Police-
man J. C. Jones, who investigated
the accident, said Dorman was
going south on Sammons St. just
west of the stadium when he ap-
parently turned left into the sta-
dium.
physical checkup for mid-Decem-
ber and had hoped to resume ac-
tive Senate leadership in January.
See JOHNSON, Pg. 4-A, Cal. *
The car rammed into a steel
girder. Dorman was thrown into
the windshield. He suffered a deep
cut on the forehead and complain-
ed of chest injuries He was ad-
mitted to the hospital at 8:30 pm.
The front of the car was heavily
damaged and the west ticket office
at the stadium was damaged.
Another Abilenian was slightly
hurt at noon Saturday when a
station wagon was in collision with
a dump truck at S. 8th and Peach
St. Mrs. Noma Gray Gill of 1942
N. 1st St. also was taken to
Hendrick. She received bruises and
cuts about the head, police said.
She was driving the station
wagon which collided with the
dump truck, driven by John L.
Newhouse of 334 College Dr The
bed of the dump truck was knocked
off the chasis. _____________
Democrat Hopefuls
Visit With Truman
CHICAGO. Nov. 1» (—The three
men most mentioned as potential
nominees for president on the Dem-
ocratic ticket called on former
President Truman today.
First, Adlai E Stevenson left his
quarters in the Conrad Hilton Hotel
and crossed the street to the
Blackstone Hotel to visit Truman.
visions of the Republican party,” 1
he declared 1
"America's military strength has 1
been reduced—while at the same 1
time we talked louder and tougher. 1
But if our threats were sincere, 1
then our pretensions of peace were 1
insincere. And if we did not mean I
what we said we were bluffing ” 1
Kefauver and Gov. Averell Har- 1
riman of New York, who said he 1
isn't now an "active candidate" 1
for the party presidential nomina- 1
lion, also fired at the Republicans. 1
Kefauver said the GOP foreign 1
policy program bad failed. 1
"It was shackled for two years |
by the reckless and irresponsible 1
83rd (Republican) Congress,” he 1
declared "Now when a fully re- 1
sponsible Democratic major- 1
ity controls the Congress, we still
find the administration of our for- 1
See DEMOCRATS, Pg. 4 A. Col. 2 I
Pilot Blames
Prop Failure
For Air Crash
SEATTLE. Nov 19 on—Propeller
failure was blamed today by the
pilot for the midnight crash here
two days ago of a chartered DC4
that claimed the lives of 27 of the
74 aboard
Then, Sen. Estes Kefauver of
Tennessee made a similar trip for — . -
a brief chat with the ex-President. trol and altitude
Still later. Truman dropped in
at a cocktail party for Gov. Aver-
ell Harriman of New York at the
Blackstone Hotel. The party was
given by Michael Prendergast,
New York State Democratic chair-
man.
JOVIAL DEMOCRATS - Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley, second from right, act-
ed as host at the Cook County Democratic Committee reception in Chicago, IL, for
visiting members of the Democratic National Committee. Mayor Daley is greeting
from left Gov Averill Harriman of New York; Adlai Stevenson, who has announced
Ms intention of seeking the Democratic prendential nomination, and Sen. Estes Ke-
fauver, extreme right, of Tennessee. (AP)
Attorney Declares
Hofheinz Concedes Information Kept
From Mrs. Clark
AT HOUSTON
In a dramatic hospital room
news conference, William J. Mc-
Dougall, 40, Miami, Fla , told of
the desperate cockpit struggle to
keep the big four-engined plane -------------„ .
aloft with its load of GIs back -Mayor Roy Hofheinz in Houston’s
from the Far East. --------------"
McDougall said without hesi-
tancy the crash, two minutes after
take-off from Seatties Boeing
Field, was caused by inability to
"feather" the malfunctioning pro-
peller on the No. 4 engine.
He explained that feathering a
propeller means turning its blades
with the edge to the wind like a
knife This must be done before
power can be cut off from the
engine—in this case the outside
engine on the right—or the 'prop
will windmill.
Instead of feathering. McDougall
said, the No. 4 propeller blades
turned flat, offering great resist
ance to the airstream, and causing
the plane to yaw with loss of con-
Defeat by Holcombe
HOUSTON, Nov 19 (—Former
Mayor Oscar Holcombe came out
of retirement tonight to defeat
bitterest and moat expensive city
election in history.
Hofheinz conceded that Holcombe
Burglars Go
Empty-Handed
FORT WORTH. Nov. 19 —The
Mary Clark accomplice to murder
had won an 11th term an hour after trial rocked along on dull technical
testimony for sometime today then
the polls closed. L-----. -
Hofheinz opponents also were broke into a verbal fury. Defense
leading in races for all eight coun-Attorney Lee Moore charged City
cil positions Six councilmen who Detective Grady Hare with witb-
last summer sought to impeach holding information from the de-
Hofheinz were leading, although fendanl
five faced the possibility of runoff | Moore’s thrust came as he cross-
campaigns with members of the examined the veteran detective
Hofheinz becked United Citizens who made the investigation at the
William P. Clark mansion May 22,
Assn. alate. William P. Clark mansion May 22.
Two of the eight members of the 1953, when the wealthy oilman’s
current council did not seek re-body was found.
election and two Hofheinz oppon- Moore, reading a deposition takes
ents of the post-Louis Welch and j from the detective Jan. 2, poured
6 George Marquette Jr —held strong out a series of questions which he
leads over UCA candidates Both had asked Haire and which the
are former councilmen and Welch | detective, prompted by District At-
lost to Hofheinz la last year’s race torney Fender, had refused to an-
A newsman asked Truman:
"Is there any significance in the
fact the other two men called on
you, and you called on Gov. Ham-
man?”
"Mr Harriman called on me, home.
He said he was convinced the
propeller itself had failed, but ad
ed there was a possibility the en-
gine’s shaft could have snapped,
leaving the "prop" without any
control. ... __
McDougall, in his first public
statement since the Peninsular Air
Transport Co. DC 4 cracked up and
burned, said he blacked out when
the big plane plowed into the back
yard of a South Seattle hillside
HAMLIN, Nov 19
broke into the Piggly Wiggly Groc-
ery here Friday night and carted
off the store's safe but wound up
empty handed. Sheriff Dave Reves for mayor. swer.
of Anson said _ As soon as th- polls closed. Hol- “You weren't willing to give this
The opened safe which contained combe jumped into a comfortable little woman here any information
no money or checks, was discover- majority over Hofheinz and George which you thought would be of ben-
ed Saturday by a rancher about 10 W Eddy, an attorney. efit to her, were you’” the stocky
miles north of Hamlin as he was Returns from 163 of the city's 171 defense attorney asked.
searching for cattle. I precincts at 8:15 p.m. gave Hol “The district attorney told me
Reves said entry to the store combe 37,774 votes. Hofheinz 19,600, not to and that’s the reason I did
was gained by prying open a door and Eddy 7,417.
Nothing besides the safe was re----- 7
ported missing by Edgar Duncan Souvenir for Red
ROME, Nov. 19 (—Italian Corn-
___.. efit to her, were you?” the stocky
Returns from 1«3 of the city's 171 defense attorney asked.
“The district attorney told ms
not do it,” Haire answered
On direct examination by Fender,
too." Truman replied, “so don’t
try to make anything significant
about that.”
He added with a wide grin:
"Tbey all have to call on me"
"When I came to I was standing
outside screaming, ‘Get the people
out,’ 'Get the people out.
He paused, then said in a choked
voice as tears streamed down his
"I did everything in my power
. . . everything.”
THE WEATHER
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ing easterly Monday.
> TEMPERATURES, .
58
High
DRIVE-IN TICKET WINDOW—Walter Dorman, 31, of 933 Sunset Dr. was slightly
injured Saturday night when his car slammed into the west side ticket office at Fair
Purr stadium"Dorman’s head went through the windshield. (Staff photo)
at 9:30 p.m.: 68 and 37.
—and low temperatures for same
date last year: 69 and 40.
Sunset last night 5:37 p.m. Sunrise to-
day 7:13 a.m. Sunset tonight 5.36 2.-m.
Barometer reading at 9.30 p.m. 2.4
Relative humidity at 9:20 p.m. «$
store manager
The knob on the safe had been
knocked and the lock punched, the
sheriff said. When asked if it
looked like the work of profession-
als, Reves said. “They knew what
they were doing.”
munist boss Palmiro Togliatti has
been given a souvenir by Rome’s
Tribunal. It is the revolver a
Sicilian student used to plug him
with three bullets July 14 1948
Haire had told of going to the
Clark mansion about 1 p.m May
22, 1953, and finding Clark’s body
on the floor of an upstairs bedroom.
Haire said the next day he re-
turned to the murder room and
found a woman’s white earscrew
on the floor.
SEC. BRUCKER SAYS
Fort Hood Due Study, But
Army to Make No Promises
FORT HOOD. Tex., Nov 19—-
See of the Army Wilbur Brucker
told newsmen today that he "can’t
promise Central Texans anything in
regard to the future," but said the
Army would seriously study facts
that might lead to the transfer of
another division here
Brucker repeated his assertion
that the 1st. Armored Division
would be transferred to Ft. Polk,
La., but reemphasised that the 4th.
Armored Division and 3rd Corps
headquarters would remain at Ft.
Hood "indefinitely.”
The Array secretary was here to
get a first-hand report on housing,
military and other facilities avail-
able in the Ft Hood-Killeen area.
After a tour lasting all afternoon
he said he was well pleased with
what he found. Brucker denied that
the transfer of the division was
made for spite reasons or as s re-
prisal because Texans failed to
sign up 7 million scree of land far
the maneuvers
which were later ; turn to Ft. Polk Sunday morning
to complete his inspection there
Among those accompanying him
oa the inspection tour were Roy
J. Smith of Killeen, chairman of
the Central Texas Military Affaire
Committee, and C.W. Duncan Sr.,
moved to Louisiana.
He said the success of Louisiana
in permitting maneuvers there has
led to the reopening of Ft. Polk,
and the transfer of troops was
necessary to have an armored
division in the center of the area
Brucker, although s- ing that be
knew the economy of the Central
Texas area would be affected by
the transfer, stated that he refused
to believe that it would be dis-
asterous.
Construction at Ft Hood will con-
tinue as planned, he said. He said
be would recommend that even
more housing be built on the post.
The Army secretary flew to Ft.
Hood this afternoon to visit facili-
tiss there after being invited by
Texas senators and congressmen
He interrupted the scheduled tour
of the Operation Sagebrush maneu-
ver area in Louisiana and will re-
Killeen banker
Brucker said before leaving Ft.
Polk that the decision to transfer
the 1st Armored Division will not
be reversed but said some other
unit might be assigned to Ft Hood.
The Army secretary said the
troops stationed at Ft. Hood needed
more area for maneuvering and the
.Army was not available to reach
agreement with landowners in the
Ft Hood area. A large Army ma-
neuver scheduled for Central Texas
was cut back in size because of
difficulty in getting permission
from landowners, who complained
the Army was slow in paying for
damages incurred in a previous
exercise.
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