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COLD
VOL. LXXV, NO. 208
The Abilene Reporter ~ems MORNING
"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron
Associated Press (PP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 185C—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICE DAILY 5c SUNDAY 10c
STEVENSON FIRES gun • • m 9 1 • A 1
Dulles Soys He’ll Freezing Rain, Ice Mak
Continue Making
Intentions Clear
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (—Sec-
retary of State Dulles today backed
away from a magazine article
which quoted him as saying
the Eisenhower administration
“walked to the brink" of war three
times and averted it by “strong
action."
But Dulles stood firm on what he
termed a “policy of seeking to
prevent war by preventing mis-
ealculation by a potential aggres
sor.” He said this “is a calculated
risk fy peace; and is part of a
policy which also includes pa-
tience, conciliation and pursuing
"every honorable course to avoid"
war.
Dulles spoke out in the midst of
Area Travel Dangerous
Ike's (ilizens
a controversy which has raged in!
Congress and among America’s D.L A.
allies over Dulles' interview with ArsOri I DOT
Life magazine. At St. Paul, Minn., DGtRVl POH
today, Adlai Stevenson, candidate
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, called on Eisenhower
to repudiate the “brink of war"
statement or fire Dulles. Stevenson
accused Dulles of "suicidal folly."
The magazine article, by Time-
Life’s - Washington Bureau Chief
James Shepley, said Dulles thrice
averted war—over Korea. Indo-
china and Formosa-by letting the
Communists know the United
States was prepared to take strong
measures Dulles had said last Fri-
day that the statements attributed
to him “do not require correction
from the standpoint of their sub-
stance."
Won't Clarify
He declined, when specifically
asked by reporters, to clarify some
of these points raised ir the arti-
cle. For instance, the point that
Dulles "has never doubted" Presi-
dent Eisenhower would treat a Red
Headquarters
NEW YORK Jana IT-A group
close to President Eisenhower re-
activated the “Citizens for Eisen-
hower" today with a statement
they are convinced he will seek
a second term if his health al-
lows.€
Retired Gen. Lucius D. Clay, an
intimate of Eisenhower, joined the
other organizers in declaring in a
letter to 50.000 former "Citizens”
workers:
Consider It Duty
"We are convinced that under
present world conditions the Presi-
dent will consider it his duty to
serve a second term, provided he
finds that his health will permit
him to carry the load.”
Snow in Wichita
Falls, Panhandle
Freezing rain and sleet covered much of West Central
Texas Tuesday night and brought the most severe weather
conditions of the winter to the area. Heavy snow fell in
the Panhandle and at Wichita Falls. =======================
Farmers welcomed the first -moisture to fall at many
points in months, but highway and air travel was disrupted
at many points. ==-=-
The Highway Patrol Headquarters at Abilene warned
that many highways in the area were extremely hazardous
and discouraged traffic on highways out of Abilene because
of icy pavements, especially on overpasses.
The patrol was discouraging traffic Tuesday night on
U.S. 80 west to Sweetwater, U.S. 80 east to Eastland and
WACIL McNAIR
. . succeeds Von Roeder
Signing the letter with Clay were
Chinese attack on the off-China is- Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, former
lands of Quemoy and Matsu as an 1 secretary of health, education and
attack on the Nationalist Chinese welfare, and Sidney J. Weinberg,
stronghold of Formosa which the New York financier.
United States is sworn by treaty to
defend.
Eisenhower's final physical
checkup before announcing his de
McNair Heads
Snyder C-C
SNYDER, Jan. 17 (RNS) —Wa-
Dulles, although holding to his cision is scheduled for next month,
claim that miscalculations of in-
tent are a historic cause of war.
reverted to a "keep 'em guessing"
philosophy on this issue. He said
he thinks the' Red Chinese think
the United States will fight if they
launch an attack "which com-
prehends a claim to take by force
Headquarters Opened
National headquarters of the
revived organization have been
opened at 45 E. 47th St . New
York City.
A national chairman will be
Formosa and the Penghus (Pes-
cadores).”
of the Snyder Chamber of Com- Backs Off
But Dulles backed off on other
points in the article this way:
I 1. Its assertion that it was based
on "new information provided by
the secretary and by the State De-
partment." He said, “There is no
information in there which I know
.. . of which has not been heretofore
Johnson Jr., vice president; Har a matter of public knowledge and
old Bennett, second vice president, which is found in the press.”
and Jay Rogers, treasurer
cil McNair, editor of the Snyder
Daily News, was elected president
merce Tuesday.
The meeting was held at 6 p m
Tuesday in the Manhattan Hotel
of Snyder
McNair, 35, is married and has
three sons.
Other officers elected are H. A.
1 Its most controversial quote,
directly attributed to Dulles that:
Gene Wilton Jones and ‘We were brought to the verge of
L McClanahan. . war. The ability to get to the
Retiring officer, are Nolan von verge without getting into war is
Roeder, president; Frank Wilson the necessary art" He said that
and Stanley Noan, vice presidents,
and Harold Bennett, treasurer.
New directors are C. 0. Holder,
Horn Low Bidder
On 2 Brock Jobs
BRECKENRIDGE, Jan. 17
(RNS) — Horn Construction Co. of
Abilene offered the low bid on
construction projects in Brecken-
ridge Tuesday.
Low bid for an addition to Ste-
phens Memorial Hospital was $89,-
000. High bid was $91,900. Con-
struction must be completed with-
in 190 calendar days, and is to
begin within approximately 10
days, according to Hugh Horn Jr.
of Horn Construction Co. -
Horn Construction Co was also
low bidder far a cafeteria and
home economics building for
Breckenridge Independent School
District. The Horn bid was $75,-
700 High bid on these projects was
$103,009.71.
is ambiguous He said it is not
word-for-word the way he would
put it for publication although it
is substantially what he thinks. He
elected, probably next month, after
regional groups are formed.
Richard L. Tobin, of Wilton,
Conn., director of public affairs
for the New York Herald Tribune,
HARD. FREEZING RAIN—An Abilene service station attendant scrapes ice off a
j windshield Tuesday afternoon as sleet iced over city streets. A dozen traffic acci-
dents were reported, but there were no injuries. (Staff photo)
has taken a leave of absence until
Nov. 7 — the day after election
day — to serve as the organiza-
tions public relations director.
Private Citizens
Membership is composed largely
of persons not holding office and
not active in the regular party or-
ganizations The goal ia to get out
the independent vote, and even
some of the Democratic vote, in
behalf of Eisenhower.
In their letter to the 40,000
citizens active in the citizens group
in 1952. and in the 1964 congression-
al elections, the organizers said
they were not bringing pressure on
the President.
SLICK HIGHWAY
Man Killed as
Auto Overturns
WHERE IT RAINED
US. 277 north to Wichita
Falls.
Wichita Falls Snow Heavy
Snow fell at many points in the
Texas Panhandle with Borger re-
porting almost two inches and a
temperatire of 14 degrees.
Amarillo had 13 degrees and
more than one inch of snow The
heaviest snowfall was 3 5 inches
reported late Tuesday night at
Wichita Falls.
The Department of Public Safe-
ty said driving was extremely
hazardous in the Wichita Falls
area with ice and snow covering
all highways and roads. At Elec-
tra, near Wichita Falls, the snow
began at 12:30 p.m. and started
sticking to the gound about 5 p.m.
Temperatures were expected to
drop as low as S degrees to the
Panhandle early Wednesday Skies
were clearing over the Panhandle
Tuesday night
Hazardous at Stamford
Patrol spokesmen warned that
highways in the Anson and Stam-
ford areas were especially hazard-
Long Leading
Louisiana Poll
ABILKNE
Municipal Airport
909 Hickory St.
ALBANY ........
MayBack Another
They indicated also that, if the
said the ambiguity could be ended President does not seek reelection,
by emphasizing the word the organization will give its sup-
“brought” to make clear Commu-
nist threats impelled the free world
to the brink of war.
More credit
3. Its title, "How Dulles Averted
War," and its general tone He
said these "give me a great deal
more credit than is my due." He
said he regrets that, although it
is comforting to know that one's
efforts are appreciated in some
quarters
4. Its general treatment of the
complex subject of foreign policy
involving Korea, Indochina and
Formosa. He said it "tends to
oversimplification and special em-
phasis.” He said it leaves out
"other factors in the equation."
presumably what America's allies
A San Angelo mm was killed
about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when his
car went out of control 5 miles
north of Tye on Farm Road 707
as freezing rain covered streets
and highways in this area
Dead was Paul Raymond Brooks.
54, of 27 East Highland St., in San
Angelo. He was dead on arrival
at Hendrick Memorial Hospital
here.
Highway Patrolman G. G. Fitz-
Hugh said Brooks was going north
when his 1950 Ford apparently
went out of control, slipped off the
port to the candidate named to
succeed him — provided the can- right side of the road, and over-'
didate espouses the Eisenhower turned about 14 times. Brooks was |
afternoon, but only slight property
damage was done, the patrol said.
Minor wrecks were reported at
Hawley, Stamford and Albany.
Icy roads resulted in a one-car
smashup Tuesday night five miles
west of Colorado City on U.S. 80.
No one was injured, but the car re-
ceived considerable damage
In Abilene, 12 wrecks were re-
ported from 1:55 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
There were no injuries, police said.
Streets were icy but traffic was
reported moving on all city streets.
policies
Batchelor to Get
Review of Trial
SAN ANTONIO —The Court of
Military Appeals in Washington
last source of appeal in direct legal
channels for persons convicted by
courts-martial, has granted a pe-
tition for a review of the case of
Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit,
convicted here in 1964 of collabo-
rating with the enemy in Korea
Notice of the court's action was
and the Communist side were received here Tuesday by Joel
doing.
Westbrook, counsel for Batchelor.
pinned under the car, the officer
said. The road was slick from ice.'
He was traveling alone in the
car. The car was a total loss.
Fitzhugh said.
Brooks was taken to Elliott's
Funeral Home He was born Feb.
5. 1901 Indentification papers in-
dicated he was employed as a
postal clerk on a railroad.
Icy roads through this West Cen-
tral Texas area were blamed for
at least seven auto accidents in
the 13-county district of the high-
way patrol by 10 p.m However,
there were no injuries except for
the fatal Tye mishap the high-
way patrol said.
Three wrecks were reported on
the overpass near Tye Tuesday
Pilot Lands
Loaded Plane
ANSON .
ASPERMONT
BAIRD
BALLINGER
BIG SPRING
BRECKENRIDGE
BROWNWOOD
COLEMAN
COLO CITY ....
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EDEN .........
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McCAMEY ......
MERKEL .......
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SAN ANGELO
STAMFORD
SWEETWATER
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WINGATE
WINTERS
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ous.
Crews of the Highway Depart-
ment were out Tuesday night
spreading sand os the icy
highways. J. C. Roberts, said
Highways and roads in Mitchell
County were icy Tuesday night and
the State Highway Department
For Governor
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17 —
Former Gov. Earl Long jumped
into an early lead tonight with New
Orleans Mayor Delesseps Morrison
runnerup in the Louisiana Demo-
cratic primary for governor
The white-haired political veter-
an, trying for an unprecedented
third term, totaled 21.165 votes
against 27,983 for the four anti-
Longs.
Long led in all 14 parishes report-
ing the first returns, including the
city-parishes of Orleans, Caddo,
Calcasieu and East Baton Rouge.
No parish showed complete re-
turns.
The first unofficial returns from
129 out of 2,039 precinetts:
Francies Grevemberg 2,614
Earl Long 21,145
James M. McLemore 4,458
Delesseps Morrison 16,462
Fred Presus 4,449.
.__. _____ _ __Three political kingpins and two
highways. Jessie Bunch, dispatch independents struggled for power,
er at the Colorado City Police De They are Gov. Robert Kennon,
the pro - Eisenhower Democrat
fighting to bold his political leader-
placed “icy road” signs on all
Saunders Claims Panel
Moved Fast as Possible
AUSTIN. Jan. 17 i—Senate in-
vestigators dug today into why the
state insurance commission let U.
S Trust and Guaranty Co. con-
tinue selling high interest bearing
drafts without a permit after Sept
1.
Committee members pounded
Insurance Commission Chairman
J. Byron Saunders on that point,
saying that they had heard many
complaints that investors had not
been warned in view of the com-
mission's long study of the com-
pany's affairs
Saunders replied in effect that
the commission had moved as fast
as it (could both in cracking down
’ on such security sales and in
placing U.S. Trust in receivership.
Saunders said that the commission
had neither the authority nor the
funds prior to Sept 1 to set up
its securities control program.
Earlier, Saunders threw out a
thread of hope that creditors of
U.S. Trust may get back from 70
to 85 per cent of their money
Saunders flatly denied that he
had said 18 months ago that
“U.S. Trust is broke He also said former attorney for the Insurance
that if U.S. Trust had complied
with toe law that "not a one" of
its securities would have been sold
to the public after Sept 6 when
the new control law went into
effect.
He said that the agency took
"immediate advantage" of new
laws passed by the last Legisla-
ture to "close in on this company
and we will on others that we
consider not competent or worthy."
Saunders spent much of the
afternoon answering charges such
as those that examiners had quit
because their reports had been
"edited," and that the public was
not informed of its June 24 meeting
at which an original allegation of
insolvency was formally made
Sen Jarrard Secrest, Temple,
asked if the press had been ad-
vised of meetings that led up to
the receivership proceeding Saun-
ders said the press had not been
advised but that the commission
records were open to examination.
In the committee's first session
in December, Henne Allred Jr.,
Department's receiver, testified
that Saunders had told him it
months ago that "U.S. Trust is
broke."
“I never made that stateme- I
to Henne Allred or anybody else
and he knows it." Saunders snap-
ped. He said he had felt for a
long time that U.S. Trust's opera-
tions were "unsound" but that he
hadn't said the company was
"broke.”
In Snowstorm
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 in—With
only a compass to guide him, a
veteran pilot brought his long over-
due Northeast Airlines plane
through a snowstorm tonight to
safety at La Guardia Field. Twen-
ty-four persons were aboard.
The Boston to New York airliner
set down with less than an hour's
gasoline supply still in her tanks.
It was two hours and 22 minutes
overdue.
The two-engined Convair made
it here from Boston without lights,
radio or electrical navigational
equipment after its electrical sys-
tem failed.
There was no way for ground
stations to contact it. after It left
Boston at 4:55 p.m. Nor could it
receive its usual guidance from
the ground Pilot Robert Francia,
37, Boston, had only his compass
to go by.
STATE RAIN'S
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partment, said.
City streets were also slick from
sleet and freezing rain which be-
gan there about 6 p.m Tempera-
ture at 10:30 was 24 degrees
Municipal airport was closed to
air traffic here Tuesday night,
and Continental Airlines spokes-
men said all flights began over-
flying the field about 4 p.m. be-
cause of extreme icing conditions
They added that westbound flights
were continuing on to Big Spring
and eastbound flights continued to
Fort Worth. Northbound flights
went on to Lubbock.
Both Continental and Greyhound
Bus Lines were running within 1S
minutes of schedule Tuesday night.
See RAIN, Pg. S-A, Col. 4
O A =0e
ship in a Democratic state that
preferred Adlai Stevenson: Long,
crown prince of the Huey P Long
dynasty that did a fadeout years
ago, and Morrison.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
“Vomen’s news
Obituaries
SECTION ■
Oil news
Editorials
10-11
..12-14
. 4
Comics . ..............*
Farm, markets .......12-11
Radio, TV log ..........13
HAVE YOU PAID
YOUR POLL TAX?
Pell taxes paid
Exemptions issued
4,283
1,600
952 poll taxes .......17,338
1952 exemptions
Days till deadline
3,438
14
(-City Names
City Manager
COLORADO CITY, Jan. 17 |
(RNS)-Rollin K. Sneethen, of j
Plainview, was selected as csty 1
manager for Colorado City at a
special meeting of the city council 1
Tuesday night. 1
Sneethen. 47. is a graduate of the
University of Illinois and a lieu- 1
tenant colonel in the U.S. Army Re- 1
serve. He has had experience as an 1
The Senate inquiry brought a
new conflict over publicity' with a
final decision to ban television.
The original committee chairman.
Sen. Search Bracewell of Houston,
resigned last week in protest over
secret sessions. U.S.
Reporters and the public were Aan
admitted today but the TV camera siouds
and microphone were ordered out. ... .... ....-.., _ -----. —------— —
Sen. Jarrard Secrest of Temple Low Wenerder anient » w s Him of Plainview. Sneethen will take
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS ~ Send over in Colorado City Feb. 1 at a
comder wedneedaga Thursday clearing and salary of $6,600 plus $600 car ex-
“WE Hy-R.Son. lerles.prescded pense. %
. ley eastward. Continued cold Wednes- After the council' unanimous ap
dromaursday and not oulte proval of Sneethen, Mayor Trevor
Crawford said, "We had six appli
cations and all were considered
carefully. Three of the applicants
were interviewed and we were
very pleased with Mr Sneethen’s
qualifications."
Sneethen will succeed Roy Do-
zier, who had served five years
after accepting the job on a tem-
porary basis in 1950. Dozier had re-
signed several months ago but had
promised the council that he would
serve until relieved.
dissented.
Saunders told the committee the
THE WEATHER
LEMENT or COMMERCE engineer for the Illinois State High-
an AR wey Department, post engineer
aeomit part, Mott, for the U.S. Army and since 1948
Mo weeds-$i"a has been city engineer for the city
night 20 to 25. to* of Plainview Sneethen will take
receivership action against U.S. ,
Saunders will return to the stand Trust and Guaranty was actually t
tomorrow when the committee re- ordered to hold its assets intact,
sumes its bearing into the affairs to protect creditors and in effect
of the company, whose president, forestall a run on it, sow exfren
A. B Shoemake of Waco, lies VS. Trust and Guaranty was ...
critically wounded in a suicide an insurance firm but much of its X
NP SOUTH CENTR AL. TEXAS
TEMPERATURES
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attempt I business was in the sale of widely
The company bad more than advertised, high interest-paying
5,000 depositors and about 140,000 certified drafts and deposits.
policyholders It is in temporary Saunders traced in detail the
receivership Saunders told the actions that led up to the receiver-
senators s final determination of ahip proceeding, and to the denial
tones depends on a full examina-
tion of complicated affairs of the December to U.S. Trust under a
combined insurance and banking: new law that went into effect 7 40
empire operated by Shoemake. Sept. 6.
Saunders traced in detail the
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of a securities dealer license in „%
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SOMEBODY SAT BRRR? - Russell Wayne Weathersby,
15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Weathers-
by of 725 Elm St., wonders why Staff Photographer Bob
Gulley snapped this picture of him eating ice cream
dressed in jacket, cap and ear muffs Tuesday afternoon
The mercury dipped to 27 and was still dropping Tuesday
night.
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