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A TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 70- on which to base a statement.”
A Negro coed today gave authori-
ties just 48 hours to readmit her
to the University of Alabama and
a school executive said she had
twice been within 20 seconds of
“stark tragedy."
Carmichael made no reference tc
threat of legal action by ? Mis
Lucy's attorney if she Is not re
admitted quickly.
Dr. 0. C. Carmichael, university
president, said Assistant President
J Jeff Bennett told him that Auther-
. ine Lucy was in real danger dur-
ing riotous demonstrations against
her presence on the campus yes-
I terday.
In another development the fac-
ulty defeated by voice vote a reso-
: lution asserting the school cannot
3 operate unless faculty and stu-
dents are protected from "mob
rule.”
Weldon Harf
Back Again as
Shivers Aide
AUSTIN, Feb. 7 in—Weldon Hart
resigned today as chairman of the
Texas Employment Commission
and returned to his old post as
administrative aide to Gov. Allan
Shivers.
Gov. Shivers named S. Perry
Brown, Beaumont, as chairman
and executive director of the TEC.
Hart has long been regarded as
Shivers’ No. 1 political advisor and
confidant.
Hart’s return to the governor’s
staff came as the Shivers’ admin-
istration was combatting criticism
growing out of the insurance situa-
tion, and as the governor’s political
allies armed for a statewide cam-
paign to hold the conservative or-
ganisation intact.
Hart issued a statement saying
he was glad to serve in the Shiv-
ers administration "in whatever
place I am needed."
"Contrary to the careless state-
menu of political opportunists, it
is a privilege and an honor to be
an employe of the state of Texas,”
Hart said.
Hart, former Austin and Fort
Worth newsman, joined the staff of
the late Gov. Beauford H. Jester
to Sept. 1949 When Ureter died
and Shivers moved into the gover-
norship. Hart stayed.
He was closely associated with
Shivers in the political battles of
1952 The next year he was ap-
pointed to the TEC.
Brown, his successor, was nation-
al commander of the American
Legion in 1949-49 Shivers to ap-
pointing him said he would bring
to the TEC “wide experience in
the field of business and public
service.”
Senator Hits
'Iron Curtain'
Miss Lucy met with newsmen in
Birmingham in the office of ber
attorney, Arthur D. Shores.
Special Panel to Quiz
Sen. Case on 'Bribe'
Salon Told to Keep Quiet;
Hennings Still Plans Probe
The motion was introduced at a
gathering of the university’s ap-
proximately 400 instructors, the
second called since violent demon-
strations against the university’s
first Negro student.
Miss Lucy was excluded by the
board of trustees “until further no-
tice" last night following a series
of demonstrations by students and
outsiders.
Tuscaloosa police use' tear gas
to break up a crowd of more than
1,000 persons chanting "Keep
‘Bama white" and, waving Confed
erate flags.
The board said its action was for
the safety of its students, faculty
and Miss Lucy, and was taken un-
der the police powers of the uni-
versity. This was expected to give
the trustees a defense if they are
accused of defying a federal court
order directing the school not to
bar Negroes on account of their
race.
The board barred Miss Lucy
temporarily after demonstrators
prevented her from attending class
es yesterday. Her presence at
morning sessions attracted a mob
of 2,000 to 3,000 persons who threw
rocks and eggs.
Miss Lucy told newsmen she
was hit by one egg on the left
shoulder while on the way to attend
a class in children's literature.
Dr. 0. C. Carmichael, university
president, said in a statement that
the board “dared not postpone ac-
tion lest greater violence than had
already occurred should follow.".
He said he could make no com-
ment on the phrase, “until further
notice,” since "there are no facts
PATRICIA HARDESTY
...business college student
JOHN CHARLES HAILEY
... first to die
MRS. CHARLES ELMORE
...injuries prove fatal
Woman, 18, Becomes 3rd
Fatality in Crash Near Cit
Eden Seeking
Truce Patrol
■ OTTAWA, Feb. 7 mn-Prime
Minister Eden proposed today that
an international, unarmed, preven-
tive patrol be created by the United
Nations to oversee the truce in
Palestine
The British leader told a news
conference the 50-man team of
truce observers under Maj. Gen.
E. L. M. Burns of Canada might
be enlarged by adding more of-
ficers from U.N member nations.
Both he and British Foreign Secre-
tary Selwyn Lloyd said the con-
crete proposals for a preventive
patrol should come from the Arab
states and Israel and there could
be no attempt to impose the plan
on them.
Mrs. Charles Dennis Elmore, 18.
of 1233 Victoria St. died to Hen-
drick Memorial Hospital Tuesday
at 5:10 p.m. from injuries suffered
in an auto crash southeast of Abi-
lene early Tuesday morning in
which two other Abilene youths
were killed.
Patricia Ann Hardesty, 19, of
408 Peach St., and John Charles
Hailey, 22, of 1357 Amarillo St.,
died shortly after 2:45 a m. Tues-
day after the car in which they
were riding overturned 2.4 miles
south of here on State Highway
Missed Curve
The driver of the car, Jerry
Wayne Earp, 22, of 1528 Bridge
St., was treated for minor injuries
at Hendrick Memorial following
the wreck and was released He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ger-
See picture of death car, Page 1-B
uary of1952.
Survivors include his parents;
two brothers. Norman Robert,
serving with the Army at Camp
Chaffee, Ark., and Barry Lee, 5,
of the home;,his grandfather, C.
C. Hailey of Stephenville; and his
grandmother, Mrs. John J. Bush
of Pecos.
Mrs Elmore, the former Ginger
Hyman, was born May 9, 1928, in
Stamford. She came to Abilene
four years ago with her mother
and stepfather. After attending the
Abilene Beauty College she had
been employed as a beauty opera-
tor at the Hair Dresser Beauty
Shop, at N. 12th and Mockingbird
Lane.
She married Elmore here Nov
25, 1953.
Other survivors include one
brother, Larry Pat Hyman of 1233
Victoria St.; the maternal grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Gore
Sr. of Stamford; paternal grand-
mother, Mrs. J. L. Hyman of
Brownfield.
Her father, Joel Lee Hyman,
died in 1949
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 W—A
special Senate committee got the
upper hand today in an extraordi-
nary contest for the right to investi-
gate a 32,500 "campaign donation"
spurned by Sen. Case (R-SD) dur-
ing the gas bill fight.
The Senate Elections subcom-
mittee had also launched a probe
of the contribution, offered by a
lawyer-lobbyist favoring the gas
bill.
Case found himself in the unusual
position of being asked to appear
before both committees at the
same time.
Picks Special Panel
He chose to appear first before
the special committee, a four-man
bipartisan group created by a un-
animoua vote of the Senate this
morning. There Case was directed
not to discuss the matter publicly
until he testified before the com-
mittee again Friday.
This left the Elections subcom-
mittee without its star witness, al-
though Chairman Hennings ID-
Mo) expressed "the strongest per-
sonal desire to see this investiga-
tion through to the end
To Probe Intentions
Case fold the Senate last Friday
that he rejected the campaign con-
tribution, and both Senate inquiries
are directed at the intentions of
say whom he represented in mak-
ing the offer “until I get permis-
sion from my client."
Kahler said that Neff left the en-
velope containing the money on
Kahler’s desk in Sioux Falls with
the remark that "many people in
Nebraska considered Case an able
senator.” Kahler said Neff men-
tioned that “there were to be no
strings attached to the fund.”
Neff previously had inquired
about Case’s attitude toward fed-
eral regulation of industry.
Johnsen Move Blocked
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, the Sen-
ate’s Democratic leader, tried to
get the special committee under
way yesterday, but his move was
blocked by differences over wheth-
er a special group should do the
work or whether it should be un-
dertaken by Hennings subcommit-
tee.
Today, however, he introduced
a resolution for the creation of a
four-man bipartisan inquiry and
won approval on a 90-0 vote. The
special committe was instructed
to report back to the Senate by
March 1.
Acting on nominations by John-
son and Sen. Knowland of Califor-
nia, the Senate’s Republican lead-
er, Vice President Nixon appointed
Sens. George (D-Ga), Hayden (D-
Ariz), Bridges (R-NH) and Thye
(R-Minn) to serve on the commit- •
tee.
George and Thye were recorded
as opposed to the gas bill yester-
day, while Bridges and Hayden
supportedit.
The race between the special
committee and Hennings group be-
gan soon afterwards, when Case
was asked to appear before the
Election's subcommittee at 2 p.m.
NO CEREMONY, BUT
Burleson Delivers
Bill to President
r
I itchhiker Admits
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 W—Sen.
Anderson (D-NM) said today the
Atomic Energy Commission might
be erecting “an absolute iron cur-
tain around thought” in its inter- creased,” said Eden, but he added
pretation of the law safeguarding * * *4
atomic information.
“What we contemplate is that
the number of observers be in-
the exact number should be deter-
mined by the U.N.
ald G. Earp.
Highway Patrolman M. L. Bate-
man said the youths were headed
toward Abilene when the 1955
Chevrolet hardtop convertible in
which they were riding missed the
curve near Municipal Airport and
overturned two or three times.
Bateman said there were no
signs of skid marks at the scene
Double Ax Murder
the person or persons who offered
it
The money—25 5100 bills to an
envelope—was delivered by John
M. Neff, a Lexington, Neb , law-
yer-lobbyist who has said there
were no strings attached to it.
At its first meeting today, the
T special committee issued subpoe-
nas for Neff and five ether per
sons. They included E. J. Kanler,
manager of the Sioux Falls, S. D..
Argus Leader, who received the
money from Neff, John Griffin, a
Sioux Falls druggist with whom it
was deposited for safekeeping, and
three members of Case’s staff.
By LESLIE CARPENTER
Reporter-News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7— The
Harris natural gas bill was de-
livered at the White House Tues-
day—with extra special and un-
usual handling.
Rep. Omar Burleson of Anson
delivered it personally.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 7 un—The
FBI said today California authori-
ties will come here next week to
get a 22-year old North Dakota odd-
Anderson expressed that opinion
as AEC officials appeared before
the Senate-House Atomic Energy
Committee to discuss the report of
a nongovernmental study group on
the peacetime significance of the
atom.
The panel headed by Robert Mc-
Kinney, Santa Fe, N. M, publisher,
had some nice words for the com-
mission but suggested it could re-
lease more information on nonmil-
itary atomic uses.
Lloyd pointed out that the ob-
servers under Burns have no au-
thority to prevent clashes between
Israeli and Arab forces. They are
permitted only to investigate after
such incidents and present evi-
dence to fix blame.
But, said Lloyd, if both Israel
and the Arab states would with-
draw their forces about a mile
from the frontiers, and if a greater
number of observers was avail-
able, the demilitarised zone could
be patroled to prevent clashes.
"The car was apparently going
awfully fast," the patrolman add-
ed.
All four occupants of the car
were thrown from the vehicle as
it turned over. Wreckage of the
auto was scattered over a wide
area. Bateman said The car was
a total loss.
Husband to Africa
Mrs Elmore, whose husband,
A.3.C. Charles D. Elmore, is serv-
ing in Africa with the U.S. Air
Force, lived with her mother and
stepfather here, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W Hughes
The Red Cross chapter here sent
a message for the family early
Tuesday to Elmore's commanding
officer asking for an emergency
leave.
No word had been received in
Abilene Tuesday night from El-
more. Funeral arrangements for
his wife will not be set until be
has been contacted, Elliott's Fu-
neral Home said.
Funerals for Miss Hardesty and
for Hailey will be held Wednesday.
Miss Hardesty is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hardesty
of Ozona Her body was taken to
Junction Tuesday afternoon where
funeral will be held sometime
jobs worker who has admitted
killing a Seattle, Wash . couple
Donald Wyciskala, Bismarck,
Man Injured
In Explosion
R. H. “Bob" Cusick, 32, of 1973
Ross St , suffered first and second
degree burns of the face, hands
and arms shortly before 9 p m
Tuesday when gas fumes which
had accumulated in the kitchen of
his home exploded.
Cusick had placed some of his
work clothing in the family wash-
ing machine in the kitchen and was
washing them. The gas fumes giv-
en off from the clothing exploded
while Cusick was seated in the liv-
ing room with his young daughter.
The force of the explosion, ac-
cording to Assistant Fire Chief G.
I. Pwoell, lifted the ceiling of the
kitchen from the joist studs and
cracked the sheet rock throughout
the kitchen.
Cusick suffered the burns when
A
issile Chief
Wednesday afternoon. Burial will
be in London, Tex.
Business College Student
Miss Hardesty had been a stu-
dent at Draughon’s Business Col-
Ready to Resign?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 • -
Trevor Gardner was reported to-
day to be ready to resign as chief
of Air Force research, in protest
against the way the guided mis-
sile program is being handled.
His detailed objections were not
stated. However, on the basis of
reports from friends and his own
past public statements, Gardner
apparently wants more attention
and money devoted to research
and a more exact division of mis-
sile work among the three armed
services.
He was reported to have gone
to Miami to lay his case before
Secretary of Defense Wilson, who
is vacationing there. Gardner is
assistant secretary of the Air Force
for research and development. His
immediate superior is Secretary of
Air Donald Quarles.
Word of Gardner’s dissatisfac-
Jan. 24 — The Air Force re-
ported to the Institute of Aero-
nautical Sciences that the guided
missile program has been "very
successful — but there is no room
for complacency."
Feb. 1—Sen. Jackson (D-Wash)
said the United States should bear
down hard, that there is a danger
"that the Soviets may fire a 1,500-
mile ballistic missile before the
end of this year.”
Feb. 1 - Secretary Wilson an-
nounced a plan to name a special
assistant for guided missiles. "1
wouldn't underestimate the Rus
sians,” Wilson said, but “we've
been working quite effectively on
this missile business for quite a
few years."
Feb. 5 — Sen. Symington (D-Mo)
lege here since September and was
a part-time employe at the Abilene
Sewing Center.
She was taken to Hendrick Me-
morial shortly after the crash,
but died a few minutes later.
In addition to her parents, she
is survived by three brothers.
Gerald of Austin and Chandler and
Van, both of Crane.
Funeral for Hailey will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Laugh-
ter-North Memorial Chapel with
the Rev. Harley Woolard, minister
of the First Christian Church here,
officiating.
He will be assisted by the Rev.
Richard Brown of the First Chris-
tian Church in Mineral Wells Bur-
ial will be in Woodson cemetery
at Woodson.
Hailey, son of Mr. and Mrs N
R Hailey, was dead on arrival
at Hendrick Memorial. He lived
he ran into the kitchen following
the explosion and was taking the
burning clothes from the machine
and throwing them in the back
yard, Powell said
Powell said that although a great
deal of structural damage was done
by the explosion no fire damage re-
sulted to the kitchen. No damage
estimate was given.
Cusick's condition was described
as “satisfactory” at Hendrick Me
mortal Hospital late Tuesday night
Mrs. Cusick was not home at the
time of the explosion.
Cusick is employed by the
Spence-Hartman Co. at Abilene
. tion was the latest of a series of
recent developments bearing di-
rectly on guided missiles. In other
happenings:
former Air Force secretary, said
the Russians are well ahead, that
' they "have fired tested missiles
hundreds of miles farther than
anything this country has ever
tested."
here with his parents and was to
the real estate and bookkeeping
business with his father
Attended Tech
Bora April 17, 1933, at Woodson.
Hailey graduated from Woodson
High School to 1951. He attended
Texas Tech at Lubbock for part
of the 1951-52 term, and came to
Abilene with his parents in Jan-
Dallas Stations
To Hike Gas Price
r By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Some service stations in the Dal-
las area reported they planned to
increase the price of gasoline a
cent a gallon Tuesday at midnight
There were indications that sta-
tions in other parts of Texas might
be planning to raise the price, but
this could not be determined fully.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Women’s news 4-5
Oil news 10
SECTION 0
Sports ............2-3
Editorials .............4
Comics .............9
Obitueries .....,.,,.. 8
Ferm, markets .........9
N. D., broke down and sobbed a
little when he was brought before
U. S. Commissioner R. H. Carter.
When asked whether he was the
one wanted to Bakersfield Calif.,
in connection with the ax slayings
of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Askew,
Wyciskala replied: “Yes.” He then
began to sob.
“Are you willing to go back to
face those charges in California?”
Carter asked.
“I am," replied Wyciskala He
then signed the removal papers
FBI agents were waiting for
Wyciskala when he stepped off a
bus last night less than 40 hours
after the killings near McFarland,
Calif., early Sunday.
The FBI agents looked over the
30 passengers who were on the bus.
Two answered the description of
the man they wanted.
Agents stopped both. One was a
college student. The other was
Wyciskala
“I don’t know what you're talk-
ing about," he first told agents.
Then they found a blood-spattered
ax wrapped in a map to his suit-
ease. the FBI said.
Wyciskala admitted he was the
killer and said the ax was the one
used in the slayings, FBI agents
said. He then started crying.
The FBI said a slip of paper
bearing Wyciskala's name and a
Seattle address was found in Mrs.
Askew’s purse They were able to
trace him from that, the FBI said.
At Griffin, Ga., Mrs. Betty Nich-
ols Wyciskala said she was stunned
by the reports about her husband.
She described him as a "kind, gen-
tle person" who "couldn’t have
done something like that unless
there was something wrong with
his mind ”
Mrs Wyciskala said she would
stand by him "if he wants me."
The 21-year-old woman said they
had an la-month-old daughter.
M. P. Chiles, agent to charge of
the New Orleans FBI office, said
Wyciskala, being held on a fugitive
charge, gave the following account
of what happened:.
He was working in Seattle when
he decided to go to Griffin to see
his wife and daughter. He an-
swered a newspaper advertisement
placed by two people who wanted
someone to drive them to Los An
geles.
They were near McFarland when
Askew, sitting to the front seat
with him, began nagging him about
his driving.
Wyciskala said he "got fired of
the guy nagging me," picked up
a hatchet that was on the floor of
the car and hit Askew to the head
He then drove off the road and hit
Mrs. Askew because she was
screaming.
Gas Bill Passed
Hennings' subcommittee also
voted to hear Neff, and issued a
subpoena for him to appear at a
public hearing Monday.
The Senate passed the natural
gas bill 53-38 last night and sent it
to President Eisenhower. The con-
troversial measure, debated for
three weeks, would exempt natur-
al gas products from utility-type
regulation by the Federal Power
Commission
In disclosing the offer of the
campaign contribution, Case said
he had been inclined te vote for
the bill before the money turned
up, but that afterwards he had
changed his mind. Both he and
Hennings voted against it on the
final roll call.
Neff said to Lexington he had no
hesitancy to testifying about the
offer "and I am glad there is an
investigation.” He has declined to
Ike Rejects
Textile Quote
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 un—The
administration today flatly re-
jected the idea of legislation to
impose quotas on textile imports.
Earl L. Butz, assistant secretary
of agriculture, stated that position
at a House Agriculture Subcom-
mittee hearing on legislation aimed
at aiding the cotton industry
The bill would include provisions
for such quotas, along with a di-
rective for expanded foreign sales
of U.S. cotton at world prices and
the setting of minimum screage
allotments for U.S. growers.
Butz said the Agriculture De-
partment opposes the entire bill.
As to quotas, he said the depart-
ment has checked into the matter
and "we found no indications that
imports were reducing substan-
tially the amount of cotton being
processed in the United States "
Buts' opposition to the 3-part
bill was challenged sharply by
Rep. Poage (D-Tex.)
Rain Falls; Snow
Slated for Plains
Welcome rain moved into this
Central West Texas srea Tuesday
night, beginning at Abilene about
9:30 p.m.
The U.S. Weather Bureau here
said drizzle and fog were expected
during the night. Light rain show-
ers were forecast for Wednesday
morning, with heavier scattered
thundershowers late Wednesday
afternoon.
New snow or freezing rain was
forecast for Wednesday to the al-
ready blizzard-hit South Plains of
Texas, the Lubbock weather bu-
reau said.
The South Plains and parts of
the Panhandle still were stagger-
ing from the worst snowstorm In
50 years. This storm last weekend
dropped more than 30 inches of
snow on some places, caused more
than 20 desths and paralyzed the
region.
Early reports from over the Abi-
lene srea showed rainfall had be-
gun at several points Wednesday
night.
Abilene had .IS of an inch of
rain by 11:15 p.m. and it was
still raining. This brought the
year's total to 1.06 inches compar-
ed with a normal of 109.
Hard showers brought .10 inch
of rain to Wingate Ballinger had
a light shower and Albany a trace.
Colorado City hed a shower and
Rochester reported rain and, an
electrical storm.
had fallen in the town. Hermleigh
had a hard shower, accompanied
by thunder and lightning. No rain
had fallen at Sweetwater.
Eastland and Roby reported a
trace and light rainfall at Cisco,
Vernon and DeLeon.
Light rain was reported from
Corpus Christi, Brownsville and
Alice north to San Antonio, Austin,
Dallas-Fort Worth and Wichita
Falls Hobbs (near Rotan) report-
ed from one-quarter to half an
inch.
Temperatures over the state
were mostly milder than Monday
with predictions for s slight warm-
up Wednesday.
Principal highways and commu-
nication lines were open throughout
the blizzard area but many rural
areas were still snowbound.
In the Hale Center area south-
west of Plainview patrolling planes
watched for families in need and
dropped food or medicine
Around Amarillo, Air Force
planes dumped more than 20,000
pounds of hay to hungry cattle in
flights reaching as far south as
Clarendon and north to the Cana-
dian River. .
The State Highway Patrol De-
partment said portions of main
roads from Childress to Clovis, N.
M., and from Plainview to Clovis
were open only to one-way traffic.
Afternoon temperatures to the
state ranged from 34 at Amarillo
Lightning was reported to the
northwest of Hamlin but no rain to 69 at Brownsville.
Burleson did it under • Uttla-
known congressional rule which
provides that the chairman of the
House Administration Committee,
a title Burleson holds, shall deliv-
er all bills finally approved by
Congress to the President.
The rule is, of course, generally
disregarded — because Burleson
would have time tor little else if
be ran such a delivery service.
Instead, a clerk of Burleson's com-
mittee delivers all the "en-
rolled" bias, as they are called,
to a White House aide.
Burleson had another distinction.
He was the first member of Con-
gress to denounce publicly the U.
S. Supreme Court decision in the
Phillips Petroleum Co. case to
1954—the decision which placed
Federal Power Commission juris-
diction. The Harris bill would re-
move such jurisdiction.
An enthusiastic supporter of the
Harris bill who was jubilant over
the Senate's vote Monday night
which approved it 53 to 38, Burle-
son sought 4o take advantage of
his opportunity to hand the bill to
the President himself.
Burleson telephoned the White
House to make arrangements for
it, but was told that “ceremonial
occasions" had been abolished
since the President s heart attack.
‘‘I didn't press the point." Bur-
leson said, "out of respect to the
President, but 1 would have liked
to have had the opportunity to
deliver it to the President and put
in a plug for the bill with him."
Instead, Burleson gave the for-
mal sheet of paper containing a
gold seal and red ribbons to Wayne
Hawks, e member of the Presi-
dent's legislative staff who assured
Burleson it will have the
President's attention "right away."
Tbs President has 10 days. ex-
eluding Sunday, from the receipt
of the bill at the White House to
sign it or veto it. He is expected
to sign it.
“I told Mr. Hawks that I have
more than a passing interest in
what ths President chooses to de
with the bill." Burleson said. “I
asked him to tell the President R
is my hope that be will sign it into
law.”
President Eisenhower may re-
veal at his press conference
Wednesday morning what action
bs intends to take on the bill.
THE WEATHER
v.s. DRIANE ASECAL
ABILENE and VICINITY- Mostly cloud:
Wednesday with light rain showers and
Fei ba
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Cloudy with
sr#x ^ •e^sas
and cold. - 1
WEST TEXAS—Considerable cloudiness
EITHE
showers or thundershowers and colder
Wednesday night.
Tues. A.M.
TEMPERATUN
2 = =
High and low temperatur FT M P
to 9:30 p.m. ■ and 36 dh s.
FEMY
Ef **
4
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 229, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1956, newspaper, February 8, 1956; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1654001/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.