The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 225, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1958 Page: 4 of 22
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Snowfall Ends in State;
Scattered Light Rains
THE ROAD RUNNER
By HAMILTON WRIGHT
A A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
4-A Abilene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, January 29, 1958
5 Turks Killed
In Clashes With
British Troops
Daniel Has Flu
99-Year Sentence
AUSTIN, Jan. 28 WP—Gov. Price WACO. Jan. 28 —William
Daniel will not attend the All King, 27, was convicted today of
Civic Clubs luncheon in Brown- murdering a Ft. Hood soldier and
wood tomorrow honoring Land given 99 years in prison. Kin
was convicted of the beatin
Bronte Man Finds Eastern Executives
Believe Auto Ownership Too Costly
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS state behind a low pressure sys-as for the 24 hours ending at
Snow piled 8 inches deep in at tem which sucked moist air in-6 p.m. Tuesday:
land from the Gulf. Small craft College Station .63 of an inch:
were advised to stay in port. Childress .60, Lufkin .57. Beau-
, 'Drizzle and fog extended deep into mont .47, Dalhart .45, Palacios BRONTE. Jan. 28 — L. T. did not even have an automobile,
exas rom west es S. the Lower Rio Grande Valley. .39, Galveston .36, Houston .28, Youngblood, president of the First "Too costly even for the rich in
, The snow belt extended from One of the thundershowers Wichita Falls 23, Mineral Wells National Bank here on a recent the larger cities * they told him
Lubbock northward and from loosed .69 inch of rain on Gonzales .23, Sherman .28, Waco .17, Dallas here, * recent the -. Raspa d
northeastern New Mexico east- in South Central Texas. Lightn- .09, Fort Worth .08, Lubbock .06, trip to Washington and New York EndTounabie d Bronte and B ack-
---j------1- ------J A11" learned that many men of means time resident ot Bronte and Blacks
the town without electrical Early morning low temperatures in those cities av oid ow nership of well. His latef atheer was onecofthe
ranged from 29 at Dalhart to 62 automobiles, choosing rather to pioneers at Hylton1, once a bustling
at Brownsville. • Tide the trains or commuter small town 10 miles east of Black-
Afternoon marks varied from 83 trains. The reason is that the tax well. His bank at the close of
at Dalhart to 73 at Brownsville on automobiles and the charge for business Dec. 31 showed deposits
Snow or rain fell on wide areas parking are exorbitant. One prom-of $2,317,845 and time deposits of
"of the nation, meanwhile, inent businessman told Young-$77,945.
A white blanket three to five blood that parking privileges cost J. T. Harmon is chairman of
inches deep piled up at higher $65 a month, a problem almost as the board. Earl F. Glenn is exec-
elevations in Massachusetts and bad as weaving through dense utive vice-president, B D. Snead.
New Hampshire as’ colder ai r traffic, vice president and cashier, and
least one place in the Panhandle
as wet weather shouldered across
ward across the Texas and Okla- ing knocked out transformers and Amarillo .05 and Abilene .04
homa Panhandles and from south-left ,___
eastern Colorado into southwest- power for a time
ern Kansas The Weather Bureau reported
Although 3 to 4 inches blanketed the following precipitation in Tex-
much of that sector, there was ---------------------------------
little or no wind and it did not
drift heavily. The Highway De-
partment said all roads were
open.
The Weather Bureau said the
snow ended in midafternoon and
none of its Texas stations report-
ed snow on the ground Tuesday
night The Bureau predicted clear
skies by Wednesday and a freeze
overnight. .
Forecasters looked for tempera-
tures as low as 10 above zero in
the Panhandle-Plains, down to 25
elsewhere in West Texas and in
Boys Club
Ticket Sales
Drive Rushed
Any person desiring to buy tick-
vice president and cashier, and
Virginia Boecking, assistant cash
spread into the area changing ---Virginia Boecking, assistant cash-
rain to snow. Strangely Youngblood found ier. Directors are R. E. Cumbie.
Scattered snows, were general some capitalists that claimed the y prominent local merchant: D. K.
throughout the Ohio Valley, upper-----------•--------Glenn, E. F. Glenn. Frank Kee-
Mississippi Valley and Crept Lake , ney, J. B. Mackey, W. B. Middle-
regions 'Inemnoyment Day ton, Edward Rawlings, Young-
Air flowing inland from the Pac- PIIIVIII blood.
ets to the Feb. 6 dinner meeting ific brought rainy weather to the (Line Iln Cibia
where the Boys’ Clubs of America Northwest. Snow fell in the moun- Cidilis III jldlU Youngblood says oil activities
North Central Texas, and 30 in Abilene unit will be formally or- tains from Washington to north- are not as pronounced as a few
East and South Central Texas, ganized was invited Tuesday ern California eastward into the AUSTIN, Jan. 28 u—The Texas years ago owing to the slump in
The heaviest snow — 8 inches—night to pick up the tickets at plateau states. Employment Commission said to-the oil industry.
“ was at Black, a roadside stop 11 the city police station. | In Massachusetts, the swollen day January's claims for unem- ---
miles east of Spearman in the Purchase of a $2.50 ticket also Charles River, fed by record Jan-ployment compensation were up At Blackwell we found Mrs.
northeast Panhandle, makes the buyer a charter mem- uary rains, was expected to crest 23 per cent over the December E. E. Bryant has been an em-
Elsewhere on the north plains ber. three feet above flood stage payments.
Channing and Perryton measured The steering committee held a Wednesday. Several bridges span-
progress reports meeting in the
Coca-Cola Auditorium.
ploye of the Tom Carlisle mer
4 inches, 3 to 4 fell around Spear-
man. 3 across the state line at
Still larger filings were expect-
Guymon, Okla., 212 at Texhoma, . , _ .
Okla., and one inch at Borger, eral places downtown for purchas.
Canadian, Dalhart, Pampa and El
ning the river in Boston were ed in February, the TEC said.
closed and numerous streets in
It was decided to establish sev- greater Boston communities along
'cantile establishment for the last
19 years. Her late husband,con-
es of tickets.
the river were under
inches of water.'
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Jan. 28 (
I fire today Commissioner-Appointee Bill AU
British troops opened e "‘corn of Brownwood, the gover- death of Pvt. Richard Lampe, 20,
nors office said today. Daniel has outside a tavern near here in Oc
had influenza, tober. .
on Turkish Cypriots in the third
straight day of clashes. Five
Turks were killed here and on the
East Coast in separate exchanges.
Three Turks were killed in Ni-
cosia as shooting broke out after
the Turks massed for protest
demonstrations coinciding with the
funerals of two of their comrades
killed in a fight with Cypriot po-
lice and British troops yesterday.
Two other Turks were killed by
British fire as mobs tried to
smash their way through to the
Greek quarter in the East Coast
port of Famagusta.
The Turks, a minority on Cy-
prus. want the island either split
up between the Turks and the
Greeks or turned over to Turkey.
The Greek majority demands un-
ion with Greece.
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The ticket dispensing places in
fall at Clayton, N.M. addition to the police station will
Amarillo measured 3 inch of be announced definitely by
snow. Lubbock got a trace and a Wednesday afternoon after corn-
few flakes were mixed with rain mitteemen, contact the establish-
at Wichita-Falls and in the Dallas- ments and obtain their permis-
Fort Worth area. sion.
Paso. There also was a one-inch
—, educted a shoe-repairing business
The report showed a total of 2 .
• cvue - 1 . j. there for years. She has his shoe-
several Ina DecenoiteEl Boll TIMTure and makings - uipiment, including a
______non insured. The total unemploy-champion finisher._______________
Foss Changes Mind,
iment figure for January will not
be available for about a month.
The total unemployment figure
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f I IJ € g for December, 1956, was 125,800.
Seeks House Je at The report showed total Texas
employment reached a peak of
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PIERRE, S.D., Jan. 28 (P—Gov.
Joe Foss, World War II flying
ace, changed his mind today and
said he will be a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Con-
gress from South Dakotas 1st
District.
The seat now is held by Rep.
George McGovern, a Democrat.
Foss, 42, said he decided to be-
1, come a candidate "because of the
| The Boys Clubs of Abilene, Inc. growing threat to the nation's sec-
as the local organization will be
known, will be a part of Boys' urity" and after, insistence of
Clubs of America, it will provide South Dakotans from both par-
a daily building-centered program ties' who believe his military
of athletics, recreation and train- background will be helpful in the
ing in such things as handicrafts efforts of Congress to strengthen
the defense organization.
The governor, a Medal of Hon-
The snow started Monday night. Of the $2.50 price, $2 pays for
and continued most of Tuesday, the dinner itself, and 50 cents goes
keeping highway crews busy par- to incidental expenses of the or-
ticularly on roads around Chan- ganization. This isn t a fund-rais-
ning. Dalhart, Gruver and Strat- ing campaign, but merely an ef-
ford in the upper Panhandle fort to insure an attendance of
Showers and thunderstorms several hundred citizens at the
rumbled across other areas of the organization dinner the night of
-——______Feb. 6 in Catchings Cafeteria, Abi-
3,042,500 in . December before
started downward.
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2 City Crashes
Leave 2 Injured
Two drivers were injured
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separate crashes here Tuesday . _
night, neither believed seriously and will be supported by public
Treated at Hendrick .Memorial " embers of the steering com- or winner, said last September he
mittee reported 83 dinner tickets would retire from politics this
sold by personal contacts they year because of family considera-
have made. Most committeemen tions.
STARTS THURS.—APRIL LOVE”PAT BOONE
Hospital was Diane Bowers, 17, of
2574 Hickory St . said Patrolman
H. M Emerson She was bruised
and had a possible concussion, he
learned.
The car driven by Miss Bowers
was in a collision about 9:15 p.m
with one driven by Robert Wayne
Robbins, 22. of 2221 State St., who
present hadn't yet located all of
their prospects.
Another signals-checking meet-
ing of the committee was set for
the night of Feb. 4. the place to
. . . be announced. It will be in Coca-
none The BoBel 1957 Ford WAS Cold Auditorium i tha' place is
nearly a total loss, while damage Eudora Hawkins was elected
was estimated at $500-600 for Rob , Eudora Hawkins was elected
bins’ 1955 Pontiac temporary secretary, and Bob
Din 135 fontiac. Williams of the First National
Joe Brent Stalls of 2375 S 32nd Bank temporary treasurer Police
St., was admitted to Hendrick Capt. F. M. Pruitt is temporary
hospital after a two-car wreck chairman
about 7 30 p.m. at the intersection Each steering committee mem
of , 15th and Pecan Sts. The hos- ber has the names of some of the
pital said he was believ ed to have people who have already been con-
no fractures and was under ob- tacted by letter and will call
servation. . them personally.
The other vehicle, a pickup driv- A ticket sales committee in
en by Richard Lee Matthews of charge of the downtown sales was
Rt 1, Clyde, overturned. Matthews named. It includes Sgt. Vernon
was not reported injured. Inves- Haggard, Bob Williams, Capt
tigating were Officers J. A. Stan John J. Machos, Lt. Grover
ford and Don Price. Chronister and Earle Walker
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