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COOLER
TONIGHT
78TH YEAR, NO. 266
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"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron .
Associated Preu (AP)
Dyess Boy,
4, Drowns
A four-year-old son of a Dyess While playing with two small
Air Force Base sergeant drowned girls' near a pond behind 223 Loui-
Monday afternoon in a pond siana, the youngster went into
about 150 yards outside the base water about three feet deep. One
Capehart housing area, of the children ran home to tell
Dead is Rodney Dean Ratcliff, her mother what had happened
son of T. Sgt. and Mrs. Billy and the mother called the base
D. Ratcliff of 107 Kentucky, fire department.
U.S. Ready
In Berlin
-McElroy
' Base fire department members
retrieved the body, which was
completely submerged. A resus-
citator was requested from the
Abilene fire department about
1:30 p.m., which Assistant Fire
Chief Howard Hill and Capt. Den.
nis Conaway delivered to the
scene.
Efforts were made in the am-
bulance and at Dyess Air Force
Base Hospital to revive the Rat-
cliff boy but they failed and he
WASHINGTON (AP)—U. S. mil- was pronounced dead at 2:40 p.m.
Itary forces are ready to back up at the hospital.
President Eisenhower's avowed Sgt. Ratcliff is a member of
determination to stand fast on the 819th Medical group at the
American rights in Berlin, Secre- military hospital.
tary of Defense Neil H. McElroy The boy was born Feb. 2. 1955
told Congress Monday, at Salina. Kan., where his father.
ABILENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1959—TWENTY-TWO PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
MILES
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“We think we have a definite a career Air Force man, was
offensive superiority over the Rus- stationed at the time. ______.
sians at this time.” McElroy said His body will be sent to Lin- shook a L -______________
in discussing the situation with coln, Kan. Tuesday by Elliotts nia 150 miles long and 50 miles
the House Space Committee. Funeral Home, Funeral will be wide Monday but
b held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at
While voicing doubt the Rus- Hall Mortuary. Buriai will be in
sians want to start a war, the
secretary told the congressmen,
“We are prepared to meet vari-
ous stages of the Berlin situation
as it develops."
Lincoln Cemetery.
IRKING
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 15c
Rocket Fired
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on
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loft
Sun
Cross Plains
Woman, 93,
Dies of Burns
CROSS PLAINS (RNS) - Mrs.
Nancy Jane Jones, resident of the
Cross Plains area since 1900, died
Monday morning in Rising Star
Hospital from burns she received
about 8:30 a m. Sunday. She was
93.
HIT BY QUAKE - Underlined
cities were rocked by an earth-
quake that hit more than 100
miles of northern California
Monday afternoon. There were
no reports of any serious
damage. (AP tWirephoto)
Quake Hits
California;
IamadA 1 Iflhl Mrs. Jones was taken to the
ESSU LISHE hospital after her clothing caught
fire in an accident at the home
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The of a daughter, Mrs. W. R. Thomp-
strongest earthquake since 1906 son, where she had been living
’ a strip of Northern Califor- for the last three years.
1 Funeral will be held at 2:30
did practical- p.m. Tuesday at the Cottonwood
ly no damage. Baptist Church with the Rev.
The rocking, rolling tremor James Brandon, pastor, officiating,
struck at 2:28.38 p: m. and kept assisted by the Rev. V. D. Walters,
the seismograph needle at the pastor of the First Baptist Church
University of California in Berk- of Cross Plains.
eley jiggling for 12 minutes. Burial will be in Cottonwood
By that time telephones were Cemetery with Higginbotham Fu-
jammed with calls—mostly with neral Home in charge.
people reporting a sharp quake Mrs. Jones was born Aug. 2,
but no damage. 1865 at Athens, Tenn. She was
The shock was strongest in the married to R. G. Jones in 1882
Survivors include the parents;
two sisters, Claudia. 5. and Robyn.
2; one brother. James. 1; pater-
nal grandmother, Mrs. Claudine
“We are prepared to make good Wolfe of Fort Worth; maternal
on the statement of the President grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. No-
that we will not yield one inch lan Farrington of Lincoln, Kan.;
on our rights in Berlin, he said, paternal great-grandparents. Mr.
McElroy said there are no plans and Mrs. C. R.Gamblin of Route Hollister area 100 miles southeast there.
now to mobilize because of the „ , T-nglewood Dr: of here, but some burst pipes in The couple moved to Texas in
deepening crisis over the Soviet Gamblin of 1457 Tanglewood Dr. a refrigerarton plant was the only 1900 and settled in the Atwell com-
Union’s campaign to force the damage reported. In nearby Gil- munity in East land County. They
United States and other Allied Iranians Reject roy the City Hall shed some pl as- lived there one year, then moved
powers out of Berlin, 110 miles MA/SLL D J ter and at Santa Cruz on the to Cottonwood where he farmed
inside Communist-held territory. I reaty Reds coast more plaster fell from the until 1943.
TEHRAN Iran (AP, The So ceiling of a courtroom. No one Mr Jones retired from farming
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troops the right to' enter Iran un- swaying from these towns.
der certain conditions, Deputy
Foreign Minister Javad Sadr an-
nounced Monday. liny baby saved
Articles 5 and < of a 1921 treaty -
By Hole in Bead
All Four
Stages Go
Off Well
BULLETIN
JOURELL BANK, England
WP—Pioneer IV was reported off
course early Tuesday by scientist
manning Britain's giant radio
telescope.
“It is several degrees lower
than it should be according to
the tracking schedule we re-
ceived from the United States.’*
said Prof. Bernard Lovell, direc-
tor of the British tracking sta-
tion.
The huge radio telescope — the
world's largest — had picked up
signals from the American
spaceprobing rocket at 5:23 a.m.
12:23 a.m. EST—just at the time
it had been expected to cross the
British horizon.
Lovell said as yet he could not
interpret the meaning of the
rocket’s position. Asked if its
position meant the rocket would
fall in its bid to come close to
the moon and go into orbit
around the sun he replied “That
is something we cannot deter-
mine here."
Mobilization steps have been
suggested in Congress in recent
days, and Rep. James Fulton (R-
Pa) raised the issue again Mon-
day. He asked McElroy if this
country has adequate protection
for a firm position on Berlin and
"if not, should we mobilize in
whole or in part?”
“We dont regard that as being permitted Russia to send in troops
required at this time," McElroy if the Soviet Union was threatened
replied, from bases on Iranian territory.
from bases on Iranian territory.
YOUTH KILLED
Bolivians Bum
American Flag
She Swallowed
of the Baptist Church since she
was 14.
Surviving, in addition to Mrs.
Thompson, are two sons. Luther
of Woodburn, Ore., and Anderson
of Gonzales, Calif: one other
daughter, Mrs. Marion Thomas of
Downey, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs.
Kizzie Wofford and Mrs. Daisy
Rice Stradling, both of Athens,
Tenn., and Mrs. W. A. Brock of
Cross Plains: 15 grandchildren, 2
REPLICA DEDICATED — Gov. and Mrs. Price Daniel, center, Mrs Edna Ross m
Hacker of Brenham and Tom Whitehead Sr., publisher of the Brenham Banner CAPE CANAVERAL, Ela.:
Press, dedicated this replica of Dr. Anson Jones during Texas Independence Day A thurnederg, carrying space
ceremonies at Washington-on-the-Brazos Monday. Jones was the last president probe Pioneer I toward the
of the Republic of Texas. Whitehead is executive director of the Texas Inde- moon an<) the sun. All four stages
pendence Day organization. (AP Wirephoto) 5 of the vehicle ignited successfully.
The smooth performance of the
76-foot launching rocket meant
that a 13-pound gold-plate probe
is free and is soaring through
Man Robs Bank, Gets
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) - Cross Plains: 15 grandchildren, 27 (AP)LA man
A 6-months-old baby, choking on great-grandchildren and nine HAMILTON, Ohio A Am
a large wooden bead, apparently great-great grandchildren,
was saved by a tiny hole in the
bead that let enough air through
to keep her alive.
Mrs. Charles Ungemach found
her daughter, Julie, violently
gasping for breath in her crib
Monday morning.
Dust Accompanies
Front Into Area
space alone.
The mission of Army scientists
was to hurl Pioneer IV past the
moon 221.000 miles away in 34
hours and finally into a solar or-
bit a half million miles from
earth.
Airplane for Getaway
iminutes after the spectacular
Police have set up roadblocks have warned airports in the Can- blastoff at 12:10:30 a.m. EST that
believed to be one of the FBI's in Stark and Summit counties, ton area. all four stages had ignited. Thus
......-------------d Believing he may attempt to Sprenz escaped from the Sum-
a bank here Monday of $25,895, steal another airplane, FBI agents met Coma dawn Aamen herd
10 most wanted criminals robber
the launching had been accom-
stole an airplane and fled north-
eastward.
The man, whom bank teller
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis identified
NEWS INDEX
LA PAZ. Bolivia (AP)—Crowds make the situation more acute .A Fire Departmentrescue
of angry demonstrators burned an with acts of violence. Shouts do squad worked over the child wit
American flag Monday and stoned not solve anything," Siles said, a resuscitator for 25 minutes. The
the U.S. Embassy and U.S. infor- He added that his government baby lost consciousness several
mation Service office. President will demand “fullest explanation times before firemen got her to
Hernan Siles went into the streets of the Time article.” 3 hospital.
to calm the mob and succeeded Later Siles went on the radio
LA PAZ. Bolivia (AP)—Crowds make the situation more
plished.
The night was crisp and clear,
a welcome change from the past
four days when the Cape was af-
three other persons in connection
with a $1,490 armed robbery there.
The FBI immediately suspected
Sprenz because he has used st 'en
flicted with foul weather.
The glowing white missile be-
• airplanes in past escapes. They gan a steady climb, slashing out a
5 =========
2 The bank-a branch of the irst The countdown ran smoothly in
3 National Bank and Trust Co.-had marked contrast with Sunday
4 not been open long before a man night when the launching finally
S wearing a zipper jacket and a cap was postponed after the missile
__came in and asked Mrs. Lewis to stood in the rain for several hours,
change a $20 biU. He then said it Today the Army had a 10-min-
was a stickup and demanded ute span in which to fire on the
money. first try. The timing was perfect.
Mrs. Lewis said at least $12,000 The missile was in sight among
of the money was in $20 bills, the stars for more than three
• 1 4 m T • The robber, who had stolen an au- minutes before it suddenly puffed
O)II tomobile and parked it in front out.
HE “ Pua we AM I - --- of the bank drove to the Hamilton Upper stages and payload were
Airport following the robbery spinning at liftoff to insure stabil-
BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) - C. with the Rev. Maurice Barrett. Apparently having studied the ity in flight. It is the same prin-
V. Welch, 67, died at 6:15 a.m. paster of the Lakeshore Presby: -situation there, he went to an ciple as a rotating bullet fired
Monday in Stephens Memorial terian Church in Waco, assisted,auxiliary hangar about 500 yards from a rifle.
Hospital. He had been suffering by Rev. J. D. Hatch, local pastor, from the airport proper, opened Automobiles double parked
from a heart condition for three Burial will be in Breckenridge ^ doors, taxied out in a plane along about 10 miles of Cocoa
weeks and was hospitalized Feb Cemetery under the direction of and took off in a four-passenger Beach ocean front indicated that :
23 Melton Funeral Home Beecheraft Bonanza owned bv thousands of the spectators had a
ws born Sept 18 1891 in Pallbearers will be Lester Clark, Beechcratt Bonanza owned PS close view of the fiery launching.
I He was born Sept. 18, 1891 in Mead Rinard, I. Cohen, Paul Homer Duff of Lebanon, Ohio. The official takeoff time was -
high school in Grand June-wilams, n 1. mcArron, an of The FBI alerted the Civil Air given as 12:10:30 am.
and tiandes the Uni. Breckenridge, and Joe Harrell and Patrol and all airports within sev- The spectacular launching was
01 Denver ne was a mem Frank Harrell, both of Abilene, eral hundred miles to be on the part of the banner satellite year
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fra- and Wayne Watts of Wichita Falls, lookout for the plane. Despite the anticipated by the spar ^
A memorial mav be made in . 1tional Aeronautics ana space Ad-
, the form of contributions to the search, no one reported the plane ministration, the president’s top
He served in the Air Corps dur- educational fund of the First being seen until it landed near level civilian agency that directs
ing World War I and after he was presbyterian Church, * Coshocton. - ‘ the nation’s space efforts.
Bryant, assistant police chief at TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Dep. discharged from the service in ——----------------*-----------
nearby Spray, said the sister told Foreign Minister Javad Sadr said 1919 he came to Breckenridge He IN MIV DIO CDANDE
officers Barker was in the pantry. Tuesday Iran's relations with Iraq was employed by Jack Roberts IN MUDDY RIO GRANDE
Then, two shots were fired in have improved since the deterio- Oil Corp. then and later became
the pantry. Barker died about 15 fation which followed the July 14 an independent oil operator in his
minutes later. . revolt in Baghdad. own right.
Barker was wanted for the slay- --------------------------------He had offices in Breckenridge
ing of Police Chief Amos Morris TuE A TUED as C V Welch, Oil Operator and
of M annington whose body was WCAlTEK also was a partner in W elch-
found last Saturday, thrown over _____________________________Daniel & Scott, Oil Operators and
a 20-foot embankment several U. s. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE the Breckenridge Salvage and
miles east of Mannington, ABILENFENN" MAY (40 mile Supply Co and was associated
Officers here said Barker was waneegay ALLA Y ECOLT 100 with a number of other independ-
a native of this area, and that Tuesa night near 35, high Wednesday ent oil operators
his wife lives here north central texas Clear He was a member of the Inde- women went down with a ...
toigartixa Wednesday, pendent Petroleum Association of which shot off a ferry and dis- water."
WEST. TEXAS Clear gaudy America and the Mid-Continent appeared in the muddy Rio
eastwards warmer Panhandle and south Oil and Gas Association. Locally! Grande late Monday. ________
PWESr"GULPNortherly winds 20 he was a member of the Lions Police reported the driver strug- at Los Ebanos. 80 miles upriver
toutnery" "mane i o nth "st m.p.lion Eise Club, American Legion and Cham- gled free and swam ashore across from Brownsville, Tex.
where shifting to northerly 20 to 30 m.p.h. ber of Commerce, the river in Mexico. Working with few lights in the
WE ==, He was married to the former The ---------=- Qarr ana toy tulwuuy ......-----
TEMPERATURES Jo Goodall on Oct. 23. 1937 in ments after the auto pulled aboard tie a line to the sunken car several whether any bodies were inside.
":" Valley Mills She was a teacher in the ferry boat at this border hours later. They tried to pull Mission police said witnesses
the Breckenridge public 'schools village. Officers said all the oc the vehicle out with a winch identified the driver of the car
at the time of their marriage cupants were Mexican nationals truck, but were able to move it as Luis Montehongoy and they
He is survived by his wife and bound for San Miguel, on the only inches at 8 time against te -
three daughters, Jo Claire, a stu- opposite side of the stream: swift current.
dent at Trinity University in San "The car was still in low gear Crowds lined both sides of the -----—
Antonio Marv a student at Texas and it looked like the driver hit Rio Grande as firemen from were Dolores Gongora, her daugh-
Tech and Nancy, a student at the accelerator instead of the Mission, Tex, and state guards- ter Elvia Montemayor, Graciela
brake," ferry operator Francisco men from Rio Grande City, Tex , Acosta, Josefina Hernandez and
Rivas said through an interpreter, joined in the operation. Los Manuela Pena. Their home towns
and Ebanos, a town of about 500 and ages had not been learned.
to
from pictures as Frank Lawrence
Sprenz. 29, landed the plane at
Dust which cut visibility to Sprenz, 29, landed the plane at
four miles for three hours and Coshocton, 160 miles northeast of
wind with gusts up to about 35 here, bought a car and continued
miles per hour accompanied a on,
cold front through the Abilene A
in automobile believed to be
area Monday afternoon, which the one purchased in Coshocton
should bring cooler temperatures
A surgeon performed an emer- during the next two days,
to appeal for an end to the anti- gency operation and removed the The front, which passed through
He' acted after the anti-Ameri- American demonstrations. bead, about an inch in diameter, about noon, brought dust about
He said there had been a "prov- The baby was pronounced out of 1:55 p.m. and it lasted until about
SECTION A
Oil news ........
Amusements .....
Radio-TV logs ....
Sports ......
SECTION B
Obituaries U..
Women’s news ....
10,
partly.
. Editorials
was found abandoned 55 miles Comics
north of Canton. „ I Farm news
can demonstrations took the life He said there had been a prov- me baby was pronounced out 0 1:55 p.m. and it lasted until about
of a 15-year-old student, Julio ocation by an irresponsible jour- danger later. How Julie got the 7:45 p.m. with visibility below
Mendoza, who was shot. There nalist that reflected the thought bead for a plaything was not
were no reports of injuries to any o’ international capitalism, known.
Americans in the city. i He told the nation the U.S.
Th. President crossed police charge d’affaires had notified the
lice had been using tear gas to respond to statements by any
American diplomatic official.
The Bolivian cabinet also met
to consider measures to restore
scatter angry crowds protesting a
Time magazine report that an
American Embassy official had
suggested abolishing the country
and dividing it among its neigh-
bors.
Fire Capt. Axel Bjurstrom said
he believed a tiny hole through
the bead for stringing allowed
enough air to get through to save
the infant's life.
order in the city.
The violence of the demonstra-
tions lessened after the Presi-
appeal, but % scattered
Accompanied by Vice President dent’s appeal, but I scattered
Federico Alvarez and other gov- crowds still roamed the center of
eminent officials. Siles went to this mountain capital city high in
the party headquarters of the rul- the Andes and there were scat-
ing Nationalist Revolutionary tere(j disturbances. Heavy police
Movement on a block next to the guards prevented serious violence
Embassy, in the center of town.
From a balcony he addressed Many windows of the U.S. Em-
an applauding throng and called bassy were broken by stones
upon them to remain calm. "Don't thrown earlier by demonstrators.
Suspect in Slaying
Shoots, Kills Self
eight miles most of the afternoon.
From 3 until 6 p.m., at its lowest
point, visibility was four miles at
Municipal Airport, a U. S.
Weather Bureau official said.
The wind Monday averaged
about 20 miles per hour most of
the day with gusts up to about
35. The wind died down about 7
p.m.
A high of about 55 is expected
C. V. Welch, Breck
Tuesday, as compared with Mon-
day's high of 72 degrees. The low
Tuesday night is expected to be — ----------
LEAKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A near 35, climbing to about 65 Sioux Rapids. Iowa. He graduated Williams, R. I. McArron, all of
man police identified as Douglas Wednesday afternoon. fron high school in Grand June- „ ----------, , „----„ -
Barker wanted for the murder of Skies are predicted to stay tion. L
a West Virginia police chief, shot clear for the next two days as versity of Denver. He was a mem-
and killed himself here Monday there are no new fronts in sight ber of 9 - 4
night. for the area. ternity.
Authorities said Barker was cor- D
nered at his sister’s home Mack better Relations
Bryant related that officers
were tipped that Barker was in
this area
The officer said he was spotted
and trailed to his sister’s house.
THE WEATHER
Five Go Down With Car
Which Shoots Off Ferry
LOS EBANOS. Tex. (AP)—Five bounced downstream before dis- persons, is 20 miles downstream
car appearing in 15 or 20 feet of from Rio Grande City.
S. Sgt Tony Trevino of Rio
The international boundary Grande City headed the Texas
stream is about 100 yards wide StilreO mnedicens or a ^ diverse
club at Edinburg. Tex., hooked
a line to the left front wheel of
J , the car They said it was too
accident happened mo- darkness, skin divers managed to dark and too muddy to determine
Working with few lights in the
CHOSEN BY BUSINESSMEN- David Kuperman of
Breckenridge High School ana Sharon Wolters of
Lewisville High School were named Mr. and Miss Fu-
ture Business Leader of Texas. They were selected by
a panel of Dallas and Fort Worth businessmen at the
state Future Business Leaders of America conven-
tion held at North Texas State College. (AP Wire-
photo)
Former Gives Up;
Pays Government .
DOWAGIAC, Mich. (AP)—Rebel
farmer Stanley Yankus gave up
Monday and mailed the govern-
ment a check for #3.370.56.
Yankus is the Dowagiac chicken
farmer who gained national pub-
licity and support in his fight with
the federal government over
wheat controls.
Mon. a.m.
5S
56
Mission police said witnesses
55 ............8:00 53
62 ............9:00 49
66 ...........10:00 —
70 ..........11:00 $.........—
71 12:00 -
, lish-ad’s for Mhours ending ’ Tech, and Nancy, a
s7"i and low same date last West Texas State.
, Sunset last anisati -%% sunrise today: Funeral will be 3 p.m. Tuesday
i EWERT M 2ra2n in the First Presbyterian Church “It shot off into the water
understood he was, in custody
across the river.
Officers were told the women
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