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— The Abilene Report
78TH YEAR, NO. 318
(mg MORNING
"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron
Associated Press (AP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1959 —THIRTY PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
HOWDY, MA’M — Mona Mobley of Goree, who Thursday night was named
Rodeo Sweetheart at the first performance of the Intercollegiate Rodeo, receives
due homage from Jack Chapman, Abilene junior and member of the Hardin-Sim-
mons University rodeo team. The newly-crowned sweetheart is also a junior at
H-SU. About 1,800 persons filed into Carl Myers Memorial Arena for the open-
ing show. Other performances are slated for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday with a
2:30 p.m. Saturday matinee. (Staff Photo by Bill Nelsen)
Weatherman Aids College
Cowboys in Thrills, Spills
By BOB COOKE had not been ridden in the last
Reporter - News Farm Editor 156 times out of the bucking chute.
Hardin- Simmons University’s The NIRA president was unseated
13th annual intercollegiate rodeo about the third spin of the bull
opened Thursday night in Carl “« of the chute and Smith’s left
Myers Memorial arena with the hand was caught in the rope,
weatherman cooperating for one Teammates and fellow contestants
of the few times in the history of practically swarmed the bucking
the event bull, giving Smith a chance to
Bill Ledbetter, director of ath- get his hand loose Chances are
letics at H-SU and general man- his injury will slow him down for
ager of the rodeo, said smilingly the remainder of the rodeo,
that it was one of the rare times The second of the four perform- to see stiff competition between
that rain had not immediately pre- ances of the rodeo will be un- . And riders and ropers
ced«i the opening or occurred dur- reeled in the Myers Memorial seed Eiders and TOPEES
ing the first performance He esti- Arena at 6 pm Friday night. A sothehe onip 7
mated attendance at between matinee at 2 p.m and a night Pane . 0 mar ack
1,700 and 1,800. show at 8 o’clock Saturday will fders made marked Tides, one
Twice during the opening show complete the two go-rounds. lying ndes were Thade by ith
misfortune almost overtook sev. Thursday night s show moved Bausch of Sul Ross, Jack Chap-
eral of the participants. —----------------------man of H-SU. Bud Amburgey of
In the ribbon roping event, Mac THE WIATUED New Mexico State and John Holt
Kahoe of West Texas State drop- WEAITIEK of Texas Tech.
ped his loop over the steer’s neck--Top times in th, first section
but as Kahoe dismounted his Top: U. . DFFARTMENTpr COMMERCE of the first go-round calf roping
ing horse bolted, dragging the calf (wetse, Mas s r. 24) were posted by Ed Workman of
around the arena. The rope finally ** ^ Lubbock Christian, 14.55 Gerald
became entangled in the leg of day and Saturday; high both days 85-90. Marr of NMS 15 7. and
1 1 t th. one low Friday night near 55, marr NMD, 13./. and NoDert
the horse ridden by the roping NORTH CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL House of Sul Ross 15.9
fudge The calf’s probably AND EAST TEXAS - Partly cloudy House
judge, Pm with rising temperatures Friday, Satur- Don Thorson, Bausch and Smith
suffered the worst injury in the ***** aunIFTcloudy and all of Sul Ross, marked points in
scramble. warm Friday Saturday partly cloudy: . ,
cooler Panhandle late Saturday, the bronc evenit. €
. Hand is Count . Thur. .mTEMPERATURESTLe, „ A remarkable 5.5 seconds time
Don Lee Smith, Sul Ross bull « 1.00 % was set by Jody Jones, Sul Ross,
in steer wrestling.
THE WEATHER
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 15c
A WE
Hot Cargo Clause
Banned by Senate
'Hol Oil'
Case Names
Snyder Man
FORT WORTH (API-Standard
Oil Co. of Texas and Pasotex Pipe
BOTTLED UP
House Bubbles With Joy
At Bootleg Tax Bobbles
By FRANK N. MANITZAS
AUSTIN (A — A proposed
occupation tax on bootleggers
helped to break tension in the
House Thursday.
. . , Rep. Jerry Butler, Kenedy,
Line Co. of Houston and another offered the proposal while
Texas corporation have been House shot holes in the gen-
named in a secret 18-count federal
indictment charging violation of
the Connally Hot Oil Act.
U.S. Atty. William B. West III
said Thursday the only person
arrested thus far was Leslie P.
Morgan of Snyder. Morgan ap-
peared before a U.S. commission-
er at Lubbock Wednesday and
posted $500 bond.
Morgan? was identified as a
gauger — one who fills tanks from
wells and feeds the oil into dis-
tribution lines—for J&B Pasotex at
the time of the alleged violation.
West said four other individuals
involved have not been arrested,
and that the indictment also
names another Texas company.
■ In Houston, a spokesman for
Standard of Texas said there will
be no comment on the indictment
at this time. Pasotex is an affil-
iate of Standard.
The alleged violations concern
interstate shipment of "hot oil"
which is oil produced in excess
of the allowables set by the Texas
Railroad Commission.
The indictments allege that
slightly in excess of 50,000 barrels
of oil were involved.
The indictments were returned
eral tax bill. He asked a $3,000
annual occupation tax on per-
sons taking beer or liquor into
dry areas. Failure to pay the
fee would be a felony. Con-
viction carried 2 to 5 year pri-
son terms and up to a $10,-
000 fine.
"I don’t think the people in
dry areas should object to
their dealers being taxed.”
Butler said smiling. “In West
Texas they say a lot of beer
comes from New Mexico. We
don't tax that now. I think
it will raise a lot of money.”
"This is not a legal license
someone else ” Speaker Wag-
goner Carr of Lubbock inter-
rupted: "A point of order has
been raised and the amend-
ment is not germane to the
bottle of the bill."
Carr blushed. He read the
point of order as it was hand-
ed to him. "I didn't mean to
shake you up, go ahead Mr.
Butler,” he added quickly.
"We have local option and
that's a wonderful thing,” But-
ler said laughing The House
joined him. "But if they have
liquor out there they ought to
pay a tax.”
"You're hitting me a double
lick.” Rep. Abe Mays, Atlanta,
said "If you tax them that
much, they won't have money
for their legal fees.”
Rep. B H. Dewey Jr., Bryan,
rose with rule book in hand to
Move Restricts
Teamster Union
WASHINGTON (AP)—The Sen- It has been a practice of the
to' distribute beer?" Rep.
Peter J. La Valle, Texas City.
“No, it's an occupation tax."
Butler said. "Everybody is
against the bootlegger — may-
be. He doesn’t have to be a
bootlegger though. He could
just be transporting it in for
ate Thursday night approved a Teamsters to insist on contract
ban on "hot cargo" clauses in clauses under which an employer
labor agreements with employers, agrees not to fire an employe who
Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) refuses to handle what the union
said the move would restrict the regards as unfair goods, generally
powerful Teamsters Union, referred to as hot cargo.
The action came on a voice vote Such labels often are placed by
just before the Senate wound up the Teamsters on goods produced
an 11-hour session on the Kennedy or handled at some stage by a
bill aimed at curbing corruption nonunion firm, or by a firm with
in labor unions, which union members are having
Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn), a dispute. ,
sponsor of the ''hot cargo" ban. In December 1957, the Interstate
said his proposal would make an Commerce Commission, without
unfair labor practice of any agree- passing specifically on the legality
ment between a union and a com- of hot cargo clauses, ruled that
mon carrier to withhold ship- carriers under its jurisdiction
ments from another employer. must not bargain away through
It would be limited to railroads, labor contracts their obligation to
truckers and other interstate car- the public.
riers. Since then, there have been
Kennedy endorsed the amend- complaints that this action wasn’t
ment, saying it would "outlaw hot enough, and that the hot cargo
cargo agreements, a means by practice should be banned by law.
which the Teamsters Union had Earlier, the Senate defeated an
extended its power " effort to settle the no-man's land
bottle up the amendment on a
technicality. Butler withdrew
his amendment before Speaker Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark) problem in labor disputes by turn-
Carr gave Dewey permission said he favored a much broader ing many cases back to the states,
"hot cargo" provision, not limited It rejected, 52-39, an amend-
to common carriers. But he ment by Sen. John L. McClellan
agreed to let the Gore proposal go (D-Ark) in which he sought to
through if it could be changed substitute his own solution for
later.
to speak.
“I had a point of order to
knock him off,” Dewey said.
That capped efforts to tax
the bootlegger.
this problem for the provision in
the Kennedy labor bill.
. April 16, by a federal grand jury
rapidly. It was completed in 2 in Dallas, West said. Seventeen
hours and 10 minutes after the counts allege movement of hot oil.
beginning of the grand entry. The 18th count alleges conspiracy
Sweetheart From Goree to violate the Connally Art.
The opening performance in- West said the charges stem
eluded the presentation of the from an operation in Scurry
rodeo sweetheart, Miss Mona Mob-County.
Tax Bill Narrowly
Okayed by House
rider and president of the National
Intercollegiate Rodeo Assn., prob-
ably can thank his teammates
and other bull riders for prevent-
ing more serious injuries to his
arm when his left hand caught
in the rigging rope in the bull
ride
Smith drew Mickey Mouse, a
Brahman bull that Producer Walt
Alsbaugh of Alamosa, Colo, said
I E
46..-
....
men and low
p.m 82 and 41
94
Sens. Yarborough and Johnson
of Texas voted against the Mc-
Clellan amendment.
| It was the first defeat for the
| .Arkansas senator, chairman of
the Senate Labor - Management
Committee, after he had suc-
| reeded in getting half a dozen of
his proposals adopted.
The action came at a night ses-
sion after the Senate had disposed
of about a dozen minor amend-
day. There is considerable doubt ale calls for 307 million dollars ments. Things were speeded up
whether technicalities will permit for 1960-61 from the general rev- some after Senate Democratic
a final vote on the tax bill then, enue fund. The house bill figure Leader Lyndon 8 Johnson of
It could be delayed until Monday, is million The tax bill must Texas won agreement to limit de-
thus further putting off action by written to cover whatever"the bate on each amendment and the
the Senate, houses finally agree upon. The def. bill Itself
Many senators have said the icit also must be eliminated. In the background, meanwhile,
financing task cannot be finished s.1s Core TeA Northern Democrats hunted des-
before the end of the session May bices . the POs perately for a parliamentary tac-
12. All signs point to a special ’ _ tic that would enable them to re-
session. A tax bill with enough it’s time to call 1a halt on pol- verse a defeat they suffered
money in it must pass before the ities in considering this bill, Carr Wednesday night.
general appropriations measure said. That defeat came when the
can be enacted. "This bill in its present form is Senate voted 47-4« to write a “bill
The big spending bill in the Sen- not satisfactory You removed a of rights” for union members into
. ... _ majority of its provisions. The the anticorruption bill sponsored
How West Texas money falls far short. The main by Sen. John F Kennedy (D-
Voted purpose of this bill was to give Mass).
Legislators Voted us a starting point." A coalition of Republicans and
AUSTIN W — How West Texas Rep. Jerry Sadler, Palestine, Southern Democrats put across
ate final vote. But opponents were representatives voted on the tax attacked the bill as a ”95 5 per that amendment, and—even with
ready with a point of order to bill Thursday cent’ ‘ sales tax measure This reinforcements — the Northern
stop this. n a i i, term was applied during the four- Democrats had a tough parlia-
Tax bil I leaders were willing to wE 4 * P . . day heated debate. mentary problem on their hands,
wait to finish work on the badly- s n Sons " Re The vote came after a.stirring It appeared they might wait a
bettered measure. Its total is just . 1 S ACP. speech by Rep. Joe Burkett, Kerr- while before trying to reverse the •
a few millions more than enough ville, defeated candidate for speak- defeat,
to retire the current+15 million Against: Rep. Paul Brashear of er. He said he had never voted The no-man’s land problem
_ general fund deficit. It is far from Cisco, Rep. Max D. Carriker of for a tax bill but he would vote arises because the National Labor
enough to finance state services Roby. Rep. Ed J. Cloud of Rule, for this one.
in the next two years. Rep W. A. Stroman of San Angelo,
The measure (HB 727) is a mere and Rep. Ben D. Sudderth
AUSTIN (AP )—The House twice
Thursday approved a tax bill
many millions of dollars short of
ley, an H-SU student from Goree, He added that he could not iden- state spending needs Then it
along with the other candidates tify the third company at this backed away from final passage,
for the title time because they had not yet First it voted 74-72 to accept the
Producer Alsbaugh has some been served with papers committee recommendation on the
Standard Oil Co. of Texas is a revenue bill. Then it voted 73-72 to
subsidiary of Standard Oil Co. of approve the bill on second reading.
salty rodeo stock. Fans who like
California.
That left the 77 million dollar
The Connally Act was sponsored measure one step short of final
in the 1930s by Sen. Torn Connally passage which would send it to
to help enforce state conservation the Senate.
laws The law makes it a federal The close vote complicated ef-
violation to move in interstate forts of House Speaker Waggoner
commerce any oil produced in ex- Carr and other backers to ram
cess of fixed state allowables the measure through to final pass-
Convictions generally result in age. The House adjourned techni-
stiff fines cally for a few minutes to get
---------------- around a rule blocking an immedi-
Shots Erupt
Again at
Struck Plant
Relations Board has declined to
Ross Caton of West Texas State ...... .. .... ...... ... ..........
almost equalled Jones’ sensation- HENDERSON, N.C. (AP)—Gun- dollar bill recommended by the
al mark when he posted a time rirF erupted in this tense indus- Taxation Committee
of 56 seconds in bulldogging trial city again Thursday night The House adjourned until Fri- voting
Third place went to Tommy Walk- shortly after a mill owner refused ----------------------------------------
„ • er, NMS, in 8 seconds flat a request of the governor to close _
om me at last ypar In ribbon roping workman uas down n ght operatic • s a
Burkett also Mid that if the bill handle many relatively minor dis-
“fails to pass he will offer a res- putes, contending it has neither
olution asking the Senate to re-funds nor personnel to do so
At the same time, the federal
shell of the original 290 million Comanche asnang w ...
Rep. George Truett Wilson of turn the House-approved appropri-
Newcastle was not recorded as |
See LEGISLATURE, Pg. 2A, Col. 3 See HOT CARGO, Pg. 2A, Cols. 1-2
24 hours ending
last night
set tright
7:14, sunrise today:
at 9 p.m.: 28.17.
. 39 per cent
first with 11 seconds; Walker sec-
See RODEO, Pg. 2A, Col. t
Half of South 1st St. T&P
Parking Lot to Be ‘Purged’
The firing began shortly after
night fell Rifles cracked sporad-
ically and bullets slammed
through the windows of the south
plant of the strike-bound Harriet-
Henderson Cotton Mills.
Workers inside the plant stayed
away from the windows and went
about their duties There were no
immediate reports of injuries.
A cordon of state troopers and
local police surrounded the com-
pany’s two plants Officers said
the bullets came from a distance,
since areas near the two plants
were closely patroled.
There was no firing, however,
as workers left the plants at the
EWE
Bulldozers soon will start ripping Workers on the new Pine St ists should park on the outlying
into the second municipal park- underpass job will begin Monday areas of the business district,
ing lot to get in the way pulling out the trees on the east Downtown parking space has
of progress, end of the parking lot, said Tay- shrunk considerably since the
The east end of the city's, re- lor. The job of cutting off the facelifting construction got moving
maining cut-rate metered lot east half of the lot should get full blast. „ th
stands in the path of an "accel-underway within about two weeks The head-in free parking spaces end of the 11 p.m shift. Police
eration lane" for the Pine St. Some of the cut-rate meters in front of fringe area stores are had exF infantry pare-
have been labeled “No Parking" 1.22220 chute flares over the south mill
Becamine mare DmAr *5 other area five minutes before the work-
ers were to leave and the entire
area was lighted
Worker's cars sped from the!
mill gates across glass-littered
streels just as they had the pre-
vious two nights. Strikers had
tossed bottles containing gasoline
on paved areas near the gates,
and it had been set afire
One highway patrol car, cruis-
ing a street in front of the south
underpass. have been labeledNo Parking becoming more popular, as other
About half of the 74 parking this week to allow surveyors parking space dwindles But this
stalls there will, he saved, how- to set their stakes for the ac- doesn’t please the store owners,
ever, pointed out Bud Taylor, as-celeration lane, the traffic en- who would rather see the meter-
sistant traffic engineer gineer said.less spaces stay open for cus-
The acceleration lane will carry For parking-desperate motorists tomers.
Pine St. traffic turning right into in construction-bent Abilene, does However, it is perfectly legal
the westbound lane of S. 1st. The the traffic engineer have any hot for people to park there in most
lane will run parallel to the S. cases, the traffic engineer said.
1st traffic for about 110 feet. then Aside, from exercising patience And, illegal for businessmen to
merge with it. Length of the park- and for itude. Taylor said motor- post "No Parking" or "Customers
ing lot is 250 feet. 1----------------i---------
The city-operated lot is located
just south of the T&P Railway
tracks between the Pine and
NEWS INDEX
Only” signs there, except in
front of entrances and driveways.
At most such off-street locations.
plant, was hit by a bullet. The
shot shattered the rear window of
KIVA
KIV
2 KIVA
Cedar St underpasses
Other parking lot which recently
went the way of the dinosaur
was located on the north side of
the tracks on the T&P right of
way about three-blocks west of
the 1 1st lot. Like this one, that
lot stood in the path of an under
pass (Butternut St.)
SECTION A the public right-of-way runs right1
Oil news ... 4, $ up to the building said Taylor the car. Officers inside escaped
SECTION • The motorist, in parking head-in. injury,
seen.....: 4 ■ muni iron A trarde prEsdtnr bn. Tins Co Gov: social club: Pledgemaster Gene V.,* Post junior,
obscritt, ***** 5 passing behind
LIVING IT UP — Free washings and shoe shines, to of the Wooten Hotel. To wind up the evening, they
the beat of bongo drum, paint can and guitar, were
only part of the show put on Thursday night in down-
town Abilene by 23 pledges of Kiva, McMurry men’s
Luther H. Hodges that to close put his charges through their paces for a rousing
hour and some theater patrons, along with a host of
f me ............y Unless an offending auto is sit-down the second shift which he hour and some theater patrons, along with a host of
I COi ............a ting completely on the private began Monday would be “an ab. McMurry coeds and curious passersby watched the
Farm and marker... 13, 14 property it can’t be ticketed, solute surrender to force and vio- fun. Before leaving, pledges were bound together by
| Radio, TV tops.........13 Taylor said. lence.” the legs and were herded through the revolving door
walked back to the campus down the middle of the
streets still tied together. Kiva members assured
pledges Thursday night's demonstration was only a
taste of what they will have to undergo during Hell
Week, which starts May 4. Some members, after
standing around to heckle the pledges, climbed into a
sports car and roared off as pledges trudged home-
ward. (Staff Photo by Jimmy Parsons)
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