The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1961 Page: 2 of 20
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Pupil Count Here
Up 981 First Day
Several elementary schools re-
ported that many of their Latin
American students are scattered
over West Texas with their par-
ents picking cotton and will not
be in classes until October.
Three new schools — Robert
E. Lee Elementary, James Mad-
ison Junior High and Horace
Enrollment in Abilene public
schools hit 17,921 Tuesday as 31
buildings met the traditional re-
activation on the first day of
school.
The count represents an in-
crease of 981 students ever the
first-day attendance figure of
16,940 for 1960 It is an increase
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS 2-A
ibiene, Texas, Wednesday Morning, September 6,1901__
Hijacking
Law Signer
TCU Requires
More Housing
DALLAS (AP)Texas Christian
St
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7.515 showed a gain of 1,118 over
last year’s figure of 6.397.
The first day attendance:
SECONDARY
of 478 over Friday's enrollment Mann Junior High - opened the
total of 17.443. 1961-62 term with larger class-
Dr James Roberson, director room attendance than had been
of pupil accounting, projected the expected.
total enrollment by the end of The new facilities also lessened
the first six weeks period at enrollment in neighboring schools
18.560. and relieved crowded conditions
which were prevalent last year.
Homemade Bomb Teal erne “
Injures 3 Boys
HOUSTON (API-Two Houston
boys were seriously injured Tues-
day when a homemade bomb ex-
.Abilene High
Cooper
Franklin Jr.
Jefferson .r.
Lincoln Jr.
Madison Jr.
Mann Jr.
Woodson High
SCHOOLS
mt
1.763
1,086
729
761
1,160
766
778
402
1969
1.849
1,276
955
857
1.138
University must have room to
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi- grow its chancellor said Tues-
dent Kennedy signed into law "Our most desperate need is
Tuesday a bill declaring the hi-additional housing," Dr. M.E.
jacking of aircraft an act of pi- Sadler said as he predicted the
racy punishable by penalties up Fort Worth college would enroll a
ro Pun snap record 9,000 students this fall,
to death. . ... To meet this need, the univer.
It would allow lesser penalties sity has offered to buy the World
of 20 years up to life in prison. Hills Golf Course, a city-owned
The measure was enacted by 104.6 acre tract near the univer-
Congress in reaction to the sei- S% Sept. 12 vote will climax a hot
Total
7,515
Elementary Schools
10,406 showed a drop of 157 stu-
dents from last year's first day
attendance figure of 10,563. How-
ever, the 1960 total included about
300 seventh grade students who
were forced to attend classes in
elementary schools.
Total secondary enrollment of
ploded in an upstairs bedroom.
Another boy was slightly hurt. ..
- a ... . ... . Capt. R J. Bugg of the subur- Chance Vought Co
MAKING FRIENDS — German soldiers make friends with toddlers they en- ban West University Place Police y__AL___.
countered on a Sunday outing with their mothers in Pembroke, Wales. The sol- Department said the boys were gets Navy Contract
diers are members of Germany’s 84th Panzer battalion, in Wales for a month of stuffing a mixture of firecracker
training With an assist from mother, one of the infants appears to take to the
man in the soldier suit, while the other appears noncommitted. (AP Wirephoto) heads into a carbon
________________-——--------------------------------------cartridge.
He said a spark from one of the das’
matchheads apparently set the ° y’
Alta Vista
Austin •
Bonham ,
Bowie
Central
College Heights
Crockett
Dyess
Fair Park
Fannin
Houston
Johnston
Jones
Lamar
Holiday Proves
-Lee
powder, toy pistol caps and match VOVA Me INO TON Danaa canug Locust
dioxide merged with Ling - Temco, got a
*-'’038,000 Nazy contract Tues- Reagan
Taylor
Continental Oil Co. of Houston Travis
Safest on Record
bomb off.
Robert Edward Younger, 15. won another Navy contract for Valley View
I had his left cheek torn open $11,530,827 for jet fuel. Woodson
Stephen Murrell Redding, 12, had The Dallas contract is forF8-
metal fragments in his stomach LINE crusader all weather fight-
Lawrence Clydge Dill, 14, the less er aircraft The plane is a refine- Elem. Total
seriously hurt, had a chest wound, ment of the one now in service. All Schools
Woodson
1961
336
705
906
733
265
5&2
593
650
280
623
153
709
310
157
402
265
519
268
458
334
280
389
530
10,406
17,921
xure of commercial planes whose out in Fort Worth
303 pilots have been forced at gun- dispute in F^
1W point to fly to Cuba, land.
impose Opposition to the purchase
comes primarily from homeown-
ers near the golf course. Dr. Sad-
302
6,397
over the
university'* bid to acquire the
The measure also would
IMO penalties up to five years and
296 $5,000 fine for giving false infor-
296 matron about plane hijackings and
894 up to a year in jail and $1,000
723 fine for illegally carrying con-
273 cealed weapons aboard an
668 aircraft.
eno The statute gives juries the sole
692 authority to decree the death pen-
289 ally for aircraft piracy, except in
647 cases in which the defendant has
137 pleaded guilty or waived a jury
810 trial. In these cases the trial
386 judge could impose the death
200 sentence in his own discretion.
ler said.
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For motorists and pedestrians Homer Garrison Jr., director of Traffic deaths during the Labor
over the nation, the Labor Day the DPS, said if the rate estab- Day holiday last year totaled 415.
weekend was the safest on rec- lished during the past weekend a death rate of 7.2 per 100 mil-
ord. can be maintained for the remain- lion miles driven -
And for Abilene and immediate der of the year .1961 will show a The council said the 1961 Labor
Texas Highway Patrol district, decrease in traffic fatalities from Day record was set despite an in-
auto accidents over the holiday last year, which had the lowest crease of 30 percent in mileage
weekend this year were reduced traffic death rate on record, traveled compared with 1954
in comparison to the same period The program was apart of a 1954 motorists drove an esuimat
last year. statewide Jaycee Labor Day proj- ed 6 billion miles over the Labor
Only one fatality was recorded ect. Day weekend compared with 78
in the district and accidents re- on the national scene, unfavor- billion miles this year.
ported in the THP district dropped able weather for driving in several While travel went UP.30. per
from 25 in 1960 to 17 this sections of the country apparent- cent this year, total deaths rose
year, with city accidents from ly was a major factor in hold- only 6 per cent, the council noted.
Friday through Monday totaling ing down the holiday traffic toll Rain and snow in some sections
28 this year compared to 3I in to the safest on record of the nation during the holiday
1960 The National Safety Council had this year may have contributed
The district’s lone fatality was predicted that 420 persons would to holding down the death toll.
Richard E. Butterfield, 19, of Ker- lose their lives in traffic accidents. It discouraged motoring and
mit. He was killed Sunday in a The prediction, made prior to caused many drivers to use more
one-car turnover. the holiday, was high, care than usual mil in traffic
In the City of Abilene, auto mis- The .Associated Press Tuesday The record death toll in traitic
haps caused only three injuries reported that traffic deaths had for a Labor ^ weekend is 461,
this year. Twelve persons were reached 336. Other violent deaths set. in 1951. n
injured in 1960. boosted the holiday total to 541. Six states. Alaska, Connecticut
Abilene and Merkel Jaycees the survey revealed. Hawaii, Maine New Hampshire
conducted their own Labor Day There were 24 deaths in boating and North Dakota Zot through
safety program, "Operation Stay accidents, 59 from drownings not the holiday period this year with-
Alive," dispensing coffee and soft involving boats and 72 in miscel- out reporting a traffic death.
drinks to motorists in an effort eaneous accidents for an over-all
to help them combat travel fa- toll of 541. The Safety Council es- Soybeans are one of the world’s
tigue. timated 16.000 motorists and pe- most versatile crops. A new fire-
Some 25 Abilene Jaycees and destrians were disabled during fighting material is a foam made
Jaycettes maintained their station the holiday, in addition to those from soybeans.
on West U. S. Highway 80 until killed in traffic. --------------------------------
Il p.m. Monday, serving approxi- Based on the number of deaths Now Many Wear
mately 60 motorists, per 100 million miles of travel, ws p ==-==snn
In Austin the Department the council said, the Labor Day FALSE TEETH
of Public Safety said Tuesday the holiday set a record low of 6.6 with I164la
recent Labor Day weekend was deaths in traffic. This compares WITH LiTTe rorFY
the safest since 1946 Seventeen with a mileage death rate of 8.1 thurec lave / eeKFAO PIN:
persons died on Texas highways, in 1954, the last Labor Day pe- slipping or wobbling. FASTEETH
compared to a DPS prediction of riod in which traffic deaths fell-hodesP-ares fnrexerand mere :
30. below the 400 mark. That year Fummyl enoey Dusty taste or reeling.
Last year 29 persons were killed there were 364 deaths and 15,000
in traffic accidents over the La- disabling injuries resulting from denture breathe. Get FASTEETH at
bor Day holiday. highway crashes t enuinters everywhere
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 79, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 6, 1961, newspaper, September 6, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672061/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.