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"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron
BIST YEAR. NO. 204
ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1961—FIFTY-TWO PA
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General Sees
"No Serious
Berlin Crisis
1 By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
. WASHINGTON (AP—Gen. Lu-
• cius D. Clay told Secretary of
. State Dean Rusk Saturday that
′ East-West talks on Berlin usually
increase tensions in that disputed
J city. But Clay discounted any pos-
. sibility of a grave new emergency
1 there
Clay is President Kennedy’s
/ personal representative in West
1 Berlin and will report to the Pres-
£ ident at the White House Sunday
s He spent an hour and a half with
■ Rusk and both men denied there
6-10 Inch Snow
Hits Kansas City
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS pol ce reported skidding accidents
A blustery storm- loaded with "by the hundreds."
snow, sleet and torrential rains New Hampshire motorists were
battered the eastern half of the advised to stay off roads unless
nation Saturday and ran up a
grim toll of multiple deaths on
ice.slicked or fog shrouded high
ways
driving was necessary.
Much of Michigan was coated
with ice after another night of
freezing rain and sleet that closed
The vast storm grounded planes many schools throughout the state
in a number of major cities, dis- Friday
Hundreds of accidents, many
rupted bus schedules and caused 3
a rash of traffic accidents that multiple occurred on ice slicked
will take police several days to roads in upstate New York. Three
compile in some localities
tractor-trailers jackknifed on a
‘ABOUT MY TEST GRADE, TEACH’ — Eddie Hord of 2102 Jeanette St., a soph-
omore at Cooper High School, prepares to apply a cream pie to the face of his coun-
selor at Cooper, C. W. Click, at the Teens Against Polio Carnival Saturday night.
Several other pet students had already made their mark on the teacher. (Staff pho-
to by Jimmy Parsons) (See other pictures Pg. 9-A)
THOUSANDS AT CARNIVAL
Teens Tackle Polio
are any policy differences be-
tween them.
Comments which Clay made in
a brief meeting with ne smen
supported the word circulated in
advance of his arrival here that
he believes the VS commander
in West Berlin must have author-
ity to act in any future crisis—
even if he lacks precise instruc-
tion from Washington.
Rusk, dealing with a related but
different problem, has the respon-
sibility of making sure that where
possible U.S. actions are checked
.... . hill near Utica, N Y., causing a
----" Ch ELF . account -
and a semitrailer truck collided Planes were grounded at Roch-
in rainy, foggy weather in south- ester. N Y and fog shut down the
eastern Illinois. International Airport at Philadel-
A few hours later three high phia for five hours. Northeast
school students were killed in a Airlines cancelled the day's first
head-on collision of their car and two incoming flights at the Port-
a semitrailer truck less than 20 land Ma.ne municipal airport be-
miles away from the other acci-icause ot ice on the runways,
dent scene Some bus schedules in Maine
Four deaf mutes traveling from were delayed for about three
Michigan to Toledo to play in a hours. A Greyhound bus en route
basketball game were killed when from New York City to .Albany
their car skidded across the icy -kidded into a traffic mall on the
, By LANE TALBURT , lounge chairs after trying to keep show to other groups throughout-. e
Reporter-News Staff Writer up with the hectic pace of trotting the nat ion in hopes oi spreading out in advance y ith Allied coun-
Never let it be said that an Abi- back and forth between the circu- the effectiveness of the TAP un- W a
lene teenager is a miser with his lar exhibit building with its my- dertaking which began in Abi-and s ans „
allowance when a charitable cause riad of booths and the women's lene.ay and Rusk were reported
to have discussed vital issues of
command responsibility, along
with other Berlin problems.
is at stake
scribed the reception to the pro- "I think the thing the teens are
Proof of this statement rests gram as "fantabulous." Mrs. pleased about is that it has grown
with the some 10,000 junior and Richardson is executive secretary so much." she said
senior high school students and of the Taylor County Chapter of
- their parents who flocked to the the National Foundation.
West Texas Fair grounds Satur- Expresses Delight
SNOZZLE NOZZLE — Bismark. N. D.. Junior College
student Sue Sell used two pairs of ear muffs, one
for her nose, and the other on her ears, to beat North
Dakota’s rapidly changing winter weather. Temper-
atures have been jumping from highs in the 30‛s to
below zero during the past week. (AP Wirephoto)
Toledo-Detroit Expressway near
Toledo and slammed into a trac- See STORM, PS. 9-A. Col.
tor-trailer in the opposite lane
$3,400 In
Old Coins
Stolen Here
The storm- buried' Kansas City
under 10 inches of snow Snow fell
throughout the day in Chicago and
was expected to rise to a depth
of S to 10 inches.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain;
made driving hazardous in a
storm zone stretching from Texas
to New England
Operations at Idlewild Airport
Clay was U.S. military gover-
The growth was evident in the nor in Germany in 1947-49. Dur-
amount of traffic flowing to the ing the 1948-49 Soviet blockade of
i . fairgrounds. It was evident, too. West Berlin he became the West
day night for the second expand- Miss Louise Roy, teen consult. in the number of students from Germans particular hero of his
ed edition of Teens Against Polio ant for the foundation’s New York Abilene’s three higher institutions whole airira |
Carnival. : headquarters, expressed similar of learning who came to see what Kennedy asked Clay to return.
As of 11 30 p.m., the students delight in the goings-on. a group of teenagers could devise to West Berlin as his personal
and adults had contributed $3,930.-1 As she was starting to praise to entertain themselves, touibkestaerinerash Ger
€ to the pot. This compares to the behavior of the teenagers. a competition between Abiyne mans walled ^ Berlin Ias
the $2,600 counted during the 1961 young girl in western duds wear-and Cooper High School students August.
A ing a cap pistol on her hip tapped was never more "agitated " The Clay flew to Washington Friday
, in every nook and corner of two Miss Roy on the shoulder and de various games of skill pitted the for consultations expected to con-
large exposition buildings, the clared. Miss Roy, come with me Eagles against the Cougars. Pu-tinue through Monday afternoon,
youths were seen digging into You’re under arrest pils of the two rival schools even shortly before his coming was
their pockets and coin purses for Later, when she had been freed attempted to determine w ho announced, reports were pub-
dimes and quarters paying for from custody, the Foundation could bash in the side of a car l shed that' he rongly protested
the privilege of releasing their building with its lineup of local better. mat ne "ongi. protested
pent - up vitamins. entertainment . ,
For two bits a scholar could For as much as hatting an eye, Louth Arrested
take his choice of smacking his a seventh grader or a grownup Police "arrested" one youth en might arise in the future in Ber-
“favorite” teacher in the f a c e could have been thrown behind route to the carnival for driving in
with a cream pie, smash in the bars until someone bailed him out too safely. James Robert Ball of Clay and Rusk have both de- Kennedy told a Democratic fund-"Me," A a n could join Sunday causing heavy they were from California and
side - or top - of a car with a by feeding the TAP kitty. Wylie High School was presented nied any difference between them-raising banquet here America asithewv strive for polit: snow in northern Michigan 3 wanted to trade coins.
14 - pound hammer, get married, Mrs. Maureen. Richardson, ori- $5 by Sgt. Jack Hurst ofthe Abi-selves. But there appears to be Kennedy flew in from Washing tit . Cold weather pushed into the They did not buy any coins at
" j ......an - • Taned ~ corded over deeamtoutr dr time — - = . - - — The president kicking off a per southeast, threatening added mis that time
safest driver trailed by police dur cerned over the amount oftime banquet at the state fairgrounds sonal campaign for the programs ery to victims of a tornado that A business neighbor noticed the
ins the night. . , required to s et orders from Wash-in honor, of Gov. Michael v Di-he hopes to get through the sea killed a baby girl, injured 00 per-door standing open Saturday morn-
i One of the most popular fea-lington after anemergency arises. Salle’s 54th birthday anniversary, sion of Congress opening next sons and made between 600 and ing as he went to work, and call-
on comfortable of the carnival on color film to lures of the carnival was the He feels the U.S. military chief The President said East Ger- Wednesday declared: We must 700 persons homeless at Crestview ad Matthews
stage show in which Abilene-based on the scene. Maj. Gen. Albert many. Poland and Hungary have not become exasperated with the in northern Florida ‘ Police said entry was mad.
entertainment groups gave out wamon have the author beeen forced to stick with the failure to solve all of our prob. An ice blanket covered portions
with "the most'’ of their vocal ity to react when conditions re- communist front lemns overnight We must be will-of Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylva- the front door Apparently noth-
and inst rumental talents, quurE a speedy response I Red China and Albania, he ing to seek the long term solu - nia. New York and most of New ing but the coins was missing.
Included in the parade of per Rusk and Clay appeared to-said have started to move away. England The store was burglarized of ex
formers were the Northwinds of eether after their meeting and Blowing apart Communist pre- See KENNEDY, Pg. 9-A. Col. 6 In ice-glazed Greater Boston, pensive guns about a year ago.
============== - FIVE SERIOUSLY HURT
Franklin Junior Highs, the Spirals t act in a sudden, critical flare- ton "
from Cooper, the Bonnevilles from answered "I would rather Kennedy declared that "free-
AHS, a boys' quartet from T rank ( question this way dom is the handmaiden of abun-
lin and the "Two and a Halfs” answer the quest ion this way
of Hardin - Simmons University, tor Iha rocar comadtandel ramari
There was no end to originality, believe that, in the normal Ameri-
especially in the signs advertising can way, he would react properly;
Akin was admitted to Hendrick various attractions and in a way that would be ap-
proved by his superiors in Wash-
ington.”
• a in New York were brought to a
W • virtual standstill as fog and rain
m S W € A C’i blotted out ceiling and v Visibility An estimated $3 400 in old coins
ETALOVSEUS EIn Chicago, both Midway and was reported missing from the
W W e O’Hare airports were closed down Rova Arms Goods Store
“ temporarily when heavy falling Nova arms Sporting Goods Store,
g a • snow cut visibility almost to 246 Pine St ■ when a front door
W _ ®__®____■ _. 19 zero glass was discovered broken about
IsSIHIHA ATPAHATE Planes were grounded at Roch-7 20 a m Saturday
Udlililig j u eng in Jimmy Maminews, owner, said
W for five hours Two incoming the coins were in a showcase
By WHITNEY SHOEMAKER vamping of tariff laws, advances flights were canceled at Portland which was not locked. A portion of
COLUMBU S. Ohio (AP)—Presi- in civil rights, education and med Maine Municipal Airport because the missing coins were covered by
instruction from Rusk for dealing
with various emergencies which
dent Kennedy said Saturday night ical care. of ice on the runways insurance
the Western alliance is gaining "We must attempt to bring a Meanwhile, a new storm renter Matthews told Abilene police
strength while the Communist solution to the 15-year-old prob developed in the Dakotas causing
bloc has begun to crack lem of a Berlin isolated in a hos-severe blizzard conditions in the that three white men in their
aain R 6tile land,” Kennedy said western half and some northeast- 40s had been in the store Friday
tion of t ^ communist empire. I ions of Africa. Asia and Latin said the centers of the - wo storms about expensive coins, and stated
divorced or see a marriage coun- ginator of the teen festivities, de- lene Police Dept for being the no doubt that Clay is deeply con- ton in the rain to address the
selor concerning his or her love worker still maintained that the ' ** *... — 1 " _ — " ′
life, or have his portrait drawn youths were "very well behaved " ing the night.
It even cost a body to rest his Miss Roy recorded the events
weary bones
NEAR CLYDE
Police said entry was made
through knocking out the glass in
One Dead, Two
Hurt in Crash
One Abilene man was killed south shoulder of the road. Arm-
• and three were hospitalized as the strong said.
result of an almost head - on col.
TEF . s A. ' TARE ** € GLEE IULIVAI IVERLA ILA
lision a involving a 1960 Cadil- Memorial, where he was reported
lac and a 1952 Ford pickup about in good condition late Saturday
•even - tenths of a mile west of Hospital attendants said he suf.
Clyde on U. S. 80 about 10 am fered facial lacerations and pos.
Saturday, -. sibly an injured back.
Jose Vargas, 46, of 733 Pecan, W E Harris, who suffered a
a service department employe of possible fracture of the left shoul-
D&W Furniture Co., died in Hen- der, was first treated at Clyde
The pie-throwing booth, for ex-
ample, was bally hooed thusly;
“Fresh Gooey Pie!
'"It splatters the face,
“It gums the hair,
“It makes you feel
' WAY OUT THERE "
The store was burglarized of ex
vo Perish In
dance.
At the same time, he declared
that anyone who contend' there
is nothing left to be done and that
the function of the federal gov-
ernment is to “sit and rest at
anchor ' is wholly wrong
The President called for support
of his administration's proposals
Spur Explosion
SPUR (RNS) — Two persons plosion were Dickens County res- Steve Elliott. 15. son of Clifton
to make 1962 a “year of progress were burned to death and five se- idents. Elliott second and third degree
in this country and abroad riously injured Saturday about A number of men and boys had burns tnc in serious condition
Success, he told Ohio Demo- 4:15 pm. when a butane stove gathered in the sheet iron-clad
crats, will give their party a rec- in the A H. Cherry service sta- station building on W 7th St near
ord on which to run next fall tion here, crowded with visiting the Massey Cotton Gin, while their
Kennedy flew through the rain farmers, exploded and the build- cotton was being ginned
cream uie mindful that thes e Monday, High Sunday 55, low "sene: i from Washington to Columbus to ing was engulfed in flames,
cream, pie, mindrui thatJ ne semiei high Mondays, address a $100-a-plate dinner or Trapped in the blazing build 4
in were the same men w w „,„.,„, SENT (AToutl" Shday beet ganized to sing "Happy Birthday" ing when the roof caved in and
>.— to Gov. Michael V. Disalle. The killed were A. H (Berti Cherry,
Ohio governor was 54 Saturday owner and operator of the station.
J Cloudy to part- The president, grounded by and Lynn Kidd 10, son of Mr
* "coutn™ parton heavy fog before taking off from and Mrs Joe Kidd \
warmer south Mon Washington, was nearly an hour Cherry’s body was hurled to the
WEATHER
IM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
..... ... ..... ..cuvcu .. Jiyue Not many Cooper students turn- "IRE L.,
drick Memorial Hospital at 12:15 Clinic and later transferred to ed down the opportunity to rap a ABILENE, AND’vicINmfi TRAdlus 40
p.m. of injuries received in the Hendrick, where his condition was teacher on the forehead with a may and Sunday maht Littse
accident reported as good cream pie, mindful that t hes e Mens, Momaly ad Tow
Hospitalized at Hendrick Mem- W L. Harris was reported --- -------- -- . = to
orial were W E Harris, 37, of good condition at Hendrick Me-be administering semester exam sional light rain north portion early, sun Menser v insane me utren wereri (Bet Cherry
1026 Westview Dr manager of mortal Hospital with a possible inations within several weeks toMOnats ane Suast „ £ Ohio governor was 54 Saturday owner and operator of the station, completely destrored the station
American Life and Accident In- back injury A booth where teens could dunk NORTHWEST TEXAS Cloudy to part. The President, grounded by and Lynn Kidd, 10. son of Mr Thurmond Morrow was report
surance Co., here. Willie Leon The other two occupants of fellow students in a tank of cold iiiee oudte-Sti.,trouoMindayitide heavy fog before taking off from and Mrs Joe Kidd. \ ed to be the most badly burned
Harris, 31, of 1810 Minter Ln., and the Harris car — E B Burke, water for a quarter was advertise Sunday night A little warmer south Mon Washington was nearly an hour Cherry’s body was hurled to the and injured He has second and ,
Billy Wayne Akin, 21, of 2318 1425 Westmoreland, field manager ed ‘Dip a Dope for TAP sot THWEST TEX As Considerable late in reaching Ohio’s capital pavement outside the station by third degree burns and a brok Obituaries
Moore, serviceman for DAW for American Life & Accident. Rex Sides, AHS senior, repeat-couty t rdyrtnSuasreitne Solarr He drove directly to the Buckeye the force of the blast The body of en leg His condition is listed as Oil news
Vargas who-was riding in the and the Rev. Bob Womack, of 302 ed this year in his, role as TAP sundaxo.rithisandMonday Hixm Sunday Building on the state fairgrounds young Kidd was found in the de serious
pickup driven by Akin, was State, pastor of the Trinity Nai- chairman. Elaine Walter is secre- " TEMPERATURES to give DiSalle a boost and claim bris of the demolished building Also badly burned was R D BaTugem
thrown from the truck when the arene Church - were not ser- tary “ ' " * a «.■.-,.....
Saturday evening
Morrow was flown to a Dallas
hospital Saturday night
The Spur Fire Department ex-
The injured persons ran from tinguished the fire
building, some with their The dead were taken to Camp-
clothing afire before the flames bell Funeral Home in Spur.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
SECTION B
Amusements
.... 8
...10
-treasurer The Abilene TAP 5 2" m.
was begun three years ago by ”
to Highway Patrolman Oscar T. Burke and Rev. Womack were seven students There are now
Armstrong, who investigated the examined at the Clyde Clinic and 40 members who meet monthly,
accident. released More than 400 students from the
two vehicles collided, accordingiously hurt
00
at p.m
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“a year of achievement" for his
first 12 months in office
All persons involved in the ex- Stewart, who reportedly pulled
---------------------------------------— four or five persons from the
SECTION C
8
accident
released.
Armstrong said that Akin was Funeral arrangements for Var two Abilene high schools and five »
going west and was attempting to gas are pending at Kiker - War junior high schools advertised the N
make a left turn when his car ren Funeral Home carnival with a big parade in nien
was in collision with the Cadillac, Vargas, who had been employ- downtown Abilene Saturday morn- PMe
driven by W. L. Harris, traveling ed at D&W for about six and a ing. The parade consisted of stu-and 3
east, half years, was believed to have dent - made floats, decorated cars, 7a1?"
The two cars collided on the relatives in Mexico. . bicycles and horses. Bare
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in remarks prepared for the
dinner, Kennedy plugged hard for
his programs to lend federal sup-
port foi higher education and to
link medical care for the aged to
POLL TAX
BOX SCORE
and low for “2 hours’ ending 9 the Social Security system
and ow“Lame date last year « One by one he ran through what
Poll Taxes Poid
ast night S 48: sunrise todas
et tonight 5:49 '
barometer reading at 9 p.m 27.94.
Humidity at 9 p.m.: 1 per cent.
Exemptions Claimed
Total
he called challenges and oppor 1961 Polls, Exempt
tunnies' in the fields of unem- Record (1960) ....
ployment, distressed areas, re- Deadline
2,978
2,342
5,320
16,196
building of the two-pump station
He has first degree burns
Others burned in the fire and
treated at Spur Memorial Hospi-
tal
Joe Kidd, father of the dead boy .
in serious condition with second
degree burns.
Women’s news .
TV, radio logs- ......
TV Scout ......:
Editorials........
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SECTION D
Sports
Form news, markets
To Your Good Health ,
Church news
24,513 Cecil Caplinger. in serious con- Business Outlook .
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