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ASSOCIATION OF BRASS — Two members of the 36th Division Assn, chat in-
formally at the organization’s 37th annual reunion in Abilene Friday night. Tak-
ing a few minutes out for talk are, from left, Brig. Gen. Ralph M. Krieger of Abi-
lene, assistant (NG) division commander, and Judge Frank G. McDonald of the
10th Court of Civil Appeals, Waco. Judge McDonald, a full colonel, currently is
+ deputy brigade commander of the 36th Div. (Staff Photo by Charles Richardson)
Old Soldiers' Friendships
Really Never Fade Away
9 Top Sfeel
Leaden May
Face Charges
WASHINGTON <AP)—Contempt
of Congress proceedings were
started against nine top steel ex-
ecutives Friday because they de-
fied a Senate subcommittee s de-
mand for their companies’ pro-
duction cost records.
The Senate Antitrust subcom-
mittee voted 5-2 to recommend
that contempt citations, carrying
possible jail terms as well as
fines, be issued against these
four companies and their top of-
ficials:
Bethlehem Steel Corp.—A. B.
Horner, chairman and chief ex-
Future Flights
To Return Fire
A.famous American ■ general
once had something to say about
“old soldiers never die. . ."
Members of the 36th Division
Assn, attending the unit’s 37th
annual reunion in Abilene, ap-
parently were demonstrating Fri-
day on the eve of the two-day
event that “old soldiers’ wartime
friendships never really die or
fade away.”
Warm handshakes and big grins
Related story, photo. Pg. 4-A
ernoon at the Hotel Windsor.
Officials early Friday evening
said' about 100 association mem-
bers and 75 wives had registered.
About 400 persons are expected to
attend the annual reunion.
A full slate of activities is on
tap for association members And
their wives Saturday,
“I wanted to meet my friends
again. .. .” one former mem-
were the order of the day as again. . . .” one former mem-
registration began Friday aft- ber of the famous 36th Infantry
Division said shortly before reg-
istering.
Army Maj. Floyd L. Vaden of
Richards-Gebaur AFB, Mo., near
Kansas City, who served with the
division during World War II,
perhaps summarized the feelings
of the scores of others who
launched into discussions “of the
old days.”
| Today’s schedule calls for reg-
istration beginning at 8 a.m., con-
tinuing through 8 p.m., on the
Windsor Hotel’s mezzaine.
Zerk 0. Robertson and Pete
ecutive officer; Edmund Martin,
president, and Frank R. Brugler,
comptroller.
Republic Steel Corp.—Thomas
F. Patton, president, and George
M. Feiel, vice president and
comptroller.
National Steel Corp.-Thomas
E, Millsop. chairman of the board
and George Stinson, secretary.
Armco Steel Corp.—Logan T.
Johnston, president, and D. E.
Reichelderfer, vice president
finance.
The subcommittee acted to send
its recommendation to the full
Judiciary Committee after Sen.
Estes Kefauver, D-Tenn., de-
nounced the steel men’s refusal
to appear with the subpoenaed
records as “contumacious con-
duct."
Kefauver is chairman of the
subcommittee which is investigat-
AT AGE OF 103
Coleman’s Oldest
Resident Dies
COLEMAN (RNS) — Sam H.
Gilliland, 103, the oldest citizen of
Coleman County, died Thursday
at Holiday Hill Home for Senior
Citizens, where he had made his
home for several years.
Born Dec. 19, 1858, he would
have been 104 years old in
ch a little more than four months.
Besides being the oldest citizen
of Coleman County, he was the
oldest Mason in Texas in point of
membership-in the lodge, and the
15th in the .United States, accord-
ing to the Mason Service Assn,
of Washington, D. C. He also was
- the oldest ex-student of Add-Ran
College (now Texas Christian Uni-
versity),
Funeral will be Saturday at 10
a.m. in Coleman’s First Chris-
UNCASHED CHECKS — H. L. Weatherly, field rep-
resentative for Social Security, holds 43 checks re-
ceived over the years by a Breckenridge woman —
and which she has not cashed. The uncashed checks
total about $2,970 and date back to 1958. (Staff Photo)
Check on Checks
Reveals‘Hoards’
The U.S. Treasury Department
started looking for a couple of
uncashed 1960 Social Security
checks in West Texas, and there-
ing pricing practices in the steel
industry. The balking steel offi-
Green, general arrangements co- industry. The balking steel offi-
chairmen, said a .major highlight cials contend the records are
of the day will be the world pre- trade secrets which would dam-
miere showing of “The Gallant age them competitively if made
Men,” based on activities of the public.
36th Division during turbulent
World War II days. Time of the
showing will be at 4 p.m in the
Ballroom of the headquarters ho. 1
tel.
Actors Robert McQueeney and
I William Reynolds are to be on
I hand for the showing.
Other highlights Saturday will
include various committee re-
ports. a tribute to the division
and election of new officers.
I The association and its auxili- -
I ary will convene in the Capri
■ Room for a noon luncheon.
I - Evening highlights will include
I an 8 o’clock dinner and the or-
tian Church, with the Rev. Claud -
Weingland, pastor, officiating. .
Burial will be in Coleman City
Cemetery under direction of Ste-
vens Funeral Home. Masonic T______.______________
graveside rites will be conducted a cowhand, and in 1892 he became
at the cemetery. ...____- _ —____..
Samuel Houston “Uncle Sam" He was first public weigher, an
Gilliland was named for Gen. office long since abolished. He
Sam Houston, first president of
the Republic of Texas, who was a
neighbor and a close personal
friend of Houston’s grandfather.
Eli Gilliland, in Tennessee
Mr. Gilliland was born in Wash-
ington County, Tex:, son of Haynie
and Sarah Jane Gilliland. His
mother died when he was 2 years
old and his father joined the Con-
federate army at the outbreak of
the Civil War. He died in service
in 1864 , :
1 An orphan. Mr. Gilliland was
reared by his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. W B. McClellan.
Mr. Gilliland came to Trickham
in Coleman County in 1888
NEWS INDEX
SECTION A
Sports ...........
Oil news.........
Obituaries ........
SECTION ■
Church news
Women’s news ....
Amusements ......
Comics ........
Editorials ......••
TV Scout -.......
Redic-TV logs .
Farm news, markets .
... 5-8
.... 10
...11
by hang two tales.
A Breckenridge woman had one
of them, among a total of 43 un-
cashed checks totaling about $2,-
970 and dating back to 1958.
A Sweetwater woman had the
other, one of about 20 she keeps
in a cigar box. When she needs
Twister Reported
On Lake Thomas
ganization’s Grand Ball beginning
at 9 p.m. in the Windsor's Ball- as turbulent weather visited the
An unconfirmed tornado toucher Campers in the area scattered
down at dusk on Lake Thomas, fast, several tents were blown
. over and a carport on one of the
20 miles southwest of Snyder, Fri-cabins was demolished. There
day during a heavy thunderstorm were no injuries. 1
room.
Snyder had nearly two inches
of rain, with a 2.70 downpour re-
area for the second, consecutive ..
night. No damage was reported, corded______... _____'
Russell Jones, manager of Lake miles northeast of Lake Thomas
near Knapp, about four
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S.
Navy plane flying over the high
seas near Cuba was fired on
Thursday by two small naval
craft, the White House announced
Friday. It warned that any such
attacks in the future will be met
by return fire. 7,
"All means necessary," the
White House statement said, will
be employed by U.S. aircraft or
ships involved in any such inci-
dents from now on.
That means they have been or-
dered to fire back if fired upon.
The statement said the attack-
ing vessels were "believed to be
Cuban."
It said they opened up on the
unarmed Navy plane with ma-
chine guns, but that the plane was
not hit and that none of the three
Reservists manning it were in-
jured. The plane was said to have
been on a routine training mission
out of Florida.
The Swiss Embassy in Havana
was asked to tell officials of
Prime Minister Fidel Castro’s
some money, she plucks one off
the top of the stack and cashes it.
But first to Breckenridge.
R R. Tuley, manager of the
Abilene Social, Security office, as-
signed Field Representative H. L.
Weatherly to go hunting for the
first check at the Stephens County
seat.' .
Some years ago a Breckenridge
woman was left a widow with
three children, plus a fourth who
lived in Louisiana and who was
her husband’s son by a former
marriage.
She began drawing the Social
Security benefits to which she was
entitled as a widow, and got an-
other check for support of the de-
pendent children living with her.
In 1958 she remarried. She fail-
ed to notify Social Security and
her widow’s checks kept coming.
“But she just saved them all.
not cashed, because she doubted
that she still was entitled- to
them." Tuley related.
She had saved all the checks
since July of 1958. Weatherly said
she seemed relieved that he had
some secondary meaning. I think
it would be a mistake tn invade
Cuba.”
But the President made it clear
the United States is watching de-
velopments in that Communist na-
tion with close attention and
“would oppose a foreign power
extending its power to the West-
ern Hemisphere.”
On Havana's part, the Castro
government has been issuing com-
muniques by the 'dozen charging
violations of Cuban air space by
U.S. planes.
Presumably the response to the
U.S. announcement will be a
Communist regime what can be
expected in the way of retalia-
tion in the event of any such in-
cident in the future.
The Swiss look out for U.S. in-
terests in Cuba, with which this
country has broken diplomatic re-
lations.
Members of Congress quickly
applauded the order to return fire
in any such future attacks.
The incident came at a time of
heightened tension between the
United States and its island neigh-
bor less than 100 miles off the
Florida coast
This has stemmed in part from
the reported growing influx into
Cuba of Communist-bloc techni-
cians and others—men described
by some members of Congress
and Cuban exiles as soldiers.
President Kennedy told his news
conference Wednesday that "we
have no evidence of troops” being
imported by Cuba from behind the
Iron Curtain.
He also said, “I am not for in-
vading Cuba at this time."
He added immediately: “No I
don’t — the words do not have
WEATHER
U.S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
(Weather Map, Pg. 3-A)
come -and gathered up the checks
from various places all over the
The estimated 400 persons ex-
pected to attend-the reunion will ----------- nue aux tuca vI wane aaansao.
wind up their two-day session in Thomas cabins, said a front came General rains swept through the house. .
Abilene Sunday with a coffee hour in with gusts of wind up to about area, with light to moderate mois- Why the Treasury Department
to begin at 9:30 a.m. and an 11 45 miles per hour at about 6:30 ture still falling at press time, never sent a tracer on the 1958
Why the Treasury Department
a.m. memorial service.
p.m.
________At 6:45 p.m. the alleged torna- Bureau meteorologist, reported
John J. Garner, president: F. H. do dipped down. "It came down
McFarland, secretary-treasurer; into Bull Creek Channel at Lake
Wilburn J. Graham, Vernon M. Thomas, scooped down apd pick- .... . ... ..________
Scott, William J. Klaus, Gaston ed up water, creating a water by midnight.
Howard, George Shawn, and Ear- spout about 100 to 150 feet in the
nest A. Uptmore, all vice presi1 air," Jones said. ,rain, with gusts up to 35 mph.
= dents; . Marion P. Bowden and The twister moved off the Jake Teal said
an office holder in the county. Carl L. Phinney, directors at in 8 southeasterly direction and Elsewhere in the area. West-
large. “ Jones said it passed over him brook had .8 of an inch of rain
SAM H. GILLILAND
. .°. funeral today
As a young man he worked as
next was county treasurer, then
tax assessor and later tax col-
lector. He served in the various
county offices for some 20 years,
after which he worked in different
offices until his hearing became
defective and he retired to return
to farming and ranching.—-
Mr. Gilliland claimed to have
been a Texas Ranger “for a day."
He said he joined the Rangers at
the age of 16, but was "retired"
by the commanding officer when
the commander learned of his
age
He married Linnie Rawlins in
1891. They had seven children.
She died in 1948
It has been said of him that
he attended more services in the
Christian Church, the church to
which he had belonged since early
youth, and more Democratic ral-
lies than any other man in
Texas.
Survivors include three daugh-
.... 2 ters, Mrs. Ray G. Strong of San
... 3 Antonio, Mrs. Isaac F. Roebuck
5 of Graham and Blanche Gilliland
• 6, 7 of Dallas; one son, John Haynie
** * Gilliland of Decatur, III.: eight
grandchildren; and 14 great-grand-
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12 children.
Officers of the brganization are
Shannon Teal U. S. Weather
showers fell in all directions from
Abilene Friday night. Teal said
1.45 inches of rain had fallen here
Some wind accompanied the
rain, with gusts up to 35 mph.
and 1959 checks Tuley does not
know. - •
The Abilene Social Security of-
fice is inventorying the 43 checks
and returning them to the Treas-
ury for cancellation.
But she will get back another
check for a large sum due for ben-
efits that would have been paid for
claim that the Navy plane en-
croached on Cuban air space.
The plane was a twin-engine an-
tisubmarine tracking plane, which
the Navy designates the S2F
"Tracker.” -
The craft has a range of about
700 miles. It carries no guns, but
can tote bombs and depth charg-
es.
Its search equipment includes
radar for spotting ships on the
surface and magnetic detection ,
gear which is used for pinpointing
the location of a submerged sub-
marine.
ABILENE AND VICINITY (Radius 40
Miles) — Cloudy to partly cloudy and
cool Saturday, Saturday night and Sun-
day with chance for scattered showers
Saturday. High Saturday 85, low Satur-
day night 65, high Sunday 85 to 90.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS - Partly
cloudy widely scattered thundershowers
Saturday and Sunday Cooler Saturday.
High Saturday85-95.
NORTHWEST TEXAS - Clear to part-
ly cloudy widely scattered thundershow-
ers Saturday and Sunday A little warm-
er Panhandle, cooler extreme southeast
Saturday. High Saturday 83-95.
SOUTHWEST TEXAS - Considerable
through’ Sunday." Not quite so hot Wil
a few thundershowers north Saturday
High Saturday 82-92 north 92-103 south.
TEMPERATURES
Fri. a.m. Fri. p. m.
« ............1:00......-......94
80...........2.00 *.....= * -
00 s
:00..........97
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Rolan Okays
Water Bonds
ROTAN (RNS) - Rotan area
voters Friday night in a package-
deal election gave approval to a
$900,000 tax and revenue bond is-
sue and authorized the city to sign
a contract with the Rotan Mu-
nicipal Water Authority to pur-
chasewater.
- The Rotan voters approved the
contracting by a 431 to 22 vote,
while the voters in the Municipal
Water Authority district approved
the 3900,000 bond issue by a vote
of 446 to 27.
The bond issue will provide
a 12-inch line from the treatment
plant at Snyder to the city water
farm at Camp Springs, and one
8-inch line, which will supplement
the existing 6-inch line, to bring
water from the farm to Rotan.
The city of Snyder agreed to
sell treated water to the Authority
months ago.
Reporter-News
Business Office
' Closed Monday,
Labor Day ...
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It's A Big Sunday in
The Abilene Reporter-fems
We Visit
CROSS PLAINS
Travel down highway 36 for a spell and you
come to the city of Cross Plains, even now the
cross roods of a vast West Texas area. Norman
Fisher visits with the friendly folks at Cross
Plains in a Sunday feature. >
• District 6-A Football
Sports Writer Ken Estes reviews the coming
football season for District 6-A . : . Coahoma,
Merkel, Roscoe, Roton, Jim Ned, Wylie. Just
a part of Sunday's big sports section.
• Fall Brides
The cover page of the Women's Section will pic-
ture brides whose weddings are, events of this
weekend.
• Regular Features,
Latest Sports . ..
and blowing dust. It was still
raining at 9:10 p.m. Friday.
Truscott in Knox County record-
ed 2.40 inches of rain and Ben-
jamin in the same county had 1.30
See WEATHER, Pg. 4-A, Col. 3
WHERE IT RAINED
the children had she stopped the
widow’s compensation
"The reason for this,” Tuley ___
said, “is that they were drawing Pm°
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91
High
the maximum that can go to any
one family. If she had not been
See CHECKS, Pg. 4-A, Cal. 5
6
I law for 2 hours ehamy »
id 73.
low same date last year: 95
st night: 7:05; sunrise today:
t tonight: 7:04.
r reading at • p.m.: 28.11.
at 9 p.m. 82 per cent.
Regular morning and
evening editions will
be published Monday
as usual but the busi-
ness office will be
closed.
Soviets Said to Have Failed
ABILENE ,
Municipal Airport
Total for Year ...
Normal for Year .
DYESS AFB . ...
BAIRD .........
BENJAMIN
BRECKENRIDGE
CISCO ..........A 5
COLORADO CITY
EASTLAND ......
GOREE ........
HERMLEIGH ...
KNOX CITY ....
LORAINE ..........
MUNDAY •.......
RANGER ........
ROSCOE
SWEETWATER ...
I TRUSCOTT ......
TUSCOLA .......
WESTBROOK ....
WINGATE .........
1.45
17.90
14.99
1.29
.12
1.30
30
In
tempted Venus Probe
WASHINGTON (AP)
Soviet Union tried to launch a
Venus space probe last Saturday
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but the shot failed and three
pieces of the payload are orbiting
the earth, informed sources said
Friday night.
The attempted launching, the
sources said, came some 48 hours
before the United States success-
fully shot Mariner I toward
Venus.
The sources who discovered the
Soviet shot asked that they not
be identified.
— The Administration, declined ■com-
ment.’' :
However, after first reports had
been carried on news wires, a
NASA spokesman said: "That
conforms with the information we
James E. Webb, director of the failed.
have"
In Tokyo Thursday, a leading
Soviet scientist, Prof. Leonid Se-
dov told the fourth International
* AT 2 ENO SCVNE OAOET
was not planning a shot toward
Venus but might make one to-
ward Mars.
At that time Sedov said none
of the Soviet space shots had
.90 James E Webb, director of the failed.
.30 National Aeronautics and Space There was no available con-
firmation to Moscow of the Wash-
ington report that the Russians
had tried a space probe to Venus
and had failed. ,
No mention of the Washington
report was carried on Soviet news
wires immediately.
The Soviet Union usually claims
100 per cent success on its
space experiments. There had
been no announcement from Moa-
cow last week on an impending
shot toward Venus.
The Soviet Union has never an
nounced a apace shot in advance,
always waiting until at least par-
tial success is assured before
making an announcement.
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