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Air-Sea Teams
Scour Atlantic
For Big Plane
NEW YORK, Nov. 1-4JP—
One of the greatest air-sea rtjfcue
missions in history scoured a 120-
mile wide stretch of the Atlantic
Ocean from here to the Azores
Monday in search of a Navy Su-
per-Constellation presumed to have
crashed with 42 persons aboard.
Led by aircraft carriers of the
U. S. fleet, ships and planes head-
ed over the turbulent waters from
both sides of the Atlantic in the
massive search for the four-engin-
ed plane, which listed four women
and five children among its 21
crew members and 21 passengeis.
The plane left Patuxent, Md., at
8:30 p. m. est Saturday for North
Africa. It was last hear from when
it made its routine hourly report
90 minutes later—at 10 p. m. At
that time it was some 480 miles'
east of Baltimore. It had enough
gas to remain aloft until 9 a. m.
Many Returning to Duty
Many of the persons aboard were
returning to duty after leaves or
were reporting overseas on new
assignments. About half of the 21-
man crew was to have debarked
In the Azores to pick up another
plane.
Among the passengers were Mrs.
Geraldine I. Harr of Millington,
Tenn., her two sons, Tim and Da-
vid, and her daughter Cathy. She
was en route to Port Lyautey,
North Africa, for a reunion with
her husband, Lt. Cmdr. J. W. Harr.
Also aboard were Lt. Gilbert Ja-
cobsen, his wife Ida, and their two-
year-old twins, Craig and Caryl.
Jacobsen, a Navy pilot, was re-
turning to Africa after taking a six-
weeks course at the Navy school
in Patuxent.
Others Are Stewardesses
The other women aboard the
plane were identified as Florence
Breitkreutz of Lacrosse, Wis., and
Marian Lucille Wolff, Richmond,
Calif. They were on duty with the
Navy, serving as stewardesses on
the flight.
Throughout the night, planes
carrying special radar devices for
night-time search roared through
the skies over the Atlantic, while
Navy surface craft criss-crossed
the area below. Commercial ships
in the area also joined in the
square miles of ocean.
The last reported position of the
plane was near an area of stormy
seas where a destroyer rammed a
submarine and two other destroy-
ers collided early Sunday. All of
the ships proceeded to port under
their own power.
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Remarkable Off-Year Election
Campaign Roars Toward Climax
Proposed Amendments Spur
Interest In State Election
FOR A BRIGHTER DEFENSE-A small flash bulb tossed in
front of this large radar antenna is ignited by the powerful radio
energy it transmits. The new radar height finder was built for
the U. S. Air Force by General Electric, in Syracuse, N. Y. Its
narrow beam is designed to detect planes three times as far as
previous models of this type.
Nolan County voters will cast
their ballots at 11 voting precincts
Tuesday in the general election.
Eleven proposed amendments to
the State Constitution have spurred
interest in the off-year election
which otherwise is a routine mat-
ter in Texas, with only a few
races drawing competition.
Polls will open at 8 a. m. and
close at 7 p. m. Tuesday. The vot-
ing precincts and locations are:
1 — Clayton Williams old office on
Oak Street, Sweetwater; 2 — court
house, Sweetwater; 3 — Nolan;
4 — Hylton; 5 — Decker; G — Ros-
coe; 7 — Blackwell; 8 — Mary-
neal; 9 — Champion; 10 — White
Flat; 11 — Weaver Spring.
] to municipal employes not now
covered by the federal act.
Use a $5 million surplus in the
| Confederate veteran pension fund
I to build state office buildings, the
first of which would house the ap-
pellate courts.
Prohibit use of state credit or
money to finance toll roads.
Create hospital districts and au-
thorize levying of taxes to support
them in Bexar, Dallas, El Paso,
Harris, Jefferson, Tarrant and
Galveston counties.
Authorize the office of tax as-
sessor-collector in counties of less
than 10,000 population, a post now
filled in such counties by the sher-
iff.
Charges Are Filed
In Assault Case
OIL
ROUND-UP
By ALLEN BAKER
Sweetwater oil fields have sev-
eral new locations at Lake Tram-
mell, a well completing on the B.
C. Payne place at White Flat, an-
other on the Grady Long place at
Roscoe and a third northwest of
Claytonville in the Kate Daven-
port No. 1 of Byrd Oil Co.
The Davenport well is testing
with prospects of making at least
a pumper after having consider-
able trouble.
No. 3 R. H. Jordan well in the
EA Cambrian field in section 14
was completed last week as a dual
producer from the Cambrian and
from the Stephens lime section of
the Strawn (Goens).
It made 433 barrels in 24 hours
on potential test of the Strawn sec-
tion (Goen as it is called in one
location to the west in British-Am-
erican's K-3-TXL well in section
15). Casing pressure was 295
pounds. Flow was through 18-(S4th
inch choke.
From the Cambrian sand, it
made 158.58 barrels in 24 hours
through 10-6th inch choke. Tubing
pressure was 120 pounds.
Charges of assault were filed
by District Attorney Eldon Ma-
hon this morning with Jus-
tice of Peace Leonard Teston
against Alf>ert Phillmore, 44-year-
old negro, who assaulted a 64-year
old white woman, wife of a Nolan
County farmer, on their farm home
south of Roscoe.
Phillinore, a six-foot, 200 pound
negro, had been an employe on the
farm for about two years, Mahon
said.
No bond was fixed, and Mahon
said he will take the case before
the Nolan County Grand Jury Wed-
nesday, and if an indictment is re-
turned, Phillmore will be tried
during criminal week of 32nd
District Court, which begins Nov.
15.
Phillmore is being held in a jail
unknown to Mahon or Sheriff Ted
Lambert. Texas Ranger Jim Paulk
left with Phillmore Saturday night,
removing him from the Nolan
County jail.
The assault occurred around
mid-morning Saturday, on the farm
which Phillmore had been an em-
ploye for about two years. The
woman's husband had left and the
negro came to the back door, ask-
ing for some matches. When the
woman turned to get the matches,
the negro came into the house and
forced her into the bedroom, where
he assaulted her.
In her report to investigating of-
ficers, the woman said that the
man threatened her if she scream-
ed and he told her he had a knife,
but the woman said she was not
certain whether or not he had a
knife in his hand. When arrested,
Phillmore had a pocket knife.
The negro left the house follow-
ing the assault, once more threat-
ening the woman if she called po-
lice. The woman, fearing for her
life, went to a neighbor's, not tell-
ing of her experience, and stayed
there until her husband returned
home late Saturday afternoon.
Her husband rushed her to a
doctor in Sweetwater and notified
Sheriff Lambert, who with Ranger
Paulk and deputy sheriff Marvin
Teague, went to Roscoe, where
Phillmore was arrested Saturday
night. He was making plans to go
to Childress, where his wife and
two children were temporarily
staying.
Phillmore made a complete
statement to Mahon, admitting the
assault. Examining doctors said
the woman suffered no injuries.
Others assisting in the investiga-
tion were deputy sheriffs Jim
Bratcher and G. E. Davis and
Highway Patrolman Dan F. Nowlin
of Colorado City.
WEATHER
SWEETWATER — Temperature,
high 67 degrees, low 47 degrees.
Barometric pressure, 30.26, steady.
Relative humidity, 30 per cent. In-
strument reading, increasing
cloudiness, unsettled, not much
change in temperature.
WEST TEXAS — Increasing
cloudiness through Tuesday, with
some light rain likely by Tuesday
night. Low 28-38 Panhandle and
South Plains.
Texas voters will decide the fate
of 11 proposed amendments to the
state constitution in Tuesday's gen-
eral election, as well as making
their choice between Democratic
and Republican nominees to four
state-wide offices.
More than 500,000 votes were
predicted by George Sandlin, state
Democratic chairman. That would
set a new record for the number of
voters to turn out in non-presiden-
tial election in the state.
Amendments Proposed
Among the major constitutional
amendments proposed were:
1. A proposal boosting the sal-
ary of legislators from $10 to $25
per day during the session.
2. Requiring women to serve on
juries.
3. Increase from two to four
years the elective term of all pre-
cinct, county and district officials,
and
4. Opening the ballot in Texas to
members of the regular armed
forces.
In statewide races, Gov. Allan
Shivers is opposed by Republican
Tod R. Adams, a Crockett attor-
ney. Minority leader Lyndon B.
Johnson's U. S. Senate seat is be-
ing contested by Carlos Watson of
Brownsville, a long-time Repub-
lican leader.
Other proposed constitutional
amendments include:
Boost the ceiling on state expen-
ditures for public welfare from $35
million to $42 million a year.
Benefits Interchange
Provide for an interchange of
benefits between the teacher and
state employe retirement systems.
Extend social security benefits
Loyd Bixler Joins
Advertising Staff
Of The Reporter
Loyd Bixler who has been asso-
ciated with Nash-Kelvinator Cor-
poration as district sales manager
during the past three years has
accepted a position with the ad-
vertising department of the Sweet-
water Reporter.
He is a graduate of Abilene
Christian College and his experi-
ence with the Kelvinator organiza-
tion where he assisted with much
of the company's advertising,
places him in a position to effi-
ciently work with local merchants
and professional men in the prep-
aration of advertising.
During the war Bixler served
five years, a major portion of the
time, with the Air Corps. He en-
tered service with the Army and
later was transferred to the Air
Corps where he was promoted to
the rank of Major prior to his sep-
aration. Currently he holds a re-
serve commission with the Air
Corps.
He is married and is the father
of two children; Harley, 11, and
Sue Ann, 7. Mrs. Bixler is em-
ployed as a teacher in the J. P.
Cowen elementary school. The
family resides at 1005 Lou Avenue.
Charges, Counter - Charges
Exchanged In Final Speeches
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1—UP—The White House said
Monday it was "ridiculous" for Adlai E. Stevenson to ac-
t-use President Eisenhower of approving Republican cam-
paign material that Stevenson said parallels Communist
propaganda.
James C. Hagerty, Mr. Eisenhower's press secretary, re-
turned Stevenson's fire as the 20th Century's most re-
markable off-year election campaign roared to a close.
James C. Hagerty, Mr. Eisen-
Red Chinese Planes
Bomb Tachen Island
In First Air Attack
Roy Edgar Sr., 64,
Sweetwater Resident
Seven Are Killed, 60 Injured For 20 Years, Dies
As Tractor-Trailer Overturns
DEL RIO. Tex., Nov. 1—UP—A
huge tractor-trailer jammed with
85 Mexican migrant farm work-
ers hit a culvert and overturned
Sunday, killing seven men and in-
juring more than 60 others.
The dead and injured were most-
ly pinned under the wreckage of
the huge trailer. Some were
strewn alongside U. S. 90. The
dead all were crushed under the
Scientist Urges Halt
To Hydrogen Bomb Tests
No. 4 Jordan well, one location
south of No. 3, is in lime and shale
at 3,846 feet. This is a Seaboard
and Continental Well.
Seaboard's No. 3 Charlie Lambkin
test for the Cambrian in the north-
east corner of 27-Z-T&P survey,
three miles south of the EA Cam-
brian pool strike, is drilling at 5.-
162 feet.
No. 7 City of Sweetwater oil
test by Rowan and Hope on the
east side of Lake Trammell has
been delayed by crooked hole trou-
ble but is now well under way and
drilling at about 4,200 feet.
No. 1 Grady Long well northeast
of Roscoe was reported spewing gas
as potential tests were run during
the weekend. It is expected to make
another good Sun Oil Co. well hav-
ing hit the pay a little higher than
in the Beaver discovery well.
The rig has been moved to the
E. M. Cooper place just to the west
of thfc Grady Long well. This is In
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CHICAGO, Nov. 1 —UP— One
atomic scientist called on the
United States and Russia Monday
to halt hydrogen bomb tests and
another said the United States
should hold such tests within its
continental boundaries.
The scientists were Dr. David
R. Inglis, physicist at Argonne Na-
tional Laboratories here, and Dr.
James It. Arnold, associate pro-
fessor at the University of Chica-
go's institute for nuclear studies.
They wrote separate articles for
the bulletin of the atomic scien-
tists.
Inglis urged an international
agreement to end all H-bomb
tests.
He said at present it is impossi-
ble for the United States and So-
viet Russia to agree on disarma-
ment but that they might be able
to agree to make the tests illegal.
Chief Value
The chief value of such a plan,
he said, "is that it would slow
down the rate of development of
new techniques of offense and al-
low the techniques of defense to
come closer to catching up."
"The most explosive feature of
the dangerous international situa-
tion arises from the undisputed su-
premacy of offense over defense,"
he said.
"To lessen this without giving
either of the contenders a distinct
advantage over the other is to
make a more stable world."
Inglis said an international
agency could be n-mcd to conduct
monitoring tests to make sure nei-
ther side broke the ban. If one
side began testing, the other would
automatically be freed to follow
suit.
Both Inglis and Arnold said it is
almost impossible to hold H-bomb
tests anywhere in the world with-
out endangering civilian popula-
tions.
Arnold told in detail of injuries
suffered aboard Japanese fishing
vessels in U.S. tests last spring.
He said "nearly .''OO persons re-
ceived unpleasantly large doses of
radiation," one Japanese fisher
man died, and 77 boatloads of fish
totaling 135 tons had to be de-
stroyed. Among these affected, he
said, were 236 Marshall Islanders
caught In the "fall-out," 33 Japa-
nese fishermen aboard the vessel
Lucky Dragon Maru, and 28
Americans.
Arnold said the best solution
would be to conduct the tests
inside the United States.
"It may be objected that the
number of casualties would very
likely be increased," he said.
"This is true, but they would be
American citizens.
wreckage of the trailer. At least
eight of the injured were said to
be in critical condition.
The braceros were being return-
ed to their homes in northern
Mexico. They had been picking
cotton in the vicinity of Plainview,
Tex., and were en route to the
Eagle Pass, Tex., bracero process-
ing station, z distance of more
than 400 miles.
Driver Went to Sleep
The truck driver, Ben Taylor.
17, of Plainview, told authorities
he went to sleep and the truck left
the highway, lt straddled a small
culvert, overturned down a decline
and rolled over several times.
The trailer lay over a fence,
with many of the victims trapped
under it. The tractor plowed into
a pasture after it was twisted
loose from the trailer, which stop-
ped about 50 feet from the high-
way.
Sheriff's deputies filed first de-
gree negligent homicide charges
against young Taylor. His bond
was set at $500.
The eight critically injured were
hospitalized in Del Rio. About 55
others were bedded down in the
Del Rio firemen's hall where they
were treated for Injuries ranging
from scratches and bruises to
broken limbs.
Victims Trapped
Many of the victims, some with
broken arms and legs, lay scream-
ing under the trailer wreckage un-
til ambulances arrived. All ambu-
lances In Del Rio and others from
nearby Laughlin Air Force Base
shuttled the dead and injured into
Del Rio.
Taylor and an unidentified man,
believed to be the owner of the
truck, were riding in the cab and
were only slightly injured. Almost
all the Mexican braceros suffered
injuries of some kind.
The dead were identified as Mi-
guel Morales Virgen, 50; Refugio
Navarro Lavios; Jose Gonzales
Carrizales; Raul Aguirre Sanchez,
29; Tiburcio Bernal Herrera, 37;
Manuel Garcia Trevino, 31, and
Francisco Martinez Contreras, 21.
Roy N. Edgar Sr., 64, who lived
at 407 walnut, died in Sweetwater
Hospital at 5:15 a. m. Monday. He
had been hospitalized for the past
few days.
Funeral services are to be held
at 4 p. m. Tuesday at Patterson
Funeral Home Chapel with the
Rev. Travis L. Darby of Highland
Heights Methodist Church officia-
ting. The body will then be driven
overland early Wednesday morn-
[ ing for a 10:30 a. m. graveside ser-
j vice and interment in Grove Hill
| Memorial Park, Dallas.
Edgar came here from Dallas
Pallbearers for the servcie here
j will be David Crockett, R. S. Big-
gerstaff, M. F. Williams, Delmar
Hayter, Carl Stanley, and M. A.
Bridges.
about 20 years ago. He was an
employee of International Harves-
ter Company. He was born Oct.
19, 1890, in Jefferson City, Tenn.,
and was married Dec. 1, 1915, in
Dallas to Miss Ruth Arnold.
Surviving are his wife; a son,
Roy N. Edgar Jr. of 1623 Woodruff
Lane, Sweetwater; two daughters.
Miss Dorothy Edgar of Dallas and
| Mrs. Mary Frances Gardner of
Evansville, Ind.; a brother, C. P.
Edgar of Richardson; five grand-
children.
Patterson Funeral Home is di-
recting funeral arrangements.
NAVAL HEAD — Adm. Earl
Mountbatten was named chief
of the British Navy. He will
be Lord Commissioner of the
Admiralty. First Sea Lord and
Chief of Naval Staff supceeding
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rod-
erick McGrigor.
Large Vole Urged
Here In General
Election Tuesday
Tuesday's general election
is of special significance and
importance to the people of
Texas for an "off-year" elec-
tion. In predominately Demo-
cratic Texas, the general elec-
tion is little more than a form-
ality as fas as state offices are
concerned.
However, on the ballot this
year will be 11 proposed
amendments to the Constitu-
tion of Texas, amendments to
the laws of this state that will
to some extent, effect every
resident of Texas.
Each qualified voter should
make himself thoroughly fa-
miliar with each amendment
and cast his vote either for or
against them.
The vote in an off-year elec-
tion is ordinarily comparative-
ly small, but voters of Texas
should make this year the ex-
ception, due to the importance
of voicing a strong opinion lor
or against the proposed amend-
ments.
Whether or not the voter
supports or opposes any or all
of the amendments is left to
the discretion of each indi-
vidual voter. But every voter,
regardless of his stand should
exercise his right and cast his
ballot in the Tuesday election.
TAIPEI, Formosa, Nov. 1 —UP
— Swarms of Chinese Communist
planes bombed tiny Tachen Island
Monday in the first aerial attack
hower's press secretary, returned
Stevenson's fire as the 20th Cen-
tury's most remarkable off-year
election campaign roared to a
close.
Tuesday is election day. By
Tuesday night the returns will be-
gin to show what success Mr. Ei-
senhower had in his eleventh-hour
blitz to pull a GOP victory out of
what seemed a few days ago to be
probable defeat.
Democrats have accused the Re-
publicans of resorting to "desper-
against in island held by General-1 ate" mud-slinging in the whirlwind
| issimo Chiang Kai-shek since the
j fall of China.
The Nationalist Defense Minis-
! try, which announced the attack,
| said the Communists dropped
\ more than 40 bombs.
The Defense Ministry claimed
j one Red plane was shot down.
The Nationalist garrison on the
! tiny island, 300 miles north of
Quemoy, was alerted for a possi-
ble invasion. Military sources on
Formosa have expressed fears
that Tachen might be the first on
j the Communist invasion list.
Chinese Communist MIGs have
| been reported over Tachen,
, Chiang's northernmost outpost, in
I increasing numbers in the past
! few weeks.
Red artillery on Toumen, a
j small island just north of Tachen,
also shelled the Nationalists for
| four hours Monday, a spokesman
; said. The shelling was described
as heavy.
There was no activity reported
at Quemoy, where the Reds open-
ed a "little war" Sept. 3 with a
roaring barrage of artillery.
No Information
On Drouth Relief
Received Here
No official information has been
received at the Farm Home Ad-
j ministration office here concern-
i ing the drouth relief program for
i Nolan County, director Paul Shil-
: lingburg announced Monday.
Rep. Omar Burleson, in a tele-
: gram sent to the Reporter Satur-
j day, stated that Nolan County has
been certified for drouth relief and
' that eligible farmers and stock-
men can apply for disaster loans
of FHA and can participate in
emergency grain and hay pro-
grams.
Since the announcement
made in Washington, D. C. only
Saturday, Shillingburg explained
By UNITED PRESS that it would possibly be several
A small cold front moved into days before machinery can be set
Texas Monday and forecasters into action to begin operation of
said another, much colder, one, the program in Nolan County,
probably would reach the state by | The instructions must be sent
Tuesday morning and keep tem- first to the state organization,
peratures cool for the next several | which will in turn inform the lo-
Rain Predicted
For West Texas
days.
Cloudiness was increasing over
the southern end of the state, and
the weather bureau said it likely
would move westward and pro-
duce some light rains Monday
night and Tuesday in that part of
Texas.
windup. Stevenson hung the charge
directly on Mr. Eisenhower Sat-
urday night, asserting that the
President had condoned statements
by GOP speakers, notably Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, that
past Democratic administrations
achieved prosperity only through
war. Stevenson said this had been
standard Communist propaganda
for years.
"Ridiculous"
Hagerty, asked by reporters for
■ comment on the Stevenson allega-
tion. called it "just ridiculous."
Meanwhile, the White House
announced that Mr. Eisenhower
will hold a news conference
! Wednesday—his first chance to as-
j sess the outcome of the election
which he has tried so hard to win
j for the GOP.
The massive Republican effort
was compressed within the final
10 days of the campaign. It came
too late for results — if any — to
be sensed by pollsters and pulse
' feelers. In fact. James A. Farley,
former Democratic national chair-
man and an old political pro,
maintains that events in the final
two weeks of a campaign change
few if any votes.
Aside from this, however, the
campaign consensus has been that
the 1954 Democratic tide was suf-
ficient to shift the House and, per-
haps. the Senate, to Democratic
control when the 84th Congress
meets next January.
Leaders Go on Air
Party leaders will be on the air
Monday night in traditional ap-
peals for eligible citizens to vote.
Republican: Mr Eisenhower
and Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, CBS television 8 to 8:30
p.m., est.
Democratic: Adlai E. Stevenson,
1952 presidential nominee. CBS ra-
dio 9:15 to 9:30 p.m., est.
The great political debate began
1 to quiet Monday after a Sunday of
was dispute between anxious partisans.
In Denver Sunday night. Nixon
accused Stevenson of making an
"hysterical, scurrilous and vi-
cious" attack on Mr. Eisenhower.
He announced he would devote a
major portion ofh is speech Mon-
day night to countering Steven-
son's "v i c i o u s charges" with
facts." In a New York address
cal office of procedures to be fol- Saturday night. Stevenson said the
President had "thoughtlessly" af-
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lowed, Shillingburg said.
"The only information we have
received was the story released by
Mr. Burleson," Shillingburg said.
"As soon as we receive the neces-
sary information, an announce-
ment will be made."
Circling the square
MIDWEST AREA GETS SNOW
New Cold Wave Brings
Freezing Temperatures
Circling the Square is in receipt
of the following note: "It is known
around town that you are a Big
Stinker" .... someone has been
reading our mail.
Negro Laborer Admits
Killing High School
Girl In Pennsylvania
AL1QUIPPA, Pa., Nov. 1 —UP
— An unemployed Negro laborer,
father of two children, has admit-
ted he bludgeoned school girl
Helen Jean Bryant, 16. to death
with a rock, Beaver County Dis-
trict Attorney Richard P. Stewart
said Monday.
Stewart said Elijah Thompson.
Jr., 22. signed a "complete ad-
mission" that he killed the pretty
blonde high school sophomore last
Monday, the day she disappeared
while walking down a lonely hill-
side path on the way to school.
State Police Sgt. John Krzton
said Thompson told him Saturday
night, a few hours after he was
picked up as a suspect, that he
waylaid Helen Jean and crushed
her skull with a rock.
By UNITED PRESS
A wintry blast of Arctic air
brought freezing temperatures as
Monday and snow fell in many
areas around the Great Lakes.
Forecasters predicted that the
weather for election day Tuesday
will be:
Great Lakes and Northern
Plains — Cloudy and cold with
some snow flurries around the
lakes.
South and Southwest — General-
ly fair.
Northeast and New England —
Stormy and rainy.
Rockies and Pacific Coast—Gen-
erally fair and rather mild.
A new surge of cold air swept
the plains Monday, reinforcing a
cold mass that hit bef oer eht
weekend.
The new front was preceded by
a band of light snow which was
expected to reach a depth of an
inch or more throughout much of
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Before dawn Monday, the mer-
Don't forget about Trades Day
Wednesday . ... you can win
$100 by being first to locate the
i "Mystery Woman." It will be fun,
j while you can save money by
shopping for the things you want
and need from local Trades Day
advertisers.
cury sank to 18 degree at Minot,
N.D.. 32 at Birmingham, 30 at j
Richmond, Va., 31 at Chicago, 30
at Milwaukee, and 28 at Pitts- j
burgh. Tomorrow, Tuesday, is election
Snow piled up half a foot deep day. Don't fail to vote. The
Sunday at Erie, Pa., and Duluth. amendments are all important and
Minn., had an accumulation of | you should have a say as to whe-
three inches. There was two inch- ther or not they become a part o(
es on the ground Sunday at South our constitution.
Bend, Ind. j
It was mild in New England de-: Ted Lambert and Marvin Tea-
spite an approaching storm which gue. sheriff and deputy sheriff,
was expected to dampen the area spent all Saturday night making
with occasional rains beginning an investigation. Contacted Sun-
Monday night and continuing into day morning for a news story,
Tuesday. The Boston Weather Bu- both stated they had to have a lit-
reau said it would be even warm-
er Monday evening.
Wilbur Shaw, former rac-
ing driver and president of the In-
dianapolis Speedway, was one of
three men killed Saturday when
their plane crashed in a snow-
storm near Decatur, Ind. It was
believed the men were trying to
make an emergency landing in the
storm when they cracked up.
tie sleep before they could talk
. . . they should work for a news-
paper where they work every day
and every night.
Frank Murchison reports that the
new 1955 model Dodge cars will
be out soon. He and his employees
went to Dallas last week and had
a look at them. A1 lare very en-
thuised.
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 256, Ed. 1 Monday, November 1, 1954, newspaper, November 1, 1954; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284274/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.