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ORANGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1953
12 Pages
NUMBER 78
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WESTLAWN OWNERS SET $1,000 PER ACRE PROPERTY VALUES
Twelve Landholders Gathered at McLewis to Put a Barrier in Highway 90’s Path
Russiqns Pledge Aid
n UN Armistice Efforts
Lost Concrete For
Bridges on Access
Highway Is Poured
Right-of-Way Fund
Shortage Is Looming
The last slat) of concrete on the
It’ll cost Orange county more money for Highway 90
righDof-way through the Westlawn (McLewis) area than
there is in the right-of-way fund. That fact became definite
sC^.m.lon'K'new High- nj«hl whe" 12 property owners met at McLewts
way 00 bridge accross the Sabine scll°o1 to determine the value of the property for right-of-
way purposes. With only one
was poured Tuesday.
Highway Engineer Ken Nagai
today reported Ni a t work was
nearing completion on the bridges.
At the same time he expected
another day or two of work to
see completion of the asphalt sur-
facing of Highway 87 between (gr-
ange and Highway 285.
Highway (12 construction also
has been resumed and so has work
on the Echo road. The latter toad
Nagai hotted io see opened within
30 days.
' On Highway 82 the R. I>. Smith
Construction company, Nagai re-
ported. is preparing to build its
base preliminary to surfacing The
project will bring about relocation
of the road.
Ai the same time Nagai report-
ed extensive damage to all state
pipe line operations,. On Highway
87 alone' he reported damage in
It Would Be Rough
On Bachelor Officer*
PHOENIX, Ariz. (AP)--The
new police manual, just off (Jie
press, forbids Phoenix police-
men from accepting or solicit-
ing brides.
Chief °f Police Charles P.
Thomas hastily explained the
prohibitioty will be eliminated
and the wib<t “bribes” wtli be
substituted for' brides.”
Vidor JP Stephenson
Resigns From Office
Justice of the Peace Marion
Stephenson at Vidor has quit.
He turned in his resignation to-
.... ------■— *'* precinct
Assault Aimed At
Crushing Reds Was
Halted by Ridgway
Senators Are Told
WASHINGTON (/P) — Gen.
James A. Van Fleet testified
today he was stopped by or-
ders from making an amphib-
$1.9(Krt»s the lowest per acre i°us landing behind the Com-
price forjheir land * explain- rw1.™,r„aS”«S‘d^
Tidelands
Bill Gets
HniKfs OK' But Faces Debate
I IUUjC N«/l\ AUSTIN (API—Senate
sohened inspection Molotov Gives Chinese
Proposal Full Support
Law Recommended
For Senate Passage
WASHINGTON (AP)-The
AUSTIN (AP)—Senate ap-
proval of the softened auto
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW (AP)—Foreign Minister V. M Molotov pledged
Russian assistance today in trying to bring about an armistices-
in Korea on the basis of proposals by Chou En-Lai, the Chi-
nese premier. Molotov’s statement was the first official Rus-
exceptidn the owners set
House passed today and sent - in*Peclion ,aw was recom- sian comment on the latest Korean developments. It was a
the
Sl.nnn. On the Echo road he said
damage would amount to some day' after-"serving
$300 since January.
He has called upon the road con- He gave as his reason for rcsig-
trartors to make necessary repairs nation “the press of personal af-
or to contact the pipeline company fairs.”
for payment of damages. Stephenson agreed to serve the
_______________ precinct, however, until c0(8s-
RED BOSS GIVEN VISA mtssioners could appoint his sue-
BONN, Get many (AP)—French cessor.
Communist leader Maurice Tho- -------
re/ h s been granted a transit CHURCHILL SEES HOPE
visa to cross West Germany on LONDON (AP)—Prime Minis-
iiis way hack to Paris, an Allied ter Churchill told the House of
spokesman said here today. Tho- Commons today Communist Chi-
rez has been receiving medical na’s latest proposals “seem to of-
treatment -in Russia since suffer- fer .a new hope” for ending the
ing a stroke in 1950. Korean war.
ed by Floyd Aubin’s .state-
ment: "Westlawn is no longer
acreage; it is a subdivision.”
County commissioners have be-
tween $80,000 and $70,000 a vail-
; trie for purchasing the right-of-
way needed between Bancroft
and HallvilIo, some 225 -a:res of
land.
Meeting Set Monday
Forty-eight .property holders
are involved in the route of High-
way 90 between ttic two points
with 80 per rent of the land own-
ed by butcher - Moore Lumbei
company anrl II J. I... Stark.
Next Monday, ;(i 10 a. in. coun-
ty commissioners court, and the
chamber of commerce highway
committee are scheduled to hear
from ‘heir right-of-way agent,
George Masterson. his estimate of
the cost of procurement of the
right-of-way.
But, at least one commissioner,
Precinc, 2’s E. K. (Bb) Ratidrif
isn't certain today that Master- JfThere wasn't a drop of Orange
son’s estimate will be correct, fhunty milk consumed in Orange
Ratcliff’s belief isbased upon Tuesday and not too much today
statements made by The We*t- . Willey's dairy, principal user
lawn resident Tues.. ;* njg**i. of 'Otm1y*tut-dtieed milk, «c
Only one of tj»6 i? said he bad out of business,
been definitely approached by the Dairyman George Willey said
right-of-way man and then that today he had sold his dairy equip-
ment to the Associated (A G.)
the Red armies in Korea.
The former Eighth army com-
mander told senators he was
ready to go with the operation
when he icceived stop orders
from Gen. Matthew Ridgway,
then Ihe Far Eastern commander
with headquarters in Tokyo,
Van Fleet raid the Eight) army
had smashed two Red spring of-
fensives and he recomfhendcd
“that we follow up with |tn am-
phibious landing on the East
Coast.”
Hearings Televised
Van Flelt's testimony was given
to a Senate armed services sub-
committee an it opened a televised
(See 8, Page 2)
County's Only Milk
Producer Sells Out
to the Senate legislation es-
tablishing title for the states
to (jil-rich submerged coastal
lands.
The measure was passed after
mended today by its commit- foreign ministry announce
tee on highways and motor ment issued through the news
traffic.
The bill has been approved in
the House. It was designed to cut ,, a ... . , __ . „
some of the red tape from the the Soviet government “recog-
motiqri to shelve the bill was original law that stirred up con- mzM the complete justice” of the
defeated. 283 to 100.
The motion, to send tha hill
back to committee, was offered by
Representative Cellar (D-NY)
and supported by proponents of
federal control of the oil-rich off-
shore lands
. Tho Senate was e x p r c I t■./,
troversy after its passage two
years ago.
Tile revised v e r s i o o of the
House bill still faces Semite floor
debate.
Rep. Lamar Zivlcy. Temple,
tried again to pave tho way tor
FtO committee decision next week
the $600 a year teacher oav
ment issued through the news mm'
agency lass and broadcast by MOSCOW 91010106111
Moscow Radio. Molotov said - .
Makes Truce Offer
'More Convincing'
new proposals "and expresses its
readiness to fully assist” in real-
izing them.
Prisoners of War Issue
There have been two proposals
---one from North Korea for the
exchang o| sick and . founded
prisoners, and another H.rotn
Chou En-Lai in Peiping for the
promptly to vote on final passage
In three cases, the Stiorem^pf^^ |os( 60-67 (he fn.-t time repatriation of other prisoners of
court has held that the. federaE-b* -h-W and n <m.A7Tv<,S> 4h«. war Under the latter nronnstit
the federal trjCf| arK| a fjg.fl'i vo|‘ (he sec- w,ir
government has dominion over ,)rKj time.
Tax Rattle Loomim
The House spent most of the
morning on Zivley's motions and
in debate on a bill tightening up
the present laws prohibiting stray
livestock on highways. The bill
the submerged lands, often mis-
takenly called tidelands.
Favored by President
President Eisenhower has said
hr favors state ownership.
While most amendments con-
-«i$jer4K(iirinc Tuesday session
were rejected by overwhelming
voice Vote, the House did adopt
one important change proposed
bv Representative Keating (R-
NY).
The Kealina amendment elim-
inated from thp bill a provision
prantjfig the states the rignt to
polled Find impose severance ‘.axes
qp JvJf'Jeum production in the
continental shelf beyond the
states' historic boundaries.
5, Page 2)
Port Issue Still
Far From Settled
latter proposal
prisoners unwilling to return
home would be handled by neu-
tral).
About the Peiping proposal for
exchange of sick and wounded
prisoners of war, Molotov said:
"Both the government of the'
Chinese People's Republic and
the gove rnment of the Korean
People's Democratic Republic
have stated that they agree to the
proposal for the exchange of sick
and wounded prisoners of war,
and n.s before express readiness
to reach agreement on the im-
mediate settlement of the entire
of
Ry JOHN HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rur*
sin's endorsement of Red China's
Korean truce bid was regard'd
here as making the offer more
convincing. But U S. official':
ruled that critical points of a
workable armistice plan must still
be nailed down.
This government was renorfed
determined to stand firm on Fie
principle of no forcible repatri-
ation of war prisoners to the Com-
munists. Informants said 'his is
a critical point on which the uUn /
put forth by Chinese Communist
Premier Chou En - Lai must be
spelled out in detail.
May Be Own Idea
Chou's plan w,'»s generally ' as-
sumed here to have the support: .
of the Kremlin if, in fact, ft had
county commissioners'
What -will happen to Orange's question and thereby
m^qjcipal port was anyone’s guess the war inf Korea
‘Tuesday^ night Commissioner
Harold Carter announced that
(See 4, Page 2)
Du Pont Sets Tax Value at $9 Million
Orange county's mightiest, in- of money, rendered its property for
dust rial Citizen, whose towering taxation Tuesday,
stacks and test-tube structures Today the rendition in
have cost a fabulous expenditure office showed the total taxable
value of the county’s “industrial
-dairies of Port Arthur and had
leased his other property. ,
His explanation, “After 30year*
m the business I w;fs tired and
wanted a rest so I sold out "
Meantime, a major portion ot
the county's IS dairymen who
giant to be only $9,000,000.
Tuesday’s conference of Du Pont
officials and the county commis-
sioners resulted in a voluntary half
million dollar increase In the prop-
erty value Du Font’s 1952 values
AUSTIN (Spl) —A bill putting had been $8,500,000.
By contrast, fabulous Du Pont
built Its original installation at ip, pn,virled ,he dajry with mi|k
announced cost of $35,000,000, but „„ market TuSBay. duwpfng their
the tax that was only for the manufacture mon,ing s prtldurtion Jn$ ditches.
4'’“nKln of nylon. Since then Du Pont has
added the production of polythene,
Sabine Compact Bill
Sent to House Floor
this state’s stqmp of approval on
a Texas-Louisiana Sabine river
compact hfts gone to the House
floor and is expected to be pass-
ed there and sent on to Gov. Al-
lan Shivers for his signature next
Wednesday.
The House conservation ana
reclamation committee
the bill out favorably Tuesday in $1,924.81 during March and county* industries it
spending the rules to Spent $3,057.63, leaving it with a Pr°Pcr,y for taxation.
at month's end of ________ .
Slight Drop Noted
In C and R Funds
The Orange county consetva-
reported tion and reclamation district took
Two Ballplayers Killed
In Big Spring Accident
BIG SPRING (AP)—Two mem-
bers of Little Howard County
Junior college’s baseball team
were killed an 10 were injured
Tuesday as the players improvised
said Du Pont was the first of the
county’s industries to render its
•,r - v hi. “* •* * ** B *'*“• ’ -----
nfternqon, suspending
get early action on the measure, casn balance
Two proponents of the bill, John $290,813.56.
W Simmons of Orange and By- The figures were included in a
ron Ttrrsley of Greenville, appear- report made public today by
ed to speak in behalf of approval. County Treasurer J. A. (Ned)
There was no opposition. Cooper.
The Senate passed the measure Of the district's total ’ bank ac-
several weeks ago. count, $178,168.65 is in the bond
The compact, worked out over account and $112,844,81 in the
a period of a year by a Texas- general fund.
Louisiana compacting group, is Source of the revenue was nut
aimed at equitable division of included in the report. It breaks
waters of the Sabine river along down the expense items into iden-
that part of the stream which tical amounts of $1,059.72 for each
forms the bounds, y of the I wo of two draglines, $238.89 for over-
gta^es head expenses, $549.30 for admin-
It will go into effect after ap- istrative travel and expense and gro, were killed,
proval by (he Louisiana Legisla- SI50 for stenographic help,
ture, which meets next in 1954,
and ratification by the U. a. Con- OFFICIAL CHANGES JOBS
grass, expected later this year. WASHINGTON (AP)—Presi-
—~ “ ITT', dent Eisenhower accepted today
Sapct Seeks New Trial • the resignation of James Mitchell
In South Texas Killing as a member of the Civil Service
BROWNWOOD (AP) — Mario commission and immediately
(El Turku1) Sapet, under 99-year nominated him deputy assistant
sentence in the slaving of Jacob secretary of defense.
Flovd Jr., has aske'J for a new _;___
trial.
Floyd, court testimony said, was
killed by mistake when an assas-
s|n attempted to ambush his fath-
er—Jacob Floyd Sr.—in the fam-
ily garage Sept. 8. Sapet's attor-
neys filed a motion with 35th dis-
trict Clerk Hertry Duck asking a
new trial on the grounds that the
“verdict was contrary to and
wholly unsupported by the law
and evidence herein."
However, most were finding
,, , new markets today through the
and adipic and tpjte Orange com,- Southeast Texas Milk Producer's
ty Sabine River-iworks. association
And, in 1952 Du Pool's expan- ' Willey's dairy had been using
smn program alone (the process t)(,tw„,,n fi„0 and 700 gallons of
of expansion has been continual |(K.aMy prortuced milk daily
since the plant a inception) re* Willey.g riairy was la,t of the
suiting in I7IA fast tax write-off )(|Ca| dairieg serving the public,
certificates totaling $50,000,000. ,ts (,x|t from uhp ficW ln;lves ,ho
Some industrial observers haVh city served now by Carnation and
estimated Du Pont's Si. bine River'Bor den's, Associated (A G.l
works to be worth as much as dairies and Townsend dairies. The
$400,000,000. More conservative two major concerns are from
estimates say $200,000,000 and Houston, the latter two from Port
many are in the $100,000,000 class. Arthur.
Today Tax Assessor Fred Force -----
men led the opposition to the
amendment, which was accepted
by such a loud shout that the op-
ts-* 3. Page 2)
Deweyville To Vote
On Status of School
DEWEYVILLE (Spl) — Voters
within the DeweyvBle common
school district in southern New-
ton co mty Saturday will choose
I wo school hoard members and
decide whether to remain a com-
mon school district or become ir,-
oependent. The vote is expected
to very close.
Present members of the school
board have voiced their support of
the move to go independent, ‘‘We cents tax.
believd the district would pro- However, combined with the
gress faster in independent conservation and reclamation dis-
status,” Sunt. C. C. Chisum said
court op-
posed the plan of State Repre-
sentative Ellis Carter to combine
the port, navigation and drainage
district into one unit.
Members of the wharf and dock
commission opposed iUooMsfcdti's
stipulation that the combined dis-
trict elect five members to its
governing board by election; de-
siring an appointive board,
And a majority of the inter-
ested parties figured the 30 cents
tax set up by Jibe bill to support
all three agencies was insufficient
Latest development in Ihe plan
was today's announcement tiy
Mayor Sid Caillavet that City At-
torney E. L. Reid had been called ’i
upon'to investigate the possibil-
ity or re-establishing the county-
wide navigation district to handle
port affair*. The district, already
set up by statute, can levy a 75
not originated there Some offi-
ending dais speculated that with Stalin
dead and a new boss in Moscow,
Full Solidarity Ihe Chinese Reds might have bo-
I am authorized to state that tided to strike off and rearh a
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ffice 7. Page 2)
(See 8, Page 2)
Fighting Continues As
Talk of Truce Spreads
By GEORGE McARTIIliR
SEOUL (AP>—Small-scale hut bitter fighting erupted along the
Korean liattlefront today as UN troops anxiously awaited the outcome
of Communist truce overtures. Most combat veterans were hopeful
but warv. The Fifth air force reported Allied Sabre jets blasted 33
Red MIG jets out of the Korean skies for only two Sabres lost in
—---------------------------- aprj„| combat in March.
Vidor Gets Federal
Building Aid Grant -
WASHINGTON (Sp!)-The U..................
S. Ottice of Education today an- Maxwen 0 Taylor. Eighth Army
The monthly air summary
showed, however, that 18 Allied
planes were lost to all causes—
two to MIGs, seven to Red ground
tire and nine to other causes.
Army Secretory Robert T, B.
Stevens, Gen, Mark Clark, Fax-
East commander, and Lt. Geti
March Rains Help
Farming Outlook
DALLAS (AP)—Rains during
March greatly improved the out-
look for southwestern'agriculture,
the Federal Reserve bank of Dal-
last said today.
The bank reported ranges end
pastures in eastern Texas as pro-
viding ample grazing. Recent rains
a foul line marker so they could Lave brightened hopes of reviving
hurry and start, practice. ranges in the western sector, the
A long metal pole intended for report added,
a marker accidentally toppled into Livestock is making ranid gains
electric power lines and 7,500 volts }n the eastern part. Cattle mar-
shot through it. Gene Reynolds, Votings during March were higher
19, and Robert Brown, 18, a Ne- than a year ago. Farm commodity
prices in the district generally held
steady or increased in March.
Prospects, for winter wheat pro-
duction are fair to excellent in
north Texas but unfavorable in
today.
Horace Bickham and Bill Shep-
pard are the incumbents seeking
re-election. Their opponents are
I D. Meads and Adolph Abner Jr.
Voting on the two issues will be
held simultaneously in the school
gymnasium.
When the proposal to
independent or common status
v/as h r o tpg h t up school txoard
members firstdedded to hold up
trustee cleCions' until a decision
was reached on that issue.
But they later decided to ao
ahead with both elections on the
same date and then convert the
board to independent operation
if the issue carries in Saturday’s
election.
(See 9, Page 2)
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Admitted *S?ldyer's Father
Must ‘See for Myself’
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP)
father of an
town (ax') The t(J Lyndon B. Johnson.
18-ycar-oId Marine Annlicalion for the fe<
pounced that $116,774 has been
reserved tor the Vidor independ-
ent school district for the federal
share of construction costs of
school facilities for the district.
Notice of the allocation was sent
Application for the federal
vyas flying to J^ubuque today to building allotment was. made on
«(e for myself, feat it Is his son thp <)f rjipid schola*tic popu-
vote on who Dubuque county authorities lalj()n Krowth at Vidor, a jump of
i sav has admitted slavinc five noo- ....... _____ _____. ......
say has admitted slaying five peo-
ple in four days
Authorities from three slates
also were en route here to ques-
tion Fred E. 'McManus of Valley
Stream, N. Y. Dubuque County
Sheriff Leo J. Martin said Mc-
Manus in a sign&fjjtatement 4*td
admitted double slayings in Min-
nesota and Illinois and the fatal
shooting in New York state of a
Superintendent Chisum todev Hobartfcollege student whose body them
about 45 per rent during the past
three years.
Two Sons Arrive As
Parents Expect One
TROY, N, Y (AP)—Mr. and
Mrs William A. Hunt went to
Union station in Albany to meet
i, son on military leave prior to
Korean duty.' Two sons greeted
POLICE ARE PRAISED
FORT WORTH (AP)-
-Letters
Jf Edgar^Hoower ha™e tewPtE ,he principal producin« coun,ies ot
reived here ,,.by Officers Paul
Vaughan and'T. W Curtis, who
apprehended 1 Mrs. Helen Grub|_
Mecke shortly after she robbed her
second hamc'tast week.
Ihe northwest.
Business activity duringi Feb-
ruary and March registered gains
jyej/a year ago. Department store
during the first two weeks
of March were 7 ptT cent above
a year earlier.
explained two methods by which
the status of the board could be
changed if the district becomes
independent: (1) a new election
can be rn!!*d and seven board
members elected, or (2) the coun-
ty board can appoint a board to
has not yet been found.
RIDGWAY TO VISIT AFRICA
PARIS (AP) — Gen, Matthew
Rtdgway is going to visit U. S
military installations in French
Morocco for four days next week
Neither Pvt. John F. Hunt, Ko-
rea-bound, nor Pfc. William A.
Hunt Jr., re'urnlng from Europe,
knew the other was aboard the
train
ADLAI REACHES SAIGON
VnH "uq momZreHis supreme NATO headquarters SAIGON, Indochina (AP) Ad-
serve and its members must draw g^d wouW be Kidgway's first lai Stevenson arrived today on his
(See 10. Page 2) visit to North Africa.
Asian fact-finding tour.
Third Reply to League's Questionnaire
For Orange School Trustee Candidates
<EDITOR’S NOTE- The Orange League
of Women Voters has submitted e
questionnaire to each of the five can-
didates iu tbe race fbr thrae post* on
the Orange independent school district's
board of education. The replies are be-
ing published alnhabettealiy. one at a
time. This t» the third
L What is your occupation?
I am a lawyer.
2. Education?
I was graduated from Beau-
mont high school, received my
pre-law training at Lamar college
and the University of Texas, and
received an LLB degree from the
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Tere CtilMren tn Srhonl
Having two children in school
end a third who will eventually
enter, I am sincerely interested
in Orange having a fine school
system. I am willing to devote
the necessary time required for
service on the board My forms!
education together, with the legal
and bustpos experience I have
had since leaving school has tem-
pered my judgment so that I will
weigh carefully all problems com-
ing before the board.
4. What do you consider the
most important issues currently
facing the Orange Independent
school district?
It is my opinion That the most
important problem currently fac-
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Overcrowded Now; No Relief Due Until 1954-55
West Orange School Situation Is Aired
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“Oh, ohi . . no wonder I
never tieard from those Orange
Leader Want Ads—1 forgot to
•nail my letters;”
The West Orange school district's
existing classrooms already are
overcrowded and It cannot ac-
commodate any substantial num-
ber of new students next term
without creating a serious prob-
lem.
By. the start of the ’954-53 term,
if plans for the construction of i
new high school in West Orange
go through, the? district wlil be
able to take onc’several hundred
additional students.
What will happen if any sub-
stantial number of new homes
are bui)t in the district in the
ing Tuesday night between the pert, there and, unless the new
West Orange trustees and mem- planW owners volunteer as-scss-
bers of the chamber of cudnStfce ment.*, cannot put them on the
bousing corrunittce. Tt y housing *-ix roils until they are in pmduc-
group hag been holding sessions tibn. 1 ■ u
with school people, seeking out "We’ve kept ourselves bonded
information which it needs u, close to the ihnit since we began
steering a drive for 2,500 new our expansion program," Land-
homes which it figures wiii be nun went on, "and if the plan for
needed in the Orange area dur-
ing 1952 and 1953 as a result of
the industrial devclopfhert pro-
gram*
Valuations Come Later
The crux of the problem tn
West Orange, a* explained by
meantime? School board members Board Secretary Tom Landrum, is
threw tip their hands at that.
These facts came out of a meet.
that the district does not yet £ave
the industrial valuations in pro»-
a new high school works out we tl
be right back up to the hilt wen
efter the 25 per cent raise in
valuations which we have asked
our taxpayers to accept
That means, he added, no oros-
pects for new construction except
for the high school by the begin-
(See 1, P»*« 1)
commander, toured the battle zone
end visited an observation post
overlooking Communist-held Old
Baldy hill north of Seoul.
Stevens, in Korea to inspect the
combat zone and for a first-hand
survey of ammunition suoplies.
visited several‘U. S. divisions. A*
the 6301 h Ordnance Ammunition
company, tho Army secretary wa>
told tha ammunition supply it tho
moment was above hormal.
When he returns to Washington.
Stevens is expected to testify be-
rtbYe a Sep ate subcommittee in-
vestigating' reports of ammunition
shortages in Korea.
Weather hampered aerial ictp--
Uies again
American Marines on the wes*.
ern front turned back four small
Red attacks Tuesday nigh", one
against Bunker hill. The Leather-
necks listed 41 Chinese Reds kill-
ed and wounded.
In eastern Korea South K<e-vn
troops reported killing or wnmd-v
ing 64 Rods in raids west of the
Nam nver atitj near Anchor hill.
Two Boys Sentenced
For Burning Church
DENVER (AP)— A 13-vear-eid
boy and his 15-year-old compan-
ion were given indeterminate sen-
tences Tuesday to the state indus-
trial school a! Golden bv Boulder
County Judge Howard O. Asn»< \
Th< boys admitted vandalizing
and then setting fire to Ihe Mt
Calvary Lutheran church last
Thursday.
"Why did you do it?” Judge
Ashton asked the younger boy,
"To have fun," the 13-voar-xld
replied cahmy.
"Did you have it'" asked Ihe
judge
“Yes, I did,’’ the boy sa*d..
8WEED ACCEFTS POST
STOCKHOLM (API-Swedish
deputy foreign minister Dag Ham-
merskjold accepted today a Se-
curity council offer to succeed
Trygve Lie as UN secretary gen-
eral.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 1, 1953, newspaper, April 1, 1953; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588955/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.