The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 17, 1958 Page: 1 of 6

                                
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Airline Pilots Association
Serves Notice on Walkout
DALLAS. (AIM. The Air Line
Pilots Association yesterday
served notice of a Friday mid
night walkout on American, busi-
est airline operating into Dallas
Love and Carter Fields
The strike notice, issued in
Chicago, would call 1.500 pilots
from their cockpits to back un-
ion demands that the third man
on jet liners of the future be a
pilot instead of an engineer.
Some 86 flights in and out of
Love and Carter Fields would
be affected. Company spokes-
men. eying heavy Christmas sea-
son traffic, said they will con-
tinue taking reservations.
American membership in Dal-
las-Fort Worth locals include
about 180 captains and 157 first
oficers or co-pilots.
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Eight Hurt As Collision
Involves 2 School Buses
Eight students were treated,
in Ennis Municipal Hospital j
early today following the colli-
sion of two school buses, three ,
miles east of Highway 75. on
Farm*1 | Market Road 662.
Although they aren’t union j The accident occurred about
members, some 142 flight engi- 6 am. as the West bound Ennis
ners and 275 stewardesses in the bus, No. 14. loaded with 45 chil*
area would also be grounded if dren. collided with the East
the strike materialized.
Teen-Age Romance Quarrel
Erupts Into Violence
FORT WORTH. <AP).—A quar-
rel over a teen-age romance
burst into violence in Fort Worth
last night, putting one youth in
a hospital, another in city jail.
William Woody Goodner, who
is 18. is in serious condition at
a Fort Worth hospital. He was
shot in the abdomen and both
arms.
While Goodncr was undergo-
ing emergency surgery, 19-year-
old Robert Clay Harwell was be-
ing questioned at city jail.
Harwell admitted to detectiv-
es and a newsman that he shot
Goodner with a .22 caliber pis-
tol. He claimed self defense.
The dispute centered around
18-year-old blonde Sylvia Oliver.
Miss Oliver said she was once
engaged to Harwell but was plan-
ning to marry Godncr Saturday.
Fire Destroys Hillsboro
Radio Station K-H-B-R
HILLSBORO, (AP).—Fire de-
stroyed Radio Station KHBR of
Hillsboro last night. But the sta-
tion is expected to be back on
the air before nightfall..
The station, located on U-S
Highway 81 about one mile out-
side the city limits, burned to
the ground. According to Hills-
boro Police Dispatcher Edmund
Willis, the only thing left is the
transmitter tower and a small
building adjacent to it.
Station Manager Elson Galle
has not announced an estimate
of the loss. The cause of the
fire is not known.
However, Radio Station KHBR
is expected to return to the air
before nightfall.
The vice president and gen-
eral manager of Radio Station
W-A-C-O, Waco. R. E. Lee Glas-
gow has offered engineering as-
sistance and such equipment as
needed and available so that
KHBR can resume broadcasting
before tonight.
State Employees Slate
Christmas Program Thursday
AUSTIN. (AP).—The annual
Christmas program of the state
employes will be held in the
Capitol rotunda in Austin at 4
p.m. tomorrow around a gaily
decorated 26-foot Christmas
tree.
An annual Christmas message
will be delivered by Governor
Daniel. A choir composed of the
Capitol Chapter of the Texas
Public Employees Association
will be featured.
Traditionally, state employes
and visitors crowd around the
railing of the rotunda up to the
4th floor to join in singing
Christmas carols.
bound St. John’s Bus, carrying
11 passengers.
Billy Zajise, 12. was most
seriously injured, and according
to his physician, was suffering
from several broken ribs, ami
possible internal injuries. He
remained in the Ennis hospital
but was not believed in serious
condition.
The other seven students
were released following emer-
gency treatment.
They were:
Temple Holt, 12. son of Mr.
and Mrs. 1). V. Holt, Route 1, an-
other St. John's passenger, suf-
fering from cuts about the face; !
Patsy Brewer, Ennis High |
“Light” Reports
Loss of Passenger
Service Possible
The Waxahachie Daily Light
stated that official word was
lacking by Missouri-Kansas-Tex-
as railroad officials concerning
a report from Denison that Wa-
xahachie’s last passenger train
connection with .St, Louis would
be discontinued effective Jan. 4.
According to the unconfirmed
report mentioned in the Light.
Frisco Railroad officials have
notified Katy representatives
that the Frisco will discontinue
its participation with the Katy
in operating the Texas Special
between St. Louis and San An-
tonio effect ive Jan. 4.
The Texas Special now is I lie
Katy’s last passenger connection
with St. Louis.
According to the Denison re-
port, it is expected that the Tex-
as Special will continue as an
all-Kaly train but its northern
terminal will be Kansas City
rather than St. Louis. The Katy
now operates a Kansas City con-
nection of the Special through
Parsons.
The joint operation of the Tex-
as Special as one of the South-
west's crack passenger trains
was a Katy and Frisco service
School student. Route 2. also
suffering facial lacerations;
Jerry Pool. 14. and his brother
David, 11. sons of Mr. ami Mrs.
B. B. Pool of Alma, also suffer-
ing facial cuts, scratches and
bruises. Ennis bus riders;
Elaine Spence. 11, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Spence of
Valley Farms, also received fa-
cial cuts;
feet. The combined width of the
two buses is 16 feet, so there
isn't much room for play Robin-
son said.
He also staed that each driver
saw the other bus in plenty of
time that the collision could
have been avoided .
“They meet on that road ev-
ery morning, and they saw each
other at an approximate one-
David A. Kucera
Given Forestry
Scholarship
NACOGDOCHES iSp!>. - A
p1 moment East Texas lumber-
man has again awarded scholar
ships to two S F Austin State
College forestry students.
Lacy 11 Hunt, ol Nacogdoches
made the presentations ol $150
each to David A Kucera of En-,
[ ms. and Herbert R Johnson
of Grand Rapids. Minn.
The scholarships, fourth and
[ fifth awarded since 1956 by Hunt
i to SKA forestry students, are
i for the 1958-59 college year.
They were awarded at the
[ annual Christmas party sponsor-
| ed by the Sylvan’s professional
! forestry club at SKA.
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depreciation, tax al-
i half mile distance, so one o f
Janie Pollan, 11, daughter of i them should have moved over."
Mr and Mrs. Horace Pollan.! According to the student
Route 1, received a broken j me of the buses was in the mid-
front tooth, and facial cuts and
bruises.
Lanita Spence. 9. daughter of
Mr and Mrs. J. C. Spence, also
of Valley Farms was showered
with broken glass, and also ic-
ceived slight cuts.
Diiving the Ennis 72-passen-
ger bus was Raymond Wilhoite, j
28. and piloting the new 8 t.
lohn’s vehicle was John Slovak,
17.
All of the injured students
i were seated in the front seats
if the buses, when the impact
[ came.
According to Highway Patrol-
i man George Robinson, since
j there were no skid marks, it was
j difficult to determine exactly
j who was at fault.
A prominent lumberman with |
widespread holdings in East
Texas. Hunt set up the two schol-1
arships in 1956. Roy Gandy, of |
Honey Island, and John Ches- j
slier, of Saratoga, were the |
1956-57 recipients, and Claude :
Cook, Jr., of Lufkin, and James
Jordan, of Leesburg, the 1957-
58.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
nold Kucera. of Ennis. Kucera
graduated in 1952 from St. John
high school at Ennis, and served
during 1953 to 1954 in the U. S
Army. He has been employed
; as a student trainee with the U.
1 S. Forestry Service and has been
I active in Sylvan’s club activities
at SFA, where he is working
toward the bachelor's degree in
! forestry. Ho attended University
of Texas before entering SFA.
He is married to the former
Frances Marie Steckles, of Scliu-
dle of the road, but the High-
way Patrolman stated that
he could find no justification for
this charge.
The buses struck at the point
behind the driver’s seat where
the narrow cab widens into the
passenger section.
According to Ennis School
Superintendent, W. J. Davis.
Wilhoite resigned his job as bus
driver early this afternoon.
Davis also stated that many
of the injured children were
covered with special school in-
surance. which they purchased lenburg, and the couple have one
at Ihe beginning of the school child, 6 months old
term.
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NOW, YOU WATCH IT SANTA!—Santa Claus seems to have
his hands full with Carolyn Lou McMains who likes his
candy, but not the lap Santa offered her. Carolyn Lou was
one of the children of city employees who attended the light-
ing of a large Christmas tree in the lobby of the Austin, Tex.,
city hall.
Johnson, who is maried, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. John-
son. Sr., of Grand Rapids, Minn.,
where he graduated in 1948 from
Rev. John McCallum, and Da-
vis issued a statement early this
••ttv arc going on the theory | afternoon indicating that a high"schooV H7aUend7d”lt'a»''a
at both drivers were equally | meeting between the two admin-l ju»jor (.o]|l,gc scrvcd jn lhe L,
S. Air Force, and held employ-
that
at fault, and that there was no
excessive speed involved." the
patrolman said.
He also revealed that
width of the road where
buses collided was only
the
the
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Water Main Breaks
On West Giimer
Water pressure along West
Gilmer Street between Main and
Sherman Streets is at an extre-
mely low pressure today because
of a broken eight main at the in-
tersection of McKinney and Gil-
mer Streets.
istrators will be held in the im-
mediate future for the purpose
of working out a plan which will
govern the buses as they meet
on various routes.
“We are concerned for the
safety of all,” said Rev. McCal-
lum, “and we intend to take
steps to see that this unfortunate
situation does not again de-
velop".
The two school’s buses meet
on almost every route each
morning and afternoon, and ac-
cording to both school heads,
a plan will be worked out to al-
low* one bus to pullJfver in nar-
now roadways or pMsagos, until
the other bus has«ono by.
About $400 danpge w*as done
ment with mining companies be-
fore coming to SFA, where he is
working toward the bachelor’s
degree in forestry.
Ciiy workmen ore going oil j ,0 cach bus Robi|ron said
out to get the broken pipe re-
paired and will possibly have it
fixed by 7 p.m. tonight.
The pressure will be very low
until they have the street dug
out in getting ready to make the
repair.
The water will be cut off
about 5 p.m. with repairs to start
immediately. Workers stated
that it would take at least 30
minutes and possibly tw*o hours
for many years. Thie train operaT- for t,le rcPair and get the water
es over the Frisco from St. Louis turned on.
to Vinita. Okla., where it crosses
to the Katy to continue to Dallas’    j nr„Li„„
Waxahachie and San Antonio. IGround Breaking Ceremonies
Local postal officials said this Re-Scheduled for Saturday
morning that the change would I DENISON. (AP). — Ground-
not hurt
Louis.
mail service to St.
WEATHER
ENNIS AND VICINITY
Fair and mild this after-
noon through Thursday
with the highest tempera-
ture in the lower 60’s and
the lowest tonight In the
middle 30’s. Light northerly
winds becoming southerly
Thursday.
breaking ceremonies for the
1 Tanglewood Country Club on
; Lake Texoma have been re-sche-
j duled for Saturday afternoon,
i They were originally set for
I last Saturday but were postpon-
j ed because of a snowstorm.
House Speaker Sam Rayburn
! and Mayors Albert Martin of
| Denison and V. L. Tuck of Sher-
man will participate.
The club will be located on a
130-acre site 5 miles north of
Pottsboro.
Driller Killed Tbday
In Andrews Oil Field
ANDREWS. (AP).—A driller
was killed early today in an oil
field accident near Andrews.
The victim was 37-year-old
Charles Marion Young of An-
drews.
Young was a driller with a
crew running casing on a well
eight miles north of the West
Texas town. Young became en-
Sinclair Official
Dies In Houston
HOUSTON. (AP).- The direc-
tor of the legal department at
the Gulf Coast division of the
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
dfed yesterday in M. D. Ander-
son Hospital here. He was Oscar
McCracken. 55. McCracken, who
was a native of Floresville. was
a graduate of the University of
Texas McCracken practiced law-
in San Antonio until 1936 when
he was elected to the Texas leg-
islature. He resigned from the
post in 1937 to join the legal
department of the American Re j
publics Corp. Sinclair bought j
American Republics in 1955.,
McCracken became head of the 1
Sinclair legal department.
Seven Grass Fire
Calls Made Today
Today was a near record for
Missile Program
For Europe
Wins Approval
NATO's Supreme Commander
in Europe, General Lauris Nor-
stad has won approval from At-
lantic pact, powers to push for-
ward nuclear missile rearma-
ment in Europe. Norslad. point-
ing out recent Soviet threats—
pleaded for missile rearmament
today in Paris at a meeting of
foreign ministers of the 15-na-
tron alliance. The resolution by
the North Atlantic Council came
after a sober outline of Russian
military might by Western mili-
tary officers.
Only Britain has thus far ac-
cepted missile bases'. Italy is re-
ported close to signing an agree-
ment. However, France w a s
tailing This was considered
the big stumbling block to get-
ting what Norstad considers an
adequate force of missiles at Eu-
ropean bases.
Norstad also appealed f o r
more land and Naval forces for
NATO. Other speakers had told
the conference of ministers the
Russians couud launch a mas-
sive attack in Europe without
resorting to weapons of mass
destruction.
Fifteen Year
Term Given for
Stabbing Officer
AUSTIN. (AP).—The State
Court of Criminal Appeals has
approved a 15-year prison term
given Donald Summers for se-
riously stabbing a Bexar County
deputy sheriff in an escape at-
tempt.
Summers already is serving a
20-year robbery sentence at
Huntsville.
Last February Summers told
officers he—not Jimmy Shaver,
•died three-year-old Chore J o
Horton in a sensational 1954
slaying near San Antonio. After
several stays of execution for
'Shaver and long questioning of
lowances. etc , to determine how
the telephone company s irioney
is being spent, and what the re-
turn on their investment actual-
ly is.
Honaker will then compile his
information, and present it to
the Commission along with a
recommendation as to whether
an increase at this time is, or cj
not, justified.
He will also give to the Com-
mission, a legal support for his
decision, in case future action
should develop.
“The Commission is faced
with a decision.” stated George
Schrader, “and while they could
make the decision, they felt that
the employing of an expert
would strengthen this stand in
the matter,” he said.
He also stated that the matter
demands deep study, and Hon-
aker has the background to give
both time and proper decisions
at a time when both are of im-
portance.
Honaker will begin his study
of the local problem immediate-
ly, and will proceed without de-
lay.
The popular rate consultant is
also co-author of the Separation
Manual, the rules which deter-
mine rate structures in Texas.
Acording to Floyd Clouse, one
of the members of the City Com-
mission, he favored retaining
Honaker, because he feels that
a rate increase at this time is
not justified.
“We have had several rate in-
creases in the past few years.
We took a large rate raise when
the dial system was brought to
Ennis in 1954 and prior to that,
at one time, we had two raises
in one year, “the commissioner
said.
“This is an explosive issue."
he continued, “and I believe the
hiring of a man who knows his
business, will be an action that
will save Ennis citizens a great
Summers—officers declared the
story was untrue and S h aver1 deal of money in the long run”,
was executed for the murder. , he concluded.
The 15-yoar sentence approv-    OTHER ACTIONS
ed today followed an attempt In other action of the City
that Summers and two other Commision during their special
Bexar County jail prisoners j Monday afternoon meeting, taxi-
tangled in the cat line and was the Ennis Fire Department, as
pulled into the machinery.    they made seven grass fire calls
Survivors include his wife and by 3 p.m.
5 young children.
SHOPPING
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According to Jack Light sev,
fire chief, without exception, the
fires could have been avoided it’
people had tijkcn a little care
when burning trash,
j Light.sey urged citizens 1o be
certain to have a top for the
j trash container before starting
the trash burning job. “You need
something to keep the fire in
the barrel," he reminded.
Calls were made today, ac-
cording to Lightsey to 500 E.
Tyler, Avenue D, 1010 West
Lampasas. 1400 South Hall and
i corner of Brown and Preston.
The Russians were reported
to bo able to throw 1,000,000
men into a Central European at-
tack. The Soviet military power
was estimated at 170 line divi-
sion.- of 2,500.000 men.
Defense Secretary Neil Me-
Elroy repeated to the ministers
President Eisnehower's pledge
to aid any NATO power attack-
ed. McElroy also said the Com-j the Valley
muni-t threat to the NATO area years
remains the central danger.
The United States', Britain and
Russia have agreed a nuclear
test ban should be controlled by
a 7-membor commission. Each
of the three powers would have
a permanent seat on the com-
mission. The agreement was
reached in Geneva, at a 10-na-
tion parley on prevention of a
surprise attack There are still
wide areas of agreement to be
resolved.
made to escape early last year
while being returned from a
Hays County trial where they
were witnesses.
Deputy Sheriff Melvin Malts-
berger was knifed and seriously
wounded before his companion,
Deputy Sheriff Anthony Lobel-
lo. could stop the ear and sub-
due the three prisoners with a
pistol. Summers' originally was
sentenced to prison for a 1956
San Antonio filling station hold-
up.
cab permits were awarded to
Mrs. A. U. Hefner, and Lewis
Hayes (colored). The permits
carried were awarded with the
provisions that the above men-
tioned parties comply with city
ordinances regulating taxicabs,
j Two contracts were awarded
for supplies for the forthcoming
year.
Horsey Manufacturing Com-
pany of Dedham. Mass, was giv-
en the contract for a year's re-
quirements for water meters.
1 The price involved was $27 per
meter, which, according to
Schrader, is 27 cents less than
I last year’s price.
Chlorine for the year will be
Valley CC Members
List Important Problems
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Each member of the Valley j purchased from Diamond Alkah-
li at $13.50 per hundred. This
is the same price as received
last year, and three bids receiv-
ed were identical
Chamber of Commerce will be
asked to list his idea of the 4
most important problems facing
during tile next 10
The long range planning com-
mittee of the chamber will send
questionaires to each member
and he will be requested to give
his views.
The committee unofficially
listed 4 major problems but
these are subject to review after ,    ***•*’"*
the answers are studied. The | Our friends hopes Santa will
committee listed the problems bring him an automobile for
in order of importance at water,! Christmas after the mechanic
tourism, industry and agricul-1 told him he should keep the oil
ture.    and change the car.
Christmas Cheer
The wife still wants a mink
stole for Christmas. And believe
us that is the only way that we
can afford one.
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