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Recess
Quiz Hearings;
New Phase Set
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (AP) — House investiga-
tors have recessed their investigation of rigged T-V
quiz shows. But they plan to broaden their inquiry
into other phases of television. TJhe chairman of the
House subcommittee on legislative oversight, Oren
Harris of Arkansas, said information befO're the group
indicates that ether phases of
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Revision need investigating.
Be aafcf the subcommittee al-
ready has started preliminary
work.
Harris said the evidence
gathered by the subcommittee
during its probe means the con-
duct and morality of the whole
television industry has been
challenged.
Queried by reporters, Harris
refused to amplify his remarks
that the probe will be broad-
ened. Be said the subcommit-
tee will meet again Dec. 9th to
consider its future course.
Representative John Moes,
a California Democrat, told
newsmen he didn’t think it
would be proper to say any-
thing now until the subcommit-
P tee caa determine whether or
not the charges come from
disgruntled employes
Moss also refused to discuss
the matter, beyond saying the
- new inquiry will go into T-V
programs.
During the hearings just con
uded, the committee m*inf-
ra have shown interest,
ong other things, in some
terview and news programs
and in advertising commercials.
The subcommittee recessed
ter hearing the president of
dtumbia Broadcasting Sys-
tem, Dr. Frank Stanton. He
‘ itified he was completely un-
are of quia show irregular-
before August, 1968, and
acted promptly to take of-
fending programs off the sir.
| a Stanton acknowledged that,
tn the face of what is known
I now, the network did not exer-
sJjpke due diligent#., added:
“But hindsight is always
i twenty-twenty.
Stanton described the T-V
quis show scandals as a bitter
pill to swallow. Aad he declar-
ed it is up to the broadcasting
^’industry to assume chief re-
sponsibility for correcting the
1 industry’s ills.
Another development wss
brought to light by a member
. of the House suboemmittee,
Dem o c r a 11 c Representative
Walter Rogers of Texas. He
said the Federal Communica-
tions Commission rewired com-
plaints of what he termed skull-
M duggery on the quit show, “The
Big Payoff” as early as 19(2.
Rogers said the FCC did noth-
ing about it. He did not elab-
orate.
The big payoff originated
on NBC in December, 1951,
and moved to CBS in March,
(continued on page six)
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Rough Day
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■ HOPKINS COUNTY people probably will need both dtetah
and top coats during the month, according to (he U. 8.
Weather Bureau’s long-range forecast. The weather maps
indicate below normal temperature* and heavy i recipttatten
Tales, Okte* Nov. • OP—
Attoraoy Thames Frasier
1mm! a rough day is meaisi-
pel coart. Frasier loet 13 set
of 13 cues, Jadge fee Smith
rvlisi sgaiact hit sileste
each Item. Smith U Frasier’s
Hopkins County
Cotton Ginning
Slowed by Cold
Cotton harvesting has slow-
ed down considerably because
of inclement weather, officials
at the Farmers A Merchants
Compress A Warehouse Co.
of Sulphur Springs reported
Friday.
Bales of cotton stored at
the warehouse total 4,282,
which la an increase of ap-
proximately 050 bales from
the last report on Oct. 23.
Warehouse officials attri-
bute the slow down to the re-
cent rains and bad weather.
“W* expect to get between
400 and 500 more bales be-
fore the season ends,” the of-
ficial concluded.
Fire Damages
Station Wagon,
Gasoline Pump
‘Jim Carroll’s Jeep station
wagon and a gasoline pump at
Rey CWrroll’s Texaco Service
Station on Gilmer Street both
sustained hoaij damage from
fire at 6:50 p.a*. Thursday.
Sulphur Springs firemen re-
lated Friday that gas was be-
ing pumped into the station
wagon whoa faulty wiring in
the electric pump sparked
flame which eadght the car and
pump on fire.
The back end of the
Youth Awaits
Good Scolding
After Sojourn
Nahant, Mass., Nov. 6 (P —
Seven-year-old Thomas Grigg,
Jr., of Nahant has been scold-
ad of late for dallying on his
way home from school. Yester-
day, he failed to return home
at all.
His parents callsd police. The
call touched off one of the big-
gest manhunts in Nahant’s his-
tory. Some 150 persons began
scouring the ares. Army and
Coast Guardspnen joined in the
search. Two skin divers search-
ed the bottom of two ponds.
The Knights of Columbus ad-
journed their meeting and join-
ed in the search.
Early today, Tommy was
found. He was tottering along
one black from his home, com-
pletely oblivious to the excite-
ment.
Tommy explained he knew he
was late returning home from
school. And since he was go-
ing to get the dickens anyway,
a little extra time wouldn't
make any difference. He said
he decided to walk to the ad-
joining town of Lynn to see
the big buildings.
FRIDAY, NOV. «, IBM. « FACES —
Temperatures
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T ft II
To 25 Degrees Here
Greater part of the nation will experience colder than nor-
mal weather in November, according to Weather Bateau's
forecast.
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Except for points on East and West Coasts, precipitation
will be heavy across the nation throughout the month of
November.
OFFICIALS HEAR DATA
Health Unit Proposed
As New Project Here
W. M. Taylor and Joe Wil-
liamson of the health commit-
tee of the Hopkins County
Chamber of Commtrce led a
discussion concerning the pro*
posed establishment of a city-
county health unit at a meet-
ing here Thursday night.
Attending the meeting were
four members of the County
Commissioners’ Court, Judge
W. B. Kitts, Henderson Amox,
Bill Miller and Raymon Stew-
art and three members of the
Sulphur Springs commission,
Mayor Harold Morris, A. D.
Jacobsen and Joe Woosley.
Others in attendance includ-
ed Than Seaman, John Sparks
Bell, Phil Sartin, W. E. Brad-
ford, Jim Anderson and Phil
A. Sartin.
Taylor and Williamson, who
have been exploring the possi-
bility of setting up a health
unit here, gave information
they had received from state
officials and others.
Williamson revealed at the
meeting that a new develop-
ment had arisen which might
have an important bearing on
the establishment of a mini-
mum type unit here. He said
that financial assistance from
an outside source is available.
The informal discussion at
the chamber office was of an
exploratory nature, but a ma-
jority of the people in at-
tendance indicated they desir-
ed more information with con-
crete facts.
Initially, the proposed unit
could be established with a
sanitary engineer and clerk to
handle inspections and office
Wert.
Two Separate
Wrecks Damage
Four Vehicles
Four persons escaped in-
jury, but their vehicles sus-
tained an estimated $330 dam-
age in two accidents which oc-
curred in Sulphur Springs
Thursday evening.
The first accident happened
on Main Street at 6 p. m.
when a 1951 Studebaker and
a 1952 Oldsmobile collided
near the intersection of Main
and League streets.
Investigating policemen re-
ported that the Studebaker,
driven by M Ht on Ilarrett,
pulled out from a service sta-
tion onto Main Street. The
car was headed east.
An east bound Oldsmobile,
driven by Billy Joe Smith, hit
the rear end of the Stude-
baker.
The Studebaker sustained
only $5 damage, but the Chev-
rolet sustained $150 damage.
The second mishap occurred
(continue*! on page aix)
Temperatures plunged
to 25 degrees in Sulpnur
Springs early Friday
morning as a powerful
Canadian norther
brought this area’s 196&
growing season to an abrupt
•act with a heavy freeze;
It was the coldest weather
experienced here since last
F«b. 7 and the first freesing
temperature since last March
Another sharp freeze was
predicted for tonight as con-
tinued strong north winds lim-
ited the warming process dur-
ing the day.
Abnormally high atmospher-
ic- pressure marked the on-
slaught of the cold air.
Highest For Hill
Relph Hill, local weather ob-
server, declared the barome-
tric reading of 30,80 inches at
11:45 a.m. as the highest he
has seen.
Bill said last night’s pressure
of 90.70 inches was cited on a
Dallas television weather pro-
gram as unusually high. By 7
a.m., the pressure had risen to
30.T8 inches. It was holding
steady at the 30.80 level dur-
ing the middle of the day.
The overnight slide in tem-
peratures started from a high
point of 50 degrees Thursday
afternoon following the arriv-
al Of the cold front early that
morning. i
The mercury had climbed
only to 39 degrees at noon.
Frost warnings were posted
by the U.S. Weather Bureau
as far south as Houston, whiidi
was advised to prepare for a
32-degree temperature tonight.
Considerable lea
Hill said considerable ice
formed here early thiz morn-
ing, although the wind held
back frost accumulation. He
expressed belief all unprotect-
ed tender vegetation was kill-
ed. “*
Heavy frost Is expected to-
night if the wind slackens.
The cold wave brought freez-
ing temperatures over Texas
as far south as the Austin area
last night. Heavy rain fell in;
the lower Rio Grande Vttlley.
Dal hart held its customary
position ss the state’s coldest
spot with a frigid 14 degrees.
The U.S. Weather Bureau
predicted temperatures averag-
ing 6 to 8 degrees below nor-
mal in F.ast Texas during the
next five days with a warming
trend developing Sunday. Lit-
tle or no precipitation is ex
pected.
Sulphur Springs’ 25-degree
temperature was a new record
low here for Nov. 6, although
20 degrees wan recorded here
on Nov. 3 arid 4, 1961,
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‘MR. ROTARIAN’ HONORED BY CLUB — Mr. and Mrs. Rtdmond Sheppeard pose hap-
pily on the steps of the First Presbyterian C hurch with a wedding cake presented them
by the Sulphur Springs Rotary Club as part of a program honoring Mr. Sheppaard f©r
his long record of service. The program and rake were keyed to the Sheppssrds' 50th
wedding anniversary, which is Saturday. (Wright Studio Photo).
Spectacular Accident
Claims Firemans Life
US And SovUi
Diplomats Open
Moscow Talks
REPORT ON LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
station
pump
wsrs
te-
as Ums
caught m fire, and both
heavily
ported.
Saltillo Tuns
In Almost Half
Of UF Quota
The going tNthsiS to ha
slow for tha Hopkins Coaaty
United Fund Friday, with only
1113.60 in
reported.
Practically all this
came from Saltillo in the
Run! Division which turned
$H against s quote of
contribai'
Saltillo
Mrs. Paul
with additional
expected later.
' district workers art
, Frank Steatchay aad
H. J. Amritt •' ,
Tha day’s UF total Hi round
was (23,619, which is
short of th# campaign
|oal of |29,9M.
Rail Union Spokesman
Impresses Andy Carothers
BY ANDY CAROTHERS
It was rainy and 9:00 wss
an early week-end hour, but
severs! hundred young repre-
sentatives from all over Texas
converged on Austin Sunday
morning for what the Austin
American eallad "on# of the
most unusual meetings aver
bald hereabouts.” The occa-
sion was a leadership seminar
sponsored by the Taxa* Junior
Chamber of Commerce and
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Attracted by the stellar list of
speakers aad tha prospect of •
lively gathering, I did not hes-
itate long ks accepting my in-
The crowd was fresh sad
ger to bear what some of the
idem in ear national Ufa had
to my ta tbea
w A ostia auditorium, they
owed aa attitude of rapt at-
dittinfiiiihtd
Corpus Christ! lay minister
whose family owns one of the
largest grocery chains in Tex-
as, began the program by
stressing Christian responsibil-
ity in our democracy. His
forceful stage presence added
to his impact on most of the
audience with his appeal to re-
assess our own lives in relation
to Christian principles and
then be confident in facing the
world.
The next speaker was John
L. Bums, president of Radio
Corporation of America. A» the
head of one of America’s larg-
est corporations, Mr. Burns
spoke of the need for long-
range planning and outlined the
asperate branch of the govern-
ment that he has proposed to
hi the deal with aa orderly develop-
ment of odr country's future.
The inadequacy of the Ameri-
can educational- system occupi-
ed a large part of Mr. Bums’
problem of education, the neSd4 speech and as
for young leadership te our
times. Lyndon B. Johnson, aad
other vital topics.
Howard Bntt, Jr.
Perhaps the most dynamic
speaker of the day was a man
whose position is directly con-
trary to that of Mr. Burns. Cy-
rus Anderson, spokesman for
the railroad union in Washing-
ton, looked about as proletar-
ian as J.P. Morgan when ho
strode to the platform la his
immaculate pin-s t r i p e d suit
with vest. His words' had a
literate quality seldom heard
on railroad gangs. But the sub-
ject of his speech was the need
for labor to never relax its ef-
forts in bargaining with man-
agement for a just distribution
of. the products of industry.
The voice was powerful and
the young, craggy face serious
ss he urged that the same prin-
ciples of laissez-faire, free mar-
ket- democracy, be applied to
unions as are applied tp busi-
ness. After his speech, theraD
j were numerous questions from
1 the floor. Mr. /Anderson had
the inereaMd* use of *on* Hia allotted time
tetevMoa in spreadng both; when he finally stepped down
youth and adult education, and from the platform amid re-
pravtttef better teachers. *
Search Pushed
For Two Men
In Gulf Waters
Corpus Christj, Nov. 6 Ufi—
Three men missing in rough
seas off Corpus Christi after
a blustery north wind whip-
ped into the area turned up
safe today.
But a search still goes on
in Galveston Bay for two
Houston fishermen missing
since Wednesday. Because of
low tide and wind-lashed wa-
ters, the search is , being con-
ducted by a helicopter.
The men missing off the
Corpus Christi area spent the
night in a beach shack.
Two of them are Chet Gal-
laway and Mallard W. Fran-
chier, both of Corpus Christi.
Another man in Franchier’a
boat wasn’t identified immedi-
ately. They were sighted by a
Coast Guard plane.
The search for the trio be-
(Continued on Page Six)
Moscow, Nov. 6 (/PI — U.S.
and Soviet diplomats have open-
ed negotiations on a new agree-
ment for exchange in scientific,
technical und cultural fields.
Tax* news agency said the talks
began in a friendly atmosphere.
Tass said both sides herald-
ed the first 2-year agreement
which expires next January. It
was described as a sound step
toward promoting mutual un-
derstanding.
Chairman Georgi Zhukov of
the Soviet cultural committee
said Premier Khrushchev’s U.S.
trip had opened a new era of
relationships between the two
countries. He apparently did
not mention a charge he made
against the West in a magazine
article last week. He wrote that
the West, and particularly the
United States, has tried to use
the cultural exchange programs
to foist an alien ideology on
other countries.
The new U.S.-Soviet agree
ment is expected to provide
more lengthy visits for iridus
trial experts and also he more
liberal in opening up touring
areas, including some n o w
closed as defense zones.
By the time the first agree
ment expires in Januaiy, both
countries will have exhanged
about 1,500 persons each, in-
volving some 125 projects.
Houston, Nov. 6 IF — A
Houston fire truck and a steel-
laden semi-trailer track collid-
ed in a spectacular crash on
Houston’s north side today.
One fireman was killed.
Three other firemen and the
driver of the heavily loaded
truck were injured — and are
reported in cricial condition.
The fire truck was on its
way to a house fire when the
crash occurred.
The fireman killed was 32-
year-old Willis Neal McWhort-
er.
The 60-year-old driver of the
truck was Bryan Day of Dallas.
Day is said to have received a
possible skull fracture.
Police quote witnesses as say-
ing the truck crashed into the
side of the fire truck at ari
intersection, knocking the fire
truck 100 feet into a ditch.
It was Houston '» lirst fatal
traffic accident in 22 days.
Armed Robber
Being Hunted
At Fort Worth
Fort Worth, Nov. 6 (Jh —
A gunman described by offi-
cers as “extremely danger-
ous” is being hunted follow-
ing a super-market robbery
this morning on Ft. Worth’s
north side.
Fort Worth authorities s*y j
the man posed as a GI wear-
ing fatigues and escaped with I
what may have been a large |
amount of money. Later a i
(Continued on Page Six)
Freak Blais
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Damages Room
In Local Home
Heavy damage was sustained
by one room in Mr. and Mrs.
Dozier Thornton’s home at 405
Houston Street Thursday af-
ternoon when a freak firs de-
stroyed part of the furnishings,
one wall, the curtains and burn-
ed a hole in the floor.
Mrs. Thornton related Friday
that a stove in the room had
been turned on at-1 p.m. Thurs-
day. No one was in the house
for an hour and a half, and
when Mrs. Thornton returned
at 2:30 p.m. there were no
flames, but the room had been
badly burned.
Mrs. Thornton reported that
she smelled gas throughout the
house.
It is not known how the fire
started or died,
Mrs. Thornton explained
that fire or heat from the stove
apparently started a baseboard
burning.
One possible explanation as
to how the fire was extinguish-
ed is that the room was closed
and all of the oxygen burned
and the fire snuffed itself out.
Shopping Center
Plans Big Event
(Continued on
WEATHER
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MBtiil portion* wttJT Uswtml 24 to 42
ar.d 12 to 42 txUciM ao’UH tonight
Partly cloudy o«d cold through ft*'-
"’loPTH CENTRA!. TEXAS Yrmn-
Imp nmnw north with « w«t 2* t"
22 *nd Vi to 45 tunncLt. ,
Partly cloudy and cold * through d«t- j
"'nSrTH CENTRAL TEXAS . &ro
• rally faJr through JpaWW-V'
Saturday caId ayain u.myht h low
•at 24 U> II
NORTHWEST TEXAS Cdnrr.ll,
fair through Saturday Warmer femiaht
aad Saturday wits tawaat tonicht in
th« tft»
SmiTHWKKT TT'XAH flrnml'v
fair through Saturday. War mar Sat-
urday. Lewaat tonight la Ma.
Merchant* 'in the Village
Shopping Center area were
keeping a waty eye on the wea-
ther today as they put the final
touches on plans for entertain-
ing a hig crowd of visitors Sat-
urday with a free breakfast and
other events celebrating the
formal opening of the center.
Breakfast will be served on
schedule from 7 to 10 a.m., but
whether it will be an outdoor
event as planned will depend on
such things as prevailing wind
velocities and temperature
levels.
Headquarters for the break-
fast, the day’s coffee drinking
and other events will be the
parking plaza at the Sabine
Valley Ice Cream Store. If the
morning weather proves too un
muniiiiK wctiincF jn'ricis w/v uu-.
comfortable, the refreshment j and
center will be moved inside the
store.
The formal opening cere-
mony will take place between 8
and 9 a.m. Mayor Harold Mor-
ris and Chamber of Commerce
Manager Jim Anderson are
scheduled to speak briefly.
An orchestra headed by Har-
lan Craig will play at times dur-
ing the day, and i*ecorded music
will be used at other intervals.
Merchandise valued at $650
will be awarded as prizes by
the 21 participating stores and
service establishment* at 4 p.
m. in the parking area
firm will determine its win-
ners at the central location.
Saturday's events will cul-
minate a week-long celebration
l.y establishment* situated in
Steel Industry's
Top Negotiator
Blasts Union
Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 6 OR
—The steel industry’s top la-
bor negotiator says the steel-
workers union is much the
stronger power in the 115-day-
old strike. K. Conrad Cooper of
U.S. Steel says:
“This not a struggle between
giant forces of equal power. It
is a dispute between two par-
ties having vastly unequal pow-
er.
In an address presented for
the Virginia Manufacturers As-
sociation in. Hot Springs, Coo-
ler goes on to say:
“On the company side there
lies only the power to say no
to demands which it canaot ac-
cept — and to SHf£erJthe heat-
ing u-TfiVv take in conaeq sauce.
“No man in the management
of any steel company can shut
down the American steel in-
dustry and deprive the Ameri-
can-'peeple of the products of
Each, it* mills. Nor can any single
individual in government do so
—not even the President of the
United States.
“No . . . there is. oiily one
man who can shake off oar na-
shopping center. (continued on page six)
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