The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 100, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 3, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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The Weather
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I'OKKCAKT: Partly cloudy through Wed-
DrmJ »> ; aarmer thi» afternoon and Wed
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Iks Levelland Daily Sun News
‘WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES” — Byron
VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 100
PRICE: Daily 5c Sunday 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
(AP) The Associated Press
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY3,1959
Public housing project approved for Levelland
REDS CHARGED WITH 'OBVIOUS INTENTION OFCREATINGAN INCIDENT'
Soviets halt U.S. Army truck convoy
By SEVMOl’R TOPPING Jen route from Berlin to West | The Red army was handed two j The corporal in charge refused | HeJmstedt checkpoint, just ovei
BERLIN iAPi The Soviet Un-[ Germany. stern protests and demands for j Soviet demands Monday night foi the border in West Germany was
ion today held a U S. Army con-j The U.S. Army charged that the immediate release. | inspection of the open cargo of j able to supply the men with ho!
vov of four cargo trucks and five | convoy had been detained for j But the Soviet Union brushed j jeeps on the trucks
the
soldiers on the East German auto-j more than 24 hours with the "ob-J off the protests. Negotiations for I men spent the night muffled
bahn within sight of the West Ger-: vious intention of creating an in-(release of the convoy bogged j blankets in the trucks,
border. The convoy was i cadent" on the 110-mile lifeline. down.
man
The U.S. Army unit at
and his i meals
ini The Soviet army let the convo>
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the-j (REDS STOP — Page 5)
A Day
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BY ORL1N BREWER
Scope of the Exchange C1u b j
Boy s Club is gradually being ex- [
panded as interest continues to j
grow in a full - scale community- J
wide V.MCA or Boys Club mote- j
ment.
Latest of the programs to be add- (
ed to T. J. Watt s boxing setup is j
a trampoline pregram.
Sponsors of the Boys Club feel !
that the trampoline will interest a [
much larger cross-section of young- j
sters than the boxing program. The
trampoline will be available for j
use on Tuesday and Thursday ev-
enings, during a time when its use
can be under supervision.
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Although the city council
split sharply on the issue of
public housing Monday night,
nobody should get the idea that
there were any hard feelings
involved.
It was the first really basic
split or tin- current council on
fundamental philosophy and
provided J. Spencer Ellis his
only opportunities to vote on
in issue since be became may-
or.
Ellis called for a voice vote,
after councilman Eddie Pax-
ton expressed sorrow that he
had ever voted for a public
housing investigation in the
first place and Indicated he
would vote against public hous-
ing this time.
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The affirmative votes of A. L.
Cowan and Bob Reid could be
clearly heard, and Paxton's single
negative vote was firm and deci-
sive.
Then there was a moment of to-
tal silence as eyes turned toward
P. J. Marcom. "Did you vote?"
Ellis asked him.
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Deciding ballot
is cast by mayor
as council splits
Members of the city council i
Monday night unanimously approv-;
•d the plat for a new 44-acre .resi- j
dential subdivision, hut split down [
'he middle over the question of low-!
rent public housing for Levelland.
Mayor J. Spencer Ellis, for the I
first time since he took office, was j
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His votes committed the city to j
development of a "workable" pub- J
lie housing project, designed to re- |
place the city’s substandard hous- I
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be paid for over a 40-year-period. I
The housing project will be di-
rected by the Levelland Public
I Housing Authority, an indepen- j
J dent board appointed last year to I
i look into the feasibility of such a !
program.
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THE DECISION on public hous-
| ing was the most controversial in
I a series of council actions includ-
l ing:
1. Approval of the proposed new
| Colonial Heights Subdivision, to-
| gether with provisions that devel-
oper Howell Harpole may develop
and bring into the city lots 1
through ib (about half of the sub-
division; and delay the remainder
of the new subdivision until a later
date.
2. Approval of a new license for
Benito Hernandez, doing business
as Friendly
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WON'T RUN AGAIN
One term was apparently enough for city councilmen
Eddie Paxton (left) and A. L. Cowan. Both men an-
nounced Monday night that they will not be candidates
for re-election in the April 7‘city election. Mayor J. Spen-
cer Ellis, Councilman R. S. (Bob) Reid and Councilmen
P. J. Marcom each have one more year to go on their
current two-year terms.
SIX ACCIDENTS REPORTED
Icy streets blamed
for 5 city wrecks
ICY GLAZE, SNOW CLOSES SCHOOLS
(Photocraft Photo)
Hazardous icy glaze and snow on bus routes Monday
closed Levelland Public Schools and South Plains Col-
lege (above), where activity was virtually at a stand-
Warmer weather
is cracking grip
of Texas winter
still. The college reopened classes Tuesday, but the public
schools remained closed. This aerial view of the college
was taken while snow was still falling Monday.
ALLUSION TO 'NIGGERS' MOST SERIOUS EVENT
. , Icy streets, resulting frrm week-1 was estimated at $10 to the Boggs
r , , taxi Service, gixing en(j snovvs were directly respon ear and $45 to Huff's auto.
Levelland taxi service again after i sible for five city wrecks Sunda>
appearance of 13 Latin Americans \ ancj yioncjay
asking that suspension of the li- \ . ’ .... _
cense be lifted since Hernandez! Approximately $340 damages
wasn't aware of or responsible for!w"e. es lm^ed nl"e ve,hlclps
which slipped and slid into one
violations.
3. Setting salaries for council-
men for the coming two year term
at. $25 per month and for the may-
or at $50 per month, same as is
presently paid.
4. Ordering of city election for
Warming weather started crack-
ing winter's icy grip on much of
Texas Tuesday, although mans
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
RICHMOND, Va. (APi Racial-
Not yet," he said, then slowly schools remained closed and trav-, ]y integrated classes opened un-
added. "I guess I'll have to vote e‘ v'as slowed. j eventfully today in six public
against it." I Freezing rain stopped in the! schools in Norfolk. They contin-
Eyes then switched to Ellis, who forenoon, and the sector stretch-: ued without incident 200 miles to
grinned. "This is what makes a ; ing from the Red River Valley ine north in Arlington County,
man want to resign, he said, westward thiough the Big Lend allusion to "the niggers"
Councilmen, in a good humor de-! tounti \ to LI Paso began slough- came from a cluster of white lads
spite their differences of opinion, ing a heavy coat of ice. at one Norfolk high school. That
roared at h;s discomfort. forecasters, locked for warmer was the nearest thing to an in-
Ellis delayed his decision until weather in all sections of the state cider.t in either community as
witticisms died down, then an- Tuesday afternoon and Wednes- racial mixing got its first’ full-
day, But they expected the titer- 1 sca'e test in the classrooms.
; rury to d.p into the 2Us overnight In an attempt to prevent inte-
J again in the Panhandle. .South'gration from spreading through I SpVt,n of them are
Plains and North Central Texas the whole state, plans for a long- '
Observers predicted the latest range program will be coming to
wet spell would end Tuesday after- a head in the next few weeks in
noon w ith scattered showers in up- tlie governor's office and the Gen-
per East Texas and a drizzle in eral Assembly.
South Central Texas. The Assembly couldn't find a ■
Until the storm abated, ice . way to halt integration entirely in I
J made highways perilous and at, a five-day special session which !
points almost impassable. j came to an end Monday night. !
At one time Tuesday morning Police kept vigil today at the j
* 20 huge trucks were stalled at a Norfolk schools and at Stratford
I hill oi U:S. Highway 8S two miles Junior High in Arlington, a well-1
__: T- v.' i east of Graham after a truck and i to-do Washington subui b. But
tra'ilcr jackknifed on the ice- again it was a matter of hum-
CROSSROADS • slicked highway. State Highway drum performance, of preserving
Six more Virginia schools
integrated without incident Grim,hopeless
survivor search
is continuing
another on slick city streets.
Only one wreck investigated over
the weekend was not due to the
condition of the pavement as a car
driven by Robert Strickland hit s
truck belonging to Roy Kauffman
[April 7, with Bill Carter and Bob | at 8:05 p.m. Saturday.
I Ford as judges, after incumbents | The Kauffman truck was parked
I Eddie Paxton and A. L. Cowan
(MAYOR VOTES — Page 5)
then
nounced he wouid vote in the af
firmative.
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Paxton anil Marcom laugh-
inglv ion oil Ellis to vote a
second time to keep public
housing alive, as they also
rejected a simple resolution
agreeing to present a ‘“work-
able” program, ineluding re-
tirement of existing substan-
dard housing oxer a period of
•years.
Tin- resolution provides for
(A DAY IN THE SUN — Page 5)
Four Negroes attended public [ Junior High,
school classes with whites for the I Upstate in Arlington, police still
first time in the Oid Dominion's | were out with riot equipment, hut
history. They did it again today. | the number was whittled from 100
At Norfolk, there were only pre- io about 70.
liminaries Monday registration! Cars were allowed to drive up
and class assignments in prep- to the school and let out passen-
arat ion for actual classroom study | gors. The school grounds and
today. The three Norfolk white : nearby streets had been blocked
high schools and the same num- J off and only pupils and school em-
ber of junior highs had been ployes allowed to enter Stratford
closed since September in a futile Monday,
attempt to prevent integration. In Norfolk, the
Seventeen Negroes who enrolled city, enrollments are expected to
in the half a dozen schools turned pick up through the next two
up again this morning for classes, weeks. They may not bring stu-
HALIFAX. NS. (APi The
grim search for survivors of the
Hans Hedtoft continued today, hut
State's largest t-escue officials held no hope that
faint radio signals heard duiing
the ri ght were from any of the
95 aboard the missing Danish
High and five
in Norview
in nearby Norview
dent bodies hack to their former Vl'ssr‘'-
level of close to 1U.000.
The signals were picked up by
Danish shore stations at a fre-
quency of 8304 kilocycles, fai
at the curb when hit. Strickland
[told officers that he was blinded
I by bright lights of an oncoming
| auto and pulled over into the truck
1 No ticket was issued and damagt
! to the Strickland car was se
j around $600.
The first of the wrecks caused
by the ice occured Sunday at 8:4.’
| a m. as a car driven by Donald
j Boggs skidded into a vehicle driv-
en by Robert Wilton Huff as Boggs
attempted to make a right tun
| from College Avenue onto Hous
ton.
No ticket was issued. Damage
150 license plates
sold first day
At 11:05 a.m. Agnes Humphrey
Cockrell was attempting to cross
Houston Street going north on Ave-
nue J as the wheels of her car
started spinning. Billy Mack Tilgh-
man, traveling west on Houston
was unable to stop and skidded
into the Cockrell vehicle. if*1
Approximately $15 damage was
set on the Tilghman car and $150
on the Cockrell auto. No ticket was
issued.
John Cannon received a ticket
for negligent collision after an
accident at 12:25 p.m. Sunday,
when his car skidded into a car
being driven by Liandro Coronado.
Coronado was stopped at a light
j in 1st Street "w hen he was struck
by the Cannon car as Cannon at-
tempted to make a right turn
from Avenue H on to 1st Street.
An estimated $45 damage to Cor-
! inado’s car and $10 to the Can-
[ non auto resulted.
James Osbourne received a tick-
et for negligent collision in a sim-
ilar accident at 4:52 p.m. Sunday.
Osbourne was traveling west orr
S)th Street and skidded past a stop
sign ar.d into a car driven by Mrs.
Yallie Hinman on Avenue H. The
Osbourne car received approxi-
mately S65 damage and the auto
Liven by Mrs. Hinman received
damage estimated at $150.
The last collision investigated by
City police was at 12:53 a.m. Mon-
r l\UWI\ IT IWLL I UUL
Lubbock teen-age
singer dies in crash
lay when Charles Lindon Long
Approximately 150 1959 liernsi | going north on Coliege Avenue,
may from the 500 kilocycles set plates were purchased at the Hock- 1 skidded into a light pole as he at-
tempted to make a right turn. Da-
mage to his car was set around
$550 and Long was taken to a local
hospital for examination. He was
Leased Monday.
REPORT
Dear Editor:
I see where the Filipinos
are threatening to turn Com-
munist if we don’t reactivate
their love with bigger shots of
our famous non repayable cre-
dit.
Seems their feelings are hurt
because they note that even
some of our enemies are get-
ting more of this freindship
elixir than they are.
My people expert neighbor
says tiie only way our pal pur-
chasing program is ever go
ing to succeed is for us to see
that each helped country gets
more money than anybody else
does.
_ D. E. SCOTT
TOP ROCK'N' ROLL IDOL
on survivor radios aboard the !<*>' County lax Assessor - Codec
Hedtoft's lifeboats. tor's office Monday, the first dav
Earlier signals picked up at 520 °f sales,
kilocycles sparked hopes Monday County tax assessor - collector
they might be from, passengers or’' Murry. Stewart urged all residents
crew of the 2.758-ton xessel which to bring them titles and 19aS license
crashed into an iceberg off the receipts with them when they comm
southern tip of Greenland Friday, ‘to the court house to purchase their
Officers at this rescue center new tags,
said, however, that Ihe 520 fre- Stewart says that if (he tilie ha;
_ quenry was normally used by been misplaced, approximately li.
302 between Kermit and Odessa ; order against threats which never I MASON CITY, Iowa (APi i The Crickets; of which Holly was planes sending out homing sig-■ days will lie required to obtain a
was closed by the heavy ice sheet developed. i Three nationally know n teen-age the singing star. j n ils-. new one from Austin. In the event
Monday. : Integration began for Virginia ; rock ro|| singers and a pilot Holly, Valens and the Peg Bop-[ The U.S. Coast Guard cutter | that the license receipt has been
Freezing rain warnings were Monday, under order of federal were killed early today when their Pcr decided to fly in order to ar-! Campbell headed Ihe sea hunt lost a new one may be issued from
(TEXAS WEATHER — Page 5) i courts. It started at Stratford, chartered plane crashed in a light t'ive ahead of the troupe and make! with the aid of a German vessel J his office if the registration was
advance preparations. ! and three Danish ships. [ made there last year.
Jerry Dwyer, owner of Ihe fix'- The search Monday covered If the registration was made out-
snow northwest of here.
ALSO THREW WHITE WOMAN TO DEATH
26-year old Dallas Negro in jail
after admitting girl's rape-death
The singers were identified as .
Buddy Hollv 2 ’ Rit hie Valens ’ ,n" service, set out to look for Ine 3.600 square miles of ice-studded‘ side of Hockley County a duplic ate
2i and j p ^Richardson known pa"y ullen n,) uor<l < a;no hack seas but yielded no sign of the receipt will hav e t
he obtained
LONGVIEW. Tex. (APi Feel-
ing ran high-today in the Negro
community of this East
city after Willie Philpoit
nvimty.
Philpott was charged with the
Texas skiving of Ihe Longview girl
26. a i Goff. She died Friday and
ro. admitted raping and slay- body was found Saturday.
professional as the "Big Hopper.”
Holly was a Lubbock. Tex., na-
tive who helped found "The Crick-
ets." nationally known rhythm
and song group. Rieliardvv on was
a former Beaumont, Tex., disc
jockey. Valens Was from Los An-
geles.
Joy The four-place plane was char-
her | tered from tlie Dwyer Flying Serv-
• ice of Mason City. The pilot was
10-year-old girl and killing The Gregg County sheriff said
i woman by throw ing her from I white woman. Janice Hunter. 25.
’he 19th floor of a Dallas hotel.
Sheriff Noble Crawford said his
telephqne began ringing at 6:30 lasf.Iuly 13.
a.m. with calls from Negroes ask-
ing hint to let them deal with the
man
He
turned loose in the Negro com-
munity. Others wanted him freed
anywhere they could reach him.
It was not immediately apparent
whether the Negroes were in-
flamed because of the rape-
slaying of
tratTPe the peace had been broken
in the generally law abiding com-
Roger Peterson of Clear Lake.
The three singers had appeared
from his pilot. He was delayed bo- little Danish vessel, which disap- Deadline for purchasing new tags
cause of early morning fog. pea rod on her maiden voyage. ’ is March 31.
SAYS REDS HAVE PI NPOI NT AC CURACY
Defense minister claims missiles
outdate nuclear weapons of West
MOSCOW (APi Soviet Defense range that r.n carry their years and that at present the So-
Minister Rodion Malinovsky told hydrogen charges to any point on viei air force has the most mod-
the West today its nuclear wrap- earth ... to the very point, for orn nvans of carrying out mili-
ons are outdated. Ho said the they are very accurate.” tarv tasks.
Soviet Union has inlet continental A summary of the defense min- The nav y also has attained a
‘'v'e review of Soviet defenses very high level, he said.
a convicted prostitute, from a ;,t the Surf Ballroom in Clear
Hotel Adolphus window in Dallas Lake Monday night and were on
their way to Fargo, N.D., for an
He also admitted, the sheriff appearance tonight,
said, beating Mrs. Trolly Carter. ! A strong southorlv wind and ballistic missiles that ran deliver
18. a white woman, in a Dallas light blowing snow filled the- air hydrogen bomb warheads with
said some wanted Philpotl office building and stuffing her in (when the plane took off about 1 pinpoint accuracy.
a closet. She was found hours a. m. The heaehcraft Bonanza The Soviet marshal told Ihe
later in a semi-conscious condi- burned when il crashed in a field gist congress of the Soviet Com-
tion. . Ion the Albert Juhl farm 15 miles munist party that the West wants
Philpott could give no reason northwest ol Mason City. 1 to "unleash war with nuclear
for his actions other than that he I Other members of the troupe1 weapons, but this is an outdated , the air on land and sea ”
possessed a compulsion to beat [which appeared at Clear Lake had means.” | He reported that the quality of
the Negro girl or he- women. I left after the show by chartered "We have more perfected vveap- j armaments and technical r equi[>-
The sheriff said Philpoit first j bus for Fargo. They are Dion and ons." lie continued, "ballistic I ment of the Soviet army has im-
(NLGRO HELD — Page 5) Ihe Belmont*, • Frankie Saidu and loekela lung, middle and close ! proved rapidly in the la*t few
was broadcast by -Moscow radio.
If war is imposed on the
U.S S R." he said, "the rocket
weapons will constitute the fight-
ing force, capable of accomplish-
ing the most important tasks in
Gas pilfering trio
caught by police
Wayne Waters of 201 Monroe
took a shot in the dark and missed
Wut he's rid of the culprits who
have been pilfering his gas for
uoout a month anyway.
Waters and his wife had been
missing gasoline from an over-
head tank at their home for about,
a month. Sunday night they heard
a car drive up and watched three
boys prepare to gas up at their
expense.
Waters surprised the trio who
jumped in their car and raced
away. As they were pulling away,
Waters fired a shot at one of their
tires. The shot went astray but he
was able to get the license num-
ber.
Monday afternoon City Police-
men Charlie Ellis and E. O. Simp-
son found the three boys, two 17-
year-olds and a 20-year-old, riding
around town.
Then be sharply told Ihe United
States:
"It is written very frequently The three, Merrel Godwin and
overseas that the United States Donald Shaver of Levelland and
Navy is capable of landing troops Keith Karnes of Dimmitt. were
at any point on our coast. taken before corporation court and
"It appears to me that it would fined $50 after entering a guilty
he a good thing for those over- plea.
seas to _;!ve a thought about the , The bovs are presently in Hock-
vulncrabili’y of their own sea ley County jail after being unable
coa*t." | to pay then lines.
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