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BR ECKEN RIDGE. TEXAS —FRIDAY. MAY 27. 1955
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HI IN ED Hl)MK Shattered remains of home in K! !. <'ki i . indicated f'-rve i.f tornado which killed
tv m thi* northern Oklahoma city latf W.>.tn.,«t.,y ni«ht before moving north to completely
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By KENNETH MILLER
LONDON il'JV — Sir Anthony
Kden'a Conservative party official-
ly won the British election Fridav
when it* number of seat* reached
315, the number needed to com-
mand it majority of the House of
Commons.
At 1:15 p. nu («:55 a. nt. est) the
Conservative* had 315 seats to La
bor's 345, a net gain of 15. The
Liberals won four seats. The pop-
ular vote was Conservative 12,134,-
!* , Labor 11,128,221.
The pro-American 'Eden's party
triumph over labor was an almost
complete rout.
Attlee (omebark Smashed
It mashed an attempted come-
back by former Prime Sinister
-■FLOODS THREATEN, STORMS
ROD TO TRAGIC DEATH TOILS
Search For Two
Hissing Boys In
City Successful
A three-hour search on Thursday
afternoon for Wayne Richardson,
ace five and a half, and Kenny
Joe Morris, age four, ended about
Clement Attlee's Labor party and 5:15 p. m. when Abrey Hobson
KB Clean Up °ri« B
To u. s. soHiers Gaining Momentum
KAISKRSLAITKRN. tiermany 1 "
r|'P> American evangelist Bill:
Graham has accepted a crusade
challenge at thi vu t soldier
• valley of stn." the L'. S. Army an
nouriced I* MUM) ,
The North Carolina preacher,
u ho just completed c< rusadea in
Scotland and i^'iidon. ha* agreed
to preach here J'llie before an
rvp rte«l loins. American "ldier*
and their depend. nt*. the Army
Will.
Army chaplains invited (iiahani
for .1 "tie nigh' campaign at tile
la • \n er it an armed forre.i
community outside the t nite3 j
State* H*- will hold his service in 1
the huge VogeUeh *portS . tadlUIII
liraham's -« h-duied appearance
here *.« re* irded as one of the
bigg. rhalu-nres in his enrrent
t..ur of Britain and Europe. L'ntil
recentiv. thi- built up military
■ r>-a west of the Khine Ruer «■
reputed to he one of the most i
M ..1.11 ruled on l' W 1
Texas Tallies 37 ~1
New Polio Cases
Al'STIN 'I P Tpxu> t# lli«*d 'IT
new polio €.!**• U t w«eh* m-arly
frpnrtrd
r:m h no ittht-r ctw
than tun rawj.
SEEN or HEARD
C.M.H.
The city of Bierkentidge moved
Thursday night into the clean up
paint up-fix up campaign that
started Monday. was releived h\
the state highwa> department Fn
day, and will h. in action again
Friday night. cleaning, sp-aying
and foniniE
The street sweeper was put into
action Thin sday ruifht in the >l"«n
town arrii to clean the *tie. t.-, and
Friday morning Di-n Mun- II of
Scattered Rain
Falls h Texas
As Storms Abate
By I MTF.D PRESS
A low pressure area that spavin-
ed tornadoes and heavy winds
moved on out of the stat - Friday,
but general cloudiness still hung
over much ">f the eastern part of
Texas.
The vicious squall line left h«
hind it a trail of death ami de-
struction. An \n Force B from
Roswell, N M . ran •"at mo*
pheric turhulenee" neai Sterling
I'itv in West T-x.i.- ear!* Thurs
day and crushen 1*1 ti 1 • - Chit
teen bodies f th.- 15 crewi en
aboaid had been recovered h*
almiblr the l'. lecorded in the pre-
ceding se*rn dais. the State
Health liepartment reported Fri-
(by
However, the total of I'll for
thus far this >ear remained for
ur.de. the t7."> logged during the
comparable period in I9M.
Th. !" cas<- recorded last week
compared with 45 tallied in the early Malay
■in 1 ilar period last year. A tornado was reported s-.ith
H irn- county pace.1 the state ' ea«t of Wiich.ta Falls and nn-th-r
With I.' fa.te« Bexar and Dawson i*ht.-d west of Merk-I. -■> miles
Counties lejstiieil three -asea *est of Abilene. Thurwlav No
h No otlter county had more damage was reported I mm . .'her.
Liichtninir s.t fire to home* in
Fiaher ami Blown countii -, while
hail damair-- was report.il in the
Wichita Falls-Vernon se«-tions.
Rain fell from the Panhandle and
Red River V'allev >.«uth of Ozona.
The temperature soan-d to I• !♦>
d irre -H at Alice Thursday and
ranged downwaril to at Dalhart.
The cloudiness that covered the
the State Highway repartment
took up with a sweeper where the
city lett off, and a crew m to
clean tne streets lrom city limita
to city limits.
The city in addition to sweeping
put the togging machine into ac-
tion auainst mosquitoes, and will
continue this activity tonight. In
audition the spraying machine will
be put into use along th« creeks.
As tlu stieets have been cleaned,
it is ashed b> thoee in charge that
n sweeping downtown sidewalks
that the Hash, especially paper, be
pnh'd up and not swept into the
gutter. •
In ail :i places of businea* have
signed to paint up or fix up,
( laude Peeler nU Friday morn-
ing. the latest being that the Mel-
ton Funeral home will puint the
entire house. Toland's Service
Station has been added to the faint
ap list. About four crew s ot uaint-
.1- viere at work Friday morning
nd 111 a short time the downtown
present a
described as
<>n.. blur in the picture is the front
ot the building owned by a Dallas
theater company, but a committee
from here will contact these own-
ers 111 the near future to ask that
they join in the general beautifica-
tion movement.
It was stated emphatically that
ii.-i.'i before has such o -operution
been received here in such a move-
ment as is now under way.
Kesid. ntiai activities reported
included five from Precinct two.
>"*en from Precinct three, eleven
from Precinct four, and five in the
High mount sect'on. The largest
report of clean up activity came
<lorn Precinct one which recorded
sixty two.
and 111 a short time the doi
\ytion of the city will pri
rit^? 100k. What was descr
swept the Conservatives back into
firm power in a sharp swing to
the right.
Friday's windup tally of votes
cast in the Thursday general elec-
tions sent the Conservative major-
ity in the House of Commons rock-
eting high above the slim 18- eat
margin they held in the former
parliament
The trend indicated it might
reach or pass a majority uf 75
seats over the Socialists.
Triumph for Men
It lifted the handsome, 57-year-
old Kden triumphantly out of the
shadow of Sir Winston Churchill,
whom he succeeded as prime min-
ister only 52 days ago.
It was a general Tory sweep, the
first solid mandate to be given to
either party by the British voters
since 13*45, when they gave a «im-
ilar mandate to Attlee's Socialists.
The Labor party lost iu last
mathematical chance of winning at
1:52 p. m. IS:.">2 a. m. est) Friday.
At that time, the Labor party, with
<!42 seats, could no longer win even
if it took all the remaining con-
test*.
Deportment Store
kcwain Show*
DALLAS <LJN—Department store
wUeo showed a 13 per cent j+er-
■C* «rfl fn the 11th Federal Re
•erve District for the week ended
May 21, compared with the same
week last year, a report showed
Friday.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Oallas said sales for the district
were up an average of 16 per cent
for the four week period ended
May 21, compared with the similar
period last year.
Biggest gain for the one week
period was shown by San Antonio
with 28 per cent. El Paso reported
a 14 per cent increase. Fort Worth
11 per cent, Houston and Dallas
found the boys playing safely in a
draw near South Miller Street.
Wayne is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Richardson of 811
West Wheeler and Kenny is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morris,
who live on West Elliott.
Mrs. Richardson stated that her
son, Wayne, came into the house
about 2 p. m. ami asked her when
the Abilene TV would come on,
then returned to the yard. She
stated that several minutes later,
after caling the boy and receiving
no answer, she went to the Morris
home in search of him and there
discovered that Kenny was also
missing.
Friends and neighbors joined in
a thorough search of the neigh-
borhood. About 4 p. m. the police
department was asked to join in
the hunt and announcement was
made over the radio of the two
missing lads.
Shortly after four p. m. search-
ers found the missing pair's foot-
prints in a pond where they had
waded and fears were held for a
short time that they had drowned.
After a thorough inspection of the
pond, the group again branched
out to look and Mr. Hobson, who
is a friend of the Richardson fam-
ily, found the boys shortly after
five.
The families of the children ex-
pressed thanks early Friday for
all the. help they received from
neighbors, friends and the police
department during the search.
Three Admitted To
Local Hospitah
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports three admissions and three
dismissals during the past 24
hours in the only activity reported |
by local hospitals.
Medical entries were Virginia
Soto and Dook Purdnm while How-
■ird Miller was admitted on Thurs-
day afternoon and dismissed early
Friday, other dismissals were Mrs.
>r:il Olson and baby.
AWAITS AID—Elderly worn: n awaits aid after being injured in
tornado which struck small town of L'dall, k.ins., shortly betore mid-
night Wednesday, killing 54 :nd injurin_ 2«hi. 1 NKA Telephoto)
Stiff Standards
hrSnlk Vaccine
Are Announced
Yankees Win In
9tb Over Cards
In 10-9 Game
By
Debate Opened
On Tai Measure
cigari
eastern portion of th- state moved gasoline one and one-half cents
up from the liulf Coast as far each, and aimed at closing a 166
north as the Dallas-Fort Worth million gap between income and
area. West Te*as. however, gener- spending.
llv was clear. The estimated deficit had been
Scattered rains f.-ll Thursday figured earlier us $58 million but
night and before dawn in north- Sen. littis Lock, sponsoring the
east Texas, with Texarkann re substitute tax proposal, said fur
:as.
porting 1.13 inches Wills Point
got 1 2" inch.**, while Dallas re-
cei*ed .# , Austin .i 7. rind Fort
Worth .05
Low readings during the night
ranged from 47 at Dalhart up to
«o at <°orpus Ch*-isti Other low
i.nhi. tluh tanking for some oae
to take a crippled child lo the Kerr-
«ille « amp for the apeaiag on
June 5 . . . The city is testing
water in the new staCage Ink far
odor and taste before taming the
water into the maina . • • The oeal
t hamhrr of ( ommrrre community
breakfast will be Wednesday morn-
ing.
J siie Baker and C. D. Doffle-
pieyer with adjacent gardens have
Vegetable growths pleasing to look
at . . . The court hous off ires will
be closed foi the holiday Monday
. . . Eddie Huffman, former Bucli-
sroo, will g.-t his diplonia from
Haidin Simmons Monday . . . Best
fishing at P. K. lake is at 6 and
20 feet.
Saturday will bp Poppy Day in
Rreekenridge . . . I'oaoum Kingdom
l ake lack* about 2't feet of being
full ami l-ake Daniel about sis
inches State Park has erected 1 m ■ A
U«r free fish.., stall, at the boat BOIM) CttUSO
dock* for 1 he public . . . Joke Soo- _ . _ , . ^ .
defer and Jerry Cramer lo play Qf Ah Okie CrOSR
football wtth the "Kant at Chil- WB W
dress oo \ 11 gust 1. HONG KONT, (I P' The gov
.. , . (ernment announced Friday that a
Bob Harkr.der ph' <*ed he opened time bomb caus..l the crash of an
new C. R. Anthony Store in Jack- . Air India <*onste!lation that killed
son. Miss >esterda>. one was open- " Oiinese Communists last
ed in Oklahoma City the same day. j month.
and ther^ was only $10 difference ; Police have detairu-d sewn! sus-
in the business done . . . W. H. Pect*. informed sources said.
(Boss) Mcl'herson transferred The Hong Kong government
from here to Harris Memorial Hos-1 statement, ndmitting that the sah
pital in Ft. Worth . . . Mrs. Theo otage probably was committed
May gone to AAM for her son; her*, confir.ned th«- report of an
Jimmy's graduation, and Mr. and 1 official Indonesian court of inquiry
Mrs. Fdgar Cain gone to Corpus 1 that a bomb explosion causr-d the
Al'STIN ILP —The Senate, by
1 vote, Friday opened debate
>n .1 compmmiao tax bill increas-
ing .-t.ite levies on cigarets and
ther calculations by State Comp-
tn>ller Robert S. Calvert had
trimmed the total by about $2 mil-
lion.
As debate <>peiied. Sen. Warren
Mi Donald of Tyler questioned in-
cr.asing the cigaret tax by one
ever had." the two officers said. |
"He was real culm and acted as if
Andrew #h« almost were glad to see us."
The officers at the time of the
arrest were on the lookout for a
Negro bandit who robbed two
Waco filling stations the past
week.
Chnsti to visit their daughter
And. warmer days are ahead, they
aay.
Thought For The Moment: Too
grow ap the day you bore
find
reading* include Brownsville, San ""1 "lie half cents, protesting that
Antonio ami tJalv. st..n 7s I..,,. .|o the increase to the consumer will
79. Houston 7;:. Po.t Arthur 75, two cents.
Austin 7H. Del Hi". Waco arwl T *^
arkana >'<*. San Ang< lo and Mid-
land 5* Abilene «|. El Paso «O, S-S L- I O II >
LubNick .*••>. Amarillo 52. Wichita IN VpWT
™VSki""•""""T:l J* rTy*,Li* Test:
HOL'STON il'.pi—Houston po-
lice reported Friday that shape-
l> H.slv Lamarr, long accustom-
ed to box office crowds, was too
upset for a lie detector machine
to function properly as she and
other members of her household
took tests about a $50,<IU0 jewel
theft from her home.
Three different lie detector
tests given Miss Lamarr were in-
conclusive, Detective B. M.
Squyres said. Miss Lamarr her-
self had first suggested that she
and other members of her home-
hold take the teat, police said.
Miss Lamarr was wearing a
black dress with a touch of
w hite around the collar. She ap-
peared prim, although slightly
nervous.
Newsmen tried to talk with
her about the reported jewel
theft, but she Mid she had noth-
ing to my,
Victim Picks Him O* Of Line Up
Kat is iKimna ■
HMO una. UK CMS
WACO, Tex. 'I'Jfi—Murder am! licemen T. J. Rickey and C. A.
rape charges were filed Friday Phillips, who said his car resern-
against a cool, slow-talking Fort bled the one used by a filling sta-
Hood, Tex., soldier, picked from :< tion bandit.
police lineup as the lover's lane "He was the coolest customer we
bandit w-ho killed a white airman
defending his sweetheart's honor.
The Negro, Marion
Washington of Bremond. Tex., was
arrested earlier Friday by two
Waco policemen looking for a fill-
ing station bandit. He was charged
with murdering, last April 3, Air-
man 1C Henry Poole, £1, of Spart-
anburg, S. C.
He also was charged with rap-
ing a WAF from James Connaliy
Air Force Base at Waco, last
March 26. and with four armed
robberies. When he told Poole he
was going to rape his fiance..
Poole replied: "Over my dead
body."
Poole tackled the Negio, who
shot him with a .45-caliber pistol.
The Negro fled and Poole's fian-
cee. Dorothy Papendorf, 2'i, es-
caped being attacked.
Miss Papendorf, picked Wash-
ington out of u police lineup of
seven persons and said he was the
one who threatened to rape her.
Sheriff C. C. Muxey, who earlier
labeled Washington as "our hot
test suspect yet," said he was
wearing a !!M*> class ring that one
of the robbery victims. Airman C.
P. Echols, identified as being ta-
ken from him in a lover's lam-
holdup last March 28.
The suspect also had a .45-cali-
ber pistol in his car and officers
said it resembled one used by the
lover's lane bandit.
The Negro also wns identified by
two other holdup victims. He waj
arrested about 4 a. m. by City P -
crash
The plane crashed in the South
China Sea about «ix hours after
taking off fnm Hong Kong April
II carrying Chinese Communist of
ftcials and newsmen to the recent
Afro-Asian conference at Bandung,
Information has been rereived
that Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stanley of
Kansas City, Missouri are parents
of a baby girt born Tuesday, May
24. in Kansas City. The baby has
been named Barbara Leigh. Ma-
teraal grandparents are Mr.
■wnf 11 iii§ m m
_rr I ** MVUip flf
Ran Found Lying
Beside Highway
A man. identified by a card in
his pocket as Bill Todd., and his
mother Mrs. J. D. Harrington of
Henderson, Texas, was found lying
beside the road of Highway 80 just
east of the roadside park east of
town, and brought to Stephens
Memorial hospital in a Satterwhite
ambulance.
Sheriff Chase Booth said the
man stated he and another had
picked up a hitchhiker who made
him jump out of the car at the
point of a gun, hut no bad bruises
were found on him. Booth added
the man later told a local phyiician
he had recently been released
from a veteran's hospital in Waco.
The man had no money on him.
Hank Satterwhite said, and at first
foul play was feared. But the man
stilted later to Booth he had been
mndc to jump out of the car be-
cause he had no money.
By MICHAEL J. O'NEILL
WASHINGTON «l .Hi—The gov-
ernment Friday announced the for-
mal adoption of stiff new- safety
standatu* lor Salk polio shots "to
make a good vaccine better'' and
to protect "our children."
Manufacturers said the move will
delay full resumption of the na-
tion's inoculation program by at
least six weeks. But they uiuini-
mously agreed to the standards
early Friday in the interests of
safety.
In a statement issued well after
2 a. m. est. Surgeon General Leon-
ard A. Scheele proclaimed the safe-
ty of all vaccine "already produc-
ed and used," except for two sus-
pect lots by Cutter Laboratories.
"Only PoosiMe Course'
But he said the manufacturers
and scientists who met here all
week agreed new safety standards
are the "only possible course" to
insure protection for America's
children.
Scheele said the government's
new vaccine clearance committee
hopes to make recommendations in
a few days regarding the clearance
of vaccine made by Pitman-Moore
and Wyeth Laboratories.
This vaccine, approved once, was
ordered rechecked three weeks
ago. Scheele indicated it will be
cleared. He said the inspection re-
port on the two firms was "excel-
lent." Vaccine by Parke Davis and
Eli Lilly was released previously.
Caller Kesameo Production
Scheele said Cutter Laboratoes,
whose vaccine has been under sus-
pension. is resuming production un-
der the revised standards. Its vac-
cine will, of cours have to be
cleared by the government batch-
by-batch before being distributed.
The surgeon general's announce-
ment came at the end of an all
week dispute over what form the
safety standards should take. It
also climaxed a marathon, 15 hour
final session which didn't wind up
until 12:20 a. m. Friday.
Five of the vaccine manufactur-
ers agreed early Thursday to go
along with the standards. But Pit-
man-Moore, which will ha>e to do
more retesting than the others,
didn't agree until late Thursday
night after hours of discussion
with top Public Health Service of-
ficials.
The First National Hunk Yan-
kees Thursday evening defeated
Warren Petroleum Cardinals hy a
score oi* lo to y, ba^es on balls
coupled ** ith errors being largely
responsible tor the heavy scoring.
In fact the Cardinals scored their
nine runs in the top half of the
fourth on six passes ami two hits.
This put them in the lead to 5,
but the Yankees followed with
three in the next frame, and a.lded
one earh in the next two innings
to emerge the winner.
Batteries for the Yankees were
Martin, Boyles, McMahan and
Machen. with Martin credited with
the victory. Batteries for the
Cardinals were Whitley, Wampler,
Fields and Williams.
In the minor league teams meet-
ing, the Breckenridge Insurance
Agents Cats defeated the Popular
Store Kagles by a score of 4 to 1.
This game went three innings with
Jimmy Thomas the winning pitch-
er, and Harold Doll ins his catcher.
Teams slated to meet tonight
are the Red Sox vs the Cubs and
the Missions vs. the Buffs.
Plane Lands Safely
After Fire Starts
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. a\P>—pas-
sengers from an American Air-
I lines fX'-7, which made an emei-
1 gencv lauding after an engine
cauglit fire, continued their flight
; on another plane early Friday.
The plane, carrying 51 passen-
gers and crew members, landed
I here last night after the No. !t en-
gine caught fire. It wa.i en route
to Dalias from Chicago.
Blackwell River
Rages; 7 Inches
In Little Rock
By LEROY A. HAM ANN
BLACKWELL, Okla. an- Fiord
waters all but isolated this toniad' -
devastated city Friday and ths
death count from killer toinador*
rose far past the 1U0 mark.
Tornadoets have killed at lea t
122 persons in Kansas, Oklahoma,
Texas and Missouri since they be -
gan their rampage through tlia
nation's midsection Wednesday
night.
L'dall, Kan., across the state lit^
from Blackwell, was a total wreck,
wiped out by the worst tornado in
Kansas history.
At Blackwell, flood waters free i
the rain-swollen Chikaskia Rivt r
had nearly cut off the tornado-
shattered city of 15,000 from th%
outside world.
Two Highways Closed
Two highways leading into th«
city were closed and more weie
likely to become impassable with-
in a matter of hours. City official*
feared the water would teat 'i
homes in the city which hail es-
caped the tornado's fury.
About 150 residents just east <■<
the city's tornado-stricken are i
were evacuated. Officials said th<
rest of the city, including blocki
of wrecked homes, was not in in.
mediate danger from the tlood
ters.
Slate-by.Stale Count
A state-by-state count of tli •
dead and injured showed:
Kansas—Udall destroyed at, |
76 dead. Eleven dead at the ne-ii
b> village of Oxford, including
five children from oae family, 1c •
a statewide total nt #7 aeaa an I
at least 300 injured. State otficia
feared more bodies would be foun 1
in the Udall debris Friday.
Oklahoma — Seventeen persov •
dead, 500 injured, 500 homes in 7
blocks destroyed at Blackwell.
Two more dead at Cheyenne f- i
a state total of ltf.
Texas — fifteen airmen kill. !
when a B-.'W> ran into a violet
storm over Sterling City ai: !
crashed.
Missouri—One man killed hy >
twister near Paris, Mo. tart i
buildings wrecked and trees ii|
' rooted.
More Tornsdoes Sighted
More tornadoes raged thiou^'i
Arkansas, Iowa, and Illinois Thui
I day night. Tornado alerts were I
(Continued on Page 2)
Three Sweetwater
Coaches Resign
SWEETWATER, Tex HP'
Three assistant coaches at Sweet
water high school Friday annoum
ed their resignations, effective at
the end of the current school yeai
I to take jobs with other schools
Line Coach Ray Newton said h-
1 has accepted a position as I! teai
| coach at Odessa high school. Kn I
'Coach D. C. Andrews will becom>
head coach at Memphis hifel>
school, while Freshman I'oach Hi.i
Davis will take over as head coat
at Panhandle high school.
. Newton has served two years ,
Sweetwater line coach, coiriri
from Brady; Andrews and Dai.
both are completing their fir ■'
year at Sweetwater, and both ai
Hardin-Simmons graduate-.. N'e
ton also has been track coach at.-;
Davis tennis coach.
Head Coach Elwood Tumr
hired last March to replace t!
resigned Pat Gerald, said he wou !
hire two assistants and would r-
tain Billy Savage as B team coach
Bdall> Blackwell In Heartbreaking
Tasks Of Rebuilding Their Villages
aweeney * wnvni
INSURANCE AGENCY
in W. Wlliama —
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy and warm thro-
ugh Saturday. Low tonight 7t,
low last night N, high
day M.
To Preach Here
Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Schneider,
of Detroit, will be guests at the
First Presbyterian Churrh Sunday,
May 29. when Dr. Schneider will
Cach at the II a. m. worship
r.
Dr. Schneider was pastor of the
local church from 1924 until 1927.
He then moved to Iowa, where he
held pastorate until about three
years ago, when he was made Ex
ecutiva Synodic*! Secretary ot
By LEROY A. HAMANN
BLACKWKLL, okla. —It I
was graduation night in tornado-
shattered Blackwell Thursday-
night.
This city of 15,000 was in ruins
and threatened by flood waters.
The twister had kill.il IT persons,
injured 500, and wrecked 72'
blocks. But that didn't stop the
graduation evercises. or Black-
well's determination to come back.
The seniors receiving their di- |
p!mnas tii.il to h>ok happy, even
though many of them had h st a j
home or, perhaps, a friend of rela-
tive in the furious twister cone that!
hit Wednesday night.
Their determination to keep go-
ing was symbolic of the spirit in
the devastitatrd towns of Blackwell j
and l'dall. Kan., just across the I
state line.
Coming Out of Daae
The townspeople—those who are
not Sin the crowded hospitals—are
coming out of their daze. The]
talking about rebuilding
towns gad their lives.
Scarcely 12 hours after the tor
nado struck, the work of rebuild
ing was getting started in Blae
well.
Residents were moving nb"
their wrecked homes, hauli".
away debris, trying to make rr
pairs wherever possible.
And in Udall, Mayor Earl Rov -
just won't give up hope.
He told United Press co
respondent Ward Colwell tha^ mo-
of his fellow townspeople want i'
rebuild their homes
bark to live in Udall.
His first
and eo:ii
build a
fiey're
their
project is to
by SO foot huilding to house tV
homeless, who are now living i •
a gymnasium and armory in neai
hy Winfield.
Bank Deposits Are Safe
Another Udall resident, bar
cashier c. F. Hilldebrand. W. r*
ported that the vault of the Stat ■
Bank of Commerce had be-
somehow spared and the recor ',
and deposits were intact
hia wife are likd
a>
!>menow sparea am
rid depoeiU were in
Hilldebrand and hi
am
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 105, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1955, newspaper, May 27, 1955; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135066/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.