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BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS—TUESDAY, JAN. 22, 1957
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS, SUNDAY 10 CENTS
New Pay Opened
In Bowar Field
Of Stephens Go.
Warren Petroleum Corp.. Oil Di-
vision, has completed No. 3 ,Vade
Boyd as a Conglomerate discovery
opening a new pay in the Bo war
f ield of Stephens County.
Location is eight miles south-
east of Woodson in A. C. Mc-
Donald Survey, Abstract 972.
Daily potential was 135.49 bar-
rel# of 40.8 gravity oil. flowing
through a 14 M-inch choke with
pounds on casing and 1,200
tang. Flow w.os from 112 per-
ons at 4,139-53 feet. Casing
at 4,200 feet. Gas-oil ratio
1940-1.
Other pays in the field are the
Caddo and Mississippian.
Stephens Oil and Gas Corp. of
Lubbock No. 8 Pratt was com-
pleted two miles southeast of Elias-
ville as a producer in the De-
Long (Zone C) Field. It is in Sec-
tion 1031, TE&L Survey.
Daily potential was 83.4 barrels
of 41 gravity oil flowing through
a 12-64-inch choke with packer on
(Vising and 175 on tubing. Flow
was from 4-per-foot perforations
at 4,089-4,037 feet. Total depth was
4,089 feet with casing set at 4,087.
Gas-oil ratio was 600-1.
Woodson Oil Co., of Fort Worth
No. 1 O. H. Parrott-Edwards will
be a plugback operation in the reg-
ular field three and a half miles
northwest of Woodson.
•Slated for 3,350 feet it spots
467 feet from the south and east
lines of Section 955, TE&L Sur-
vey.
farewell Social
Dr. Newman
Members of the First Baptist
Church honored Dr. Guy Newman,
interim pastor, with a' farewell
pastor,
'ter the i
the fellowship
social after the Sunday night serv-
halT of the
ice in
church.
The table was covered with a
white linen cloth and "centered with
a -large arrangement of pink stocks
and silver appointments. Home
made cake and coffee was served
to some 200 members.
Music was furnished by Mrs. H.
V. Walker.
Dr. Newman, in his final mes-
sage, predicted the brightest fu-
ture for the church in its histo;—
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WAITING—Excited residents of the tiny principality of Monaco are
waiting for the sound of cannon fire that will announce arrival of
the heir that will insure their autonomy from France. A 101-gun
salute will be fired if baby is a boy, and a 21-gun cannonade if a
girl. The mother-to-be, Princess Grace, left, is shown here in a Tecent
photo strolling with her mother, Mrs. John B. Kelly through the
palace gardens.
a finer gmup of people. The church
is looking forward to having their
new pastor, Kev. Byron Bryant,
with them.
Congratulations
To Three Couples
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Allen of
11 o'.t N'. Breekenridge are parents
of a baby girl born at 5:41 p. m.,
January 21. The baby weighed
seven pounds, seven ounces.
World Peace Leadership
Sought In Use's Speech
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_.;,h United Press Staff Correspondent
: u/A0uiW!Tnw irvi f'nn.,i'Qeu-.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Elliott Smith
of 1112 W. Kim, are parents of a
baby boy born January 21 at 1:48
p. in. The baby weighed seven
pounds, fourteen ounces and has
oeen named Daniel Elliott.
A seven pound, eleven ounce
baby boy was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Ellis Jones of 800 W.
Lindsey, at 4:35 a. m., January 22.
The baby has been named David
Wayne.
v Seen or Heard
By C. M. H.
The second cold front hit at
10:20 thin morning and it will be
below freezing tonight Added
information on Oklahoma storm
said about ten injured Our
condolences to the McCathren fam-
' ||y, many of us lost a friend—
Mrs. McCathren requests no flow-
ers but contributions to the Heart
Fund instead.
Concerning Rev. Byron Bryant,
Mrs. K. F. Mahood, Stamford writ-
er, sent us in tide carried today,
and said "I hate like fury to send
you this for he is my pastor" ....
Sheriff Chase Booth has returned
Billy Joe Sisk from the penite.i-
-harged with car theft in
with the Palo Pinto
Srtak No fire runs
Airs.
ments
tting ser.
I—am"
lake' project
**V _
892 paid—and we
are on
senator thrs year .... W. M. Mos
ley returned home from hospital
yesterday, improved after heart
attack .... Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Webb drove a mile and a quarter
to the Zack White's last night at
7:30 o'clock, and on return at 10
•'dock counted 25 jackrabbits
killed on the highway.
Capt Tom Seely has received re-
sort on National Guard inspection
and it was "excellent" Thirty
FFA boye .enjoyed outing Friday
at Bobby Holder camp—some one
has been breaking out window
panes there The Bob Houaels
feeling loss of their big red angora
cat—if seen report. And, on
the comer of Breckenridge Ave-
nue and Walker Street we have a
sign that reads "avenues" in both
coses, as you probably have
noticed.
Thought For The Moments We
tire of those pleasures we take,
tint never of those we give.—
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WASHINGTON <U — Congress
men today hailed President Eisen-
hower's second inaugural address
as an historic bid to freedom-lov-
ing people everywhere to accept
America's unselfish leadership for
peace.
The brief and eloquent speech,
which Mr. Eisenhower delivered
after taking his second term oath
Monday, had a delayed-action im-
pact on Congress. The lawmakers
had little time to ponder its impli-
cations until today since they, like
the President, were caught up in
the hectic activity of the three-
hour inaugural parade and the fes-
tive inaugural ball that lasted into
Former Resident
Of Caddo lies
In California
Mrs. Jessie Jenkins, 83, a resi-
dent of Caddo for many years, died
Monday in Long Beach, California,
where she had been visiting her
son, John Jenkins, for the past
two years.
Her body will arrive in Ranger
Wednesday morning and Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock grave-
le services will be held in Mace-
donia Cemetery under Satterwhite
arrangement.
Tommy Kelton, minister of the
Church of Christ of Odessa, will
officiate.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by four
sons and one daughter of the im-
mediate family. The sons are
Grudy, Lee, and Wyatt of Dager-
ton, Utah, besides John of Cali-
fornia. The daughter is Mrs. B. G.
Smith of Odessa. A sister, Mrs. C.
T. Stone of Dallas, and seven
grandchildren and five great grand-
children also survive.
the small hours of t^iftj&qjeRjng..
"By tettay, i ie^tf6vld
flavor of the President's address
was sinking in, and with it, the
recognition that Mr. Eisenhower
had staked out for this nation un-
precedented global responsibilities.
Recognize, Accept Involvement
"We recognize and accept our
own deep involvement in tne des-
tiny of men everywhere," Mr. Ei
senhower had said. "We must use
our skills and knowledge and, at
times, our substance, to help oth
ers rise from misery, however far
the scene of suffering may be from
our shores."
Some conservatives in both par-
ties privately expressed misgiv-
ings aDOUt the sweeping pledge of
long-term, no-strings toreign aid
implicit in those words.
But their, reservations were
drowned out, for the moment at
least, in a public chorus of bipar-
tisan praise.
"A magnificent speech," said
Sen. Mike Alans tie Id of Montana,
a leading Democratic member of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee.
Mansfield said he was particu-
larly grattfied that Mr. Eisenhow-
er nad addressed his peace appeal
"to all the peoples ot the world,"
including those of Russiu, over the
heads ot their rulers.
Assures Russian People
Mr. Eisenhower's address, which
the Voice of America beamed to
the world in dozens of languages,
assured the people of Russia that
Americans "wish them success" in
ti«ir struggle for more freedom
,und economic improvement, and
are waiting to extend a hand of
"friendship' to them when the
Iron Curtain goes up.
Some congressmen, while en-
dorsing Mr. Eisenhower^, broad
objectives, challenged the admin-
istration to produce deeds, not
words.
"The words 'have been spoken,"
said Sen. Joseph C. O'Mahoney
(Continued On Page 4)
Bills Introduced % Texas Solons
By O. B. LLOYD JR.
AUSTIN (HE)— Sen. Doyle Wil-
lis of Fort Worth today called for
repeal of the law requiring district
judges to automatically postpone
a case when a lawmaker is re-
tained as counsel.
"My bill would simply put law-
yer-members of the legislature in
the same category as all✓ other
lawyers—and that's where they
belong," Willis said.
Similiar legislation was intro-
duced in the House by Reps.
Wade Soil man of Mc Allen and
Robert W. Baker of Houston.
Present law makes it manda-
tory that judges grant a continu-
ance where a legislative member
is called as counsel during a ses-
sion. Repeal of the act would
leave granting of a continuance to
the discretation of the court, Willis
said.
The House bill set out Unit
judge* "shall bo liberal in gwt~,
ing postponements or continuance
utHess it shall appear that the
person..was employed for the pri
mary purpose of securing a post-
ponement or continuance.
The measure waa^gBe of 15 bills
introduced in the fUpper chamber
prior to an executive session in
which .the Senate considers) rou-
tine appointments awaiting con
firmation.
Sen Henry B. Gonzales of San
Antonic^ introduced legislation cre-
ating a new medical branch of the
University of Texas at San An-
tonio, a project long - endorsed by
Bexar county leaders. %
The House adjourned until 10
a. m. Wednesday after a brief, 26-
minute session devoted njainly to
introduction of bills.
House bills introduced included
Raising the toad limit on trucks
from the present 58-460 pounds to
72,000 pounds, by Rep. Barefoot
Sunder* ot 0 um>
Ernest McCathren
Dies; Rites To Be
Said Wednesday
Ernest R. McCathren, 61, died
unexpectedly at 11 a. m. Monday
in Stephens Memorial Hospital
after having suffered a heart at-
tack Friday night.
He apparently had suffered only
a light attack Friday and was in
good spirits earlier Monday. He
suffered a sudden blood clot Mon-
day morning just minutes before
he died. •
He was bom April 23, 1895, in
Alvarado. He lived in Mineral
Wells before moving to Brecken-
ridge in 1921. He was the owner
of McCathren Motor Co., a Dodge-
Plymouth agency, at the time of
his death.
He had been an automobile deal-
er here since 1921, except for
a short period of time when he
served as city secretary. He was a
veteran of World War I, serving in
the Navy. He was a member of
the American Legion.
Funeral service will be held at
10 a. m. Wednesday in the First
Methodist Church. The Rev. J. D.
Hatch, pastor of the First Pres-
byterian Church here, will offi-
ciate assisted by the Rev. William
Lee Hankla, pastor of the Meth-
odist Church. Burial will be in
Breckenridge Cemetery under the
direction of Melton Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife; two
sons. Earl Richard of Brecken-
ride and Sgt. Robert Lynn, serv-
ing with the U. S. Army at Fort
Gordon, Ga.; his mother, Mrs.
Maggie McCathren of New Or-
leans, La.; one sister, Mrs. Hubert
Reue of New Orleans; two broth-
ers, Henry Leroy of Vallejo, Calif.,
and Marvin of Elsinare, Calif., and
three grandchildren.
Pall bearers will be Charles
Hagler, D. T. Bowles, R. E. Dye,
P. M. Faulkner, Don Crenshaw,
Jimmy Brewster, A. J. Buchanan,
and Earnest Maxwell.
Honorary pall bearers will be
J. C. Nail, Cortez Phillips, Ned
Mubery, Tom Mobley, Tom Offield,
Doc Richey, Doyle Graves,Stephen-
ville, Ed Corbett, George Gingham,
Belton, Nick Nickel. Bruce Smith,
Bernice Trammell, Eugene Thomp-
son, P. A. Sheets, Cecil Newby,
Dr. Frank Payne, L. F. Johnson,
Abilene,-Earnest • Kirkland, "Owen
Rogers, members of the Legion
post, Virgil Gatlin, Roswell, N. M.
OKLAHOMA STORMS KILL
PUCES
EI6HT
Alcorn Elected
National Head
Of Republicans
By RAYMOND LAltH
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON <U.E)-—-H. Alcorn
Jr., of Connecticut today was elect-
ed Republican national chairman.
Alcorn was elected unanimously,
without contest, by the GOP na-
tional committee after he was
given the personal endorsement of
President Eisenhower.
He succeeds Leonard W. Hall,
who is retiring Feb. 1 after al-
most four years as chief of tin-
party organization .
Alcorn, 49 - year - old former
speaker of the Connecticut assem-
bly and onetime district attorney
for Hartford county, was Hall's
second in command last year for
handling arrangements for the
GOP national convention.
His election as GOP national
chairman came as no surprise.
Ike Makes Choice Clear
The President's support for Al-
corn was reported to a GOP na-
tional committee meeting by for-
mer Sen. Hairy Darby, Kansas
national committeeman. Darby
headed an eight-man subcommit-
tee which conferred with Mr. Ei
senhower earlier this morning.
"He made it clear to us that he
would like Meade Alcorn to be
chariman," Darby said.
Any latent opposition to the Al-
corn election vanished at once and
representatives of various states
scrambled for recognition to sec-
ond the nomination made by Dar-
by.
Finally, Al Judson Morhouse of
New York moved that the nomina-
tions be closed and a unanimous
vote cast for Alcorn. His motion
was given a shout of approval.
Darby himself had been pressed
by some segments of the GOP to
be a candidate for the national
chairmanship.
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS—After taking second term oath of office,
President Eisenhower delivers inaugural address it. the Capitol
Plaza.
Wife And Two Daughters Expected Soon
stawoii imsra Haws
to ACCEPT CALL to HECK
STAMFORD, Pan. 22 (Spl)—
Rev. Byron Bryant announced his
resignation of the First Baptist
Church Sunday morning to accept
a call as pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church of Breckenridge.
The Stamford pastor, who came
here from Harlandale Baptist
Church at San Antonio on October
1, 1950, expects to tate up his
work at Breckenridge about Feb-
ruary 1. He and his wife and two
daughters, Janice and Ann, will be
moving there shortly.
!iev. Mr. Bryant, a graduate of
Hardin-Simmons University with
MA degree, is a trustee of Hend-
ricks Memorial Hospital and Har-
din-Simmons University of Abi-
lene, being re-elected to the latter
post for a three-year term in No-
vember.
He is president of the Lueders
Baptist Encampment of District
17 and past president of District
17. He is former moderator of
Jones County Baptist Association
and present evangelism chairman.
He is serving on the executive
board of Baptist General Conven-
tion of Texas, serving on the
Plans and Policies committee for
the past two years.
During the six years Rev. Mr.
Bryant nas been pastor here the
church has had a total of 931 ad-
ditions with 347 by baptism and
584- by letter and other ways.
Total overall gifts have been
$460,178 of which $126,768 was for
Services Held
For Infant Girl
Graveside services were conduct-
ed Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock
for the infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Hughes of Graham at
the Breckenridge Cemetery. She
was born at 9:43 Sunday evening
in the Stephens Memorial Hospital
and died at 10:16. She was named
Patsy Gwen.
Survivors include her parents;
maternal grandparents,- Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Douthit of Brecken-
ridge paternal grandfather, Mr.
Emmeuk Hughes of McCamey; and
pateriB grandmother, Mrs. C. F..
Andenon of Amarillo.
The Rev. Chartes Whitmer of
the First Christian Church offi-
ciated with the services under the
direction of Melton Funeral Home.
Church Burns
k I D L A N D CllEi — Serv-
ices at the First Christian Church
in Midland Sunday wera held in
a recreation hall of the building
after, fire swept through the sanc-
tuary and a classroom.
The fire, which destroyed both
the sanctuary and the newly-re-
modeled classroom, caused dam-
age estimated t fgOO,QQQ,
missions and benevolences.
The church has undergone a com-
plete remodeling and redecorating
of the church, plant, with new
heating and cooling system, new
pews, organ and piano in the
church sanctuary, educational
equipment, new church offices and
equipment, new library and new
parsonage, the building and im-
provement program amounting to
about $90,000.
The church has also acquired ad-
ditional property amounting to
$38,625.
Rev. Mr. Bryant started preach
ing when he was a 17-year-old
senior in High school and was
ordained by the Eliasviile church
in 1937. His pastorates in ttfie 20
years of his ministry two years
with half-time pastorates at Crys-
tal Falls and Plasterco; Elmdale
church in Abilene; two years at
Aspermont; three at Kermit and
five at Harlandale. The church at
Aspermont was his first pastorate
after taking his A. B. degree from
Hardin-Simmons University.
Sale Of Peanuts
Totals800 Bags
Mrs. Custer Knox reported Mon-
day that the John F. Bailey Fu-
ture Teachers Club Saturday sold
approximately 800 bilgs of pea-
nuts, receiving approximately $175
in their "Peanuts for Polio" drive.
She added she wishes to thank the
public for the generosity and
courtesy shown.
The following were reported as
working on the job: Mable Parker,
Mary Lou Tiarks, Sue Ames, Patsy
Offield, ShaTon Brown, Dianne
Ball, Mary Wood and Karen
Wright; representing the FTC.
Representing the Number Sense
Club were Douglas Wilks and Paul
Cameron. Mary Wood. Karen
Wright and Douglas Wilks were
credited with working from 9 a.
m. through the day until the Lust
bag was sold.
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TBS WEATHER
Partly cloudy and colder this
afternoon ani tonight with oc-
casional snow. Clearing and cold
Wednesday. Low tonight 20, high
tomorrow M. Low last night 45,
high yesterday 70.
Israeli Troops
Move From Sinai
JERUSALEM, (U.1!) — Israeli
troops pulled out of the Sinai des-
ert today. They withdrew as far
as the Gaza Strip and a 180- riiile-
long coastal region guarding Is-
rael's shipping route through the
Gulf of Aqaba.
A new frontier of white -paint-
ed oil drums and barbed wire
marked the two contested ■ aVeas
which Israel says it wilt" not give
back to Egypt without firm guar-
antees against future aggressive
activity.
Reliable reports reaching here
said the .mass withdrawal of the
Israeli forces was completed by 2
p. m. <) ,u. m. est. Troops of the
United Nations Emergency .Force
UNEF moved in right behind the
departing Israeli units.
No More Pullbacks Planned
But, insteud of following the pre-
invasion armistice line from the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea,
the Isratlis marked ou£ their fron-
tier to cut off the Gaza Strip 'and
a protective area along the Gulf
of Aqaba. The latter ribbon of
beach in the south formerly wyis
used for Egyptian guns which bar-
red Israeli shipping from the gulf.
An Israeli foreign ministry
spokesman said no further with-
drawal was planned.
The United Nations Geneial
Assembly had called for complete'
evacuation of the entire' Sinai, in-
cluding the Ga^a and Aqaba
strips.
Gaza Strip "ut Off
The Israeli foreign ministry
spokesman said the new demarca-
tion line runs two-thirds of mile
west of the border town of Rafa
on the Mediterranean and then
turns int., the old' armistice" line
south of .the town. This cuts off
the Gaza Strip.
It follows the armistice line
about 160 miles south of Ras En
Naqo. But instead of terminating
there in the Gulf of Aqaba, the
Israeli pullback line stretches
south along the Sinai beach for
180' miles to the entrance to the
gulf.
Israeli troops i*etained possession
not only of the coastal strip, but
also the. strongpoint on Sharm Es
Shiekh which dominates the en-
trance to the gulf.
Six Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memortat Hospital re-
ports six a|lmissions: Mrs. Tommy
Hughes, Mrs. L. T. Blevins, Wilbur
Gray, Mrs. R. S. Beene, Henry
White, and R. N, George..
There were thirteen dismissals:
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Loudder. Mar-
shall More kind, Mrs. Garold Lem-
ons and baby, Doris Kennison, J.
F. Copelatid, Mrs. Lela Copeland,
W. A. Brewster and buby, R. F.
Wilson, W. M. Motley and J. S.
Tarplejr. . \ .
Samuel Phariss
Home On W. 7th
Samuel ' Ray Phariss. 80, died
Sunday night at 11:15 at his home,
900 West 7th, fqllo\ving_an illness
of about eight years. He had been
in* serious condition for the past
several weeks.
Mr. Phariss was born October 4,
1876, in Fort Worth and came- to
Stephens County an .1919, owning
and-operating a-feed. store in Cad-
do.' He had been a. farmer all- his
life and came, to .Breckenridge
about twenty years ago. He-was
lnarr!"d October 22, 1895, in Cole-
niaii fc>- Nancy Ann ; Bushong, and
was a member of the Baptist
Church.
Services will, be conducted -Wed-
nesday afternoon at the Melton
Chapel ' with burial In "the "Hart
Cemetery. The Rev. Eugene 15.
Kirnlcr of the Calvary Baptist
Church will officiate. Grandsons
will be pall bearers.
Survivors include his wife; four
daughters, Mrs. W. C. Everets and
Mrs. "F. M. Davis of Breckenridge,
Mrs. H. G. Hustis of Big Spring,
and Mrs. E. M. Rollins of Btoom-
ington, Cal.; four sons, O. B., S.
R., Jr., and G. W. of Breckenridge,
and O. R. l'hariss of Colorado City;
twenty-nine grandchildren; forty-
four great grandchildren; a broth-
er, Joe Phariss of Coleman; and
a sister, Mrs. fJola Darning of
Checuhata, Okla.
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Breck Rainfall
.10; Second Cold
Front Tonight
(By UNITED PRESS)
A double cold front that pro-
duced a killer tornado in Oklaho-
ma pushed, deep into Texas today
triggering thunderstorms and rain
showers from the Red River to
the Gulf Coast.
Tornadoes struck in three spots
in Oklahoma Monday night and
early today, killing at least eight
persons and injuring numerous
others. The worst tornado struck
at Gans, Okla., killing four in that
town and three others at a point
three and one-half miles to the
west.
A band of showers and thunder-
storms were reported early today
Shower Strikes
Ahead of Wave
Rainfall early Tuesday morn-
ing sweeping ahead of a cold
front measured .10 of an inch in
the city. At Lake Daniel the
fall was reported as .04. Temper-
atures of 18 to 28 were predict-
ed here tonight.
from the Waco area northeast-
ward into Oklahoma as two sepa-
rate cold fronts moved eastward
and southMiard through Texas.
Sliowers Expected
At 8f a.m. the first front was
along a. line from Lake Texoma
to Mineral Wells to Del Rio and
moving eastward., The second and
colder front hail reached a line
from Wichita Falls westward to
just north of Lubbock and was
moving in a southeasterly direc-
tion.
The •'weather bureau forecast
thunderstorms and scattered
showers over North Central and
Northeast Texas today. Mueh
colder temperatures were forecast
tonight over the state with the
lowest expected to dip to eight
degrees above zero itl the Paar
handle.
Snow flurries were expected
over the Panhandle and South
Plains today, but the weather bu-
reau said the precipitation would
end after the cold fronts moV'i
through.
Good Rains in Spot's
Freezing temperatures were ex-
pected to penetrate as far south
as the north section of South Cen-
tral Texas by early Wednesday.
Thuntlershowers dumped up to
•in inch and a half of rain over
the eastern half of Texas Monday
and Monday night. Ro$seiy about
35 miles southeast of Dallas, re-
ported 1.42 inches of rain.
A hail storm and heavy down-
pour of rain hit Tyler Mate Mori-
day. The hail measured up. to
half an inch in dianiet'er and an
unofficial three - quarters of an
inch of rain accompanied it.
Temperatures- Dives
The mercury dropped 15 de-
grees within 45 minutes as the
main cold front passed through
(Continued On Page 4)
Mrs. Louise Huse, 51 died Mon-
day evening at 9:10 o'clock, in
Breckenridge Convalescent Home,
following an illness since last
.June.
Mrs. Huse until her illness as-
sisted her husband, Fred Huse, in
operating the Huse Printing Co.
Mr. Huse has been ill recently in
a Temple Hospital. Funeral sen-
ices were pending at Melton Fun-
eral Home.
"Rniioinher" To New York Polite
WATERBURY, Conn. (U.H) —
New York Deputy Police Commis-
sioner Walter Arm said a 53-year
old Waterbury toolmaker today
admitted he was the "mad bomb-
er of Manhattan" whose home-
made pipe bombs have injured 15i
persons since 1940 and touched off
a nationwide epidemic of b o m b
scares
Arm said George Metesky ad-
mitted making and then planting
at least,32 bombs in public places
in New York in reprisal against
the Consolidated Edison Company
a New York, utility, which former-
ly employed him.
Metesky - confessed, police suid,
about two hours after he was
picked up at his home here by
New York and Waterbnry authori-
ties.
Arm said Metesky, a bachelor,
told police he began making the
bombs while undergoing treat-
ment for tuberculosis at a Tucson,
Arte., iMitdriam,
Police said. Meteskjt made and
planted the bombp in ^'revenge"
against the utility, believing he
had cantracted the disease while
wording at the form's Hellgate
power station in New York.
Metesky was particularly ag-
grieved, Arm. slid, when ligitatlon
he instituted against the utility,
failed to bring him any compen-
sation.
It was believed that a check of
former Consolidated Edison em-
ployes who hail registered griev-
ances against the firm, led police
to Metesky. ' , ,
Police said a: lathe found in
Metesky's home, which he shared
with his two sisters, was believed
to have been used in fashioning
the crude pipebombs, which,
over a 16-year period, had become:
the mftd bomber's calling card.
Metesky's hhndwritfng checked-
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 15, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 22, 1957, newspaper, January 22, 1957; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135484/m1/1/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.