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NOTICE
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Breckenridge American call the
office for delivery. There will bo
someone in the office until 6 30
o'clock on week clay* and until 9
•'dock Sunday Morning.
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HKKCKhNRIDCK, TEXAS —SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 195a
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PRICE DAILY S CENTS SUNDAY II CENTS
FBLA DINNER FIGURES—Seated above are the three businessmen panelists who answered questions
of students Tuesday night at the FBLA dinner. Left to right they are Guy Ewmg Jr., Blake Johnson,
Jr., and Ed Gerhardt. Standing are FBLA members Karen Wright, program chairman; David
Kuperman, moderator; and Nary Lou Tiarks. president.
Lions Club Told Of Camp
And Officers Nominated
Members of the Breckenridge
l.ions Club Friday noon eleited a
new member, nominated officers
for next term, and heard from Don
Roberts about the Ijons Crippled
Children's Camp at Kerrville.
The new number elected was
Ferrell Petty of the Daniel Motor
Co . about a two months resident
from Fort Worth.
Officers nominated, heretofore
equivalent to election, were K. W.
Whitman, president; Blake John-
j son Jr., Jack Eden, and Otto Ben-
dorf, vice presidents; R. M. Dixon,
secretary; I' M. Faulkner, treas-i
; urer; Not man Brewer, tail twister, |
| Charles C.roseclose. .song leader
j airl Charlie Fox and Albert Tuck. !.
I I. on tamers. The president will
succeed Claud-.' Peeler.
Grass Seeding
Is Still
Farm Activity
Grass seeding is still • tic main
conservation interest in the Lower
Clear Fork Soil l'onscr\ aimn Di.st-
rict
Several ha\e seeded Sorghum
AJmum and a few have seeded
Blue Panic trass. J T Scarlett
•ceded twenty-eight acres of Blue
Panic grass on his farm eleven
miles veith of Breckenridge.
Blue Panic makes a very good
hay crop as well as a grazing
crop It u a deep rooted perennial
drought resistant, ciop that has,
adapted itsHt well to Texas m«Iv a m of ^
ror best results in cultivated wo^en ha* been drawn
fields Blue Panic should be planted se|ect a jurv Those gers, Claude Peeler, and John F.
In rows It should be cultivated summoned are to report Tuesday Bailey, honorary.
once or twice a year This can be morning Roberts a camp counsellor, stat-
ne by running a chisel between Case M., ls a c|vi, sliit Gurney ed applications from here for chil- , , { parkin* position
Elec tric vs. Honeycutl Construe- dren to go to the camp are now | proper Mart trom parKing position.
Jury Is Drawn
For Trial Of
Debt Lawsuit
j Duectors ,notnin^tcd wej.e Hev.
24 of them'J- D. Hatch. R. E. Bowers, Paul
raws from , Williams. J. II. Ferrel, Carroll Ma-
Annual Senior
Play Slated
Here On May 6
The Annual Senior Play will be j
Uiven in the hiyli school auditorium
on Tuesday, May 6 'ilie play,!
"I-ove Is in the Air.'' by Frank!
and Doris llursley is a light com-
edy under the direction of Billie
Uatlift and Mrs Howard Swanson. !
Members of the cast are Curtis \
i Harrison. Gwen Socol, Sharon |
Brown. Bobby Goswiek. Karen
1 Wright, Bobby Ed McCharen. Jim-
i nuc Bear, Mary Wood. Calvin
Thomas, Carol Hyatt, Phil Dye.
Betty Brown, Kay Anderson, and
Francine Tindall.
The activity revolves around the
Truitt family in which the father.
Elmer Truitt. played by Curtis
I Harrison, wins a contest reward-
' ing him with a ride in a jet plane,
this delights everyone except El-
mer. who imagines that he is spend-
ing his last days on earth. Gladys,
played by Sharon Brown, is some-
what patronizing to the younger
Truitts, Clarence and Maggie. Her
main goal is getting boy friend
Roscoe to propose. Clarence, Bob-
' by Goswiek, spends his time try-
J ing to impress "the new girl across
| the street." Jackie, portrayed by
Mary Wood Maggie, Karen Wright,
j is thirteen, halt child, half vam-
I pile, eager, brattish. and adorable,
i "Snagging a boy lor a girl scout
j wienie roast" presents her big-
gest problem At the moment she
j is experiencing a severe attack of
1 growing pains. Gert. mother and
peacemaker of the family, played ]
by Gwen Socol, tries to recapture
the romance that has slipped from
her marriage.
Each character's individual per-
sonality makes "Love Is in the
Air" a masterly blend of pathos
and tender harmony, textured with
moments of eve-misting poignancy.
Mrs. John F Bailey is the senior
sponsor. Staging is under Mr. Rob-
ert McCathren. Francine Tindall is
student director and James Smith
is stage manager.
the rows
Blue Panic is one of the first tion Company, a suit for debt. open. There will be six two-weeks
grasses to green up in the spring Those called for service are as lol- sessions of campers, the children
and one of the last to die back in ]ows to range in ages oi 7 to 12 and
the lall It has extensive branch- Ruthie M. Hash. Mrs J. B. John- 12 to 17, the total to be 60 boys
ing at tlie joints. This makes it a son nay Arnot Mrs E G Rice nd 60 girls in the camp at one-
very good grass for both hay and \jrs | r still. C. E Lawry. Mrs. time.
gr?flnK' .. . , H. L. Alexander. B C. Bvnutn. B. Pictures were shown of the ac-
' arm' ha* proven to ,\j Fulbright. Homer James. Mel- tivitics. Twenty boys are housed to
be a ver> good grass to seed in Vin Glenn. Mrs. W. II. Coffman. the unit WI,h four counsellors for
pastures or on native rangeland Mrs. R. A. Smith. Richard D ealh un 1 Roberts stated that the
that has iK-rn root plowed This is Arnold. Mrs. W. C. Mancr crippled children are trained both
especially true of fields that were Lavon Baird. Theresa McCree emotionally and physically He add-
once in cultivation and have grown Mrs L. z. Preston Mrs II L <"d that when he went to the camp
back to thick small mesquite trees. Bunkley, Sr., Iletta Jordon, Stella > st summer he was afraid he
J *• llarrel has root plowed and McCree. Peggy J Hall R A would not like the work and today
seeded about sixty acres A root- Smith. Bessie Mae Tuiner. Clara he would not take anything for
plow is a l<Hig blade pulled behind Nell Berry. John M Challtcr, W 'he experience
Patricia Leu Faulk. North Texas
Freshman from Beckcnridge, is
one of 23 contestants for the i:).">8
Miss Abilene title in a pageant
set for May 3.
Miss Faulk, 19 daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond L. Faulk of
Breckenridge, has red hair, green
eyes and a fair complexion. She's
five feet six, and weighs 120. Sne
measures 37-23-37.
She attended high school in
Oklahoma for her tirst two and
a half years, entering Brecken-
ridge High School in the middle
of her junior year. She was a mem-
ber of the Buckaroo maching band
and of the school's F. B. L. A.
club.
No stranger to contests, she
was second for Breckenridge's
National Guard unit sweetheart
and third for Miss Breckenridge in
a July 1957, contest.
She 's a member of the Roman
Catholic Church and of the New-
man Club, Catholic college stu-
dent's organization.
Miss Faulk will participate in
the pageant elimination for Miss
Abilene, regional preliminaries
for the Miss Universe title, spon-
sored by Alpha Omicron chapter,
Beta Sigma Phi.
The pageant is set for 8 p. m.
at the Sands Hotel in Abilene.
Sports Cars Will
Stage Show Here
Announcement is made that the
National Sports Car Association
= will sponsor a motorcade of 60
the local police force during the j foreign made sport cars which will
week ending Friday morning, and, beam arriving here at 8:20 a. m.
on Saturday, May 3, Tour cars a
minute to follow.
Tney will rendezvous at the Bill
Browning Service Statoin, 919 W.
Walker. Breckenridge will be the
HEAVY RAINS FALL OVER
TEXAS FRIDAY. SATURDAY
Breek College
Student Enters
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Traffic Tickets,
Arrests Reported
Six traffic tickets were given by
fo«r arrests made, report of Chief
Bob Whitley shows.
One ticket each was given for
driving on wrong side; for exceed-
ing safe speed; changing lanes
without safety; and two for im-
first stop after leaving Dallas.
The cars wil Ibe here two hours.
;"u*i!One arrest each was made for Magnolia Oil Co. is sponsoring the
being drunk, vagrancy, driving motorcade. Motion pictures will be
while intoxicated, and car theft. made at the service station.
Texas Instead Of Economy Talked
TAX CUTS, DEBT COLLECTKHtS
ACTION ASKED DYIEDCHADTS
a bulldozer and cuts the roots ol J
brush and small trees. The blade |ms
runs up to two feet under the • paul Jermlah
A study of ways to reduce State 1 creased since the limitations were
expenditures to meet a state gov- set and because litigation in high- j "'"j ™ l"^
Booth. Jr . J W. Post. Faye Col- Arts and crafts are taught; an criimenl deficit rather than seek (er courts is too expensive and re-
Mrs Oscar A Knight Mrs outdoor cooking camp is held dur-1 additional re
- . = —. i new taxes ha
by the Retail
GRABBED—Secret Service agents grabbed a struggling, scrcaming
weman who approached President Eisenhower shouting: "I have to
get to him." The weman, identified as Mrs. Edith Finch of Brookline.
Mass, is shown screaming from the back of a Secret Service car
after she was removed from the Smithsonian Institute where the
President was viewing an exhibition of paintings by Winston
Churchill.
Red Sox March
Is Continued In
Friday's Game
Course Offered
Merchants Now
Has 100 Signers
Two-Hour Fall
Here Saturday
Measured .81
ground and pulverize* the ground
Blue Panic grass Is seeded at the
same time the land is plowed
Seen Or Heard
C. M. H.
The Red Sox continued on their | Registration for the Public Re-
way to a perfect season by de- lations Course to be held four
feating the Giants Friday night! nights next week in the American
by a score of 13 to 11. j Legion Hall is now well over the
The Giants lead off the scoring' one hundred r.iark. By noon Satur-
by scoring four runs on two hits . day fourteen firms had registered
in the first inning, came back in employees and owners for the
the third to score two runs on two course.
hits in the first inning, came back Both the Chamber of Commerce
in the third to score two rounds I and the Retail Merchants Associa-
and one hit in the third only to see ' tion, sponsors of the course, will .... . . ... ...
the lead with a | accept registrations up until class! Mikoyan talked with West
1 - Chancellor Konrad Aden-
Scattered light showers tWin
day Saturday morning and darken
ed skies and drizzling rain star.int
Saturday around noon indie;, tei
that the weatherman's predie.ioi
of cont.iued weekend shower-
through Sunday would materia :/e
Rainfal lin a two-hour period iat
urday aiternoon. starting ai ou
noon measured .81. Of this ann an
.65 of an inch fell in 30 minute;.
Booming thunderstorms soaked
parts of Texas with up to n or
than four inches of rain Fn la;
night and early Saturday. \ ,u-
Thundershowers were forecast i.k
the rest of the weekend.
More than four and one halt in-
ches fell at Atlanta, in the no "I,
east corner of Texas, between o
clock Friday night and about 8 ..it
urday morning. It was the hea\ <■
downpour at Atlanta in 15 \e r
Water covers rural roads in a v. i !■
area around Atlanta, which i- II
miles south of Texarkana. I! i
dents and travelers in areas ium,
danger from floating bridges.
Streets were flooded for a t nr
in Dallas and Longview Fn i i
night. Hail fell iround both cii.e--
Lightning damaged a home in i).il
las.
Lightning knocked out elect r < i
power for about an hour ai vtl
gore late Friday night. Intermit en
showers brought nearly an inch ni<
a half of rain by early Satin I r
morning.
The electrical storm at Lorm\ <
dumped 2.10 inches ol rain o i i
night, and Texarkana had nc 11.
2.5 inches.
Hail also battered the area so ;'l,
east of Fort Worth, and a hard
drenched Sherman overnight
Fog hovered low over the cms . i i
half of the state early Satm\ ay
Visibility was down to three <i ai
ters of a mile around Austin .in
Junction.
Skies were cloudy to pu.'t!;
cloudy everywhere in the stale ex
cept in far west Texas.
Saturday temperatures t ar.
from 47 degrees at Amarillo ui'i
Dalhart to 75 at Brownsville
day's topmarks varied from (Ji
Amarillo to 99 at Presidio.
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Mikoyan Spreads
More Propaganda
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Touring Soviet Deputy Premier
MI /- . iuuKiu. .vim. 3 •
Mrs. I). 11. Looru y. each two-weeks period; at-1
by
R. F Cantwell. Mrs O. B Mc- tempts is made to teach the chil-
Kinney. Samuel G. Ball Fred A drcn to lcal"n lo hcll> themselv-
Gray. H H Mehaflev, Mr*. C. C anrt 10 liv,> *',h onc ano,htr ,
Doolev and to co-operate. Very little dis-1 Dora
Mrs J p. Almanv Mrs Clovis cplme is needed. Other instructions I Breckenridge Retail Merchants j said The present lien laws and
Henderson Mrs M H Keith Jr include nature and astronomy lec- Association, said Saturday. bonding laws on public works are
Mm Jean Anderson Mrs C'lirti* tures ' She said RMA members at their I ineffective to enable material turn-
E Henderson V L BIeeker II The most popular feature of the recent convention in Brownsville j ishers to recover just debts, Mrs.
jr ' camp is the swimming pool. The' voted to request the Texas State Harwell said. The RMA is joining
children go in twice daily. , Tax Study Commission and the with the Texas Statewide Group
Roberts showed pictures and Texas Research League to study
gave instances of unusual improv- , ways of achieving economy in the
ments, but outstanding enthusiasm State government.
was presented in case of a double! The RMA is recommending to
. amputee. Th:s boy wanted to go the two groups and the governor
l.FNDINARA. Italy ^_Gyp,y up the ht|j to the •coo^ouf'( but I that such a study include possible;
Queen Mimi Rossetto was buried MOuld not ride. He walked the dis-I consolidations of departments and
Saturday in her brightest red. tance of over a mile on his hands agencies, the elimination of use-
Gypsy Queen Is
Buried Saturday
tion of Tcx« two hits. The Giants a., u.
to the state s money s, ls^]j mi.ni «f th n\t \ scoring in the sixth by scor- now attending college have regis-
Ilarwell. manager of the: the endorsement of the RMA, he ,ng four more runs flg th'e Red ! tered for the course
Merchants |.aid. The pre. lun laws a Sox score(j lwo to ciose out the j The following additional firms
scoring for the evening. j not previously published will have
In Minor league play the Mis-' representatives attending t h e
sions defeated the Sports by a 1 course: Thurmon Furiture Co..
score of 6 to 3. | Sears Roebuck & Company. Miller
Officials for the evening were: ! investment Company. J. C. Penny
Potthoff at the plate. Carter at | Company. Gulf Oil Sales. Safeway
First; and Blue Bcllah at third.
LITTLE LEAGUE STANDINGS
Minor League
of the National Association of
Credit Men in seeking to make the
laws in these two fields effective
and adequate.
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" /"Thanks
Breck Residents
A. H. Miller said he hat rented
the last of bis 75 rent bouses, the
last eight being to people here
from out of town—that does not
sound like bad times Soil Con-
servation representatives will take
preachers of the various churches
on a rural communities tour Mon- 1{rpen a,K' yellow* gown, with a
day winding up with luncheon at *oWen rosary in her hands and a •• _ A 1 *11- J _
the VMCA That secretary job «***ilver coins in her coffin. | I WO AamlTTea IO
•t City Hall still is open The Thr u,wn hrass ba"d 'n Lendin-
Jaycees Road E-O slated for today */*• 'laly preceded the coffin of, | I «_ u ■
has been postponed because of f'>!"'> Queen lo Santa Sofia LOCOI flOSPITOI
rain. Roman Catholic- church, playing1 ™
I Chopin's Funeral March Behind Stephens Memorial Hospital re- ments pro and con on various types Nursing* Yiome ' Dav'^ApriT 27""as ! G^'nts
Bobby Gene Durham, colored. ! J'3.™' hundreds of Queen Mtmi's ports two admissions: Mrs. Lavina i < f new taxes that might be im-; proclaimed by Governor Price Cubs
has been returned here Irom Am- '"I""*'mm all over Europe Ilei and Nell Waggoner, both med-1 posed, including sales tax. income i Daniel ' Cards
artllo alter revocation of his two- ,he "racelet bedecked women ical patients. [tax and gross receipts taxes, she) \ir anc| Mrs \ N Hobson own-
year probated sentence Fire- ^!*re ,hr,r "a>es' colored dresses. ' Dismissals were Mrs. Derrell isairf- I er-operators of the hospital wish
men Frida> aiternoon made a run wl>,skeP | .Otts. Mrs. Harold Thames and ha-1 l The tax study Is being made to thank the many people and or-
Missions
Cats
f)ilers
Buffs
Eagles
Sports
less and unnecessary services and
la closer scrutiny of all state ex-j
' penses, Mrs. Harwell said.
The RMA has noted that the two
groups studying the money prob-l The Breckenridge Convalescent
lems nave been devoting most of, Hospital will join the nursing hom- • Yaunkees
their attention on hearing argu-:es of Xexas in observing Texas I Red Sox
Major League
to 1111 West llullum where a toas- Th<>> will not shave for six months I by. Mrs. Alex Kimes, Joe Dan 'because the state faces a possible ganizations for all kindnesses ex
ter shortened out and ra:sed an I,n rnoun"n" Schoolcraft and Larry Kennedy. [deficit ot lV) to JlOO miJIion. , tended to the patients. Among those
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expert
over whether West German trro
should be armed with atomic v.e
pons at a state dinner.
During a toast, Mikoyan said 'i.it
in case of war, Russia would l<r
prepared to refrain from usmu nu
clear weapons in a West Germ :*i;,
free from such weapons. The s*n : I
ist opposition to Adenauer's 2om n,
Store, Whites Auto Store. Stewart ! ment ^as been campaigning ai. hi.
Peeks Grocery, Western Auto Store. | st atomlc arms f°r «^man troo.n,.
Harper Furniture, R. G. Camp & ' ®
Company, Lemmons Insurance
Agency, Powers Grocery, Bowen
Knowland's Bill
Continues
Indonesia Mopup
Against Rebels On
PADANG W — The Indonesian
government says its forces have
captured one of the last remaining
alarm Big crappie seem to
have gone to shallow water, but
sand bass are biting on the P. K.
sand bar.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Clark and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pitzer left Sat-
urday morning to attend and oil
meeting in Chicago—Bill and Les-
ter have really been putting up a
fight on Oil Imports A dinner
will follow the golf play Sunday af-
ternoon when it is expected new
Golf Club officers will be announc-i
ed . Mrs. Clara B. E a the r ton was
taken to Harris Memorial Friday
by Melton, room No 722.
Golfers To Battle This Afternoon In
Grudge Tilt Between Elliott* Spratt
Breckenridge golfers this after-1 derson. Floyd Bullock. Bill Ev-
noon will tee off In a grudge1 anoff. Bran Garner. Truett Hol-
match that rose from remarks land, Steve Lindley. Ernie Rice,
made by Ross Elliott and Otto Howard Swanson. Bob Whitman.
Tigers
MONDAYS GAMES
Cats vs Buffs
Yankees vs Cubs
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It is the opinion of RMA mem- whom they wish to thank are the (A_.LAa> EmJ
bers that the tax load on consum-| Morning Tower Bible Class for the ^eOTCneTS rOTO
ers ana businessmen alike are al- television set and eable service: ! o • b
ready excessive, and what is need-j and the Rev. Frank Dubose of MlSSUia VH1
ed now more than anything else is | Bethany Baptist Church for the Sun-! . ^
a reduction in taxes that will in- day morning messages. They also! ROC'KLEDGE ITI— A mlsslne 3-
r^fi'tu n i ,Tier of iare grateful for the programs, | year-old girl has been found in the
families and thereby stimulate our flowers and Bibles brought to the: v.oods surrounding Roekledge, Flor-1
hospital. Ida. She was bitten by mosquitoes
At present there Is a full time j but otherwise unharmed. Little
Judy Peterson had been missing 12 I
WASHINGTON i/P>— Stale R<*r'il>-
lican leader William Knowl-md
said Saturday he plans to o.'icr
six more amendments as part of
his campaign to turn a relatively
non controversial welfare an'! i -'M-
sion bill into major labor leg: !a-
l'on- California Senator i. •:*.-
. | matra. The Jakarta troops are re- j ''"'e chance of success, vh c
J! ported closing in on a town 25 his coleagues Friday night m et
.X1 , ( FM.M vi.nn imnnnrrvnntc
miles from the Indian ocean port
of Padang and headed for the em-
i
The Jakarta communique says
the government troops narrowly
missed capturing the Rebel Pre-
mier.
ed four such amendments he-
offered.
Phone HI 9-4421 for Oxygen
Equipped ambulance service.
Sat ter white Funeral Hon.<-.
economy." Mrs. Harwell said.
The RMA also has voted to sup-
Scout Troop 83 will meet Monday
night instead of Tuesday, Frank
Pellizzari said Maryann Dinius
expected to undergo surgery this
week in University Hospital, Iowa
City, Iowa, room 220 . Willie
Schoolcraft, up from Houston, said
1 read "Seen or Heard" every
night And, see you again Tues-
day.
Thought For The Moment: Man
toves little and often, weman much
and rarely.——Basta.
Spratt about their golf abilities.
Teams have been chosen and
play 1U begin at 1 o'clock. Play-
ers will be paired when they regis-
ter. The point system will be used
Bill Rogers. Glen Whitaker.
Elliott's Warhosses
Blake Johnson. Robin Rominger.
Bill Creag, Gus Gallagher. Merle
Brown. Graylord Crowley. Don
If any one assigned to a team Hellinghausen. Bobby Moore, Joe
finds he cannot pliy he ls asked Pate. Paul Smith, Jack Parker
to notify Bob Cunningham at the Buster Walker, L. W Brooks'
Golf Club.
Teams selected are as follows
Spratt's Dogs
Charlie Deere, Charlie Fox. Bill
Maloney, Marvin Powell. Earl
Tramniell. Jack Christie. A. C.
Bill Black. Floyd Pearson. Andrews. Lester Clark, Dr Edwin
Wayne Webb, Oliver Wragg, Bill Goodall. Murray Holdltch. Dan La-
Browning. R. V. Carey. Joe Han-;Grasta. Leon Staley. Wallace Tosh,
nah. Peck Hellinghausen, Letus Bob McGlnnis. Terry Tyson. Bob
Pate. E D. McDowell. BUI Wal-
ton W. Wood, L. Balllnger. F. J.
Christie, Ed. Douglass, Charlie
Kllborn. Wlllard McNallcn, O. H.
ftoaugh, nr. Conley, Douglas An-
Anderson, Emory Bellard.
Gus Gallagher stated that any
club member whose name is not
on the list and who wishes to play
to pome on out.
port corrective legislation that staff of seven employes and there
would reduce the cost and expe-!are 20 patients
dite the collection of small claims
and debts.
Small claims courts can take ac-
tion only on cases involving S50 or
less, except wage and salary claims
where the amount is $100. The
RMA will ask that the amount be
made $100 for all actions.
The RMA is also interested in
having the jurisdiction of justice
courts raised to cases involving
$5()0. The present maximum is
$200. Mrs. Harwell said. These
changes are needed because the
value of the dollar has greatly de-
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For peace of Mind • • • See
TRAMMELL-SW ANSON
INSURANCE AGENCY Adv.
vn*vr-rrivvrifw*inriiM «%
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone HI 9-4434
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness with
scattered showers and thunder-
storms through Sunday. No im-
portant temperature changes.
Low Saturday night in mid 40s,
high Sunday around 70. Low
Friday night 4S, high Friday
67. Winds 10 to 15 miles per
hour.
Specifications For City Paving Now
Being Solicited Are For Solid Work
. . . . __ - . , The City of Breckenridge and I front. Concrete will be a mix giving
hours when searchers from Patrick chamber of Commerce now a minimum strength of 2,500
Air Force Base found her in a Pal-, are interested in securing more pounds.
metto thicket only about 300 yards ( pavjng for Breckenridge. Mrs. Al-1 Base will be a minimum
**er home. In all, 1.000 men,, len R0foerts of Breckinridge started inches
aided by four light airplanes, were cauiug on prospects and will repre-
involved in the hunt
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Paratroop Jump
Is Still Planned
FORT CAMPBELL ufl— A sched-
uled jump 5.000 paratroopers at
Fort Campbell. Kentucky, was
postponed Saturday for 24 hours.
Winds were not favorable this
morning. The division holding the
maneuvers at Fort Campbell, the
101st Airborne, had five men kill
ed and 155 injured in a parachute
jump lait Wednesday.
sent the city in this respect. Cost
of the pavement, contract for
which has been made with the
Chastain & Creel Construction Co.
of Snyder, is $3.05. broken up Into
$1.25 for curb and gutter and $1.80
for paving. Driveways etc. are $1.-
20 per square yard. The proper-
ty owner does his own financing,
payment to be made prior to work,
the city to hold the money in es-
crow until work is completed. Spec-
ifications are as follows:
Curb and gutter will be a mini-
mum of 24 inches from front to
securing more pounds.
~ of 6
thickness and be cither
crushed rock or gravel with a Un-
der material. This material will he
placed, watered compacted proper-
ly and shaped to a proper cto..n.
Sub-base will be the natural soil
unless it is found to be unusable, *
in which case the soil will be ~e-lj
moved and replaced. In all ca;esr
the sub-base will be properly wat-
ered and compacted prior to the
placing of base material.
Topping is to be three courses of
asphalt and crushed stone with an
oil tack-coat placed on the bese.
This is one asphalt and gra *el
course more than has been used
back and tlx inches thick at the in town previously.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 27, 1958, newspaper, April 27, 1958; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135808/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.