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Srokfttrftne Ammratt
WEATHER
SLIGHTLY WARMER
VOL. 41 NO. 85
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN —THURSDAY, DEC. 29. 1560
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Breck Receives .08 Rain 1
With Continued Drizzle
Making Roads Dangerous
I'r«M ki"j ri<i_v «-ai!y T.*> h, l
rocrj\nl oj an inch (,j
v ith fhi* | ir(tn turn that Hit- diiy/U*
\m>uM 'tMiiuuh- Thur-iia\ aftci huon
and 'lhurxtav ni-jht
Li^ht irei-zing <iri//k< continued
New Jersey City
Is Rocked By
Propane Blast
I'W'NM N I T—- FuUr men
v ere hurl unu hundred* lU-cJ* their
homc.s (jut in;; the nighf when stor-
age (rtiik eoiiiajtttiig potent liquid
pi..pane exploded with devastating
1 m'.ht at Baywnne. New jfr.se> The
house-i attling blast occurred near
fhc In- Iit 01 one of t!m cavf roast s
largest petroleum storage arras.
Mantes low en«d 1,000 feet over
the tank ami windows for blocks
tround were shattered.
I'oher evactiahfl every body from
it bin a fivp-bk ek radius nf the
i \plosion s<<rir Hundreds sought
reiugc hi special relief renters or
with friends or relalives Firemen
'prayed the (lames and vvet dovn
a huge tan* containing oil just 200
yards away Vt one point flames
were within .VI yards of the oil tank
Police said the bis: explosion ap-
paiently started as the climax to a
series of smaller ones. Tniee men
were loading gas into a vmall tank
anfi somehow a spark ignited the
gas, \ many as 18 smaller blasts
May have preceded the big one in
the storage tank which went off
with ear-splitting force.
A ixrlice sergeant two blocks n-
w ay said he was knocked six in- '
rhes of I the Ground The neighlror-
hood around the tanks is lower mid-
dle income. Its houses are buck and
w ood.
Thod Hutcheson
Quits GOP Post
HOUSTON T Thad Hutcheson
of Houston resigned today as Ite-
pilhlican Slate Chaliman, elfective
satui day
He asked the stale vice chair-
man. Mrs Kaibryn McDanicl of
1 i' i -jei to call f meeting ol the
(i o l* state executive committee
lor January 16th to accept the re-
signation \t that time the com-
mittee is lo name llutiheson's suc-
te-snr, plan lor the upcoming spec-
id senate campaign and to deve-
lop a poll tax drive.
Hutcheson has hern state fl. O.
r chairman since May. 1957.
in the Lubbock area of Wc-l
l'exas, with very light siihh around
Amarillo.
Intermittent rain and drizzle con-
tinued over almost all of the re-
mainder of Texas.
Precipitation has been hca< v a-
long portions of the Texas Coast,
with moderately heavy rain in
Central Texas.
Kingsv die-and Corpus Christi had
around 3:; inches ol rain prior lo
midnight.
home totals Corpus Christi 3.So
inches. Kingsville 3'_-. Houston
1.91: Austin l.M; and Brown wood
7of an inch.
Authorities warned that highways
in icy Northwest Texas vveie be-
coming dangerous, and aie dis-
couraging travel.
The overnight temperature lov s
ranged down to a frigid 15 degrees
at Dalhai t
The highway warnings were iss-
ued lor dangerous driving condi-
tions in the Panhat• lie, the Cppci
South Plains and from the Davis
and Guadalupe Mountains cast-
ward.
Over the. nation it was another
cold morning across the northein
tier of states Irorn the Central
Hock ies into New England, but
some warmer weather appeared
on the way.
Zero lo 10-degrce temperatures
were general from northern I'cn-
sylvania into Norther Maine. '
along the Central Rockies and in
a narrow belt from Eastern Colo-
rado to Southwestern Minnesota.
Ilelow "Zero marks were report-
ed in some spots including read-
ings of -2t in West Yellowstone.
Montana, -18 in Kraser. Colorado,
and -11 in Lebanon New Hamp-
shire.
Rising temperatures were indi-
cated in most of the cold belt.
Cartruck Crash
Fatal To Woman !
STRIKERS RIOT
RETURN
Soldiers Called
Home To Help
Police Force
a ii n i
To Handle U
National Debt
■J*'Ma 'afoii •
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SECRETARY OF THE NAVY John G Conn.'.lly, Jr.. a 13-year-old
Fort Worth Liwyer, celcbrates wi'.h a cup of coffee after;he was
nim.t Secretary c.f the Navy by Pres.dent elcct John F. Kennedy.
Ccnnally. a clcse pchticai associate o: Vice President elect Lyndon
B. Johnson was decorated twice durinn extensive Naval combat duty
in the Pacific djrin^ World War It. NEA Telephotoi
TV News Conference Idea
Stirs G.O.P. Opposition
St. Paul Hospital
Will Be Enfarged
MALI \>
Contracts have
ben signed in Dallas for S8..VI9 •
2U5 fur < 'instruction of the main
buildinc of the New St Paul hos-
pital in the southwestern medical
« enter.
A hospital spokesman says target
date for completion of .°i<M bed hos-
pital is Kebturay of 1%3.
The ho-pital will incorporate a
number of "firsts" among hospi-
tals in the area It will include a
C9-bed Netin^-Psv ehiatrv unit, two
< irrular intensive careunits equipp-
ed v ith electronic equipment for
continuous monitoring of such
tbmjs as blood pressure and tem-
I eralure of critically ill patients,
and a closed circuit television sys-
tem that w ill enable bed-ridden
parents to visit 1> T-V with child-
ren too >oung to be admitted to
the nursing areas.
Seen or Heard
M. H.
by C.
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Indications today were that clou-
dy weather and driiile will begin
to break tomorrow ... At the
bank this morning it was said
were better business in some cas-
es. and down in others . . . The
bank and places of business here
vrtll be closed again Monday.
U allure Tosh this morning be-
nV'nni'd I did not plant m> turnip
grrens early enough'" . . . No ar-
ri'<l here and no fire run forenoon |
reports said . . . Paul Abrainson .
happy over his new neon sign for
t is grocery store —- Mis Abram-
t-«n saitl she gave it lo him for a
Christmas present.
Mimt suggestions for Hubbard
Creek Lake comming in better,
but ned more — suggest more than
cne. if you wi«h ... Sis Clark. Bob
Harbison, and Bob Pitier all re-
ported improved today . . . And.
Mrs. Irvm Jolly found her lost
keys right after the American
came out yesterday — it pays to
advertise, you know.
i Thought For The Moment: Love's,
bke the measles — all the "Orse !
v Iicji it eontes late in life. — Doug-,
s las'Jerrold.
When y-)n finance your car at the
First National Bank its financti'
with law bank ln er t rata*—Mv
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SAN ANTONIO .1* — A woman
was killed in a traflc accident on
the south side of San Antonio this
morning.
She was 51-year-old Mrs. Kdwina
Paiks Cox oi San Antonio thrown
from a rar which collided with a
trui'K loaded vviih wheat. The acci-
dent occurred at an intersection.
"I he driver ot the car, Mrs. Cor-
nelia Robinson, age ti-. escaped in-
jur> .
The truck driver, Charles Gibbs
of Amarillo also wasn't hurt.
Ciibba was taking the load of
wheal from Amarillo lo Corpus
Christi lie swerved to try to avoid
the collision. lost control, and the
heavy vehicle smashed into a uti-
lity pole. The truck overturned,
spilling its load ol giain into a dit-
ch.
The car. meanwhile spun around
back in the direction from which
it was coming, and swashed into
a frame building housing a leed
store.
Santone Shooting
Admitted By Boy
SAN ANTONIO ..fu_ A 16-year-
old San Antonio >outh has admitted
shooting a 17-year-old boy. San
Antonio police say. in a Monday
tuuht shooting which police had
called accidental.
The lt>->ear-old. in his third tale
to police, told them he shot Juan
Orosco Jr. when the latter pulled
a Cun at a party.
Itoth boys are high school stu-
dents.
Train In Congo
Guarded By Irish
KI.IZAHKTIIVIIJLE (,T> _ A Swe-
dish U.N officer in the Congo says
a Katanga train which was attack-
ed by tribesmen w as guarded by
Irish tioops. The Swedish officer
says reports that Swedish troops
were involved are untrue. The of-
ficer. Major l.ars-Knk-lljclm also
declared. "Unconfirmed reports
sav the Irish troops fired on the
rebel tribesmen and killed about
20 ol them."
WASHINGTON .1' — Republican
Senator Thomas Kuchei ol Caliioi-
nt:j today if incoming President
I John Kenin-'v uses televised news
conference tor what Kuchei called
i "prupa£?nda" purposes Republi-
cans may ask lor equal air time, j
Kuchei is the assistant Senate
Republican leader, lie said in an
interview with A P. Reporter Jack
Bell that Kennedy's plans to hold,
evening news contercnces on live
television indicate the Democrats
may be planning '■dramatic-
shows." Said Kuchei:
"11 presidential news confer-,
enees are going to be used for
propaganda purposes, ftten we lic-
pubiicaRs will have to cunsidu
askinu lor equal time." i
Equal time provisions ol the law
vvou.l not cover Kennedy until
-uch a time as he might announce
lie is a candidate f^r re-election.
Kuchei said he had in tnnd
speculative reports Kennedy iniulit
call a prime hour television con-
ference to discuss a single sub-
ject. poatibly some controversial
matter belore Congress, and limit
reporters' questions to that sub-
| ject.
Pierre Salinger. Kennedy's news
. secretary, said at Palm Beach, i
Florida Tuesday that the new ad-;
ministration will ask the networks I
from time to time to carry even-
ing presidential news conferences
live. But Salinger sa .1 the net-
works will be tree to carry any or
all o/ncr presidential meetings
Willi reporters on a live basis.
The news secretary .said the re-
quests might come at times ol do-
mestic oi international crisis, or
simply when Kennedy ha> some-
| thing to announce which he re-
| uards as ol unusual importance.
Aside I rum possible Republican
complaints. Kennedy apparently is
willitm* to ri>K m live television
the kind of presidential boo-bocx
his predecessors didn't want to
lake a chance on.
Even President Eisenhower, who
first approved televisi l confer-
ences. insisted that the regular
White House meetings wit'n news-
men be taped lor showing after
the text ot presidential remarks
had been rechecked.
Kennedy's decision means that
any possible ill-chosen word or
pnrase that might have interna-
ticnal as well as national repercus-
sions vvill be oil the record instant-
ly
(Continued mi Paa< S>
PALM REACH. Fla. .V
Yoi k banker Robert Roosa
named by President-elect Kennedy
lodav to be Cndersecretary of the
Treasury lor Monetary Allans.
Announcement ol the 42-year-old
Roisa's appointment was m;.le at
Kennedy.- wintei headquarters.
Ins parents' oeeanside home at
Palm Reach,
Roosa calls himself a political
independent. He currently is vice
president oi the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York in charge ol re-
search.
The Marquette. Michigan native
is a graduate ol tin? University ol
Miehiuan and also holds advanced
degrees from Harvard University
a: 4 Massachusetts Institute ol
I eehnologj.
Roosa went to work for the New
York Federal Reserve Rank in
lli'tl and been with it ever since,
except for three years in the
Army during World War II
As Undersecretary of the Treas-
ury for Monetary Affairs Roosa
will be di.cclly responsible lor
managing the 2'J1 billion dollar na-
tional -'ebt.
The $21,000 a year number three
post in the Treasury was created
by Congress 'n lU.i4.
Kennedy cho'so Roosa alter con-
sulting with the man who will be
Roosa's boss. Treasury-designate
Douglas Dillon, an Undersecretary
oi State in the outgoing Eiseniiow-
ei* administration.
Meantime. Kennedy plans a far-
ranging conference on foreign al-
fairs P.lay with Democratic Sen-
ator J. William Fulbright of Ar-
kansas, chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
deatn. We will conquer."
Five Are Killed
In Auto-Truck
WE WILL CONQUER -Wcrkers displayed this sign after anti-gov-
ernment rebels bombed the Folg; r Department Stcre in Havana.
Cuba, injuring 14 persons. The sign leads: "Despite villanous acts
we'll stay open this afternoon. Firmer than ever. Fatherland or
i NEA Telephotoi
Rfobley Elected
President Of .
Surveyors Ass'n
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ported lour admissions and four
dismissals during the past twenty-
four hours.
Admissions were Mrs. Holey Cot-
ton L ,B. Wyly, Mrs. R P. Sheets
and Mrs. Josephine Stapp.
Dismisals included Mrs. Ray Tur-
ner. D. B. Ilerrinu. Mrs. Roley Cut-
ton and L. II. Wvlv.
All-Day Singing Slated Sunday
COUNTY SINGERS TO SING
OUT OLD YEAR SATURDAY
Congratulations
To Two Couples
Mr. and Mrs. C 1>
313 Moran. ai\, the
baby hoy Imrn at 2 21
nrsday December 2H
Meminiirial Hospital
At birth, the baby
pounds, fj ounces.
larber, 1! ox
parents of a
(). m. Wed-
in Stephens
weighed 8
Mr. and Mrs. It. |> Sheets. 7nO
Hest Lintlsey. are the paten's of
•> hahv alrl born at I 55 a. m.
Thursday December 2!i. in Sle-
pnens >n mortal Hospital
At birth, the baby weighed 7
pounds 12 ounces.
Bits Of Late News Off A. P. Wires
W.WW/.W.'W.VW/AWWW.V.V
Police and federal agents have ker Marcus
(|ucstioned more than 20 persons
hut still have made no arrests in
the $100,000 theft from the vault of
an armored ear service at Tampa,
Florida.
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Sherbolirne of Albert
l.ea. Minnesota who is said to have
kidnaped his former wife at gun-
point from a restaurant where she
worked.
In West Palm Reach, Florida ad-
ditional state charges will be filed
today against 73-year-old Richard
Pavltck. who faces federal prose-
cution for planning to bomb Presi-
dent-elect Kennedv.
In Memphis. 21 •.'il ls from '2 cot-
ton belt states will vie tonight for
title of 1%1 maid of cotton.
A 40-year-old I os Angeles man.
Sherwood Egbert has been named
president and chief executive offi-
cer of Studcbaker-Paekard Corpor-
ation, the nation's fifth biggest car-
maker.
A vast manhunt is under way
near DlARSbiuy, low 3 % juil-bre#-
Moslem nationalist demonstra-
tions broke out again today in
Oran, Algeria after an exchange of
shots last ntcht in which two Mos-
lems were killed
A special court in Amman, Jor-
dan, has ordered the death sen-
tence for eleven persons convict-
ed of complicity in the bombing
death of the Jordanian Prime min-
ister last August,
On Saturday. December 31, at
7:30 p. m, the Stephens County
Singing Convention will meet to
sing the old vear out a. l the new
year in. The eala singin'-' event
will be staged in the district court
room of the county court house. An
all-day singing will be held Sunday .
January 1.
I he new class and convention
sont; books will be used as well as
books with old familiar hymns
All local residents air requested
to bring cookies. Refreshments ol
coffee and cookies will be served
about 10 p. 111.
Many v isitin^ singers are expect-
ed Saturday niuhl and Sunday when
the singing vvill begin at 11 a. m.
and end at 4 p. m. All local people
are asked to briny lunch which
will be served at 12.30.
The Stephens County Singing As-
sociation was organized about se-
venty years ago. Some i.l the peo-
ple who arc remembered as presi-
dent of the organization during the
past years are .Fuel Satterwhite,
Berry man Downing, Haw k Down-j
ing, Ellis Hope. Ross Greenlee. |
Clyde Spear, Harold Mann. Jack
Spear. Del Crowley. J. W, Ramsey , :
Joe Angel Ray Spradling, Ray
Spradllng, Jr., John Day, Mr. Hill
and many many others.
Officers now are In an Lewis.,
president: Beckett l.iles vice pre-
sident: Allcna Dover, secretary-'
j Ireostirei*.
Until October. 1958. the singings
I were held in city churches and
rural churches and schools. Rut.
as the rural centers became so few
a vote was called by interested
j singers o| the city and county to cs-
, tablish a permanent meeting place
in Rreekenrldge.
The district court room was sel-
ected. and. through tile kindness
and consideration of the county of-
ficials the group w as permitted to
bring this wonderful organisation
to Rreekenridge.
In the history of the Singing As-
sociation there has been only two
times thai regularly scheduled
singings did not meet. Once was
in the early 192t)'s when the meet-
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ing was postponed, and it was not
until July 6. 1958 that it was post-
poned again. That time an all-day
singing was to be held in the school
building at Caddo, but, due to too
much rain the building was com-
pletely surrounded by water.
A remark was heard from one of
the singing groups coming from
Mineral Wells — "The way some
' of those folks in Stephens County
like to sing. I wouldn't be a bit
j surprised to see them coming up
fConiinued on Page 8>
[Twelve Die In
Quebec Fire
NOVAN. Quebec <jfl- Fire swept
' the Noyan, Quebec home of Mrs.
Marjory Vosburgh early today, kil-
ling her and eleven of her 12 child-
ren aged between IJ months and
20 years.
The lire broke out at 3 a. m. in
the one-story frame house in the
village 35 miles south of Montreal.
; Mrs. Vosburgh's husband. Abel.
1 and the other child eseain-d.
A sistcr-in-la .v iiviim sext door
j said Vosbourgh and his wile came
out of the house after the fire
I started, then rushed back in
! the children. VosbutTh saved
| child bul his wife perished.
First reports said a stove
ploded.
Noyan is 10 miles north of
Vermont-Quebec border
WACO P — Tragedy struck a
Dallas family returning through j
Central Texas from a vacation trip
to Mexico City .
Their car smashed into a large
truck parked on the shoulder ol
a four-lane highway six miles south 1
of Waco shortly after dawn.
Five members ot the family
were killed, and three are hospi-!
tali/.erl at Waco.
Killed were:
35-y ear-old David Meza ot Dallas:
his 30-vear-old wile. Maria: two j
small -oils. Joe. age ti. and David !
Jr.. age 8: and David's lti-y'car-1
old cousin, Henry Meza, also ol
Dallas.
His 15-year-old sister. Gloria
Ann suffered serious head and lace
cuts 13-vear-old Mary Ann a bro-1
ken arm and leg; and ll-.vear-old
Estella received head cuts not be-
lieved to be serious.
The driver of the semi-trailer
truck. 50-vear-old Andy Andrews
of Cisco, wasn't hurt, althouuh sha-
ken up by the tragedy. Police say
the Pearl Brewing Company truck,
loaded w it'n 50.000 pounds ol beer,
was legally parked 011 the highway
shoulder.
Andrews told ofifcers he had pull-
ed off to the side to fix his wind-
shield w ipel-. The* Meza car. also
north bound, plowed into the rear
of the vehicle, virtually sheering
nil the top of the auto.
1 Ifiecrs say David Me/a appar-
ently was the driver, because his
body was pinned beneath the steer-
ing wheel.
A slip of paper in the car shaw-
.1 the Dallas familv had crossed
the International bridge at Laredo.
320 miles south of Waco, yesterday.
They had been to Mexico City over
the Christinas holidays.
Police say the crash apparently
T. P. Mobley of Rreekenridge
was elected president of the North
Texas Chapter. Texas Surveyors
Association, at a dinner meeting
in Wichita Falls Sunday night
Other oflieers for 19K1 aie Fin-
est Lee. vice president: and Rob
Matthews. secretary - treasurer.
Roth are from Wienita Falls. Out-
going president Ross Ccrlett Jr.
presided.
Next meeting of the group was
set lor the third Sunday in March.
The president-elect who was
I chapter representative to a meet-
ng of the state association in
\ustin, reported briefly 011 the
■ program there.
He discus's'*! efforts being made
to strengthen standards for sur-
veyors and reported that Tyler
Junior College has adopted a new
curriculum including practically
| every course of interest to those
i entering the surveying profession.
| Kenneth Mobley, Graham, out-
j going secretary, read the minutes.
Those in attendance included
George Remmers, A M. MePher-
1 son. Bob Matthews, Ed Biggs.
IT. P. Mobley. Kenneth Mobley.
oe< urred
lee p.
when th' driver fell as-
for
one
ex-
ilic
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PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Mostly '-loudy this afternoon
and tonioht. Occasional liqht
raiVi or drizzle. A few thunder-
showers in the southeast sec-
tion of North Central Texa?.
Low tonight 30 to 38. high Fri-
day 45 to 54. Low this morning
34. high yesterday 45. Winds
northerly about 19 miles per
hour,
H—uppwgpu mill. UIBPJJP -
Sbcsn Service To
Be In San Angelo
Funeral services for Mrs Fiank
Sloan, former KreCketiridge resi-
dent who died Wednesday in San j
Angelo, will be held at 10:30 a. 111
Friday in San Angelo
Mrs. Sloan died unexpectedly in 1
a San Angelo hospital where she
had been a patient since Tuesday
night suffering fiorn severe head-
aches*.
Church Services
At St. Andrews
There vvill be no 9:30 a. m. ser-
vice Or Sunday School at the St.
Andrew 's Episcopal Church 011 Sun-
dav, January 1.
Regularly scheduled services for
that day are as follows: Early
Eucharist at 7 a. in.; Family Euch-
arist at 10:50 a. 111.at which time
belli ehiilrs will sing.
When you finance your car at the
First National Bank you may olace
your insurance with th« agent of
"our choice.
' Ernest Lee. Fi nest Lee Jr.. Ross
[Corlott. Ross Corlett Jr.. Sam
i Francis, Gene Probst ai.l B. R.
i llunei.
Bollinger Man
Commits Suicide
SAN ANGELO <Ji — A llallinger
man was found dead in a San An-
| gelo hospital room yesterday after
hi.; doctor tolrl him he had cancer.
lie was 61-year-old J. C. I.ange.
Investigators say his mouth was
stuffed witli rags and a bathrobe
cord was wound tightly around his
neck.
Peace Justice .1. II. Ilolberg of
San Angelo returned a verdict of
suicide.
BRUSSELS — King Baoudouiti
and Queen Fahiola have How 11
home from their Spanish honey-
moon because of the socialist's
strike against the governments'
austciily program.
Oliicials of the socialist - led
General Workers Federation h<>l
criticized the king lor remaining
in Spain during the crisis.
And in Brussels today, demon-
strators stoned a movie theater ad-
vertising newsrecls of the king's
wedding December 15th.
Some 15.000 demonstrating Mri-
kcrs surged through Brusseels.
smashing windows and overturning
automobiles. However, the demon-
strators stayed eleai of a neutral
zone which is.where government:
buildings are located and which is
patrolled by heavily-armed police
riot squads.
'lod.iy's demonstration star'rd
with a mass meeting of aboil! 10.-
ouo strikers and sympalh'/ei s in
front ol socialist party headquar-
ters The turnout was far short ot
the 5(1 000 the party had predicted.
As brick bats, stones and sin-l
nuts and I rolls vveie hurled at bus-
es. streetcars and some store v. iu-
dovvs which refused to close in s; m.
pathy with the strikers, the num-
ber of demonstrators swelled in
about 15.00IJ.
The demonstrations have been go-
ing on more than a week. And a>-
cialist party president Leo Collard
announced the strike vvill continue
until "our goal is reached."
The minister of public administ-
ration. Pierre llarmel. disclosed
K (lay that Irom 2,000 to 2.100 Bel-
gian soldiers have been recalled
from NATO units in Western Ger-
many .The soldiers joined riot pu-
liee. llarmel said the over-all sit-
uation showed improvement except
in the big port of Antwerp, where
the strike is spreading.
The socialists are try ing to ov er-
threw Premier Gafton Evskens.
They are in opposition to repca'ed
demands bv this government for
legislation boosting taxes and cue-
ing pensions and social services.
The government says only an aus-
teriiy program can oltset revnue
losses from granting independence
to the rich Belgian Congo.
Man Wanted For
Theft Arrested
A man wanted here 011 complaint
ol theft of a pickup truck Irom Mc-
Dowell Chevrolet Company on De-
cember 9 lias been arrested in
Quitman, (la., hut is wanted on si>
many other charges that when he
vvill be brought here was a ques-
tion today.
Deputy Sheriff Boh Whitley said
George T. Kelly who probably will
give Florida ;'s his Home likely
will have complaint of forgery in
connection with a check given licie
: • 'cl to that ol theft.
Whitley added that Kelly N
wanted in Alabama lor armed rob-
bery. and Gainesville. Florida, iia*
six warrants for his arrest.
Texan Killed
ODESSA I.r A 21 year-old
W it Keti man. Homer Louis Mone> ,
died Tuesday night on an oil t i
at Wicketl when he was ovetcom.;
by gas fumes.
Money was an oil well serv ie<:
employe. Wickett is about 35 mil 's
Southwest ol Odessa in Ward Coun-
tv.
Shot From Passing Car Wounds
Negro In Tennessee 'Tent City'
SOMERVILLE. Tcnn t/1" —
Negro leaders Say an evicted Neg-
ro sharecropper, asleep in a tent
in the racially icnsr Fayette Coun-
| t.v, Tennessee's "Tent City." was
! wounded early today by a shot
I from a passing car.
The Reverend June Dowdy, a
vice president of the Fayette Coun-
ty civic and welfare league, said
early Williams was wounded in his
lower right arm.
Dowdy said Williams was sleep-
ing in a tent located close by the
1 rural road. The wounded man was
taken to a Memphis Hospital by
auto.
It w as the first reported instance
j of violence in the long simmering
controversy that has gripped Ihc
rural county since the Negro lea-
gue began its drive to register Ne-
gro voters last spring,
"Tent City" is a collection of
tents erected on a Negro leader's
farm near Somervllle. It was term-
ed an emergency measure to ke< p
a roof over the heads of some 3t l
sharecropper families whose 1. a--
es were terminated because tin y
registered 10 vole.
Eight families have set up house-
keeping in the tents so far.
White persons contend the Ne-
groes are being displaced by farm
mechanization and that voter re-
gistration has nothing to do with
it. They call "Tent City'* a propa-
ganda move by Negro groups
The justice department rcccntlv
filed suit against 18 residents and
a bank charging conspiracy to de-
prive Negroes of the right lo vol".
A federal judge in Memples
has denied a government plea for
a temporary Injunction thai would
b t eviction of Negro tenant un-
til 'he trial is held.
The 6th U. S. circuit court of
•• • ' l • "j
hear a government appeal irom
tbat ruling today.
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