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Mideast Unconditional Cease-fire
Is Reported to Security Council
UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (AP)
—U. N. Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold told the Security
Council today he has obtained
new unconditional ce a * e-fire
agreements from Israel and her
four Arab neighbors — Egypt,
Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
He I told the Council in a “prog-
ress report” the next step in the
MELVIN COMBS
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uneasy Middle East situation is
to re-establish full compliance
with other sections of the general
armistice agreements of 1949,
which ended the Palestine fight-
ing.
There are indications he may
return in June to work for such
compliance and put the cease-fire
agreements on a more solid basis.
Hammarskjold thus completed
the first part of the assignment
given to him by the Security
Council April 4. He filed his re-
port to the Council president,
Ambassador Joza Brilej of Yugo-
slavia, from Jerusalem, where he
engaged in last-minute talks with
Israeli officials.
In a “progress report” request-
ed by the Council, Hammarskjold
said he had received assurances
from the governments of Egypt
and Israel not to engage in hos-
tile activities except in defense.
He said he also had concluded
“with positive result” the negotia-
tions with the parties to the oth-
er three armistice agreements,
specifically Syria, Lebanon and
Jordan.
The report was received a day
before the deadline set ny the
Security Council in ordering
Hammarskjold to undertake his
peace mission to the Middle East.
Hammarskjold is expected to
return to New York this week-
end and make a final report to
the Council next week. Some dip-
lomats said they believed he
would be requested to go back in
June and try to put the truce
agreements on a more solid foun-
■ elation-.---
The Orange Leader
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Member Associated Press
ORANGE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1956
20 Pages
PRICE 5c
For Congress
Melvin Combs of Beaumont,
son of the late Congressman J. M.
Combs, of the 2nd District of
Texas, today announced that he
will be a candidate for Congress
in the July Democratic primary
The post is currently held by Jack
B. Brooks of Beaumont.
His entry into the race, long
anticipated, brings the field of
candidates to four. Already run-
ning are Brooks. Hugh Wilson,
laboratory technician at a Port
Arthur refinery, and the Rev.
M. T. Banks, Beaumont Negro
Baptist minister. Banks has made
the race once before and Wilson
has sought the post several times.
Combs, 44. is now completing a
four-year term on the 60th Dis-
trict Court bench.
He previously served one term
as Jefferson County district attor-
ney, and was re-elected to office
for a second term, but went into the
military service during World
War II shortly after his second
term of office began. Carter over a county road.
The Combs name is widely Carter, has long refused to
known in East Texas politic, ’Me- tfWftlfaTn them*#, despite the fact
“In carrying out my mandate,”
Hammarskjold reported, “I have
stayed strictly within the scope
set by the Security Council reso-
lution.” The resolution requested
Hammarskjold to survey the
various aspects of enforcement
and compliance with the armis-
tice agreements between Israel
and the four Arab states.
“I have considered it appropri-
ate to give the aim of the resolu-
tion and interpretation according
to which I shbuld not merely sur-
vey and report on the state of
compliance which existed at the
time of my arrival in the region,
but also try to get the parties to
re-establish compliance to the
(See U.N., Page Z)
A snag was struck yesterday
afternoon in negotiations between
representatives of Operating En-
gineers Local 450 and the Asso-
ciated General Contractors (AGC)
and Sabine Area Construction
Committee (SACC).
The 15-minute session was held
at the LaSalle Hotel in Beaumont.
It was preceded by individual
conferences of both groups with
James O. Hubbard, federal media-
tor from Houston. ,
Labor sources said today “there
was no negotiating whatever and
no exchange of proposals.” It was
reported that the hoisting en-
gineers, regarded as the key local
in settlement of the Sabine Area
construction walkout now in the
33rd day, stood firm on contract
demands;——--
'New Approach' to Road Planning Talked
SriSQ IS StrUCk Should Help Through Other Institutions Move Expected
In Negotiations
To End Strike ■
British Oppose NATO Branching into Foreign Aid
PARIS (AP) — British sources
said Biitain told the United States
today it opposes any extension of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
ization into the foreign aid field
for the benefit of the world’s un-
developed regions.
U.S. Secretary of State Dulles
and British Foreign,' Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd had a midday meet-
ing. The British information said
Lloyd told Dulles NATO members
should push their aid programs
through other institutions. Sug-
gested were the International
Monetary Fund, the Colombo Plan
for Southeast Asia, or agencies
of the United Nations.
West Germany had just agreed
with a French plan for linking
German reunification to progress
in world disarmament which, in
turn, would free large sums of
capital for investment.
Lloyd and Dulles met for a long
discussion of Etst-Wesl relations
and NATO’s place in that pic-
ture. They continued their talks
Hoisting engineer negotiation
committee members stuck by a de-
mand for a 17'A-cent-an-hour pay
increase and a one-year contract
or 17*4 and 15 cents on a two-
year agreement. As contractor
sources put it tpday, “There was
no indication that these demands
would be lowered and the en-
gineers are standing firm on it.”
A. E. Wenham, AGC executive
secretary, emphasized positively
today that, “We are definitely not
interested in a one-year contract.”
It also was doubted that the nickel
increase in the second year of a
contract could be granted without
ripping up tentative understand-
ings which have been reached
(See STRIKE. Page 2)
Appropriations Panel Okays
33'/2 Billions in Defense Funds
WASHINGTON (AP)
concern over Russia’s growing
military might, jthe House Appro-
priations Committee voted today
to give the Defense Department
$33,635,066,000 in new money.
This is
$512,784,Q00 less man
the total President Eisenhower
asked in his original budget last
January and in a supplemental
request last month for the book-
keeping year starting July 1.
But more than half of the re-
Voicing duction was made up of paper
changes which the committee said
would not affect specific military
programs. The committee said it
expects that $'276,319,000, of the
cut will remain available In the
form of foreign currency under
Vidor Developer Will Defend
Deeds in Squabble Over Road
father ■ staunch Democrat,
aervea as judge of the 75th Ju-
dicial District comprised of Har-
din, Tyler, Chambers, Liberty and
Montgomery counties while re-
siding In Kountze. Later the fam-
ily moved to Beaumont and the
elder Combs served as judge of
the 9th Court of Civil Appeals for
12 years prior to being elected to
Congress where he served for
eight years from 1944 to 1952.
The younger Combs is widely
known in Texas political circles.
He has been active in Democratic
party politics in this section of
Texas.
A graduate of South Park High
School, Lamar Junior College and
the Univeristy of Texas School of
Law, he engaged In the private
practice of law in Beaumont with
his late father and his brother,
Lamar Combs, also of Beaumont,
for a number of years.
He served in the Navy in the
Atlantic, Pacific and American
theatres of operations for three
years during World War II.
Combs has been active in civic
affairs in this area. He is a mem-
ber and past commander of the
Beaumont American Legion Post,
a member of the Veterans of For-
eign Wars, 40 and 8, Elks and
Eagle? lodges and belongs to the
Beaumont Lions Club and Trav-
elers Protective Assn. He is also
an active member of the Calder
(See COMBS. Page 10)
VIDOR (Spl) — The develop-1 Last month, in an exchange
ers of a Vidor subdivision say with Tom Smith Jr. following a
they are ready to go to court with discussion of the dispute in a
Precinet 4 Commissioner Harold ’'Commissioners Court meeting,
Carter made this threat: “iTn-go-
ing to give you about 30 days
and then have the county surve.v-
that the county has a deed to it.
He contends the survey on which
the deed is based was inaccurate
and the county does not have the
40-foot width to which it is en-
titled.
The developers, Tom Smith Sr.
and Tom Smith Jr., insist the
county has all the land called for
in the deed, which was accepted
by Commissioners Court six years
ago before Carter became a mem-
ber.
Houston Woman Foils
Bank Robbery Effort
HOUSTON (AP)—A woman
teller dropped to the floor and
foiled the attempt of another
woman to rob the downtown
Bank of the Southwest yesterday.
The teller, Mrs. Elton Mor-
ris, said the woman handed her
a note demanding $7,000 and stat-
ed that the latter’s husband,
gun, was standing in
carrying a
the lobby.
After dropping to the floor,
Mrs. Morrir handed the note to
another teller who spread the
alarm. The woman fled.
Hero of Bloody Tarawa Is Picked
As Marine Recruit Training Boss
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Marines have picked as new boss
of their recruit training a hero of
bloody Tarawa, Maj. Gen. David
M. Shoup. •
Shoup’s job will be to make
boys into Marines without hazing
—and without endangering their
lives.
| Today's Weather |
Report From
Circleville
Cireleville
May 2. 1956
Dear Editor:
Washington wants to build a
dam in Egypt for the Egyptians
and no State’* (lighters here at
Cireleville are coming out for
more Egypt's Rightera. We’re
opposed to Federal encroach-
ment In Europe and Asia when
we haven’t been encroached up-
on adequately enough yot with
some dams around here.
Yours faithfully,
' H. B. Fox
through luncheon. Dulles followed
through with a meeting with West
German Foreign Minister Hein-
rich von Brentano in the after-
noon.
By account of the British
sources:
Lloyd told Dulles Britain is wil-
ling to expand consultative func-
tions of NATO in the political
field, but opposes the creation of
a new organization to channel aid
to undeveloped nations. He said
Britain also opposes using the
NATO framework for sending aid
to Southeast Asia and the Middle
East.
In this, he was joining French
Foreign Minister Christian Pi-
neau, who said yesterday France
opposes using such aid as a weap-
on in the cold war.
Both Britain and France ob-
viously believe the NATO label
would handicap the program in
neutralist areas such as India or
the Middle East,
GAS RATE INCREASE DENIED
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nat-
ural gas rate increases totaling
about $2,635,000 a year by four
independent producers on sales to
Trans-Continental Gas Pipeline
Corp. of Houston were denied
yesterday by a Power Commis-
sion examiner.
or go in and stake that road <?ff
and begin maintenance.”
In statements made to The
Leader since, both the Smiths
have said that if such a survey
encroaches on pioperty they have
sold to ..private owners they will
take Carter to court.
Tom Smith Sr., in a telephone
conversation with The Leader yes-
terday afternoon, put it this way:
“The load is there, a 40-foot
street backed up by a warranty
deed to the county and we will
defend it in any and all courts
just as we would defend the deeds
given to the other property own-
ers.”
A newspaper article concerning
the exchange between Carter and
Tom Smith Jr., quoted the latter
as admitting that the county does
not have 40 feet because the sur-
vey was inaccurate.
He said later this quotation was
not entirely accurate and that the
primary purpose of his appear-
ance before” he commissioners—
by invitation—was to say that the
county has all of the land called
for in its deed.
The father elaborated on this
point yesterday by pointing out
that while the survey is a fraction
of a degree off, is is off on both
sides of the street and that still
leaves the county with 40 feet.
As long as Carter stays on this
40 feet, the elder Smith indicated,
there will be no trouble. But if
he moves onto property which has
been deeded to private owners
ill be a
therfe wil
developer declared.
court battle, the
mutual defense and occupation
agreements.
The amount recommended Is
$1,741,832,374 more than Congress
appropriated for the present year
ending June 30.
The recommendations were con-
tained in a bill which the House
•vill consider next week. The Sen-
ate will act later.
The committee said emphasis
during the coming year will be
on airpower and new weapons
“being phased in at an increasing
rate."
The new money, plus funds car-
ried over, would give the Defense
Department 46 1/4 billion during
the new fiscal year. It contem-
plates military strength of 2,865,-
200 in mid-1957, compared with
2,820,100 next June 30.
Here’s how the new dollars
would be shared among the serv-
ices:
Army—$7,497,582,000, a budget
cut of $263,843,000 but $167,629,-
000 more than this year.
Navy — $9,999,534,000, budget
cut of $48,066,000 but an increase
of $871,774,444 over this year.
Air Force — $15,479,125,000, a
budget cut of $187,375,000 but an
increase of $739,361,830 over this
year.
The rest of the money in the
bill was allotted to the office of
the secretary of defense and to
interservice activities, none of
which was cut deeply.
The committee called for a
"comprehensive and integrated’’
plan of scientific research to pre-
vent Russia from overcoming
“our present marginal superiori-
ty” in development of advanced
weapons and equipment.
It called also for better use of
the staff in the office of the sec-
retary of defense, commenting
that there are too many detailed
instructions “apparently prepared
in a vacuum in Washington.” As
an example it cited a detailed or-
der on uniform standards for
mowing grass.
It complained about “continued
leaks and premature disclosures
of our military secrets” and said
“drastic administrative action of
some sort is in order.”
Their Struggle Might Be Warming Up
Stevenson, Kefauver Call Truce, Attend Veep Rites
Dtli PrM> U S. Wmlhtr Sum
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By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adlal Stevenson and Sen. Estes
Kefauver observed a campaign
truce today to attend the funeral
of Sen., Alben W. Barkley. But
there were signs their struggle
for the Democratic presidential
nomination might be wanting up.
Before interrupting a five - day
swing through Florida to fly to
the Barkley funeral, Kefauver
said in Defuniak Springs yesterday
he feared a “smear campaign”
against him because of what he
described as a false news story
that he once advocated using fed-
eral troops to enforce racial inte-
gration in Southern schools.
Kefauver said that if such a
campaign should develop in Flor-
ida, Stevenson “miut shoulder his
part of the responsibilty, since he
would be the direct beneficiary.”
In California, where Stevenson
has been stumping, Roger Tubby,
his press secretary, said Steven-
son “would not participate in
spreading false rumors about the
senator.”
Before leaving San Francisco
for the Barklay rites in Paducah,
Ky. Stevenson told newsmen yes-
terday he thinks he has “a lot of
work to do” in Florida, where be
and Kefauver
28 convention votes.
contesting for
The state’s
primary is May 29.
The Republicans, meanwhile,
took a shot at Stevenson for sug-
gesting a 'halt in H-bomb tests.
An editorial in the May issue of
the GOP National Committee’s
publication Straight from the
Shoulder accused Stevenson of
trying to “play politics” with the
H-bomb. It said that by so doing,
he gave dramatic evidence of What
it called “hii addeheadedness on
life-and-death Issue.”
Speaking before an editor?’
meeting in Washington April 21,
Stevenson said the move he pro-
posed would help regain the
“moral initiative” which he con-
tended the Eisenhower adminis-
tration has lost 1 world affairs.
If other nations persisted in fur-
ther H-bomb tests of their own, he
said, this country cou}d recon-
sider its policy. ‘ »
In the same GOP publication,
Party Chairman Leonard W. Hall
said former President Harry S.
Truman had made “low -level
attacks” on President Eisenhower.
Hall callad on Republicans to
“carry the fight to Harry Trumon
—zero In on the Truman record
of failures.”
Vidor Board
To Study Tax
And Expansion
VIDOR (Spl) — The Vidor
School Board today at 7:30 p.m.
will study tax valuations of the
school district with the view to
expanding school facilities, and
will consider the appointment of
a junior high school principal.
C. B. Blakeney, who holds the
post, has asked to be transfer-
red to a teaching position. He has
served 1he district, respectively,
as teacher, tax assessor-collector
and principal.
The board will discuss Valua-
tions with P. • C. Daughdrfll, tax
assessor-collector, who has been
asked ta confer with trustees. ;
At a recent meeting, the board
employtd 93 teachers and two
principals, High School Principal
John Beasley and Elementary
School Principal Brady Sowell.
Given contracts are Mrs. Ella
Mae George, Mrs. Beatrice John-
son, S E. Davis, Mrs. Ella Mae
Stewart, Mrs. Juanita Long, Mrs.
Ann Taylor. Betty Stephenson,
Mrs. Lura LaJuan Robinson, Mrs.
Mabel Croak. Mrs. Evelyn Dykes
and Mrs. Margaret McDonald.
Mrs. Rozene Nagel, Mrs. Alice
Oates. Mrs. Evelyn Perry, Mrs.
Lola Renfro, Mrs. Peggy Ann Wil-
lis, Ruth Mae Anderson, Mrs.
Gloria Fiedler, Mrs. Gladys
Flahlrty and Mrs. Geraldine
Flanagan.
Mrs. Roberta Jones. Mrs. Iris
Perkins’ Mrs. Bessie Taylor, Mrs.
Bessie Webb, Mrs. Elma O. Ed-
wards, Mrs. Mildred Griffing,
Flois Mae Howard, William M.
Phillips, Mrs. Vestal Smith and
Mrs. Lorene Sowell.
Sylvia Ann Sterling, May Belle
Wood, Mrs. Mary Lee Derden,
Mrs. Reba Griffin, Mrs. Evange-
line Hext, Maggie Lamb, Mrs.
Lois Peveto, William E. Powell,
Ollif Tomme and Mrs. Mamie
Davis.
Jessie Lee Gilstrap, Tom Hol-
land Jr., Mrs. Hazel Morris, Mrs.
Alma Troutman, Mrs. Zelma
Beathard, R. A. Garlington, Carl
Maxey, M. M. Pollard, Arlen Por-
tie and Rufus Williams.
Marie Adams, Mrs. LaMerle
Beard, Mrs. Faye Fitts, Herman
L. Fitts, Donald E. Hendrix, Mrs. started Sunday and brought some
June Chambless, Ann Laura Dean, ‘sections their best rains in years,
(See SCHOOL, Page 2) were over
A warning to remove livestock
and portable property along the
lowlands of the Sabine River in
the upper watershed was issued
by the Weather Bureau as that
stream rose. A crest of 34 feet
was forecast for tomorrow.
The Sabine rose 10 feet yester-
day at Gfadewater but was still
nearly 10 feet shy of the flood
stage of 26 feet.
The Trinity River crested at
29.4 feet in DaWgs yesterday but
fell later. Flood stage is 28 feet.
Flooding conditions at Brown-
wood eased as the depth of water
going over Lake Brownwood
spillway lessened. Some 200 fam-
ilies still were unable to return
to their flooded homes.
Dulles is to present his ideas
to the full NATO Foreign Minis-
ters’ Council tomorrow.
Western diplomats say the two-
day NATO session beginning to-
morrow may be a momentous
meeting for the 15-member min-
isterial council. Dulles has said
one of the chief objectives is to
plan the reshaping of NATO “into
something more than a military
alliance.”
Shortly after he got here yes-
terday, he was given a French
plan calling for a new interna
tional agency to distribute eco-
nomic aid to the world’s needy.
He conferred two hours with
French Foreign Minister Christian
Pineau on the French proposal,
(See NATO. Page 21
To Keep Money
Now Available
By J. CULLEN BROWNING
(See Editorial)
A "new approach” to Orange
County <*oad planning is being
talked, with two important objec-
tives in mind:
1. Saving over a million dollars
already earmarked for county
highways but in critical danger
of being lost.
2. Getting work started quickly
on a *1.148,500 sprtion of the new
Superhighway U.S. 90 that can go
to'contract this year, and obtaining
the allocation as soon as possible
of the remainder of the estimated
13 to 15 million dollars needed to
complete the approximately 16
miles of this freeway still to be
built In the county.
The accomplishment of either of
these aims is dependent entirely
upon one Item — rights-of-way. In
order to keep the million dollars
already available, Orange County
must sWlire about 60
Replying today, Sen. Humphrey
(D-Minn) said in Washington that
in attacking Truman the Republi-
cans are—as he put it—“trying to
turn the calendar .back when they
ought to be looking ahead.”
Kefauver said he was alerted
to the possible “spear campaign”
Monday when he was asked at two
places in Florida about “my ‘plan’
to send federal troops down to en-
force school integration.” He said
he has “no such plan” and re-
called he has said “that to use
troops would only make the prob-
lem worse.” He did not identify
the newspaper which he said car-
ried the allegedly erroneous story
last February.
Stevenson, who planned to re-
sume a 12-day schedule of elec
tioneering in California after the.
Barkley funeral, touched on the
integration issur yesterday during
a San Francisco stivstcorner talk
to an audience cor .4 lsed mostly
of Negroes.
He said Eisenhower had with-
held the power and prestige of
the presidency from helping tp
carry out the Supreme Court's
school desegregation order. “If I
were president,’’ he said, “I’d make
it the first order of business ,.
Upper Sabine
Out of Banks
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Skies Were clear over much of
Texas today but rivers, swollen
by heavy rain threatened new
flood damage.
Showers fed in South Texas
last night but ^he forecasts indi-
cated the heavy downpours, that
Bicyclist Hit
By Automobile
The life of Otho McCarver, 1»,
of Ovutfr was possibly raved
when he was thrown into a full
ditch of water Instead of hitting
the road when he was struck by
an automobile yesterday at 3:30
p.m. while riding a bicycle.
The youth was unconscious
when taken to Frances Ann
Lutcher Hospital by a Claybar
ambulance, but is reported in fair
condition today.
He is suffering from a deep
laceration on the hip, confusions
and abrasions, but no bones were
broken, according to hospital at-
tendants.
The accident occurred approxi-
mately 80 feet north of the city
limits near the intersection of FM
Road 1130 and Heard 'road. Mc-
Carver was struck by a 1955
Chevrolet station wagon driven
by Mrs. Sylvia Papanie Parley of
Orange.
The woman was driving north,
alone in her car, and the youth
was pedaling his bicycle south on
the highway behind a moving
school bus when the collision oc-
curred.
The force of Impact threw the
boy 40 feet into a full ditch of
water. The fact that the boy hit
the water rather than the road,
possibly saved his life, according
to Highway Patrolman Shirley
Swift, who investigated the mis-
hap.
The boy was pulled immediate-
ly from the water by an unidenti-
fied Negro, Swift said.
Damage estimated to the auto-
mobile was $350 and the bicycle
was a total loss.
Hl’tcs mure
right-of-way. To get the first ad
ditional section' of the superhigh-
way, it must obtain 13.922 acres of
land and to make way for the
remainder of the four-lane free-
way it must secure about 133 acres
more and pay the cost of moving
a section of air irrigation canal.
All this, according to an unoffi-
cial but completely reliable esti-
mate, is going to cost in the magni-
tude of $300,000 and at the moment
there is only about one-tenth ot
that amount In the county’s right-
of-way fund.
These facts were dredged up by
Leader reporters this week follow-
ing the submission by the State
Highway Department to the Or-
ange Chamber of Commerce high-
way committee of a new schedule
of projects presently programmed
and to be programmed in the im-
mediate future for this county.
On this schedule are the follow-
ing projects listed as presently
programmed, together with the
estimated cost of each and the
amount of right-of-wgy still
nccdsd*
1. State 62 from 4.15 tpllei north
of U.S.-90 tolWMUMr MOLewis
School, $201,600, 24.613 adfes.
2. State 62 from U.S. 90 to Its
intersection with FM 105 (former-
ly FM 406) west of Orange, $147,-
900, 18.230 acres.
3. FM 105 from a point east of
Orangefield to that community, in-
cluding a new bridge over Cow
Bayou. $387,600, 9.837 acre*.
4. U.S. 90, grading and small
drainage structures from Simmons
drive curve to 1.4 miles west (part
of new superhighway), $82,000,
5.136 acres.
5. FM 105 from Jasper County
line north of Vidor to Texla road
intersection, $35,800, 2.838 acres.
To these, according to the cham-
ber of commerce committee, can
be added $97,000 for surfacing the
Round Bunch road from FM 1006
in the Firestone plant site to the
(See ROADS, Page 10)
list Rites for Veep
Will bo Held Today
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — The
body of Alben W. Barkley, elder
statesman and master wit, arrives
in Paducah today for funeral and
burial amid the picturesque set-
ting of his hometown.
The special 10-car train bearing
the late Kentucky Democrat sena-
tor and former vice president was
due to arrive at 12:30 p.m. from
Washington. Funeral service*
were scheduled at 2 p.m. at the
Broadway Methodist Church.
President Eisenhower and other
associates and friends paid final
tribute to the “Veep” at services
in Washington yesterday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Elsenhower will make an ad-
dress on ’'important phases of in-
ternational affaire” at Baylor
University commencement exer-
cises May 25.
Announcing this today, the
White House said the President
will receive an honorary doctor
of laws degree at the ceremonies -
in Waco, Tex. i
“The subject matter of th*
President’s speech will deal with
Important phases of international
affairs,” press secretary James C-
Hagerty told newsmen.
The invitation for Eneenhower
to speak at Baylor was extended
by the university’*, president, Dr,
William R. White. A*
Eisenhower plans tinY to Waco
May 23, arriving at the Baylor
campus about 10:30 a.m.
He intends to return to Wash-
ington by plane after the com-
mencement exercises. which are
scheduled to begin shortly after
his arrival in Waco.
Hagerty said Eisenhower will
speak from a prepared text for
about 30 minutes. Since taking of-
fice the President has made it a
policy to attend commencement
exercises of two institutiona of
higher learning each year.
In reply to questions, Hagerty
said Eisenhower quite likely will
continue that policy thle year. but
the press secretary added he did
not know which other of several
invitations the chief executive will
accept.
Hagerty declined to elaborate on
the announced theme of the Presi-
dent’s address at Baylor, a Bap-
tist school in its 111th year.
A reporter, noting this Is an
election year and Eisenhower la
a candidate, told Hagerty hi* visit
to Texas might be Interpreted as
having political overtone*—-that it
might be regarded as a Republi-
can effort to carry Texas this yeaf
as Eisenhower did in 1952.
Hagerty replied “Texas {* th#
state he (Eisenhower) wee born
in ” ‘*1
He made no direct comment on
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Third Graders Seek New Heroes
After Classmates Tangle With Law
VIDOR (Spl)—The short and
merry reputation of being “heroes”
to their small fry friends ended
yesterday for 8-year-old and 9-
year-old boys who had built up a
record of running away from
home.
The boys landed in the justice
of the peace office of Marion
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Stephenson after they had set fire »ol V|dor. and the Beaumont police
to a pump shed in the heart of caught them on the Neches River
town. They were caught by the bridge. They had walkad the entire
owner of the shed and brought in Wly in heavy rain. '7T1
Asked why they had set the
pump house on fire, the 8-year-
old replied: “It just seemed like
a good idea.” Both appeared un-
concerned over questioning by law
officers and Vidor Elementary
School Principal Brady Sowell.
Ushered into jail cells for brief
visits, their unconcern died. Said
Stephenson: “How do you like our
jail?” When one replied that he
didn’t, Stephenson reminded:
“Th?t might be your home some
day if you don't straighten up.”
Their parents spent the entire
afternoon searching for the boys
after the school had informed them
they were not in class. Officers
released them to parents late in
the afternoon.
Most of their classmates, learn-
ing of the tangle with the law, be-
gan looking elsewhere for legend-
Rh«« Is Campaigning
For Presidential Vote
SEOUL (/P)—President Syngh-
man Rhee climbed on the political
stump today to make his first
campaign and “whistle-stop”
speeches since the Republic of
Korea was founded in 1948.
Rhee, 81, is seeking a third
term in the May 13 election. He
spoke at Noqsan, 100 miles south
of Seoul, and at Taejon, Chochl-
won and Suwon stations, along
the railroad route back to the
capital. -
He apparently took the stump
because of the hard campaigning
of hi* two major opponents—
Democrat P. H. Shinicky and Pro-
gressive Cho Bong Am. He did
not campaign in previous elec-
tion*- urn and 1952.
to the law office for disposition
of their case. The fire did only
slight damage.
One obaerver said the boys
were regarded as heroes by their
3rd grade classmates when they
ran away from school two weeks
ago, after playing hookey from
school. Constable Hop Williamson
HD Rally Day
Held at Amoq
The National Guard Armory
home demonstration club* In tha
county set up exhibits for Rally
Day. This is an annual affair
given in observance of National
HD Week.
There are seven exhibit! this
year and they represent phases
of projects undertaken by th#
clubs during , th* year. Judges
from Jefferson County will select
the top ranking exhibits.
Highlights of the morning pro-
gram included a style show of ,
garments made in a tailoring
workshop. There also was a 15-
mjnute program presented by
each club, and Mrs. Glen Settles
of the Woman’s Club garden de-
partment, gave a demonstration
on flower arrangements.
Reports were heard from tha
three delegates who attended a
district THDA meeting In Whar-
ton, April 17, The. delegates were
Mr*. H. W. Peveto, Mrs. Prank
Peveto and Mrs. Don Millar.
Presiding over tha session was
Mrs. C. U. Hale, county council
chairman. Mrs. Robert Johnson
was in charge of recreation.
At noon the members served a
hot meal to members of tha
County Commissioners Court,
members of the press, personnel
from the extension service office,
club members and their guests.
Interest in Orange
Clothing Store Sold
An interest In the Jackson
Clothing Store. 508 Front St in
Orange, has been sold by Paul
Skinner to his partner, Andrew
McKinney, in a transaction com-
pleted today.
Skinner, local car salesman,
and McKinney, veteran clothing
salesman, entered into the part-
nership nearly three months ago
when the lease and stock were
acquired from C. B. Jackson.
Skinner is scheduled to enter a
BeauiuOT.t hospital thi* week lor
an extended rest ranging from a
week to 19 days. He is taking a
30-day leave of absence from
Paul Gasow Motors and will re-
turn to work then afterwards.
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INDIGNANT — Was the term
yesterday for D. J. Amodeo, who
was certainly slighted concerning
twins. Amodeo called to complain
that his wife gave birth to twins
on Jan. 29. 1951, while he was an
Orange police department ser-
geant. Consequently, there ia no
doubt that he deserves credit for
being the first father of twins as a
member of the force. Now 3
years old, the twins are Mary
Lynne and Leslie Ann.
GOOD LUCK—To A T. Burns
Sr. and Mrs. Joe Lucas in self-set
goals of attending 100 annual
Miriam Lutcher Stark 1
and declamation contests,
art only 46 more to go and to
has missed a one.
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 107, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1956, newspaper, May 3, 1956; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561667/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.