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"WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron
82ND YEAR, NO. 1M
ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28, 198° -'WENTY EIGHT PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
Associated Press (PP)
By Katharyn Duff
A beautifully done biography
of the late T. G. Hendrick has
been published privately by
Hendrick Home for Children,
coming close on the 100th an-
niversary last Oct. 23 of the
philanthropist’s birth.
The book, by Oscar Kimsey
Bowen, tells of the Hendricks,
of the good usage to which they
put their vast wealth, of the
two Abilene institutions which
bear the name and, incidentally,
of the time E. M. Collier,
thanks be, didn't dare solicit
a gift for the hospital he ad-
ministers.
Mr. Hendrick established the
children’s home, giving it an
endowment which has multipli-
ed through the years. He didn't
establish the hospital named for
him. But he befriended it great-
ly at a critical moment.
Growing hospitals are ever
in need of more funds for
growth. (Currently the hospital
is needing help in furnishing
and equipping a major new
building, built in memory of the
late Mrs. George S. Anderson )
But back in the Great De-
pression it was a matter of sur-
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PALM BEACH. Fla. (AP)
President Kennedy will fly to Mi-
ami on Saturday to salute the
COUPLE MEETS AGAIN—Antonio Mario Garcia, 24, 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners
is reunited with his proxy bride Yvonne Fernandea, who won freedom on Christmas
21, after he arrived in Miami from Cuba. They were Eve.
married by proxy in August, 1961, while he was a Kennedy told a delegation that
prisoner. They will be married formally Saturday, invited him that, in the words of
(AP Wirephoto)
Grain Shortage
vival, not growth. Charity busi- m — •
ness was booming Baptist
churches which had started the DAMAGE TEATS
hospital were struggling just to ICED lu’e
keep themselves going. “
The hospital money crisis romclaints alleging short- Jersey, Cooper Tire and Rubber
grew daily more severe and £ 1, million pounds of Co. Delaware and Standard
young Mr. Collier, the admin- x weresigned here Insurance Co. of Oklahoma,
istrator, grew more and more I Thursday afternoon and
_ desperate. Some money had to be filed Friday in Anson Jus-
to be forthcoming or else tice of the Peace Court against
, an Anson man.
That was in 1985 and it so , The complaints allege the false
happened that a bit earlier Mr. issuance of three warehouse re-
Hendrick and his wife had mov- ceipts, each for 500,000 pounds of
ed to Abilene from Odessa, milo, in violation of state crimi-
The Hendricks were wealthy inal law. The 104th District Attor-
and generous - and hounded ney, Tom Todd, said Thursday
overly much by those who would that seven additional receipts
share their riches. They had will be taken before a grand jury
been threatened, even with kid- when the case is considered.
been L - been subject- He said the total amount of
lo.-ta And Mr. srain involved amounts to about
Hendrick had had enough. He °TN0 complaints name Ce-
had become, his biographer cil Hudson of Anson and allege
says, "distrustful of all sole the issuance of receipts showing
itors." Completely distrustful, grain received for storage from
Young Mr. Collier knew this. Paymaster Feed Mills of Abilene.
He also knew he had to find Todd said the Abilene firm was
some money for the hospital, issued all the receipts involved.
The second knowledge finally I The complaints allege that
outweighed the first and he sat "said grain was then and there
down and carefully composed not actually in storage at the
a letter to Mr Hendrick detail- time of issuance of said receipt "
ing the crisis asking help on A second count alleges that grain
debts ' was removed from storage “with-
. in jout the return and cancellation of
He knew the letter was in any and all outstanding receipts
danger of offending a polenta issued to represent said grain."
good friend, so he consulted with The complaints were signed by
Mr. Anderson, longtime hospital H. A. Weatherby Jr., warehouse
chairman, about mailing it. Bet- examiner for the State Ag-
ter wait, Mr. Anderson advised, riculture Dept.
knowing Mr. Hendrick’s atti- Todd said the complaints were
tude. mailed to Anson Thursday for fil-
Mr. Collier kept the letter ing and that an arrest warrant
over night, trying to decide if will then be issued
he dared be one of those "solic- Todd said Hudson is asso-
itors" distrusted. ciated with the Market Poultry
Next morning, out of the blue, and Egg Co. of Anson
he got a phone call from Mr An involuntary bankruptcy pe-
Hendrick. Could Collier drop tition was filed in Abilene feder-
by: He could and he did. Quick- firime creditors
1 having any money Listing combined unpaid ac-
Hospital having counts of more than $14,000,
trouble?0 were the Quaker Oats Co. of New $26,700.
Yes, it was, young Mr. Col-
lier admitted. It needed so
many thousands to pay press-
ing debts.
Mr Hendrick looked helpful.
Not only that, said the solic-
itor who had refrained from
soliciting.
The hospital badly needed a
whole new wing!
Whole new wing? Mr. Hen-
drick was astonished. He shov-
, ed his chair back from the desk
so hard he crashed into the
wall behind him. He was amaz-
ed at this "non - soliciting"-
but he gave
Mr. Hendrick took care of the
debt. He gave enough for the
new wing, too. And that was
just the beginning of his giving.
But Mr. Collier wasn't a "so-
licitor." Twenty - eight years
and many wings later he's still
thankful Mr. Anderson suggest-
ed that letter not be mailed.
"The Lord smiled on us that
day He has smiled on us a
lot," Mr. Collier says.
NEWS INDEX
are Todd said he will probably take
his case before a 104th District
grand jury meeting in Anson Jan.
7. He added that the warehouses
involved are at Hermleigh, Syl-
vester and Wastella.
. The Anson firm was sus-
pended from operation for 30 days
by State Agriculture Commission-
er John C. White Saturday after
felony charges were filed at Mor-
ton in Cochran County against
Jerry Don Hudson of Anson, presi-
dent of Storage, Inc., of Anson
and Cecil Hudson's son- over alleg-
ed shortages of millions of pounds
of grain from elevators at Mor-
ton and nearby Lehman.
White listed Market Poultry and
Egg Co. as being interrelated
with Storage, Inc., along with the
Haskell Warehouse Co.
Jones County Sheriff Dave
Reves said Thursday night Jerry
Don Hudson had been arrested
and released on two $3,000 bonds
Jerry Hudson was accused in
Morton County of issuing grain
receipts to farmers for grain not
in storage and of removing grain
from storage without first secur-
ing the cancellation of receipts
George W. Boring, county attor-
ney of Cochran County, said the
alleged shortages in Morton and
Lehman would run 51.8 carloads
one of the group, "he hopes some
day to visit a free Cuba.”
They, in turn, pledged again
that "of one thing you may be
sure-we shall return” to pay a
debt to those who died in the dis-
astrous April 1961 invasion.
Kennedy will review the freed
prisoners and other Bay of Pigs
survivors at a special ceremony
in Miami's big Orange Bowl sta-
dium.
The President will address the
Cubans, who will wear khaki
shirts and trousers as they stand
in military formation.
As part of the ceremony, bri-
gade members will present to
Kennedy the special flag under
which they trained and which they
carried into combat.
Erneido Oliva, second in com-
mand of the invasion forces, de-
scribed the flag as "the soul of
Brigade 2506"—the military des-
ignation of the group.
"We will be giving the President
the greatest treasure that we pos-
sess at the present time,” Oliva
said.
He related that the banner was
saved from capture by a brigade
survivor who carried it through
the lines of Cuban government
forces as he made his way to
sanctuary in a Havana embassy.
The rescuer of the flag was iden-
tified only as "a soldier named
Miranda."
Kennedy met for an hour and
I* minutes with the Cuban dele-
ZACHRY LOW BIDDER — Three men who will be From left are Zachry Vice President H. S. Kerr, Col.
closely connected with 1963's runway renovation at John F. Arfman of Albuquerque, N.M., district engi-
Dyess AFB check bid figures Thursday after H. B. neer for the Army Corps of Engineers, and Joseph L
Zachry made the apparent low offer — $3,185,552. Jones, resident engineer for the project. (Staff Photo)
Zachry’s $3.18 Million
Bid Low on Dyess Work
By BOB BRUCE | Three other companies — two $3,664,661.70; and Jarbet Co. of
Reporter-News Military Editor of them from Texas — bid on San Antonio, $3,718,659.70.
H. B. Zachry Co. of San An- *1 4
gation on the flagstone patio of
the oceanfront villa the President
is occupying during the holidays, contractor
The visitors later told newsmen
Kennedy expressed thanks ‘for
our heroic efforts which were not
only made in behalf of freeing our
country but also in defense of the
democracies of the world.”
Manuel Artime, one of the
of grain or about 5,180,000 pounds, group that called’ on Kennedy,
He said a carload of grain con- was civilian leader of the inva-
tains about 100,000 pounds, and at sion forces. Another, Jose Peres
the present market value of be- San Ramon, was the military
tween $1.78 to $1.82 per 100 commander
pounds, the alleged shortages -
would be in excess of $87,700.
At that price quoted by Boring,
the alleged shortages of 1'4 mil-
lion pounds of grain involved in
the complaint signed here Thurs-
day would amount to more than
was civilian leader of the inva-
the 912-month job that will open
BY IRS OFFICIALS
Expense Account
Ruling Relaxed
The Orange Bowl ceremony will
be opened with a prayer by the
Rev. Ismael Lugo, Roman Catho-
lic chaplain of the brigade, who
shared with the men 20 months in
Cuban prisons.
Kennedy will fly to Miami by
helicopter, landing 12 blocks from
the Orange Bowl, and will drive
to the stadium to review the Cu-
bans.
Artime said the brigade dele-
gation came here not only to
thank Kennedy for his personal
efforts in winning their freedom
but to express gratitude because
he proclaimed them freedom
fighters rather than mercenaries
Communist propagandists called
them mercenaries.
tonio, a veteran in the military
construction field and a general
for Abilene's Atlas mis-
sile sites, was the apparent low
bidder Thursday on Dyess AFB s
runway renovation project with
an offer of $3,185,552.
SECTION A
Obituaries ..............3
Sports................7’
Oil news ..............”r
SECTION •
Fox news .........
Women’s news .....
Editorials ...........
Comics .............
Radio-TV logs
TV Scout .........
Ferm news, markets ..
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WASHINGTON (AP)—In a fi-
nal ruling effective Jan. 1, the
government eased Thursday the
tough tentative rules for its in-
come tax crackdown on "expense-
account living."
The new regulation for substan-
tiating travel, entertainment and
gift expenses requires vouchers or
receipts for each outlay of $25
or more claimed as a decuctible
business cost. An earlier $10 limit
drew howls of protest from busi-
nessmen
Commissioner Mortimer M.
Caplin of the Internal Revenue
Service issued the final regula-
tion. At a news conference, he
announced he will allow a 90-day
grace period for companies which
for mechanical reasons, cannot
change their bookkeeping by New
Year's Day.
Other taxpayers will get a
"reasonable" time - Caplin sug-
gested a month, for most busi-
nessmen—as a familiarziation pe-
riod, provided the taxpayer
makes a good-faith effort to com-
ply as quickly as possible.
Rule drew protests. Pg. 10-A
more than a dozen other
changes were made. All are in
the direction of placating busi-
nessmen who bombarded the IRS
with thousands of letters after
tentative regulations came out
Nov. 8, and who protested against
the new paper work at a two-
day hearing early this month.
Caplin told questioners he ex-
pects the government to gain at
least $100 million of tax revenues
which have been slipping away
A major change waives the re-
quirement for item-by-item proof
of travel costs in cases where
companies make per diem allow-
ances of up to $25 a day to cover
an employe's meals, lodging and
incidentals while he is out of
town.
Caplin said higher per diem al-
lowances could be allowed when
individual companies seek an IRS
clearance in advance because of
special circumstances — such as
See TAXES, Pg, 2-A, Cel. 4
WEATHER
the way for relocation of a B-
52 heavy jet bomber squadron at
Dyess.
The firms and their bids were:
Western Contracting Corp, of Dal-
las. $3,530,509.60; Lane Con-______
struction Co. of Meriden, Conn., persons.
Bid opening in the Windsor Ho-
tel ballroom was a relatively brief
affair, taking but 15 minutes. Col.
John F Arfman of Albuquerque.
N.M., district engineer for the
Army Corps of Engineers, open-
ed the four sealed bids before 125
the firm, said that since 1955,
Zachry has done more than $50
million in runway work at Air
Force bases in the southwest.
They include Biggs, Bergstrom
and Kelly AFBs in Texas and
Holloman and Cannon AFBs in
New Mexico.
Construction will begin Feb. 1
Check of Defense
Budget Complete
PALM BEACH, Fla. (Apt-
President Kennedy and Secretary
of Defense Robert S. McNamara
huddled for 2% hours Thursday in
a last-minute search for excess
cussion. Presumably the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Meir touched on
continuing unrest in the Middle
East and, perhaps, Israel's ef-
forts to develop its own atomic
program.
fat in the $51-billion military McNamara and Deputy Secre-
tary of Defense Roswell L. Gil-
patric arrived before Mrs. Meir
budget. /
For the first hour and a half
of their session, at the holiday
White House overlooking the At-
lantic, Kennedy and McNamara
were joined by the Joint Chiefs
of Staff.
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Air
Force chief of staff, arrived in
a mood to dispute a Kennedy-Mc-
Namara decision to scrap devel-
opment of the controversial Sky-
bolt missile. There was no evi-
dence that this basic policy deci-
sion was altered, however.
. _____1 With the Defense Department
' ’ DANE MERMNERCE budget expected to jump from the
ABREW RO"alW“ NLa J
marame, our ^SS. * new peacetime peak of about $51
a” i. the mid 50s, low Friday night billion, the President and his mil-
current level of $48.3 billion to a
left, although they apparently did
not join in her discussion with
Kennedy.
. at the south end of the runway.
Host for the meeting was the The project is scheduled for corn-
Military Affairs Committee of pletion Nov. 10.
the Abilene Chamber of Zachry’s low bid came on Sched-
Commerce. ule p which calls for the widen-
| The government's contract with ing of the runway to consist of
Zachry could be signed by Dec. asphalt with an 18-inch base All
31 and at the latest by early Jan-bids listed above were on Sched-
uary. said Locke L. Mouton, in- ule B.
formation official for the Corps Schedule A. said Col. Arfman,
of Engineers ... ., called for the widening to be of
The majority of the job will con- reinforced concrete. The bids on
sist of widening the present run- it were: Zachry, $3,446,558.65;
way from 200 to 300 feet and lay-Western, $3,650,394,60; and Lane,
ing a 75-foot keel down the cen $3,710,134.15. Jarbet did not bid
ter of the runway. The runway on Schedule A.
will not be lengthened. Schedule B will be used in the
Zachry Vice President H. S Dyess project. The government
Kerr of San Antonio said that estimate for “A” was $4,369,387.96;
perhaps $200,000 worth of the job for "B” $4,398,188. 95.
would be subcontracted, with his The B-52 unit to move to Dyess
company doing the rest.
W. K. Coker, chief estimator for See BIDS, Pg. 2-A. Col. 5
OTHERS MAY FOLLOW
Relatives of Prisoners
Get Welcome in Miami
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS — Cloudy
Saturday. Occasional light rain southwest
Friday over area Friday night and east
Saturday Slowly rising temperatures. High
Friday 52-57.
NORTHWEST TEXAS - Cloudy north
to south with occasional light rain ex-
treme south Friday. Warmer north Fri-
MAAC ary ana warmer Saturday Huan
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS - Cloudy
and warmer Saturday with occasional
‘V/M? WXXS* cloudy and
nommar al."MA2S WFTZa,"Wsscca
itary chiefs had to consider which
projects show the greatest prom-
ise and deserve the highest pri-
ority in order to head off an even
steeper climb in outlays.
The new budget for the 1964
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Thursday a m.Thursday
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p.m
mienord g for a hours ending
’ Tie ana™or same date last year: •
- reading at • p.m.: 28.36.
at 9 p.m.: 80 per cent.
fiscal year beginning next July 1,
will go to Congress next month
The Pentagon will account for
more than half the total, expected
to approximate $99 billion—a rec-
ord high.
Kennedy met with his military
advisers after spending more
than an hour talking with Golda
Meir, the Israeli foreign minister
who is returning home after at-
tending United Nations sessions in
New York.
Emerging from the President's
borrowed villa, Mrs. Meir gave
no clue to the nature of the dis-
By JIM BECKER
MIAMI, Fla (AP)—Nearly a
thousand relatives of the freed
Bay of Pigs invasion prisoners ar-
rived Thursday on an American
freighter from Communist Cuba
and were reunited with the for-
mer captives in scenes of emo-
tion and joy.
Chances were good that an
other shipload of relatives would
be allowed to leave Cuba later
’mercy airlift that ended Christ-
mas eve.
•'It's a miracle we are here,”
said Mrs Jose Delgado, whose
son, Roman, 28, was captured in
the invasion. Her husband said,
“Anything outside of Cuba looks
like heaven.”
The exiles sailed aboard the
freighter African Pilot which had
carried to Havana the down pay:
ment of $11 million in drugs and
He added that the most serious
shortage in Cuba now
shortage of shame.”
baby food to free the prisoners.
After immigration procedures,
enlivened by tiny children wailing
over smallpox shots, the exiles
....... were rushed in buses to a huge
"is the Miami auditorium where they
were reunited with the captives.
for exile in the United States.
The ship, carrying 920 relatives
and two who were not relatives,
docked at Port Everglades near
here at 9 am., about 14 hours
after it left the homeland they1
8-Day Proration
had deserted for as long as Fidel .ci .
Castro rules . man
Castro threw in their freedomlAS VIITEn
as a Christmas bonus to the llllv9 1
$53-million Operation Ransom that
brought 1.113 survivors of the ill-
fated landing, to Florida in a
(See editorial, page 6-B)
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