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MINERAL WELLS
'f he South's Greatest
Health Resort
and a
Major Industrial Center
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MINERAL WELLS
£[ome ol the U.S. Army
Primary Helicopter
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Establish* i May 5, 1900
United Press International Wire Service
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1959
“ NEA Feature Service
APPLIES FOR SOVIET CITIZENSHIP—Lee Harvey Oswald, lef.
of Fort Worth, Tex., was a smiling U.S. Marine when this photo
was snapped in Japan'about a year ago. Oswald is renouncin'!
his country and is applying tor Soviet citizenship in Mcscov
His brother, R. L. Oswald, right, a Fort Worth dairy salesmar,
could only say "Why?" when advised of his brother's action.
(NEA TELEPHOTO) j
Kiss Hattie Jones
dies in sleep;
rites Wednesday
Miss Hattie Jones, 76, died at
4:30 A.M. Tuesday at her home,
401 SE 3rd Street. She died in her
sleep of a heart attack, and her
death was discovered by her sis-
ter, Mrs. Etta Norris, with whom
she made her home.
Funeral services will be conduct-
ed Wednesday at 3:00 P.M. at Buz-
bee Funeral Chapel and burial will
be in Elmwood Cemetery. The Rev-
Seba Kirkpatrick will officiate at
the services,
Miss Jones was born February
23, 1883 in Ellis County and came
to Mineral Wells in 1946 from
Ennis. She was a practical nurse,
and a member of the Baptist
Church.
Surviving besides the sister here,
are another sister, Mrs. Julia Wil-
liams of Corpus Christi, and a
brother, Riley Jones of Dallas. A
number of nieces and nephews also
survive.
Band Leader Cugat admits he
got quiz answers in advance
well,
i ckirmo,
but...
Bath W, Puckar
Recently we did for New Or-
leans what New Orleans has never
been able to do itself—we took
Broadway and Long Island away
from New York, and gave them to
New Orleans—only in print that is.
Three Mineral Wells women and
a Houston woman last week had a
trip to New York to see the sights,
the shows, and Long Island, and
through some hook or crook it
Came out p -i-Laii lire
women were going to New Orleans.
We understand that some well-
wishing friend clipped the item
from the paper and sent it to the
women in New York, in order to
inform them of their whereabouts.
Seriously speaking, the four trip-
pers were Mrs. Romania Timmis,
Mrs. Floy Ball, and Mrs.. Allen
Guinn, all of this city, and Mrs.
Guinn’s daughter, Mrs. Jerry Velt-
mann, of Houston. They made the
show and were especially impress-
with “The Flower Drum Song,”
and “The Marriage-go-round,” the
latter starring Claudette Colbert
and Charles Boyer. And all but
Mrs. Guinn took a whole-day sight-
seeing tour of New York.
The group went up by plane and
returned by jet airliner. They left
New York in perfect weather, but
when they got to Dallas the jet
couldn’t land because of the weath-
er, and turned around and went
back to Tulsa. The group was de-
tained there a number of hours
while waiting for another flight on
which to return to Dallas. They
were only a little over three
hours by jet from New York to
Dallas, and flew at altitudes of as
much as 35,000 feet.
And so the women who went to
“New Orleans” returned safely
from New York.
Patricia Cooper who is four years
old and lives next door to the In-
dex has applied for a job on the
paper, and she won’t let us for-
get it, either. She insists that we
present her “written” application
for a job to the publishers.
In talking with us the other day
about the job, Patricia said, “Well,
you tell those men that run the
place I want a job, because they’re
your sons, and they’ll listen to
you.”
It took some tall explaining to
get over the idea to Patricia that
the publishers are not our sons,
but she finally settled for the fact
that we just work for ’em.
This morning she brought in a
written application for the job. It
reads simply, “Folding papers,”
and signed “Pretrisa.”
Whether or not Patricia gets the
job folding papers, she has the In-
dex staff eating out of her hand.
MISUNDERSTANDING
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Prayer For Today
By The Rev. Milton F. Hill
C.C. to study city
charter
revision
Our Father, As followers of
Christ may each of us find a place
of definite service and fruitbearing
in His cause. In his name. Amen.
A resolution to look into the. Ar
feasibility of revising the city char-
ter, and the method of going aboul
it was passed by the directors d.(
the Chamber of Commerce at
their meeting Monday night at the
Baker Hotel.
Following the passing of the rc
solution, Sam Hawes, presides
named Duncan Gualt as ;1
chairman of a committee to fol.li
through on the resolution. Nan
to serve with Gault were Neil Ci
lock, Irl Preston, C. G. Lee, Orv
Shore, and Paul Schneider. The
American Legion, appeared before
the directors, and asked that the
organization lend support to the
Veterans’ Day program which will
be staged here Nov. 11. Hawes
instructed the manager to assist
in every way possible in promot-
ing the program which is a tribute
to veterans of all wars.
Hawes commended KORC and
Daily Index for the manner in
hich the recent bond election was
res mted to the public. The elec-
on had been endorsed by the
xecit ve committee and the high-
QUEEN —- Peggy Naomi Col-
lings, 18, of Lake Charles, La.,
was selected in Opelousas as
the 1959 Yamblee Queen. Peg-
gy is a coed at Louisiana State
University.
' (NEA Telephoto)
signment of the committee is to1 way committee of the organization
study the feasibility of such a move,
j»nd to determine the way +< g
fjbotn, n rpke committee will report
back to the directors..........
The action was taken after re-
commendation was presented to
A letter from Mayor C. K. Davis
Col John L. Inskeep, command
tti : -i otijuip Vrultuxa, con-
ermng the assistance given by
the post during the recent floods
here, was read by Hawes. Mayor
the directors by the civic improve- Davis slad that it was comforting
ments committee of the Chamber to know that such assistance was
of Commerce. Frank C. Myers Jr
is chairman of the civic improve-
ments committee, and member
are Neil Carlock, Idys Cox, Mrs
Louis Grambrell, Bob Hickey, Bill
Hill, Dr. Ben Kirkpatrick, an
W. A. McQueary.
Norman Porter, commander of
the Farris Anderson Post of the
forthcoming, and commended Col.
G. A. Bergin, provost, and Capt.
John J. Peterson, information of-
ficer, for the manner in which
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Hiway association
meeting set here
A meeting of Highway 281 As-
sociation of Texas will be held at
the Crazy Water Hotel November
11-12, and registration is due to
start Wednesday at 4:30 P.M. in
the lobby of the hotal.
Elmer Zahn of Falfurrias will
preside *-i, me MieeUrg wiuU WIH
open at 9:30 A.M Thursday. A
luncheon will be held at noon, and
in the afternoon officers of the As-
sociation will be elected, and other
business matters transacted.
The Association has as its ob-
jective the ■ promotion of this
route which runs from the Mexican
border to Canada. The meeting
here is for the Texas section of the
j Association.
Resident attends
relative's rites
John Cameron has returned from
Fort Worth where he attended
funeral services for his aunt, Mrs.
Lillian Lord, wife of the late Dr.
Charles Lord, founder of the optical
company bearing his name.
Services were conducted at 10:00
A.M. Monday aj St. Andrew’s Epis
copal Church in Fort Worth and
burial was in Mount Olive Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Lord died Friday in Fort;
Worth. She was a member of St. j
Andrew’s Church, the Woman’s,
Club, and the Woman’s Auxiliary1
of Texas Optometric Association, I
Local mans father
critically burned
Max Floyd, staff announcer and
chief engineer at KORC, left Mon-
day for Pampa after being notified
that his father, Houston Floyd of
Houston was one of three men
critically burned in an explosion
at McLean near Pampa.
On arrival at Pampa about 8:30
P. M. Monday he told Bill Stinson
of KORC by telephone that his
father suffered burns over the en-
tire body and the face. He is on
the critical list, and doctors have
given him a slight chance for re-
covery.
Two other men were seriously
and the Mary Isham Keith Chapter j burned. They were Truman Hum-
of the Daughters of the American j phrey and Eddie Burger, also of
Revolution. j Houston, and all were employes of
Christmas business
hinges on strike
.... BY MICHAEL POSNER
United Press International
WASHINGTON UPI — A Com-
merce Department econpmist pre-
dicted today that Christmas busi-
ness would be at a “record all-time
high” this year if the striking steel-
workers go back to their jobs with-
in 10 days.
Louis J. Paradiso of the Office of
iical said latest figures show that
there has been a 5 per cent in-
crease over last year in personal
income after taxes.
At the end of September, the an-
nual rate of income after taxes
was 335 billion dollars. A year ago,
it was 320 billion dollars.
In past years income after taxes
has shown a direct relation to
Christmas buying.
But, Paradiso said, Christmas
little
said
prices of consumer goods generally
strike Jjare about one per cent over a year
ago.
More people are
Business Economics >said in an in-
terview that people will have more j shoppers will find prices a
money to spend this season that higher than a year ag0 He
last Christmas. ,!
He added that the steel
would act “as a drag on total sales”
but generally would not affect.
business unless the strike continues i ncomes are higher
for 10 more days.
Paradiso pointed out that if the
strike continues into December, it
would have an adverse “psycholog-
ical effect” that might reduce con- but shoppers would switch their
sumer spending. 'buying to other products not direct-
The Commerce Department of ily affected by the steel strike.
work and
Paradiso
said in forecasting a big Christmas
5 eason.
He said there would be a short-
age of automobiles and appliances
the Shaw Tank Cleaning Company
of Houston.
The men i were burned when a
barrel oil tank which they were
getting ready to clean out on the
Texaco lease near McLean blew up
and caught fire, burning all three
men.
The tank was the middle one in
a battery of three, and contained
about 12 inches of sludge on the
bottom. Officials estimated it had
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Seoul Troop 72
meets Holiday
Members of Boy Scout Troop 72
and their parents met Monday
night at the scout hut at the end of
North West 4th Avenue.
During the meeting the group
was shown colored films of the 1953
National Boy Scout Jamboree in
California. The film was shown by
Don Windburn from Camp Wolters
sifter which Scout master Billy Jack
James explained the details of the
1960 Jamboree which is to be held
in Denver, Colorado. He stated
that reservations for the Jamboree
have to be in by December and
that 50,000 reservations had already
been recieved.
Refreshments were served dur-
ing the social hour.
Presbyterian Men's
club to meet
The Presbyterian Men’s Club
will hold their regular monthly
meeting Thursday night, at 7:00
p.m., at the Church, it was an-
nounced today by O. E. Dickinson,
president. Supper will be at 7:00.
Other Presbyterian special meet-
ings announced for November are:
November 8, visitation Sunday;
November 12, annual loyalty din-
ner; November 21, Senior High
rally-and on November 25, the
Union Thanksgiving Service will be
held at the church. The speaker is
to be announced later.
Steel crisis
shifted to
Supreme Court
By CHARLOTTE G. MOULTON
United Press International
WASHINGTON — UPI — The
steel crisis shifted from the bar-
gaining table to the Supreme Court
today for legal arguments on
whether the 112-day strike can be
halted by a Taft-Hartley injunction.
The court session could last as
long as the nine justices have
questions and the lawyers have
points they want to make. The
court, which normally limits argu-
ments to one hour on each side, set
no time restriction on the prece-
dent-setting steel case.
The high court can hand down
its decision any time after the argu-
ments are completed. The ruling
will determine whether the strikers
have to return to their jobs for 80
days under a court order.
It is the first Supreme Court test
of the injunction procisions of the
Taft-Hartley law. The only other
case to bring up the issue ended in
the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
in 1953 with a decision against the
union.
Government mediation efforts in
the dispute were sidetracked for
the day while the emphasis was
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Texas weather
warm, cloudy, windy
United Press International
Warmer temperatures, cloudy
skies and gusty winds made up the
Texas weather pattern today.
The Weather Bureau at Fort
Worth said wind warning flags
would be displayed on all North
Central Texas lakes today because
of southerly winds up to 25 miles
per hour;
Temperatures dropped to only
50 degrees at Dalhart during the
night and ranged as high as 70 de-
grees at Corpus Christi. Weather
forecasters expected the warming
trend to continue through the day.
Some areas near the coast and in
Southwest Texas had clearing skies
overhead, but most of the state still
had heavy cloud cover. Showers
and thunderstorms hit from the
Pecos Valley northward to the Pan-
handle, and light rainshowers hit
scattered sections of North Central
Texas.
Official rainfall amounts in the
24 hours ended at 6 a.m. included
.14 inch at Dalhart, .05 at Ama-
rillo, .03 at Austin, .02 at Lubbock,
and .01 at Corpus Christi, Dallas
and Fort Worth. Brownwood and
Midland recorded traces.
QUIZ WHIZ TESTIFIES—Quiz whiz Charles Van Daren, a big
money winner on the defunct "21" TV quiz show) testified at a
House Legislative Oversight Subcommittee in Washington that
his 14 money-winning TV quiz appearances were rigged, even,
down to the ooint of following a script written in advance.
(NEA TELEPHOTO)
h says Graham
e hard to beat
Coach Pat Simmons, who scout-
ed the Breckenridge-Graham foot-
ball game last Friday night told
the Mountaineer Booster Club Mon-
day night that Graham had a fast
squad this year, and despite their
loss to Breckenridge, he expected
a real battle between Graham and
Mineral Wells Friday night at Me-
morial Stadium in Mineral Weils.
“Mineral Wells could play good
ball and lose or good ball and
win - - I expect the game to be a
good one for the fans, for Graham
has a fast team, the ends, the line
as a whole and the backs,” he re-
ported. The Mountaineers will be
going after their first win in con-
ference play, and with a season
record of five wins and two loses.
Head coach Glen Johnson thank-
ed the Booster Club for furnishing
a Greyhound bus for the football
boys going to Brownwood last Fri-
day night. It was a long haul and
the boys rode with much more com-
fort and contentment - and they ap-
preciated the courtesy of the Boost-
er Club. Marshall Hamilton and
SOLE SURVIVOR—E. Philip Bradley of Clifton, Forge, Va., was
the only survivor of the crash of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 in
the Blue Ridge Mountains. Twenty-three other pa: sengers and
three crew members perished in the crash. Despite his 36 hours
in the plane's wreckage, and a hip dislocation, Bradley is in
good condition at a Charlottesville, Va., hospital. His wife is at
left. (NEA TELEPHOTO)
Mrs. Rubye Dunaway were named
on a committee to see about a bus
to Vernon for the last game of the
season and two weeks away. The
Booster Club stated that the Min-
eral Wells School Board cooperated
in making the bus to Brownwood
last week possible, and thanks were
conveyed to .them.
A financial and membership re-
port was given, and it was stated
additional money was needed for
the filming of the two games com-
ing up, for a Greyhound bus to
Says answers
same as in a '
warm-up show
...BY VINCENT J. BURKE
United Press International
WASHINGTON UPI — Band
leader Xavier Cugat testified to-
day that he was given answers in
advance when he won $16,000 on
the TV quiz show “The $64,000
Challenge.”
Cugart told House investigators
that he had been given advance as-
surance by his publicity agent who
arranged for his appearence on the
show in June 1958 that he need not
worry about looking bad on the
program.
But it came as a surprise to him,
he said, when it turned out that, all
of the questions were ones which
were asked in a pre-show warm-up
session by a member of the
producer’s staff.
He said the warm-up session was
held in his apartment and the staff
aide gave him the answers to the
questions which he could not ans-
wer. All of the questions were
about popular music.
Cugart appeared before a House
subcommittee which Monday wrung
a painful confession of “deception”
from Charles Van Doreh, the quiz
whiz of the now defunct “21” show.
The subcommittee also was told
that associate producer Shirley
Bernstein is the sister of conductor-
composer Leonard Bernstein.
Cugat said he was coached in
his New York City apartment in
p.«' v g a* a ill cvoi.fi one *..■
Mert Koplin, the producer of the
program, who was also on today’s
subcommittee witness list.
He said he gave 10 per cent, or
$1,600, to his publicity agent who
arranged the appearence, gave
some to a Spanish orphanage,
some to an Italian orphanage and
“some to my brother who helped
me study for the show.
The portly bandleader said the
idea for his appearence on the quiz
came from his publicity agent who
thought it would help publicize Cu-
gat’s orchestra engagement in a
large New York hotel.
“I was interested in public!-
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TEC function to
help job applicants
The primary functions of the 92 and address to an impersonal list
local offices of the Texas Employ-
ment Commission are job place-
ment and accepting unemploy-
ment compensation claims, Edgar
R. Dabney, office manager, said.
And, in the Mineral Wells office,
215 S.E. 1st Street, the bigger em-
phasis is on helping some 1089 ap-
plicants a year with their job prob-
lems.
“Our greatest service,” said
Dabney, “is to help a man or
woman find a suitable job. Our
next biggest contribution to Min-
eral Wells’ economy is to help em-
ployers find the personnel they
need. To us the services are one
and the same. We meet both pur-
poses when we refer the right ap-
plicant to the right employer.”
A man or woman doesn’t have
o claim unemployment compen-
sation to get the TEC’s job place-
ment help.
“As a state employment ser-
vice,” Dabney said, “we will help
any man or woman who asks it.”
The help isn’t just adding a name
Sister of local
resident Injured
Mrs. Olvia MacKay received
word Monday that her sister, Mrs.
H. C. Vandervoort of Fort Worth,
fell Monday afternoon and fractur-
ed her leg.
Mrs. Vandervoort was leaving
the home of a friend in Fort Worth
when she slipped and fell. She is
in St. Joseph’s Hospital. Her home
address is 2043 Ward Parkway,
Fort Worth.
The injured woman is a former
Mineral Wells resident, the for-
mer Velma Ilazlewood.
either. Some applicants require
counseling interviews or aptitude
tests. The Mineral Wells office gave
165 such tests last year.
“It’s good sense,” said Dabney,
“to establish an applicant’s abilities
before referring him to a pros-
pective employer.” The TEC’s
placement specialists try to fit job
hunter to job listings from Mineral
Wells employers. The TEC hunts
such listings daily, by personal
•contacts, by telephone and by
publicity mediums citing the skills
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Snyder ambulance
escorted thru town
An ambulance carrying an emer-
gency case from Snyder to Dallas
was given a courtesy escort by
local police through Mineral Wells
Monday afternoon.
Policemen G. R. Rankin and Bud
Smith met the speeding ambulance
at the west city limits and escorted
it through downtown Mineral Wells,
and on to the east city limits.
Officers said that they did not
know what the emergency was,
but that an escort was requested
in order that no time would be lost
in going through Mineral Wells.
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WEATHER
Partly cloudy and mild with
widely scattered thundershowers
through Wednesday.
Temperature
Last 24 hours: Airport: Max., 74;
Min., 69; 12:00 noon; 75.
Next 24 hours: Max., .77. Min.,
65.
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