Del Rio News-Herald (Newspaper) - April 6, 1956, Del Rio, Texas NlA Roy nf N right i shown with Rock County in suites attorney J Morari after being freed from prison after IB for crime he did not commit Moran in ot charge h a in 1940 JOHN BEN SHEPPERD NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OFFICE AUSTIN April 6 General John Ben Shepperd said Friday he is not candidate for reelection or for other office Shepperds statement was In a to newspaper publisher Harry Kates It apparently kills speculation that he run for the U S Senate if a vacancy occurred Because of the heavy work BALLINGER MAN CRITICALLY INJURED IN CAR WRECK One in car wreck lute on thirty miles north of Del Kio in i condition in a louil A man Woodie C a in a ear driven hy George VV Wilson also of it overturned head injuries his liKht mm was his left a compound fracture with one of the broken a for the hospital said Me WHS but say ut the has a cood chance of Highway Tol I1 K Huby oi he wreck in was i when U the pavement hit a linn overturned I said the injured man limn the car I lit Ill Id Four Gunmen Rob Flin Bank Of FLINT M itii April 0 Ti Bunni n held up Side iI the Hunk short ly II and it an nil ii HIS By Johnson Calls On Texas Democrats To Unite JOHNSON CTTY April 6 Lyndon Johnson called on Thursday to quit and send a united dete he might be willing to the national conven tion at Chicago cratle fat to ta sists he ro only of all shades of m poll Meal talking aboat unify tife was no other outward of a in the long running the senator made a pica tne led load of cases nt this lime especially in the Su Court I could not possibly find time to conduct a campaign for another office and it would not b fair to resign and leave this tremendous burden of cases in someone elses Shepperd wrote Shepperd has been attorney general since Jan 1 He first came to stale office as secretary of Mate by appointment from Gov Shivers in early 1032 The pros ram I have started ran be finished by the end of my cur rent 1 had to be sure of before making any he wrote Kates I am not therefore a candidate lor Shepperd said he has been urged to become a candi date for governor as I two years He said his reason for not that office at that time was the same reason as 1 hud started a as attorney general which I felt obligated to Shepiwrd told of the work of his trying to establish what he called clean government in County claiming that the process has been the people of that He Mild the end of the veterans land Is in He said A of the insular und lent Insurance companies will be put out of business within the next few He said he feels he has had considerable success in Texas law enforce ment and he has had the attraction ol Communism face to and it bodily from tlie State of The attorney said his of fice also down on and other racketeers and won over 00 per cent of the thousands of civl caws small and Surge handled during my My decision not to be a candi date was only after long said Shepperd 1 con sider a race for reelection at this time would bo virtually sure of for party unity brushing off ques tions about the fetid between Tex as Democrats and asserting M would not even admit there are two factions He said he will tell Texans day night what he will do about Speaker Sam Rayburns proposal that he lead the Texas delegation to and also go as a candidate for the presidential nomination Johnson told reporters at his Pedernales Hirer ranch that he has no quarrel with Gov Shivers but he some comments about party loyalty that might be taken aimed Shivers bolted the party In 1952 to back Dwight He hasnt snid yet whether he would support the Democratic nominee this year On that general subject said The have disap pointed our farmers and ranchers our oil and pas producers our busi ness men and our working men The time will not soon come again when Texas wilt want tobe led into their Johnson snid Texas people are tired of They want reasonable men to take a united delegation to the convention speak the voice of the crent majority of Texas fight to nominate the best candidate and come back and do everything we can to elect him in Shivers has said only that he hopes the Democratic convention will name a candidate he can sup port and adopt a platform he can back He has voiced unyielding op position to Adlai Stevenson Nearly everything else Johnson had to say was apparently de signed to bring Texas Democratic factions into accord They havent been since Johnson he hut re thousands of letters In Texas Democrats want peace among themselves and that the evidence that they can get to gether Is Johnson has snid he has no In terest in leading a Texas Demo Kay bii t the conservatives led by for control of the May The May 22 state convention names Texas 54 bcr delegation to Chicago sail the loot eanse the bank of on for payday wearing slock iti snasks than five miu n ihc Two of them n I it tif he hank the two stuffed the Uio a bag Tin IcU than Joeph o a bank ber loose Die Flint Ciy iut Powy was involved were set up oi joined in ef to Uie who fled the bunk in a blue sedan None Injured In Wrock On Devils River Bridge None was injured in a cur wreck at pan Thursday on the Tol Dawson and P E Butey said Luther W of was driving H Chevrolet when it run into the sWe of the bridge over Devils Hiver nine miles west of Del Rio HOUSTON April 6 ruled In Uw drowning o J R Mosley 07 body was found In tank on hu V alloy of here Denies Rumors On Military Service NEW April fj Admi the Joint ol Staif said Frl ral Arthur day four out u five qualified men who are not fathers can expect to enter military service before they reach age in a prepared speech heore a meeting ji Welfare Board wiid some young have hoard rumors that because our draft calls are currently their chances being culled into military service run about one in This is an erroneous impres added Houston City Detective Sworn In As AUSTIN April C Hollis Sil lavau 40 chief deputy sheriff ut Washington since June 1951 and long time Houston city detective sworn in day as a He the vacancy created by the March 31 of Stew art Stanley of a Rang er 28 years Ranger B N Arnold has from tq Ml to fill the vacancy in the by Stanleys Ue to Aikin To Announce For Lieutenant Governor Tonight PARIS Api 11 C bit Texas style barbecue tonight will provide the Jor Sen A M formal announcement that he wants to be Texas next lieutenant governor The dinner climaxes a week of planned by Alkins home town to give him a Motorcades f aimed out all of week to neighboring commu inviting to come hear Aibin make his bid Siime are expected at the political rally Aikui who accompanied the short talks at all will speak at the barbecue Other speakers will include Oro ver Sellers of Sulphur Springs loi imr Claude o former speaker of the Texas House und Henry Stilwel president of Tex Junior College A veteran Aikin firet entered politics in 1932 and was elected to the legislature After two terms in Hie he was elected to the SeimU in 1936 He has been reflected reg bincc He Is cosponsor of the school bills and lias been au o the Senate Education Committee lor Two other candidates are in the rare for lieutenant governor They are Lt Gov Ramsey of St seeking his term and CT Johnson of Austin who wus defeated by Hamsey in 1954 Farm Taking Final Form WASHINGTON April 6 compromise farm takes on its final form today A SenateHouse con ference committee meets to act formally on the tentative ments it reached during two weeks of efforts to combine the differ ing programs of the two houses All the earlier decisions were open to revision in the vot ing but lenders of th conferees said they expected only minor changes if any JWell stay in session until we wind this said Sen Ellender chairman of the confer ence group Hn expressed hope of approval by late afternoon The imminence of conference committee final action apparently caused Secretary of Agriculture Benson to cut short a visit to Salt take City He flew back to Wash ington last night explaining be fore takeoff he was doing so In re sponse to an official call to Representatives and senators arc due back Monday from a Easter recess The House will net first possibly Wednesday Rep Cooley chairman of the House Agriculture Commit tee and head of its conferees told newsmen he is confident the com promise will clear the House by a safe margin Tlie farm situation has he said since the House voted 206201 last May 5 to return to higher rigid price supports on five basic crops Sen Lyndon D Johnson in Johnson City he ex both the Senate und the House to complete action on the next week Tlie House thus iur has acted only on the Other major provisions ana soil bank plan for paying farmers to take surplus land out of production an extra 500 million dollars lor price sup port purchases of meats fruits and other perishable farm tits plans for wheat and rice and increas ing price support levels DEL RIO WEATHER INFORMATION DEL RIO AND VICINITY Gen fair this afternoon and to night cooler to ft strong northwest winds und blowing dust this afternoon Saturday fair and mild Maximum temperature yesterday 81 mini mum 50 Maximum temperature a year 82 minimum Mini mum this morning 47 Time of sunrise tune of sunset p m Relative Humidity at 10 per cent at 30 per cent WEST TEXAS WEST OP ST LOUIS Api 11 6 once u died almost Htr trund full of found here Monday was Thurs day at W W III attorney for the estate originally thought the jewels might be worth as much HS No was the ruling of Thomas J Tobin appraiser The most valuable was a vailing silver Dolly died in December of wr at the aye ol M und cooler to night and in the panhandle South Plains and upper Valley eastward this ion und else where Saturday 53531 BEFORE 6 P M IF YOU FAIL TO HK PAPER BY 3 OCLOCK EACH AFTER NOON More Blowing Dust To Del Rio Friday Afternoon streams n water into wreckage of blazing artificial flower factory in the Bronx after brick wall collapsed trapping 15 firefighters in debris New York City fire commissioner Edward who escaped injury himself said six firemen were killed and six injured NEA FIFTYNINE KILLED IN GAZA STRIP CAIRO Egypt April 6 Egyptian military said today 59 were killed in the Israeli shelling of the Gaza Strip yesterday Ho charged the Israelis with a premeditated at tack on the civilian In new fig ures the spokesman said one tian was killed in the latest outbreak of firing in the meu but that the sector was quiet now The spokesman these state ments of the yesterday Israeli artillery hit English and hospitals in dropped in the Gaza on a busy day while positions were virtually ig nored In addition to the 50 civilians Jour soldiers Of the civilian women 28 men und children There were Bounded women iU n und 8 the VJ and 7 Seek More Liberal Credit For Drouth Stricken Ranchmen SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE TO HOLD ELECTIONS SATURDAY School elections will be held in the Del Rio Independent District HI id the San Felipe Independent District Saturday can for three places on the Del school board three arc can for two places on the San Felipe board The polls open ut 8 and close at 7 pin Saturday For the Del Kio votes Will be cast nt Central School on West Avenue lor Ban Felipe at Gon zalez Hall Candidates In the Del Rio In dependent School District In the order in which they appear on the SAN ANTONIO April 6 An assistant of ture MIK today he will put into sit er Lester built up amazing credit Man Wanted For Million And Half In Debts Located PHOENIX April tj A rolypoly admitted to po hro today that he is Harry want in N Y for wot debts und lTH said Les ter whosi leal is leH ill Novem Ui owiuj that in the u Mr stands about 5 fict 5 inches and about 250 An airline stewardess from Buf hilo and a Hulialo guest nt a re here spotted him last night in the Pump Room a dub In vis a premium on by more libi and handled large Minis of money end iis and Kenneth Scott director of Agri We me ut pre cut of all the authority we have We have recently recommend ed to Congress the Home ration be given in We have the at iin early auj when we do it wil immediately be put into ef NKW April U The National of File ers has tlut which the this week will result m of 25 ASK EXTENSION FOR DROUTH AID FOR VAL VERDE COUNTY A extension of drouth aid for Val Verde County has been recommended Walker member of the State Drouth Committee called the from College Station Friday Afternoon to report the state committee meeting haa rrc the or 108 counties in need of drouth relief I Val Verde County and the coun ties it are included in the number Walker said Uie state also recommended 15 additional counties be designated drouth re lict ureas including Kerr County and Counties Walker flew to College Station Friday morning He was accom by Sam who to his mother and sister because a struck Bryan and lie had not been able to reach them by telephone The roof wus iut Uie mother nor her daughter injured The house across the from was Shortly after he disappeared In voluntary bankruptcy were filed hini jij federal court In Buffalo on Nov 5 1054 listed his liabilities moie thun and state warrants were charging Lester with send cheeks through tile minis using false financial Mate to secure a bank loan a local hotel American Destroyers Leave Sydney In Welter Of Tears Kisses Australia April 6 Four American destroyers id l today in a welter uf tears and farewell Mure tlun 200 Herp at he wharf to bid farewell fi 1 000 the ami The destroy cm had in five un visit They will call next at the ott way back to the Six were to before Ue but Cot TO SI ARK Second Class Memo Heyes of Angeles who is at Air will mark his 24th Sunday He will be home to friends in his home 605 ballot arc C R Stillman Y Long Don and Neil Mathena and Long are incumbents Statements on their candidacy were issued Thursday by Long and Mathena Friday Hunsaker said he urges everyone to vote regardless of their choice of candidates Since our children of today will bn our citizens of tomorrow it is our duty to select the board mem bers of our schools as Individuals by our individual votes not by letting someone else do our voting for expressed his desire to see Uie school system continue to improve Plans are underway now for Improvement of our schools u is rny hope to see the schools progress and Improve in the future us they have done in the It M is judge for the elect ion at Central School and there will tie MLss Dora Smith churks Miller and R Corn ado Jr la the in ol the board in lude Juan Paredes und Arnulfo Ramon is for the election at Gonzalez Holding Original Indianola Site For Historical Interest AUSTIN April 6 More than 300 acres of original on Hay not far from Port Lavaca are being to pre serve the important early Texas port The State Historical Survey Committee said Wednesday Ca houn County is holding the land ultimately will tuts been designated us a site for State Board the committee said it is determining plans for the sites wus destroyed in part by a hurricane In 1875 then wiped out by another blow 10 years later It was in this general vicinity the French landed in Texas in his search for the mouth of the Mis Policeman At Fort Worth Kills Wife And Himself April 6 MVA Fort Worth policeman who cently had remarried his divorced wife shot her to death Thursday mid then committed suicide Peace Justice Boyd said a gun found clasped m thu hand of W L 47 wlw was shot in the right temple His wife Nancy 30 was shot behind the left ear Hie bodies were found in the kitchen of a home where Sharp Md been rooming for sev eitil Tlie landlady said the couple last yew and weit Ift fresh To Strong From More blowing dust to lash Del Rio again Friday noon H L Molyneux observer the United States Weather Bureau fresh to occasionally strong north west winds with blowing dost hit Friday little cooler temperatures for to night Saturday la expected to be fair and mild Molyneux said A haze hung over the city morning and early Friday After noon The high was 81 j the low Friday morning t t By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A dry dusty cold front rotted across the northwest quarter ef Texas Friday dropping temper about 15 Gusty winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour were expected to propel the front into the Gulf of Mexico by day break Saturday The new dust storm much milder than the one Monday followed violent weather that Thursday brewed tornadoes In Central Texas and brought heavy rain and hall storms to a number of points The worst tornado was at Bryan where a major twister roared through the southern section of the city destroying or damaging 200 homes and half a ness houses but injuring no one A smaller tornado damaged farm house roof near Taylor white winds damaged roofa near Hare in the same area The Bryan which cut a path six miles long and up to threequarters of a mile wide knocked out all electric power and communication lines The twister narrowly missed Bryan Atr Force and the Stephen P Austin High School crowded with when it struck midafternoon Thursday A warning from the radar tornado spotter center gave residents time to get ready Warnings of possible tornado ac in widely sections were issued Thursday as the tur bulent air moved through Hailstones one to one and a half inches in diameter and a heavy rain lashed rains flooded the streets but no major water damage was reported Up to three inches of rain fell at Eastland A light hall damaged roofs and fruit trees Three Inches of rain was reported at Gorman Rising star had 2 inches In about 40 minutes Violent thunderstorms knocked radio stations at and Big Spring air Thursday Three quarters of an inch of rain the first appreciable amount since November fell at Big Spring Rains up to inches were re ported around San Angela while in the city an official 66 was re corded Rains and hall were ported in the and man areas were also reported at land Tyler Dallas Denton Port Worth Longview Abilene Colorado City Meridian McGregor Ennis Cameron College Station Vic toria Wichita Junction boro Bel ton Clifton and Rusk KIMl MUTILATED SAN ANTONIO April 9 badly mutilated body of Jerry Sparks 14 of Houston was found late Thursday near the railroad tracks east of It County A youth taken Into custody fey juvenile officers suld thai had decided to run hum home and bud boarded freight tea In at Houston He jerry disappeared during trip The youth was the of and Mrs Guy Webb JIM 7
