El Paso Herald-Post (Newspaper) - July 3, 1958, El Paso, Texas El o The Newspaper That Serves Its Readers VOL NO 158 EL PASO TEXAS JULY 3 1958 BY 30t H O M E EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Schools Plan Record Million Budget 103 More Teachers On Payroll Final Approval ft Received For New High Building El Paso Public School of today were preparing a 195859 budget that is ex to exceed mil high It provides for hiring 103 mor teachers to take care of an aver age daily attendance increase 2600 Were trying to keep the budge under million said tendent H E Charles But the city is growing at the rate of 2500 or more additional school children a year That means more teachers ana more buildings New School Approved Mr Charles announced of final approval by the Texas Edu cation Agency and the Federa Housing and Home Corp of fund for the new million Irvin High School to be built in the Mountain View area Federal funds totaling were alloted for the school The new budget contemplates no increase in salaries Instruction and construction costs are the major items Build ings already under construction are to be financed by funds ear in last years budget Build Ings starting after Sept 1 are budgeted for the coming fisca year 1574 Teachers For the school year ended the budget was Employment of 103 additional teachers will bring the total num ber of in the schools to 1574 also a record num ber Average daily attendance next term is expected to exceed 42000 compared with 39444 for the year ended Nine school building projects are under construction or approved for construction next school year Irvin High School to be started next year in Tobin Park mil lion Ft Bliss School Henderson elementary school Clardy addition Crosby elementary school Tobin Park Ft Bliss elementary school Stanton elementary school in northeast El Paso Dowell elementary school in northeast El Paso Putnam elementary school in Coronado Hills Shops at Technical Institute Three cottage type duplexes for children in Highland Park Ma n sources of revenue in the new budget are State funds including on the number of schol astics as shown in the last census and State Mini mum Foundation Fund City funds An estimated million from the school tax rate o an increase of from Continued on Page 2 Col 1 Jerry Callison Fights For Rights of People By FRANK L WHITE Jerry Callison candidate for reelection as County Com missioner of Precinct 2 is one of those Americans who do not only believe in the principles of democracy but also practice it He has been a resident of El Paso County for 40 of his 42 years Mr Callison started work for the Southern Pacific when a youth He was progressing up the cale when World War II started and he volunteered as a private in the Army Air Force He Worked Hard He was discharged as a captain eing promoted from the ranks uring his 22 months of service in After the war he opened small department store at 7570 Mameda avenue and built quar rs for his family in the rear Mr Callison sold everything rom needles to truckload lotsof eed and fertilizer to Lower Valley doing the heavy work WANT ADS To Run Friday July 4th Will Be Accepted Until 12 Noon Thursday OPEN FRIDAY JULY 4th 9 am to 12 noon DIAL KE 21661 To Placi Or Cancel Your Ad LITTLE MX A man always knows what his of him Tht trou ble most of cant ferd it El Paso Gas Prices Due New Inquiry FTC Seeks More Information From House Committee WASHINGTON July The Federal Trade Commis sion has asked a House Small 3usiness subcommittee for further Information about charges of gasoline price discrim at El Paso The subcommittee asked the FTC to look into the El Paso situation after receiving complaints Tom West Texans that they have to pay higher gasoline prices than residents of many other areas of the country much further from the centers of production and refining Bryan H Jacques staff director or the House group said the FTC lad informed the subcommittee it las the investigation proposal pend EL PASO BOUND Elsie left and Margaret Call away champion women fliers will arrive in El Paso tomorrow in the Powder Puff Derby They are shown with Martin Decker who is sponsoring the two Philadelphia fliers This team won the international air race last year which was flown to Cuba Commissioner Asks f loading trucks His way of doing business his store grow Mr Callison has the active reserve of the Air Force He takes his training regularly ind has been promoted to the rank if major He was called back into active ervice for the Korean conflict and n his return began to take an active part in civic and school af airs He is vice president of the Cadwallader School Board and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Segura McDonald Post Best for Welfare the people of nis precinct to them on Commissioners Jerry Callison Court Since all buta small por tion of his precinct Has been an by the City He is the Courts inde pendent Commissioner Callison has not hesitated to make his views known on what he thought best for the welfare of the people of his area as well as the county as a whole Some fights he has won some have been draws and some have been In 1954 Mr Callison was elected lost temporarily although they are strain irt TnP certain to come up again in the Continued on Page 2 Col 3 Park Celebration Tops July 4th Washington Park will be the hub f the July 4th celebration to morrow The Parks Department will also a concert by tha El Paso Union Band from 6 to p m A big fireworks will at The wheels of industry and busi ness will roll to a standstill while he wheels of pleasure seekers mm in taking El to pic nic spots Police Chief ones asked Most Banks will close The State National Sank will be open Saturday in eeping with its policy to be open in a Saturday following Friday holiday Military installations were primed for a holiday Police warned shooting fireworks within the city limits is against he law Hoover to Speak At Worlds Fair By Associated Preu NEW YORK July President Herbert Hoover left by plane yesterday for Brussels where he will represent President Eisenhower at the Worlds Fair Hoover 83 took off in Eisen howers personal plane the Co lumbine III Accompanying him Biggs Sergeant Makes the Grade With Ingenuity Ingenuity of the American serviceman whose motto has always been the difficult we do immediately the impossible takes a little was dem once again on the Biggs Air Force Base A gust of wind reached into the mouth of a Biggs Staff Ser geant snatched his upper plate and dashed it to the ground As the sergeant bent to re the shattered denture ex pressing his annoyance in no uncertain terms he realised that the whistling he heard were his own This compounded the tragedy sines he was to meet a Board of Officers that same day to be considered for promotion to technical sergeant Rising to the challenge the ser geant confidently met the Board with nary a lisp nor whistle sporting a bridge of bubble gum He is now wearing technical sergeant stripes ing It wants to make sure before any final decision U made to in or not Jacques said is particularly interest id in any indications of socalled geographic price discrimination a of the Act he said Such discrimination would be where more is charged in ne area than it is in a nearby one or the same product While it ia known that the FTC s not now investigating the El aso Situation first brought to by The no an is likely about the final of the agency on whether to start a probe there They may tell me Jacques said The FTC generally does not announce when it is in alleged trade violations so as not to warn the companies involved Adams Secretary Got Presents By United Prem International WASHINGTON July Millionaire Bernard Goldfine said today he gave Christmas gifts of or less to at least 33 federal employes Includ ing the Secretary to White House Aide Sherman Adams Robert W Lishman counsel for the House subcommittee confronted the tex tile manufacturer with a list of 37 White House and congressional employes of this and previous ad ministrations and asked if Gold line gave them money Some of the payments Lishman said went to persons employed by public officials who he said had interceded in behalf with the Federal Trade Commis sion and the Securities and Ex change Commission Lishman did not name any names After a preliminary look at the Death Trap Work Fund Approved Widening of Mesa road from Brentwood avenue in Mission Hills to the Cross Roads eliminating death trap at the intersection jf Crestmont drive has been ap proved by the Texas Highway Commission The Commission allocated for the project District engineer E W Mars of the High way Department said surveys would be started at once City Traffic Engineer Joe Nadon jaid the State Highway Depart ment consulted with his office and he knows nothing of the plans except what he read in news apers Additional will lave to be purchased in order to provide for a divided said Nadon I do not know what arrangements have been made as to who will pur chase the but pre the City willbe called on o pay part of the costs The allocation was made at re quest of the City Council after residents filed a petition for elimi nation of the present narrow road As result of their petition the wide ane between the east and west bound sections already has been trimmed down In another project approved by the Commission was allo for improvements on High way 54 including 10 miles of di vided four lane highway in the City from the end of the present road eastward Woman Killed in Crash Goldfine Admits He Cave U S Workers Yule Gifts list Goldfine identified the pay ments as Christmas presents to poor workers He said he saw nothing wrong in the gifts When the matter came up a sec ond time secretary Mildred said she had examined the list and wasnt sure about four Subcommittee Chairman Or en Harris Arkansas Democrat ruled that all the names except those of the four Miss ques would be made public since Goldfine himself had mentioned one aloud when first saw the list This was the Eugene T Kinnaly secretary to House Democratic Leader John W Mc Cormack of Massachusetts Gold said present was the only one that exceeded Kinnaly told a reporter he had received Christmas boxes from Goldfine but never any money Representative Peter F Mack Jr Illinois Democrat asked why to mention the name of Kinnaly first on the list instead of the last name I understand the last name on is the secretary to Sher man Adams Mack said Goldfine confirmed to reporters that this was of the gifts went to Adams secretary Laura E Sherman Goldfine was ordered to return three to the witness stand next Tuesday a reporter the only gifts he has ever received from Goldfine have Christmas baskets from the S S Pierce Co a New England food specialty store He said Goldfine has sent him such baskets for several years The latest one came last Christ mas He said he had received no money at all at any time from Goldfine Kinnaly said the baskets have been sent directly to his home dere by the Pierce company He said he has known Goldfine for some time but wouldnt call him a good friend Airlift of Cuban Captives Suddenly Halted by U S U S Navy today suddenly halted it helicopter freedom airlift for North American prisoners of Cuban rebels There was no Immediate explanation BAY Cuba July 3Fidel Castros rebels are expected to proceed speedily with the release of more kidnaped Americans how that a TJ S consul lias brought the first five captives out of the jungle safe and sound Park Wollam U S consul Santiago flew into this big XI S were Henry Salmonson 46 Naval Base yesterday aboard a Ore Anthony Chamber Navy helicopter with five of the 12 engineers seized by Castros men at the Moa Mining Co in northeastern Cuba last Thursday night Darkness Halts Flights Darkness halted the flights after the first two loads were brought in In all the rebels kidnaped 46 Americans and three Canadians and spirited them into moun tains of Oriente from which Castro IBS carried on his guerrilla cam Among those seized were 20 American sailors and marines rom the Guantanamo base Wollam and Vice Consul Henry Wiecha were sent over the week end to make contact with the rebels Wiecha remained in the hills to continue negotiations Wollam indicated those still held would be freed soon He said he ind seen a number of the men including some servicemen scat tered in various small rebel camps They all fine and in good health he said Somt Not Shaved Edward Cannon 53 of Corn wall Ont said he was present at the conference with Raul Cas tro and the rebel of to stop kid foreigners LA i Others in the Moa group replace m six to eight weeks lain Coral Gables Fla Howard A Roache Watertown N Y and William Koster 63 They looked weary after five days in captivity Some were un shaven and most wore clothes But they praised their captors and Chamberlain said a rebel doctor treated him for his chronic headaches Salmonson said they were kept on a coffee plantation screened from the air by foliage He said they were taken on swimming trips and tours of the wilderness area We had and enough of it although it was all Cuban cooking and beds with clean sheets on them he added Okay Street Lights At 3 Intersections The City Council has approved installation of street lights at three intersections A 250candleppwer light will be placed at the intersections of Boone street and Rivera avenue Encino drive and Flower street and Wyatt drive and Turk drive City Traffic Engineer Joe Na the lights should in were Deputy Undersecretary of tions Liquor Tax Total at Bridge State liquor tax collections at the Santa Fe Street Bridge in June to taled Other bridge collec State Robert Murphy and his wife Col Joseph Binns of the Air Force Reserve acting as Hoovers mili tary aide and Mrs Binns The will deliver an address at the fair tomorrow Presidio La redo Roma Falcon Hidalgo Progreso Brownsville Del Rio Eagle Pass Total Jencks ie Screen in Germany By ASSOCIATED PRESS The ghost of Clinton Jencks has stalked back to prominence Its all because nins Americans held captive by the Communists in East Germany saw a film which catapulted Jencks into and touched off a series of vio ence threats charges and counter charges that held the nations in terest about five years ago The movie was Salt of the Earth filmed in and near Silver City and denounced as Commu nist sponsored by Representative Donald Jackson California Demo crat from the floor ofthe U S House of Representatives Convict This film and other develop ments led to a series of trials and appeals bitter accusations and turnabout witnesses that finally culminated in a Supreme Court decision Jencks was charged convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for falsely swearing he was not a Communist But on appeal the case prompted an important Supreme Court decision that re in Jencks freedom The caie it tangled into several oases In making the movie backed by the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union members were used as extras was ousted from the CIO in 1950 for al Communist domination Then too there was the key testimony of Harvey Matusow the sensational turnabout witness whose testimony first convicted Jencks than later exonerated him Union Spokesman And here was the Jencks trial in El Paso that brought testimony from many admitted But it probably was the movie as much as anything that put Jencks in the public eye He was an inter national representative of the Mine Mill and a spokesman for the union in 1953 when the controversial movie was filmed near Silver City It was basedon a miners strike produced by Independent Produc tion Corp Inc directed by black listed Hollywood Writer Paul Jerrico and starred Rosaura Re vueltas a professional Mexican ac tress filming of movie stirred up violence and threats of violence Jencks was assaulted on the streets of Silver City The film crew final ly left March 5 1953 after a meet ing of 150 the movie makers to the county or be carried out in Shown In China Then came trials charges de and accusations and an in that the movie was in Red China with the Chinese language dubbed in It finally reached a head when the Supreme Court acting on Jencks appeal Federal Bureau of Investigation files must be opened to defense attorneys when these be useful to the defendant On Dec 31 1957 U S District Judge R E Thomason in El Paso who told Jencks he should be in some kind of institution dis missed the Government indictment against him The Government had moved for dismissal rather than open its files to Jencks attorneys And then he dropped from light He had been retired from the in 1956 and was last M Pift V GoL 5 House Slashes Foreign Aid By Associated Press WASHINGTON July 3 The House has voted 253126 to take what President Eisenhower called the reckless risk of cutting million off his foreign aid money requests The Senate may restore some 9 this fund But the indicators point ed toward a possible billion dollar final reduction under the billion in new money the President originally asked Stinging Rebuff House passage yesterday of a appropriations meas ure handed Eisenhower a stinging rebuff in his drive for more am munition to wage By a 21 margin the House ignored his contention at a White House news conference that their action would encourage Com munist imperialists White House Press Secretary James C Hagerty commenting on reports of the action as a set to Eisenhower said The President thinks the try and the free world suffered a serious setback today Dee Campaigned personally ducted campaign for more money bore fruit among House Republi cans but failed to enlist many Democrats On a test vets to re store 75 million dollars in defense support funds 105 Republicans and 60 Democrats voted for the larger amount However 74 Re publicans and 140 Democrats joined to defeat the proposal On the final 146 Demo crats and 107 Republicans voted for passage Against were 57 Dem and 69 Republicans When the Senate Appropriations Committee takes up the next week it will be operating under an authorization measure which Fixed a ceiling nearly million less than request but still million above the House passed figure This represents the full amount the Senate could restore to the But senators thought any additon would be less than half that total Husband 3 Children Are Injured Holiday Journey To Ruidoso Ends In Tragedy An was killed and her husband and children were seriously injured this morning In a accident 11 miles north of Orogrande Mrs H A 308 Cooley road died instantly Under treatment at Champion Memorial in Alamogordo are tife three chil dren a daughter Neva 9 and two sons Jimmy 11 and Johnny 5 Mr Howard was critically in jured The accident be a m when the Howard ve licle pulling a small trailer wift camping in a col with another car driven by M C Hunter also of H Paso Hunter received only minor in juries The Howards were to a holiday weekend at Mr Hunter was enroute to Alamogordo Both vehicles crashed into a field The Howard truck was de Mr Howard a contractor is chairman of the board of the Ys leta Methodist Church Mrs Howard was expecting an other child find and Rain Lash Midwest BT TOTTED Wind and rain whipped across the nations midsection last night leaving flood and wind destruction ia their wake Hardest hit was fee Audubon Iowa area where at least 14 per sons were killed by flash mat smashed scores of homes yesterday in southwestern lewa National Guard troops rushed Audubon and its neighboring towns of Hamlin Exira and Atlantic to assist thousands of returning resi dents and rescue workers The flash floods were triggered by torrential rains measuring up to 1235inches Tornadoes were sighted in parti of Nebraska Montana and Illinois but none apparently caused damage Coon Rapids Iowa recorded inches of rain during a 2V4hour Sycamore 111 recorded inches in an hour July 4 Weather Jumps the Gun Typical Fourth of July weather was day early by the U S Weather Bureau The 101 Whats the Cost Of Safer Flying Has our military ness been crippled by new rules invoked in the wake of midair collisions pers surveyed air bases from coast to coast to see how the military Is manag ing to live with the tions For an Informative report by Staff Writer Wil liam Cooper please turn to Page 5 In todays Herald Post Temperatures Hourly temperatures since noon yesterday noon 1 P 3 p mK 3 p 4 p p mM b p mM 5 p m S p m IS 7 p mK I p m p m 85 10 p 11 p li m 3 3 4 1 5 I 6 I 10 11 Noon 1P 3p 3 p 83 SI si K U K to IT 99 m n m m m m m m m m m m degree high predicted for today is due again tomorrow A 76was forecast for overnight Yesterdays high was lait low Inside Your S Weather Bureau Forecast Fair through to morrow Page Pagt Amusements I Ann Carroll U 17 Crossword Puzzle 17 Deaths II Dr B U L Conner 4 Editorials 4 Edson 4 Foreign Scene 4 Inez Robb 8 People it Radio and TV Programs 8 Sporti Womens
