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a• a •*■*4-Jminlt;sa i r MPlanning(Continued from rage 4'three yaers ago by President Eisenhower when he was head ofColumbia Univlt; rsity.Under the new Army plan, some 20.000 so Idlers judged i ne a I a b 1 e of training as skilled technicians Or troop leaders would be discharged as part of its planned reduction in force, from 1.500,000 to 1 250.000,The Columbia study of illiteracy — a 250-page book called “The Uneducated — was published last March, It was based on World War II personnel records studied by Dr. Eli Ginzberg and Dr. Douglas W, Bray, a former Air Forcepsychologist. They pointed outthat illiteracy was the largest single cause for rejection for military service. They claimed that it cost the U, S. the equivalent of more than 40 divisions in World War II.The two scientists advocated the acceptance for military service of men deficient in schooling with subsequent special training by theBrmed forces. They said the present policy of rejecting these men *• seriously compromises the idealcf universal military service.j of the same count.Jim Wells county Sheriff Hal-' say Wright quoted Marroquin as j saying George Parr had said. “I’m | going to get you and all of you if you don’t stop having thosemeetings,” or words to that effect.MendalI (Continued from Pare I)[ Harper, vice president, succeeds \ Mrs. c\ E. Edwards. Reed Nunley I was reelected treasurer and Jack j Key was reelected secretary, j The board also appointed three ; committee chairman. Homer Dean, i Jr., was reappointed to the chair-! manship of the national agencies committee. Jack Key was reap-| pointed to head the promotion and j publicity committee, and Mrs. Mark Williams was selected co-chairman of the campaign com-! rnittee. Her partner will be named |soon.The board plans another meeting next week to appoint theof t: of tlto gthe long won!a elm “I in ti tagwho! sa id andmanOf C€youtla mbiDad’!it’s iwelt amaia“Tlroadmostin i hipeoplnot X in til' tua 1 mind?I a betchairman of admissions commit- j igolat tee. to appoint Mrs. Williams’ eo-Chairman and to name four mem- j beys to the budget committee,RumorsTwo1(Continued from Page One) Duke of Duval” promise to endpistol-whippings and Winchester*carrying in Duval county.George Parr couldn’t be reached for comment today.Dist Atty. Raeburn Norris saidno one had come to him aboutfiling a complaint against theRangers, The grand jury meets tomorrow.“If the grand jury wants to look into it it can, Norris said “I wouldn’t accept a complaint. I’d turn it over to them ”Asked flatly if the grand jurywas going to probe the incident. Norris said, “there’s been general discussion of it around town and I’m sure somebody will bring itup in the grand jury,”County Atty. Sam Burris also Mid no one had talked to him aoout filing charges.“I don’t think they will,” Burris said.The fight started as an argument between Bridge and ArcherParr.Freedom Party spokesman Donato Serna said Parr’s opposition force had threshed out internal differences at the meeting Saturday night near where George Pan was accused of illegally carrying a pistol.“We are starting strong again,” I Serna said “We are united foi thesame purpose ”George Parr, a controversial figure in Texas politics and longa dominant political power in thispredominantly Latin - American area, was released under $1,000 bond for illegally carrying a pistol His belated appearance at the county court hearing on theCharge led up to the brief brawl.The Jan Wells county grand jury meets here tomorrow. Well-founded reports were that chars* * I es growing out of the two-punch,' gun-waving battle might be filedtoday. The grand jury would then be given the charges. INo official or any of the men involved would comment or say if it was planned to file charges. I But enough people ™ officials I and others connected with the In- ! cident — were talking about such action to give the reports weight, Parr was accused by Manuel Marroquin of displaying a pistol as members of the Freedom Partygathered at his drive-in in theJim Wells half of Ban Diego, The Jim Wells-Duval county line splits Ban Diego,J u an Bar re i a a Iso w as eh a re ed»Co n tint i ed I rom Pa a e 1 ing they had discovered several! items of clothing, mainly blue jeans and Western shirts were mussing from their son’s room, j A careful check of friends and jthe school furnished no furtherclues. Both parents felt certain Wvndel! and Horae** had run aw tv together as they had been go d ' friends foi some time. jDescriptions wei * dispatched] from the sheriff's office and from) police headquarters but no further !information as to iheii whereab*! outs has been reported. ;Horace has light brown hair.blue eyes, is 5 feet. 8 inches tall. Iweight 155 pounds and was wear- j ing horn rimmed glasses, blue j jeans and a brown jacket jWyndel! has straight black hail worn in a short boh, blue - gray eyes, is about 5 feet, 5 inches tall I and weighs about 110 pounds j Clothing she took with her in- I eluded a green skirt, a brown plaid skut, a gray skirt, a yellow sweater and a white sweater.Ransom(Continued from Page One)family telephoned police Saturday afternoon and reported him missing. All kept it a secret while the family negotiated for his release.Leonard’s father, Maurice Mos-kovit-%. a tiny silver - haired man and his sister - in - law, Mis William Moskovit/ talked happily with 35 to 40 newsmen in the hall of justice.“You're the most wonderful l* ople in the world,” Mrs Mosko-vitas told Police Chief Michael Gaffey.I he younger Moskovitz, father of two children, appeared rumpled and m need of a shave He stod the kidnappers threatened to mutilate him but actually did no harm.“They kept me shackled all thetune,” he said, “but didn’t harm me They gave me water when I wanted it, and food.”He said the kidnappers never referred to each other by name ex-cep i Jackson wall called “Dutch “He said they talked about a thirdrmrfv as it he were a boss, but Ithink that was just u cover up ” Jackson and Lear glared at newsmen as they were led into the crowded press room at the Hall of Justice.
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Alice Daily Echo
Alice, Texas, US
Tue, Jan 19, 1954
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