The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 64, No. 310, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 29, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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The El Reno Daily Tribune
gle Copy Five Cents
engthy Agenda
5 Prepared For
jfy Councilmen
lengthy list of business mat- !
will confront city councilmen
'heir March meeting Thursday
i the agenda listing items rang-
from one concerning the El
0 cemetery to the March 17 j
ceman’s Ball.
le agenda was made public
morning by City Manager C. 1
3entlcy and it appeared that a
‘;th record may be set on city
noil meetings if all items are
iidered. The gathering will
-t at 7:30 p.m. in council of-
’s in the city hall,
robably headlining business
ters will be a requested re-
e on hangar 2 at Mustang field
the Holiday Trailer company,
contracting for its use by the
Reno Trailer company which
ted operations in it Feb. 15.
To Discuss Report
he Holiday company plans to
centrate its efforts in hangar 3
eh it also has under lease,
juncilmen expects to hear a re-
from auditors on the Park
A hospital here at the gather-
aey will consider bids on brass
is for the extension of water
s along U S. G6 in connection
1 the widening project on which
tract should be let March 6.
Dance Is Topic
ther business includes a report
300 feet of new 18-inch sewer
at the city disposal plant and
application for a taxi permit,
he El Reno cemetery's request
: a new mower that will cost
ut $349 will be considered as
an ordinance for extending
d boundaries within the city,
mncilmen will consider the po-
department's uniform benefit
ce and the use of the munici-
auditorium at Thunderbird
seum for the event.
Rood Work Eyod
onsiderable attention will he
1 to the coming widening proj-
on U.S. 66 and the council also
consider damages done to
Igars at Mustang field and an
ahoma City firm’s letter that
ill take $1,761 in labor and ma-
ials to repair them,
lie need for final action in di9-
t court concerning the closing
?n years ago of portions of Mill
Bickford streets, adjacent to
General mills, will be consider-
vith the city attorney to execute
essary documents for the city,
tley said this matter is just a
naUty that should be cared for
his time.
(/P» MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Wednesday, February 29, 1956
<UJ0 MEANS UNITED PRESS
Volume 64, No. 310
istimates On
chool Needs
l*o Be Readied
ounty Superintendent Neal V
den reminded today that all
mates of needs for next school
r must be prepared not later
i March 10.
e said districts may either post
estimates in five public places
publish them twice in a news-
er with circulation in the dis-
t from which the estimate
les.
The law does not indicate a
dline for posting or publishing
mates of needs after their
paration,” he pointed out.
•wever, I assume that regard-
of which option is used, it
uld be accomplished at least
days before annual meetings
elections, not counting the day
losting or the day of election.”
e explained that if a district
s not plan to ask people to
» emergency or building funds,
re is a question as to whether
ter publication or posting of
mates is necessary.
,ndcr one provision of a consli-
onal amendment voted on April
955, the levying of the general
d levy now is done by the school
rd in the amount of 15 mills or
s, depending on the needs of the
rict as seen by the school
rd.
ndcr the same amendment, the
«nty excise board continues to
tv five additional mills for each
rict's general fund use.
olden offered his assistance to
district desiring it on the
paration of estimates.
Eisenhower Says He's
Available as Candidate
J Top Teams
To Appear
In Tourney
Two On File For
Cily Positions
Candles Challenge
To Leap Year Child
Filing for the April 3 city election
at which three councilmen will be |T takes a lot of practice to be able to blow out all the candles
named opened today and brought 1 on a birthday cake with one well-directed and hearty puff.
post on the El Reno governing But Jan,ce Taylor- d e s p 11 e the fact that she s passed
b^v k through 12 long years, just hasn't been able to get in enough
At 9 14 Warren Don Arnold 34 time on the candle-blowing. She was able to snuff out only |
92i south Hoff filed as a non- two of the three candles she’s entitled to, and never was able;
partisan for a seat on the council to get around to the nine extra candles on hand.
He was followed at it a m by Janice, born Feb. 29, 1944 to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Taylor,
Mervil J. Meyer, 37, who filed 717 South Miles, is one of the select few known as ‘Leap Year
babies,” who get a real birth-,
day once every four years.
Janice was born in El Reno and I
is now a very attractive young!
lady in the fifth grade at Lincoln!
school. The Taylors have eele- j
brated each of the 12 years since |
the baby daughter arrived but to-
day is only the third time the i
celebration could be held on the
actual birth date.
as a non-partisan for city treasur-
er.
Three Terms End
Both filings were recorded in
the office of J. L. Patman, secre-
tary of the county election board.
Three terms terminate for coun-
cilmen this year. They are those
of Mayor Paul G. Licbmann, M
C. Hoard, and George Edgar.
No Decision Made
Questioned about his intentions
this morning, Liebmann said, ‘‘I
don’t believe I’m interested in fil-' records in the office of
ing, but I haven’t definitely de- Ulerk Frank Taylor are
cided."
Edgar could nol lie contacted
concerning his intentions.
Hoard has answered the ques-
tion with "no comment" but al-
so has said that he does not intend
to seek reelection.
Women Ignore
Leap Year Right
Either the women are doing a
great amount of looking before
they leaping or they're asleep at
the switch, if marriage license
Court
indi-
cation.
AFTER school this evening Jan-
ice was joined by three of her
By Jerry Welch
T^L RENO’S first regional bas-
ketbail tournament will get
underway Friday with a star-
studded field of four of the
state’s top class AA schools en-
tered in the meet. Three of the
teams, Lawton, Enid and the
host Indians are rated among
the top ten class AA schools
while Duncan's youthful Demons
possess the potential to give any
club a stiff battle.
Lawton’s unpredictable Wolv-
erines, rated eighth in the state,
will collide with Enid's sixth-
ranked powerhouse in the tour-
ney’s first round play at 7:30
Friday. The wellbalanced Law-
ton unit finished third in the
Boomer conference, two steps
behind Norman and El Reno.
The Wolverines are best known
for their furious second half bat-
tles that have proved responsible
for their winning five games this
season by one point. Included
among these narrow victories is
a 45-44 squeak past El Reno.
Lawton’s free-wheeling attack
is led by two of the better ball
players in the state in the per-
sons of forward Jimmy Wilson
and front line man Harvey
Coombs. Wilson, a stringbean
junior, is a demon on the back-
hoards for the Wolverines and
is scoring at a 13 point per game
clip. The southpaw shooting
Coombs is averaging almost 12
points a game with his deadly
outside jump shot. The smooth
senior is a key playmaker for the
club and has been a regular for
the last two seasons. Also fea-
tured in the Lawton lineup is sen-
ior Don Boucher who can hit
with the best of them from out
front and junior center Mike
Ginn who stands 6-5 and is the
Wolverines tallest performer.
No Decision Given on Nixon;
Broadcast Is Planned Tonight
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29—If)—President Eisenhower an-
nounced today he is available for a second term.
The president's dramatic announcement came at a tense,
record capacity news conference.
He said he would go on nationwide radio and television
tonight.
The CBS and mutual networks announced the president’s
address will be broadcast live from 9 to 9 30 p m. (CSTl to-
night.
Historical
Tour Stop
Is Set Here
CBS will carry it on both
friends, Edith Lloyd, Katheryn
Mays and Jeannie Mitchell, to
celebrate the occasion They met
Here it is Uap Year, the golden a, ,ho Taylor home for the tradi-
I?
Meeting Is Held
By Kiwanis Club
The Kiwanis club held its reg-
ular meeting at noon today at the
Oxford cafe, with President Les-
ter Bowling reporting the club is
third in this district in the num-
ber of members.
Guests were Paul Courtney, new
manager of Motors, Inc., C. F.
Stylos, entomologist from Okla-
homa A. and M. college, and Bob
Roach of the Bethany Kiwanis
club, who is with the narcotics bu-
reau in Oklahoma City.
The program was presented by
Robert Snyder of the department
of labor, who discussed the various
provisions of the minimum wage
law which becomes effective
March 1.
Next Monday members will go
to Oklahoma City to take part in
the meeting of the newly formed
Casady Kiwanis club. The meeting
is to be at 6:15 p.m.
opportunity for unmarried females
and marriage licenses are running
below the figure for the first two
months in 1955.
A check of Taylor’s records to-
day revealed that February of 1955
might just as well have been a
Leap Year month. As many li-
censes were issued then as had
been issued during the same month
this year at the time the check
was made. That total was a mere
32 permits to wed.
Licenses issued during January
for the two years brought the two-
month period for 1955 to four
above that of this year's total.
Twenty-four licenses 'I ere issued
in January of 1955 compared to
20 for the opening month of 1956.
It appeared that quite a few
may have rushed the season a
little, for a total of 43 licenses were
issued by Taylor in December,
j last year.
The veteran court clerk's only
remark was, "they better hurry
; — this chance won’t happen again
j for four years.”
tional birthday cake and other re-
freshments, then will attend a lo-
cal theater.
Leap Year provides a lot of fun
and wisecracks for the adults but
you can bet it isn't quite so funny
to the youngsters who were Leap
Year babies.
Never mind. Janice, just think
of the fun you'll have when you
grow older. You won’t have to do
any subtracting or "story," as the
men claim women do. You’ll have
all over Jack Benny!
Oil Allowable For
State Unchanged
ormer Philippine
’resident Dies
ANILA, Philippines, Feb. 29—
-Former President Elpido Qui-
p died at his home today at the
of 65, the presidential press
cc announced. He had been
Bering from high blood pres-
|e.
ulrino assumed the presidency
n the death of President Man-
Roxas in 1948 when the repub-
was but 21 months old. He lost
resident Ramon Magsaysay in
1953 elections.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 29 -t*
— The corporation commission
voted today to keep Oklahoma's oil
allowable for March at the same
level as February despite a recom-
mendation from its conservation
director for a cut.
Masscna B. Murray had pro- | ed doors,
posed a slash of 7,000 barrels daily
at yesterday’s market demand
hearing of the commission.
Mrs. Willie Murray
Is Given Divorce
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 29-01'-
Mrs. Willie Murray, wife of former
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Mur-
ray, was a free woman today by
her own choice.
Mrs. Murray was granted a
I divorce on grounds of incompati-
bility yesterday after the two
reached a property settlement and
alimony without a divorce trial.
The out of court settlement climax-
ed a day-long session behind clos-
Weather
State Forecast
Generally clear and warmer to-
night and in the east Thursday.
Cloudy and turning cooler north-
west Thursday. Southeasterly
winds 30 to 40 miles per hour to-
day, windy Thursday; low tonight
near 35 degrees panhandle to 40s
elsewhere. High Thursday 70
northeast to 80 southwest. Further
outlook: partly cloudy and cooler
Thursday night. Clear and cool
Friday.
Character Reference
—Japanese Style
KUMAMOTO, Japan. Fob. 29-
OB—A motor company advertised
today for new employes with these
qualifications: pimples, round face,
broad fingernails and a liking for
tepid tea and lukewarm baths.
Company officials said a survey
revealed that a round, generously-
fleshed face guarantees a reliable
character; pimples on the fore-
head indicate health and a cheer-
ful disposition; broad nails and a
liking for lukewarm tea and baths
reflect generosity, diligence, en
durance and broad-mindedness.
Britian Denies It
Sends Reds Goods
LONDON, Feb. 29-OP—Britain
denied today it was shipping cop-
per and industrial machinery to
Communist countries in violation
of the strategic goods embargo.
A foreign office statement con-
tained the denial. It was issued as
official records showed British
exports of rubber and copper to
the Soviet Union had soared to un-
precedented heights this year.
The foreign office statement
came in reply to American critic-
ism of British policy in the east-
west strategic trade field.
'NID’S powerful Flainsmen
are led by senior Floyd
Skarkey whose high scoring an-
tics has sparked Enid to a 16-9
record this season. The Plains-
men also finished in a second
place tie in the rugged Mid-state
conference which includes such
powers as Capitol Hill and
Shawnee.
Friday night’s contest will be
the first time Enid has perform-
ed on the new El Reno court
while Lawton has played the
Tribe once at Thunderbird Coli-
seum.
The lanky Skarky has surpass-
ed the 20 point mark In games
quite a few times this season
and will be the number one scor-
ing threat facing the Wolverines.
On hand to aid Starkey in the
Enid attack are regulars H. L.
Crites and Ronnie Feger. Both
are top rebounders and defen-
sive hands while junior Jerry
Keeling who quarterbacked the
grid squad is also an outstanding
performer for the northern
school.
The Plainsmen and Lawton
square off in the initial tilt of
the tourney at 7:30 Friday night
preceding the Duncan-El Reno
clash which starts at 8:30 p.m.
Dwight Eisenhower
— In the Race —
'Battle Page'
Is Urged For
Fall's Races
WASHINGTON, Feb 29 -6T-
Democratic National Chairman
Paul M. Butler today urged the
nation’s newspapers to set up a
"battle page" during the fall elec-
tion campaign so both major par-
ties can "present their cases in
their own words.”
Renewing charges that "a large
segment o fthe press’ is one- sided
in favor of Republicans, Butler
told the National Press club in a
prepared speech that the “battle
page” would be a “constructive
step toward righting the balance in
the press’ coverage of political
1 affairs.”
Butler also made public a letter
asking the American Newspaper
Publishers association and the
American Society of Newspaper
j Editors to consider the merits of
such a page at their conventions
this year. He said he hopes the
organizations will promote adop-
tion of the idea "on a general
scale."
He described the “battle page"—
used on a limited basis in past
national campaigns—as "a page
which is open to the two major
parlies, giving them equal space
and position; letting them present
their cases in their own words in
I opposite columns."
Butler suggested the "battle
page ought to be run in the last
eight or nine weeks before the No-
vember election.
NO FIRE DAMAGE
No damage was done Tuesday
afternoon in a grass fire at 716
North Rock Island, adjacent to
railway tracks, which called El
Reno firemen at 3:55 p m. Their
return to the station was at 4:14
pm.
TV and radio networks. MBS
has only a radio network
Other radio and TV networks
will carry the speech.
"My answer will be positive—af-
firmative,” Eisenhower said in
giving reporters permission to
quote him directly.
Nixon Still Puzile
The president declined to say at
this time whether he favors Vice
President Nixon as his running
mate again.
However, he again had warm
praise for Nixon and called him a
dedicated public servant.
Eisenhower’s second term an-
nouncement had been expected at
today's news conference, on the
basis of his own earlier remarks,
but up to the moment he walked
into the conference room there
was no certainty it would come.
For the first eight minutes of the
session, the president, calm and
collected, tantalized the newsmen
by talking first about various other
i matters—such things as the Red
Cross drive for funds, the pending
farm bill, and a water resources
measure which Is before congress.
Decides on Bid
With the tension mounting, Eis-
enhower finally turned to the sub-
ject everyone had been waiting for
him to discuss—his attitude re-
garding a second term.
He said he had an announcement
which was something more per-
sonal in nature, and recalled that,
he had promised the newsmen that
he would disclose his second term
plans to them first if it could be
worked out that way.
Eisenhower then said he had
reached a decision whether to bid
for another four years in the White
House.
He went on to say that his de-
cision involves so many factors
that it was impossible for him to
express it in terms of a simple yes
or no.
Asks Network Ttime
For that reason, he added, he
was asking the TV-radio networks
for time tonight to speak to the
American people. Eisenhower said
he did not know for sure whether
either the Republican party or the
people generally want him to serve
another four years, hut that he
was going directly to the people
and tell them the facts.
At that point, the president end-
ed the months of speculation and
announced:
"My answer will be positive—
that is affirmative.”
That statement came just five
months and five days after Eisen-
hower’s Sept. 24 heart attack.
Eisenhower's announcement pre-
sages his nomination by acclama-
tion at the party's Aug. 20 conven-
tion in San Francisco—unless some
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Maturity Dates On
Loans Announced
Maturity dates on wheat, grain
sorghum and oat loans made last
season through the agricultural
stabilization and conservation of-1 Fund 'chaTrmTn “for"^ Caiumit
Benefit Games Raise $102 For
County Heart Fund Campaign
Calumet community residents
contributed generously Tuesday
night to the Heart Fund and for
those contributions witnessed a
The final standing in the men’s
| game was the closest score the
| highschoolers had managed since
| the opening minutes when at one
fice here, were announced this
morning by R. C. Stephenson,
county office manager of the
agency.
He said wheat loan maturity
date is March 31 as is that on
grain sorghums. The maturity
date on oat loans is April 30.
Stephenson explained that unless
loan holders arrange to take them
up, they will be forfeited on the
dates listed to the ASC.
- ed 35 to 30 in a two-minute over-
STAG DINNER SET time period.
The El Reno Golf and Country Younger Team Falls
club will hold its regular stag din- I The Calumet town team of men
ner at 7 p.m. today, it was an- demonstrated with the greatest of
nounccd by Ralph Myers, jr„ co- ease that age meant nothing to
chairman of the entertainment them as they soundly spanked the
committee | liighschool laddies 48 to 42.
pair of basketball classics in the j time they held a four-point lead,
highschool gymnasium there. j Calumet highschool girls got off
Mrs. Patrick O. Mooney, Heart i to a good start and managed a 13
to 6 lead as the first period end-
ed. The town team threw up a
new bulwark of defense in the sec-
ond frame and allowed the high-
rchool girls a single point from the
charity toss line as they hit four
field goals and tied the score at
14 all. It was nip and tuck from
then on although the lassies man-
aged a two-point lead, 22 to 20, at
three quarter time.
Towner* Bow Out
Town women outscorcd the high-
school gals two points in the final
frame. The Towners could not
maintain the pace in the over-
time period but bowed gracefully
cut.
The men demonstrated that ex-
perience counts as thev overcame
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TjtL RF.NO will be a stopping
point on the Oklahoma His-
torical society’s Chisholm Trail
trip May 3, 4 and 5, with side
trips for those interested to be
arranged by the chamber of
commerce here.
This announcement was made
this morning by O. K. Curry,
secretary-manager of the cham-
ber. He has had word from the
historical organization concern-
ing the trip.
Curry said his information now
is that the tour party will arrive
in El Reno Friday, May 4, at
about 10:30 a.m. A period of 40
minutes has been set aside for
the side trips.
Starting point for the tour will
be near the old Red river cross-
ing south of Waurika. It will con-
tinue northward along the Chis-
holm Trail through Medford iu
Grant county to Caldwell, Kan.
Plans now are under way for
at least one side trip out of El
Reno. That will be to General
Phil Sheridan's headquarters
building at Fort Reno, and to the
ancient grave yard there which
contains the graves of many
noted Indian fighters and other
famous soldiers.
Curry said Vestus Morris,
chairman of the tourist and con-
ventions committee, will appoint
committees to make places to be
visited as attractive as possible.
Definite plans and all the ar-
rangements will be worked out
later, according to Curry.
"Right now. what we are
Blinking about is spreading the
welcome mat for this group
which will consist of more than
500 visitors, of making them wel-
come, and of arranging some-
thing we are proud of showing,”
Curry commented.
"People from all over Okla-
homa and from many other states
will be on this tour and we want
them to enjoy their tnp to this
community and the stop here,”
he said, adding that he antici-
pates coffee and doughnuts will
be served either here or at the
fort.
district, announced that the view-
ers of the games contributed
$102.65. She said that will not re-
j present I ho Calumet total in the
Heart drive and that she has re-
j ceived a number of contributions
that are nut the result of the bas-
| ketbail games.
Indhc cage contests, a Calumet
town team of women played the
highschool girls to a standstill for
\ four quarters and then finally bow-
Members of Guard
To Receive Medals
Twenty Korean war veterans,
now serving with El Reno’s na-
tional guard unit, will be awarded
medals for their service at a drill
session in Thunderbiril coliseum
on Wednesday, March 7, it was an-
nounced today by Master Sergeant
Gene Young, unit administrator.
Both officers and enlisted men
will be among those to receive the
Korean service medal and the
United Nations medal.
Colonel Wayne England, battal
ion commander, is expected to
present the medals during the
drill period, which is to be held
between 7:30 p. m. and 9:30 p.m.
Panthers To Play
At Geary Tonight
Booker T. Washington's high-
school basketball Panthers will go
to Geary tonight for a pair of
games that mark the close of the
season for both teams.
The BTW team has fallen once
this season on the court here be-
fore the Owl onslaught, and will
be seeking revenge for the home
stand loss.
Panther *‘B” stringers will open
the battle tonight against the "B"
Owls with the first stringer game
to follow.
Reds Claim
They Upset
Dulles' Mind
LONDON, Feb. 29—(IP)—Moscow
radio said today that Russian eco-
nomic and political successes are
upsetting the mental balance of
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles.
Moscow radio broadcast a boast-
ful account in the Communist
newspaper Pravda on the recent
Communist party congress at the
Kremlin in Moscow.
The Pravda story, by "Litosh-
ko,” said American public opinion
is demanding a change in U. S.
foreign policy because of "the
tremendous response throughout
the world to the historic decisions
of the 20th Communist party con-
gress.”
"Dulles tried without success in
his recent speeches to show that
the policy of strength has led the
congress tu make radical changes
in Soviet foreign policy and that
the USSR was withdrawing
under U. S. pressure,” Pravda
said.
“Soviet economic and political
successes are clearly unsetting
Mr. Dulles' mental balance.”
Meetings Slated
By DAV Members
Two important Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans meetings in El Reno
] have been announced for early
March, with officers of the local
| chapter to be elected and installed
| at a gathering the night of March
6.
Plans also are under way for a
meeting of the state executive
committee of the DAV March LI.,
at the New Southern Hotel.
Fred Grulkey of the DAV post
here, said luncheon will be served
at the executive committee meet-
ing to all DAV members, their
guests and DAV auxiliary mem-
bers.
He said reservationa for the
luncheon should be made.
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