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rpODAY, December 7, marks
the fifteenth anniversary of
Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl
Harbor, the spark which hurled
the United States into World War
II almost in an instant’s time.
Characterized by Franklin D.
Roosevelt as a day which would
live long in infamy, December
7, 1941, dates also the beginning
of a new era in America and
throughout this earth. Since that
date, the world has known no real
peace. Nor is there much in this
world today to encourage the
hope that an enduring peace may
be achieved in the foreseeable
future. An armed truce would ap-
pear to be the best that this gen-
eration may expect.
And only if America remains
strong can we count on retaining
even the uneasy peace such a
truce affords.
It seems to me that it was
recognition of this which prompt-
ed the state Veterans of Foreign
Wars to urge that today be of-
ficially designated as “Pearl
Harbor Day” in Oklahoma.
Certainly it must have been
what Governor Raymond Gary
had in mind in acceding to the
VFW request. His proclama-
tion, calling for special observ-
ance of the anniversary, pointed
out that it “could accomplish
great good in obtaining recogni-
tion of the ever present need for
national preparedness and in
fostering the values of courage
and the will to victory.”
Like it or not, if America is to
stay free, Americans must cher-
ish firmly the rights' our fore-
fathers fought to gain for us,
and be ever ready to fight again,
if need be, to preserve those
rights.
TRAFFIC, for the first time in seven months, today moved on the new four-lane highway
66, at the west edge of El Reno. The barricades were taken down late Thursday and the
north half of the new section was put to use. The south side of the road, from 15th street
to the intersection with Foreman road, is still being worked on, however, and no esti-
mates could be received as to when the entire road would be open.
Plans Are Hade El Renos Sales Tax
Eternal vigilance is still—and
■ more than ever—the price of
freedom.—RJD.
Cage Victory,
Loss Added
By Calumet
The win and lose habit of Calu-
met basketball teams continued
Thursday afternoon and night as
the junior highschool boys won an
easy 27-17 victory over Concho
in a home stand and the highschool
lads were slaughtered, 44-28, by
Union City, a team they defeated
earlier this week.
The Calumet junior highschool
defense was the best seen this
season, however it could not stop
Turtle, a six-foot two-inch Concho
forward from netting 13 of his
club’s points and taking scoring
honors. Close behind was Willard
Haydon of Calumet with 12 coun-
ters.
Calumet took an early lead and
really started finding the basket in
the second quarter. The score in-
creased steadily although Coach
Bud Kennedy used every player in
uniform.
It was an off night for Calumet
as it met Union City in a conso-
lation match of the Yukon tourna-
ment there.
Every player threw the ball away
repeatedly. There was no defense
and only Don Kennedy, who scored
15 points for Calumet, could find
the basket. Sanders and Ross of
Union City scored 14 and 13 points,
respectively.
Calumet highschool will entertain
Yukon next Tuesday night and go
to Greenfield for games the follow-
ing Friday. Kennedy has his junior
high teams entered in a Geary
tournament next week with the
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Two Sentenced In
Attack on Writer
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 —(A>1— Two
men convicted in the acid blinding
of labor writer Victor Riesel were
sentenced today to five years in
prison. A third defendant was sen-
tenced to two years.
They were accused specifically
on conspiracy to obstruct justice by
helping Abe Telvi, 22, flee arrest
after he allegedly hurled the acid
at Riesel outside a Broadway res-
taurant April 5. Telvi later was
found slain.
Federal Judge William B. Her-
lands gave the lightest sentence-
two years—to Leo Telvi, 26, Abe’s
brother, who contended he acted
out of love for Abe. The five-year
sentences went to Gondolfo Miranti,
37, an alleged "finger man” in the
plot, and Domenico Bando, 47, an
intermediary. Herlands also fined
Miranti $10,000.
For Restaurant
An opening date of June 1 has
been tentatively set by Marion
Hensley for a new modern cafe
and service station at the present
location ol Hensley's Consumer’s
cafe and station, west of El Reno.
Hensley said today the cafe would
be about one-third larger than the
present restaurant, which he plans
to move off the lot at the intersec-
tion of highway 66 and Foreman
road.
To Change Servicing
Another added feature for the
station will be the separation of
the truck and car service depart-
ments, by moving the truck servic-
ing to the side and leaving the
front of the station for private cars
only.
The cafe and station will be built
directly behind the present build-
ing, willi that area being convert-
ed into parking space.
A new warehouse, all steel, will
be constructed to face the north,
but will not be combined with a
garage as is the case with the
present stone garage and ware-
house building.
Contract Is Let
Contract for the warehouse was
let earlier this week with the early
part of January having been pick-
ed as the letting date for the rest (
of the improvements.
Hensley said construction would
begin as soon after the contract
is let as is possible and estimated
the Consumer's cafe and station
would be closed about May 1.
Lost Missile
Believed In
Brazil Jungle
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 —i/P-The
airforce said today a runaway guid-
ed missile is presumed to have
landed somewhere in the Brazilian
jungle, possibly in the area of the
Amazon river.
The missile, understood to have
been a Snark, was launched from
Patrick airforce base, Fla.,
Wednesday and was set for a total
flight distance of about 3,000 miles.
The course was supposed to have
been a closed circuit over the At-
lantic but the missile failed to go
into the intended turn.
The missile was under radar sur-
veillance as far as the coast of
South America,
An airforce spokesman said that
because no reports of the missile's
landing had been received, it is
probable that it came to earth in
some remote, uninhabited jungle
area.
If this is the case, the wreckage
of the missile probably will never
be found. The jungle is so dense
that even airplanes have disappear-
ed and never been located.
Figures Show Gain
El Reno showed a slight increase in the amount of revenue
turned in to the state from sales taxes during the month of
October, figures releasted from the state tax commission show.
In spite of the rise in El Reno the county as a whole
showed the first decline in several months in comparative
figures from a year ago.
Although Canadian county showed a 2.72 decrease during
October of this year as compared to October, 1955, it showed
one of the smallest decreases
of the 31 counties dropping in
part of El Reno and for a mile
west, was opened for traffic late
Thursday, after seven and a half
months of construction.
Although the highway is now i
open to cars there is still a section
of the road being worked on. re-1
suiting in only two of the four ,
lanes being in use at the present.
Started In April
Work on the four-lane highway
began April 18, with the contract
■ providing for 160 working days to
complete the project. The contract
was awarded to Brooks and Me
Connel constructors in Oklahoma j
City on a bid of $514,940.
The full highway is being used
from the railroad underpass at the
intersection of Sunset drive and
Evans to just beyond the bridge i
at the intersection of Sunset and
15th street. At that point only the
north lane is being used as work-
men continue to finish drives and
center sections of the job.
Detour Closed
The highway adds another 1.884
j miles to the four-laning of highway
66.
Along with the opening of the
strip along Sunset drive came the
j closing of the official detour on
i West Foreman. During the time
Sunset drive was closed traffic was
routed on Choctaw to Foreman and
County Gets First
Breath of Winter
Winter, due to arrive on Dec. 21, made its first real ad-
vance thrust into El Reno and Canadian county Thursday
night and in e^rly morning hours today, forcing residents to
bring out extra blankets and turn up the home fires.
While motorists could testify that fog and drizzle had left
moisture — in the form of coated windshields, rear-view mir-
rors and slick streets, the gauge at the home of Frank Hro-
mada, official weather obser-
ver, at 700 South Morrison,
showed hardly a trace.
In fact, Mrs. Hromada, inspect-
ing the gauge shortly before noon,
reported that “there’s only a small
frozen spot in there, about as big
j as a dime.”
Mercury Hits 23
An election, complete with pri- | Hromada's thermometer, work-
mary and general campaigns, is ing fine, showed a low temperature
being conducted by students at El of 23 degrees here during the night,
Reno highschool this week, but the compared with 36 degrees during
stakes are not a political office — the previous night. High tempera
Titles At Stake
In School Vote
instead the winning ticket will be
named "Mr. and Miss School Spir-
it of EI1S.”
The election is in connection with
basketball ticket sales and instead
Piedmont Is In
Tourney Finals
the state.
The state as a whole was up 2.23
| percent, with most of the losses
| coming in the central and southern
counties. But hardest hit in the de-
crease department was Adair coun-
ty, in the east central, which de-
Piedmont highschool’s basket- dined 17.20 percent,
ball teams made a clean sweep in Automobiles Down
the semi-finals of the Yukon in- El Reno accounted for $19,170.12
\ itational tournament Thursday t during the month, about two-thirds
of the county’s total of $27,487.26.
then west to the intersection of “f th(,‘ standard two-party system
I Foreman and the highway.
High Court
Halts Try At
Blocking Vote
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 7——
The state supreme court today . ... . . ..
denied an attempt to block the member will cast votes, the num
special state senate election in
this election features four parties—
coming from the fact that their
are four classes in the highschool.
Nominees Numerous
Actually it comes down to each
class having nominated a number
of couples, from two to four, for
the honor of being named the Mr.
and Miss School Spirit.
Votes are cast on the basis of
ticket sales with the primary end-
ing Dec. 11. At this time each class
niglit, with both the boy? and
girls’ club getting a berth in the
Saturday night finals.
The Piedmont girls clobbered
Union City 40-18 in the first game,
getting an early lead and continu-
ing to pour it on throughout the
contest.
Tie Is Broken
In the boys' battle the Piedmont
cagers broke away from a 14-14 tie
in the second period and took a
steady lead to gain a 40-35 vic-
tory over the host school boys.
The night wasn’t without loss |
however, in the first quarter of
the girls’ contest Karen Wiede-
mann, Piedmont forward, fell, j
while going after a free ball, and
broke her hand.
Joan Jech, Piedmont and Union
City's Mary Smith, split scoring
honors for the girls' battle, each
getting 12 points, but while Pied-
mont's Carol Allison and Myrtle
Ann Biggs were getting eight each,
the second high scorer for Union
City cashed in only three points.
Dickerson High
Kenneth Dickerson placed the
Piedmont boys with 14, followed
by David Lepak with 11. The shoot-
ing honors for Yukon went to John
Weller with 11 while Joe Line had |
10. I
The finals in the week-long tour-
ney are scheduled for Saturday
night when the Piedmont boys
meet the winner of tonight's Nin-
nekah-Jones game and the Pied-
mont girls will clash with the win-
ner of the Ninnekah-Deer Creek
game.
In the state picture the motor ve-
hicle group was one of the classi-
fications showing a drop under fig-
ures of a year ago, falling four
percent total, with motor vehicle
dealers falling a little over 20 per-
cent.
Lumber and materials dropped
an equal amount, with the mis-
cellaneous group showing the only
other decline, close to two percent.
Food Groups Rise
On the brighter side of the pic-
ture food groups increased over
seven percent and service groups
added close to 10 percent over Oc-
tober of last year.
Food groups accounted for the
largest tax revenue in the county
during October, as it does in most
months, bringing $8,864.21 to the
tax commission from 118 returns,
and in spite of the general loss over
the state, motor vehicles in this
county were second as revenue
producers with $3,235.07 from 91
returns.
FOOT NOTE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1-IW—
Some people play by ear, but with
Randy Koral, it’s by foot. It took
three firemen yesterday to remove
Ihe two-year-old’s foot from his
father’s saxophone. He got stuck
while playing the instrument.
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Deadline Saturday
For Grid Banquet
Earl O’Neal, chairman of the
football appreciation banquet slat-
ed for 7 p.m. Tuesday, in the Elks
lodge, today reminded grid fans
that 5 p. m. Saturday is the final
deadline for making reservations
to the event.
O'Neal said advance reservations
have been stacking up but there
are still some Indian backers who
have not called for a reservation.
Judge William L. Fogg will serve
as master of ceremonies for the
banquet, honoring the players and
coaches of the slate AA runner-ups
in the 1956 football season—the El
Reno Indians,
Weather
State Forecast
Glaze warning southeast half of
state tonight. Freezing drizzle east
portions tonight. Partial clearing
northwest half state tonight. Cold-
er except panhandle tonight. Partly
cloudy Saturday and colder south-
east portion. Low tonight 10 north-
west to 30 southeast. High Satur-
day 30 northeast to 45 southwest.
Two Traffic
Cases Heard
One case was dismissed in coun-
ty court and another defendant en-
tered a guilty plea, records from
the court of Judge Sam Roberson
showed today.
Larry Mills, Piedmont, charged
with reckless driving in Piedmont
on Oct. 17 of this year, was releas-
ed after the case was dismissed
for lack of sufficient evidence upon
recommendation of the county at-
torney’s office.
Oliver Clerhew, Olney, Tex.,
paid a $10 fine and costs in the
other action settled. Clerhew was
charged with the operation of a
motor vehicle for hire without a
permit from the state corporation
commission.
The Texas driver entered a guil-
ty plea to the charge, which was
filed Thursday after he was stopped
at the state scales a mile south of
Union City.
BTW, Enid Cage
Game Set Tonight
The Booker T. Washington A
and B basketball clubs will host
Enid’s BTW players tonight in the
second game of the season for the
El Reno crew.
Booker T. handed East Walnut a
stunning defeat earlier this week
to open the season, but tonight's
battle will be the first showing for
the local Bees.
The games get underway at 8
p.m. in the BTW gym in El Reno,
with the El Reno club rated as the
team to beat due to experience.
Wagoner and Okmulgee counties
which was called by Governor
Raymond Gary for Dec. 22.
In a one-sentence order, the court
refused to take jurisdiction in the
suit brought by Mrs. Leona E.
Rupe, Oklahoma City real estate
.dealerj She had contended Gary
had no right to call the election
and sought to block use of state
funds* necessary to conduct the
election.
At the same time the court
agreed to consider a legal effort
by Republicans to win approval
of the congressional redistricting
measure voted upon Nov. 6.
Republicans had sponsored the
proposal to re-divide the state’s six
congressional districts.
It carried at the polls by a 93,000
vote margin of yes and no votes
but failed to receive a majority of
all votes cast that day. As a
result. Governor Raymond Gary
declared the matter had been de-
feated by the “silent vote.”
The court gave the state election
board 10 days to reply to the suit
brought by John Ladner, Tulsa
Republican leader and former dis-
trict judge.
In Ladner's suit it is claimed
the silent vote should not be count-
ed against a measure.
Denying of Mrs. Rupe’s suit
clears the way for the Wagoner
and Okmulgee county election. The
only candidates are Tom Payne,
jr., and Glenn R. Horner, unop-
posed Democratic and Republican |
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ber depending on how many tickets
he has sold, for his candidate in
his class.
Then the voting goes into the gen-
eral running. By this time each
class will have only one couple
running for the Mr. and Miss hon-
or. When the final votes are count-
ed the class with the largest num-
ber of tickets sold will have Its
candidates named as the winners.
Sales Start Today
(If you haven’t been lost in the
confusion by now you should be
able to figure your way through
the rest of this political break-
down.)
Tickets are going on sale today
for this campaign but advance
work by the parties has lined up
support for each group as follows:
the seniors are being sponsored by
the Lions club; the juniors by the
B and PW; the sophomores by the
Kiwanis and the Rotary is spon-
soring the freshman class.
Candidates for each class are:
seniors, Nancy Kunneman and
Ronald Jackson on one ticket, and
with Virginia Meyer and George
Bruce on the second ticket.
Divisions Differ
The other three classes are di-
vided four ways however, with the
junior tickets group composed of
Pat Chiles, and Gene Slaughter;
Charlotte Fogg and Jim Murphy;
Carol Jean Jones, and Billy Craig;
and Carolyn Marquardt and Dub
Hartwig.
Sophomore candidates are Sue
Davidson and Keith Worsham;
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THE EL RENO
DAILY TRIBUNE
for the whole year
long . . .
ture for the 24-hour period ending
at 5 p.m. Thursday was recorded
as 66 degrees.
Over the rest of the state heavy
rains, fog, freezing drizzle, snow
and cold temperatures were report-
ed.
The southeast section got the
heaviest amounts with the Hee
mountain tower ranger station re-
porting 1.95 inches of moisture and
Idabel 1.91. Wewoka had 1.85.
Healdton 1.77, Negley 1.75, Okemah
1.66, Heavener 1.45, Carter moun-
tain tower 1.30, Haskell 1.25 and
Wilburton 1.04. All sections got
some moisture except the panhan-
dle.
Sayre Has Snow
Sayre in the west-central section
of Oklahoma reported snow this
morning but it was light and didn’t
affect traffic.
The highway patrol reported icing
conditions in much of the state with
the Clinton district having dry
roads while in the Durant district
a heavy mist made roads slippery.
The cold front moving through
the state got to all but the extreme
southeast corner by this morning
with the low overnight temperature
10 degrees at Guymon in the pan-
handle.
Glazing conditions are expected
to be locally hazardous through to-
morrow when warming conditions
are expected to begin.
Bridge Passable
The highway department said the
North Canadian river bridge on
U.S. highway 62 near Harrah is
passable after salt treatment by
maintenance crews.
Sanding crews also were at work
on highways east and west of
Bartlesville and Pawhuska. The
North Canadian river bridge on
U.S. highway 281 north of Seiling
also was made passable after be-
ing sanded.
More scattered precipitation is
expected the next 24 hours.
Temperatures overnight ranged
from the 10 at Guymon and 19 at
Gage to 40 at Ardmore. Yesterday’s
high was 77 at McAlester.
Icy Bridges Are
Major Hazard
Two serious injuries, together
with an estimated $10,000 property
damage, were reported on Cana-
dian county highways by the high-
way patrol today for a 13-hour
period beginning at 10:30 p. m.
Thursday, Trooper Phillip Frone-
berger said today. A third man
also was in Park View hospital
following an accident outside the
county.
The two hospitalized in the coun-
ty accident were identified at Park
View as Mr. and Mrs. Harry Him-
street, Indianola, Iowa, both de-
scribed as in serious condition.
Fronebcrger was unable to give
complete details on the accidents
when questioned because, he said.
Two Die in State
Two deaths on ico-slick bridges
today boosted Oklahoma’s 1954
highway fatality toll to 628 com-
pared with 540 at the same time
last year, the Associated Press
reported.
A. D. Hill, 80, Chickasha, was
killed a mile south of Minco on
U. S. highway 81 when the car in
which he was riding hit a slick
spot on a bridge and crashed
into a ditch, throwing him out.
Mrs. Toylee T. Gill, 41, widow-
ed mother of four children, was
killed when her car and a truck
collided on the Newcastle bridge
on U. S. highway 62.
“I haven't even had time to finish
all the reports.” ’
All the accidents were a result of
slick bridges, the trooper said, and
included about 15 cars involved
in eight separate accidents.
More Expected
Fronebergor said one accident
after another had been reported
during the night and early today
with more expected due to icy road
conditions.
The first accident was reported
on the Shell creek bridge, west of
Yukon, the trooper said, about
10:30 p. m. Thursday, with another
accident on the same bridge caus-
ing injury to two persons from
Iowa.
The trooper said early today a
three-car accident was reported on
the South Canadian bridge south
of Union City. While Froneberger
was working that one another one-
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Military Spending
Increase Is Seen
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. Sec-
retary of Defense Wilson said today
it “certainly looks’ ’as though mili-
tary spending will increase in the
next fiscal year above estimated
expenditure of 36 billion dollars for
this year.
And the cabinet officer added
after a 2Vi hour budget conference
with President Eisenhower that he
does not look for “any substantial
change” in the level of military
manpower, now at about 2,800,000
men.
Wilson reportedly brought along
a budget calling for spending of
38 billion dollars next fiscal year.
But he declined comment when
asked about that figure.
BY CARRIER IN
EL RENO
FULL
YEAR
(Tax Included)
*13’
BY MAIL IN
CANADIAN COUNTY
And Adjoining Counties
FULL
YEAR ___
(Tax Included)
$7:
jj Philippines Win
S UN Council Seat
ONLY
18
GIVE A GIFT
SUBSCRIPTION!
EL RENO DAILY
TRIBUNE
DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS!
UNITED STATES, N. Y., Dec. 7
—lift—The Philippines won a first
ballot victory today over Czecho-
slovakia for a one-year term on the
UN security council.
The vote in the 79-nation general
assembly was 51 for the Philip-
pines, 20 for Czechoslovakia, Af-
ghanistan 1, Spain 1 and Yugo-
slavia 1.
The Philippines had just one vote
more than the two-thirds required
since only 74 affirmative votes
were cast.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Vassily V. Kuznetsov immediately
protested that the Election discrimi-
nated against eastern Europe. The
seat which the Philippines will oc-
cupy previously had been held by
Eastern European countries.
Sacred Heart
Cagers Slate
Opening Game
The Sacred Heart Redbird bas-
ketball team will get its season
underway at 7:30 p.m. tonight when
the B clubs from the El Reno school
go against the B team from Saint
Mary’s school in Lawton.
The first match will be followed
by an A gapie between the two
schools in the El Reno highschool
gym.
The Redbirds, coached by Nathan
Rose, returned four of their five
starters from last year’s squad,
having to fill In only one guard
position with a non-regular.
Slated to open the battle tonight
for the Redbirds are Gene Elmen-
horst and either Bob Flores or Bill
Hill, in the forward positions with
Darrell Schweitzer as center and
Carl Walch and Fred Kappus as
guards.
Saint Mary’s club will be com-
posed of mostly new-comers, but
will have an added height advan-
tage over the El Reno crew.
Starters for Saint Mary will be
Victor McCarthy and Donald Grigg,
forwards, John Hannigan, center,
with guards Don Martin and Joe
Mitchell.
The two clubs met only once last
year, the Redbirds taking a 48 43
win in that encounter on the loser’s
court.
One Dead, 40 Hurt
In Fire on Train
CHICAGO, Dec. 7——A flash
fire on a moving four-car wooden
coach elevated train today killed
the motorman and injured an esti-
mated 40 passengers.
The Chicago transit authority
train has bound from suburban
Evanston to downtown Chicago.
The firse burst forth as the crowd-
ed rush-hour train neared the How-
ard street station, just inside the
north city limits.
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