Okemah Daily Leader (Okemah, Okla.), Vol. 34, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 21, 1959 Page: 1 of 6
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HAPPY BELLY LANDING — This is how the Trans World Airlines Super Constellation INied as
it made a successful belly landing without benefit of landing gear at the Olathe Naval Air gtation
In the top photo the plane approaches the foam-covered runway The lower picture shows the big
plane the moment it hit the runway Note the open hatch Five crewmen and 28 passengeTs were
unharmed
Traffic Snarled
East of Tovin
County roads are in very bad
shape covered by ice and snow
4 Patrolman Wallace Strang reports
but there had been no accidents
in the area up to this morning
Traffic was snarled east of town
last night and early this morning
Conditions on the hill east of Bad
Creek approximately nine miles
east of Okemah are particularly
bad the trooper said One-way
traffic was maintained on the high-
way from midnight last night un-
til nine o'clock this morning
Several big trucks slid off the
road or jackknifed on the ice ty-
ing ep traffic Two double decker
trucks transporting calves were off
the road
One truck had a dead battery
and the driver had to come to town
to purchase a new battery and
chains On arriving back at the
truck he discovered four of the
calves dead victims of the cold
or smothering
The trucks were back on the
road by nine this morning and reg-
ular two-way traffic resumed
Pioneer Recovering
Anxious to Get Home
Mrs E P Fears is reported to
be recovering nicely from her ac-
eident and anxious to get home
She is on the McBride Bone and
Joint hospital Okla City conva-
lescing from a fall in which she
'suffered a broken hip
The Okemah pioneer enjoyed a
birthday party in her room on the
251h A decorated cake with can-
dles was provided by Mrs Webb
Jones baked by Mrs Jones mo-
thor in - law in Oklahoma City
and Okemah ladles showered Mrs
Fears with cards
PLAYOFF TO
BEGIN TONIGHT
Playoffs start tonight in the coun-
ty basketball tournament at Oke-
mall Holey senior high boys will
meet Weleetka both winners of
Monday night games
Other games scheduled before
the playoff begins are Graham
junior high boys vs Mason: Mason
senior boys vs Spring Hill and
Suring Hill senior high girls vs
Welectka
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SLIGHT DESPITE
SLICK ROADS
City schools were in session as
usual today and most students
were at their desks school offic-
ials reported Absenteeism due to
road conditions was reported to be
fairly slight in most schools con-
fined in the main to those students
In far away areas who have to
walk a considerable distance to
catch the school bus
Absenteeism at the high school
was estimated to be small J D
Risenhoover principal of junior
high reported an approximate five
percent absent
Lloyd Henry principal of Noble
sch000l reported about 15 percent
out of school today there
Lincoln school said they had lit
tie or no absenteeism attributable
to the slick streets
FIRING SQUADS
BUSY IN CUBA
HAVANA VI — The guns of re-
bel executioners rang out again to
day in Cuba Executed were a doz
en former Batista military m e n
charged with war crimes
The countrywide executions now
total 247 and many more are ex
to follow Rebel Leader Fi-
del Castro called for a massive
rally today in Havana to show the
world the Cuban people are behind
his execution policies
Tens of thousands of Cubans ral-
lied before the presidential palace
in Havana to express their support
f executions of persons adjudged
war criminals The crowds carried
banners reading "We ask justice"
Cecil B De Mille
Dies in Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD (Ri One of the
worlds leading movie makers Ce-
cil B DeMille has died of a heart
attack at the age of 77 DeMille
died in his hollywood home after a
week's illness
He directed ot produced more
than 70 movies many of them
among the most spectacular films
of all time
Drilling News
Olin Oil & Gas No I Barton in
SE SE NE of 1-11n-9e flowed seven
barrels of oil an hour through a -
Inch choke from treated perfora-
tions at 312529feet and continued
testing
Continental Oil No 18 NOSS1J
8-9-A in C NE SE of 1840n-9e in
Okfuskee county flowed 108 bar-
rels of load oil and 21 barrels of
water in 72 hoiirs from perfora-
tions in the Senora at 1898 to 1912
feet and completed the No 18
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Visits Schools
Dr Wallace Brewer from t h e
State Department of Education in
Oklahoma City is in Okfuskee
county this week visiting elemen-
tary schools
Accompanied by Mrs Leona A-
shler county superintendent t h e
official visited Lone Star Prairie
Bell and Anderson Chapel yester-
day Other county schools were on
the list for today and the rest of
the week road conditions permit-
ting Dr Brewer is assistant director
of the Curriculum and Alcohol and
Narcotics Education division of the
state department He is assisting
elementary schools in the county
to set up a program of alcohol
and narcotics education in connec-
lion 'with health classes
Dr Brewer visited high schools
in Okfuskee county last year
Mikoyan Enroute
Back to Moscow
NEW YORK (RI — Soviet Deputy
Premier Mikoyan's departure from
Newfoundland was delayed a cou-
ple of hours this afternoon while
he waited for a substitute plane
but he finally got under way
The plane that started him on his
Journey back to Moscow a 4-en
gine Scandanavian airliner had to
make an emergency landing last
night at Argentina Newfoundland
when trouble developed in two of
its engines
Court to Decide
Custody of Children
PARIS — A French judge
has begun hearing arguments to
decide who shall have custody of
the three children of actress In-
grid Bergman and her former hus-
band Italian Producer Roberto
Rossellini
Both Miss Bergman and Russet
lint were in court The hearing Is
not public
Highlights
Technicians of the Soil Conser-
vation service working with t h e
Okfuskee Soil Conservation dis-
trict have provided technical ser-
vice to 992 farmers and assisted
63 farmers with development of
complete conservation plans on 11-
327 acres
These facts among others are
disclosed in the Soil Conservation
district's annual report for 1958
The report lists the following con-
servation accomplishments dur-
ing the year:
Conservation crop rotation w a s
applied to 3498 acres in 1958 total
acres to date 13032 crop residue
Winners of
Tournamenf
Tournament
Geffrophies
Okemah Bearden Okfus-
kee and Morse came out
winners of the grade schobl
invitational basketball tourp-
ament at Bearden The win-
ners and the runners-up re-
ceived trophies following the
last game in the finals
Winners in respective classifica-
tions were: C boys — Okemah
C girls — Bearden D boys 1—
01tfuskee D girls — Morse
The Morse D girls won from
Bearden girls 25 to 13 while Bear-
den C girls reversed the victory
winning from Morse 26 to 20
The Okfuskee D boys defeated
Morse 25-19 'Okemah C boys
brought home a victory over Cas-
tle 29-13 -
High scorers in each game were:
Morse-Bearden D girls game Tay-
lor tallied 14 points for Morse
Banks seven for Bearden: Bear-
den Morse C girls game BuniT
hit the basket for 21 points on
Bearden's side Taylor 10 points
for Morse
High scorers in the boys' gamei:
D game Okfuskee vs Morse Ye-
hola 15 for Okfuskee Swayze 1t
for Morse C game Okemah v's
Castle Helm came through with
13 for Okemah Fox chalked up
17 for Castle
Kiwanians Hear
Key Club Report
And District Meet'
Meeting Tuesday night in the
Pioneer room members of the Kt-
wants club heard reports of Key
club and Kiwanis meetings in Dal-
las over the weekend
Robert Lee lieutenant governor
for the Key club and member of
the local group reported on that
meeting Tommy Kluits Kiwanis
president reported on that group's
meeting
Kiwanians noted the 44th anni-
versary of the national club which
is today The three charter mem-
bers of the Okemah club who re-
side here were present at the
meeting
Charter members remaining who
live in Okernah are O D Bras
V K Chowning and W P Wood
Argentine Chief
Pleads for Nation
WASHINGTON iP — Argentine
President Frondizi has told a joint
session of the U S Congress that
the misery and backwardness of
millions of Latin Americans is a
source of danger to hemisphere se-
turity He said the U S could not
remain indifferent to the fact that
millions lead a life of hardship in
the American continent
And in Argentina leaders of 62
Peronista unions have defiantly
told the Argentine government they
intend to continue indefinitely the
paralyzing strikes aimed at pro-
testing the austerity program
They spoke as a series of bomb
explosions jarred Buenos Aires
Unless the government cracks the
strikes it would keep such vital in-
dustries as textiles and metals
paralyzed
Bonsai Cuban
Ambassador
WASHINGTON Va — President
Eisenhower has nominated career
diplomat Philip Bonsai to be the
new ambassador to Cuba Bonsai
now Is ambassador to Bolivia In
Cuba he will succeed Earl Smith
who resigned January lOth
from SCD'S 1958 Report
utilization 2029 acres in 1958 20-
029 to date
A program of rotating hay and
pasture was applied to 564 acres
1958 8389 to date: pasture plant-
ing 2362 acres in 1958 29061 to
date proper use of range 4770
1958 29770 to date sprigging Ber-
muda 2614 acres 1958 18259 to
date
Tree planting was done on 10
acres 549 acres to date planted
Improvements were made on 80
fish ponds in the year just closed
and on 592 ponds to date Wildlife
area improvements were applied to
201 acres 1958 and 1118 acres to
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US Not to
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President Reveals Gist of
Message to Soviet Mikoyan
WASHINGTON — (IP) — President Eisenhower says
the Russians have to understand that this country will not
be pushed around in working for world peace The Presi-
dent told a news conference that was the gist of his met
sage to Russian Deputy Premier Mikoyan as Mikoyan left
for home after his American visit
-0 The President said Mikoyan of-
fered no new proposals for easing
Bethany Beals world tensions when the two met in
the White House last Saturday
The President also declared that
the federal government has a di-
Panthers Here rect interest in schooling for chil-
dren of U S government employe-
es He related his words to the sit-
Bethany showed why its team is
running fifth in the state at last uation at Norfolk Virginia where
schools have been closed in the
night's basketball game here when
racial integration dispute
the team defeated the Panthers 56- On other matters the President
29 Bethany jumped to a quick
said he is keeping an open mind
lead and maintained it throughout
on civil rights and wants the life
the Game of the U S rights commission ex-
The Panthers tired from a hot tended He said the government is
contest in the county tournament studying the problem of integra-
the previous night were consider- non On the budget he said there
ably off their game Their field has been criticism both that it is
goal average fell to 25 percent
large and not large enough
Bethany outshot the local boys with too
And on economic controls he said
an average of 38 percent these would not be needed if in-
Scoring for the Panthers were nation is curbed
Bethany showed why its team is
running fifth in the state at last
night's basketball game here when
the team defeated the Panthers 56-
29 Bethany jumped to a quick
lead and maintained it throughout
the Game
The Panthers tired from a hot
contest in the county tournament
the previous night were consider-
ably off their game Their field
goal average fell to 25 percent
Bethany outshot the local boys with
an average of 38 percent
Scoring for the Panthers were
Duncan 9 points Weaver 4 Breed-
love 5 Custar 7 and Howard 4
The Panthers readying up today
for their second county tournament
play They meet Graham Thurs-
day night The game is scheduled
for 9 o'clock
Weleetkan
Promoted
FURTH Germany — Jethro M
Chatman son of Mr and Mrs
Thomas Chatman Weleetka Okla
recently was promoted to specialist
four in Germany where he is a
member of the 4th Armored Divi-
sion Specialist Chatman a tank com-
mander in Company A of the di-
vision's 24th Engineer Battalion in
Company A of the division's 24th
Engineer Battalion in Furth en-
tered the Army in June 1957 and
received basic training at Fort
Hood Tex He arrived in Europe
in January 1958
The 24-year-old soldier is a 1954
graduate of Clearview high school
and a 1956 graduate of Wichita
Kan Technical Institute He was
employed by Boeing Airplane Com-
pany Wichita Kan in civilian
life
Hill Buys Building
To Move Operation
Theo Hill local furniture dealer
Tuesday completed a transaction
to purchase the Glencliff building
and the adjoining building which
houses the Edwards Barber shop
Hill said he would begin moving
his furniture store to the new lo-
cation immediately
It is reported that the Glencliff
store will discontinue its operation
here
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
A marriage license was issued
Jan 1 to Charles L Miller 36
Okemah and Betty P Thomas 24
Okmulgee Jan 18 to Leland Scott
18 Dustin and June Wells 16 We-
tumka Jan 19 Dean Rose 18
Paso Robles Calif and Terrie
Nordcen 18 San Miguel Calif
date The number of ponds con
sturcted in 1958 is 48 1426 to date
Watershed activity under Public
Law 566 blossomed forth in the dis-
trict in 1958 the report shows
Work continued on the Little Wewo-
ka Graves Creek Watershed Pro-
tection project covering 9574
acres south of Bearden
In addition the North Okfuskee
County Soil and Watershed associa-
tion was organized The group re-
quested assistance on a project for
the North Okfuskee county tribu-
taries of Deep Fork river The lo-
cal SCD board co-sponsored the
application along with Creek and
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Game Feed
Enjoyed Here
Quail and rabbit were consumed
down to the last crumb at the wild
game feed last night for legion
aires and auxiliary members Be-
tween 15 and 200 persons braved
the weather to attend the dinner
' A number of out-of-town guests
were present in addition to the fea-
tured Henryettans and Seminole
residents were on hand to enjoy
the feed and hear Leonard Saffa
of Oklahoma City speak
Salta discussed new legislation
for the benefit of legionaires which
came up in Congress last year
Saffa is assistant director of the
state War Veterans Commission
The state commander Dr Tom
Clark of Lawton was unable to
get here for the dinmr
Nation Blitzed
By Winter Blasts
NEW YORK L — Some of the
most severe weather of the winter
is hitting wide portions of the
the United States Big snow drifts
are piling up and temperatures are
plunging in the plains states
A state of emergency was declar-
ed in Mount Ver no n Ohio which
is virtually isolated by floods Most
of Iowa is in the grip of a near
blizzard that has caused at least
seven deaths
The worst storm of the winter Is
reported pushing through the Ohio
Valley Farther west readings as
low as 15 to 25 degrees below zero
are predicted for tonight in east-
ern Nebraska and South Dakota
The extreme cold is also expected
to extend as far south as Texas
and Arltanshs
Hospital News
Admissions: Elmer Haddo a
Charles Cosper W A Wells: Rob-
ert Bynum
Dismissals: Twilla Kay Walker
Okmulgee Soil Conservation dis-
tricts The application was approved by
the State board subject to a feasi-
bility study by the Soil Conserva-
tion service and local co-operators
with Soil Conservationists hope for
a favorable report
The Conservation service expects
still greater activity this year
within the district in upstream
flood control promotion
More than five hundred soil
tests were made in 1958 in the
county's soil testing laboratory
Complete analysis is given on the
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CRITICAL — Odon Alvarez de
la Campa 40 who lost both
hands-in fighting against ousted
Cuban dictator Batista's forces
talks witn newsmen upon his
arrival in New York for medical
treatment The sub-Secretary of
Agriculture in the new Cuban
government sharply criticized
American opposition to rebel ex-
ecution of Batista supporters
LIQUOR SALES
UP IF REPEAL
IN DRYS SAY
OKLAHOMA CITY VI — A Joint
legislative committee today heard
statistics tending to show that leg-
alizing the sale of liquor in Okla-
homa would increase consumption
of alcoholic beverages
Dry leaders told the Senate and
House committees on constitutional
amendments that the number of
alcoholic beverages
Dry leaders told the Senate and
House committees on constitutional
amenedments the number of acho-
holies is increasing across the na-
tion that Oklahomans with prohi-
bition consume less liquor per per-
son that residents of wet states and
that prohibition has contributed
to keeping highways safer in Okla-
homa The Drys presented their case
against repeal to the committees
today Repeal leaders argued the
virtues of various repeal plans yes-
terday Today's session was ex-
pected to wind up by one pm
Dr Eugene S Briggs president
of Phillips university at Enid said
prohibition must be kept to protect
the young people of Oklahoma
Mrs Elizabeth House of Still-
water president of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union said
Oklahomans must not Build this
state on blood money
A former professional gambler
and bootlegger told legislators
that much more kiquor is consum-
ed in wet states than in Oklahoma
Olen Gilliam temperance director
of the Oklahoma Conference Day
Adventists said he found out from
personal experience that bootleg-
gers in Oklahoma have great dif-
ficulty in dispensing their mer-
chandise TEMPERATURE
Teday: 15
Last night low: 12
Yesterday high: 35
23 inches moisture 2 inches of
snow
MARATHON THEATER
NEW HAVEN Conn fill — A
theatrical marathon is the latest
achievement of the Yale University
School of Drama
The opening plays of two famous
trilogies written 2500 years apart
are being staged in January for
five performances—the "Agamem-
non" of Aeschylus and "The Home-
coming" from "Mourning Becomes
Electra' by Eugene O'Neill
Purpose of the twin bill to un-
derline similarities between the
dramas is enhanced by having the
same undergraduates perform re-
spective roles in each The total
running time for each perform-
ance: Five hours
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Okemah junior high Ischool has
released the list of students who
show a perfect record for the first
semester being neither absent nor
tardy during the period
9th Grade
Ninth graders are: Paula S u
Jackson Ruth Ann Fisher Vernon
Jackson Leslie Ann Powers Jim
MY Collins
Randy Titsworth Barbara Bur
nett Danny Flanders Donald Fox
Norval Johnston
Johnny Hayden Carla Kay Peck
Pat Factor Darlene Gormly Jer-
ry Wyrick
J R Brewer Vivian Brewer
Barbara Thurman and Linda Ellet
te
8th Grade
Eighth graders are: Diana Fish
er Pat Ryan Don Anderson Bob
by Wilbourn David Walkup
Charles Ackerman Jackie Cow
er Dean Coale Alice Weaver
Cynthia Gibson Robbie Reeves
Juanita Wyrick Becky Bell Ra
mona Wbb
7th Grade
Seventh graders are: Ronnie
Titsworth Robert Coale Bill Step
ka Jr Suzann Clingman Erma
Connell
Ann Clayton Judy Morris Sand-
ra Lee Kay Standley Barbara
Gilliam
ivanell Maddocks Timothy Mar-
tin Peggy Fox Betty Lou Barnett
Lyndol Story
Sharron Cowan Guy Swinford
Thurman Vanderslice James
Moore Larry Skinner
Louise Camp Karen Nichols
Cheryl Sciance Grace Masse y
Steve Standley and Kaye Standley
Captain Goes
To Vietnam
SAIGON Vietnam — Army Copt
Clyde W Mitchell 38 whose wife
lives at 3720 Chaffee dr Fort
Smith Ark recently arrived in
Vietnam and is now a membe0
of the Military Assistance Advisory-
Group at Salgos
Assigned to the group's head-
quarters Captain Mitchell entered
the Army in January 1942
The captain son of Mrs Pau-
line Mitchell Weleetka attended
Eastern Oklahoma AtizM College
Wade Studies
Drafting at Tech
Billy 11 Wade of Okemah haR
enrolled for trade and technical
training at Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee for the spring semester
according to Grady Clack regis-
trar Under leadership of craftsmen
instructors students get four to
eight hours per day practical ex-
perience under actual working
conditions in 35 different techni-
ca1 skills Students may advance
at their own speed according to
previous education experience and
ability
Wade has enrolld in drafting
classes
Okemahn to Be
Henryetta Guest
Coleman Nolen will be the lea-
tured speaker at a joint dinner
meeting of the Henryetta legion
post and auxiliary in that city Wed-
nesday night
Nolen national executive com-
mitteeman of the American Le-
gion will talk to the legionaires
on the history and purposes of the
organization
PARDON OUR SLIP
The score for the Graham-Mason
girls game in the County tourna-
ment Monday night came off our
presses as a victory for Graham
over Mason 4-30 We meant 47-30
We apologize to the Mason girls
who put up a good fight and didn't
lose by nearly such a wide lead
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