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Single Copy Five Cents
UP) MEANS ASSOCIATED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Wednesday, August 1, 1956
IIP MEANS UNITED PRESS
Volume 65, No. 132
County Excise
Board Changes
MHI Allocation
Candidates Scramble
me
TASTES KEFAUVER’S with-
*a drawnl from the Democratic
presidential derby certainly nar-
rows the field of competition,
and by so doing, probably re-
duces the probability of a dead-
lock. Thus the suggestion of
Oklahoma’s governor, Raymond
Gary, that Stuart Symington of
Missouri go for the vice presi-
dency as a running mate for
Averell Harriman might find the
senator from the "Show-Me”
state receptive.
Symington, like most aspirants
for the top post, has been saying
that the vice presidency would
not interest him. But then, all
along he has been considered
one of the top dark horse pros-
pects in the event none of the
leaders could gather a majority.
A two horse race doesn't dead-
lock too easily, so Symington
may like the Gary idea under
the circumstances.
It is understandable why few
of the boys go for the second
spot on the ticket very strongly.
If elected the job isn’t bad, but
who remembers the losing can-
didate for vice president?
Quick now, who was Adlai's
running mate in 1952?
Some Stevenson enthusiasts
are now suggesting that Harri-
man also withdraw, but they
don’t seriously hope for any
such a thing to happen. Not only
would the Oklahoma delegation
be left without a candidate, but
the Chicago hotel men would
have to get busy and find them-
selves a "Harold Stasscn" in
the Democratic party to whip
up enough convention interest in
the vice presidency to prevent
wholesale cancellation of room
reservations.
And while the political experts
arc analyzing the whys and
wherefores of Stassen's “dump
Nixon" drive in the G.O.P. pre-
convention hassle, they might _
check to see if the hole! associa- ' posts in Canadian county.
Kefauver Gives
Stevenson Aid
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 — W-
' Democratic national convention
j delegates scrambled today to get
E. Stevenson’s
The Canadian county excise
board has revised allocations of the
15-mill levy to increase funds for
towns and cities by one mill and
to decrease those for the county
by a similiar amount.
Tne action raises the town and
city sum to 3.5 from 2.5 mills, and
lowers that to the county from 7.5
to 15 mills.
Changes Listed
Excise board records concern-
ing the change show that “a check aboard Adlai
was, made of county, cities, towns bandwagon.
andischool district budgets, after The bandwagon was given a big
due I consideration the board al- push by Senator Estes Kefauver
located the 15-mill levy as follows: Tennessee, who announced his
county, 6.5 mills; cities and towns, (,wn withdrawal from the race for
3.5 mills, schools, 5 mills except the Democratic presidential nomi-
joint district 2, East Walnut, 6 nation and threw his support to
RlSs." Stevenson.
Kltciso board members are Luth- Acted in Interest
I er fcadberry and Eill Jordan, both Kefauver was standing in front
of TCI Reno, and Bill Rhodybaek, on an "exit” sign when he made
j Yukon. his announcement at a news con-
! From the office of county com- fcrence Tuesday. He said he
missioners came word that the acted in Ihe interest of party
change was aimed at providing unity and because he would not be
more money to cities and towns a parly to throwing the national
for work that they have been convention into a deadlock, which
through necessity calling upon the he said was the only means
For Kefauvers Vote
British Hit Harriman Claims
At American Half Of Backers
Suez Policy
LONDON, Aug. 1 —IIP)— Britain
and France rushed independent
plans today for stem action
against Egypt to end the Suez
canal crisis while waiting for
John Foster Dulles to end what
the British press called American
indecision.
The secretary of state flew here
today from Washington for sched-
uled talks with the French and
British foreign ministers but im-
mediately turned the schedules
topsy turvy by demanding a
thorough briefing first.
British Rush Effort
Britain was rushing its biggest
military building since the Ko-
rean wa r. It ordered fleet concen-
NEW YORK, Aug. 1—(W—Gov-
ernor Averell Harriman was optim-
istic today that the withdrawal of
Senator Estes Kefauver from the
Democratic presidential derby
would help the Harriman campaign
more than hurt it.
The Tennessee senator withdrew
Tuesday in favor of Adlai E.
Stevenson, but Harriman said last
night he expected to get "at least
half" the votes pledged to Ke-
fauver.
"From indications I have now
received,” Harriman said, "I be-
lieve it will be more."
Contlnuo Fighting
The New York governor said he
would continue fighting for the
Democratic presidential nomina-
tion "until the last ballot.”
'You will find more and more
three commission districts to do
Schools May Change
County officials said action by
j the excise board establishes levies
for the county and for cities and
stopping a Stevenson nomination.
However, Governor Averell Har-
riman of New York, who already
had displaced Kefauver as Ste-
venson’s major challenger, said
trillions of bolh ends of the Suez delegates coming over to me,"
THE CANADIAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, or at least a portion of it, is falling down
County Attorney Roy Faubion is shown above examining plaster which fell from the roof
of one of the offices in his department at about 9 a. m. today. The chair shown at his
left usually is occupied by Assistant County Attorney Harry Lorenzen who luckily was
elsewhere in the building at the time. ___
Large County Delegation
Expected At Legion Meet
Plans were shaping up today for the attendance Friday,
Saturday and Sunday in Oklahoma City of the State American
Legion convention bv a large number of representatives from
Fines Total $115
In Traffic Cases
Throe fines named Tuesday after-
noon on traffic violations by El
Reno justices of the peace amount-
ed to $115, two of tham being over-
weight cases.
Justice W. H. Gilbert fined Fred
Louis Hourslen, Irving, Tex., and
the Thomas Motor Freight com-
pany, Dallas, $50 on their plea of
guilty to charges of being loaded in
excess of the registered laden
weight.
He named a similar fine against
Robert C. Strickland. Dallas, and
the same company on an identical
charge. Both drivers were stopped
at state scales a half mile south of
Union City.
Justice J. H. Craven fined Doris
Faye McKeever. Kingfisher, $15
and costs on her plea of guilty to
speeding on U. S. 81 two miles
south of Okarche.
Commander L. T. Jenkins of the El Reno post said all
post officers, 42 voting delegates and 42 alternates would
attend from here in addition
to a host of other members.
Commander Pat Mooney of the
Calumet post said all post officers
would attend as well as 13 voting
delegates and their 13 alternates.
No definite report could be ob-
tained from Yukon.
The Oklahoma City municipal
auditorium is the site for the con-
vention and the anticipated num-
ber from over Oklahoma expected
to attend exceeds 4,000
Starts Friday
Convention registration will start
at 12 noon Friday on the mez-
zanine floor of the Biltmore hotel,
j Registration desks will remain in
' the lobby through Saturday.
Convention speakers are United
States Senator Bob Kerr, Congress-
i man Ed Edmondson, National
American Legion Adjutant E A.
"Blackie" Blackmore, Stale Sen-
ator Max Cook, State Representa-
tive Shockley Shoemate and John
Gleason, the Legion national rehab-
ilitation vice-chairman
State Commander Dr. Charles
W. lloshall, Oklahoma City, will
preside at business sessions. Okla-
homa County Attorney Granville
Scanland is general convention
chairman, and Earl Simon, Okla-
homa City assistant city manager,
heads the distinguished guest
committee.
Officers Attending
The Biltmore will serve as head-
quarters for the El Reno delega-
tion.
El Reno post officers in addition
to Jenkins are James A. Taylor,
first vice commander; Alfred
Plaut, second vice commander;
lion in the Golden Gate city is
back of it.
INCIDENTALLY, 1 picked up a
*■ gadget at a local newsstand
today that really answers all the
questions about political mat-
ters except the all important
ones of who will be the nomi-
nees and who will win. ft is
called an "Election Year Argu-
ment Settler" and by spinning
the wheels you can learn who
was president and vice president
what years, and who ran against
them. Also what offices are at
stake this year in what states,
how the states voted in 1952 and
’54, names of governors of the
various states and what states
elect governors this year. All in
all, it purports to offer "818 use-
ful facts,” that is, if you con- |
sider political facts useful.
And if you are still trying to
recall who ran on the ticket with
Adlai four years ago, it was a
fellow by the name of John
Sparkman of Alabama—RJI).
Weed Culling
Urged On Roads
County Commissioner Ray Tech
today urged property owners in |
rural areas to take a single step he I
feels would go a long way in
promoting traffic safety.
He is asking all county property
owners to cither mow or cut down
some manner weeds and tall
grass at the intersections of rural |
roads.
In many cases over the entire - Verne Roberts was in charge of ......
county,” he commented, "grass the program of the Kiwanis meet-1 Charles Burger, adjutant; Louis
and weeds are so thick at road ing, held today and presented T. K. Reiter, finance officer, H. , er e
corners that they entirely obstruct Edwards of a petroleum company Woods, historian; Arthur B'SRert-
the view of traffic on either of the headquartered in Oklahoma City i chaplain, and S. Boyd Wilson,
intersecting roads. The commission I who gave a "magic barrel” de- trustee. _
feels if these corners were clear- , monstration. I Calumet officers in addition to
Okarche Man
Charged In
Car Mishap
Charges of reckless driving were
filed Tuesday afternoon in county
court against James Edward Grunt-
meier, Okarche route 1.
He is accused of travelling last
Saturday on U. S. 81 south of
towns for the 1956 tax year. How- bp would keep on fighting, lie pre-
ever, school districts may change d‘cted 10 w.‘. Kcl a maJonty °f
their levies as they determine funds the formcr Kefauvcr dele*ates
Announcement Results
Kefauver’s decision meant that:
—Stevenson, on the verge of vic-
tory 12 days before the national
convention opens at Chicago,
could win on the first ballot.
—As of now, the Democratic
contest is a two-man race be-
tween Stevenson and Harriman.
needed.
General fund levies of El Reno,
Calumet, Okarche, Yukon, Union
City now are 3.5 mills. Mustang,
Piedmont and that portion of Geary
in Canadian county have no gen-
eral fund levies. El Reno has a
new sinking fund levy of 13.97
mills. Calumet one of 25.23 mills,...... . ... .
Okarche one of 7.7 mills, Yukon A deadlock is most unlikely unless
one of 18.325 mills, Union City one an alUance ,s formt“d b-v favon,e
of 22.9 mills and that portion
Geary in Canadian county one
8.56 mills.
Rebels Meet
Ponca City
son candidates firmly opposed to
both of the chief contenders or un-
less the south deserts Stevenson.
Truman Quiet
—Former President Truman,
who is publicly neutral but is re-
garded as pro-Harriman, is on the
spot if he wants to try to stop
the nomination of Stevenson,
whom he helped to nominate four
First round pairings in the AAU yea*? aS°-
junior Olympic state baseball tour- , -Stevenson s only major prob-
Okarche at a speed greater than nament find the El Reno Legion lcal naw appears to be avoiding
reasonable and prudent and great- Rebels meeting Ponca City at Ex- entanglement in a party platform
Itasuiiauie aim piuuim d m e d fight which would drive his south
er than would have permitted him Tj)ur^(jav ‘ ' ’ em support into a neutral corner,
to stop within an assured distance ^ announcem(,nt came today He can n°w count on most of ,he
ahead. from Manager Roger Worsham as *southern delegates.
The charge resulted from an ac- he learned of the schedule,
cident 1.6 miles south of Okarche Composed of essentially the same
Saturday night. The Gruntmeier members, the two teams met last
vehicle hit the rear of another ear year in the championship game
driven by John W. Preston, 621 with Ponca taking an extra inning
South Macomb, who was returning decision 6 to 5 for the crown,
from Enid with several Legion Winner of the Thursday morning
Rebel baseball players. game will meet Lawton Friday at
The Preston vehicle was damag- 8 p. m. Lawton is the only club
ed approximately $100. that drew a bye. Other teams in
Trooper Ira H. Walkup and Pres- the division are Duncan, Stillwater,
ton were listed as complaining Enid and Moorland. | The Canadian county Christian
witnesses on the information. The Rebels had qualified for the Men’s fellowship will hold its quar-
- playoffs in the OK kids associa- j terly dinner meeting, August 8 at
tion but elected to enter the AAU 7; 15 p.m., at West Point Christian
tournament. OK association rules
ban teams from any other tourna-
ment than the OK meeting. This
ruled out the Rebels.
At Kansas City, Mo., Truman
had a noncommital comment on
Kefauver’s decision. He said only
j that the Tennessean must have
I felt that he had no chance of win-
f ning.
canal and prepared to fly 20,000
reinforcements to the middle east
for whatever action seemed neces-
sary.
France, also impatient of Ameri-
can caution, recalled its ambassa-
dor from Egypt, Count Armand Du
Chayala, for consultations on new
French policy to counter Egyptian
President Gamal Abdel Nasser's
seizure of the canal.
Actions Noted
These were the other major ac-
tions in the Suez crisis:
Cairo—Egypt served notice it
would permit foreign warships in
the Suez canal ports only if they
come on missions of "good will"—
an announcement expected to
meet with new Anglo French pro-
tests. The cabinet met last night
to discuss the international situa-
tion and decided to stand firm.
Washington—U. S. military sour-
ces said the United States already
has powerful forces deployed in
the Mediterranean—the 6th fleet
—and that it could be rapidly re-
inforced if there is an emergency.
The fleet, with some 30 ships in-
cluding carriers, has about 25,000
sailors and marines.
French Want Action
Paris—Premier Guy Mollet pre-
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Fellowship Group
To Hear of Russia
Auxiliary In
Calumet Lists
New Officers
church.
The program for the meeting
will feature Darrell McNutt as
speaker. McNutt is a layman of
the Hobart Christian church. He
was one of the group of American
Topics Asked
For County
Club Meeting
Kiwanis Club
Sees 'Magic
Barrel' Today
Mrs. Kenneth Heffron became
president of the Calumet Amer-
All county home demonstration
club vice presidents have been
asked to suggest topics of inter-
est for study lessons during the
coming year and submit them not
later than Aug. 29 to Mrs. Eugene
Fitch, home demonstration agent.
In a letter to the club officials,
Mrs. Fitch pointed out that the
selection of lessons for the coming
year is the most important decision
to be made by club members in they're released
their activities.
She asked that at August meet-
, ,, . ings individual, community and
He will show pictures, and talk on t.olinjy problems be discussed by
what he saw in that country. club members. Five to 10 topics
This group is composed of the ()f intcrcs( arp ,0 ^ selected from
these and sent to the home demon-
stration office.
Mrs. Fitch said the state exten-
sion office at Stillwater has asked
that the county program arrive
farmers who toured Russia in May.
the Aug. 29 deadline.
cd by the property owners a long Edwardg pointed out that over Pet* drivC
Sheriff Holds Three
For Michigan Officers
Three men were held in the
ican Legion Auxiliary at a meeting county jail here Tuesday night at
in the hut there Tuesday night. the request of authorities who | men of Calumet, Yukon, El Reno
As the outgoing first vice pre- were returning them to Michigan : and West Point Christian church-
sident, Mrs. Heffron automatically lor trial. es- R- L. Fry, of West Point, is
went into the Presidency. Undersheriff H. L. Penwcll said president of the organization. He
Other officers named by the the Michigan authorities did not will be succeeded by Morris ^ ure vv(u
group attending were Mrs. Pat tell them where the boys had been Thompson, of Calumet reccnt*>' nol iat,.r than Sept 1 necessitating
Mooney, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. picked up, in what city in Michi- I elected at the annual district meet-
A. C. Daughety, first vice pre- gan they were being taken to, or I ing of the fellowship, in Oklahoma
sident; Mrs. Alvis Cook, second what charges were against them. I City,
vice president; Mrs. Ray Gleason,
historian; Mrs. Floyd Emberson,
chaplain; and Mrs. Albert Leek,
sergeant at arms.
The Calumet Auxiliary meets
the first and third Tuesdays of
each month.
The group Tuesday night discuss- j
cd a watermelon party with the
Legion membership as an event to
kick off a coming membership
Harriman said. "I am not pessimis-
tic."
Harriman told newsmen at La
Guardia airport that Kefauver tried
unsuccessfully to reach him by
phone yesterday and then talked to
a Harriman assistant. Kefauver
“told my assistant that he believ-
ed I would get at least half of his
delegates,” Harriman said.
Asked For Support
Harriman said he had appealed
to Kefauver delegates to support
him now that their candidate was
out of the race and “many have
already told me they will do so.”
"The issues are drawn," Harri-
man said. "We can win in Novem-
ber if our party is true to its tradi-
tions, and if, with a fighting can-
didate, we go to the people with
progressive liberal policies that
meet the needs and opportunities
of today.
"That’s what I stand for,” he
said.
"Air Clot rod"
Harriman said Kefauver’s with-
drawal "has cleared the air and
the issues are drawn.” Asked if
he had any notion of withdrawing,
he said "no sir, this campaign is
drawn on principles and 1 will keep
fighting until the last ballot is
counted."
The governor also was asked if
he expected the support of former
President Truman. "Mr. Truman
has said that he will indicate his
support to the candidate of his
choice at the convention,” Harri-
man said. “AH I can say is that
when I went to Kansas City, he
met me at the airport."
Benefield Comments
In Chicago, Loyd Benefield, na-
tional chairman of Harriman forc-
es, also predicted that “better than
50 percent of Kefauver’s backers"
will switch to Harriman.
"These delegates are American
citizens,” Benefield said, “they
have minds of their own and aren’t
afraid to use them. Now that
from Kefauver
they’ll back whomever they
please ”
States Given
2\ Billion In
Road Funds
step would be taken in preventing 0( (he organic chemicals now
county road accidents which ap ln use, are byproducts of oil. Cloth-
parcntly are ever on the increase." lng piastjcs^ nylon, dacron and
In a recent safety talk before a ceUui0Se au have additives related
Calumet group, Troop Ira Walkup (o petroleum
urged commissioners to take ac- m|1 Eej.nolds of Minco introduced
tion in clearing the intersections. ’ foyr other Kiwanians who were
. ^ . making their interclub meeting.
IrUCk Thier Quits, Ed Nimitz, representative of the
r-i . T’ z' J’s-J Blue Cross and Blue Shield organ-
rlQT I ITG ^reairea ization, presented a framed certifi-
cate to president Lester Bowling.
Deputy Sheriff W. S. Asbury
commander; M. E. Thompson,
jr., adjutant; Ray Gleason, ser-
geant at arms; Johnnie Fish, fi-
nance officer; Kenneth Heffron,
historian: Ed Haley, chaplain; and
A. C. Daughety and Alvin Mobcr
ly, service officers.
A flat tire was credited today I Ti,e certificate was in appreciation
of service rendered to the commun-
ith preventing the theft olt a pick- , sponsorship of the re-
p truck from Joe Sherer, north y b * , .
f El Reno, who had left it parked | cent dr‘vf en">“ m,embe" m the
y one of his hay bams.
Asbury reported that the car
ad been driven a distance from
hay barn where it had a flat
, had gone into a bar ditch, and
ad been abandoned by the person
persons driving it.
non-profit hospitalization plan.
A board meeting will be held next
Monday evening at 8:30 p.m. at the
Southern hotel.
Dennis Adams will be in charge
of the program at next Wednes-
day's meeting.
Permits Show
Building Rise
Twelve building permits were is-1
sued by City Clerk Ethel Dowell 1
during July in a total amount of
$48,050, her records showed today.
YOKOSUKA, Japan, Aug 1—(If— She issued the same number of
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Frank permits during June but the total
J. Carrig of San Francisco has been building cost then was given al
nicknamed "one burner” aboard only $19,511.
the aircraft carrier Lexington in The July total was swollen by
'One Burner' Is Name
Given to Naval Pilot
the western Pacific.
Navy pilots say Carrig is the
only man in history to carrier-
land the twin-jet F7U “cutlass”
with one engine missing, a feat
thought impossible. He did it twice,
once last week and once three
months ago.
one $20,000 residence, another to
cost $13,500 and a third to cost
$10,000. Other building for the
month included additions and gar-
ages.
During May, 14 permits were is-
sued for a total of $75,950 in build-
ing.
Police Holding Two
For Theft Of Auto
Two Chicago youths were being
held in the city jail today and
questioned by Police Chief Lee
Harvey for an alleged car theft
and the chief said both will be
turned to county authorities for
action.
Harvey said they were arrested
by city police about 3 a. m. and
at the time were in a car belong-
ing to Lester Ray Boyer who had
it parked in front of his home at
414 South Barker.
The El Reno chief said they
were slopped by night officers
because of their actions in driving
the vehicle.
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-US-Sec-
retary of Commerce Weeks today
allotted $2,250,000,000 to the states
to speed construction of first sec-
tions of the new 41,000 mile road
network.
The money, for the fiscal year
beginning next July 1, is the larg-
est amount ever provided for roads
at one time in history.
This second division of funds for
the new road building plan brings
to $3,675,000,000 already set aside
for the states.
Immediately after President Eis-
enhower signed the federal high-
way legislation June 29, Weeks
moved to provide $1,125,000,000 to
the states for the current fiscal
year which began July 1.
The federal government provides
90 percent and state and local gov-
ernments 10 percent for construc-
tion of the interstate roads.
Schedule for Council
Meeting Tonight Full
A full schedule of business is on
_ the agenda for city councilmen to-
CHECKING THE TRAINING schedule for their two weeks "‘®nh\|ncdyeihran‘gUlar m°Dthly
at summer camp are two El Reno members of tne oiutn Business items to be discussed,
Replacement group, training at Camp Chaffee, Ark. Master accopdjng to City Manager C. A.
Sergeant Joseph E. Murphy, 524 South Francis, left, and Bentley, range from his recom-
Captain Eugene Fitch, 1316 South Ellison, will return Sat- mended sale of about $7,000 in
uraav from their two weeks of training and will attend wheat raised at Mustang field, to
weekly meetings for the rest of the year at the army a discussion of group insurance on
reserve training center in Oklahoma City. , ah c*ty employes.
Weather
Stats Forecast
Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs-
day, with isolated afternoon and
evening showers or thunderstorms
mostly in the northern portions.
Little temperature change is ex-
pected with highs today from 90
to 103 and the low tonight 65 in
the northwest to 80 in the southeast.
The highs Thursday will rang*
from 91 to 103.
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