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The El Reno Daily Tribune
|ingle Copy Five Cents
iuto Insurance,
Loan Shark Law
Ians Defeated
legislative Croup
Virtually Kills Hills;
Other Work Hacked
■KLAHOMA CITY. Dec 7-<UJ!>
The atate legislative council's
cutlve commuter approved a
I-high stack of proposed bills
yesterday, but all but killed
|posala for compulsory automo-
urance and an 'anil-loan
Irk" law.
|lnce the committee ha* no law-
king powers, the coming legls-
tre can accept or ovori.
smmendauons as it sees fit.
he committee set aside the enti-
i shark and auto Insurance bills
Stout recomn: meaning
|y probably will die unless there
strong support to bring them
lore the legislature
■Tie committee gave IU blessing
|these proposals:
Forming a master control
|rd to oversee all atate agencies
ept colleges
< adlftralton Asked
—Creation of a state water au-
Irlty with power to Issue self-
|ildatlng bonds to provide agrl-
iral. municipal and industrial
supplies.
-A codification of agricultural
fa. (Committee members said
ire were no major changes in
(a. Just the lumping of farm leg-
ltlon into one package to lessen
fusion and duplication.
-Forming a Joint house-senate
nmitiee to continue the lnves-
itlon of textbook salea.
-Taking away from the gover-
hls present absolute control of
I emergency and contingency fund
I) placing it In the hands of a
lird consisting of the governor.
Isldent pro tempore of the sen-
1, speaker of the house and chair-
In of the senate and house ap-
|>prtaUon. committees.
Bark < rntral \gensv
J-Betting up of a central pur-
|tslng agency for the state
Establishment of an egpeii-
Intal prison honor ramp, which
l ild have no walls
['he eaecutive group killed a pro-
feed and fe-tir, r
exempted from the state sale*
I (cpresentative John T Lever-
lid. Shawnee fought a long but
ling fight tor approval of cool-
I la ary auto liability insurance and
anti-loan shark law.
I
] rosed a new loan law and said
|twM be kUM "right now"
IkridM Her lined
he committee declined to reram-
|nd approval or disapproval of
.her
■The praemt mmU toga art. re-
lied to by some as the "loan
»rk law." fixes maximum Interest
jet on small loans Counting va-
jus fees which may be charged.
allows interest rwtea up to 43
M|
-everyood • »id It should be re-
tied because the stale eunstitu-
n limits Interval rates to 10 pet-
it
linrhart recalled that In the 1MI
talature. a hen the act waa pawed.
•re maa great bmemaaa among ,
lawmakers
tf this thing comes up In this
lalatme. there will be manv good
ends now who will be -worn ene-
rs at the end " he **id
tine hart c<mceded that 43 per-
Mb much in ter Ml" but mid
iditiong are belter than prior to
II when 1.000 percent uilereet
a charged "
fudge Suspends
Jurglary Sentence
lempsey Fstteraon. found gulMy
k 0 by a district court Jury of
I'uhd degree burglary charge*, ha*
'it given a two-year suspended
[lienee to I he state penitentiary at
| Atester by District Judge Wll-
jm Fogg
The Jury had reported upon re-
runs the guilty verdict that It
unable lo agree on the punish-
I and had left that matter up
the court
The sentence waa suspended dur-
Patterson's good behavior
(U.r. MEANS UNITED PRESS
El Reno, Oklahoma, Tuesday, December 7, 1954
OP) MEAN8 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vol. 63, No. 241
Supreme Court Okay
Paves Way for Three
New State Turnpikes
‘KING* OF THE Fin RE HOMEM A K ERS—Jody Farris. El Reno hijrhgchuol junior, is
much more at ease on the haskettuill court or football field than he wan here Saturday
nijrht when Mary Ann Jeffrey. FHA preaident. crowned the lucky lad “Future Home-
makers Kinir” (Boomer Photo)
GOP Tweaked McCarthy Slaps Ike For
On Tipsy Budget Thanking Censure Group
Democrats Say They
Didn’t Kill Promise*
WASHINGTON Dec 7
Dr mar rats said today the admiraa-
iral ion's admission It wont br able
to balance the budget neat year
prove* the Republicans made tm-
pnasibte promise* during the 1*63
election campaign
But Sen Ralph E Flanders (Re.
publican. Vermont i retorted that
the Democrat* are Ut a poor posi-
tion lo cmirtae when many of (hem
are urging bigger drfrnar aprndtng
to counter the Communlat threat
Secretary of the Treasury George
M Humphrey touched off the de-
bate by telling a new* conference I
late yesterday that he doesn't think
the government will br able to bal- I
ance it* budget for fiscal IMS which
begin* next July
He aald the administration la still
shooting for a balance and indi-
cated the deficit next year may be
lea* than U button
Senators John J Sparkman
(Democrat Alabama* and Paul H
Douglas i Democrat lllmoi*' said
they don't blame the Republicans
for falling to balance the budget
But they said they do entirtae them
for promising they would during
the IBM election campaign
Drunk Driving ('hsrgo
Turned Down by Jury
Ronald Olen Evans, charged with
drunk driving. waa found innocent
Monda> by e county court Jury.
Evans case came up aa the county
court Jury term got under way be-
fore Judge Roy M Fsubton and
aw* the first lo be heard after the
bulk of caaea aaeigned for the term
had either been re-art tor later or
had ended with plea* of guilty by
many of the defendant*
New Army Drift ('all
A*kn for 20.000 Men
WASHINGTON Dec 1-uTv-The
army today laeued a draft call for
JO ooo mm in February, a drop of
1.000 from the quota* announced
for the seven previous months
The defense department said al-
so that the JO.000 level will be main-
tained through neat June
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—(AP)—Senator McCarthy cut
looae with a niaithinjc attack on President Eisenhower on the
Communist issue today. The White House hit back with a
statement dealing with administration activities in the fight
against communism.
McCarthy, whose conduct was condemned by the senate
last week, accused the president of congratulating senator*
who hold up the exposure of Communiata and of urging
tolerance for the Chinese Communiata who torture American
aoldiera.
Jamea C. Hagertv. Eiaenhower** prea* secretary, told
newamen after a conference with the president that he wa*
referring them to two newa conference atatementa by Bisen-
hower dealing with the ad-
ministration‘a role in fight-
ing communism at home and (
abroad.
Sen Flanders < Republican-Ver-1
mont>. whose criticism of McCarthy j
set the ball rolling toward artiste
condemnation, told ie|x>rler» thr
Wisconsin arnator had 'declared
political war "
Meads Own Statement
McCarthy ir.lrrrupted a hearing
of hla smair Investigations sub-
committee today lo read a state-
ment which ended like Una
"Unfortunately the igrstdml tees
fit lo congratulate those wlu> hold
up lhe expusurr of Communists in
one breath and In Uw next breath
urge* patience tolerance and nice-
ties to thoar who are torturing
American uniformed men "
When newsmen first told Hagerty
about the McCarthy attack, the
pres* secretary ratal he would have
no comment About an hour later.
Hagetty called reporters lo hla of.
fk* and told them that so far a*
tire international aspect* of Mc-
Carthy a rrtltalain »*» concerned,
he i Hagerty i wanted to refer them
to nartthower* remarks at hla
new* conference last week
tarmee HUM Repealed
Al that conference the president
urged American* lo have the cour-
age lo be patient In trying to secure
thr release of IJ United Stales
(inserts II of them captured In
uniform-who had hren Imprisoned
by the Chinese Communists a*
State Is Due
Rains, Dust
At Same Time
By tseartaled Freaa
Oklahoma la due far cloudy and
windy weather through Wednes-
day which will bring rain to some
sections and dust storms to oth-
er*
The possibility of showers—a
strange phenomenon to Okla-
homa the** days—la seen for the
southeast and northeast section*
The dust will blow in the central,
southwest, northwest and Pan-
handle and there la little likeli-
hood of rain.
Overnight temperature* in the
stale lea lured a JS-degree read-
ing al Mr Abater for the roolast
It was JO at Tulsa. J| at Okla-
homa City. JJ at Ponca city.
Enid and Ardmore. JJ at Fort
Bill. JJ al Allua and Hobart; J7
at Owg* and JJ at Ouyman
Snow and rain ended over mast
of the nation but It was raid
•gain today over the eastern half
of the country with freealng
weather deep into the south-
land
The raid Arctic air extended
over moat of the east and It was
freealng or below aa far south
as northern Florida, southern
Alabama and Mississippi The
frosty belt extended northwest-
ward through Oklahoma into
Colorado and Wyoming It was
one degroo raider In Roletgh.
N C. than in Chicago, a frosty
JO above
Elsenhower also rejected the kb*
of blockading Red China, aa urged
by McCarthy and Senate Retuibltran
leader Knowland of California,
who voted against censuring Mc-
Carthy last week
Unsolved State
Murders Eyed
Kate Is Estimated
At 1(H) Every Year
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec 7—<UJb—
A atate crime commission official
•rt United today 100 "perfect crime"
murders go undetected every year
in Oklahoma because of thr state's
“horse-sng-buggy" type coroner sys-
tem.
The estimate came from Harry
Rosen, executive director of the
commission He announced 41 state
leader* wiU discuss the shortcom-
ings of Oklahoma's coroner setup at
a meeting Friday.
Rosen said the Nannie Doas
poison murder case In Tulsa did not
prompt the commission to call the
meeting but that this case high-
light* the inadequacies of the pro-
cedures. facilities and service# for
the protection of the public."
Figures Are Cited
He as id there are ui estimated
1J00 deaths from unknown causes
annually in Oklahoma and “It to
probable that more than 100 mur-
ders go undetected each year be-
cause of inadequate medical exam-
ination facilities
The commission, which to expected
to recommend corrective legislation
to the legislature In January, an-
nounced that enforcement officers
Mg 1*1* lorx. phy uclan# and others
dealing with the causes of death
wttt attend the session at J p. m In
the Branlff building here.
tMlawn Heads (.map
The commission, appointed by
Governor Johnston Murray to study
the causae of crime and recommend
legist*Uan. to headed by Dr Waldo
Stephens. Oklahoma City oilman ■
Among those who will attend the
Friday meeting are J Howard Bd-
mondaan. Tubs county attorney,
and Tulsa Police officers currently
Investigating the Does case
Shooting By
El Reno Team
Wins Honors
El Reno shooters cam* out on top
with an aggregate score of 4 03*
(•>r first place at the regular Okla-
homa Rifle and Pistol league
monthly matches at the El Reno
reformatory * indoor range Bunday.
it was announced today following
tabulation of result*
The local team eras followed by
Port SlU. second with JIM aggre-
gate score. Oklahoma City with
l aoe, Tulsa with 1403 and Shawnee
1440 tor fifth place
In the 13 caliber matches El Reno
was first with a team score of 1.100.
while local shooter* were second In
JJ caliber with 1.131. and first In
the 41 matches with 1.331 Port Sill
placed second In the JJ match, with
I JiJ. first In the JJ match with
I JJ0 and second in 4! with I.JJ4
Oklahoma City was third. Tulsa
wcond and Shawnee fourth III all
matches Vernon. Tbs . did not have
enough shooters for a team score
Next matches by the league are
to be held Jan J at Port Sill
El Reno* top shooters In the
event here were F H Meyer, high
with JM for the JJ event C. C
Yanl. high with J70 for the JJ
rallber event, and B R Oreaham.
high with 170. for the 41 event
High aggregate score was 111, held
by R L Bhockey
$214 Million in Bonds Due
Three-Way Split; Two-Year
Program Scheduled for Work
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 7— <AP)—Bond issues for
construction of three proponed new turnpikes in Oklahoma
were approved today by the state supreme court in a un-
animous opinion.
Approval of the 214 million dollars in Isindg clears the
way for receiving bid* from financiers tomorrow. .
The opinion, written by Justice Karl Welch, gave sep-
arate approval for fi.*l million dollars for the northern
turnpike, Ktt million dollars for the southwestern route and
68 million dollars for a northeastern route.
Turnpike officials hope to award first contracts for con-
struction by at least February. Construction will take
about two years.
To Complete Links
The proposed routes will all connect, or come close, to
the northeast and southwest ends of the Turner turnpike
between Oklahoma City anti Tulsa. They will extend from
Tulsa northeast to near Joplin. Mo., Oklahoma City north
to near Wichita, Kan., and Oklahoma City southwest to a
point near Wichita Falls, Tex.
Texas has plans for a four-lane connecting highway
front the Red.river into Wichita Falls.
Approval for the three turnpikes was voted at a special
statewide election Jan. 26.
Survey Work Started
There was no legal opposition to the bond issues after
application for approval was filed with the supreme court.
I-ark of opposition made it possible to complete the opinion
before the bids are opened tomorrow on purchasee of the
bonds.
Preliminary work on the turnpike program has start-
ed. Muncy was advanced from the highway commission,
with approval of the legislature in its original art which
was voted upon Jan. 26. to start surveys and engineering
studies.
It will be repaid from the sale of the bonds.
Specific approval was given to construction of an of-
fice for the turnpike authority. At present the authority
is using space in the national guard armory hut has l>een
asked to turn it back as soon as possible.
$15,000 Asked In
Damage Petition
A petition asking a total of 111.000
has been filed In district court
against Bill Cupettn by BUI Oarcta.
in connection with an Uvrtdent l*»t
March 4. courthouer records showed
today
Oarcta alleged In hi* petition
that the defendant struck him about
the face and head with a flashlight
He said his left Jaw waa broken and
that he suffered a brain Injury.
The petition sard JJ.000 tor al-
leged personal Injuries, J5.0M foe
loss of his Job aa a consequence
of the Incident, and 11.000 punitive
damages.
Putnam City Team
To Play Etta Dale
Futnam City Junior hlgharhool
eager* will com* lo El Reno tonight
to meet Ml* Dale junior high-
schools Braves In a doubleheader
on the Cta Dale court
Opening game, between eighth
grade teams, to scheduled to get
under way at J 41 p m. Coach Rob-
ert Berk aald. and wUl be followed
about • B in by the freshman clash
Weather
Considerable cloudiness and
windy through Wednesday with oc-
casional rain likely in the east par
Han tonight and Wednesday mom
Ing Warmer tonight and over the
east portion Wednesday, turning
pooler in the west portion Wednes-
day.
Woman Hurt
In Accident
One per*an was hurt, apparently
not seriously. In a car-pickup truck
accident late Monday al the In-
tersection of Hock Island avenue
and Walla street
Injured waa Mrs Oectl Gofer, 41
a passenger In a pickup truck driv-
en by C A Gofer, JJ. of Bulphur
She waa treated al the Laughton
<lmir and released
The Cater pickup received dam-
age estimated by police at 1100.
while the other car. driven by Al-
bert Walker. Jr. 411 West Wade
received about 1300 damage In the
crash
In another accident a short lime
later III the 100 blork Mouth Bick-
ford a car driven by Mrs Geneva
Fear I Ragsdale Muskogee route 4.
received damage estimated at 131
when It struck a parking meter
while Mrs. Rag-dale waa attempting
to park
Damage lo the parking meter
which waa snapped off al the pave
ment. waa estimated by pollcw al
til
Meanwhile In police court Mad!*
Mnodgraa*. El Reno, pasted 13 band
on a charge of funning a atop algn
EARN* PROMOTION
John Henry Marsh, son of Mr
and Mr* Walter F Marsh. 1011
East Oak. ha* been promoted lo
corpora I while serving with the J!lh
field artillery group in Oermany
where he to a fire direction center
computer, hi* headquarter* haa an-
nounced
'Poison' Widow
Lures With Cake
letter* Reveal New
‘Friendship* Brewing
TULSA. Dec. 7 ——Orandma
Nannie Doss, confessor to Die potaan
death* of four husband*, reportedly
waa witbptttoni with a North
Carolina man not long after the
death of her last spouse here. It
waa disclosed today
Thr information came from tot-
ters found among the woman's pos-
sessions by Homicide Captain Harry
Siege
in one letter dated Nov 1. less
than a month after Memurl Dorn.
TuLa. died of poisoning, her ear-
respondent lhal.krd her for a cake
-hr had sent him and raid he waa
looking forward to meeting her.
lour Harder ( barge*
Mis Doas to charged with the
death* of Do**. Richard L Morton.
Emporia. Kan . and Arlle Landing.
Lexington. N C. She admitted not
only poisoning them but also hua-
hand No J. Frank Harratoon. Jack-
sonville. Ala.
At Lexington yesterday. Hamer
Lee Cox. Davidson county's new
sheriff, signed a murder warrant
charging Mrs Doas with the mur-
der of her mother. Mrs Louisa
Holden Haato
Other Hedies ( hacked
The disinterred bodies of four
more of Mrs Doas' relatives were
iuvktdl today for imurtb signs of
hi seme that she confaaaed ah* used
to kill four of her five husbands
Tito inches of Frank Harratoon,
the giggling grandmother s second
husband, Mr*. Dovto Weaver, her
slater, and Robert Lee Hlgllna. her
step-grandson who died when only
iso month* old were checked far
the deadly potoon
At Islington, inveettgaton cheek-
ed far potoon In the disinterred re-
main* of Mrs Sarah Elisabeth
Lanning. one of Mr* Doas* five
mothers-In-law.
Three Dead,
Seven Saved
As Tug Sinks
NEW ORLEANS. Dec 7 —tBV-
Coast guard headquarters reported
the cutter Cartlgan picked up seven
survivor* and three bodies of craw-
men from the sunken tug Bertha R
today, but said another crewman to
■till missing
The coast guard aald the missing
crewman did not get on a raft after
the lug went down in the choppy
water* of the Gulf of Mexico about
•0 miles southwest of Apalachicola,
Fla
They *ald the search by pUnes
and ships would conUnut for the
missing man
No names were Immediately avail-
able.
The Bertha R. carrying a crew of
II waa enroute to Tsmpe. Fla . from
New Orleans when a burg* It wwa
towing brake knee In attempting to
recover the barge a hole waa cut Ut
the tug and Its rudder damaged
Three coast guard plans* and
four ship* spent the night and early
morning hour* searching for sur-
vivor* after one of the plane* re-
ported sighting a life raft with men
aboard
The plane temporarily lost sight
of the raft barauae of the choppy
waters and pour visibility
Packed Snugly? Tied Securely? Correct Address? Sufficient Postage? . . . Mail It Now, Beat the Rush
VMR1MTMAM to a hurried two-
*r*k*.plus stray, and comas
te lime of year for the postof-
ce people to once again remind
vetr patrons that they're going
i do their beet to deliver gift
arkage* and cards on time- but
*ey II do better with a tot of
otiperalinn from you
First. *nd probably moat urgent
mimlci i,. rhiisima* mallei I*
deposit mailings for distant
ale* well Ut advance of Dec II
hath Maturdayt, and greeting
*rd* tor local delivery should be
tolled not later than Dae 14
Bsrly mailing not only will help
live last-mUiutr rush al Ui*
postoffice. but It’s better assur-
ance of getting card* and pack-
age* to their destination* on lime
Another reason why It's better
to mall early to that this month
—Dee I to 34 all out-of.stata
parcels are being shipped to
transportation terminals lo be re-
worked No longer will the Chrtot-
maa mall be separated by postal
clerk* on train* enrouta lo their
destination*
In order to help pnstnfftce
patrons help themselves and post-
al employe* during thr CltrtoUaa*
rush, the following simple mailing
suggestion* are made
1. Far re I* may be marked "Da
not open until Christina*" Thto
new ruling to lo invite earlier
mallUig
I Flare a slip of paper Inside
the package -giving name and ad-
dress of destination, and name
and address of sender Thto will
Insure delivery of the parcel, even
If the wrapper to destroyed In
transit
J Address parrel* on one aide
only.
4 Feck parools snugly, ualng old
newspaper* or parking material*
to (ill vacant mace
1. TW package securely using
heavy card and not light string,
By all mean* do not attempt to
mall packages bound by gummed
paper tape Due to neromary
handling of package* many tunc*
enroute to their destination many
are broken and wrappers worn
due to faulty binding II the ad-
drsa* information to placed In-
side the package, aa well aa on
the wrapper, postal worker* will
re-wrap and send the broken
package on lo Its destination
Fnatofflce window* will be open
from a am. to a pm on Batur-
day. Dec It. lo haitdle Chrtotma*
matting*, however. Um following
suggestion* are offered for mail-
ing greeting cards:
I. Customer* should purrha <i
their antlclpatad stamp needs
well In advance.
J Greeting card* should be sep-
arated and matted tar all local
card* In one bundle, and tbr all
out-of-town rarda In another bun-
dle Convenient stickers will be
given al the poetofflce. one for
local delivery and another tor
"foreign" mailing Thto procedure
eliminates rnnsiderabto lime and
work In sorting cards al the post-
office
I City resident* should matt
their greeting rarda at Uw pool-
office rather than place them
on lheir mallbnaea or In letter
collection tome* Thto help* the
terrier, who already to burdened
with »ut-going mall lor delivery,
4 Us* correct postage Unsealed
greeting cards may be matted tor
two cento, however no message
may be Included, and Ur* card will
not be fnrwardad In raae the
addressee haa moved, nor will It
be returned to the sender
All sealed card* must bear a
three-cent stamp Those may
contain messages and they will
be forwarded or relumed lo the
sender If the party rannot be lo-
cated. Mender's return address, ui
course must be placed In the
upper left comer of the envelope
The postof floe haa these sug-
gestion* tor rural patron*:
Buy your stamps tram your
rural carrier, but stomp your own
greeting rarda before piscina them
In the bo* for mailing Tie your
greeting rarda In bundle*, as sug-
gested for city mailing
Rural carrier*. Ilk* their city
brethren, have their hands full
during the Chrtotma* rush In
picking up and delivering the
heavy flow of mall. When they
are asked to stamp greeting card*
- after checking to see If the
card to sealed or unsealed autl
stamping accordingly — their
burden to tripled and delivery to
delayed.
Rural patrons are asked to fol-
low the Mine simple mailing pre-
cautions for packages aa suggested
above. In addition to protecting
the package* and toller* from the
weather Until they are picked up.
The postoffice worker* will ap-
preciate any cooperation la tal-
lowing their mailing suggestion*
Non* will take any consider*bto
amount of Um*. but when that
lime to multiplied by hundreds It
makes a tern fir burden on the
people whoa* Job la to ace that
the mall earn through
Mall early and loereclly
a lot of lime and
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