The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 248, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 16, 1956 Page: 1 of 16
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El Reno, Oklahoma, Sunday, December 16, 1956
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IIERE we go again for another
round of charges and coun-
tercharges, accusations and con-
demnations—bad publicity all—
in connection with the Wagoner
county election scandal.
I’d been hoping the supreme
court would find itself so busy
with other matters that it would
not hand down a decision on the
rehearing appeal until after the
state senate convenes in Janu-
ary. Then the senate could have
made its own decision and the
question would have been out of
the court’s hands.
And from all that has been said
on the subject it looks like the
decision will finally have to be
made by the senate regardless of
how many court decisions, re-
hearings, new petitions and the
like may be put into the sorry
record of the primary election
mess.
Senator Russell, about whose
candidacy for reelection the
whole thing revolves, says he will
seek cancellation of the special
election called by Governor Gary
which is set for December 22.
The court in its latest ruling
leaves the gate open for the filing
of another petition for a rehear-
ing by the forces opposing Rus-
sel.
Now if Russell can get into
court with an action on the spe-
cial election within the next
week, and if his oposition can
complete a petition for another
rehearing the tangle will be just
about complete.
Since court proceedings and
special elections don’t come free,
a lot of good money is going down
the drain in what appears to be
useless struggling. And these are
expenses that can't be met with
emergency relief checks.
I repeat an earlier assertion—
Lord, what a mess.
—ISTM—
rpilE state director of the U. S.
1 savings bond division of the
treasury department writes to
thank The Tribune for its con-
tinued support of the bond sales
campaign. In his letter, Samuel
D. Braden, director, makes some
points which are well worth re-
peating. Here they are:
“We feel that what you (The
Tribune) have done is not only
a fine patriotic public service,
but has been a benefit to your
community as well. Every dollar
that is saved in a community
means just that much more
stored purchasing power, and
this of course, can be insurance
for better business in the future.
"As you well may know the
threat of inflation is definitely
with us and must be curbed in
every way we know. All America
should join hands in this fight
and we know that the more Sav-
ings Bonds that people buy and
hold the stronger our resistance
becomes to this inflationary
trend.”
Slogan of the saving bonds di-
vision for 1957 will be “Part of
Every American's Savings Be-
longs in U. S. Savings Bonds.”
—RJD.
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JUST ANYTHING is likely to come out of a city water meter, except, we’ll admit, an over-
sized item like this wagon held by Orville Brower, superintendent of water distribution for
the city. But even more surprising things have turned up in the meter wells from time to
time.
Reading Water Meters Isn't
Boring; Snakes See To That
Man Is Ruled
was
Guilty By Jury
Henry Herndon Lankford \
found guilty of interference with a
j standing vehicle by a county court
! jury Friday and fine was set at
$50 by the jury. Sentence and judg-
: ment date was tentatively set for
| Dec. 27 by County Judge Sam
Roberson, court records showed
Saturday.
In the only other case settled
I during the Friday session a charge
of driving while under the
Indians Suffer
First Setback
Of Cage Season
El Reno’s fighting Indians suffer-
ed their first setback of the cage |
season Saturday night in a thriller J
overtime game at Amarillo in I
which powerful Palo Duro fought
to a 32-57 victory.
The game went into a three-
minute overtime period after being
tied up 51-51 in the final score. El
Reno, with Bob McDaniel out be-
cause of illness, and Tom Hamby, j
Junior Whipple, Glen lladlock and
Billy Harris fouled out, fell behind
to lose the contest.
Jerry Tillery was high pointer
with 19 points for the Indians fol-
lowed by Tom Hamby with 13, I
while scoring honors were taken by
Palo Duro’s Paul Hyatt, with 20 j
points.
Points by Quarters
The points by quarters showed
El Reno with eight in the first, 13 | |
in the second; 18 in the third, 12 in I ■
the final and six in the overtime,
compared with Palo Duro’s 20 in
the first, 11 in the second, 10 in
the third and fourth and 11 in the
overtime.
The Indians took the Friday night
event with the Amarillo Sandies in
a game that started as a tough con-
test but broke wide open in the
third quarter when El Reno plunged
far into the lead.
Early Lead Won
Tribesmen were ahead from the |
first, however, leading 13-9 at the
end of the first quarter, 34-30 at
the halftime and gaining rapidly
in the third to lead 60-44 and fi-
nally to win 81-54.
Tillery, the high man for El
Reno with 26 points, made 11 of
those points in the surprise third
UN's Forces Fire On
Egypt Guerrilla Band
Action Is Taken
To Halt Attack
BY JACK DYER
Tribune Staff Writer
T'HE man who said, “everything in its place,” evidently
never had the job of reading water meters—at least not
in El Reno.
’Cause one thing’s for sure, the things that are found in i
some of the city’s 4,000 meters just don’t belong.
While each meter doesn’t hold a surprise for the four i
meter readers each month the percentage is fair that when L^arte^t a time when the Tribe
the man comes around and lifts the lid off the hole in your j as a whoIe scored a totai of 26 j
front yard, he will find some-
thing besides a water gauge. ]
The most annoying discovery at
this time of year is snakes, Orville J
Brower, water superintendent, |
says. The critters seem to take;
a great delight in wrapping them-!
selves around the meters to keep!
warm during the winter months. ]
1 he Chamber of Commerce board
Installation Is
Set by Chamber
| points. Hamby with his 17 and
Billy Harris with 15 points followed.
High man for the the losing
Amarillo team was Bob Hutto who
had 18 points.
El Reno players totaled up 13 of
| their points in the first, 21 in the
1 second, and aftqr reaching their
peak of 26 in the third quarter,
dropped slightly to 21 in the fourth.
" r *7 , “e ,uno7 lnc ln- \fOST of the time the only prize of director will meet at 11:3* a su*nuy “J ** “ l"e IO“r
fluence of intoxicating liquor was Iwl , . , ’ ..,___ , ... i Amarillo ran up nine, 21, 14 and 10,
reduced to reckless driving for Leo /°I.thcI ™ct.er he I !L!5 in that order
J. Mansfield, the records show,
and Mansfield entered a guilty
plea to the reduced charge.
Sentence and judgement were
again deferred until Dec. 27.
One man, Gilbert Gould, charg-
could do without any of them) is install new board members and
a marble, a toy gun, a child's rake, e'ect officers for 1957.
and every now and then, a broken I Art Harrison, chamber presi-
meter | dent, said the installation would
These broken meters, averaging j bP a 'iU,,e carly t?*na“* tha
about 30 a month, are the water “Jbegln ,1957f ™th a"
ed with bastardy, failed to appear man s biggest headache, besides and to gj, mto1m°^rta°nt business
in court Friday and an attach- being a little expensive. It costs virithout deb v
ment for contempt was ordered to from $4 to $28 to repair a water New board mcmbers to be in-
be issued with an order that he be meter. Brower says in add. ,or to stalled are Pau, Liebmann_ E D
brought to court the time spent doing the work. Freeman, Duard Barnes, O. W.
Billy Donovan Thorp who was “Broken meter faces are com- Limestall. and Robert Pease, jr.
charged with omitting to provide, m0n every month," Brower ex- The new board members were
was released after a recommenda- p|ains “and don't cause much I elected in a balloting at the end t
lion was made by the county at trouble, but once in a while we find of November and were announced
urncy that the charge be dropped. one that bas rea||y been WOrked during the December board meet-
over." The glass is usually broken, ing.
the superintendent said, by a rock j Election of officers will be for
or a toy dropped into the meter | the four positions at the lead of the
well, But one that has been "busted i chamber board, including a presi-
up” is most often the result of a 1 dent, two vice-presidents, and a
hammer pounding
In the only other action L. V.
Sanders, charged with second de-
gree burglary, had preliminary
hearing set for Jan. 8. Sanders is
charged with the burglary of four
Yukon businesses on Nov. 16.
treasurer.
Sacred Heart
Team Beats
St. Joseph's
Sacred Heart’s Redbirds chalked
up the second win of the season
Friday night, blasting the St.
Joseph club from Chickasha 46-38
on a Chickasha court.
The battle jumped off with a
Redbird lead of 9-1 in the middle
of the first period, but the Chick-
asha team drove back to an 11-10 j
score at the end of the first section j
and had tied the game 23-23 by j
half time.
PORT SAID, Egypt, Dec. 15—<JH
—UN troops opened fire Saturday
on Egyptian guerrillas, breaking
up an attack on a French jeep.
It was the first time U.N. troops
have had to shoot since the inter-
national police force landed in
Egypt.
Norweigian troops in the blue
helmets of the United Nations aim-
ed their fire at a band of Egyptians
hurling grenades at the jeep. There
were no reports of casualties.
Warning Sounded
The guerrillas continued to har-
rass the British occupation forces,
bringing a warning from the Bri-
tish commander that more at-
tacks could lead to “really violent”
retaliation.
Casualties in the day’s incidents
were one Egyptian killed and a
French soldier wounded.
Lieutenant General Sir Hugh
Stockwell, commander of the Bri-
tish-French task force, fired off a
strong protest to the UN high com-
mand.
Addressing Major General E. L.
M. Burns, UN troop commander,
Stockwell said:
"Failing a clear manifestation
of the sincerity of their Egyptian
assurances as expressed to you
previously, 1 resolve to myself the
right to take whatever action I
deem necessary for the security of
the forces under my command."
Burns Protests
Before receiving Stockwell’s mes-
sage, Burns himself protested
strongly to Egyptian authorities in
Cairo against the attacks on the
UN patrols.
The Egyptian government denied
knowledge of any grenade throw-
ing. A statement by Abdel Kader
Hatem, information director, said:
“The Egyptian government has
no knowledge of alleged incidents
of bomb throwing at any United
Nations forces in Port Said as
responsibility for maintaining law
and order there is still in British
hands.”
Community Chorus, City
Church Programs Slated
Religious observance of the Christmas season in song and
DIDN'T SCARE HIM
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15—IIP
B
ROWER admits that not all president, Wayman Humphrey and
water meter treasures are un-1 cliff Chapin, vice-presidents and
—Grocer FranMin Collins turned j welcome. In fact, he says, up until j Stanley Youngheim, treasurer. All
over to police without hesitation ; a few years ago, there was a meter the officers will remain on the
a note demanding $100 “or your in front of one of the city banks | board with the exception of Chapin,
wife won’t live long.” FBI agents that almost always had money in whose term expires at the end of
arrested Roy Wayne Jackson, 17, it. 1 this year.
j at a theater where Collins was “That one would have from a few--
! told to leave the money. Collins pennies to half a dollar every |
isn’t married. I month," Brower said.
t—- ■ — ---- ■ ■—---------- ■■ ; But probably the most surprised
| meter Hreade/ ever was thp one
PT„, Harriion | ^ ■£ TK “of’
Redb?rds Lget even to end the Chorus at 2:30 p. m. today in ’ ~ “ ......7
stanza with a 32 all count. Gene I torium will lead off today’s
Elmenhorst , Carl Walch, Fred scheduled in two city churches
this evening.
the El Reno highschool audi-
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who, several years ago, opened the j
lid to take a reading and found
12 bottles of wine.
Braves Trade
Cage Wins
At Chickasha
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Ike Sets Date
Of Message
To Congress
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -CB-
President Eisenhower will deliver
his annual state of the union mes-
sage, containing his latest assess-
ment of international and domestic
problems, on Thursday, Jan. 10.
The White House announced this
date Saturday and said the presi-
dent will appear personally before
a joint session of the senate and
house at noon to read the docu-
ment.
Etta Dale won a game and lost
one in a doubleheader event at
Chickasha Friday, the eighth grade
defeating the host Chickasha junior
highschool team by a score of 22-21,
and the El Reno freshman team
bowing by a score of 51-11.
Eighth graders from Etta Dale
trailed 10-4 at the end of the first
quarter and were still behind 15-11
at the half, but had the game tied
up 16-16 at the end of the third
quarter.
Chickasha’s six foot, one inch
Bobby Johnson led scoring with 12
points, followed by Roy Lee Miller
with 10 for El Reno.
In the ninth grade game Chick-
asha led the first quarter 13-3 and
t . , e-- l . was ahead 31-6, in-
haf „ .n',.ary..1S„en l°,Werceasing the lead by 38 9 at end
....... ... 0f third.
High pointers were Joe Foley
with 12 points for Chickasha and
for El Reno, Doug Keller, who had
seven.
Next game for the Braves will be
Kappus and Robert Flores took
hold in the final period to lift the
Redbirds to the eight point ad-
vantage as the game ended.
Walch paced the winners, drop-
ping in 17 points, but was pressed
by Saint Joseph’s Hawkins, who
hit 15. Hawkins rapped in 11 of
his points from the free line, miss-
ing only two of 13 attempts at
charity tosses.
The Sacred Heart Bees outplay-
ed the Saint Joseph Bees for four
quarters to come out with a 19-10
The Community Chorus presen-
tation this afternoon will feature
five soloists, shown above with
the director of the program. They
are, reading left to right, from
the top to bottom, Ralph Myers,
jr., tenor; Mrs. Ida Mae Black-
burn, soprano: Mrs. Don Kaiser,
soprano; George Osborne, bass;
Miss Louise Spears, alto, and W.
Lee Simmons, director.
Cantata Planned
The second event of this Sunday
win, paced by John Huber's eight wil1 be a Christmas choir cantata,
point. Steve Kastner had six for
the losers.
The A Redbird club travels to
Calumet for a Tuesday night game
and will host the Saint Mary’s five
from Okeene next Friday night in
the first conference game, sched-
uled for the highschool gym in El
Reno.
word message was sent to congress
and read by clerks because the
president was recuperating from
the heart attack he suffered Sep-
tember 1955.
This will be the first and most
all encompassing of a series of
presidential messages to the new
Democratic - controlled congress
convehing on Jan. 3.
It is expected to deal in broad
outlines with the current east-west
struggle, U. S. military needs and
their impact on the American
economy, foreign aid, and such
domestic problems as farm prices,
civil rights and school shortages.
Damage $100 In
Two-Car Crash
A two-car accident at the inter-
section of London and Evans
Monday, Dec. 17, when they will
meet Fogarty of Guthrie in the Etta
Dale gymnasium at 6:45 p. m.
TRAFFIC BOND POSTED
Bobby Lee Howery, 221Mi South
Bickford, posted a $20 bond in po-
lice court Friday, records showed
Saturday, on a charge of reckless
driving.
The production, to be presented
cd Saturday.
Officer Harold Knox investigat-
ed the accident and reported the
heaviest damage to a 1953 model
car, driven east on London by
Jewel Dean Donham, 207 North
Barker,
The Donham car and a 1950 i
model, driven by Martha Edilh j
Southern, 514 West Jackson, col-1
lided as the Southern car was
crossing the interesection heading
south on London.
Damage to the Donham car was
estimated at $75 on the left side
and the other car received about
$20 damage to the front.
Crime Probe
In Oklahoma
Is Ruled Out
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15
The Kefauver juvenile crime in-
vestigating committee apparently
is without jurisdiction to undertake
a requested investigation of crime
in Oklahoma City, a committee of-
ficial said Saturday.
The committee, headed by Sena-
tor Kefauver (Democrat, Tennes-
see), has received a telegram seek-
ing an investigation of underworld
activities in that city.
James H. Bobo, the committee’s
general council, said today it ap-
At Sacred Heart Catholic church,! pears that the Kefauver group has
Sunset and Evans, “The Living jno jurisdiction to make the in-
vestigation since the telegram re-
fers to crime activities other than
juvenile delinquency.
The telegram, he said, was sent
by the Rev. Don Scott, the Rev.
Claude McDonald and Lyman D.
Williams with word that the names
from the school, totaling 170 stu- [ of 88 others supporting the request
I would be sent later. Scott and Mc-
Donald arc Oklahoma City Baptist
"The Wondrous Story”, presented
by the Bible Baptist church choir
at 7:15 p.m.'in the church audi-
torium, 1205 Sunset drive.
The program will be directed by
Gen^ Watson, minister of music
and soloists will bo Janice John-
son, Dickie Martin and Ray Herd.
Crib Program Set
Hungarians
Still Oppose
Red Regime
BUDAPEST, Dec 15—Hun-
garian workers maintained their
attitude of bitter opposition today
to the policies of Premier Janos
Kadar’s Soviet-supported regime.
But more men were appearing on
the job under the compelling urge
of keeping their families in food.
The government made no move
toward releasing two workers’
leaders whose arrest set off sit
down strikes by thousands of men
Thursday and Friday.
Two western correspondents —
Eric Waha of the Associated Press
and Richard Kilian of the London
Daily Express—were ordered to
leave Hungary before Sunday
night. Waha, a 32-year-old Aus-
trian, was accused of enpouraging
workers to strike, and Kilian, 29,
an American whose mother lives in
New York City of failing to adhere
to regulations applying to foreign
newsmen.
Waha denied the charges, and
both men expressed belief the ex-
pulsion was actually ordered by
Soviet occupation headquarters
which takes a dim view of report-
ing activities by western newsmen.
Crib" will be the theme of an all-
school production at 7:30 p.m. to-
day, presented by children of Sa-
cred Heart school.
dents.
Students from the fifth, sixth,
seventh, and eighth grades and the
highschool will compose the princi-
pal music with children in the oth-
er grades acting the parts of the
Christmas scene.
Weather
State Forecast
Mostly fair Sunday. Warmer
Sunday. Partly cloudy and not so
cold Sunday night. High tempera-
ture Sunday 50 to 60.
preachers.
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Emergency Funds
To Aid Refugees
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15——
President Eisenhower dipped into
his emergency fund for an addi-
tional four million dollars today to
help care for Hungarian refugees
fleeing into Austria.
On Capital Hill, Senator Wat-
kins (Republican-Utah) called for
broadening of the McCarran-Walter
immigration act. He contended this
was necessary to facilitate the
transfer of more refugees to this
country.
Senator Monroney (Democrat-
Oklahoma) said, however, he
thought congress should turn its
attention to relocating more of
the refugees closer to their former
homes, where they can help carry
on the eight against communism.
In announcing Eisenhower’s ac-
tion, the White House said the
flight of refugees from Hungary
has continued since the initial al-
location of one million dollars on
Nov. 14. More than 130,000 Hun-
garians have now crossed over in-
to Austria, the announcement said.
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