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ORANGE TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1953
NUMBER i62
Seven Dead, 18 Hurt in Ship Fire
Boston Harbor Hit
By Fourth Blaze In
17 Days; Kirdic
Freighter Is Latest
BOSTON (AP)-The fourth
Stockholders of Hotel
Re-elect All Officers
THIS IS A "WINO"—ASLEEP ON THE WATERFRONT
He Wound Up In City Jail Soon After This Photo Was Mode
Police Chief Suggests
'Work Gang' for Winos
Jailbreak from Orange City I davs swept the Norwegian
Jail was thwarted yesterday , fre‘ighter Black Falcon after
by city police whose curiosity ; a violent explosion yesterday,
was aroused. leading a toll of seven dead and
“We thought a couple of the 18 iniured-
irlv •• j The dead, and injured were
Rav- ! longshoremen working deep in an
y~ aft hold unloading chemicals at
the Army Base, 200 yards from
, , , , , where the aircraft carrier Leyte
looking around revealed was berthed when it was rocked
that killed 37
BistricJ Judge Homer Stephenson was re-elected to the
presidency of the Orange Community Hotel Company as its
j first annual membership meeting was held this morning in
Boston Harbor ship fire in 17 j the Woman s Club.
The membership also named 43 persons to the board of
—.......... directors; selecting the 42 orig-
Recognition Given
fellows were acting peculiarly,
explained Chief of Police "
nun i Sanders, ”.;o we did a little
looking around."
Thai
a umt of steel window bars com- by an explosk
pletcly unbolted from the window) mon oct j(j
frame m the second floor run-
round.
To Two Groups Of
Fund Contributors
Tfrc.ii’nitinn was pivpn to two
pi t f! c<mli unitors to tlie Ho<1
Cross - (’umm.inity Chest united
The seven victims either were! appeal today as the amounts ret-
inal members and adding to
the list the name of Henry Lee
Woodworth.
Meantime, the final drive
for funds has been launched by
the community group. Needed is
$•10(1,000 in .stocks and debentures
which will guarantee the commu-
nity a debt-free millum-dollar
hotel.
The board of directors has been
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killed outright by the blast or ported to
‘‘Apparently the prisoners had burned to death by the roaring the tot ,l
got hold of a wrench.” said the fire which shot flames 200 feet ,,|
police chief, "the bolts showed . in the air . | The fteure today was $63,076,
evidence ,of one. They probably j The victims included a latner j ajT!.nSf 90 ( ent of the amount
couldn't have loosened them any an(* son—Anthony Bensaia, 53, (j
nthnr u-av ” * s and Alvin L. Bensaia. 24—who . .
However, police failed to fmd ' ^ *** S.m”, ’.mt.m.ied to ™,| for the
the wrench
Accused Rapist
Adjudged Sane
his co-workers.
In addition to those killed and
iniured in the hold, five firefight-
ers suffered burns that required ' Cmeunc ...... <
hospital attention. At least a seme #IU| Tl;ads ul
Story, Photo by RALPH RAMOS
That fellow who mooches a dime on the street corner ... he
really doesn't need it.
Police Chief Raymond Sanders figures most of the "mqochers”
Orange folks will come in contact with are really “winos”.
Now, a “wino" is a fellow who can take a couple of sips out of a
3$ cent bottle of cheap wine and . j
go off on a jag which 90 per cent NewTVStOtlOn IS
of the time winds him up in the ‘ " / ’ ”
calaboose. First, though, folks With in C ose Ranae
would probably sec him piled up j TT
under a tree, on the river bank,] Orange television fans today j Holts awaiting trial in 128th dis- nary survey that he believed a
behind a building, most anyplace, ; drew encouragement from an an- j trlct court, charging assault and drum of sodium peroxide appar-
snoring off his drunk. | nouncement by Station KTAG-TV I attempted rape.
Sanders said the jail held sev-
eral prisoners who are awaiting
transfer to the state penitentiary.
He believed the jail break attempt
might have been their work.
longshoremen. .,
At least five saved themselves1 c00,,i “f v jlunleor workers
by jumping overboard after their
clothing caught tire.
The work gang in the hold con
headquarters pushed pledged to raise $50,000; H.J.L.
little nearer to the ' Stark and E, VV Brown Jr have,
j set as their goal the raising of f
$250,000 and the gent rnl sale com- j
mittee co-ohairrnanect lav Bill |
! Stringer and Mrs. K f. Schofield 1 .
- . 1 have been delegated to raise the ! ho “"wed at the job the “an-
an remaining portion. | Mc|Pator ' can do It's a tiny gadget
All officers of the organisation■ fastened on the wall outside the
which ftmctioned in the original ■ school.
"I don’t know anything about
By JOHN RANDOLPH
PANMUNJOM (AP)—
Tough, jaunty Korean prison-
ers of war rejected commu-
nism! today by more than 96
per cent, turning Red efforts
to win them home into a taunting,
cursing attack on Communist in-
terviewers. X
The prisoners easily dominated
the interview sessions.
The explanation ended In less
than six hours with only 17 of
483 Interviewed ebbosing to re-
turn to North Korea.
A North Korean general ob-
serving the Operation stink down
on a sunny ben oh, hia grey, gold
and scarlet uniform glittering in
the sun, and glumly held his head.
The interviews began after the
Reds had made loudspeaker
broadcasts to the North Koreans,
only to have tip in droWhed out
In a roar of yells and singing from-
the POWs.
A reliable source reported sight-
ing three flares nnd hearing four
ritle ahots Tuesday night ui the
Out at Cove fjghoo! they know Iwhere anti-communist pris-
whnt the weather will be like at oner* are held.
HEATING BY "GADGET"
Supt Houston Checks One
Gadget Anticipates
Weather for School
least four hours in advance of a
change . •, . a weather anticipator
which operates the school's heal-
ing system tells them.
Supt. Hardy Hairston continues
A spokesman for the Indian
command said flatly, how-evcr
(See POWs. Page 8)
and (oiitrihiitors in completing
the liunpiugn, recognition was
given in a croon of workmen
si.sted of 21 men tut Robert J. i emp
hr
(See HOTEL, Page 8)
va'-ide turns work-
1 Flaherty, 18, had left the ship only! ing in the <'"ieol, hated plant and J
| moments before to get coffee for to the cm e\ <T Gulf States
Futilities Co
About 30 persons on the pay-
rolls of I!el,<>ng Engineering and
Suderow, Inc
'ntrihuted to the
of other rescue workers were luIK) tins rear although most of
James W Rolen was adjudged treated at the scene tor burns and tlu, ,.)v„w,„.rP ani1 flrp hPre
to be sane in a hearing on his smoke inhalation.
sanitv held by County Judge j Edward F. Montgomery, chief of r .
Charlie Grooms yesterday. jthe Boston Fire Department’s at-1 ’
Navy Lauds Burton
Construction Firm
A letter of commendation from
Rear Adin W. D Legg.-t Jr., chief
of the Navy Bureau of Ships, to
the Burton Construction Co. of
how It works," explained Hairs-
ton, "all 1 know is that it does
w ork "
This will b ethe second year for
on tempoiaiy assignment at the
Rolen is held by Sheriff Chester! sun squad, said alter a prelimi- j (im (%
Employes of Gulf Stales Ulill-
at both the Orange divi-
“We’ve got mare of them than
at Lake Charles that its first test
, , „ ,____, rhi pattern last night produced a per-
S^nders today’, “we’ve at least 20 ^hin^clJar'Vnge o" Orange
repeaters who show up in jail all (_-ounty yv sets.
1he time; there are that many 1
others whom we never pick up.”
Last May Rolen picked up an j
11-year-old girl and her 9-year-1
old sister in the Bengal Theater, i
He offered to take them home. In-
stead he drove to an isolated road i
near Bancroft school and assaulted
to .
(See SHIP FIRE, Page 8)
ot $647.5(1.
U.N. Delegates Given
Time To Study Charges
| Warren Berwick of Baton _________________________________
i Rouge, executive vice president of jthe'older girl and-attes opted
Costly To Taxpayers - jthe new TV firm, said the first]rape the younger,
The problem is more than Just test was run on one-third of the j j[p jS expected to be tried Im-
the creation of a public nuisance, station’s total power, and the first me(1jatciy by judRe Homer Steph- . „
which Chief Sanders savs every- test on full power will be held | enson ' By TOM IIOGE
one admits. It amounts to a cost- tonight and will continue for the Thi, mornin)f Ro,en talkpd w|,h I XTNITKD NATIONS CAP) U N delegate, were given time today
ly expenditure ot taxpayers' next 10 days, j Sheriff Chester Holts. The Sheriff Ci prepare for full't • :.a al Avwi.ihly an ii g of Ainc, .can diui g. s
money I sa'c* ^le st8tt°n hopes to indicated Rolen desired to enter a
"Winos” are fined from $15 up- 'meet a Nov. 15 opening date with .guilty plea.
w ard to $100 in Corporation Court. **s regular programs. I -
They seldom pav, Rather, serve! Berwick said perfect pictures Kidnapers May Be Arraigned
Jerry Stark, 13-year-old son of
it out in the city jail at the rate were received last night
ui $3.00 daily. " ' (Orange area.
“It's room and board for them, v , . I” , ,
they don't care.” says the police iY°u'h L Bitten by Snake
I pjpf While Playing Near Home
He feels there is a cure for
ihem, the work gang. “We can’t
do it ourselves,” said the Chief,
"but I’m hopeful that after the
newi county jail is opened we
might be able to work it out with
Sheriff Chester Hrlts.”
Chief Sanders idea is to provide
a guard for the work gang but to
in the
Today on Federal Indictments
u( Communist ;»li‘ i iliiN in Knr*«i
The United Stales >t t»i <.u (itrluM through the M-nation stor-
ing committee its dernaml lu.tt Uie clwir^es, harkeii t»v US A i r i. y
(iln>t<>giaphs .uit| (iricuments a.s evi-
Guest Will Speak To
CSC Here Tomorrow
Nicholas Novtk,..exectiJfve sec-
retary and-assistant dire> tor of
5510,1 10 Vl,|"r lA] ‘-onlnhuled j naval'inspector nf ordnance at
to In*- !mul, uppiiii ll by a total | orar)^P was to deliver the Idler
to O. W Burton Jr , president of
the Port Arthur concern
Adm. Leggett’s comnumlratlon
commends the Burton Construc-
tion Co. (or “superior perform-
ance” in planning for and exe-
cuting a aeries of five contrails
for shipbuilding let ween May 9,
1951 and May 5, 1952.
The contracts—with the Navy’s
Bureau of Ships—covered a total
of 34 vessels, 250 and 500 ton
, lighters, built tor the Navy and
the Air Force.
! The admiral's letter to the rnn-
1 CEin -state* that, "Throughout eon
struction the firm exhibited a high
Service Scheduled
For Orange Native
Funeral service* will be held
in Claybar Funeral Home tomor-
iow at 10 am. for Louis C. Gun-
stream Sr . 63, of Rout* 3, Box
23B who died In a local hospital
the "anticipator " It. went through j yesterday at 1:55 p m.
last season without a failure. j Burial will be in Evergreen
Hairston says the gadget regu- Cemetery with Rev Cooper Waters,
lutes the school temperatures by i pastor of First Baptist Church,
gradually Increasing the heat aH and Rev Tommy Huff, former
a cold front approaches and by ! pastor of the Old First Orango
reducing the temperature* when j Baptist Church, officiating.
Port Arthur was to be delivered the cold Hunt recedes, Gunstream was a native of Or-
in a ceremony al the shipbuilding I Nc,t only that, but modulators ' an*e *nd was employed as a ma-
lum s offices today at 2 p. m. j jn different portions of the school eh 1 tiIst by la*vingaton Shipbtiild-
Comdr. J L. G.njla i i v, residentregulate the amount of heat In 1?* Go. He was a member of the;
supervisor of shipbuilding end ’ each section iai lliat the entire j Y*”‘r®ns of Foreign Wars, tlje
be heated
school building can
evenly.
"It's simply wonderful,”
Hairston's beat explanation.
All Hairston does is set a time
American Legion, the Masonio
I Lodge and the Old First Oreng*
. ! Baptist Church.
,s Survivors include his wife, Mr*.
Mollle Gunstream; one sun, Louia
Jr., and one brother, Wulter Gun-
clm k which puts the heat on In ] stream, all of Orangti.
the morning and off at night. The I Pallbearers will be Walter Gun-
rest of the regulation, tempera-' stream, Lamar Holme*, Robert
turc setting, is by the “unticipu-
tnr
i Nance, Charles Cottl*,,Sid J. Call-
I in vet. and Earl uelaney.
KANSAS CITY (AP) — Carl
Austin Hall, 34, and Mrs. Bonnie
Brown Heady, 41, may be ar-
raigned today on federal kidnap- the Community Council ot Berm
ing indictments returned Friday’ mont and North Jyflerson Cmm-
Mr .and Mrs. R. E. Stark who re- ; in the kidnap-slaying of fi-year- ty, will be guest speaker Wednes-
side on the Lemonville road, was : old Bobby GreetileaSe. j day noon at the monthly Corn-
bitten by a rattlesnake’s pilot] Hall and-Mrs. Heady are In the ! munity Service Council luncheon ; «o-nBt7o n'assem'bTv' from taking up ! Ko,ir drivers entered pleas of
4 40 ?‘ m- wh,lle ; Jackson County jail in default of . meeting in .the Holland Hob I [ ,h(1 iwue; ,ht.u. little 1 «ul,,-v to dnvln* while Intoxicated
tk’iicc' the H(‘ds in Ki*»'♦*■» toituieil
Hud nj.ujd**rr*d tens of thousands of degree of Initiative, competerm
vtidiins, l>t* placed before the world i and cooperation in a period of
in an assembly plenary M?8sdon. certain material anil manpower
The 12-1 vote m favm <>{ placing ! shortages.”
the issue <>n the auend.t rame after
heated nppositjnu |>v the Soviet
bloc members —Kussi,< and Poland.
The Soviet hl*»r expe<tod to
make « last-ditch try to keep the j
Four Drunk Driving
Guilty Pleat Entered
Benson Foresees Drop
Sn Farm Prices, Costs
By JACK BELL
HOT SPRINGS, V« (At')—Secretary of Agriculture Benson say*
fmm juices—but probably not farm income—may util! be falling next
year when the Republicans will be struggling to hold their control
j of (Angres*.
The beleaguered cabinet member predicted last night that farm
--------------— ...—. prjCM an(j (ftrm cjsu wm both
Reports Awaited In ^dropiiin* H« *•"*hf heiifves
playing in the
home.
(See WINOS, Page 8)
woods near his ; jjoo.OOO bonds each. The two wilt
face U.S. District Judge Albert L.
His condition was reported as j Reeves when they are arraigned
satisfactory by City Hospital an- and he is expected to set. a date
thorities today. | for their trial.
Plan To Store A-Bombs in Spain Scored
The speakers tupic will be nn j chance they could hut up enough
community cou.vils on whicii he support tf> kill it.
is well qualified to talk, ho ord- UN. offu’ials said the nwembly
ing to Mrs. F, U Scofield, pro- j would not take up the atrocity
gram chairman. Novak is Pe au-j item at today's plenarv, hut prop*
tnont's first paid director of cf>m- : nhly would f unsKlrr it early next
when they appealed before Coun-
ty Judge Charlie Grooms yester-
day.
Each was fined $.*S0 and rout*
anrl one received a three day jail
sentenf e to serve The three whose
munity council and he has « ’ week. Today's session was ached* mandatory three-day sentences
master's degree from Simmons * uled to deal with thp question of t were suspended by the Judge were
College, school «if social v. o r k, j French administration of her Hoy Allen Monceaux, Joe W llava
Baby Sitter Case
r.A CROSSJE, Win. (AP)—PoUc*
.iwaitivl laboratory reports torlav
on two leads reported yesterday
in l he continued search for clues
to Hie
Hartley
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON i API— Sec-
retary of States IJulles said to-
day, the United States has no
;dan« for storing atomic weap-
ons in Spain.
too much and prematurely 1
I U.S. and Spanish planes. An
Boston, Mass. Prior lo coming to
Texas he was assistant director
Sen Flanders (R-Vt). in a *cp- I agreement fop U.S. bases in Spain ' of the Community Council of the
arate interview, said "I fear we
was signed /recently after pro-
state of Delaware.
By G. MILTON KELLY
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.
Light Rains Drip In
East, Central Texas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Low cloud* dripped intermit-
tent light rain on parts of East
and Central Texan and the coast
uesrbly
Skies stayed sunny In the Han-
North Africa!}.protectorates, Tuni-
sia and Morocco.
This presaged another brief
French boycott, wlp!" the i/uestiyn
is argued on the a'senoiv floor
France claims the question is ail (j
imemtil allair and im business of f()(. ^ n,.xt )ury ww.k ,jf tf„. ^ 'r Wilstrapped
t u‘N‘ _ __ j current temi rj court.
j and Polan Thibodeaux. Tlie fouith
j was Albert E, Sunderland.
I Charlence lfuel Odora, charge')
also with l)WI, entered a not'
gutltv plea He was released no-
Spl) bond and bis trial,, ■y”
that overall "the retreat of farm
price* and farm Income* has . . .
been stopped.” Farm price* have
generally been fulling for over a
year and a half,
Ben*nn spoke to the *t*te din-
ner of the Southern Governor*
whereabouts of Evelyn [Conference He get an ovation
15, who vanished from a j when introduced,-end when he
bnhv sitting job Get 24 She wasi ended his talk, but during it bin
a Tex.m, a native of Beaumont. , hearer* sat on their hands.
Crater anaysis were a piece of] "Next year farm prices may de-
flesh and bone found near La ]
Crosse and bloodstains discovered
m in auto at Minneapolis.
may be compromising ourselves" j longed negotiations,
, in foreign policy toward Franco! “I think ye are getting into very
] Spain on the one hand, and the deep wateb.” Sen Green said "Itj
\ Tito government of Communist seems to one, without regard to
[Yugoslavia on the other. [other serious questions involved.)
| Talbott told a new-s conference’1^ secretary has made a great)
in Madrid vesterdav the US. Air mistake fa telling so much at tips'
Theodore F. Green (D-RI) today Force eventually will store sup- ,lrne Unless he is going to tpll
sharply criticized the announce-; D]les of atomic bombs in Spain • m°r«- W looks like a case of (lis and central lexas ana me coast | . \ . . , ... .,
ment that the US. Air Force plans : to Lave them ready tor use against talking prematurely, before an , Tuesday , Two county prisoners are being ^ 1S1.1N All Texas emp.
to store atomic bombs in Spain, j "a common enemy.” But it will, agreement is reached ” I Skies stayed sunny In the t»an- transferred to the *t»> M-n.ten- er» expect to hire more wigkers
. Green, a member ot the Senate be done, he added only if the --- (handle and West Texas, as a weak, tiary. in Huntsville today to begin this fall despite tne drought and
Foreign Relations Committee. Spanish government agrees. - He WOMEN ARE NEEDED dry cool front moved m. serving five year sentence* for defense cutback*, the state f,m-
termed that statement by Secre- said any use of atomic weapons! FORT WORTH (AP)—More I The weather bureau reported burglary. j pfav merit Commission said tndav
tary of the Air Force -Harold E. bv Spanish forces "is not in the:_______ ____,t I mid-morning showers at Lufkin, The pair are: Hilly Vilo and] Reports indicate additions of
. 25,000 workers between Septem-
County Prisoners
Sent to Huntsville
More Jobs Available
^Despite All Setbacks
FORT WORTH (AP)—More , J L . , „ _,
_ ........ , , ^ Spanish forces "is not .in the women are needed in government.! mid-morning showers at Lufkin The pair are
Talbott another example of tjeev pjcture at the present time," but Attn. Gen. John Ben Shepperd told College Station, Austin, Palacios, Roy Keys.
elinn slightly but farm costs also
are expected to ‘‘dip downward,”
, Benson said. "To sum it up—th«
The tf-Mie mass, which included ;.«(ipply and demand situation and
‘ ■" h ' t'”‘ a,‘d a l elves, was found jtn,, price and indome sit.ua-
Moud.qy <df Highway 33, seven £lons offer encouragement”
P <4 ,‘"r" " Benson also told the Dixie gov-
2.' and Oct 11 and lay close1 'rn”rS >»'« E.sej.hower Admlni.-
enoiigh to the ro»d t„ have been wUl ",k ,h« * 1 * ‘
Uoov-h f.om an auto ! shoulder a greater load In dealing
Jill,0.1 ' ,.ns found in an auto with farm problem* Several of
were ot, the car's back seat A |tb* governors wondered aloud
ui* t unties was disco*- where the money would com*
fr< m
From Oov. Theodor* R. Me-
Kel.iin of Maryland, the lone Re-
publican in tbr* conference ot
Dixie excf'iflve.*. came words of
"l
tin icr the fiont scat.
Nobel Prim in Physics And
Chemistry Arc Announced
ST' a KHOLM, Sweden (AP)
pie on-the administration talking will be the subject of negotiations the Eastern Star yesterday. We Houston and Galveston Fug
Talbott and Gen. Nathan Twin- need more women in public office, cloaked Junction, San Antonio
j ing, Air Force chief of staff, are on civic Committees, on city | and Brownsville. Pre-dawn tem-
| in Spain to study sites for five councils and in places of public peratures ranged from 40 at Salt
■proposed airbases for joint use by trust,” the Texas official said. j Flat in West Texas to 68 at Gal-
I veston. ;
Taxi Driver Injured
A* Vehicle Overturns
Taxi Driver Herbert Mathis, 35,
of 1224 Turret Rd. was under
treatment in City Hospital today
for a neck injury and other minor
injuries he suffered yesterday
about 10 p. m. when his cab
turned over about one milesouth-
Orange Trustees Swear in New Member
They wore convictH fur the b<*r and November
burglary of the Domino Ciuh sev- j More than half of the prosper-
eral week* atfa Sheriff (heMer j tiv® advance is expected by
Holts said today they a!?o were wholesale and retail trade. (*i>/p
involved in several other local money Is stimulating busirmss
burglaries. j despite the short cotton return in
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Rurch man y are as and the low status »*f
SHIPS VISIT MANILA ! was in charge of their transfer to 1 the livestock lnduatiy,
_ I ■ I AAA. « A A n I t » i MANILA (AP)—A U.S. carrier1 the state prison, said.
And Adopt $907,184 Budget for Term
Board members said the district The group, led b* the 32,500-ton
The Stockholm newspaper A (ton- ptai'e for Benson. “We are ready
‘L'hiuigcn s.nd tonight this year's, l£> follow his lead,” McKeidin
Nob. I pure* in physics and 'hern-. '°:d newsmen.
s'iv will be awarded to a Dutch' But Democratic governor* gen-
ptr. i' ist and a German rhcmlst.; enjlly wer» les* charitable toward
Tt.e newspaper said they were Benson's obvious bid for South-
IT'-f Frederick Cerllke of Oroen-'ern rtippnrt for what he fermed
cn. I he NetherlaAd*. and I’rof the Eiseuhowcr Administration’*
the TEU Herman Stoudmger ot Strasbourg, plan to "take ‘nat which work*
' University.
whifa DiHrkt°,rBTr«]not^ucanboSnChir*!'Is^x^ted^io'-squTere by””under carrier Wasp, is en route to join
t t ctr iriB, (flight swore in a new member,, the new budget with one big prob- U.N. forces in the far East.
cn * ‘ j adopted a budget and authorized ; lem anticipated. This will come if
Mathis told officers the cab j the signing of a contract with the new Wallace School Annex is
turned over when he lost control | Southwestern Appraisal Co. J completed and opened before the
of it while dodging a car with no ] The new member is Mrs. Eunice end ot this term. The budget
tail lights. His passenger was not Bcnckenstein. She was appointed , makes no provision for the extra
injured He was rushed to the to the board last month to sue- operating expenses and additional ■
hospital in a Claybar ambulance, ] ceed Mrs. Donald D. Lee who teachers which would be needed,!
and today his condition was not | moved from the city. ] the reason being that as of the
Elections Today May Foretell Future
fairly well" in tRe present farm
program "and strengthen it.”
considered serious.
Today's Weather
r.S. WestWr *«r»n
Hits Fror
Lor*] lorernt r*tn tonight with low-
r*t r.T.prrat vlrr to to IS degree* Tomor- |
row mostly cloudy with r*ln in the fore-
noon c highMt temp*r»ture tomorrow 70
to 75 degrees. Easterly winds 12 to 2s
Not a single taxpayer showed time the estimates were drawn up
up for the public hearing called, there was no revenue for that
by the board on the budget but1 purpose in sight,
the trustees spent some two hours [ Trustees said they would cross !
discussing the document before that bridge when it is reached. i
finally approving it.
Budget Figure* Unchanged
There were no changes from
the $907,184 total previously pub-
lished. The budget, described as
To Be Anawered Later
Approval of the contract with .
Southwestern Appraisal Co., a1
firm engaged in a joint tax revalu- J
u **■*= yuugci, uouiucu «» ation program for the City and
r» ‘lie »n h^Wt«mJm>w the' “tightest” ever set up for the the School Diitrict, was made with j
Tomorrow* tid«: s»Mn»—high »t ms Orange School District, includes several minor reservations These
• m. *nd l »9 p m. low *t ui » m »nd $25,776 in expected delinquent deal principally with specific doc-
1II PB ■ *«”p “ Ux eollecti<w». an item included [ uments and information to be sup-
sur ri*r* tomorrow n ru *.o> ud in the revenue* section for the plied to th*
m'A at 1.21 m- UlPSt Uffl*. _ 1
aohoql's tgg utegaor-
. Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , That, Dirksen »ald, would “tie ! Meyner, 4t, a lawyer and former
It's election day and the tug j the hands” of President Etscn-
- ones—a mayor in New York and | hower during the last two years
governors in New Jersey and Vir-j of the first Republican national
gmia.—had Republicans arid Dern- j administration in two decades,
ocrats battling with one eye on1 i Eisenhower is bat king the Re-
election day a v-ar heme (publican candidates in all Ujiee
Ever since a Democrat upset a • crucial race*—Haul L Troast tor
Republican m Wrgconsin’s special j New Jersey governor, Themlore
congressional election last month; j R. Dalton for Virginia governor
eaders ot both parties have been j and Harold Riegelm-an tor New
looking to this day lor Du**. The j York mayor.
state senator.
In Virginia, Dalton's whirlwind
attempt to become his stale's first
Repuhlc an g o veinnr whistled
head-on into the poweiful Demo-
cratic i rg.miration headed by Sen.
Harry E. Byrd.
OHIO DECLARES DIVIDEND
FINDLAY. Ohio LAP) — Tha
Ohio Oil Co. declared today a
year-end dividend of 25 cents.
ORANGE JUICE
PARKING—Downtown Orangu
is suffering from a shortage,. , .
Business will feel the affect* . ,.
The fellow who used up two
Bvri didn t take the s'ump for ; parking spaces on Fourth street
The double parkers who foul
up traffic .... The unregulated
.. congratulate me’ t found
• job in the Leader Want Ads
—Um aajr wiigi” -
way things go today, they theorize,
might show how things will go to
the 1954 congressional election.
Chain Reaction Possible
As Sen. Dirksen (R-Ill) ex-
pressed one GOP viewpoint, elec-
l tion of a Democratic governor in
| New Jersey—jt would be the first
time in 10 years—might set off a
j chain reaction resulting m a L*ern-
., .* via Cawm
his man, former Rep. Thomas B,
Stanley, 63, until two weeks ago
The president ha* said that,! Betfor* then Stanley had been (truck loading adding to further
while be doesn't want to use his campaigning In a quiet, easy-go- j congestion
mg manner while Dalton hit all . MISCELLANY—Ticket scalpers
10 of the state’s districts, dropped 1 had a field day at the Port Ar-
in at the White House for a chat fthur-Orange game . . . 1st Lt.
and logged about 25,000 travel j Robert Simmons is home after
mile* ] 37 months of Army duty in Alnt(R
Most observer conceded Dal- j and Kore* .. . Commissioner tr-
ton, 52, was running well. But j nest Walles’ arthritis bothering
pe&red ’to be a slight favorite to tew predicted he would run well: him; he'a hobbling around on
win o u Umawtui Hobart B. enough to win. , i eiutche* < « • ,
office in partisarj politics, he of
course wants to see Republicans
elected,
Troaat Is Favorite
Troast, 58, and a wealthy con-
tractor, is seeking th* chair of
Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll. He ap-
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Browning, J. Cullen. The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 262, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 3, 1953, newspaper, November 3, 1953; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth587846/m1/1/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.