Abilene Reporter-News (2024)

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... THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene Texas Wednedday Morning, September t 15
2 A
Sweetwater
Wreck Hurts
Two Women
- SWEETWATER — Two Sweet
Fishing Better
At Oak Creek
BLACKWELL Hw *- fsb
int luck was off most of August
but it’s picking up now asserts
George Colvin caretaker at Sweet.
Police Chief
Kills Negro
In Gun Fight
Diamond Stickpin
Missing in Funeral
I CoLl MBUS Onio AP Mun
dreds a visitors viewed the body
of Jasper woirmg 71 promised
restaurateur between his death
and funeral last week and of 1
them may Ma • parted *: 1
n ve diamond stickpin from his ,
ODESSA Tex AP — An Odes medkle ”
water’s Oak Creek Lake a few sa police captain Tuesday shot Police said Sunday " had "
miles south of here ...and killed a Negro ex convict who dues * vurets o Ta
_ Calvin tells # some excPliem had disarmed two other paliceloep reldingne sed " wr- 73
I water women were injured in a catches during the early summer. . bed. . ch. _ mond set € ** -" i-A
car pickupho lision at 5.5 p.m in June. Bernard Strachener and held them * bey le he before the services __4o
Tuesday at West and and Hickory Sweetwater, caught 14 bass that tried unsuccessfully to omake-a-CA )
Sts ' weighed 44 pounds, and there have deal with the police chief.- Charged 1 1
Mrs Eva Duncan Walker so been several instances where 45 Police identified the dead man Husband9
I was admitted to Young Medical pound yellow cats ha e been as Ira Brown, believed to be in After Wife Shot 4
Center Sie suffered cuts lacera spared Cohin says . - his 20s. They said his wife had,
I tions bruises and possible frac- The lake is becoming a ' ishing told them he had served a 4 year BROWNSVILLE , ‘ ,
turs of the.cheek . mecca., particularly for anglers prison term from Dallas but they va Moreno 35 was charged " een *
L Mrs. Cura Ollie Regian 4 was from Odessa Midland Lubbock had not verified this assault to commit muni a any
taken to Simmons Memorial Hos- and other western “fishless” com- . They e -a, had com- the shooting Monday o his e
pital where she was given emer- munities Calvin says Td say hamtc tranged wife .
seney treatment for a lacerated wo per ceft of them coene from EMMAS W treesour Hospital attendants aid *
l left ear and released those places. 1D Sarah Garza Moreno 7 ’ “
Cm pobicemer snie Mrs was Bigeee crowd of fishermen and th n bd * Juviteertfical condition with four built
+ er driving . 2951 Chevrolet, was picnickers noted was on Ju 4N wonds-
traveling west or West ard Mrs he said “At one time then there Def * 5 pane S
Regiat dr- ing a 1950 GMC pick- were 297 aomoboes parked about
up was going south on Hickory, the lake." . cour-us Sudden he broke
A: the imersection the car an Eishing casts 25 cents per per away, ran and eluded police
the pickup in the left front fend- son for 24 hours and for a whole Detectives Lynn Spyder and
er The impact threw the rear of lamifs with children under 18 Jack Fye* went to the Brown
the car into the rear, fender or only 50 cents On weekends it’s home where Brown met them
the pickup so cents a person from Friday with a 22 revolver forced them
Policemen estimated damage to through Sunday or si a family from the house ” anddisarmed
the car a saw Eh to the pickup Annual permit is $5 with family them
a $275 Mrs. Walter byes a- 1626 which extends the privilege to Brown then ordered the delec-
San Carios and Mrs. Regian lives other Sweetwater lakes—Trammell tives to radio Chief of Police Jett
a sce-Carcle Drive - and Sweetwater - Carriker that he would surrender
—-------------------------— And free campgrounds lure if Carriker would call off the large-
P I , mat - ’ says there are 17 number of police and detectives
Truck ea : acres Take your pick of the who had rushed to the scene
11 LAPSWOTE he says And the grounds (Carriker refused to ca off his
,bieorentabieng and other fa-men
Mary Jo Holt Taylor Gin Friend Has . Singer. Ahieni ==========
w reported: to have been slightly, Hourly rate is but missed both times
• D 8 A Y hib iree sneed when a age Bros (Con- Jo a day Police Cap’M. L. Byehn, who
Farm Bureau Oueen P ICC. =5220 gasolue truia ex An estin-nd average * so had arrived on the scene fired a
• a proded Tuesday afternoon near amlies camp on the grounds 279 caliber rifle and Brown_fell
PACIFICA Cas ThGadalpe Peak in far West Tex weekends Col in says, dead
By BOB COOKE Hamtey was selected as ne are you. Od DE in that treeas ---------
R-porter-News Farm ECter w* " th* Sex Groche said her misband
The re: Blonde Mary Jo Mary Jo sardine and smilite San called Tuesday men to say a
* - * **:p -Cut Fd deal E eqLRR==a*G==
- _ EpEDOPS arm eau men .aged in the explosion Whether
its C De * bers their families and guests Sleep nE said George She anyone x w a hurt in the ex.
<0 w as chosen gend ETr She win take part a the Date Ca - police ponon ~ no known were
0' g A : Farm. Bureau queen contest it - George explained he had vis day might but no one was killed
: 79*3 I Brownwood Sep 1 If she should dec a Er friend Sunday net Grothe , a for ethan on , him
■ 15 20050 - e - 4 - win there she will enter the state and started home too late K ne _ or t i —
Miss Brenda Whreaker also a final picked out a tree and went to clouape per area
team - biande and daimmer ‘ The crour was placed on the Hiee, cause the explosion is not
V- and X Angt WE • queer s head by Miss Donna Mo “Why a tree." asked the police known
Call, of Tuscola, who. was the Better than the ground,” aid -----------------------,-----—
FARM BI REAU LOVELIES — Seated is, Miss Mary Jo Holt daughter of Mr.
and Mrs: Harry Holt selected as Taylor County Farm Bureau queen Tuesday
night At right is Miss Brenda Whiteaker daughter of Mr and Mrs Alton White-
runner At eft is Miss Donna McCa Tuscola reigning queen The little
miss is Cindy Lou McDonald daughter of Mr and Mrs Lon McDonald, Winters
crown bearer Staff Photo.
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Bonus Votes
May Be Lost
Reports Say
Regning queen The crown bearer George
was little Cindy Loc McDonald They sent him Horne
1 1 daughter W Mr and Mrs Lou---,—:
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McDonald c Winters • ■
Other contestants were Cathy
Vinson daughter of Mr.r and Mrs
Herman Vinson of Tuscola Pa
tricia Ann Jefienses daughter of
Mr and Mrs A A Jefferies Abi
ere Chera Gas Antilles daugh
ter of Tom Antilles Elmda e
Ac 447a A pe 2Sandra Kay Thorintod daughter of
ATLAS A — *. B * Mr and M. Alton Thior aton But.
nat ona Democratic pe as faido Gap and Linda Louise Far:
ma 22 5 - * daughter of Mr. and Mr J L
prive Georgia and other Southern , w..
states-or.bonaavotesas-the par-
ty’s nomination conven Bobby Sayles. Tuscola banker
Denmark srooyer of Macon sened as master o ceremonies,
— Georgia Democratic national Pee Eg * Abilene prgnided
committeeman said Tlescaj he oezan music during the program
has heard such a report Soch a J W Partin Bureau president
move he said would be even presided and presented the queen
rn e and whh a bouquet df red roses, a
the S sth than another reported gift as well as gifts to each of the
u objective of Bitler—restoration or.other participants... -
the ' Judges were Mr and Mrs
Under party custom states that Charlie Seve of Coleman and
voted he part nominee in Mr. and Mr Dale King of Ansor
■ the preceding presidential ateo- Partin expressed the organiza-
at tion s appreciation to Mrs B
nominating convention Georgia Gist of Hamby who was chairman
has * eon ention votes but be of the contest to Mrs Lena Klem
cause it fa ored Adia Stevenson ent FB secretary to Mrs. Par-
in 195 would have 34 voted when tin Mr Sam Beam M* Her-
delegates meet in Los Angeles man Vinson who ass sited with ar
next summer to name candidates, rangements. “*,
opposed t
the a '* • but. .adoption of TA/L! v. IL
- national comm White Youths Held
For Negro Assault
a other >—-
Southern tates ed fo Reien WILMINGTON N. AP -
* ° - Two white youths were ordered
held for trial Tuesday, on a
charge of raping . 15-year-old
: County udge H Winfield Smith
found probable cause against the
Alan Ladd Jr.,
Bride Honeymoon
HOLLYWOOD AP — Alan Ladd youths at a hearing and ordered
Jr. 21. son of the actor, is honey- them held without bond The two
mooning, today with the- former are Vaino Wentworth Jamieson
Patricia Ans Beazley 23 and Jimmy Fox Moseley both 19
Theabupie, who miet hie at The fir whose name was not
tending the University « Califor- released because of her age, testi-
nia were wed Sunday - a ch •.- fied the ouths came to her home
ceremony Young Ladd is an ac- last Friday night and engaged her
tor’s agent as a baby sitter She said they
— drove her to a wooded area out-
■ side the city and assaulted her
Officer said the girl furnished
license plate numbers from the
car in which she rode:
Houston Lawyer
Replaces Womble
N. AP - Burton
Hackney Brownfield took the
oath Monde as chairman at the
State Boare of Public Welfare
* Kendal Baker Houston at-
torney was sworn in as a new
board member succeeding John
Womble Abilene adormer chair
man *
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OKLAHOMA CH
prayed, but wets b
as Oklahoma mac
legal Tuesday
For more than
Oklahomans have
or. the sly from
the crowds at an
liquor outlets aro
were some former
An old timer at
was his first legal
since he bought at
loon before statehoc
Promptly at 10 a
protection “from th
caust of liquor” w
members of the V
tian Temperance U
state.
Jerry Jt
Trial Se
.- Sept. 0 has be
date for trial of Jer
19, of 1733 Chestnu
daat in the case in
Samuel Windham,
was convicted Mo
tenced to two yen
James is accused
af forging an end
$6,470 check with 1
of theft by false
470 from a Citi
Bank teller.
Windham was c
day on the theft
text charge He I
appeal.
Windham was in
trict Court at Albar
of venue from Tay
James s case is
here and one was
Judge J. R Black
trict Court has ci
They are
Fay Bertram Al
S 26th St. driving
rated, second often
John Wayne Wo
Elm St. DWI 2nd
Floyd Lee Boyd.
Jar St., DWI 2nd
Paul Overton
Ruckleberry Lane
Digal Cisneros, 11
auto theft
Gene Thompson.
road, sodomy and 1
Douglas Tucker.
mond St., habitua
tiling
The cases will b
-District Attorney V
Insurance I
Office Pick
NEWARK, N.J.
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WASHINGTON (
400,000 undergroun
Texas at Danton I
tainty Tuesday «
Eisenhowersigned
appropriating the

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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 78, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 1959,newspaper, September 2, 1959; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1659642/m1/2/:accessed August 10, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.

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