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1 Paso Herald Post HOME EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS Tk Newspaptr That Serves Its Readers EL PASO TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 20 1955 Mumn sv iin rot ra From Ibm Strike Halts Truck Service West of El Paso Six Major Carriers Are Shut Down It t'nttrd Pm LOB ANGELES May 28-Ono of thro (track lane-haul tracking companies yielded to AFL teamsters yay demands for earns ef lu driven today lu the first break af a strike which has threatened ta beeeme a general indoilry closedown In the Week A anion apokeanwn called the settlement a Farlfle Motor Trane port agreed to gnat tha original f(-eenl hour ly pay booot orer a three-year period la driven engaged la hauling new automobiles Tha agreement did act afferl other FMT driver Driven affeeled grl an Immediate 16-csnt niaa and clght-cent nlm In tha neat twa years Francis Warnock Heads Association Army Red Cross Rush Assistance To Stricken Areas Swollen Rivtrs Overflow Damag Property in Thrta Southwaitarn Statai (Related Newa ea Paga tMfin rim J)iut bowl flood creala drove close to 5000 personi from thrlr home in a three state Bret today but brokB the bark of a five year drouth Tho Army th Rrd Cross and suto offlclali rushed emergenry supplies of blankets food water and antityphoid vaccina to stricken areas In Colorado Oklahoma and Texas Southeast Colorado where a ntaor dust storm raged Just one month ago was awash Tha rain swollen Purgatolro River drovt hundreds of persona from their homes at Trinidad Colo and washed away tta homes and a chuich Seventy miles to the northeast I th Arhansas River washed over lla banka el LaJunla Colo ft fnrcsd 100 persons from their hnme and (her spent the night In "Secondary Sewage The El Paso Valley Cotton Assn today adopted a resolution opposing annexation by the City of El Paso of Valley farm lands Approval of the resolution which followed a debate wee not unini TY'V Pram Talepbot THE Sandra Slosi of Granite City III right goti a hug of congratulations from Joan Copoland of Prescott Ariz after winning tha 28th annual National Spalling Baa in Washington Jean placad second A work stoppage today halted most motor freight shipments west of El Paso and Idled 250 El Paso truck drivers and warehousemen Six major carriers operating west mous ftwn El Paso were shut down freight already in transit was clion WM th being delivered but no pickups clol annus! meeting at Paso were being made del Norte Hotel with 193 of its MO The AFL Teamsters Union pre- members present cipitated the work stoppage by call-: ing a strike yesterday against three Melnber 150 went nn rfcord western truckers only one of which lighter gestrictions on for-Pacific Motor Transport operates p'n eotton imports and opposing in El Paso jliiRher wages for Mexican Fear More Shat Dawn Iiboi Today four other carriers operat- Warnock Named President a ru strike against one is a strike against np'! grower was jll elected president He succeeds Besides Pacific Motor Transport the carriers ceasing operations lo-'uffSSJ1 "M1 Lowr day were Texas-Arizona Motor lh" resolution opposing Freight Lines Time Inc A la bam th? Freight Lines and Western Truck Pushed through Plant Completion Set for July The Olf of Paso's secondary Champ Formal El Paso Spelling Shops for White OPEN HOUSE Not visitors from outer space but Ft Bliss soldiers in loose-fitting rubber suits and helmets with trsnspeiont face masks They are oxidizing Nike guided missile at the Ft Bliss Red Canyon Camp in New Maiico Nike missiles will be on display at Ft Bliss tomorrow during Armed forces Day open house an abandoned World War II bout-inf pmjecl Slate (i emergenry were declared In both Trinidad and La-Junla and it was estimated that tho Purgatolro and Albania floods hod mado 4000 pe irons homeless I0J A KK sewsgs lissiment plant will ho More flond waters drov 150 per-rnmpiated in July Harlan HusV sons from Uilr hums in Ohio- general manager of the PubLo homo and the Red Cross fed more Service Hoard sold today than IM persons In rain sodden! Harold Tillman city ianliaUi Eaalland Tss last night Icngineer ef ths City-County Health Th flnod water ram rolling Department said that operation of down after days nf torrential ralna the plant wtoaiht mean Aha nd of in ths thrs slates odors caused by Paso aewag Ths dowikMHirs had slopped In in th river Colorado but mountain runoffs! "There or some odors now" from ths Rsngrs ds Crlato rings ld arc gattmg inrno of Ih Rockies thrsstsned to spil complaints We would probably five fest more of water Into ths'l'I'ing mors except that people Purgatolr In tha next few days tho plant is being built and to Visit Biggs Base Armed Forces displays at Ft tomorrow Tho dny'i theme and servICM will be set waiting and hoping for mg of odors" (Knitted New on Psgo 4) By VIRGINIA TURNER HruM fist Riiartft WASHINGTON May Suzanne Payne El Paso's Southwestern spelling champion put thoughts of the National Spelling Bee behind her today and went shopping for a white formal Sho missed the word "penury" in the Bee yesterday in the fourth round know the Word" Susanna said "I don't remember having heard It before terribly ashamed of myself for misspelling it one word I'll never forgot as long aa live Susanna sobbed after the Judges ruled the had missed the word by spelling it "pennury" Glad Others Won glad the girl won" sho said referring to tha three top winners in tha Bee Sandra Slots of Granite City 11) was first Jean Copeland of Prescott Aria was second end Naomi Klein of Brooklyn waa third Susanna wants her new formal for the state convention of the tester of Hainbow for Girls She ia a member of the Mount franklin chapter Threats Coatlnao flood threats also aonllnuad In Tezaa Oklahoma and Kansaa although they appeared to bo eoalng Tho bond of heavy rains had! Line a spokesman said Another wrier of mo-carrier Braswell Motor Freight on eollon IbIw Irnb-Lniet has been shut down to the a weit for the last two week by a mrmben oppoaed the ref-Teamster strike olulion on the ground annexation The other two carrier against which the Teamsters called a atrike yesterday are Consolidated Freight- J1" Ways and Pacific Intermountaia nd Express which do not extend to pm I 5am Sredanovich of Fabens said: farmer should toll tho City 1MA08 Employes Affeeled don't Uka the annexation of our An Industry spokesman laid at neighbors farm lands" least 100000 employes will be idled Wi runt in 11 Western ststes as the strike ju and work stoppage progress r5tJ'rnr1 the Clip Robert Cutler president of the "Jf JJ1 unly and El Paso Motor Carriers Assn said f1' he expects th i union tobrgin farm Und out of the City" 1 public from 9 a to 4 eUng momentarily PMT struck The CJya annexation erj Visitor will serf tha Nika the yesterday said there were ino pick- the Lower Valley and Yslrtn started iCwvoral Honest John eta today at the carnert head- PKR battle that ta (till In tha 'luWed missiles and conventions! quarters at Campbell and Mills romtii street Two other resolutions were ap- PMT is a Southern Pacific rail- proved from tha flood One urged road auhsidiery DurnaL as- (hat the Government use cotton sistant PMT superintendent said surpluses aa an Influ-seven drivers and a foremen had to get other eotton growing stopped work The strike does not countries to curtail cotton prodtie-affret railroad shipments except tinn Another provided that the that PMT no longer is making association collect Information on freight pickups for the railrnad'prices of hay and other secondary Government freight was still being crops grown in the Valleys handled Retiring President Spence laid Mr Cutler said the Teamsters are Valley fanners must rapture as asking fnr a 45 per cent pay in- much of the domestic cotton market crese Negotiations broke down posslhle and to do that must at-Ihree weeks ago he said Th El tork present quotas on Imports of Paso carriers are represented in long staple negntiatinna by the Motor Truck Fight Egyptian Cation League of Arizona are not going to cease In Public Invited Ft Bliss and The public la invited to sea Bliss end Biggs Air Force Bam "Power for Peace" Exhibits of weapons equipment up in th field north of Howiv stadium They will be open to Um anti-aircraft artillery Also exhibit will he radio-controlled aerial target planet which are used in firing piacllce on th Ft Bliss rsngrs Protective equipment cssenlialj in cate of atomic etierk wll be shown There will be a dumber similar to that used ml and gat-masked I Radio messages to armed f-irrm personnel stationed all over world may be sent from the MARS radio atation I Religion will be repreaonted In i Hifnii bv lh Chinlimi Corsi I a nivpixy dj in uiipiainx iorpi i Musical and othar program will Ths sesmdary plsnl will msan ilouhis Irssimant of eowago to re mvo all matter that causes odors Th El Peso County Water Con mnvod iouthsoalword by early to- tml and Improvement District has day and spread showers and ihim-itwo aewsgs treatment plants near dentorma from Ih Texas Pan--h river which are causing ndoig handle Southern Kanssi anil Mr Tillman said ha hat been sal lrrd by the district that aoeondsr huill within year pour-! Ih District that Ulay'prn" onlJ' primary plant (ordain-: Ih slaia slraant ld "Th Di itrii-l la cteoirstinf hut takas liins to build plants Th El Paao ascondary plant coat Senators Ask Tax Hike To Balance Budget -ii A CarcJlM IM AUSTIN May 20-A budget bat- A notTa'r In'r bl h'kln U'' emergenry power units on gasoline rlgsrrts and beer was waler pump and hr radio equip- proponed today by four members wlr purification units Oklahoma through Arkansas snd Louisiana Emergency supplies weis ing into th stricken arts Five Army cargo van Ing 1000 blanksls and 800 cis and $1 million jte Expected rfon fI bo devalued EasTwVaw the river Th fllA been thejofthetax writing Senate Stale Af- eeb Vecrln fam L'nrimnttee i A team of specialist preiaredrlln approve loan nrjrwaal would virld an ln move Into the flood lands fmm Mme in some srase because af ih Denver Red I'rnse head-pier Hhu-H (130 niililfin in nw itv iia ami Oklahoma health prU! enu over the nest two fiscal yraie wr rulhpd nto lhp Restricted Passport Insurance Promoter's Valley Land Ordered Sold Judge David Mulcahy has ordered Sheriff Jimmy Hicks tp sell about five acres of land In Country Club Place In foreclosure action on $10026074 In notes against Spencer Treharne and hlf former wife Blanche Treharne The note ire owned by South- west National Bank Tho bank in Viet Premier Arrests Four Enemies bought them from an Austin re ealver who ia liquidating Trehame't defunct United Lloyds of 1M Texas treat Tho notes Two Compenlee Here thin fight to rerltir imports of nrlli 11 niillum m-cli-i to rga airs with supplies of typhoid' Air fore Baaw will WASHINGTON May The fiepatmenl agreed today Fjgiv Owen Lattlmot 0 restiicted wn twin mote a restiicted represent money borrowed by Treharne and hia ex-wife from United Uoyds an insurance association ones headed by Tra Fred Bone business represents- Ezyptian Mr Spence sate ii n-ir iTnion Ml The real solution however said in FI Paao Mr sPnce- 1 expand the extra here said Teamsters In Paso ound ere on strike nSrr pmmotionai campaign companies Brsswell nd ITiTOnly hnrt couon aiot- Brssweli Is picketed butte mfnti vir(UP nf the way tho law union is prepared to pieket rMT jg gnd barn for many yaars If necessary he said will continue to go down" he added Mr Bona said the union is will-1 nnly chanre for expansion is Ing to handle freight for the other extra long taI'-carriers which Mr Cutler listed is is a veiy good possibility having Joined in th work elop- expansion there Th year 1956 page aw an inrrease in acreage over want the public to know 1954 We think we'll have another the union is not trying to Impose increase in 1956 hardships" Mr Bone said "The real competitors are the Motor Truck League of Arizona is synthetics and Imports and in going placing this hardship on the pub- after them we ere looking at a lie We will handle freight for anylpolential annuel 400000 bale mar-(Continued on rge Col 1) 1 Ifnntlnaed on Pago Id Col II ne mltrt Press SAIGON Indochina May 30 i Premier Ngo Dinh Diem arrested Biggs he r(ll gj gap between sprnding and varcine temera'ril not be Piloted nhrpaicd income te the slate Tite "luddy 1 PSfUlttSlJ LStlllllOrfi to security regulstloni -gsneisl levsnw fund The remain- uka had drivsn 800 jieraons from kUilllllUIO for the first time tha puhlir niughlv pa miliinn would go heir homos and llW mure had to will be invited to tee parte nf nr highway nradi mnv out In Northwest Ckiahruna Blggt Air Force Base that lie ha taar Npwnoara jt-'itr hind th security fence The im-aturs waa sponsored by' Th nM uVflring'v Visitors will hsva the opiiortu- f(Bjr S-arcy Hrarrwell of the savsga stormil paasport au he can lartura in nlty to go onto th flight line in Homum Jep Fuller nf Port Ailhur spreading flood water Lumps for four months th main area of the Strategr Jlnmiy of Angleton end A Manzarvle Colo a 55 year Latlmime ha been Air Commend bear William Shi roman of Corpus Christ! "I'1 woman drowned while measur-jiha Government with lying when Tli recently convicted SZ no! lhP bliI trig the flow of water in an Irnga he testified before a Renata com that he was not sympathel to or a promoter of communism But et Umn Tex 110 teppe JVtete'SSriS eicsped Injury when more then 4 llun rnip a KnghUtold three end haJ inehe of ra in nt Ml pasrt division informing ths tax on gasoline four rents to supermitkat Th mirkst manager fooi" Dsisooi rent Nik the te lev on hrafd Ul cllin creek end herded LstI eted forTpUort SSS Wf 1" iTbr taVT' Thrt mn nr-' 'F him Tho'jfiatteJ botlls The inrrease would hika Ur rtr IWept into toe fl-e-d and tha he tax to roughly penny a hot- Mf hlgly eal of Lawton Oki They perrbed f-n barn Interest and feesiMVeral supporters of Absentee were mad a part of th final total chief of State Bao Dai today on ehargci of plotting with rebel warlords to overthrow free Viet Nam'a American backed government At the same time french Commissioner General Paul Ely esked for his own recall in the wake of the bloody civil wer ha tried to prevent 5 -Day Weather in Judge Mulcahy'a order The order provides that tha bank will receive from tha sales as much as ia owed on th note with any balance going to Treharao and bis ex-wifo In tha ovent that tha sale do not oqual tha debt tho sheriff is directed to make up this balance from other property ownod by Ike-harae and hia ax-wifa A Travis County Grand Jury In Austin indicted Treharne on two counts of perjury in connection with reports ho mado to tho State Board of Insurance Commissioners about the operation of United Uoyds Trehama left the state to run a roller rink in Ruidoao Ha and hia wifa wars divorced March 11 1951 Tomorrow Is Sizzlor Year's Supply of Ice Cream Prize 1 Also Doll Wardrobe Music Lessons lkfM I NF IOIIIIHj I IwMrtad Uiocsiy rh Li Pa lrs way burg liarrisd 820 Ut yssterday Entry AS rri-l- -ru-Mgt an unincled owner of Um then Accordion Studio Mrs Modgo I quastinn correctly: When wul El Gnnsalea teacher I Paso have 100-degiee emperatur Mere prises tomarrow for th first time after May 22? To win th contest answer the! (Continued aa Page 4 Cal I) Tomorrow will bo Saturday May 31 deadline fnr entering Th ald-Pnxt Sizzier Contest In which tho winner must answer correctly the question when will El Paso hsva 100-degree temperature fnr the first jtime sfier May 21 I All entries must be in poaaeaaion i 'of Tlie Herald-Post at 3 to-- Fifth Air Force Base In New Mexico Weighed inside Your Herald-Post a WASHINGTON Mar JO Tts srM-iw Lis Jacquas tor irtd ih Herald-Post Sizzier Contest AMERICAN PLANE CRASHES a United Press LIMA Peru May SO A twin-engine Air fore plane ground-looped end caught fire after an emergency lutding at Las Palmas military base last night Four crewmen and 10passengeri escaped injury LITf IETlTx I DISTRICT 13 Temperatures near normal with moderate to heavy precipitation iq morrow nr be postmarked not liter showers tonight and Monday Nor- 3 You will want to follow tha to it conclusion when th or winners will be announced mal maximum 80-90 normal minimum 52-52 DISTRICT 13 Th tag inrresscs wo-ifd add to inw aates urging grnrral rrve one over Ih next bin- ni-im ari watinated' 137 VKl tei from (hr gasoln tax tiVltonr from tha r-garst tax from Ih br levy am nn Of Ih two cant liM-rcss in the 'gasolina tax or fourth of on rent -jiild ll'(rald to a gliway rabt nf wsy fund" with revenues warniarted f-r me on a Vr-V) 'rig hM to crtier inri-'t'f f-t and 'he fo-1- star s-d in pur-have of high- gene! n- heart ll-e Ar r-rr vv ryrt wav l'e vev'n'iv Kifh ire1 Sn' mm- f'hav New M-xro Demn-hr-j rff-rrig Ue n-w proposal rrst on tl-a p-ssirirlily ffh j'nd in reer-trg previous tax Air fit hi in N- Wdnsdsy SrUry Gen Nathan was wsehand sd- Twirmg and Oiave dtcuMed Naw jr it nfrent whI Ih Senate schd- Menro's prt to the projected a vrt aessinn cress a in Air ree wings it tha Uf -s icih Hr i ofoi of a heiring on 'snd Scra-a war placed vMay Amtncan sir power vrus Hua-'toe pretrv isvirg 4 ride sran aerlll tr-fh ny s-s-t 'o get p-d 1 -r iftarj or for mlnng J4P9 WANT I 4NTI hill Ohllgw 'ii i-re-ra Governor Rnive n-i TOKVD Ml 1 20 Tn Jsp- '-s-ciy ip th Isw-t-ssm I' ary te foreran arimstry snn-irred on a-'ve end snd today it will nego a'a s'h th pv-be-f "A'hn n- wees of L'm'ed 5(ate 'of spt-'r (K'lr s-t (od crn u-" in -(-rter I sid if sV Flier 1 (Cnolinwesl aa Pag It tat 1 the top if thair suhmaignd car fro two nouis until they war isicue-l ry boat i for tha The lOo-Argrre temperature will be rearhed first time after Maf 22 a a a a a IT Wtisihcr I) 6 a Pureciiai Fsr Alta warmer i ItelxiU on 35 (muse meals ta ton Carroll jg I smiro i rsMward Postlo Dr Caoner I dlterlala (3 toyo lmerami t3 Farslg a Hrrna Franrva ttlaaier lues Babb Marhru (Hbrna Radio and TV PragrsoM hid Bar Ramarfca a pocte 18 21 Wsmen's haws 18-18 PM AM Tima Data Mnnth Temperatures 1-3 degrees abova'Mnr prizes will be announced next week Hera are today's aew prises: 13 months' supply af lee cream ana gnltea a amnih af A monthly flavor eperial from Swift lea Croons gala I'nit at nil North Cnpto street Vil Walker manager A doll dressed as a bride with extra elethtng: nightie dress coat bat and hnse soot All clethe handmade by Mrs A Tbemp-ann af 3129 Pranhfert street dreeamaker One ntonth'a meal I wanna two a week eight lemene plan normal with no important temperature changes precipitation to heavy in showers tonight and Tuesday night Normal minimum normal maximum 34-94 DISTRICT II Temperatures near normal wanner tomorrow cooler with showers Monday and Tuesday DISTRICT 81 Showers over mountains with lowering temperatures early next week DISTRICT 33 X-ittl or no precipitation except showers In east portion and lower- a moderate 63-13: Kama IIMIlOMIIIIMMMMMMMIIIMi Address miiimilli IM4I4IIIIMMII I An (nfalligant woman on who hot th roast bool cooked whan tho moo return From a fishing trip Mall In Herald-foot Rlislrr Contest editor mg temperatures early next waek1 or accord lo Gonuloo Pune end I aaaaaa awkkak anew sw 6Jm.

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