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A COLT. AVE. 75204 SECTION 16 PAGES ONE The Mexia Daily News Single Copy 5c Continuous Publication Since 1899 SERVICE MEXIA, TEXAS 76667, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1967 NEA COMPLETE FEATURE SERVICE NUMBER 293 VOLUME 67 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE ANGRY SENATE CHANGES SOCIAL SECURITY ACTION cent The monthly m'nimum would go from $44 to $55 and the maximum would go from $142 to $160.50. And a recipient with a wife 65 or over would get a 50 per cent increase in the basic payment. Once the full effect of the bill is accomplished over several years, a retired couple could get as much as $323 a month.

Social Security laxes also, would go up, with a increase of $52.80 a year for those earning more than $6.600. The taxes would he upped the same amounts for and there would be additional increases for both in future years. The increased bencfits for 24 million Americans on Social Sccurity rolls would ze effective with checks received March 3. Kennedy, and Harris contended in debate Wednesday that the proposed welfare limitations would mean some needy children and their parents would be denied aid. They said many mothers would be forced to put Vic Hall Files As A Candidate For Appeals Judge VIC HALL Hall, of for District Judge Vic announced as a cand- ed Waco, has idate for nomination in the Democractic Primary for Judge of the 10th Court of Civil Appeals.

fer He seeks to succeed 'Associate Justice Jake Tirey, who is retiring from the 10th Court ol Civil Appeals. Judge Hall is in his four year District term as Judge of the 54th Court. Alter graduation from Baylor University Law School in 1953, and while practicing law in burne, Hall returned to Waco to accept the position of assistant city attorney, In 1956, he was appointed, then re-elected, Justice of The Peace. In 1958, he was elected Judge of the McLennan County Court-at-Law, where he serveditions four years. In 1962, he was ted District Judge, and was reelected in 1966.

For the past eleven years, Hall has also leetured, parttime, at Baylor University Law School. Judge Hall is 41 years of age, and married to the former Bettye Joyce Sheridan of County. She is a Baylor University graduate of 1954. have three children, Lisa, ageithe 11 Brian, age 8, and Keith, agejon They reside in Waco, and members of Seventh and James Bar of Texas, the Waco-McLenBaptist Church, there. Hall is a member of the Bar Association, The State nan County Bar Association, and is currently serving on com mittees of each.

He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion. For many Years, he has served 011 the board of various civic organizations in Mel.ennan County. The 16 counties comprising the 10th Court of Civil Appeals district are Limestone, McLenpan, Falls Freestone, Navarro, HuI, Leon, Robertson, Bosque, Brazos, Coryell, Ellis, Hamilton Joluison, Madison, and Somervell. WASHINGTON (API The: Senate unexpectedly passed the Social Security bill at the start! today's Senate session, then after an angry flareup, sidered its action and set a vole, passage for 11 a.m. Friday.

The passage meant opponents welfare provisions in the bill had lost a chance to engage in filibuster that might have prevented passage of the bill at! this session of Congress or all least delayed adjournment be-! yond this week. Sen. Russell B. Long of Lou'siana, the deputy Democratic leader, maneuvered the bill to passage shortly after the Senate met with less than a dozen sen-1 ators present. However, Democralic Louder Mike Mansfield protested strongly that the rights of individual senators had been dis-! regarded.

He asked unanimous consent to have approval of the bill reconsidered. Long objected, ing he had learned from experlence that "if you have a filibuster on your hands, you break it when you Mansfield's can." In the face of continuing appeals, however, Long said he was willing to have a motion entered to reconsider the vote by which the bill had been passed. In doing so, he noted he would be in position at any time to table the motion to' he would be able to cut off filibuster since the Thus moany would not be debalable. Only after agreement was reached to vote al 11 a.m. Friday did he consent to have the of the bill.

reseinded, set for a second vote. The House okayed the compromise Wednesday on a 388-3 vote after a Senate-House; conference committee restored! welfare-tightening provisions. The Senate had previously voted to junk or liberalize these provisions as well as to raise Social; Security cash benefits. As passed by the House, the, would raise benefits for all recipients by at least 13 per Funeral Services Held For Former Thornton Woman Funeral services wera held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o' clock at the First Baptist Church in Clute for Mrs. Edi Carpenter, 66, a native of Limestone County who died in the Community Hospital at Free-; port Tuesday.

Mrs. Carpenter was born and! raised at Thornton and had been a resident of Clute for the past several years. Besides her husband, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ethel Asher, of Mexia; Mrs. Ray Herrod, of Deer Park, and Mrs.

Finley Williams, of Clute, 1 and a brother, Haskell Clancy, of Dallas. After Big Investigation Liquor Agents Are Dismissed AUSTIN (AP) A Liquor Control Board investigation that came to light after mysterious handbills' circulated here and in Dallas ended Wednesday with dismissal of the board's Dallas and Victoria district supervisors and five Dallas The board alleged the seven veteran employes--none with fewer than eight years of serve ice-were guilty of misconduct involving 11 bottles of liquor and a confiscated panel Fired were Dallas Supervisor James E. Dale, a 10 year veteran, including 13 years as super. visor; Victoria Supervisor Lynn S. Burk, Dale's former asslat: ant, a veteran of 14 years; and Inspectors R.

L. Valenta, 4 years; W. Grace, 12 years: B. E. Rakestraw, 15 years; C.

Honeycutt, 8 years, and J. B. their children into day care ter and go to work. They referred to a provision which would set a limit on government-a'ded state programs for children in families with ahsent fathers. Each state compute next January the proportion of aided children to all children in the state.

This ratio then could not be exceeded in any expansion of the program. States would have to set training and work programs, and when possible. require adults in aided families to These people would he allowed to keep some earnings without having their relief payments cul. The states would provide care for children of mothers working under the programs, as well as family planning services' those who want them. "1 thought we learned thing last summer," Kennedy said.

"If we had some trouble with a minority of our population last summer, what are we for over the period of Harris, a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders investigating last summer's riots, said the proposed welfare provisions will prove harmful in troubled American cities. The Senate Democratic leadership exerted heavy pressure! to win approval of the compromise bill. Democrats were called to a meeling in Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield's office where senators up for re-election next year told foes of the bill their chances would be harmed if the measure were forced over and the benefits delayed. Santa Won't Get To Use Chimney At One House PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) The Portland Post Office says not all the kids who write to Santa Claus ask him just for presents One girl, Susan, invited Santa and Mrs.

Santa and all the reindeer to her house for dinner. Another girl wrote: "First of all, Santa, I want to tell you about our chimney. we haven't got one." USES READING ROOM--Bonnie Cross (left) of listens to 'Judi Ilene Freeman of El Paso read in one of the reading rooms at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Texas. Charles Racke of the State Commission for the Blind says response has been terrific when he asked for students to help blind students in their studios at the university. As a full-time counselor whom blind students may consult on campus, Mr.

Raeke is responsible for helping them find readers; copy editors and tutors. He understands their problems because, after ing his own vision, he came to the University and in 1964 completed work on a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling. blind students needs a reader readers. Mr. Raeke estimates that for 15 to.

25. a with. a normal course load a thus each person has several Counter Coup Crushed By Military In Greece ATHENS (AP) Greece's military government appeared today to have crushed--with almost no fighting--a coup led by. 27-year-old. King Constantine, and.

to begin conte dent control of the country. The king, stripped of his powers and replaced by a regent, fled to Rome family. He made no Immediate, comment. Col. George strongman of the military dictatorship and the new premier, said in an early morning broadcast that "the conspiracy has been crushed.

The conspirators have been ousted." Ho did not mention the king, and it was not generally known in Athens this morning that the monarch had fled. Less than 24 hours after Constantine called Wednesday on his people to revolt against the ruling colonels in Athens, troops and armored carriers that had ringed the junta headquarters in the Parliament building, were removed. However, armed guards continued to stand out- Teenager Will Scrub The Floor WEST. FARGO, N.D, (AP.) Municipal Judge Donald Crothers refused to let Lon. nie Rodacker, 17, pay $50 in traffic, fines.

Instead, he put the youth to work week. ends scrubbing the police station floor at $1 per hour for 50 hours. Research By Youth Doesn't Surprise Many Folks Anymore BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) As a senior at Parker High School, 16-year-old Bracie Wat-! son isn't saying what research: doing now. But his teachers won't be prised, whatever it is.

I As a ninth grader, he grafted skin of an hour chick to an-! other. The chick with the new skin lived to be frying size. As a 10th grader, he took the kidney of one dog and transplanted it into another. The dog suffered no ill effects--and even Mexia Trip Set By Bloodmobile For December 21 The bloodmobile unit will be Mexia at the First Methodist Church on Dec. 21 from noon; until 6 p.m., it was announced today by Mrs.

Burton Yandry, volunteer coordinator for the blood program here. Mrs. Yandry says the appeal blood donations will be hing-1 on the terrific need for (hlood during the holiday season. "Accidents cause a greatneed for blood during Christmas and other holiday Mrs. Yandry reminded.

G. E. (Jimmie) Bair, com-: mander of the Mexia American Legion Post. also made a special appeal for donations when the bloodmobile unit comes herel Dec. 21.

The American Legion Red and the American National Cross have shared mutual concern for the serious drop in. blood donations that takes place each year during the Christmas! and New Year holiday season," Mr. Blair states. In this period bad weather and hazardous driving bring an increase in accidents requiring the use of blood for victims. At the same time, nonaccidental illness and surcontinue, the American gery Legion commander reminded.

Mexia organization, in The getting behind the current agreed drive for blood donations, has a joint effort for blood with the Red Cross during the period Dec. 4 to Jan. 8, 1968. Dec. anniversary of the attack Pearl Harbor, falls within period, and the Legion has requested that the theme Mexia of the special blood drive in memorial to the heroic fightwho have fallen in the ing men nation's war's.

Mexia and Limestone County still lag in their quotas for blood donations this year. It is hoped the boost from the Amerthat lean Legion and fact that more blood is needed during the holiday period will boost donations visits when the bloodmobile Dec. 21. Market Market NEW YORK (AP) Gains outnumbered losses by about 2 to 1 as the stock market openled today. Trading wus active.

bore a litter of eight puppies a few months later. As an 11th grader, took several embryo rats the bodies of their mothers and them alive for hours in a mechanical womb which he designed and built. He says his interest in such things began when he joined science club his first year at Parker. His skin graft project look, first prize in a local science fair. The fair was for Negroes only, and winners could not.

enter regional contests. This discouraged Watson, jone of the judges was a professor at the University of Medical Center. He invitled the student to use his lab at the center and Watson jumped lat the chance. In his first kidney transplant, ithe dog died. Then came the successful experiment.

In May, 1966, Watson read about the problems of unborn babies whose parents had differlent RIT factors. He began speculating on the possibility of removing them from the mother's womb to safcly. He began work on a mechanical device that would solve the major problems involved -circulating blood through the embryo, supplying it with and removing its wastes. gen After building his device, a rat's unborn young lived for four hours in it. Normally, son says, the cutoff of land blood would kill an within minutes.

Meanwhile, the regional seifence fairs were opened to Negro and Watson's artificial took first place. In the Inwomb ternational Science Fair last his entry took place in the medicine division. April, This led to an invitation from Judge Rules That Atheist Not An Atheist LOS ANGELES (AP) Germn-born woman who says she is an atheist will be granted U.S. citizenship because a judge has ruled that, under the law, she isn't an atheist. U.S.

District Judge Warren Ferguson ordered the government Wednesday to administer the oath of allegiance required for naturalization to Mrs. Ella Kube Nomland, 53. Mrs. Nomland has been a research associate at Occidental College for 15 years. She testified Tuesday she considers hersell an atheist because she doesn't believe in a supreme being.

"Dr. Nomland's belief in ordered universe, one that was created by any human beings animals, qualifies as religion," the judge said. "That's the same as believing in a supreme The Isle of Man is one the British Isles but it is not an integral part of the United Kingdon. Dr. Alex Contopoulos of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco for Watson to spend the summer of 1967 working in his lab.

He quickly accepted. Since return, he has been just las busy. "I've been in the lab almost every day." he said. But he won't say what his current project it. skin side defense headuarters on the outskirts oi to capital.

Military units in northern 1Grcece liad been reported siding with the but- the only reported fighting on the mainland was al force base Funeral Services Scheduled Friday For Teague Man Funeral services for John D. Hudson, 56, a resident of Freestone County for the past 47 years, will be conducted Friday at p.m. in the First Baptist Church of South Teague. A native of Robertson County, Mr. Hudson died Monday at 6 p.m.

at his home, 420 Monroe Street in Teague. He was a BapList. 'The Rev. C. W.

McWilliams, pastor of the South. Teague First Baptist Church, will conduct the rites. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery at Teague, under direction of DorseyKeatts Funeral. Home. Surviving are a son, John D.

Hudson, of Midland; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Dean Zachary, Mrs. Johnnie Mael Hall and Miss Olmarie Hudson, all of Midland; two sisters, Mrs. Arlar Hudson of Houston and Miss Lessie Hudson of Teague; three" brothers, Elder A. R.

Hudson and Jessie son, both of Teague, and Henry Hudson, of Hearne; and 15 grandchildren. Nelms, 19 years, Coke Stevenson administrator of the liquor regulatory agency, said information regarding the case would be turned over to Dallas Dist. Atty. Henry Wade, Stevenson said at a news conference attended, by the three tiquor board members that the investigation had been going on for three months and had no connection with the handbills or 8 call by the Baptist General Convention of Texas for an investigation of the board. Grace and Valenta were suspended with pay Nov.

21, the day After handbills. were distributed. 'The cirgulars, signed by Christian Taxpayers," alleged misconduct in the Dallas 'office and accused Stevenson of southwest of Athens. Two army attempting to board a plane there for northern were reported shot by loyal to the government, and clashes between. air force and army units followed.

Two buildrings caught tire 'ih the fighting. Fighting also was reported on, the Greek island of Crete, scene of the only armed resistance to the junta's takeover eight, months ago. Reports said the king was with the 3rd Armored Army Corps, based in the north, when the appealed to the nation to rebel. Athens Radio said today the commander of the corps, Gen. George Peridis, was among three army generals arrested by the junta.

wing politicians also were Widespread arrests of ported in Athens. The capital was calm today, and people hurried to work usual. But the government dered all banks and exchange closed to avert financial panic. 180 SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS "whitewashing Irregularities in the LCB." According to Stevenson, the case involved a panel truck confiscated when agents found it was being used to transport illicit alcoholic beverages. He said a Cleburne man related to Rakestraw bought the truck with high bid of $78.

Stevenson said the bidding was "rigged." Later, he continued, Dale acquired title. After the. Dallas staff used the truck for a while, after it was painted and "fixed up," the vehicle was sold for $300, he sald. Stevenson said he did not know who profiled from the sale or who purchased An employe of a painting the truck. contractor was given 11 bottles of confiscated liquor to paint the he said.

skin in A VA VAN CLOUDY Cloudy and continued cold with occasional light rain through Friday. Low tonight near 40 grees. High Friday near 45. Patti Walker Named District FFA Sweetheart Patti Walker, 17-year daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Walker, of Mexia, has elected district sweetheart the Corsicana District of Future Farmers of America. Miss Walker entered the test as sweetheart of the Chapter at Mexia High where she is a senior. Patti will now be entered the Area FFA sweetheart test to be held next spring. The pretty Mexia girl was companied to Corsicana by parents; by Dale Brown, FFA chapter advisor, and the local FFA voting delegates, Barry Brown and Kenneth Fall. Patti won top honors in petition with 16 other hearts from high schools of Crosicana District.

The up was Sandra Leigh, of The sweetheart from a very outstanding and very active in extra-curricular activities. She is in Black Cat band, the Club, and the Future makers. She is also a of the Annual staff, serves Student Council reporter, a cheerleader. Principal A. B.

McBay today that "we are very that our representative won district contest." He added don't know of a finer girl could have won this honor." Today's Thought Who forsakes the ol' ion of her youth and the covenent of her Proverbs 2:17. We may evaluate but we should never reach of high that we would ever get those who help edus there. -Will Rogers, humorist. VAN de. old Earl been of the conFFA School in con- acher Mexia by Mc- comsweet- the runnerEnnis.

Mexia student the Drama Homemember as and is Confiscated liquor may be sold only to licensed dealers in alco-7. holle beverages, Slovenson declared. "They all (those fired) had knowledge of" the involving the truck, he said. All 11 mombers of the L.CB staff took polygraph (lie detector) tests. All of those fired except Groce and Valonta acknowledged participaling in the alleged wrongdoing after they took polygraph examinations, Stevenson said.

Groce and Valenta were fired, he said, because "of a combination of knowledge of the transaction" and the circulars. He said they were "at. odds with" Dale. Stevenson said, howovor, he still does not know who was responsible for the broadsides, stated happy the "I who forgeta ourselves forget American.