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Dlrtct Wlrt and NEA Feature Service DEL RIO, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 23, 1957 owdy! BY DICK ttEAVIS iday Is Its own explanation. dny is the day the housewife the laundry and the school- youndflter hunts a frantic 10 tes for the gear he misplaced the weekend and even the car tins when you start to the of- lutes ound our place here It is the mop up from Sunday's ucws- er and look Into a new week, rrlng weekend violence, the news in the air while everyone fo- ses their weekend-tired eyes for ffresh attack. Weekends, of course, are for ''the quite young-, lllng Lardner, so much like most (of us want to, had a very fine piece in one of the pocket last edition about feeing 35. It is the age when the phone Sings in the evening und you hope isn't for you; an age you look forward to a dull evening. i Of course a lot.

of young people lire 35, a yoiiiig age we come Ho believe more each year, will get their hackles up about these re- ffeiences. But not on Monday morn- Ing, at lenst any moir so, because most people are ruffled already, on Monday. There has for years been a move afoot to remake the- calendar where; SKY ROCKETTE: Nino, San Felipe School head all holidays tail on the week-end, cheerleader, sets the example for a heavenly yell practic- ft nH an Int Tt 1 ifi mem i A for Friday Mustang-Brackettville Tiger grid game questions about how vou get News In Brief LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UP) Nine Negro students tricked a mob or whites that was yelling for their blood today and safely slipped into Central High School, scene of the worst trouble the U. S.

Supreme Court ordered public school Integration In 1954. Although the nine Negro students made it through a side Jn- trance unharmed, four unidentified Negroes who lured the crowd away by sneaking, toward another entrance, couldn't all get away. One, with a camera in his hand and a press card in his hat, was knocked down, Kicked, beaten and here. The San Felipe cheerleading unit direct" the i nad nis camera smashed. A sec- in Housing Okay Bid Letting Slated Nov.

28 ber 25 to tail on Saturday or Mon- t-ang Pepper-Ettes each game night and usually make day and what about, a Thursday i the road trips when the Mustangs play on enemy grid- holiday like Thniik.syiving. irons. The calendar people have an answer to almost all of these questions. They, however, do not say what we would do about Tuesday. TnHl they Ret this figured, they have their new calendar, Monday New Year's and all.

But it rained and that makes all things brighter. The other day one of our better classifieds did a fast selling job for the Paul Nix's, who called in to get It out of the paper after one insertion. It was too late for that dny, Friday, and their phone rang on with prospects. Then Sunday we used the ad in a page one commercial. It took a couple of minutes focusing by the Nix's to realize that someone in our outfit hadn't mad a horrendous bobble.

Which we sometimes do. Today being Monday and our wo can tell you first hand about this 35 brightest thing: we can do is stop whacking this typewriter. TODAY'S STOKV: Rains Of 1.01 Inches Fall in Val Verde, Brighten Fall Grasses On a day like this, a nice little old woman went into a store to buy a heater. She got one of these well-briefed salesmen who her the in detail lie vent into BTU's, safety lighting devices, Range of steel, maker, His customer wove growing look of "Now," the cuncludfd proudly, "is then- anything cite you want to know about this stove." "Yes," the elderly lady said mildly. "Will it keep an old woman warm?" Lillle Wafer Runs Off In Stow, Steady Fall Rain that might be the forerunner of a fine winter for pastures in the Del of "had ranching country fell Satur- 3.50 inches with mile draws "With a little warm weather after this rain the pastures should green up and with dry summer just ending ranchmen have been hurting for something green.

"The way the showers fell, there was very little run-off and that's the kind of rain that is needed at this time of the year," Tatum said. The Cant horn ranches reported half an inch and the Carl Yoas Pass and Uvaldc had He's the only day night and early Sunday filling. morning. Little water ran off in the! around 4 inches of rain last Sat- precijjt.ition during the showers urday niulu and throufihout Suii- over the week-end, most of it be- I day. Pastures between Loma Alta mg absorbed by the ground dried JulK1 luid very little rain but by a summer of drouth.

Del Rio' he ranches got more ond was knocked down and a third was kicked. ANGEL'S PARK, Nev. (UP) "Whitney," the oft postponed, "hard luck" nuclear test of the Atomic Energy Commission's operation Plumbob, sent a thunder clap across the Nevada desert to day as it was exploded atop a foot steel tower. The device, finally detonated as the 22nd scheduled test of the series, had a yield estimated at the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT as it vaporized its tower and blossonud into a glow ing ball of fire that faded within seconds after its firing at 5:30 a.m. PDT.

PEABODY, Kan. (UP) The Rock Island Railroad's Twin Star Rocket pitched live cars from the rails as it sped through this central Kansas town early today, injuring 22 persons. Ambulances shuttled the injured to hospitals at Mai-ion and Newton, where attendants reported none was believed dangerously injured. MIAMI Freakish Frieda, GOOD, HANDS: Eloy Musquiz, left takes a pitchout from Abel Gaslano as the San Felipe Mustangs warmed up for the Brackettville game last week. The Mustangs posted a 20-7 decision over the vsiiting Tigers, using wide open tactics to score three touchdowns.

Former Pastors Speak Methodists Honor Early Members Sunday Two former pastors of the First. ranched in Mexico Until a revolution Methodist Church preached for the Homecoming services Sunday as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of the church. Rev Val Sherman of Corpus Chris- wiped out his holdings. Lowe became a guard at the International Boundary, when a ferry boat was used to cross the Rio Grande. Guard houses were built on ti spoke at the morning service and high stilta as protection agalna Rev.

T. K. Anderson of Brady, at the evening workship. the floods. There were 15 or 20 to climb and he gave up the Mrs.

T. K. Sessions of San because of these steps, work- sixth tropical storm of the season, 1 tonio, widow of the minister who' ir 'B wltn ftls son. H. J.

(Jap) Lowe has had 1.58 inches of rain, which is .93 of an inch below normal of a wavering westerly course today and the southeastern mainland was alerted for possible storm warnings. FORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (UP) The Hainan army was alerted today for possible "trouble" when results of Sunday's first presiden- 1 ml elections since 1950 are an- nounccd. Vote counting was under way and first unofficial results may be known during the clay. Tile balloting yesterday was or- i derly, in sharp contrast with the iuelt 1.01 of an inch of a llic hand a half. Mrs.

E. K. rain but to the cast and Fawirtt had about half an inch aouthviiM were m.ich heavier, iv- of reports show. ports arriving in DC! Uio today i Thus tar in September Del Ria hhowcd. Hcnvier to th with Carol Brings u-portinn ll mcher, lor th inches 01 moisture at his head- i Iheutva's "wet" montl lanch on Mud Creek, Reports liom tin-.

United Press Negro republic in the Caribbean. ol Del F-fui. The rain tell 'in that heavy rains were blam- urea all Satind.i.v and early ed lor three traffic deaths 1 lhe Mate. A couple was Ai tin- civrk of kilh-d Saturday ni-hi in a head on le 1 1i uh one Ol violence that has marred previous IOIU elections ill this French speakina Del Hi" on Highway iiu. ihore collision on the Dallas expressway, ujrt in 3 inches ol rain v.

,1. a hki amount ville. Jack who laiuhts between Del Kio and Comstock, iv. ported an n.i 1. rain: and inch land a Lake J.

in the Juno co, nil hull an ir. id and iilu Houston woman wa.s killed Si.ndi.y in a spectacular 17 car I pileup on U. S. 9U west of Beau- moat during a heavy downpour of An example of some of the Highway Patrol Sergeant Assumes Duties In Del Rio Set. Ollie E.

Clark assumed du- was pastor of the church in 1899, i becoming his constant companion. attended Sunday's services end was one of the early-day members honored, in keeping with practice Mrs. Lowe is remembered by those who worked with her in the missionary socety as a "good business woman" and in her later life she was called "Mother Lowe" by the Rev, find Mrs. came to society members. Del Rio in 1899 and their Of the eit'ht children, two are liv- during the week ol such nition.

recog- etattitif tartly eiottdf UMf Pre-Bid Notices Go Out 500 Units In $8-Million Project Building of 500 family housing units at Laughlin Air Force Base today got final approval from Washington and LAFB machinery is rolling to organize bids for construction of the units, an announcement from base officials said this morning. The go-ahead from Washington had been awaited for the past several days, after the vital housing plan for military personnel got an approval from the Federal Housing Administration 10 days ago. Thejanno ncer from Laugh- It will give housing to qply 'of the personnel. Its big advantage, base officers have pointed out, will be in allowing Air Force personnel to live in the Del Rio area. Presently Laughlin people are living as far away as Eagle Pass, Brackettville and San -Antonio.

and understanding ing, Mrs. Alice Mae Pitzpatrick of in today said; "Authorization 'has been granted Laughlin Air Force Base to advertise for bids for construction of 500 Capehart housing units." "Advance notices will be sent to some 21p individual firms and to the F. W. Dodge' Corporation, a builders exchange, in Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth tomorrow or Wednesday." The message will give the building firms advance notice that an invitation for bids will be sent from the Laughlin procurement office on October 14. the auouuce- ment indicated.

Bids will be opened on November 28 at 2 p.m. in the Laughlin base theatre. Firms who are interested be required to send a $100 deposit for multi-page copies of the 500 unit building project. With their bids, the firms will be required to Include a certified check fpr $25,000 to be used as a bond for the low bidder. All checks will be returned except to the successful bidder, when the contract is awarded; ror the low bidder the amount will serve as a retainer to assured that he effects the contract within a 60-day minimum period.

The 60-day period, after contract award is made, is to give a bidder time to organize financing and other details necessary to handle the major contract. Deposits on the plans and specifications copies will be returned when the sets are sent back, LAFB officials explained. Cost of the major building project, which will help relieve a critical housing situation for Air Force personnel at LAFB, has been set at around $8-million in ear her reports. The Capehart housing program has been sought for Laughlin for more than a yeur. A law set up to people of the church is spoken Del Rio and a son and his family lm ove nousir situations for of by those who served v.ith them, in Arizona.

A grandson, Alfred Sunday Mrs. Sessions said "Al- IFiUpatriik, was here from Austin, military personnel, the Capehart act provides for FHA support of most every week we wo.ild be cur-where he attends the University militar i dependents housing, prised witli practi-al fin.s from' of Texas, to attend the services! Tne houses will be built with the church. Wlt'd go homo and there Sunday. A daughter-in-law, Mrs. 'lvate capital, as are other FHA- would be gills of Mi flour or H.

J. Lowe, resides In Del Rio. vegetables. They weiv very kind A third family honored by the and generous people Mrs. Sessions Methodists was that of Mr.

and Mrs. An- J. A. Price, who came to Del Rio guaranteed homes, and the con- No Asian Flu Seen In Del Rio Del Rio apparently -wai still free of Asian flu this morning, a check; of local physicians Indicated. Serum for the flu is still not available in any amonuts from local physicians, the check showed.

By UNITED PRESS An estimated 600 students at Texas College are 111 with the flu or upper respiratory Infection. Dr. C. R. Lyons, superintendent of the Texas College hospital, reached at his home by United Press, said the "situation seems to be worsening.

I don't want to estimate what the figure might be until I get to the hospital and make some checks." He said there were 600 aaeos up to last Sunday but that number of new ones came in during the week end that hadn't been tabulated. At San Marcos. Tex, Southwest Texas State, which closed at noon last because of hi outbreak, classes resumed today. The flu outbreak baa been most prevalent In East and Southeast Texas. A flu outbreak in Michigan threatened to force the shutdown of schools in Port Huron, but state health officials cautioned there is no cause for alarm, At least three other Michigan cities, Saginaw, Detroit and Frankenmuth, have been hit by a wave tractor for the project will arrange ot respiratory illnesses, believed to for financing.

Repayment of loans oe Asian flu. for the LAFB project will be guar- I Nationa health officials, mean- tonio with sjn-iu-Uiw and c.mi'.;h- in 1882 tioiu Houston. Josie Price, an teed by FHA as provided in the while "Ported at least 15 deaths ter. Dr. and Mrs.

W. M. now Mrs Lee Woods, and Miss Adrienne Price, who lives with Mrs. Woods on Griner Street, were two i housing -system and arranging for Capehurt act. so Jil! Setting up the bids for the large ly on and they were with her for the cv i ices Sunday.

Another early day family honor-d little girls who attended the Meth- around $8-million in Imancing is wa.s that ol James and Alice chap- odi.st Sunday School, entering the expected to take some time, and I the 60 days are being allowed in became the contract planning. The time schedule as outlined Tne the nation blamed direct- flu associated with Health Service man Lowe, who to Del Hio in lieu- in 1882. 1898 from McMullan County, uhere A sister, Annie Price, he ranched und as sheriff Mrs. W. A.

Gordon and she too of that countv. was an uily day member. Miss would indicate that construction n.miall report. Sunday 1 1 0 1 1 They lu re tor Mls Adru-nnc recently gave the church would start early in 1958. Esti- the I ram ot ranches in that area inches.

I Count Tiimin the i.iins, in tenerul, eight and a aui em jm Uel Rio in Handera county, i 1, aim a nine-year i health, making the trip in covered a. picture ol the first building the mates have set construction time wagons and driving then- livestock. MethodiMs u.sed. tor the LAFB job at around 18 near Medina Wills Point 6.40 report 1 L'topia turn Kan Antonio Waco 4.57; Hon- ti.lo: Emory and 5 inches; the transfer, Clark who Before leaving on their journey. Descendants ol: Mr.

and Mrs. J. months, although some of the umu recently received his promotion to Mrs U) madl a supl ol btu ky Price are Mrs. Lee Woods and Miss possibly will be completed and Wlil undertake Mtpeiu- bread," a kind ol to eat alon-4 Adrienne Bj-n of Del Rio and families living in diem well be- sion of a seven-county area with i ie uv aju to Cirove 4 id- T.m.,lo 4 inrh-s- 10W mill fur l)f lh fiiinilv UWi 4.30. lemj)lt- 4 inches, nol In Do Rjo h( potted wiih none reponcd ac San- B-aiimont a.31; Austin Fort a AI toutomt lld Victoria 2.82 and OUe Adoif A1 the "Micky broad" tasted good at 1 AiUl night when they were tlicjr Stationed at San leave every others residing in various locations tore that time.

from Del Hio. dei.Mia and PuwpMllt 1 but. benclici.il to the lantc. highly Worth 237 redo DEL RIO WEATHER whodoMn'f use WAMHDS Want ads make a noise, a cheerful sound of buyer meet- your halldic.st, quickest and cheapest way to sell, buy, rent do a dozen kind of joU.s the easy iield way! Jiiit dial the News-Herald 5-3531 and aak for ad taker. Call by 11 a.m.

and your ad will be in that days edition. It's Official! Fall Arrives Monday With Cool Temperature A cool degrees marked the at 1 a.m. today, and you could Antonio for; ves tock the hist nine years, Clark began) reaching Del Rio. they stop- Ins cam-i on the Highway Patrol ped ul t(le llJJt fvhpe in Del Hio in 1948. immediately Ciee k.

advs.s Horn Moi.ix- Park alter completing patrolman recruit lne ari a tnown a a "Pig Pen school at Aiiotm. Texas. i ng They stayed outside the for'. Originally 1 in Williamaon WU their cattle and la-re County, north of Austin, lie will the settlers ol Del Hio, who briny to Del Rio his wile and two i- ame to the creek for their daily wa- chlldlt-n Elaine. IX and Joe, 10.

ter supply in barrels The program calls for 200 rental units for officers and 300 for airmen non-commissioned officers. The quarters will be in single houses and in duplex units, with floor space area of 1,000 square feet to 2, 100 feet, the installations most of the deaths were in California. The service estimates that about 100,000 persons have been stricken by Asian flu in the nation. Elsewhere, about SO students at the University ol Iowa in Iowa City were ill with the fiu and tests were underway to determine if it was the Asian type. Most of the students were girls.

The Asian flu first occurred in the U.S. at military posts. Sines then it has spread to a number of states, with California, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi among tne hardest hit. UEL KIO AND VICINITY: Con- clouduu'as. Mow clearing uiiiy tonight, Tuesday clear to i continued mild tern- engineer said.

They will be of brick i.ci.iiuiv Maximum u-mperaiure construction. 77. minimum Maxi-i Maximum price living unit to be uu't inum h'mpciatiire a year ago. 76; Ol ut under Capehart act is $16,000. i minimum ti8.

Minimum tempera- family housing will be west: u.ie thki n-orninij, 65. Time of tun- of lhe present barracks area at i ii.M\ 6. 34 a.m time of sunset. 6:40 Laujjhlin. A map plan lor its loea-i Two drivers who grew impatient Those settlera lived in (he north-' lion hui been prepared, much while waiting tof train to eait part of town, alxiut where ihe for any private housuig addition, i were both following a col- Arrest Drivers After Collision iarly Saturday Jaycees Meet Tonight Del Rio Country Club is located "WEST OF 99th Today's final approval dovetails usion early morning.

Regular meeting of the Del Rio today They were the first acquain- MEH1D1AN:" Clear to partly with an action by Val Verde Coun-1 accidwit iVfTTh of official opening of fall in Del Rio tell it, too, from the Jaycees will be held Monday eve-' tances made by the Lowes in DeJ and conmmcd mild this aft-j ty week acquiring riiht- railroad tracks QD Monday, records show in the Unite.1 As an extra added attraction, na- mug at 7:30. it is announced. All Rio Slates Weather Bureau in the Fed- put on another spectacular i members are urged to be present i The lust l.owe home was cm noon, tonight uud Tuesday. o- eral Building. Sunday's highest I shortly before midnight Sun-! by Wade Crossley, president.

temperature day night when a brilliant display of i was 77 degrees and the tore- Northern Lights was visible from fist is for continued mild tempera- much of North Texas. i A cold front spawned In Canada pushed through Texas Uue few By IM1K1) I'KtSS hours of summer, kicking off Tltc un uu'uully auivrU See AlsCUIVtri Flt'liS NEW Greenwood and a later home was Leading Ufd built on (iruu'i ihen occupied the i home where their daugiuer, Mi's, Upon his accession to the throne, i Alice Mae FiUpatiiek, now resides, I Hie Pope takes a new name, which When the drouth and low prices usually the name of. some, pre- the country, Lowe sold decessor whose sanctity ajid pohcy lus stock and operated a livery i lam. Lain" he When Jack Green awoke to a new day Saturday, it ww to find a borne idly tfci bto Uwbbia is now toadiaf tor an access road to the i base from U. S.

Highway 277. The i toad, about 1.7 miles in length, wiil enter LAFB at a I joining the housing area. While the 500 units, three bed; rooms. Mill relieve a critical hous- nit; pi-ubleiu for married, people at the are 1,300 families was to him:.