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Goan Golden Triangle Edition The Daily News Texa. 1066 Moves with Brand liness Prairie 'Thursday afternoon -wuersnowers and early In night. Low Thursday around Today's DNT 50 and high Friday In the The Greatest Daily Circulation In The Heart Of America's Future upper 60's. Winds, light, from the Southeast. VOLUME 51 .36 PAGES TODAY GRAND PRAIRIE, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS 5t WEEKDAYS SUNDAY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1959 NUMBER 94 Prairie Scope BY MARGARET GALLOWAY FAMILIAR FACE around town this week was Dean Dauley, former city manager, "Just said he, You may remember that he left GP to become city manager of Little Rock just a little over a year ago, NO WONDER TIM Ferguson looked up in the clouds in the picture which the News-Texan ran of Jayne Mansfield and him this week.

He had just been named president of the state drive-in theatremen's association at a Dallas meeting and then was fortunate enough to hob-nob with such film personalities as Miss Mansfield. Mrs. Ferguson, who attended the meeting with her husband, also got in on the glamour deals when she met James Garner and Mickey Hargitay, Miss M's husband and Mr. America himself, Probably none of the Ferguson family was more thrilled than son Mike, however, who received A personal message from Jayne along with her autograph, He's still on cloud number nine. CLEVER IS THE WORD for the adorable Easter bouquet which Mrs.

Don Hall has fashioned for the past few years, This talented lady makes ladies faces from egg shells and adds 'colorful Easter Bonnets that would do, justice to anyone's wardrobe. These, she fastens to long pipe stems and places in vase. All in all it's a pleasant sight, LEAVE IT TO THE KIDS, We heard this week of the fourth grader who, because of chattering, had to write "I will not talk" many times to teach him a lesson, It seems that last Monday he was in an unusual talking mood and kept up such a constant' chatter that his teacher again told him to get started and write the familiar sentence 500 times, Well, about ten minutes he was at the teacher's desk with his 500 sentences, When the teacher asked how in the world he wrote that many sentences in such a short timehe had an answer ready, "Well, yesterday at home I just got to thinking 1 might talk lots today so I sat down and wrote my sentences in advance to save time," Stanleys' Visit Hit By Tragedy Tragedy in the form of the death of a grandson struck a cruel blow. to turn a pleasure trip to Houston into a sad occasion for Mr. and Mrs.

R. Stanley of 695 S. E. 12th Street, Grand Prairie last week. Victim of a series of mysterious Incidents was David F.

Atchley, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Atchley of Houston, At the time of his death, young Atchley was employed at the State Highway Department garage in Houston. As officers sought to plece together incidents leading up to his death, circumstances indicated the victim had been robbed and beaten, and had been left at the gide of the road. Evidence gathered by officers led them to believe that Atchley crawled into the road while in a dazed condition, where he was struck by a car driven by Tom Matzinger, Matzinger reported the incident to police, stating he over what he thought was a paper sack, only to discover his car had hit a man lying In the road, Funeral services were held Wednesday, followed by burial in Bryan, 8 School Angle Used to Ease Sales Tax Sting San Antonio Roses? Seeligson Female Free-for-all Spices Picket Line SAN ANTONIO (UPI) Striking women garment workers hurled rotten eggs at -union employes Wednesday, touching off a hair-pulling -all at the Tex-Son, garment factory in downtown San Antonio, Riot squads raced to the scene to pull the women apart and control the mob, Eight women were hustled into patrol cars and booked at city police station on charges of inciting a riot.

About 100 union members gathered on a sidewalk across the street from the plant and pelted workers leaving the factory, That started the fight, Several women received minor injuries in the scrap, and a couple sported honest-to-goodness "shiners," Harold Frenzel, president, stepped outside to see what the commotion was about, and was splattered with an egg. He retreated to call police and change clothes. Members of the International Women's Garment Workers Union walked out Wednesday and threw up picket lines. Their contract expired Saturday. They demand a 10-cent wage increase over the current $1,15 hourly rate and a union shop.

The company and union scheduled talks for Friday. Added Paving OK on Belt Line Dirt work began early Thursday morning on the extension of widened paving on S. Belt Line Rd, from Marshall Dr. to Freetown Rd. A day before, city commissioners had authorized the city manager to advertise for pav- Police Pull Sailor Off Roof Ledge LONG BEACH, Calif, (UPI) Police held a lovesick Texas sailor for mental examination today after detectives saved from jumping off the roof ofhis hotel clutching a picture of his sweetheart.

Donald W. Horton, 21, of Denton, was pulled off of the six-story ledge a sympathetic detective who made him break down and cry, then grabbed him as he wiped tears from his eyes. Horton, stationed at the Terminal Island Navy Base at Long Beach, said he had Just broken up with his girl, identified only as "Bobbie," a clerk at the base, Little, Vernon Pearson, Glenda Wickersharn, Dick Thomasson and Ron Slovokoski; Juniors--Donald Boulware, Judy Caldwell, Harrison Kohler, Wanda Hunsaker, Suzanne Smith, Xanna Jackson, Julia Sanderson, Linda Martin, Pat Crow, Mike Keasler, Anne Long, Karen McVey, Mary Parkhurst, and Peter PHOTO, Lyndon Foe Miller Running; Takes Says Fight Just Begun Dig at Charter Change WASHINGTON (UPI). Wisconsin's freshman Sen, William Proxmire says that in his opposition to the Democratic leadership of Texas' Sen. Lyndon Johnson, he has just begun to fight, Capitol Hill old timers are remarking that Proxmirewho startled the Senate this week with a full dress speech challenging Johnson's ruleshould quit while he's if he is ahead, He complained that Johnson was making all of the legislative decisions while rank and file Democratic senators had no function other than blindly to supply the votes, Debate On Trinity Set 'For Sure' NEW MEMBERS OF HONOR SOCIETY -Pictured above are the 26 new members ot the National Honor Society at GPHS.

They were picked by classmates and teachers for their character, scholarship, leadership, and service, and were announced in impressive ceremonies at the school Tuesday. The new members are, Seniors Brundage, Deann Creech, William Herschel Miller, home from the hospital and in a perky mood, Thursday announced that he will stay in the race for Commissioner, place 2, Miller said his recent heart ailment was mild in form and that he plans to resume campaigning for office after two more weeks of rest, Doubt as to Miller's continuance in the race arose when he was stricken with a mild heart attack last month, Miller, who polled over 1200 votes while losing in the 1957 city election, faces a stiff race this year with two of the best known men seeking city office, Leo M. (Pete) Garrett and W. C. (Bud) Hardman.

In announcing his continued candidacy, Miller leveled a broadside at the Charter Amendment proposal being supported by forces led by Mayor C.R, Sargent, If placed on the ballot March. 4 in the form advocated by the mayor, the amendment would prohibit future city commissions from designing MRS, MARVIN BURTON Pleads Her Proposal Is Pushed BYLLOYD LARRABEE AUSTIN (UPI) Rep. Frates Seeligson is trying to make his general sales tax proposal palatable to Texas taxpayers by earmarking the $134 million he says it will produce for schools. The San Antonio lawmaker continued his struggle to substitute his complicated tax program to solve the state's financial ills for the recommendations of Gov. Price Daniel today as the legislature prepared to adjourn for another long weekend, The entire program would produce $217 million.

He contends the present tax structure has various "inequities" and wants to eliminate them by raising some taxes and eliminating others. Seeligson's bill would repeal the chain store tax, oil and gas well servicing tax, cement production tax, textbook tax, coin-devices tax, and levies on admissions, prizes and awards, radio and. television sales and stock any type rebate incentives to encourage local homebullding. "Contrary to the picture being painted by some quarters, it isn't necessary to give away the City Hall in order to create a better atmosphere for building," MIller said, "I don't think that any five men should try to tie their feelings on the next administration," Miller pointed out that the amendment, 1 as proposed by Mayor Sargent, would give the voters no choice for any change from the building situation which now exists. "While I was in the hospital, I had a number of people come to see me and urge me to stay in the race if possible," Miller continued, "Knowing that our city needs to keep pace with the surrounding area, and believing I can help in a small way, I believe it would be the wrong thing to do, to drop out my health is good enough, and there are things more important than one man's own benefit." City Offers Stopgap Bridge Battle Over--for Now Third time was a charm-of sorts, The Marvin Burton family Wednesday made its third pilgrimage before the city commission in a month's time, Pretty Mrs.

Burton, with three children in tow, WaS the spokesman this time, And this time, the commissioners promised something. They promised to have some dirt and gravel dumped over the bridge which caved in 10 months ago, cutting off automobile access to the Burton home on SE 4th St. Commissioners geld it was all they could do at the time. The next least expensive route would be a $4,000 concrete "dip" which would be under water in time of rainfall, City Engineer R. Burleson made no bones about being ing bids on the half-mile project, which will widen this portion of Belt Line to 44-foot width, City Manager Crow was authorized to ask for bids on both concrete and asphaltic paving.

"This is stretching city funds to the utmost to carry this major thoroughfare 1m- provement out to new residential development," said Crow, who indicated asphalt paving may be all the city can afford, The preliminary dirt work, worth about $4,000, is being done, at no cost to the city by county crews as authorized by County Commissioner Denver Seale. The paving project will be an extension of the big concrete widening job just completed on SW 3rd St. (Belt Line). CALLS ON CLASSIFIED MADE MUSIC The telephone bell played a steady tune for Mrs. Boker, 1513 Arkansas Lane in Arlington, when she advertised a piano for sale in the classified section of the Daily News- -Texan, Not only did Mrs, Boker sell the piano before amusician could whip out arendition of "Kitten on the Keys," but the calls poured in until she had received a total of 40, 4 Gopher Musicians Are in Honor Band Four Grand Prairie high school students will be among 87 seniors from a 4-state area who will form the fourth annual All-Senior Honor Band at East Texas State College Saturday.

Grand Prairie students in the honor band are James Dean, cornet; James Garrett, bass; Clifton R. Otts, trombone; Joe Parker, clarinet, Guest conductor of the band, composed of students from Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas, will be Bruce Jones, director of bands at fers. Passenger Is Injured He was on the ledge for 30 minutes before Detective Jack G. Harris came within 30 feet of him and asked to see the girl's picture. "If you get close to me I'll jump," Horton warned, then gave in and held up the photo for Harris to see.

The detective praised the girl's beauty, and Horton began to cry, He put his hand up to rig eyes to wipe away tears, and Harris and several other policemen dragged him off of the ledge. Tot, 7, Gets 120 Stitches CULVER CITY, Calif, (UPI) A 7-year-old girl was recovering in a hospital today from a mass of dog bites on her legs which took 120 stitches to close, Susie Raebel and two young friends were attacked by a female German shepherd and her two -sized puppies Tuesday while playing on the street in front of her Los Angeles home, Damage totaling more than $1350 resulted from a collision of two cars at the intersection of S. Center and Jefferson streets Wednesday evening in which one person received minor injuries. Treated at Parkland Hospital following the crash was Patsy York, 1654 Ruea, a passenger in one of the automobiles. The accident occurred when a car driven by Paul David Lemay, 39, 1905 Ida, Arlington was traveling west on Jefferson and collided with a car driven by Mattie Aldridge King, 43, 1654 Ruea, that was making a left turn north onto Center from W.

Jefferson, The right front of the Lemay vehicle received damages estimated at $500 and the right side of the King machine received heavy damage estimated at $850, Lemay was ticketed for negligent collision for failure to yield the right of way and Mrs. King with negligent collision for Improper lookout, HOUSTON (UPI) The mayors of three Texas cities will debate the Trinity River development Issue in Dallas on March 26, Houston Mayor Lewis Cutrer set the stage for the debate Wednesday by agreeing to go to Dallas to argue the controversial issue with Dallas Mayor R. Thornton and Fort Worth Mayor Tom McCann. Cutrer's acceptance to bate in Dallas came after Thornton and McCann decided against a similar debate in Huntsville, which Cutrer chosen as a neutral site. Titan Test Real Good CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

(UPI) The Titan, fledgling member of this country's arsenal of Intercontinental ballistic missiles, apparently had another success to its credit today. The Air Force sent one of the sleek rockets aloft Wednesday under limited power and over a short range. "Everything looks real good," a project official commented after early data was in. dissatisfied with the solution offered by the commissioners, He said the dirt and gravel would wash away "with the first one-inch rain." He said whoever had sold the lots on the street had sold "just a lot of dirt and atmosphere," The bridge was about to go out when Burton built his home, Burleson stated, Presently, no other homes are located nearby. City Atty.

Pat Everitt also put in a word against the stopgap solution of the bridge problem. Everitt said "you become liable once you undertake to repair street and don't do a good job on it." City Commissioner James Weems said the dirt-gravel fill would be no more dangerous than the caved-in bridge now existing. Cober Tells Position On Candidate Walter Cober, attorney and active political worker, issued a statement Thursday aimed at clarifying his position in the mayor's race, Cober's former law partner, June R. Welch, last weekend became the fourth contestant for the mayor's office. Cober said this has caused some persons, unaware of their severance of professional ties, to ask him for 3 stand on the matter, "I am not supporting his (Welch's) candidacy, nor am campaigning against him, nor did politics have anything to do with the dissolution of our law partnership," Cober stated, Thursday, Welch and his partner, Buddy Grantham, were in the final stages of moving their offices into the Sargent building at 109 W.

Main, former studios of Station KBCS. Louisiana State University, Jones is past president of College Band Directors National Association nationally known as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, Visiting bandsmen will rehearse throughout the day Saturday for a 7:30 p.m. concert In the Recital Hall in the ETSC Music building, The public is invited to attend the free concert and all rehearsals. Donald B. Black, director of bands at ETSC, will conduct 8 reading band for visiting high school band directors..