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News, Editorial Lake Fair Section One Sports American Press Pair and continued Charles 35; through high Frdiay, Friday. 60; Low moderate tonight, fresh northerly winds. FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR LAKE CHARLES. L.A.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1956 26 PAGES NUMBER 22.048 BRINKS CASE IS CRACKED Reports from the major Louisiana cities today indicates absentee vote in next Tuesday's Democratic primary would be larger than In the.

1952 primary. The civil sheriff's office i nNew been Orleans said 714 ballots already cast. The total absentee vote in the 1952 primary In Orleans Parish was 1,266.. Deadline for casting absentee ballots in. state's largest city is noon Saturday.

A spokesman for the sheriff's office said the voting usually is heavier the last three days than at any other time. In Baton Rouge, the vote had topped the 1952 figure absentee by 33. The 1952 total was 169.. In Lafayette, the Lafayette Parish clerk of court reported 133 absentee ballots received. In 1952, 348 were filed in the first primary.

Lak Charles was one of the few places where absentee voting was lagging. The Calcasien Parish clerk of court said he had received 94 absentee ballots. About 500 were cast in 1952. At Shreveport, 236 absentee lots had been marked, about the same number as in 1952. Crowley reported an increase in absentee voting.

Acadia Parish officials said 185 ballots had been received. In Alexandria, the vote was about the same as in 1952 with 159 received at the Rapides Parish clerk of court's office. The registrar in Jennings also expected the vote to run slightly above the 1952 election. The registrar estimated 100 absentee ballots would be cast. Thirty-five had been received so far.

Sulphur Company Gets REA Loan estimated garrison of 100,000 men. The 2,000 strong, were ordered to the island (AP out of demands for union with Greece. Wirephoto via radio from London) Congress to Receive New Budget Monday By. FRANK O'BRIEN The first contingent of reinforce Britain's Cyprus line up at Blackbushe crack paratroopers, before Hight to Cyprus to after disorders rising WASHINGTON -(AP) dent Eisenhower plans to send to! Congress Monday a at but one that contemplates spending, and to that. outlays.

are likely to keep cimbing in the next sevferal' years, The actual budget totals are guarded until disclosed Congress But on the basis of Eisenhower's State of the Union message and other. official' pronouncelet ments seems certain the budgwill foresee: 1 spending of between and 66 billion dollars in the next fiscal year; 2 income of at least that much; and 3 requests for appropriations well in excess of projected spending. At the same time, Eisenhower probably will revise his estimates for the current fiscal year, ending next June 30, to predict. a balanced budget with spending at about! billion dollars. That would bel some three quarters of a billion! dollars higher than previously fore-1 cast.

In his State of the Union message Jan. 5, Eisenhower said his budget would forecast a balanced budget in fiscal 1956 and 1957. this IC a balanced it budget is fiscal year, will be the first since 1951. The budget is being balanced, even while spending is going up, because the expanding economy is enriching the government's income than spending is Aside from, the balanced budget forecast, the most significant items in the forthcoming budget message, as indicated in previous announcements, are: 1. The expected sharp rise in appropriations requests a from recent -because this indicates a rising trend of federal spending for some years! to come.

2. An indicated sizable surplus of perhaps billion dollars in the cash budget because that could, in given circumstances, virThe tually force a personal tax cut. cash budget includes for social security and receipts other trust funds which are not counted as BRUCE K. BROWN TO ADDRESS API The regular monthly meeting of the API will be held on Thursday, January 12 al 6:00 p.m. in the Legion Home.

A Bruce K. American Brown. President of Southern. wIll be featured speaker. He will discuss recent attacks against business men in gorernment, His.

remarks will be addressed to all oll met: regardless of their segment of or position in the petroleum dustry. Dinner tickets are $2 and may be purchased from any API member. See and Hear Fred Preaus and Brownie Moore "The Winning Team" KPLC TV TO-NIGHT 6:45 7:00 (Preaus-Moore Political Ad, G. L. Paret, 7th District Chairman! Lake Charles To Orange in 20 Minutes! A 36-year-old Houma man was jailed on a drunken driving charge today after leading state police on a 20-minute chase from here to Orange, Texas, before they caught him.

Police said the man was traveling at 110 miles an hour with police from Lake Charles, Sulphur and Vinton in his. wake. He was caught at 3:20 a.m. Charges of drunken driving and driving without a license were. filed In Sulphur.

The accused man was identified as George D. (Liberace) Libretto. Libretto, placed in the Sulphur jail, was to be transferred lo the Calcasieu parish Jail here today, police. said, Here's the story as reported by state. headquarters here: The car, a 1956 sedan, was first spotted by officers at the intersection of Front and Broad streets: It.

almost overturned making the 90-degree curve' at the Lawrence street intersection, holding to the highway on two wheels as it leaned against the concrete guard posts along the road. Two officers who attempted to flag down the vehicle in front of the police headquarters just west of Calcasieu river bridge were almost hit by the speeding vehicle. Three state police from local headquarters, Sgt. E. C.

Hill and Troopers E. W. Perkins and H. J. Courville, hopped in cars and began the chase.

The fugitive passed through both Sulphur and Vinton before word could be relayed to those points and road blocks set Sulphur and Vinton officers joined chase. And before the car was finally' stopped just west of the outskirts of Orange officers clocked the speed. at 110 miles an hour. The arrest was made in Orange just 20 minutes after the car was first observed at the FrontBroad intersection here in Lake Charles, officers said. A companion, the owner of the car, slept through the entire chase.

Land Bought For Addition To Golf Club The Lake Charles Golf and Country club has purchased a tract of land on the east side of Prien Lake road just south of the club for $81,420. Records in the office of the parish clerk of court showed the property was purchased from Dr. Robert P. Howell Dr. Boyd M.

Woodard and Robert B. Lawes. Gray Little, country club pro, said the tract of land is approximately 40 acres. He said the tract was acquired to replace leased property southwest of the club on the Big Lake road. Little said construction is now underway on the new portion of the course and is expected to be completed by July, 1 when the lease expires the property southwest of the club.

The club paid $34.900 for the property and assumed a $26.430 mortgage held by Telismar Guidry and J. Edwin Borel. South Korean Army 'Better Than Ever' SEOUL UP Defense Minister Schn Won I today said South Korea's 20-division army of 600.5400 men plus 10 reserve divisions "is now better than ever and it will 'be the world's third strongest army if equipped with more power(ful weapons." 5 DAYS ELECTION! 'TIL VOTE NO. 94 STEPHENS FOR POLICE JUROR (Stephens Political Allgood Indicted In Fatal Accident ment. belonging to the governIncome Such 'a surplus, if it increased may a time when business activity would be turning down somewhat, increase the pressure to cut personal taxes.

This is so because a cash budget! surplus means the government is taking more out of the than it is -putting in. The economy quickest way effect to is correct such a deflationary by a tax cut, Kennon Says It'll Be Long Or Preaus Governor Robert F. Kennon told people of southwest Lou-. old the public of southwest Loucessor in the mansion at Baton Rouge will be either former Gov. Earl K.

Long or Fred Preaus, the administration-backed candidate. Speaking in behalf of Preaus over local radio and television stations, Kennon minimized the chances of any of the "other anti-Long candidates" to beat the former governor in the second primary. "The only man who can beat Earl Long in the runoff is Fred Preaus," he said, "and the only man Earl is afraid of in this race is Fred Preaus." The governor divided the state up into the various districts and gave a running prediction of how the vote would be divided in each area, Kennon said one of the key reasons why he felt Preaus was the only candidate who could beat Long was that if any other candidate was in the runoff, "the vast independent vote of north Louisiana will go for Long just as it did in 1948." (In 1948, Long defeated former Gov. Sam H. Jones in a runoff election.

Kennon had been one of the candidates in the first primary.) The governor said that if Preaus reached the runoft next Tuesday, the supporters of all the other "anti-Long candidates will be on the Preaus bandwagon by Wednesday night. He'll beat Earl by a landslide." The governor was introduced by Lock Paret of Lake Charles, Seventh District campaign ager for Preaus- Moore ticket. TRAVIS BOMBER GRILL East Broad at 6th Ave. SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY Shrimp in the Basket 2 Stuffed Crabs in Basket 2 Special Wat-a-Burger, Hamburgers lb. 25c meat HE 3-9295 MEET YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR! COL.

FRANCIS GREVEMBERG and his ticket MAJESTIC HOTEL TONIGHT 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. Also Tonight LISTEN TO "TALKATHON" KPLC-Radio 8:30 to 10 p.m. combines with ASK ANY 9:30 to 10 p.m. KPLC-TV QUESTIONS THEY WILL BE ANSWERED! (Grevemberg-Clanton Pol. Ad) co Arrested in Million-Dollar 1950 Robbery PARATROOPERS DEPART British paratroopers bound for Airport at Surrey, England, today Crash Victim.

Is Identified As Local Man NEW IBERIA, An automobile skidded on an icy bridge today and overturned, killing the' driver Identified through papers on his person as Huey Guillory; 22, of Lake Charles, He is the son. of Cyrus Guillory, 1402 Lincoln. The accident occurred at 7 a.m. on the Weeks Island road just outside New Iberia. Dr.

Roy LaSalle ruled death due to compound fracture of the skull. Guillofy was alone, in the car. Police 'reports indicated the car struck a guard, rail on the Warehouse Bayou bridge on State Highway 83 before turning over. The car was' believed to be a total loss. The body was taken to 'Jacquemiarn funeral 'nome in New Iberia where it was sent to the Ardoin: funeral home in Eunice pending funeral arrangements.

There were no witnesses to the accident, though persons were on the scene shortly after the accident occurred. Candidates To Be on Forum Tonite The second of two public forums for candidates in the January 17 Democratic primary election will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Calcasieu parish courthouse, Mrs. G. M. Martin announced.

today. The forum, featuring candidates for state senator, state representative, sheriff and tax assessor, will be held in the district courtroom. Mrs. Martin, who is chairman of the Voters Service program of the local League of women Voters, urged ail interested voters to attend tonight's session. The first forum, held last Thursday, featured parish police jury candidates.

VOTE NO. 86 WALTER R. MAYO CANDIDATE FOR POLICE JUROR WARD 3 CALCASIEU PARISH A man of proven ability and courage. Honest, able and dependable. Four Vote and Support Will Be Greatly Appreciated (W.

R. Mayo Political Ad) A 'negligent homicide indictment was on the books today in the Thanksglying Day traffic death of. Lake Charles girl; Velda Jean Rawlins. The January session of sieu parish grand jury ended yesterday afternoon with the Indictment of Robert G. Allgood, 24- old airman: of Lake Charles Air Force.

base in the death. He is a member of the 44th Armament and Electronics Maintenance squadron. The Rawlins child died in collision on US Highway 90 near Boys' Village, six miles east of Lake Charles. The jury made no indictment in' another traffic fatality Investigated. The no-bill was returned in the death of Nick Morasco, 63-year-old Lake Charles who was killed crash with an Army vehicle driven by Ralph R.

Robinson, 35-year-old tion son is Sagebrush soldier. Robina member of the 170th Transportation squadron at Fort Mcade, Md. Grand jurors concluded the session with the review of those two traffic deaths. The Jury, which convened Monday, had already returned two indictments against Ward 5 Police Juror Louie W. Thompson of Starks in a partial report.

Thompson was indicted on two counts of theft of parish tunds in connection with the installalion of a $37.50 tire and tube on his personal automobile and for. $70.72 worth repairs to his personal pickup truck. In the meantime Airman Allgood was out of jail. on $5,000 bond fixed when he was charged with negligent homicide shortly after the accident in which the Rawlins child was killed and eight others were injured. The accident happened on US Highway 90 near Boys Village early Thanksgiving morning when the Bert family of 4012 Center street were en route to Oakdale to spend the day with grandparents.

In other matters grand jurors reported they had inspected the jail and that 20 prisoners now confined are being fed at the cost of cents a day per prisoner. Jurors further reported they found the courthouse offices overcrowded but clean and tidy. District Attorney Edward L. Shaheen was cited by the jury for the "efficient and concise manner" in which he presented cases to them for review. Judge Preston L.

Savoy who presided for the jury report discharged jurors alter the briet court session. ELECTION NEWS Articles on candidates for parish offices and ward offices in Wards 6, 7 and 8 appear on page 19 today along with a gubernatorial campaign roundup and a biographica: sketch on James McLemore. Reports Show Absentee Vote Will Be Higher By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A Joan of $630,000 has been approved by the Rural Electrification Association for the Caineron Telephone company of Sulphur. Seventh District gressman A. Thompson said Thursday.

The loan will be used to extend and improve rural telephone service in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes. This is the fourth such loan bringing the total to $1,414,000. The extended service will serve an additional 500 subscribers to whom service had previously been unavailable. With over a thousand already receiving service, the expansion will bring the total subscribers to over 1,700. ROBB SERVICES SET CHICAGO IP- Services for Mrs.

Nellie Benell Robb, mother of Dallas TV cooking expert Jilie Benell, will be held tomorrow. Mrs. Robb, 74. of Chicago, died yesterday. AND SHEETROCK While Limited Quantity Laste! LUMBERMAN'S SUPPLY CO.

"Your Only One-Stop Lumber Yard" Phone HE 306 Goos 94422 Street or HE 6-7340 A. W. Noland of Ward 3 served as jury foreman. Other jurors were Belin Landry, H. E.

McGlasson. Henry McGowen, J. C. Nichols William L. Smith and M.

B. Polk, all of Ward Cruse ey and Burton D. Core, both Cool: Ward Martin Leonard Racca of Ward A. Graham and James J. Becnel, both of Ward 8.

Fred Preaus To Visit in City Today Gubernatorial candidate Fred Brown Preaus and his running mate, A. Moore, were scheduled to arrive in Lake Charles today for a series of meetings and speeches in behalf of their candidacies: Lock: Paret, Lake Charles lumberman and cattleman who is serving as Seventh District chairman for the Preaus-Moore campaign, said that the two mien. will speak tonight at 6:45 o'clock over KPLC-TV. Paret will introduce the administration sponsored candidates; Other than for the one television appearance, to formal program has been planned for the two men, a spokesman from Preaus Moore headquarters said. "They held their rally the last time they were here the spokesman said, "and this.

they just want to walk up and down the streets; meeting all the people they can." Grevemberg Reception, Talkathon Set A reception and a radio and television talkathon. have been arranged Grevemberg, one of the five gubernatorial candidates, tonight in Lake Charles, Franklin P. Miller said today. Miller, who is the Seventh District campaign manager for the Grevemberg campaign, said public reception for the former state police superintendent will be held from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the ballroom of the Majestic hotel.

It will be followed by question and answer talkathon over radio station KPLC and KPLC-TV, Muller said. WASHINGTON (AP) Solution of the million dollar Brinks robbery in Boston in January, 1950 was announced today by the Justice Department. Eight men are in custody. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said FBI agents had arrested six members of the daring gang responsible for the robbery, that two more of the robbers are now in prison in connection with other offenses, and that one of the participants is dead.

The announcement followed six years of perhaps the most intensive Investigation the. FBI has ever concentrated on a single case. Hoover identified the six arrested persons as: Vincent James Costa, 41, Michael Vincent Geagan, 47, Adolph 44. James F. McGinnis, 52.

Anthony Pino, 48. Henry Baker, 49. All live in the Boston area. Hoover said the two gangsters now in prison, who were associated with the spectacular raid on the Brinks transfer office 'in Boston January 17, are: Stanley Guscoria, $6, confined in the Western State Penitentiary at Pittsburgh, Pa, And Joseph James 0'Keete, 47, held in the Hampden County jail at Springfield, Mass, Hoover identified the dead participant in the robbery as Joseph Sylvester Bantield, Hoover said two others. James Ignatius.

Faherty and Thomas Francis Richardson--are still being sought in the case. The men arrested have 1 been charged with bank robbery and theft of government property. The Brink's loot, carried away large group of Halloween(masked men, included $1,218,211.29 in cash and $1,557,183.83 in checks, money orders and other securities. The Toot Included some government cash and money orders. None of the cash, checks, money orders and securities--which set a record for a hold-up haul, has been recovered, A series of unexplained deaths among underworld figures in the East followed the robbery, leading to speculation that criminals were (See Brinks Case, on Page Two) PALACE This is a view of RAINIER'S the palace of Prince Rainier of following the announcement last Florida made Monday night.

The his engagement to actress Monaco, week of prince is now in Kelly. Grace W. J. "BILL" DODD Candidate For "Makes It studitor KPIC TV Channel 7 Friday Nizht at 6:45 Thanks! (Rill Did Political AdV FRESH KILLED PORK Whole or Half Hog. Cut Up For Freezer.

Hog Heads. Uh. Veal Hind Quarters, 1.b.. 3Sc KAY'S. 1115 Broad St.

Ph. HE 6-9304 VOTE No. 59 A. C. KIRKPATRICK For ASSESSOR (Kirkpatrick For Assessor Political Ad'.

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