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I i 4 I in 1 i i i i I i (-1 vv ft a ii i if il fi it Ii -if -4 7. si 8 tj "i-3 i 4 i T-j fc-S 2 A it i v( ,8 1. ft- THI WCATBXB CI Pua and Vicinity rir fturd ltk littl chanm in tempentun. Probbl run Jt In tn city, 1( in the villo. HUH Situf dr 15.

Wot Tu Fair with little hanu in tem eritur Saturday. New Mexico Fair with net much change la temperature Saturday. GOOD MOENIMG! Roger W. Babion predicts that busi-Deu will be food In 1 Paso during 1954. have felt that war right along.

But itill It encouraging to have tome-one Ilk him say the Mine thing. fuU Xu4 'Wirn The Auoctatul Prtu (APTht Uitd Pr (UJ) Intmalional Kwe Irfc JfS-Mmbri udtt Hir ef CircuUMs 24 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS EL PASO. TEXAS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1954 74th YEAR Miners Bora Southern, 3744 Sweepstakes Of Beauty' Float Wins wewwgs i an i iii pmn jsmi 11... wwm.tmmiwmmmg9 laa; issii 5 4 Witness Sim Parade iatli Hard Charging Victors Score Major Upset By CHUCK WHITLOCK Time Saerts Editor sT'' Dandy Dick Shinaut led his outweighed but harder- By ABT LEIBSON A towering Venus de Mllo, ancient goddess of bloom and beauty, Friday carried off sweepstakes honors for State National Bank among floats entered In the 19th annual ft JtN charging Texas Western Miners to a major upset with a 37-14 victory over the Mississippi Southerners before an parade of the Southwestern Sun Carnival. estimated 12,000 fans in the sunniest Sun Bowl of them all The rainbow-colored "Pag Friday.

eant of Beauty" was seen by the largest crowd in the history of the event as thick rows of spectators turned out along much of the route of march and others saw the first The senior quarterback passed and kicked almost to per fectlon and guided the Miner offense in his greatest performance for the White and Gold. His play gained him the unanimous vote for 16 sportswriters as the outstanding televised presentation of the pag eant. football player on the field. With iVt t- The sun co-operated perfectly with the carnival committee, offer Botd Scores SIX BOWL Texas Western. SI, Mississippi the honor, went the first awarding of the Dr.

C. M. Hendricks Award. The speedy Miners every time they got their hands on -the bail throughout the first period and a half as they run up a 30-0 lead over their bigger opponents, -i'. -Mississippi Southern scored ort 63-yard march lai the second '-life 'K( 5" 1.

4 4T SEE PICTURES ON PAGES 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15 Southern 14 COTTON BOWL Rice 28, Alabama 6 we- w. jt period as Billy Jarrell passed -o Tommy Wood from the Miner 13. The two teams exchanged touch downs in a 55-second period late in in cloudless skies, but a morning chill left thousands shivering including Sun Queen Sandra Schwartz and her court of Southwestern GATOR BOWL Texas Tech 35, Auburn 13 SUGAR BOWL Georgia Tech 42, West Virginia the third quarter to end the scor- lovelies. ing. i 19 Venus was a fine alabaster copy Shinaut's passing and the break away running of Clovis Riley were of the famous armless statue, on a white flower-decked field.

The ORANGE BOWL Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0 CIGAR BOWL ludees. Mrs. Helen Seymour Far rington. El Paso librarian, Robert Licht. architect, and Dr.

E. W. streaming into the stand at kkkoff time, watched the Sun Bowl game. The TWC practice field, ROTC Quonset ouilding, stables, other college wits, jammed parking area and the mountainous setting are shown. (Photo by McElroy)' SUN BOWL KICKOFF Tftis aerial ticto 0 Kidd Field toas fafcen as MfssCssiRpi Southern Unicersity Wcfced 0 to tfte Tiaj western College Miners at Kidd Field Friday afternoon.

The local team took the visitors, 37-14, in the New Year's Day tlasslb. A crowd of 12,000, who were still Missouri Valley 12, La Crosse 12 Bheinheimer. were unanimous in (tie) SALAD BOWL the key items in the Miner offense, which gained 403 yards in total of fense to 311 for the Southerners. The Miners picked up 245 yards rushing with Riley easily the JrtJ, gest gainer of the day while Shin auf connected on 11 passes tot yards, The one-two power-driving team electing the sweepstakes winner. Ft.

Ord 67, Great Lakes Naval In the commercial-professional group, with the biggest number of entries, "America, the Beautiful," Training Station 12 Popular Dry Goods Co. entry and first float to follow the Sun Queen's of Hugh Laurin Pepper and Bucky (Continued en rage column fi) McElroy for the Southerners totaled 166 yards on the ground while Jar, ROSE BOWL Michigan State 28, UCLA 20 PRAIRIE VIEW BOWL Prairie View 33, Texas Southern TANGERINE BOWL East Texas State 7, Arkansas State rell and Jim Davenport connected on eight aerials for 145 yards. 7 (tie). Sun Parade Highlights The Miners marched 68 yards for their first touchdown after taking; the opening kickoff with Riley picking up 55 yards in one chunk with a cutback behind Harris Cantrell's block which took out two men. He 11 iii14, illf 111 TTnsunff heroines, as in oast C8 rades.

were the bare-kneed major was pulled down from behind by 1 ettes, their legs pink and goose- (Continued en rage 17, Col. l) 123 Killed In Holiday Traffic Br ASSOCIATED PUS Traffic accidents by late Friday fleshed in the morning cniu, ana the float characters whose 'smiles ometimes appeared as frigid as Income Tax Reductions Take Effect night had killed 123 persons in the nation celebrating the four-day New Year's holiday week end with two days still to go. 1 1 4 0 their bare shoulder. Occupants of the reviewing stand on Montana Street kept warm by rising to salute the colors with each passing flag. By actual count they were on their feet a dozen times during the parade.

Apple Blossom. Price's Cream Other accidents brought the toll to 164. Fires killed 24 persons and 17 other accidental deaths were at 1 By THOMAS J. FOLEY Washington. (INS) Lower personal income taxes and higher, so tributed to miscellaneous causes, a Traffic deaths were recorded in itllfililliil: cial security levies took effectM- 33 states with New York out in IIIIIM day but there is no assurance eries' prize-winner in the commer ront with 13, followed by Michigan the new rates will prevail through with 12 and California with 10.

cial-amateur class, had to re towea along the route when it developed A week after approximately out iss4. For taxpayers In the lower'fin- the same number of hours in the Christmas holiday oeriod. the total come groups, the 10 per cent cut I fatalities had reached 249, of income taxes wm in most cases 211 resulted from traffic, 22 frombe offset by a boost from 1H per fires and 16 from miscellaneousicent to 2 per cent each in. Social if causes. Security assessments against em ployes and employers.

The Eisenhower administration The rate of 4 4 traffic deaths per hour was running slightly behind favored freezing the Social Sectrrtty the 4.9 rate forecast by the National Safety Council before the week end started. tax at the lower rate for an indefinite period. In his state of the union message to Congress Jan. 7, President Late mechanical trouble. This year's high school bands seemed to offer more colorful uniforms than In the past Most of the bands marched stiffly past the reviewing stand, bnt the organization from Deming, N.

added an original touch by baiting and offering a precision curtsy to the honored guests. Float judges roamed the starting line before the parade began to get a preview of the entries and picked most of the winners before the first band had struck up its music. Judging was based one-third each on (Continued on Page Column 6) U. S. Weather Report Frtvlcm Henri' m.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. 1954 Surg le Eisenhower is expected to request retroactive restoration of the old rate. Jumps Texas a FACES STIFF OPPOSITION Such a demand would be sure to Death Toll 1 i meet stiff opposition inasmuch as prevailing sentiment in Congress favors broadening the social secur Br ASSOCIATED PBESS A splurge of violence in the fad girls in white Creek costumes on the corners of the float. Giant urns were used in decorations of the float, the outstanding one in the "Page" ant of Beauty." A silver-helmeted warrior drove the tractor which pulled the float. (Photo by Gerlach) SWEEPSTAKES WINNER "Venus," a float depicting the mythical goddess of beauty and entered by the State National Bank, was judged sweepstakes winner in the 1954 Sun Parade.

The float, which was done in white and silver, featured a replica of the Greek goddess, with four ity system by increasing benefits and giving coverage to millions of additional workers. ing hours Friday sent the 10-day Texas holiday death toll edging up toward a predicted 190. As for personal Income rates. At least 14 deaths on the last 32 19 .0 day of the long holiday ioi. Bank Deposits ixnai any move in that dirwtinn 1 eral hours to go, doomed to failure.

43 33 63 38 54 34 4 33 54 28 54 38 Seven of the New Year's Day Mail Copies Of Edition To Friends The House Ways and Means Com. mittee, which originates all revenue) fatalities resulted from traffic ac cidents. This brought the traffic death total to 85, only five short Rioters Held In Russia, Germans Say Camp Friedland, Germany, (AP) German prisoners of war re Former Red GI Says POWs Armed: Others May Follow By WILLIAM C. BARNARD Seoul. (AP) Cpl.

Claude J. Batchelor, I lanky Texan who Friday ended four months of voluntary exile in a pro-Red prisoner of war compound, told a news conference Saturday the camp where 21 other Americans are still held should be searched for weapons and conditions there should be investigated. He said it "was possible that several of the men he left behind of the 90 predicted by the Dcpert- Better Than In 1952 Excellent business conditions prevailed throughout 1953 in El Paso, Weather Station Boston Chicago Chihuahua Columbua Del Rio Denver Dea Moinea Detroit Fort Worth Galveston Kansas city Lot Anielei Memphis New Orleans New York Phoenix Pittsburgh San Antonio San Francisco Tucson Washington Yuma Wouldn't yon like to mail eat ment of Public Safety. measures, is scheduled to begin a complete review of the entire ta structure shortly after Congress reconvenes next Wednesday. The administration has drafted its own tax proposals designed, at least in part, to counteract effects of the The DPS count, begunu at 12:01 Dec.

23. continued to mid- 42 30 84 34 60 44 5S 33 61 41 58 34 iS 32 48 64 29 47 33 65 29 57 48 69 33 60 29 72 32 ight Friday. It was expected some but the unfavorable situation of fatalities in less accessible areas of the state might not be reported revenue losses stemming from lowered personal rates and twin turned by the Russians Friday said many East Germans who took part might follow his lead and ask for until Saturday. Highways were choked with trat in the June 17 revolt against Red repatriation. And he hinted strongly that some are being coerced into Batchelor had changed from the blue Chinese uniform he wore at some topies of this edition ef The Times to your friends and relatives In Other parts of the United States? Copies may be mailed anywhere in the United States, Canada, U.

S. Possessions er Mexico for 10 cents each. Ute coupon on Page 12 as order blank. Accident Fatal To New Mexican fic bound for football bowl games rule are held in the Soviet Union staying with the Reds. One of the reports came from and other holiday festivities Frl and safety officials again ex Batchelor, 22, from Kermit, Texas, Southwest Hermann Detjen, a 43-year-old vet pressed hope travelers would take also told reporters he was the leader of the balky 22 Americans in the "north camp." But later remarks indicated there were several eran, Detjen said he met several women in a prison near Stalingrad who had been accused of taking it easy, SULTAN ACCUSED Rabat, Morocco, (UP) Former the exchange point Friday to a U.

S. Army uniform. In answer to a question he declared he would recommend that the KNRC shakedown the pro-Communist compound. Later, under questioning, Batchelor said there were other leaders in the camp indicating there were factions. In the Communist prison camps factions in the carnp and his leader Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Yous- ship may have been shared.

Anson, Texas. (AP) Samuel the farmers and cattlemen kept 1953 bank deposits from greatly exceeding the 1352 total. Three of the four city banks and all three Valley banks reported a total 1953 deposit of $121,456,624.47, which was just $199,607.27 more than the 1952 amount. The State National Bank, which had a 1952 deposit figure of had not completed its 1953 statement. This will make another change in total deposits.

Bankers said that business conditions, generally, were good last year, but the other side of the picture showed the odds faced by farmers and cattlemen. Higher production costs and lower prices for his product encountered by the farmer last year, and the drought and price situation the cowman had to battle. (Continued on Fage 1, Column S) The repatriate will be flown to (Continned on Page Column 71. Index lg Classified Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle IS Dr. Garry Cleveland Myers 19 Doctor's Notebook 20 Drew Pearson 4 Editorials 4 Emily Post i Obituaries 1 Patterns Radio TV Logs lg Sunday School Lessen 16" Sunday Sermon Topics Sports 1" Vital gUtisties Women's News JJ Giles, 41, an Artesia.

N. ML, tool sef of Morocco, now exiled in Corsica, was accused Friday of ordering a harem servant strung up and lashed to death for getting a fa Tokyo Sunday (Saturday, El Paso leading roles in the abortive uprising last year against Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl's Communist East German regime. Soviet troops crushed the revolt after it threatened to overwhelm Groetwohl's own security forces. I dresser, died Friday of injuries time), the Army said. received in a three-car collision 44 15 0 21 75 48 61 23 45 5 59 1 60 15 54 19 58 8 59 18 53 17 83 20 61 30 61 27 66 22 58 10 59 12 14 63 37 42 11 48 15 62 20 59 18 64 18 Albuquerque, N.

Amarillo, Texes Brownsville, Texas Carlsbad. N. Cloudqroft. N. Columbua.

N. Douglas. Ariz EL PASO Glenwood, N. Hobbs, N. Las Vegas.

N. Lubbock. Texas Marfa, Texas Midland, Texas Presidio, Texas Rodeo. N. Roswell.

N. Salt Flat, Texas San Angelo, Texas Santa Fe, N. Truth or Consequences, N. M. Tucumeari, N.

Van Horn. Texas Wink, Texas PreciD. High. Low. He will probably be processed at near here late Thursday night.

vorite eoncubine pregnant. Nine other persons were injured TREMOR FELT Knoxville, Tenn. (AP) An in the north, Batchelor said, he was known as "a progressive that didn't squeal." By this he meant he had a reputation for believing Communist ideas but for not "telling" on his buddies. He said he was guilty of no (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) the Tokyo Army Hospital. In Tokyo he will be reunited with his Japanese wife, whose pleading letters, Batchelor admitted, played a big part in his decision to reject the Communist creed he had once embraced.

in the wreck. Lamar Johnson, 43, also of Artesia. was in critical condition. The other injured were not badly hurt. The wreck occurred at a Brazos River bridge 16 miles east of this little West Texas town.

Unofficial Western sources estimate about 12,000 East Germans were arrested in East Berlin and in the surrounding Soviet zone. The repatriates were unable to say exactly how many hsd been (continued on Page Column 1.) earth tremor alarmed residents throughout a large area north of Knoxville Friday night, but no Injuries or property damage was When he met newsmen Saturday reported. 1.

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