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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 4

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1 A TIIE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS 4-A AMteee Teas Sunday Moral August 11 1M7 LEAVES DEVIOUS TRAIL' SAYS SHE WAS IN EUROPE Israel and Ghana will be signed in September as a result of a Ghana visit here It will provide far a Joint Israel-Ghana shipping company to operate on a Mediterrancan-Atlantic run between Haifa and Accra Israel Ghana To Sign Pact JERUSALEM Aug 17 IB The Ministry of Commerce nd Indus-try reports a trade pact between Vanished Woman Sought by FBI ATLANTA Aug 17 An at-took them to Connecticut Actress Denies Alleged Love Scene in Theater 10 CALLS PER GRADUATE cerns offering $235 to $350 a month to start And airmail armflM in amorous His story O'Hara appeared In Confidential Miss O'Hara previously denied statement to expose publication of what he called falsehoods about Hollywood notables now our people are almost defenseless to protect themselves" the actor declared trial is a shameful procedure All the story said in aithe old stories are being rehashed Issued today through creating embarrassment all over embraces titled Maureen Cuddled in Row 35" the March 1957 Mistaken Identity who had CAREER COURSES -Secretarial SPEED-UP COURSES -aimplinrd Sbgrthaad (S' l) ABC vka) -Ctwk-TrSiit (Bata) CwnpiomHr ll wka) -Wlaa-Twei (S Ui Still missing with the mother and daughter an three prize cocker spaniels named Rise and Shine Piccolo Pete and Capital Gala Rise and Shine won best-in-show at the Westminster dog show at Madiaon Square Garden In New York In 1954 At that time the cocker wu owned by Carl Morgan of High Point NC He old the dog to the woman known Mrs Gray several yean aga The FBI said Mrs Burton wu mown by 22 different names and her daughter by Mm aliases Mrs Burton was born In Tientsin China as a British subject The FBI sold her police record began IS yean aga Since then the FBI sold she has had bouts with the law in Honolulu the Panama Caul Zone Canada Texas Louisiana and Virginia AcrnuaUnl iSSatCUwraUm her attorney Guy Ward: an effort to be charitable to Mr I general reaction in the in-Craig I can only say that he Is dustry is one of disgust entirely mistaken either in his identity of me or in his testimony" She said she has been on call a prosecution witness for the past two weeks and is end anxious to testify as to the complete falsity of the Confidential article and as to Mr Craig's test! Manpower Woes Cited LOS ANGELES Aug 17 OB Actreu Maureen O'Hara said to day the was in Europe making a movie at the time a witness testified she and a Latin lover engaged in amorous embraces in a Hollywood theater Her attorney said that as a result of the testimony yesterday in the criminal libel trial of Confidential magazine she will Increase the damages sought in her own suit against the publication from one million to five million dollars The alleged love scene was described by James Craig an independent movie producer who flew from London and became the first defense witness The defense has said it will fight the libel charge by proving stories published about stars in Confidential and its sister publication Whisper were true Craig testified the incident occurred in November 1953 when he was assistant manager of Chinese Theater in Hollywood He said he ordered red-haired Miss O'Hara and the unidentified Latin man out of the theater after twice finding them Earn Kama DRAUGHON'S BUSINESS COLLEGE Tel OR 4-8574 1317)4 Sooth First 8L tractive 51-yenr-old mother whose International trail of trickery was uncovered by the FBIln the wake of a $100000 shortage at a medical clinic vanished from the Atlanta area "owing money to Just about everybody in town" a court official said today Armistead court-appointed custodian of the property Mrs Margaret Burton alias Janet Gray said the bills ranged all the way from $5950 for hat from a fashionable store to $14000 still due on her $28000 swimming pool-equipped home Mrs Burton's dotMng accounts Included $1000 due at one store and $300 or $400 at several other shops he said The pink air-conditioned Lincoln i which she suddenly left town July 30 bare a mortgage far $3121 and a photographer who took pictures at a party for her dog-loving friends said iha failed to pay about $30 for her services The FBI said an active search was under way for Mrs Burton and her 20-year-old daughter Sheila Joy and clues were beini checked out at several offices certainly don't know where she is or we would have her custody" an FBI spokesman said The FBI wants Mrs Burton on a charge of transporting stolen property across state lines The search began when a short age estimated at $100000 was discovered at a suburban Decatur Medical Clinic where Mrs Burton worked as bookkeeper She was asked to visit the clinic and explain the shortage Instead ths FBI said aha left town with her daughter the pink car a station wagon and a moving van with about 30 valuabla show don The pink car waa found abandoned at Greenville SG The FBI said a person who accompanied Mrs Burton brought five dogs back to Atlanta two others died from heat wMle traveling and 30 turned up at kennels at Rocky Hill Conn At Rocky Hill dog trainer Theodore Young Jr 29 wu arrested on an FBI charge that he met the woman at Greensboro NC obtained the 20 dogs and FOR THOSE CHILLY As oyster wMte coat lined with beaver is suggested for chilly late autumn mornings by its designer Emilio Federico Schubert of Rome The creation is worn over a close fitting three-quarter length turtle dove brown Jacket and morning suit of oyster wMte wool (AP LEE Sacred Trust is Your Good Vision! do Look to LEE lor BETTER VISION! WHEN YOUR EYES ARE EXAMINED AT LEE OPTICAL Si 9 By Hershey WASHINGTON Aug 17 (B-If war should come tomorrow or even next year Maj Gen Lewis lershey says this country would nd its military manpower very unsatisfactory Hershey veteran head of the Selective Service System says that in addition to the presen reduced active military forces of ess than three million few potential fighting men are trained If an additional two million were mobilized about one million would come from the organized reserves and the balance either from veterans or untrained young men from 18tt through 25 years he said Hershey offered his opinions to the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday as it considered a House-approved Mil that would permit the armed services to re-ect men with low mental ratings Witnesses testified that only 84 000 men now are being draftee rom a pool that contains 1300000 men between 1814 and 28 years and that this pool is increasing by 200000 each year Hershey said the Nat Ion a Guard Navy reserve and similar organizations could provide one million trained men He said the next million must come from veterans who already lave done required service or from young men who have had no military training Front Keeps Area Generally Cooler will prove by my passport and at least 10 other witnesses that it was physically impossible for me to have been in the theater during November 1953 left the United States about Oct 8 1953 arriving in Shannon Ireland on Oct I 1953 and was continuously engaged in making the motion picture photoplay 'Fire Over Africa1 a Columbia release in Spain and England dur-ng the entire months of October November and December 1953 arriving in New York on Jan 11 1954" Attorney Ward said papers were served yesterday on Craig naming him as a defendant in Miss O'Hara's civil suit He said be in my office Monday to sign the paper" raising the damages sought Call to Action Meantime Hollywood indignation over sensational testimony in the trial brought a call to action from actor George Murphy Murphy whose many public appearances about the country have made him filmland's unoffida ambassador of good will declared: got to set up the machinery to prevent such a thing as this Confidential trial from ever happening again" The actor spoke up after Craig's testimony yesterday Murphy president of the Motion Picture Industry Council and director of public relations for studio proposed establishment a permanent organization He said it would hire the legal coun- Home Ransacked While Owner Away Officers of the Abilene Police Department were investigating Saturday night the burglary of the Jim Kendrick home 2125 Cedar crest Dr Burglars ransacked the home but it is not known what was taken Kendrick a land man for Standard Oil Co has been out of town since Monday The break-in was reported by Earl Rose 401 EN 23rd St a friend of Kendrick Rose said a boy taking care of the Kendrick yard notified him Entrance was gained through bedroom window The break-in could have occurred any time between Monday and Saturday police said It is unknown if Kendrick will return to town immediately and the value of any stolen articles will not be known until he does Investigating the burglary were Detective 0 Bain Patrolman Troy Willis and Detective Lt Grover Chronister identifications officer Movie Star Maria Wilson modeling lea Optical fromet FINE QUALITY GLASSES at REASONABLE COSTS Use Your Credit pay as littlg as No intsrost or carrying charges weekly! 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A cod frontal passage here Sat urday kept West Central Texas temperatures below the 100 degree mark for the first time in four days Saturday's high reading wu 94 The front's passage also brings promise of afternoon and eveninj thundershowers for Sunday am Monday The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy skies and warm weather for those two days with chance for afternoon and evening thundershowers High both days will run about 95 degrees with a low of 75 Sunday night The cod front moved in early Saturday and completed the passage about I pm Temperatures took a seven degree drop from to 9 pm When the front moves out of the area it may set off shower line the bureau added During the past seven days temperatures have averaged 991 degrees which was 13 degrees lower than those registered for the same period in 1956 Chinese Art Collector Dies PARIS Aug 17 Loo 78 one of the world's foremost collectors and dealers in CMnese art died Thursday in Nyon Switzerland hia family announced today His body wu brought yesterday to Ma pagoda'-styled home In the heart of Paris when he kept priceless collection of ancient CMnese the Nggest of its kind in Europe and only rivaled by that of Ma New York branch Directed by Dr Ellis Carp Dr Stanley Pcarla Dr RK Shuman OPTOMETRISTS 4 Die in Soldier's Family Tragedy Loomed 6 Weeks 2 CONVENIENT OFFICES TO SERVE YOU: Including LEE'c newest nff et IS RIVER OAKS VILLAGE 233 FINE STREET (Dewirtewn) Dr BR Fitzpatrick new etaeciefed with LEE et 233 Pine St See CHRISTIAN" Sendey 1:30 pm KRIC-TV Cancer Heart Disease Increase Houston Opposes Dallas Air Route HOUSTON Aug 17 UR The Houston Chamber of Commerce said yesterday the diamber wou try to block any move to begi a new airline service from Dallas and Fort Worth to the West Coast Rock1 Grundman attorney for the CAB's bureau of air operations stated this week the bureau would recommend that Nationa Airlines be given a temporary certificate for service between Dallas and Fort Worth and Los Angeles and San Francisco The chamber said National Airlines does not now serve Dallas and the recommendation makes no provision for extending its service to Dallas from the East or from Houston Houston's application for West Coast service is still pending mam AUSTIN Aug 17 IB-The State Health Department today reported cancer and heart disease rang up grim new record for the number of Texans to die last year Of a total 89671 deaths from all causes during 1956 the health department said heart dis killed 22888 wMle cancer claimed 10168 COLORADO SPRINGS Cola Aug 17 (B-A threat of death hung over a Ft Carson soldier and his family for six weeks before tragedy struck it was learned today Police continued their investigation into the triple murder and suicide of Sgt Leo Dandoy 41 his wife Magdalena 34 and their sons Danny 11 and Edralin 10 and the debt-tangled affairs of the family Their bodies one bullet wound in the head of each were found Thursday From notes left by the woman and the position of a pistol near her body police concluded she shot her husband and sons and then herself Police Chief I (Dad) Bruce said today an investigation showed Mrs Dandoy had bought guns and ammunition three times since July 3 Twice guns were returned Ironically the check dated June 17 which paid for the gun and ammunition used in the tragedy was returned far lack of funds Bruce said He added that Mrs Dandoy told the clerk to run the chec through again and the second time it was honored Mrs Dandoy wrote in a letter to Mr and Mrs Irving Harris from whom the Army coupli rented their small cottage that she had gone 15000 to $8000 i debt without her husband's know edge husband gave me all of his pay every month That's how hp trusted me He believed me about savings He thought I had paid for the car I have lied to Mm and to you I was back hom-in the I spent all his money not for us but for helping others went Moke because of my generosity of ail I only spend Ms money I went into debt without Ms knowing it I forged his signature '1 have ruined his future and our These all must come to an Both Sgt Dandoy and Ms wif were born in the Philippines Dandoy served 23 years in the Army the last five at nearby Ft Canon Arabs Shepherds Clash 31 Killed FT LAMY French Equatorial Africa Aug 17 IB-Officials announced today 31 persons wi killed and about 40 wounded last week in three' clashes between local Arabs and nomad shepherds north of EL Lamy There la trouble each year when nomads lead their sheep north across the Arab lands the officials said Buried Hangars VIENNA Aug 17 (B-Austrian authorities have announced discovery of huge subterranean Jet-fighter hangars at the former Soviet military air field of Deutscb-Wagram near here Russians buried the entrances to the under ground pens 30 feet down before leaving in 1951 The Austrian air force plans to make use of the hangars Up-to-the-minute styling combine with superior performance to give you the ultimate in line sports watches 17-lewels lifetime 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