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The Tyler Courier-Times from Tyler, Texas • 9

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8 ar 4 Tyler CnrferTlaiesTelerBh jeL 1 SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1954 rn Longview Station Mosf Of Huge FH A Profits Indicated Mode Within Law Hardy And Bickley Weather Hotter Seeks To Alter Take Imposing Leads 7 Than Campoi may be explored and close to Tyler TV Channel Fred- Hardy and Bill Bickley apparently were returned to their 1,000 witnesses heard. A month from Saturday Chair county commissioner posts Saturday, but runoffs loomed in one man Capehart (R-Ind.) may take East Texas Television own tne snow on a six-week tour of big cities. Washington Apartment buiders made millions on trifling investments. The taxpayers carried most of the risk, and the public got a lot of housing at what investigators call inflated rents. A few people, very few, may go to jail eventually.

But most of the big take was quite legal. There's little chance the Treasury or the tenants will On that trip more will be heard er of station KTVE-TV at Long-view, has asked the Federal Communications Commission to make the Longview-Tyler area a strictly UHF TV service area, accord Although many races were hot, East Texas voters were hotter Saturday When for the sec end time this month 105 degree's of heat were registered in the ler area. By noon Saturday continued clear skies allowed a relentless about a phase of the "scandal" precinct and the outcome of another awaited returns from large Tyler, boxes, Hardy scored a solid, 1349-892 victory over George Blitch in Precinct 3 with all boxes in the precinct reporting complete results, With 12 of 13 boxes reported in II! which the committee hasnl yet tressed the reported widespread ing to Associated Press reports. iieecing or Householders under The Company asked that Chan FHA-insured horns-improvement recover any appreciable part ol it. Precinct 1, Bickley had 1727 to loans.

nel 7 for station KLTV at Tyler, the only VHF assignment in the area, be deleted and replaced with That a summary, alter six While Capehart has concentrat ed on bi names, big deals and weeks of public hearings, of the Senate Banking Committee's investigation into the Federal Hous a uhf channel. sun to move the temperature to 96 degrees from the low of 78 recorded at 5:30 a.m. The high of 105 was recorded at 4 p.m. '-The Weatherman offered no relief in sight for Sunday or Mon-. day after a cool front vMfAi moved into northwest TexaS Fri suspected offical misdeeds, the Mrs.

Lucille Lansing, owner of Justice Department has won indictments of 113 home-moderniza station KLTV, said at Tyler Sat ing Administration's postwar program of multifamily, "middle-income" rental housing. uraay, "i aon't Deneve mere is any possibility such a change will day lost its punch before it couEV Story Just Begun tion dealers. They allegedly fast-talked homeowners into buying shoddy fix-up jobs at high prices on the installment plan, with bank be made." get out of the Panhandle. The story, however, is only well 'The basis of the! petition filed was that we had not made suffi loans insured -by FHA. begun.

If the committee carries out plans to work right through the fall election campaigns and cient progress toward installation 1341 for O. L. Fletcher. Bickley was running for a second term. In Precinct 4, G.

F. (Toby) Waters rolled up 627 votes to 393 for Joe W. Weaver, with 5 of 9 boxes reporting complete. Harry H. Rieke.

with 130, and Tyler Sidney Parker, with 39, trailed the leaders In Precinct 4. On the basis of the returns in Precinct 4, Waters held a clear majority. Still to be reported, however, were vote-rich Tyler boxes. At least 1200 votes remained to be reported. In Precinct 2, incumbent Earl S.

Winston posted a lead in returns from 7 of 12 boxes. Winston's total was 721. He was followed by Earl Andrews, with 595; J. D. Drake, 206, and R.

D. Parker, 94. Loans Tightened of the TV station," Mrs. Lansing This clean-up is approaching into 1955, some 4008 of what has become known as "windfall" cases said. nationwide scope, and FHA has tightened its control over lenders and contractors to give some pro She said that within the 10-day period allowed she would file an answering petition showing that an order for RCA transmitting equipment, costing $245,000, had been placed and that construction tection to householders who mistakenly believe that an FHA-in Nacogdoches Has Heitman In Lead sured loan means an FHA-ap proved repair job.

RECORDING NATIYE COSTUMES Yale University Glee Club members take pictures of two Welsh girls on visit to Llangollen, North Wales, international music festival. had begun on an $85,000 studio. But the headlines dwell on the "I would say that our actions toward installation of the station now-famous "Section 608" of the Housing law, which was FHA's if Wheat Referendum is serious," she said. Holmes Holds Long Nacogdoches Charley Heitman was leadine in the District 6 state answer to the, crying shortage of rental housing after the war, and incidentally the. source of the Opinions Differ renresentative's race with 2936 "windfalls." Lead In Anderson votes to the 2416 of his nearest Workmen for the past few weeks have been remodeling facilities at the former Stewart Airport on the Kilgore Highway to house the proposed TV station.

Two UHF stations are operating in the Tyler area, Station onnonent. James V. Rogers. Trail' Testimony indicates "windfall" was a misnomer. Webster says a windfall is "an unexpected legacy, ing was Nugent E.

Brown with 500 votes. Camp County Sheriff Leads Pittsburg With all but one of its 13, boxes reporting, the incumbent, Sheriff Colin W. Bell was ahead of his opponent, Royce Bailey, 1342 to 1007. "For country treasurer, Alton Richardson was ahead with 1377 votes to O. K.

Smith's 891. or other gain." Capehart's builder County Judge Race Ahead in the race for sheriff KETX-TV on the Gladewater Mrs. joe Alien, Pinkerton Lead In Justice Race Mrs. Joe C. running for her first full term as Justice of the Peace, precinct one, place one, stacked up a lead of almost 1000 votes in returns from 18 of 21 precincts Saturday.

Martin L. Lilly, however, appeared to be unsuccessfully seek was B.M. Matlock with 2328 votes. witnesses weren't each one hoped and expected to finish each apartment project with a Highway near Tyler and KTVE-TV at Longview. His closest opponent was Bill Sloane with 1962 votes.

Washington () Clashing opinions were heard Saturday night on the meaning of a referendum in which wheat farmers voted for marketing quota controls on their 1955 crop, though the percentage in favor was a record low. Agriculture Secretary Benson and Sen. Aiken of Vermont, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, said the vote shows farmers recognize the serious problems posed by great wheat surpluses. Benson and Aiken said rigid price supports have helped pile up the surplus by encouraging needed Victor B. Fain was elected county chairman with 3172 votes over C.

Chamberlin, who polled potfull of cash left over. Open To All Any builder could do it if FHA would insure a bank loan greater than his cost of land and buildings. FHA generally did the difference was the builder's. The story came to light in full 2660 votes. Palestine John E.

Holmes, Jr. was ahead in the race for county judge with 4147 votes to the 1589 of his nearest competitor, R. A. Hulcy. Trailing was Wayne Lawrence with 1511 votes.

C. O. Miller, Jr. was reelected Democratic county chairman with 3427 votes over his opponent, Bonner Frlzzell, who polled 2574 votes. The use of fur garments was one of the luxuries that the Roman people adopted from Greece.

Miss Susie Massey was reelect ed county clerk over Mrs. Nicholson with 4156 votes to 2173 ing return to the place two post as he trailed P. C. Pinkerton. 2049 Mrs.

Imoeene Vardeman was Home Burglarixed Roger Wilks, Negro of 121 South Herndon, reported the burglary of his home to Tyler city police at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Three orchid curtain rods were missing and the electric wires to a fan were cut in several places, police reported. The burglary occurred between 5 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Entry was made by cutting the back screen. el-cted treasurer over Mrs. Bessie to. 2704 in 16 of 21 precincts. Lea, 3895 to 2420.

Mrs, Allen's total was 2812, production, and that farmers Clvde Arnold was elected com are in a mood to make adjust ty school superintendent over La' mar Green, 2292 to 2195. ments. Aiken said the vote helps compared 10 loot ior n. up scomb, a former deputy sheriff. In the county's various consta set the stage for the flexible sys measure April 12, four years, after "608" was dropped out of the Housing law and two years after FHA made its final loan approvals under the program.

On that day the White House asked and got the resignation of Guy T. O. Hollyday, Eisenhower-appointed FHA commissioner. He voiced surprise but no resentment; his former colleagues in the mortgage banking business charged tern of price supports favored by In the county superintendent race, R. H.

Johnson was leading with 2731 votes over the 1964 of Mrs. Lily May Overton. Trailing was J. D. Youngblood with 1582 Votes.

In the precinct commissioner race, C. A. Manley had 1951 votes to W. Allen Lackland's 1465. Ahead in the precinct 2 commissioner race was Odell McWhorter with Die races, x.

W. Coleman was elected. in precinct two, 494 to 340 WANTING TO LEASE Cround floor office space. 10 to. 20 ft.

frontage. 300 to 500 square feet. Write R. H. HICCINS INC.

615 W. 10TH ST. FORT WORTH, TEXAS ior p. Li. Gilleland.

Returns from Eisenhower. Under, this system supports would go up in times of scarcity to encourage production, and decline in times of surpluses this precinct were complete. Marshall Tomlin held a 301 to 279 lead over W. R. Bill Webb in to spur i Cathey Leading In Wood County Judgeship Race precinct three, with three of six But.

Sens. Clements LAND CLEARING Now It the seaion for al) your pasture clearing, bruih cutting nd piling See or Call R. L. Sypcrt Phone 8712, Texaa openly he was "thrown to wolves." The shortcoming laid to him was he knew of abuses and wasn't vig and Humphrey (D-Minn.) con 352 votes. Leslie A.

Campbell polled 233 votes and Roy P. Parker trailed with 219. tended, the referendum was a demonstration of approval' for the orous enough in doing something A total of 27 out of 30 boxes about them. reported. present 90 per cent of parity price supports.

Humphrey called it "a resounding rejection of the oft-repeated administration claim that farmers would prefer a 'free mar-kef to boxes reporting. A third candidate, W. O. (Bill) Hemby, posted 110 votes, however, to make a runoff seem certain. In other constable races, John Wyman defeated Price Killion in precinct four, 373 W.324, with all returns complete Paul Black of Lindale apparently Was; yelected to the prttainct five constable post, rolling up a vote of 708 to 492 for Wade Smith, with only one box still to be reported Brislov Ahead Quitman.

Incomplete returns in the race for county judge of Wood County showed Russell Cathey leading B. C. Hamm 2167 to 1022, with 13 out of 19 boxes tabulated. In Athens Vote Storey Takes Lead PHONE 4-8473 202 S. COLLEGE Athens Incomplete returns.

A. L. Calhoun was leading B. W. Wilson 2107 to 962 for county clerk and Harold Galloway was ahead in the tax assessor-collector race, 1655 to 1527.

For commissioner of Precinct 1, C. D. Gregory was ahead of John with most of the boxes reporting, showed W. B. Bristow ahead in In Gregg County Three Minor Fires A trash fire, an automobile fire and a grass fire were recorded Saturday by Tyler firemen, but no damage; was reported from the the race for county judge with 2488 votes.

Trailing were W. R. Lonaview -Cecil Storey was Paul Jones, 281 to 279. Following were G. W.

Rushing with 251 votes and W. W. Gilbreath with 51. HOME-FURNISHING SALE TWO OUTSTANDING SELECTIONS FOR THIS EVENT leading Curtis Whittington in the state representative race, 5313 to 3252, according to incomplete In the Precinct 2 commissioner alarms. The grass fire was recorded at 9:40 a.m.

at 500 South Augusta. At 1:15 p.m. a trash fire at, 1806 South Robertson was reported. Firemen said a car fire was re race, B. A.

Holbrook was ahead of M. M. Vickery. 868 to 416. For district clerk.

Leslie Stew H. V. Puckett Jr. had polled art led Bill Harvey, 6253 to 3139. ported at 8:27 p.m., but the fire 2588 votes for state representative.

Trailing were Ben A. Glaze with Oscar B. Jones was leading in was out when firemen arrived, the county chairman's race, with 158 votes and Roy L. Keeling with 232. 4486 Votes to the 3950 ol his opponent, Gossett.

David Moore was elected district SAVE $20 ON 159.95 CROUP attorney and Mann Fuller tax Cherokee Reports Morgan with 1941 and Ray Lokey with 860. Mrs. Lela Mae Garner was ahead in the district clerk' race with 2206 votes. Mrs. Laura Murphy had 1567 and Alton Allen 1383.

In the sheriff's race, one of the most hotly contested, Charley Fields was ahead with 1373 votes. Close behind was Elton Corley with 1284. J. W. Brownlow had 1160 and W.

B. Robertson had 965. In the race for county school superintendent, H. G. Larkin led with 1988 votes.

Harris Ballew had 1487 and Jack Derden 1457. For county treasurer, Ruth Boyette Blethen was ahead with 1581 votes. Her nearest opponent was E. D. Boyd with 1437 votes.

For tax assessor-collector, R. F. Holland had 3407 votes to lead the field over J. Bradshaw Wil-lingham, who polled 1670. 20 Of 31 Boxes Davson Leading In Van Zand! Rusk With 20 out of 31 boxes 11188 reporting, W.

T. (Bill) Parrott was leading the race for district clerk with 2132 votes over Alex Black who polled 1228. Canton With 21 of 32 boxes reporting, A. A. Dawson was ahead in the race for district judge, 2413 A VI I I Irr I i to 1573 ior Fred W.

Bankhead. I jfl 5I3P miaiu II it i ytZT" The incumbent, Forrest Sides, was ahead in the sheriffs race with 2448 votes to the 1609 of his opponent, B. A. Mitchell. Orr Is Leading In Rusk County Joan DuBose Guess led the race Ahead in the treasurer's race was Miss Bernice Williams with 2073 votes.

Trailing was Mrs. Maybelle Troublefield with 1311 votes. Watters Singletary led the tax assessor-collector contest with 2145 votes over Fred Ezell's 1227. In the Precinct 4 commissioner race, Mack Allen was ahead with 475 votes. His closest opponent was A.

O. Cameron with 224. Trailing were Novy McElroy with 197; S. L. Davis, 112 and S.

E. Brown, 71. 3-pc. Bedroom Group' Panel Bed, 6-drawer Double Dresser, arid 4-drawer Chest in limed oak veneer. Center-guided drawers.

2-pc. Set Bookcase Headboard Bed, Double Dresser. Reg. 139.95f 14.83 21.95 Night 7.88' for tax assessor-collector with 2168 votes. Harry Tunnell had polled 1200 votes and Jimmy Dennard 786.

For county clerk, Lester Slaton was leading with 2695 votes over the 1415 of his opponent, Kellis Henderson With 16 of 37 boxes reporting, Herman Orr was ahead in the race for sheriff, 2804 votes to the 2164 of his nearest opponent, Gordon Strong. Tatum Brown was trailing with 1292 votes. In the county attorney contest H. H. Wellborn, was leading Robert Allen, 2869 to 2554.

Jack Gossett was ahead in the tax assessor-collector race with In 1953 people in Connecticut made an average of 3,871,000 telephone calls a day. Paschall. In the county superintendent race, Wendell H. Oliver was ahead of Carlye Mae Wallace, 2229 to 1861. Bill Fisher was leading the Precinct 1 commissioner race with 980 votes over Forest Thompson and G.

W. Jennings. Thompson had 128 votes and Jennings 83. In the Precinct 2 race, Eddie L. Guinn was leading V.

V. Melton 274 to 243. LIVE NECKLACE Kofupe, bush baby mascot, perches on collar of Miss. Terry Fisher, Northern Rhodesia javelin thrower in British Empire Games at -Vancouver, B. C.

3124 votes to William Whitehead's 2586. Jim Whitley was leading the Rent A Car! Drive It Yaursalf One Day One Maatk One JTaor Rtesanable Rates Trucks Available county school superintendent con test with 3538 votes. Hos opponent, SHOP WARDS COMPLETE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT Ray Sayphers, had 1832. Leading in commissioner races were Tom Penry. Dock Young, Ar thur Sparkman and Bill Bryan, Precincts 1 to 4, respectively.

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