The Norman Transcript from Norman, Oklahoma • 1

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OKLAHCf'Jt CITY 50Kli TAKE PRIDE In Your Community Help Make Norman A City Beautiful The Norman 1889-1957 Norman's Community Newspaper for More Than 67 Years VOLUME 68 NUMBER 146 SIXTEEN PAGES NORMAN OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2 1957 AP AND NEA SERVICE PRICE DAILY 5c SUNDAY 10c isenhower Requests Talk to Joint Session Holiday Road Toll Now 407 Below Estimate Record Is Neared But Far Short Of Yule Carnage By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic deaths during the New Year weekend came dose to tying the record for the holiday The higli mark of 407 was established during a similar four-day period four years ago Delayed reports Wednesday for the new year period that began at 6 pm local time Friday and ended last midnight raised the toll to 407 deaths in traffic 71 in fires and 109 in accidents of other types for a total of 587 The National Safety Council which had predicted 490 traffic! fatalities during the New Ytvir celebration stated "Drivers and law enforcement officers teamed up to make our preholiday estimate of 4 traffic deaths over the holiday period way high Our thanks and congratulations to them for proving us wrong I Appeal Made "We appeal to every driver and every enforcement agency to make this encouraging achievement a guidepost through 1957 If vve can do it for four days we can do it for The New Year traffic toll fell far under the total of 706 during the Christmas a record i for any holiday period The combined total for the two holidays set a new high with more than 1100 traffic deaths The old record was 973 set in Council I OKLAHOMA CITY -J- Cov which last week had predicted 490 Raynd Gary oday dpayed bls traffic deaths lowered its figure I sc ieduled conforence vvith leges-during the holiday lative leaders until Monday just "The drivers and the traffic en-! one day before the 2fth sesson forcement officers deserve a big i convenes vote of thanks from evervbody Gary fid tr (bu abolt 3 for teaming up to hold down the dozen administration bills he will Joll" Ned II Dearborn council 1 ready be president said in Chicago I bf drafed in tme for avel Less I the day session SALVAGE WORK STARTS Ferdan bridge across the blocking the waterway at The German salvage vessel Energie moves near the Suez Canal north of Ismalia to start removal of debris that point (AP Wirephoto) (Related Stories Page 2) GOVERNOR TARES OATH Dennis Roberts was Governor of Rho ie Island Wednesday climaxing a long court battle which followed a contested election In the state Roberts the incumbent was ruled winner Tuesday bv court action (AP Wirephoto) (Related Story Poge 1 1 Plans Are Made For New Session By Both Parties BULLETIN WASHINGTON House Democrats lodav re-elected all offieers from the 81th Court ess i including fari Albert of Okla- homa and Leslie Arends of Illinois as whips 1 he exported move to denv IVinuci committee representation tn Hep Powell New ork Negio did not develop coalition of Northern and Western senators created a sleering rommittee to ineel with Vire President Nixon and Senate party leaders Kentucky as Democratic whip bTePr0Sldn! Leadership Same Senate party meetings will be held tomorrow with no leadership changes in prospect but with two to be filled Sen Mike Mansfield of Montana is slated to replace Earle Clements of Walter George of Georgia did who WASHINGTON P-House Democrats and Rrpubliians called I party huddles tod iv to work out routine preliminaries (or the for- mal opening at noon onion ovv of the 85th Congress The separate utilises weie cv petted to approve retention ot the same leaders and elective ofticials who served in the last Congiess With Democrats in control this means that Sam Rayburn of Texas who alreadv has served as speaker of the House longer than anyone eKe in historv will retain the top post fm another I two-year term I John McCormack of Mnssa- -lchusetts and Joseph Martin shift workers who wore caught by surprise by the sudden actum of I Jr of Massachusetts will continue as Democratic and Republican flnAi- lonrlori rai i i those who normally depend upon city buses to get back and forth appeared to have made alternate arrangements for transportation Students Due Back The problem will be complicated tomorrow though with resumption of classes at Florida State University and Florida Uiitvw'sity' Many tit the'F Residents Calm Governor Suspends Tallahassee Buses LLAHASSEE Fla Tallahassee took a mandatory suspension of its bus service in stride today with white and Negro riders alike getting to work by walking catching rides and using taxis There were a few reports of difficulties being encountered by early The Donnell Trophy yyrohel- a fho IQsfi nnfmnoT inmninn 4 fc of the 1956 national harnpon- iM floor leaders respectively with WASHINGTON if" Senators seeking to change Senate rules and uake It easier to curb filibusters maneuvered today to delay the battle rather than having it In the opening hours of the new Congress tomorrow In a strategy-settUa Ike bipartisan Both Ships Damaged Antarctic Ice Pack Isolates Two Ships McLl'RDO sol NT) Antarctica OP -A gieat i floe driven by near-hurricane winds slammed the Navy Ireighter Arneb against the coast ot frozen Ross Sea New Year's Day An iceberg ripped a five-foot hole and a series of cracks in the Arneb's hull The powerful icebreaker Northwind crunched to the side of the stricken ship Ice chunks bent ore of the Northvvind's propellers Today both ships were trapped in UieVinding ice pack smuggling to fight free Copt Nels Johnson of the Arneb radioed that water was trickling through the cracked scams but pumps had the flooding under control The jagged hole was above Hie waterline on the starboard side The Arneb's crew mustered in the holds to shift the cargo and shore up (he torn sides with timbers Hie Arneb's propeller and one engine were damaged The Northwind one of the Coast most powerful icebreakers able to smash through ice many feet apparently did not suffer structural damage Hut the pressure of the wind-driven ice The council said major factors in the lower traffic toll during the I New Year period compared with Christmas included less travel i cwrairoas menmeo jcss iravcu better weather conditions and I tougher law enforcement It also 1 said the heavy Christmas loll had a effect and the prob- lem ol New Year drinking is rec- Highlighting the program is his compromise with farm- er8 and cattlemen over 1 salcstax a purchase of food His nlnn ic fnt fhx cfnrg TA rPimntircA i Plan slatp reimburse the Tax administra-1 at not over jve 3 Percen- Gary es- timrted total cost conferred with the governor today ull II I 1 CU WiJI Vllv vl Vl IIUI VWVUI on the question Gary said later "he with the nrounnl proposal Other administration bills Gary i hopes to have ready include a I I 11 I lahoma football team during a Oklahoma City Feb 1 Leo Cade secretary of1 dinner-dance in Press will sponsor the next tro- I Vhh ill lli lav I phy is still undecided In the past 'the school which retired a trophy sDonsored the renlaeement sponsored the replacement maneuver Tiie scene of the battle against 1 ice and sea was near Cape Ilal-vaeancie8 lett at the northwest end of the Ross Sea 500 miles north of this i US base Copt Johnson of Alex- was so great neither ship could the Oklahoma City Chib said todav Tickets for the event go on sale 1 temporary suspension of bus serv Thursday morning at the OU ath- ICP yesterday letic business office here and in- Go' ms be ac lon under his Oklahoma City Shawnee Knid I emergency powers after a youth Year holiday neriod "states re-' 'he tax on merchandise feed i and Tulsa They are priced at 10 1 hurled rcjeks through the windows ear noiaay period stales re which goes per perSon and 700 are available 1 of Nero pader 8 bome and a nia Texas Pennsylvania 'Michi-1 int0 Production of other items Cade said I Steune gan and Illinois each with 20 orrwb'cb are so'd- At the same time! The dinner-dance will be in I))()re- he would head off some opposition 1 Persian Room at the Skirvin The council figuics a traffic toll from assistance advocates who Tower Hotel Guest speaker will immediately with the ultimatum of 420 for a normal nonholiday 'have feared loss of Hie tax reve-jbe Ted Smits sports editor of the but leader of the integration weekend period his time Jf nue would cut into the wel-1 Associated Press in New York movement the Revx Steele the year An Associated Press fare program By taking it out of City survev in a 102-hour nonholidav I 'be administrative fund Gary savs The Sooners will keep the tro- test period from 6 pm Dee 14 'he welfare funds would not be phy having won it three times 'he Florida White Citizens to midnight Dec 18 showed 500 touched in 1950 1955 and 1956 Whether Ora Fox pension advocate the University or the Associated! Conflict Continues Touchdown Clly 8 1(nS hus integration dispute prompted the governor to order Legislators Get Committee Jobs Cleveland County legislators to-d a announced committees on which they are likely to serve in WASHIXGTOX (AP) President Eisenhower wants to-appear before a special se-inn of Congrross Friday to urge that he be jjiYen xtand-b' taftjjgonnit action a era i A any apyre-'-iou in lie Middle Fast Spealw of I be JFii -e Rayburn -aid toda And Hagertv held open the pns sibihtv that the message might he presented Pus vveek With Congress convening tomor-lovv next "Oik was Ihe eailiest ime mentioned yesterday alien the plan was discussed with key members of both parties at the White House Plan Favored A probable factor in the speedup was the generally favorable response hich the 29 senators and house members gave to the plan The general principles of tills new peace-keeping doctrine got immediate backing from leadens of botli parties subject to a more detailed explanation Eisenhower ill give Congress within the next five or six days Some conferees said Eisenhower may deliver the special message in person early next week hut the White House said no decision on this has been reached Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (D-Tex) told reporters he believes the President's proposal conferees said Involved standby presidential authority to order US military forces into "will be a very fin6 thiDg If it can have proper explanation and practical unanimity in the Johnson Reticent Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of the House Appropriations Committee said "The proposal seems to me the only sensible course for us to Sen Lyndon Johnson of Texas the Senate's Democratic leader reserved judgment He said Eisenhower's request involved some "rather far-reaching proposals with grave and serious But he promised speedy Senate consideration of them Sen Wiley of Wisconsin top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he hear any when Eisenhower broached his plan to the assembled 13 senators and 18 House members But Sen Sparkman (D-Ala) who was not at the meeting said Eisenhower has "quite a selling job to and added he wants to know more details before ho votes Polio Campaign Gets Under Way Today is Blue Crutch Day In Norman and members of Norman Lodge 7 Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodge 153 Inaugurated the 1957 March of Dimes Drive by tagging contributors in the downtown area with Last year the lodge member raised more than $500 on the first day of the campaign which netted $1130801 in Cleveland County for research and treatment of infantile paralysis Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Boy Scouts distributed coin collectors dim (Continued on Fage Two) '57 Bonus Day Due Thursday year an unusual attractIon 10 Nor' man shoppers Thursday The contest is held on the first Thursday of each month by downtown Norman merchants through the Chamber of Commerce A total of $300 in cash will be awarded at the Chamber office at 3 pm Thursday to four winners who must be in a participating store at the time First place i award will be $200 second place I will be worth $50 and third and i fourth awards will be $23 tack students at tK SuHons have been away hoIldays- Rlrst act? lnoe Four windows in home we'e early yesterday by rocks reported hurled by a white youth About the same time two Students Begin Return to Classes the coming session of the Legislature which convenes In Oklahoma City Jan 8 not seek re-election Lyndon Johnson of Texas and William Knowland of Califor-j nia will continue as Democratic I andna a sent this account by i 'S was lls way miles to the west to establish a i base for the lewical 'ear "as Dufte'ed by Wln(ls- Memorial Gift Closes Drive International' and Republican Senate leaders I IK) Rquirc ice fIu respectively 1 came down on the Arneb swiftly personnel act wage stabilization 1 awarded certificates in rccogni-1 froppry store No one was hurt The House caucus choices ill 1 ril'T' atr08S a'dos sea- law absentee voting corrections tion of their selection on the 1956 I y'ct'c sa'ic'i rcceiv ed an formally elected when the I ith tseek I be and'printing t0 1 committee and a member of the i appropriations and budget educa-' tion insurance oil and gas and signment recommendations Con-1 chunk of ice more than 1000 feet Pubbc kpal'k committees gress will mark time and receive thick shaped like a triangle each! Rep- Bailey has been President Eisenhower's legislative 1 side 500 nules long Last year the named one of the four assistan emergency relief administration 1 water policy supplemental appro-1 I priations summer establishment of a public safety commission two or hree biIls education and two three on roads and highways romniPllt DeocIinod At the same time Jerry Tubbs and Tommy McDonalif will be AP All-American team anonymous telephone call about The entire football squad ba bour ke'ore "ie rocks were niiiAi fUiii Lm nmn a uha i coaching staff with wives or guests will be on hand The din- dance at 9 pm blasts were fired through i be 'ron glflss window of a Negro 1 kurled and that he saw a white i 8t out of a car and toss jj0use convenes tomorrow at the cau 0f j(S cicrj( Ralph Roberts jnib will su pr lnsl ap a niiiKi rf'Diurti Son Virgil Young is due tq be chairman of the county government committee vice chairman i NATTC Rnnv 1 Contender For '57 Gifts Rosanna Stewart 7-pound 2- ounce daughter born Tuesday to AMC and Mrs Garnet Stewart of ii i the Naval Air Technical Training Center stands a good chance of winning a shower of gifts offered by area merchants to Cleveland first-born baby of 1957 The Stewart Infant was born at 827 am Jan 1 at Norman Mu- nlcipal Hospital Her father is a chief aviation structural mechanic at the NATTC here She has two brothers Garnet Jr 10 and Pet-1 er Gary 6 Here From Detroit The Stewarts who claim De- i i proposals The chief Navy tanker Nespelen was 'floor leaders in the lower house major message on the State of trapped by shifting ice in the He als0 wi S(Tve on the seco the I nion will be delivered in same fashion and losf more than' Jan 10 100000 gallons of aviation gasoline 1 dary edllcatlon banking and public before icebreakers freed it safety committees The Arneb based at Davisville Rep Leland Wolf is as-a i 's fn attack cargo ship about sured 0f tbe jee chairmanship of 450 feet long 1 the important appropriations and Thunderjet crashed and burned in a Krove of scrubby blackjack about six miles from Tinker Air -e Base today The pilot 1st Lt Harold Hester Midwest City was treated for min- or culs at Tinker Field hospital parachuted from the craft Studenls of Norman's pub lic schools today returned to classes after an 11-day Christmas vacation Pupils at the University School and St Joseph School will report back Thursday The Christmas vacation began rounist in all city schools Dec 21 More than 11000 students at the: Outlined yesterday to congres- University many of whom arejsional leaders of both parties the drifting back to campus today will plan calls also for broader eco-resume classes beginning at 8 am nomic aid to the area in the ex- Thursday The OU holiday recess pected amount of 400 million dol- began Dec 21 liars for a two-year period person Even before that Eisenhower will send or deliver to Congress special message asking standby power to use American military might if necessary to curb Com- inroads in the Middle supplemental appropriations act will include nine million dol- lars for 'be Highway Department am! $2o0000 for the Semi-Centennial Commission rtary sai(j 1p rproinrnen(ied the j250000 before the commission nia(tp iic reuest for joosonon lli 3 be betwpen those (wo fipur0S- Gary declined comment on the education and roads and highway hills telling newsmen they will cision Rep Robert Cunningham Oklahoma City filed the protest "I request this in order that the Legislature might have an opportunity to survey the recent insurance rale hikes which the board madly rushed through almost ns fast as the sound of he wrote Louis Woodruff board sec- retary He referred to the 229 per cent increase in liability insurance I which be unsuccessfully opposed" 1 Wrecks Rig 20 Die troit Mich as their home hove contain some "surprises lived in Cleveland County I'a years Apparently only an earlier home delivery as yet unreported could prevent young Rosanna from receiving the collection of gifts The Norman Municipal Hospital is the only hospital in Cleve- land County which accepts ma- ator today formally filed a pro- ternity cases i test against the requested boost disclosed today a storm has Included in the offering is a milk in automobile physical damage in- wrecked a l'i-million-dollar off- supply for 30 days a fork-and-1 surance rates asking the matter sbore drilling rig left 20 Arab spoon set baby food a scale workers dead or missing and a bassinette diapers a be delayed by the Insurance Board dealt a crippling blow to a four- as long as possible before a de- shoes shawl a blanket and several oth a The plane belonged to the 506th Strategic Fighter Wing Tinker Cause of the crash was not known immediately Storm year hunt for oil under the Per budgets committee He has asked for appointment to the penal and eleemosynary institutions committee Bailey said that he and Wolf had attempted to obtain committee appointments where they could do most good for Cleveland County's state supported institutions University Central State Hospital and the Cerebral Palsy Institute Today in Norman Weather reading: Tuesday high overnight low 26 today at 39 Forecast Increasing cloudiness cool tonight Thursday cloudy a little warmer low tonight 35 high Thursday in the iN Sons of the American Legion pm Legion Hall iT Thursday: Rotary Club noon Lockett Hotel i -fc Thursday: Toastmasters Club Naval Air Technical Training Center Officers Club aged the two 1800-ton pontoons on which drilling its main deck a huge living and working area 40 feet above the was mounted for towing A heavy swell came on with 20-foot waves Under the swell the crossbeams connecting the pontoons snapped like glass rods Despite desperate efforts by three tugs the loose pontoons smashed against the drilling platform Heavy equipment broke off and crashed into the water Orders were given to abandon the platform and 250 men jumped dived or slid into the raging waters In complete darkness Most of them reached the accompanying tugs Dawn showed the rig 1 deserted A check for $65 as a memorial to a Cleveland County youth whose parents asked that his name not le disclosed today closed out the Hungarian Relief Fund Drive here with a total of $1563 The county had been asked to raise $912 "We are proud of the generous response with which the challenge of the plight of thousands of Hungarian refugees was met here in Cleveland Count Dr Ralph Bienfang president of the county Red Cross Chapter said "We simply made known the need and the people came through with nearly twice the amount we asked have sent letters thanking those who contributed but I would 50s like to take this opportunity to thank several anonymous donors for their help" Bienfang continued Among the larger contributors to the fund were the Naval Air Technical Training Center and employes of Tinker Air Force Base who lie in Cleveland County1 Bemlang said the the 55 noon and and near 7:30 noon experts from Oilmen expressed belief it would take two years to get steel for a new platform and that this might influence the company to abandon offshore drilling in this part of a complex of oil-rich desert lands that is a base for a large group of American technicians Delayed advices gave this picture of the incident: The rig similar to those used In offshore drilling in the United States was being prepared for removal to a drilling site in deeper water Weather forecasts had Indicated a tow could be started during the night but a northeastly tern pest sprang up The wind dam er items Deadline Is Friday Rules of the competition stipulate the infant must be born in the county of parents who are county residents The attending physician must provide such information as the exact time and place of birth sex weight name of the baby and the name and address of the parents Applications must lie received at The Transcript office 215 Comanche St by Friday sian Gulf The disaster struck a 1200-ton steel floating tower of the Shell Oil Co last Thursday night the shallow waters of the Gulf that separates the rich oil fields of Iran and Saudi Arabia A spokesman for Shell which had invested more than 25 million dollars in the maritime search said: the platform Is still standing it is doubtful whether it can be salvaged An examination is being made bj i.