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THE, PARIS, TEXAS, NEWS -C. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, I960 On Spring, City Government, Radar Patrol, Other Items About Paris Early-spring opinions, while nursing the 'first blisters ol the first session in the iwife's flower beds: Neighboring Texarkana will vote in on whether to go to the 'city man- 'ager-city council form of government, or retain its mayor-alderman form. This indicate that the city manager form, -which Paris has'guarded well in recent elections, is continuing to gain favor with progressive and growing cities. And neighboring Greenville attempt to keep its city manager-city council in an April election. 'The mayor- alderman exponents there are attempting to change the government back.

This would indicate that this is still a Democratic country where the citizen has a right to speak his piece at the polls, regardless of his convictions. You'll, note the Paris Police-Department's radar patrol is moving about again. Real tickets, not just the warning are being given "The radar was shelved during the bad but will be used extensively now that the weather is It has acted as a -definite deterrent to speeding on streets. There is a double effect now of tickets given for speeding. You're fined at the City Hall, and then you suffer certain 'allies when auto insurance time rolls We note with regret the departure of Dean Biffle, manager of the Kress Store here.

Biffle, who has been transferred to Kress in Texarkana, has been one of the city's most willing workers in Chamber of Commerce and civic matters. He and his family, made 'many friends during their stay here. We wish him well in his new. assignment. And-to use a well-worn but true phrase, Paris' loss is.

Texarkana's gain. Back to that spring The spring spurt brought a run on Paris area stores; nurseries ahd fertilizer dealers, the likes of which hasn't been seen for some time. Customers were lined up Monday at' one seed store, most of them 1 and yard supplies. Most everybody was busy. And if that's any indication as the late spring beauty of Paris gardens, then our city ought to be quite a colorful spot.

Youth's Geography Is Thought-provoking and well worth your reading time, from the The ignorance of the world's geography, and even, of--United States geography, among, American' students is not only deeply it is" outrageous. A -test given OOG -college students by North Newspaper Alliance showed that young people are abysmally urun- "formed about their own country and the -world. In the words of Dr. Samuel Van Walkenburg, who prepared the test, "It is incredible to find that intelligent, college students should have such fantastic mis- information." On the world, geography part of the "'test, the composite score was 25 out of a possible 100. The students knew little more about their own country.

As brought in the three-part series of articles-in 'The Chronicle this week, less, than 50 per cent had vaguest notion of this country's population. Only 4 per give the. world's approximate Among the most amazing things the test uncovered: Two thirds of the students Cuba and Puerto Rico as terri- of this country under the U. N. trusteeship council.

Only 65 per cent knew jihat U. N. is the abbreviation for the Unit; ed'JS ations. Only 19 per cent could name "four European satellites 'of Russia. Only cent knew that Spanish and Portu- gtiese are the two-principal languages of America.

9 per cent- named the two Middle Eastern countries without a predominantly Moslem, population (Israel and Lebanon). On the, population the guesses ranged from 10,000,000 to 500,000,000,000. Dr, Benjamin Fine, author of-the series, comments that bur college, students know about as much about geography "as' a well-read College students of 30 or 40 years ago certainly would have made a better score on a test based on the world as it.was then. So would sixth grad-' ers in our grammar schobl. The reason? Geography has virtually" disappeared from the curricula of high schools and colleges.

Iri. too many grammar schools it is taught net as a separate course but in a mishmash called "social studies." The test proves the'undesira- bility of grouping' smatterings of history, economies, geography and; perhaps other' subjects into study courses, labeled "world affairs" or some such name. Among recommendations Dr Fine makes are: Restore geography courses in high schools and colleges; teachers to the courses more interesting; use; visual aids and contemporary'publications, and encourage the new and better geography test In this shrunken world in which has so many commitments about the globe and' in this era of cold war it is positively dangerous for American youth, our future leaders, to know so little about their own country and the (From.tht Scropbooks of the late A. AV. Neville, Editor of The Paris News, 1936-1956) That's Way He Really Wants- WRIGHT PATMAH Own Ideas More Important Than Those of Foreigners Paris News is an: independent newspaper, supporting what it believes to be right and opposing what it believes to be wrong, publishing the news fairly and impartially at all times.

PAUL HARVEY Good Old Days Were Really Good, But s' Foreign aiders insist that if we make othtr nations prosperous will insure peace. I can't buy that hypothesis. If made ourselves prosper- and we are without peace. to get" leisure has been supplanted with the greater prob- 'lem of "how to. use" it.

got enough money to buy happiness, but discovered it for sale and so got drunk We have slain bacteria with spears and antibiotic Arrows, but -succumbed- to epi- mental ills, Americans have distributed 'their wealth among themselves -and provided security for them; selves and now we're chasing to and the horse track rec- '-ord numbers; frantic to trade our 'security for a chance to take a A Presbyterian pastor named Cooper from Lancaster, recently called to my at- Jtention this ironic U-tiirn in our of "progress" which has 'left Americans with everything to live for, but no -reason to live more. Cooper cites: Our schools, where automatic promotion is no more honest than rigged' TV shows. The labor front, where Dave Beck retired with a pension equal to a third of what, he stole each year while in office. Medicine, where fee splitting is rampant; doctor-patient conspiracies defraud insurance companies. In the legal profession, you don't hire "iawyers" any more, you employ professional political "fixers." Judges spend to get re-elected to $10,000 jobs.

The difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance has honest men juggling words to see how close can come to being dishonest and get away with it, while their children listen. Washington, D. C. is still the mecca for mercenaries. Where they dealt in coals and deep-freezrs, now they trade in vicuna coats and TV licenses.

A Senator whose speech made him "another Will Rogers" forgot to mention the name of his ghost writer. to his relatives on his payroll. Newspapers lambaste with righteous indignation the- disc jockeys who took payola from record companies. some of their own sports writers drasv regular salaries from major bal! clubs. And do we dare look at the' church? At the preacher who panders to popularity and quakes to speak God's truth to a congregation that wants to hear no evil about itself.

Who hesitates to fulfill his office as a prophet of God for.fear he might interfere with the It oC men. 7 When you recognize that' our physical prosperity has led us to the brink of moral anarchy, you remember at least the "good old days" were by comparison. William. Penn said, "Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants." The desperation described all over the front page of today's paper makes it plain that our economic abundance has'filled our stomachs but created a kind of cancer of the soul. If this is the best we can do for the rest of the world they'd be better off left alone.

They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy -Ratio THE WAV BIG DOME WORKS GOOD OL'WILB'JR WILLING- HOf2SE At? NEVER GIVES HIM A CHANGE AT A BETTER JOS VEAH-IFAMVBODV DESERVES A BREAK IT'S GOOD OL'WILBUR--MOST GUY IN THE MIS FELLOW OFFICE WORKERS FELT BAD THAT HARD-WORKING WILBUR WASN'T APPRECIATED BY THE NOW BEEN MADE PFFJCE MANAGER- AND LISTEN TO RANK HIM, NOTHIN'A TELL VA'HE MUST If BUT A WOULD STEP ON SOMETHING ON HIS OWM GRANO- Vfsi ITBV 7 VMOTHERTOGKT, SEAFORD LOK6 INLAND, Civil Rights. Some writers arej saying, that the over civil rights-is hurting American prestige abroad. This may be true. But what: foreigners, think of us is less- important- than what we think of And pur picture to others is particularly less important, than maintaining bur po- liical system a basis for accommodation" of strong, divergent views. Congressional procedures which- allow wrangles; are an important safety valve against what is sometimes called' a possible "tyranny of Ihe majority." "If it were customary, our for the majority to impose upon' the minority extreme solutions to problems about which feelings run so deep, the consequences would, be most disruptive.

Under present procedures, the majority rule will, of prevail in the end; but we can expect that the majority rule which emerges will be one more accommodating to both sides than would otherwise be the I anticipate that the bill which Congress finally passes will do little more than, insure voting rights. The right to vote is something most of us believe in and 'which, in our part of the country, we already, provide for. Anti-Trust. Pines for violating the anti-trust laws. can be important to a small firm, but to a big corporation these penalties frequently, amount to less than the corporation spends for one day's advertising.

A feature of these laws which causes a big corporation to think before however, is hat it. may be sued for damages by persons who are injured by the. violation, Recently the Department of Justice has followed the practice of settling, out of court, as many antitrust suits as possible with a "consent decree" which is a kind of promise not to violate in the future. The important, point is that these out court settlements have required no finding of guilt, and no admission of guilt, and they have denied injured their right to use the Government's evidence in private suits. When the Joint Economic Committee finished its recent investigation into the economic system, and filed a report recommending improvements, I submitted sepa- rate'views in which I urged that no more consent, settlements be made except under a changed procedure whereby injured persons would be able to use the Government's evidence in private damage suits.

The Department Justice has now announced it will make no more out-of-court settlements except -'here the company formally admits guilt. Insurance. It's reported that some companies are now writing such policies. One policy being offered promises $3,000 of family medical benefits per year; the monthly premium is $4, at fathers age of 35, Big Closed.circuit television systems are being installed in many retail stores around the country to spot shoplifters. Cameras are hidden in.strategic places around the store and the pictures are monitored, at a place.

President: Eisenhower has.now formally endorsed Mr. Nixon to. be the next Presi dent. Some of the political writers ere saying that this commits the President and hj.cannot switch his support to-, another candidate "'one be pul forward, at the Republican Convention. do not think this is true at all.

Mr. Eisenhower has frequently wiggled out of commitments and added endorsements, to positions opposite those previously endorsed, with seeming grace and ease. Price Russia has price cuts ranging up to 30 per cent on a variety of- consumer goods. Included are elec- tric sewing-machines, silverware, radios, sporting goods, cameras and fox furs. The'3.

R's. In Washington, D.C, the superintendent of schools has won permission to'establish, on an experimental basis, school which-will be a primary devoted-' to teaching the old-fashioned 3 R's It will be interesting to see wha the results are. ON YOUR SCREEN THURSDAY-FRIDAY TELEVISION KRLD-TV, Channel Dallas 1:00 1:10 Weather 8:15 DOUK Edwards 8:30 To Tell the Truth 7:00 Betty Hutton 7:30" Pony Express Zane Gray Thet." 8:30 Markharn 9:00 Bevlon Revue 10:00 Nrwa 10:15 Weather People 10:30 Bess Myerson 10:45 Channel 4 Moxle 11:00 Sun 11:30 Never Sets" 12:15 Sign FRIDAY 7:29 Sign On 7:30 Cartoon! 8:00 KRLD-TV 8:15 Capt' Kangaroo 9:00 Red Rowe Show 9:30 On the Go 10-00 1 Love Lucy 10:30 December Brida 11:00 Love of Life 11:30 Search Tomorrow 11:45 Guiding Light 12:00 News 12:15 Fashion tn 12-30 As World Turns 1:00 Better. Worse 1:30 House Party 2:00 Millionaire 2:30 Verdict Is Brighter Day 3:15 Secret Storm 3:30 Edge of Night 4:00 Movfe- 5:15 Party February 20, 1954 Death of. Henry Starr at the hands of a bank president i Arkansas thirteen years ago reminded for years a citizen of Paris, of his both in Indian Territory and in Texas.

Captain Vansant was born three mi 1 from the. 11 of h'e Cherokee Nation in. Indian Territory, and a small' boy used to see Tom Starr, head of the clan and grandfather of Henry Starr. Tom Starr, Captain- Van- ant was to' have cT 63 men at. one time and nother, but-the government was ever able" to convict him.

It was aid that the made Tom Starr a proposition that he would, agree to stay at home nd marauding; about the ountry his past offenses would forgotten, and as -Tom was etting old and tired of dodging agreed the to do this and kept is word. After he was grown, Capta i 'ansant moved was then County a tore near the present Ben anklin, in Delta cbun vhere he 'lived until coming to Paris some, years at iis store early one morning Cap- ain Vansant saw three persons ide by on horseback. One.of them particular rode a very fi lorse and had a pair, of pistols strapped- about the waisL They appeared: to 'be in: a hurry and mad.e no stop. Presently ah officer rode up from the -south on the sajne on which the travelers had come, and' askec Captain Vansant if -anyone hac passed. Vansant told him of the hree that -had ridden by shortly before-, and officer told him one of the "men" was Belle.Starr dressed in.

male- which she frequently wore when out with her lusband, Jim The woman's name Was not Starr, though by reason of her with the gang she was so called and she afterward married one of th Starr sons. Captain Vansant and sever a other men, including Judge D. Lane who was countj judge of Delta County, went witi the officer in pursuit of the riders and after going to Honey Groy concluded they had made thei escape, so the party started on th return to Ben Franklin. Just be fore reaching Roxton. they met a woman on 'horseback.

She wor women's clothes but sarit recognized her as one of th three travelers" that had worn th pistols' and so charged her. Sh denied, it at first but afterward admitted she was trying to get he WBAP-TV, Channel Worth TEUKSDAT Newi Weithcr 8:15 Hyntley. Brlnkley 6:30 Plainsman 7:00 Bat, Masterson 7:30 Johnny 8:00 Bachelor 8:30 Ernie Ford 8:00 Groucho Marx 0:30 Lawless Years T-txus rvewi 10:15 Weather 10:25 News Final 10:30 Sporu 10:35. Jack Paar 12:00 Midnight News 12:05 AJmanac Newsrl. 12:10 Late Show 12:45 Sign Off rrtiDAT 5:55 Newsrl.

6:00 Cont'l. Classrm. 7:00 Weather; Today News: Today 9:00 Dough Re Mi 9:30. Play Your Hunch usband, Jim Reed, out of Teach ol the officers. She told the party eaded by Captain' Vansant that if hey attempted to molest they would riends.

from the bush 'and th eplied that was just what they vanted so they could locate the men. -There 1 was no the 'oman was brought back to Rox- turned over to the local fficers who put her in jail in axis, -but as there was' no evidence of anything she. had done of- ered here she was soon released, soon after this Jim Reed was in the northwest part of jamar county and Belle went back the Starrs in Indian Territory and some years afterward was hot and killed in that. country. 13 YEARS AGO Monday, March 24, 1947 Parisians were feeling the.

increase in the. 25-cent raise in the ost per barrel of crude niost wholesale and retail gasoline being up one cent per gallon. Miss Matlie, Belle Crook and Miss Stella Mae Grain were named co-chairmen and Mrs. Will i a Heath, of the English section of District 8, Teachers Association, at its arkana meeting. Lamar County needed about five years strict economy to get out of the red, according to John Baker, county auditor.

Bible Thought I have learned, In. whatsoever am, therewith to be con- 4:11. Our contentment can! never be apathetic acceptance; of things as they were, but we can rest in the conviction that all of life is in God's hands. Free Railroad Looks For More Passengers LYNDHURST, N. J.

(AP) Though the day of the commuter railroad may be there's a railroad here that is looking' for more passengers and doesn't charge one penny. The railroad runs on 722 feet of track raised, three feet above the ground. The locomotives are one- twelfth scale and are real coal- eating, steam-driven engines. They are by amateur engineers from miles around who call themselves "Eastern Live Steamers." The engines can pull 12 grown even more time. 10:00 Price Is Right 10:30 Concentration 11-00 Truth or Conqs.

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Bandstand 4:25 Weather 4:30 Am. Bandstand 5:30 Birthday Party 5:45 TV 5:50 Nat'l Radar Report TO THE EDITOR; Thank you for the opportunity .0 say a few things about myself. I have lived in Paris all but first two years, of my life. I. born in Texas, April 30, 1913.

I' attended Paris Pubic Schools, and, Paris Junior Col- ege. I married the 1 former Merle Roach, from Deport, Texas, in. 1946. We have two sons, Walter and Richard, and live at 656 Sixth Street, N.W. I have been employed, by Cummer-Graham Company for the past twenty-five years- and now Superintendent' of the Paris plant.

If elected, I will continue to do my best in-the interest of a better Paris for everyone. Sincerely yours, RALPH BEARD WFAA-TV, Channel THURSDAY 1:00 Newi 6:11 Weather 8:22 Sports 6:30 Gale Storm 7:00 Donna Reed 7:30 Real 8:00 Pat Boone 8:30 The Untouchables 9:30 Take Good Look 10:00 Weithcr 10:22 10:30 Manhunt 11:00 Ch. 8 Theatre 11:30 'Wooden Horse' 12:30 sign Oft 7:25 7:30 9:30 10:00 Devotions! Tun Time My Little Margie Rompci Room Life of Riley Julie Benell 11:00 Hour Of 11:55 Newsbreak 12:00 Restless Gun 12:30 Love That Bob 1:00 About Faces 1:30 Medic 2:00 Day in Court 2:30 Gale Storm 3:00 Beat the Clock 3:30 Who You rrujt 4:00 Amer 5:00 Magic Circus 5:30 Rin Tin Tin KTEN-TV, Channel THURSDAY :00 Newi 8:15 John Duly 6:30 Storm- 7:00 Donna Reed .7:30 Border Patrol 8:00 Pal Boone 8:30 Untouchables 9:30 10:00 10:05 12:00 12:30 1:00 Look Take Good Wealhcr News ritlDAY Restless Gun That Bob About Faces 1:30 Top Play 2:00 Day In Court 2:30 Gale Storm 3:00 Beat the Clock 3:30 Who You Trust 4:00 Am. Bandstand 5:30 Action Strip 12, Sherman, Denison, Ardmorc THURSDAY 6:00 News 6:08 Weather 6:15 Huntley-Drinkity 6:30 Plainsman 7:00 Deadline 7:30 Johnny Staccato Bachelor Father 8:30 Tennessee Ernie 0:00 1 Bet Your Life Sfran Beat 10:00 10:15, 10:30 13 tOO 8:00 0:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 12:00 Sports Rofmdjjp Jack Paar 'Sign Off. 1 FKJTMY Dough Re Ml Play Your Hunch Price la Right Concentration Woman's World It Could Be You 12:15 Be Announced 12:30 12 Acres 1:00 Queen for Day 1:30 Loretta Ypunf 2:00 Malone 2:30 Thcpe Roots 3:00 Comedy Theatre 3:30 Adv.

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