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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 5

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4 -f 8 DURING TRAIN LAYOVER 5 A TIIE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Ahllff Tew Sunday Morning January 12 1951 Home SL John's Masonic Lodge of Aspermont will be in charge of graveside services Survivors include his wife one daughter Mary Lillian Laury of Gary Ind and one brother KILLED AMERICANS Screaming Teen-age Girls Greet Elvis in Fort Worth Charlie Royal 65 Asparmont Diet ASPERMONT Jan 11 (RNS) Charlie Royal 65 resident of Aspermont since 1932 died at 7 pm Friday at his home following an illness of several months The veteran of World War I was an odds job man Funeral will be held at 10 am Monday at the CME Church in Aspermont with the Rev Shelman officiating assisted by the Rev Isaac Wiggs Interment will be in the Temple League Cemetery in Temple Tex under direction of Springer Funeral Notorious Fox' Of Desert Slain Noil Chewing Makes Ugly Hands You cant have lovely hands if you chew your nails why hava ugly hands when you ean correct this unsightly habit quickly and easily? Just ask your druggist for Klixol Apply to fingertips and nails as directed on labeL Klixol ie also effective for stopping baby sucking his thumb which may cause colic as baby aucka in excessive air Get genuine KlixoL Accept ne substitute Klixol ia harmless effective and costa little (Adv) Wreck Factors MEXICO CITY Jan 11 (fl-An official survey conducted by Eduardo Medina Urbizu head of Federal Traffic and Highway Police Dcpts shows alcohol figured in 51 per cent of reported accidents and sleepiness caused 67 per cent The study covered the year ended last Aug 31 TEHRAN Iran Jan 11 The notorious long hunted (or the killing of three Americans was shot dead today In a blistering gun fight in the desert wilds police announced Gen AlighoU Golpira Iran's FORT WORTH Jan 11 Elvis Presley looking like a linebacker trying to size up the offensive team's next move peered out of a train window here today at a horde of screaming teen-age girls pretty rough before the Army-bound singer grinned and told newsmen Elvis' train had an hour lay-over About 50 girls were clawing at the trainside The crowd even Included grandmother 69 an avowed Presley fan Presley attired in a blue tux jacket and black pants which he will soon trade for Army khaki was wearing black loafers quit wearing blue suede shoes when the song went Presley is on his way to Hollywood from Memphis to make that last movie before he's drafted The boy who made a million dollars last year and was expect- ed to top that this year before the Army came along propped up his displaying a hole in an expensive sock Army's not all that bad I'm just thankful they didn't take me last year when I was getting established I'm not asking for any special favors" He's wearing his sideburns shorter they were getting down to my jawbones No I don't mind the Army cutting them off They'll grow he said The hip grinder 23 said he now has five cars three motorcycles and a midget auto racer use that last one to run around in the vn-d with and scare the chickens- Presley always polite was gracious to his fans As shrieks rang around him he signed all autographs and even gave cheek kisses to a couple of girls Said one: just asked him when I got up close if he was a good kisser and he kissed me got to leave I need a doctor" HTeoeiev wars INVENTORY CL EM A MCE MIKE CULLITON panicky over traffic ticket Runaway Boy 15 Musi Get Shots Doesn't Know It POWER TOOLS 10" Tilting Arbor BENCH SAW HIGHER COURTS Reg 12295 8488 4488 8" Tiltng Arbor BENCH SAW Arthur Rasco Rites Scheduled Today ai Memphis Funeral for Arthur Rasco 82 retired fanner from Abilene "wUl be held at 2 pm Sunday in Memphis Presbyterian Church with the Rev Frank King minister officiating Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery under direction of Spicer Funeral Home of Memphis Mr Rasco died at 11:30 am Friday in Sunny Dale Rest Home He had been in failing health for 'several months and seriously ill a short time 1 He was born May 10 1875 in Blount County Ala and was married to Eliza Chamblce Dec 22 1896 Since the death of Mrs Rasco in January 1951 at Memphis he has lived in Abilene He was a member of the Memphis Presbyterian Church Grandsons will be pallbearers I Survivors include four sons of Memphis of 3309 Abilene of Odessa and Gus of Amarillo six daughters Mrs A Crisler of Frederick Okla Mrs Yarborough 2125 Amarillo St Abilene Mrs Jones of 2286 Ross St Abilene Mrs I Thompson of Longview and Mrs Williamson of Lubbock 26 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren A son died in infancy and 1 daughter Mrs Patrick died in July 1957 Laughter-North Funeral Home is handling local arrangements Reg 5850 eeeeiati aeeaaaeaeeee national police commander said the end for bandit leader Dads-hah came in a fight with his police near Haft Kuh in southeastern Iran not far from the Pakistan frontier Golpira said the fighting was bitter and lasted several hours One press report said late this afternoon Dadshah had been wounded and captured but Golpira insisted that according to his reports Dadshah died of wounds younger brother was also killed Golpira said and four other bandits were wounded and captured Golpira had moved his headquarters into the area to supervise great manhunt for the i a 1 1 king often reported irought to bay in his mountain lideouts but- never bagged until now Police long had wanted Dads-tah but they stepped up the hunt for him at the urging of the Shah of Iran after the bandit and his men ambushed the three Americans in that area nearly 10 months ago The victims were Kevin Car-roll 37 of Issaquah Wash a Point Four area development adviser his pretty wife Anita 35 and Brewster A Wilson 35 of Portland Ore a specialist of the Near East Foundation and contractor for the International Cooperation Administration in Iran They were crossing the wild country in two station wagons when band ambushed them March 24 Carroll Wilson and two Iranian men with them were knifed to death Mrs Carroll was abducted The government broadcast offers of ransom and amnesty to Dadshah if he would release her unharmed He said she was safe But as authorities were trying to make contact with him a week after the ambush they found her shot to death six miles from the site of the attack Dadshah over 60 was outlawed in 1947 for murdering his young wife Baji her lover and three relatives of the man He had made a living breeding camels and pulling a holdup now and then After the Americans were killed the Shah of Iran ordered an intensified hunt for him His band reported to number about two dozen then split up His brother Ahmed Shah was caught in Pakistan and brought to Tehran He is in Jail awaiting trial HEATING UNITS rOI'ST OP CIV II APPEALS EASTLAND Jil 10 (RNS) Ifea fallowing proceeding! wi ite AfhraicS Hohb Jr vs Leavril ft Co Opinion hr Jndm Walter) Tniior ItrrriN and bnnM Ttia City of Abilene va Vernon Walker et ax (Qpirlor by judn Collino) Tutor MeUena BabmlitoS Seay vs Gordon Griffin Aaaafl-0011 motion far rehearins Brown Milieu OverrnM 0 Beery va Gordon Griffin Arpfll-aiHi motion far rehrnrhir Brown Cnee Set far SakmiKnian Jen Bad Martin et el vi Vininia Tuurt ar il Tudor If Lehew va Alice Lebew et il Callahan etf HeokrtF10" JbnlBJ Sfcickrlforti Bums vs Alma Aadas et il Cowman iSsfifTiis tea Wadsworth va Cook Palo J-W MarohaB va Pat Ballard Baokcfl A runaway Buffalo boy whose love for horses and ranches may have drawn him to Texas faces serious illness unless he gets daily medication his distraught mother says Michael (Mike) Culliton 15 left home Nov 8 panicky because he mistakenly thought he faced prosecution and parental wrath over a traffic ticket Joy riding with teen-age friends the youth was ordered to appear in court for driving without a license His fears were needless The traffic charge has been dismissed because of his age His grief-stricken parents say he is forgiven and have broadcast appeals that he telephone home Mike requires penicillin daily for a rheumatic fever condition and is unaware of the medicine's importance to his well being his mother says Belief that Mike's love of horses and ranches lured him to Texas has been strengthened by a report that a Waco man recently picked up a hitch-hiker fitting the description The boy is mature beyond his yean standing 6 feet 1 inch and weighing 165 pounds He has black wavy hair brown eyes medium complexion heavy beard and deep voice RECORD DIVIDEND More Than $3 MILLION Distributed December 31 Mrs Baxter 71 1 Sweelwaler Dies 1 Rites at Longworth ELITE CLEANERS AND SHIRT LAUNDRY 502 BUTTERNUT Coll OR 4-9479 We Pick UP Deliver ONE DAY SERVICE SHIRTS GIVE YOUR CLOTHES NEW LIFE The besf tenia far all of yew dotlies is eur Hie rough deeding you'd bo delighted with thoir color-bright oow look CALL OR 4-9479 WILLIS cox AGENCY Man Gives Up FORT WORTH Tex WV-Robcrt Ratliff 35 has had enough He announced he was quitting his job after the grocery store he manages was robbed for the fourth time in six months The bandits beat him over the head with a pistol in the last robbery In Communist China all literary works facta or fiction must be submitted to censorship before they go to the printers 311 Cedar Pk OR 2-2105 OUEfARWNOE SWEETWATER Jan 11 (RNS) Mrs Lula Jane Baxter 71 died at 4:18 am Saturday in the Simmons Memorial Hospital She had been in failing health for some time She lived here at 404 4th SL She was born Feb 6 1886 in Fannin County In 1906 she moved with her parents to Taylor County In March 1907 she married James Baxter in Trent They lived in the Longworth community in Fisher County for a number of years before moving to Sweetwater Mr Baxter died in July 1952 Funeral will be held at 2:30 pm Sunday at the Longworth Methodist Church where she had been a member a number of years Officiating will be the Rev Floyd Sackett and the Rev Bill Davis Burial will be in the Longworth Cemetery under direction of Cate-Spencer Funeral Home Pallbearers will be George Peeples Willie Hanna Noah Sites Wyatt Slrobel and McAdams Survivors are one daughter Ruby Baxter of Sweetwater five brothers John Brunson of Longworth A Brunson of Causey NM Brunson of Petersburg Manley Brunson of Honolulu Hawaii and I Brunson of Austin one sister Mrs Vivian Griffin of Aztec NM Two brothers and Brunson preceded her in death $2595 $2889 $1924 WITH LIBERAL TERMS NO MONEY DOWN AND A FULL YEAR TO PAY Was Sunbeam double bed Electric Blanket 3495 Sunbeam Mixmaster 4550 Sunbeam Toaster 2850 Sunbeam automatic Waffle Iron 8i Grill 3495 Sunbeam automatic Frying Pan (Ig size) 2395 Sunbeam Coffeemaster 3895 Dorm ever Mixer (complete) 2995 Dormeyer Hand Mixer 1895 Pop Up Toaster 1 895 was NOW Ladies Bulova 23-jewel white gold 7950 $8980 Ladies Bulova 17-jewel yellow or white gold 4950 $3350 Ladies Elgin 1 7-jewel 4975 83S7S Ladies Longines 17-jewel 14K gold 11000 $0000 Ladies Hamilton 22-jewel 7950 $5910 Ladies Hamilton 6 diamond 1 0000 $6990 j- cruirir I UK whi Lnd'is SCHiCKI Lodin Elgin 20 diomond U95 I MK gold 15000 511400 1 Gents SCHICK VARSITY 1750 now 988 1 AJIONALLYf mmm CANNISTER VACUUM CLEANER with aome attachment Vi Reg 59 95 dmn Apt Size ELECTRIC RANGE International Tea Coffee Service 6-piece extra large tray 50000 $33300 Victorian Pattern 6-piece Tea Coffee Service (with tray) 35000 $23300 21" Dinner Dish French Gadroon Pattern serves entire meal 2400 $1313 Paul Revere Pitcher Two-Quart Capacity 1500 074 Gorgeous Chased Chafing Dish Large Size 5250 $3290 Sterling Silver Coasters and Ash Trays 100 International Supper Dish 1100 764 Was NOW Keystone 16MM A-9 Camera 11450 $0930 Keystone 8MM 3-lens Turret Camera 9950 $1930 Argus 75 Flash Kit (complete) 2350 $1900 Argus A-4 35 MM Camera and case 3995 $2995 Keystone Complete Movie Outfit (K-25 camera K-75 projector 30x40 screen 300-foot reel can comedy film Kodak color film exposure quide attache case light bar 2-375 watt bulbs) 17430 7977 VENTED HEATER 2788 AUTOMATIC SEWING MACHINE 8977 PORTABLE SEWING MACHINE 4988 Automatic Zig-Zag Rag 11995 John Hollis Ex-Big Spring Broker Dies SPRING Jan 11 (RNS) -Funeral for John Ransom Hollis 83 retired Big Spring real estate broker and farmer will be held at 2 pm Sunday in Nalley -Pickle Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Gage Lloyd pastor of First Presbyterian Church officiating Dr Lloyd will be assisted by the Rev If Gaston pastor of Park Methodist Church Burial will be in Trinity Memorial Park Hollis died Friday night in local hospital Born Sept 24 1874 In Mississippi he came to Texas in 1885 and moved from Eastland County to Abilene in 1911 He moved to Big Spring in 1942 Mr Hollis wx a member of the Presbyterian Church 58 years and was a lifetime elder in the church Two sons preceded him in death Carl in November 1956 and Finis in infancy Survivors include his wife two daughters Mrs A Richardson of Milwaukee Wis and Mrs Marstrend of Big Spring three sons of Big Spring of Huntsville Ala arv Tucson Ariz one sister Mrs Grady Cook of McCaulley two brothers Wilburn of Riberbank Calif and Elbert of Austin 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren SAVE on these piece? Train Case Personal O'Nita -Lightweight Hat Box -Ladies Reg O'Nite Wardrobe Pullman Case KHand Wardrobe Choose from Colorado Brown Bermuda Green Red and white 4950 ARGUS C3 CAMERA Cam plate with mm end flesh Reg 6950 NOW 21" TV with remote-control Reg26995 with trade Table Model HI-FI 19977 Was NOW 16-Piece Starter Set of Wildflower Ballerina 795 595 Completer set Wildflower 695 49S Pope Gosser Dinnerware 53-Piece service of 8 2495 $1495 Scroll Ballerina 16-piece starter set 795 Special Table Odds Ends china-glassware- dinnerware from 9c each YOU NEED NO CASH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE GREAT VALUES 50 ff Vs 20 YOUR ACCOUNT OPENED WHILE YOU WAIT IMMEDIATE DEUVERY 4977 7 COL Off ran 1-14 a'um- zd vm on 1-15 ft plywood B0AT 134 PINE ST.

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