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Lumumba Legacy Counted
EDToRs NOTE - Patrice
Lumumba has been dead a
little more than three months
Lynn Heinzerting, the AP’s
newest Pulitzer Prize winner
sums up in the following dis-
patch some problems that still
plague the Congo.
Engineers Hear
Jack Cox Speech
Joseph Kasavubu and the inef. The Belgian- or Portuguese gp men gets military pay rates andjessential exports were copper, tin On ‘Americanism
fective government named to sue- erated stores, once stocked high annual expenditure has risen from and other metals, diamonds, eot- - ** ---
seed Lumumba s have done little with luxury goods imported from about $3 million to $10 million ton, rubber and palm oil or ker- BRECKENRIDGEJack Cox of
to reverse the dangerous course. Europe and America, now look A major source of the difficul-inels Exports then were in the Breckenridge spoke on “Ameri-
I Potentially one of Africa’s rich- drab and barren. Gone are the ties was the refusal of the cooper neighborhood of 9549 million an- canism” at a regular meeting at
et nations, the Congo bakes , whisky gin, cigarettes, fancy rich Katanga Province to recog-nuallythe Abilene Chapter of the Texas
the equatorial sun while her poti- wines, luxurious fabrics and re- nize the central government The In the central government’s ter- society of Professional
uicians squabble and government frigerated goodies expected revenue from Katanga ritory exports recently have av- Engineers hosted by the Brecken-
officials are idle in their offices. Meat continues to arrive from for the first year of operations eraged only about 94 million a ridge chapter Tuesday night at
------------ nou and rnouesia *---------—- — —-—', ’“' Frazier’s Cafe in Breckenridge
uation outside the secessionist tials are there. Restaurants still than $100 million, nearly half of in a highly industrialized coun- Cox said that to preserve the
RAN More than half the working pop chad and Rhodesia The essen: was estimated at slightly more month
LEUSIL IRE LOBE ulati) wtsii, the cororcianle . . - .
the Abilene Chapter of the Texas
, of Professional
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS A A ’
• Abilene, Texas, Thursday Morning, May 18, 1961 “ r
were Mar. W. G. Anderson. Most ris Love
Paul Beckmann, Mr. Baek eot. PYE
jington Mrs W. F. Decker, Mrs AT FIRST BN
Dalton E Hamilton, Mrs J, g) 430 00
Johns, Mrs. J W Johnson, Mrs 6.P tpontrrs
W. H Shaw and Mrs E W. will ty , $01
rodt..............16-1
The Automobile Manufacturers-ii,
Assn estimates that the comple . */),
tion of the National System of In- : (”,
terstate and Defense Highways on .
schedule will produce net benefits FULL-FLAVORED
UM-M-M-M TASTY
5-A
(AP) The Coney now counting *- —, — • uals are there Restaurants still an VIP 4 1€ ay w in a MED ICUSCDU Coun- COX Said that to preserve tnCD----*"--
m province of Katanga is unem- can provide a satisfactory meal the budget without including pay-try. this near paralysis would: American way of live, the in-to motorists from 1941 to 1940 of
ployed The central government One can still buy the vodka which ment of public debt The central have had a disastrous effect on dividual should Educate and,598 and 1 billion o
natim operates at an average monthly came in after the Russians ar-government has not received a the population But it is no big train his family in religion, ap T
Tesoa cA turned deficit of $12 mill c. * riv do confidently last year franc jump for a Congolese back to his preciate his country and freedom
er who valued power above pros, have fallen nearly 50 per cent. The Congolese national army of President Moise Tshombe, now tribal village and a subsistence talk about America and the things •
perity for his 14 million people, he Xalue of the Congolese trane 25,000 men is largely responsible under detention by the central economy, that have made it great, and
put the new nation on the road to has been cut-almost in halt for the huge government deficit, government may yet provide a Even there, however, he can be teach youth the meaning of true
economic disaster. And President In wide areas of the country. It costs about $60 million a year, solution. Some political observers hit, if the withering economy Americanism.
the bush is creeping over valuable three times as much as it did here feel that Tshombe may never reaches the point where such sim- Attending the dinner and lecture,
plantations Interior roads, essen-under the Belgians. face trial on the charge of treason ple consumer foods as dried fish from Abilene were W. G Ander ‘
tial for movement of the country’s An army private, who made $16 with which he has been threat- and flour cannot be obtained. son, Paul Beckmann, Jack Cos
cotton rubber and palm kernels a month plus food and lodging jened. One of the oddities of the situa- ington, W F Decker, Dalton F | .
are disappearing under the Belgian colonial admin- Do the level of political morali-tion is that more serious symp- Hamilton, J G Johns, J. w
At Kindu. 3,000 tons of tin val- istration, now draws just under ty prevailing here they believe toms of inflation have not ap- Johnson, W H Shaw, 5 W
ued at H 5 million is stacked $100 a month, food allowances in-some deal may yet be arranged peared. Note circulation has in- Willredt, James A Smith, Wil-
awaiting shipment down the Con- cluded Sergeants and corporals, to bring Tshombe and his money creased only from 6.1 .billion liam A. Pope Frank Peck. E B
80 River, until recently blockaded who a year ago were making 939- around to cooperation with the francs at the end of June 1960 to Yeatts and Gene Jackson.
A United Nations economist said $40 a month, now are drawing Leopoldville regime. 7.2 billion francs at the end nt Members of theAbilene Wo- -
the Conges present course, if from $3,000 tp $4,000 a year as The Congolese economy was not February. Prices in the same pe- men’s Auxiliary who were hosted
net Checked In times * end “ lieutenants, captains or majors la difficult one to operate when riod have increased about 25 per by Mrs. J. B. Brannen while their TASTES BETTER COOKS BETTER LOOKS BETTER
°Leopoidyine is Now infested with The police force of about 8,500 this was a Belgian colony. The cent husbands attended the dinner1
money changers A visitor cannot
leave his hotel without being ap-
proached by boys rubbing their
fingers together and trying to buy
dollars, pounds or any other sta-
ble currency.
Recruiters
SHARON J. KNIGHT lsssad ft
.. Invade Cily
Abilene Girl, 19, About 6s us Air Force re
" cruiters from three states began
Time Air an “invasion” of Abilene Wednes-
JVH DS All TOICE day for a semiannual Air Force
Recruiting Seminar here through
Sharon J. Knight, 19, daughter Friday.
of Mrs W. C. Knight of 1634 Sessions will be held at Hotel
Bridge St., was among eight Windsor
people who enlisted in the Air Chief Master Sergeant Julius
Force in Abilene Wednesday Slaughter and his staff of Abilene
Sharon is a 1961 mid-term grad, will host a dinner for the re
uate of Abilene High School. cruiters Thursday evening.
Bertha M Davis of Crane, also The service salesman” will be
enlisted in the WAF program and brought up to date on the latest
the two were sent to Lackland changes in the Air Force, learn
AFB to begin their basic tram-about additional available opa
ing. portunities and of other phases of
The other first-term enlistments the recruiting program
were Kenneth N Jones, 19, of Sessions will be under the di-
Ballinger: Frederick L. Smith, 19. rection of leading recruiters
of Sweetwater: Robert E. Arnold One of the highlights of the ses-
of Big Spring and Anthony Bra-sions win be a presentation by
ziel and Kenneth Rutledge, both of Troy Caraway of the Abilene
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: of quality
EDITOR'S 1
networks How
all programs
a program at
Ca
By THT
BEST BET-
Specializes in
electronic wi
and visual ga
background N
man eating
chopsticks; hi
of a bathtub
lampooning L
car salesman
germs discuss
shchev. Clever
9:30-10 (ABC)
San Angelo.
Alton E Spears of San Angelo
reenlisted for a four-year term.
Christian College Art Dept., show-
ing recruiters how they can use
paper sculpture to improve dis-
plays.
Several of the recruiters will
participate in Armed Forces Day
activities in Abilene Saturday,
j Recruiters are attending from
Dayton, Ohio, Oklahoma City
Okla., Odessa, Midland, San An-
tonio. Waco, Dallas, San Angelo
Four Abfiene Christian Coneee Fort Worth, Sherman, Wichita
senior students m preach at the Falls Paris, Grand Prairie, and
services of the College Church of-mate__________
4 ACC Seniors
To Preach Sunday
At College Church
Christ on Sunday.
. Pat Andrews, a 1954 graduate
of Abilene High School and a
Bible major at Abilene Christian
College, will preach at the 8:15
a m service.
Paul Watson, Greek major from
Houston will speak at the 10:30
am. service.
Reiner Kallus, a Bible major
from Wiesbaden, Germany, will
preach at the S p.m. service. Kal-
lus is minister for the Trent
Church of Christ and teaches Ger-
man at Abilene Christian College.
Jimmy Roberts, Greek major
from Winters, will speak at the
7 15 p m worship service.
Two of these students, Watson
and Roberts, have won scholar-
ships for advanced study at east-
ern universities Watson has re-
ceived a $1,000 scholarship to
study toward the Ph. D. degree
in religion at Yale University, and
Roberts has been awarded a
$1,500 scholarship for advanced 1
study in the Divinity School at
Harvard University.
For some years, it has been
the custom to invite outstanding
senior students from Abilene
Christian College to speak at the |
College Church of Christ on the.
Sunday before baccalaureate ser-
vices. which are scheduled at the
church on May 28.
CASEY’S
QUBLE BURGER 4
viry cueist
mo DOUBLE BURGER WITH
CHEESE Two Petties of Freshly
Ground Seet Served en large se
same Seed Bon with Crisp Lettuce
Slice of American Cheese, To-
motoes and our own Special
Dressing
CASEY'S
DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS
LUGGAGE
PRE VACATION SAVINGS^
Easy Packin’ Serviceable
B-4 BAGS
$1 E95 Plus
Tax
All Metal Reinforced
ROOMY
CAR TRUNK
$1995 Plus
IX Tax
Men’s
JUMBO
SUITCASES
Extra Depth
Extra Length
99. 1150
Plus Fed. Tex
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JUST EAST OF POST OFFICE
357 Walnut Phone OR 2-3297
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EIGHT O’CLOCK COFFEE
1-LB. BAG
I-LB. BAG
Fresh Butter
VISIT YOUR FRIENDLY A & P SUPER MAR-
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purchase of S7 50 or more. 18 KARAT GOLD
PLATED AUTOMOBILE KEYS.OR CHAIN.
WITH
1-LB
PKG .
Silverbrook .
90 Score
1-lb.
Ctn.
E World Wide Pears =*
Delta Summer Dills :
YOUR OWN PERSONAL INITIALS.
NABISCO
RITZ CRACKERS
Cucumber Discs a 2
KRAFT’S
35
Josh Pnoduce Special
TOMATOES 2 IBS
TOMATOES 2 CARTONS
RUBY RED .7
CHEESE SPREADS
Pineapple
Pimento
Olive Pimento .
Oid English
Cheese n' Bacon
2545c
2-49
Jane Pakor Bakow Specials.
JANE PARKER I
Lemon Pie
JANE PARKER
Peach Pie
JANE PARKER ORANGE OR PINEAPPLE
Iced Square Cake
JANE PARKER PINEAPPLE
Topped Buns
JANE PARKER POPPYSEED
Vienna Bread
JANE PARKER BROWN n° SERVE
Eech 39c
Each 49c
. . Each 49C
/ Pkg 29c
9 ISor 22-
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| JANE PARKER GOLDEN, SUGAR OR CINNAMON
Cake Donuts..............
JANE PARKER MOLASSES OR
Oatmeal Cookies
JANE PARKER
Dessert Shells .....
SULTANA LARGE OR SMALL
Stuffed Olives
SULTANA
Pork ‘n Beans
ANN PAGE PINEAPPLE OP
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52-oz. 200
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ALUMINUM FOIL
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12 *25.4,
| Regular Roll . JJC
BEAUTY BAR
9 Reg.
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......39c
SYRUP
BLACKBURN
5-lb.
B+l.
Gt.
Size
69
29€
Mon Thru Fri. 8 00, to
7:00—Saturday 8 00
to B:00
CLOSED SUNDAY
ROOM DEODORANT
FLORIENT
6:30-7:30 «
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country, one is
In England I
see some spec
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shots of Mar
some footage
jumpers.
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awakens to fa
her big crush-
cadet flounder
fully squirts
uniform, cade
51/2-oz.
Size
750
TOILET TISSUE
ZEE
A Roh. -96
4 n Pkg. JOC
COOKING OIL
MAZOLA
8-9 (CBS)—I
to root tor 1
character- even
side are we
settlement of
GRAPEFRUIT 4
WATERMELONS
CALIFORNIA
STRAWBERRIES
CALIFORNIA
STRAWBERRIES
TURNIPS & TOPS
FRESH CRISP BLACKEYE
PEAS
FRESH OKRA
MARVEL GREEN
LAWN BUILDER
FOR
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Whole
PINT
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35€
29"
Cc
LB 3
29€
PINT
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29
10
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LB.
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295
CLEANSER P WHOLE GREEN
Spit & Span „; 29 Beans 300 25
TOILET
Lava
CASCADE D SHWASHE
2 %4 23 Detergent
Sliced Bacon
Sliced Bacon
438
Size 4JT
KEN-L-RATION
DOG FOOD 2= 33€
KEN-L-RATION
DOG FOOD * 25€
SOAP PADS s 394
BALLARD OR PILLSBURY
BISCUITS . 3..29€
crisco
SHORTENING 89
PILLSBURY ASST D
Cake Mixes
NAASCO
... 39€
Fig Newtons %; 25€
Pet Food
2^274
HERB OX
Bouillion Cubes.: 194
PLC WHITE
"Super-Right".
Naptha Soap 3.29€
IVORY FLAKES
Detergent 324
an 49-
Pkg. IV
Allgood Brand
1-lb.
Pkg.
12-oz.
Pkg.
71c
STARCH
NIAGARA.
21c
CHOCOLATE SYRUP
BOSCO
24 02
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59c
WHITE HOUSE
EVAPORATED If
MIGA
FChser
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Mandy 6 PACK CARTON
Cooker Ham "Super Right"
UUVROU I lull I Sliced
Canned Chicken
BANQUET FROZEN Alt VARIETIES
Meat Dinners 2 For 89* Meat Pies
BANQUET FROZEN
12-oz.
Pkg.
3%-Ib.
Size
Jt
BANQUET FROZEN Alt VARIETIES
WOODY’S
Chicken Livers 3 Pkgs. 1" Corny Dogs
53c
DETERGENT
VEL
75c
D For
$100
9 8-ozA Q.
L Pkgs. 4J5
“SUPER-RIGHT" HEAVY BEEF FOR HOME FREEZERS
Hindquarters
1b. 55€ Forequarters
Ground Beef
CP
5t Wrapped
a & for your freeze
TOILET SOAP
PALMOLIVE
lb.
39€
$Q75
2 Reg. 200
J Bars.—. 436
LIQUID DETERGENT .
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22-oz.C1,
Size...............blC
lbs. “Super-Right"
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DE Ite. ' Soper-Righr" Heavy Beef Blade
22 CHUCK ROAST
lbs in all Wrapped $1075
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Gt.
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......75c
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Haddock Fillet
Flounder Fillets
Perch Fillets
39€
454
356
Haddock Dinners 1$* 49€
Scallop Dinners * 494
Fried Scallops = 394
Fried Shrimp s 59€
Fish Portions 10z;296
Fish Sticks
10.oz. 20c
---------Pkg. LUT
Breaded Shrimp ‘# 49€
Breaded Shrimp : 1.49
Scallops.......3494
TOILET SOAP
CASHMERE
BOUQUET
Reg. 90-
Bars ..........LJC
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Size...
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 333, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 18, 1961,newspaper, May 18, 1961; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1671950/m1/4/:accessed April 16, 2024),University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.

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