The Taylor Daily Press (Taylor, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1962 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 23 x 16 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Shop at Home
Every Day
For Best Buys
®fje GTartor
ress
Fair-Warmer
Pair and warmer Friday and Saturday with moderate
south winds Saturday with clouds increasing.
Today’s Range: 32-6.1 Tomorrow’s Range: 40-70.
Yesterday's High: 55'. Rainfall: 0.
Sunrise: 6:39 a.m. Sunset: 6:40 p.m.
Moonrise Sat.: 3:44 p.m. Moonset Sat.: 4:38 a.m.
Lake Levels—Travis: 667.81’. Buchanan: 1004.49’.
U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for
Taylor and Williamson County
Full Leased Wire Report of The Associated Press—World’s Greatest News Service
Volume 49, Number 75
Six Pages
TAYLOR, TEXAS. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1962
(/P)
Associated Press
Price Five Cents
Reds Launch
Space Vehicle
Into Orbit
Global Rocket
Threat Voiced
MOSCOW (3“) — Premier Khru-
shchev announced today the So-
viet Union has put a new space
vehicle in orbit. At the same time
he threatened the United States
with what he called a “global
rocket,” invulnerable to antimis-
site defenses.
The Soviet leader said all
American efforts to interdict the
new weapon, as he described it,
would be in vain.
“The time has passed when the
Americans can feel defended from
the consequences of war,” he
said.
Khrushchev gave no details of
what the stage of development
the so-called new weapon might
be.
He made his remarks in the
course of an election rally, pre-
liminary to Sunday’s voting in the
Soviet Union. Earlier at the rally
he had announced orbiting of a
new space vehicle. Tass news
agency said it was “an artificial
earth satellite launched with a
view to continuing the Soviet
program of outer space research.’
There was no announcement
whether a man or other living be-
ing was aboard.
Khrushchev made his statement
about the “global rocket” to re-
inforce his views on the current
disarmament negotiations at Ge-
neva. Referring to Western pro-
posals for an effective control sys-
tem, he said “we will never agree
to this.”
A control system, he argued,
would be nothing but an espio-
nage service for the west.
Khrushchev boasted that the
Soviet Union has better means of
elivering nuclear bombs —
‘mighty intercontinental rockets
than does the West.”
He added that in these days
men would have to be insane to
begin a nuclear war
He said there are some signs
that the international atmosphere
is improving but “the situation
still remains complicated and
tense.”
This is so. he continued, be-
cause the Western powers hate
the idea of giving up their weap-
ons
He promised patience in the set-
tlement of the German question
but insisted that it “cannot delay
endlessly the solution of this im
portant task.”
Khrushchev made the announce-
ment in a completely offhand
manner while a scientist was
speaking at the meeting in the
Kremlin.
The scientist, Alexander Yshlin-
sky, commented “We are launch-
ing cosmic rockets” and Khrush-
chev interrupted from his seat
hack of the rostrum to say:
“One was launched’ today at 3
o’clock and it is already in orbit.”
He did not specify whether it
was 3 a.m. or 3 p.m. and Rus-
sian sources were unable to say
at once.
Khrushchev made the announce-
ment at 5:35 p.m. (8:35 a.m.
CST) to a crowd of about 10,000
and it brought a quick cheer.
Checks with the news agency
(See LAUNCH. Page 6)
= 1
Search Pressed
issing Airliner
lit
■
ill
ill
Boh Is Elected
To Full Term a
As Fund Head
mm.
STEALS LOOK — An Indian boy steals a look at Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy
as she reads a newspaper in the library of the Balsahyog Childrens’ Center
in New Delhi. Mrs. Kennedy later visited India’s anciant mogul capital of
Fatehpur and the Taj Mahal of Agra. NEA Radi<>Photo
MyersMurder DisarmamentCcnferees
UrgeRivalsComprcmise
Trial Nears
Jury Action
RUSK, Tex. (IP) — Closing ar-
guments were heard today in the
murder trial of John Edwin My-
ers, accused of four slayings in
a macabre ride from Illinois to
Midland.
The case was expected to reach
the jiiry during the afternoon.
Each side had 90 minutes for
arguments.
Cherokee County Atty. Paul Cox
and Dist. Atty Hulon Brown de-
manded the death penalty for the
Chicago man for the slaying of
Arthur Lee DeKraai of Ottumwa,
Iowa. The body was found near
Big Spring last Septe'mber.
Myetrs and his schoolgirl friend,
Donna Marie Stone, 14, were ar-
rested the next day at Midland
Both are from Chicago.
Defense lawyers reviewed their
plea that Myers was insane when
the victim was killed
The state offered on rebuttal
witness before closing testimony
Dr. James Kreimeyer, a Rusk
'State Hospital psychiatrist, testi-
fied that Myers had a personality
disorder. He said that he is not
psychotic and that he did know
the difference between fright and
wrong at the time of the crime
and now.
Myers and a girl companion
have admitted killing DeKraai
and three other persons for money
while driving from Illinois into
Texas. They obtained only $16
from the four victims.
GENEVA (IP) — The 17 - nation
dasarmament conference called
on Secretary of State Dean Rusk
and Soviet Foreign Minister An-
drei A. Gromyko today to start
prompt informal negotiations in
their rival disarmament plans.
The move, proposed by India,
came in the third session of the
conference after Brazilian For-
eign Minister Francisco San
Thiago Dantas urged the nuclear
powers to carry out negotiations
to the extreme limit of compro-
mise. He said the smaller nations
can play an important role in
seeking compromise by negotia-
tion.
With much formal speechmak-
ing remaining and the foreign
ministers expected to be in
3 Air Firm Workmen
Die in Fiery Crash
SAN ANTONIO (IP) — Three
aircraft firm employes perished
Thursday in the fiery crash of
a twin-engined plane jWhich fell
apart during a test flight.
The ship exploded as.it struck
on a ranch 30 miles northwest of
San Antonio. It took off here 90
minutes earlier.
Those aboard, all employes of
Howard Aero Service in San An-
tonio, were A. L. Middleton, the
pilot; Edward L. Garza, co-pilot,
and W. E. Davis, design engineer.
talks.
Rusk, who supported Menon’s
suggestion, met with the Indian
delegation head immediately aft-
er the conference session.
Conference1 prospects suffered a
blow Thursday night when the So-
viet Union rejected President
Kennedy’s terms for a test ban.
ReShmption of U.S. nuclear weap-
on tests in the atmosphere next
month appeared Inevitable as a
result.
The Soviets once more refused
to accept foreign inspectors on
their territory to check against
violations of a test ban. They ap-
peared certain to maintain lb#;
Geneva only about a week more,!opposition to international inspec-
Indian Defense Minister V. K. j tion where all other disarmament
Krishna Menon urged that Rusk measures were concerned.
C Leon G. Bohls Thursday was
: elected to his first full term as
[president of the Taylor United
p Fund. He has served in that posi-
tion since T. W. Holmstrom Jr
| was called up last October for
Jpart'iye duty with the National
’ Guard.
Directors authorized Bohls to
] appoint: a budget committee to
j hear financial requests from par-
j licipating agencies. The president
| also was authorized to appoint
la committee to secure a general
I chairman for the full campaign
> John Smith, last year’s general
(chairman, said the 1961 drive is
£ still about $700 short. Outgoing
I treasurer Carlos G. Parker said
and Gromyko as well as other f surfhls of«77‘rom Tl
delegation leaders waste no lime! ous,,dnve “uld, ** ‘° *?lP
in getting together tor informal!make up,'lhs! ?ejlclt Ph that
j money, plus pledges that may
T. D. Bartosh
Dies, Banker
At Granger
® Life Begins in 80s
Old Friends Agree to Wed
Housing Cost Vital Factor
NEW YORK iff) — Don’t tell
Alphaeus Philemon Cole that life
begins at 40. The 85-year-old wi-
dower plans to be married soon
to an 88-vear-old widow.
“We’re very fond of one anoth-
er,” he said after he and his
bride-to-be, Anita Rio Higgins,
tqok out a marriage license
Thursday.
dole’s wife, Margaret, died last
December ofter a lingering ill-
ness which kept her hospitalized
the last four years of her life.
Mrs. Higgins was her close
friend and helped care for her
while she was still home.
When Mrs. Cole entered the
hospital, Mrs. Higgins took over
some of the household chores to
make 'things easier for Cole.
Mrs. Higgins, a singing teacher,
lives in the same building. Her
second husband, Eugene Higgins,
an artist like Cole, died' in 1958.
When Mrs .Cole died, Cole de-
cided he needed Mrs. Higlgins’
companionship permanently.
“She keeps me happy,” he said.
But there was another more
practical consideration that led
to their decision.
Their apartment building in
Lower Manhattan is about to be
torn down.
What with high rents in the
newer buildings, Cole said, they
couldn’t afford to take separate
apartments.
“The feasible thing to do was
to get married and take one
apartment,” Cole explained.
He said he has been given until
May 29 to move. The marriage
will -have to take place before
then, he said, but they haven’t
picked a dote. The license is good
only for 60 days, he noted.
For a honeymoon they “might
go to England or Italy or just
plain Connecticut,” depending on
how Mrs. Higgins feels about 4t.
“She doesn’t like the idea of
crossing the -ocean,” Cole said.
Cole, a portrait painter who
says one of his works hangs in
the National Academy of Design
here, is philosophical about a
widower remarrying.
“My wife once told me that a
man who was married happily
will get married very quickly
again;” he said'.
Titan 2 Fired
On First Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL (J1)—Titan
2, America’s most - powerful
military rocket and planned
booster for future manned space
missions, blasted off on its maid-
en test flight today. T’ D’ Bartosh, prominent rest
, dent and bankdr of Granger, died
ie O’-’Jbot missile, which onejearjy Friday morning in a Taylor
hospital
Born Sept. 30, 1898 at Granger,
Bartosh had lived there all his
life. He was president of the
First State Bank of Granger and
a member of the SS Cyril and
Methodius Catholic Church
He is survived by his wife, one
son, James Edward Bartosh of
Taylor, one sister, Mrs. John R.
Naizer of Granger; two brothers,
William Bartosh of Granger and
Edward Bartosh of Madil, Okla.;
and four grandchildren.
One son, Timothy Bartosh Jr.
preceded him in death in 1954.
Services will be held Monday
at 9:15 a.m. at the Condra Fu-
neral Home in Granger followed
by solemn Requie'm High Mass
at SS Cyril and Methodius Catho-
lic Church with the Rev. Benedict
Mazurkiewicz, tjie Rev. R. L.
Mahoney and the Rev. Arthur
Michall^a officiating. Burial will
be in the Holy Cross Cemetery.
Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
evenings at the funeral home in
Granger.
day is to boost the two-man
Gemini space capsule and the
dyna-soar manned homer, thun-
dered aloft at 1:09 p.m. (EST) on
the start of an intended 5,000-mile
test to the south Atlantic Ocean.
New liquid propellants which
produce no flame powered the
two-stage projectile. Only a faint
flow fashioned by streams of hot
gases flowed from the base as it
streaked across the sky.
--—o---
Mrs. Rockefeller
Files Divorce
RENO up> — Mrs. Nelson
Rockefeller filed for a divorce
today from the governor of New
York.
Mrs. Rockefeller filed the ac-
tion to end her 31 year marrige
the day after completing legal
residence permitting her to obtain
a quickie Nevada divorce.
Attorney William K. Woodburn
had conferred with a district
court judge in Reno Thursday in
preparation for the filing.
still come in plus interest UF
money has been drawing in the
banks he said the goal may be
reached, so that agencies can get
all or virtually all of the money
they requested.
David Hosier was elected vice
president, Mrs. Tom Parker sec-
retary and Jack Ray Barkley
treasurer.
Seven new three-year directors
also were elected. They are Mrs.
Herbert N. Patterson, Welton
House, Mrs. Grady Jinkins, Jack
Rav Barkley, John W. Smith,
Neil McAlpine and Louis B. Prew-
•»L • . ....... .....
Director Tom Bullion stated' he
would have the United Fund’s
proposed constitution and by-laws
drafted and ready for the board’s
consideration at its next meeting
Directors voted to present
awards to last year’s drive chair-
man and various division heads
Hendrix Cites Concern Aboard
s Congress Candidate
Hal Hendrix of Austin formal-
ly announced today for the office
of U.S. representative from the
10th Congressional District.
The republican candidate stated
that _ his entry into the con-
gressional race is based on two
factors.
“A growing concern over the
way our government is being run
leads me to the conclusion that
the average citizen can no long-
er afford not to be involved in
politics,” Hendrix said. “Since
people . make politics, and there-
fore influence our government,
those of u:s who are not satisfied
must offer our talents, energies
and time to serve in public of-
fice.
“And, secondly,” Hendrix went
on to say, “the realities of our
present national picture are such
that the Republican party offers
the best hope for constitutional,
responsible government.
Hendrix, born in Ranger, Tex-
as, in 1927, stated that he be-
lieves the force behind the coun-
HAL HENDRIX
out of individual muscle and self-
help.”
He is of the opinion that Texas
farmers want to be free from
controls and subsidies. Thirty
try’s economic growth is the free I years of manipulation by the fed-
enterprise system and that “we j eral government has steadily wor-
must contimue to build America I (See HENDRIX, page 6)
Slayton s Erratic Heart
Cancels Orbital Space Shot
WASHINGTON (IP)
A heart Feb. 20. He, in turn, will be
State Snow Goes
As Sun Returns
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Skies cleared 'throughout Texas
Friday and another day of sun-
shine promised to dispel the last
traces of snow left by the storm
moving across the state two days
earlier.
It was still a bit chilly in most
sections. Early morning tempera
lures ranged down to 18 degrees
at Dalhart. Readings at other
points were in the middle 20s to
40s. ■
Forecasts called for generally
fair and warmer weather in all
parts of the state through Satur-
day, except for a prospect of
clouds over Northwest Texas.
Ranking U. S. Reds
Held in Crackdown
NEW YORK (IP) — Two top rank-
ing American Reds, Gus Hall and
Benjamin J. Davis, have been ar-
rested' in the first crackdown on
Communist party officials who
refuse to register the party with
the government under the Subver-
sive Activities Control Act.
They were allowed to go free
overnight, but were ordered to
post bail of $5,000 each today.
condition detected more than two
years ago will keep astronaut
Donald K. Slayton from becoming
the next American to venture into
space.
The assignment of following
along the trail blazed' by John H.
Glenn Jr. will go instead to M.
Scott Carpenter, another member
of the seven-man Mercury space
team.
The switch in plans was an-
nounced Thursday night by the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Earlier in the
day an Air Force medical board
had reviewd Slayton’s condition
—an “erratic heart rate”—and
advised against his attempting
the physically trying space mis-
sion.
On learning he had been
scratched the Air Force major,
38, said “I’m very disappointed
to say the least.”
The space agency said the
heart trouble was detected in
November 1959, but it was decid-
ed to keep the former jet pilot
in the program while keeping a
close watch on his condition.
Slayton was to have made the
second U.S. orbital flight within
the next month or two. Like Glenn
he was to have circled the earth
three times in a Mercury cap-
sule.
Carpenter, 36, a Navy flier,
was Glenn’s backup pilot last
backed up by astronout Walter
M. Schiria Jr., 38, who was to
have filled the same role for
Slayton.
While Slayton was disqualified
from the next U.S. space flight, a
space agency spokesman said he
was “still a member of the Mer-
cury program at this time1. Fur-
ther study of his condition will
determine whether or not he will
continue it it, the spokesman
said.
After hearing that he had been
(See SLAYTON’S, Page 6)
Tax Rendition
Draws Reminder
City Tax Collector Ed Arning
today urged citizens of Taylor and
the Taylor Independent School
District to render their proper-
ty for taxation just as soon as
possible.
This includes all persons, firms,
corporations and associations lo-
cated within or who are doing
business within this taxing juris-
diction.
In the absence of a rendition,
it is the duty of the tax assessor-
collector to value the property and
make the assessment.
Deadline fdr rendering property
is April 30. After that date all
assessments must be submitted to
the boards of equalization for re-
view and approval.
Craft Bound
For Viet Nam
MANILA OP) — U. S. military
planes and ships pressed a hunt
between Guam and the Philip-
pines tonight for a chartered air-
liner which vanished at sea with
107 persons, chiefly American
Army men, on a flight to war-
torn South Viet Nam.
A full 24 hours passed since the
four-engine Super Constellation,
owned by the California-based
Flying Tiger Line, radioed its last
message. This was a routine re-
port to Guam from a position
ed for Clark Air Force Base,
in the western Pacific, as it head-
ed for Clark Air orce Base,
north of Manila.
Search craft crisscrossed 75,000
square miles of the Pacific fruit-
lessly by daylight and were con-
tinuing through the night. Weather
was excellent and the sea normal.
The Super Constallation carried
a crew of 11 Americans, 93 U.S.
Army personnel and three South
Vietnamese, Travis Air Force
Base in California said. Four
women were among the crew.
Military sources in Saigon as-
sumed the troops were due to
bolster the American forces back-
ing South Viet Nam’s government
in its war against the Viet Cong
guerrillas.
Fifteen aircraft based at Guam
launched the hunt for the Flying
Tiger plane. Spread over a 100-
mile front, they flew 750 miles
westward—to a point about mid-
way between Guam and the Phil-
ippines—and then retraced their
course eastward.
The plane took off from Guam
at 8:57 p.m. Thursday night car-
rying fuel for abut nine hours
flying for the 1,600-mile eight-
hour hop to Clark Air Force Base,
north of Manila. It was last heard
from 80 minutes later when the
pilot sent a routine radio message
to Guam from about 270 miles
west of that American island
base.
The Clark Field Rescue Coor-
dinating Center declared the air-
liner missing this morning. A
U.S. Navy spokesman said it was
believed the plane went down clos-
er to Guam than to the Philip-
pines.
-o--
10 Americans
Hurt in Italy
ROME (AP) — A bus carrying
40 American tourists collided with
a truck south of Rome today and
10 of the Americans were injured,
three of them seriously.
The1 Americans were on their
way from Rome to Naples to take
a boat to the Isle of Capri.
The accident occur ed about 20
miles south of Rome as the cold-
est March weather in 20 years
gripped Rome and much of Italy.
*mwif
•I
it
Itli
m
II
m
ill
m
■
11111
■II
III
■
"O
<
Local Citizens
Of Gonzales
Emphasize Value
Polio Foundation
MOTHER SLAIN — Mrs. Lester Bertha Bartholomew, was slain after she and
two of her children, Martin, three, and Leslie Ann, 19-months, were abducted
from their home near Bartlesville. Okla. Mrs. W. W. Rodgers of Blackwell,
Okla., left, holds the two children after she found them walking down a high-
way near Blackwell. —nea Telephoto
“If you were at the Texas Re
habilitation Center today and
spent one hour and you had. $10
between you and starvation, you’d
give $9 to keep it open.”
Kenneth Mann added that peo
pie who haven’t seen the center
at Gonzales just can’t realize how
much good they’re doing down
there
“I was floored to hear that the
center might be closed,” Mrs
Odell Farr said. “It would just
be terrible for a place like that
to have to close. You jusit have to
see the place and observe the
work that goes on there before
you can appreciate it
Said Harry Zeplin, “Mrs. Zep-
lin and I are heartily in favor of
Gonzales Warm Springs. They do
a good job. We certainly hope
they never have to close the
place.”
These are the opinions of three
Taylorites Who have direct know-
ledge of and first hand experience
in Texas Rehabilitation Center.
Mann’s daughter, Linda, has
been a polio patient there a num-
ber of times. On two different oc-
casions she was there to stay,
self, has been a Gonzales patient
off and on for many years. She
was at the center only last week
in connection with wheel chair
and corset adjustments. Mrs. Farr
gave birth to a daughter while
confined to an iron lung.
Zeplin’s daughter, Linda , spent
10 months at Gonzales after she
first contracted polio. She has
been back four times for treat-
ment. She’s now receiving treat
ment and furthering her educa-
tion at the Elks Crippled Child-
ren’s Home in Luling.
These people were asked to ex-
press their opinions about the
center in the light of the fact
that it might have to close down.
All three said they would back
a local, concerted drive, or cer-
tainly would encourage individuals
to make contributions to keep it
open.
A recent survey showed that
in a five'-year study $27,000 in
aid was given to patients from
Williamson County, and in 1961
services amounting to $4,500 were
given to patients unable to pay.
Mann said Texas Rehabilitation
and she still goes back every!Center was one of only about
three months for check-ups. [ three similar places in Texas and
“because they’re serving more
needs.”
The scope of services has broad-
ened through the years, especial-
ly since the polio vaccine has
been proven successful. Arthritis,
muscular dystrophy and other pa-
tients with crippling diseases are
helped.
Mrs. Farr commented on how
well kept all the buildings are in
Gonzales. She praised the many
services offered and said she de-
finitely thought that state funds
should be used to keep the center
open if the money cannot be
raised otherwise.
“Anybody who needs help can
get it at Gonzales,” she empha-
sied.
Last report said Gonzales is
not closing as was first announ-
ced, but is looking forward to be-
ing permanently open after an
extension of 30 days ordered by
the board. It will take $1.00,000
to pay the debts and get the cen-
ter back on a permanent basis.
Gov. Daniel has indicated the
center could even become partial-
ly state supported.
A gift to the hospital to keep it
going should be mailed to Texas
Rehabilitation Center, Box 58,
Mrs. Farr, a polio .victim her- apparently Gonzales is the best] Gonzales, Texas.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View two places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Taylor Daily Press (Taylor, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1962, newspaper, March 16, 1962; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth800149/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taylor Public Library.