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WEATHER FORECAST
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TEN PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1960
JFK Faces Ministers
Over Religious Issue
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Joe Ileo
LEOPOLDVILLE, the
his civil rights ecord
tempt the growth of pecans
Issues
Donna Slams Into New York
This was the first day of school
reived by the Security Council or
the Florida Keys,
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Nixon Labels Peace
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By ERNEST B. VACCARO
No one except regular court
in
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without Congo representation.
Thomas Kanra, from boarding a
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Kasavubu
Chooses
Court Okays
New Budget
City. Wilmington's beaches. New
Bern and Washington, and then
opened as usual. But before noon
the Board of Education issued a
bulletin advising those attending
afternoon or other late sessions to
stay at home.
West, 70. collapsed and died while
trying to secure his cabin cruiser
at Lynn, Mass.
For New Center
A public meeting has been called for 7:30 p.m.
in the Club Room of Hotel Brownwood for presen-
tation of preliminary plans for a new city civie
center.
Architect Frank C. Dill will present sketches of
the proposed center and will ask for opinions and
suggestions at the meeting.
The meeting is called by the Brownwood Pub-
lic Facilities Survey Committee, appointed by
Brownwood City Council to investigate construc-
tion of the building.
Wendell Mayes Sr., chairman, said the commit-
tee will be able to make changes before final
changes are adopted. Final approval of civic cen-
ter plans will be made by the council.
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tection for anti-Lumumba leaders
Moise Tshombe and Albert Kalon-
ji, who Kasavubu said he had in-
vited to Leopoldville for a national
conference
Kasavubu’s delegation took off
in a Belgian jet Sunday from
flapped under the force of the
wind.
Francisco, spoke inside a hall of
the airport because of the heavy
rains from the fringes of Hurri-
cane Donna.
President Eisenhower said that
to his mind the hurricane "is a
basis on sandy land in Central
Texas was the work of R. A.
(Gnsl Bowden, whose orchard
was in the Wolf Valley com-
munity some eight miles south
of Rising Star.
Bowden's determination to at-
back across Florida and the east-
ern edge of North Carolina and
Virginia.
daily kicked off his pesidential
campaign today by promising to
carry- the "peace issue" to the
voters in all the 50 states.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)—
Massachusetts Istitute of Tech-
STORM MOVES INTO MIAMI—Driven by 60-m.p.h. winds, waves lash a home on the Miami, Fla., shore.
HIGH WINDS, HEAVY RAINS
t UN. assistance in reactivat-
ing the judicial system of the
Congo.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
3 U.N. transportation and pro-
members and aides attended.
The new budget calls for expen-
] ditures of $580,706. 30
a dispute over work rules and job
security that began in mid-1957.
Wages were not an issue.
QUICK RATIFICATION
Six hours after the agreement
both the Transport Workers Union
burgh. NY, and other air bases
in die New York and New Eng-
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miles east of New York City— ratic path that took it
sometime this afternoon. Puerto Rico.
"You have a record," he told
the Republican rally, "for launch'
ing. champions "
HEAVY RAINS
Sen. Thruston B Morton. RKy.,
The Kasavubu proposal on the plane there. Hustled back to Leo-
armed forces was transmitted to pold ville, the delegates finally got
Secretary General Dag Hammar- away through a concession of the
skjold as on part of a four-point i U.N. Command Though the U.N.
program. The other three pro- stopped traffic, a Czech plane
posals included I was permitted to take off late
I Speedy formation of police from Leopoldville with Lumum-
unita. I ba’s men.
JROWNWOOD AREA Foir ond mild
throygh Tuesday Low tonight generally
in 50s, high Tuesday in 80s.
Maximum temperature here Sunday
88, overnight low 51. Sunset 6 47, sun-
rise 6:18.
Bowden/s pecan work is per-
petuated In
Brown County Commissioners
Court this morning adopted the
1 proposed 1960-61 fiscal year budget
with two amendments
Changes involved $1,040 for a
part-time secretary in the justice
of the peace office and an addi-
tional $5,000 transfer from the
general to the salary fund.
Action by the court in effect
turned down a 10 per cent blanket
I wage increase for county employes
and officials as well as increased
allocations for some county offices.
It came following a public hearing
this morning.
Weather Bureau said the storm city, NJ., shortly before noon,
was moving at 35 miles an hour The storm pounded into the
on a course which would take it metropolitan area after wreaking
off the tip of Long Island—100 death and destruction on an er
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'Overriding Issue'
to Indianapolis, Dallas and San ' ’ A
the New England area. Arthur
Congo Soldiers Haul
Lumumba Off To Jail
launched his own campaign
1952
cut-off date after
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agree on
Airport, "is keeping the peace
across PLANES MOVE
Planes were evacuated from
Stewart Air Force Base at New.
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The storm had accounted for at
least 134 deaths before striking in
the metropolitan area, 120 of them
in Caribbean Islands.
Donna whipped winds of 115
miles an hour in North Carolina's
coastal area, hitting Morehead
and weather radar, reported
early this afternoon that hurri-
cane Donna appears to be fol-
lowing a course which might
take it across western Long
Island and inland up the Con-
necticut valley.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hurricane Donna, ripping its
way north, struck today at metro-
out of an exaggerated and mis- . .
placed fear." Smith said, explain- no legal status and cannot be re-
5n3Fg
i in San Diego, Calif.. Sen John
IF. Kennedy, the Democratic can-
didate, quickly agreed.
whether to deal with Kasavubu Brazzaville: capital of the former
or Patrice Lumumba, who claims French colony across the Congo
to be still running the turbulent River from Leopoldville. The dele-
African country as premier gation is headed by Justin Bom-
Delegations from both Kasavu- | boko, former foreign minister in
bn and Lumumba were|flying to, Lumumba’s government who is
New York, but it appeared un-! slated for the same job in a new
likely either would arrive in time regime being formed by Senate
for a council meeting this after-, President Joseph Ileo.
noon There was talk of postpon BLOCK DELEGATION
ing the meeting, but some dele- Brazzaville authorities blocked
gates wanted to push ahead even Lumumba's delegation, headed by
grow on the courthouse lawn in
Brownwood He died March 2.
1955. just short of his 79th birth-
day. He is buried in the Wolf '
Valley Cemetery.
BALTIMORE, Md (AP) - Vice
President Richard M. Nixon offi-
port. Framed in ramp lights, Keo- now under United Nations control,
nedy and Johnson mounted a truck and demanded that he be allowed
to speak briefly to the throng. to speak.
Where Johnson’s name had been ORDERS TO FIRE
conspicuous by its absence from Ghana soldiers said they had
banners in Northern states where orders to fire if he tried to get
Lumumba has been premier
that the constitution provides c Am n n
there shall be no religious test for Congo (AP) Premier Pa-
holding office. trice Lumumba was taken
into custody by the army
late Monday, but three hours
later he was released.
Arrested under a warrant late
in the afternoon, Lumumba reap-
peared on downtown streets at
6:30 pm.
, The normally teeming sidewalks
I at New York were virtually de-
: serted, as pedestrains took cover. .
Trees and utility wires were Park trees beat and awnings
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pose," he said. "Many priests
and bishops have openly declar-
ed they believe in the separation
of church and state. not as a
matter of temporary expedien-
cy, but on principle. When Mr.
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swung to sea again in the Eliza-
beth City area
A number of communities were
isolated. Small buildings were de-
molished and others unroofed
Fallen trees blocked highways.
The storm buffeted the Hamp-
ton Roads area of Virginia from
midnight until after 8 am, caus-
ing havoc similar to that in North
Carolina
ONE NEW DEATH
The coastlines of Maryland, Del-
aware and New Jersey were next
to feel the effects.
Even before the storm reached
on County GOP Raps
First successful production
of pecans on a commercial
Religious
Brown County Republican
Chairman William S. Semple to-
day endorsed Richard Nixon’s
stand against using religious is-
sues in the U. S. presidential
campaign.
In a statement issued today to
the press Semple said:
“As county chairman of the
Republican Party at Texas. I
wish to endorse the statement
made by Richard M. Nixon in
his tv address in which he re-
iterated his policy that religious
issues would not be used by the
Republican Party tn furthering
his campaign for the presidency
of the U. S.”
BAPTIST STATEMENT
The stand followed a political
statement Sunday made by the
Brown County Baptist Assn,
which charged the Roman Catho-
lic Church of being a "foreign
army garrison and was followed
there soon afterward by his wife
anil two children.
About 200 Congolese soldiers
surrounded his esidence over-
looking the Congo River and the
lanky, goateed Lumumba surren-
dered without a struggle
Senate President Joseph Ileo, a
without surrender and extending
freedom throughout the world "
Nixon's plane took off at 11:12
a m. EDT
TO DALLAS
Nixon, with President Eisen- the GOP national chairman. __
hower and other top Republicans. ■ serted it was the first time he
separation of church and state
in this country."
The pastor of one of Austin’s
largest Baptist churches told his
congregation Sunday America
"can not afford the luxury of a
religious controversy in a presi-
dential campaign.”
The Rev. Blake Smith, minister
of University Baptist Church,
said Protestants who believe the
election of a Roman Catholic
president would threaten the
separation of church and state
"may be mistaken, as I believe
they are."
EXAGGERATED FEAR
"The deep concern which the
religious issue has elicited grows
joined in launching a 9,000-mile, had "launched a campaign in the
first-lap campaign carrying him middle of a hurricane.” He ap-
—=----===== j plauded the hardy crowd, who.
=============== I like Eisenhower, drove through
his farm stemmed from two
factors. In the first instance.
VOLUME 60 NO. 285 5c PER COPY
Pennsy RR,
Union Agree
By LEE LINDER
PHILADELPHIA (API-Negoti-
ators today hammered out settle
ment ending the 12-day-old strike
that had stopped the entire Penn-
sylvania Railroad for the first
time in 114 years
Leaders of the 30 000 strikers,
members of two nonoperating
unions, said they were delighted
with the agreement reached fber
15 hours of almost continuous
peace talks. The settlement ended
Catholics place pressure on a seak onsbeha 1 th onseth Socgun
Pest"the Catholic Church is ci approved by a majority of the
not as monolithic as some sup- SBomeon headeda to-lew York
aboard a Belgian jet from Braz-
zaville. the capital of the old
French Congo, across the Congo
River from Leopoldville.
A Lumumba delegation was pre-
vented by Brazzaville authorities
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HAKvest
Nooue
ing that Baptists as well as
and autocratic reli gio-political
power which has been and now moderate, is Kasavubu’s choice to
is making an effort to break down ■ run the country
the constitutional provision for - *
politan New York. The southern. New York City itselt was get-
Connecticut eoast was ordered tngnstim fringe effects of the
evacuated. The Weather Bureaustorm
in Boston warned that it may be toppling on Long Island , south
the most damaging storm ever to shore before
hit New England. , The New York Weather Bureau
Thousands were evacuated from said the storm’s center was 70 in New York City, and the schools
Long Island's south shore. The miles "straight east” of Atlantic - - -
above any other standard if he is
elected president
The vice president said it would
be "tragic for this election to be
determined primarily or even sub-
stantially on religious grounds"
Kennedy obviously agreed with
this
CAREFUL WORDING
In a carefully worded statement
in reply to Nixbn, Kennedy said:
“I wish we could cut off debate
on this subject right now I think !
we'd all be better off How can |
we possibly improve on the Con- ,
stitution?"
Kennedy has noted frequently I
is under into the station
President Joseph Kasavubu had
He penetrated the cordon
around Leopoldville radio station.
FALL ILLUSIONS—A sudden cold front, which sent
Central Texans diving for extra blankets last night,
catches Miss Scarlet Porter of 1400 Ave E mixed up
in summer shorts ond a foil overcoat The trouble was
caused by Sunday temperatures which neared 90 de-
grees (okay for shorts) and then plunged to o shivering
51 early today (better for coats). (Staff Photo)
the national army under his su-
preme command as chief of state.
The latest communication on
the chaotic Congo situation ar-
rived at U.N. headquarters as the
Security Council was confronted
with the question of deciding
Kennedy and Johnson joined
a
and System Federation an-
nounced that their locals had rati-
fied it.
PRR spokesman also expressed
satisfaction.
No trains will operate today on
America’s biggest railroad that
connects 10,000 miles of track in
13 states and the District of Col-
umbia.
The Pennsy said service “will
be partially restored" by Tuesday
morning, emphasizing that restora-
tion must proceed “in progessive
steps to assure complete safety
and reliability of operation " 1
"The overriding issue.” the good omen." He recalled a rain-
GOP nominee told a cheering 3tcrm at Abilene. Kan, where he
crowd at Baltimore’s Friendship.....
By JACK BELL
WITH KENNEDY (AP-De
termined to answer any attacks
aimed at his Catholic religion.
Sen John F Kennedy air hopped
” across Texas today in a double-
barrelled campaigning with his
. ticket mate. Sea Lyndon B John-
son.
In an appearance before the
Houston Ministerial Association
tonight the Democratic presiden-
tial nominee grapples with the re-
ligious issue-one that some Dem
ocreatic leaders believe is en-
dangering his chances of winning
Texas' important 24 electoral
votes
How seriously this may affect
the outcome in a state that Presi-
dent Eisenhower carried in the
hands in the campaign in El Paso
Sunday night where the presiden-
tial nominee got one of the most
rousing welcomes be had had any-
where in his current campaign
swing
MOUNT TRI CK
About 7.000 screaming, whistling
adherents turned out at the air-
last two elections was outlined by
Johnson who told a reporter "Re-
ligion is the only issue the Re-
publican, have m Texas. It's bad
but we don't think it will pre-
vail "
Johnson, the Senate Democratic
leader, said recent statewide polls
have shown Kennedy ahead of
Vice President Richard M Nixon,
his Republican opponent. But
Johnson said at least 12 per cent
of the voters were listed as un-
decided.
Kennedy refused to let himself
get fenced in with a suggestion
from Nixon that both candidates
By MAX HARRELSON .
UNITED NATIONS, NY. (AP)
—Congo President Joseph Kasa-
vubu today called on the United
Nations to reorganize and train
named a new government to re-
place Lumumba's Communist-
backed regime.
Lumumba was taken to an
I the heavy rains to attend the
meeting Airport police estimated
the enthusiastic, sign-waving turn-
out at in excess of 700 with one
policeman estimating 1,500.
Eisenhower dedicated Nixon and
Henry Cabot Lodge, his vice pres-
idential running mate, to fight for
disarmament and world peace
Morton told the applauding
crowd that in Nixon, “you are go-
ing to have the tested leadership
the country needs and the world
wants."
GOOD FORM
Nixon while he closed his
speech with emphasis on foreign
affairs and peace, was in good
campaign form, promising at one
point, to make kittens borne by
। his daughter Patricia’s cat avail-
able to other children.
। Nixon earlier pledged his best
efforts to keep the religious issue
out of the presidential race.
I The vow came on television
‘ Sunday night as the Republican
candidate called for a cutoff date
I on the discussion of religion
since the Belgians gave the Congo
its independence 10 weeks ago.
Kasavubu. as president, nominal-
ly outranks him and has the right
to nominate a premier. But Lu-
mumba in the last two weeks had
been trying to supersede Kasavu-
bu Each declared the other fired
at one stage.
While rival Congolese delega-
tions sped to New York to lay
their conflicting views before the
U.N. Security Council, the two
chambers joined in attempt to
discredit Lumumba's former for-
eign minister, Justin Bomboko,
who represents Kasavubu.
NO LEGAL STATUS
The Bomboko delegation “is not
recognized by the Parliament, has
question, the signs in Texas all
read: “JFK-LBJ.”
w hich neither would discuss the
religious issue
NOT UNDER FIRE
It was the view of the Demo-
cratic nominee s associates that
Nixon, a Quaker, could well af-
ford to say he will not discuss
religion, since he is not under fire
j on the score.
But they said Kennedy could
hardly say he will not answer at-
tacks made on him as a Catholic.
' They particularly fear scurrilous
J charges may be leveled against
1 him in the final hours before the
voters go to the polls on Nov. 8.
Nixon told a national television
audience — NBC — "Meet the
Press” — Sunday night he has
no doubts whatever about Ken-
nedy's loyalty to the country or
that he will put the Constitution
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the advent of the boll weevil
ruined cotton growing in the
wooded region of Brown County.
Farmers were forced to find a
substitute for cotton as s cash
crop.
The Rev. William R. Bowden,
father of R. A. Bowden. spent
many winters to the region of
the upper Llano and Frio
riven. He observed the growth
of native trees along the south-
western riven and became
eonvineed that the deep sandy
lands of Brown and adjoining
counties would respond to pe-
can culture. He urged his son
to experiment with the mut-
bearing trees.
The younger Bowden decided
to plant his farm to the winter
of 1912-1913. He used nuts from
Kimble and Bandera counties
that his father provided. His
first planting occurred on Jan.
1, 1913.
The young farmer ordered
pecans from S. A. Griffith of
Junction in the fall of 1913.
From this planting he saved
300 seedlings that grew to
rows 23 feet apart. Within
three years Bowden decided
that his trees were too close
together. He dug 100 of tee
young trees and replanted
them.
Ten years passed and the trees
bore their first crop. Bowden
found that he had as many
varieties of pecans as trees. He
instituted his first improvement
program in 1903, at which time
he began top-working the trees
and budding with improved va-
rieties.
He continued planting from
year to year until he had an
orchard of 80 acres. He learn-
that the trees made the best
growth when he piloted pe:
com. After they had a good
root system, be budded tee
young seedlings with paper-
shell buds.
During the closing years of the
decade of the 20s. Bowden noted
that numerous pecan trees de-
veloped a disease of the bark.
Rough, knarled sections appear-
ed and the trees stopped grow-
ing. Scientists called the dis-
ease "rosette."
Hortieulturists and nursery-
men were divided to opinions
as te tee cause at tee disease.
In a meeting at pecan men at
Eastland Bowden advanced tee
theory of a lack of some ele-
ment to the soil.
No other pecan man agreed.
They contended that the condi-
tion arose from bacteria. Tex-
as A&M scientists began a series
of tests on trees affected with
••rosette” and found that a lack
of zinc in the soil caused the
condition. When the zinc became
available, the disease disappear-
ed.
Bowden was one at the act-
ive leaders to the Pecan Grow-
ers Asan. He began exhibit-
ing peeans at tee State Fair at
Texas in 1829. For a period of
five years Ma exhibits earned
blue ribbons to various fairs
and pecan meeting shows. The
resulting publicity encouraged
him in tee growing of nursery
stock.
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