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Thalidomide was removed from
the market in Germany and else-
life-size portrait of Jimmy Hoffa,
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tion, he found the rate went up to
50 per cent.
The drug was found to be dan-
gerous to the unborn when taken
by the mother within 20 to 40
Get him a deck-billed platypus.
It would surprise anybody.
sile launchings in February of
this year and now no details of
the missile-firings at Vandenberg
are given out.
Strategic Air Command crews
ious to get the stuff on the mar-
ket, but this:was routine.”
The whole general tenor of the
criticism of her “was sort of a
“ ‘stubbornness,’ " she said.
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MILLER’S .
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PHARMACY
in Brenham
Representing
Aetna, Casualty and
Surety Company
HOLLEMAN
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West Side of the Square
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American tragedy” by her stead-
fast refusal to allow the market-
ing’ in this country of a $ sleeping
pill later linked to grotesque de-
formities in newborn children.
The 47-year-old drug specialist
withstood a- barrage of criticism
before a medical investigation ev-
entually proved that her suspi-
cions were well-founded.
The story, which was related
Sunday by the Washington Post,
Sure you worked hard back
when you put the storm doors
up, but think what fun the
kids have slamming them.
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stpry of a woman who refused
to let criticism sway her doubts
about a new drug. Her refusal
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Rankin, dean of Texas journalsm, _____ ______ _ . .u.____
as Press Association in 1869, President in 1898. Published every
except Saturday and Sunday at 223 East Main Street. Brenham. T<
phone GR 6-3643. .
stages in the revolutionary
career of Lenin. It was guar-
anteed to be successful when
it was played in Moscow last ,
mental YB49 Flying Wing.
At Edwards, the'first. American
plane was flown faster than the
... the extre value
that makes good insurance
really work.
BE SURE YOU GET IT . ...
see
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the policy with the P.S.
By DICK WEST
- United Press International
_ WASHINGTON (UPI) - Many
• . Americans feel that vacations are
drivers amuse themselves during
long hauls over the more-or-less
open road. ”
Scholarly conjecture, plus- deep
draughts of diesel fumes, led me
to conclude that they keep their
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A baby sitter is a gal who can
watch television, read a book
and raid the refrigerator while
the kids are bawling.
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nice but they were
never designed for
overnight stays.
So long, see you
next month.
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A WORD
TO THE WISE
I ran across this
cartoon Min one of our
company publications.
I think the moral is
clear without me add-
ing too many words.
July is a popular
month for vacations—
and if you want to be
. . . WHEN A TRUCK
ACCIDENT occ IRS
Bumper-Tag' Is Game For
Sharpening Truckers’ Wits
"pints .for every car that "es-
fapes," or manages t 3’
a straightaway. Here again? part-
nership, or "team" play, can be
Preparation for the November Show
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- others seek rest and relaxation.
I have just,returned from one
of the educational type’ vacations.
I didn't plan it that way, but
that's the way it worked out.
While making an extensive.
was discarded because it showed
no effect on test animals in 1958
another German firm found that
it promised to be the best sleep
inducer’ ever — no hangover, no
danger in overdosage.
Under the trade name of Con-
tergan the drug found a booming
market in West Germany. It was
sold in Britain as Distaval, in
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a $35 million facility employing
more than 3,000 persons.
J PL has No I responsibility for
The Brenham Banner-Prem was etablished as thie
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policy of secrecy concerning mis- sound).
Altitude and speed records for
California space and missiles in-
stallation it is at Edwards where
the drama of man vs. space is
the most sensitively portrayed be-
cause of the human factor: the
high element of personal hazard
for pilots who fly the X15 rocket
ship at , six times the speed of
sound.
The air force's first jet plane,
a Bell F59 Airacomet—actually a
"Sorry, we’ve just filled our last
vacancy.’’
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Lucky the college gri
who lands a job and finds out
American Legion Hall
Music By
JESSE LEE anti the
Texas Valley Boys
SArUKDAY, July 21st
DEAR GEORGE:
I was going with this boy who
works at the neighborhood gro-
cery store, but was swept off my
feet- by a young salesman. Then
I met a football player, who seem-
ed evern more romantic.. But
now who comes ialong but this
dashing young Marine serge-
Field but
type of birth defect known as
phocomelia.
West German Development
Thalidomide,, was developed in
1954 by a West German firm but
pharmacologist, F. Ellis Kelsey,
special assistant to the... surgeon
general, and the mother of two
daughters, 15 and 12, had this to
say about her role in keeping the
drug off the American market:
“They certainly thought I was
unreasonable. But I didn't feel
the material to back it up was
to approve its sale in the Unit-
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for the Minuteman, Atlas and
Titan II receive their training at
Vandenberg and then are assigned
to other bases
Expenditures for construction at
Vandenberg Irave gone well past
the $200 million mark and the
Air Force estimates that the mis-
sile base is responsible for spend-
ing about $4.5 billion a month lo-
cally, The base employs about 15,
000 civilian and military person-
nel. "*
You keep a lot more
friends when you are good
for nothing as far as a loan
is concerned.
turbojet, was flown at Edwards — L----—
the name was
by Capt. Charles E. Yeager on
Oct. 14, 1947. •
Early Models ‘ ’
All these early planes ranging
from the XI through X13, a ver-
tical takeoff aircraft, gave way
On Sept: 17, 1959, test pilot
Scott Crossfield flew the X15 to
an altitude of 50,000 and over
The Air Force instituted a new Mach 2 (twice the speed of
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Iv refused to approve the drug
-0 **5mneriors backed her up.
-- ~n -0Pr KMy says there were
AEm--MtiFnosmneHcinpubhe-seKineFXsohe
of thanks for that stubbornness.
Rankin confirmed that Dr Kil-
should I do about the Marine?
CONFUSED
DEAR CONFUSED:
Be very careful.
(Copyright, 1962 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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ner" on a straightaway and will
lose all of the cars that he has
"captured.” When that happens,
he must either forfeit all of his
points or go. back to ‘the nearest
weighing station. , -
The drivers turn in their score
cards at ‘‘truck stop" restau-
rants, wher the points are added
up by a waitress on the back of
a menu.
The driver with the most num-
But Assistant FDA Commis-
"bumper tag," otherwise known
as “Detroit chess.” -
The rules go something like
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Get adequate msurance
protection against truck
or car damage and'
liability.
HELP!
Writing a newspaper column has its advantages ana
its disadvantages. On the good side, it gives me a chance
to discuss a variety of telephone topics-and pass on news
and views concerning my company.
. . On the bad side, I sometimes come up “bone dry*
and can’t beg or borrow an idea to write about.
And that’s where you come in.
- If you have a question you’d like answered or a
subject you’d like discussed, just drop me a line in care
of this paper. Only one restriction—keep the subject on
telephones and communications. I’m no good at settling-
family fusses or giving personal, legal or medical advice.
And if you come up with a question I can’t answer. I’ll
. try to find someone who can. How about it? Any takers?
DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
During- his entire lifetime, how many hours would
you guess the average man spends telephoning?
Well, the answer might seem impossible (to anyone
but a teenager) but the average is 8,760 hours! (And
-whilthis.issure a lot of time, just think how many hours
you wee by telephoning instead of having to deliver your-
message personally!)
Anyway, it strikes me that as long as you’re going
to spend a year of your life on the phone, you may as
well do it conveniently. And nothing offers more con-
venience than personal extension phones wherever you
work, sleep or play.
We’ve got phones in a rainbow of colors to suit your
own good taste. Just call the business office, or ask any
telephone service man.
to take turns passing each other
ti# “They rivst
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you
On rare occasions, a .driver
may be unable to find a "part-
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sey may have prevented “an
manned airplanes were broken al-
most as.fast as they were made
by X15 pilots, including Maj. Rob-
ert White and Joseph Walker.
White flew the X15 at a top speed
of 4,093 miles an hour, more than
six times the speed of sound.
Walker soared in the rocket
plane to an altitude of 225,000 feet
—48'2 miles to the edge of space
and returned safely. It eventually
may go to an altitude of 100 miles.
advantageous.
Employ Pass Play
" When a straightaway is sighted,
the most commonly employed
the moon and the planets. The
lunar probes are named Ranger
and Surveyor.
Vandenberg Air Force Base has
played a large.part in the satellite
program as a launch facility and
a- prime base fortrahimg-tot
U.K and British missilemen
Converts Army Base
from “escaping."
The object is for the two trucks
ant, but he will only be stationed
where. But it is estimated that here for three months! What
are said to
small rudimentary fingers grow
from the stub But the cases in
Germahy were worse. Some in-
fants were born with both" arms
or legs missing, others with three
limbs and a few with none at
all.
A variety of" possible causes,
from heredity to radioactive fall-
lout, were considered and discard-
led. -Then last November Dr. Wi-
dukind Lenz, a Hamburg pedia-
trician. conducted a study which
showed that about 20 per cent of
the mothers of deformed infants
Vandenberg., 65,000 acres
ber of points is declared the win- - - .
ncr and, as a pr’?e, rereivec a involves a drug with the chemi-
All drivers,
alone or in
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by the end of August the number
of deformed children born in
West • Germany will be between
3,500 and 6,000. One of three is
expected to die.
Dr. Kelsey, wife of another
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THK AMERICAN CRUD ————————
, . .. . _ by William Tyler Page
neI.belleve. ln the United States of America as a government of the
people, by the People, for the people; ‘whose Just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; s sovereign nation
?...yr^ten.states a perfect union, one and inseparable, established
upon. th. o6e. principles of. freedom, equality. Justice, and , humanity for
which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. • ■
it. rthereroresbelieve.it 1s my duty to my country ie.love it: to,support
1s.cn stnutioni: to obey 1U laws; to respect its nag; and to defendit
"H-Sk un eHemles.
An Illinois lass quit a
chorus girl job; to enter
school. She’ll likely be in a
class by herself.
Point Mugu
Point Mugu is beadquarters* for
the Pacific Missile Range and
was established • at the end of
World War II as a Navy base
for pilotless aircraft. In 1958, it
took in Point Arguello to the
north and the southerly 20,000
acres of old Camp Cooke.
Edwards Air Force Base with
its 301,209 acres " is the biggest
strategy, is for the " lead” truck
wits sharp and their driving skiuSntemgpttorpakse ihsondockue both
.at peak condition by. playing -lanes of the highway and pre-
variation of the old game of' . .. •
very,“d----- gyu2ume
" Tpe company was ' ve . J n
Twelfth Symphony of Dmitri
Shostakovitch exemplified
this strategy. It deplete in its
four movements the four
If. however, the second truck
a .time for fun and frolic. Many cannot maintain the "tailgate"
* ross-country. automobile trip. I
Ordinarityy-g-wictim-p-phoco-
melta is missig—one: arm and
Portugal as Softenon, and in Can-
ada as Tali mol.
In September 1960 the William
S. Merrell Co. of Cincinnati asked
the FDA for clearance to market
th? compound in the United
States.—i—
The thalidomide application be-
dame the first assignment for Dr.
Kelsey who had just joined FDA.
Along with the application
came data claiming the drug to
be safe:for vse. But Dr. Kelsey
I was not convinced. She repeated-
journal — on January 1, IMS; enlarg-
L 1876, published for 45 years by J. G.
who was one of the founders of the Tex-
October during the celebra-
Hotosoehtt h n njversar * '
wuM, .a ,. . became an involuntary .expert on no,
Mnam . ona Mt, gheNiek ea
■MB drivers.- iri’ fact; I - wasTable to. a
E evolve a theory as to how the
Large Texas Corporation with over sixty-five
million dollars in assets has a permanent
position in this area for an aggressive man,
28-45 years of age. This position offers exeel-
lent financial and advancement opportunities
for a man who can meet our requirements.
You should be presently employed College
education or equivalent is highly desirable.
Gharactenmenduntegriy must-heaahslutel»e
above reproach. Very little travel involved,
and experience in our business will not be
necessary since you will receive benefits of
our complete training program
if you can meet these requirements and feel
that you are not now being rewarded-accord-
Ing to your capabilities, write us a brief re-
sume outlining your qualifications. All replie*
will be held in strict confidence.
WRITE r. <>. box 1849
SM.-
Eight miners were killed and five
others injured Sunday when ac-
cumulated coal gas exploded in
a mine here, according to offi-
‛cials.
Investigators said they believed
the blast was touched off by an
electrical short circuit in the
mine's ventilating system. It
wrecked more than 600 feet of the
mine.
born' with' deformities.)
whom he treated had taken thali-
domide. After further investiga- DEAR HANNAH:
qe
(Send your letters to George,
care of, the Brenham Banner-
Press. and enclose an air-m a i l
stamp — if you never want to see
it again.)
DEAR GEORGE. -
My husband collects rare first
editions for a hobby. What can I
get him for his birthday that
would surprise him?
CORrORATE OFFICERS-W. N Blanton, 8r. Chairman or the Board;
Bru F Blanton, Praident and Treasurer; Carolyn W Blanton, Vice-Pres-
pMwe.qaymggB*twrukawina-Mapleiktan-} $ • u. sa) • n
FV AND EDWOADAL—Ben F „Bienton,pubitdef ted BditoC: Carolyn
W Blanton. Society maitor: Herbert Jaster, City Eaitor and Sports Eastor;
U4 Darlene Luedemeni. Pezgy Drews, Pat Nevins, Verna Mae Buro
- •3 aUSINSS bpe*a W.'rrpeke, Cashier; Mrs. Landa Dannhaus, Book-
keeper. Mrs. Patny Dannhaus, Mrs. Ruth Broecker.
MECHANICAL James E. Byrd. Superintendent; 8 H Zetik, Elmer
Kaehele, Alfred Hartmann. Reinhold Herrmann, Doroid Bell, Raymond
Brinkmeyer. , - - .
IRCULATION—Mrs. Patey Dannhaus, Willie Hertel, W H. Muske, He-
mum Klar, Don Weiss, Weldon Finke.
" CORRESPONDENTS_Mias Erna Renn. Washington: Mrs. Steve Kamas,
Wesley: Met M L Zwerhemann, Carmine; Mrs. Mozelle Hafer, Gay HlU;
Muton Routt. Chappell Hill. Miss Verna Mae Buro, zionsville. Will Weeren
Burton: Caesar "Dutch" Hohn. Independence
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Edwards, a test pilot from Lin-1
coln; —Celt " maiF -5,
1948 in the crash ot an experir
rolling coastal land, was carved
out of Camp Cooke, a deactivated
army base The first successful
shot. from Vandenberg, a Thor,
was made-Dec. 16, 1958. The first
satellite, Discoverer I, was sent
into orbit Feb. 28, 1959.
Since that time at least 37 more
Discoverers have been launched.
Twenty-five Discoverers went in-
to orbit and 11 instrument cap-
sules from these satellites have
been recovered in an area of
ocean known as "the ballpark"
eff Hawai
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Eaeh driver- receivesHive-peints “iTe
.for every automobile that he can
I he Lighter Side
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insinuations that she' was a hair-
sblitter, an unreasonable bureau-
crat — that she was stupid But
she refused to budge from her
position.
Affliction Becomes Common
In 1961 West Germany found it-
self confronted by a vexing medi-
cal problem. Phocomelia, an af-
fliction so rare that some medi-
cal dictionaries do not even list
it, was becoming all too common.
... ... - , . speed of sound—760 mph at sea
directing NASA s programs /for level
for the unmanned exploration of
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position and drops back in the
procssion, then each driver only
gets credit for half of the auto- •
mobiles “captured" on that par-
ticular hi|l or curve.
By LEON BURNETT
WASHINGTON (UPI) —' Dr
Frances Oldham Kelsey of the
Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has been called a stub-
born woman. She also has been
called an unreasonable bureau-
crat. - .
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United Press International
LOS ANGELES (UPI) — The
countdown goes on almost con-
tinuously in Califprnia. . .5-4-3-2-
l-liftoff. . .it's prt of the race
into space.
The race goes on 24 hours a
day. . .at Edwards Air Force
Base, a vast 300,000 - acre flight
test center on the Mojave Desert
100 miles north of Los Angeles
. . along the coast at Vandenberg
Air Force Base, site of operation-
al Atlas missiles defending U.S.
shores. . at Point Mugu and'at
Point Arguello. . .and at the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (J PL) in
Pasadena.
The race goes on at production
centers the huge missile and
space pleats scattered through the
state. 4)
It’s part of the nation’s defense
effort and it’s also become part
of California's economy. More
than three million persons in the
state depend on missile and space
operations for their livelihood.
In terms of dollars, space and
missiles work in California runs
over $5 billion a year plus fringe
benefits to the economy.
Billions For Contracts
The Air Force Systems Com-
mand near Los Angeles Interna-
tional Airport administered this
fiscal year some $4 billion in con-
tradts or about 16 per cent of the
total national defense budget.
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) ac-
counted for another $1 5. billion in
contracts. ,
North. American Aviation at
Downey is working on a $400 mil-
lion contract to produce the three-
man Apollo spacecraft which wih
be designed to land U. S. astro-
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“capture,” or force into a queue,
while laboring up a steep hill or
4 rounding a. blind curve in low
gear.
Any Number Play
Any number of trucks can play
and a drive may "capture" cars
either as a solitary player or
■ _ while playing i partnership with
another truck. At times, a part-
nership offers certain advantages.
For example, if one truck takes
a position immediately behind an-
other truck at the bottom of a
hill or the beginning of a curve.
days after conception. During
this period, Dr. Lenz believes,
the chances are at least two in
five that the baby will be affect-
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