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booster and escape
rocket fall away.
Astronaut fires small
jets to turn capsule
blunt end first.
Mercury coasts to top
altitude; zero-gravity
for five minutes.
Retrorockets slow
capsule; it plunges
toward earth.
Drogue parachute
stabilizes fall; radar
chaff is released.
At 10,000 feet, main
’chute opens; capsule
splashes into sea.
Liberty Bell 7
Air Force Captain Named Astronaut for America's Second Space Flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. UP)
Air Force Capt. Virgil I. Gris-
som, slender, terse-talking veter-
an of Korea, was picked today
as the astronaut for the United
States’ second man-in-space effort
Tuesday.
If all goes as planned, the $820-
a-month test pilot known as
“Gus,” will be shot like a bullet
300 miles southeast over the At-
lantic Ocean around 5 a.m.
On the projected flight the 35-
,'ear-old native of Mitchell, Ind.,
dll reach a maximum altitude
of 116 miles.
For all practical purposes,
Grissom’s suborbital flight will be [ the National Aeronauctics and graduate of Purdue University, per, radio and television report- Grissom during the flight. Scott driving high cirrus clouds ahead
identical to the rocket ride taken
by Navy Cmdr. Alan B. Shepard
Jr. on May 5.
If, for any reason, the 155-
pound Grissom is unable to make
the flight, his place in the space
capsule called “Liberty Bell 7”
will be taken by Marine Lt. Col.
John H. Glenn Jr., 39, of New
Concord, Ohio.
The selection of the 5-foot-7 inch
Grissom to become the third hu-
man to cross the threshhold of
space was announced at a news
conference by Air Force Lt. Col.
John A. Powers, spokesman for
Space Administration.
Even as the selection of the
tanned, fit-looking father of two
sens was being announced, the
long and tedious countdown pre-
liminary to launch was under
way in the air conditioned block-
house about 150 feet from the
missile launching pad.
There was no immediate word
from Grissom, who is not noted
for his volubility anyhow, as to
how he felt on learning of his se-
lection.
In his most recent published in-
terview, however, Grissom, a 1950
was asked why he had volunteer-
ed to become an astronaut.
He replied: “My career has
been in service to my country.
And here is another opportunity
to serve/’
Grissom, who flew 100 combat
missions as a fighter pilot in
Korea and holds the Distinguish-
ed Flying Cross, is married to
the former Betty Moore of Mitch-
ell. They have two children,
Scott, 11, and Mark 7.
The announcement of Grissom’s
selection was made before an au-
dience of more than 200 newspa-
ers of tiie non communist world.
In the course of the news con-
ference. Powers said the weather
and all elements of the count-
down “now look A-Ok.”
Beth Grissom and Glenn re-
ceived their preflight physical ex-
aminations Sunday afternoon af-
ter spending most of the day
just doing nothing, save for a lit-
tle surf casting on the beach of
this missile center.
Shepard will be at the vital cap-
sule communicator post in the
control center and will keep in
constant radio voice contact with
Carpenter will back him up.
Glenn will be backup pilot for
Grissom, as he was for Shepard.
Donald Slayton will be at the
communicator post in the block-
house and will maintain, voice
contact with Grissom when he is
in the capsule before the launch.
Backing up Slayton will be Walter
Schirra.
Gordon,Cooper will observe the
launching while flying high over
the Cape in an F106 jet.
Meterologists were keeping a
sharp eye on a high-pressure area
over the Caribbean which was
of it.
So far it does not appear that
cloud cover, which would ham-
per capsule recovery from the
sea, will pass close enough to
cause postponement of the launch,
however.
The flight will be mankind’s
third trip into space in prepara-
tion for true space travel.
The first man to reach the
trhesold of the heavens was So-
viet Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin, who
orbited the earth for 108 minutes
at a maximum altitude of 187
miles on April 12.
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Cloudy - Warm
Partly cloudy skies with warm days and mild nights
today and Tuesday. A few scattered thunder showers
today, mostly to the east of Taylor.
Today’s Range: 68-92. Tomorrow’s Range: 72-94.
Yesterday’s High: 90. Rainfall: 1.07.
Sunrise: 5:41 a.m. Sunset: 7:33 p.m.
Moonrise Tuesday: 10:54 a.m. Moonset: 11:13 p.m.
Lake Levels: Travis 680.70’. Buchanan 1019.47’.
U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast
for Taylor and Williamson County
Volume 48, Number 181
Six Pages
TAYLOR, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1961
Iff) — Associated Press
Price Five Cents
New Showers Spill
Rain on Taylor Area
Wet Fields Delay Harvest, Prevents
Treatment for Insect Infestation
Another round of thunder showers early today
spilled up to 2.80 inches of rain on Taylor area com-
munities
The average was around an. inch or better. Taylor
got 1.07.
The land, virtually super-saturated, repelled most
of the water in the form of run-off.
The added moisture multiplied
•U.S. Replies
To K Memo
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On Berlin
MOSCOW (ff)—The United States
today handed to the Russians
President Kennedy’s reply to Pre-
mier Khrushchev’s memorandum
on the German problem and Ber-
lin.
Immediately atferward, the
French delivered a note on the
same question, and the British
did likewise.
None of the Western, Big Three
embassies would disclose con-
tents of the communications.
The U. S. embassy declined ev-
en to say communications had
been delivered but the French and
British confirmed they had been.
The notes are net identical. The
American one is a straight reply
to the memorandum which Khru-
schev gave the President in Vi-
enna early in June.
The French and British notes
set forth their own views on, Ger-
many.
It is understood all three re
main firm .on maintenance of their
war-won rights in West Berlin.
The Khrushchev memorandum,
handed' to President Kennedy at
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the dry land farmer^’ woe's.
They are faced with one of the
worst cotton insect situations in
years. Poisoning is all but a must
this week, but in most cases ma-
chines cannot get into the muddy
fields.
Maize is putting on new sprouts
which tends to increase the mois-
ture content and decrease the
price. A large percentage of the
county’s maize is ready to har-
vest just as soon as combines
can get into the fields.
Some farmers want to gather
their corn, although most prob-
ably will wait until the maize is
in.
Root rot is feared in cotton
patches because of the continued
wet weather.
There were no reports of dam-
age in today’s rain. None of the
communities reported any wind
strong enough to blow over corn
and maize.
More showers are indicated
later today, mostly to the east of
Taylor, according to the weather
report. In most areas of Will-
iamson County, however, partly
cloudy weather with warm days
and cool nights is called for.
There may be at least a tem-
porary break in the wet weather
for most areas.
The showers are still holding
down temperatures in one of the
coolest summers old-timers can
remember. The minimum read-
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Plainview Off her
Slain in G
Police Nab
Suspect
At Hospital
Guard Posts High Rating
During Encampment
^BBeautyand Brains
German Engineer Reigns
As Miss Universe Winner
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. iff)—Wil-
lowy Marlene Schmidt, a green-
eyed’ beauty with a big disarming
smile, bade farewell to many of
her erstwhile competitors today
and got busy on her new job-
being Miss Universe of 1961.
The 24-year-old German, select-
ed by a panel of international ex-
perts as “the most beautiful girl
in the world,” reigned supreme
at Sunday night’s coronation ball.
It was the final official event
of the tenth annual beauty con-
test.
The tall, silver - blonde from
Stuttgart met today with officials
of the four-day contest to com-
plete plans for personal appear-
ances and promotion during the
coming 12 months.
“I’m very happy it’s over,”
Marlene said in reference to the
Saturday night judging, “but I
still can’t believe it. It seems like
everything happens too quickly.”
Less than one month ago, she
took leave from a $54-a-week job
as a research engineer for an
electronics and radio firm in Stutt-
gart. She plans to return to that
job when her reign ends.
“This is like fairyland to me,”
the 5-foot-S Marlene said in refer-
ence to her three-room executive
suite in Miami Beach hotel. She
will remain here two to three
weeks, return to Germany to
visit relatives, then come back to
the United States to fulfill com-
mittments of the pageant winner
Less than a year ago, Marlene
boarded a train in Bresslau and
crossed the Iron Curtain into
West Germany. Her mother and
a 17-year-old sister made a simi-
lar trip the previous day. Her fa-
ther died as a German soldier on
the Russian front during World
War II.
Selection of the German entry
was a popular one with the other
girls. Marlene, endowed with a
361/2-23-36 figure, was mentioned
more often than any other dele-
gate in an informal poll of con-
testants’ choices for the title.
Rosemarie Frankland of Wales,
first runner-up; Adriana Gardia-
zabal of Argentina, second run-
ner-up; and Sharon Brown, Miss
U.S.A. from Minden, La., also
predicted in advance Marlene
would finish among the top five.
Miss U.S.A., was fourth runner-
up for too international title.
TEXAS VISITOR—President Mohammmad Ayub Khan of Pakistan, shown
here with former President Eisenhower and President Kennedy in Washing-
ton, addressed a joint session of the Texas Legislature this morning. He came
to Texas as the guest of Vice President Johnson.
Speaks to Legislature
Ayub Khan Pins Pakistan
Freedom to U.S. Leadership
AUSTIN iff) — Pakistan Pre'si- standards of living and
dent Ayub Khan said today he
feels renewed confidence in
United States leadership because
of its “greater and more robust
sense of realism.”
He told the Texas Legislature
that the United States and Pakis-
tan have an'identity of. interests
and goals in preserving freedom,
and renewed his pleas for spiri-
ual and practical help from this
country.
“Your security and ours de-
pends on the backing of your
leadership,” he told a joint ses-
sion. Lawmakers and a packed
gallery interrupted his speech
three times with bursts of hand-
claps.
Ayub was introduced by his
host, Vice President Lyndon B.
Johnson, who said the visiting-
president will “stand with us in
the search for peace and still be
on our side in time of peril.”
No country can afford to have
civil war, Ayub said, because
when it does “then communism
come's in.”
“When it comes in, there is no
escaping it,” Ayub said.
Ayub said that Pakistan, as a
young democracy, needs the help
of the United States in its eco-
nomic development and educa-
tional progress to escape the so
rial and political stresses that
lead to civil war.
Pakistan, he said, is making
“a desperate effort to improve its
Baseball Immortal
Ty Cobb Dies at 74
ATLANTA (ff—-Ty Cobb, the
immortal Georgia Peach of base
ball fame, died today.
The 74-year-old former Detroit
Tiger star died in Emory Uni-
versity hospital where he had
been a patient several times the
past two years.
He had undergone treatment
for diabetes, bursitis and a back
injury sustained in a hunting ac
cident in Idaho.
He had been in the hospital
(See BASEBALL, Page 6)
tion.”
“Otherwise, we will lose our
identity. In this we look to you
for help in a give and take basis.
We do not want charity. We want
to repay all.”
Johnson referred to Ayub as “a
strong voice in the chorus of hu-
man freedom.”
Ayub was the weekend guest of
Johnson at his Pedernales River
ranch 65 miles west of here. He
spent most of the time relaxing
and touring the hill country
ranchlands under Johnson’s
guidance.
Ayub came to the United States
for high police conference with
President John Kennedy and Sec-
retary of State Dean Rusk.
He is the sort of ally we great-
ly need and profoundly value in
these years of strain and up-
educa- heaval,” Johnson said of Ayub.
“Texans,” he added, “have a
special reason for appreciating
the philosophy of our guest and
the aspirations of his people.”
‘We, too, live amid vast spaces
and broad horizons. We cherish
our town traditions even while
we have merged our loyalty in
the great national causes.
“We can recognize a leader
who has room in his heart for
great griefs but no room for
small grievances.
“He comes before us not as a
narrow nationalist but as a crea-
tive statesman.”
Khan told a gathering of Tex-
ans at a barbecue at Johnson’s
ranch Sunday that Pakistan
wants the backing of the United
States in spiritual and moral
courage plus the practical aid
of dollars invested.
The 70 officers and men of
Taylor’s Company B rolled into
town Sunday morning with the
assurance 'that they had passed
with flying colors advanced unit
training tests during their two
weeks of summer training at
North Fort Hood.
The commanding officer of the
medium tank battalion,, Capt. Del-
mer Nichols, said the ratings
would not be pasted for a month
to six weeks, but that he was
confident the local National Guard
unit would rate “high excellent”
or “low superior.” He said the
citizen-soldiers received about 90
points in their unit training.
The convoy reached the Na-
tional Guard Armory about 8:30
a.m. Sunday, Nichols said. Within
a short time the National Guard
GIs were reunited with their fam-
ilies and were getting ready to
return to their civilian jobs today.
Testing company-sized units un-
der simulated combat conditions,
including extensive night tactics,
made up most of the training.
Taylor’s two platoons, each
made up of a group of five Pat-
ton tanks, maneuvered against
other platoons of the 49th Armor-
ed Division, in tactical exercises.
The main tactical problem start-
ed at 2 a.m. last Wednesday
and’ ended shortly before dark,
Nichols -said. “Both platoons did
a real good job,” the command-
ing officer said. “They were
graded by outside officers who
were well pleased with what
they saw. It was their job to
grade the platoon as a unit and
to see if the -tank crews knew
their jobs.”
Gapt. Nichols said he thought
the platoon commanders and the
tank commanders did “an excel-
lent job.” Lt. Gaylon Kaiser
(See GUARD, Page 6)
Patrolmen Seek
Driver in Hit,
Run Sideswiping
Highway patrolmen are looking
for the driver of an unidentified
vehicle that sideswiped a 1951
Pontiac driven by a Pennsylvania
woman near Granger Sunday
night.
And city police have investiga
ted a rear-end collision involving
a Victoria man and a Fort Hood
soldier.
There were no injuries in either
of the accidents.
Patrolmen said Mrs. Ann B.
Rising of Wilmerd-ine, Penn., was
driving north on Highway 95
about two miles south of Granger
at 8:30 p.m. Sunday when her
Pontiac was sideswiped in a
near headon collision by a car
traveling south.
The left side of Mrs. Rising’s
car was extensively damaged, The
second car -did not stop.
The rear end collision occurred
at 8:40 p.m. Saturday in the 300
block of South Main. The soldier,
Robert Hanvy, had’ stopped at a
traffic light on South Main -and
Walnut. His car, a 1960 Chevro-
let was facing south.
Allen Brand! of Victoria, was
going the 'same way in his 1955
Pontiac. His car ran into -the
rear of the soldier’s car. Dam-
age was fairly minor to both ve-
hicles.
PLAINVIEW (ff) — A police
sergeant died in a gunbattle near
railroad tracks in this West Tex-
as city just before dawn today.
Police later arrested a man who
went to the hospital with two
bullet wounds.
Sgt. Virgil Thompson, 33, father
of a small child and member of
the force here since 1957, was
slain.
Thompson, top officer of Ihe li
p.m. to 7 a.m. patrol, died of
bullet wounds after he apparently
emptied his .38-caliber revolver
at his assailant.
Officers charged Alfonso Sando-
val, 33, Plainview laborer, with
murder.
Sandoval, charged previously
with assault with intent to mur-
der and liquor law violations,
was under police guard at the
Plainview hospital with bullet
wounds in his back.
The shooting occurred about
4:20 a.m. in a part of town in-
habited largely by Latin Ameri-
cans.
Sandoval, accompanied by his
wife and mother, appeared at the
hospital about 6:30 a.m. and
asked for treatment of his
wounds.
Asked as he lay on a table in
the emergency room if he shot
the policeman, Sandoval said,
“Naw.” Asked who shot him, he
replied, “I don’t know who done
it.”
Sandoval or a member of his
family talked to a lawyer before
he went to the hospital.
The lawyer notified officers.
Thompson died at the scene of
the shooting. He uttered only one
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TO GET DEGREES—-These three members of the Taylor chapter of the
Future Farmers of America will receive the state’s highest award, the Lone
Star Farmer Degree, at the state FFA convention in Dallas Wednesday through
Friday. They are, left to right, Harvey Vorwerk, Kenneth Heselmeyer and Leo-
nard Kl'Opp —Taylor Press Staff Photo
Three outstanding Taylor youths
will receive their Lone Star Farm-
er Degrees at the Future Farm-
ers of America state convention
in Dallas starting Wednesday.
This -is the highest state degree
an FFA youth can receive.
Getting their degrees are1 Har-
vey Vorwerk, president of the
Taylor FFA chapter, Kenneth
Heselmeyer and Leonard Kropp.
Official delegates to the con-
vention from the Taylor chapter
are Vorwerk and Bill Rhoades,
with Rhoades -serving -as the al-
ternate.
Tom Galbreath, vocational agri-
culture teacher, will accompany
lift FFA members to the conven-
tion to be held in the S-tatler-
Hilto-n Hotel.
Among the important business
to be transacted at the convention
will be the election of a state
president from the -ten state of-
ficer nominees, who have been
elected by members in the ten
areas of -the state.
Voting delegates to the national
FFA convention in Kansas City
in October will be elected’. A na-
tional FFA officer candidate will
be elected. And in addition dele-
gates will elect a -sweetheart
from the -ten candidates elected
by the areas and will select the
top talent team in the state.
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New Talks Open
On Disarmament
MOSCOW (ff! — The United
States and the Soviet Union open-
ed the second round of their dis-
armament talks today. An un-
compromising editorial in Prav-
da made chances of success
doubtful by insisting on talks on
major questions without partici-
pation by America’s allies.
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