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Attend the Church
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Fair- Mild
Fair and mild Sunday.
Saturday range: 53-76. Sunday 48-80.
Friday’s high: 76. Rainfall 0.
Sunrise 5:42 a.m. Sunset 7:13 p.m.
Moonrise 3:42 p.m. Moonset 3:59 a.m.
Lake Levels: Travis 675.63. Buchanan 1014.47.
U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast
for Taylor and Williamson County
Volume 47, Number 119
Sixteen Pages
TAYLOR, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1960
CD — Associated Press
Price Ten Cents
Authorization Unexplained
U.S. Admits Jet Plane Made
Intelligence Flight Over Russia
WASHINGTON (fl — The United
States admitted Saturday night
that a high altitude American
jet plane made an intelligence
flight over the Soviet Union as
charged by Soviet Premier Niki-
ta Khrushchev.
The State Department said,
however, that the flight was not
authorized by Washington of-
ficials.
The probably unprecedented ad-
mission was made in a statement
prepared under the direction of
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter and cleared with Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
The action apparently hand's
Sanitation Inventories'
Urged During Clean-Up
On the eve of Taylor’s annual
clean-up campaign, City Health
Officer Dr. Edmond Doak has
called on all citizens to assume
the responsibility of taking a
“sanitation inventory” to see how
clean they can get their indivi-
dual homes and property.
He urged individuals to clean-
build a new police force here,
vacant lots and houses, and to
keep in mind always personal
sanitation in the home.
The city-wide campaign will be
launched Monday. That’s “Pile-
up day,” the day citizens are
asked to pile at the curb every-
thing they want hauled away.
Thorndale Gives
Nod to Daniel
THORNDALE — Thorndale vot-
ers Saturday gave, Price Daniel
a slight nod over Jack Cox for
governor.
Daniel received 159 votes to
Cox’s 131 in the close election in
which 295 votes were cast.
Ben Ramsey defeated Don Yar-
borough 148-141 for lieutenant gov-
ernor. Will Wilson outpolled Wag-
goner Carr 135-125 for attorney
general, with Robert Looney get-
ting 26 votes.
Other contested elections: Ro-
bert Calvert over Robert G.
Hughes 165-124 for supreme court
justice; Jim Bowmer (104) over
Lloyd Davidson (92) and W. T.
McDonald (79) for appeals judge;
Robert Calvert (202) over V. L.
Ramsey (84) for comptroller.
Bill Allcorn (170) over Jerry
Sadler (114) for land commission-
er; Bob Nelson (169) over W. C.
Wallace (115) for district judge;
Herman Yezak (152) over Dick
Moseley (139) for representative;
and Jarrard Secrest (197) over
Godfrey Sullivan (84) for state
senator.
City trucks and trucks and dri-
vers furnished by the county
Tuesday will start hauling away
anything citizens pile at the curb.
Dr. Doak reminded citizens
this is their opportunity to have
hauled away free of charge trash
and refuse that would otherwise
not be handled, except at extra
cost.
“The drive is very important
from the health and sanitation
standpoint,” the health officer
said. “It is impossible to esti-
mate the benefits of a drive like
this in terms not only of reduc-
ing sickness but also in making
the community more beautiful
and in eliminating fire hazards.
“The city has gone to quite an
expense in the campaign, and it
is hoped that everyone will show
their appreciation by cooperating.
“Each family should be res-
ponsible for its own welfare as
well as that of the neighborhood.
It is said that one bad apple
can ruin the whole barrel. Sim-
ilarly one infestation can jeopar-
dize a whole neighborhood,” Dr.
Doak said'.
He said Taylor generally is a
clean town because the people
usually cooperate and because
the city provides adequate ser-
vices to keep it clean. However,
in spite of everything, a certain
amount of trash and refuse ac-
cumulates and should be re-
moved.
Taylor Scheduled
To Close May 30
Taylor merchants are sche-
duled to close on Memorial Day
May 30.
The majority of Chamber mem-
bers in late 1959 voted to close
on the following holidays in 1960:
New Year’s Day, Memorial Day,
July Fourth, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day, and until 10 a.
m. on Veterans day (Nov. 11).
Khrushchev a major propaganda
triumph only a week before the
opening of the May 16 summit
conference in Paris.
But the State Department bit-
terly attacked Soviet “Iron Cur-
tain” secrecy as the reason for
espionage activities and thus pro-
vides a basis for Eisenhower to
make a determined bid at the
summit for an “open skies” pol-
icy among the great powers.
The statement also admitted the
intelligence flights have been
made by the same kind of jets
“along the frontiers of the free
world for the past four years.”
Available officials said they did
not know whether such flights
had crossed over the frontier into
Soviet air space.
The State Department an-
nouncement said the aircraft
making this flight was an un-
armed civilian U2 plane, a sin-
gle engine jet which operates at
high altitudes.
The key sentence in the.U. S.
statement bearing on Khrush-
chev’s charge that the aircraft
was on a spying- mission and was
shot downs by the Soviet rocket
last Sunday was this:
“It appears that in endeavor-
ing to obtain information now con-
cealed behind the Iron Curtain a
flight over Soviet territory was
probably undertaken by an un-
armed civilian U2 plane.”
The word “probably” was used,
informants said, because the of-
ficials who drafted the statement
did not want to be in a position
of confirming every detail of
Khrushchev’s lengthy account of
how the aircraft was shot down
and its pilot, Francis G. Pow-
ers, captured after parachuting to
earth.
Khrushchev said' Powers had ad-
mitted he was on a spy mission.
He suggested Saturday that Pow-
ers may be put on trial as a
spy.
Officials-‘declined to say wheth-
er an apology would be made to
the Soviet government for the ad-
mitted violation of Soviet air
space.
As to who ordered the flight the
official statement offered no ex-
planation.
“As a result of the inquiry or-
dered by the President, the
statement said, “it has been es-
tablished that insofar as the au-
thorities in Washington are con-
cerned there was no authorization
for any such flight as described
by Mr. Khrushchev.”
Daniel is Re-elected;
Wilson Defeats Carr
Johnson Wins Majority
Support at Conventions
h. \
LARGEST CONVENTION — Taylor citizens talk politics and endorse Sen. Lyn-
don B. Johnson for president at the Precinct 27 (Junior High School) conven-
tion Saturday afternoon. This was the largest of the three Taylor conventions.
Thirty-nine were present. —Tayior press staff photo
For President
Taylor Votes
Precinct Conventions For Cox by
Support Sen. Johnson Slim Margin
Fifty-five citizens _ attending best able to serve the nation and
Taylor’s three precinct conven-
tions Saturday afternoon gave
their solid support to Sen. Lyn-
don B. Johnson as the Democratic
Party’s nominee for president of
the United States.
According to reports from over
the county, Johnson forces wer$
in complete control, as expected.
The meetings were unusually
quiet, without the slightest ripple
of controversy. They lasted only
a few minutes. •
All three conventions instructed
their delegates to vote as a unit
at the county convention next Sat-
urday at 10 a. m. at the county
courtroom in Georgetown,
At the Precinct 27 meeting at
Junior High School a lengthy res-
olution commending Sen. Johnson
was read and approved. It des-
cribed him as a “seasoned leader
the times.”
The Precinct 27 convention was
the largest, with 39 . citizens in
attendance. Nine attended the Pre-
cinct 13 meeting at West End
School, and there were only seven
at the Precinct 21 convention at
City Hall. Attendance was about
normal, in spite of the new law
requiring that citizens must vote
first.
At each meeting, all those pre-
sent were named' as delegates to
the county convention, where a
delegation will be named to the
state convention. The county gath-
ering is also expected to endorse
Sen. Johnson.
The lists of delegates to the
county convention were smaller
this year, because of the new elec-
tion law which specifies that only
(See PRECINCT, Page 8)
Jack Cox outpolled Price Dan-
iel in the.governor’s race by the
narrow margin of 13 votes in Tay-
lor’s three precincts.
Cox received 590 votes to Dan
iel’s 577, according to the com-
plete but unofficial returns. Pre-
cinct 27, the largest of the three
voting boxes, went for Daniel,
but the other two favored Cox
by a heavy enough marjority to
swing the total vote to Cox.
A total of 1,175 Taylorites turn-
ed out to vote. The balloting was
considered heavy in the light of
the fact that there were no local
contested elections. The total vote
amounts to about half of the “re-
gistered” 2,157 eligible voters,
which doesn’t count old age ex-
emptions.
Precinct 27 counted 617 votes,
(See VOTES, Page 8)
COMPLETE
UNOFFICIAL
RETURNS
CO M5
FOR GOVERNOR:
Price Daniel
238
32
48
44
92
60
107
11
98
143
17
421
27
40
44
107
103
23
191
118
42
331
547
42
13
15
28
61
14
20
43
3120
Jack Cox
106
44
46
45
49
25
75
6
77
170
25
413
28
8
44
100
139
36
230
78
16
281
207
29
12
18
16
65
24
26
25
2463
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: -------
Don Yarborough
142
34
39
39
69
22
86
y4
79
137
14
444
28
10
44
94
125
29
193
93
23
195 283
29
11
20
13
51
14
25
30
2419
Ben Ramsey
204
41
54
49
74
64
97
12
93
172
27
373
27
33
45
115
116
30
226
105
34 416
466
34
12
12
33
77
24
20
37
3122
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL: ----—-—-
------.------
Waggoner Carr
106
28
38
30
50
28
71
3
46
132
19
281
31
7
33
85
104
19
163
87
18
255
242
25
7
11
16
53
10
25
17
2040
Robert Everett L. Looney
24
8
9
8
10
2
16
3
18
31
4
96
5
9
12
21
22
9
40
27
5
56
58
7
2
5
3
11
5
2
4
532
Will Wilson
207
37
48
51
81
53
94
10
108
144
21
422
18
32
43
100
110
32 211
92
35
302
457
33
16
16
25
60
23
18
45
2944
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT:
Robert G. Hughes
144
31
27
29
51
35
63
6
52
110
13
264
19
12
42
80
76
18
163
95
22
178
305
22
8
15
18
42
13
25
28
2006
Robert W. Calvert
186
41
64
61
87
46
114
11
116
185
28
542
34
36
47
121
160
41
245
109
35
436
439
45
16
18
25
83
25
18
36
3450
FOR JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL
APPEALS:
Lloyd W. Davidson
160
26
60
61
76
28
35
5
29
135
17
280
21
23
15
106
96
18
250
42
28
191
332
21
9
17
22
39
13
18
24
2197
Jim D. Bowmer
124
31
13
10
35
40
128
9
93
114
12
299
16
17
53
53
88
26
84
130
16
343
289
22
10
7
6
51
11
11
26
2167
W. T. McDonald
35
15
15
14
25
6
12
1
37
38
11
218
15
8
21
37
40
12
59
22
11
80
95
21
5
8
14
30
14
10
15
944
FOR COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS:
Robert S. Calvert
252
60
72
68
110
62
131
14
126
212
28
533
40
35
61
142
180
36
300
149
43
451
578
47
15
26
33
89
29
29
50
4001
V. L. “Bo” Ramsey
72
10
18
20
29
17
44
3
33
82
14
240
13
12
28
59
51
20
103
43
13
160
156
17
9
6
11
32
9
17
16
1357
FOR COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL
LAND OFFICE:
Jerry Sadler
135
49
43
34
65
34
97
9
100
188
17
536
25
29
61
106
132
38
168
119
30
359
307
36
15
16
23
62
26
20
34
2913
Bill Allcorn
198
22
46
55
76
48
83
7
63
109
24
259
29
19
27
95
98
21
234
86
25
250
440
31
10
16
21
63
12
25
33
2525
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Precinct 1:
A. C. “Doc” Weir
102
5
26
3
21
93
16
227
5
19
517
Cleo K. Rodgers
126
47
32
5
26
73
18
238
33
4
602
Wesley T. Johnson
122
25
30
8
159
253
25
288
8
17
935
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER,
Precinct
3:
•
Robert “Bob” Rozacky
31
409
23
35
82
14
10
604
E. L. “Lee” Rister
74
61
36
5
70
42
4
292
Jim C. Pope
17
75
11
3
25
4
2
137
Dan L. Gaida
52
319
19
17
22
12
1
442
FOR CONSTABLE, J. P. Precinct
8:
Johnnie Roepke
•
50
140
330
8
528
Leonard M. “Buck” Wickson
129
FOR CONSTABLE, J. P. Precinct 4:
Weldon Dixon
23 99
122
E. W. Boggs
57 86
145
FOR CONSTABLE, J. P. Precinct 2:
Louis Kadcrka
318
443
Nelson Hall
526
121
736
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Price Daniel and Atty.
Gen. Will Wilson won virtually re-
nomination in Saturday’s Demo-
cratic primary, the Texas Election
Bureau announced. Nomination
virtually means election in this
state which the Democrats dom-
inate.
Also winning nomination, the
bureau said on the basis of late
returns, were Lt. Gov. Ben Ram-
sey, State Rep. Jerry Sadler run-
ning for Land Commissioner,
Comptroller Robert S. Calvert and
Supreme Court justice Robert W.
Calvert, running for chief justice.
Only race in doubt was for
Criminal Appeals Court, where W.
T. McDonald of Bryan was lead-
ing Justice Lloyd Davidson and
Jim Bowmer, Temple attorney.
However, late returns narrowed
the margin held by Sadler in his
race against the incumbent, Bill
Allcorn.
A runoff appeared assured in
the race for Criminal Appeals
Court justice.
Lyndon Johnson’s unannounced
candidacy for president won ma-
jority endorsement in Texas Dem-
ocratic precinct conventions Sat-
urday.
This is the first step toward a
Texas delegation pledged to sup-
port the Senate majority leader
at the national convention.
The total number of citizens bal-
loting Saturday was 1,325,000, the
Texas Election Bureau estimated'.
Daniel cemented his lead over
Jack Cox, Breckenridge oilman-
businessman, while Wilson nailed
down two opponents in the two
most vigorously fought races.
Wilson led Waggoner Carr,
House speaker from Lubbock, and
Bob Looney, Austin attorney.
Returns at 11 p. m. from 195
out of 254 counties, 66 complete in
contested races:
Governor: Cox 272,349, Gov.
Daniel 373,680.
Lieutenant Governor: Lt. Gov.
Ben Ramsey 349,585, Don Yarbor-
ough 246,058.
Attorney General: Carr 233,698,
Looney 34,032, Atty. Gen. Wilson
312,350.
Land Commissioner: Commr.
Allcom 258,697, Jerry Sadler 283,-
070.
Comptroller: Comptroller Cal-
vert 367,749, Bo Ramsey 168,672.
Criminal Appeals Court: Bow-
mer 133,858, Justice Davidson 195,-
510, McDonald 185,969.
Supreme Court: Robert W. Cal-
vert 351,003, Robert Hughes 196,-
354.
Reports from the neighborhood
party meetings also made clear
the moderates have kept control
of party machinery. This is the
faction headed by Gov. Price Dan-
iel and aligned with Johnson and
Speaker Sam Rayburn.
The precinct meetings elected
delegates to next Saturday’s coun-
ty conventions which in turn name
delegates to the June 14 state con-
vention. And it is the state con-
vention which names the Texas
delegation to Los Angeles.
In the rural areas, where pre-
cinct conventions were held in the
afternoon, there was almost un-
animous endorsement of Johnson.
The picture was mixed in the
big cities where precinct conven-
tions were held Saturday night,
after polls closed.
With only a third of Tarrant
County’s precincts heard from,
enough had endorsed Johnson to
bring him within a few votes of
winning support at the county con-
vention.
In Dallas county, a partial count
of the 187 precincts showed 37 had
adopted no resolution and' 33
plumped for Johnson. But party
leaders said many precincts pre-
ferred to take no standi, leaving
that to the county convention.
GOV. DANIEL
Area Girls Win
Literary Events
Delta McBumett of Thrall
placed first in Poetry Reading
(Conference A, Girls) in the Inter-
scholastic League’s Literary ev-
ents in Austin Friday.
Demetrice Moore of Bartlett
placed first in Newswriting (Con-
ference B).
The league events were a part
of the 50th annual Interscholastic
League competition sponsored by
the University of Texas.
3 Constables Elected
Runoffs Will Decide
Commissioner Races
Williamson County voters of
Precincts 1 and 3 will have to re-
turn to the polls in the second
primary June 4 to elect two
county commissioners.
There will be a runoff between
Wesley T. Johnson and Cleo K.
Rodgers in Precinct 1 (George-
town area) and between Robert
Rozacky and Dan L. Gaida in
Precinct 3 (Granger area).
In the three constables races,
Nelson Hall defeated Louis Kad-
erka 736-443 in Precinct 2 (Gran-
ger area), E. W. Boggs outpolled
Weldon Dixon 145-122 in a fairly
close election in Precinct 4 (Flor-
ence area), and Johnnie Roepke
defeated Leonard M. Wickson 528-
129 in Precinct 8 (Round Rock
area).
Incumbent Elmer Love polled
52 votes in a write-in campaign
in the Precinct 8 race. He polled
34 votes in Hutto, 16 in Round
Rock, and two in Pond' Springs,
for a total of 52.
In the Precinct 3 commissioner’s
race, Rozacky polled 604 votes to
lead the ticket. Gaida registered
444 votes for second place. “Lee”
Rister got 292 and Jim C. Pope
got 137.
Wesley T. Johnson was top man
in the race for commissioner of
Precinct 1, polling 935 votes.
Rodgers, in second place, receiv-
ed 602, and the third candidate,
A. C. Weir, got 517.
County voters, casting ballots in
fairly heavy numbers, gave their
support to Price Daniel in the
governor’s race. The vote was 3,-
120 to 2,463.
A total of approximately 5,583
citizens went to the polls. That’s
1,423 short of the “registered”
total, which doesn’t count those
over 65.
Ramsey defeated Yarborough
3,122 to 2,419 for lieutenant gov-
ernor.
In the attorney general’s race,
Wilson outpolled Carr 2,944 to
2,040, with the third candidate,
Looney, receiving 532 votes.
Calvert was a heavy favorite
over Hughes, 3,450 to 2,006, for
chief justice of the supreme court.
It was a very close race for
judge of the court of criminal ap-
peals, Davidson leading the way
with 2,197 votes, only 30 more
than the 2,167 received by Bow-
mer. McDonald, the third candi-
date, got 944.
Calvert easily took the comp-
troller’s race, polling 4,001 votes
to Ramsey’s 1,357.
Sadler edged Allcom by 388
votes for agriculture commission-
er, Sadler receiving 2,913 votes
and Allcorn 2,525.
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