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National
FFA Week
Feb. 17-23
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Cloudy - Mild
Considerable cloudiness with mild temperatures this
afternoon, tonight and Friday with a chance ol a
few scattered showers in the area beginning tonight.
Cooler Friday night.
Today’s Range: 52-73. Tomorrow’s Range: 52-72.
Yesterday’s High: 75. Rainfall: 0.
Sunrise: 7:04 a.m. Sunset: 6:25 p.m.
Moonrise Thuns.: 9:18 p.m. Moonset Fri.: 8:28 a.m.
Lake Levels—Travis: 668.46’. Buchanan: 1004.51’.
U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast for
Taylor and Williamson County
House Sinks
UrbanAffairs
Cabinet Post
JFK Blames
Sectionalism
WASHINGTON UP) — The House
has torpedoed President Kenne-
dy’s plan to establish a Cabinet
level department of urban affairs.
But he says there will be such a
department “sooner or later.
The lopsided 264-150 House vote
^^Pwednesday also killed Kennedy’s
plans to put a Negro, Robert C.
Weaver, in the Cabinet for the
first time. Weaver, now head of
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, would have become the
urban affairs secretary.
In turning back Kennedy’s re-
organization proposal 111 Demo-
crats, mostly Southerners, joined
153 Republicans. Thirteen Repub-
licans crossed over to support
the President, voting with 137
Democrats for the plan.
At his news conference Kenne-
dy blamed his expected' but stun-
ning setback on sectionalism.
He .said: “If we in this country
began to .adopt the system that
everyone who lives in a city area
voted against those things which
were of assistance to the farmer,
and everybody who comes from
a rural area voted against those
policies which provided a better
life for people in the city this
country would come to a grind-
ing halt.”
Expressing regret that Congress
had rejected the plan, Kennedy
said he still regarded creation
of such a department vitrually im-
portant. “I don’t think it is so
much the administration’s loss as
it is a loss for the cities and the
country,” he said.
In a statement blistering the
Republican party as “blindly ob-
structionist,” Democratic Nation-
1 Chairman John M. Bailey took
o note of the heavy Democratic
vote ayainst the plan. If Demo-
crats had yone down the line for
the President his proposal would
have gone throuyh.
“By a ratio of more than 10
to 1, the House Republicans put
partisan obstruction ahead of the
needs of the nation,” Bailey said.
Battle Line, a publication of the
Republican National Committee,
again accused Kennedy of at-
tempting “to becloud the issue
with a cynical appeal to racial
prejudice.” Battle Line said Ken-
nedy “emerges from the urban
affairs fiasco as a man struck
down by a boomerang.”
The publication said Kennedy
had injected a “false race issue”
when he said he would appoint
Weaver to head the department.
“Kennedy’s election-year attempt
to embarrass Republicans bears
the mark of planned deceit,”
Battle Line said.
Fire Insurance Rating
To Drop 5 Pet. April 1
Taylor’s fire insurance rating
will drop 5 per cent effective
April 1, from the maximum of
25 per cent down to. 20 per cent.
This is because of record fire
losses in 1961.
The drop will cost insurance
policy holders something like an
additional $30,000 for the year.
The, new fire insurance ratings
tor 1962 were announced today
by the State Board of Fire Insur-
ance.
“I knew it was coming,” said
Fire Marshal Johnnie Hafernik,”
“because of our 1961 losses.”
Hafernik stated last January
that 1961 fire losses reached an
all time high of $160,414. He al-
so said at that time that Taylor
was bound to lose 5 per cent of
its credit rating.
Taylor obtained the maximum
25 per cent rating just a short
time ago. in April 1961, after
holding down losses to $15,156 in
1960, only $76 in 1959 and $8,200
in 1958 (at that time the lowest
in 14 years).
The disastrous John Hospital
fire alone broke the previousr
record for a year’s losses.
Hafernik said he was scheduled
to address the Lions Club Friday
and would have more information
on Taylor’s fire conditions at that
time.
Twenty-five per cent rates were
allowed for Florence, George-
town, Round' Rock and Thorndale.
Twenty per cent, was allowed
for Hutto and Pflugerville.
Cameron and Rockdale got 15
per cent ratings and Bartlett, Lex-
ington and Temple got 5 per cent
ratings.
Laredo Draws
Candidates
For Forum
Border City
Holds Festival
Moore Is Candidate
For City Commission
Hospital to Add
4 Patients Rooms
Johns Hospital has been issued
a building permit for the con-
struction of four additional rooms
to the southwestern part of the
hospital at 813 North Main.
City Tax Collector Ed Arning
said the permit was for $10,000.
The whole addition is 20-by-42
feet in size. The rooms will be
Ifor patients.
Construction will
J. E. Moore Jr. announced' his
candidacy today for city commis-
sioner of Taylor. Mr. Moore’s
statement follows:
Ten years ago my wife, two
daughters and I moved to this
city, believing that in Taylor and
surrounding area lay a bright
future for us. That estimate has
been reasonably correct and we
are grateful.
Today, I personally believe that
this area can provide a good fu-
ture for those who have good pur-
pose, make preparation, plan and
perform properly and put forth a
real desire to do so.
At 43 years of age with 22
years of successful business ex-
perience I believe that I can,
and' would like to have an op-
portunity to serve you, our com-
munity, as one of our City Com-
missioners for the next two years
and try to be of the most he'lp
possible to our town.
Historically, I was bom in the
northeast part of our county on
a farm east of Bartlett, was an
original partner of Moore Grain
Co. from 1939 to 1952 at which
time my interests came to Tay-
lor. I am not without experience
in city operations, having served
as a member of the City Council
in Barteltt immediately prior to
coming to Taylor. In civic affairs,
I had the privilege of serving as
Chamber of Commerce president
and Business Men’s Luncheon
Club president in that city, as
well as being a volunteer fireman
for about 10 years and also ser-
ved two years in the Army Air
Corps.
Since coming to Taylor I have
been a continuous member of the
Rotary Club, twice serving as dir-
ector; was your Chamber of
Commerce President in 1956, the
year the S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home
stock Show started, thanks to a
lot of people, served as the
first Layman’s Rally chairman
for three years beginning in 1958,
am a member and deacon in
the First Baptist Church and cur-
rently District 15 Brotherhood
president.
Our business operations consist
of Moco Feed Mills, Inc., and
Taylor Public Elevator, Inc.
We' hope that the above infor1
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J. E. MOORE JR.
Jury Favors
Southwestern
be similar to I mation will be helpful in giving
that of the existing budding. (See MOORE, Page 7)
TB Group Disappointed
By Response to Test
Response to the tuberculin skin
testing program this month has
been disappointing, states Dr.
John B. Bryson, director1 of the
Williamson County He'alth De-
partment. The tuberculin tests are
being given in order to find new
but previously undetected cases of
tuberculosis.
The tuberculin skin te'st is al-
most painless Dr. Bryson said. A
small amount of an extract of
the tuberculosis germ is injected
into the skin of the forearm and
determining the reaction two to
three days later. If the person
has a positive reaction indicated
by a raised area at the site of
the injection, then it means that
the person has been exposed to
tuberculosis and has some of the
germs in his or her body.
In most cases the tuberculosis
germs are walled off, but this
can be determined only by a
chest x-ray. As only about 20
per cent of the adults have a
positive reaction four-fifths of the
adults would not have1 to have a
chest x-ray. Moreover it is de-
years of age have a tuberculin
skin test annually and those 50
years of age should have an x-
ray each year to detect not only
tuberculosis but also lung cancer,
heart disease and other disease
of the chest.
The schedule for the remaining
tuberculin test clinics in the coun-
ty are as follows:
Thrall, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 12
noon.
Liberty Hill, Feb. 26, 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
Pond Springs, Feb. 27, 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.
Granger, Mar. 5, 9:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Jonah, Mar. 5, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30
p.m.
Walburg, Mar. 6, 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Round Rock, Mar. 12, 9:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
Georgetown, every Tuesday af-
ternoon from 1 to 5 p.m. at the
Health Department.
Taylor, every Tuesday from
8:30 to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m.
sirable that all pesons 15 to 50jat toe Health Department.
, GEORGETOWN — A federal
district court jury in Austin ruled
this week in favor of Southwest-
ern University in a suit which it
brought against the government
seeking the refund of $67,428.43 in
back income taxes asserted' to
have been erroneously collected.
Several special issues were in-
volved in the case, and the court
will enter a judgement based on
them.
The claim for back taxes arose
from the operation of the W-K-M
Company, a Houston industrial
supply concern, which was
bought by Southwestern Univer-
sity and Wheaton College, Illinois,
in 1949, and covers refunds for
portions of taxes for 1952, 1953
and 1954.
This case developed from the
payment of income taxes by
Southwestern University on its
operation of the W-K-M Company
which manufactured oil field
equipment. Ordinarily an educa
tional institution such as South-
western University is exempt
from income tax. The district di-
rector of Internal Revenue deter-
mined the value of certain pat-
ents at $1,100,000 for depreciation
purposes while Southwestern Uni-
versity contended that the patents
were actually worth $4,200,000.
The complaint contended that,
in computing unrelated business
net income subject to income tax,
the colleges, such as Southwest-
ern University, are allowed the
deductions normally allowed to
business corporations in comput-
ing tax) able income, including
specifically [he deduction for
depreciation of patents.
A request for a jury trial was
made by Southwestern.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Laredo’s big Washington birth-
day celebration also provided a
forum for Texas, politicians Thurs-
day.
Two candidates for governor
and a number bidding , for other
offices arranged to attend the
weekend round of speech making
and festivity in Laredo.
Gubernatorial rivals heading for
the border city included Gov. j
Price Daniel and former Navy
Secretary John Connally.
Marshall Formby, another
Democrat in the governor’s race,
loosed some verbal barrages at
several opponents Wednesday in
Fort Worth. Among his targets
were Daniel. Connally, former
Gen. Edwin Walker and Don Yar-
borough.
Formby credited Daniel with
“dilly-dally leadership” and as-
serted: “There are only two ways
to get Price out, of office—defeat
him or carry him out feet first.”
Referring to Connallys’ close
ties with Vice President Lyndon
Johnson, Formby declared that
voters should remember “that
LBJ has one hand on his should-
er and that he will carry out any
orders that’ LBJ wants carried
out.” Fdrmby accused Johnson of
being “primed to keep, or get
again, a stranglehold' on the gov-
ernor’s office.”
About Walker, an avowed con-
servative, Formby said: “Not only
ir he in right field—he’s way out
of the park.” Formby said Yar-
borough, is obtaining a qualified
endorsement from union spokes-
men, “got the labor leader sup-
port, not the labor people.”
Formby called Atty. Gen. Rob-
ert Kennedy’s statement in Indo-
nesia last week that the U.S.-
Mexican War in 1846-48 was un-
justified “an unnecessary and
stupid” ’remark. Kennedy’s re-
marks make you wonder if LBJ
is giving anybody any advice in
Washington.”
Jack Cox, the Breckenridge
businessman bidding for the Re-
publican nomination for gover-
nor, skirted partisan politics but
got in a few licks for his conser-
vative views Wednesday in a Dal-
las luncheon club speech.
“We are unwilling to pay for
things we are demanding of our
government,” Cox said of the
mounting national de’bt. He as-
serted such programs as federal
aid to education and medical
care for the aged “seek to des-,
troy local government” and will
bring more federal controls.
In Houston, Mrs. R. D. Ran-
dolph said the executive commit-
tee of the once powerful Demo-
crats of Texas, a liberal group
she leads, will meet in a month
or two to map future plans and
(See LAREDO, Page 7)
Soviet Asked to Prove
Intent
Spare Effort
Thornberry Announces
For Congress Reelection
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Congressman Homer Thornber-
ry today formally announced his
candidacy for reelection as Unit-
ed States Representative from the
Tenth Congressional District of
Texas. He is unopposed in the
Democratic primary to be held
in May.
The 53-year-old. Democrat, an
attorney and former member of
the Austin City Council, has ser-
| ved the ten counties comprising
the Tenth Congressional District
| in the House of Represenenta-
tives since his election in 1948
and has been reelected since with-
out serious opposition. During
that period of service he has
gained a reputation, not only for
prompt handling of matters
L brought to his attention by the
^people of the district, but also
S (See THORNBERRY, Page 7)
President Urges Meeting
In Advocating Cooperation
WASHINGTON (/P) — President Kennedy has chal-
lenged Soviet Premier Khrushchev to waste no time in
proving he favors joint efforts to explore outer space.
“I think it is particularly important now, before
space becomes devoted to uses of war,” Kennedy said
at his news conference Wednesday.
Khrushchev had sent a message congratulating the
United States on Astronaut John'
Swine Project Launching
Scheduled for May 20
The Chamber of Commerce ag-
riculture committee today defin-
itely decided to go into a swine
raising project in which youths
in the Taylor, Thrall, Coupland,
Granger and Hutto school dis-
tricts will be eligible to partici-
pate.
The' panel, headed by Walter
Jezek, will distribute Yorkshire
gilts to 20 boys and girls, age 10
through the junior high level,
about May 20.
Yorkshire breed was decided
upon because the committee' felt
this is the meat type hog the
major buyers are looking for
and because the breed is very
prolific.
After the1 youths receive their
gilts, they will grow the animals
on their farms. In the early part
of October, just before the gilts
are bred and while they are at.
their best showing advantage,
youngsters will bring their ani-
mals to Taylor for an open gilt
show, the place to be decided
later.
A judge will award ribbons and
cash prizes to the placing gilts.
The amount of prize money has
not been decided.
When the gilts’ litters atre
about eight to 10 weeks old,
which should be around the early
part of May,- raisers will be re-
quired to bring their whole litters
to Taylor. The' agriculture com-
mittee will select Ihe best gilt of
the littdr to be given away later
in the same day to another par-
ticipant.
The hog-raisers will then have1
the choice of selling the rest of
their pigs at auction or returning
them to their farms to increase
their hog population. Pig buyers
will be invited to Taylor on the
date of the auction.
Local merchants will be asked,
___ (See SWINE, Page 8)
Italian Leftists
Form Government
ROME (/P) — Premier Amintore
Fanfani’s new Italian govern-
ment-furthest to the left in 15
years—took office today opening
a new era in the nation’s post-
war politics.
Fanfani and a coalition Cabinet
—backed by Pietro Nenni’s Soc-
ialists, once1 allies of the Commu-
nists—were sworn in by Presi-
dent Giovanni Gronchi.
Fanfani announced the 24-mem-
ber Cabinet Wednesday night
after getting Gronchi’s approval
of the list of ministers. They in-
clude 19 Christian Democrats,
three Democratic Socialists and
two Republicans.
Justice Rules
In Death Case
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ROUND ROCK — Justice of the
Peace G. H. Wayland ruled today
that 19-year-old Mrs. Marvin Gil-
““A10 8 selI-ta- with’western rights"ofTrTZi
tansport over East Germany into
West Berlin would carry “haz-
H. Glenn Jr.’s triple orbit of the
globe and suggesting the two gov-
ernments combine resources to
explolre outer space.
Le'ss than four hours after1 the
news confereence the White House
made public a direct reply to
Khrushchev. In it Kennedy ex-
pressed hope1 “that at a very
early date our representatives
may meet to discuss our ideas
and yours in a spirit of practical
cooperation.”
He added the United States
would come up with “new and
concrete proposals” for joint en-
terprises that could be undertaken
without delay.
Kennedy opened his news con-
ference with a statement noting
that twice before he had offered
the same sort of proposition
Khrushchev advanced. But the
President called the Soviet pre-
mier’s move an encouraging sign
for international cooperation.
Glenn’s memorable flight and
the possibility of U.S.-Soviet co-
operation in space dominated the
half-hour meeting with newsmen.
But in answering questions Ken-
nedy also disclosed a special
board of inquiiy is determining
whether U2 pilot Francis Gary
Powers violated the contract un-
der which he made his ill-fated
reconnaissance flight over the
Soviet Union on May 1, I960.
Government officials have inter-
rogated Powers in secret ever
since he was released Feb. 10 in
a prisoner exchange with the So-
viets.
As for the chance of lowering
barriers between the United
States and the Soviet Union on
space projects, Kennedy said this
country would be happy to dis-
cuss cooperation at the United Na-
tions or anywhere else. But he
insisted cooperation would have
to be genuine. And he acknow-
ledged there is no more assurance
now than ever that the Soviets
are willing to transform general
expressions of togetherness into
specific agreements.
The conference was Kennedy’s
sixth in as many weeks.
He had this to say on other
subjects:
Urban Affairs — Despite the
House1 vote killing or this session
of Congress his proposal to estab-
lish a department of urban af-
fairs, one will he created sooner
or later.
Corridors — Any interference
Attacks Mar
Near Accord
In Algiers
flicted gunshot wound.
1 he body of the pretty young
mother of a seven-months-old ba-
by was found in her car near
Ihe Round Rock Cheese Factory
late Monday night.
Justice Wayland said the autop-
sy showed no sign that the dead
woman used any kind of poison
or sedative. The report said death
was due definitely to a gunshot
wound through the left breast.
The bullet from toe 30-30 deer ri-
fle pierced the heart.
ards which none of us should
welcome if we look to the possible
end of the road.”
Berlin — If there1 are indica-
tions that bringing foreign minis-
ters together on the Berlin crisis
(See SOVIET, Page 8)
ALGIERS OP) —A wave otf ter-
rorist attacks swept Algiers today
today as toe right-wing Secret
Army Organization made a last-
ditch effort to wreck an impend-
ing French-Algerian agreement
to end the 7a/l>-year rebellion.
Police reported more than a
score of scattered attacks be-
tween 7 a.m. and noon, as Euro-
pean gunmen in cars and afoot
fired at Europeans and Moslems,
killing at least 11 persons and
wounding 15.
The violence erupted as the Al-
gerian rebel National Council was
called into session in Tripoli to
act on an agreement with France
to end the strife.
The 60-member parliament was
expected to give the needed four-
fifths approval to the accord pav-
ing the way for Algerian indb-
penednee, a measure already en-
dorsed by France.
With the measure reported1 ap-
proved by the rebel Cabinet,
hopes soared for a ceasefire in
the North African territory by
Sunday.
Among the victims in today’s
outbreak were four postmen
killed and three wounded. Har-
ried officials accused the secret
army of desperately seeking to
provoke strikes and major distur-
bances on toe eve of peace.
French headquarters for Al-
geria appeared confident that
the army will succeed in keeping
the tense situation in hand when
a cease-fire is announced. But the
command is not taking any
chances on the loyalty of vstrious
field commanders.
Informed sources said that the
500,000-man French army in Al-
geria has been permitted only
15 days of food and fuel supplies.
This drastic reduction from the
normal stocks apparently was
meant to discourage officers from
attempting to join forces with
right-wing extremists.
President Charles de Gaulle’s
government approved the Algeri-
an agreement Wednesday night
after nearly four hours of dis-
cussion.
Louis Joxe, minister of Algerian
affairs and top French negotiator
with the nationalist rebels, spoke
for more than an hour on tHe
tentative accord hammered out in
(See ATTACKS, Page 7)
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Heart Group
Discusses Role
More activity as a member of
the Texas Heart Assn, was indi-
cated at the meeting of Ihe East
Williamson County Council here
Wednesday.
Gerald Rusch, field representa-
tive for the area, showed a film,
“From Heart to Heart:,” in which
volunteers told something of the
vast program of service, educa-
ticn, and research.
Dr. A. Bryan Spires presided
at the meeting in which discus-
sions were general.
As to education, this has been
done in the schools, according to
Mrs. Edmund Arning, public
health nurse, science classes giv-
en lessons on the heart by local
physicians.
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END OF JOURNEY — The Friendship Seven space
capsule, with astronaut John Glenn still inside,
floats in the Atlantic at the end of its three-orbit
journey around the earth. The capsule landed about
160 miles from Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas.
—NEA Telephoto
Commission Rejects
Roosevelt Memorial
WASHINGTON UP) — The Fine
Arts Commission has turned
down a contemporary design con-
sisting of eight: towering concrete
slabs as a memorial to the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The design ,the arts group said,
was too big for its setting, lacked
repose and would compete' with,
rather than supplement, other
memorials that would surround it.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
No Immediate Cut
In Taxles Seen by JFK
WASHINGTON t/P) — President
Kennedy says that “for the pres-
ent there is not a chance of a
tax reduction.”
As for the future, he told a
news conference Wednesday that
barring a recession and with a
continuation of the present tax
structure, “a tax reduction in a
few years or in a period of time
might he possible.”
WORKMAN CRUSHED
HOUSTON UP) — A forklift in
a supermarket warehouse went
out of control and crushed Arthur
Blair, 37, to death Wednesday. He
was pinned against a truck.
BOBBY FLIES WITHOUT INCIDENT TO BERLIN
BERLIN — U. S. Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy flew
without hindrance along the 195-mile air corridor to
West Berlin today and pledged anew American deter-
mination to stand by this isolated city
COLOMBIAN TRAIN WRECK KILLS SCORES
BOGOTA, Colombia. — A shattering collision of a
passenger train and a freight train between Cali and
Buenaventura was believed today to have taken a score
of lives. Unofficially, it was reported the death
toll may be close to 100.
KENNEDY LEAVES ON FLORIDA TRIP
WASHINGTON — President Kennedy today ad-
vanced by one hour — to 3 p.m. — his takeoff for Flor-
ida to visit his father and take the family to Lt. Col.
John H. Glenn Jr. to its first reunioii with the astron-
aut since his orbital flight.
WEST GERMANY FAVORS TALKS WITH SOVIET
BONN, Germany — West Germany agreed today —
in replying to a Soviet memorandum suggesting bilateral
negotiotions on Berlin and Germany — that an improve-
ment in relations between the two countries should be
sought through a step-by-step method.
MO PAC FREIGHT DERAILED NEAR MUMFORD
BRYAN — Sixteen cars ol’ a 139-car Missouri-Pac-
ific freight train were derailed today in Robertson
County near Mumford. Nine of the 16 cars were stack-
ed up and demolished.
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