Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, September 5, 1966 Page: 1 of 6
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A capacity crowd may be in
the making for Friday's sea-
son football opener between
the Stephenville Yellow Jack-
ets and Granbury at Memorial
Stadium. ' .
High School principal Ben
Gilbert said today that tickets
for home games win be on
sale at the high school and
at the gate the night of the
games. In the
have been avi
town.
Tickets for ail out-of-town
games will be soM at Service
and Slaughter Drug Stere and
(Cootteuea on rage Six)
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HECKLERS CLASH
MARCHERS — About
marchers turned out
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when hecklers, hurling insults, ra
Holiday weekend Violent Winds Lash
Deaths HH-.G*:-
By TH1 ASSOCIATBD PPRBl
Tate-reoorti pushed the
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the front of the long pi
Ralph Pokes At Ge
•Ibis march is for economic
progress and social justice,”
said Yarborough, shaking the
marchers* hands and darting
outside their ranks to pat spec
tators on the back.
The noise and crowd reached
a peak as the marehen made
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Hendrik F. Verwoerd died today at the hands of a white
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Phillip Ray Fagan, 247 Hilburn
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leton, graduating in 1926. After
the postmaster and store assist-
ant manager stint, he enrolled
at A A M and earned a degree
in entomology In 1931. While do-
ing graduate work, he went to
the commandant’s office and
was named chief of housing in fishing at th
1946. *■ rado River.
The native of Blanket and
Brownwood High School gradu-
ate held numerous posts in the
Bryan Knights Templar Lodge,
at -Including <.. . 7 '7.. ,
ary Club and was a deacon in
the Presbyterian Church.
Boyer served in the Texas
National Guard five years and
commanded a local Civil De-
fense unit.
:. He lists his hobbies as "fish-
ing, bridge and people.**
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Prime Minister
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notorious political assa
since that of President
Kennedy in 1963, pros
change in South Atrics
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The attack came siiiHmdy
before members knew what was
hapiwning GaBertes were HR-
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black and green uniform of a
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during a Ml-minute thunder-
storm. It interrupted electric
and telephone service tempo-
rarily and caused widespread
damage, mostly to trees, shrubs
and billboards
Mathis, near Corpus Christi,
also was flailed by the storm.
In far West Texas, two funnel
clouds licked down menacingly
as showers fell, but they pulled
back aloft and disappeared
without touching ground. El
Paso measured 1.21 inches of
rain.
Alice measured 3.50 inches
during the 34-hour period to
dawn. Papalote got 1.70, Mathis
1.07, Galveston .71, Coumbus
and Beaumont .71, Orange .69.
Houston 46, Cotulla 43, Smith-
ville .31, Sabine Pass .34, Aus-
tin and Kingsville .04, Richmond
.02 and Victoria .01. ® W
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curred ear
ening cool
linking the Lufkin,
San Antonio areas,
was a light shower at Alice.
Forecasts promised a few
more widely scattered showers
civil rights
the parade
e suburb of
Cicero, Bl. The march elded in a fight Eight people
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Dem-
scratic strategists said todsy
they think that more than M of
the 48 first-term House Demo-
crats serving in previously Re-
publican districts are in varying
degrees of political danger two
months before the Nov. 8 ballot-
Members of
pled with him
to the floor. He
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vive him by
to mouth "kiss
tion.
'About IS minutes after th
attack, Verwoerd was carried
out on a stretcher. The chamber
was hushed and shocked;.
Vrwoerd was takoa. te Groot
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from the chamber.
The attack, the second
Verwoerd since he bet
prime minlstdr in 1938, <
just two days before his
birthday.
Several doctors who are
members of Parliament rushed
to the side of the man who be- .
came the symbol of South Afri-
ca’s rectal segregation. --™;
The attack took place while
the bells were ringing summon-
ing the House of Aseoembly for
the start of the session
Soon after Verwoerd had tak-
en his aeat <m the front bench
the assgssin walked toward
him. '-A '* \ >-’.t
Verwoerd looked up as if he
expected the messenger was
going to speak to him. The as-
saarin then plunged the knife
into Yprwoerd’s i
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Verwoerd wRs
aimed with three hnhseA S
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when the name of Gov. John B.
Connally, prominent by his ab-
sence, was mentioned.
When the marchers dispersed,
shouting and singing as they
had all day, two Mexican Amer-
ican stayed behind at the capi-
tol steps, lonely sentinels for the
Wage demands.*
Despite the statement, no
farm Workers were in sight on
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ends of'state employes came to
work at 7:30 and 8 a.m. today.
Capitol security guards said,
they understood the two seni-
nete disappeared silently late
Monday. A march organiser
said he understood a roster was
Ming drawn up whereby the
two watchers would stand on
the steps only about eight hours
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and bottles, clashed with the "Mack
power” marchers. National guards-
men and police broke up the melee.
j were injured, some bayo-
38 were arrested.
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City Police investigated sev-
eral automibte accidents over
the Labor Day weekend but
none were serious. - I
The Texas Highway patrol
reported a two-car accident at
Alexander Road Monday after-
noon about 5:43.
Charlie A. Butler, 1989 W.
Tarleton, driving 1963 Ford
piekup, was involved in a edHs-
ion with Judith Hickey Law-
son, Rt. 3 Stephenville, who was
driving a 1957 Chevrolet sedan.
Butler was treated for minor In-
juries at the Stephenville Hos-
pital. Linda Barnes a passeng-
er in the Lawson vehicle was
treated for minor injuries.
James Beaver investigating
officer said there was extensive
damage to both vehicles.
David Coffee investigated a
one car accident at College
Farm Road at the Santa Fe
crossing. Neither of the occup-
ants were injured.
City police investigated three
accidents over the weekend in-
cluding: - --- ' - 7;- ■■ - r.’ST ■
A two car accident at the in-
teraection of Broadway and
Maxwell Streets Saturday after-
-aeon at 4;55 invelving,. * JRfl
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iieia, doz is. vinton ana Yarns*
ha Scooter driven by Victor Joe
Whtieley, 991 Maxwell. Invest!
gating officers estimated dam-
age to the Barfield car at 33
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climbs through a window a
ture following the hoor-loi
tie. TRie other six were caj
tor to Cauda. U,
Former Tarleton Employee
Retires at Texas A&M
COLLEGE STATION - Hatty
Boyer officially capped 37 years
service to Texas A * M Univer-
sity Wednesday afternoon, cut-
ting a cake and accepting a tie
pin and retirement certificate
an
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mandant’s office 10 yean. He
was postmaster and assistant
manager of the bookstore at
John Tarleton College six years
before potaing the A & M staff.
Physical plant -department
director Walter Parsons pre-
sented the certificate and pin.
Boyer, who lives at 1206 Mil-
in Parliament
! Disgul
Shot at him. His arch-political
rival. Yarborough, referred sev-
eral times to himself as the
highest elected official ta Te
and chided Connally for not, be-
ing out to hear "what the people
Want." Mi
Yarborough joined the march-
era—who hiked Congress Ave-
nue from St Edward’s Univer-
sity three miles to the capttof-
jst a few blocks short of their
just a few blocks short of their
goal waving to crowds along
TSC Faculty
Meets with
. Parliament mesaenger, and
New President xnr-SS.*4;ta
The first general meeting of
the faculty and staff of Tarleton
State College for the 1966-67
school year was held this morn-
ing in the ballroom of the Tar-
letton Center.
President W. O. Trogdon pre-
sided at the meeting which in-
cluded introduction of faculty
members by their department
heads. Dr. Trogdon introduced
the members of the admin-
istration and staff. .....
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Ninety-six persons are em-
ployed by the College this year
as actual classroom teachers.
This is the largest number of
teachers ever employed by Tar-
leton. Of this number, 29 are
new to the TSC faculty.
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A few of the other 24 Demo
cratic freshmen also may have
close races, they said.
writing off any aentf' at this ‘•reaw*
point i
The Democratic class of 1964,
which rode the chest of Presi-
dent Johnson's landslide victo-
ry, has given him a working
majority in the House for the
past two years. The loos of as
many as 24 of the 48 from pre-
viously GOP districts wouM se-
riously erode the Presidents
chances of getting major do-
mestic legislation through the
House
However, the Democrats ex-
pect to retain numerical con-
trol of the House. They now
have 294 seats to 139 Republi-
cans and two vacancies.
The 48 Democratic freshmen
from previously GOP districts
hove supported the President on
every key vote this year, rang-
ing from 24 majorities on the
Participation Sales Act and
raising cr and phone exciae
taxes to the 42-6 majority that
saved the compromise open
housing section of the civ(l
**■*- “j fit % K
es them particular-
ly is that all but a
handful occupy marginal dis-
tricts — thoee won with under
55 per cent of the vote — which
generally voted Republican be-
fore 1964.
Rep. Weston E. Vivian of
Michigan, for example, was the
first Democrat ever elected
from hia Ann Arbor district,
and he won by only 1,538 votes ner, College Station, studied for
whit 304 per cent of the total. ’
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ANADIAN PRISON ESCAPEES
APTURED — Four of ten fugitives
led from Canadian priaon in Winni-
eg, flew in a stolen aircraft to nearby
iary, Ind., and exchanged gun fire
rom the roof tops before surrender*
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assassin.
The assailant, in the uniform of a parliamentary mes-
senger, stabbed Verwoerd as he sat in Parliament. He
plunged a knife into the symbol of South Africa’s white
supremacy rule, then stabbed him twice more as he
slumped on his desk with blood gushing from the wounds.
A pool of blood formed on the green carpeting.
Horrified members of Pxrlia
meat quickly subdued the •»-
sailant.
Verwoerd, 64, was pronounced
dead on arrival at a hospital.
The senior Cabinet minister,
Theophilus Donges - who be-
came acting prime minister —
announced the leader's death to
f Parliament a little more than
an hour later. -> j)
JMrNvr KfiRwia
Donges identified the assass-
in as a WWfetaiy mesMnfer
in Parliament He said the as-
sailant was under arrest but
that his motives were not
known.
Appealing to the nation to re-
main ealm, Donges said the
Og bi net woiHd ctwit intis its nor*
mal work and the police
"would leave no stone unturned
to get to the bottom of this das-
tardly deed.” He said the pub-
lic shojid not speculate or "laae
ter off
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««IexG5 Gulf Coast
By THE ASSOCIATBD PRBSS reaching 60 m pA. bettered the
Violent winds lashed sections Alice vicinity in South Texas
of the Texas coast from Corpus during a 90-mlnute thunder-
Christi past Galveston and in-
flicted damage in the extreme
south part of the state Monday,
while tornado funnels threatened
El Paso in the far west.
Squalls boiled across Galves-
ton Bay near La Porte and cap-
sixed a dozen or more sailboats
I na Houston Yaeht Club race,
spilling up to 30 people into the
water. The wind hit up to 70
miles per hour, only 5 m.p.h.
short of hurricane force.
Sheriff’s officers, the La Porte
emergency corps and private
boatmen teamed for swift res-
cues, getting all ashore un
harmed.
Johnny Wheeler. 19, of Hous
., , ton dived off another boat and
day on a farm road near New' saved an unidentified boy who
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and three adults in a 19-foot
sailboat which started to sink.
‘‘There was a man in the wa-
ter and he was hollering,
‘There’s somebody down be-
low, wneeier retitea ■iwr-
ward. "I pulled my boots off
and went in. The boy was stuck
up under the bow in a pocket of
air — just the bow was stick-
ing out of the water.
Rains estimated at up to 4 Panhandle. Little change in tem-
a retirement party cake while friends wait a taste.
Boyer retired after 37 yean at A&M and Tarleton
State, serving as Aggie housing clerk and manager
31 years. Visiting with him at the impromptu party
were Walter Parsons, Physical Plant Department di-
rector; Bennie Zinn, student affairs director, and Al-
ien Madeley, housing mariager.
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Many freshman Demos
Find Jobs in Danger
And lows, which previously
hid six Republicans and one
Democrat, turned around and
elected six Democrats and one
Republican. Five of the Demo-
crate polled less than 54 per
cent of the vote. : ' 3
Iowa, in fact, is considered by
the strategists to be the chief
Democratic battleground this
year. And Rep. John R. Schmid-
hauser is expected to have the
nMdfiiGwlty 'do Ithn i
commander, and Rot- Denton County Commissioners
Court has reduced taxes by 5
cents to 95 cents per 8100 valu-
ation. The county budget was. Rl __ ____
approved at 31,204,101. inches descended as win da peratureswaa expect^!.
$1.25 Hourly Wage is Plea .
Yarborough,Ke
AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) -Thous-
ands of Mexican-Americans and
the|r friends —cheered b ythe
iresence of Sen. Ralph Yar-
borough, D-Tex., and words of
encouragement from Sen. Rob-
ert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y.—yelled
for a 8148 minimum hourly
wage Monday for Rio Grande
Valley Farm workers.
mAb they walked the capital
city’s streets and gathered on
the Texas captiol'a lawn for a
gigantic, old fashioned rally,
Tarborough and tite Kennedy
name were everywhere.
Carnally Jcsnuf
The noiay, but orderly crowd
of 10.000 respooded. wtth loud
"vivaa” aad IIMmHc hand
Clapping. Behind WM a 36 day
400-mile demonstration march
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Day weekend to 33 deaths.
Boating accidents took six
lives and five persons drowned.
Most of the fatalities occurred
Saturday and Sunday. Figures
ed an accident at the U S 281 f^m C^^^day to*midright
Monday
Among the latest
were;
Dr. Sammy R. Hogan, 32, of
Loa Angeles, Calif., killed Mon-
day as two cars collided 11
miles west of Junction on U.S.
290.
Eugene Gunn, 38, of Gilmer,
drowned Monday night when he
fell off a fishing barge at Lake
O* the Pines Northeast Texas.
Charles Bryant. 20. of Vedias,
struck and killed by a car Mon-
least two farm workers wiH be
at that spot until the legislature,
which convenes Jan. 10, passes
a 31.25 minimum wage late.
"Labor : J
Alanix and Trevino made
every step of the 400-mile wage
protest march which began
July 4 in Rio Grande City, Tex.,
with 47 persons. Monday,
swelled hy thousands of union
Capitol steps when thous- men and their families, it grew
af state emnlavea ftaista in to 10,090 Who stood and Mt.
crammed together in a swelter-
ing sun, to cUmax the journey
on foot H
It waa a day of re
and blue crepe paper,
and English voices miagfing in
talk and aoag and rousing
ppoechea — what one speaker
called the ‘Tabor spirit"
Gov. John Connally waa prom-
inent by his absence, and few
vote ia 1964.
Bert A. Bandstra. vfeo w v..
J*4 and to the scooter at 8100.
his 1964 rival, former Rep. John
H. Kyi, but Reps. John R. Han
sea, 33.5 per cent, Stanley L.
Greigg 53.5 per cent, and J< ‘
C. Culver, 32.2 per cent, I
new opponents.
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