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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 1961
VOLUME 61 NO. 259 15c PER COPY
THIRTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY
Brandenburg Gate
By GARTH JONES
The Texas
Reds Seek Check
A,,
Group Vows
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Foreign Aid
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Germany early Sunday, de-
control"
Orleans and Dallas.
Dates Made
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By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
rood High School will be
suade him the West is weakening uhday. killing two girts and injur-
the
finally calling for the border clos-
office.
Ring Ace Charged
French Police
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In Wichita Slaying
Check Uprising
that they will put the heat on
injury
ed in the vicinity of the Elysee
The police contended the checks The breakdown in the Algerian
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• Big plants will turn out 50
(See EVERGREEN on Page 2)
What U. S officials most fear
from the meeting of neutrals is
Her skirt was nearly rtpped away
and wrapped around her neck. A
sion of a Senate bidi (SB3 provid-
ing runoffs if one candidate does
they think Khrushchev is running
a gigantic bluff of "nuclear black-
mail" with his talk of vast devas-
For Sign-Up
Registration for the 1961-62 term
Castro government.
Reap said the State Depart-
Lawrence quoted Wodd as say
ing that he did not see Miss Peas-
ter Friday night but said the dark
haired, handsome youth admitted
talking to her by telephone about
1 House got the job Saturday night not get an overall majority in
of deciding if there would be a special congressional elections.
Berlin's borders, and the refugee
flow Saturday may have reached
the 3,000 mark—the biggest in any
drove a car with allied military
license plates through the Bran-
denburg Gate, however.
This may mean the border clos-
ing applies only to Germans—not
foreigners. A Communist officer
told the reporter there were no
special orders as far an the re*
porter was concerned.
Customs officer* on the Western
-ir.
aous^ Blocks Communists Close
Special Meet
the long-term financing of the
loan program—a provision the ad
ministration regards as the heart
of the foreign aid bill now before
Congress. It would authorize $8.8
i billion in loans over a five-year
period.
Gaulle left two days ago on his
annual vacation at his country re- |
treat of Colomyey- lea- Deux- Egli-
ses. 120 mile* from Paris.
5
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French right-wing underground
elements set off plastic bombs at
the homes and businesses of 12
and neatly tucked under the front
seat.
NEW COMMUNIST COMMANDER—The Soviet Union
bos nomed former Warsow Pact commander Marshal
Ivon E. Koniev as its new troop commander in East
Germany The appointment was announced at a time
of growing tension over West Berlin and its 110-mile
supply line through Communist East Germany.
WEATHER FORECAST
'OOO AREA: Clear to pamly
___continued worm through
High Sunday 93-98.
Maximum temperature here Saturday
98. Sunset Sunday 7:24, sunrise Mon-
day 5:58.
NEW APPROACH
i The Senate approved the new
Aug. 25 in Smith’s office.
Brownwood Junior High School
registration will follow the same
alphabetical schedule. according
to A. E. Lamb. principal, with
ninth graders signing up Thursday. I
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, Western leaders to yield to his
Berlin demands.
A meeting of neutral govern-
Berlin—including the border be-
tween East and West Berlin. The
directive was published by the
East German News Agency ADN.
The closing of the border at
Brandenburg Gate was the fibt ac-
tion in response to the Warsaw
Pact statement.
West Bertin police said there
also was a report of some diffi-
cult on the elevated railroad that
links East and West Berlin.
EAST GERMANS
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On Refugee Flow
BY CARL HARTMAN
BERLIN (AP)—East Germany’s Communists sealed
the border between East and West Berlin early Sunday,
at least to Germans.
The border closing was a lightning response to a direc-
tive from the Soviet Union and her East-bloc partners for
“a reliable watch and effective control” to stop the refugee
France Friday night and early
Saturday. The blasts caused
policies.
Kennan will be in good position
to see what happens when men
like President Tito of Yugoslavia,
President Nasser of Egypt and
1 India's Nehru get together.
Calhoun County Hospital as Mary eight years ago.
i Soviet Premier Khrushchev's
■ drumfire of demands apparently
has stimulated fear among the
By T. R. HAVINg
The race to desalt sea water
to SSL The Soviet Union has s
high priority • rush" research
program. The U. S. has just
tamed Mi full Ult IU first mU
lion-gallon-a-day demonstration
plant, at Freeport, Tex.
There's a new half-million-gal-
lon-a-day plant on the island of
Guernsey. In 1982. little Israel
is scheduled to begin operating a
matched footprints found at the
scene
A green blouse Miss Paester
wore was torn in three places.
Khrushchev also aims to strike dently is Khrushchevs immediate
' target.
Top U. S. officials say privately
^4
, Labouisse, head of the Interna-
tional Cooperation Administra- l
turn, pinned all the promises to
Pact statement
ing said the control measures
should not affect traffic arrange-
ments between West Berlin and
West Germany.
persons in Algeria and one in
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2sn
people that the Berlin escape
hatch would be closed.
But the Communists for some
reason have been reluctant to ap-
| ply iron controls to seal West
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LIKE, MAN, WHAT CENTURY IS THIS?—Maren Lynn Stewort, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Charles A. Stewart takes a very dim view of the 1920 swimming costume
and diving technique displayed by Sandra (Mrs. Gary) Petross, 102 Fisk Ave , as a
gag to mark the opening of the new swimming pool at Howard Payne College. The
pool is open to the public from 1 until 9 p.m daily. ________________________
wnt^h hL4 “wMichoopesda mandeda "reliable watch and an
bate on the bill Monday. offers effective
; a far more difficult obstacle to
DARK BRUISES
She had a large discoloration
on her face, a cut Up. a tooth
knocked out, numerous scratches
and bruise* on her throat and
face. The abdomen had several
dark marks
Justice of the Peace Ralph
Davis said an autopsy showed she
died of strangulation, had suf-
fered three broken ribs and a
strong blow to the jaw by either
a knee or fist.
He said the autopsy had not
been able to establish whether
Miss Praester bad been raped.
elevated trains stopped running at
1:20 am and German cars were
barred after 2:30 a m.
WARSAW PACT
Soviet Russia and other Com-
munist nations in the Warsaw
Pact, in a directive issued to East
AUSTIN (AP)
WASHINGTON I API — Soviet
peace talks, the Tunisian dispute,
the Berlin crisis and troubles
with disgruhtled French farmers
all added fuel to the reports.
-
George F. Kennan, ambassa-
dor to Yugoslavia, whose position
gives him an unusual opportunity
for observing trends tn neutralist
were only routine. But other offi-
cials connected them with reports
of planned extremist uprisings
and trees that an attempt might
be made on De Gaulle's life.
around West
ment chiefs.
London and Washington to com- amateur boxer and former Gold-
promise on Berlin The neutrals en Gloves champion was charged
ORANGE TREES
Algerian rebels countered by
including Indian
quartor-millioo-gallon-a-day plant
with a radical new design to
water a part of its Negev desert.
Why the rush? In the U. s..
technical men warn there will
be a crucial national water
shortaze in less than 15 years.
Industrial development of hey
areas, especially in the West
consultations.
Moscow AMBASSADOR
mats to find openings for genuine their Sept. 17 elections out of the believed to be a spark that ig-
negotiations over Bertin. way. 1 nited a can of starter fuel.
de destroying 1,800 orange trees in
D, the lush Mitidja plain south of
Algiers
Informed sources say there is
a strong possibility of an attempt-
ed rightist coup d'etat this month.
The Warsaw
in its resolve to defend West Ber- ing four other persons. ___
lin The dead were identified by single day since the 1953 revolt
On the Western side there is a Louise Martinez, 12. and Adema
decision to play for time while Martinez Lorge, 16. both of Port
figure that is an easier way to Saturday night with murder in the
exert their influence than if they beating and strangulation death
tried to bring pressure on Khru of attractive Patricia Peaster.
shchev. The amateur boxer, Dickie Don
Khrushchev's nuclear - terror Wood. 24. denied any knowledge
They are: Llewellyn Thompson,
ambassador to Moscow, whose
task will be to keep close watch
on the temper of Soviet policy
and Khrushchev's intentions He
will work also with allied diplo-
the administration. Republicans
are expected to make a strong
effort to limit the authorization
to two or three years, at the
most.
The 30 Democrats, to whom La-
bouisse wrote, support the admin-
istration position but had asked
for detailed information on how
the program would be c arried
Aug. 24. and eighth graders Fri- ment has. at Cuba's request,
day. Aug. 25, to the principal's moved to release the vessel from
the court's jurisdiction.
riot squads spot-checked motor-
ists to the French capital Satur-
day in what appeared to be a
move to thwart any possible civil
disturbances. heavy damage but only one minor
ELYSEE PALACE
Most of the motorists were halt
Castro promptly released the 32
passengers and five crew mem 1
bers, but kept the hijacker.
Castro's possession of the plane
to the face of continued U.S. de-
mands for its release helped
raise Washington temperatures
The East Germans through
propaganda measures and aug-
mented police controls nr refugee
routes leading to Berlin have been
trying for weeks to stem the high
tide of East German refugees
reaching West Bertin.
yssssiS"--—* opened ■
merican jetliner to Havana. But new "*1 more dangerous phase
PARIS (AP)—Special police
-lit turned out that to neither case of the Berlin crisis this week with xobm. e chd.i
Wednesday through Friday Aug. were the hijackers Cuban citi-nuclear-war threats to frighten Prime Minister Nehru, is sched
23-25. according to Guy T. Smith. - _ uled for Belgrade. Yugoslavia, in
-ineinal , ™ ... . .. . . . . European allies away from the . • . __ - _ . ,
principal. | The 40-foot patrol boat, known - three weeks. That meeting ev-I
On registration days, all students simply as the SV8. sailed into Key Umted States.
with last name* beginning with West July 29. It was manned by “ ‘ "
letters A-M will register from 8 three Cuban escapees terror into the leaders and |
am. until 12 noon and those with The U.S. Coast Guard has held Neonlee of neutralist nations His
last names beginning with letters the ship since then. A court order PeoP
N-Z will sign up from 1-5 p.m. I to take over the ship was issued aim is to induce them to put
Seniors will register Aug. 23.1 after a Miami advertising firm, pressure on American and other
juniors Aug. 24 and sophomores claiming unsatisfied debts against -------------- --
five hours before her body was --- --------
found white brassiere was undamaged
Wood, a neat dresser — and
muscularty built, won the state
welterweight championship to
1959 in the Golden Gloves tourna-
ment at Fort Worth
The almost nude body of Miss ’
Paester, 35, a divorcee, was found
late Friday night strangled and
beaten to death in a small car
tear the downtown business dis-
trict
Police arrested the 24year-old
man at work to downtown Wichita
Falls about 7 a.m. Saturday Law-
rence said he fit the deseription
of the man seen leaving Miss
ADMINISTRATORS
Also pledged were an intensive
I search for top-caliber administra-
tors. a larger role for private en-
terprise, tighter screening of
projects and insistence that na
tions receiving aid make efforts
of their own to improve the wel-
' fare of their people.
Castro, naked for seizure and sale tar*- - -
of the craft. ES
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quick end to the second special A joint committee to work on
tewinn of the legislature, the differences was named
After a daylong stalemate over Austin the House agreed to fur-
congressional runoff elections, a ther talks on the election bill, it
Senate-House Compromise Com- bound its negotiators by a 71-41
mittsermosompmenaraydnptsamna prommintj aiastrnocton gve upcomme
eartier. House changes made to the Sen-
Thesenatenquickty adopted.the “sbsenate quickly pasacd Ms
conference committee TaPoIk ite version of the runoff u Gov. |
and stood reedy to adjourn the Ben Ramsey broke a 13-13 tie to
send it to the House.
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J icrofili Service
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Palace. President Charles
Gaulle's official residence.
Russians Open New Phase ----
। tation to the countries of Europe) Another worrisome element was bouisse’sreply Saturday; hum
unless the West backs down on : Khrushchevs declaration in a oIn.Pledging nX
i Berlin. But they say also the speech at the Kreml.nFnday that for.people to run. the Pogcam.
I situation has dangerous elements Soviet prestige and grandeur Eahnusne. 0 tcensme
and needs careful handling to were involved to the Soviet de- compl aints.raised in Congress
keep him from creating a situa- mands on Bertin. He seemed to about foreign aro.
tion in which war becomes almost be saying that he could not back
inevitable. down. T.. A:rle Die
Two top diplomats who are des- Rusk is known to feel it is im- l WO —uI> V1E
lined to play key roles in this portant to keep open all roads to | ri • RIec+
effort so far as the United States negotiation even though the West 121 JO Ip DIDST
is concerned were brought back does not plan any initiative at vac, T A
from Europe by Secretary of present in fact in Khrushchev's PORT LAVACA, Tex. (AP-A
State Dean Rusk for Washington current, truculent mood a direct shrimp boat. the Suzie M ex-
bid for a conference might per ploded in Port Lavaca habor Sat-
campaign broke into the open in of the pretty divorcee's death,
a big way last Monday with his WITHOUT BOND
speech replying, to manstirdoredhewoaFsnapwidout
President Kennedy s call to build bond and set an examining trial
up conventional forces to the for Monday at 9 a m
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- Wood was arrested in the
tion defense system in Western men s store where he worked He
was questioned for several hours
Europe. I before the charge of murder with
NUCLEAR W AR i malice aforethought was lodged
Some officials think Khrushchev against him
is showing frustration and his Police_Capt. .Baker Lawrence
said Wood denied anv knowiedge
threats of nuclear war reflect ■ of Miss Peaster s death, out re
realization that he has not been ; fused to take a he detector test
The advertising firm has
5429.000 judgment against
sble to wreck Westen unity. and kept demandidg a lawyer. iPaester’s car and that his shoes
sending a crew to Havana to re- office holders, and from Sen. ,
the way from a half-cent a thou- turn the airliner the same day. John Tower, the new Republican, I
sand gallons up to 96 or 97 or In terms of a trade, the United Texas Republicans data the
•ven more. But most U. S. got the better at the deal runoff proposals were inspired by
communities spend about 30 to because the four-engine airiiner is Democrats who want tn assure
45 cents per thousand— and sell worth some $3.2 million that the final balloting to two up-
It to their customers at 29 to 40 But the airliner wasn't doing coming congressional elections
rents by absorbing some of the Prime Minister Fidel Castro will pit • Democrat against a
overhead. But 70 cents a thou- much good because he did not Republican the elections. not yet
sand is not unusual. Some con- ; have equipment handy to start it scheduled, will be for successors
sumers just outside Washington, and if he had flown it outside to U. s- Reps. Paul Kilday of
D. C., pay 75 cents. i Cuba, it might have been seized Sa” Antonio and Frank Ikard of
; bv foreign officials Wichita Falls. Both are expected
Desalting scientist, think they . toreng to resign to take other jobs
ms day will get costs down to HIJACKED -------------------------------
a ent a thousand gal. The Electra was hijacked to
— ON BERLIN CRISIS
off from Miami for Tampa. New -------
AUSTIN (AP—I Cross fire be- BOGGED DOWN ,__
tweennehBvsemareamhgeadcaoz t^to^^r tbc^
bill shattered all hopes of an early sure, mostiy centering on alleged
end to the second special session pressure from..Washington for the
of the Legislature Saturday night, bik.- Finally .the House approved
Both houses quit until 11 am. an entire substitute bul 112-21 and
—_ _ __. • u. MOmI. sent that back to the senate
andSvuthwest,alreadythe _____________ The House substitute not only
tag held back by toe snon“K5 There was a possibility the con- would provide runoffs to coo-
Water shortages make it almost troversy might extend the session gressional elections but would re-
impossible to develop many of into next week although it has quire special elections with run-
the key underdeveloped areas of accomplished the aims for which offs to fill vacancies to many
the world in the Middle East and it was originally called by Gov. state, legislative and district
Africa. Parts of Russia are be- Price Daniel. offices
lieved to be feeling the pinch. ‘ The Senate refused 19-8 to ac- While arguments continued to
cept a House cover-to-cover revi- , both houses on the elections bill.
Some government scientists---------I a compromise committee reached
mw see the possibility of a A . A agreement on the second and final
wide-spread drive for building funha norepc school improvements proposal
water desalting plants to the UUU4 HFI WWW submitted to the session. As ap-
late '60s. This doesn't mean — proved by the Senate-House ne-
that turning ocean water into A _ _ gotiators the bill delays state com-
"fresh" will be cheap by then. An „vehanco tributions to the teachers retire-
But so many cities and so many U|| LUIAIIXU ment fund until new tax revenue
industries win need water so • j is received. The contributions will
badly that they'll be willing to . be made at the end of the 1962
pay. nF Nislinave and 1963 fiscal years then returs
111 UI IIIIICI3 to the present quarterly contribu-
Right now. desalting plants- ■■■■Wl W tion system.
around.the,nworld.arg.turnins WASHINGTON (AP_The State The major task of the special
out about 20 million Kallo to of , announced Saturday session was accomplished Friday
water a day. They're in Kuwait Deparment asnagrecd torturn night when the senate accepted
on the Persian Gulf, in the Carib- Ahine Aetr and the Unit- bouse amendments and sent to
boon. California and in South arstates wm a hjaeked the governor the seio annual pay
Africa. Cuban patrol vessei next Tues- raise for public school teachers.
Costs of producing fresh day I The governor s office said the
water from these plants run Proas officer Joseph W Reap payraisemeasure is being check
from about 95 a thausand gal- said the agreement is -definitely edby.the state, foTSfote and
Ions down to $i.45 a thousand, not a swap" because the United will no.Pe ready for signing until
The new plant at Freeport. H’s States would have returned the nexLwoek. ___
estimated, will turn salt water $50,000 Cuba craft under due namesw erementionedin
into “fresh" at about 91 a thou- legal processes anyway floor debate but members of both
sand gallons A larger version But the agreement had all the houses madeinformal comments
of the projected Israel plant other appearances of a trade, ahout telephone Salscaphuwires
would also produce usable with Cuba's Castro regime agree- from the offices of Vice President |
water at around 51 a thousand ing to send crews to Key West. 1 Lyndon Johnson, Speaker
gallons.
Natural fresh waler costs al
2
a
flood from East Germany.
West Berlin customs first re-
ported the main crossing point at
Brandenburg Gate was closed
"They have shut it tight." said
an officer. "Cars cannot go
through in either direction, no
pedestrians either ' *
WEST BERLIN
Later West Berlin headquarters
said the entire border was dosed.
Service was halted on the ele-
vated rail line, run by th.- Com-
munists. which links East and
West Berlin and is the main line
for escaping refugees as well as
East Berlin commuters who work
in West Berlin.
The Communists also were halt-
ing cars and pedestrians, police
said
•'I’m sorry but you'll have to
ring off” a police inspector said
to a reporter who called. "We
need all telephone lines urgently
for official calls."
MILITARY PLATES
An Associated Press reporter
the NATO military buildup con- Lavaca
tinues and (he West Germans get The cause of the explosion was
V Improvement
By JOHN BECKLER
U WASHINGTON AP -The ad
Wu ministration has promised to put
I ’ its foreign aid program on a more
Em 1 businesslike basis if it gets the
I tn2 long-range financing it seeks.
• FA The promise to Congress was
1 fic one of several given by a foreign
■ L-. aid administrator. Henry R La-
■ M bouisse, in a letter to 30 House
Ee Democrats who asked for assur-
51 & ances the’aid program would be
B I R made more efficient and effec-
B ’ R tive.
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