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US INSPECTS
Fatal Shot at Berlin Wall
INJURES FOUR
Saddens 50,000 Visitors
SOVIET BASES
welcome always
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convers
are
served Antarctica
Winter banishes
only survivor. She was preceded
from his
in death by
Alamo
Both cars
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Brenham Weather
A Little Joy
Car Catches Fire
Pasadena.
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Christmas Day
Car Accidents
John John And
Caroline Give
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editors, here to a poem by Meg-
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With Ben Blantom
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Le Gran Maurice A
la Tuesday morning.
accident occurred four miles
south of Brenham on FM 389.
the Greenvine Road.
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day 1
Under Bright Sun
30-hour period.
Late reports of fatal accidents
trickled to although the official
tion to the mission. The United
States to
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— BRENHAM
Home of
Blinn College
Established 1883
M. 25, Max 55. Min. U-
i. M. Dee. 26, Max. 70.
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HA TEg1™ ED.
She -• m i l e d and waved a
(See GIYE Faj 6)
the government said the Greeks
respeched the truce reached at
7:30 Wednesday night and did
not return the fire
There was an indication that
the detachments of Greek and
Turkish regular army units sta-
touted on this island by treaty
crew nor the
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lumber yards by A
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SO — Everyone criticizes him,
yes.. But people do not hate
him unless he to hateful.
If he uses his newspaper to
take advantage of those who do
not have a newspaper.-yes,
he will be hated. If he treats
his reeders with courtesy, they
will respond: If he tears into •
sengers," he
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tie on Monday. Others will come
back by plane.
The controversy over the per-
formance of the Lahonia's cap-
tain and crew coptinued to rage
in London, where returning sur
in the mishap were badly
damaged.
AR of the accident victims
Wood of Houston were involved
in an auto accident at the inter-
section of Market and E. Main
Holt made a wide turn and hit
Wood s auto that had stopped
•t a stop ign _ r
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caught fire Thursday morning
on US 2M. a few miles outside
Marcus at
dy The Go
fan. M and
LAHOMA CREW
DISORGANIZED
at Beeville, awas found hanged
(lee SOARS Page W)
swered the call and found the
flame out but still smoking The
carburetor had caught fire
and burned some of the wiring
and charred the cover.
Mrs Cl Ina rd had her two
childies wit heg, _ ,
complaints P
p. m. Dec 24 Robert
Brenham and Henry A.
the owner of the car being
driven by Pannell, and Henry
Luhn, also of Bellville. were
when we were tryng to get out B
earty. The teletype perforating E
madhine was out of order, which E
meant that all the wire news ■
would have to be set by t h • ■
printers on the intertype ma- m
chines, inatead of running H off .
change from Wednesday's tem-
peratures. which ware the high-
est to the nation.
Junction recorded the highest
Wednesday — 76 degrees. El
Peso s 31 was the overnight
low.
It was 78 at Kingsville and
Abilene, and reached 74 at Chil-
dress.
Only sections of North Texas
were expected to have temper-
atures below 78 today, and the
UJ. Weather Bureau, said the
mere u r y will bold at s a d y
through Friday. .
would rather be visited
a crisis, then never be
hi EDITOR soujtoqurzes
By MAGGIE POTTER
I wonder why I ever, asked her
To write for the Baner-Press,
When all I knew about her
(See SQUARE Page 6)
A car, driven by Mrs. T o ni-
sued yetforeva
AMeriraas from
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
first members of an American
Eve and Christmas midnight in
Jodie Korenek, of Bellville.
Charles William Opersteney, 19,
and Leroy Walker. 22 Police
said it was believed gas fumes
killed them
Dies of Burns
Mrs Emma Wood, 65, of Rog-
ers. Tex . died Wednesday of
bums suffered when her cloth-
ing caught fire at her home.
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her parents, a
NO EVACUATION nDEns
WASHNGTON (UKI) to The
State Department ebid early to
day that no orders had been is
British Control Cyprus;
andambuunsuzhieh ehould be ded-
Some time ago — * Might
have been a year, Iha way
11 shed a comment from A Ct1
consin editor about why
editor never has triends.
New comes an answer from
Ulmer S. Bird, editor pt the
Robrt Lee. Texas, Observer,
lomat said the murder should
erase the impression that the
passes represent a humanitar-
ian move yg te part of the
Communists. ,
It was the first known death
since the Communist wall was
opened to Christmas visits a
(See FATAL Page 8)
—n- — ■ ■
Cornelius Har graves, 29,
A ‘59 Chevrolet, driven by
Dale Flukinger, 17, of Hemp-
stead and a '83 Ford, driven by
Charles Dock Pannell, 2 4, of
Bellville, collided almost head-
on at 1 a. m. Thursday. The
Suicides and homicides have
were treated at the Milroy
Hospital and released. Mickev
Walker, of the State Highway
Patrol is investigating the ac •
cident.
NICOSIA. Cyprus (UPI)-
Turkish Cypriot civilians at-
tacked Greek Cypriot civilians
for four hours today,
fii
rrificisiz
Hate the Editor? That de-l
pends on the editor. — Bo saya d
Ulmer S Bird of the Rak UN I
Lee (ImE) Observer. I
—
, « rawns. every editor shoula
condtct himself as Mr Bird’s
hvpothetical editor acts - but
all editors are human Some of 1
thrm are so human they are I
inhuman. And some them!
Christmas Eve showed at least n. ,
28 persons had died violently KltCS at New Ulm 7 ’
Of these, 16 were in traffic ac '
Christmas day had two acci-
dents to store for Brenham The
first occurred at 7:45 p. m and
involved Presley 1. Maxey of
Houston and Raymond Benford
of Burton. Maxey backed u p .
" to parking place on E. passengers in the Ford and suf-
and hit Benford’s car fered cuts and bruises. Pannell
that wm parked behind him had extensive cuts.
At 10:30 p m. Martin W
Hindman of Brownwood was In-
volved in a collision with Wil-
liam D. McElroy of Houston
Hindman was going south on
North Park when McElroy, trav-
eling west on Horton St., skidded
through a stop sign and struck
his car. MeElrov left 50 feet of
skid marks After the collision
McElroy Jumped out of his car
and fled from the scene b u t
was later apprehended a a d is
now in custody.
H. R. Hickey of Brownwood
was a passenger in Hindman’s
car and was injured. Both cars
were severely damaged.
ers and IM crewmen
rvived the fearful fire
its sister ship, the Lak-
bout IM other survivors
Ho sail on another ship
cause the island’s government,
h o a^d r d by Greek Orthodox
Archbishop Makarios as presi-.
since lighting began Saturday
an estimated 200 persons have
been killed or wounded. Offi-
cial figures report 17 killed and
M wounded. *
(In London, the Cyprus Turk-
ish Association said it had re-
ceived reports from Turkey
that 40 Turkish Cypriots had
been killed and that the Turkish
fleet was "awaiting orders" at
ports on the south coast less
than 198 miles from Cyprus.)
The British army today took
command of Greek and Turkish
forces stationed on the island to
prevent the communal clashes
from erupting into civil war.
Since the fighting began Satur-
day I? persons have been killed
and more than M wounded. ac-
cording to official figures
Unconfirmed casualty tolls to-
day put the figure at 298 dead
and wounded
Enforce Cease-Fire
British armored cars were or-
dered into position between
Greek and Turkish Cypriot po-
sitions to enforce the cease-fire.
(Ankara Radio charged that
Greek Cypriots clashed with
Turke in a suburb of Nicosia
and that women and children
were among those killed )
The island’s Greek majority
and Turkish minority are fight
ing over proposed constitutional
Mrs. John F. Kennedy acknow-
ledged the greetings of a crowd
f about IM well-wishers who
gathered outside the ocean-front
mansion of her father-in-law,
of former Ambassador Joseph P.
,J Kennedy
the first 30-hour Christmas holi- Oneration NetLwaL le
___.. - . day since 1957 1 operation Deathwatch reports
holiday period ended at mid- „ 45 Texans have died in the
night Christmas day I ,, Ihe ia fety.Council. also said ! 1963 holiday season so far. The
A Unital Press International I 11,000 to 13,000 would receive period being watched is the
. injuries disabling beyond the span between Christmas and
New Years, usually high in
number of deaths.
Motorcides have taken 22
lives. It was predicted that M
Texans will die before the sea-
Min ends due to auto collisions.
home in Princeton, Tex.
A Fort Worth woman. 44-year
old Mrs. Charles Edmund Hill j
was struck down and killed
Wednesday night as she walked
across a Fort Worth street.
Manuel Villegas, 20, of-Dallas
was shot to death during an ar-
gument outside a tavern.
Two young men -were found
asphyxiated in a motel at La-
redo Wednesday They were
RRY - STATHOS
Press International
and 20 per cent Turkish, and
Britain retains bases here ‘
The British high commission-
(See CYPRP Page •)
public official to print..sute, *
he will be resented. Ifire on the Grvek» this morn-
tana. New Hampshire, New '
spection of all
The State Department said it
had no evidence at any treaty
violations, but wanted to use
the right inspecion to es-
tablish a pas ci teat.
The U. S. team, which will
be gone about a month, includes
experts on nuclear testing —
which to banned under the
treaty $ and biqlggists to
check co tatutotMiM ° Pen
inspecuon team leave today to
t scientific bases of the
Union and other countries
structs a i toil s guy To bothin Antarctica.
Maggie and Angly, you are both | Russia has raised_no objec-
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BRENHAM, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1963
of Brenham.
A Brenham fire truck an.
By United Press International
A bright sun malted away
thoughts of winter today, and
shoved temperatures into the
70s for the second straight day.
Forecasters called for clear
to partly cloudy skies ter the
0)
on tapes like a player piano. !
' After some time, Angly asked
Wadter Johnson, "Does that guy ,
ever get eft the panto hattoa.” I
and departed for Mexico. After
another week of work. Angly
nuked a vacation before re»
turning for the Grand Opening
But 42 persons were sll
missing as a result of the fire
that virtualle consumed the La
konia last Sunday night as It
neared Madeira The ship was
on a Christmas holiday cruise
Wednesday Capt. Matheos Zar
bis, skipper of the Lakonia, de-
nied charges that his crew pan-
icked as the flames broke out
of control andeveryone wwa
forced to abandon the vessel
“There was no panic aboard
my ship — neither with the
mzuzo
a'Ai
===saH#=
1,027 ware accounted for. In- heakdown: injuries.
eluding M whose bodies were’*™1* 221
recovered Fires 32 *
48 Stin Mising Planes 7
A"ThE "
MAig,in2e
224—0 "
2.46d9. c:
7 a. comtecting all Americens an the
Mih. island to advise them about
wvacuetio prsedyre .
answer rouchv
the West safely.
"This has spoiled every-
thing." a young West Berlin
mother Mid as she crossec the
wall today "I will not be able
to bear looking at the Commu-
nist guards as I pass through.
They are murderers ”
"It could have been one of
my sons," an old lady said
"They are over there and want
to get out, too "
sgThe Western Allies con-,
demned the killing. "Therinci-
dent speaks for itself," a US.
spokesmaq sald. A Western dip-
b a British Common-
rmember. Britain also re-
bases here.
tey, only about M miles
the island, sent two fight-
to- over Nicosia Wednes-
A a warning.
■p the IMO agreement
M Cyprus independence
I the British Common-
I, all three nations sta-
troops on the island dur
tansition period Cyprus'
iton is M per cent Greek
-____ . - ______ —f | .ifcl VL-H- Dakota had w
The Arkadia’s departure from ' The Shtttmas holiday traffic no traffic fatalities. They also Amre g vIAAI
the Madeira Island port of Fim- death ** 2dued past 220 today; had no accidental deaths of any GPHWKA I III 111
chai was delayed because of the meeting the advance National kind. UI LlF I IIV
dispute Some of the dissident afety Counci estimate that The National Safety Council
passengers will return to Eng- Irom. 200 10 250. Americans predicted that between 200 and ' nr A I’ll 117 A INRg 1
land aboard the cransvaa Cm- wretds amnignwahFaunntjone gopomromaawouinanectmtwoen DEATH WATCH
PALM BEACH, Fla. (UPI)—
The infectious joy of Caroline
and John Kennedy at Christmas
time brought happiness to the
mourning wife of the late Presi-
dent, •
Fr one of the few times
since the death of her husband.
ts the British army took com-
mand of Greek and Turkish
military forces stationed to
Cyprus under terms at the
agreement under which Cyprus
won in dap an tenet three years
ago.
The United States and Britain
joined in appeals to bring the
situation under control, and the
British disclosed they were fly-
tag in troop reinforcements
from their strategic reserve to
1 '
p..
Leh“e ; .
my Clinard o f
BEST RHHAGNOUS SCENE—The Fortnightly Cub awarded its first place slot
to this scene at the home of Reuben Moody. 507 Walnut Hill, in the category of
rellgious theme. (Staff Photo).
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amendment, the Turks say will
endanger their standing
The clashes on the three-year-
old Island republic had these in-
temattona) repercussions:
—In Paris, NATO officials
said the NATO permanent coun-
cil met secretly Wednesday to
study the crisis. NATO sources
said partly as a result at this
session, the plan to place Greek
and Turkish forces on the island
under British command was dm
veloped.
—In London, the Foreign Of-
fice announced the command
agreement and urged that the
combined forces be used to pre-
serve the truce.
—In the United States, Presi-
dent Johnson was keeping tn
cloee touch with Secretary of
State Dean Rusk over the cris-
is.
Confront Each Other
Wednesday night. Greek and
Turkish forces stationed an the
island under the 1880 indepen-
dence agreement confronted
each other on the streets of the
capital. There were no reports
of firing between them, and a
government «pr*k reman denied
a report that police took 500
Turkish Cypriots hostage.
Cyprus’ population is 80 per
cent Greek and 20 per cent
A government statement saia
the Turkish civilians opened
.......... Highway Slaughter Soars,
Arkadia headed for the '
Texas 2nd With 22 Deaths
By EDWARD J. SHIELDS
United Press International
BERLIN (UPI) — More than
MOM Went Berliners crossed
the Communis wall into East
Berlin for Christmas visits to-
day, many of them angered
and saddened by the killing
Wednesday of an East German
teen-ager who tried to flee to
the West.
The wall was opened for the
visitors because they had
Christmas passes issued by the
Communists. Border guards
waved them through politely
and speedily on the second day
of the holiday
But one of those guards
Wednesday shot and fatally
wounded 18-year-old Paul
Schults, who apparently tried to
take advantage of the mass
border crossings to escape A
: -nmmMa- --m ne-.
cidents, 2 died in fires, and 20
were dead’’ of miscellaneous Mrs Eunice Peschel Spiess,
causes. age 33, wife of Robert L. Spiess
The biggest holiday traffic ac- | oIndustry,.died on Saturday:
cident took place near Nome Decembe.2tat740 at
Tax. Christmas Day 1 wo . al s | Scott and White Hospital in
ran together and a third piled . . . .
into the wreckage killing "two Funerah, services were held
persons and injuring four oth. Mondaz,2PmfromSt.John‘s 4*
ers. Dead were Mrs. Robbie -uheran C hurch of New Ulm 1.
Goolsbee, 48, of Woodville Tex with the Rev. Sam Wiederhold
and Mrs. Oma Freeman of officiating-
Houston. A She was Korn on November 2.
Two Asphyxiated 1930 at New Bremen and was
A 23-year-old Amarillo man, the daughter of Albert and Meta
Floyd Groom and his sn -Val i Glaeser Peschel.
were asphyxiated in tHeir home ' On June 24, 1951 she was mar-
Wednesday, ried to Robert L. Spiess, her
Jack Webster Munav. 39, of
Melissa, Tex. was hit by a car -
near Plano Wednesday daughter and a son.
Joe E. Cravei died Wednes- ——_
day when a fire gutted his
Miscellaneous 20 _____a. . ‘ laimed seven, and accidents of
Total * 280 . \ , sunshine and warm various kinds have, ended the
, if a. , .20 temperatures lured thousands lives 0 16
California led the nation with of Texans onto the highway - . -
33 traffic deaths. Texas had 16, during the holidays, and in turn 11
Kansas H and Michigan 13. caused a rash of automobile ak '
., askia,, o ra 0, elaware । cidents which sent the violent Mrs. Eunice Soiess
Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Mon- | death toll climbing. --5 -F97
A United. Press International D;,, Ji
count that began at 6 pm —15 m 1 C^pte,
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it to a telly temptation to do ■
everything that Mr. Bird says r
will get you to bet water. An Ei
editor needs to recite The Lord's 1
Prayer ■ hundred times a tey. E
and go heavy on the tine: * Lead E
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prus, but routine alert proce-
dures have been taken.
The department snid that
US. Ambassador Eraser Wil-
UM had "for some time" been
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But we do eat have te gat at
public officials that way tatatB
ar thing — if editors take car
of their own public relations,
they do ant haw to be hated.
They can be understood, ap-
preciated, and even loved.
If an editor town people. It
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