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Brenham Weather
BRENHAM
VOLUME 94
Traffic Toll Lowest In 10 Yea
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BONDS SOLD LOCALLY
EXPECT RECORD SALES
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LEISURE BIG BUSINESS
40 MILLION GOLF BALLS LOST
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In Loop Collision
Loop Road Saturday at 1 p.m. sent
ment of injuries.
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son, .32. of Houston and Tommy ’
R. W. Dieckmeir, the brother of
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and a charge of disturbing the,
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March term. Washirgton County
Weekend Weather
(
GIRL FOR NEUTZLERS
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Quits Presidential Race--
was
any paupers, idiots, or convicts
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2,
Thumb Sliced
Billy Dean Koerth, 17, of Burton
nd of his right thumb in a sau-
ei
Virtually all the leaders polled
pite his advance rejection in
the Way home to Biloxi.
NLA suspect, publicity. that psychia-
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Burton Visitor
Hurt In Blast
U. S. REPORTS
481 DEAD OVER
YULEHOLIDAY
Rocky Is Favored
For Second Spot
barely missing his heart was Robert Askins, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Askins and a weekend staff announcer
PROPOSAL TO
BESUBMITTED
TO RUSSIANS
Two of them were admitted to
St. Jude Hospital while the others
A 50-year-old Biloxi. Mississippi
nun is confined to Milroy Hospital
kind of our pets (for the dog food
makers, I think); our height and
weight (the tailors hoped to en-
gineer better fits); and whether
To Continue As
Probe Set
AGREEMENT REACHED
BAGHDAD (UPD) — The Soviet
Union has agreed to set up 10
technical centers in Iraq to train
students in the fields of metal-
homi-
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Readings for 24-hours ending at
7 a.m. on each date:
A car-pickup aruck. collision at
the intersection of US Highway 290
business route and the Brenham
December 27:
Max. 72
Min. 53
7 a m 53 ‘
Rain -.05)
December 28:
Max. 61
Mln. 40
7 a.m. 40
were treated at the same hospital
and released.
The wreck was the only serious
h i g hwsy mishap reported by
mblc
ts —
the
frica,
tower
f the
good
earer
•nee,
registered in a week end poll of
party leaders across the nation.
Many Chose Rckefeller
State chairmen or top aides in
28 states were willing to name a
Jan. 4 Is Set
As Deadline In
Funds Drive
in 1954, retail sales in the county
reached only $15,518,000 in Bren-
ham itself, retail sales of $17,000,-
000 estimated for 1969 should in-
crease by half a million dollars in
the new year, the publication said.
Total individual income in the coun-
ty for 1960 will reach $34,600,000.
an increase of $2,000,000 over the
estimated total for 1959. In Bren-
ham, individual income is expect-
ed to increase to $11,700,000 in 1960
from the 111,600.000 total for 1959.
The magazine estimates the coun-
ty's population at 19,350 compared
with the 1950 census figure of
20,542.
Mrs. Henry Stolz. Sr. of Burton,
was seriously burned when a bu-
tane stove exploded at her home
Monday at 7 a.m. /
Dieckmeier, 70, of Aspermont, is
confined to Milroy Hospital here
with first and second degree burns
over about 70 per cent of his body:
His physician said Dieckmeier is
in satisfactory condition.
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LIFE SAYS THE giant leisure
market is being supported mainly
by people who make $4,000 up a
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24-hours up to 7 a. m.
•1. Mia 40. 7 a. m. 40,
sunset 5:31.
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President Stud ying
End To Nuclear
Test Ban
fight which led to the stabbing was
Daniel Brast, 21, also of Bellville,
the son of Ervin Brast,. Austin
County deputy sheriff.
Young Brast is a-member of the
Rice Institute football squad.
Faces 2 Charges
Gulf Goast Dock
_ - Strike Settled
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ME SEMNML -
Getting A Boot Out Of It?
Two kittens show off at the home of Luella Lane
in Jamaica, N. Y.
e ports bn what Americans arc do-
ing with their ever increasing "dis-
posable time” and "disposable dol-
hrs.”
this
ward
open
com-
goods j
des.” Ff
The City of
Hospitality and
Industry.
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holiday period.
Most seriously injured in the Sat-
urdgy crash was Maceo Harris, 32-
year-old negro man from Houston
who suffered a deep laceration of
the scalp which measured 12 in-
ches in length.
He was also inshock when admit-
ted to the hospital, but later was
reported in satisfactory condition
and released Sunday.
The other person admitted for
treatment was Cyers Arrs Abel, 80,
of Dripping Springs, who had a
laceration of the scalp and a slight
concussion. . )
He was released from the hospital
Monday.
Harris was the driver of a station
wagon in which Irving Clark Jack-
December 25:
Max 62
) Min. 49.
7 a.m 51
December 26:
Max 64
Mm. 44
7 a.m. 62
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The
SPECTATOR
Ike Agrees To Mid-May Summit Talks
Lena Haschke Kaufhold, he was
educated in Houston and was a re-
tired carpenter for th Texas Com-
pany. i
' He was married on October 3,
1936, to Miss Sophie Wigand at St.
Paul's Lutheran Church in Bren-
ham by Rev. A. E. Hartmann.
Mr. Kaufhold was a member of
the Woodman of the World and al-
so a member of the Methodist
Church of Brenham.
Survivors include his wife; four
sisters, Mrs. Dora Habizel, Mrs.
..Gertrude Stahl, Mrs. Agnes Schalz
and Mrs. Elma Hood, all of Hous-
ton; one brother, Joe Kaufhold of
Houston and numerous nieces and
nephews. Two brothers preceded
him in death.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the Brenham
Memorial Chapel with Rev. H
Leon Reed, pastor of the Central
Park Methodist Church of Houston,
officiating assisted by Rev. Walter
Fox of Brenham. Burial will be in
the Prairie Lea Cemetery
The following nephews will serve
as active pallbearers: Conrad Ha-
bizel. Emil Habizel. Harvey Hood.
Claudie Hood, Allen Kaufhold. Dr.
Joseph Kaufhold, Jr., John H. Geh-
ring and Carlton Whitaker.
By WILLIAM .SEXTON
United Press International
NEW YORK (UPI) — Gov. Nel-
son Rockefeller became the over-
whelming favorite for the GOP
vice-presidential nomination when
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Austin Cop Kills
Boy After Chase
teen chose Rockefeller. Six
named Rep. Charles A. Halleck
(R-Ind.) and two listed Sen
Thruston Morton, GOP national
hairman.
ingle mentions went to Secre-
Three On
Identical triplet* Kennan, Kevin
and Kenneth Dodson, left to right ,t
gaze wonderingly at their first birth-.
day cake in Memphis; Tenn. The boys
were commissioned "colonels" by Gov.
a severe winter storm that struck
the Central Plains states Sunday
and pushed north into Iowa to-
inquiries on the color of our hair,Thursday at 4 P m.
if any (the cosmetics makers) He is Cecil M Truesdale, who is
wanted to know); the number and reported in good condition. His
“ " * * physician said Truesdale was nd*
ing alone when he went to sleep
and the car veered out of control.
He was brought to the local hos-
pital by a Foehner Funeral Home
ambulance from. Burton,
• Truesdale said he had been visit-
ing in Jal. New Mexico-and was on
‘Do-It-Yourself Census'
end. single subject issue — “The
Good LIFE.” The special issue re-
or not we have faith, and if so
what kind (a touchy subject on
constitutional grounds).
Even so, some of the 180 mil-
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He faces a
Texas Skies
Cleared By 2
Cold Fronts
Had Forecast 530 •
Deaths From
Wrecks - ’
negotiations in Geneva ”
Asked if the discussion would
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Charges of assault with intent to murder were filed
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* AUSTIN (UPI) — An Austin
youth being handcuffed after a
highway chase was shot to death
today by a patrolman as the youth
knocked the officer down, police
said here.
The youth was identified as Jerry
Wayne Childress, 19. Austin.
Detective Capt. K. R. Herbert
said the youth was shot by patrol-
man Leonard Vandermast this
Man Breaks Neck
In Fayette Crash
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sage grinder. His physician said
the youth is in satisfactory condi
tion. f
Adolph Kaufhold,
Aged 73, Dies in
Local Hospital
I'' Adolph Kaufhold, 73, of 200 High
Street, died at a local hospital
Sunday at 9:13 p. m. after a brief
illness.
f Born February 16. 1886, in Hous-
I ton, the son of the late Conrad and
statement Saturday abandoni
today was: Traffic,
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new automobiles combined. These
and other statistics were brought to
light today by the publication of
/ LIFE magazine's fifth annual year-
any paupers, idiots. or convicts here with a broken neck suffered
There are other grounds to be w hen his car left the highway and
grateful. After proper deliberation crashed into an embankment in
the census experts turned down Fayette County near Round Top
A National safety council
spokesmah deplored the heavy
toll, but noted that it was below
the estimate of 530 which the coun-
cil had feared would be the death
count for the travel period which
started at 6‛p m. Christmas Eva
and ended Sunday midnight.
The spokesman paid tribute to
the many law enforcement bodies,
civic and religious leaders who
had campaigned to appeal to mo-
torists for care in driving.
A United Press International
count* showed 481 traffic dead in
the 78-hour holiday. Forty persons
died In fires, six in plane crashes,
89 in various other mishaps, for
an overall total of 616.
New York state had 38 dead in
traffic accidents, California 36,
Pennsylvania 30, Texas 28, North
( arolina 27, Illinois 23, Florida 22,
Michigan 21.
THE BUSINESS of not working
now runs to $40 billion a year.
This is the money being spent by
Americans on “leisure” activities.
The figure represents more than
eight per cent of the Gross Nation
al Product — is almost as big as
the year’s national defense budget,
more than all U. S. personal in-
come tax receipts, more than the
amount spent on new housing and
filed in the Washington County . . . ....
court of Judge odisTomachefskyT The state missed the brunt of.
By RAYMOND LAHR
United Press International
AUGUSTA, Ga (UPD- Presi
dent Eisenhower agreed today to
join in a proposal for a summit
conference at Paris in mid-Maym
He also summoned 10 high gov-
ernment officials to a conference
here Twesday to discuss the gov-
ernment’s nuclear program in
charge of assault, cleared Texas skies and brought
a new wave of colder weather.
the presidential race
most 500," said the council spokes-
man,’’ but it is at least gratifying
to know that this toll is substan-
tially below the toll of 621 in 1955
and 532 in 1953, both of which al-
so were three-day holidays.
"There are 15 million more
cars. on the road today then in
1953. and eight million more than
in. 1955. ’
Hazardous driving conditions be-
set holiday travelers in many
states.
One of the worst accidents over
the holjday killed six persons in
a head-on crash Saturday in Ya-
zoo City, Miss.
Four high school students were
killed Saturday when their car
plowed into a bridge support near
San Antonio, Tex.
six persons to the hospital for treat- Washington County law enforce-
ment of injuries. ment officials during the Christmas
42 TEXANS KILLED
IN HOLIDAY WRECKS
United Press International
A toal of 79 Texans have met
violent deaths since the Depart-
ment of Public Safety’s "Opera-
t.on Deathwatch” began at- 12:01
a. m. Wednesday.
The breakdown through 10 a.m.
Clear to partly cloudy and cool
through Tuesday Low tonight 37,
high tomorrow 62 Readings for
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stove. He is a holiday visitor in the
home of Mrs Stolz. There was
no damage reported to the home
The accident occurred w h e n Grand Jury,
Dieckmeir attempted to light the
tary of Labor James Mitchell.
Rep. Styles Bridges (R-N. H.), was admitted to Milroy Hospital
and Sen. Barry Goldwater (R- at noon Monday after he lost the
Ariz.)
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A. B. Chandler of the state where they
were born, Kentucky. The Dodson
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- THE LIGHTER SIDE
by FRANK ELEAZER
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Do-it-
yourself census forms for 1980
have been on public view for
several weeks now and the Cen
BUS Bureau can’t believe its good
luck Nobody so for has raised
any serious squawk.
Oh, a few congressmen have
complained that the census taker
these days is getting too nosy,
wanting to know about our plumb
ing (indoors or out); our wash-
ing machines (automatic or not):
and how we get to work in the
morning (many a morning I won
der about that one myself)
One lawmaker went so far as to
on religious gnounds, to have any
part at all of the census.
Anyway.' H's not as bad as it
might be. In 1850 the census taker
inquired among other things
whether each household included
Member of United Press International, Th e Greatest World-Wide News Service
BRENHAM, TKCAS? MONDAY “DEC 2871959“
Blackshear of Brenham, both ne-
groes, were riding. They were
traveling east on business route 290.
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County Attorney W J Ehlert
for Radio Station KWH 1.
Both Lange and Askins are stu-
dents at Sam Houston State Col-
lege
Also charged as the result of a
United Press International
Two weekend cold fronts
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VALTER L HOWARD, bond
salesman for Rauscher. Pierce &
- Co , Inc., of San Antonio, purchas-
ers of the Brenham Gas system
bond issue of $600,000. tells us
nearly one-fourth of the bonds have
been resold to Brenham people. “It
speaks well for the people of this
community to express their faith in
its future by investing in these
bonds,” Howard said. Over the
weekend we discussed, the matter
with another dealer in municipal
bonds. He said one reason Bren-
ham bonds always bring an excel-
lent price in the bidding is the
race, a survey of state Republican
leaders showed today
A large proportion of GOP
leaders refused to believe Rocke-
feller's declaration Saturday that
he would "quite obviously" reject
a place on the I960 ticket as Vice-
President Richard M. Nixon's run-
ning mate.
Rockefeller's support for num-
ber two spot in the ticket —des-
iICROPILII SERVICE AND
SALES co
Pa). bOX 3366 COs2.
Brenham Banner-Press
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The deadline for completion
of the Washington County
Consolidated Funds drive has ’
been set for 5 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 4.
Charles Noble, president of
the Consolidated Funds, an-
nounced the deadline, Monday.
So far the drive has collected
$13,484.65, but is still short
$2,565.35 of the $16,060 goal.
Noble said the r e m a i ning
amount can be raised by next
Monday if all the workers will
complete their canvass and,,
turn in their collections. He urg-
ed them to make one final ef-
fort to complete the drive.
The funds president also said
anyone who has not been con-
tacted may turn in their contri-
bution to him or at the Chm-
ber of Commerce office.
said the two charges against Brast
carry a maximum fine of $200
each.
Lange, if found guilty of assault
with intent to murder with malice,
could be sentenced to two to five
years in the state penitentiary. If
found guilty without malice, he
could be sentenced to one to three
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I he charges against both youths
were signed by Deputy Sheriff Ar-
nold Loesch.
Askins is confined to M i l r o y
Hospital with a near fatal chest
wound, and his condition Monday
peace, filed in the court of Justice
of Ahe Peace John King of Precinct
Three. ( "—
The charge against Lange was
filed in Judge King's examining
trial docket for presentation to the
WASHINGTON. D. C. (Spl)— The
Santa Fe Railway Company will
keep its passenger trains No. 5 and
6 between Kansas City, Mo. and
il -u t m tnrough Brenham in ope-
ution for four months beyond Jan.
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Die Interstate Commerce Com:
mission ordered the railroad not-to
suspend service pending an inves-
tigation.
Santa Fe officials recently an-
nounced the two trains would be
dropped Jan„7, claiming the trains
have long been unprofitable.
The ICC said it had received pro-
tests from patrons of the trains and
Santa Fe employees It ordered
service continued while, the pro-
tests are investigated.
Aspegtal lunchen meeting spon-
sored by Santa Fe heads was held
in Brenham on November 30 at.
which time the railroad announced
its plans for discontinuing the two
trains.
his by UPI in 48 of the 50 states
iilg (Contipued on Page 2)
Brenham Youth KEEP 2
mp FOR 4 MONTHS
Cut At D ance ICC orders Railway
■ > one ol course can help but
be shocked and distressed over • u
Christinas traffic death toll of dl-
Mr and Mrs. Lee Dell Neutzler
of Route 2, Burton, are the par-
ents of a girl born at the M i l r o y
Hospital Saturday at 12:50 p. m.
She weighted eight pounds, seven
ounces, and has been named Marla
Kay.
he bowed out of /he presidential vice-presidential favorite. Seven-
. By United Press International
1 Christmas holiday traffic killed
1 nearly >00 persons in the United
■' | Jitatrs but the tolaT was the smal-
lest for a three-day Yule period in
10 years, a final count showed
I today.
GALVESTON (UPI)— Long-
shoremen of the West G u l f
Coast district today had a new
three-year contract with shippers
which labor leader said left all
the dock workers "happy.”
The West Gulf International
Longshoremens Association sign-
ed the contract Sunday only hours
before an 80-day back- to- work
Taft-Harley injunction expired at
midnight Sunday.
Some 5,000 longshoremen in the
district that extends from Lake
Charles, La,., to Brownsville, Tex.,
had been prepared to resume
their strike at midnight if an
agreement had not been reached.
Ralph A. Massey, head of the
ILAeWest Gulf District, said the
stevedores’ new increased wages
and fringe benefits “are in line
with those of all the contracts
from Maine to Texas.”
The new contract gave the dock
workers a 12-cent hourly wage in-
crease. additionaily five -cent’s —
hourly increases the next two
1 years of the contract and a 19-
cent boost in fringe benefits, in-
cluding welfare, pension and va-
' cation funds.
knowledge of bond houses that they
can always place a sizeable portion
oi any Brenham bond issue with
local investors.
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THE EDITOR & PUBLISHER _
Market Guide, national publigation _
just off the press, estimates retail
1 4 trade in Washington County will
boom to a totzl of $20,200,000 in
1960. This would compare to retail
sales of $19,800,000 estimated for
- 1959, which set a new record. Back
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day.
But in the upper Panhandle
heavy snows and strong winds
left drifts up to five feet deep,
and eastern New Mexico lay un-
der a new blanket of snow
। S. Highway 87. south of
Clayton, N. M. just 10 miles
across the . Texas border, was
jammed with stalled automobiles
and buses for more than two
hours Sunday before snowplows
could clear the road.
Dalhart Reports 26
The heaviest snowfall in Texas
was 6 to 8 inches near Stratford
in the northwest corner of the
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trists might have taken over the i
bureau. By and large, though, the |
bureau's final decisions on what
questions to include and leave out i
in the 18th decennial census have I
been received with resignation jf 1
not outright enthusiasm i
The bureau doesn't expect en-
thusiasm All it asks is that you |
answer the questions, ranging I
from your income to your tele- l
phone number Anybody who re- l
fuses can be fined SIM or sent to 1
jail for 60 days, though the I
bureau can't recall a case where i
this actually happened
Few Refuse Answers
"We persuade 'em.” a spokes-
man said of the comparative few
who every 10 years can be de-
pended on to balk at some ques-
tion or other or even to refuse
I960 along with other foreign and
defense policy matters. This meet-
ing presumably will deal with the
current ban on testing nuclear
weapons, which expires this week
in the first working day of his
year-end holiday visit here, the
President conferred with Secre-
tary of State Christian A., Herter
by telephone about dates for the
proposed summit meeting.
The United States, Great Britain
and France originally suggested a
meeting at Paris to start April 27.
Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush-
chev agreed to. a meeting but sug-
gested April 21 or May 4, dates
which conflicted with plans of the
Western Nations.
White House News Secre tary
James C. Hagerty said Eisenhow-
er had advised Herter that a meet
ing in Paris in mid May was satis-
factory if Britain and France also
■freed. Paris srces set the date
as May 16.
Hagerty denied reports that
agreement on that date already
had been reached but said "there
is no obstacle to that date as far
as we’re concerned.
He then announced the make-
UPeodsthessrnuprflyingigheana dor here Monday against Billy Lange, 21, of Bellville m con-
rense-policy led by Herter nectionwith the stabbing of ′ 20-year-old Brenham
"There will be a general dis youth at Artesian Park early Saturday morning,
cussionof the international and Injured whenta pocket knife slashed through his chest
defense fields, including the nu
clear program for I960." Hagerty
said. "They also will have a gen-
eral discussion of the course of
family moved to Tennessee a few
months ago.
morning, just north of the William-
son-Trals 'county line near Jolly- lurgy, oil and textiles it was an-
ville. nounced Sunday.
Brings Only Few Squawks
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