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Brenham Banner-Press
Established 1883
No. 220
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1965
16 Pages, 2 Sections
Member UPI
BRENHAM, TEXAS 10c Per Copy
VOLUME 100
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Lutheran Women Treasurer
us with the question, "What
people "have slapped-
cessibte- food supply." whichTae
teady stted, food and shelter.
hard a greedy grab for power.
from taking advantage of
cy
learn to be an effective senator
rather than worrying
or four-year terms.’
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Janko to National Committee
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ROSA LEE FUCHS
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PUT OUR FUND
RAINFALL
INTO ORDIT!
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Texas Weather
J. WALTER JANKO
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the resort isle of
Association Makes
Plea For Family
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office
The Daredevils will appear
water surging through Bay City
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Daredevils Sunday
Senator’s Charges Promptly
Answered by Governor
KKK Leaders
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whether
two-year
early today. Bay City is some
1M mile* southwest of Houston.
John Flisowski, 85
Dies in Brenham
seases are trasmitted by
these ectoparasites., of which
typhus fever may be consider-
ed the most common Rats are
not only a health menace to
man but also an economic fac-
tor. Rats are estimated to de-
stroy. ruin, and defile enough
food, merchmdise, suppties,
furniture etc., each year to '
amount to nearly $20 per rat.
Realizing these facts leave*
state
terms
are as essential to the rat as to
other anmals, and when the
rat is deprived of those essen-
Itai* he invariably movres to
inore satisfactory quarters, and
leaves our homes and buildings
for more congenial surround-
J. Walter Janko of Somer-
ville, National Executive Com-
mitteeman of The American
Legion of Texas, has been --
appointed as a member of the
"Advisory Committee to the
National Commander" of The
American Legion. Janko will
be consulted by the National
Commander on policy decisions.
He received notification of
A recent survey made by Dick
Mgebroff, Branham's City San-
itarian. shows that rats are be-
ginning to move in for winter
shelter. All rats prefer a
comfortable, -well-protected
shelter inaccessible tn the
rat is the most important and
greatest, step towards control
The use of poisoned food or
bait is possibly the next most de-
pendable me thod for destroying
rats. In the past a multitude Of
poisons for rats have been used.
These include arsenic, thallium,
strychnine, phosphorous, bar-
ium or compounds containing
conducive to the breedmg of.
more and largerlitter*.
Rats living in such protection
also show a larger number of.
ectpuasites (fleas, lice, mites
Show time t« 2:30 p m and is
sponsored by the Knights of
Columbus. ? -
John Flisowski, 85, of Route 1,
Brenham, died in a Brenham
hospital Thursday at 11:19 a m. -
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by the Brenham
Memorial Chapel
small town some 35 miles north
west of Houston
this appointment in a letter
from National Commander L,
Eldon James.
His appoinement was ap-
proved by the Legion’s Na-
tional Executive Committee
during its meeting, Oct. 6-7, at
Indianapolis, .Indiana.
Janko was nominated by Na-
tional Commander Eldon
James for the appointment
upon the recommendation of
American Legion Department
of Texas officials in recogni-
tion of the services he has
rendered to both the Marion
Mays Post No. 455. Somerville,
and the Texas Department.
His term expires at the close
of the 1966 fall session of the
National Executive Committee.
thrill show with a glaxy of
famous stunt drivers
See cars rolled over wheel to
wheel, flying head-on collisions
and a car shot 50 feet through
the mouth of a cannon.
See Capt. Dynamite Now him
eelf up in a casket of dyna-
A plea for clothing and house
hold articles to help the Jesse
Hicks Tamily, who lost every-
thing in a fire Monday, was is-
sued by Mrs C A DeWarr,
head of the Brenham Benevo
lent Association
There are three children in
the 'family; two girl, sevn and
five years old, and a boy, three
years old
Articles ran he brought to the
office of the Benevlent Associa
tion at the Brenham Utilities
Latest returns from the Tex-
as Election Bureau from all of
the slate's 254 counties, includ-
(See CHARGES Page 8)
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RAIN
Mostly cloudy with occasienal
rain mainly tonight. Low
expected tonight n. High -
Daily Weather
Report
Brenham
Banner-Press
Established 1866
A Century of Service in
HISTORIC
WASHINGTON COUNTY,
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Sloppy Slants
The following note, written on
plain copy paper, was left on
the desk of the editor Wednes-
. 'day.
"Mr. Blanton:
"For your information and
publication the attached story
gives Ilie facts on my appear-
ance at the city commission -
meeting Monday. I do not object
to being quoted when it israc-
curate and fair. I do object to
slanted, sloppy reporting
-----4signed» Tom Whitehead Jr.”
Hobby Horse*
By TOM WHITEHEAD JR.
"( ny Commissioner Travis
Voelkel reported today I Wed-
nesday) that he has been in-
structed to look into the repair-
ing of the machinery for the
Readings for 24 hour period
ending at T a.m. Thursday:
Max. 77. Min. 62. 1 a.m. 65.
Raia 1.91.
39 Cuban Refugees
Die as Boat Sinks
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ounts for their establishing
homes in our houses and build-
ings. These favorable conditions,
affording the rat an abundant _
food supply and protection
against adverse weather condi-
tions and natural enemies, are
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with her brothers, who are
identical twins 8 73-4" tall.
John and James Cochran are
e- business men tn Los Angeles,
and are members of the Top-
pers Club, which has a require--
ment for membership of being
at least six feet tall,
. TheTopper’s Clubin Los •..
"Angeles has 350 member* and
. . (See SQUARE Page 8)
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four-year terms. . i
Yarborough said it meant'.the
$35:
Miss Resa Lee Fuchs, treas
ui er of Washington County, has
been honored by election as
treasurer of the Southern Din-
trict.of the American Lutheran
Ehur Women: • -ega
Miss Fuchs, a popular civic
leader in Brenham. attended the
Second Triennal Convention of
the District, which includes
Texas, Arkansas.and toujslana
in Austin Oct 28 and 27.
A large delegation from the
East Cen-ral Conference, of
whicn Washington .County Lu-
theran Churches are members,
attended ’he convention The
theme was “Be Ye Transform-
ed." based on Chapter 12 of the
Book of Romans.
Miss Fuchs is presently serv-
ing as treasurer of the East
Central Conference, which in-
cludes Waller, Austin, Burle»on,
Lee, Bastrop, Fayette, Colorado.
Brazs and Washington Coun-
ties She is also past general
treasurer of St. Paul’s Luther-
an Church Women in Brenham.
Police said Mrs. Vines was
the wife of J. R Vines of
Bush, 49
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SOMERVILLE HOMECOMING CANDI DATES-+-Candidates for the Somerville
Yegua Homecoming Queen are, left to right, Carol ’Stout, freshman; Carol
Lewis, sophomore; Kathy Like, junior; and Linda Look, senior. One of these
girls will be crowned during the halftime activities of the big homer owning
game with Burton at Somerville Saturday night. (See pages 4 and 5 for addi-
tional pictures).
officials have
of Brookshire, a
streets in Matagorda County Sunday afternoon at Fireman's
Park in a colossal new auto-
-
It nELerty program. Connally denied
dowirbutaid he would acttopre
"e " vent "any individual or agen-
By MICHAEL T. MALLOY
United Press International
SAIGON (UPI) - Two HU IB
Helicopters of the U.S. Army's
1st Cavalry Division collided in
flight today and crushed near the
unit's base at An Khe in the cen-
tral highl ind*. a U. S. military
spokesman announced. There
were no reported survivors.
There was no indication how
many men were aboard the two
aircraft but each normally car-
ries a crew of four — a pilot,
co-pilot and two gunners.
The seene of the erash was
rot far from the region where
U. S. infantrymen fought Com-
munist troop* during the night
in seven hours of bitter fighting
near Piel Me. the U. S Special
Forces outpost 215 miles north-
east of Saigon.
‘Ralph Yarborough is
from Ft Carson, Colo,
stormed i beach Wednesday in
the highlight of exercise "Ten-
der Toucn."
The troops debarked from
Navy amphibious force ships
•nd were opposed on landing by
• group of Marines. The 11 day
exercise which began Monday,
is designeA to provide sotdters
with working knowledge of
amphibious techniques: -
etc.) than those forced to live us with the question, "What
nesting place, and an easily acn outside and exposed to tha ele shattwedoabourrtAg-af
men'. Spme of man , -w orst di < ’ : ‘ J
The U.S Weather Bureau
raid Bay( City recorded • 29
inches of rain tn the 24-hour
period ended at 8 a.m. today.
Heavy rain began falling again
at 7 a.m. ‘
Floodwater* closed Interstate
Highway 95 as welt as many
Bay City streets.
College Station recorded 4.16
T CSee WEATHER Page $)
a-adi;
+c. 9 65%
M Heerd
Heavy rains, measuring more
than six inches in some aeas.
Hooded streets, caused traffic
pileups and closed some roads
today from the Red River to
the Gulf of Mexico. AT least
right persons were killed in
traffic accidents blamed on the
weather.
The worst accident occurred
near Hempstead in a collision
on a rain-slick road where five
persons were killed.
A 5.95 inch deluge of ram in
a six-hour period brought traf-
fic almost tn a standstill In
Freeport. Pump* were put into
use to drain away standing
water which was held in the
levees.
Other rainfall amounts along
the soaked Gulf Coast included
Houston Heights 2.09, Richmond
2.40, and Waller 2.62.
A. torrential rainstorm sent
Pasadena.
The Waller ( ounty sherifs
department said truck driver
Buster Berry of Channelview,
Tea., told them that the station
wagon with the victims inside
spun in front of his oncoming
truck, and thai he could not mis*
it.
rhe accident happened t w o
—ings. In und:rtaking any rodent
control measures, the garbage
/ system should be th- hist thing
to correct. To make food and
‘‘ft may take time," Yorick
said "In fact, it is somewhat
similar to the case of the bald
headed man who complained
when the barber charged him
12 for a hair-cut, on the basis
that it took longer to find it "
• , Yorick says it will he com
plete, thoroughly researched
and very interesting when com
pitted. "And it won't cost any.
thing near $30,000," Yorick says.
Tall Story
Maggie Potter missed a
couple of tall ones last week
Her sisters, Mrs Minerva
Tottenham and Miss Maude
Reese had a visit from three
cousins last week, which may
not be unusul, but the cous-
____ ins hold, unusual positions. .....
. ~ Miss Florene Cochran came
a: a Jr
-2S%-
e
eharge, suggested that Yarber- -tr-
ough "spend his time trying to
The rainfall as reported to
the County Agents office for
Nos' 2 and 3 are as follows .
John Addicks, Salem, 2: John
Tappe, Wm Penn. 3 2: Ray-
mond Engelig, Pleasant Hill,
2.3. Fred Kokemoor Wonder
Hill, 2%; Gus Korthauer, Long-
Point, I’, F r. Sommer. Bluff. .
2%; Eckert’s Store,Greenvine,
1.T,— aHer 1 nr, kemrver. i-
de nr. idence.2:. Alberr Hafer,
Prairie H.H JI 1 C.Clay.
Indepeadenee,;.1.9: M. C Stege-
mueller, Sandy Hil, 2.7: and
George Wehrung. Phillipsburg,
2.8 -------------- ‘
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Bau.
interes ut yo h activities.
Miss Fuchs has served on
the Youth Committee of the
I utheran Church on. both the
local and district level*
Other district officers elected
and instilled were president.
Mrs. F. E. Holman, Taylor;
first vice president. Mrs., Har
ry Morgan. Dallas, second vice
president. Mrs. A. F. Rode.
Austin, secretary. Miss Flor,
ence Anderson, San Angelo,
secretary of education, Mrs
M S. 'Frueh. New Braunfels:
and secretary of stewardship.
Mrs. A. H. Bohls, Alice
A ten honoring'the staf from
headquarters was given to all
the ladies n the convention by
St Martin Lutheran Church
Women of Austin.
BROOKSHIRE, Tex (UPI) -
A station wagon spun on rain-
slick U. S. Highway M today
tod skittered broadside into an
oncgming truck, killing all five
persons in the car.
The dead all were from Pasa-
dena. Tex., and included a
grandmnotner, her daughter and
the daughter's three children.
The Waller County sheriff's
department identified the vic-
timLas Shirley Bush Vines, 26:
hed children. Lisa Gayle Vines.
8. Julie Vine*. 2. and Jim Vines
Jr.(6 months: and Mrs. Vines'
molner, Mrs. Pauline Dudley
0g
She was the fourth member
of the Saigon press corps to be
killed in the Viet Nam war. The
others were Berard Kolenber
of Albany, N.Y., Jerry Rose at
the Saturday Evening Port. and
Huyn h Thanh My. a Vietna-
raese photographer far the
Associated Press.
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serving his second six-year
term as a federal officer,” Con-
nally said.
Some Sarcasm
"I assume he also thinks it
was a 'greedy grab for power'
when the terms-of local offi-
cials were increased to four
Roax . . . uM to Mi reapers, "th*
Lord be with *OU”1 ana they an-
swered "th* Lord bless thee,"- Ruth
1 14
How-meny-abor diaputes we++d
we have it empioyers and employers
ureeted pach other this way very
morning?
By DANIEL RAPOPORT
United Pre** International
WASHING TO NIUPI)—
House investigators, delving
into the importance of bomb-
making. karate and other
terrorist skills in Ku Klux Klan
activities, continued .today to
question Georgia Klansmen.
It was doutbful whether any
answers would be forthcoming
from the Klan Member* at the
meeting of the House Commit-
tee on Un American Activities.
On the basis of past performan-
ces, the witnesses were expect-
ed to take the Fifth Amend-
ment on- most questions.——t
Following today's hearing,
the committee was expected to
recess until next week, when it
will continue its public investi-
gation of the operations of the
United Klans of America Inc.
(UKA) in Georgia. The panel
has been taking testimony on
.Georgis since Oct. 21,.___.
AHhough earlier hearings of
Klan activities in North and
(See KKK Page 8)
BEACH ASSAULT
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif
tUPD-About 600 Army - troops
hoping to catch the main force
before dark.
The hottie started Wednesday
night when a platoon- of about
40 U.S. troops of the airmobile
1st Cavalry Division ambushed
a Viet Cong column nearly
three time* Ma size. The trap
was part of American effort la
prevent guarrilkas from slipping
into neutralist Cambodia after
last week's big battie al Plei
Mr
The American platoon pulled
out after an hour of fighting
against the bigger Communist
force. They linked up with
another 1st Cavalry Division,
only to be attacked from two
sides by more Communists.
US. commanders rushed a
company of reinforcements to
the area by helicopter at
midnight and fighting continued
until 4 a m. when the Viet Gong
finally retreated into the jun-
gle. More fresh American
troops arrived at dawn and
authorities said the pursuing
infantrymen wetre, encountering
light wiper fire.
Accidental Bombing
In air action today, an
American BS7 bomber acciden-
tally bombed a group of South
Korean soldiers, killing one and
Injuring four others '
The plane, was one of four
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with Ben Blanton
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Connally, stung
HOPE ILL
HOLLYWOOD (UPr
Comedian Bob Hope was eon
fine) to his home today with a
pinched . nerve m his back
intesrupting filming on "Roy
Did I Get a Wrong Number”
with' German acres* Elke
Sommer ------------:.....
-* Hope was exp*: ted to remain
home another couple days, a
spokesman said.
were reported on
A US. military
MERIDA, Mexico (UPI)—A
fishing boat crowded with
Cuban refugees4 disintegrated
and sank off the jungled coast
of southeastern Mexico, drown-
ing 39 of the 45 persons on
board, it was reported today.
The victims of the wreck
included 10 children.
The Navy pickedt up the 8
survivors and is bringing them
here to be questioned by
immigration officials. It is
believed they will be granted
political asylum in Mexico until
arrangements can he made for
them to go on to the United
States, their ultimate goal.
A Navy report said the boat
fell apart - when the refugees
were within 30 miles of their
years by an earlier amend
ment,” said Connally.
Yarborough and Connally
have clashed over many politi*
cal issues, the most recent of
which was the vetoing of Neigh-
borhood Youth Corps projects.
Yarborough contended Con-
nally was against the anti-pov-
now............—----(
American Legion Names
by the
spokesman said one planelnad
of American dead and wounded
was flown tn Pleiku after
daybreak. Other wounded
American* were airlifted to a
field hospital at Nha Trang.
Reda Flee
The Viet Cong finally broke
off the engagement about 4
a.m. in the face of heavy
American reinforcement*. U.S.
troops pursued the fleeing
Communist* at first light.
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Survey Shows Need for Rat
sbronounced dead
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hobby horses at Fireman's
Park.
“Difficulty in operating the
hobby horses was experienced
by the Lions Club at the
club's Halloween Carnival and
Club President Tom Whitehead
Jr. appeared at Monday's meet-
ing of the city commission to
request the repairs
"Commissioner Volekel pre-
sented the matter and Mayor
Reese Lockett said rhe repairs
could probably wait until spring.
Whitehead commented that
some of the gears, are broken
The. mayor then agreed to
have Voelkel. go ahead and look
into the matter how.”
Straight from Horse’s Mouth
The Banner Press is happy
to report this earth shaking piece
of news. Repair of the hobby
horse gears at Fireman's Park
by Commissioner Voelkel will
probably lead to another great
stride forward in the progress
: of. Brenham, promulgated by
the painful mi picking of the
Little Speck.' 5
_____ At the same time, l wnuld__
like to call the attention of the
- Little Speck to his sloppy read-
ing.
In a bydined report of the
City Commission-meeting there
wav-no quotation of the Little
Speck. There was only a slant-
ed observation of the Little
Speck’s slanted appearance at
the meeting
• No Quote*
The Banner-Press has an iron
clad rule against quoting any- .
one who talks out of both sides
of his mouth, at the same
time.
On the other hand, the Ban-
ner-Press has been a great ad-
mirer of the slanted reporting
" of the Big Speck and the Little
Speck.
It is not sloppy reporting. It
couldn't be, because at the an-
gle it is slanting it would slop all
over them On second thought,
maybe it does.
Yorick Researches
I have discussed this matter
at length with Yorick Schmidt,,
the most famous cane-pole fish-
erman on the Yegua. Yorick
says he has been trying to de
sign an electronic, all-transistor.
hearing aid that will compen-
sate for th" slanted reporting
of the two Speck*, but that so
far he has had difficulty mak-
ing one in the shape of a cork
screw.
Yorick is also doing consider-
able research on a detailed re-
port of all the benevolent con-
trihutinns that have been mad"
by the Big Speck and the Little
Speck in the past 28 years, to
bring Brenham to its present
thre»hold of solid growth
"antdevefopment.
DALI AS ,(L’PI) —Gov. John
B Connally and Sen. Ralph W.
Yarborough, D-Tex.. traded
critical remarks Wednesday
over the significance* ‘ of the
voters’ rejection of a proposed
amendment to give Connally
and seven other state officials
Women, 130 miles from .Cuba’s
western tip — after spending
eight rtny7. and nmr nights al
j "sea.--------—-----------------
Survivors told the Nvy that
25 mm, 9 women and 11
children crowded into the boat
a week ago Monday in an
unspecified Cuban port and
slipped away by night.
The boat "came to pieces”
for undetermined reasons in
mild, showery weather Tuesday
and sank near Contoy Island,
an uninhabited outcropping of
rock and sand about 20 miles
off the Mexican coast.
The Navy said it is searching
for others in the party, but
"without hope of finding them
•live,”
and 1040 All of these were how
rver dangerous to human* and
other warm blooded animals
and hid to he handled with
great precautons
The more recently developed
group of rodenticdes. known a*
enti-coagulants are suggested as
the most practical poisons for
use by the public. Of these War-
farin, Pival ano Fumarin ate
the most commonly used in rat
control work.
The Brenham Health Depart-
ment has prepared a large sup
ply of Warfarin rat bait for use
in a mass control program and
we an asking each and every
citizen to call at our office and
secure a supply of this halt
to control any rat* that might
‘ry to find harborage on his pre
mises. With the cooperation .
ct every individual citizen, Bren-
ham ran reduce the incidence of
Fyphus fevef,nnG suppress--7
end control..the number of out
rodent population ——
It may coat noney and ef-
forts to get rid of rata but T
can assure you that it usually
costs a great deal more to keep
them So. let us all get ahead-ot
Mr. Rat and meet him with a
good supply of Warfarin treated
food and prevent him from e»
tablishing his home in our house,
bam or shalter.
action about 29 miles southwest
of Cam Ranh Bay.
It was learned that three
loose bomb* dropped trom the
plane as it opened its bomb bay
door* for an attack on a Viet
Cong target
A full investigation was
ordered.
In anothertragedy, Dickte
Chapelle, veteran American
woman war correspondent, was
killed today when she stepped
on a Communist land mine
while accompanying Marines ta
action-near Chiu Lal . .
- The 47-year-old reporter for
the National Observer and the
RKO General Broadeasting Co.
was coverlag her eighth war.
The mine exploded about wix
miles southwest of Chu Lat
where Marines were conducting
a search -and-destroy mission
called "Rieck Ferret."
Miss Chapelle covered the
Algerian independence ywar,
marched through the Cuban
jungles with Fidel Castro
during his guerrilia campaign
and was assigned to ware in
Laos, Europe and the Middle
both sides
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