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Volume 47, Number 151
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TAYLOR, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JUNE 14,’ 1960
ffl — Associated Press
Price Five Cents
Filipinos
Give Ike Giant
Reception
Crowds Line
Parade Route
MANILA (I1)—A joyous outpour-
ing of 1V2 million Filipinos roared
a tumultous homecoming for Pres-
ident Eisenhower today, rivaling
the frenzied reception he got in
India last December.
Nearly all of Manila turned out
to applaud and shout, pelt Eisen-
hower with a flood of confetti and
repeatedly break through police
lines in a display of affection
never equaled in the Philippines.
From the moment Eisenhower
landed at Manila Airport for the
first stop of his Asian tour, the
Filipinos led by President Carlos
P. Garcia hailed the American
President as a former resident
who had returned as the peace-
seeking leader of the free world.
The mass of men, women and
children who lined the 10-mile
route from the airport frequently
pressed to within inches of the
open presidential automobile,
sometimes stopping it completely.
The scheduled hour-long proces-
sion stretched into a triumphant
hour and 40-minute parade as
Eisenhower repeatedly acknowl-
edged the acclaim with arms out-
stretched in the humid 85-degree
weather.
In a welcoming speech at the
airport, Garcia told the U. S.
President he would be “long re-
membered by your people and the
other free peoples of Asia for your
patient, passionate and unrelent-
ing quest for a permanent and
just world peace.” Garcia said
the Philippines “is and will ever
be the staunch friend and ally
of the United States.”
Eisenhower in reply said that
“no petty differences can ever
tear apart” the bonds of friend-
ship between the United States
and the Philippines. He expressed
the determination of the United
Istates “to live with you as true
^partners in defense of those ideals
of freedom and human dignity in
which we believe.”
Eisenhower flew to Manila to
start his 10-day Asian tour after
an overnight stop at Anchorage,
Alaska, and a brief pause for re-
fueling at Wake Island. His big
jet Columbine III landed at Clark
Air Force Base north of the city.
The President flew on to Manila
in the propeller-driven Columbine
III, since the Manila Airport run-
ways were not long enough for
the biggest jets.
The warmth of the Philippine
welcome was in marked contrast
to the fears of the reception await-
ing Eisenhower in Tokyo, where
leftists opponents of Prime Min-
ister Nobusuke Kishi have been
demonstrating daily in protest
against Japan’s new mutual de-
fense treaty with the United
States. But reports from Tokyo
today said the threat of violence
for the President’s arrival was
subsiding.
The Manila crowd was in a
joyous, festive mood, reminiscent
of the throngs that turned out for
the President in New Delhi, on
his last visit to Asia.
Many carried banners reading
“Mabuhay (Long Live) Ike.”
Arches across the motorcade
route proclaimed “We Love Ike.”
Eisenhower stood for a short
time in the back of the open con-
vertible smiling and waving to the
Lpeople, Garcia at his side,
r At one point, early in the par-
'ade, the crowd surged so close
to the car that Philippine security
men jumped out of a car behind
with tear gas guns at the ready.
The motorcade progressed down
famed Dewey Boulevard, along
the shores of Manila Bay, through
the heart of the Philippine capi-
tal’s entertainment, trade and fi-
nancial districts to the sprawling,
Spanish-style palace where Eisen-
hower will stay until he leaves for
Formosa at midnight Thursday.
Beads of perspiration formed on
Eisenhower’s forehead and ran
down his face, which appeared to
grow more ruddy above the white
flower lei an aide to President
Garcia had hung around his neck.
The sun blazed and the tempera-
ture was in the mid-80s.
Unofficial cars squeezed into
the motorcade from time to time,
slowing its progress. The presi-
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dential car often moved at a walk-
ing pace.
The fun-loving Filipinos were in
a festival, jovial mood. They
cheered the President and even
the following press cars.
“I have never seen such a tre-
mendous and enthusiastic crowd
in the Philippines,” one veteran
radio commentator said.
It had been expected the 10-mile
trip from the airport would take
an hour. Instead it took an hour
and 40 minutes.
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DRUMMING UP BUSINESS—Two inhabitants of
Tyler’s Caldwell Zoo strike this pose to help entice
visitors to the local menagerie now that summer-
time is here. The Chimpanzee at the top is Mickey
while on the ground is Chiquite. —■AP wirePh°t°
Texas GOP Gives
Nixon Full Support
SAN ANTONIO (ffl—’Texas Re-
publicans joined in near-unani-
mous support of the Vice Presi-
dent Richard Nixon in his bid for
the presidency today as the state
GOP convention opened.
Backers of Gov. Nelson Rocke-
feller of New York threw their
support to Nixon after a pre-con-
vention caucus. This left Arizona
Sen. Barry Goldwater as the only
County Gives
Road Choices
Williamson County Commission-
ers in regular session in George-
town Monday advised officials of
the Texas Highway Department
of their future farm-to-market
road preferences.
Frank Farris, state highway
department engineer for William-
son County, and a Mr. Owens,
an assistant to District Engineer
Ed Bluestein, met with the com-
missioners in discussing the roads
program.
Precinct Four Commissioner
W. C. Stern said each commis-
sioner listed his preferences, from
which the highway department
will select one road to be con-
structed under the forthcoming
year’s road-building program.
In other non-routine business,
commissioners appointed Homer
Voight, manager of Wilcox-Elliott
Grain Co., as a public weigher,
other figure with Texas support
for the nomination.
Goldwater has far more back-
ing for vice president than presi-
dent.
Phil Schulze of Houston, spokes-
man for the Rockefeller organiza-
tion of Texas, said “in view of
the unequivocal statement by
Rockefeller that he is not a can-
didate for president, we are plac-
ing our support behind the next
president of the United States,
Richard M. Nixon.”
The announcement came just
before the convention was called
to order to name the Texas dele-
gation to the GOP national con-
vention.
The 1,200 delegates to the state
convention also will consider nom-
inees for national committeeman
'land committeewoman and will
pass resolutions for consideration
at the national convention next
month in Chicago.
The turnout is the largest for the
party in years, leading state
chairman Thad Hutcheson to pre-
dict “this is the time for us to
take out after our Democratic op-
position and do the job of an ef-
fective minority party in Texas.”
Ike Kampmann Jr., San Anton-
io lawyer and candidate for the
state Senate, also mentioned the
Democrats in his keynote speech,
saying “The national Democratic
party is the party of indifference
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WILL GO TO RUSSIA—Oliver Powers, father of
the captured U-2 pilot Francis G. Powers, is quest-
ioned by newsmen as he leaves the passport office
of the State Department after obtaining a passport.
Powers said he was going to Russia to see his son
in about 60 days and, in a voice choking with emo-
tion, asked reporters to stop bothering him.
—NEA Telephoto
U2 Flier s
Letter Tells
Of Capture
Wife Gives
Interpretive
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. © —
The wife of an American flier
imprisoned' in the Soviet Union
on spy charges said today he
had written her that he is being
treated well.
Barbara Gay Powers, 25,, said
she received the letter May 31
from Francis Gary Powers, 30,
in regular mail. It was postmark-
ed May 26 in Moscow.
Dr. James Baugh, Mrs. Powers’
physician, read her statement at
a news conference at Milledge-
ville where she is staying at the
home of her mother, Monteen
Brown.
Mrs. Powers was not present
at the conference.
Baugh said the envelope had a
return address which he declined
to. disclose other than to say it
was a Moscow street address. He
said the letter showed no signs
of having been censored. The let-
ter itself was not made public
and Baugh read Mrs. Powers’
prepared statement on her im-
pression of it. The statement
said:
“It has meant a great deal to
me to know that my husband' is
safe and is being treated well. I
am greatly appreciative of the
Soviet government for allowing
Gary to write. I have consented
to release contents of a letter
from my husband which I re
ceived through ordinary mail
May 31.
However, all she released was
her interpretation of the letter’s
contents.
“The letter originated in, Mos-
cow and was dated May 26. The
letter was written in Gary’s hand
writing and did not appear to be
restrained. He described his
first sensation of coming down
in a parachute, landing and re
ceiving a minor skin wound on
the face.
“He was taken into custody. A
lady physician treated his wound.
“A few days later his appetite
returned. He is getting plenty of
food and is being treated well.
“A few days after his capture
he was taken on a tour of Mos-
cow and shown the remains of
his plane. He described . Moscow
as a beautiful city.
“My husband has no idea of
his ultimate fate. They have told
him he will be tried in accord-
ance with Act 2 of the Soviet
code for espionage. Conviction
carries a sentence of seven years
to death.
“I am hoepful that my husband
will be returned soon. I am con-
stantly praying that Premier
Khrushchev will reunite us as he
has in other cases.
“A great deal of the letter was
concerned with personal things.”
Baugh, answering, questions af-
ter reading the statement, said
Powers had encouraged his
wife to visit Moscow. He said
the Soviet government has said
his relatives can come and that
he needs them more during and
after the trial.
Baugh released this one person-
al excerpt from the letter: “Our
(See FLIER’S, Page 6)
Demos Support Johnson,
Threat
Keep Heads,
Stay United
LBJ Urges
AUSTIN W—Sen. Lyndon John-
son says nothing can stop the
Democrats in November provided
they “keep their heads, don’t go
off the deep end, and remain
united.”
Divisiveness, the candidate for
the Democratic presidential no-
mination told his audience Mon-
day night at a $50-a-plate John-
son-for-president dinner, plays in-
to the hands of both Nixon and
Khrushchev.
Johnson spoke to some 3,500
Democrats gathered to pay hom-
age not only to the senator, but
also to Gov. Price Daniel, Speaker
of the House Sam Rayburn, and
former Vice President John Nance
Garner. Garner could not attend.
“I think good Democrats should
refuse to do Mr. Nixon’s work for
him,” Johnson said. “I am con-
fident that we can unite our
party. Dissent solely for the pur-
pose of dividing and disrupting the
party serves no purpose but Mr.
Nixon’s.”
Johnson said one of Khrush-
chev’s motives in using the U-2
incident to wreck the Paris Sum-
mit conference was to cause dis-
illusionment and division in the
United States.
“I don’t think he accomplished
this,” he said. “We left him in no
doubt. We told him the Demo-
cratic Party would not do his
work for him by dividing America
in this perilous hour.”
Johnson’s fellow congressmen,
and the whole passel of state
officials joined the cheering, clap-
ping throng that jammed Muni-
cipal Auditorium.
Rep. Homer Thornberry said 18
Texas members of the House of
Representatives were present.
Thornberry recognized a long
list of state officials that included
(See LBJ, Page 6)
Library Makes
Debt Payment
A $1,000 payment has been
made on the indebtedness of the
Taylor Public Library according
to Jack R. Barkley, publicity
chairman.
At the time of the library dedi-
cation,- $6,200 remained to be
paid on furniture and fixtures.
This balance has now been re-
duced to $5,200 with the notes
covering the amount being divi
ded between First Taylor and
City National Banks.
Principle sources of the $1,000
payment have been a $500 dona-
tion from H. E. Butt Grocery
Co. and various memorial gifts
and contributions since the d'edi
cation.
The library’s building fund re
ceived a gift from the Wednes-
day Music Club when the group
closed out activities until fall.
LATE NEWS BRIEFS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JAPAN ALERTS TROOPS IN CASE OF VIOLENCE
TOKYO Japanese security officials aire alerting troops
of Japan’s new army to back up police in case violence flares
during President Eisenhower’s visit. A Defense Board spokes-
man said a 2,000-man regiment ihad been placed on alert and
a division of 15,000 stationed in Tokyo could be rushed up
if the situation warranted.
CUBAN TRIBUNAL SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH
SANTIAGO, Cuba — A Cuban military tribunal today
sentenced insurgent ex-Capt. Manuel Beaton, 30, and two
accomplices to death for crimes against the state. Ordered
executed with Beaton were his brother, Cipriano, and Felipe
Martinez.
BUS LAW RULED CONSTITUTIONAL
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court of
Errors today ruled that a state law permitting transportation
of parochial school pupils in public school buses is consti-
tutional. The state’s highest tribunal added, however, that
use of money from the Connecticut School Fund for this
type of service is unconstitutional.
THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF OIL BURNS
FREEDOM, Pa. — An explosion in a large tank at the
Valvoline Refinery Co. today set fire to thousands of gallons
of oil. Three hours after the blast, flames continued to
spew and threatened eight other tanks. Firemen fought
the blaze with chemicals.
U.S. POLICIES COULD HAVE WRECKED SUMMIT’
WASHINGTON — Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass) said
today that if Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev hadn’t
wrecked the summit conference it would have foundered
on what he called obsolete U.S. policies.
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FUND-RAISING DINNER—Mrs. Earl Deathe
hands Fred Brown of Dallas two tickets to the Lyn-
don B. Johnson for president dinner held in Austin.
The fund-raising dinner was the largest of its kind
ever held in Texas. ~NEA Telephoto
LBJ Dominates
Banquet Debris Cleared
To Make Way for Sessions
AUSTIN (iP) — The Democratic
convention opened today after
workmen sweated throughout the
night and morning erasing signs
of one of the most elaborate po-
litical dinners ever held here.
An estimated 3,500 persons dined
on strip steaks and heard praise
of gen. Lyndon B. Johnson, a part-
time rancher whose spread is 64
miles west of here.
“LBJ All the Way” in six-foot
high letters was plastered on the
all glass wall of Austin’s new
ultra-modern circular auditorium.
Highly colored photographs of
Johnson, Speaker Sam Rayburn,
Gov. Price Daniel, and former
Vice President John Nance Gar-
ner decorated the stage at the din-
ner, along with a huge United
States flag in red, white and
blue flowers. Only Garner could
not attend.
Uniformed women of Johnson
for president clubs provided much
of the convention color at the
state committee meeting, Tues-
day night’s dinner, and today’s
convention. The outfit starts with
Brushy Channel
Survey Works
Gets Underway
Survey work has begun on de-
veloping a plan for the channel
clearance phase of the Brushy
Creek flood control project.
Two survey crews of four
men each have started work on
mapping the channel. The pro-
ject will include straightening
and clearing it of debris.
Lance Brown of the local Soil
Conservation work unit said the
surveyers began work on the
lower end of Brushy in Milam
County, where it runs into the
San Gabriel River.
The clearance work will be
done on 35 miles of Brushy
Creek proper, the entire length
of Lower Brushy plus 6.42 miles
in Upper Brushy to a point just
below Coupland.
In addition, there will be seven
miles of channel clearance work
done on Turkey Creek, one of
Brushy Creek’s main tributaries
Meanwhile, work is progressing
on the construction of the flood
retarding dams. According to
Brown, 21 contracts have been
let, of which 13 have been com
pleted. Three more contracts are
scheduled to be let in the near
future.
Mother, Daughter
Victims in Crash
MERIDIAN, Tex. ®—A mother
and' daughter died Monday in a
car-truck accident 5% miles north-
east of this Central Texas town.
They were Mrs. B. E. Johnson,
60, and her daughter, Mrs. Lucian
Reed, 34, both of Hearne.
a white skirt, a red and white
striped blouse, blue scarf, white
gloves, and ends' with a white
cowboy hat. A Dallas store set up
a special fitting room in a down-
town lobby to keep up with the
growing demand.
The male manager of the fitting
room shyly denied that his store
furnished the red and white striped
maternity blouses worn by a cou-
ple of the LBJ workers.
Mammoth yellow LBJ campaign
buttons, about six inches in diam-
eter, competed with 12-inch blue
ribons sported on the lapels of the
supporters of Mrs. R. D. Ran-
dolph, national committewoman.
Police reported that four men
wearing Adlai Stevenson buttons
were caught in the act of cutting
down a Johnson for president ban-
ner stretched across Austin’s
main street. The weapon was a
steak knife borrowed from a hotel
dining room.
Fades
Most Liberals
Jump on
Bandwagon
AUSTIN (®— Unhappy liberal
Democrats who were overwhelm-
ed by Sen. Lyndon Johnson’s
forces at the state convention to-
day gave up the idea of an appeal
to the national convention.
Only a few delegates strolled out
of the convention hall to join liber-
als outside who were unable to
gain recognition as legal dele-
gates. The dissents even refused
to call themselves a rump con-
vention.
“My feeling is that you can’t
have a rump delegation to Los
Angeles if you don’t have anyone
inside the state convention who
rumped,” said Mrs. R. D. Ran-
dolph of Houston, leader of John-
son’s slight opposition faction.
An estimated 200 persons gather-
ed to hear talks by Mrs. Randolph
and others. No effort was made to
organize a separate convention.
The 15 or so legal delegates pre-
sent included some from Kleberg,
Denton, Dallas and Houston coun-
ties.
It was a major victory for John-
son.
The victory was a major boost
in his bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Johnson’s margin was an aston-
ishing 2,252 to 40 on the conven-
tion’s first test vote. But the
threatened bolt by a substantial
number of delegates fizzled.
Gov. Price Daniel called the
convention action “an amazing
expression of unity.”
Among those who walked out
were Travis County delegate
Creekmore Fath, who said the
liberals would meet in a nearby
city park. He was joined outside
the convention hall by Mrs. R. D.
Randolph, national committee-
woman from Texas and Johnson’s
enemy. She awaited the test vote
near the front door of the municip-
al auditorium.
But it was apparent that most
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One of the oldest, and spryest,
delegates to the convention is
bearded Bonner Frizzell of Pales-
tine. “Been attending them since
1908 and don’t see why I should
stop,” said Frizzell. Says he miss-
ed most the old time oratory.
In the midst of last night’s fund
raising dinners and caucuses a
number of persons appeared on
downtown streets wearing orange
and white armbands. “All the way
without LBJ,” they read.
Democratic Post
Goes to Fox
Taylor Press Austin Bureau
AUSTIN—Williamson County got
one of the 13 convention spots
being passed out by the 10th Con-
gressional District caucus at the
State Democratic Convention here.
Wilson Fox of Taylor was nam-
ed the district’s member of the
committee on permanent organi-
zation.
The delegates to the national
convention chosen in the caucus
were Congressman Homer Thorn-
berry, Mayor Tom Miller, Sen-
ator Charles Herring all of Aus-
tin, and A. W, Moursund of
Johnson City. Alternates are Hub
Baker of Burleson and Mrs.
Charles W. Bailey of Austin.
Fred Blundell of Lockhart was
named as presidential elector for
the district.
Sister Loyola
St. Mary s Principal Leaves
Saturday on European Trip
“Sister, you are-going to Eu-
rope this summer,” the statement
from a friend, informed Sister
Mary Loyola of Taylor that she
was to have one of her dreams
come true.
And the principal of St. Mary’s
High School, who long ago dedi-
cated her life to service for oth-
ers, learned that the tables had
been turned, and that she was
to be at the receiving end of a
gift front former pupils.
It all came about when the
friends learned that Sister Mary
Hilary, who had taught in St.
Mary’s in Taylor years ago, was
being given a trip to Europe by
her brothers. No sooner was the
wish expressed that Sister Loyola
could join her than the move
was started, and when the trip
was assured, the good sister
was informed that she was going
to Europe.
Sister Loyola will leave Taylor
Saturday, and with Sister Hilary,
will leave by train the following
day from Houston for Washington
D. C. There, they will visit Rose-
mont College for several days,
Sister Loyola with a favorite
teacher. She received her first
degree from Rosemont.
A brief stay in Philadelphia and
New York will be followed by
the jet flight to Ireland on Juy
6. Two days in Dublin, a short
stay in London and then France,
where Paris, Lourdes and other
points of interest will be visited'.
Going down Italy on the Mediter-
ranean side, cities, including a
five stay in Rome will be in-
cluded. An audience with Pope
John XXIII is on the agenda.
On the Adriatic side, other cit-
ies of Italy will be visited, in-
cluding a visit in Venice. The
tour will take the party into San
Marino, the oldest republic in
the world'; thence to Munich for
the Eucharistic Congress, Aug.
1-8, and on to Oberammergau to
see the Passion Play. Lichenstein
and Switzerland will be among
the finals in the tour, and then
to Paris and another jet flight,
this time back home on August
11.
The tour is titled Lanseair,
meaning land, sea, and air.
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