The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 168, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 17, 1962 Page: 1 of 8
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1962.
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NuclearWeapon
Fired; Soldiers - -
Stage Maneuvers
Camp Mercury, Nev. July 17 (AP) — The Unit-
ed States has set off a small-sized nuclear weapon
over Nevada while 900 soldiers took part in maneu-
vers simulating battlefield conditions. The weapon
may have been a nuclear-tipped mortar shell called
Davy Crockett. The test is the first involving the use
of troops since 1957.
Attorney-General Robert
Kennedy and the President’s
military adviser, General Max-
well T a y 1 o r, are believed to
have been among the observ-
ers.
The troops were members of
the Fourth Infantry Division,
stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.
The test was conducted in
secrecy—except for a brief an-
nouncement by the Atomic En-
ergy Commission that it had
taken place. The AEC describ-
ed the device as a low yield,
meaning it had an explosive
power of less than 20,000 tons
of TNT.
In the last two months or so,
the bazooka-like Davy Crockett
has been given combat •troops
of the U. S. Seventh Army in
Europe, but control of the nu-
clear warheads has been re-
tained by special unnts subject
to specific orders of the Presi-
dent.
Th Crockett can hurl a war-
head about six miles.
The military has said its nu-
clear warhead carries a blast
power of less than 1,000 tons
tons of TNT, but the strength
of the detonation was kept
secret.
North Hopkins
School Slates
Summer Term
North Hopkins School will
begin its summer term at 9
o’clock Monday with an assem-
bly in the auditorium.
County Su perintendent
Homer Hennen will be the
main speaker and announce-
ments concerning s c h e d u Its
and activities for the day will
be made. The lunchroom will be
open and all busses will run
their regular routes that day.
Teachers at North Hopkins
Mrs. Gertrude Taylor,
Li
PREVENTED SALES OF PILI__Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey,
shown with her daughters Christine, left, "and Susan at their
home in Washington, D. C., is the drug specialist with the
Food and Drug Administration who was reported to have
prevented an “American tragedy” — the birth of perhaps
thousands of babies with missing arms and legs. Dr. Kelsey
refused to issue a permit for the marketing of a sleeping pill,
Thalidomide, which has been linked to grotesque deformities
in newborn in Europe. (NEA Telephoto)
are
grades 1 and 2; Mrs. Vera Orr,
grades 3 and 4; Mrs. Minnie II.
Hargrave, grades 5 and 6; Mrs.
Mrs. Floviece Craig, grades 7
and 8; Mrs. Ruth Long, science
Resurfacing Set
At Local Airport
Resurfacing work on the
main runway at municipal
airport is expected to begin
this week following the de-
, . . . ,. ... „ livery Monday of the first
and social studies; Miss Nell i., , , . „
, „ , three car loads of crushed
Long, English; Mrs. Minnie Lee
Yes Is No
Moscow, July 17 tP) — A
group of American editors
visiting Russia found out
that “yes” can mean “no”
in the Soviet Union. At a
meeting with Soviet Premier
Khrushchev he asked them if
they had been restricted in
any way on their tour. They
replied) in once voice, “Yes.”
this came out in the official
Russian transcript as “No.”
Chamber Group
Talks About
parking Plans
Members of the merchants
Rowden, homemaking; W. S.
Long, superintendent and
math; J. J. Smiddy, principal
and business administration;
Douglas Martin, coach; Roger
Arnold, vocational agriculture
and Mrs. Inez Askew, Negro
classes. .
Bus drivers are Travis
Bland, Clyde Butler, Mrs.
Floviece Craig, Earl Minty, J.
J. Smiddy and Homer Williams.
Mrs. Ethel Butler, Mrs. Doyce
Dixon and Mrs. Rosa Jones
are lunchroom workers. J. D.
Holder is custodian.
De Gaulle Wins
Endorsement
Brief Respite
From Torrid
Weather Ends
Overcast skies held the tem-
rock for the project.
About seven carloads of j
rock will be required. The1
project has b?en %in the plan-1
ning stage for some time. . „ . _ ...
The city also has received Wj?” in . SulphutjSpHngS
pipe to begin construction of ° 85 deSrect Monday, but
the water line from the Car-, tbe had shot well
ter Street storage tower to above *hat ”«* b* n0°n to’
the new H. D. Lee plant site. ^, and appeared on its way
That project involves 600 feet, back in*-° ^ m;d-90a “
of 12-inch main and 1700 feet where jt had been for nearly
of 8-inch main.
The line will run down Car-
ter, cross to Elm and then
will lead down Radio Road to
two weeks prior to Monday.
Observer Ralph Hill regis-
tered 90 degrees at noon to-
day with the humidity at 64
the plant site. Line at the Per cant- This morning’s low
plant itself was put in earlier
this spring.
was 70.
Widely scattered showers
, .... were reported in Northeast
Work on a new sewer lift Texas thjg morni wjth the
station at the east edge of
the city at Interstate 30 also
Paris, July 17 iff) — Presi-
dent De Gaulle has won Na-
tional Assembly endorsement ....
for an independent French n»-.d,tlon’ st'“t crew*.
clear rtrikiw force. The Paris resumf thf se,eral summ“
assembly early today rejected P™'ects l,ow m P10«re>s' »,th
is in the offing following de-
livery of 700 feet of 4-inch
cast iron pipe Monday.
With Tuesday’s drying con-
were to
resume the several
a motion of censure aimed at
the government’s nuclear poli-
cies. The motion obtained few-
er votes than most observers
steering committee of the had expected and, thus, put De
Hopkins County Chamber of Gaulle and his premier —
Commerce met Tuesday morn- | Georges Pompidou in a strong-
ing to hold a general discus- er political position. They hold
sion on the parking situation that a French nuclear deter-
rent will, in fact, make the
Western alliance stronger.
on the square.
A survey last month indi-
cated that at the time 62 of
the 84 free two-hour parking
spaces on the Square were
taken up by cars belonging
to downtown employes.
The committee members
agreed to talk to merchants
on the matter and will then London, July 17 W)
meet-again-at ^9;3& Thursday- Wdnston GhtmehRU w^a+lre tF , , , ,
morning to formulate any without help today for the southwest Texas — Partly
Churchill Walks
Wiihout Help
showers increasing somewhat
on a line south and west into
the lower Pecos Valley.
These showers were fore-
cast to continue this evening,
but are expected to diminish
Wednesday. Sulphur Springs
failed to record any more rain
after noon Monday, although
some portions of the county
WEATHER
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTH-
EAST 1EXAS - Partly cloudy to-
night und Wednesday. Widely scattered
mostly afternoon and evening thunder-
showers. Lew tonight 70-78. High
Wednesday h5-06.
NORTHWEST TEXAS — Partly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Widely
scEttered mostly afternoon and night-
time thundershowers. Little change in
temperature.
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS-Partly
cloudy and hot tonight and Wednes-
day vtith widely scottered afternoon
and evening thundershowers north.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS — Partly
cloudy and hot tonight and Wednesday
with widely scattered mostly" afternoon
Rocket Plane Soars
To Record 58 Miles
Pilot Qualifies
As Astronaut
Edwards AFB, Cal., July 17 (AP) — Robert
White has flown the X-15 to a record height of 58
miles. He thus became the first to qualify as an astro-
naut in a winged craft. Unofficial radio reports dur-
ing the flight indicated White soared higher than
310,000 feet. The old altitude mark was 246,700 feet.
Any flight 50 miles or higher
qualifies the voyager as an as-
tronaut. White would thus be
the fifth American to experi-
ence a trip in space. The others
were John Glenn and Scott
Carp enter, who orbited the
earth; and Alan Shepard and
Virgil Grissom, who made sub-
orbital flights.
At the peak of his arc, White
coasted weightless for three
minutes. That was a full min-
ute longer than any X-15 pilot
has ever flown weightless be-
fore.
After reaching the tremen-
dous height, White plummeted
down from the edge of space
to perform tests that were the
real purpose of the flighL re-
entering the earth’s thick®- at-
mosphere, he pulled the X-15’s
nose 23 degrees higher than
its tail, falling spreadeagle
style to slow descent. That’s a
maneuver future space ships
may employ.
White then went into a con-
ventional glide for his landing
approach. However, because he
went higher than expected, he
had to make an unscheduled
hard right turn to slow his
speed before landing.
He landed at a dry lake bed
at Edwards Air Force Base in
California.
As White made the sharp
turn, his voice reflected strain
paper, adrift in space.. He said
he. saw it at the top of his
climb and could not identify
it.
Back on the ground, White
said: “It was a remarkable
wonderful flight. There were
too many clouds to see the
ocean, but I could see the
coastline ,of the western Unit-
ed States from well above
San Francisco bay down into
Mexico as far as I wanted to
look. I could see more clear-
ly than ever before the dis-
tinct curvature of the earth’s
surface. The sky was a deep,
dark blue, and I could see the
light area along the horizon
very well.”
One of those who greeted
White was his eight-year-old
son who shook White’s hand
and said: “Hi, Dad, how are
you?” White told the crowd:
“That’s my boy.”
SHOT DOWN—Three Americans were killed and a fourth is
missing after Viet Cong Communists shot down a helicopter
about 15 miles from the Laotian border and 275 miles north
of Saigon (1). Four other Americans have been reported
missing while on a supply flight from Saigon (2) to Ban Mo
Thuot (3) in a C-123 transport. (NEA Teiephoto)
WELCOME HOME PLANNED
Boll Weevils
Seen as Threat
To Local Cotton
Boll weevils are beginning to
Local Guard Unit
Given High Praise
Sulphur Springs’ National 5 to prepare the Armory for
Guard unit received high the unit’s arrival.
praise Tuesday as preparations
began for the return of the
unit to civilian life after 10
months on emergency active
duty at Fort Polk, La.
Lt. Col. John- Teipel of the
3rd Armored Battalion, here
to make preliminary plans for
the return of Company D, said
that the local unit had been
from the forte of gravity. He [hit Hopkins County cotton one of the leaders in the 49th
possible to relieve first time since he broke his cloudy toniKht and Wednesday with
left thigh June 28th. !widc,y *catt'red *fternoon ,nd even’
planning
the congested situation.
Judson Perkins
Explains Science
Of Handwriting
Judson Perkins, not only a
Chamber of Commerce manag-
er but also a certified grapho-
a n a 1 y ti c a 1 phychologist, or
handwriting expert, was the
guest speaker of the Lions Club
Tuesday noon.
“Handwriting analysis has
existed before the Roman Em-
pire- arose,” said Perkins.
“1,900 years ago, Emperor
Nero found that a man was
treacherous because of the way
he wrote.”
He continued that exhaustive,
studies made in the Seven-
teenth Century of handwriting
gave the science added pres-
tige.
Handwriting analysis is be-
ing used widely iii American
business, especially in employ-
ment and credit fields.
"For instance,” the chamber
manager said, “if you find a
person that is extremely gen-
erous, has an inquiring nature
and has two many irons in the
fire, he may be a fine man.
Any one of these or all taken
together still make him a fine
man. But he is also a bad credit
risk because he probably won’t
(Cootioood on Page Eight)
the Ingram Street project ex-
pected to be completed and!— & ^ shower Tuesday
resurfacing started on Cald- morning
we tieet. Turbulent weather is kick-
ing up again around Texas.
At Midland, damaging winds
battered a farm 12 miles
southeast of the city and the
state police have dispatched
two units to investigate a
tornado report. The farm dam-
aged was that of Midland
County Commissioner Alvey
Bryant in the Greenwood com-
munity.
Elsewhere around the state
skies ranged from clear to
cloudy with thunderstorms
and showers. Increased shower
activity is expected later in
the clay.
in# thundershowers.
Mother of Eight Appeals
For Female Space Flights
Washington, July 17 — The
Parent Teachers Association
and bridge club can look pret-
ty tame to a girl when outer
space beckons, a senator’s wife
who is a mother of eight ob-
served today.
So why, Mrs. Philip Halt
asked a House subcommittee,
doesn’t the United States take
a closer look at the possibility
ojf rocketing a female into or-
bit?
Space agency officials have
shown no enthusiasm over pro-
posals that women be included
in the space travel program.
“It is inconceivable to me,”
said the wife of Michigan’s
junior Democratic senator,
“that the world jof outer space
should be restricted to men
only, like some sort of stag
club.”
But Mrs. Hart hastened to
add that she wasn’t trying to
be a space age Susan B. An-
thony. Said Mrs. Hart:
“I am not arguing that
women be admitted to. space
merely-that they won’t feel
discriminated against. 1 am
arguing they b« admitted be-
cause they have a very real
contribution to make.”
Her testimony was prepared
for a House space subcommit-
tee studying the qualifications
for astronauts — male and
female.
Mrs. Hart had made it clear
earlier this year that she’d like
to be a spacewoman herself,
although her primary interest
was in seeing the program
opened up to qualified women.
She made no mention of her
own ambitions in her prepared
statement.
Mrs. Hart is convinced Rus^
sia will send a cosmomise into
orbit this fall — and will he
first unless the United States
acts soon.
She said that such talk by
a womun “is gojng to inspire a
lot of condescending little
smiles and mildly humorous
winks,” adding:
“But happily for the nation,
there have always been men—
men like the members of this
committee — who .have help-
ed women succeed in roles that
they were previously thought
incapable of handling.”
Mrs. Hart, a , 40-year-old
blonde, a3kcd the subcommit-
tee:
“Why must we handicap our-
selves with the idea that every
woman's place is in the kitchen
despite what her talent and
capabilities might be?
“I strongly suspect that not
a few women are herded into
the career of marriage — a
career that fails because it is
one for which they happen to
have little talent. And I think
our society should cento to
frown on the woman who seeks
to combine family life with a
career ... >'
“Let's face it: for many
women the P. T. A. just isn’t
enough!” Recalling that she
and eleven other women were
found qualified for space trav-
el in testa administered by the
Lovelace Foundation last year
in New Mexico, Mip. Hart
said:
“The second step of the
(test) program required the
use of special, government-
owned testing equipment, cen-
trifuges and pressure cham-
bers. Somehow, the program
was cancelled.” She urged its
ic-instatcment.
reportedly experienced stress
about six times the force of
gravity. 6
As he climbed from the
cockpit, he was greeted by the
base commander, Brigadier-
General Irving Branch.
The X-15 was dropped from
beneath the wind of a B-52
bomber over a Delamar, Nev.,
60 miles northwest of Las
Vegas and 220 miles from the
Edwards base.
White held his 57,000-pound-
thrust engine wide open for 80
seconds and went into the steep-
est climb yet attempted by an
X-16—41 degrees.
Momentum carrier hirii to
peak altitude. During his re-en-
try plunge — with the stubby
wings and fuselage acting as
brakes — speed was slowed so
substantially that air friction
heated the ship’s skin only to
850 degrees. On other flights,
temperatures have ranged up
to 1,400 degrees.
At higher altitudes, White
was flying almost automatic-
ally, using an electronic brain
that functions in either space
or atmosphere. It senses devia-
tions from normal flight and
makes corrections faster than
a pilot can react.
White was in the air for ten
minutes.
White says that on his X-15
space flight today he saw a
strange object, like a piece of
plants, Louie Woodall, assistant
county agent, said Tuesday.
“The cool rain we had Mon-
day really helped them,” re-
marked Woodall. “I’ve had
some calls already.”
Woodall advised farmers to
start observing their plants for
infestation.
“Now is the time to start
dusting,” he said.
He added that although boll
weevils are a constant threat
to cotton farmers, the menace
is especially great now.
Woodall and agriculture in-
structor Sterling Beckham are
also concerned with an invas-
ion of web worms on trees,
mostly pecans. If allowed to
florish unchecked, the worms
can kill and defoliate trees,
the men warned.
They recommended that
property owners and farmers
either use a high-pressure
spray to kill the pests or cut
off the infected branches and
bum them. Beckham said a midnight of the 9th, however.
regular hand sprayer is useless
against web worms.
“This is as bad as I’ve ever
seen them here,” commented
the veteran instructor.
Division encampment.
“They set the pace early in
spirit,” he said, “and they’ve
set the pace in the field of
late. Sulphur Springs can be
proud of its unit.”
Col. Teipel and Capt. Roger
J. Thompson, commander of
Company D, met with civic
and veteran organizations
leaders Tuesday morning to
discuss the arrival plans for
Company D.
Tentative plans were made
to conduct the area welcome
home project in conjunction
with the mustering out cere-
mony to be staged by the unit
on the evening of Thursday,
Aug. 9.
The main body of troops
will return to Sulphur Springs
Aug. 7 and will be released
to their homes both the nights
of the 7th and 8th. The men
will be on active duty until
The arrival in the evening
Aug. 7 will not be formal, as
most of the men will be driv-
ing in private cars. A truck
convoy, each with a driver
and one he;per, will arrive on
that day, however.
The tentative planning was
based on the joint ceremonies
being held in the city park
near the Armory op the even-
ing of the 9th. Exact details
of the groups participating
are to be worked out this
week.
The first returnee will ar-
rive Aug. 2 to effect the trans-
fer of the Armory facilities
back to the National Guard.
Six more men wilj; arrive Aug.
LESS THAN REQUESTED
Smoking-Cancer
Course Slated
For Schools
Denton, July 17 CD — A
public health official says Tex-
as school children may in the
near future be taught about
smoking and its relation to
cancer.
The State , Department of
Public Health executive, Dr.
W. S. Brumage, director of
the division of cancer and
heart disease, spoke before a
workshop for registered nurs-
es kt Denton. He said the pro-
posed smoking-cancer course
in public schools would be
taught not from a moralistic
point of view but strictly from
physical effects. He said a
course must become a part of
the school curriculum just like
accident prevention. He-; said
he expected it would be a year
or two before there is any-
thing done about the proposal.
Committee Approves
Spending Allotments
Washington, July 17 (£> -
The House Appropriations
Committee has approved a one
billion, 500 million dollar bill
to finance the State, Justice
and Commerce departments,
the US Information Agency,
and several related federal
programs in the current fiscal
year. The total is 102 million
less than President Kennedy
requested. It’s 140 * million
more than was provided for
the fiscal year that ended
June 30th. t
All of the allotments are
subject to House action
scheduled for Friday.
The largest amount in the
bill, 782 million, would go to
the Commerce Department.
This is a 79 million increase
over the President's request,
buj, a book-keeping transac-
tion accounts for the increase.
The President had asked for
Comnny;^ Department bor-
rowing authority of 115 mil-
lion dollars for area redevel-
opment loans. The committee
Medicare
Bill Killed
Washington, July 17 —
The Senate has rejected a mo-
tion to reconsider its action
in voting to kill the social se-
curity health care plan. The
original motion — to table,
and thus kill, the proposal—
was adopted by a vote of 52
to 48.
The Senate then refused to
reconsider that action. It
means the medical care plan
for the elderly under social
security is dead at least for
this session of congress.
approved a cash appropriation
for the amount. It said it did
so to avoid what it called back
door spending.
Actually, the committee cut
the Commerce Department’s
direct appropriation requests
by 37 million. Large allot-
ments approved were 40 mil-
lion for meteorological satel-
lite operations and 225 mil-
lion for ship subsidies.
The Justice Department was
cut three and one-half mil-
lion to 306 million. The al-
loted amount includes the en-
tire 131 million asked by the
FBI. The funds would include
money to hire 145 additional
FBI agents.
The State Department was
cut 51 million to 284 million.
The US Information Agency
was cut nine million to 149
million. However, none of the
reduction is applied to the 8rt
Voice of • America program.
The Voice would b«
funds to hke 41
in Berlin.
Car Hits Rear
Of Tractor
A car hit the rear of a trac-
tor being towed about two miles
east of Weaver at 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, but damage was slight
and there were no injuries.
The car was being driven by
Mark Stribling of Sulphur
Springs. Highway Patrolman
Don King estimated damage at
$150.
The truck was being driven
by L. B. Raney of Mt. Vernon.
There was no damage to the
truck or tractor.
Air Corridor
Incident Heard
Berlin, July 17 <#> —- ,
American voice
air waves tc
Berlin control
unidentified jet fighter
riding off his wing tip in
of the air cor
The voice i<
the control
This is not a
tion to
itary planes or
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