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i SCOOp O'BRYAN The Bryan Daily Eagle Serving the Brazos Valley for Eighty Three Years 20 Pages Plus 8 Pages Comics BRYAN TEXAS SUNDAY JUNE 28 1959 NEA eatures VOLUME 83 308 Harrington Chancellor Rudder President Board Steel Strike Off At Ike Request More Heads Will Roll Cla: take COVINGTON La Deductible UP 12 PER CENT Will Look At Budget tax to Arch Symbol mittee about it i manaea an engineering compa He said objective is ny the Army and for i to get the satellite into the pre five years before joining the irst Executive Director 7 St re Shot of Salk RONALD HALE In said Saturday that the progress of be made early next heroes of World he commanded in assaults in commanded the after the in in no uncer economist he in April shoving sales ih April in the and one DR HARRINGTON Chancellor System7' Steelworkers of America bowed Saturday tn a bid from Presi System statf he was su pervisor of propulsjOn research at Cont air ort Worth DR WOOL'S appointment NEW YORK Vice Pres ident Richard Nixon and his family arrived here Saturday night for a two day visit He said it was not a political visit EARL RUDDER President College Current dividends on savings 4 at Bryan Building and Loan Association (Adv) The working on communica orbit 22000 WASHINGTON United States is plans to put a big tions satellite miles up And a plan to send servicemen to it now and then to keep its gadgets in vi'nrlrintj firnor WASHINGTON '4 John Sleeves Saturday was nam ed deputy assistant secretary of state for ar Eastern affairs He succeeds Graham Pafons Wilbur Lee new president of the Bryan Lions Club and Don ald oster secretary of the Bry an College Evening Lions Club will be ripresenting Brazos County at the Lions Internation al convention in New York City this coming week it is the first tune have sent Lee and there are extremely fortunate to be getting our program underway with a man like Mr Hale head ing the Boys Clubs of Bryan as' executive The Brvan club is conducting its first financial campaign A goal of $15000 has been estab lished sto prepare its clubhouse on North Mam and to obtain an executive director Officials reports on drive will month WASHINGTON A fourth dose of Salk polio vaccine was officially recommended Satur day for all persons who com pleted the basic three shots a year or more ago "Surgeon Gen Leroy Bur ney of the Public Health Service made public with his endorse ment a recommendation to that effect from a special committee of advisors he had asked to review the Salk vaccine situa Lon BRYAN COLLEGE STATION AREA Saturday's maximum was 91 degrees with a morning low of 74 'degrees riday's high was 90 degrees with 04 inch of ram according to A at East erwood Airport SOUTH CENTRAL Continued partly thru Monday with thundershowers'with no change in temperature Bjyan joined ahst of Texas towns Saturday in showing healthy gains' in retail sales tri May pier April 1 jx According to the Bureau of Busings Research Bryan's re tailsales during May were 12 pf cent higher thanOther Texas' towns greater than normal creases for Mav over eluded Waco tip 23 per cent Wichita alls up 17 Beaumont up 16 Galveston up 15 Victoria up 14 and San Antonio up 11 Total 1959 retail sales may be up 8 per cent from 1958 the Bureau of Busmess Research said Saturday of the over all sales increases so far this year among both durable and nondurablegoons stores total 1959 sales based on seasonally adjusted seven per cent above a year ago Those reporting May increases over May 1958 included Browns ville up 60 per cent Amarillo up 25 Lubbock up 22 Waco up 17 Plainview up 16 Victoria up 13 and Wichita ells up 10 Leaders in the January May periods of comparison were 1 a i i up 59 per cent Brownsville up 35 Lubbock up 30 Amarillo up 24 Waco up 15 and Wichita alls up 13 for are type of MILAN Italy A terrific thunderstorm was blamed Sat urday night as "al rposti certain Responsible" for the fiery crash qf a TWA airliner All 68 per sons aboard perished "We still cannot say for sure that lightning was responsible for the disaster" said the Italianair force general heading the of ficial inquiry "But apparently the plane was hit by Gen Dulio anali 'heading Italy' six man investigating commission said the first of inquiry had indicated tljat one way or another yesterday's Morm was almost certainly sponsible for the Decisions affeetine the hiring college indents throughout United States and Canada business industry and gov ernment will be made on the campus of the University of Col orado at Boulder June 29 toJuly 1 as the College Placement Council holds its annual melt ing Horsley presi dent of the College Placement Council and director of 'place ment at College of Texaswill serve as a delegate to the council meeting NEWS ROM NEARBY' Dpyane Rust 29 listed as a Bryan mechanic was arrested by Sheriff Reid Philp of Cald (See SCOOP on page 9) him to two mental strongly hinted Saturday night that more Louisiana officials are going to be chopped down Already in 24 hours of free dom Gov Long has banished thne office holders THE LATEST indications of the 63 year old con tinuing anger came in an ex clusive interview with James McLean of The Associated Press shortly before Long motored to his farm at Winnfield La Gov Long deserted his tem porary statehouse at a Coving ton motel for only a few hours weekend he said be cause he pined to see the farm Long's devotion to his Winn field faim persisted years despite the "shack" tag hung on it by his estranged wife Blanche that the Night Lions a representative Mrs Mrs oster are also College begins operations as a senior college It was made a tour year college this summer with the third year offerings to start in September and senior courses to begin in September 1960 The top post of chancellor ofthe Texas College System to be occupied by Dr Har rington is on'e with which he is already familiar He served as chancellor from September I to Seotember 1 1957 when (See RUDDER on page 9) WASHINGTON Wi ive mem bers of Congress and John A McCone chairman bf the Atomic Energy Commission will flyto Geneva Sunday for sessions of the East West conference on bannmgnuclear tests Stale Department officials de scribed the trip as routine Theydid it would give the congres sional advisers to the ne gotiators a chance to catch up on the latest status of the lengthv talks The congressionalsadvisers de parting Sunday and scheduled to return July 2 include the fol lowing members of the Joint AtOiqic Energy Committee Sens? 'Albert Gore (D Tenn) and Bourkefi Hickenlooper (R Iai and Reps Chet Holifield (D Calif) Melvin Price (D lll) and James Van Zandt (R Pa) AUSTJN iJ" The Hou de bated two hours Saturday a $50 deductible 2 per cent sales thenkilii'd it 76 61 It I was a major victory Gov" forces Tiiev pledged against any gtni ird sa'es tax REPITIT1OUS debate kept a clouds of uncertainty over what tax if any representatives believe' will eliminate the state's di fn it and pavfdr operations 1 9('ti "As far as I'm concincd this is imt a geneial sales tax" Rip i ate Seeligson San Antonio author of the di bated 168 mil lion dollar tax 'bill said a selective sales tax on items over $50 "PEOPLE ARE just trying to scaievou not anyone heie that envisioned a $50 de ductible sales tax 'Individuals Will 'pay 39 million dollars of the 72 million total Business will pay 33 nJhonf' It puts al most no bu'rdf'Awhatsoever bn the lower IIAWAIHS IRST VOTE IS HONOLULU om Hilo to Honolulu Hawaiian turn ed out aloha shirt heat Saturday to vote on statehood for their islands In a combined statehood referendum and primary elec tion islanders also chose par ty nominees for their first state election July 28 an election destined to send at least one Oriental to Con gress Skies were clear and sunny over the island chain as the multiracial population went io the polls 1 Survivors SINGAPORE if Twenty five survivors from the 4700 ton Greek ship Georgios which foundered Monday off the Andahian Islands arrived Saturday in the' Japanese caygo ship Meiw a Maru Atomic Head And Solons Off To Geneva ness executives is levied from an "accountants' as so cial income contrasted to the economists' view that the tax is a cost of doing business which must be included in the puce of the product Hejllustr'atcs by telling of some of hi i'sun hassles with the internal reve nue off ice" THE BOOK starts wav back reviewing the tax pl act ices of the Roman Republic pre revo lutionary rance and England during tlic 17lh and 18th cen turies just before Adam Smiths of fiist ilassKil book on econom lcs was puLh'lid Bringing his 'guns to bear on the rticptne tax situation he quotes Smith's maxim "The tax ought to be "certain and not ar bitrary otherwiseeverv per son is put moie or less the power of the tax gatherer HIS SUGGESTIONS include abolition of tax ex rpt 1 actm ties abolition of all and inheritance taxes tax cxccu lives ofrcorporations 3l) percent of income the highi'st amount paid to non executives producing goods or services) on ihco cor potation payroll The annual Bond family re union will be held at Prospect ss community Sunday July 5 with family and invited to bring basket for dinner on the grounds The Texas Stale Al CIO New June i sue takis an edi torial swipe 'at Colhge alleging that the college author ities would not give advance clearance to Negro clelecatesxto a labor summer' imtitu'e origi nally scheduled at 'the Momor ial Student Center The inti tute will be hi Id at th' Eps copal Theological Seminary of the Southwest MILITARY MEN Ch re Hav construction 1 apprentice 4 USN son of Air and Mrs Hay ot 113 Lynn Drive Bryan is serving at North Island Na val Air Station San Calif He entered the Navytn cb ruarv 19551 after altenu'ingaBry an High School WITH THE PROS Dr Aaron Rose Director of ho Tex a Engineering Experiment Ra tion and A Cecil Wamblphead of the Cottonseed Pi qdlict? Re search Laboratory of the Texas Engineering Experiment Sta tion have returned from attend ingjhe rixc nt convention of the Internaibnal Oil Mill Superin tendents Association at Galvcs Ronald Hale director of the Camden Ark assume his dutiess head of the Bryan Boys Clubs on Aug Hale athletic di rec tor at Lockesburg Ark High school" beforebecommg executive di reejOT of the Camden club was employed riday night bv the board of directqrs of the Brvan organization A graduate of Henderson State College' Hale as director of intramural activities there participated in base ball basketball and golt while in college He a 'so served as chairman of sports for the Jun ior Cha'mber of Commerce Hale and his wile a' former secretary for Arkansas Gover nor aubus are members of the Methodist Churfh He "also taught a Sunday Schoolfiass He completed his militaiy obli gations nearly two year? ago as a second lieutenanjih the Arm ored Division of the Army Directors of the Boys Clubs of Bryan said Saturday are very fortunate to get a man with the experience that Mr Hale has to be our executive di rector He came to us highly and our screen ing committee was most im pressed by him came very rec ommended and we feel that we Thunderstorm Blamed or 88 Deaths I 4 MASSENA iT Elizabeth H'after a three hour delaV caused by tog unveiled Saturday av graceful arch symbol of friendship be tween the United States and Canada and their joint 650 mil lion dollai' St Lawrence pow er project The Queen's weather luck after a lapse returned for the ceremony A warm sun shone by the time she pulled a longguld en cord to reveal the miprtTr like black granite commemorative plaque THEN THE Queen and Prince Philip went to Cornwall Ont where they were greeted by the citizens and various 'officials The "Queen crossed oxer to American soil for the" first time cry' her royal tour of Canada S'he came to visit the huge hy dro electric power plant and two American locks if the Lawience Seaway Sales Tax Is Killed Plan Satellite 22000 Miles QUANTICO V'a Secre tary of Defense Neil McElroy said Saturday there will be at least a two month delay in get ting the Atlas first American intercontinental ballistic mis sile ready for combat use But he also expressed the opinion in a news conference that the Soviet Union would not have her own ocean spanning rockets operationally ready any soonerthan this country disclosure rtif the new delay followed a series of i troubles in test firi n'gXhe new combat design missiles As a re suit the Air orce has suspend i ed testing probably for the next month the Defense Ad vanced Research Projects Agen cy told the House Space Com scribed orbit circling earth once in 24 therefore statiortiry over point bv 1962 or earlv 1963 Shuttling mechanics is much i comes just as Arlington State farther oft Johnson saiq but "we deiimtely have in the study stage a kind of program that would allow a serviceman to go up there and take care of Bryan city commissioners will get their first look at next budget Monday evening when they hold an executive session to go 'over figures prepared by City Manager red Sandlin Public hearing will be scheduled laters Commissioners riday night aporoved plans arids specifica tions for san: sewer systems as proposed bv the city engineer for North Bryan including Lyn Acres ter ntoiy where septic tanks are bcingeused Most of these lines will be tied into the new i roithwestein sewagi di piam iitLii wvieap i JUk pioed two Kszago i I I I An ordinance jsctting up' aVlll Cllvtl munuipil disaster relief committee was passed on second reading SEAL PRESS INC low bidder at $3035 new packer tvpc bodv for garbage collection to reoiace the first such unit bought by Ute city seven years ago After adjourning the city commissioners went into execu tive session to hear a report (See CITYDADS on page 9) Queene ales for the first five months are estimated to ream su243 000000 up $1008000000 or 8 per cent from the 1958 the report said The University of Texas ag ency said total7 May retail sales Texas are estimated at $1 182400000 'even per cent above April and three per cent ahead of May 1958 The January May retail sales total was $5311500000 NEW YORK fzPi The Uniteddent Eisenhower and delayed a siuei Mime iincai lur iwu David McDonald the president agreed to extend ex isting contracts from theirscheduled termination next Tuesday night to midnight "July 14 7 EISENHOWER intcncned at a lime non sleol talks were floundering worse than ever and! an economy crippling strike of the half million workers in the basic steel industry seemed in evitablexThe President propos ed that both the industry and union continue bargaining with out interruption in production all the terms and condi tions of a new contract are agreed THIS AMOUNTED to an in definite waiver of a union strike McDonald accepted to the extent of two weeks at period which he told the Presi 1 dent provide ample time! to conclude new collective bar gaining agreements good faith I iThe union on the other hiind by its acceptance waived an earlier demand for assurance that whatever contract gains that are eventuallly negotiated be applied back to the original June 30 expiration MCDONALD SAID he was ready to resumes stalled talks Sunday afternoon with an in dustry negotiating team headed bv Conrad Cooper executive vice president of Steel Corp lift ft Presidential interv i seemed to take both sides off the hook The industry put off plans to bank furnaces and start shutting down facilities as scheduled when the Tuesday night strike deadline still stood Atlas Not Combat Ready or Months Becan theic has been so much 'confusion over the Nav asota River Dam and the Brazos of determi nation" concerning it The Eagle is publishing today an editorial which eve hope will clear up some of the confusion 4 Dr Hnyd Clark has brought us a opyxuf his Look Handbook fdrsPubliC' inance and Taxation" published by his Kaskaskia Properities and print ed by the Scribe Shop in Bry an Dr come lax people tain terms As an Datli Had the Last Dance It was a night for the young and the dreams that come once in a lifetime Prom night Stars twinkling The band play ing sweet and sentimental The girls in their summer formals: the boys in their rented dinner jackets Ivan and Dorothy were engaged Jerry had bought a ring for Irene Lyle and the other Jerry swaggered a bit being down from college and big men now Judy had extra reason to be happy: it was her 18th birthday Death which cares not for the dreams of youth awaited seven of them at a grade crossing two miles north of Mattoon Ill No parent with a teen age son or daughter will want to miss Saul moving painstakingly detailed account of the night death had the last dance at the prdm Read it today on page 4 of the first section Changes Top Titles COLLEGE STATION (SpD Dr Harrington was named chancellor of the Texas College System vice president Earl Rudder was nam ed president of the Col lege of Texas and Dr Jack Woolf acting president of Arl ington State College was named president of that school bv the board of directors of the Texas College System meeting here Saturday In announcing the changes in top administrative titles the board stated that the change in status of Arlington State College and Tarleton State College the System now eludes four senior colleges ap preciably increasing the respon sibilities of the top administra tive officer of the System The Board therefore believes it wise to relieve Dr Harrington of his dual responsibilities as Presi dent of the System and Presi dent of College returning him to the position of Chancel THE THREE NEW adminis trative appointments become ef fective July 1 appointment as pres ident of College and Dr appointment as presi dent of Arlington State College were made on recommendation of Dr Harrington new president is a native of Eden Concho County Texas and a 1932 graduate of the college he now heads He al so attended Tarleton State Col lege in his first two years At was a football letter man and captain of the regi mental ROTC staff RUDDER CAME to Col lege as vice president in ebru ary 1958 after resigning as commissioner of the general land office of Texas A former teacher and football coach and one time mayor of Brady he was one of most decorated War II when Ranger forces Normands and 109th Infantry regiment of the 29th Division in the Battle of the Bulge He is presently the commanding general of the 90th Infantry Division 4th Army Re serves THE NEW president of Arl ington State College has been with that institution since Sep tember 1957 when he joined the ASC staff as dean of the college In the summer of 1958 during the illness of the late i President Hereford Dr Woolf served as acting president of the college At Dr death m1 November 1958 Dr Woolf was again named acting president He is a native of Trinidad Texas and a graduate of Trim dad High School holds his BS and MS degrees the College of Texas and his PhD in i enKnieering irom ruraue ni versitv Dr Woolf has taught at Director Roy Johnson of Purdue Texas and in the graduate school ot southern Methodist University During World War II he com manded an engineering compa I)i! Teamsters Siiii8rlc Arms Into' Cuba? WASHINGTON Tlie Sen ate Labor Management Com mittee disclose Saturday it is investigating some Teamsters Union officials were involved in a plot' to smuggle arms to foes of Cuban Prime Minister idel Castro Robert Kennedy commit" tee said a woman is a key figure in the case but that he has no plans now to call her as witness He declined to name her or others involved in a'dvancctof hearings Mqnday or last convenient banking ser vice use thedrive window at City National Bank Bryan Sales Show Big Gain S7 I7 Gov 4 'S I inrr efill rlruxrUxr sart protests that the tax on bust cerei over treatment that sent I 'j i 'K 1 rirv I Jans I Says Long Sp Boys Employs U) of th Im i tr Nr'ed fr 5 i' De 0 1.

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