Bryan-College Station Eagle from Bryan, Texas • 1

an 0' 87TH YEAR The Bryan Daily agle Serving Bryan College Station and the Brazos Valley Since 1876 voiiege VOL 87 No 229 BRYAN COLLEGE STATION TEXAS WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 1963 EIGHT PAGES price CEirm fZy INGERPRINTS SOUGHT Texas Senators Okay en At Stock Show Live Saved Will Be The Candidates the State Department to de Vnited legislature by a change approved in 1960 The vot a provision that 7 Smith said that the State Department has told him there are some 2000 persons Absentee Vote Deadline Near Autopsy Reveals Victim Murdered Pharmacy: Tommy McDonald :304 Central Texas Hardware and Raymond Cochran $281 (See SALES Page 10) lamb went to Weingartens for $302 Sammie Novosads grand champion turkey was sold to Super Market for $210 and Danny pen of grand champion broilers went to Implement Company for $190 Bids remained brisk for the auction of reserve champions and throughout the sale Re serve champions their owners the purchase price and buyers were as follows: steer Bob ranke $650 Bryan Livestock Exchange barrow 1 Charanza $183 Meat and reezer Service lamb Dicky Batten $120 irst State Bank and Trust turkey Sidney Coufal $110 irst National Bank broilers Vaughan Meil ler $120 Safeway Stores AT CALVES brought out standing prices in the sale Owners prices and buyers are 1 as follows: Timmy Wolters 1 $577 Joe Varisdo Jack Hutchi son $418 Hanson Meats and reezer Service Johnny Burk 1 halter $394 College Station State Bank Dede Wolters $386 Implement Co rank Pa tranella $371 ranklin Jim Butler $358 Aggieland Studios ord Albritton HI $350 irst State Bank Susan Heine $330 Marshall Peters Jim Welch $324 Harry Moore Jimmy Plantt $296 tive with sulphur Sen Culp Krueger El Cam po sponsor predicted the $1 million a year loss in tax mon ey would be made up in several years by increased production caused by the lower tax rate Senators then refused 18 11 to give the two thirds majority ZINN SAID the questionnaires will be used as a poll to see how many students would be inter ested in such a setup He inti mated that many rooms on cam pus will be occupied by'lhree students next fall if other hous ing facilities are not utilized Reportedly some of the BAB rooms need to be furnished and repainted Zinn said moisture has caused some floors to buckle and paint to peel BUILDINGS being considered for housing were built in 1956 and vacated in 1958 Some oi the rooms were never occupied Both have central heating and a forced air cooling system Both are three stories high and con structed of red brick Each dorm has 71 rooms which means 284 students could be housed two to a room Zinn told the Battalion that a base dining hall will be used and that arrangements will be made for students to one or two meals on campus if they wish Parking lots are available for the dorms Zinn said two former enlisted and Hubs may be refurnished for recrea tion facilities AUSTIN (fl Texas senators tentatively approved today a million dollar a year cut in state revenue On voice vote the Senate grossed a House approved bill lowering the state sulphur tax from $140 to $103 a ton to make Texas sulphur competi needed for immediate debate on the controversial rec ommendatibn that the Game and ish Commission be merg ed the State Parks Board The bill already has House ap proval ANOTHER VOICE vote sent to the governor a bill making flying while intoxicated a' fel ony offense In the House representatives refused 120 9 to order the House Elections Committee to send a bill on free permanent voter registration to the floor for de bate Monday night a subcom mittee effort failed to substi tute a measure calling for an nual registration with a 75 cent fee Senate debate on a similar annual voter registration mea sure began Tuesday but a vote was delayed until next week YESTERDAY'S Senate work included approval of a bill reg ulating loan companies makirig loans of $1500 or less Also sent to the House was a bill by Sen Jim Bates Edinburg asking that Pan American College get full state support Senate passage of the anti loan shark bill sends it to the House Banks and Banking Com mittee which has had several loan regulatory measures sitting in subcommittees The Pan American College bill gpes to the House State Af Jaif? Committee which has four proposals to create more' state colleges also in subcommittees ANOTHER Senate approved bill creation of a four year state supported college al San Angelo already is in the House State Affairs Committee Senate action on the loan regulation measure is a legisla tive follow up on the authority given to the constitutional by the voters ers took out the maximum interest rate on loans should be 10 per cent More than 35 changes were proposed to the loan bill many of which were adopted The ma jor change by the Senate was shaving down the limit of loans regulated from $3000 to $1000 Conventional HA and Title 1 loans at Bryan Building and Loan Association (AdvJ A be set up on a basis The candidate said is the best teacher therefore the terms should be staggered in order to keep experienced men in of fice at all times The candidate said he would support any feasible location of a dam on the Navasota River as recommended the Corps of Engineers of the States government" The 2nd Battle Group 26th Infantry of the 1st Infantry Di vision will be transferred The exercise is planned to test com mand and logistic capabilities for reinforcing North AtlanticTreaty Organization defenses in Europe The 1st Battle group 13th In fantry which was airlifted to Gepntftiy in a previous exercise wilt be returned to the United States chief of fireman training for the Texas Engineering Extension Service said HE SAID the public is invit ed to watch the operations which includes rescue of victims from under rubble and debris treatment of simulated injuries and rescue of injured persons from upper floors of damaged structures Improvised equip ment and equipment from the Texas Civil Defense truck will be used Smith said is 7:15 and will last about two hours The week long rescue training class runs 12 hours per day with instruction provided in heavy duty rescue techniques and use of tools and equipment Assisting Smith is John Rauch firemen training instruc tor Guest instructors are Theo ields chief of the City County Civil Defense Rescue Setvices in Houston and Wil liam A Neel assistant chief of the Waco ire Department SMITH SAID aB the instruc tors have participated in actual rescue operations in recent flood and tornado disasters in Texas Students attending the course are James Taylor and Richard Sapp of Texas City Union Car bide foreman Jack Bean and John Poole Civil Defense fire marshall of Deer Park Jer ry Mosley of Bryan Brazos County Civil Defense represent ative Delane Boddie captain of the Lufkin ire Department Clay Medine 'Jr safety engi neer for Atlas Chemical Indus tries and Robert Smith squadron leader Harrison Coun ty Civil Defense both of Mar shall Others are Doyle Grissom captain of the Aransas Pass ire Department Clinton Meek Pearsall Don Timberlake of Abilene Civil Defense nator Gayle Lemmons safety inspector for Celanese Chemical Company at Pampa and Ar 1 mando Cortez fireman with the I Eagle Pass Volunteer ire De partment Buyers paid a whopping $12 528 for 110 sale items to make Tuesday auction the most successful of seven Brazos County Youth Livestock and Poultry shows Total sales for 1963 surpassed previous highs by a solid mar gin The 1962 sales total was $11310 and the 1961 total was $9078 A record crowd also attended the sale at the Texas Livestock Pavilion Officials of the show were well pleased with the results THE GRAND champion steer shown by Dick Britten was auctioned for $1097 to Albrit ton Engineering Corp which amounted to $130 per pound Both prices set new records Last grand champion steer sold for $1007 or $1 per pound Other grand a i 0 brought handsome prices as well Spencer grand champion barrow was sold to Super Market for $326 Bob grand champion i Mousner soldiers will be airlifted from I property owner for 16 Kansas to Germany April 7 10 ai said that commission in absentee voting continued to lag today as the deadline neared for the election of the Bryan City Commission Twelve absentee ballots had been received today by City Secretary Noah Dansby The deadline for casting absentee ballots is midnight riday Voters will go to the polls Tuesday to select a 5 member Bryan City Commission from a field of 18 candidates The five candidates receiving the highest number of votes will comprise the commission Two voting places have been set up for the election Qualified Voters may vote at Central ire Station or ire Station No 2 whichever they choose A meth od is being devised to mark poll tax receipts to dispell the possibility of voting irregulari ties Carnegie Library usually the voting place for city elections will not be used August Nowak will serve as election judge at Central ire Station and Allan Kraft will be the election judge at ire Sta tion No 2 In Washington Sen Paul WEATHER The forecast for the Bryan College Station area calls for clear to partly cloudy sides to night and Thursday It will be a little warmer tonight with a low of 55 Th high Thursday 80 Yesterday's high was 76 The low 45 Today's low was 41 At noon the temperature was 72 degrees at Easterwood Air port in College Station ONARGA Hl (fl A Ba taan death march survivor and his family expressed hap piness today after the State By DOYLE GOUGLER Special Writer Simulated disaster operations complete with live will be conducted here riday night as a part of the 18th Heavy Duty Rescue Training Class being held at Texas College The disaster area will be be hind Hensel Apartments on the college campus Smith GRAND CHAMPION STEER Bob Mealer Department of Public Safety fingerprint specialist from Austin closely examines the 1957 ord that belonged to John Marion Tremont 70 Bryan businessman found bludgeoned to death Tuesday morning seven miles northeast of Bryan on Wilcox road Smudged prints were found Police Chief Joe Ellisor and Police Clerk Chester look on car was abandoned short ly after 4 pm Monday A Negro was reported seen running away from the vehicle (Eagle Photo by Gene Dennis) QUESTIONNAIRES have been sent to dormitory counselors asking the names of students who would be interested in liv ing in the dorms at the deacti vated air base according to Ben nie A Zinn director of the de partment of student affairs Zinn said interested students should return the forms by riday 'j The Battalion stated that stu dents living in the BAB dorms woqld be charged $12 per month instead of the regular $20 charg ed for campus rooms due pri marily to the location 14 miles from the campus 11 it Soldier Exchange Slated April 7 10 PARIS (fl Gen Lyman Lemnitzer the supreme Allied commander in Europe announc ed today that 1500 American for payment since the 1950s adding that each bill was larg er because of accrued interest Rep Leslie Arends 111 said he would attempt to have the State Department cancel Smith's bill The Smiths were married while he was serving with the Marines in Shanghai before World War II Mrs Smith was employed as a secretary for General Motors Corp Smith was captured by the Japanese at Bataan survived the infamous death march and spent the remainder of the war in prison camps The Smith now' have five children 6 to 22 years old They operate a 160 acre farm near Onarga Suspect Reportedly Held In Tremont Slaying Case Dick grad'd Thrtftpion steer brought a record $130 per pound for a total of $1097 in the auction sale last night highlighting the Seventh Annual Brazos County Youth Livestock and Poultry Sale Posing proudly with Britten and the steer is John Standard production manager of Albritton Engineering Corporation buyer of the grand champion A record attended the sale (Eagle Photo by Gene Dennis) 1 4 Sales Notch Record Department it has tern I in the nation who owe it mon porarily suspended attempts to 7 ey for various reasons includ collect payments of World ing war relief War IT ATYiArwmnv relief The State Department main Douglas Ill who asked tains that the family of Noble the State Department to de rank Smith owes $1421 for lay its demand for payment relief provided to Viola Smith and her son Carl while they were interned in the ai East by the Japanese during World War II Smith 47 an ex Marine told The Associated Press Tuesday night real happy about it I am not only happy for myself but for others in similar cir has introduced a bill which would cancel the debt A spokesman for Douglas said the department did not agree 5 to put off attempting to col lect the payments pending the outcome of the Douglas bill but agreed to waive the Thursday deadline it had set for payment Smith said the State Depart ment has dunned the family Speak Up EDITOR'S NOTE? This is one of a sris of articles on candidates for the Bryan City Commission The Eagle ia presenting these articles in order to help voters choose the best five from the field of 18 candidates in the April 2 election Leonard (Bud) Mousner 24 year resident of Bryan says that if he is elected to the Bryan City Commission he would ask that new streets be built of concrete This would provide more permanent streets he said roads make a city" Mousner added Mousner a 46 year old labo ratory supervisor at Texas College says that the Bryan City Charter needs re vising meet the needs of a growing The candidate who resides at" 714 Eagle Pass also favors trans ferring utilities money to the school fund if legally possible He said he wishes to assure good education now and also in the future for our children and grandchildren who has been a Death Marcher Happy About War Debt Move Unconfirmed reports today indicated that a Iq year old youth had turned himself in to Brazos County law enforcement officers at the courthouse shortly after 8 am today for his part in the Monday murder of Bryan businessman John Tremont 70 At press time Sheriff Hamilton was not avail able yerifyor eport Tremont was found slain Tuesday morning on a farm seven miles northeast of Bryan on Wilcox road He had been beaten to death possibly with a cedar post SHERIS deputies were continuing their investigation to day and were still questioning suspects The assailant or assailants when apprehended a be charged with kidnaping rph" bery and murder according to a spokesman close to a relative of the deceased Mr body was found at 10 am Tuesday by Commis sioner A' Stasny The body was taken to Houston for an au topsy by Dr Joseph Jachimczyk The pathologist said Tremont suffered a broken neck fractur ed skull and jaw and had receiv ed a severe blow in the chest Justice of the Peace Graham after the autopsy ruled death by homicide He said to day that another blunt instru ment may have been used by his assailants other than the cedar post found across his body ROSARY WILL be recited for Mr Tremont at 8:15 pm to night at Memorial uneral Chapel There will be a prayer servica at 9:45 a jn Thursday morning at the ChapeL followed by Requiem Mass St? Jos Catholic Chijrch with the Rev Valenta and Rev Ev erett Trebtoske officiating Mr Tremont retired from the wholesale grocery business in 1942 and sinbe that time had been active in real estate and in vestments Survivors include his wife Mrs Tremont 1815 South College Bryan a daughter Mrs Virginia Adams of Longview 4 son Marian Tremont Jr of Houston four grandchildren two brothers Phillip Tremont 1213 East 25th St of Bryan and gam Tremont of Dallas and' Mrs Sara Tremont of Bryan Burial will be in Bryan City Cemetery Annex Dorms Considered or Ag Use Texas College is expor ing the possibility of opening two dormitories at the college annex formerly Bryan Air orce Base Announcement of the possibil ity was made by the Battalion student newspaper in a front page story Tuesday 'M gw 1 1 1 OB 4 4B Ml ir I "i a rJiz I I i i I 9 I I I mjl 1 State Revenue Slash i A 1 'i IB flK ja £aJE tel? A In City Race i a 1 bkM 'Ito 1 VkV.