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ire Horse Volunteers Past Remembrances John 1 The Bryan Daily Bryan College Station Tex Monday July IL 1966 5 Cents Vol 91 No 7 Strike Tat Settlement Hopes Dim Pinfeather J3H2JJ Workers Continue March Km (AP Wirephoto) will and next Hl fi Sunday had brought no pro gress SECRETARY Labor Willard Wirtz was President Johnson posted on negotiations Reynolds said Jghnson returns to Washing ton from his Texas ranch day Wirtz who was touring' the ar East when the striko'start ed entered the sluggish nego tiations Sunday As talks mov A 200 year dld book goes for $2 A chair for $3 Even some of the pews were sold to a BaptistI church in nearby 'Alexan dria Va' I can who cherish democratic principles above the privilege and who have demonstrated a will to fight with the Negro against injustice "THE NEGRO needs the white man to free him from his fears The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt "I must reaffirm 'that I do not seek the answer to our (See DEMANDS Page 2) JOINT SESSIONS had been held before the strike began Wages remain the major is sue The union is seeking in a creases of about 53 cents an hour over three years The airlines have offered a three year contract with a 30 cent raise A presidential emergency board recommended increases of 44 to 48 cents an hour (See STRIKE Page 2) expense to the Dallas ort Worth area and the area will have to make tremendous ex penditures in order to make these waters available through more sophisticated and expen sive water treatment facilities "Any plan developed by this board must recognize and give (See PLAN Page 2) CHICAGO tf) Dr Martin Luther King Jr Sunday brush ed past signs calling for power" to post the demands of his Chicago civil rights move ment on the front door of City Hall The posting came after a heat defying antislum rally in Soldier ield and a traffic halting march through the Loop Better housing more jobs and better schools were among the demands Earlier King linked arms gotiations officials of the AL CIO International Asso ciation of Machinists met in one conference room in the basement of the Labor Depart ment building airline officials in another Assistant Secretary of La bor James Reynolds who shuttled between the two rooms arranged the joint meet telling reporters that 10 hours of talks Saturday and been checked the appliances not over worked the instal lation acceptable or those occasions When carelessness takes its due the Bryan ire Department is ready The men begin training when they enter the force and they never stop training AD though the State ire Insur ance Board requires at least four hours of drill each month Bryan ire Chief Sam Noto pointed cut that his men drill much more frequently than that ture be convened to pass a 21 state minimum wage law that would cover farm laborers The movement began on June 1 at Rib Grande City Tex a quaint town with a Mexican flavor near the banks of the Rio Grande in southern most Texas Rio Grande City is in Starr county rated the poorest in the state by per (See HIKERS Page 2) Texas AL CIO officials 50000 to 100000 persons converge for a rally on state capitol grounds GOV JOHN Connally be asked to hear personally the request that a special session of the legisla According to Captain Stasny fire department clerk and a veteran fireman of 43 years cigarettes are the great est cause of all fires fire is somebody's fault Somebody has been careless somewhere There is no such thing as an unavoid he stated ex plaining that even caus ed by wiring or over heated appliances are The wires should have Eagle Staff Writer The old time romance of 'f the horse drawn steam en gine volunteer fire depart ment is Bert and Bow ser the last two Bryan fire horses were turned out to pasture in 1921 With their passing went the glory of citizens rushing from their homes at all hours at the sound of the bell the pres tige of being to the volunteers and the red white and blue uniforms But even those who regret munity there exists a sub Kenneth Sears about 10 and stantial group of while Amen iouis engine ei King Chicago Mayor To Discuss with civil rights leaders in cluding loyd McKissick na tional director of the Congress of Racial Equality to form a common front in the struggle for Negro equality McKISSICK WHO at first had said he might not be able to attend the rally told the crowd of some 35000 that the concept of black power had been misinterpreted that it meant only that Negroes a right to determine their own He called for a black consumer bloc that would be able to strike at any and ended his speech with a pledge to come tp Dr aid at any time my McKissich said King recently has Been in disagreement with McKissick and other advocates of black power James Meredith first known Negro graduate of the University of Mississippi who Bliili Besides practice with the net the hoses and the ladders the firemen also study streets positions of hydrants and area maps continuously The men are in excellent physical con dition A approval is prerequisite to a position on the force the fire depart ment still has numerous public service calls to get cats off 1 rdofs pet birds Out of trees' and dogs out of holes actual rescue work has been alldbut discontinued The BrazosCounty Sheriff's Office handles 5 per annum paid on sav ings at Bryan Building and Loan Association 1 SAN JUAN Tex G) Ac companied by a Roman Cath olic priest wearing a straw cowboy hat and a Star of Da vid and a protestant minister wearing a pith helmet a small group of striking farm workers set out today on a long sum protest march that will take them to the steps of the state capitol They want union recognitionand a $125 an hour minimum wage for Mexican American season field hands who do stoop labor in the Lower Rio Grande Valley' The marchers will hike 56 days moving more than 400 miles through hot and for the 'most part sparsely populated country THE HOPE to rally new support for their cause in suchTexas metropolitan areas asCorpus Christi and San An tonio and in dozens ofcrossroads towns with names like Skidmore Pettus and Poth A similar march was con ducted this year by striking grape vineyard workers in San Joaquin Val ley and it had a measure of success The Texas group has affiliated with the California union the National arm Workers Association The march will end Labor Day in Austin Tex where say will the ed into the night he told re porters A should say with all candortnat there is no reason able ybasis for expecting any major developments in the As talks recessed for the night Reynolds had a glum report think the time has come for resuming joint meet ings" he said think it is extremely important that this be done rE the others worshiped there on occasion though some in earlier buildings President Johnson has at tended services in the pres ent church which is just around the corner from St Roman Catholic They were on a flight from Dallas to Santa Ther crash happened about 9:30 a1 nr OUR MEN AND aboy were'kiUecT about 4:30 when a single engine plane veered sharply to the left off the runway and crashed at Andrews The five all from Andrews were identified as: Bill lanary 36 the pilot John Miller about 22Rob ert' Vaughn Dillard 22 Dil stepson' Glen Rhodes 3 and Charles Wilson 21 The victims were returning from a trip to Abilene Charles Young Jr 11 of Lit tiefield died Sunday when he' touched an electric wire while turning on a chicken incuba tor Clifton McGlory 30 of Hou ston was missing and presum ed drowned Sunday after he slipped off an inner tube as he and his wife Barbara 27 floated on inner tubes near (See CRASHES Page 2) Airlines Talks Continue WirizRamsey Reynolds Join in Talks Ten other persons died in traffic mishaps' a low total for the state drownings claim ed five lives and nine persons died of gunshot or stab wounds The Associated Press tabu lation began at 6 riday and ended at midnight Sun day IN THE PLANE 'Crashes four persons died when a Cess na 210 burst into flames after etching in a field near Jacks boro and five died when a Bo nanza crashed while attempt ing to land at the Andrews Airport Killed in the crash 10 miles northwest of Jacksboio were four Los Alamos resi dents They were identified as Dr James Sears about 43 a dentist his wife Valina Bardwell Sears 41 their son WASHINGTON GB tary of Labor Willard Wir tz said today was made at this negotiations aimed at ending a machinists union strike against five major airlines Wirtz spoke to newsmen when the negotiations recess ed for lunch Asked whether he saw a possibility of White House in tervention to end the strike that started riday he said is no considera tion of direct presidential in tervention at this TODAY'S SESSION had opened on an acrimonious note Joseph Ramsey vice presi dent of the AL CIO Intema 5nal Association of Machin ists and chief union negotiator entered the conference room and said: public should that there been five minutes of real negotiating since this strike started "THESE A I are standing pat' protecting their profits waiting for the Presi dent or Congress to help them out members on the air lines are asking to share in the profits all these years when they have accepted substand ard conditions airline employ es are entitled to a better i RAMSEY HANDEDzout i mimeographed copies of the statement but declined to elab orate on it' saying better get on with the William Curtin chief negotiator for the five struck airlines Eastern National NorthwestTrans World and United arrived in the hall way as Ramsey was speaking and listened before entering a separate conference room Asked for comment Curtin said: have endorsed the em ergency' board recommenda tions which the President him self characterized as the frame work for a just settlement of the dispute and we have im proved upon dt in our negotia CURTING SAID evidence before the emergency board incated clearly that 'airline employes are treated far better than most in terms of work ing conditions During fruitless weekend ne books and furnishings ing will be the fifth since ine enuren was organized in 1795 TheRev' Dr Elsoh noted that all of the historical fix tures including the pews used by presidents will Ustairs there' is more' lit be in the new building ter Papers tell of the history of the church some in personal way Ap old letter lying in a pile starts: rances: There'was a splendid look ing felloat the Lenton din irst Bak Trust now pay ing 5 per annum on sav ings certificates Each man knows his sta jority with grass fires i vehicle fires taxing tne the use of equipment and his highest tolls particular duties until they are second nature The pierc ing alarm like light triggers an automatic re sponse that may save thou sands of dollars in material goods not to mention hu man life The alarm sound approxi mately 300 times a year of able accident? which only a slight percentage are false alarms Of the others residential fires make up the greatest ma idents President Eisenhower was the last president to attend services regularly at Nation al Presbyterian Others in cluded Andrew' Jackson James Polk ranklin Pierce' James Buchanan Grover ner the other Near Cleveland Benjamin Harri by a file folder stuffed with son and US GrantMost of 1 1 1 1 11 11 papers is laoeiea uuiyuec '1954 paid bills But the razing of the 80 vear Md buildin? brown stone front of themean of National church Proclaim thedestruc movin? tion and add: books farther out to 'residential mirrors Northwest Washington Inside the curious the an not anything new to where funeral services were tique collectors the bargain? have a new building for this A held for President John hunters and an occasional said The Rev Kennedy most of this type of work now although Stasny reported hav ing seen many? bodies in my All firemen are trained in Red Cross first' aid however particularly artificial respira tion and treatment of casual ties associated with fires Stas ny alone has over 2800 hours first aid instruction and coursework with the fire de partment the armed forces and private classes I think that' possibly I have saved one life through a (See IRE HORSES Page 2) Extension Bids Opened Rids for the infeather Road extension were opened today at a 10 a Brazos County Commissioners Court meeting and referred to the engineer for review and recommenda "'7 Darco Construction Co of Bryan was apparent low bid der with a bid of $15852305 and 120 working days Three other bids were received COUNTY JUDGE Da vis commented that the Darco bid was to the amount of bond money voted to pay for this The county commissioners will consider awarding of a contract for the work at a call ed meeting at 9 a Wednes day The engineers estimate for the job was $155424 and $150 000 in bond money for the road has been provided 'THE EXTENSION as plan ned would lengthen infea therm Road from Carson" St to the and Road accord ing to Davis It Will be a curb ed and buttered road 44 feet wide with asphaltic surfacing and will provide another thoroughfare between Bryan and College Station' In other action the com missioners heard reports from the county agent and home demonstration agent offices The county budget will be filed with' the county clerk in the next Wteek or ten days and will be considered by the com missioners court for approval at next regular meet ing Davis said was wounded during a recent 1039 7 march to Jackson Miss told the rally that all civil rights groups must join to fight system of white THE SLOGAN pow was seen in crudely paint ed signs and heard in the chants of clutches of young Negroes and in the words of some of the many speakers at the rally Before King spoke 150 per sons delayed the rally several minutes when they paraded about the center of the field crying and waving signs One sign read "We Shall and car ried a picture of a machine gun Some of the group identi fied themselves as members of the Blackstone Rangers a teen age gang on" the South Side King told the crowd: the white com i lexas Water Tkl lan Opposed cwmv snnwK a th Hpath nf th romance ad i 1 i 4 TT a a 1 1 vi mit ii: me nryan nre uepui uuu jk as uccu ment is much more efficient now The 30 men now listed on the Bryan ire Department payroll are on alert 24 hours at a time They never leave the fire stations Although they have merry times in thekitchen brewing up a stew or spagetti 'and although they can watch television shoot pool or take a nap the ten sion is always there The next second may send them into the heart of a holocaust Antique Collectors I4 1 I Search Church Rubble By STEPHEN parishioner searching for a Dr Edward Elson sen WASH1NGTON UP) A memento pore over old ior minister The new build cnanaeuer stooa in tne mid dle' of the rubble strewn floor of the National Presby terian Church Benches were askew draperies had been ripped from the walls This was one of Washing best known churches today on the eve of its dem olition It was the church of at least' eight presidents most recently of Dwight: Eisenhower Just seven blocks north of the White House National1 Presbyterian with its stately Romanesque bell tower it to be leveled to make room for an office 1 building 'J A Chalked signs on the 9 Persons Dead In Plane Crashes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nine persons died in'two private plane crashes in Tex as Sunday boosting the weekend violent death ARLINGTON Tex tf) The Texas Water Development blueprint for curing 1 the long rangb" water needs drew crisp opposition 1 today at a Trinity River basin hearing in Arlington A number of interested par tics including the City of Houston were represented at the Arlington State College Auditorium to voice disap proval of the bold imaginative $37 billion plan The Trinity Improvement Association said it could not approve the plan as it relates to the Trinity River watershed viewing it as inade quate or in conflict with other important programs within the! basin" THE ASSOCIATES said the report future water needs for all areas of the watershed but particular ly so in the mid Trinity re report completely ig nores the need in this aea for future industrial wate? sup plies which will result with the advent of barge naviga the said? in a prepared statement? estimate of future needs in this area! must be based on the development of the vast quantities of dormant but proven natural The City of Dallas argued that the Dallas ort Worth contribution to the water sys tem exceeds in direct the benefit that? it will receive from the new waters to be THE DALLAS statement presented by Graeser city water superintendent said: "This is hot done without (AP Wirephoto) Shooting lakes Lite In Brenham BRENHAM 22 year old Brenham youth David Kam 'merer of 5th Street was pro nounccd dead on arrival at a Brenham hospital at 8 Sunday night after a 'bullet from a 22 caliber target pis tol entered his head Brenham police authorities that the! shot was ap parently fired by accident by Henley Winckelman 19 of South Austin was cleaning the weapon The twowere supposedly close friends 'according topolice sources Thfc bullet entered the head "above the right eye according to police and Kamnferer was" rushed to th hospital where he was pronounced dead Winckelman was Ho 'riday for army duty in Viet Proles! 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