The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 13

Wednesday, February 16, 1966 13 Albert Thought He Couldn't Win That First Tough Race HOUSTON (APy- Albert in 1954 and Thomas, a deep East country boy from Texas, considered himself a sure loser when he ran for Congress in 1936. knew I didn't have a chance," he often said. "Even my wife thought I would lose." But the Nacogdoches native won that hotly contested battle and never again faced a major opponent in his nearly 30 years as U.S. representative. Thomas, credited with bring, ing the S250 million astronaut training base to Houston, died Tuesday in Washington.

He was 67. Death was attributed to cancer, from which the bespectacled Democrat had suffered several years. Thomas had undergone several operations, but attended sessions of the House off and on last year. He visited his office as recently as a week ago. Thomas, who served here as an assistant U.S.

attorney five his 16th in this years elections. A native of Nacogdoches. bert Thomas is a loss of one of Texas' greatest men in public life. His devotion to his con- and a resident of Houston! stituency and his diligent work Thomas had been a member ofjis seldom paralleled in public the House of Representatives for 15 two-year terms beginning with the 75th Congress of 193T. Thomas was a graduate of Rice University, and held a law degree from the University of Texas.

He was a World War I veteran. He was married and the father of two daughters, Mrs. Edward A. Lasater and Lera. Sen.

John Tower, said "Albert Thomas was a dedicated and effective servant of his district and the entire state for more than 30 years. His leadership and wise counsel will be missed both in Texas and in Washington." Rep. Wright Patman, dean of the Texas congressional delegation, called Thomas' death a severe loss to the nation. "Albert Thomas was one of service. Texas has never had a better congressman.

He was my best friend in the Texas delegation. In a career that spanned over 29 years in Congress he became known as "oar Albert so respected and revered was this great man. His continued labors for the betterment of man, his nobleness of soul and his honorable service were all part of this giant among men." Thomas said last year he would not seek reelection lor a 16th term, but he changed his mind. He filed for renomination in the May 7 primary and was unopposed until shortly before the midnight deadline for filing Feb. T.

State Rep. Robert Eckhardt. 52, also filed but said he would ogdocb.es to become an assistant U. S. attorney.

At the time Harris County be-idem get really important things'that later were withdrawn had ing split into two congressional done for their people." auoniey- ayut uiiir I.WV UIHK? jjcvy-ic. The race was made possible districts eight years ago. Thorn-j Early in 1963 Thomas by a decision of the incumbent, as was representing 3,100,000 said he would retire, and dis- Joe Eagle, to relinquish his the largest constitu- closed that he had cancer. 1 W9 nAULAAJ. CZ.V* JLX liUVC Ibeen preceded by several hos- firstlpital stays in Washington and in Congress to run against Sen.

Sheppard. Eagle lost. Thomas defeated Oscar Hoi- combe, a Houston political veteran, 33,866 to 25,021. The first campaign was one of the most hotly contested political races Houston ever saw but Thomas, for the most part, was reelected 14 times without serious opposition. ency in the House.

At the time of the testimonial dinner, Thomas was asked what was the secret of his political career that spanned the Roosvelt. Truman. Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. "Hewing to the middle of the road," he said. "Politicans who adopt extreme positions seldom stay in office very long and sel- 'I am not a healthy person," Thomas tearfully told newsmen- In the weeks that followed, President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon Johnson joined Harris County constitu ents in urging him to reconsider "What could I do?" Thomas later asked.

"Sure I'll run again. Last year's retirement Houston. Thomas was chairman of the House subcommittee on Independent Offices Appropriations and a member of the appropriations subcommittee on defense. He was also a member of the joint Senate House Committee on Atomic Energy. His death leaves the House divided between 291 Democrats and 140 Republicans, with four plans I vacancies.

Air, Ground Attacks Keep Cong Reeling years before running for Con gress. was the second rankingithe great statesmen member of the powerful Housejtime," said Patman. "He had a Appropriations Committee at full and meaningful life dedi- his death. icated to the people. He was al- SAIGON.

South Viet Nam (AP) Allied troops and air power gave the Viet Cong nc rest today, but except for disengagement skirmishes the insurgents showed little inclination to defend any territory. of Thomas. Also filing at U.S. forces reported 66 more the last mmu were Larry i Cong killed in two actions. Thomas frequently was credit- enemy fire killed 340 U.S.

and Vietnamese troops last while the Allied forces ed with bringing the S250 million South Manned Houston Spacecraft in 1960. A Center to week 1963 testi-l killed 684 Viet Cong and cap- President Lyndon B. Johnson ways thoughtful helpful and ef- said Thomas' death "leaves ajfective." lonely place in the lives of those! Hep. Bob Casey of Houston who know him best," adding: jpaid tribute to Thomas for ef- "I knew knew himjfective work, a long time. He loved "Albert Thomas was one who Houston and the Congress of the i knew th techniques of the States.

He worked hard House and who as we use toiP rom ted President Kennedy tojmsts suffered the week before. He served well." sav hart donp hn -n Pvl ftri fly to Texas Nov. 21. 1963. Ken-ju-hen 1.541 Viet Cong were re- Gov.

John Connally Kaskle, 40, a Democrat and real estate broker, and E- A. Rose, 49 a Republican and Baytown chemical engineer. American losses, if any, were not reported. But U.S. and Vietnamese military spokesmen announced that monial dinner in Thomas' honor jtured 64.

The enemy losses were one of the things than half those the Commu- Ssay, 'had done his .1 said! "The contributions he made spoke at the dinner kiLed and 2to captured Thomas, "even during the painlto his own district and the State of declining health." placed public service and trust above" else. all Illness forced Thomas to consider retirement, but Presidents John F. Kennedy and Johnson urged him to seek his 15th term of Texas will long be remembered. He will indeed be deeply missed by all of the Texas delegation." Sen. Ralph Yarborough, D- issued this statement: "The loss of Congressman Al- night and was shot to death) With good weather over North the next day in Dallas.

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Navy pilots said they dropped bombs on the Dong Ngam Lone Juror Is Seated In Krueger Case BRENHAM, Tex. in the murder trial of California teen-ager Paul Eric ECrueger questioned 30 more Veniremen Tuesday but were able to settle on only one juror, days of the trial shipyard 12 miles north of Vinh bridge 25 Dong Hoi, miles and northwest of cratered approaches to six other brldges. The Strategic Air Force's big B52s from Guam bombed jun- gled Viet Cong hideouts in west- em Tay Ninh Province for the second straight day. A spokesman said the three target areas included a major Communist command center which had also been hit on Tuesday, but damage had not been assessed. U.S.

1st Cavalry Division units in Operation White Wing 300 miles north of Saigon recorded another 61 dead Viet Cong in a fight Tuesday following an airborne assault 12 miles southwest of Bong Son. Helicopters roared in with troops of the division's 2nd Brigade to squeeze off an enemy unit trying to escape pressure from the adjacent 3rd Brigade. When the Viet Cong finally broke off, they left behind 61 After two including a four hour night bodies and 11 weapons. 1st Cavalry patrols found a major headquarters complex which apparently had been used as a communications center. They captured 14 radios, some of U.S.

manufacture and some Chinese, 7 field telephones and several hundred spare parts. Supporting planes sighted the Viet Cong laying an ambush, hit them with rockets and called in artillery. Four of the Red squad were killed and seven captured. The 1st Brigade of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division moved into a mountainous area about miles southwest of Tuy Hoa on the coast and uncovered a cache of 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

One patrol killed one Viet Cong and captured two more. The paratroopers are taking part in Operation Van Buren, which has rescued more than half the rice crop in an area where the Viet Cong used to collect it- In the southern region around Both areas had been for years almost uncontested insurgent strongholds from which they Ail LAJC tl C2J. Saigon. American troops the countryside to the out two search operations because they could find no more Viet Cong. Three battalions of the 1st Infantry Division ended Operation Mallet 30 miles east of Saigon.

The division claimed 47 Viet Cong killed, 10 captured, 24 base camps cleaned out, 78 sampans sunk, and 13 tons of rice. 10 rifles. 2 trucks, 6 radios and miscellaneous supplies captured since Jan. 28. Operation Taro Leaf by the! 25th Infantry Division 15 miles northwest of Saigon also closed out after 12 days with a record of 11 Viet Cong killed, 5 buildings destroyed and 47 tunnels blown up.

outskirts of Saigon. session, the single juror accepted was Harold Kramer, 50, of Brenham. Krueger, 19, from San Clemente, is being tried on charges of killing three Corpus Christi fishermen last April 12. Defense lawyer Warren Burnett, who twice caused Dist. Judge Leslie D.

Williams to! halt proceedings while the court studied legal precedents, was! forced to exercise the second of prospective Baytown firemen to his 15 peremptory challenges, fili a position in the Bavtown Dist. Atty. Sam Jones of Cor- Fire Department has been an- pus Christi, heading the for Feb. 22 at the Ster- Fire Department Slates Testing For Job Opening A civil service examination for has used one secution, lenge. Krueger again appeared in black suit and wore his usually chal-jling Library.

The Baytown Civil Service is now accepting applications from those inter- grim expression- He is being lested in taking the test. Beginning pay in the department is $475 a month. The test is open to all men in good phys- Legislators Quick To Make Use Of Expense Accounts AUSTIN The 150 House members spent 580,914 from their statepaid contingent expenses accounts during the Jan. 12-May 31, 1965 regular legislative session; the 31 senators spent 552,659. This was the report Tuesday of State Auditor C.

H. Cavness. Caveness made his routine audit report on the House and Senate for the year ending Aug. 31, 1965, to Lt. Gov.

Preston Smith, speaker Ben Barnes and the Legislative Audit Committee. Sen. Andy Rogers of Childress had the largest Senate account, S6S7, including S1.29 for postage stamps. The biggest telephone bill was run up by Sen. A.

R. Schwartz, of Galx-eston, $2,015. Rep. Will Smith, Beaumont. had the larest account in the House, $946, including $466 for stamps.

Rep. Honore Ligarde, Laredo, had the largest telephone bill, $632. Senators kept the telephone company busy with long distance calls to the tune of $20,255. The nearly five times as constructing the St. Louis arch numerous House members three Negro plumbers Union Says Race Issue Used As Tool MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

(AP) AFL-CIO construction union leaders say that the government may be using racial discrimina-i tion charges to pressure themj into holding down wage mands. President C. J. Haggerty of the AFL-CIO Construction and Building Trades Department broached the charge in saying "it is a possibility" that the first civil rights suit against a labor organization was part of the Johnson administration's campaign to bring pressure against what it considers inflationary wage increases. Construction union spokesmen concede there has been trouble in the past in persuading some local unions to accept Negroes, but said that a Justice Department civil rights suit in St.

Louis was not justified. A high government source said that the suit against the St. Louis AFL-CIO Building Trades Council came "like a bolt out of the blue" while attempts were being made to settle the case amicably. However, there was no immediate official reaction from the Labor or Justice departments on Haggerty's statement that the St. Louis suit might be connected with a Labor Department effort to impose a national wage settlement plan on the construction unions.

He made the statement at a news conference after hearing a St. Louis AFL-CIO officials, who were charged with racial discrimination under the 19S4 Civil Rights Act for walking off the job of S26.S32 on telephone calls. The report tors but Sen. shwed A. M.

all sena- Aikin Jr. Paris, exercised their newly ac- were hired. The AFL-CIO officials say the dispute is purely a jurisdictional matter because the Negroes quired privilege of spending S400 i belonged to another union. a month during the interim, including salaries for secretarial help. Flu-Like Bug Hits California Applications blanks may obtained from the Civil Service! LOS ANGELES (AP) A widespread attack of a disease resembling the flu is sweeping Southern California.

tried in the death of John D. Fox, 38. Other complaints accuse him of killing Noel D. Little, 51, andjical health between the ages of Dan Carson, 40. Gunfire and 35 with a minimum down the three men while of 5 feet, 8 inches and a were fishing in a coastal lagoon minimum weight of 145 pounds, near Corpus Christi- Kramer, the first juror, is a root beer stand operator and Commission office, De- lifelong resident of Brenham, as'fee, between 9 a.m.

and noon are most of the other veniremen. Monday through Friday and also Southern California. He is descended from German from the office of Chief A. H. Sch report that absentee- Immigrants.

(Art) Lintelman between 8 a.m. The Justice Department suit came at a time when Secretary' of Labor W. Willard Wirtz was proposing the national wage settlement plan, which Haggerty and the IS construction union presidents are expected to formally reject Thursday. The Johnson administration, in its effort to hold down what it considers the threat of an inflationary wage-price spiral, has si ngled out the construction dustry and unions as one of sev-j Burnett again asserted Tues- and 5 p.m. Monday through Fri- Businesses day that "a bargain or a hlt era! "problem areas." Haggerty said that about 25 cent, per cent of workers on the arch were equally hardiwere Negroes, mostly members ism is averaging 30 per had been made by the state in! Deadline for returning the ap-j Similar outbreaks of the order to obtain testimony to the commission of-l ment John Philip Angles, 17, of is no later than 5 p.m.

Feb. ln wood, Calif. Also charged with 21. the slayings- Among the special require- of AFL-CIO unions, and that ail- there was no hint of racial prob- The defense lawyer repeated merits for the job, as listed by this allegation after Judge wil-jthe civil service board, are gen- liams ordered a venireman eral knowledge of fire work in outside the courtroom. jthe protection of life and prop- A similar complaint by Bur-ierty, some knowledge of modem nett the day before in the pre-jfire fighting equipment, and sertce of a prospective juror some knowledge of geography of forced the prosecution to useJBaytowri and location of jmport- a peremptory challenge.

jam buildings. Judge Williams held a night Also listed is the ability to un- session lasting from 7 to Understand and carry out written p.m. Twelve prospective jurors and oral directions and ability were questioned and rejected! to act quickly and calmly in for cause, most of them emergencies- of objections to the death pen-j alty. A reluctance to assess capital has disqualified were reported in areas lems until the Justice Depart- far north as the San ment filed the suit, area. In Los Angeles alone, school officials said absenteeism hadj hit 15 per cent 115.000 of the school children with citv's sick at New Baylor Staffer WACO.

Tex. Dr. Dan- about I 780,000 1. home" iel McGee who has bcn as and about 2.000 teachers out of 30,000 absent. A county health official said the figures fluctuated from district to district within the county, but said the common one illness was a "a major outbreak of influenza-like illness of near-epidemic proportions." Meredith College for the last three years, will join the religion faculty at Baylor University in the fall.

He will teach ethics. Dr. Ray Summers, chairman of the department, said the department will be able to offer issues such as nuclear warfare, poverty and civil disobedience. punishment nearly ail of those examined. Explorers Will Make final Plans For Olympic Fete Final plans for Explorer Olympics will be made at 7 p.m.

on Thursday at a Roundtable meeting of the East Harris Scout District at First Christian Church. Explorers can register for the Olympics to be held in early April, George Ward, activities chairman, said. Ward said 15 or more athletic events involving scouting skills are scheduled with first, second and third place award medals to be given in each. The Olympics will be held at Roseland Park. Individual Explorers or institutions wishing to form an Explorer unit in time to participate in the Olympics may contact Bill Tarter, district executive, phone 566-S97.

Melvin F. Elmore prepares to drive away in his new '66 Chevrolet recently purchased from Joe Murphy, sales representative tor Buck Turner Chevrolet. Mr. Elmore is the manager of Dairy Queen No. 2 on Bayway Drive and sells real estate for 6.

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