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Betty Gale Barrett
Named to Austin
College Dean's List
Betty Gale Barrett, a junior
from Graham, has been named
to the dean’s list at Austin Col-
lege for the 1965-66 fall se-
mester.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. N. L. Barrett of 711
Gregory Road.
Miss Barrett was one of 179
students named to thedean’s list
tor which a student must have
at least a 3.25 grade point av-
erage out of a possible 4.
Laundry—Done the Way You Like It!
Cath and Carry Prices
A Singing is scheduled at the
Hot Wells near South Bend from
2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The public is invited to at-
tend the singing.
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"The Light Was Green"
At busy corners all over the
country stand familiar machines,
designqd to help automate justice.
Wecall them traffic signals, and
they deliver a clear and simple rule
of law green means go. red means
stop
Unhappily, justice is far too com-
plicated for total automation The
signals do help, but they cannot,
give a final answer In fact, they are
sometimes no more than a starting
point in the process of telling right
from wrong.
For example:
A motorist, sued for knocking
down a pedestrian, offered this de-
fense in court:
The light was green when I
entered the intersection, so I had
a right to go through."
haye also managed to
sowhat? Maybe they'll
xddr
Due to the great height and
sheer descent of the surround-
ing mountains, the sun does not
become visible at Mirror Lake,
Yosemite National Park, till
11:30 A.M.
50 YEARS AGO
Quite a few of the Ming Bend
boys took part in the baseball
game played at Fox Hollow last
Senior citizens may obtal
application blanks for supple
mental Medicare benefits at th
Money Order Window of th
Graham Post Office, the post
master announced today.
President Johnson has pre
claimed March as “Nation:
Medicare Enrollment Month
and has urged all federal agen
' cles and all citizens to cc
operate in enrolling senior citi
zens in the program. Throug
direct mailing and other mean:
The Social security Adminis
tration has had contact with I
of the 19.1 millions who wi
be 65 or over on July 1. C
the 16 million who replied, les
than one million said they di
Eugene P. Foley, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, says: “Depressed areas and re-
gions must become self-sustaining economic en-
tities. They must have the means to get in stp--
and stay in step--with the free market system.”
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morning
•Protect it from any mistreatment
or harm
• Keep it away from water. extreme
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• Koop the caw shut; don't touch
' any of the parts
• Have it cleaned and oiled at least
once a year
• Always have it serviced by a repu-
table jeweler
* Bring it in for inspection today our
watch repair department is man-
oped by experts
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CAVEAT EMPTOR—‘Let the purchaser beware1, is a prin-
ciple of modern commercial law, which requires a buyer to
make an inspection on his own of the article purchased.
Today millions of Americans are being sold a wrapped
package of goods by the ’high priests’ of the Great Society.
This package contains our undeclared war in Viet Nam. This
Orwellian newspeak’ war, this ’war for peace’,, this war
in which we must not destroy our enemy or his war-making
capabilities—-this is the package we are asked to buy. Before
we buy this package, let us ask ourselves some questions.
How long will responsible citizens and parents sit idly by,
day after day, as casualties mount, and continue to swallow
propaganda or ‘one-world hogwash’ that our goal is peace-,
not victory? What kind of peace—and on whose terms? Do
not our BIG BROTHERS know that there can be no true peace
with communists?
How long will parents of dead sons—and sons soon to die,
tolerate the seeds of treason sown by domestic communists
and their dupes? How long will we tolerate open rebellion
against our nation, our Constitution, and the sacred blood of
heroes from Valley Forge to the Valley of la Drang? How long
will citizens shamefully turn their backs to the flying of the
Viet Cong flag by the slimy animals amongst us? How long
will we allow the memory of dead and wounded servicemen
to be desecrated by an ex-Attorney General who advocates
and condones the sending of American blood to aid our mortal
foe?
How long will we remain mute, fearing to speak out against
■wheat deals’, nuclear reactor deals, technical, agricultural
and industrial aid to communist criminals throughout the world?
These Godless animals are our enemies. Their comrades in
Viet Nam are crashing bullets into the brains and bayonets
into the bodies of Americans this very day! Russian SAM
‘technicians’ existing on bread made from American wheat,
shoot down our planes and kill our pilots.
Rep. Joe Pool of Texas, in discussing protest marches,
Vietniks, etc., stated, “These groups would be guilty of trea-
son if a sUte of war existed.” Is this the reason a state of
war does not exist? Sir John Harrington had this to say over
two hundred years ago---“Treason doth never prosper, what's
the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
Read these lines again. Think about their meaning. Now,
just why are these animals with dirty bodies and dirtier minds
allowed to openly advocate treason, sedition, anarchy and revolu-
tion? Now, who could stop these treasonous acts? Why are
they not stopped? (Why did Hitler burn the Reichstag?)
General Douglas MacArthur said that fighting on the ground
in Asia with American infantrymen against communist guerrillas
osophical or religious grounds" are granted,
who will defend our country What other grounds
are there for taking up arms Certainly ,not
financial, considering an infantry man’s pay.
The ACLU spokesman expressed the opinion
that the armed forces wouldn’t go along with
their big idea. Neither, we think, will the men
in Vietnam nor their families here at home.
ing, step by step, into communist hands. The
war has taken on global overtones.
David Lawrence, a well Informed writer, has
said: “...more and more It is beginning to
be realized that the United States is passing
through its । biggest crisis since World War
II. The conflict in Viet Nam is no small or
isolated affair. It has become world-wide in
its significance, and it could turn into a larger
war if the American people are misled into
thinking that ‘peace at any price’ is worth-
While....The Viet Nam war, indeed, has taken
on a world-wide meaning and is clearly being
defined as a struggle between the free world
and the communist revolutionaries who seek
to impose their will on helpless peoples.”
The Administration has affirmed over and
over again that we will always be willing to
negotiate on fair terms. But here Is no ques-
tion of our pulling out or of providing all the
military strength that is needed to bring the
war to a successful conclusion, however dis-
tant the day may be. If the .polls are right,
this position has the support of a heavy major-
ity of the American people. And that brings
up a very potent political question which is
uppermost in the minds of the leaders of both
parties.
Much of the strongest criticism of the Ad-
ministration’s Viet Nam policy has come from
well known memtiers of the President’s own
party. Much of the most effective support,
on the other hand, has come from Republicans.
There are exceptions, but the great bulk of
these Republicans favor the stand of Repre-
sentative Ford, who said: “We are united in
, a basic determination to resist communism and
prosecute the war to whatever degree is neces-
sary.” And GOP party leaders believe that
there is a very real chance that members of
their party may make substantial gains in the
1966 elections. They are carefully optimistic
now, where they were pessimistic not long ago.
And they will buttress their Viet Nam stand
with emphasis on the danger of severe inflation
that will result from a prolonged effort to
mix guns with butter--that is, to fight the war
and still carry on massive welfare programs
at home. Next November the electorate will
decide whether or not this theory, politically
speaking, is right or wrong.
THIS I BELIEVE
Legislated Waste
Blocks Progress
Not so many years ago, states, cities and
towns in all parts of the U.S. offered induee-
ments and encouragement to attract railroad
lines to their areas. A town without railroad
connections was a dead letter. Railroads were
built everywhere. The country was opened up,
and the isolated places were put on the map.
Then railroads became pretty much a political
plaything for the tax gatherers, the lawmakers
and the regulators. They were an easy mark
to attack for political profit. Like clean air
and pure water, the people thought they would
always be there. But Ttke the air and the
rivers that could be destroyed by two much
waste forced into them. .
Then came the automobile, roaddevelopments
and railroad competition that wasn’t polluted
with legislated waste. Suburban railroads began
to disappear, tracks were torn up as more
and more people drove their own cars.
Now the automobile that has emptied the tr ains
by its very numbers is driving itself and the
people off the roads, and plans involving bil-
lions of dollars are being dreamed up to get
rail transportation back on interurban runs.
Legislation and regulation of an outdated era
are still hampering the railroads' develop-
ment throughout the nation. But the wheel
turns and legislated handicaps and lack of
constructive regulation ultimately force their
own corrections, but, too often, unjustified delays
cause incalculable loss and damage.
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Misses Jessie Alford and Lu-
cille Cook of Flat Rock were
the guests of Miss Lona Cor-
ley last Sunday afternoon.
Misses Kate Fields, Annie B.
and Fannie Ragland and two of
the younger Ragland girls
attended Sunday School at Flat
Rock. Come again girls we are
always glad to have you.
Quite a bit of excitement in
Flat Rock over the forest fire
that has been raging for the
past week or so. The men and
boys have been fighting it to
keep it from burning up the
,houses.
Mr. and Mrs. John orrell
of Graham, spent Sunday with
their son, Wade Orrell in Craig
Point Community.
This is Big Monday in Gra-
ham several from each Eom-
munity have gone to take advan-
tage of the extra values offer-
ed.
No peach blooms have ap-
peared up to this date that we
known of. A few plum trees are
in bloom. We hope their being
backward may be the means of
saving the fruit crop. The crop
was good in Cedar Creek com-
munity and where hogs can run
at large they are still doing
well on acorns.
Miss Lucille Miller spent
last Friday and Saturday in
Fort Worth.
J. B. Norris Sr., J. B. Nor-
ris, Jr. and Jesse Fore went to
Fort Worth Tuesday to attend
the Stock Show.
Mrs. Preston Clark and little
daughter of Newcastle, spent
the first of the week visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutchi-
son.
Miss Ne wet a Flint came in
Sunday night from Corsicana
to spend a few days with home
folks.
Eddleman Brothers Saddlery
Co. has installed in their shop
here in Graham, the latest up-
to-date shoe and boot repair
machinery and are now ready
to repair and half-sole your
shoes and boots the new way.
Two more good reasons why
we know that spring has arrived
are because fish stories form a
part of street corner conver-
sation apd the young hopefuls
have started playing baseball.
From Current School Hap-
penings; The March winds do
blow, And we shall have snow,
And what will poor scholars then
do? Instead of snow it would be
better to substitute sand which
would better describe the condi-
tions at school this windy
March. With a swoop and a swirl
the wind laden with sand sweeps
around the building filling up the
eyes, noses, ears and mouths
of those who venture outside,
and dropping a thick layer of
dust over every thing. We do not
know what kind of words the re-
cipients of the sandy particles
use, but they are so busy spitting
out the sand that they have no
time for any thing else. The stu-
dents can be seen on their way
to and from school with their
heads low and bucking into the
wind in real football style. All
will be glad when the wind will
finally cease its temerty.
W. T. Newell of Ellasville
returned last night from attend-
ing the Fat Stock Show in Fort
Worth. He says the show was
the best thing of its kind he had
ever attended.
Wichita Falls put on Its first
Spring Style Show last Thursday
and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of Rock
Creek spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Payne in Bryson.
Is the only way in which an asiatic enemy is given overwhelming. - --
advantage against us. Why then does the administration insist
on doing It this way ?
How long will this nation and its people watch its strongest
and finest die year after year at the hands of enemies our
leaders do not intend to defeat? Do they not realize that children
now only ten or twelve years old will eventually be sacrificed
into the maws of WAR-—for ‘peace*? For, have not the ‘most
exalted ones' said they seek "Not Victory,” but "Uncondit- ,
tonal peace talks?”
How long, Americans, will we keep our beads buried in the v .
sands of shame while our sons and neighbors, like Horatius
at the bridge, hold back the hordes of red barbarians? Will
we wait so long that the dead bodies of our heroic youth out-
number the living carcasses of the communist scum now so
evident in our land? Will the infirm, the mothers and sisters
and wives of the dead be left to the tender mercy of the Comniks,
civil rioters, and other cancers of the Great Society?
Will we wait until It is too late? Until we are bled white
by the red robed High Priests on the Potomac, as they feed
our sons one by one to the enemy who awaits two by two.
Will we wait until the will to fight is gone? Will we surrender
in ‘peace* ? After surrender, says Mr. Aptheker (father of
•communist Bettina Aptheker), “about one third of the American
citizens will be dragged from their beds and shot,"
We have a choice. We must make it soon. We can ‘buy*
oils phony no-wm faree-a-it is beautitnty wrapped in blood
red paper and neatly tied together with a string of lies. It’s
not being fought like a war, our enemies are not being treated
like enemies, in fact, we know It is a war only because American
soldiers still bleed and die and are shipped home in black
boxes. Our exalted Supreme Defense minister offers this package
to you. Examine it closely: On the bottom of the package hastily
written in blood are these words—CAVEAT EMPTOR! Hall
Ceasar! We who are about to die, salute you!
The other choice is this: If we wish to save our nation from
utter defeat and eventual surrender to the criminal animals
of world communism, we must arise and with one voice demand
VICTORY! We must demand an all out effort NOW with every
weapon in our arsenal. We can demand the utter destruction
of every enemy port, road, bridge, railyard, munitions factory,
dam, Industrial building, power plant and everything else which
in any way will bring defeat to the enemy. We must demand
an end to aid to all communist nations on earth. We must also
demand that traitors to this nation be arrested, tried and punished
for their crimes!
The second alternative is not wrapped. There are no strings
attached. It stands starkly before us...and it does take strength,
courage and resoluteness to face up to IL This alternative
is offered with this thought— _
“To every man upon this earth.
Death comes soon or late,
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
• And the temple of his gods.”
We have but one God. We have but one nation. We have but
one life. We have our children, we will not betray them. We
have our freedom, we must not lose IL Quo vadis, American?
oppose the Vietnam war, or any other
in the future, on "moral, social, phil-
crooked and preposterous program ever evol-
ved in modern times."
Because so much of the money is being used
for political purposes you may be surethatone ol
these days the lid is going to blow ski-high
through an investigation by the ‘outs. ' Indeed
the pot should soon begin to boil since ’Senator
Everett Dirksen and Representative Gerald Ford
have announced that they intend to introduce
legislation to create an investigating commit-
tee. In telling about this, Dirksen said that 32.3
billion would have been spent on the program
by July 1, and the administration was asking
for 31.7 billion more for the next fiscal year.
Directly in the middle of this "war,” as
generalissimo, is Sargent Shriver. He As bound
to bear the brunt of any Congressional Investi-
gation and ven the famed Shriver charm is
not likely to stave off the kind of attack that :
will surely be mounted. Senator Bobby Kennedy
recently rushed to the defense of certain malo-
dorous doings disclosed in Harlem’s poverty
war, and there are strong hints that things are
not what they should be in Boston, which is
Senator Teddy Kennedy’s back yard.
Astute politician that he is, President John-
son certainly must know about the scandal that
is brewing in the war on poverty program. (
You’d think he’d make some <changes, wouldn’t
you ’ But maybe the question contains the ans-
wer. Could be that somebody Is planning It that
way.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Earl Morris of Arizona
is the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. M. Knox.
Trade Minister J.A. McKin-
non of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
announced Wednesday that the
Dominion government will con-
tinue the initial payment of
70 cents a bushel for wheat in
1941-42.
Miss Rudell Loftin has just
returned from a tour of south
Texas with the Verse Speaking
Choir of Texas State College
for Women appearing in Tem-
ple, Austin and Bryan. Pre-
senting children’s verse, rhy-
thm, studies, ballads and non-
sense verse, the choir program
was highlighted by Archibald
MacLeish’s "Coloquy for the
States,” the American poetic
answer to the Nazi idea of Ary-
an superiority. The group was
entertained by ex - students
throughout the state. Miss Lof-
tin is the dagtiter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. Loftin of Graham, she
is majoring in speech and is a
junior student at T.S.C.W.
Miss Mary Gallaher appeared
in “Sunday in the Park,” the
winning skit at All College Stunt
Night at Texas State College
for Women last week. Miss Gal-
laher is a sophomore student
majoring in speech at T.S.C.W.
Mrs. C. A. Russell was a
visitor in Fort Worth Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Loving
spent the weekend in Fort
Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Zeig-
ler of Austin spent the week
end with relatives here. Mrs.
Zeigler remaining for a visit
here this week.
Rachel Ann Snoddy, student
at the University of Texas, vis-
ited with her parents over the
weekend.
The Arts Group of which Miss
Mary McFarlane is leader and
Miss Norene Ellington is spon-
sor was honored at the regular
meeting of the Girl Reserves,
Tuesday night at the Memorial
Auditorium, as the group sell-
ing more tickets to the Jim Wil-
son lecture than any other
group. A paper sack supper was
served by the other groups of
the organization at the close of
the evening.
Mrs. E. W. Bridges and Rev.
and Mrs. C. H. Cole attended a
district meeting of the Metho-
dist Churches in Weatherford
Monday.
Misses Jo Annice Cornish and
Gertrude Bobo visited friends in
Stephenville Sunday.
Miss- Mary Maria Morrison,
student at the Hockaday School
in Dallas, spent the weekend
here with her parents.
Phillip Harris, student at
Baylor University, returned to-
day to Waco after spending a few
days here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Caldwell.
Adjutant General J. Watt Page
and Mrs. Page of Camp Mabry,
at Austin, spent the weekend
here with their daughter. Miss
Margaret Page, a teacher in the
Graham schools. They were
guests in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George E. Parsons.
Bill Bussey, Waldon Howard
and G. B. Johnson visited in
Mineral Wells Sunday.
Miss Marie Rutherford left
Wednesday for Mineral Wells
where she will be employed.
Mrs. C. W. Ault spent last
week in Longview visiting her
brother, Curtis Howard and
Mrs. Howard.
Mrs. M. R. Halle and little
daughter, Lois Ann, of Austin
are isiting her mother, Mrs.
John Rubenkoenig.
But the pedestrian too had started
across lawfully, on a green light.
The motorist was held liable for
relying blindly on the signal, not
giving the pedestrian a fair chance
to complete his crossing As one
judge phrased it
“A green light is not a command
to go, but only a limited permis-
sion." ,
In another case a motorist was
held negligent, again in spite of a
green light, for colliding with an
ambulance. Evidence showed that
the ambulance had its siren on. that
others heard it plainly, and that the
motorist's window was down and
his radio off
Nor does a green light, beckon-
ing in the distance, justify bad
driving in an effort to get there
before it changes
One motorist, with that in mind,
crowded close behind the car ahead
of him When the light changed to
amber, the front car was able to
make a proper stop But the follow-
ing motorist could not. Result a
bad crash, for which the impatient
driver was duly held liable
just as green doesn't always
mean go, neither does red always
mean stop For instance, emergency
vehicles are often given the right
by local law to uo: thrgugh a red
light a =s
Yet even this special right is not
clear-cut Thus it was held negligent
for an ambulance driver to race
through a red light at a dangerous
corner, without sounding his siren,
when there was no medical need
for haste.
The court held that even an am-
bulance must respect the one bed-
rock rule that underlies all the rest:
SAFETY FIRST.
A public service feature of the
American Bar Association and the
State Bar of Texas. Written by Will
Bernard.
© 1966 American Bar Association
A representative of the Sc
cial security Administratic
will be in Graham in the Ol
Library Room of the Memorii
Auditorium (use Cherry Strer
entrance) on Thursday, Marc
31, from 9:30 a.m. until noct
Persons interested are invite
4 to meet with the representattv
to file a claim or to obtain in
formation or assistance con
earning Social Security.
Many people think that the
need have nothing to do wit
social security until they sto
working. Nowadays anyone 6
or over has a right to sign u
for Medicare coverage eve
though he intends to keep o
working many years in the fti
ture.___________________________
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FREE PICKUP and DELIVERY
ON LAUNDRY
for the next batch of /heat we give them to keep
them from starving/
Maybe it sounds horse-and-buggyish to sug-
gest postponement of such a glamorous under-
taking as the moonshot. But we think a little
horse sense is needed in our space program
right about now. As for the buggy part--.
Well, using chemical fuels (from the mechanical
age for space travel in the atomic age seems
to us almost as buggy as stuffing oats and hay
into the gas tank of acar.
I—aa/.drt
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High or Low Strategy?
Since time began; man has profited and profi-
teered. from war. You, may be sure that the
cave man, dickering for a stone club or a leath-
er shield, paid an exorbitant price, a surcharge
for survival. During the Civil War, soldiers wore
paper shoes and ate tainted meat-- with suppliers
getting rich from their misery. In more recent
vears we have read about scandals under the
cost-plus arrangement that supplied material
for World War II.
The practice is so ancient and su common that
we have become hardened to it. As the saying
goes, ‘ c’est la guerre.” Our indignation is
short-lived and fades away when the investi-
gations are quietly brought to a close.
But now we are beginning to hear about a new
kind of war profiteering, a particular!) despica-
ble type, which has grown out of the so-called
war on poverty. Millions of dollars, taken from
taxpayers with the understanding that it will
help the poor, are being shamefull) used as a
vast political slush fund. We hav e all heard about
some of the swindles, aptly described by the
It is probably difficult for most of us to
recall the circumstances surrounding our orig-
inal involvement in Viet Nam, which took place
only,a few years ago. The belief, then, was
that the war would be conducted on the anti-
communist side by the South Vietnamese army,
aided by a comparative handful of American
military advisors. Few spoke of the possib-
ility of U.S. military participation on a big
scale. * ,
Now we have huge numbers of troops in Viet
Nam, along with massive air and naval forces,
and these are constantly growing with no end
in sight. The conflict there, from our point
of view, approaches the magnitude of the Ko-
rean War. The machinery of Selective Service
has swung into high gear once more with stan-
dards lowered1 in order to fulfill the quotas,
and there is talk--though official sources say-
no such plan is in the works now--that some
of the reserves and National Guard components
may have to be called up.
Beyond all this, the reason for the war,
in the opinion of most of the commentators,
has had to be totally reviewed and tremend-
ously enlarged. It is no longer only a ques-
tion of aiding a little and remote country in
its effort to keep from being overwhelmed by
a communist avalanche. It is no longer con-
fined to preventing Southeast Asia from fall-
. I
Draft Boards Attention
American men who are fighting the Com-
munists in Vietnam will hardly applaud the
latest move by the American Civil Liberties
Union. As though the present' draft is not
lenient enought with “conscientious objectors,”
the ’controversial ACLU is now proposing to
insure draft exemptions for ' nonpacifists”’ who
oppose the Vietnam war on “moral, social,
philosophical or religious grounds.”
To put it another way, the ACLU is going
to do its utmost to insure that anyone who
doesn’t want to fight in Vietnam won’t have to
endanger himself or the Communists there.
What this outfit is trying to do is establish
a principle that would deny our country the
right to call up its citizenry in case of any
war. The man called for service in any war
would be excused, merely be saying he was
against it. And a beleaguered nation would have
to accept this ACLU-inspired principle and find
a few patriots or go to the surrender table.
We wonder what would have happened if the
ACLU had decided to push for this sort of
thing when men were being called up to fight
Hitler and Mussolini. Somehow we find it dif-
ficult to visualize the high command of ACLU
working up a strategy which would have kept
American troops from storming the Reich,
even though today the ACLU makes occasional
publicity gestures by fighting for he civil
liberties of nitwits who make up the ragtag
American Nazi Party.
Highly revealing to our way of thinking was
a "remark made by an unidentified official of
the ACLU in saying that his outfit would not
oppose the draft if the armed forces would
agree not to send to Vietnam anyone who didn’t
like - the idea. “If they send such a person to
Germany,” this person said, “we would agree
that there was no need for an exemption.”
Which is very decent of the ACLU. However,
we aren’t fighting the Communists in Germany.
And since the only shooting there is when
ome poor soul tries to escape from the Com-
munist Eastern Zone, this would be “good
duty” for the dr alt-dodgers beloved by the
ACLU.
If, as proposed, exemptions for nonpacifists
f
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Mooncraft Ahead of
The Horse
Despite the dramatic accomplishments (and
unproved claims) of the Soviet space program,
we're still not convinced that putting a man on
the moon is so urgent a national requirement as
some people would have us think it is. In due
time, yes. But why the big rush? We’ve long felt
that certain parts of the "lunar-landine" project
are both Wasteful and unwise. Space nights al-
ready conducted seem to prove that a good
enough “cart” can be built for the trip, but
what about the "horsepower” to make sure it
gets to the moon--and back?
It's not a question of having enough booster
power. Chemical fuel rockets presently in use
can provide that—if everything goes right But
they are excessively costly, tor one thing. And
a booster failure»tor starting back from the
moon wouldn’t be quite so easy to write off as
a fizzle at Cape Kennedy. Now a report from
the chairman of the House Committee on Nu-
clear Affairs, together with the recent an-
nouncement of a successful first test on one
such development, convinces us that a far wis-
er course would be to postpone manned flight
out of orbit until more reliable and less costly
nuclear propellants have been developed.
Hydrogen power, especially, appears to be
well suited for space travel. according to scien-
tists’ advance estimates of its potential. Ad-
mittedly, this might take many years to de-
velop, even though other forms of atomic pro-
pulsion are already on the way. But we predict
that no matter how long it may take to develop
one or another nuclear propellant, for safer
and more economical interplanetary travel,
the moon will still be there. And if, meanwhile,
the Soviet Union has actually put a man on the
• By VERN SANFORD
AUSTIN, Tex.--Both Demo
cratic and Republican state par-
ty leaders have emphasized tha
victory in the U.S. Senate rac
is their top objective of 1966
“We are ahead and we pla
to stay ahead,” Sen. John G
Tower told the GOP state exe-
cutive committee,
“I am told the Senate elec-
tion in Texas is the No.
race in the nation this year,’
said Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr
one of the top Democratic sen
atorial nominees, at a meetin
of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee.
Democrats selected Austi
for their September 20 stat
convention, at which control 0
their party for the next tw
years will be decided.
Republicans, who have n
serious convention controvers
in sight, will meet in San An
tonio.
Both party executive com
mittees will return to Austi
on May 17 to canvass first pri
mary elections, and Democrat
will certify run-off candidates
if any.
Democrats rejected a propo
sal by gubernatorial candidat
Stanley C. Woods of Houston t
hold a May 7 referendum 0
whether Texans prefer "an
nual" or "permanent” regis
tration.
SDEC Chairman Will D. Da
vis held that a group petition
ing for a referendum on a con
stitutional amendment to legal
ize pari-mutuel horse and do
race wagering did not have 11
papers in order by deadline.
A Democratic committe
resolution wasdesignedtobrin
delegate strength in distrie
caucuses at the 196 state con
ventton in line with new sena
torial reapportionment. Anoth
er would discourage manipula
tion of county convention votin
strength of new and recently
altered precincts.
Republicans named Jot
Golsbee of Jacksonville and He
I. J indr a of Alice to the GO
committee to fill vacancies
Democrats picked Mrs. Gil
bert Theriot of San Angelo I
succeed Mrs. S. St George Tuc
ker, also of San Angelo, c
SDEC.
OIL INDUSTRY ON UPSWIN
—Texas Railroad Commissio
concerned as to how industi
would operate in a nation:
emergency, postponed settir
statewide oil allowable uni
it can evaluate “the escala
ing market demand and under
production.”
State reached 33.2 per ce
of polensabdagien thin mont
highest since May, 1959, and t>
sixth straight increase.
Major oil company spoke:
men painted a brightpicturet
the industry at the proratie
hearing, predicting demand it
petroleum products will go 1
three to 3.5 per cent this yea
Those who complained a ye:
ago about surplus oil and g
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