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Attend the Church
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This Sunday
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Cooler
Partly cloudy and a little cooler Sunday.
Saturday’s Range: 43-60. Sunday’s Range: 40-^2.
Friday’s High: 50. Friday’s Rainfall: .04”. \
Sunrise Sunday: 7:28 a.m. Sunset Sunday: 5:43
Moonrise Sunday: 10:26 a.m. Moonset: 11:14 p.lf1-
Lake Levels: Travis 679.94. Buchanan 1016.71.
U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast'
Taylor and Williamson County
VOLUME 47, NUMBER 12
20 PAGES IN 3 PARTS
TAYLOR, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1960
(/P) — Associated Press
Price Ten Cen'
City Council, School Board Races Slated
15 District, County, Precinct Officials
To be Elected in Williamson This Year
By LIN MILLS
The political tempo in Taylor
and Williamson County will pick
up early this year, with the
deadline for filing in 15 district,
counity, and precinct races only
four weeks away.
This is “the big election year”
■luring which qualified voters
Hfill choose their candidates for
^Offices ranging from President of
the United States to local city
and school officials.
Taylor citizens will elect three
city councilmen and two school
(trustees in April elections.
They’ll vote with other pre-
cincts and the county as a whole
in elections for higher offices.
Terms of two district officials
are expiring, 'those of O. H.
“Muggie” Schram of Taylor,
sltaite representative of the 64th
District, and D. B. Wood, of
Georgetown, district judge of the
26th district. (Williamson is a
single-county district in (these
two elections).
Three county officials are up
for re-eleotion—Counity Tax As-
sessor-Collector Jack Gillum,
County Sheriff Henry Matysek,
and County Attorney J. R. Owen.
Citizens will elect two
precinct Spivey
road commissoners. Terms of
SebeTh Barker, commissioner of
Precinct 1 (the Georgetown
area), and the late Frank E.
Martinets, commissioner of Pre-
cinct 3 (the Granger area), are
expiring.
County Clerk Dick Cervenka
told The Press Commissioner
Barker will not seek re-election
Six constables will be elected.
Terms expiring are those of Ro-
bert N. Champion, Precinct 1
(Georgetown); Elmer Love, Pre-
cinct 8 (Round Rock); Floyd
Gibbs, Precinct 5 (Jarrell); Joe
, Precinct 3 (Liberty Hill);
Explorer Ship 169
First Sea Scout Unit
Here Being Activated
A new phase in scouting for this immediate area is
being activated here with the organization of a sea
explorer unit.
To be known as Sea Explorer Ship 169, the organi-
zation will have its base of operation on Lake Travis.
The unit will be the first of its kind in the San Gabriel
District and the second in the Capitol Area Council.
The only other such group is in
Gov. Daniel
To Announce
Plans Monday
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Price Daniel will tell a
■fcttewide radio audience Monday
^P?ht whether he will seek a third
I term. That will start another tu-
1 multuous political year in Texas.
Most politicians predict the gov-
ernor will try to become the sec-
ond man in the state’s history to
serve more tfhan two terms.
A decision by Daniel to bow out
in 1961 after another year unques-
tionably would project Atty. Gen.
Will Wilson into the race. Wilson
is a political question mark and
apparently will be involved in a
hot statewide contest regardless of
what office he seeks.
Many supporters are reported
trying to talk Wilson into postpon-
ing his political time table two
years by running for re-election
now and hoping for a shoo-in for
governor in 1962. Wilson will de-
cide in about two weeks.
Speaker Waggoner Carr of Lub-
bock said Wednesday he will run
for attorney general. Carr assert-
ed 'there had been too much inde-
cision and lack of leadership in
Austin.
Jack Cox, a former Freedom in
Action leader, and Marshall Form-
by, former Highway Commission
chairman, are avowed candidates
for governor.
Cox hopes for the full backing
of Allan Shivers. The former gov-
ernor has indicated dissatisfaction
recently with things in Austin. He
has charged that the conserva-
tives have no leadership in the
'apital city and are apathetic to-
ard a positive program.
Lt. Gov. Ben Ramsey will seek
another unprecedented term as
lieutenant governor. That was no
surprise.
Austin.
As the ititle indicates, the acti-
vities will center entirely around
water, including boating, skiing,
organized cruises, and possible
skin diving.
Five Taylor youths, who have
been active scouters, are re-
sponsible for getting the unit
organized. They are: John Pat-
terson, boatswain; Buzzy Her-
mann, boatswain mate; Randall
Woods, coxwain; Jimmy Kind,
quartermaster; and Dennis Mu-
cha, bugler.
Adult leaders of the unit are
Walter Steele, skipper, and Bob
Sims, skipper’s mate.
The unit is being sponsored by
a group of citizens. Herbert Pat-
terson is institutional represen-
tative and committee chairman.
Members of the committee are
Louis J. Kind, Dr. Robert C.
Hermann, and Richard Haizlip.
Application for their charter
was made to the Capitol Area
Council about three weeks ago.
John Patterson said the group
doesn’t plan to have any or-
ganized meetings or special ac-
tivities until this summer, after
school has recessed. However,
in the meantime, the five boys
will be working on arrangements
for facilities on Lake Travis.
They plan to line up several
houseboats for their use, along
with several boats and dock fa-
cilities.
Right now the boys are help-
ing Mr. Steele make repairs on
a sailboat and figerglass a 16
foot snipe.
After the group makes ar-
rangements for facilities on Lake
Travis, affording interesting ac-
tivities, the unit will be ex-
panded. To become a member
of the Ship crew a boy must be
14 years of age and in the ninth
grade or above. And, said John,
“(they’ll have to be good swim-
mers and able to handle them-
selves well in and around water.”
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HUGE PLANT PLANNED
HOUSTON UP) — Contintntal
Oil Co. plans to build a million
dollar petrochemical plant at
Ponca City, Okla.
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ROBERT ROZACKY
Granger Man
Announces for
Commissioner
Robert (Bob) Rozacky of
Granger Saturday filed as a can-
didate for road commssioner of
the Granger area’s Precinct 3 in
the first primary election May 7.
Wilson Fox of Taylor, chairman
of the Williamson County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, said
Mr. Rozacky is the first candi-
date to file for any district,
county, or precinct office.
Mr. Rozacky, custodian for the
Granger Independent School Dis-
trict for 14 years, is a newcomer
to politics.
He is seeking a full four-year
elective term that begins Nov. 8,
the date of the general election.
Counity Judge Sam V. Stone on
Dec. 31 appointed Ralph Wilks
of Granger ito serve the unex-
pired term of the late Frank
Martinets of Granger. Mr. Wilks
will not be a candidate for four-
year elective (term.
Mr. Rozacky, 49, said he has
had about seven and a half years
experience in the road building
business, having worked for Mr.
Martinets from 1941 to 1945 and
for the previous road commis-
sioner, J. J. Bucek, from 1935
until 1938.
“I think I am qualified for the
job,” Mr. Rozacky said. His
duties with the Granger school
district, he said, include driving
a bus, maintenance work, and
janitorial work.
His wife is the former Nettie
Rosenbaum of Bartlett. They
have two daughters, Mrs. James
Hill of Bartlett, and Bessie Rose
Rozacky, a junior at Granger
High School.
Nelson Hall, Precinct 2 (Gran-
ger).
The constable’s job of Precinct
4 (Florence) is also to be filled.
No one is holding the position at
present. Floyd Gibbs of Jarrell
was hired for the Precinct 5 job
in January 1959 by the commis-
sioners court, after it remained
vacant for several months.
Two public weighers are to be
elected, August Adamek of Tay-
lor (Precinct 6) and Dan Gaida
of Granger (Precinct 2).
All precinct and district of-
ficials are elected for four-year
terms, with the exception of the
state representative who serves
for two years.
Deadline for filing for all these
positions is Feb. 1, only about
a month away.
These positions will be filled
alt the first primary election on
May 7. Run off candidates, if
there should be any, will be
elected ait the second primary
June 4. The general election will
be held Nov. 8.
Only one man has filed for
any of the district, county, or
precinct offices, according to
County Clerk Dick Cervenka.
“I imagine they’ll wait until the
latter part of January,” he said.
“There have been a few feelers
but there hasn’t been a single
one (to file so far.”
Taylor voters will elect three
city commissioners. Mayor R. E.
“Nitter” Kollman is completing
his sixth term (12 years) on the
board. Commissioners Melvin
Pfennig and Charlie Schroeder
are finishing up their second two
year terms (four years apiece).
All three were re-elected in
1958 in an uncontested election
in whch 141 votes were cast. Koll-
man is street commissioner,
Pfennig cemetery and parks
commissioner, and , Schroeder
sanitation ‘commissioner.
The election will be held Tues-
day, April 5.
Holdover commissioners are
Porter Prewitt, fire and police
commissioner, and F. E. Hol-
man, vice chairman of the board
and waiter and sewer commis-
sioner. Both were elected in an
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O. D. DIAL
Local Church
Announces
New Minister
O. D. Dial arrived in Taylor
last week to begin his work as
minister of the Church of Christ.
He will conduct his first service
at 11 a.m. this Sunday.
A native of Rosebud, Mr. Dial
attended schools there and con-
tinued his education at Abilene
Christian College. He served as
minister of the Roby Church of
Christ at Roby prior to moving
to Taylor.
Mr. Dial and his wife, Izetta,
reside at 900 Hackberry in Tay-
lor.
Serving churches at Snyder,
Lubbock, Breckenridge and Burk-
burnetit, Mr. Dial has been asso-
ciated with the Church of Christ
as minister for the past 32
years.
The Dials have three child-
ren: Odell Dial of Lubbock, O.
D. Dial Jr. of Slaton and Mrs.
Bobbie Mason of Hermleigh.
Mr. Dial has issued a special
invitation to all members and
friends of the Church of Christ
to attend the services Sunday.
He is looking forward to serv-
ing the people of Taylor in the
ministry, he said.
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‘LOW PRESSURE’ RACE
AUSTIN (® — Rep. Wade Spil-
man of McAllen promised Sat-
urday to keep his campaign for
speaker on a “low pressure” but
steady basis.
Senator John F. Kennedy
Enters Presidential Rare
Would Not
Accept Vice
Presidency
WASHINGTON UP) — Sen. John
F. Kennedy today formally
jumped into the Democratic
presidential race and said he
would not accept the vice presi-
dential nomination under any
circumstances.
The 42-year-old Massachusetts
senator said he would enter sev-
eral presidential primaries be-
ginning with the one in New
Hampshire on March 8. He chal-
lenged other prospective contend-
ers for the presidential nomina-
tion to put their cases before the
voters.
Kennedy told a packed news
conference in 'the Senate’s big
caucus room that he is convinced
he can win both the presidential
nomination of his party and the
election next November.
When a newsman asked Ken-
nedy if he would refuse ithe vice
presidential nomination, Ken-
nedy replied that he would not
be a candidate for the vice presi-
dency under any circumstances.
He said that he will disclose
within the next few weeks his
decision on going into primaries
in Wisconsin, Oregon, Nebraska,
Maryland, Ohio, and cither states.
Lose 20 Pounds
In Eight Weeks
You can actually have a per-
fect figure if you are just 20
pounds overweight—and do it
in only eight weeks.
That’s the promise made by
Josephine Lowraan to readers
who join her 8-Week Self-Im-
provement Marathon starting
next Sunday.
Watch for it in The Taylor
Daily Press.
Taylor Woman
Hurt in Collision
Mrs; Lorraine Flint ol Taylor
is in a Taylor hospital with in-
juries received in a collision be-
tween two vehicles at the inter-
section of Seventh and Davis
Streets at 5:27 p.m. Friday.
Her physician Saturday morn-
ing described her injuries as a
very minor concussion, a cut on
the head, and abrasions of both
ankles.
Mrs. Flint was in the 1951
Studebaker driven by her hus-
band, James. They were going
north on Davis and collided in
the intersection with the 1953
Mercury driven by Alvie Lane
of Taylor, who was going east
on Seventh.
Damage was major ito both ve
hides.
In one other accident investi-
gated by city police, the 1955
Chevrolet driven by Frank Ky-
zak of Granger hit a parked
1950 International dump truck in
the 300 block of Thorndale Road.
Damage was major to the car
and light to the truck. The ac-
cident occurred alt 1:12 a. m.
Saturday.
'Worst Wreck Everj
Nine Persons Killed
In Head-on Collision
SOUTH BAY, Fla. (ffl - Nine
persons died Saturday in a head-
on automobile collision.
Five of the dead were in a real
estate firm’s station wagon bound
for a development near Fort My-
ers to look over home sites.
Tiie others were two couples
from New York and' Pennsylvania
driving south.
“The impact was so great they
were all slammed together in the
cars except for one who was
thrown clear,” said trooper
teorge Emerson of the Florida
i^hway Patrol. “It was the
*orst wreck I’ve ever seen.”
The dead were identified by
Emerson as:
Silas Lakin, 53, Miami Beach,
driver of the wagon; Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Tadlock, St. Joseph,
Mo.; Robert Arthur Kay, North
Miami; and Alma Fenski, Brain-
erd, Minn., all in the wagon.
Those in the southbound' car
were:
Theodore Goodwin, Rt. 2, Wells-
boro, Pa., driver, and his wife,
Catherine; and Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Schmidt, Geneva, N.Y.
Schmidt was 53.
Emerson said the wreck oc-
curred when the station wagon
pulled out to pass a car ahead.
It’s driver returned' to the north-
bound traffic lane, then apparent-
ly lost control and veered into the
southbound lane again, Emerson
reported.
The driver of the southbound
car apparently tried to dodge to
the road’s shoulder but his ef-
forts were futile.
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Vladimir Matskevich
Nikolai I. Belyayev
FARM FAILURE IN RUSSIA—Premier Khrush-
chev publicly dressed down Belyayev, one of his
closest friends, for a 26 per cent drop of grain pro-
duction this year in Kazakhstan where Belyayev is
party chief. Farm failures all over the country have
dropped the grain crop 19 per cent as compared to
last year. The premier also mildly reprimanded
Minister of Agriculture Matskevich for overlooking
organizational failures,
Safecracker Escapes
Handcuffed in Own Car
OAKLAND, Calif. (/P) — An I The police car was recovered.
Oakland policeman was hand- The kidnaper’s old automobile was
cuffed and kidnaped in his own found near the Oakland water-
patrol car Saturday by a young front.
an and a blonde.
Held at gunpoint for nearly an
hour, Patrolman Claude Hardy,
32, was released with his own
handcuffs still on his wrists.
The kidnaper, talking from the
patrol car over police radio, kept
converging patrol cars at a dis-
tance by saying: “I am holding
him at gunpoint; I won’t hurt him
if you let me get away.”
Hardy was not harmed'. His kid-
naper escaped.
Hardy, on routine patrol, had
noticed the rear tires of an old
car were going flat. He pulled
alongside to inform the driver and
noticed a safe, covered by a
blanket, in the rear seat.
As the officer radioed' headquar-
ters, the man slipped into the po-
lice car and got Hardy’s gun and
handcuffs.
He and the officer struggled and
the blonde, a passenger, joined in.
“Hold it, or you’re dtad!” ithe
man exclaimed, pointing Hardy’s
gun at him.
Hardy’s wrists then were circled
with his own handcuffs.
Another patrolman, Kenneth
Haiser, radioed headquarters at
5:15 a.m. that two citizens had
seen a man struggling with a pa-
trolman.
Sgt. Roy Hooper, in the police
radio room, called Hardy’s car.
There was no answer.
But at 5:25 the safecracker
used Hardy’s radio to announce:
“I have your officer. I am hold-
ing him at gunpoint. I won’t hurt
him if you let me get away.”
Hardy added his verification:
“This man is holding a gun on
me. I’m handcuffed. Don’t let any
car come into the area. I’m cov-
ered.”
The kidnaper drove the police
car some distance and released
the officer.
PUBLIC OFFICIAL DIES
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (IP) — George
Alexander Walters, 86, inventor,
lawyer and public official, died
Friday.
Police got a big surprise when
they searched' the old car. In the
rear seat were a safe and a box
containing bags. In the bags was
$10,000 in cash.
Police traced the license number
of the old car and found it was
registered to an Alameda woman.
The woman, a young blonde,
was taken into custody for ques-
tioning.
1st Baby Contest
Ends Monday
Monday noon is the dead-
line for submitting applica-
tions in Taylor merchant’s first
baby contest.
Merchants will shower the
first baby and his parents with
gifts.
To be eligible, the first baby
of 1960 must have been born
in Williamson County to par-
ents who reside in the county.
Exact time of birth must be
specified in written statement
by the attending physician.
1960 Death
Toll Reaches
28 in Texas
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The violent death toll continu-
ed to mount Saturday in the New
Year’s holiday 'tabulations in
Texas, with a total of 28 since
Thursday night, 11 in traffic.
In an unusual situation, shoot-
ings, stabbings and a plane crash
showed a total greater than traf-
fic accidents.
The Associated Press began its
count of the New Year’s week-
end violence Thursday at 6 p.m.
and will continue it until Sunday
midnight.
Latest reported deaths include:
Mrs. Joseph Hall, 70, Uvalde,
killed when a car collided with
a cattle truck near Katy in South
Texas. The crash occurred in a
heavy fog. Her husband, 75, was
seriously injured.
Carl Lister, 35, and Clifford
King, 21, diedi early Saturday
when they took a ride in a pri-
vate plane in a fog at San An-
tonio. Lister, a city public ser
vice board lineman, was pilot.
King was a painter.
Mrs. Lethie Meyer Harborth,
50, of Pharr v/as killed in a two-
car crash at a McAllen street
intersection. Three other per-
sons suffered injuries.
Clyde McGowan, 19, was killed
Saturday when his car hit a tree
near Huntsville.
Margarito Lopez, 52, of Corpus
Christi, died Saturday in a head-
on truck accident in Bee County.
Not counted in ithe Texas deaths
was a Dallas flier, Lt. Robert
Slussar, killed in the crash of a
jet interceptor in Iceland on New
Year’s Eve, the Air Force an-
nounced Saturday.
Also killed' in the accident was
Lt. Arnold Ross of Provo, Utah.
PRESIDENT NAMED
HOUSTON UP) — J. A. Horner
of New York is the new president
of Shell Pipe Line Corp. Horner
succeeded Joe Dickerson, who re-
tired Friday after 33 years with
Shell.
- LATE NEWS BRIEFS --
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TEMPLE MAN APPEALS COURT CANDIDATE
AUSTIN — Jim Bowmer of Temple became the first
# formal candidate for the Court of Criminal Appeals Satuo>
day by paying a $1,000 filing fee with the state Democratic
Executive Committee. Bowmer is a Temple lawyer challeng-
ing Judge Lloyd Davidson’s bid for reelection to the six year
term. Judge W. T. McDonald of Bryan has also said he
would run for the office.
50 GUESTS ESCAPE IN RESORT LODGE FIRE
RED RIVER, N.M. — A pre-dawn fire Saturday burned
one of 'this resort community’s largest lodges to the ground
Saturday and forced 50 guests from their beds into 23 belcw
zero cold. The Monte Vista Lodge of about 25 rooms was
destroyed. No one was hurt.
CLOSE FIGHT SEEN IN GOVERNOR’S RACE
BATON ROUGE — Dynamic DeLesseps Morrison, four-
time mayor of New Orleans, and former governor Jimmie
Davis, a singer of hillbilly songs, plunged Saturday into the
final week of a close fight for governor of Louisiana. Morri-
son, 47, and Davis, 53, survivors of the 11-man Dec. 5
Democratic primary, will meet in a runoff Jan. 9.
HARGROVE CONFESSES SHOOTING SECOND TIME
PAINESVILLE, Ohio — Floyd E. Hargrove late Satur-
day admitted for thie second time that he fired the sniper
bulleit which killed Charles R. Clark at Clark’s home • in
Mentor on Christmas Eve, Sheriff William B. Evans said.
RECORD TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL FEARED
The nationwide traffic toll continued Saturday at a
pace ithat could set a new record for a three-day New Year
holday. Latest figures Saturday afternoon showed 215 traf-
fic deaths, 33 deaths from fires, and 33 from miscellaneous
causes, of a total of 281,
At Thorndale Home
Army' of Policemen
Capture 3 Convicts
Three escapees from the state prison at Durham,
North Carolina were apprehended between 11 and 12
p.m. Friday at a residence in Thorndale by an “army”
of state, county and local law enforcement officers.
In the Milam County jail in Cameron awaiting
authorities from North Carolina are Alton Reardon,
Dewey Lee Duncan, and his brother, James Duncan.
The > surprise raid was planned
quickly and quietly after Con-
stable Ned Fails received a /tip
that the escapees were at the
residence of a relative of Rear-
don’s in Thorndale.
Believing there were five men
in the group and that they were
armed, Texas Rangers Dudley
White and Jim Riddle of Aus-
tin were called. Milam County
Sheriff Carl Black was notified
and took part in the raid along
with his deputy, Texas highway
patrolmen from Cameron, Tay-
lor and Georgetown, and Taylor
Police Chief A. O. “Pete” Schier.
Constable Fails said' the resi-
dence was surrounded and Sheriff
Black made the move to enter
the house by knocking on the
front door.
The raid caught 'the escapees
asleep in bed and they gave up
without incident.
Sheriff Black said there were
signs that the men were armed
or had been. Found in the car in
which they were traveling were
several empty cans, siphoning
hoses, and a suitcase that had
been broken into.
The Milam County Sheriff said
he notified North Carolina au-
thorities that the men had been
picked up. He did not learn the
crime for which they were serv-
ing time or when they had es-
caped.
From information received,
Constable Fails said the trio is
believed Ito have been in Taylor
New Year’s eve.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
NEW YORK (IP) — A woman
was found dead in bed today in
the apartment of Lawrence Tib-
bett, former opera star. Police
identified her as Mrs. Betty Fox,
44, and said death might have
been caused by an overdose of
barbiturates.
Man Sought
In Shooting
Near Taylor
Police authorities are looking
for a Negro, Otis Cooks, who
Friday night shot and slightly
injured another Negro and stole
the pickup truck in which they
were riding.
Injured in the shooting, which
occurred on State Highway 95
about one mile north of Taylor
around 8 p.m. Friday, was Alvis
Walker of Bartlett. He received
only a scalp wound.
A physician at a Taylor hospi-
tal said' the pistol bullet cut a
little trench a few inches long
on top of the head. He was not
hospitalized.
Taylor highway patrolmen have
filed a charge of auto theft
against Cooks and indicated other
charges would probably be filed.
A third Negro, Mozelle Binder,
of Rt. 2, Temple, was the driver
of the pickup, which was believed
owned by Binder’s employer.
According to patrolmen, Binder
and Walker apparently picked up
Cooks in Bartlett and were giving
him a ride to Taylor.
Patrolmen believe Cooks headed
toward Elgin since his wife lives
in Elgin.
After the shooting incident,
Binder and Walker walked' into
Taylor and were picked up in
the vicinity of the Dairy Queen
by city police, who took Walker
to the local hospital.
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DIES IN COLLISION
McALLEN (J1) — Mrs. Lethie
Meyer Harborth, 50, of Pharr
died Friday night in a two-car
crash at a street intersection.
Air, Shipping
Traffic Hit
By Dense Fog
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pea-soup fog shut down shipping
and air traffic in the Galveston
and Houston area Saturday. Far
to the north, the Panhandle shiv-
ered in sub-freezing weather.
A dozen or more vessels were
prevented from sailing from Hous-
ton, Texas City and Galveston.
The fog also clamped down on
commercial flying and hampered
the search for a private plane
lost Thursday morning between
Houston and Corpus Christi with
two aboard.
Visibility during the morning in
the Houston area was less than
a city block.
A fresh norther, whistling off
the tail end of a blizzard that
has chilled the middle Wesit,
pushed into the northern parts
of Texas and headed' south. Dal-
hart, high in the Panhandle, had
an early afternoon temperature of
27 degrees and Amarillo had 28.
Scattered showers, drizzle and
fog dampened' the eastern half of
Texas and the upper coastal
plains. Scores of East and Cen-
tral Texas points reported rain
but nearly all readings were less
than a tenth of an inch. The heav-
iest was at Midlothian, 29 miles
southeast of Fort Worth, where
rain measured .60 of an inch.
Skies were clearing swiftly in
West Texas as the cold air moved
in. The colder weather of the Pan-
handle was spreading southward'.
Cooler weather was forecast for
all Texas Sunday with lows Sat-
urday night down to 15 in the Pan-
handle, down to 25 in the rest of
West and North Central Texas
and around 30 in East and Cen-
tral Texas.
Pupil Nose Count
Underway Here
Seven enumerators this week
will start the annual “nose '
count” of youngsters in the Tay-
lor Independent School District.
To be counted are all youngs-
ters who’ll attend Taylor public
schools during the 1960-61 school
year, including 'those who’ll be
in the first grade.
Taking Ithe census will be F.
E. Wilks, Lambert Schroeder,
Lucille Kollman, V. A. Anthony,
T. II. Johnson, Tom Galbreath,
and H. W. Guenther.
The total number of scholas-
tics is expected to be slightly
over 2,300. In ithe 1957 school
census 2,246 youngsters were
counted. The number increased
to 2,282 in 1958 and 2,300 in 1959.
The census will be completed
in January.
Former Elgin Man
Gets New Trial
ELGIN, Jan. 2 (Spl) —A form-
er Elgin man, Dee Craig, sen-
tenced 50 years in 'the peniten-
tiary, will get a new (trial.
The case has been reversed
and remanded for a new trial by
the court of criminal appeals,
the decision based on the grounds
the state introduced 'testimony
concerning the death of the
man’s first wife. This was held
in error because Ithe defendant
was on trial for 'the murder of
his second wife.
A motion for rehearing will be
filed by the state’s attorney, J.
P. Hart of LaGrange.
The case was transferred from
Bastrop County ito LaGrange last
April, where the district court
jury sentenced Craig to 50 years.
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The Taylor Daily Press (Taylor, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 12, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 3, 1960, newspaper, January 3, 1960; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth801001/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taylor Public Library.