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By JAMES MARLOW
Associated Press News Analyst
WASHINGTON (M — This is
a period in American politics of
the presidential velvet touch in
handling Congress where mem-
bers of both parties often mill
around like orphans.
President Eisenhower started
the smooth and rather soft ap-
proach. President Kennedy fol-
lowed it. This avoidance of
headon clashes and nagging
brawls may explain their high
standing in public opinion polls.
THEY MIGHT have gotten
more from Congress by being
tougher. That's a guess. Presi-
dent Truman was tougher but
he had troubles. Where he used
a constant harpoon, Kennedy
employs only a needle, and then
infrequently.
ABOUT TV
Cy nthia
Say s.. .
By CYNTHIA LOWRY—
AP Radio-TV writer
NEW YORK 0 — Although
there turn up occasional reports
of surveys indicating that the
viewers really like commercials,
a television columnist must be
permitted to doubt their accura-
cy.
This columnist does, largely
because so many annoyed ,frus-
trated and angry letters about
commercials continually flow in
from readers.
One long - standing complaint
is that commercials are fre-
quently louder than the enter-
tainment programs surrounding
them. This has been denied of-
ficially and repeatdely, but my
own ears tell me it is true.
ANOTHER FREQUENT com-
plaint is the deadly repetition.
As one viewer puts it, "Does it
make sense for a company to'
spend thousands of dollars on a
program that attracts regular
viewers — and then have it re-
peat, repeat and repeat the
same commercial until you
want to close your eyes and ears
to avoid it ?"
He m e n t i o n s particularly
commercials for one headache
remedy, a head -cold congestion
remedy and several cigarettes.
I'm pretty Dorect with pictures
of draining sinuses, myself, but
at the top of my current "turn
the darned set off" list is the
one with the band marching,
for no apparent reason, through
a field of tobacco. And those
smokers who come up, up, up
from a valley of fog is in No. 2
place.
WHEN JOHNNY CARSON
gloves into Jack Paar's spot
next fall, the name of the NBC
program will revert to its origi-
nal one: "The Tonight Show,
starring Johnny Carson."
The true measure of Johnny's
success will be shown in the
speed with which NBC changes
the name to "The Johnny Car-
son Show."
Richard Boone has agreed to
make another season of "Have
Gun, Will Travel" shows, and
Walter Brennan, who was
thinking about quitting "The
Real McCoys" will take it eas-
ier next season, but appear in
about half the new episodes...
Gale Gordon, who has been
chosen to replace the late Jos-
eph Kearns as "Mr. Wilson" —
he'll play the original's brother
—is a very familiar face after
all those years of "Our Miss
Brooks" re -runs. He was the
sputtery school principal.
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• Recommended tonight: Dick
Powell Show, NBC, 9 -10 EST —
Powell and Sammy Davis Jr.
star in "The Legend."
etvet i ouch
and Congress
The Truman -Ei enhower-
Kennedy troubles with Congress
have had a single origin and no
change is in sight.
All that those who call them -
selves Democrats have in com-
mon, and the same goes for Re-
publicans, is a rubbery party
label. Both are split into liber-
als, middle - roaders and the very
conservative.
THE RESULT is a political
mish -mash and a kind of gen-
eral befuddlement for voters
who don't keep records.
If they did, the record would
show: The liberals of both par -
ties have more in common than
they have with their own con-
servatives while the latter en-
joy a far more instant affinity
than they do for the liberals or
middle- roaders in either party.
In the House the Democrats,
overwhelmingly 'outnumbering
the Republicans, could put
through any Kennedy program
if they voted as a party. But'
only Sunday House speaker
John McCormack acknowledg-
ed: Right now Kennedy doesn't
have enough votes in the House
to avoid rejection of his plan for
creating , a new department of
urban affairs and housing.
HE PREDICTED approval for
the President's free trade pro-
gram, federal aid for universi- :
ties and colleges, and not much
chance for Kennedy's program
of aid to public schools.
The Republicans, in this con-
gressional election year when
their best hope for picking up a
few seats is some indication that
they know what they stand for,
are split among themselves six
ways from Sunday.
The difference in their views
is just the current example of
the American political hash in
which party labels mean some-
thing only sometimes.
For instance, Arizona's Re-
publican Sen. Barry Goldwater,
who is making a career of being
a conservative, has more in
common with some conservative
Southern Democrats than with
another leader of his party who
has shown more liberal views.
New York's Gov, Nelson A.
Rockefeller.
It was on Rockefeller that
Kennedy recently used one of
his infrequent needles when he
jibed that he wasn't sure any
more that the governor wasn't I
moving to the right of Gold-
water.
Deeds
W. C rr Ann T.:ls Mitvbpll
to Ernest and Maggie Thelma
Moore, $10 and other considera-
tions, north one -half of 52 acres
and 3 acres, Stephen Jones Lea-
gue.
Mrs. Fannie Putz to Eddie
and Annie Lee Thomas, $10 and
other considerations, lot 5,
block , Prairie View Heights.
Jessie B. and E. J. Kish to
Lena Searcy, $10 and other con-
siderations, lot 8, 'and west one -
half of lot 9, block 85, City of
Bryan.
A. Roy Thomas to Gerald
Quinton and Mary Williamson,
north 200 feet of lot 6, block A,
Rohde's Addition.
J. R. Williams to Glynn A.
Williams, $10 and other consid-
erations, 1/8 interest in 68 acres,
John Austin Survey No. 8; 11
acres, John Austin League; 13
acres, John Austin Survey.
Clarence Sterling to Izola
Hodge, guardians, $10 and oth-
er considerations, lot 70, Legion
Addition.
J. R. and Thadie Mae Wil-
liams to Glynn A. Williams, $10
and other considerations, one -
half interest in 25 acres, John
Austin Survey No. 8.
Frank H. and Dell S. Rich-
ardson to Kenneth W. and Do-
nice M. Melson, $6,850, John
Austin League, 32,787 square
feet.
H. E. and Mildred Connor to
M. L. and Mildred Beasley, $10
and other considerations, lots 6
and 7, block 4, Beason Addition.
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Clear Facts About A Maddled Proposition --
MILLI'CAN"S FLOODED ROADS
WILL SEND BUSINESS ELSEWHERE
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If the Millican Dom project becomes a reality, what
will happen to the flooded roads?
In the case of FM 158, it seems likely that nothing will
happen. It will just stay under water. *V r
The Texas Highway Department says FM 158 "cannot
be severed ". But the Highway Department cannot, by traffic
count, justify a causeway across the lake — and it would
take a causeway over seven miles long to replace the flooded
portions of FM 158 !
The government wouldn't pay for it. The Bureau of
Public Roads says Federal -aid highway funds cannot be used
to replace roads flooded in building water resources projects.
These facts should be most alarming to Bryan business
men who have ood customers in the eastern trod area. It
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most likely they can just write this business off their books.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
George Adams —Bryan
Coulter Hoppess —Bryan
W. W. Humphries =Bryan
W R. McCullough —Bryan
Reed McDonald —Bryan
W. E. Moody — Navasota
R. P. "Bob" Trant —Iola
Coulter Hoppess, President
R. P. "Bob" Trant, Vice - President
In 1960, Bryan merchants rang up a whopping $41,-
557,000 in retail sales.. The east trade area was responsibls
for much of this business with an average of 1,010 vehicles
entering and leaving Bryan daily via FM 158. However, '
with FM 158 flooded, persons from the east wishing to shop
Bryan stores would face a long, long drive around the lake.
Many people would be closer to Houston.
It took some 22 years to get FM 158 in the first place.
It will take longer the next time around.
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4 � CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Skilfully demonstrating man's -
s ability to perform in space, steel nerved astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. flew
s .' a,y x three times around the earth Tuesday in four hours, 50 minutes, then landed
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'� `..: °° " Recover sh and lanes rushed t o the landing F .. Y P P g area.
Carrying the United States banner on this nations greatest day in
I I 11 �. .2. .. it � { the space age, the daring Marine lieutenant colonel took over partial man -
a : > �< w< :, ual control of his Friendship 7 spacecraft for more than three hours when
: trouble developed in the automatic system.
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'� the atmosphere.
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ar p.m. (Bryan time): 1.
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r l °' " self made the decision to complete the full three -orbit
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:� ` terminating the flight after two orbits because of the El
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`1' EI L TRAVELED MARINE reply when asked if he wanted to continue on his 17,530-
, mile an hour journey at altitudes ranging from 100 to 160
miles. I S Ass
Marine Col. John Glenn, as he climbed into his space vehicle to make America's first Officials said the capsule would have been commanded
orbital journey. Glenn was expected to complete three world orbits early this after- back to earth after one orbit if a human had not been
noon, after being successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the Friend- aboard to override the control problem. By JERRY PILLARD
ship 7 just before 9 a.m. (NEA Telephoto) For Glenn, it was a fulfillment of a dream and a great AUSTIN L41 — The chief engi-
personal triumph as he masterfully performed a series neer of the Texas Water Com-
of exacting tasks under high gra pressures. mission said today that man -
As the rocket carrying Glenn made salt water pollution of the
® C ircle r was ignited this morning at Ca- Navasota River could be al-
U e • e e naveral, great billows of smoke was reported climbing well on most eliminated within two
poured out of the bottom of the its trajectory, years.
tall Atlas shot through with Below, a high - altitude obser- John Vandertulip said the salt
e e S Destiny flashes of brilliant light. cation plane traced a lazy t water pollution mainly is c ear
Jetting from the bottom was a contrail to the south of the ing from two oil fields near
long tongue of bright orange climbing missile. Mexia. He said the commission
flame, looking m u c h like a As the rocket soared on to- would complete a study next
_ $ v _ WC"At.ra-la3 BENED1C - xpected situatioz�a u -~ �� moo-'- -male, Da- VU �l �f Y firew ward orbit, Glenn r rrm ed "I week showing the two main
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. TAN more vuivable t Ld n ,00d co - vi 1 ,and Carolyn, 14, i.. art o sThall * ro<xe� engm s, d , >� �� - ca�� �O�1Pr ,;- *`� +rte
—John H. Glenn Jr. today kept tinning," Glenn said. "If you a comfortable home in Arling- for minor course curreo- vase ticmentiOUS dumped into the river.
a personal date with destiny, a have successfully controlled ton, Va. tions, blazed brightly on either Mercury control center, re- S.' W. FREESE of Freese,
date he worked unswerving to- your airplane in an emergency, "I think it's good for John side of the long, pencil -like sil- ceiving a steady stream of re- Nichols and Endress Engineers,
ward for a long time. or dealt with an enemy whose to be alone," said Mrs. Glenn, ver rocket. ports, said that the Atlas said there are two chances for
In all ways since his selection Prime object is to destroy you, "to work out his studies and In seconds, a great roar bar- separated from the capsule the developing a dam on the
as a Mercury astronaut three your chances of making the get a good night's sleep." reled across the Cape and about five minutes after launch. river. He said one would be
his training struck the ears of reporters and Glenn reported it was a cheaper than the other, but the
years ago, Glenn drove himself Proper decision the next time During g period in „ problem must first be
p ollution
hard — dedicate'd and deter- Florida, he was apt to be found other observers near 1 y two `beautiful thing to see. c
mined to ride into space and IN EVERY POSSIBLE way , on a Sunday driving from Cape, miles away. ported 9:56 a.m., Glenn was re- cleared up.
Canaveral to Cocoa Beach to Ported in contact with Mercury Freese said Navasota water
contribute to man's knowledge.
Glenn drove himself hard to Less than two minutes after tracking station at Bermuda. had a normal salt content of 18
As far as anyone could tell, prepare for space flight. Wor- attend services at Riverside blastoff, which was 9:45 a.m., Glenn reported from his space Parts per million, but that pollu-
nothing could corrode his iron ried about his weight soon after Presbyterian church and auto- Eastern Standard Time, systems ship that he saw a very large tion has increased the total to
nerve. All those postponements, his selection as an astronaut, graph Bibles for youngsters aft- in the spaceship were ` go.' He cloud pattern near the Cape Ca- 98 parts.
including the heartbreaker of Glenn regimented his diet and erward. confirmed booster engine cutoff naveral area. Appearing in behalf of the
Jan. 27, when he spent 5 hours exercise and slimmed down HE SAID THAT r e l i g i o n about two minutes after liftoff The space ship was tilted in- Millican Dam project were of-
and 13 minutes strapped down from 195 pounds to a muscular should not be a sometime thing, and was r e a d i n g his instru- to its proper attitude. ficials from Bryan, Navasota,
in a capsule that wasn't going 165. handy only in emergencies. ments, reporting back on cabin At 10:09 a.m., the Kano, Ni- College Station, The Richmond
anywhere, could have unhinged Always very close to his fam- When he was being considered pressure and the gradual build- geria, station made contact and Rice Association, South Texas
a lesser man. But not Glenn, ily, Glenn nevertheless decided for Project Mercury, he and up of the pressures of gravity reported that the mission seem- Water Co., Dow Chemical Co.,
MODESTY ALSO stood out early that the Mercury program Anne consulted their minister that were forcing him back into ed to be going as planned. Briscoe Irrigation Co. and the
all over Glenn's make -up dur- was so important he would live about possible religious blocks his contour seat. The Kano station said Glenn Brazos River Authority.
ing his long training. In vain, in bachelor quarters at Langley to manned space travel. The Shortly before three minutes was in "excellent voice" as he Cost of the project is esti-
he pleaded with the world to Air Force Base, Va., seeing his minister assured them there he reported the escape tower passed overhead. It also report- mated at $65 million.
take the spotlight off him and wife and children only on were none. separation and the space ship (See RETURNS Page 4) FREESE SAID 35,000 tons of
his family and focus it on the salt is being dumped into the
worthwhile things to be done, river from man -made sources
and learned, up there in the each year.
skies. M on the Street R eaction Discussion was given to sell -
Why was Glenn, a family ing the water to r applicants, as
well as lower river users in Gal -
l-
man with two children, willing
to risk his life in a space cap- v County.
Most the water would be
sule whirling about the globe sh ot Is sober M i at 17,500 miles an hour? T o �J • s • O rbit used for industrial purposes.
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"We've got to do it," he once The Austin meeting was held
said. "We're going into an age prior to a meeting with Army
said,
exploration that will a big- By IVAN COLLIER by the remarkably smooth Manned Spacecraft Center near that the double caution attitude Engineers in Bryan March 1.
of
anything the world reac- .t
City Editor blastoff. There was a feeling Houston, should be congratulat- does pay off." Millican is a corps project.
Man - on - the - street hat this one was `right.' ed on their policy of extreme * * * Mayor John Naylor of Bryan
has ever seen.
"People are afraid of the fu- tions to today's space shot— One reaction I had, as soon carefulness where a human life Glynn A. (Buddy) Williams, said some concern over the cost
raised. A. E. Crank head of the De- as it became apparent that Col. is risked. insurance man and county of water had bee n a ed . He
ture, of the unknown. If a man >
faces up to it and takes the dare Partment of Aeronautical Engi- Glenn had been successfully or- All these delays have been Democratic chairman: "It's a estimated that the cost of the
neering, Texas A &M College: "I bited, was that the NASA peo- frustrating, but today's shot as great day in American history. cheaper project, to be enlarged
of the future, he can have some
control over his destiny. That's watched it on television 1 i k e ple, including R. R. Gilruth who well as the two `lob' shots and The whole world was watching. later if needed, was three times
an exciting idea to me, better everyone else ...was impressed w i l l be the director of the the Enos (monkey) shot show Personally, I was impressed less than the full development.
vv „ .. most by Col. Glenn's calm vo- E. H. Thornton Jr., Houston
than waiting to see what's going ice. He's an iron man, and the lawyer for the Navasota River
to happen." - " hole world knows it.... And Improvement Association, said
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Glenn, a balding 40- year -old we've got more like him:' the meeting brought "several
Marine lieutenant colonel, want- * , * fact and legal questions.
ed desperately to be the first ONE QUESTION, Thornton
American space pilot. He lost An Aggie Wife: "I imagine said, was whether the land for
the call on the first two flights she (Mrg. Glenn) was hoping the full development could be
to Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Vir- t �� that with all the recent delays purchased in advance.
gil I. Grissom. For each of these sci 4:.Y' they'd switch to Virgil Grissom Thornton a 1 s o questioned
brief suborbital flights, Gleans si or some other astronaut. At whether the pollution could be
was the backup astronaut. % least, that's the way I would cleared up before the dam is
HE RATED his backup ex- feel, but after all I'm not mar- built.
erience in which he worked .;? ried to a test pilot, so I really Commissioner Otha Dent said
P don't know how the astronaut's
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should take an
that the group
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closely with S ep d a s r ; -• wife would feel.
som for w e e k s before each k< , , * aggressive position." He said
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flight, as invaluable for his 1980 forecasts of water needs
round -the -world orbit mis- County Judge W i 11 i a m C. show a shortage in the lower
� (Bill) Davis. I watched it at
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Also invaluable was his ex- e
home. I was tense, because this re ak
: H thing was no joke. I imagine a — t for
"I think w in Texas a
perience as a combat pilot in lot of thinking people feel the lag a short sighted view
World War II and later in Ko- : the needs of water for tomor-
rea. He shot down three Com- (See REACTIONS Page 4) row," Dent said.
munist MIG fighters in the final Progress can only be made
days of the Korean War, and � ` V E ATH E R by sacrifice of a few, and we on
:.. ' the commission have to look at 1. after one dogfight returnea to :.?
base with more than 200 bul- " the best interests of the entire 1.
Scattered showers are ex-
pecied through Wednesday, state."
let holes in his plane. He won . _
five Distinguished Flying Cross- s' :. > >.: .:. :. : ,..f
`i> with partly cloudy skies, iem-
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top test pilot. Wednesday. Low tonight 58, night named a street in hon-
"Experience in dangerous and WATCHING — People gathered around all available television sets Tuesday morn- high Wednesday in high 70s. or of astronaut John H Glenn
ing awaiting the orbital flight of Col. John Glenn. Here, two Bryanites see a The high Monday was 70. Jr. on the eve of his expect -
Conventional FHA and Title 1 sketch of Glenn's calculated path while listening to Col. John Powers, the second of It went down to 52 this morn- ed orbital flight. Glenn Street
loans at Bryan Building and America's space men to ride a rocket. The scene' is Colson's Corner, 108 W. 26th. i and at noon was 63 formerly was Glendale Street.
Loan Association. — (Adv (Eagle Photo by Gene Dennis)
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BAUER IN COURT
Marvin Bauer of Groveton is shown here as he appear.
ed in Judge John M. Barron's 35th Judicial District
Court Monday to be tried for murder in the death of
his two aunts. Bauer presented his own plea for con-
tinuance after colorful Houston attorney Percy Fore-
man withdrew as his counsel Saturday. Barron did not
hold Foreman in contempt of court saying he was "not
worthy" and that "Bauer ought to be glad also that a
man like that withdrew from his case." Foreman, ac-
cording to the Houston Post, fired back with "The
trouble with Judge Barron is that he thinks the world
revolves around him. I have at least 30 or 40 capital
cases on my docket. It's not unusual for me to have six ,
cases set on a Monday. Today (Monday) I had four. I
was able to get two of them reset. The judge in Hous-
ton said he would hold me in contempt and Judge Bar-
ron said he would not. I do 90 per cent of my work
in Houston. To be held in contempt by a Houston judge
would damage me professionally." (Eagle Photo by
Gene Dennis)
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By MOLLIE BLAKE major legislation affecting pub -
Eagle Staff Writer lic schools, state colleges and
James A. (Jimmy) Turman, universities since I have been a
merrfber of the House for the
speaker of the House of Repre- past eight years."
sentatives who is a candidate As a farmer, "I was born and
for lieutenant governor. drove a reared on a farm and still live
few more nails in the balanced on a farm at Gober. Naturally I
budget plank of his platform have been interested and active
during his visit to the Bryan- in legislation affecting agricul-
College Station area today. ture."
Turman's visit was prompt- He has been chairman of the
ed by the C o u n t y Judges' Appropriations Committee for
and Commissioners' Conference, the past two terms, and sp-
ending today at Texas A &M pointed Representative B H.
College. The candidate said he Dewey Jr. of Bryan vice chair -
has worked closely with the man of this committee this past
association of county officials term.
the past three years.
Other interests pointed out by
"Fiscal responsibility, econo- the speaker included industry,
my in State government, and a tourist advertising, adequate
balanced budget," leads the Ac- care programs for senior citi-
tion Program for Texas printed zens, including Bryan's propos-
in Turman's brochure. ed Crestview, and s t r o n g e r
However, he said, many other criminal and civil laws.
important things have been Turman has been invited to
overshadowed for the past six speak at the annual Texas In-
years by the tax problem. dependence Day celebration
As a former assistant to the March 2 at Washington-on-the-
president at Texas Women's Brazos, an honor usually af-
University, Turman said he is forded the governor, who will
for equal rights for women. be out of state this year.
As a teacher, "I have always For fast, convenient banking
been interested in education service, use the drive -in window
and have sponsored most of the at City National Bank.— (Adv.)
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