European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes Tum Day october 24, 1967 soviets poaching on Texas town s suburb Deer Park Tex. Up the soviet government probably does not know it but its unmanned spaceship trespassed when it landed on Venus Las week. Deer Park Tex. Owns  least it claims it does by a City Council decision on aug. 31, 1965, the Council decided to Annex the entire planet and a strip of space 400 feet wide and 50 million Miles Long Between the City and  that time the chamber of Commerce was in financial Straits and its president or. Lee Bishop suggested the Council an nex the planet and sell property at $1 or $2 an acre. The More expensive Price was for water front  Park also got caught in the Middle of a property Debat Between Houston and Pasadena at the time. Deer Park is in four killed As logs fall in cars path Dawsonville a. A four persons were killed Sun Day As a Load of logs Tumble from a pulpwood truck into the path of two oncoming cars Testate patrol said. We Only know that four per sons were reported dead on arrival at a  a state patrol dispatcher said. We Don t even know How Many other were  mrs. Toy Jenkins wife of the Dawson county sheriff said the Load of logs apparently jus came Loose and rolled Over on the cars. Circled by Houston Pasadena and la Porte and has no room to grow. So the policy became if we can t grow out we can grow  the City Council agreed an the chamber sold about $800 Worth of lots on Venus which according to Bishop helped it  is one of those Little gimmicks that snowball and be fore you know it you have go your hands full Bishop said. People have heard of Deerpark who probably never would have. The publicity even thought was in jest  Bishop said he had been tempted to protest officially to t h e soviet Union but decided the idea might be a bit imprudent from the standpoint of International relations. Platform  i thought about writing the soviet embassy a not saying they had landed on private prop erty and we wanted to get a Little compensation out of it Bisho said. He said part of the income from the Sale of the lots paid for a promotional film about Deerpark showing the town As a Small suburb with the advantages of a big City. Gop governors seek 1968 role aboard is Independence a Republican governors Are demanding that the National party name one of them to share with sen. Everett , r-h1., the platform chairmanship of the 1968 convention. The gop state executives Ca Cusing aboard this National governors conference cruise ship instructed their policy committee to draft platform planks expressing a moderate View on Domestic issues and of Fering an alternative to presi Dent Johnson s course in Viet Nam. Gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York a member of this group said preliminary drafts might be available for a Decem Ber meeting of the Republican state executives in Palm Beachola. Gov. John a. Love of col Orado retiring chairman expressed the Hope they would be some of the governors obviously fear that unless they can offset it Dirksen s Basic support for Johnson s course in Vietnam might leave the republicans Ina position where there would be Little distinction Between the parties on War policies in the Campaign. Even if they can t wangle Aco chairmanship of the platform committee out of the Republican National committee they pretty As a picture 1968 Galen at stars & stripes bookstores intend to insist that the71-year-old Senate Republican Leader share with their More Youthful members the television spotlight when the platform misread to the convention. They already have endorsed Youthful personable gov. Dan Iel j. Evans of Washington for temporary chairman and Keyno Ter for next August s meeting i Miami Beach fla., to choose an opponent for the democratic nominee. They have Little doubt that Evans will be named to give the country the kind of fresh look they want at the Star of the convention. The More experienced Mem Bers of the 25-member Contin gent of gop state executive Learned from the 1964 convention that the moderates were going to have to plough the Field Early if they expected to pre vent the party s Strong conservative faction from writing platform of its choosing. Accordingly they have agreed to see to it where they can that their own state delegations name platform representatives who can plug for moderate principles. Each state names a Man and a woman a committee members. Conservative minority minority of the gop Gover nors is conservative in  Are 25 states where republicans Don t hold the governorships and in those the moderates will have to depend on senators and House members to use their influence in this re Spect. Thus the moderates have their work Cut out for them in offsetting the influence of Dirk sen who they remember was conservative enough to have placed Barry Goldwater s name in nomination at the 1964 convention. While the gop governors generally agree they want a More progressive platform in 1968,they still Are casting about for a nominee who looks like a win Ner. In several Days of cozy Chat with his colleagues gov. George Romney conceded head picked up no new support for his expected announcement next month that he is a candidate for the  a news conference he could name Only Rockefeller and  h. Chafee of Rhode Island chairman for 1968 of the Republican governors association As Active supporters Hospital care May Cost $100 a Day thu gun