Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 102, Ed. 1 Monday, February 12, 1973 Page: 1 of 12
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Brownwood Bulletin
COOLER
Monday, February 12, 1973
Brownwood Texas
Twelve Poges Todo,
out of the glare of the wel-
CI.ARK AIK BASE, Philip-
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Markets dose in bid
to cool dollar crisis
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Panel starts talent hunt
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Ross elected to
chamber office
Front may
pack rains
Families find Texas
POWs look okay on tv
some 500 proposed names by the of 1876 The recommendations fluential friends to support him
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showers and thundershowers
for Mid-Texa this afternoon
A statement by Chancellor
Willy Brandt's government
Sunday appeared to rule out an
upward revaluation of the mark
or an upward float of the mark
against the dollar. But sources
in financial circles believed the
Bonn and Tokyo governments
The first group of released
prisoners stepped out into free-
cupid’s day by selecting that just right
valentine for someone very special. She is the
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. King of
A new Pacific cooHfront posed
the possibility of scattered i
V AI ENTINE DILKMMA Carol Snyder, 17, a
junior at Brownwood High School, is among
the ( entral Texas teenagers preparing for
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Hobby already had received
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comine brass and the television
. ameras, the POWs seemed like
an excited group of school boys
kids on their way to a high
school football game, hanging
wut of the bus windows, waving
and shouting at exuberant
people who lined the one-mile
drive from the flight line to the
50-bed base hospital
Reporters were not allow ed to
plane. Navy Capt. Jeremiah A.
benton Jr of Virginia Beach.
Va. God bless America."
More than 60 doctors on duty
at the base hospital began ex-
aminin: the freed prisoners
The first to’ arrive were 116
from North Vietnamese pris-
ons, ferried on the 24--hour
flight from Hanoi by three U.S.
Air Force Starlifter hospital
planes
A second contingent of * men
headed here from South Viet-
nam They were released north
>4 Saigon following a daylong
dispute that delayed their
departure. A 27th prisoner re-
leased with them remained be-
hind at a Saigon hospital
Spokesmen at Clark said
large numbers of the returned
prisoners requested a regular
Anerican dinner instead of the
bland diets doctors had planned
to nurse their digestive sys-
tems And most got it.
Ilie prisoners in South Viet-
Showers were expected to :
break out near and ahead of the i
Pacific front as it collided with ,
warm, moist air from the Gulf I
of Mexico
143 prisoners come home
- • thousand military personnel, 4
C. L. (Bl D) ROSS
..new president
Koger Clark, Stuart Coleman.
Bill Jamar, Harold Koch,
Harold Lockwood and Gene
Porter.
dependents and newsmen were
teady as the POWs, some of
them limping walked off the
hospital planes at this base,
then first stop on their 12,000-
mile trip home.
One man produced a hand-
kerchief-sized blue-lettered sign
an held it up so the crowd and
newsmen could see it, "God
bless America and Nixon."
A tough-looking Marine ma-
jor wiped his eyes. A two-star
Air Force general waved both
Ins arms high, the fingers on
both hands forming the V-sign.
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and tonight, the National
Weather Service said this ;
AUSTIN (API - A committee Dolph Briscoe, L. Gov Bill
of six had an afternoon meeting Hobby. Speaker Price Daniel
cooling trend behind the front,
although low temperatures in
this area were expected to not
go below the 10s tonight with
Tuesday's highs in the 50s.
Brownwood had a low of 47 i
this morning while the Sunday ]
interview the men, but one
newsman shouted. How does it
feel to be back?"
"Great," yelled back a pre-
See HOME on Page 2
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No emergency medical
treatmnent was required and did
not seem necessary," a spokes-
man said later "On the most
part the men were ebullient."
Jeffrey had been a prisoner since his
plane was shot down in December 1965
Among the first Texans released
were two other Dallas men. Maj.
Warren Robert Lilly and Maj. Jerry A.
, Singleton; Lt. Col. Samuel K. Johnson
of Plano, Maj. Robert N. Daughtrey of
Del Rio; I J. Col. Thomas J. Curtis of
Houston; and Capt. James E. Ray of
I angview.
Johnson walked briskly down the
ramp after his arrival on the third
• plane, smiled, and saluted
I < ouldn’t believe how marvelous he
looked," said his elated wife. "He
looked so y nung and his salute was so
shapps "
Johnson had been held captive since
his plane was shot down in April 1966 .
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Bi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I don't believe it!" cried Joy Jeffrey
of Dallas today as she watched via
television the arrival of her POW
husband at Clark Air Base in the Philip-
pines
Maj Robert Jeffrey stepped from the
(HL moved down the airplane ramp
and smartly saluted the flag
He looks just the same," Mrs.
Jeffrey'said. "They all look so won-
ilerful They look okay
Her hands reached out to the
television set and traced his outline
across the television screen.
Such was the household drama as
three planeloads of American prisoners
of war, several of them Texans, arrived
from Hanoi after their freedom from
captivity.
Vol. 73 No. 102
afternoon maximum hefe was I
55 degrees
Extended forecasts for the Ii
area predict fair, cool weather
lor Mid-Texas Tuesdaythrough
Thursday
...International conference urged
BONN, Germavy l AP) — would soon be an international jor currencies.
Most foreign exchange markets meeting, similar to the 1971 Sources in Basel. Switzer-
were closed around the world Smithsonian conference in land, where the heads of the
today in an effort to cool off the w ashington. to work out a new major central banks held their
dollar crisis. There was wide- hedule of exchange rates for monthly meeting Sunday, said
spread speculation that there the non-Communist world's ma- the Japanese were pressing for
uch a conference this week in
Pans.
weekend. Daniel said he had
gotten "several hundred"
nominations, and Briscoe
claimed "about aft or 60" per-
ons had been suggested to him
Another member of the selec-
tion i ommittee. Atty. Gen. John
I ax Ninh IS miles north of Sal-
on and flown to Saigon ih U.S.
helicopters for transfer to hos-
vital planes and the 2-hour and
15-minute flight to Clark Air
Itase,
The releases at Hanoi and Loi
Ninh left 341 American
prisoners in North Vietnamese
l lands, 72 in South Vietnam and
7 in Laos, accorcing to Hanoi’s
• ount supplied to the United
States. The remainder are to be
i eleased at two-week intervals
in groups about the same size as
today's.
POW list
on page 2
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C. I- Bud Hoss of 607 Oak
Park Dr was elected president
of the Brownwood Chamber of
Commerce at a noon meeting of
chamber directors today
He will succeed Gegrge
Crews Under chamber of
< ommerce by-laws, the retiring
president becomes first vice
t. esident for the new year
Myrl Furry was elected
second vice president for the
new year and James llallum
was elected as treasurer.
Retiring are Dr. Robert H
Johnson as second vice
president and Steve Morelock
as treasurer.
All new officers and directors
will lie formally introduced at
the chamber's annual mem-
bership dinner April 3.
Joining the board meeting
today as newly-elected direc-
tors of the Brownwood Chamber
of Commerce were Ben Barns.
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to give it as much time as pos- across Texas in an unsuccessful
sible before the Nov. 1 deadline Ind to win the Democratic nom-
to report its proposals for matron for the U.S Senate in
■ hanging the Texas Constitution 1972, was in town phoning in-
nam 19 servicemen and I ci-
New directors were elected in would permit changes as part of
membership balloting con- a general realignment of the
ducted by mail recently They world's currencies.
were named to three-year
I lie German, British and Ital-
Holdover directors nclude H. tan finance ministersmet Sun-
Gene Autry. Bil Bell. Crews. E day night in Paris with F rench
M Hamilton. Johnson, Roy finance minister Valery Gis
Simmons, Joe‘Weatherby, B.C. ard dEstaing and Paul.Vol-
I’iinkard. MyrI Furry, Halhim, cker.. U.S Treasury under-
Morelock, Jack Pilon, Ross and cecetary for monetary affairs
Nobert Simmons Volckercame to Paris after a
Retiring after three years on swing through Tokyn London,
the board are silas Byrd. Ed Bonn and Rome to discuss the
Ik ven. Putter Jarvis, Ernest monetary situation.
Morris, Groner Pitts. Don There was no word on what, if
Reese Maurice Shaw and W M anything, was decided at the
Streckert. meeting
Relatives display excitement, relief
Bi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS the miqure of excitement, anx- she said call home and their families exclaimed today I m so happy
■We can really relax now lety and relief expressed today Noting that Collins, who was waited by the telephone lie was among the first to
He's back on U.S soil again." ■ hi the relatives of American, captured Oct 18. 1965. had re- I'm skipping classes today,” arrive I m just thrilled to
The comment by Mrs Jay POWs freed in Indochina. portedly suffered a broken leg said larry Jackson, the brother death'
Marlowe the sister of Navy Many POW relatives watched and undergone two operations, of Air Force Capt. Charles A. Her jubilation was ignited by
cidr Leonard Eastman, 39, of an early morning telecast of the Mrs. Collins added: "I was ex- Jackson of Charleston, WVa., an early morning telecast of the
Bi rnardston Mass reflected arrival of the prisoners from pelting him to come down the who was shot down June 24, arrival at an American air base
North Vietnam at Clark Air steps I of the plane I on crutches. 1972. Larry, a student at Mar- of the first planeload of
Force Base, the Philippines, but he didn't even have a cane." shall University at Huntington. American prisoners of war
We saw Leonard on tele- The wait for the news that the W Va., said he was waiting by a freed from captivity in North
vision," said Mrs. Marlowe, prisoners actually had been phone in his dormitory for a Vietnam
whose brother was captured Ireed was extra long for the all, I'm walking on air and । he plane, one of three that
June 21, 1966 "He was on the relatives of 19 servicemen and 8 sitting on the edge of my chair,” had flown to Hanoi to pick up
third plane and we thought he civilians released in South Im said . POWs, returned her son, Navy
looked good.” Vietnam. Their release was de- The relatives watched the Cmdr. Render Crayton of La
Mrs. James Quincy Collins layed by more than 12 hours by telecasts of each of the three Jolla, < alif., and 39 other
Sr. of Atlanta, Ga., the mother a dispute over the freeing of planes that carried the men American prisoners of war
of Lt. Col J Quincy Collins Jr., prisoners held by the South from Hanoi freed today and flown from
spotted her son quickly. “I The men were told at Clark I saw him land'" Mary Jane Hanoi to Clark Air Base in the
thought he looked real good," that they would be allowed to < rayton of LaGrange, Ga., Philippines
scheduled today to begin the
task of sifting perhaps
thousands of names for a cov-
rted place on another com-
mittee to rewrite Texas' con-
stitution.
The full House and Senate
wi re to resume work at 11 a m.
after returning from a three-
das weekend.
Forecasts called for a slight I
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BROWNWOOD AREA
Mostly cloudy tonight with
possible scattered showers
or thunderstorms A little
cooler tonight, partly cloudy
and a little cooler Tuesday
Low tonight in the 40s, high
Tuesday in the 50s.
Maximum temperature
here Sunday 55, overnight
low 47 Sunset today 6:19.
sunrise Tuesday 7:22.
The appointment of 37 Texans Hill speculated they might
io a constitutional revision receive thousands of names,
committee shapes up as a gi- Thei hope to choose the 37-
antic talent hunt by Gov. m mber committee this month
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will lie submitted to the legisla- 'or a place on the committee,
tun in January 1974 others also were looking for
Former Kep. Frances Tarem ways to get a beadstart for a
tholdl. a Corpus Christi lawyer committee spot
W Iki lost to Briscoe (or governor Some government officials
in the Democratic primary last are saying privately that any-
sear was suggested to Daniel une appointed to the i ommittee
by 20 flouse members after he will "have to put aside their
cn rouraged the House to for- regular job for six months be-
ward its choices ; cause the committee has so
Tom < artlidge, who hiked nuurh work to do.
> ilians — were turned over at
(lines (API — A total of 143
prisoners of war came back to-
iay under the Stars and Stripes,
the flag some had not seen for
right years.
Most of the men flown to this
base after release from Com-
maaist captivity in North and
South Vietnam were reported in
good physical condition as they
< hecked into a U.S. hospital.
"We are honored at the op-
portunity to serve our country
under difficult circumstances,"
-aid the first prisoner to step out
’of the first returning hospital
dom with sharp salutes,
cautious smiles and their heads
held high - their emotions
thinly r oncealedtehind the for-
mality of the moment
in gray jackets and dark gray
trousers provided by their
North Vietnamese captors, the
men released from the "Hanoi
lidton" made their first contact
with home as emotionally
harged crowds chanted, "Wel-
come home. We love you."
The applause and cheers from
the excited crowd of several
Tokyo was reported under in- {
creasing pressure from the 3
United States to revalue the yen ■
upward But the Japanese B
sovernment was waiting for B
West Germany and the rest of B
the ( ommon Market nations to B
’ act, and the Germans continued E
to insist they would not increase 3
the value of the mark
unilaterally. N
Although West Germany 's of- "
1 ficial foreign currency ex- m
h change was closed. trading com H
E tinued on Frankfurt’s open •
• money market Dealers said F
- they expected the dollar to k
I settle at 3 marks, a 5 per cent •
devaluation from the floor level
ol 3.15 marks which the West
i ierman government is pledged L.
to maintain under the Smithso-
nian Agreement.
Ten CentsDaily Twenty Ceats Sundoy
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