Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 284, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 13, 1973 Page: 1 of 20
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Brownwood. Texas
Ten CentsDaily T wenty Cents Sunday
Thursday, September 13, 1973
Two Sections
Vol. 73 No. 284
Twenty Pages Todey
Luncheon
to launch
6
56/4
(Bulletin Photo)
here.
Israelis down 13 MIGs
1
Agency for the coup.
Atty. Gen. John Hill met procedures.
the Upper Texas Coast.
Maryland probers back at work
Enrollment reaches
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y
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Crews ready to tackle
leaking gas lines here
MICROFILK CNT4R,INC
2043 Procter St. P.O
Authority, which operates
Park Homes as well as other
EVEN THE FAIR SEX learns the art of throwing hand
grenades at this military traiming site west of Phmom Penh, the
Cambodian capital. Two months of this and it's off to fight the
Communists.
Brownwood:
My choice,
your opportunity
drtve is to get underway tm Brown County at a
noon luncheon Friday in Chisholm’s
Restaurant.
January
It has yet to receive informa-
tion on the Agnew phase of the
corruption probe, which was
publicly disclosed by the vice
president six weeks ago. The
probe allegedly centers on Ag-
new before and during his term
as governor.
shai told a newsman.
The grand jury is in-
vestigating allegations of kick-
backs and conspiracy which
may involve Vice President
Spiro T Agnew.
U.S. Atty. George Beall re-
fused to comment earlier in the
day on the grand jury's plans
for today, but courthouse
sources indicated one or more
indictments, probably of other
local officials, might be forth-
coming
Asked why the strict secrecy
provisions, never before under-
taken during this investigation.
1,410 at H-Payne
Enrollment at Howard Payne
officially reached 1,410 today
and college officials expect it to
go higher before the Sept. 21
registration deadline
Still to be tabulated are the
number of students signing up
for night classes and other
special courses
HPC officials are expecting a
record turnout this year of
almost 1,000 students.
Dormitories are at full oc-
cupancy for the fall term w aich
officially began last week
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) -
The special grand jury probing
alleged political corruption in
Maryland resumed work today
under conditions of unprece-
dented secrecy
Federal court house corridors
leading to the grand jury room
were sealed off by U.S. mar-
shals with walkie-talkies who
refused to allow newsmen with-
in sight of the grand jury room
or a nearby elevator.
"No public trials and no pub-
lic hearings are in this area and
it is closed to the public on the
orders of the United States
attorney," one assistant mar-
,222
This presentation, mainly
from witnesses who have been
granted immunity, has been
stalled on orders of Atty. Gen.
Elliot I. Richardson, who said
he must decide two key ques-
tions first Whether there is
sufficient evidence to try for an
indictment.
patrol along the Syrian border ground by rocket fire and the sea
Earlier reports from Beirut
said Syrian authorities notified
Beirut airport that Israeli
planes were staging an air at-
tack somewhere in Syria. and
that Syrian air space had been
closed to all aircraft
informants in Beirut said the
Beirut airport was closed to all
commercial traffic along with
the Damascus airport. 6
Beirut airport sources said i
they understood Israeli planes k —
were raiding at or near Tartous, 1 I
Syria's second largest port city 1 4
on the Mediterannean. Tartous
is about 70 miles north of Beirut. Wudan
Israeli and Syrian warplanes "4
last clashed Jan. 8 when the Is- » •
raeli acommand claimed its pi- an Al
been a very serious problem
if it had occurred during cold
weather," City Manager
Harry Miller said this
morning.
The problem came to light
Sunday when a resident of
the development reported a
strong gas smell to Lone Star
showed major leaks in the
Park Homes distribution
system, which belongs to the
housing authority, not the
gas company.
And a check of Lone Star
records confirmed that
consumption in gas at Park
Homes showed "significant
increase" over this same
time in previous years —
indicating some type of
problem.
Because of the leaks which
were allowing gas to collect
under housing units, Lone
Star turned off the gas
See CREWS sa Page U'
Beall replied:
"By tradition and statute,
grand jury proceedings are se-
cret. Certain steps have been
taken to proserve that privacy.
Even witnesses going before the
grand jury an part of the
privacy and we intend to have
it."
Within the area cordoned off
by the marshals was an eleva-
tor by which witnesses appear-
ing before the grand jury could
come and go out of sight of re-
porters.
The grand jury was sworn in
last December and generally
has met once a week since
Holland, pilot; Juannel Wright,
county; and Pete Levisay,
Bangs.
“If every employe in Brown
County would contribute 41 per
month for a year or $1 per
See UF on Page 2A
_ Tellas, Tezas 75235 _
Brownwood Bulletin
9 .
WRAT Ism-Kit Timmins has just found
out what Brown County United Fund drive
chairman Bob Simmons, right, has planned
for the campaign kick-off here Friday. The
I
Pinochet heads up J
new military junta -
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — stallation for a Id-man Cabinet closed in on the presidential nounced plans of their members
Gen Augusto Pinochet Ma- composed of seven generals, palace to return to work But ap-
rambio, a 55-year-old artillery two colonels and an admiral. Newsmen downtown, unable parently because of the armed
officer, today became the presi- Pinochet also is commander to leave their offices and hotels resistance, the military ordered
dent of Chile's four-man mill- in chief of the army, named to because of an around-the-clock all civilians to remain off the
tary junta while troops skir- the job by Salvador Allende just curfew, reported hearing 20 to streets. The announcement said
mished in the streets with ar- two weeks before Allende's 30 sustained gunfights during only military vehicles could dr-
med supporters of the nation’s Marxist government was the night and this morning. culate. This city of three million
dead Marxist president deposed in a violent coup The The curfew was to have been seemed deserted Stores and
At a midnight ceremony junta says the 65-year-old lifted at 7 a.m. Numerous pro- offices also have been closed
Pinochet, a powerfully built 8- Allende committed suicide fessional organizations which since the coup began Tuesday
footer, signed the act of in- Tuesday afternoon as troops had endorsed the coup had an- morning.
Newsmen also received unof-
estimated that only some 35
of the 30-year-old units can
be repaired, and that the
remainder of the units will
be condemned from further
use
At present some 82
apartments are occupied at
Brownwoods' Park Homes
where residents have been
without gas service all week
Ted Petty, who will be
contractor for the work, said
this morning he expects to
have a significant number"
of the repairable lines back
in service within a week and
hopes the entire project will
not take more than two
weeks.
But officials of the
relocation outside housing
authority facilities
necessary for the remaining
families
Exact number of apart-
ments which can be repaired
cannot be determined until
work is started, officials
said.
City and housing authority
officials agreed this morning
that the only bright spot in
the problem is that it
developed now instead of
during cold weather when
heating the affected apart-
ments would have been a
pressing problem.
Residents of Park Homes
have been inconvenienced
this week by a lack of gas
service, but it would have
the military command report-
ed. One Israeli plane was hit but
the pilot was rescued from the
sea unharmed.
Itwas the biggest air battlein figures show. Israel has lost
-uiamitim iamti
was a chance encounter with During the 1967 war, Israel earlier in Beirut. The air action Allende demonstration ... -
Syrian warplanes that wiped out more than 400 Arab appeared to have been confined Buenos Aires Wednesday night fgding today, the National
scrambled into the air to inter- planes in a single day, but most to the dogfight swirling from the and shouted slogans blaming Weather Service said this
cept an Israeli reconnaissance of them were caught on the Syrian cease-fire line out over the U.S. Central Intelligence morning:.
------- - .... And all the area got out of
5
ficial reports that armed resist-
ance to tile new military leaders
was centered in industrial
areas, where factories have
been occupied, and in working
class neighborhoods.
Unofficial sources say 500 to
1,000 people have been killed
since Tuesday. There was no
way to establish an exact casu-
alty toil The military, in control
of the only radio stations on the
air, has not mentioned
casualties or prisoners, and
communications remain errat-
ic
Pinochet, a career officer,
had remained, until recent
years, out of politics and out of
the public eye. This was the
tradition of the Chilean mili-
tary, which staged its first coup
in 46 years last Tuesday
Pinochet came to public at-
tention for the first time last fall • • I -
Briscoe orders patrolmen
declared Santiago a military
tone with Pinochet in com- _ m • •II ■ ■
^K^to Gatesville state school
and Pinochet warned that if the
1 streets4 woEd be very dan- GATESVILLE, Tex. (AP) — fred Cummings and offered to- slap or beat the boys, but only Briscoe at the school's recep-
' gerous “because the army, un- Gov. Dolph Briscoe ordered cal officials whatever help they restrain them. And you get a big tion center. Turman said M
1 like the police, goes out to kill." highway patrolmen Wednesday needed, including calling out old strapping boy..." boys were at large at that time.
Pinochet had been the army night to help round up scores of the National Guard. "That's the biggest joke I’ve Briscoe authorised the “16 or
J commander-in-chief last year boys who escaped from the Ga- "I don't think you need to call ever heard," said Briscoe aide 17" highway patrolmen in the
while Gen. Carlos Prats was a tesville State School for Boys, out the National Guard," said Mack Wallace, area to assist in recapturing
member of Allende’s Cabinet. Briscoe and his wife Janey State Dist. Court Judge Byron “They'll (the guards will) them.
Last Nov. 2 Prats became flew here from Dallas to learn, McClellan. take care of it, I’ll tell you," ‘They’ve destroyed every-
commander-in-chief again and as one aide said, “what the The judge said the guards at McClellan said, turning to thing they could—glass, doors-
Pinochet served as his chief of hell’s going on." the school felt helpless because Briscoe. at every school, with the pos-
staff until Prats broke with Al- Disturbances and escapes be- of a “misinterpretation" of an The judge explained that all sible exception of Sycamore."
lende on Aug. 23 and retired gan last week, and there had order issued Aug. 31 by U.S. the guards needed was to be told Turman told the governor's
• Air battle biaaest since war • Hoping to keep the military been conflicting reports on the Dist. Court Judge William they could they could use force wife. “I'm just glad no one has
99 loyal, Allende reshuffled his extend of the outbreak. Wayne Justice of Tyler. in apprehending and re- been hurt."
TEL AVIV l AP)-Israeli air lots shot down six Syrian MIG bombs before they could take Cabinet and the military high Briscoe walked into the office McClellan said the order in straining the boys "This type of court order is
force jets shot down 13 Syrian 21s - part of the arms ship- off. ’ command, naming Pinochet of Coryell County Sheriff Win- formed the guards they "cannot Someone suggested that they See SCHOOL on Page 2A
MIG21 fighters in a dogfight to- ments to Damascus from the __ . army commander call the federal judge.
day over the Mediterranean, Soviet Union Theumilitary. commandasaid The three other junta mem- . . McClellan got him on the line pzII z....
the°number*tofe gruuemusans mmassrmeEtetmm butwas commandsreia; Aam: Area given longshot Hill, judge
- g „ t discuss
sixday war, -srae. military helicopter. the uniformed police, Gen. Ce- 010000 tor SHOWerS force is necessary. discipline
The Israeli command made sar Mendoza _ , ably necessary, and it does not *
More than 30,000 people, most Chances for scattered Wednesday afternoon was a include striking or beating ex- AUSTIN (AP) — Atty. Gen
of them under 30, staged a pro- thundershowers over Mid- sultry 94 with this morning's cept in defense . Yes, sir, John Hill left for Tyler today to
in Texas tonight appeared to be low here 72. judge, we have a bunch of kids talk with U.S. District Judge W
Work was scheduled to
begin this afternoon to repair
leaking gas lines in
Gas Co. Investigation
moist, unstable air Wednesday
night was the sight of lightning
and an occasional rumble of
thunder as unruly weather
rambled over West Texas.
A thunderstorm which
brought .70 of an Inch of rain
overnight to Brookesmith was
about as far east as the showers
rambled.
Forecasters look for a slight
cool-off but actually little
change in temperatures in the
area through Monday under
partly cloudy skies. Highs
should remain in the 80s with
lows ranging around 70.
The high in Brownwood
BROWNWOOD AREA -
Partly cloudy tonight with a
slight chance for scattered
thundershowers. Clear to
partly cloudy and slightly
cooler Friday Low tonight
near 70, high Friday in the
10s
Maximum temperature
here Wednesday 94. over-
night low 72. Sunset today
7:46. sunrise Friday 7:10.
1
Thunderstorms raged during running but we've got an awful Wayne Justice about a federal
the night and into today over lot of large boys running, too.” court order affecting the
broad reaches of Texas, some- Briscoe also talked to the handling of inmates at the Ga-
times loaded with hail and judge. who continued to quote tesville School for Boys
dumping rain at rates up to from his order. Restraint could "I want to emphasize to the
two inches per hour, be put “on inmates in the act of court that while everyone un-
Brilliant electrical storms ac- escaping or to prevent the derstands that there must be no
companied some of the down- destruction of property," he use of punitive measures, rea-
pours, which in one area said. sonable means should be avail-
stretched from North Central The governor then drove to able to achieve discipline," Hill
Texas into Oklahoma the school. said “I believe that this is what
Other belts of seething turbu- Four of the boys could be seen the court intended in the
lence extended from around wandering in a field less than decision."
Midland in West Texas to An- 100 yards off the road. One of Hill went to Texas Youth
drews on the north. Mineral them, wearing only an un- Council facilities in Gatesville
Wells on the northeast, and dershirt and pants, raised a Wednesday night for a personal
Brady on the east, from Del Rio hand in a gesture that could not inspection of the disturbances
down the Rio Grande past be discerned for certain at that there He said he also checked
Laredo, between Cotulla and distance. with council executive director
Corpus Christi in South Texas Dr. James Turman, director Dr. James Turman and council
and over the Gulf of Mexico off of the Texas Youth Council, and lawyer Bob Salter on legal
Brownwood Housing
housing units
Park Homes with about 10
others vacant
About 15 or so families can
be relocated to vacancies in
other housing authority
projects here, with
APARTLY CLOUDY
,$043
— -suhdbhk
I UF drive
#- The 1973 Brown County
"•i United Fund drive will have its
gm official beginning Friday with a
■Cig noon luncheon at Chisholm's
I Restaurant.
4 Entertainment for the tan-
d cheon will be provided by Bob
~D Tindle, a case worker at the
4 Brownwood State School for
A Girls. Also, according to drive
a chairman Bob Simmons, a
d surprise award will be
• a presented
V, V United Fund workers and all
A interested persons are urged to "
22 attend
The drive division chairmen
m for this year, as announced by
2 Simmons. are Phillip Fenton,
m advance: Bert Massey.
m professional: Jack Pike Jr.,
special Delta Theta Chapter of
Epsilon Sigma Alpha, women's
Pat Byrom, club
m Also, Tom Yantis, com-
MM mercial 1: Louise McKinzie.
m commercial 2: Jack G Smith,
m commercial 3; Dr Dale
E Wheelis, out of town, Mike
m Nuss, employee: Lonnie
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