Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 166, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 26, 1964 Page: 1 of 26
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. SUNDAY, APRIL 26, HM
THIRTY PAGES TODAY
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Johnson To Ask Congress
Contest
Brownwood Native
Gets SMU Position
ac-
tivity in the public school pro-
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Republican Primary Balloting
uncial aid. psychological serv-
Nixon,
Youth Charged In Slaying
made."
ROPE TORNADO
bail for arraignment in the dou-
south. Clear to partly cloudy
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daamusmiai
3%,.
Bank Deposits
Hit New Peak
Becky Crouch Wins
Miss Mohair Crown
Lynda’s engagement to Navy
Lt. (j.g.) Bernard Rosenbach
had been broken by mutual
stabbed and beaten to death
last Aug a in their apartme”’
Schools in Brownwood dis-
missed early when official re-
ports at the tornado sighting
of Brownwood Mfg. Co were
permitted to leave work about
3:45 p.m since some at them
Whitmore, displaying no emo-
: tion, was ordered held without
On other major topics, the
President said:
and t i from its roof scattered
for ore-fourth mile
Pert aps heaviest damage was
on th Win place. where four
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storms were reported.
The second twister struck near
the Mercer Gap community in
tin. Miss Fife’s escort was Bob
McKnight of Abilene. and Miss
Ward was escorted by William
Mike Mercer of Austin.
Dr. A. McDonald Held, head
of the speech and drama arts
contests, the event takes in Saigon,
roughly the same area as the
eastern part of UlL Region H. I
Cain said. Competition is design- a
By ROLAND UNDSEY
orTesgnnsat
life at the University of Texas.
During his five years in the
Navy, he rose to the rank of
commander.
After a year as vice president
(See NATIVE on Page 2)
burg.
Wearing a gleaming white
centralized academic services.
Office and title of dean of stu-
dents is being discontinued.
Centralized academic services
the new vice president will ad-
minister include office of ad-
missions, registration and rec- (
ords, student selection and fin-
Viet Nam. will retire Aug. 1 and wide contest, where most of the
be replaced by his deputy. Lt i stiff competition is among 4A
Gen William C. Westmoreland, and 3A schools.
___ _rl______ barns were completely destroy-
“I ran in the house and grat- ed ant another was unrooted.
gram, he added.
The annual Brownwood Stage
Band Festival, held each Feb-
ruary. is not related to this con-
tese. It is primarily a state-
Roy Richard Rubottom Jr.,
Brownwood native and former
ambassador to Argentina, will
assume duties July 1 as vice
president for university life at
Southern Methodist University.
Rubottom, son of Mrs. Elea-
nor Rubottom of 1217 Fisk Ave.,
has had a distinguished career
in the U.S. Foreign Service, in-
cluding appointment as assistant
secretary of state for inter-
American affairs, holding that
post longer than any former
appointee.
PERSONNEL SERVICES
By 800 Persons
Miss Becky Crouch of Fredericksburg. who said
earlier this week that she wanted to win the Miss Mohair
gown. Miss Crouch was escort-
ed by Don Patterson of Aus-
ble murder
Miss Wylie, 21. daughter at
writer and television producer
Max Wylie and niece of author
Philip Wylie. and Miss Hoffert,
23, daughter of Dr. Henry Hof:
I fert of Minneapolis, were found
ter. and the farms of Mrs. Tai-
ma Hintner and Paul Winn.
At the Gage home. a television
antenna was torn down, and a
door ripped off the house Mrs.
Gage at home with her children
when the storm struck, said she
was on the way to the ciothes
line when she saw the funnel
ly cloudy today. Scattered
thunderstorms maily east and
mately two miles on the ground,
leaving a path of scattered de-
bris. twisted trees, and fright-
ened but unhurt residents.
When first dipping to the
ground, the rope-like funnel
bounced over the home of Mn.
E M Boone, who lives just
north of U.S. Highway 67 near
the Williams Station A garage
George W Romney.
None of the possible GOP
nominees has campaigned in
Texas. Goldwater seemingly
had no need to in view of the
strong party sentiment for him.
and the others could view any
electioneering as a lost cause.
son escorted Miss Crouch, Bob Mc-
Knight with Miss Fife and William
Mike Mercer with Miss Ward. Ap-
proximately 800 persons attended
the coronation, sponsored by the
Toxas Angora Goat Raisers Assn.
(Staff Photo)
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‘ These statements and con-
fessions wer made under du-
commute from areas where
Extending like a rope from clouds,
thh was the first sight of the tornado
that stayed on the ground about 15
minutes Friday afternoon some eight
miles east of Brownwood near U.S.
Highway 67. Highway Patrolman
Bobby Williams, who made the phoio-
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MISS MOHAIR OF 1964
Deposits in area banks climb- were in Brown County, where title for her grandfather who was “Goat King of Amer-
ed almost $5% million in the deposits jumped $2,304,181 for ica" in 1945, was granted her wish here Saturday night,
pospyeariromcpringcamsgures theasgsanenudeesud,dosinMe. as she was named Miss Mohair of 1964 in Brownwood
cuoch County: 81,313-42 was crowned by the 1903 Miss Mohair,
200 Due
At Band
graph, said the bottom of the tornado
spun around on the ground like a top
and didn't cover more than about a
mile before going back up into the
clouds. Some sheds and vacant
buildings in the area were damag-
ed.
and other small buddings were "I ran in the house and grab- ed and another was unroned.
destroyed at the B«ne ros.- fig ^^iuT^
The tornado then traveled said Mrs Gage said it gut A windmill tower was twisted to
southeastward across the high- "real dark” before the tornado the ground, and the mill lay
way and past residences of T R hit, and after it passed. "it got about 50 yards away .ce
Gage, E. A. Teague. Red Hes- so still you could hear a pin Mrs. Williams, who was re (See TORNADOES en Page 2)
agreement
NEW BILLS
Johnson announced at the out-
set that he will submit to Con-
gross on Monday legislative pro-
posals to aid the Appalachian
states — Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania. West Virginia,
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and North Carolina
The President, who visited
three of those states Friday to
; the ground in the Brownwood
area late Friday, leaving one
man injured and unestimated
property damage to farm build-
ings homes. livestock and
fences
First of the two twisters form-
ed just east of Early on the out-
skirts of Brownwood, then trav-
eled aloft east along Us. Higb-
. way 67 before dropping to the
I ground just west of the H. C.
(Buck i Williams Service Station.
The funnel traveled approxi-
drop " Later on, Mrs Gage said, taming home from Santa Anna
the area was pelted with hail when she heard at the storm,
the use of a half-dollar. said the twister had hurled one
At he Teague rossdenee, a of their cows into a fence, knocks
chick n house was demolished, tog the animal unconscious.
master of arts degree from
SMU in 1933. President Willis
M. Tate of SMU called Rubot-
tom one of SMU’s “most dis-
tinguished sons.”
Prior to serving in the Navy
during World War II, Rubottom
was traveling secretary for
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
and assistant dean of student
about the situation,” he said.
—Gen. Paul Harkins, com-
mander of US. forces in South
burg.
The coronation climaxed a
! full round of activities for the
Fa three "Miss Mohair” finalists.
| the reigning “Miss Mohair,"
M duchesses representing organi-
18 zations throughout Texas, plus
I one from California. and escorts
•N for the royal entourage
Finalists arrived late Thur*-
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-“There is still a serious risk--------
of efforts to upset the Geneva ed to encourage stage band
accords" providing for a neu-
tralist-headed government in
Laos. “We are still disturbed
As vice president for uni- ________________.__
versify life. Rubottom will have _ mgm
a Goldwater Favored in Texas
of students, and also for SMU’s
dramgtizerhgrewwnicnindicat- arrangerowit.iudgsueThewpre- A Viet Cong attack on two Firs State. AM institutions ex- But military observers believed the Texas Angora Goat Raiser
iss. „ Un sremramdgbemrsdnaxan Essasixi sxa?cas
sj* lor 2186 soudmwest “samnarawdssamhbnyasshtcom‛resmme:porinadtcott iswa-
Coronation Seen
vPyFRAN (AP) — Pres- “a good many communications” Lynda Bird. 20. who stepped in
Went Johnson said Saturday he with Soviet Premier Khru- to pay herrespectsato Truman,
will ask Congress to approve a I shchev. The President suggested the
"illion-dolar aid program for TRUMAN PRESENT I newsmen might want to question
nin ADDalachian states Johnson met with reporters in her too but no questions were
The President also told a his oval office, flanked at his forthcoming
discussing several possible lunch. and Texas author .J.
agreements which he said Frank Dobie, who is a weekend
“might lessen tensions and pro- house guest
mote peace ” Truman interjected comments
Johnson said “we are hope- from time to time during, ‘be
fur about the outcome of Amer- session and answered a couple
lean - Soviet discussions. And, ■ of questions at the end.
without getting specific, he re-1 The conference broke up after
De Gaulle Plans
Navy Withdrawal
LONDON (AP>-Allied diplo-
mats said Saturday night they
understand President Charles
de Gaulle is planning to end ac-
tive French naval cooperation
with the North Atlantic Treaty
1 Organization except in time of
I 1 war.
I i These reports came after
I France's representative. Adm
I , George Cabaniere, stayed away
I from a meeting of the commit-
I I tee of NATO's Channel Com-
I mand held Thursday in Th*
I I Hague.
] Heavy Rains Hit
Red River Valley
I By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
I ; Rains up to seven inches in
| the Red River Valley, the for-
I nado alley of Texas this spring.
I . sent the Wichita River into
I Hood The Weather Bureau is-
I sued a warning, say ing the river
■ was expected to crest Sunday at
17 to 19 feet. Floodstage is 18
feet.
" The seven-inch rain doused
| Kamay, 15 miles south of Wichi-
ta Falls, and flooded some
stores and houses. Water cours-
ed knee deep across roads
In Montague County east of
Wichita Falls. hail piled up a
foot deep in places Tree* suf-
fered. Fruit lell.
VOLUME *4 NO. IM 15c PER COPY
Miss Becky Crouch of Fredericks-
burg, center, took over the title of
"Miss Mohair or 1964" at a corona-
tion Saturday in Brownwood Coli-
seum. The other finalists were
Donna Fife of Junction, loft, and
Janet Ward of Del Rio. Don Patter-
By ROBERT E. FORD ] names Rockefeller asked that i
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ed to the Naval War College as j urday. 1 —---
state department advisor He The nonbinding poll is one
has held the foreign service part of the state's enormous pri-
rank of career minister since mary in which around 18 mil-
July 1982. He has requested lion voters will nominate for ap-
Of Two Manhattan Girls
SMU post. fail to win the poll it would be
SMU GRADUATE an upset far greater than the
A 1932 graduate of SMU, he Write’in victory of Ambassador NEW YORK (AP)-A poker-
did graduate study on an Arn- Henry Cabot Lodge in New faced. teen - aged drifter was
old Fellowship in the field of Hampshire. charged Saturday with the baf- ress and stress and he now re-
government, and received his Th National Goldwater for fling slayings of Manhattan ca- cants all the confessions he
cmmmmmmpmnmommmummummumommn President chief is Peter O'Don- i reer, girls. Janice Wylie and i
AIF A “"FI nell of Dallas, and no GOP state Emily Hoffert. . . „
WEATHER leader will talk about anyone Police arrested him after he
BROWNWOOD AREA: Part- but Goldwater If any anti-Gold- allegedly had struck twice
I 2 —■ water Republicans exist they again, but was chased from the
are remaining silent. last, living victim
The ballot also contains the F George Whitmore Jr., 19. a
. , coler tomiht ana M.n names of New York Gov Nel- Negro who dropped out of
and gale S » sndM son A Rockefeller. Ser Marg- school after the eighth grade.
“Makimum temperature here gretchaseusmithdtMakneaanaiodmittaqemllnibeacharzvesinaan
Saturdays. Sunset 7:14, forearssninnesota Go. his nw-l
uuuuuuuuaumuuuuuua i Volers can write in otherappointed lawyer asserted: "
For Annalachian States Aid in :2P3akdm ar elected W par .
rwi P--33 - ticipateThursdaz -“8" County, and 246,601
ported that he has exchanged Johnson introduced his daughter vins Auditorium on the How- at • whopping 877,Ml.150 in de- in San Saba County. Sandra Dietz, also of Fredericksburg.
Pgana“minvnmmtnicatios» Lvnda Bird, 20. who stepped in MimpAundtromgercampus. posits j Coleman County had a slight!--------------------------- I The University of Texas fresh-
ardnnsyned bv the AlL-District Over the same period, loan decrease in deposits of 893.027 man won the title over finalists
rZ? Doctors Association, the and discounts in the 19 financial Milis Countystate Bank show- A M I V:lie Donna Fife of Junction and
contest is open to high school institutions included in the to- ed an increase in deposits of ll.- AttacK KIIS ; Janet Ward of Del Rio. She told
sonte stands0PNTtte BPwnwood tals reached $40,503,024, in in- 419,396 over yer, and Ris- the Bulletin Friday that she
tesen area and will include crease of $6,719,652 over the ing Star First National Bank rL.. r...L, would especially like to win the
anlene.amgauch"sncis“as,sameumeayearago. $157,090 for that period Ihree I UfKS title for her grandfather. Aolf
Cisco, Ranger. Stephenville. San C—Ry wto*. Mm*98 gams Brown County also showed Stieler. who owns a ranch next
Saba. Cross Plains, Eastland, 0the greatest increase in loans SAINT ELIAS, Cyprus (API- to her father a near Ftedericks-
Comanche and Rising Star. A/• . T..I. and discounts for the period, go- Greek Cypriot fighters launched hue
Although open to 4A. 3A. 2A. V IQT I rOOPS ing from $13,646,377 in March a surprise predawn attack Sat-
A and B bands in the area, the • 1963, to $16,105,429 April 15, 1964 urday on Turkish Cypriot POSI
contest usually draws most of 4: DAle Generally, area banks showed tions in thearuggedcKyrenia
its entries from A and 2A>TTKe KedS slight decreases in both depos- Mountains and advanced five
schools, according to Ed Cain, standenssnd dscountoin miles toward the strategic pass.
HPC band director and coordi- BINH CHANH, South Viet the past auarter but showed At least three Turks and one
nator lor the event. This is the Nam (AP (-Striking with a vig- much larger gains over the en- Greek were killed and three
second year for the contest to or praised by their U S. advis- tire vear only five of the 19 Greeks and one Turk wounded
be,held onthe.HPC ers, Vietnamese troops routed area institutions failed to show io a five-hour running battle .
Each band will play Mm - the Communists veteran 514th gains in deposits from one year which started at 3 am, the department of Howard Payne
nutes, with the contest scheduh Battalion Saturday from one of Lo They were Blanket State United Nations reported. College, was master of cere-
I ed.to.be gin at15 3.P mo.an the most complex defense posi- Bar*, Santa Anna National, French-Canadian dragoons in monies for the coronation cere-
, endabnu,npm.h.se and tions ever seen in South Viet Coleman County State. First armored scout cars rolled be- monies.
nrtaonger,-wiiwjudge.PTh pro- Nam. Coleman National and Gustine tween both sides as dusk fell Armer Earwood, president
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