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Brownwood Bulletin
WEATHER FORECAST
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1961
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
JFK Digs Into Security
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Tentative Pact Ends Strike
bad also virtually shut down the touchy issue at job security. The
New York Central and the New
division had
2nd Sheffield Trial
labor
( two-year-old bull. second place ' tioneer.
Some 46 bulls and 12
secretary for his contribution to
from
nett of Melvin showed the third :
In Weekend Fires
: Ranch of Dripping Springs ex-
Late Bulletin
Giles was succeeded as land
Vance Golden Hoof Farms of
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summer
G B areas will contact cattle owners
place winter bull calf.
turned another indictment
defendant, had suffered a heart
Former land commissioner Bas- attack, and couid not testity.
For Cold Wave
and their bodies made
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Winter. a month old and rugged.
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For Solons
The first ten days at January,
UN. will long be remembered
polled Herefords took on a slow
and, leisurely pace this morning
and line up livestock for testing
each day. The mobile laboratory
has been set up at the recreation
today after a record cold weekend
extending into the Deep South.
No immediate general break sin
But in Norfolk, in western Con-
necticut. thermometers plunged to
Sheffield's trial was docketed
for last October but the defense
Haven railroads.
Both roads said they hoped to
get back into operation by Tues-
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Help City Grow;
Join Jaycees
division. Ite 1
been hit last
। MILAN. Italy < API—Two thou-
| sand irate dairy farmers clashed
; with riot police in downtown Mil
Michaelis of Fayetteville. Ark.. !
exhibited the second and third '
place two-year-old bulls.
hibited the first place junior
yearling.
Engineers Beneficial Associatiom
and the International Organisa-
tion of Masters. Mates and Pilots.
Alter Seafarer pickets showed
up . at the big union terminal in
Cleveland, Ohio. Sunday, the Cen-
tral—the nation's second largest--
practically shut down its Western
2 icrofilia Service
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a cousin, Regina Wright. 10. and
an uncle. Bernard Green. 33.
Parents of the Green children.
Negroes, were visiting neighbors
when the blaze broke out shortly
after midnight in the community
halfway between Annapolis and
Baltimore.
discontent over pay.
The promotion was regarded by
Western diplomats as designed to
reassert Mobutu's authority over
the army and to ease him away
from the political stage.
Brooklyn.
Both sides were expected to
okay the pact.
Both Mayor Robert F. Wagner
and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who
had invited Goldberg to attend the
The idle train crews were not
directly involved in the dispute,
but they refused to erose marine
picket lines.
Royce M. Pember of Portales.___._______________._____
N M.. showed the first place members at the group’in the
senior yearling bull. N. M. Bar-1 "I- "---•*‘ -------• i
a ceremony
Camp Kokkolo,
the day at the Seafarers Interna-
national Union headquarters in
Opens In Hillsboro
HILLSBORO. Ten. f API—Sub- com Giles served a prison term
poenas were out for 170 witnesses on other charges growing out at
as B. R Sheffield, M. of Brady irregularities in the Texas land
was due for a second trial today program for war veterans.
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TO LABORATORY
AU testing results will be brought
to the laboratory, which will be
central coordinating office for the
program in the county.
A telephone will be installed to-
ATHENS, Greece f AP-‘ The
U. S. aircraft carrier Sara-
toga put into nearby Phaleren
Bay today with seven dead and
"many” injured after a fire at
sea.
The fire occurred in the east-
ern Mediterranean, where the
big aircraft carrier was on
patrol with the U.8. 6th Fleet.
Few details were available
Immediately.
U.S. navy officers in Naples,
Italy, said the fire was believ-
ed to haue occurred this morn-
ing.
Reports received here did not
make clear the cause of the
fire or where It occurred.
in some of Central Texas’ tough-
est competition this season.
FIRST PLACE
A eastern Dakotas through The Great the same five men be named to
d Lakes region into New England the committee which recently held
Top Aides Confer
On Plan Details
WASHINGTON (AP>—President Kennedy and his new
administration's top defense and diplomatic officials today
started a far-reaching review of the national security pro-
gram.
Seeking a safeguard peace with the Communist bloc,
Kennedy began talks with key aides at midmorning and
arranged to resume the discussions after a recess for lunch.
IN CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT KENNEDY AT HIS DESK—President John F. Kennedy swings into his first full week after inaugura-
tion today. He sits at his desk in the White House.
BRUSH OFF—James Duncan, herdsman for the Triple
SSS Ranch, Minden, La , gives final grooming to this
registered polled Hereford this morning at the Brown
^Bounty Polled Hereford Breeders Show and Sole, Brady
eHighwoy livestock barns. G E. (Doc) Steed is the con-
signor for a number of the Southwest's finest animals
; At the first open show. Top pedigree animals are enter-
ed from Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana
in 25 classes. (Staff Photo)
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By LARRY GAGE
or The Bulletin Statt
Judging of dozens of pedigreed
an today in a new outbreak at a
battle against foreign beef and
butter. Six farmers were arrest-
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CLOSE BRUSH— Four teen-agers escaped serious injury Saturday night when this
lote-model auto went out of control on a curve, overturned, and sheared off a utility,
pole and several fence posts while skidding some 320 yards. Christine Schmidt, 19,
of Mason was th* only person hospitalized from the accident, which was on State
Highway 29 between Mason and Llano. (Staff Photo)
December when a White House
study om railroad-menning prob-
lems is completed.
ON STRIKE
The striking marine unions, be-
sides the Seafarers where Marine
In die South. unseayonable cold
was reported. with freezing weath-
n. Partly eloudy tonight and Tuesday,
[important temperature changes with
1 tonight 32-42, high Tuesday 55-65.
Maximum temperature here Sunday
; overnight low 37. Sunset 6:00, sun-
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ins land scandals in the 1960s. commissioner by Rudder and All-
The list of those expected to tea- corn.
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the settlement.
QUICK MOVE
Goldberg flew to New York ten
than 24 hours after he bad been
sworn into Kennedy’s Cabinet.
The key to the settlement was
an agreement to postpone the
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place ' in six areas set up for testing un-
yearling, third place der the state program. Dr John
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morning. -
It was below zero again this present House General Investigat- .
morning in most sections in the, ing Committee.
northern tier of states from the I The resolution does not ask that ’
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Coleman had the first
senior bull calf and third place
winter bull calf. Jim and Fay
OFF TO AUCTION—Bruce Amonett, left, and Robert
Parry hoist choir onto truck for annual Brownwood
Fire Dept. March of Dimes auction to be held Jon.
30-31, Chief Charles Alford is in charge of pickups
which actually begin Tuesday in Brownwobd as mer-
chants donate items for the event Business firms wish-
ing to donate articles are requested to contact Brayton
Smith, drive chairman, at M 3-4378.
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Hill Polled Hereford Ranch of
with Fairfield showed the first place
The last week of the old year
■ been balmy, and in the ab-;
mee of quick communications
5warning from the weather
ireau gave farmers and ranch-
len an opportunity to prepare to
rotect their livestock.
females are consigned for the of the nation’s military defenses, means of getting to and
show and sale. - — --
senior yearling and second place
senior bull calf. Paul and Elo.
Zephyr and U.S. 377 to Brady.
FOUR—Between U.S. 377 to
state land commissioners—Earl
Rudder and Bill Allcorn.
NEW YORK (AP) — A two-
under- week-old harbor strike that had
the eastern w of the nation "519."
The unions
restock losses were great,
the storm took its toll of
an lives. A cowboy on the
rail ranch in Coleman Coun-
lied within a mile of the
■ house. A man and his
■-year-old Son died in a cov-
wagon west of Brady.
fed Livingston, who lived to
■and, left Brownwood late
■ afternoon of the last day
Ka year. He camped for
Kight at the publie well at
Enorth of Brownwood. He .
■EVERGREEN on Page » I
day morning.
RATIFICATION MEET
fires. Seven children and a 33- _ . .
year-old man perished in s fire' Oliver of Port Neches prepared
in a home la Pasadena. Md., this ■ resolution for the house today
calling for continuation at the
as a period when families in
JX “ndrwes.naxasnharea in warm, sunny,weather as the
what havoc the freeze would
mats in the open show and regu- campaign Kennedy questioned । in three marine unions on Jan. 10
lar show today will be awarded ' this and pledged quick moves to! ---;-----------------------------
at 7 p.m. today at a banquet for buiM more military muscle. aAn m.
memhere ~f he"el 2. A blocking out of the new ad 40 Persons Die
I Club Room of Hotel Brownwood. - ministration's initial diplomatic I
- - -------------- —---An informal get-together will moves to thwart Soviet plotting in
place senior yearling bull. Storm precede the banquet at 6 p.m : Laos, the Congo, Cuba and Red
Ranch • nuinninn Snrinee “-and a dance will follow. | encircled Berlin.
P Ac,
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rinds up to 65 miles per hour,
itruck the Panhandle on the
norning of Dec. 31. A black
■loud accompanied the winds.
Ueet, snow, and dust clogged
he atmosphere. The tempera-
ures above the Caprock rang-
’d from four to 24 degrees be-
ow tero.
yearling. Dr. C. B. Catbey of
Hamilton exhibited the third • * ■ ■ EM
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place senior bull calf. F
TOP YEARLING
Just before daylight onthe
orning of Jan. 1, the howling
inds reached Brown and other
Secretary of Defense Robert S
McNamara.
Also on hand were: MeGeorge
Bundy. Kennedy's personal aide
on national security matters; Un-
der Secretary of State-to-be Ches-
ter Bowles; and Paul Nitze. as-
sista nt secretary at state to
charge of international affairs, in-
cluding disarmament planning.
he spring round-up in 1886
id cattle and horses in
wn. Coleman, and MeCul-
i counties that had drifted
n their necustomed ranges
miles to the north.
moDuruumP-TO the conference In the Cabinet
D..L. room at the White House were
venerais KanK Secretary of State Dean Rusk and
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Pedigreed animals in this building near the livestock barns
• ■ ~ on the Brady Highway.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Weekend fires across the nation
took the lives of at least 40 per-
sons. including 17 children.
In Pasadena, Md., flames broke
out in a frame house early today
and seven young children and an
adult caring for them were killed.
LIST DEAD
The dead were Donald L.
Lower temperatures, however,
were indicated in Tennessee, the
central Mississippi Valley and
parts of the central Great Plains ‘
The cold weather and last
week's snow storms and blizzards
that swept wide areas have been
blamed for at least 70 deaths The
fatalities were attributed to ex-
posure. snow shoveling exertion,
traffic accidents on icy roads and
ivestock of all kinds began
Irifting southward seeking Farmers Protest
belter. Much of Central Tex- : "
untons had asked to have present
five-man tug crews remain froz-
j first open show for Brown Coun- I
„ unprotected livestock. Sartealadthenorarnsronden
* Brady Highway.
Only six classes in the open
1 The great blizzard.
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo
(AP)—Col. Joseph Mobutu, mili-
tary strong man of Congo's gov-
ernment, was promoted to major
। general today and told his unruly
army it must obey orders
The same warning came from
President Joseph Kasavubu, who
announced Mobutu’s promotion at
Sheffield, a real estate opera- asked a postponement because
tor. is charged specifically with Roby Sheffield, ■ nephew of to
forgery and passing forged instru- defendant, had suffered a heart
ments. attack and could pot testify
He was convicted aad sentenced called 146 witnesses and to state
to 10 years in prison after a 1956 has summoned 24.
trial in Lubbock, but won a re- Sheffield’s trial waa docketed
versa! on an appeal contending for last October but the defense
the indictment naming him was asked a postponement because
defective. A grand jury then re- Roby Sheffield, a nephew of to
have called
entral Texas counties. Within
vo hours the temperature drop- ,
d from 45 degrees to two below
Iro. Thermometers never regist-
red above 12 degrees until Jan.
The mercury dropped to more conditions to Port Arthur and
than 20 degrees below zero in Beaumont Oliver said he would
northern Minnesota after a bone- leave the membership to Speaker
tingling -34 in Bemidji, the ns James Turman. The committee's
tion’s so-called 'icebox’ Sunday life ended with the convening at
morning. 4 to legislature Jan. 10. 4
er into northern Florida. The 33
reading in Anchorage. Alaska,
was much higher than many
Southern cities.
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I Coleman Ranch of Navasota ex-.
J hibited the second place winter
: bull calf.
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Nine trophies for winning ani- then "second to none" but in his The walkout of the 664 workers
. The strong winds whipped up
dust that piled up along the
north side of buildings and
fences to depths of five and
»ix feet. One freakish tarn
of the storm was the deposit
of layers of sleet and snow be-
tween layers of sand and dust.
- One Brown County ranchman
plated that an hour before the
torm broke his cattle began
Bwing and his horses nickering
is if something unusual was
bout to occur.
new contract to state that man-
| agement had the right to decide
the number of men needed.
a Both sides finally agreed to
ratification meeting for later in defer any decision until next
S6-year-old record was broken in
' Windsor Locks. Com.. near Hart-
.. . - ... . . ford, with a mark 01 -26.
the frigid weather was indicated
I but some warmer weather ap-
| peared on the way for the chilled
Gulf states.
TO GET LOWER
i had been fenced by 1886, and
ist-west fences stopped the
st livestock. There they
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live in town need to contact the SIX—Between State 279 to Cross By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
laboratory to be sure contact men, Plains and U.S. 183 to Rising Star.
saw kxs sxs taidcate . g-. months;»sistersjand
• a , __... . ! brothers, Maryland, 2; Winifred,
Up to 15-20 contact men will be 3. yyet g. T—ojin’ g. a.
0 , , --working in each at the six areas. 3iYvette,didoeling.5i.Aaron,6
Tucker is supervising veterinarian All caWe will have to be tested,
I for the program in Brown County.
Gill of Coleman showed the first Contact men in each of the six
en. But operators wanted any
day at the lab and information Brady and U.S. 67 to Bangs,
concerning the program can be ob-1 FIVE—Between U.S 67 to Bangs
tained there Cattle owners who and State 279 to Cross Plains
I morning’s first open show for
So cold were the winds that -------------------------------
idges for late corners.
he summer and fall of 1885
been unusually dry and live-
•k was in poor condition for
ter at best. With a blizzard
r would die in great numbers
■ Brown County ranchman. W.
Baugh, lost over 300 head of
le as well as some 20 saddle
les. The firm of Denton and
Ju Hough of Montague County
rated on the Comal County
tol lands in Callahan County.
I a herd of cattle around
D They counted more than
D dead animals.
L Lemnitzer, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs at Staff.
OTHERS Jon
Pierre Salinger. White House
press secretary, said several oth-
er officials were joining in the
discussions. He did not tm-
m • f f * mediately name them.
Show Judging —nE EASTERN rail tie-up over
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a’ a • • beefing up the nation’s defenses.
A f (‘ f n2 A grim reminder at troubles
/I ♦ "u f M WA • ahead reportedly came in a secret
Ai I • ■ O W ■ • C 6 . mysee Tompambasame uf
the. Brown County Polled Here- me “kMosnohevwith soviet Pre
■ ford Breeders came from Texas.
New Mexico. Louisiana and Ar- aomrsonsucew"Asach. lcausca a paralvzin railroad tie.
vn- Mos nt 1e animale win stood to report that Khrushchev— caused a paralyzing rauroa ue-
kansAs.nMostoothe anima from while talking hopefully at an up throughout much of the East
hetakenon agreement With the Kennedy ad- was ended today by tentative
Brow “on. i ministration—in private had agreement on a new work pact.
SALE TI ESDA- adopted the same tough, unyield- Mediators, including President
The showing of sale cattle was ing position on issues that wrecked Kennedy’s new secretary of labor,
to start this afternoon, immedi- . previous Western hopes | Arthur J. Goldberg, met in a
ately after naming at top ani: Khrushchev served up the same marathon 14-hour session that
... .e mals in the open show. Billold hash to Kennedy that he hadlended with the announcement of
Show had been judged by 11:15 Largent of Folsom, N. M., is|placed before former President a settlement at 6:18 a.m.
a m , leaving 19 classes for rating judge for both shows. i Eisenhower without success, said : 11 RAILROADS
The 24th annual Brown County diplomatic officials. I The strike of railroad tug and
; Polled Hereford Breeders Sale ; With this background, it seemed I ferry boat workers against 11 rail-
will start at 1 pm. Tuesday in ' likely the Kennedy meeting with roads that operate in New York
: the showbarns, with Walter Brit-' Rusk and McNamara would con- harbor bad crippled the city’s
'ten of College Station as auc- ] centrate on: commuter transportation, forcing sessions, praised the new
1. A searching look at the state 100,000 persons to look for other seeretary for hie ecntrtk-
tify indudes former Gov. Allan Altogether, the defense has
Shivers, former Atty. Gen. John called 146 witnesses and the state
Ben Sheppard and two former has summoned 24.
except steers, spayed heifers and
calves under eight months of age.
A technician from the Texas
Animal Health Commission will
conduct testing in each of the six
areas. The areas are:
ONE—Between U.S. 183 to Ris-
ing Star and U.S. 377 to Blanket. _ • • _ am
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Coppedge, Don L. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 86, Ed. 1 Monday, January 23, 1961, newspaper, January 23, 1961; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1488963/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.