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Brownwood Bulletin
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
Death Toll Climbing To Record
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oblivion. It charged
wait's own defense force totals part to the sheik's palace in down-
British diplo- l ville, 21. of Marshall and James
world.
In Today For
T-H Breaks Strike
RESTRAIN STRIKES
He drove straight from the air-
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At San Saba
UNIONS SEEK STAY
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On July 4th
fellow of Coleman, 1.16.
Alao. harness race, half-mile
dash between McCulley's mare
rope being too slack, he lost his
balance and fell a distance of
Rains May Dampen
July 4th Outings
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
"The homeland of Lincoln and |
Jefferson has become a bastion
' Sabah. Kuwait’s ruler called on
the British for help after Iraqi
By dawn today the total forces
available to the British command-
Dallas Tuesday He had been shot
with a .22 caliber rifle which was
near the body. Police also found
fused to be rode.
"The only accident that hap-
pened was when Henry Mullins
and those who assisted in the
entertainment."
Three unions went
Court of Appeals Ji
E Clark seeking a
Union and the United States.
"I wish to assure the people of
temperatures was forecast
The Weather Bureau said the
heaviest showers could be expect
ed along the coast and in Central
Traffic
Boating
Drowning
Miscellaneous
Total
town Kuwait.
John Richmond,
Wright was to speak at a simi-
lar occasion at Belton at noon,
and was to leave the Temple
Airport at 1 p m.
He will rest briefly at Hotel
• policy for the British troops will
be "quick in, quick out."
pendence of the United States.
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM
Iowa Park on U.S. 287.
Two persons drowned in the
Sabine River north of Carthage
Monday. They were Acie Fond
I es
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be the principal speaker to cli-
max the Fourth of July celebra-
tion at Bangs at 4 p m
Bangs Party
Congressman Jim Wright of
Fort Worth is due to arrive at
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a note
W. H Carothers. SO. of David-
' restraining
who h4d a
They had planned to return to
their home in Poona. India, later
dus montu.
of Ryan's
order
two-hour
Khrushchev's
message.
Texas, the same areas hit by the
hardest rains the day before.
Skies throughout the state were
clear to partly cloudy Dawn tem-
peratures were in the 60s and
54-
x 210
to attend the picnic at the pump
house ton Pecan Bayou'. which sponsibiity"
trend of this holiday weekend
' traffic toll continues to point to
thanks to the origin
picnic. Huribut Sat
"He never knew what hit him.” I
San Saba County Sheriff Brant- i
ley Barker, who investigated the
accident, said.
John, his brother, Jimmy. 9. I
' his mother and some friends had
just arrived at Gorman Falls, a
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fishing camp on the Colorado j
near the head of Buchanan Lake
The well-known camp is about 23
miles southeast of San Saba in
the extreme southeastern corner .
of the county. The father. Oney !
L. Cox, a Santa Fe Railway em-
ploye. was to join the group
CONTEMPT CHARGE
Contempt of court charges could
be brought for violation of ve
court order.
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baseball, boat riding, etc In the leaders A special responsibility
baseball game, Comanche came at this tone rents upon the Soviet
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attempted to walk the rope ___________
stretched across the bayou. The me that on the 185th anniversary
matic representative in Kuwait Ray Hayden of Elysian Fields,
told newsmen he believes the best They drowned trying to help a
Several Arab governments have
come out in support of Kuwait’s
defiance of the Iraqi claim. and
none has backed Kassem.
Abdel Khalek Hassouna secre-
tary-general of the Arab League
arrived today for consultations
with Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-
Sabah, Kuwait’s ruler who called
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 4 1961
Brownwood Municipal Airport
around 2 p.m. today, and will
moving again after a federal
judge ordered a temporary halt
Malati Lagoo Monday and blew
her off the edge of a 400-foot cliff
on the Ide of Skye to her death. -
Mrs. Lagoo, 32. a doctor, was
vacationing with her husband.
.8 Americans may lose their lives in motor vehicle accidents
T ’ * • during the 102-hour period.
sem announced he planned to take
over the oil-rich sheikdom as
Iraqi territory.
Hassouna told newsmen he had
met with Iraqi leaders in Bagh-
dad and "now I’ve arrived to
learn the Kuwaiti viewpoint. I be-
lieve a solution can be found.”
walkout.
A number of lines posted sail-
ing dates beginning Wednesday
U.S. Dist. Judge Sylvester J.
R van issued the order Monday
night after President Kennedy
acted under the Taft-Hartley law
on the basis of reports that con-
tinuation of the strike would im-
peril the national health and safe-
United States is dedicated as al-
ways to the “revolutionary prin-
ciples of individual liberty and
national freedom for all people."
On this 185th anniversary of the
the United States is still commit- Ad/
___________ _______ ted to those revolutiorary prin- VE4-A6
some 20 feet, but luckily escap- ciples of individual liberty and ■ N A -
ed injury. The best of the amuse- national freedom for all people 2.
ments consisted of foot races, which motivated our first great 2
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Southeast Texas. Phillips, 54 and
a Texas Ranger, and his son.
Allen, 12 were critically injured.
DROWNS IN POOL
Michael Rogers, 31 of Dallas.
Izvestia said Monday “the rev-
olutionary principles of the De-
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the night into Kuwait’s Farwania 1 frontier.
Airport bringing the 1st Royal In- The night’s airlift brought the
niskilling Fusiliers from Kenya' British contribution to Kuwait's
and other British units defense to 5,000 men plus air and
Some moved straight into main navy support. Saudi Arabian unite
defense positions northwest of the totaling 1.800 men already were
capital. Others took over from I reported in forward posttions. Ku-
ORDERED INTO DESERT
The crack Coldstreams were
SLOW FUSE TO FIREWORKS Little Paul Pike, 3-year-old son of Mr ond Mrs Jack Pike Jr. of 2200 Vincent
St, loaded with power in hip pocket, wonders about his chance for on early dip into the Fourth of July picnic
basket. He seems to have on inkling that end result would be some as lighting those hefty skyrockets.
(Start Photo by Nadra Rodgerd
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100 feet to ' his death from Gor-
। man’s Bluff Monday night. The
* site is at the headwaters of Lake
Buchanan He was on an outing
with his mother and a younger
’brother. —
SHOT LN CAR
The body of Vert W Worth, 51.
I was found in a parked car in
off victorious.
"Everybody seemed to he
pleased with the occasion, de-
spite the sand and hot weath-
er, and all gave a vote of
Brownwood before driving to
Bangs.
In last year’s three-day ob-
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ordered to resume collective bar-
gaining in an effort to. settle Munan A15F
their contract disputes The un- IIVer I - 111
ions were ordered to "instruct www- w-• ■
their members to resume normal
race, half-mile, W. D. MeCul-
' ley’s horses. 1.24 time; harness
race, half-mile dash between
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1 day period, was regarded by
safety experts as one of the most
dangerous on the highways. Mil-
lions of cars will be on the road
homeward bound after holiday
outings. Generally Iter weather
was indicated in most sections of
the country.
190 DIE MONDAY
Highway accidents killed more
than 100 persons Monday. In one
Arnold Kirkpatrick:
The vivid description comes
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA: Clear to part-
ly cloudy through Wednesday. Isolated
thundershowers extreme south. Slightly
warmer. High Wednesday 92 96
Maximum temperature here Monday
83, overnight low 68. Sunset 7:48, sun-
rise 5 38.
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under the
ings and drive recklessly "
"We can only hope that the
heavy toll so far will have a
sobering effect upon drivers and
that the trend will be reversed ”
said George Stewart, the coun-
cil’s executive vice president.
SENDS TELEGRAM
Stewart sent a telegram to all
of the nation's 50 governors urg-
ing them to use all possible
means to cut down the havy toll.
"With tragic consistehcy the
heat; bicycle race, one mile! "
More hit-and-miss thundershow-
ers were on tap Tuesday to
i dampen this July 4 holiday for
some Texans. Little change in
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas counted at least 55 vio-
lent deaths before noon Tuesday
in the long July 4th holiday The
count began at Dusk Friday
Traffic took 29 lives, drownings
9, boat accidents 3 and miscella-
neous deaths the remainder.
State police estimated 11 per-
sons would die on Texas roads
between midnight Monday and
ENDS IN DEATH—James Reeves, a 17-year-old Corpus Christi, Tex., youth, was killed when the 1959 Corvette
he had stolen at gun point from Paul Rachal of Midland failed to make a curve and crashed while being pur-
sued by police in Austin. Reeves was driving the car at speeds up to 120 MPH when it spun out of control.
He was dead by the time police arrived at the scene. ______________________________
er. Air Marshal Sir Charles El- ordered into the desert to join
worthy. exceeded 10,000 well- British partroops, tanks and ma-
equipped regulars and 10,000 rine commandos on guard against
Arab volunteers. Iraqi farces that British intelli- .
AIRLIFT CONTINUES ! genre agents said were continu-
The airlift continued through1 ing to build up north of the
these critical
_ on the British for help after
Iraqi Premier Abdel Karim Kas-
of Independence are
politety phrased
went into effect Monday night
_____ __ Almost half of the American —
The order restrains both labor merchant marine of passenger | I
to a 19-day-old national maritime apdeamagasnmon"takangpsparfrom I
a strike or walkout” or otherwise his order. I
Texas Starmore and George,
George. owned by Robert Good-
speeches threatening the West's
position in Berlin.
ADVANCE EFFORTS
While congratulating the United
States on Independence Day,
Khrushchev expressed hope the
Vienna discussions will advance
joint efforts to solve "problems
which long ago became pressing
and which the last war left to us
after the defeat of the aggres-
sors.”
For the more ambitious back
in 1894, according to an ad in
July issues of The Brownwood
Bulletin then. there was a special claration-
round trip rate of 52 95 per per- Sipat in
son via the Santa Fe Route to uned I
Lampasas Springs from Brown-
wood. The offer was good only
for June, July and August.
• • •
Another big Fourth of July
celebration was held in 1907 at
the Gun Club Park in Brown-
wood. The event is described
in the July 5, 1907. issue of The
Brownwood Bulletin.
"The Fourth of July celebra-
tion and racing event at the Gun
Chib Park yesterday attracted
one of the largest crowds that
has gathered in Brownwood for
many days . .. The program was
so arranged that there was not
a dull half hour during the day.
•‘The crowd was in the best
of humor throughout the day.
and with perhaps a single ex-
ception, there was not a thing
to mar the pleasure of the great
day they had assembled to
celebrate. The stores were all
closed and with homefolks ft
is estimated that between aeven
and eight thousand people were
in attendance.
"The grand stand .was filled
long before the races began in
the afternoon, and people lined
the fence for a quarter of a mile
to watch the horses. Still others
remained at the picnie grounds
and enjoyed themselves in pleas-
ant conversation.”
Winners given in the races
Vienna meeting and later
NEW YORK CAP) — Shipping whose members had refused to. issued. It probably will be for on
companies today rushed prepara- cross picket lines, and several ly 75 days because Ryan s oraer
turns to get strikebound ships employer associations
Soils Off Cliff
INVERNESS. Scotland (AP)-
A sudden gust of wind ballooned
the voluminous sari of Mrs
Ome fireworks death was re-
ported Harry M Gilligan, 16,
was killed Monday night at Sho-
lam. N.Y.. when a skyrocket ex-
ploded and a piece of metal
pierced his chest The accident
occurred when the victim and his
friends touched off a fusillade of
six rockets at a summer home
By COLIN FROST , the 2nd Coldstream Guards who
KUWAIT (AP—More men and have been guarding the vital
at world reaction ” I materials flowed in through the plant which distills fresh water
Khrushchev was more concilia-' night to boost the three-nation de- from the sea, the largest in the
tory, in contrast not only to Iz- fense force in Kuwait,
vestia but to the tough memoran-
dum handed to Kennedy at their
I icrofill ezvice
P.0. 3ut TOCG
Drlna, exas ‛u.)
spending the summer with grand- __
parents in Odessa, drowned in servance of Independence Day,
their swimming pool Monday.; there were 442 traffic deaths
The boy apparently fell from an i An Associated Press survey of
inflated innertube He was the violent deaths during a non-holi-
son of Mrs. Muriel Rogers of day weekend of 102 hours. from
Dallas 6 pm. Friday June 16 to mid-
Forest Lee Holt. 50. was shotnight Tuesday June 20, showed
to death at his home near Deni-362 highway fatalities: 33 boating
son. Police arrested a stepdaugh- deaths; 80 drownines and 99
ter Reba Holt. 16. killed in miscellaneous accitents:
Mrs Alice Davis Williams, 31.! .The record traffic death count
died Sunday night in Kirbyville for any holidax.!period was 706in
the four-day Christmas weekend
Fairly pleasant weather ap-
pearedkely today in many, sec- The party had just started
tions..o thecountrybut showers I pitching camp near the river
in the afternoon and evening 1 when John went to the bluff to
might dampen the Fourth of July Mook at the river. His foot ap-
holiday activities in some areas, parently slipped on the wet
SAN SABA—Tragedy ended a
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fore with Ryan’s ruling, tion setting an 80-day coolingot
Ryan s order was directed period
and W W Thoms, two heats won against the five striking maritime Act.
by McCulley mare. 1.20 for best unions, two maritime unions 1. _
The National Safety Council
said “the apalling toll is due to
a combination of excessively
heavy traffic and the tendency of
too many drivers to ignore warn-
from the July 5. 1894. issue
of The Brownwood Bulletin. I nation’s independence. Kennedy
"Yesterday all the business followed that assurance with a
houses closed down from 12 to (grave notice to the Soviet leader
5 and gave their clerks a chance He said the United States and So-
viet Union bear “a special re-
VOLUME 61 NO. 225 5c PER COPY
son, Okla , died Tuesday when
his car crashed into the rear of
a trailer truck 2mles west of
Included saddle horse race.
Jim Jernigan’s horse: bicycle
race. quarter-mile. Arnold Kirk-
patrick: relay race, W. A. Mur-
ray; bieyele race, half-mile.
roughly 4.000 regulars well
trained in the handling of British
tanks and armored cars.
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-
The record for a Fourth of
July holiday — and for
any summer holiday period — is
491 It was set during the four-
day observance of Independence
Day in 1950.
dash. Etheridge Moore; exhibi- |
tion race. Gammon, owned by
Henry Ford, half-mile dash; run-
ning race, quarter-mile dash
matched race between Red Ant
and The Kid, won by Red Ant
in 25 seconds; sweepstake race,I
Jernigan mare; running race.
Jernigan colt; auto race. El
Green, with Lee Hall second.
small boy floating on an inner-
tube. The boy paddled to shore
later.
Mrs. Haney Phillips and her
daughter, Sheryl, 18. were killed of the worst crashes, four teen-
whenstheircar and a freighttrain agers, two boys and 2 girts, were
collided Monday near Westfield in l killed when their car was struck
by a train near Springfield, ill.
In the four-day Memorial Day
holiday period, 462 persons were
killed, which was a record for
that holiday.
an all-time record.” Sewart
wired the governos.
Today, the windup of the holl-
'interfering with or affecting the I —
Youth Falls
Thundershowvers, fell during the | ground When he failed to re-
night and early morning along the turn to camp, a search was
Atlantic Coast states. the Gulf started A friend. George Cate*
Coast, the Plateau states and in of Houston, found the body,
southern sections of the upper Funeral services are pending
Mississippi Valley and the south- at Chanslor-Young Funeral Home
westem upper Great Lakes. jin Kieen.
Established by
T. R. RAVINS , HYANNIS PORT, Mass (API—
Celebration of an "old-fash- President Kennedy told Soviet
toned Independence Day” today Premier Khrushchev today the
in Bancs brines to mind an 1 - - - -........
arlicle deseribing Brownwood’s
Fourth of Joly picnic in 1894.
Experts Say 500
May Die On Road
or rar associated races
The Independence Day weekend s traffic toll climbed
steadily Today atarte that threatened to set a record for
the holiday.
Safety experts said the final total may reach 500 for
the holiday period that began at 6 p.m. Friday and will end
at midnight tonight, local time. - -
The National Safely Council had estimated that 450
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Premier Abdel Karim Kassem an-
nounced June /25 he planned to _ m,-
take over the oil-rich little sheik- Wrioht FlipS
dom as Iraqi territory. "5- ■ "U9
your country of our desire to live
in friendship and peace with
them."
REPLY TO ARTICLE | ---T“ •
AS MORE TROOPS ARRIVE
newspaper Izvestia as R was to
"It is a source of satisfaction to
chance was quickly improved times
Every horse and conveyance was PLACE RESPONSIBILITY
engaged and a large number Khrushchev. in a Fourth of July
walked. greeting received by Kennedy at
"The program was to begin also had said history imposed on
at -30. j j ome reason 1 the two countries “an enormous
was delayed and did.not.com- share of the responsibility for .
mence. until 330 M t the tub the preservation of peace, for the P
race the boys would turn over future of humanity. 7 1 F
after going only a shoradis- In response, Kennedy dispatched E )
tanee. no one going the requir- message: I wish to thank • 4
ed distance. Abarrel race, you personlly and on behalf of
on the program, but for on e the American people for your
unknown reason the barrels re- greetings on the occasion of the 2 4
185th anniversary of the inde- WK/ A
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62 midnight Tuesday
#082 The Texas count is slightly
265672 larger than the national count for
P 0 the state, since the national count
.2 . - * includes only those deaths direct-
• ly attributed to the holiday.
Me Circumstances in the latest re-
let ported deaths were these:
werDN - John Guy Cox, 12, of Killeen
k dipped on a muddy bank and fell
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Coppedge, Don L. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 225, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 4, 1961, newspaper, July 4, 1961; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1489100/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.