Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 27, 1963 Page: 1 of 8
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honor President Kennedy's mem- •
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At $31,921
Crook, southwest of town.
(Staff Photo)
Approximately 150 parking
Dispute Rolls Toward Court
Scattered Rains
hill,” meaning in Congress.
Reported In State
ing's present location.
Lawmakers Launch Probe
Into JFK's Assassination
TOKYO (AP) — Red China
The Peking regime has made
probe for any sign of U.S. un-
the young military regime some
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in Laos, the Pathet Lao Tues-
Senate Republican Leader
negotiations" to eliminate any
renewal of a strike threat.
Wolfe replied that if the un-
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San Saba Crowns Queen
Mabel Anne Perry To Reign Over Show
her •
RUNAWAYS' ARSENAL
W M. (Bill) Perry, will now
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Ruby Trial Looms
Within Two Weeks
United Fund Parking Space Due
Tab stands Qn Greenleaf Lots
It also may be carried on a
third network if other technical
problems can be worked out
U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen. Herbert
John Miller Jr. said as soon as
pecan queen of San Saba Coun-
ty from a field of 17 contestants
in a program at the junior high
cafetorium here Tuesday night.
< The blonde, blue-eyed Miss
to find
I their
where
reached.
Basement of the concret tile
house will be partially filled
with rubble from this house and
the houses that are moved.
day removed all doubts about
where its allegiance lies. Once
supported by the Russians, it
new echoes Peking's line.
The Pathet Lao radio said:
"The U.S. imperialists will
Lcontinue their policy of inter-
vention in Laos and become
nedy was directing U.S. assist-
ance to South Viet Nam’s anti-
Communist forces.
To underline this threat, the
is no agreement on other issues
such as wages.
Union spokesman H. E. Gil-
where we were in August with
the nation disturbed.”
Gilbert, president of the AFL-
CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive
Tower Hotel. Like the other con-
contestants. Miss Perry made a
brief talk on the subject of pe-
cans.
First runner-up in the judging
was Karen Wesala, 17. grand-
daughter of Sam Rainbolt of San
Saba. She is a senior in San
By LBJ
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
Oswald slayings are assembled
they will be made public.
Miller is head of the Justice
Department’s criminal division.
The slaying of Oswald Sun-
day prevented a public trial to
bring out the evidence collect-
ed by Dallas police in charging
him with murder.
along with the San Saba County
Home Demonstration Council,
sponsored the affair.
San Saba School Supt J. C.
Petty was master of ceremonies
for the program, and Danny
Miller and Mike Clausen escort-
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CAGE RESULTS ...........
PECAN QUEENS .........
ALL-DISTRICT...... .....
COMICS ..............
AS WE WERE ............
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Taylor.
Viet Cong guerriljas mounted
powerful attacks on strategic
hamlets in the south, dealing
have been sold and moved.
Many cards are still out and The fourth house. on the corner
need to be worked and turned of Baker and Greenleaf Street,
I Laos and possibly new crises- ly announced the fighting would
• - • •• continue as it had when Ken-
SAN SABA—Mabel Anne Per- Saba High School. Second run-
ry, 16-year-old San Saba High ner-up was Nancy Taylor, 17,
School junior, was chosen as also a senior in San Saba and
south parking area of the col-
iseum when lots are cleared.
Property will be improved for
parking when lots are cleared.
certainty or weakness in Asian
. policy following the death of
President Kennedy.
be binding for two years.
But other provisions of the law
expire Feb. 25 and could lead
to a new strike threat if there
, Firemen and Enginemen, and
Wolfe are members of the arbi-
tration board.
men's jobs and the size of train
crews.
It ruled that the carriers can
gradually eliminate as unneces-
sary 90 per cent of the firemen
on diesel freight and yard en-
gines—about 30,000 jobs.
The train crew issue was
turned back to the parties for
further negotiations. The board,
however, provided machinery
for binding decisions on a local
basis, supervised by the Nation-
al Mediation Board, in situations
tional Ruby had settled down told Howard he stopped Sunday
somewhat since the shooting in at the spot where Kennedy was
the City Hall basement as po- shot two days earlier. This was
lice started to move Oswald to shortly before Ruby went on to
the county jail. the city jail where Oswald was
"He was much more calm,killed.
COURTHOUSE MARKER
Mrs. R. D. (Billie Porter) Holmens, Brown County
clerk, pauses to admire the Confederate memorial
information marker for Camp Collier placed on the
lawn in front of Brown County Courthouse Tuesday
afternoon, Brown County earlier this year granted
the Texas State Historical Survey Committee per-
mission to place the marker here. County Judge
William O. Breedlove said a dedication program
probably will be held soon now that the marker has
been put in place. The camp was located on Clear
they will challenge the arbitra-
tion decision and its legal basis
in the courts.
NEW SNARL
Thus a new snarl appeared to
be added to the four-year dis-
pute, and negotiations on what
Congress figured were second-
ary also have bogged down.
Each side blamed the other for
the lack of progress in the talks,
which cover such matters as
wages.
The arbitration board had two
issues to deal with—the fire-
Civil Rights Action
Pushed By Johnson
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Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois,
top GOP member of the com- the facts in the Kennedy and
BROWNWOOD AREA Partly cloudy
today and tonight, occasional rain pos-
Bible A little warmer in north today
and ove- area tonight Low tonight 38
to 45 High Thursday 64 to 69.
Maximum temperature here Tuesday
52. overnight low 39. Sunset 5:31. sun-
ria 7:13
way from his home to head-
quarters of the army mission in
Caracas when his official car
was stopped by the kidnapers
and he was removed from it
This occurred about 7 a.m.
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nounced Johnson as a supporter . _ .
of Kennedy's “various reaction- of the heaviest blows of the war.
ary policies." This has been fol-
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CAPE CANAVERAL.
more inflexible. Under such
circumstances the Laotian peo-
ties.
The inquiry will cover not
only the assassination of Ken-
nedy last Friday as he rode in
a motorcade through Dallas, but
also the subsequent slaying of
Lee Harvey Oswald, the ac-
cused assassin, by Jack Ruby,
a Dallas night club operator.
The court of inquiry is neces-
sary, he said, because it is the
only way short of a trial to get
witnesses to testify under the
threat of perjury.
Two 16-year-old Son Antonio boys, re-
ported as runaways, were apprehended
Tuesday about 4 p.m. by Brown County
sheriff's deputies Ray Williams and
Bill Donahoe on U. S. Highway 279
near Brownwood. A large assortment
of weapons, believed to be used for
gang fights, were found stashed in vari-
ous parts of the 1858 automobile in
which the youths were riding. items
found included 25 pocket knives, 20
the girls always manage 1
new angles in making
speeches on pecans.
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bury, minister of First Christ-
ian Church, will be speaker
for the event, which is spon-
sored by Brownwood Minister-
ial Assn Prayer services will
begin at 9 p.m . Mt. Zion Bap-
tist Church, with Rev. Leon
Jackson, pastor. in charge.
Brownwood firemen began
putting up downtown Christ-
mas decorations Tuesday, and
the Christmas shopping sea-
son is expected to be in full
swing this weekend The
Brownwood Bulletin Thursday
will feature its annual “Christ-
mas shopping edition,” with
many Brownwood merchants
featuring tips on Christmas
gift buying.
The Chinese swiftly de-
The new President appealed Brownwood Post Office,
at the same time for 'an end along with all other post of-
to the teaching and preaching fices in the state, will ob-
of hate and evil and violence. ” I serve holiday schedule Thurs-
unions.
Congress left wages and some
proposed work rules changes to
be settled by negotiations be-
tween the unions and the 195
ed the contestants onto the stage. I
Judges of the event were Brady . I
Chamber of Commerce Manager'
George Purcell of Brady and
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Stephens of
Brady.
While the judges were making
their decision, the crowd of ap-
proximately 300 persons was en-
tertained by the San Saba High
School band, directed by Russell
Lewis, a girls’, chorus. and so-
loist, Mrs. Norman Phillips.
C. E. Tisdale, county pecan
grower, said the contest was
again a big success. Tisdale
praised the entries in the con-
test. saying that despite similar
programs for all the contests.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Senate Judiciary Committee, re-
portedly in cooperation with
the Justice Department, has
launched an investigation into
the assassination of President
Kennedy.
Sources In a position to know
said that the Justice Depart-
ment already has begun funnel-
ing information from FBI
agents to the committee. head-
ed by Sen. James O. Eastland,
D-Miss.
lowed by hostile appraisals of
Johnson from North Viet Nam
and the pro-Communist Pathet
Lao of Laos.
North Korea has not reacted
officially to the American
change of leadership. But it
has stepped up the virulence
and volume of its anti-U.S. cam-
reading at Dalhart. from the apostles of bitterness, has thrown down the gauntlet in Korea and Cambodia.
Meager amounts of still need- and bigotry, from those defiant i. p-oeidon TohNein u. facce The Peking regime has made
ed rain fell Tuesday over the of law, and those who pour ' it clear it is determined to
section south of a line linking venom into our nation’s blood-, the prospect of stepped-up war-
Alpine, Waco and Lufkin. 1 stream.” i fare in South Viet Nam and
mittee, told newsmen he ex-
pected public hearings next
month before Congress takes a
Christmas recess.
Dirksen told the Senate Tues-
day night that a full-scale in-
vestigation by the Judiciary
Committee had been approved
by Senate leaders of both par-1
Caracas received a phone call
from a Spanish-speaking man
who said in effect, “don’t worry
about Col. Chenault; the kid-
I naping was for propaganda
I purposes only.”
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negotiations, “we will be back L
berg said the railroads’ proposal
to “cut pay 331-3 per cent” by
changing the wage structure is
not a secondary issue to the
TWO YEARS
The arbitration award, as
Congress wrote the law, would
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
long strike-threatened railroad
dispute rolled toward the courts
today and a new legal tangle
over an arbitration ruling per-
mitting the elimination of thou-
sands of firemen's jobs.
The ruling handed down Tues-
day by a special panel, was
ordered by Congress to forestall |
a nationwide strike last August
and settle the key issues in the
union-railroad struggle over
work rules.
Two of the unions announced
: is a prime proving ground for lusions about Johnson. No mat-
China's tough revolutionary the- ’er who becomes president. the
ories. — nature of U.S. imperialism re-
I North Viet Nam. which di- mains unchanged and its policy
rects and assists Communist will continue to be aggressive
subversion in the south, quick- and bellicose."
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ty Pecan Growers Assn., who,
paign. .
The war in South Viet Nam ple should never harbor any A-
DALLAS, Tex. (AP) — Jack than he was yesterday." How-
Rubv. who shot the accused as- ard said. "He talked in more
sassin of President John F. Ken- normal tones but he is still an
nedy as thousands watched on excitable person when he talks
television, mav go to trial on a normally."
murder charge within two The lawyer said Ruby men-
weeks. tioned seeing a picture of Mrs.
* In Venezuela in a 1,500-word address pre- day, with no window service,
pared for a joint session of city, rural or star route de-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The the Senate and House, Johnson livery.
“This is no time for delay—it is
a time for action.”
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master, said
Offices in Brown County
Courthouse will be closed
Thursday, but will be open for
business Friday. City, state
and federal offices also will
be open E riday
Brownwood schools were to
close for the holidays after
classes today, with school to
resume Monday morning How-
ard Payne College also dismis-
sed today and will begin
classes again Monday.
Thanksgiving services are
scheduled at two Brownwood
churches tonight. Community
services will begin at 7:30
p.m today at First Baptist
Church. Leonard P. Stans-
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County grand jurors indicted Kennedy with blood on
Ruby Tuesday in the shooting of dress. . .. „
Lee Harvey Oswald Ruby's "Tears camegto his. eyes,
trial is tentatively set for Dec 9. Howard said. He showed tre-
m ... „ ... . a mendous concern for the Kenne-
Dist. Atty. Henry Wade said dvs .,
he will ask the’death penalty. Ruby. 52, who owns a down-
Defense lawyer Tom Howard down strip tease establishment
of Dallas said the highly emo- and a dance hall in Dallas,
dent Johnson will make a na-
tionwide television address to
the nation on Thanksgiving eve-
ning, the White House an-
nounced today.
The 15-minute address, sched-
uled for 1:15 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, “will be a
Thanksgiving Day message to
the people” from the President,
press secretary Pierre Salinger
Mid.
The broadcast will be made 4
from the President's oval office .1
in the White House. It will be C
carried live on two networks. ‘ Q
Miss Perry represented the
Live Oak Home Demonstration
Club in winning the title. She
Perry, daughter of Mr and Mrs. was crowned by. last year’sal-
— 2: - _ - ternate queen. Miss Sylvia Milli-
bought by city are being clear-
Brown County United Fund to- ed 10 provide parking space for
tai stood at 931.921 this morn-Brownwood Coliseum.
in. Smith said At this point, City bought four lots on Green-
542,655. Brayton Smith, cam- leaf street from Mrs. W. T. Ma-
paign chairman, said the drive Mrs. Malone retained own- -
would continue until the goal is ership of the houses on the pro- spaces will be available in the
reached. perty. Three of these houses
Fifth in the row of houses in
potential parking area is owned
by W W. Cantrell. Cantrell has
agreed to sell his house to city.
City will negotiate with owner
after the property is appraised,
.said City Manager John Clary.
Purchase of the lots is one
item approved in the Sept. 24
bond issue. City allocated $33,-
000 for the purchase and im-
provement of the property.
Lots on Greenleaf Street
Johnson opened his address
by saying:
“All I have I would have giv-
en gladly not to be standing
here today.”
Johnson, who called the as-
sassination of President Ken-
nedy “the foulest deed of our
time,” declared that Kennedy
Kennedy’sPoliciesCity Plans Quiet Holiday
tndorsed By lb J Thursday is expected to be
I a quiet holiday in Brownwood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Johnson told the J and Central Texas, with prac-
1 nation and the world today that the ideas and ideals tically, all businesses closed
of John F. Kennedy “must and will be translated into andal citecountestate ’the
re a• a: ,, Ieueral OICES CloSeu IOI UIE
effective action. I Thanksgivng Day observance.
in. Smith said. AAt this point, will be torn down and the var-
if all cards are returned as ex- ious parts of. the building sold
. . . pected, the county can reach tile. the building is more than
“Our most immediate tasks,' the goal, he added. j 60 years old. but “in sound con-
Johnson said, “are here on this cooperation of dition," said Joe Allen Adams.
-cuiiig ... Song- Smith urged cooperation of salvage from the house will
Johnson appealed for United campaign workers and residents be stacked to an empty lot ac-
effort by a nation that goes for- in reaching the goal designed to ross Baker Street from the build-
must be commemorated in
actions.
ory than the earliest possible
passage of the civil rights bill
for which he fought,” Johnson
said.
And he said, ‘No act of ours'
A. .0. a-M .m m. panta could more fittingly continue
gnau,
tax bill for which he sought.”
The new chief executive said:
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assistant chief of the U.S. Army specifically called for early ________, ___________-
mission in Venezuela Col James congressional action to set up ceived, dispatched and boxed
IK. Chenault, was kidnaped at new civil rights safeguards and at main office, observing holi-
■ gunpoint this morning by four enact an 511-billion tax cut. ' day schedules. All special de-
armed men in Caracas. ‘No memorial oration or eu- livery mail will be delivered
The Pentagon, in announcing logy, could more eloquently promptly, J. H. Childs. post-
this, said Chenault was on the - -----------------------------------
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1963 VOLUME 64 NO. 38 IOc PER COPY
(AP)—An interplanetary moni-
toring platform — IMP —
soared through space today on
a radiation-sensing mission vi-
tal to the lives of travelers to
the moon.
IMP'S prime assignment is
to determine if satellite instru-
ments can forecast solar flares
on the sun Flares spew tor-
rents of radiation into inter-
planetary space.
ice picks, an ax, two hatchets, three
long machetes, five large hunting
knives, a sling shot, four belts with
large buckles, a bottle of chloroform,
three frog gigs and three high calibre
rifles. The boys were held here and
placed in custody of their parents about
10 p.m. Tuesday. Sheriff Joe Townsend,
left, and Ray Williams check the array
of equipment found in the car.
(Staff Photo)
railroads involved in the dis- ---
pute. P... A
Gilbert told J. E Wolfe. chief A
railroad negotiator. he hoped : A
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS one of his most emotional pas- _ m
Showers dotted southern areas sages Johnson asserted: A | | _ | n
of Texas and it was frosty in “The time has come for l\.| | K I BPAAAIC
the state’s Panhandle - Plains Americans of all races and I % WV L—. C 4 C | LJ | C VV •
agreements cant be|sector again Wednesday. creeds and political beliefs to "
The Weather Bureau said con- understand and respect one an- m . • am ■ •
ditions will stay about the other. Let us put an end to the _ E______ r L • . — —
same through Thanksgiving teaching and preaching of hate F I F Fem r 4% rm ■ r | ■ ■ 4 ( C
Day. and evil and violence. Letus/I II “e | I J III "ud I I l l l •3
Temperatures before daylight turn away from the fanatics of
ranged down to a 21 - degree the far left and the far right.
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Gage, Larry. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 38, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 27, 1963, newspaper, November 27, 1963; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1492809/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.