Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 56, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1964 Page: 1 of 10
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BROWNWOOD. TEXAS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER IS. 1964
, TEN PAGES TODAY
Precinct Voters Due Six Choices
In 1963 wet" forces circu- their minds since the 1963 peti-
low the sale of beer for off-pre- port al authorization of the sale
approved
consumption
4
commissioners court. the total
of beer for on-premise consump-
- to authorize the sale of alco- of beer.
holic beverages for off-premise
Of the six possibilities, the
d
use, and they may vote to disal- least likely would be the sup-
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THAT MAN AGAIN
Death
Count
The Air Force identified the
At 18
By MIKE COCHRAN
FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) - dead as
The 20th annual Mile of Dimes. a nursing home in bitter
F
only 32 degrees.
. Christmas" by Plagher.
Program of the combined ele-
Maj. Charles Foran, 37, of
Ushers will be members of the nurses which were diabetics or
< 17th Century). “O Come Little
Children.
with her are the other music
across a wide section.
day time will vindicate me.”
Stores Plan
Cold Air Grips Wide Area
lage" by French, and "Lo! How'
Praetorius.
ing arrangement will be present-
a
J
Saigon
hn/ohh
CYPRESS CANOE
or out of the city.
the division of Germany.
v
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Saigon Calls
Police Alert
Cold Air
Spreads
In State
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
City Schools Plan Festival
zero from Washington State to
Wisconsin and south to Nebras-
ka. Cold-wave warnings were in
effect for a 15-state area from
The cold Friday was not ex-
pected to damage Lower Val-
agaim a fence in 30-below tem-
perature and a' driving wind.
Some sheep were buried alive.
umemmuunmmmmsmmmmummurumwmusumuumusmmumumumaImwpuIusmmmuumpummmmmmurunmmumaneneemmmu
Front Keeps Shoppers Home
much of the nation today, plung-
ing temperatures to below zero
In a dozen states and adding
snow and freezing rain to strick-
*
American engineer and a Rus-
sian chauffeur convicted of con-
spiring to spy for Russia were
sentenced to long prison terms
Brownwood Public Schools will
present its annual “Christmas
Gift to the Community" Sunday
at 3 p.m. in Brownwood Coli-
the high temperature that day
was 40. High on Dec. 17 was
54. In 1952. the Dec. 11 low
was 57, while the high tem-
perature that day was 65.
Jolly old St. Nick stopped by Medical
Arts Hospital Thursday night, despite
the 20-degree weather, and passed out
a few gifts to boys and girls present
for the hospital and clinic’s annual
FOUNTAINTOWN, Ind.
(AP)—Fire roared through
er victory Sept 5. 1959. when
the sale of beer tor off-premise
en areas
Temperatures
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Texas lay beneath a massive
blanket of frigid air Friday
with snow and sleet falling in
the midsection and one death
attributed to icy highways.
Temperatures plunged to be-
low freezing at all but a scat-
tering of far south points.
The cold air and slick streets
school: Dean Branchcomb. Jun-
ior high school and James E
Smith. senior high school.
police went on a full alert today
against the possibility of trouble
over the weekend from both the
Buddhists and the Viet Cong.
Buddhist sources said a monk
might commit suicide by burn-
ing to spur the lagging Buddhist
campaign to overthrow the gov-
ernment of Premier Tran Van
Huong. This was the tactic used
successfully against the late
President Ngo Dinh Diem.
month to try to work out a new
approach to Russia on the unifi-
cation of Germany.
The meeting was announced
by Secretary of State Dean
Rusk at the White House Thurs-
Shipyard worker Walter Chauvin, of
Centerville, La., is sending a unique
Christmas present to John John Ken-
nedy, son of the late President Kenne-
holidays, it was felt the Reds
might have major plans for this
weekend
Viet Cong propaganda activity
in Saigon has risen sharply
Buddhist headquarters in Sai-
gon. a dusty, sprawling com-
pound of shacks. looked like a
command post this week Monks
and organizers carrying brief
cases rushed in and out: the
jangling of telephones in the
offices drowned out the temple
holiday party. Receiving his present
is David Rodgers, 3. Assisting the gen-
tleman from the North Pole was Ed-
ward Rodgers, hospital administrator
and David’s father.
had Force spokesman said Diplo-1 E-3- a-
ex- matic sources said he is going
lent Night." by Gruba.
Boys in the choirs of seventh.
Dallas.
Maj. Henry Smyth Jr., 39, of
Dallas
Maj. Charles Chester, 36, of
Dallas.
A Hensley Field spokesman
said all were in good condition.
in the precinct for the first time
since 1995
By a vote of 446 to 207. the
sale was okayed at the same
time voters in Mills County's
tary of Defense Robert S. Mc-
Namara had reported to Presi-
dent Johnson on this week's
talks among Allied foreign and
defense ministers in Paris.
Administration officials are
reported hopeful the discussions
will lead to an easing of differ-
ences between France and other
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion allies.
Rusk had two conferences
with French President Charles
de Gaulle about which be re-
obvious Not so obvious are four
other possibilities.
It will be possible for count-
ians to vote for the authoriza-
tion of the sale of alcoholic be-
verages. but at the same time
choose positively on the prohi-
bition of the sale of beer
And then again, they may vote
against authorization of the sale
of alcoholic beverages, but vote
against prohibition of the sale
ra Childs and Mary Gordon
Spence.
A ballet of the Waltz of the
Flowers" will conclude the suite.
Misses Janice Herman. Annet-
family rescue a flock of 1,600
sheep
A young Marmarth, N.D., In-
dian abandoned his car near
Dickinson, N D., where the ve-
hicle plunged into a ditch.
dy, a canoelike boat he built from 100-
year-old cypress tree. Chauvin spent
three months of his spare time to build
the four-foot canoe.
mise consumption.
Secondly, they may vote
against authorization of the sale
of beverages and against the
prohibition of the sale of beer
These two alternatives are
dwindled to 226 qualified peti- was also in 1959 when a peti-
tion for an election for the sale
7 t. ,
Still, however, the "wets" had tion in Early tailed to acquire
the necessary figure, possibly a sufficient number of signa-
indicating a few of the precinct tures before the required dead-
4 voters may have changed line.
ley citrus and vegetable crops,
but growers feared damage by
Saturday.
Del Rio on the Texas-Mexican
border reported icing during
the night with highways haz-
ardous but open.
ed by the high school choirs. Ac-
companists are Misses Barba-
Rusk said of the meeting on visit and leave later today in a
German reunification that the I U.S. Air Force plane, an Air
ed to obtain the necessary 221
signatures The petition fail-
ed to meet the required dead-
line. causing the matter to be
to tell, indications are the up-
coming election may be shap-
ing up to be a close one.
1 in acquiring the approval of
Brown County Commissioners
Court for the two elections, both
"wet" and dry” forces have
in a snse claimed early vic-
tories. though as far as the elec-
tion itself is concerned, they
are meaningless
However, the “wet" victory
in obtaining the right for an
election may have been sweeter
than the "drys.' ”
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
AP Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) - For-
eign ministers of the Uhited
States. Britain. France and
West Germany meet here next
dropped
The recent "wet" petition,
which met the required dead- Justice Precinct No. 6 at Prid-
line, orginally contained 242 sig- dy approved the sale of all al-
natures, but after screening by *" *-
Late Hours
Majority of stores holding
r
Miss Dorothy McIntosh mus-
ic consultant, is general chair-
man of the program. Working
K IE
i - u.
Nursing Home Fire
mas shopping, Fair said.
1.....umumuuumurumipumumuumnuu
coholic beverages. • .
Another v ictory for the "drys”
Anti-freeze sold at a fast
pace Thursday with promise
of 10-degree weather last
night, but Central Texas tem-
perature stopped skidding
when it hit the 17-degree mark,
the overnight low.
Frigid wind gusts and bone-
chilling weather kept most
Christmas shoppers home
Thursday High for the day
was a chilly 29 degrees, up one
degree from the morning’s
low of 27. Service stations re-
ported heavy "sales of anti-
freeze as the coldest front of
the season moved in. At least
dead, all women. were found in
the concrete block addition.
Others died in their beds.
Little was left of the structure
but the walls. A Christmas
wreath still hung on the front
door.
One survivor was taken into a
I See NURSING on Page 2)
membership in Brownwood
A3)
Last year. Dec 18 recorded
an overnight low of 34, while
The music department of
SAIGON (AP)
a Rose E’er Blooming" by
of alcoholic beverages and the
backing of the prohibition of the
legal sale of beer. However, this
would be entirely possible,
though not probable
Though there is no sure way
The bands of junior and sen-
ior high schools will perform,
i The junior high school band will
play "Christmas Chorale." by
Bach, and "Deck the Halls."
arrangement by Whitney
The senior high school band
lated a petition asking for a to- tion was circulated
cal, option election on the sale "Wet" forces posted anoth-
of liquor for off-premise con-
sumption in the precinct but fail-
four foreign ministers
f.
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By LARRY CRISMAN
I or The « sta"
I Brown County residents of
I' Justice Precinct No. 4 will have
I six voting alternatives when
I they go to the polls Jan 9 to de-
I cide on two issues involving the
I sale of alcoholic beverages in
I the precinct.
The issues in question will be
3 authorization of the sale of all
■ alcoholic beverages for off-pre-
mise consumption in the prec-
inct or prohibition of the legal
sale of beer for off-premise
■ consumption
| In the first place, countians
4 may vote positively on both is-
f sues. That is, they may choose
The stores will be open un-
til 9 pm. Saturday. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. but
will observe regular store
hours Thursday, which is
Christmas Eve.
The late hours are design-
ed to permit Central Texas
residents more time for Christ-
Neighbors and volunteer fire-
men helped a Flasher. N.D.,'
mentary choirs includes "Ye
“Watches and Ye Holy Ones”
I 4
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were below
one station sold out and had
to reorder.
Forecast calls for continua-
tion of the cold weather siege
over the weekend, with possi-
bility of some hazardous driv-
ing conditions with freezing
rain. Saturday's high is ex-
pected to be about 23.
Temperature at 10 a m to-
day was a discouraging 22
degrees.
Some exposed water pipes
froze during the night, and ice
covered exposed water sur-
faces. There was no freez-
ing rain reported in the area
overnight or this morning.
her night clothes, walked
around the building and re-en- *
tered through a back door. Fire-
men found her in the kitchen.
She was among the survivors.
A huge Air National Guard M. Sgt Roy R. Sypert, 33, of and highways caused some
tanker plane crashed, exploded Hurst, Tex. school closings
Very little warming was ex-
pected until next week.
At that, the cold failed to
reach the severe limit of 10 de-
Dr. Lucian Arata, Shelby
Chamber of Commerce will County coroner, said 11 bodies
. observe late closing hours Sat- had been recovered from the
From Tschaikowsky i The urday through Wednesday, ac- ruins and one man died en route
Nutcracker Suite." a Fred War- cording to Jake Fair, chair- to a hospital after he was found
....." ' " . man of the chamber retail lying unconscious inside the
| committee front door.
The coroner said five of the
tioners, with three names in
doubt
and his counsel and said: landing gear.
“I just want to ask the court Flames shot out 300 yards,
for mercy and clemency." Bu- Pieces of the plane, including its
tenko said “I hope that some- four engines, were scattered
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today after again protesting . . ______ __
their innocence in court. They and burned on an attempted M. Sgt. Robert E. Weeks, 26,
could have received death sen- landing at Greater Southwest of Arlington, Tex.
fences. International Airport Thursday T. ggt Emil J. Trojacek, 23,
The engineer, John W Buten- night, killing 4 of the 11 men of Dallas
ko. was sentenced to 30 years aboard S Sgt Charles W. Elmore, 30, grees below zero predicted
imprisonment on the charge. The seven guardsmen who of Dallas. Lowest, was..5 above zero at
and drew two five-year concur- survived the fiery crash in sub- One of the Survivors, Lt. Dalhart in the Panhandle.
rent terms on other charges, freezing weather were taken to Richard Yeates. 29. of Dallas, , The snow and sleet area dur-
A 20-year sentence was un- Parkland Hospital in Dallas, said the tanker was over a run- tag the day ranged from Cen-
posed on the Russian. Igor Authorities said none was be- way “when it happened ' tral Texas into East Texas.
Ivanov, on the espionage con- lieved seriously injured Yeates said the plane explod- But Ice formed in the far
spiracz.change. He also.was Their KC97, a prop-driven ed as it touched ground but southwest at Del Rio and coated
given five.zears, craft, cracked up at the south , that he had no idea what caused trees, shrubs and bridges in the
concurent laon asecond “ end of the airport, which is mid- the blast. He and three other Lower Rio Grande Valley
an. additinn. Toretonvcted way between Dallas and Fort men escaped through the pilot’s The death of James Richard
chargethne*’ woratconred Worth Fire units battled 2% widow. Dillard, 21, of Mission was at-
Qfaconsirrgsttrutiontr tfrei hours to douse the flames Also escaping death were: tributeI to iceon.a highway
reyntnssrtgnkratis wascn The plane, from the 136 th Air M Sgt. Frank Hutchinson, 35, near Edinburg in the Low er
Qas'an unreX Refueling Group at Hensley of Grand Prairie. 'alley, coating! trees bridges
tered agentorhe Soviet Union. I Field in the Dallas suburb of M Sgt. Hoyt Moore, 33, of and shrubseaihoughtheuground
Prior to the sentencing, by I Grand Prairie, was on a four- Hurst. temreratureat.that Point i
Federal Court Judge Anthony hour training mission Capt. James Kumpf, 35, of
T. Augelli, the defendants were Air Force spokesmen said the Dallas _ _____ .. e
asked if they had any state- tanker apparently hit an em-
ments to make to the court bankment on a practice ap-
Butenko. 39, thanked the court proach and this ripped away the
agreed in Paris they should ex--------------- _ _
plore the possibilities of “some to Brussels, Belgium.
further initiative” with the Rus- The spokesman had no expla
sians on the issue nation for the special conven-
C. L. (Irene) Nettleship, Coggin
. .. j and Woodland Heights elemen-
Thursday when they jammed uPtary schools; Mrs.D. c (Mar-
garet) Larner, junior high
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas to Ohio to Delaware A herd of 1,000 sheep wan-
A severe cold spell gripped Rain fell along a band from dering aimlessly in a blizzard
the Texas coast to New Eng- crashed through the ice of a
land Freezing rain and snow lake south of Miles City, Mont,
extended from central Texas Montana officials said 250,000
through Kentucky to ’he eastern! calves and 320,000 sheep suf-
Great Lakes fered through the snow and cold
In Montana, ranchers esti- ineightsdisastetrareacaunttes.
mated livestock losses in the pled Thursay, with 38-below-
thousands ofdollarsandathe zero marks in Butte and Helena.
National Guard helped dear H was 51 below in West Yellow-
I snow-dogged roads.____________; stone, Mont.
Scattered Snow Takes Heavy Toll
Falls In Areas I “
At the same time, he said ience being extended the pre-
there has been no indication of mier U.S. Air Force planet
an active Soviet interest in usually carry only American
trying to settle the problems of and West German officials into
personnel in the schools. Mrs.roshgpsshtotwicarrm.asnp-
wt- »* *-i— iirai eyrWe - an herds, Shake Off Your Drowsy
Donald (Bettv) Martin, East and Sleep* and "he fhree Kings.
South elementary schools: Mrs. Junior high girls’ selections
- - ! are “No Room Was in the Vil-1
ants at the McGraw Nursing
Home saved 15 patients, one of
them burned critically.
The cause of the fire was not
known immediately.
Nurse's aide Myrtle Donahue,
will play “An Old English ’ te Hawthorn and Kathy Mein- taken with 13 patients to Major
- - nis. students of Mrs. Jimmy Hospital to nearby Shelbyville,
(Marty) Gore, will be featured refused treatment for smoke
in the" ballet. inhalation until she had told
seum.
Longrerms Four Die in Fiery
In Spy Trial z Guard Plane Crash
that relations with France may V:e:a c..4 Ck.r+
be improved. The accord indi- VISIT VUT 30011
cates a possible new trend in R. C.neA RAce
_____________________ French policy, which has been bY COngO DOSS
day night after he and Secre-1 marked in recent years by de- BERLIN (AP! - Congo Pre-i
— ' - ' " dining French cooperation with mier Moise Tshombe has de-
NATO oded to cut short his Berlin
athletic department needed special treatment.
by Schutlz and "Si- There is no admission to the "None of them wanted to
■ - - festival and it is open to the come out," said Paul Whitting-
i public. ton, a volunteer fireman. “It
eighth and ninth grades to jun- wmmiuuumuuumuuumummuaumpmmumuu was just too cold." ,
— . . — । "uuumurumurruuuturmpurtuuur He said one elderly woman
escaped from a front door in
VOLUME 65 NO. 56 10c PER COPY
Sunday is the fourth anniver- gongs.
sary of the official founding of More than a dozen Buddhists
the National Front for the Lib- reportedly have volunteered for
eration of South Viet Nam. the immolation. Rumors said burn-
political arm of the Viet Cong, ings might take place in front of
While Viet Cong terror cam- the U.S embassy, In front of the
. paigns coincide only occasional- presidential palace or at a
| ly with important Communist. Buddhist beadquarterg.
Brownwood Bulletin
sponsored by Brownwood cold today in this central In-
Inions Club, was scheduled to diana community, taking a
begin Thursday but was post- heavy toll among the aged
poned because of the tradition- natients
ally cold weather The cam- P ' .
paign will begin when weath- , Sixteen bod.es were removed
er perm its,” according to fromthe.smoldering ruins 01
Lions Club President ROScoe the. tworstory, wooden and con-
Smith crete-block structure. Two res
cued inmates died and two were
missing.
Heroic work of three attend-
-- Temperatures began a slow
Nations Seek New smmams
The restaurant atop the 600-
a mg- m m foot Space Needle seen during
Approach To Reds mFsu
.. , . „ water pipes burst from the cold.
1 ported to Johnson.. McNamara The Weather Bureau predict-
conferred, with French Defense ed a 4inch snowfall for the
Minister Pierre Messmer Moss-, westefn of the state and
mer and he agreed on a coordi- freezing in other
nation of French nuclear weap- sectoneme
ons. targeting with NATO plans. More than 200 sheep perished
derstanding is the basis for hope I in a blizzardin North Dakota
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Gage, Larry. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 56, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1964, newspaper, December 18, 1964; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1492905/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.