Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 58, Ed. 1 Monday, December 21, 1964 Page: 1 of 12
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INSIDE TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1964
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
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spending limits recommended
By KARL R. BAUMAN
70 departments am agencies
Actual
President so he could sit in on
three Cabinet officers.
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only for existing programs and first year.
$
WRAPPING HITS PEAK
for this to be done by individu- (AP)—The future of South
government
the building was actually com- the High National Council and
ed and closed on that day.
arrested most of its nine mem-
plete.
Tenants, which included insur- 1
can be turned off manually. As building for several decades.
which accounts for the lettering try’s sixth government upheaval
pened ”
and handcuffed and bound the
pleted.
Childs said the post office was
west Texas.
About 70 staff officers who
Normal post office hours are Street intersection for the see-
| mara's proposal it would elimi-
ing trend near the weekend
Support Grows For Burch
Stormy Atlantic Stalls Rescue Work
changed his plans.
Burch did not attend today’s
Sen
Thruston B. Morton of Ken-
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l
t
Explorer Satellite
Rockets Into Orbit
joined First National about the
time the old building was com-
WEEKEND DEATHS
EDITORIAL PAGE
SPORTS .............
COMICS .............
HASH BROWN .....
A.
Building, operajed only as an
office building since the bank
moved across the street in the
summer of 1960. will be vacat-
The military ‘s rapid move
caught leaders of the Buddhists'
mittee, said he agreed with
Miller that Burch should stay on
even if he has only a bare ma-
Truck guard Frank Fernandi
said that as he and his partner.
John Godley, entered the recto-
official. "and basically we have
to regard these generals as reb-
Except for the master, Capt.
Frederick W Mohle, 56. and the
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make one global circuit every
seven hours.
All postal operations will be
on a holiday schedule Christ-
mas Day, Childs said. Only spe-
cial delivery mail will be deliv-
ered Friday. Saturday also will
be a postal holiday.
at the Chicago meeting.
Wilson, who heads the House
Congressional Campaign Com-
office building.
The building, which has a
Press secretary George E discussion of the department s
Reedy described Johnson as budget requests
Power Play
Draws Fire
From U.S.
By MALCOLM W. BROWNE
SAIGON, South Viet Nam
informed of the flight.
The U.S. Embassy said it had
requested a thorough analysis
and review of the incident. It
said the U.S. and Egyptian gov-
ernments were cooperating in
JOHNSON CITY, Tex. (AP)-lby Gordon and that it’s now up
President Johnson gave budget- to the President to make the
cutting top priority today as he final decisions.
their postal business during the
Christmas season.
government."
Premier Tran Van Huong and
Chief of State Phan Khac Suu
spending during the current fis-
cal year is currently estimated
at $97 2 billion
Some reductions have been
made in the spending requests..
but by how much has not been
disclosed. These requests were
picked up 34 men. and the
bodies of four others who died in
the operation.
Lions To Open
Drive Tuesday
Brownwood Lions Club’s Mile
i Original spending requests of do not include’ new programs
Johnson- glans to recommend
such as funds for the depressed
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA Partly cloudy
today and Tuesday. A little warmer to-
day Low tonight near 40, high Tuesday
near 70
High Sunday 65. overnight low 35
Sunset 5:35, sunrise 7:34.
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hopcs the matter won't even be
brought to a roll call showdown
for a getaway car carrying pos-
sibly six men.
Appalachia region.
Administration sources have
said that none of the recom-
mendations in Johnson’s "Great
Society" progrte will be spec-
tacular'} costiy, at least in the
Corps commander, and Bng.
Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, 4th
Fog hung low before daylight
around El Paso. Childress, Fort
subsequently would gain under the reorgani-,
ration, struck back at sugges-
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had been assigned to the chief
of state's office were shipped off
under guard to the mountains
north of Saigon. All had been on
the staff of the former chief of
state Lt. Gen. Duong Van Minh,
and had been left at the disposal
of his successor
Officials said it would require
several hours to determine ac-
curate orbital figures.
The newest in a long line of
this would be a bad beginning order must be obeyed without
---- --------- for a “party of inclusion" which regard to any state duty the Na-
tucky, head of the Republican would attempt to exclude Gold- tional Guard might be perform-
Senatorial Campaign Commit- | water from itg councils. 1 ing.’’
ing area nearby.
Scales that weigh letters and
parcels up to one pound are'
available in the lobby.
had as much trouble with peak
periods.
The postmaster suggested use
of airmail and special delivery
naw to guarantee pre-Christ-
mas delivery of mail, especially
for out-of-town points.
Childs urged use of the ZIP
Code, since the code generally
means mail will move in a more
antigovernment campaign by
surprise. ’ '
hang onto his job even if he has Romney of Michigan, and oth-
only a one vote majority of the ers have said Burch should re-
132-member national commit- sign unless he can turn up a
and the waL. against the
Viet Cong havf been thrown
in your back you'd turn it Off the bank wanted to close the still visible on the old building in less than 14 months - but
too. Perhaps that’s what hap- building because bank officials j- •-------~f • new . .
. They had not made any deliv-c . . c U.S. officials said the latest
soiaupothnabranbasabeforetheSmoothly, Postmaster Says syentomumtaryyeaaly £SS
formed by Burch that the chair-
man believes he has majority
support “at this time ” The New
York congressman added he
ure space radiation and the sought, the satellite was to
Christmes shopping isn't so much a
chare as many yeari age, for today,
either for a few extra cants or for no
charge at all, one can have his pack-
ages wrapped at the store where they
are purchased. Here Merlene Gra-
ham, left, feeds ribbon into a machine
that automatically makes decorative
NEW YORK (AP)
totaled $108.5 billion
By LEW HEAD . three priests.
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — They seized the two truck
Gunmen robbed a bank truck of guards as they arrived, dis-
Cape Kennedy at 4 a m aboard
a towering Delta rocket which
blazed brilliantly into the pre- Explorer satellites is to carry
dawn darkness on work started by its predeces-
Miller reported that
were still nominally in power.
I In a broadcast proclamation,
mg. e . AA. the junta 01 young generals de-
Christmas Service Moving parerorsontidmna in and suP
lion brought up more artillery
to fight the plan
Judge Eugene Cushing of
Washington State, a major gen-
eral in the Reserve, said he told
Secretary of the Army Stephen
Atles that McNamara's direc-
often vigorous reaction to its guard and reserve positions and hours or more before others go- ment. The welfare campaign
Reserve-National Guard reor- build the National Guard to ing to the same destination will continue through Thursday,
ganization plan, now claims offi- 550,000. which do not include the five- The golden lion was hauled to
the Center Avenue and Lee
ly in the stormy Atlantic today, freighter Mathilde Bolten, | There was no radio ccmmuni- •
with the captain and two crew- steamed toward Puerto Rico, cations with themt.
men still aboard. reporting that some of the sur-1 "If anything happens, if the
A Coast Guard cutter arrived । vivors urgently needed medical ship starts to go down, weu try
i on the scene about dawn and care. to get them off with shot lines’
reported that winds had risen to I The 311-foot Coast Guard cut- or by floating down a raft from
gale force of 39 m p h . and high ter Rockaway radioed that it up windward." a Coast Guard
seas prevented boarding the had reached the stricken Ameri- spokesman said
stricken vessel. can vessel, cracked amidship The 459.f00t freiohte ram>.
The 7,600-ton freighter, the and drifting without power - freighter.. carry-
Smith Voyager. was listing to
The guards, who carry revol- Anderson.
vers, were handcuffed and left They started at the bank's
inside the rectory with the main office where they picked
priests. up money for the branch banks.
Goldwater, who didn't talk to tions that the peacetime author-
newsmen. is expected to return ity over the guard vested in
to his home at Phoenix, Ariz., state governors might interfere
later in the day He has con- with a quick call for federal
tended that the efforts to re- i service
move Burch are directed pri- Maj. Gen Winston Wilson. i
marily at him rather than at the chief of the National Guard Bu- . -
chairman. reau. said: starboard at about 35 degrees.
In this connection Miller said "I emphasize that federal au-
he thought it would be " unfort u- thority is. at all times, para-
nate" to oust Burch. He said mount and a federal ’call' for
direct route and is handled few- M Dimes will begin at 9 a m Corps commander,
er times. Parcels with zipped Tuesday after Cold weather and •• • — - -
Pentagon, keeping tab on the serve, abolish 21 second line addresses may be delivered 24 other conflicts caused postpone-
— . Saturday: At least 26 dead. 23
ing from the sacking a month children and three adults, with
ago of the John F. Kennedy one fire killing six youngsters.
Memorial Library in Cairo by a and two others claiming. five
mob of African students. | each.
the investigation
Although embassy sources
the civilian .government's posi-
tion.
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi,
commander of the 1st Army
Corps, is the dominant member
of the junta. He escaped in
an attempt to overthrow the
Ngo Dinh Diem government
Since Diem's death he has risen
By HOWARD BENEDICT before it swings back as close
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (API as.200 miles at the low point of
— The Explorer 26 satellite its orbit. .
soared into orbit today to meas- Because of the eccentric path
First National was chartered bers, plus more than 20 other
Feb. 11, 1892. and has served leading politicians.
the city continuously since that U.S. military and diplomatie
time. It was formerly known officers made no official state-
as Brownwood National Bank, ment on the crisis — the coun-
calendar start of the winter. ryofSt. Anthony’s Roman
Home furnaces were pushed to Catholic church about 9 a m.
als interested in operating an Viet Nam's
The flight-control center an- sors in probing basic scientific
nounced an hour later that mysteries of space.
tracking information indicated The Explorer experiments I
all three stages of the booster were designed to provide the
had fired with precision and most extensive information yet
drilled the payload into space, on how high-energy radiation
Launch director Robert Gray particles become trapped in Jie
said that "everything seems to earth's magnetic field to form
be working just as expected. the Van Allen belt and the dan-
Explorer 26 was aimed at a ger the belt poses to men and
looping course intended to take machinery flying future flights
it 15.800 miles away from earth deep into space.
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tee substantial majority in favor of
Miller, the GOP vice presi- his retention at a Jan. 22-23
dential nominee, told a news show-down meeting of the na-
conference after he and Rep. tional committee in Chicago.
Bob Wilson of California had Miller said he does not agree jority of the committee
conferred with Goldwater at with that viewpoint. He said if
his apartment that the presi- Burch can summon even a bare conference at which his future
dential nominee is standing majority he should stay on the was discussed
firmly behind Burch. job because any replacement
..Burch’sreplacement.as £ then would represent only •
tional chairman has been de-__ r .2’
manded by partv progressives minority of the committee.
on the ground he represents a. Miller said he had been io-
cracked and imperiled Ameri- was unaccounted for. • that the three men still were
can freighter wallowed helpless- The rescue ship, the German aboard the ship.
into doubt by a weekend po-
moved out Aug 1. 1960. It was litical purge by young Viet-
built in 1909-10. and the bank namese generals.
moved in on May 1, 1910, before The Young Turks" dissolved
We still don't understand rectory safe had been looted handling as much mail as usual
.. --—dt‘ _ " also but a later check showed for the holiday, but has not
Deputy Police Chief William Brownwood Postmaster J U be stacked on the shelf of the
Ludwig said the crime was deft- Childs commended postal pat- door leading into the mail sort-
nitely the work of professionals rons today for "spreading out’
who had studied the route and - - ■ - ■ ■■
timing of the truck.
| First reports said the church
i the $1,100 still in the safe.
rapidly in the Vietnamese
army.
Acting with him in Sunday'«
pre-dawn. bloodless purge were
Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Kv. air
force commander: Brig Gen.
Le Nguyen Khapg, Marine
threat it poses to men and ma-
chinery flying deep into space.
The 101-pound windmill-
shaped satellite shot aloft from
Fire Deaths ty. a gunman ordered anem -________________
Climb To 66 side. bank’s branches, according to it would be more appropriate
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rU
and drifting without power ing"1o,000.ton s"oF"rin-“wX.
about mo mles east southeast n ’ ^m ’he° ^as to
oFermuda. radioed uStanding Ceuta, Spanish Morrocco, when
______________________by for improvement in the seas. slipping cargo burst her scams,
other two men, the crew aban- with plans to put aboard board- The break in Na.4hold. just
donedher Sunday. Another shpqins.parvindssasdpwavesorist poHteasy ~ ILSES' 5
29 feet blocked any direct con- causing the extreme list in the
tact with the crippled vessel. I ship Her decks were awash.
in the summer of 1960. a new American displeasure was evi-
wanted to devote the firm's | building valued at $300,000 was dent.
completed across the street On “This power play did not
Aug 1, 1960, the building was seem called for," said one U.S.
open for public view. and on the
next day, the bank opened for
business at the new location, els against the duly constituted
John Yantis, bank president. "
tee. would arrive later in the tive "usurps the powers of Con-
day to‘confer with Goldwater gress" and is “in direct viola-
Morton previously had said he tion of the Constitution."
would be unable to attend the The National Guard, which
FROM BANK TRUCK
| the truck are open without the ance agents, attorneys, doctors
alarm system being shut off, and a dentist are re-locating,
then a siren begins. The alarm Some of them had been in the
Anderson said the bank's $511,- time and efforts to the banking I
an alarm had been broadcast i 000 was covered by insurance business and not in the opera-
for a etawav car carrvin nos- ' Fernandi and Godley, both ■ tion of an office building.
about 40 and veteran employes. Extensive mod er niza tion
were on a regular Monday route would be needed if the bank
which included cash pickups continued to operate the struc-
from three churches and deliv- ture as an office building, the
eries of cash to three of the bank official said The bank felt
session but
Across U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS After the bandits escaped by
Winterr appeared to be mak- car, an alarm was telephoned to
ing its official.bowinto Texas police beadquarters from the
almost apologetically today. It 2^ *
was that mild, compared to the
bitter cold in which much of the John Anderson, vice president
state shivered last week of the First National Bank of
Widespread fog and low Passaic County, said the bank s
clouds held early morning tem- vehicle was of the conventional
peratures above freezing nearly armored type.
everywhere in the state "Wa etin '
Clear skies made Wichita why the alarm didn't go off."
Falls an exception it recorded Anderson said "if the doors of
near maximum capacity,
said they S’ the situation Sunddyathtoleast ddead, 14
with the utmost gravity. both children and six adults. A moth-
governments appeared to be er and her six youngsters peri
trying to prevent the incident in one upstate New York
from increasing the strain in blaze.
U.S.-Egyptian relations result-
nation in advance of today’s The bandits invaded the recto-
an overnight low of 26 degrees
“SS11 States Endorse
said two Egyptian MIG Fighters
intercepted the plane as it start-
ed across the Sinai Desert south
of Aqaba. Jordan, and ordered
it to land at Cairo Airport.
After starting to set down.,
official reports said, the plane
resumed its northwesterly
course. It was shot down over Fire Derthe
Lake Idku. on the shores of the -l=
5 pilot To 66 $511,000 Seized By Bandits
off from Amman. Egyptian au- By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
thorities normally take a week At least 66 multiple fire
to approve a flight plan and deaths have been recorded over
there appeared little doubt that the nation in the last three days -----------------
officials here were not promptly with more than half the victims $511,000 in cash outside a church armed them and then looted the
— ---- ' children. . rectory today after making pris- vehicle, making their escape by
House fires killed six and sev- oners of three priests and wait- car.
en persons at a time as cold ing with them for the truck's Police said three gunmen
weather gripped parts of the arrival. wearing Halloween masks went
inside the rectory, but they said
the police said, if you had a gun Spokesman for the bank said
A' One man. of the crew of 42,1t However. signals determined
settled down at the LBJ Ranch John T Connor, who will suc-
for the Christmas holidays. He ceed Hodges as secretary of
planned to discuss spending commerce in January also
with his budget director and came from Washington with the
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Worth Dallas, Waco, College PtOQTCIITI
Station, McAllen, Brownsville, “
Corpus Christi. Victoria, Pala- WASHINGTON (AP) _ The. nate the organized army re-
ctos. Galveston, Beaumont, Luf- - - - • ■ ■ -
kin and Texarkana.
The Weather Bureau predicted Reserve-National Guard ,
occasional light rain or drizzle ganization plan, now claims offi- 550.000
tonight ortomorrow.alonguthe cials 01 nearly half the states Other states listed as definite- digit code, he said
middle anduupperTexas.coast favor or lean toward the pro- ly for the plan were Arkansas. f . ~
Cooler air Was dueto moyeninto gram. California, Delaware, Indiana, being observed, with windows ond time today, but lack of per-
the rannaixue again ronugnsts Officers said not a single gov- Illinois, Louisiana, Maine. Mas- open from 8 30 am until 5 p.m sonne 1 to man the stations cre-
New long range inreca. vs. ernor registered outright Sachusetta Michigan and Rhode daily. A stamp machine in the ated a problem.
however, indicated dry weather opposition [stand lobby is provided for late pat- Lions will meet at noon Tues-
and.stempeaturrmeeandkt Officials listed 11 state, in- Officials said 12 other states rons. Childs said. Letters can day and assign various mem-
ETeedapboinomaproistor eluding Texas which they said had indicated to them that they be dropped into slots in the lob- bers to serve during the cam-
fiasdmt ScnrstKashavel publicly endorsed secre- were preparing to issue public by. while stamped package. e-1 p^gn____________________
rent for the nrediction of a cool, tary of Defense Robert McNa- statements in support.
ine trend hear the weekend | mara’s proposal It would elimi- Reserve Officers Associa- TriA G+ A LAe re Frgi~k+er
determined to reduce spending
request- as prudently as he m a
t- Purge Clouds
that by New Year's Day. John- “
son will have whacked federal _______
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forecasts
Those on hand at the ranch uuauauumuumuuuumunmamumummmauumumuumucmummudimumwssmmnomumwuammaumuawumummammumma
included Budget Director Ker- ____
nut Gordon, Secretary of Com- r "r A
merce Luther H. Hodges, Secre- I)oors I 0) KI0SA
bow. while Mr.. Harbert Martin puts tary f Labor W. ™ Wirtz. 9 ■ • “l -
n"., Ia a nJckace at a down- Secrelary of the Interior Stew-1
areun1 “.pa.kagf dowD art L Udan and Dr Donald em m | M .| |.
town »tor« on Center Avenue. Mor- Hornig, presidential assistant Km HremL/isiEeIMFG
chants are expecting e big rush these for science and technology •eJI I MUI I K DUIIUII IU
final day* before Christmas with col- A Budget Bureau official said W
lege and other students out of classes in Washington Saturday that Doors will dose Dec 31 on a
doing their late shopping, about 10 departments and agen- five-story downtown building
(Staff Phetobmpeies are appealing from the that has been a vital cog in the
business and professional life of
Brownwood since 1910. I basement and five floors, has
The old First National Bank been for sale since the bank
David Frittzland, U.S. consul Friday: Fire swept a nursing
general at Alexandria, visited home in Fountaintown, Ind.,
the crash site Sunday, killing 20 elderly residents.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. symbol of the disasterous Re-
William E. Miller, said after a publican defeat in the Nov. 3
conference with Sen Barry election
Goldwater today that GOP Former Vice President Rich-
Chairman Dean Burch should ard M. Nixon. Gov. George
Budget Earns Top Priority
Egyptian
Warning
ignored
MIGs Down
Texas Plane
By GEORGE MCARTHUR
CAIRO (AP) — The Egyptian
government said today a U.S.
oil company plane shot down
near Alexandria Saturday ig-
nored repeated orders to land
Its American pilot and Scan-
dinavian copilot were killed.
They were identified only as
Hoyt Williams, 44. of Texas, and
Kejel Grup, 35. a Scandinavian.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman
said the plane, a twin-engine
Fairchild 02, belonged to the
John W. Mecom Oil Co. of Hous-
ton, Tex.
The plane wae on a flight
from Amman, Jordan, to
Benghazi, Libya, to buy drilling
detergent for Merom's opera-
tions in Jordan, a company
spokesman said.
The Egyptian government
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