Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 59, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 22, 1965 Page: 1 of 12
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Brownwood Bulletin
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1965
12
V
CHARTER APPROVED
Site, Opening Next Bank Steps
■ 4 ' •
Howell W
Coleman
to building a better and more
V
Moving To Dallas
NICE WEATHER?
(EDITOR S NOTE The Bob
Lions Start
Rea
posed two weeks ago in a
READ OUR ADS
the welfare expenses don’t have anything on that ”
cine, doctors and other medical refraining from any action dur-
to foreclose a break to the
fighting.
said last week that the whole Johnson, says he now hopes to
late court. The government is
for several days.
official said.
25 and Jan. 1.
for Christmas holidays.
tion after he was convicted on
scribing a “full and tincondition-
Army clothing and equipment
d supplies
transferred
the delegations from Alabama.
Tuesday, is to clear his record it even bigger
and restore the civil rights he
Also convicted with Boykin
You could see the border as the past week
very well defined by some old
On the ground, military action
northwest of Saigon. Acting on
A MERRIER CHRISTMAS
area.
complex, has
as 920
killed and -89
c
r
other heavy bombardment of
North Viet Nam's heartland.
City schools dosed Friday
along with the superintendent's
office However, the city school
tax office will only have Christ-
Clouds Increase
In Texas Areas
the respective administrative of- ■
fices were the first to close
This trio of Lions Club members found
the weather agreeable today as the
11st annual Brownwood Lions Club
Mito of Dimes began at the Center
Avenue and Lee Street intersection.
The campaign usually brings on a
Vietnamese fortifications which against the Communists seemed
still are there At least 30 or 40 almost at a standstill.
ed dropped to 126. com-
with 316 in the Dec. 12-18
period, and 6 were listed as
missing in action, one less than
the previous week.
South Vietnamese tosses for
the week were 239 killed to ac-
tion, 425 wounded and 77 miso-
tog. the spokesmen said Com-
nilas and North Vietnamese
troops.
Mrs. Arlene Watson, Mrs. I. N. Frank-
lin, and the Brownwood Fire Depart-
ment will make Christmas much mer-
rier for more than IM girls in Brown-
wood. Mrs. Watson (pictured with
dolls) and Mrs. Franklin, "doll surg-
eon" have repaired and dressed these
Department LBJ GRANTS PARDON
siege of bitter cold weather. Among
those handling the collection chores
this morning were, from left. Sheriff
Joe Townsend, left, and George Mad-
den, center, and Dr. Bryce Reid, co-
chairmen of the project. (Staff Photo)
now appealing that reversal be-
fore the Supreme Court.
The two congressmen were
tried along with J. Kenneth
Edlin, operator of a savings and
loan association, and an asso-
date. William Robertson
water heater, $15; and milk fund
(additional), $25.
Titan problem.
Tuesday’s failure came at the
end of a complex six-hour flight
facilities
The applicants presented a
4
4
9
US spokesmen reported
in the South, Air Force Sky-
raiders slammed into an old
Viet Cong stronghold on the
Cambodian border in the
Offices Observing
Christmas Holiday
City and county schools and to carry their trasn out. Gates
I ever had a barracuda for
a caddy.
-Bob Hope
(Copyright 1965, .McNaught)
Titan Failure
Under Study
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP)
— An Air Force investigative
team probes through mountains
Trigg and Woodward ; Bank, and Morris Hill, Levie
Trigg will be chairman of Ote and Forrest Kyle, repre-
by the banking board It was
filed again July 4, 1965.
Will D. Davis. Austin attor-
ney and also chairman of the
State Democratic Executive
laws.
"I thought all along that right
_ ipplication and pledge that all
the banks board, and Saunders senting Blanket State Bank and our efforts will be now directed
will be president Henry Colyer Bangs First State Bank
dolls to be given away Friday night in
the Toys for Tots Program co-sponsqr-
ad by the fire department and the
Downtown Bible Class. The firemen
collected the dolls and the two women
readied thorn for distribution.
(Staff Photo)
between 4 and 5 p.m. will be Fust utzice oiliciais wui nave
the last open hour for the coon- Christmas Day and New Year’s
ty superintendent’s office as its - . - -
tion and high blood pressure.
Boykin said he first heard the
INSIDE TODAY
DEAR ABBY ............
FARM NEWS ............
LIONS WIN ................
COMICS ...................
CHRISTMAS TRADITION .
ll
a
altorney, mmber o the Texas
Highway Comunission and a di-
rector to the new bank repre
sented Southwest State Bank
to his presentation, he accent-
ed the growth of Brownwood
"klong"” as the Thais call it.
Thousands of Thai families
live their whole lives on house-
boats. They buy what they
need from little floating mar-
kets.
If you're patient, anything
you want will float by and a
tot of things you don’t The
houseboat people use the mud-
dy canal water for bathing,
swimming, doing their laun-
dry and just about everything
else. It’s all very charming
—until the wind changes.
Elephants are very popular
here and you can buy them
to all sizes in teak, brass,
bronze and porcelain. This
would make a great-spot tor
the next Republican conven-
tion.
Thai silk is famous the
world over and M'S fascinat-
ing to watch the natives here
of Alabama informing him of
the pardon.
He said they read parts of
letters that had been sent to
them by the government de-
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA Cloudy and
warmer tonight and my j lienal light
raw spreading from the east Low to-
night near 50, high Thursday in Ms
Maximum temperature here Tues-
day 64, overnight low 38. Sunset 5:31,
7:31.
He said that technical trou- to get everything packed up and
bles in readying the eight satel- ready to move.
lites might give the Air Force ‘ All reservists are urged to a^
an extra month or so beyond the tend the meeting Monday night,
February date to correct the Jan. 3, and to bring in all their
Viet Nam, hitling 10 bridges,
main routes and storage areas
munist losses "ewdhgan
2NIddOHSSVWISIMA
gevApea
Sources said that a formal T
acceptance would be highly un- 5
likely since the Communist pro- 5
posal came in a radio broad- to
Nam The Communists offered
to stop attacks from 7 p.m
Christmas Eve until 7 am -
bridge near Haiphong, North
Viet Nam’s largest port. The
of the Hanoi-Hai-
expenses, 8221.34; 21% pairs of ing the period if a practical
ehoeg, $203 17; 39 pairs o glass- cease-fire also is observed by
S. cket; 3: hdi the Communist Viet Cong guer-
The 98 enlisted men and one
officer hare wil] be given a
choice of transferring to the
National Guard unit here, pro-
viding there are vacancies, or
transferring to VIII U.S. Army
Corps Control Group Under the
latter reserve program, the re-
sevist does not attend regular
reserve meetings but is requir-
ed to attend summer camp an-
nually.
Sgt. Lloyd Leppo, regular
Army advisor with the unit
early morning temperatures a village chief
Thursday. Ninety Air Force F105 Thun-
Minimum readings before derchiefs, F4C Phantoms and
dawn Wednesday ranged from FIN Super Sabres and 30 car-
17 degrees at Dalhart and Ama- Her planes took part in the
rillo to 60 at Galveston. 1 night-and-day assaults on North
Associated Press photogra-
pher Richard Merron, who flew
with the mission, said:
--- $40,000 Next Boykin Goal
U.S. officials showed no desire
ing for some sightseeing in
this fantastic city.
The traffic here is really
something. It’s the first time
I’ve seen cops praying. You
can get a Purple Heart just
crossing the street How the
population reached three mil-
bon IT! never know.
A must for visitors here is
a trip on the canals, or the
", r
Committee. represented Citizens Hope troupe is on a lour of
National Bank, First National Southeast Asia to bring Christ-
I Bank, Blanket State Bank and mcemehesmheteAmertanwn
is one of a series of telegrams
to the Bulletin from Hope.)
BANGKOK, Thailand - Be-
fore our “Far East Follies"
troupe takes off to do shows
at Karat. Tachli and other
5 bases in the area, we took a
r" little time out from rehears-
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. spokesmen reported, while
ed increasing over Texas yards of Cambodia.
The forecasts called for the , ,
Mh. +. -r—-4 ons mered round the ciock at the
matt of thertate was expected Communist North with 174 tons
to be cloudy by Thursda. of bombs, the Viet Cong struck
The cloud cover was expected three times on Saigon’s door
to take some of the chill out of steps during the night and killed
SAIGON, South Viet Nam
(AP)—U.S. Navy jets smashed
a key railroad bridge 18 miles
west of Haiphong today in an-
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Form-’ lost when convicted. ’ were former Rep. Thomas F.
fighting. er Rep. Frank Boykin. joyful The pardon was signed by Johnson. D-Md, who was sen-
Secretary of State Dean Rusk over his pardon from President Johnson last Friday and made tenced to six months in jail and
said last week that the whole Johnson, says he now hopes to effective as of Monday The s $5,000 fine-but whose convic-
affair was up to O S and South recover the 840,000 fine he paid Justice Department said the tion was reversed by an appel-
*-------- ------ • - ■ when mindad - ~-i • former Democratic congress- ate murt The mvernment ie
man has a serious heart condi-
huts and other buildings were U.S spokesmen announced
hit hard." the number of Americans killed
---- ---- — _ In all the air activity , only one in combat last week declined to
marshy Plain of Reeds 35 miles plane was reported lost in the 10 compared with 91 dead, the
The government charged
Edlin and Robertson with mail
fraud and accused Johnson of
having accepted money to make
speeches on their behalf in the
House Boykin and Johnson also
were accused of attempting to
use their influence on behalf of
the two men with Justice De-
partment officials.
- a . . Florida, Mississippi and South
Eariertnts year, there wasa &
Boykin, now active in the Boykin, now board chairman
lumber and land business in of the Teasaw Land & Timber
ver. failing to drive four satel- or.Wichita. Falls. . .
utes into teir proper obit. .Men .who wish tozremain in
At stake 1s a posible delay in1 the. unit can keep their, present
the next Titan 3 launch, now slots, by, making meetings in
scheduled to spread eight mil- Dallas, Lieutenant LaBoyteauz
tary communications satellites said.
at various locations in space The move date is effective
sometime in February. Dec. 31, but the move will not
“Well want to take a long, be completed until about Jan.
hard look at the problem," an 11, the officer said The local
unit will have two more drills
“We hit some buildings onlylphong
800 yards from the border itself J been hit by U.S. planes daily in
State Bank will be announced
as sooa as feasible, Charles A.
Stewart, director and publicity
agent for the newiy -chartered
Brownwood bank said this mom-
i ing
State law says a bank must
be in operation within six
Tuesday morning Stewart said
proponents and opponente both
S q W low-key presentations in |
contrast to the arguments pre-
sented at the original charter1,
application hearing May 13,
1964 The original charter ap-
plication was withdrawn by
bank supporters in July 1964 be-
fore a final decision was made
rectors composed of Silas M and W. Let Watson, represent
Byrd Stuart S Coleman L R ing First National Bank B C,
(Bob) Eddins J T Saunders, Drinkard and Tom Dunn, rep-
Charles A Stewart Charlie W resenting Citizens National
dor Henry Cabot Lodge and _ _
Gen. William C. Westmoreland would prevail," the 80-year-old
. has been under consideration Boykin Tuesday."And now
it has. I was not worried. be
Boykin was fined 840,000 and
inside and outside the United sentenced to six months proba-
pf the lions Club this year were But privately there is folk
County Child Weifar,sizs; Milk that the Communistproposal
Fund, 865; utilities, 877; medi- might be accepted by simply
northwest of Saigon. Acting on past 24 hours, and that was an- second highest toll of the war. in
information from a Viet Cong nounced Tuesday The pilot was the previous seven-day period.
As U.S. fighter-bombers ham- defector, the Ur Force ordered rescued after bailing out in the The number of Americans
a strike on a 3-mile-square area previous 24-hour air activity, ----
that spokesmen said had been four U.S. planes were reported
used for years as a hideout by . tost.
the Communists and a marshal- Planes from the carrier Kitty
Big point for supplies dribbling Hawk used radar delivery sys-
in from Cambodia. terns to zero in on the railroad
news when he received tele-
phone calls from Sen. Lister
Hill, D-Ala., and Raps Armis-
tead 1. Selden Jr. and Bob Sikes
an air was up to O.S. ana South । " P7.‛. -II « PG
Vietnamese authorities in Sai- when convicted of conspiracy to
gon. defraud the United States in
However. the matter of advice violating conflict - ok - interest
or instruction to U.S. Ambassa-
for turn-in, LaBoyteaux said.
All equipment and
and marred what otherwise had of the unit will be L______
been a perfect mission. I (See UNIT on page 2)
Brown County commissioners States
have also declared a holiday Christmas Eve Viet eight counts in the U S. District -5„" ™
for county emploxes son the.Fr cinost tZZhU.™ Ve Court in Baltimore, Md. Oct 7.1 alpardon."ate anGucnr
days preceding Christmas and Cong terrorists blew up the 1963 He . . . Ip,cp Three senators and 34 repre-
New ear. De -24 and 31 Brink Hotel, a U.S. officers “■ attempting to thfluence the Jus- sentatives.zcomprising.meskot
courthouse will be closed then -‘let in Saigon, killing two Ameri- Department in handling thosdlsationsafrom Alhema
Post office officials will have cans and wounding 68 - "loride and Sonth
mas Eve as a holiday. Today.*
Thai T raffic. Golf Excite Bob shift 1066
originally was to be a director, i Banking board members said
but has withdrawn { Tuesday that the Brownwood
AU the proposed directors ap- bank s charter was the second
peered at toe hearing charter approved by the board
Those appearing in opposition in 1965 A Laredo bank's chart
to the charter application were er was approved previously
Jack Pilon, Thomas C. Yantis Other charter applications ap-
21st Annual LB J Probing
Drive Today
Holiday Pact
Sne ST5X whs .WASHINGTON <APi - Of fl-'
My Thursday .nd Fn-
Dr Bryce Reid and George ance of a Communist suggestion .
Madden are co-chairmen of the for a 12-hour Christmas Eve lull cast, rather than through diplo-
drive, which will be conducted in Viet Nam fighting. matic channels.
at the muroecto of Center PubUcly. they are making no temporary, luce.was !
Avenue and Lee Street. AH dub .tomen nI. m.. 2.2 posed two weeks ago in a b
member, will take turns rattling statementsuony Tuesday night, radio broadcast in South Viet
the pans at the intersection Hol- assistant White House press
iday music will be provided secretary Joe Laitin said “I
Opening de and downtown Bangs Fira State Bank at Tues-
kocation for toe new Southwest days public *
holiday vacation begins then Por'anoidaywindowsentethe five-day lull as the Vietnamese
tiongd.polcaagnartremsnnan wiil‛bedbserved"on “ * the.perdon -dtsclosed and that ptaras were to
Eve and New Years Eve with Mpoeit boxes,a_____________|
Brownwood City Hall being clos-
ed on those days and each week M ■ ■ • gg p •
-meeNavy Jets Hit Key Bridge
and open again eacn Sundav
afternoon for people who want
VOLUME 66 NO. 89 Idc FEE COPY
Acceptance of the Communist wrung, rmwayadadpneonothins
to the dump will be closed Dec. proposal has been urged both
months after the charter is
granted Slewart sate this ---p- ,
means Southwest State Bank • 83 >uxkr.^<^n. with the
1 wil be in business sometime in majority in Brown County and
early 1966 control vested in a board odi-
l prospective directors of the,
=City Reserve Unit
application was held in Austin "
went looms %tb Les Brown For 980th
and the band had some of the Brownwood will lose its
local beer, they were weaving Army Reserve unit early in
more than the natives. January when Company C
Incidentally, when buying of the 980th Engineer Batta-
(nhargeeregaatodar
about bargaining. The company designation win
This afternoon I played golf be moved to Dallas, where head-
with Thai Air Chief Marshal I quarters will be in an Army
Dawee Chullasapya and Gen- Reserve armory vacated in the
eral Richard Stilwell, head of recent Army Reserve cutback.
American forces in this area. New reservists will be recruit-
The course runs clong the led. Only Sgt William Barnes,
klong andsitmakes.torannx unut-eide-.winsbe transtecred
citing game It s the Hrst time Waun me company.
proved Tuesday were for banks
in Eagle Pass and Friendswood.
"We are grateful for the focal
support that we have received
in the long, drawn out charter
prosperous community, Stew-
art said on behalf of the new
' We r1
our cooperation
toward con-
r growth of
to the localL
tinuing the Im
this area,’* he
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Gage, Larry. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 59, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 22, 1965, newspaper, December 22, 1965; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1492986/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.