Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 163, Ed. 1 Monday, April 22, 1968 Page: 1 of 12
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. MONDAY, APRIL 2?. 1968
VCX. 68 NO. 143
10 Cann Doily, IS Cents Sunday
TWELVE PAGES TODAY
Communist Attack
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Associated Press Writer
those who have passed on and his appreciation to the pioneers man registered He was not on
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DALLAS, Tex. (AP) - Final
day in six clashes within tn
scored by a walkout of some Ne-
gro Methodists from a vast, sol-
ic whites, quietly filed out as the
badge from the American Can- enemy forces in the 3rd Corps
cer Society for ldentification.
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South Viet Troops
Brace for Assault
stead of settling the wage dis-
pute at the bargaining table.
Walkout Adds New Tension
To Biggest Church Merger
Woman Critical
After Accident
hushed interlude of a mass cele-
bratior of the Lord’s Supper
Sunday night in the Dallas Me-
areas where allied forces have
been carrying on the biggest of-
fensive of the war. Operation
Complete Victory. to root out
tern, and its parent American
Telephone and Telegraph Co .
want "to go on fighting" the
strike of nearly 200,000 union
members in some 40 states, in-
ing the $1,000 check are Mise Blanche
Shear, left, hospital fund chairman,
and Mrs. George Allcorn, outgoing
president under whom the fund origi-
Tuesday. it will join the 10.3-
million-thember M e t h o d i st
Church and the 746,099-member
steps were being taken today
for Americas biggest church
merger amid tensions under-
everyone will learn the warn-
ing signals and get attention if
any one, or more signal is de-
tected, then many more can
be cured with the advancing
knowledge and medical skills
which is furthered each year
92 YEARS YOUNG-Mrs. R.
C Easley won the award for
the oldest woman attending
the 33rd annual meeting of
the Brown County Pioneers
Association, Sons and Daugh-
ten Sunday at the Adams
Street Community Center.
Andy Gaines, first vice president;
and Conner Scott, second vice presi-
dent. Not pictured are Mrs. Tom
Spain, historian; Mrs. George Sav-
age, pianist; and Neil Davis, song
leader.
Brady Highway.
Mrs Simpson was a passen-
ger in a car driven by her hus-
monal Auditorium
About 40 Negroes, joined by
County's House-To-House
Cancer Drive This Week
BROWNWOOD AREA Mostly cloudy
tonight becoming partly cloudy Tues-
day Scattered showers tonight, cooler
Tuesday Low tonight near 60 high
Tuesday near 70.
Maximum temperature here Sunday
79. overnight low 66 Sunset today 7:07,
sunrise Tuesdav 5:55.
Afore showers of the hit-
and-miss variety are in the
forecast for Mid Terai today
and tonight
during the night and early
morning.
principal speaker Sunday for
the 33rd annual meeting of the
Brown County Pioneers Associa-
tion. Sons and Daughters
He spoke to some 150 persons
from all walks of life who at-
tended the annual function
Scott continued. "I as well as
you have heard there is no bet-
ter place to live than here in
Brown County We all know
this to be true."
ion
They staged the action to
dramatize their charge that rac-
ism remains in plans for the
new denomination—the United
Methodist Church.
To be formally inaugurated
Church Renewal
Their walkout occurred in a
ed to return their kits after
working them to their group
captain Group captains Mil
return reports to the treasur-
er. Mrs Mike Wright, at Cru-
sade headquarters at Wright’s
Chapel
The main drive will be con-
ducted Tuesday night, with
make-up calls at other times
this week to see those who are
missed Tuesday
on a 50 per cent alert since the
February offensive, with half of
them allowed overnight passes.
Now all troops art restricted to
their bases
The intelligence reports said
the Communist attacks would
he on the scale of those during
the February offensive, when
thousands of Viet Cong and
North Vietnamese troops infil-
trated into Saigon and attacked
do so at the Wright’s Chapel
as soon as possible
Each worker will have a
Some idea of the amount of
money now being spenf"annual-
ly to aid Brown County's war
veterans and their families may
be gleaned from government
sources
They show that expenditures
in the form of cash benefits and
services locally are at an all-
time high
During the past fiscal year,
an estimated $994,000 th pen-
sions. compensation grants and
other benefits went to local vet-
erans or their beneficiaries
The figure was derived from
detailed data for each state, re-
military police tn Saigon had
been told to be more cautious in
the next few days and that Ma-
rine guards at the American
Embassy were briefed on the
Vietnamese reports The embas-
sy was attacked at the start of
the Tet offensive
The informant sald the brief-
ings were normal procedure
that did not indicate U.S offi-
cials were particularly worried
Vietnamese officials at Cho N
Ray Hospital in Cholon, the
Chinese section at Saigon hard
hit in the previous offensive, told
U.S nurses there to go home
One nurse said the otticials told
sud however, that "noalert or
I any warning has been issued to
American personnel" in connec-
tion with the Vietnamese intelli-
genre
A U S military spokeman
leased by the Veterans Admin-
istration in its annual report,
covering the past fiscal year
Sharing in the distribution
were some 610 former service-
men and the relatives of others
who have died
The report shows that a total
of *397.000 went to Texas State
veterans and their families dur-
ing the year It was at the rata
of *1.621 per veteran
in other parts of the country
it ranged above and below this
amount, the average being $1,-
607
Natignally, the tgtal spent
MISS HPC ENTRY - Bren-
da Ward, Howard Payne Col-
lege freshman from Odessa,
is among the 14 finalists in
the Miss HPC pageant to be
held Jere May 4. She is being
sponsored by the P ownwood
Breakfast Club and her talent
entry will be a pantomime.
those who are sull here today, for what they have done to per- hand for the presentation
O C iPuttri Jarvis voiced
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Brownwood Bulletin a
ing a one-car accident ion feet South Vietnamese cities He
inside the city limits on the add'd We re just normal"
Another source reported IT 8
One of the highlight of the audience away from the ros-
meeting was the presentation trum and microphone, Jarvis in
to Mr and Mrs Tom Spain as part said, "Today we stop and
the oldest couple in attendance roll back about 12 months since
— -.....our last meeting and for a few
. GIFTS FROM THE TEACHERS—Dr.
Harry Thomas accepts a gift for the
Brownwood Community Hospital now
under construction from the Brown-
wood Classroom Teachers, Present-
Pioneers Praised On Saigon Feared
■ ■ " ■ ■ * *" ■ " “* •T By WILLIAM O WHITE
tained by Southern Bell Tele-
phone Co in Alabama and Ken-
Any worker or leader who miles of Saigon Moat were in
has not picked up a kit may .....
for things we have and for our
heritage," said Conner S Scott,
The Dallas-Texarkana predic-
tion also was for a few severe
thunderstorms with large hail
and locally damaging winds
Thunderstorms ranked parts
of North Central Texas, but
South Texas apparently suffer-
veterans services was over *7 2
billion It was distributed among
4.465,024 veterans and relatives
of deceased veterans
Only about 3 million of the
25 million war veterans who are
alive today have qualified for
assistance and are receiving
benefits, the figures show
The Administration has asked
Congress for legislation that
would increase veterans bene-
fits in the next fiscal year.
Principally, it calls for special
emphasis to be given to newly
discharged veterans to find sat-
islactgry emplozment gtgin-
The tornado came during a
tornado watch advisory issued by
the Weather Bureau for North-
east Texas.
The warned area was from
Dallas to Texarkana and for 70
miles on each side of such a
line It was in effect until 11
a.m.
more than a score of sympathet-
emn service of Holy Commun-
by the Cancer Crusade drive
1 Workers in the ho use
to-house campaign are request-
_ all over the city-
Officials reported Sunday that
a North Vietnamese colonel had
surrendered and turned over
plans for another assault on Sai-
gon by 10,000 enemy troops.
The colonel the highest rank-
ing defector to fall into allied
hands, said the assault had been
planned for today but some un-
known circumstance had result-
ed in a delay.
Allied forces reported killing
at least 135 enemy soldiers Sun-
TOTAL AGE—174 YEARS — Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Spain, whose combined ages total 174 years, cap-
tured the award for the oldest couple attending
the 33rd annual meeting of the Brown County Pio-
neers Association, Sons and Daughters Sunday at
the Adams Street Community Center.
(Bulletin Staff Photo)
them an enemy attack was ex-
pected late Monday ar early
Tuesday.
Vietnamese troops had been
Across State
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tornadoes, threats of tornadoes, heavy rains and
forecasts of severe thunderstorms turned today into
one of the wildest ofthe spring season in Texas
Tornadoes struck from West Texas into North Cen-
tral Texas but damage was limited.
has been set before us by those r. ..
who have gone before and all band when according to Brown-
our pioneers " The group stood wood police investigation the
in silent tribute following Jar- vebicha slammed into a concrete
vis’ memorial address culvert
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NEW PIONEER OFFICERS - Offic-
ers elected by acclamation conclud-
ing the 33rd annual meeting of the
Brown County Pioneers Association,
Sons and Daughters Sunday are left
to right, Marion Baugh Jr., presi-
dent; Mrs. Ritchie Davis, secretary;
these questionaires be answer-
ed and returned so that future
help can be made available
where most needed, crusade
chairman Joe Allen Adams
said
Donations will ; iso be taken
by the workers who will call
on the residents of this area
The educational leaflets will be
left at the residences regard
less of the amount of dona-
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group. Black Methodists for
C-C Seminar Ending
Last in a series of afternoon
sessions of the selling and serv-
ing visitors seminar being con-
ducted by the Brownwood
Chamber of Commerce will be-
gin at 2 p m. Tuesday in the
C-C office A one-evening pre-
sentation of the seminar is
of Eariv is 1 sted in critical said American troops ware on
condition this morning at the same alert they’ve been
Brownwo 1 Memorial Hospital since the big enemy lunar new
where she was take; by Miller year offensive in February that
ambulance tarly Sunday follow ravaged Saigon and other major
ed the strongest turbulence
bread and cu were being dis-
tributed to a throng of about
10,000 church delegates and vis-
tors.
prove their career opportunities
through vocational or academic
training programs
A breakdown of the $994,000
that Brown County veterans and
their dependents received in
1967 shows that about $629,000
of it represented compensation
or pension benefits, ineluding
retirement pay
Another $114,000 was in divi-
dends and indemnity payments
in connection with G I insur-
ance policies
Administrative costs and mis-
cellaneous benefits accounted
Eg EEajndar.
V $
Evangelical United Brethren
Chure into a single body
"In sorrow »e perceive a
United Methodist Church still
divided by the infamy of segre-
gation and discrimination. " said
a statement by the protesting
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tucky as "prepostrous" and
"anti-union ”
Betroe said the injunctions in-
dicated the Bell Telephone Sys-
A IS mission spokesman
Cooler uvather is promised ■
by Tuesday with the high ez- |
petted to reach 70 degrees aft-
er another mild night in the
60s. Sunday's high reached 79
degrees, this morning's low
was 66.
Sunday's round of showers
Strangest forecast in view of-
the April 22 date was one for
possible snow in the Panhandle
tonight with temperatures as
Another highlight unexpect- Mrs Simpson sustained ex-
Mid ed and not on the program tensive lacerations of the face
■ were the words of gratitude and head and a fracture of the
M said by outgoing president Scott left leg Hospital authorites say
w Lanford who lauded Louis D two physicians worked through
(Happy) Lane for his untiring the remainder of the night to
.3 • devotion and work through the repair the damage.. ,
years largely responsible for Her husband recetved a lacer-
. ated lip and arm and numer-
, (See PIONEERS on Page 2) t ous bruses
stituted for her sister. Mrs
Ellie Locks. said the Spains’
ages together totaled 174 years.
The oldest woman at the event
was Mrs R C. Easley who
claims 93 years to her credit
The annual house-to-house tons.
SAIGON (AP>—South Vietnam’s army in Saigo
and 11 surrounding provinces were placed on full alert
the memorial address today because intelligence reports indicate a big at-
Standing directly facing the tack on the capital ts near, V ietnamese sources re-
ported.
Adams stressed that
cancer crusadu wili be held
this week in Brown County.
Residents are asked to ac-
cept the leaflet explaining the
seven warning signals of can-
cer that will be distributed by
the workers, and also to ans-
wer the questionnaire—without
name or signature—and mail
it in the self-addressed envel-
ope This will help the re-
search department of the Am-
erican Cancer Society to eval-
uate the needs in the areas or
types of cancer that are pre-
valent.
It is very important to the
individual as well as the Am-
erican Cancer Society that
"Thanks to you pioneers. both He concluded by expressing Earl Looney. 09 was the oldest
122s.
petuate the history of Brown
County
Oldest Couple
planned for April 30 Additional k,
details may be obtained from jf’
the chamber office. 26k
Aid to Vets at All-Time High-
Kaufman, Montague. Parker.
Rockwall. Somervell, Vaa,
Zandt, Wise. Bowie. Camp.
Cass. Delta. Franklin, Hopkins,
Lamar. Morris. Rains. Red Riv-
er. Titus. Upshur, and Wood.
low as 30 degrees
in late morning the Weather
Bureau issued a tornado watch
bulletin for the heavily populat-
ed northeast part of the state
The watch was in effect until
5 pm.
The watch said the threat of
tornadoes and a few severe
thunderstorms existed 70 miles
on each side of a line from
Mineral Wells, Tex., to Little
Rock, Ark.
This included the counties of
Tarrant, Dallas, Denton.
Bosque. Clay. Collin. Cooke.
Enis, Fannin, Grayson, Hill,
Hood. Hunt, Jack, Johnson.
netted Brownwood .23 of an
inch while De Leon recorded ------------------------------
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A tornado struck just west of Crews Defy
McKinney, near Dallas, the De- ~ . A I
partment of Public Safety re- Court rder
ported at 7:55 a m. The agency
said it damaged a house and WASHINGTON (AP) - The
barn . . AFL-CIO Communications
The sherif.s office in McKin- Workers defied back-to-work
ney reported the twister tore court orders today in two states
half the roof off a farmhouse in the fifth day of the nation-
and the roof off an adjoining wide telephone strike, and said
barn 1 the injunctions blocked chances
for an early settlement
•‘All hopes for a quick solution
have faded,” said CWA Presi-
1 dent Joseph A. Beirne, who de-
nounced the court orders ob-
minutes recount the light of the
lives that have flickered out
Yet those who have gone before
us tell plainly that their love,
help, and assistance rendered
to you and to me lingers on "
Silent Tribute
I He continued. "We don’t know
when our voices will be stilled
and when our eyes no longer
will see, but until then we will
carry on in the tradition that
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