Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 215, Ed. 1 Monday, June 23, 1969 Page: 1 of 10
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TEN PAGES TODAY
Range Improvements
No End 13,000 Less Army Men
Tour Slated Tuesday
Pentagon Tells GI Cut
WASHINGTON (API - The
In announcing the new call, men.
conference.
Pentagon
or new
plan to replace another 5,000
"whose terms of service
namese forces under the deci-
The 900-man battalion which
News Briefs
partly cloudy to clear and hot
CHICAGO (AP) - Students
noumnce names of officers and
SDS "
the South Side.
tion hall
on
mony marked the retirement of ‘ The nation is grateful for that
Run at 7:30 p.m.
Closed Session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secre- 1
strongest at Harvard and the
Saturday and the rides.
pro
res-
which caused Laird to demand ponded with hisses and catcalls
Viet Coalition Election Nixed
SAIGON (AP) - The South
tion that President Nguyen Van
hand spent the last 13 years as
little-known federal appeals
judge building a legal reputation
Proceeds from the event will
Double Jeopardy Does Apply
BROWNWOOD AREA -Clear that I think the attitude of a tot
to partly cloudy tonight and of us is that 'it ain’t necessarily
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Special Forces Camp Besieged
ian irregular killed and 11 Ben Het is manned by the *
wounded
American artillery battery, a
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Russian Missile
Inquiry Underway
Pope Paul Admits
Trust Is Lacking
Jaycee Carnival
Starts Week's
HOW WAS THAT AGAIN? — Residents end passers-
by may occasionally wonder where they are in a
one-block segment of Slayden St. between Durham
and First. At First St., the street sign proclaims the
intersecting street as SLADEN while at Durham
"must be held in strict observ-
ance of the current laws and
regulations," damping specula-
plans to draft 29,500 men in Aug-
gust as well as a decision to al-
low Army strength to drop by
13 000, partly in connection with
ist and liberal periods The 61-
year-old Burger. on the other
11:05 p.m., the Bruce car was
involved in an accident with a
parked car owned by Max Me
Sunday was a doubleheader
for Charles S Bruce of Fort
Worth. The 1968 auto he was
driving was involved in two traf-
fic accidents within one hour.
At 10 28 p m. his car and a
1966 model driven by Clara D.
Armstrong of Dimmit were in-
OH, THOSE ACHING PAWSI - Ma-
rina PFC Michael R. Gallaway of
Moultrie, Ga., soaks an infected paw
on "Stormy," a Marine scout dog serv-
the state fair.
The usual cotton candy and
candy apples will be sold each
tion to decide on a new Saigon
government.
high of 33,700 in February and
the low of 22,300 announced for
July. All the August inductees
will go into the Army
expire due to reduced support
requirements associated with
the lower Army strength "
The manpower reduction will
leave Army strength around the
world at just above 15 million
assignments.
The battalion will come home
in combat uniform and with
where SDS started its conven-
tion as a single group Wednes-
day
that and we'll take care of you.”
At that point some 500 SDS
members began the caucus that
ended in the PL expulsion
American and wounding five
members of a U.S. artillery po-
sition there
North Vietnamese troops also
attacked two government out-
posts near Ben Het before dawn
—only hours after U.S. B52
bombers dropped 360 tons of ex-
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope
Paul VI declared today there is
"a diffused lack of confidence"
in his administration of the Ro-
man Catholic Church He said
this one "one of the difficulties
which makes great dangers for
the Church.”
The 71-year-old pontiff, in a
wide-ranging speech covering
Church affairs, war and the
search for peace, defended him-
self, the Roman Curia and Cath-
artillery.
About 30 mortar and recoil-
ess rifle sounds slammed into
the Ben Het Special Forces
By GEORGE ESPER
Associated Press Writer
SAIGON (AP) - North Viet-
namese forces attacked a be-
tieged American Special Forces
camp and two of its outposts in
'he central highlands today.
Spokesmen said the camp was
surrounded and cut off by an es-,
i mated 2.000 enemy and under
daily bombardment by heavy
camp 280 miles northeast on Sai-1 ment casualties were one civil- probes have failed to break it. I
gon, spokesmen said, killing one..... ‘ "m’- — ..
kinney of Canton. That mishap
was on the parking lot at Lyons
Drive-In.
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cow's missile program _ _ _ __
It was a similar challenge University of California.
temperatures in the upper 90s
For Tuesday, the outlook is for I
sion announced by President will be the first unit brought
Nixon after the .Midway Island home under the Nixon program.
day of the carnival and a street
dance is planned Friday night
duced by Gene Ledel, are from years as chief justice leading
the court through its most activ-
gma—-
The 17th annual Brownwood al judge rested his hand on a Bi-
Jaycee carnival begins today at ble held by the outgoing chief
7 30 pm. at the corner of Aus- justice.
for a Democratic Society, the
radical group prominent in re-
cent campus uprisings, ended
its national convention today
sharply split, with its so-called
regular faction electing Mark
Rudd, leader of 1968 Columbia
L niversity disorders, national
secretary.
Three years of range improvements will be dis-
played to the public Tuesday afternoon at a beef pro-
duction field day and tour at the R H (Bob) Ross
Clear Creek Ranch south of here
The tour will be of the Renner Rangeland system
and is designed to show land operators of recent find-
ings in range management by Renner specialists.
Activivites will begin at 2 p.m at the Ross ranch
17 miles south of Brownwood via Highway 377 and
FM 586 The tour will begin in the barn - corral area of
the ranch.
The three stops will show the 196 acre rangeland
area which has had intensive management and analy-
sis since 1966; a 50 - acre area of Ermelo lovegrass
with cattle grazing; and a De Soto grass area.
This is the fourth year of a six - year project being
underwritten by a group of Brown County firms and
individuals.
Several members of the Renner staff will be on
hand to guide the tour.
Artillery Regiment also is re-
ported to have moved into the
area with big guns zeroed in on
the camp from Laos, Cambo-
dia. and the intervening six-
mile stretch from Ben Het to
the border
Because of the fierce artillery
bombardment—100 rounds hit
the camp Saturday - supplies
are dropped in by Air Force
Elected officers by the PL
were John Pennington, national
secretary; Alan Spector, educa-
tional secretary, and Mrs Pat
(Forman, interorganizational
secretary.
Fred Gordon, educational sec-
retary for the last year, gaveled
the PL faction's convention to a
service ”
At the conclusion of the cere-
mony, Burger stood behind the
bench and in a firm, clear voice
swore to defend the Constitution
and to administer justice faith-
fully and impartially. to do
equal right to the poor and rich.
The 61-year-old veteran feder-
tin and Fisk Ave here.
Although Jayce e-operated
booths will not open until Wed-
nesday, the rides, including tilt-
a-whirl, ferris wheel. merry-go-
round and others. begin their
। spins today.
The carnival, which opens at
7:30 p m., will continue through
ing in Vietnam. Galloway and his dog
are one of the foams used to detect
enemy troops, supply cachet and bun-
ker-tunnel complexes ,
weather with high temperatures
in the upper 90s—or even high-
The five-day forecast for this
area for Tuesday through Sat-
urday expects temperatures to
range slightly above normal,
but mentions the possibility of
scattered thundershowers late
in the week
Tonight s fow reading should
be near 80
Some low cloudiness stretched
genre evaluations.
Fulbright said he favored sep-
arate appearances He praised
Helms. saying he has a feeling
that the latter "is a professional
and he has been straightfor-
ward."
Sen Karl E. Mundt. R-S.D., a
committee member and a sup
porter of the administration’s ’
missile defense system, said he
interprets the intelligence con-
troversy and recent efforts to
halt development of a multiple-
target missile as desperation
tactics by ABM critics.
assist Brownwood Jaycees with sthuctinist wanstttdtvocatedon-
functions throughout the year, hard approach to criminal law.
that Helms be called to sit be- "You had best not forget
side him to substantiate his po- you’re in Chicago PL " one
sition that there are no adminis- Panther shouted • Any more of
tration differences over inteili- - -
cargo planes and helicopters fly
in only to lift out the wounded,
headquarters said. I
plans for withdrawal of troops
from Vietnam men
The August draft call com-
pares with this year's monthly
court held that the ban or dou-
ble jeopardy, “like the right to
trial by jury," is clearly “funda-
will report to Ft. Lewis, an
hotter. including a 102-degree
reading here Sunday
Today 's forecast called for,
A total of 25,000 U.S troops July 8 and arrive the next day
are to be replaced in the next at McChord Air Force Base,
few months by South Viet- Washington
To Heat
In Sight
Early-morning cloudiness of-
fered only scant relief from a
searing heat wave over Mid-
Texas today with forecasters
predicting little change through
this week
A dawdling cool front in the
Panhandle is not expected to
dip this deep into the state nor
is it expected to push thunder-
storms this far south, the wea-
ther bureau said.
Brownwood and many other
Mid-Texas points have already
registered four straight days of
temperatures 100 degrees or
Two other battalions of the 9th
Infantry Division—the 2nd Bri-
gade’s 3rd and 4th Battalions--
will also be reporting in later at
Ft. Lewis but the Pentagon
gave no arrival details
olic bishops throughout the
world against critics of their
policies.
In a 5,400-word address to
Some thundershowers are pre-
dicted tonight for parts of ex-'
treme North and Northeast Tex-)
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Vietnamese foreign ministry an-
nounced today all elections
The PL faction ended its
as. with isolated showers prob-
able in the Southwest Texas tary of Defense Melvin R Laird
WASHINGTON (AP) — Re- now from the party leadership agreed tion."
sentment by the younger crop of he has held for a decade they Referring to efforts by him- Few critics, however, wovl1
Republican senators of the lead could pose a threat should the seif and Sens Richard Schweik- go as far as Goodell who told
ership policies and tactics of 1970 election bring another in- er of Pennsylvania, Charles the Senate last Wednesday that
Everett M Dirksen is breaking flux of younger, more liberal McC. Mathias of Maryland and Dirksen shouid withdraw his ob-
into the open and there are GOP senators as happened in Marlow Cook of Kentucky. Sen jection to appointment of Dr.
signs the public criticism may 1966 arid 1968 William Saxbe of Ohio said We Knowles as assistant secretary
increase Two-thirds of the GOP sena feel certain things that people oi health education and welta »
Last week freshman Sen tors elected in those two years, who haven’t run in some tune, for health and "allow the Sena o
Charles E Goodell of New York plus two appointees. favor or who run in more rural states to work its rwil."
made a floor attack on the vet- greater GOP initiatives in the haven't found " | While the New York Republi-
eran GOP leader for his at- domestic area an end to the Saxbe said "I m real dis can did not go as far as he had
tempts to block nomination of Vietnam war and a lessening of turbed" by Dirksen s belated et - m a Canada press conierence
Dr John H Know les as the na emphasis on military matters forts to block or change a reso- where he referred to Dirksen as
tion’s top health officer in this they join such GOP ve- lution now before the Senate to an obstructionist he did say
And Massachusetts Sen Ed- terans as Sens Jacob K Javits reassert the Senate s role in any ’ he believes ven deeply in the
ward W Brooke. also serving of New York, Clifford P Case of commitment made by the exec- President s right to nominate
his first term, has been eager New Jersey and John Sherman utive branch to foreign coun whomever he wants for such a
for a showdown with Dirksen Cooper of Kentucky who have tries. post and that these principles
over the Knowles affair always stood to the left of the "During the campaign," he essential facets of our govern-
These moves are symptoms• party s leadership said, "there was so much talk ment are being violated "
ic of growing feeling amengthe ’ They re closer to the mood about Congrese shirking its du- And Brooke, who has told the
newer GOP senators that Dirk- of the country," one Democratic Ues and giving a blank check to White House there are sufficient
sen is out of step with the times leadership source said privately the President Puts Republi- votes to confirm Knowles is ea-
While the critical Republicans of the GOP newcomers cans who were here and said ger for Nixon to press the mat-
l are unlikely to dislodge Dirksen One of the new Republicans this last year into a tight posi- ter.
They were flanked on both
sides by the seven sitting associ-
ate justices.
Nixon's role in the transition
ceremony, a brief speech, helps
underline the contrast between
the old and new chief justices.
Warren an old political ene-
my of Nixon s, spent his 10
The other faction of SDS.
headed by the Progressive La-
bor party, elected an entirely
different slate of officers
Both groups ended their con-
ventions at different locations,
both called separate news
conferences for today to an-
the Pentagon said about 8.000 Defense officials also indicat- The Pentagon gave this (army base near Seattle to be
soldiers who are among the ed there would be a savings of timetable for the return of the processed for discharges
, 15,000 Army men about to come around $130 million in the Army first of the 15,000 Army men
। out of Vietnam will not be re budget as a result of the cut- who will be coming home in
placed when they leave service back This is based on a rule of July and August.
administrations! In addition, the Army does not thumb estimate that it costs The 9th Infantry Divisions some. but probably not all ofits
about $10 000 annually to keep a 3rd Battalion, 60th infantry, is combat equipment, officials
man in Vietnam scheduled to leave Vietnam on said.
Long range forecasts for the and CIA Director Richard
state call for near normal tom- Helms were called to testify to
peratures with some rain about day before a closed session of
. midweek Normal highs in the the Senate Foreign Relations
Thieu might seek a special elec- state are mostly in the 90s, and Committee on the. Soviet offen-
tion with Viet Cong participa- the Weather Bureau says read- siye missile capability
ings may be four or five de- Laird.in the past has contend
grees above the norms. ed the Russians are aiming at a
___________________ nuclear first strike capability, a
____ ..A position some Democratic sena-
B22249002. tors are skeptical about
EKHE2E2 “We've heard so many things
I h“-w®“ 1 around here that weren't so,
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
constitutional prohibition
against double jeopardy is ap-
plicable to state criminal trials,
the Supreme Court ruled 6-2 to-
day. v
Reversing the larceny donvic-
tion of a Maryland man, th
plosives on the enemy forma-
tions massed around the camp
South Vietnamese headquarters
said 34 North Vietnamese sol-
diers were killed while govern-
Earlier Sunday night. Ben Het small team of Green Beret ad-
came under a 70-round artillery risers and South Vietnamese
barrage that caused light cas- units.
ualties among South Viet- U.s. headquarters said the
Norih.Vietnamege “ Reg
T ment nas Ceployed UP to 2,00
. . troops around Ben Het in deep-
Military spokesmen said the ly dug fortifications, difficult to
camp has been under siege for knock out with air strikes and
two months, and U.S. air and artillery.
artillery strikes and ground The North Vietnamese 40th
(and all along the rest of the street) the street
signs say SLAYDEN with a Y. It just proves
even street signmakers can make a typographical
Outgoing officers besides
Gordon, are Michael Klonsky,
national secretary, and Miss
Bernardine Dorhn, interorgani-
zation secretary.
Early Sunday, the PLa had
been expelled from SDS by the
regulars. backed by their allies,
the Black Panther party.
Fist-clenching Panthers had
warned that SDS would be
judged by action it took against
PL. Delegates from PL,
announced today
mark the sixth anniversary of across the Coastal Plains into
his election to head the half-bil- ( South Central and Eastern Tex-
lion member Church. Pope Paul as at dawn. The rest of the state
also repeated his sorrow at con- was clear to partly cloudy,
tinuing bloodshed in Vietnam. .Early today, there wasn t a
Nigeria and the Middle East He state of rain anywhere in the
voiced again his hopes for true At dawn, temperatures
world peace. ranged from the 60s and 70s
over the Panhandle to the 70s
Accidents Come in Pairs and 805 elsewhere.
The Panhandle was expected
volved in a collision at Ninth to be warm today, but com-,
and Coggin pared to the rest of the state.!
About 40 minutes later. at it was as more 100-pius readings
were practically assured I
mental to the American scheme Monday. Hot Low tonight 82. so’," committee chairman Sen
। of justice." high Tuesday 101 J W. Fulbright said.
| Double jeopardy is the princi- Maximum temperature here Fulbright, D-Ark. had said
I pie by which a person once ac- Sunday 102 minimum this morn- earlier he didn't think inteili
quitted, cannot be tried again ing 79 Sunset tonight 8:44, sun- gence findings supported
-or the same offense. 1 rise Tuesday 6:25. Laird's contentions about Mos
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, .MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1969 VOL 69 NO 215 10 Cents Daily 15 Certs Sunday
the Nixon
: Two SDS Factions Emerge Burger Sworn in
Group Shorply Split ot Convention.. As Chief Justice
both claimed to be "the real Besides Rudd, the SDS regu-
lars elected as officers Jeffrey WASHINGTON (AP) — War Earl Warren after 18 years as
Jones of San Francisco interor- ren Earl Burger was sworn in chief justice and 52 years in
meeting in the Coliseum conven- ganizational secretary and Wil- at 10 42 am. today to be the public service.
“ " " liam Ayres of the University of 15th chief justice of the United President Nixon, inanun-
Michigan, educational secre- States. precedented action, spoke to the
tary The simple and sedate cere- high court, and said of Warren
The "regulars" ended their
meeting in a church on the West
Side.
The PLs called a news confer
ence for the University of Illi-
nois. Chicago, to introduce their
slate The regulars called a
conference in the organization's
regional headquarters.
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