Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 268, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1968 Page: 1 of 14
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WEATHER FORECAST
Brownwood Bulletin --$
TEN PAGES TODAY
10 Cents Doily, 13 Cent Sundoy
Czechs Demonstrate in Prague
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Enemy Sends Rockets Smashing Into Heart of Saigon
20,000 Gather in Protest
Ike Still
Critical'
the
Council
Debates
Invasion
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apart in the downtown area
The first fire broke nut shortly
Work Night Set
Identities of the officers were before dusk Wednesday and de-
not at once known
stroyed three buildings. includ-
sionary move to distract allied
For Fair Barns
For Gifts, Packers
sed outside
gates not to go to the hotel.
pressing Western determination
to have the council tell the War- cast warnings to congress dele-
UF Number is Listed
this was foreshadowed by Soviet
over 100 bags
Other individuals and assort- delegate Jacob Malik’s bitter
10 hours before getting it under
I tens National Bank building
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commented that the Russian
through
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Johnson to Press
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3 For Arms Control
H 2 By LEWIS GULICK ruled out from the beginning aid in preserving communism
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nally's news conference in Aus
CHRISTMAS IN VIETNAM—A scone
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mu-
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ing in Vietnam will have gay-
ly wrapped parcels from the
people of the United States
Parks
Now comes the easier task
produced only amusement from her
family, the Harry Rapsuns of Abi-
lene and Lake Brownwood. Watching
his sister, wishing it had been him
instead, is Billy, 4. (Bulletin Photo)
Brown County Chapter of the
American Red Cross office.
protested at the U N. Security
Council and the government's
Voice of America radio tripled
A police officer said the two ing the Star Hotei, in what fire-
were petroling for .ooters along men described as an old section
the street when the wall fell on of the city’s eastern downtown
The prospect of far-reaching
talks between the United Stales
and Russia on nuclear missile
and antimissile curbs are still
clandestine Prague radio to
maintain caim to avoid giving
the foreign soldiers an excuse
for further violence, a crowd of
about 20,000 shook their fist at
from an army post in Vietnam 1967
where serviceman gather to write
Thousands
Greet Pope
In Bogota
BOGOTA Colombia (AP) —
Pope Paul VI arrived today on
the first papal visit to Latin
America and was greeted by up-
wards of 10,000 persons at the
airport.
UNEPECTED PLUNGE—Sailing on
Lake Brownwood waters took en un-
expected twist es Marilyn Rapsun,
1), lost her balance when a sudden
wave jolted the small sailboat. Equip-
ped with a life preserver, the mishap
“I hope Hubert Humphrey
does communicate with Gov.
Connally and talk to him before
this weekend," Barnes said.
forces while enemy troops ma-
neuvered into position for a sub-
sequent ground attack on Sai-
gon.
“compassion" because it real-
ized his “disgust at having to
defend such a disgraceful act
No wonder he carried so little
conviction."
! alive, authoritative U.S
| said Wednesday
President Johnson
scene of one of two spectacular were treated and released for
fires which occurred just a block smoke inhalation
Avianca’s US -built 767.
As the Pope s plane first en-
tered Colombia’s air space, the
Bogota radio began playing the
national arthem and the an-
nouncer said "Welcome to Col-
ombia. Holy Father."
been made by Dubcek, 1 500
members would have been on
hand for the September meet-
ing. In that session it had been
expected he would oust conserv-
ative opponents from the ruling
party Presidium and the Cen-
tral Committee
The seven Central Committee
vicemen in Vietnam are now
ready to be filled and must be
shipped before Oct. 10.
Both gifts and packers are
needed immediately in order to
there is little the United States
can do except to take the matter
to the United Nations
The State Department mean-
while. advised all Americans to
defer travel to Czechoslovakia
and said those already there
should keep in touch with the
U.S Embasty)
their car at 6:18 a.m.
He said the roof of the car
was smashed flat to the car's
floor Rescuers got the officers
out in about 20 minutes but they
were dead when they reached a
hospital.
Firemen fought the blaze at
spread enemy attacks
Priddy Rites
Set Saturday
SAN ANTO N1O—Services for
sessment."
The officer conceded that it is
“always possible" the latest at-
tacks. mainly those on allied
bases, may have been a diver-
BROWNWOOD AREA Fair and hot
tonight and Frday Low tonight aear
n, high Frday la upper 90s.
Maximum temperature here Wednes-
day 95, overnight low n Sunset today
• 11. sunrise Friday 7:01.
7 have everything ready and the
bags shipped by the deadline.
. according to Mrs Gladys
' J Looney, executive director for
1 the local chapter
WASHINGTON (AP) - For-
mer President Dwight D Eisen-
bower continued to show in-
creased evidences of heart "ir-
ritability ' today but Army doc-
tors said his over-all condition
is unchanged and Mill critical
The irritability mentioned in
the latest bulletin first appeared
Wednesday night and refers to a
weakening in the nerves that
(See CZECHS On Page Two
■(WMWIWIIIIIIIIWIIIini.....Will 'IBB IM—
sion of Czechoslovakia has hung sian move
on U.S -Soviet relations Johnson publicly denounced
the Soviet action Wednesday
to press for arms control and of Czechoslovakian liberals by
other East-West accords despite joining in the outcry of world ment did not request its allies to
The Brown County Fair Assn
will have a work night tonight
at the fair barns beginning at
.the part of several organiza- saw Pact forces to get out of
‘ tions and individuals Mrs Will Czechoslovakia immediately.
collapsed on a police car local hospital after a roof fell "it’s too early to make an as-
The burned building was the under him and four other men
fin Wednesday “put things in
focus."
No Resolation
So far, however, the six na-
tions—the United States, Brit-
Sines were park
The proliberal station broad-
ations who assisted in the con- opposition to any UN. discus-
struction of the bags include sion of the issue at all.
the Barber Demonstration Malik was impassive and, for
Club, the American Legion most of the session Wednesday.
Auxiliary, the Disabled Ameri- wore dark glasses.
can Veterans Auxiliary, Mrs. His performance lacked fire
— - - ■ — - and Britain’s Lord Caradon
s"*
W H. Ford and Mrs Lake
the millstone the Russian inva- public opinion against the Rus- interfere in its internal affairs." by his corKem over the Soviet
------ • ’ ‘ ’ Johnson said. "No external bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia.
aggression threatened Czecho- The Pope was kept informed
Slovakia" on the crisis throughout his 12-
On Cpitol Hill, both Senate hour flight. .... ....
Democratic Leader Mike Mans Avianca said the pontiff de-
field and House Republican manded full reports on the lat-
Leader Gerald R Ford agreed est developments, through the
communications system of the
t
ain. France, Canada. Denmark members who have declared
and Paraguay—which persuad- loyalty to the Soviet led occupa-
tion troops, tried to shift today'i
meeting to the party-owned Pra-
PSccg
district.
Just as firemen believed they
had it under control, black
smoke billowed from a building
in the central business district,
about a block away
The second fire started in a
shoe store and soon burned
its Russian-language
has not casts
ha Hotel.
Soviet tanks and armored
cars guarded the approaches to
the hotel Several black limou-
Brown County's quota of 250
2 bags, sewed together and of filling the bags so men serv-
: ready for stuffing, will join
8 p m.
According to Robert L Dona-
boo Jr., president of the Brown
County Fair Assn , volunteer
help is needed to prepare the
barn for a new floor.
Directors are asked to be pre-
sent for a short meeting
Telephone number for the
1968 Brown County United Fund
headquarters is 645-2523. The
office is in Room 614 of Citi-
lt's Christmas tune at the
i
Heavy ground fighting also
Coppic and her daughter, Mrs. Any resolution faces an al-
Yuletide ditty bags for ser- Hugh Wilson. together sewed most certain Soviet veto and
notes of thanks to American Rod
Cross chapters throughout the United
States for the ditty bags received last
Mortars Hit Other Cities
In Fifth Day of Shelling
SAIGON AP)—Enemy rockets smashed into the
.center of Saigon for the first time in two months to-
day and mortars hit more than a dozen other cities
and allied installations in a fifth straight day of wide-
Ambassador George W Bal!
Alexander Dubcek
Ignoring requests
the collapsed building for almost through a wall into an adjacent
10 hours before getting it under men's clothing store.
the American Red
diplomat had the council’s
Shots aere heard from the
square it could not be deter-
mined immediately whether the
soldiers were aiming at demon-
strators or loosing warning
shots into the air.
Close Bridges
Soviet tank troops, who had
been covering all approaches to
die square snce their arrival
Wednesday immediately closed
all bridges across the Vltava
River, which divides the city.
The move came as (Czecchoslo-
vak Communists, reacting to
the occupation by 200,000 Rus-
sian and Kremlin-line satellite
troops, convened in an extraor-
dinary party congress that its
libetal leadership had originally
scheduled to open Sept 9
This was a last-ditch attempt
to force the troops to leave
through political pressure
The clandestine proliberal ra-
dio announced 927 delegates met
at 11:20 a m Though the broad-
cast did not specify the site, the
delegates had been urged to go
to the liberal-controlled CKD
factory on the outskirts of
Prague
Oust Conservatives
Under arrangements that had
A cool wind blew over the
vast plain where this 8,600-foot .
high city nestles between the
ranges of the .Andes as the blue
and white Avianca jetliner com-
pleted the long journey from
Rome, bringing the Pope to the
39th Eucharistic Congress.
Police and troops in steel hel-
mets patrolled the route to the
airport as city folks in their
Sunday best mingled with peas-
ants to get vantage points for a
view of the pontiff.
A scarlet carpet was unrolled
ruled out from the beginning aid in preserving communism tothe plane, leading to a stand
WASHINGTON (AP) — The The immediate U.S. strategy in their country "patently con- where .dignitaries were gath-
Johnson administration intends has been to try (or some relief trived ” ~ ered .headed by President Car-
’ The Czechoslovakian govern- los Heras Restrepo
--- ■ The pontiff's visit was marred
Ben Barnes 35
Committed
To JBC Only P
DALLAS (AP) — Texas House E
Speaker Ben Barnes said •2
Wednesday he will reject an in- E
vitation to become a floor leader Er
for Hubert Humphrey unless the W
vice president and Gov. John ' X
Connally settle their differences, Ldd
the Dallas News said today
Barnes was in Miami for the ASM
National Legislative Conference E
He said Humphrey forces asked E
him to help in the Democratic E
National Convention in Chicago E
starting Monday and later in the 7
presidential campaign, assum- i
ing Humphrey wins the nomina- MM
tion. WAe
Barnes told the News. "I’m a
delegate committed to John Con- dda
nally as a favorite son candidate MF
for president I have no other
role to play if Gov Connally K52
and Vice President Humphrey mB8
get together it could change my ",
situation." >
The House speaker said Con- fha.
'canceled the newly inaugurated “It is never too late for reason
1 New York-Moscow air service, to prevail," Johnson said in ap-
clamped down on trade with pealing for urgent United Na-
i Russia or suspended U.S.-Soviet tions action
‘cultural exchanges although The President called the So-
such options remained open viet Union claim that Czech
I A U.S. military response was l:ad.rj had asked for military.
the Russians and shouted
"Russian murderers go home!"
They < ailed tor Dbcek l re-
was reported at half a dozen ■
points 6
Military communiques report- I
ed 45 Vietnamese civilians were ■
killed and 117 wounded in the
Air Force Capt Donald O rainofmorethan500 rockets
Priddy, son of Mr and Mrs and mortars .that hit Saigon and I
Joe L Priddy of Blanket, will cities to the northwest and 5
be held Saturdav in the Austin south A Japanese news cone- Ea
Ave Church of Christ in Brown spondent,.Tatsuo Sakai, 33.al
wood with burial in East waskilled in the saigon attack, ■
lawn Memorial Park under di- becoming the,.19th correspond- ■
rection of Davis-Morris Funer- ent to die in the war Only five ■
al Home Tune of the services A meri e * ns, were reported E
has not been set wounded in the widespread E
Capt Priddy was killed shellingssae, a
Wednesday when his Air Force . , Soldier Kied
F102 jet exploded in flight and , An American soldier Was fa- ■
crashed some five miles south tally shotin the back while cy- M
of Jourdanton, about 40 miles cling in downtown Saigon The ■
south of San Antonio shooting touched off a running I
The aircraft left Kelly Air motoreycle gun battle that leftJ ■
Force Base in San Antonio at South, Vietnamese soldier and M
9 am or a training flight The one of the three.V ietnameseas •
Department of Pbuc Safety sailants wounded The wounded E
quoted witnesses as saying the assailant was later captured. I
F102 fighter interceptor ex-1 The two other men escaped E
ploded in flight Priddy's body The intensified pace of the ■
was found still strapped into the war included shellings and '
flight seat ground attacks against at least »
The jet belonged to the Texas six allied bases blocking inva-
National Guard Priddy had 13 sion routes into Saigon and all
years of service in the military, fifth straight day of heavy fight: L
Air Force officials said ing for control of a road 49 £
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Of Soviet-Led Occupation
Christmas. If history repeats itself,
the same scenes will be re-enacted this
Christmas season. Volunteers are
needed here to contribute items end
pack the bags before Oct. 20.
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operate the heart muscles
This morning s report by the
doctors at Wlter Reed Army
Hospital added that the term
also means extra beats nr irre-
gularity in the heart rhythm
"In spite of his long illness."
said the medical report, he has
remained cheerful and contin-
ues to see members of his
immediate family for brief peri-
ods daily His vital signs re-
main stable and his over-all
condition must be viewed as un
changed but still critical "
The report said that the 77-
year-old Eisenhower continues
to rest comfortably and has
been in no pain.
Last night s report said:
“Gen Eisenhower has again
shown some increase of heart
irritability since this afternoon’s
bulletin He is presently resting
comfortably and his vital life
signs are stable."
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By PETER REMAK
Associated Press Writer
PRAGUE, (AP)—Czechoslovaks massed today on
Vaclavske Namesti, Prague’s main square, in a violent
demonstration against the Soviet led occupation and
the arrest of their reform minded Communist Chief.
pealed for “immediate action of
the council we have the re-
sponsibility to act and act quick-
ly."
---- ed the council to place the case
on its agenda over strenuous So-
/ r • a a n J r l viet objections, have not come
L)ufw KOflC ecew up with a formal resolution
—NII V —UH3 IXUUUV Discussions were understood
“ T “ to be going on to draw one up
which would get the broadest
possible support while still ex-
i 650,000 bags from throughout
| the United States
The task of making the bags
here was a volunteer effort on
--------------------------------------------------------------- miles northwest of Saigon The
road is a vital supply route for
Two Officers Killed mam—
As Wall Collapses an-iz
enemy troops reported killed j
WICHITA FALLS (AP) — Two control early today. since last Sunday—could be the
policemen were killed early to- One Wichita Falls fireman. Lt start of the long-awaited third
day when a wall of a building Lester R. Carlton, 42, was listed Viet Cong offensive. But he
which burned during the night in satisfactory condition at a qualified this by adding that
BROWNWOOD TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST n 1968 VOL 68 MO 268
I UNITED NATIONSN NY
1 (APi — Czechoslovakia, over-
I run by the Soviet Union and
I four hardline followers, fought
I back on the diplomatic front to-
I day with support from the Unit-
I ed States and other Western
I powers
I 1 The Security Council, heeding
’ American pleas of urgency,
a scheduled a second round of de-
I bate after arguing the Soviet
I military take-over in Czechoslo-
I vakia for nearly five hours
I Wednesday night with no break
I . for dinner
j U.S. Chief Delegate George
J W Ball said he strongly ap-
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