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BROWNWOOD AREA
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1969
VOl. 69 NO. 99
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TEN PAGES TODAY
Nixon Willing to Summit
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After Preliminary Talks
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pleasant 74 for the top tem- , Nixon aides say whether these
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Ross Sterling High School of
(Bulletin Photo).
Evelyn Myrick.
(See PLAYERS on Page 2)
10 Dead in Crash
assume responsibility for parts
a cease-fire from Feb. 15 to clare a Tet truce, but he was
missing were calling in to police
The
wrenches and a radio had been could not be confirmed.
reans wounded
GATESVILLE PROBE
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Cole Advises Kids to ‘Cool It
“that there have not been inci- fired for breaking rules.
supervises.
and, at best, were grossly exag ,
most crimes ranging up to and
S. Viets Tighten
Saigon Security
Heavy Seas Delay Efforts
To Plug Runaway Oil Well
Scouts Due
In B'wood
For Fiesta
Political, Military
Negotiations Eyed
Firemen Battle Fire
Near Cisco Highway
Brownwood Fire Dept, ans-
cloudy tonight with scattered thunder*
storms. Fair and cooler Saturday. Low
tonight near 45. high Saturday near 65.
FIESTA TIME — A district-wide Girl
Scout Cadette Mexican Fiesta begins
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Brown-
wood Junior High School. An entire
Mexican theme will be carried out.
Photographed here are members of
Cadette Troop 30 who are participat-
ing in the one-day event. From left
to right they are Margaret Thomas,
Assistant Leader Patricia Bell, and
Martha Carlson. Troop leader is Mrs.
Center Ave. Thursday caught the at-
tention of pedestrians and motorists
as they passed the area. Although the
main is still under repair, the fountain
has been turned off. (Bulletin Photo).
"This is my advice They are
there at these homes (sic) for
Cold Front to Tussle
With Mild Spell
by Charles Clubb; best actress
went to Judy Bruce Ross and
best supporting actress award
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes instructed
to investigate the Texas Youth
Council and alleged brutality at
the reform schools the council
struck at Medley’s Garage first
using a large rock to break a
window. "They must have used
a hammer from my place to
elude finals in poetry interpre-
tation and duet acting. First
dents through the years in which
guards may have become over-
zealous in the ha ndling of in-
mates. but our best information
is that these hav been isolated.
the upper Panhandle and 32
in Southwest Texas are pre-
dicted after temperatures in
the 70s and 80s over most
of the state Thursday after-
noon.
Saigon, searching for hidden
arms and munitions that could
support an attack on the capital
U.S. and South Vietnamese
forces also cordoned off the
Marble Mountain area south of
Da Nang and were conducting
an extensive search operation.
The Viet Cong has proclaimed
Burglars Hit Two
Rising Star Firms
RISING STAR—Burglars hit taken from his garage Total
two businesses here sometime value was put at $650 $700
Houston Players Hog Honors
• Forensic Events Through Saturday •
summitry" but expressed the
view he should meet with Soviet
leaders "at a future time."
After returning March 3 from
his projected five-nation Euro-
pean tour Nixon said. he intends
"to conduct exploratory talks at
WASHINGTON (AP)—President Nixon has indicat-
ed he would be willing to hold a summit meeting with
Soviet leaders if lower-level talks show progress, pref-
erably on both political and military matters.
Thursday
"Our investigation revealed
that there is no evidence to sup-
port the contention tht mis-
treatment of inmates at any of
the facilities concerned is wide-
spread: that many of the alle-
gations were based on falsehood
ginbotham General Store and
Medley Motor Co.
Accounting of missing items
was still under way late Friday
morning at Higginbotham's al-
though it was known several
waves six feet high delayed ef-
forts to plug a leaking undersea
well today as crude oil black-
ened more miles of California
beaches
The slick, growing by almost
1 1,000 gallons an hour, was an es-
timated 800 square miles in size
and moving toward Los Angeles
at three miles an hour.
Denton High School's play
took second place while Nolan
of Fort Worth grabbed third
award.
1 gerated," testified Col. Wilson
E. Speir, DPS director
"This is not to say," Seir said.
including murder "
Speir admitted that since 1962
a total of 55 attendants had been
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from 22 high schools are com-
peting in one or more contests
during the three-day event held
at both HPC and BHS.
and certainly not condoned by
the policy of administration of
the Youth Council.”
Speir said the attendants at
these schools are unarmed even
though work at the Mountain
View home, “which is the maxi-
mum security unit of the cor-
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wered a call this morning to a
grass fire two miles out on the
By JACK KEEVER
AUSTIN (AP) - Sen. Criss
Cole, Houston. has this advice
for reform school kids who think
they’re getting a raw deal from
their guards Cool it.
Cole, a blind Marine veteran,
is chairman of the new Senate
Youth Affairs Committee which
various levels to see if such a
meeting could take place.”
Well Prepared
But he cautioned that any
sununit meeting should be well
prepared and that the agenda
of the district plan and carry
out a district-wide event. They
Approximately 450 students ।AP) — Railway officials to-
night said 10 passengers were
was captured by Final Toli Shows
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killed today when the Sydney-
Melbourne streamliner express
roared into a freight train and
burst into flames 104 miles
northeast of Melbourne.
Railway officials told police
- earlier they feared as many as
were held this morning. 20 passengers might have been
A banquet beginning at 5 p.m trapped in one sleeping car that
today will highlight late after- was telescoped and burned, and
noon activtes. The event will a total of 28 might be dead But
be held at Chsholm’s Restau- a 12-hour search of the wreck-
; It is expected to be much short-
! er than the Viet Cong truce.
have charge of the registration
desk and Troop 12 of Ballinger
will have charge of the first aid
station.
Troop 56 of Clyde will present
the opening ceremony, while
Troop 30. Brownwood, is respon-
sible for the invocation at noon
and will furnish the master of
ceremonies for the day. To con-
clude the meeting. Troop 99 of
Lorleta will conduct the closing
ceremony. ,
Each year, all cadette troops
BY GEORGE ESPER
SAIGON (AP) - South Viet-
namese forces tightened securi-
ty around Saigon and Da Nang
today as part of the campaign
to prevent a repetition of last
year's Communist Tet offensive.
Security forces stopped hun-
dreds of vehicles at checkpoints
along key highways leading into
Feb. 22 for Tet. the lunar new of the total program, learning
year fenst during which last to carry out responsibilities, as
year the Viet Cong and North well as having the fun of plan-
Vietnamese attacked Saigon. Da ning and carrying out activi-
Nang and 100 other population ties suited to their own age
should cover "various differ-
ences that we have, on which
we can perhaps make prog-
ress.” -
The Soviets have expressed
willingness to begin talks aimed
at limitations on some strategic
nuclear weapons but have not
indicated whether parallel, if
separate, discussions on politi-
cal matters would be welcomed.
Nixon, it was said, seeks pro-
gress on both military and polit-
ical negotiations, believing a
successful summit could grow
out of such development
Talks on the Middle East cri-
sis will, of course, be studied
closely here for evidence that
the United States and the So-
viets might manage to carve out
common ground on political as
well as military: problems.
"Working Trip”
During his forthcoming
“working trip” to Belgium,
West Germany. Italy. Great
Britain and France, associates
reported Nixon would search
not only for areas of agreement
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and Thieu has canceled the holi-
day leaves that usually are giv-
en at least half the South Viet-
namese forces
Ground action remained at a
very low level. U.S. troops from
the 9th Infantry Division fought
with a Viet Cong force 15 miles
southwest of Saigon Thursday
to middle 60s. the forecast
says.
Brownwood notched a 47 for
the low reading about day-
break today but recorded a
of Texas Council 8-Ballinger, after 3:30 p.m. Brownwood
caze a uuce, Ju. e was Brownwood. Brady, Cisco, Clyde firemen answered this call at
। not ready to announce the dates. Coleman, Cross Plains. Eastland 3:57 p.m.
" ... Goldthwaite, Gorman, Lampas- Minor damage was reported
About 125 girls anadults are
registered for the district-wide
Girl Scout Cadette Mexican Fi-
esta. sponsored by the Heart of
Texas Girl Scout Council. Sat-
urday at Brownwood Junior
High School beginning at 10 30
am.
Troops are to decorate, in the
Mexican theme, their own tables
and all cadettes will come in
Mexican costume Junior Girl
Scouts ready to become cade-
ettes have been invited to at-
tend as guests to encourage
them to continue in the scout
program.
During the program, troops
will present entertainment they
have prepared on the life and
customs of the people of Mexico.
Troop 30 of Brownwood has
made arrangements for the
luncheon and Troop 33 of Brown-
wood is preparing decorations
for the Mexican fiesta.
Troop 55 of Cisco has prepared
individual name tags and will
tivities will center on debating said they believed the final toll
with the final rounds scheduled was 10 dead.
THUNDER.- x -
SHOWER5 40
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This afternoon's events in-
The committee met Thursday
afternoon, after most legislators
had quit for a three-day week-
end The only scheduled legis-
lative business Friday and Sat-
urday are hearings of the House
Appropriations ommittee on
rectional system and which
houses the older, hardened in-
mates who are confined for
the other in the Mekong Delta
about 60 miles southwest of Sai-
gon along the Cambodian bor-
der A spokesman said an
as, Lometa. and San Saba from a fire in a chicken coop
Mrs. Don E. Walker, district at 2002 Main Blvd Thursday
advisor, is coordinating the dis- The call was answered by city
trict event. firemen at 10:02 p.m.
Thursday night taking among "This is the second time I've
other things an undetermined been hit in a year Last March ; night and reported finding 14 en-
number of guns : burglars—they've been caught emy bodies at dawn.
Texas Ranger H R Block of —took nearly everything." Med- No U.S. casualties were re- I
Brownwood and the Eastland I ley said by telephone. Value of ported.
-——e—ee’-n---•---•—I Bonds taken thnat time was $1,500 The U.S Command also an-
nounced that two more Ameri-
can helicopters were shot down
over South Vietnam, one while
carrying South Korean soldiers
on a combat assault about 170
miles northeast of Saigon and
Cisco Highway. No information
was immediately available as
to damage or amount of grass
burned in the area
Fence posts and grass burn-
ed eight miles ou» on the Zephyr
Highway on the Santa Fe
right-of-way Thursday shortly
contests in
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FOUNTAIN ON EAST LEE — Even
a two-inch broken wafer main can
claim a cartain amount of beauty-
especially if the sun shines through
the spouting mist of water. The tem-
porary fountain on East Leo St. near
A Pacific cold front could
bring scattered thunder-
storms to Mid-Texas late this
afternoon or tonight, weather
forecasters said this morning
Strong southerly winds la-
den with moisture will collide
with the cold front as it push-
es through the area, setting
off brief showers, according
to the weather bureau.
The front is expected to
push all the way to the Gulf
coast by sometime Saturday
morning, leaving cooler wea-
ther in its wake Tonight s
low over Mid-Texas should
range in the middle 40s, but
Saturday will be tai'- and cool-
er with a high in the lover
MiMiiiimiiM^
County Sheriff's Department are goods taken that tinie was $1,500.
investigating break-ins at Hig -1 Medley said he is not covered
- - - — -by insurance
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
(AP) — Heavy seas kicking up
the general spending bill
“Much has been said about
brutality at the Gatesville
schools," Cole told the youth
committee ” I don't have a fix-
ed opinion on what's going on
at Gatesville, but the commit-
tee will find out before we ad-
journ."
Around 200 inmates have tried
to escape from reform school
since Jan. 1, Cole said, and
rant. Tickets for the dinner are age produced no more bodies,
$2 per person. Awards will be and people earlier reported
given during the banquet. .......
Tonight and Saturday’s ac- throughout the day Officials
“Unless thesewind shifts, I
don't know what can stop it,”
said William Kerrigan, district
manager of the Ventura Port.
By Thursday night, some raw
petroleum was reported in Ven-
tura's marina 24 nautical miles
hese categories
this committee is meeting ”
The public controversy over
the reform schools started last
month when the now-disbanded
House Juvenile Delinquency
Committee heard second-hand
reports of brutality at the Gates-
ville Schools for Boys
The house committee report
is still pending, but the Depart-
ment of public safety told the ‘
results of its investigation
r plied, "but the complaints since
1 1962 have been relatively few.” |
The committee adopted a res-
l olution that Barnes appoint six
i private citizens to aid in its in-
i vestigation.
Among the new measures in-
• traduced Thursday was a pro-
i posed constitutional amend-
■ ment to allow Texas to issue
■ $3.5 billion in bonds to imple-
l ment the statewide water plan.
burglars apparently
centers. South Vietnamese Pres- group.
ident Nguyen Van Thieu said District II is comprised of 13
Thursday night his government communities within the Heart
was ready "in principle" to de-
south of mi-dogged Santa Bar-
bara Harbor and 50 miles north-
west of Los Angeles.
Heaviest concentrations were
still around the drilling platform -
six miles at sea ere swells up
to 15 feet prevented a 300-man
crew from efforts to top the
sea-leak by pumping a mineral
mud prepo.ation into the hole. |
The Union Oil Co. crews
pumped 3.000 barrels of the
gooey substances into the hole a
few days ago but it didn't do the
job. When the sea calms
enough, new barge loads will be
poured into the fissure 325 feet
below the ocean surface.
among allied leaders but
expressions of disagreement.
They said his ultimate aim is
to strengthen ties with North At-
lantic Treaty Organization
members and give them a sense
of full participation in alliance
affairs.
This was the explanation giv-
en for Nixon's decision to stop
first at NATO headquarters in
Belgium
White House sources said
there is no political significance
to the timing of other stops, al-
though some observers won-
dered why the President was
winding up his trip in France,
one of the thinner reeds in
NATO, before returning home
via the Vatican where he will
confer with Pope Paul VI.
W. L (Bill) Medley reported seneraportorhat a drivein thea. American and two South Ko-
six batteries, all hand tools, a, up between Rising Star and i reans were killed 31x1 two
car air conditioner, impact ■ Cross Plains also had been -hit ‘ Americans and two South Ko-
a purpose, for a reason. We can-
not tolerate a situation without
discipline
"Be very careful and don't
overstep the bounds. I don't be-
lieve there will be any more
brutality at the schools while
d’Maxham temperature here Thurs-.
day 74, overnight low 47 Sunset today
6 10. sunrise Saturday 7:22.
Here I Come.” capture first1 for 1 30 pm Saturday.
award in the contest, but four Howard Payne is providing
individual awards went to stu- transportation of groups to and
dents of the school. from contest areas
Best actor award went to Directors of the tournament
Steve Hamilton; best support- are Ray Karrer of Howard
ing actor honors were captured Payne College and Stark Me-
perature Thursday afternoon conditions are met could be de-
AU sections of the state are termined in the weeks ahead by
expected to have lower tem- the success of preliminary talks
peratures overnight as the already started with the Soviet
Pacific front shatters a win- Union on a possible push for a
ter heat wave. Middle East settlement
At his Thursday news confer-
Readings as low as 24 in ence, Nixon scoffed at "instant
Houston was the big winner
Thursday night at one-act play
competition of the 13th annual
Howard Payne-Brownwood High
School Forensic Tournament
underway here.
Not only did the Houston
school's play, “Philadelphia
t a
, A
"Wouldn't that indicate a
problem”" asked Sen Don Ken-
nard. Fort Worth.
"Yes sir. through the years
we've had problems." Speir re-
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