Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 112, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 23, 1969 Page: 2 of 24
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Wonderland
Revue Set
Dock Strike
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Vandals Hit
' Wells, all of Brownwood.
Among other things, the Army
Zephyr Board Post
the least. But here in Texas
the school grounds.
out side of Mullin, let us use a
have our own ideas about mak-1
ing it. I wanted to do it to
covered on a routine police pa-
yet.”
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“You can see the crops grow-
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2-Car Crash
Hickel Orders
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NO JNTEREST OR CARRYING CHARGE
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WEST TEXAS' LEADING JEWELERS NggNg2 J
309 Center Brownwood, Texas gadzam
Dr Frances Merritt teaches
the class, which this semester
Willic
Makes
"The difference between Tex-
as and other states we have
them a total of eight weeks.
Both are riding three . speed
By ROY STEPHENS
Bulletin Staff Writer
The doors to the auditorium
wii open a half-hour before the
show Admission is 25 cents for
children and 50 cents for adults.
DR. 1
out for
annual
banquet
Recreat
version of a De Gaulle proposal
that both the North Atlantic Al-
liance and the European Com-
HUROP
Robbins -
College I
ed one <
the dean
semester
demic ye
The sor
C. Robbir
he achiev
for the :
10-diamond bridal
set . . . $250.00
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SOLITAIRE
SET
$100 00
Stunning trio
tor her and
for him . . . $215.00
Methodist Hospital in Houston
March 9 for examination by
Dr. Michael DeBakey. Surgery
will follow.
She suffers from an interven-
tricular septa! defect — a hole
between the lower chambers of
FT. HC
to Sr., s
Ratto. 66
was pror
chief wa
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2nd Am
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His wil
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day afternoon
The guard rail at West Ele-
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the supe
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2105 16th
Powell of Lampasas; one half-
sister, Mrs. Millie Alford of Cor-
sicana; 26 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Joseph L. Wells, 25
were
re-
of World War I and belonged to
the American .Legion. He mar-
ried Ada Florence Suttan Dec
25 1920 in Bend.
Survivors are his wife; four
sons, Vernon M. and Joe D.
both of Fort Worth. Melvin B
of Goldthwaite, Charles Ray of
San Saha: three daughters. Mrs.
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who ha
Leon's
1 morning where we will be that
night. One time we slept in a
horse stall." Bruce added
Surgery Due
For Girl, 6
Ceceilia Kay Harrell, s i x-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Jeff Harrell of Kermit, is
scheduled to undergo open
heart surgery next month
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elaborate administrative battle to offer public endorsement
i plan to combat public contro- ~ ‘
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plied. “I think that Joe and I one night,” Bruce added
When asked why they
making this trip, Bruce
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______________ Friday about 3 p.m. many
Frank Whitenburg of San travelers on Brownwood's West
CECEILIA KAY HARRELL
... due surgery
fied as Richard Mundell of rural
Tower Hill: Sherman L. Dowdy
of Pana, and Leroy G. Walch of
rural Witt.
The men were estimated to be
Joe Waardenburg a look which
they deserved, for apparently
neither has shaved the entire
worth while. You feel you are
a part of the land.
gone through. is like night and
day. In Louisiana, the people
acted like they didn't care in
said he concurred with a presi-
dential panel's advise to pump1
all wells in the area “at a maxi-
Mr. Amos moved to Abilene
two years ago from Comanche.
He was born Jan 2. 1916 in
Comanche. He was a member
around 40 years o’ age.
The five others were passen-
Then he concluded. “We’ve
been over a lot of hills coming
from Florida but this Bangs
Hill is the worst one we’ve seen
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rich.
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amir
zales
Trio —"
for her and
for him . . . $150.60
picked up. Donations may also
be mailed to the Heart Fund at
Box 940, Brownwood, or to any
local bank.
Drive officials reminded all
donations to the Heart Fund are
tax deductable.
- 1 and 5 p m.
Sunday to have their donation
just to get there On a bicycle
it’s getting there that makes it
I HOUSTON (API - About 1,- *
000 students and 200 faculty '
1 members massed on Rice Uni-! H
versity campus Saturday to pro- U
test the appointment of Dr Wil- I
liam H Masterson as president ■
mentary School was reported
tom dewn nd at South Elemen-
tary trash cans were emptied,
and contents distributed over
Solitaire
engagement and
wedd-t band
$195.00
Duo-matching
wedding bands
$150.00
mumuauuu
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LONG RIDE — Bruce Beebe and Joe
Waardenburg paused briefly in Brown-
wood Friday afternoon — about mid-
way on their bicycle ride from Cape
Greet Nixon ! Pumping of Oil ,
Wells Off Coast ratal to Eight
j shine in your face you really
know you’ve seen it.
“We aren't doing this for
anybody. There's no religious
group involved, and there
aren’t any political banners on
our bikes. We think that's im-
portant," he said.
mum rate ... as soon as practi-
1 cable, consistent with safety.”
Hickel emphasized his order
is a safety measure only, saying
it “should not be construed as a
resumption of drilling or pro-
duction I stopped Feb. 7.”
DuBridge said the 14-member
panel headed by Dr. John Cal-
houn, vice president of Texas
A&M College recommended the
pumping after a two-day exami-
nation this week in the Santa
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sons,.TimothyJames,,1, and F. L' Pierce of Brownwood and
Jonathan Lloyd, 312; his par- Mrs - - - -
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own strike a week ago.
Work also resumed in Balti-
more: Hampton Roads, Va., Mi-
ami and New Orleans. A Sunday
vote was set on - Philadelphia
settlement
Negotiations were still under
way in Boston and in Mobile,
Ala., but progress was reported
in both places.
However, longshoremen in the
West Gulf district showed no ev-
idence of reaching agreement. I
Elizabeth Mann at Brownwood
Nov. 22, 1922.
Hickel in his statement rea-
The big information operation
, is being seized upon by Sentinel
critics as proof the Pentagon is
out to brainwash the country
into accepting an expensive
missile shield which they say
may or may not be effective
Three Billy Goats
Gruff,”. “Peter Cottontail,"
“Little Red Riding Hood," and
"Goldilocks.”
BRUSSELS <AP) - President WASHINGTON (AP) — Secre- ASSUMPTION, III (AP) -
Nixon arrives In Belgium Sun- tary of the Interior Walter J. Eight persons were killed early
day, his first stop on a tour of a Hickel ordered Saturday tempo- Saturday in the collision of two
Europe made jittery by diplo- rary pumping of wells in the cars in misty rain on U.S. 51.
“ ---- Three of the dead were identi-
sisters, Mrs. Mike Moore, Mrs.
Eugene Andres and Jackie
English racers,, are aver- SJSffJZ tteironllyobe
faces N. B. Mitchell, a farmer
Bright assorted color bal-
loons literally floated through
downtown Brownwood Satur-
i day as busy shoppers stopped
; to purchase approximately
$136 worth of Heart Fund bal-
' Joons.
The sale of balloons by the
student council of -Brownwood
High School was another ef-
fort of the local Heart Fund
campaign now underway to
swell Brownwood's contribu-
tion to the fund.
According to John Felts,
chairman of the balloon pro-
ject and a teacher at Brown-
wood High School, the helium
used to inflate the balloons
amounted to 926 making the
net gain of the balloon sale
about $110.
"If we had had more bal-
loons, we could have sold
them all," Felts said. z
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l Youths Willi
vandalism Friday at 1:43 p.m.
and the South Elementary
School ground incident was dis-
ficiating. Kiker-Warren Funer-
al Home was in charge.
Mr. Wells died in a gas ex-
plosion Thursday at McDonald
Well Service Co. in Abilene.
Born Oct. 15. 1943. in San
Angelo, he married Wanda
Joyce Hall Aug. 2, 1963. in
WU Sle MAengefast^oreuer
trol Saturday morning, bili betweemenhakingha g™
Maness..principal of the school, car and on a bicycle is that
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sels for talks with Premier Gas-
ton Eyskens and Foreign Minis-
ter Pierre Harmel
A small group of student ad-
mirers of Red China’s Mao Tse-
tung planned to be at the airport
for a demonstration, but it is
highly unlikely that Nixon will
be aware of it. The area of the
airport where his plane lands
will be tightly sealed off.
At the palace, despite the late
hour, the President will get his
first on-tbe-spot briefing on Eu-
rope's latest troubles, which in-
clude the current uproar
sparked by President Charles
de Gaulle of France. .
The smaller nations of Europe
have been rocked by a British
Graveside rites likely will be
held in Comanche
St Louis, Mo , and Richard M.
of.Yorktown; three half-brothers
Jim Powell of Lovelady, Bryan
Powell of Belton and John
Kennedy, Fie. to Santa Barbera, Calif.
Here they are shown atop Bangs Hill
overlooking Brownwood.
(Bulletin Photo)
gers in a convertible. They were
from the East Chicago, Ind.,
area, but their Identities were
withheld by Christian Comnty
Coroner Thomas E Doyle pend-
ing notification of kin.
<J\recl ^Uiamond importers
According to Brownwood po- aging 60 miles a day.
lice, Roy Fisher, principal of j —
West Elementary, reported the
Sea am
weak or s
with the
known as
Roxie Bell Yates of Coman-
che: two brothers. Ransom of
Comanche and Frank G. of
Dallas.
Charlie H. Hall, 69
. Brownwood. The couple moved
to Abilene from Brownwood two
years ago. wood
Survivors are his wife; two 1
was.notified. .. . In a car you make the trip
For both schools this makes _ ..
two incidents of vandalism dur-
Masterson left Rice three
years ago to become president
of the Tennessee university He
flew from Chattanooga to Hous-
which they expect will take
Survivors include his wife; ! very seldom a person,
one son, Charles W. Hall of whose feet are firmly planted
Brownwood: two daughters in the asphalt of the city sees
Mrs. Earl Trowbridge of Brown- two adventuresome stalls ride
.„d, Miss Vicki Hall of from. Florida to California . . .
Brownwood; two sisters. Mrs. on bicycles.
■ of the private institution
2 The students voted 95! to 7 in
" favor of a faculty resolution Fri-
■ day that asked the Rice board
& of trustees to reconsider the
| appointment.
N Masterson. president of the
■ University of Chattanooga, was
B named president of Rice Fri-
1 day afternoon He was selected
I by a seven-member board head-
J ed by attorney H. Malcolm Lov-
5 ett of Houston
The well-dressed protesters
L met in the university gymnasi-
| um to vote on the resolution
| About half the students then
| marched to the building where
I Masterson was holding a news
' conference. Several students
| held a banner which said "fa-
I culty and students united."
Schaeffer, a stock farmer,
operates an auto dealership in
Lamesa and has been a busi-
nessman for some 23 years He
is a veteran of World War I
He and Mrs Schaeffer have
a son in the Zephyr schools.
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anything which is not specifi.
cally authorized by the legis.
lature. That is why a bill had
to be introduced in the legis.
_ „ - . lature seeking authority to es.
The Harrell s formerly lived tablish a retirement plan
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ZEPHYR — Vernon Schaet. HEART-
fer of Rt. I. Zephyr has filed mjssed by workers.
as.a candidate for the Zephyr Anyone'missed may telephone
school board in next month's 646-6579 between ‘ '
election. - -
Fort Worth one sister, Mrs.
ma tic dissension and national area off the California coast as
rivalries. a precaution against renewed
The presidential plane is to oil leakage in the Santa Barbara
touch down at Zaventem Airport area
at about 9 pm After a royal Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Presi-
welcome by King Baudouin, the dent Nixon's science adviser,
president will proceed to the
Royal Palace in midtown Brus.
Charley B. Pierce Gilbert L Amos, 53
SAN SABA (BBC) — Services ABILENE — Sen ices are
for Charley Baxter Pierce. 72, pending for Gilbert Lawrence
will be at 3 pm Sunday in Amon 53, a native of Coman-
Howeh-Doran Funeral Home che who was killed in a gas
with the Rev Albert Brown of- explosion at McDonald Well
ficiating. Burial will be in City Service Co. here on Thursday
Cemetery. The body is at Kiker-Warren
Mr Pierce died Friday in Funeral Home. i
San Saba Hospital after an ill- Arrival of two sons stationed I
ness of three days overseas is expected earlv in
Bom Sept 6. 1896 in Gonzales, the week at which time final I
he was a member of the Primi- arrangements will be made. I
tive Baptist Church, a veteran
Two thefts are being investi-
gated by Brownwood police.
One was reported Saturday
morning and the other Friday.
—, _ . - - -; I The Glass Co. on Graham St.
Thei pumping procedure is re- was reported burglarized and
guired. the group said, to re- officials of the firm told Brown-
lieve. the pressure causing seep- wood police that glass vases,
age to continue since the major lamps and ash trays were re-
01 blowout of Jan. 23 was halt- moved sometime Thursday
ed night or Friday morning. The
spokesman said the door had
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CRAIG WOODSON Putlign,
NORMAN FISHER, Ecitor.
Services were held at 10 30 Mr. Hall died at 4 50 a m
a m. Saturday in Abilene with Saturday in a local hospital fol-
the Rev. H O. Walker, pastor lowing a short illness.
of. Potosi Baptist Church, Born Feb. 9, 1900 in Mills
County, he was a retired em-
ploye of Griffin and Sons. He
had lived 45 years in Brown
County and was married to
in a slarse,dazzling diamonds
or vellowegond mounting, white
ing the past 10 days. Other
Brownwood schools reporting
vandalism and break-ins in-
clude North, Coggin, and
Brownwood Junior High. A l ing along side the road, and
break-in was also reported this after heat, cold, rain and sun-
New Rice
President
Under Fire
For Thursday
The 1969 version of “Won-
derland Revue,” production of
the children's literature class
at Howard Payne College will
be presented at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday in Mims Auditor-
ium.
ton Saturday to hold the news - ---------------------
conference. He takes office rell of Lake Brownwood and or have worked 23 years for a
June 1. Mr. and Mrs Raleigh Darnel! municipality before they are
The faculty resolution, ap- of Rising Star. eligible to receive benefits
proved 91 to 75, said "Specifi- m ------.---------------
SA Pentagon Moves to Combat
ehtieere c n Controversy Over Sentinel
I WASHINGTON (AP) — The what Sentinel is all about and to
| Pentagon is working from an encourage top-ranking officers
They went on to say that
, r Mrs. rrank wntenourg of san uaveters on orown wood s west riding the great distance they, . -------
ents, Mr and Mrs.-JamesR. Saba; and five grandchildren Commerce paused momentar- hare covered has not been a has more than 40 students en-
Wells of Brownwood: and three __________g “ ilv to give Bruce Beebe and bore . as many people would rolled. Ann Sheffield is co - A l . M
eietere Mme uiv. •--...... imagine. They aren't trying to ordinator for the program and Almost Over
win a race or a record. They Sally Kibbe will preside as the
______ a ouaveu Ule entire take their time and when the “fairy godmother" who pre- NEW YORK (AP) _ The
three weeks and three days sun comes up .they ride. When sents the magic of fairy tales longshoremen's strike wh^h
they have been traveling by it 805s down they 8° to sleep, to the children attending shut down Atlantic and GUif
bike. ."Going_to bed is something Stories to be enacted this ports 64 days ago appeared
year include "The Three Little nearly over Saturday, except in
Pigs.” “The Shoemaker and the the West Gulf district.
Elves, Three Billy Goats The dockers went back to - .........,
work again in the Port of New is under orders to help scientists
York, crossing picket lines set favoring Sentinel to write arti-
up Friday in a wildcat strike of cles about -he program, to send
waterfront mechanics. The New out mobile exhibits explaining
York longshoremen ended their' -----—---—----
— firmed his decision to hold all
mon Market be replaced and drilling or producing operations
that a political directorate of in the area on a standby basis
France. Britain, West Germany pending a full review of all reg-
ard Italy serve as an inner illations and procedures affect-
council for Europe. ing offshore oil operations.
A
Ausso‘
Lhuiarrom
. .. Municipal Retirement System
toe heart Some five years ago It specifically exempts anv
she underwent closed heart elected official from coverage
surgery in Dallayto place a Gray explained that partici.
band around the pulmonary ar- pation is voluntary . Employes
tery. must have worked for a parti.
Ceceilia Kay's grandparents cipating municipality 15 years
are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Har- and be 60 years old or older
. The finely detailed effort was
| versy over the possible deploy- mounted after the Johnson ad.
ment of antimissiles across the ministration announced the de-
nation. cision to build a missile defense
RST
and information on the Sentinel amim-stration.
Antimissile Project.
"The plan doesn’t cover di-
rectors any more than a re-
tirement plan covers city coun-
cilmen," Paul pointed out but
he said to eliminate any pos-
sible confusion and opposition
the word "officers" has been
struck.
Virgil Gray, assistant city
manager, said the city retire-
ment plan is part of the Texas
Walked Across Falls
Charles Blondin, a French
tightrope walker and acrobat,
crossed Niagara Falls on a
tightrope 160 feet above the
water in 1859. Later, he cross-
ed on stilts, carrying a man.
and sitting down while eating
an omelette.
Balloon Sale c . .
Brings In $136 -lY-anoois Bruce, who „ trom Eugene aaone wevezomreaknxoosure a
Vandalism has lashed out Oregon, and Joe, who is a na-
again at two of Brownwood's tive of Canada, began their
elementary schools since Fri- iolo, r, _ n 84 5
- | journey from Cape Kennedy,
' Florida to Santa Barbara, Calif,
some three weeks ago — a trip
Two Thefts Here ,
Masterson, a 1935 graduate of ... .2
at LakorRrewnroodnsdsafathen
ons btween crmpmnmnun o Sehoolathieteand professional
the university ” baseball pitcher
Using a bullhorn, the new .Ceceilia Kay. will enter
president told the students. "I
was hired by legal representa-
tive of the university. I have
not seen any opposition to my
appointment." '
An unidentified student then
read the resulls of the faculty
and student votes protesting the
appointment.
Services for Charlie H. Hall,
69. of 911 Sharp St. will be
today at 2 30 p.m. at Davis-
_ . Morris Funeral Home. Burial
Graveside rites for Joseph will be in Greenleaf Cemetery
Leonard Wells, 25, were held The Rev Archie Phillips and
at 3 pm Saturday at Green- Rev George Lunsford will of-
leaf Cemetery ficiate. A le . \ f •
Cyclists Viewing
Country As It Is
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MEASURE-
“It is hard for me to hire a
man because others of ter more
A man doesn't want to work
until he is 65 or 70 and then
just be told goodby," "p a u ]
said
Need Approval
The water district cannot do
2A----BROWNWOOD BULLETIN Sunday, Feb. 23, 1969
I been kicked in.
A tin box containing 23 silver
dollars was removed sometime
Friday night or Saturday morn-
ing from Kelly * Drive-In Gro-'
' ccty at 708 East Adams. |
of Victory Baptist Church in
Abilene.
Survivors are a daughter.
Mrs. Maybelle Hubbard of
R. J. Tafford o.'San Angelo, Mrs Simms: three sons, Calvin L.
William H. Dickinson and Mrs and Harold G., both with the
Ray Grooms, both of Fort Armed Forces, and Frank of
Worth; two brgthers, Allie C. of
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