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light zone" in which the gravita-
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red cool. to
At 9:12 a.m. EST. Shepard.
(Bulletin Photo).
about 9,000 .American troops.
nstructions to
ocrat in the Nixon Cabinet. suc-
plans for the operation which
air-to-ground conversation with Cambodia, it was diselosed te-
BROWNWOOD AREA-
widely scattered
partly cloudy and cooler Low
day near 65.
Maximum temperature here
mission against the Ho Chi Minh
Ministry announced.
Light rain fell during the night
The South Vietnamese govern-
to India.
Texas and extreme western re-
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mailing a check to the Brown chu Lai. 50 miles south of Da
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last payment in January of 1969 Dimes.
House Rejects Smith Plan
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Lawmaker Requests Another
Look at Connally's Dealings
Problem Develops
In Landing Vehicle
Egypt Is
Cool To
U.N. Bid
Nixon Holds Lid
On Laos Report
Mothers March
Likely to Grow
Mitchell and Stuart A. Roosa
zipped through a so-called "twi-
FIRST AID LESSON - A total of 35
persons are enrolled in the American
Red Cross first aid course now being
conducted at the Central Fire Station
in Brownwood. Here Fire Chief R. P.
Ferguson, right, applies a closed cir-
in north central and northeast
- em regions and along the Gulf
—except to repeat assurances
no U.S. troops have crossed into
thunder-
Thursday
ranged to defer the payments,
and a copy of the way the fees
were spread out over the years
west of the Plain of Jars and
overran the town, the Defense
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF
Associated Press Writer
Scattered thunderstorms are
possible over Mid-Texas tonight,
forecasters sold, after occasion-
al light rain or mist dampened
parts of ht aer etsinahmornig.
parts of the area this morning
cular Danaago to a simulated wound
on Fireman Paul Seward's arm while
a member of the class, Mrs. Buck Wil-
liams, looks on.
He said the ministry had lost
radio contact with the defenders
and had no casualty report.
showers or drizzle over the east
em half of the state through to-
day with slightly warmer tem-
peratures in all regions.
flow of oxygen.
Earlier they had televised a
picture of the moon a shimmer-
sion Control center would com-
mit Shepard and Mitchell to a
landing if only one of the batter-
ies was functioning
There was no indication in the
jertheless, in 1961. “I agreed to
accept the 9750,000 That was al-
ready vested. No one could take
that away from me.”
into the headquarters compound
money to donate may do so by of the U.S. .America! Division at!
1 to
xit
teries failed, the remaining bat-
tery would provide sufficient
power to accomplish a safe paign of the war.
office.
Harris' questions indicated he
wants to determine whether
Connally, a former secretary of
the Navy, opted to defer pay-
halt at the Laotian border when
cross-border operations begin,1’
the newspaper reported.
County March of Dimes payable Nang, and mortared a defensive
County March of Dimes fund at 1-----------------------—---
the First National Bank here.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With Laos and none will.
President Nixon consulting key There was no indication any
national-security advisers. the decision was reached in Nixon's
Senate Foreign Relations Com- meeting with Secretary of State
NEARLY HIDDEN by Jeepful of WACs it Spec. 4
Gary L. Price of Milford, Ky., only male driver
assigned to the WAC company at Ft. Knox, Ky.
One qualification for the job to that driver be a
,212.774 miles from earth and
1 Ser PROBLEM on Page 2)
battalion defending the town 108
miles north of Vientiane.
exercise military restraint and has won a dean bill of health
to maintain the quiet which has from the Senate Finance Com-
prevailed in the area since Au- mittee on his dealings with the
estate of wealthy oilman Sid
given full air support, medi-
cal evacuation helicopters and
aerial supply drops. There are
no U.S. ground troops taking
part in the operations, the of-
ficials said.
By LEE JONES
Associated Press Writer
AUSTIN (AP) — The House
resoundingly rejected today the
heart of Gov. Preston Smith's
spend-now. pay-later plan to
avoid new state taxes this year
Representatives, many’ of
them laughing and whooping,
voted down Smith's plan to is-
sue $450 million in school bonds
to finance current educational
costs.
The vote was 12-125.
Rep Ben Atwell of Dallas,
the reluctant sponsor of Smith's
plan and chairman of the House
Tax Committee, told the House:
“This is part of a method not
to have a tax bill this session.
“I probably will be back on
mmemmumaa.....am-I iaac
the astronauts that anything
was amiss as they settled down
for the sleep period.
They were awakened shortly
after they dozed off to correct a
valve setting when Mission Con-
trol noted an excess overboard
8084
ment of the $750,000 beyond
time allowed under tax regula-
tions
As secretary of the Treasury,
Connally would be the only Dem-
ing half crescent that loomed tonal influence of the earth and
larger and larger as - -
shrank in the distance.
Aboard were Lt. Col Bruce
Stocks. the pilot, and Maj Billy |
C. Gentry, Jie na rigator. I married man.
that he would not take any at all
during the time I was in ‘gov-
ernment service' Obviously I
was talking about being secre-
two young Kashmiris diverted the morning in eastern and cen- hart up to 63 at Brownsville.
to Lahore Saturday from a tral sections Forecasts called for lingering
domestic flight over Kashmir Temperatures hovered near '
The other 26 passengers and freezing at dawn in the Pan-
four crew members returned to handle up to the 60s in far
India by road Monday. South Texas.
night.
South Vietnamese officials
said the United States has
MANDEVILLE, La. (AP) -
The Civil Air Patrol ordered a
search today for a missing Air
Force Fill after two workmen
said they found its ejection cap-
sule containing the bodies of the
two-man crew.
Billy Majors of Erwinville and
Larry J Bieda of Port Allen,
who were digging a drainage
canal three and one-half miles
northeast of here, said there
was no sign of the rest of the
plane
The capsule, called a pod, is -
ejected and lowered to earth by
munnuummunmurmuum For Plane
India claimed Pakistan's mili- gions of the state, but low
tary government could have clouds obscured the sun in other
prevented the destruction of the areas
Fokker Friendship F27, which Fog patches lingered during
ready is under way.
cars wrecked and traffic tempo- Fulbright said the secrecy-
rarily suspended along the Da covered operation reminds him
Nang-to-Hue railroad line when of last April when Rogers testi-
two trains hit mines about an fied before the committee two
, the South Viet- days before the start of the U.S.
incursion into Cambodia
earth moon
today 25.000 South Vietnamese
ground troops were massed
near the Laotian border Tues-
day. “preparing to raid Viet-
namese Communist bases an
supply lines in Laos with U.S.
air support.
“Operating with them, U.S.
sources unofficially acknowl-
edged, is a screening force of
I SPACE CENTER, Houston.
I (AP) — A battery problem de-
veloped in the Apollo 14 lunar
landing vehicle today just hours
before the astronauts were to
orbit the moon
Apollo 14 had swept into the
grasp of lunar gravity and sped
toward a Thursday morning or-
bit.
There was no immediate indi-
cation of the severity of the
problem or whether it could
block an attempt at a moon
landing Friday.
No official announcement was
made, but sources reported the
difficulty was with one of two
batteries in the ascent stage of
the lunar module the astronauts '
call Antares.
The word came as astronauts
Alan B Shepard Jr., Edgar D.
Mitchell and Stuart A Roosa ,
I started a nine-hour sleep period. :
I resting for the grueling days ’
■ ahead in the vicinity of the
moon.
Shepard and Mitchell earlier ,
today had entered the lunar ship
A spokesman said the North
Vietnamese used about five
tanks to drive out the neutrali-t
you’” Harris asked Connally at
another point.
The rormer governor said the
Coast
Temperatures plunged in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area late
f Harris asked Connally for
copies of the agreement with
Partly cloudy with possible other coexecutors by which he
'settled for $750,000 and ar-
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Secretary-General U Thant
says the Middle East peace
talks at the United Nations are
showing some signs of progress
and the cease-fire should be ex-
tended, but Egyptian govern-1
extension of the ceasefire. Sen. Russell Long, D-La., lated no Texas laws by accept-
many observers in the Middle chairman of the committee, in- - - .
East feel that the truce will con-
bill by Austin Rep Harold Da-
—-vis raising state college tuition
for non-residents from $200 to
$700 a semester.
Mutscher said Tuesday the
governor should make new rev-
enue proposals if his deficit
spending plan collapses.
Smith had no comment but *
there were indications he was
planning to offer an entirely
new money-raising plan “It'll
be something that will raise
their hair,” said one spurce.
The govrnor’s plan was on
both Monday's and Tuesday's
House calendars. but was by-
passed each time without com-
ffig ts a vote •
\ House members approved
Monday a Senate measure par-
tially lifting the state welfare
istan High Commission building
today in protest against the de
struetion nt am Indian airliner
by Kashmiri hijackers in West
Pakistan.
In Jammu, the winter capital
of Kashmir State, a protest
cA"Pakissampsankeshanssanacloudyiskies tonight and fhur
<^^^f7w^hLrtH^ tonight near 35, high Thurs
none seriously. Police drove the shouidbe in the middle 60s ar-
demonstrators away with tear ter. lows around 35 in the area Tuesday 41, overnight low 39
is equal They were
layed until next week because of
the request by Sen Fred R.
Harris, D-Okla., to see agree-
ments under which Connally ac-
cepted $750,060 from the Rich-
gust 1970." estate of wealthy oilman Sid ardson estate
Mohammed H el-Zayyat, Richardson Harris was the only commit-
Egypt’s chief U.N. delegate. The committee, by a IM vote, tee member to question Connal-
said he would forward the ap- approved Connally’s nomination ly in depth about the fees and
peal to Cairo He said, however, Tuesday after a two-hour public the agreement under which Con
“It is hard to see, as of now. hearing he had requested to ex- nally had accepted them on a
any reasons for optimism " plain his role in administering delayed basis while governor.
Despite the official coolness to the Richardson estate.
payments varied but were Checks should be made payable
spread over 11 years with the to Brown County March of
a patachute when the crew is
forced to bail out. Bieda said a
parachute was dangling from a
tree in the area.
The Fill was reported miss-
ing Jan 8 after it left General
Dynamics at Fort Worth. Tex .
on a routine acceptance flight
before being turned over to the
Air Force
storms tonight
the suggestion today.
The Cairo government with-
held its official reaction, pre-
sumably waiting for President
Anwar Sadat's speech to the Na-
tional Assembly Thursday, the
day before the six-month-old
truce is to expire.
But a government spokesman,
Munir Hafez, said: “B is clear'
from U Thant's statement that
he had nothing new on the pro-
gress of the talks " Egypt re-
peatedly has said it will accept
no extension unless there is sig-
nificant headway in discussions
mediator Gunnar V. Jarring is *
holding with representatives of
Israel, Jordan and Egypt
Thant reported to the Security
Council Tuesday that the talks 1
are young, and issues still must
be clarified But he said he
found “grounds for cautious op-
timism" because serious discus-
sions were under way and
“there has been some progress
in the definition of their posi-
tions."
Forecasters predict partly
this podium with a tax bot
about $700 million "
In answer to persistent ques-
tions from Rep Will Lee, Hous-
ton Republican. Atwell said he
had no details on the ultimate
cost of Smith's plan.
“He said he wanted me to
run with the bill and that's
about all," Atwell said
it took only about 10 minutes
to get to a vote on the measure,
and there were numerous guf-
faws when Speaker Gus Mutsch-
er asked if anyone wished to
speak in favor of Smith's pro-
posed constitutional amend-
ment Nobody but Atwell volun-
teered to say a final word.
Earlier, the House passed.
124-22, and sent to the Senate a
ing the deferred payments, be- _ —__
timue on an unotticial day-to-day dicateshewantsthe Senate to-cause nomination asuaNavy sercetary
basis. C0,M,,y^ —1—d before »
Monday night when drizzle spot-
ted roadways, causing some ic-
ing of bridges.
Readings before dawn today
varied from 30 degrees at Dal-
ernor of Texas," he said. Nev-
Sunset today 6:07, sunrise
Thursday 7:25
find a copy. I will certainly give against birth defects held Mon-
, it to you." he said. ’ , day night here is expected to
eMaents s latrrthpardor 0021,829,02 amoumt was
thefestate’s filings with the state snlemoders, aolontamg
Roger Parker, mothers march
Connally said they would not chairman. a number of persons
be because in Texas the maxi- notified her they were missed
mum "taking" fee for executors by a volunteer ' marcher and
is set by law at 5 per cent and some indicated they had checks
paymeqts to executorsdo not ready for the campaign The enemy fired 15 rockets
have to be cleared with the Those who have checks or
court separately.
“How was the $750,000 paid to
•alia
ceiling to avoid big cuts to AM
to Families with Dependent
Children (AFDC) this spring.
But the House lowered the
proposed limit on annual spend-
ing from state taxes for AFDC
from the $80 million proposed
by the Senate to $55 million-
just over what the welfare de-
partment estimates the program
will cost in two years
Senators must approve the
House change—or work out a
compromise — before the pro-
posed constitutional amendment
cart be submitted to the voters
at a May 18 special election
House members and senators
•greed some limit must be kept
on AFDC to make the amend-
ment palatable to the voters
tM> ^~'r~—_
He appealed “in this very dif WASHINGTON (AP) — John Friday But a vote may be de-
ficult and crucial stage of the B Connally Jr nominated to
discussions, to withhold fire, to be secretary of the Treasury.
Connally said he didn't know
if there was such a document Total money collected from
“I think there was. If I can the Mothers March of Dimes
* V.
IndiansStone Area Has Chance
Pakistan Post er tl J ,
NEWpELMAAP_sOt Thunderstorms
hundred Indians stoned the Pak-
mittee has asked for informa- William P. Rogers; Secretary of
tion about a rumored U.S.-South Defense Melvin R. Laird: Adm
Vietnamese operation near the Thomas Moorer, chairman of
Laotian border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff: for-
through a connecting tunnel. Nixon held an unannounced eign-policy adviser Henry Kis---------
and after a two and one-half meeting with some of his high- singer, and Richard Helms. di- who are under
hour inspection Shepard pro- est advisers late Tuesday, and I rector of the Central Intelli-
nounced it "immaculate." administration spokesmen re- gence Agency.
The sources said that during fused 10 discuss military plans I The Washington Post reported
the lunar module check Shepard a . .
and Mitchell had tested the bat-1 * * % *
Rogers insisted last Friday
_ ______, that unlimited U.S. airpower
teries and that ground indica- will be available anywhere in
tions showed one registering C ■ 1 l /• I r I | Indochina to protect GIs with-
371 volts and the other 37 TheyBoi I Th VIAf HAekAeri drawing from South Vietnam,
are supposed to have the same ••* ■ ■ • ” ■ W l •V*U% He refused at that time to dis-
reading. _ m cuss whether the assurance was
Mission Control officials re- Qus Lacnus.. D:.LL:.. related to any planned offen-
eY neavy righting “Sen „
resdingty * was only a BvGEORGE ESPER position of u s Narines nine tbnirmcammittbe, st ala
ceedingDavid M Kennedy who There are two batteries in the SAIGON 'AP'~ Allied head- miles northwest of .Da Nang. understand why Rogers b
will become an ambassador at- acutstspt uns mudquarters today reported Field reports said four Amer- tell the panel last week
Connally stressed he had vio- lar^ asesntescabinosetton tnarimde- stepped-up rghtingin the north-cans wefe wounded. plans foPthe operation wmcn
-Sonnalysrecalledsthat h* signed to lift the astronauts off er.proyince.of South VietnamFour South Vietnamese sol- some foreign newsmen say al-
1961 committee hearing on his the moon and fly to a rendez- forsthesthirddaxinarow while diers were wounded, six box- ready is under way.
vous with the orbiting command . .ustacrosssthesborderinsouth
module The descent, or landing 1 enbaoserhundreds nAmerican
stage, is left on the moon ianes struck. North Viet-
- . one 0. the tw° ascent bat dumps in the 117th day of the hour apart,
most sustained bombing cam- namese command said.
The enemy's poet-Tet activity "He didn’t mention that el-
takeoff and rendezvous and ------------- began erly. Monday in the ther," Fulbright said after the
docking with the command ship SAIGON (AP) — The United nortnemn. sector and in South committee voted to summon
However, it is doubtful if Mis- States is providing full com- Vietnamzscen tralhighlands and Rogers and Laird as soon as
' ■ bat sapport to South Vietna- central coastal regions. Tet, the possible for testimony about the
mese ground forces in a new I Vietnamese lunar new year fes- operation-in open session if
drive to crush North Vietna- tival, wasaselebrated a week possible,
mese and Viet Cos g base ago. The Viet Cong's four-day
camps and sanctuaries inside holiday cease-fire ended Satur-
day.
Military spokesmen said 38/1 .. B .
small-unit contacts were report- Laotans Kouted
ed during the 24-hour period r.. v.. ___
ending at dawn today, down rrom Key I own
considerably from 76 in the pre-
vious 24 hours. z ' VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -
.The,U.S. Command said an North Vietnamese troops early
Air.Force A37 jet bomber today routed neutralist Laotian
crashed Monday night in north troops from Muong Soui, north-
eastern Cambodia while on a - - - — - -
tary of the Navy.
“At that point I never antici-
pated that I would ever be gov-
gw tonight.
India banned flights by Paki- Brownwood had a Tuesday af-
stani military planes over its ternoon high of 41 while the
territory in retaliation for the morning tow slid only two de-
destruction of the airliner. grees below that to 39
Pakistan s Foreign Office de Warm air flowing over the
plored the firing of the 81.14 mil- eastern half of the state trig-
lion aircraft at Lahore airport gered scattered showers and
Tuesday night as it was nego-1 drizzle today.
bating for its release and return Clear skies covered Northwest
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEB 3, 1971 VOL. 7) NO 96 iO Conn Doily 15 Cents Sundoo
Seven ground fights were re- trail. The pilot was killed.
ported inthe northern quadrant. The South Vietnamese govern-
and.the.U v Command reported ment charged that the North
75 North1 Vietnamese and .V iet Vietnamese launched 21 attacks
Cong killed by U.S and South during the 24-hour allied Tet
Vietnamese toot soldiers, bomb- truce last week. A protest note
ers, helicopter gunships and ar- to the International Control
tillery. Ten South Vietnamese Commission said 24 persons [
soldiers were reported wounded were killed and 58 wounded.
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 96, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 3, 1971, newspaper, February 3, 1971; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1574602/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.