Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1971 Page: 1 of 16
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United Fund
Volume 71 No. 291
Ten Cents Daily Fifteen Cents Sunday
Sixteen Pages Today
Friday, September 17, 1971
Brownwood, Texas
to reject draft measure
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Vote key victory
for Nixon forces
Northwest getting
finishing touches
Top state officials due
for conference here
campaign
underway
and cooler tonight and
Saturday. Low tonight near
64, high Saturday in lower
BEARCATS READY—With the De Leon High
School Bearcats scheduled to face the
Comanche High Indians on their home
grounds tonight, these girls are ready to give
the team their support Standing are head
Following a tour of the Brownwood
State Home that afternoon. Dr. James
Turman, director of TYC, will conduct
a general session. Mutscher will speak
following a 6:30 p.m dinner
here Thursday 92, overnight
low 66. Sunset today 7:41,
sunrise Saturday 7:21.
Governor Smith will deliver the
keynote address for the three-day
conference in opening ceremonies at
10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Final corrections are being
made now on the construction at
Northwest Elementary' School
here and possibilities are the
entire building will be open for
Governor Preston Smith and other
top state officials will be on the
program next week for the first
Governor's Juvenile Justice Con-
ference at Holiday Inn in Brownwood
Howard made the statement cussion of Oliver's background
in the absence of the jury during after he had testified on behalf
a heated argument between the of Medina
Other speakers during the three days
will include House Speaker Gus Mut-
scher, Lieutenant Governor Ben
Barnes and Attorney General Crawford
Martin.
halls, with the wording. "Go Item Go" have
heen donated by TG&Y here. Preparing for
the day are Usa Stephens, left, and Valeria
Smith
Attending the conference will be
about 110 juvenile court judges from all
over the state. They will visit facilities
of the Texas Youth Council, including
the Brownwood State Home for Giris
and the Gatesville and Mountain View
Schools for Boys.
Wednesday. Judge Joe Frazier Brown,
executive director of the Governor’s
Criminal Justice Council, will be the
luncheon speaker
defense and prosecution. The
argument came during the
cross-examination of Gene
Ralph Oliver Jr., a witness for
the defense
Oliver, of Fort Lauderdale,
Fla., had testified earlier that
he shot the small boy and that
BEN BARNES
...tospeak
the construction before the
building can be officially
opened, he said
rangements are going well. was
cagey about acknowledging
that American and mainland
Chinese representatives are in-
volved in planning his trip. He
spoke only of talks about timing
Eckhardt said that he under-
stood that "Oliver had threat-
ened to kill me, take my life and
Wurtzel’s." He said that he had
taken "proper steps" to protect
himself.
PRESTON SMITH
...due here
Bailey said, "That's absolute- mAllott who. had Plannedist
shot Medina would remain planation of how Eckhardt around a conference committee
charged with the premeditated knew of the alleged threat compromise that weakened his
murder of 101 civilians during Eckhardt said he was told of it antiwar amendment, adopted
the 1966 massacre. by Harrelsen during a dis- by the senate early this sum-
w
THE WONDER OF IT—The wander of ereus thrils to reflected
in the faces of these Mid-Texas youngsters who attended
Thursday night's Shrine Circus performance here.
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ordering a Vietnamese child jury and asked for an
mer.
But the move to table the bill
had picked up additional sup-
port from a group of Republi-
cans, led by in. Gordon Allott
of Colorado, who want to re-
store 3300 million for military
pay raises deleted by the
House.
Panel and group discussions will
focus on the role in the juvenile justice
system of TYC, the court, the
prosecutor and the juvenile probation
officer. Panelists will be drawn from
eminent trial and appellate judges,
prosecutors and juvenile probation
officers from over the state
unopposed. While Nixon said
the United States would have
preferred a contested balloting,
it must "keep its eye on the
main objective and that is to
end the American involvement
just as soon as that is consistent
with our overall goals, which is
a South Vietnam able to defend
itself against a Communist
takeover and which includes,
from our standpoint, oua
primary interest in obtaining
the release of our POWs."
Nixon acknowledged a U.S.
role in the 1963 assassination of
South Vietnamese President
Ngo Dinh Diem who died in a
military takeover of the Saigon
government.
"I would remind all co«s
cerned," Nixon said, "that the
way we got into Vietnam was
through overthrowing Diem and
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Medina did not order the shoot- ly false . . . Harrelsen was day, announced he would not do
ing. • giving an opinion as to the range so after receiving word from
Oliver was asked by the Army of hostility," declaring angrily the White House that Nixon
prosecutor, Maj. ’William that Oliver was expressing would support a move to add
Eckhardt: hostility toward the government the military pay money to the
“Have you ever indicated a lawyers "for prosecuting 321 billion military procure-
desire to kill me and Leonard Medina for something that he ment bill, which is next up in
Harrelsen. and Capt. Wurtzel?" 1 Oliver I had done." the Senate.
Thursday will be taken up with a tour
of the Gatesville and Mountain View
schools, with Barnes to speak at a 7:36
p.m. banquet.
Group seminar meetings are
scheduled Friday. Attorney General
Martin will be the Friday night dinner
speaker.
The conference is being funded by the
Criminal Justice Council.
BROWNWOOD AREA-
Partly cloudy with widely
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cheerleader Debra Whitehurst and Rhonda
Huddleston, with Brenda Nowlin and Debbie
Gardner surrounding mascot Kelly
Browning. Not pictured is D’Lana Wilkerson.
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scattered thundershowers
80s
Maximum temperature
—U.S. policies in Vietnam the complicity in the murder of
will be unaffected by the sched- Diem, and the way to get out of
uled Oct 3 election in which Vietnam in my opinion is not to
President Nguyen Van Thieu to overthrow Thieu
Senate defeats move
WASHINGTON 1 AP) — Pres- and agenda "that may be under
ident Nixon says secret talks on consideration."
his forthcoming trip to main- Another White House source
land China are "going very said the American-Chinese ar-
well" and he sees promise of a rangements are now being
productive session in Peking, worked out And while no one at
Holding an unannounced the White House would say.
news conference in his Oval Of- there has been increasing spec-
fice Thursday. Nixon told re- ulation that Nixon will journey
porters neither he nor Premier to Peking this year.
Chou En-lai to approaching the The President's 38-minute
historic confrontation with "na- news conference ranged over
ive, sentimental" ideas. about a dozen topics, foreign
The President, recognizing and domestic, and included
ideological differences and too- these highlights
lation of the two countries from -The 90-day wage-price
each other for nearly a quarter freeze will be followed by “a
century, said “We have agreed strong, effective follow-on pro-
to discuss the differences. That gram" that will seek to restrain
is all that has been agreed labor and management in
There are no other conditions ” major industries and "vitally
Nixon, apart from saying ar- important, it will have teeth in
Senate defeated today a move to hour concession on the bill s pay
reject a compromise draft raise features to win over
extension and military pay crucial votes, told a news
raise bill already approved by conference Wednesday that
the House. scuttling the draft would jeop-
_ 2 , , ardize negotiations aimed at a
Thesaction, a key victory for mutual East-West arms reduc-
President Nixon, came on a tion
motion, by Majority. Leader Despite today’s vote, the
Mike Mansfield, D-Mont., to months long Senate fight over
table the long-stalled legisla- the draft bill will go on Vietnam
tion. The Presidents draft au- war critics and foes of any draft
thority expired on June 30. law have vowed to filibuster
against Senate approval of the
measure
President Nixon reportedly
agreed late Thursday to sup-
port a move to add 3300 million
for military pay raises to a sep-
arate bill in an effort to in-
crease Senate support for the
House-passed draft bill.
And Vermont Gov. Deane C.
Davis, responding to what he
said was a request from Nixon,
Thursday night appointed Re-
publican Rep. Robert T. Staf-
ford to fill the unexpired term
of Sen. Winston L. Prouty. who
. died last Friday.
Judge asks acquittal
“ • meat, was timed to provide an
Mm g • a additional vote today against a
on 1 Medina charge maccomananavaorausanade
table or kill—the draft bill.
FL McPHERSON, Ga. (AP) Harrelsen is a polygraph ex- Stafford, a Republican, flew
The military judge in the Capt. aminerrwho gave a lie detector to Washington from Burlington.
Ernest L. Medina My Lai testtooliver. Wurtzel is the as- Vt. on a presidential jet to be
murder trial said today he will sistantprosecutor. „ on hand for the crucial vote,
instruct the jury to direct a At.thisr.defense attorney F. Antiwar foes said, however,
verdict of acquittal on one of the Lee Bailey leaped to his feet and today’s vote would make no dif-
murder charges against shouted "This u flat mis- ference because they plan to
Medina conduct and cause for a mis- mount a filibuster to block pas-
Col. Kenneth Howard said the tiat sage of the bill if Mansfield’s
charge to be dropped is that of The judge then dismissed the motion fails.
students Monday, Sept 27, Roy Fisher. has scheduled
acccrding to Supt. James orientation sessions next week
McMath with the students who have been
Architect Harvey Smith of housed at Yorth Elementary.
San Antonio made his in- McMath sd. "These students
spection tour of the Northwest will be shown through the new
building Thursday. McMath building-"
said Fourth through sixth graders
"Smith studied the engineers’ are now in classes at North
report on the building and told -Not an ne furniture has
us he had found everything in a the Furniture has
ovcnent eL-n, •• L. g-i4 arrived as yet tor the new
excetlent shape. he said building." MeMath said, "but
McMath said Smith will all the chairs have They are
return here Monday and a date being placed immediately "
pilubeusensthen.forthe MeMath also said that Smith
Browrwondindependent School will have preliminary plans for
District board of trustees to L, nc—ic-t „jn
m-L, thMr :__„e tne construction planned at
ma"eshenn inspection tour of Woodland Heights Elementary
School here Monday for trustee
The board here must approve study
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nixon, who made an eleventh-
Brownwood Bulletin EM
BOOSTING THE LIONS-Proceeds from the
sale at miniature footballs Saturday at the
Commerce Square Shopping Center by
memhen of the Brownwood High School drill
team win boost the stadium fund. The foot-
1,391 enrolled at HPC
Complete enrollment figures Baptist school had increases in than last year's 276.
have been announced by the freshmen, junior and senior The sophomore class showed
Howard Payne" College classes and a slight decline in decrease from 366 to 306
President, Dr. Guy D. Newman, the sophomore class. There are 16 graduate
The 1971 fall enrollment. “Our dormitories,” Dr. students, two more than last
figure has been tabulated at Newman said, "continue to fall s 14, and 33 special students.
1,391—four more than last fall's show an occupancy figure of give more than listed year, 28.
figure of 1387. better than 90 per cent.” Other undergraduate figures
Dr. Newman also announced The full time equivalency reveal that this year's student
that this year's total “head figure students taking 12 or body is composed of 779 male
count" should approximate last more hours) as presented to Dr. students and 612 female
fall's count of 1,442. Newman by Don Jackson, who students.
Enrollments in special classes. directs the records and ad-
workshops and institutes are missions office, for this fall is The comparis n male
now being tabulated 1334. 10 more than last year’s enrollment figures for this year
Dr. Newman said that the 1324 by classes—freshmen 262 >225
office of records and admissions This year's freshman class in 1970-71); sophomore 145
compilation shows that the enrollment is 451. three more (192); junior 179 (155); and
than last year’s 448. There are senior 173 1168).
50 more in the junior class this Co-ed enrollment by classes-
year with 305 as contrasted with freshmen 189 1 223 in 1970-71);
last year's 255 This year's sophomore 161 (174); junior 126
senior class has 280. four more (100) and senior 107 ( 108).
ex- Mansfield's objections center
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 291, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1971, newspaper, September 17, 1971; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1574718/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.