Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 206, Ed. 1 Friday, June 17, 1966 Page: 1 of 6
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Rain Gauge Reads
.78 Here Today
The Stephenville area re-
ceived an additional .78 of
rainfall early this morning
. tombing the total tor June to
331 inches. Following a pat-
tern similar to the Sunday and
Monday morning precipitation
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now stands at 12.91 inches and
more rain started falling here
at 10.15! this morning.
e local forecast calls for
ly weather tonight and
INK-A-DINK-A-DOO — The!
Beatles, the Stones, the Hermits I
and a lot of other off-key sing- I
era will come and go, but Jim- I
my Durante will be here fore- I
ever. I
The 50-year veteran of show 1
business forced up the “Stand- I
Ing Room Only ” sign at Fort
Worth’s RogBd-Up Inn last night, I
and along with •
his 40-y e a r
sidekick, Ed
d i e Jackson,
and “Junior
> . ‘ ■■ Partner” Son
ny King drew
« an en,ot,on '
packed stand-
‘ n 8 ovation
from 1,5<X) ad-
miners.
■ From start j
J. IVANS to finish of the
flb-mtmite show, Schnozs and bls
troupe sang, played, and joked
at a rapid rate that left the aud-
ience exbauatod. ~ 4 11
Struttln' Eddie J a c k s • n
brought the house down with his
PQPular interpretation of “Bill
Bailey” and the personable Son-
ny King won the hearts of the
entire crowd as he mingled I
among children from the Leng
Pope Home singing “If I were a 1
Millionaire”.
The durable Durante Is,
without a doubt, one ef the I
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business. And as he seM “the J
people will toll me when to re- 1
Nre — they'll quit showing
left.
They kept trying to infil-
trate. A couple of times the
Viet Cong yelled at us in real
good english: “Marines you
die in an hour! ” 'T t •
The things we told them
couldn’t be printed
have a target and this is how
we made our*qhots cdunt.
I manned the^radio through-
out the night and directed the
planes to the position of the
heaviest attacks. The planes
rm not
Everything
Ived our first probe 'fl
l> 8:15 or 8:30. We got
ire simultaneously, so
nediately withdrew to
TSSX
just off the highest
'the hill.
About U:80 we received a
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North Central Texas: Cloudy
to partly cloudy tonight and
fpturday. Showers and scat-
tered thundershowers, mainly
at night and early mornings.
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8. Sgt* Jimmie Howard, 34,
rBon Dtogo, CaMMwan la co
ma nd of a platoon of 17 Mar
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to AP's George Caper.)
By SGT. JlMMI_.........
As Told to George Bsper {
CHU LAI, South Viet Nanj
tft -f On the afternoon of Jun(
1 my platoon wal
patrol at 8:30 a.m
We were to go on Hill 48|
.with the mission to observe
of Chu Lai.
About 5:80 p.m. Wednesday
we monitored a radio messagi
fnwn*a Special Forces patro
to its base camp notifying thp
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Saturday
Night, 8
A record number of en-
tries will be ob hand Satur- ’
day night at 8 o’clock wheh
the Second Annual State All
Walking Horse Show strides
into the arena on the Lower
Granbury Road.
Show official Seth Moore Jr.
said this morning that 33 horses
were already- entered in this
year’s show. He forecast a re-
cord entry list, pointing out that
only 18 horses were on the line
prior to last year’s inaugural
show when 88 Tennessee Walk
era finally competed for 81,200
in premiums.
The prize pot Is up to SL3M*
Winners in each clasa will also
receive trophies and rosettes
and cooler blankets and trophies
wfll also be presented to the
Stakes Class. The show is endor-
sed by the State Walking Horse
Breeders* Association and Spon-
sored locally by the local Jay-
cees.
Class sponsors are the Fann-
ers First National Bank, Set-
phenviHy State Bask, frath
rate^boSrs^
Hugon Clothiers. Service Drug,
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afternoon sessidn will start at
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about 8,000 meters southwest steady fire on our
" ‘ ly position. They spotted
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two of us.
bdrew on Hill
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the tugs clambered overboard
only to find the water a boiling
sea of flame from the burning
naphtha.
Tales of Heroism
Coast Guard and police rescu-
ers in boats and helicopters
plucked survivors from t& vba.
There were tales of herotom
among the crewmen.
“There was a man in every
man,” Mid Alfonso Colon, 56
chief pumpman of the Texaco
Massachusetts descrilibM C
behavior of the men in the fiery petroleum distillate
water. over its engines I
U1 . Colon told of one unidentified
| crewman who “took off Ms own
life belt and gave M to ewne-
body else. Then he kept swim-
ming from one man to another
and helped them to thebuoy.”
Alva Cape and “cut through
them, like a knife.
tup expioees | ;
Witnesses said one of the tugs
day with the Texaco Massachu-
setts, an American tanker
tatodtag back for the^Gulf J
' with a dead
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strator in Saigon’s National Buddhist clearing streets of rioters.
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When the gunships run out
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wiui oomo runs mbu siFftfing. i^tncnilxjr tit& thing I ssid*
I told the pilots that if they
would take care of the onto at
the bottom of the hill we would
take care of the ones at the
top. ;,S: ,-U ' ■ ,.v,
After tbooe.twu major as-
saults it was continuous prob-
es from then on.
HamMo-Hond Combat
I was wounded in the back
by richocheting fragmenta.
We killed some of the Viet
a.grenade. Cong at close range. One of
tendency to my corporals killed two of
• - them with his field knife be.
faro be died.
At the end weekly bad eight
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FORT WORTH (AP) -
Gen. Waggoner Carr was the
honored guest, but he bad to>
share the spotlight at least
equally with Jimmy Durante, a
master at entertaining people
and capturing attention.
Durante had a crowd of 1,500
persons applauding for more as
he appeared Thursda
an appreciation dinne
The Texas attonJO;
who is running for t
Senate seat now h|M
lican John Tower, wal awarded
a bronze plaque at the dinner
signifying his winning of the
Wyman award m the nation^
outetaadiag attorney general.
In accepting the plaque, Carr
noted that the »5-a pi*te dinner
was non-poUtical and that
award yd*', e bi partisan!
from both Democratic and Re
publican attorneys general from
all 80 states, > > .
“While I haven't discourahod
talk from others here tonight
along the political line, I have
to follow the rules,” to^ld the
capacity audience, ft ,^L . .. -
play a thick toupee. “Destroy
does negative,’’ he told photo-
grsphers as flash bulbs went
off. '
Discarding the wig and comb-
ing what Utile remained, Dur*
ante quipped, “Dere’s not much
dere, but every strand has *
muscle.” .........................
( ■'".-.Mfif Thursday nifirf's crowd,
4 -T 25 bucks a heed, was any
’ < Ihdteatten, Mr. Calabash will
be around a mtohty Iom time. ■
ner included Mayor aod Mrs.
Jack Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Poston, Mr. and Mrs. Bob White
and Dan Lane aod hto fiancee.
StepbenviUe's Jerry Flemmons
arranged some excellent seats
for us (as members of the work-
ing press) and this we do ap-
preciate. Jerry Is presently on
leave from the Star Telegram
doing public relations work with
Bke Carr for Senate office.
Among the Curly RlwlML.
verbal abuse from “The
Nose**, was John Giardene,
• Dv ^vvW• • Y ew^w I
♦•culty.
8CRATCHULATION8 - to
city and TSC officials for re-
moving a driving haMrd at the
corner of Lillian and Vanderbilt.
The roeb wall had been an
obstacle for many yean and the
clearing at this particular spot
should eliminate a number of
accidental
il'.
> helicopters, i—
call them, wen
station but they couM not
us because of the ctosenei
the enemy and no light’*?
* ‘ “ ’.J who was wbp
_____ift>« came ee station
and started dropping flares to
light up the area.
help nJ the fleras^i
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20 Dead, 12
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In Fiery Ship Coll
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filtered through the clouds oMp
the busy ship traffic in the Kig
Van Kull Channel in New York
Harbor. Theo in an instant of
screeching metal and searing
flaM/ tbe channel became a
sea of fire and death.
The Coast Guard counted
the tankers and two esco?i
tugs caught in the flames,
Tup Kxpledes
r library
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before the heavy thunderstorms
rumbled eastward and soaked
North Texas today.
Despite the weather’s violence
there were no reports of injury
or serious damage. •
Minor flash-flooding disrupted
morning rush hour traffic in
Dallas as rain accompanied by
booming thunderclaps poured
down. ’
Skies were mainly clear south Olton atad (4) 6 miles southwest
of the storm line and cktady to
the north. I . ,
Minimum temperatures
ranged from Ar at Dalhtart to
78 at Laredo ' r
A solid area «f thunr A
ers with tops reaching
as 40,006 feet Moved Ao
ward fro mLake T<xo
Worth — Waco line.
Heavier fo — hour
amounts as tif 6 a.m.
Beaumont 1.90 inches; Slidell
LubbockvaMha^aK.‘''^WA; • ■
* "’iFnhsisl tt-utt. of Hero * *
The latest report of a twister
esme from motorists who told
police they spotted it 5 miles
south of Mineral Well* about
2:40 a.m. It disappeared toward
the southeast.
At that hour Weather Bureau
radar detected a mass of thun-
derstoms trundling eastward
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A portrait of retiring TSC Pre- J I \.
siRentE. J. Howel will be unveil 17, “
MMAC p.m Saturday in the Tar- i..*uw..uv
lotoo Center. . . r at least five West Texas areas
The pprtrait, by Gene Suptin
will be a permanent attraction
of the Ttaieton Center.
• ' .. . ...
Mias Dollie Glover, retired
professor of English at Tarle-
trait
Immediately folowiug the pre-
sentation, President and Mrs.
Howell, along with their daught
er, Nancy, and her husband, Wil
liam H. Munson of Beaumont,
will receive guests at a recep-
tion to be held in the Center.
Dr. Rowell, chief administra-
tor at Tarleton for 21 years, is
schriuled to retire as amn as
a suitable successor is found
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I AAan Accused
| In Shooting 1 ,
OutonBond
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — >»
Aubrey James Norvell, tbe man <
charged with attempting to*
murder Janies Meredith on his
march ..through Mfaafosippi,^.
posted $35,000 bond and left jail'’
here today. ’ fe
Defense attorney Edward Ime*
Whitten of Hernando aaid Nor-t
out of the Cape,” Colon said.
“Nothing serious would have
happened but one of our tugs
was straining so hard to avoid
the accident that it blew up.
“There was a flare of fire out
of tbe engineroom. I ran down
to the stern of my ship. I saw
tbe skipper, who told us to
abandon ship.”
The Coast Guard said the tug.
the Esso Vermont, apparently
the exploded when the naphtha a
........( washed
its engines. Eight of the
Esso Vermont’s nine-man crew
were reported missing. One was
GNNWdi.rsX rI f h't
i t Vi Skipper Killed u
The cause of the collision re-
mained a subject for . ‘‘Coast
Guard investigation,' which be-
boa...
slowly being collected ** in
morgues, was sketchy. A police
official in Bayonne, N.
one of tbe dead was Cap
ard F. Pinder of Clhi
N. J„ skipper of the
land laid' the
niv. va-kc, —^.ying 4,2 million
gallons of naphtha into New
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Clay Building Material and Ste-
phenville Savings A Loan.
Joe Moore of Shreveport. La.
will judge thia year’s show. The
ringmaster for the second strai-
ght year will be Dr. Eldred Kea-
hey and Marfan Porter win be
the announcer. Horse show cha-.
irman is Dr. Ken Dorris. Joe
Harrison is the organist and
Gayle Hopoon will sing the
national anthem. The invoca-
tion wil be given by Rev. Mar*
tin Hager. i
. Cynthia Rampley, Trina Eng
ler and Margaret Scbrtmsher
will assist in presenting awards.
John Sharp of Garland, presi*
I dent of thhe State Walking Hor-
se Association will also be in-
| traduced.
I Margaret Crimmins and H. H.
Hassler of Stephenville will have ’
I entries in this year’s show..
Admission wil be $1 for adults
and .50 for students. Advance -
tickets are on sale at Farmers
Bank, Stephenville State Bank,
| Service Drug Store and SAS’,
Auto Supply. a :
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Crewmen from both
‘ Threw Rocks for
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and capturing attention.
Durante had a crowd of 1,100
y night at
r for Carr.
r general,
te V 8.
by Repub-
vell left jail “in good spirits ”
and beaded home to Memphis
with his wife, his father and
brother. ■’s'
“The people of tbe midsouth
fact that Judge Walter M.
O’Barr would not lower the
bond,” said Whitten.
"They started a Norvnll legal
aid fund and sent the necessary
10 per cent cash and collateral
to Memphis, Tenn.,” be said.
Whitten said he and his law
partner, Boyce Lee . Gamer,
were continuing th
“You bastards ain’t got us tion and “everyth
. v-.a. makes our case f
“We expect to ft
M. Norvell who
oAmae am •» WMtl
we could present
before “ —
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How 17 Held o ff 250 Viet Cong .
l-scale assault. It rias beat£ gBonfarg were able to bring ma- have a target and this is how to 12 rounds of ammunition
VitiMne gun fire and rocket fire
on the Viet Cong.
Talks to Mon
When the gunships run out
of rockets the jets took over
Whileall this was going on,
I was just being a regular
platoon leader, talking to the
men and moving them about.
f -Yhrew Rocks
I was cautioning them about
fire discipline. Since we were
ly out of grenades, we
rocks to simulate gre-
to keep them at a dto-
! When a rock comes
r they sea It and immedi-
r wink it is a
ei ther have a I.
ip and move ar roll over
I gfoe their positions away,
tai allowed my mea to
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