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Brownwood Bulletin
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961
TEN PAGES TODAY
VOLUME 61 NO. 89 5c PER COPY
Ice Sheath Moves
Two major activities wiu bene-
blockade points to be manned
Wiley, charged with the slaying
E
e
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ditions forced classes in the two
other
AUSTIN (AP)- Most of Gov Dallas. to abolish court costs in
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tied.
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registration last spring.
Total
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two.
TOWARD REUNION WITH FAMILIES
near Deweyville in Southeast Tex-
as.
Freed U.S. Fliers Wing Home
she said.
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. body at a fourth victim.
piDhe
blue” as they watched Kennedy
earnings tax Ml was conspicuous-
has plenty of fuel and food to sail
Kone parachuted to safety, though board her.
HILLSBORO (AP)-Judge Sam
Johnson overruled today a defense that it was not.
pany the liner.
only to
to report in court by 1 p.m. today.
95
cattle. Dr. John Tucker is super-
75
working here. The county has
ders from a-higher level The
Contact
testing
ce
tor coatacting all cattle owners.
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846 Sign Up
At New Term
Judge Turns
Down Move
Murder Trial
Nearing End
U. S. Plane
Down At Sea
Navy Plane Shadowing
Hijacked Ocean Liner
March Of Dimes
Blockade
Saturday
CLEBURNE 'API - Attorneys
indicated that testimony will end
i being
g their
jestion-
Hawing
Mrs MeKone said she'll cook
her husband a meal he longed for
in a letter to her—steak. cream
'There are Americans involved
and their lives are involved.” ho
said, adding that the United States
Ice Closes
Schools In
City Area
With partly cloudy and warm-
er weather forecast for the area
today and Friday, schools at Co-
manche and Mullin are expected
By GEOFFREY GOULD
WASHINGTON (AP) — '
“I'm sorry too. I certainly hope
that God in his wisdom knows
best."
The original panel of 100 was ex-
hausted Wednesday after 21 pros-
pective jurors were qualified.
The defense contended that fail-
ure to obtain the 32 qualified ju-
rors from the panel of 100 indi-
cated a fair trial could not be ob-
tained in Hill County
The trial was brough there from
Lubbock on a change of venue
Sheffield, 54. to being tried for
the second time on charges grow-
Mrs. Olmstead, a petite blonde,
was asked if she planned any-
thing special to give to her hus-
band.
"Just me,” aha said.
the march are nearing comple-
tion.
quoted
ation’s
retary,
ight to
he de-
led or
ly absent
Among the bills of statewide im-
en who
the be-
lagerty
nything
ord-bs-
motion for a second change of
venue in the trial at Brady land
promoter B. R Sheffield.
Sheriff Ernest Brooks rounded
my husband would not be where
be is—wherever he is.”
She said she had sent a tele-
f Pres-
ith the
er per-
ord his
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semester classes today despite _
the remains of winter's coldest program now before the legisla-
" most at which
i
House
o meet
M from
xublican
of San Antonio, to appropriate
more than $650,000 in the next
' biennium for a division of pre-
of a San Angelo milk truck driver
Oct. 34. IMS
him: "Destination Angola.”
But he added: "Wi accept con-
ference on board Santa Maria
with U.S. authorities or any <
than Portuguese or Spanish (I
zar’s close ally).”
RELEASE PASSENGERS
S
and he was buried with honors at
Arlington National Cemetery.
Palm's widow had a different
reaction. “I am so happy to hear
the news.” she said. "I hope now
we can find out a lot of things-
the truth—and just what happened
to the other boys.”
WIDOW CALM
When a reporter expressed re-
blockades will be given a pass
: which permits passage through
other blockade points
Es"-
daaVab
r— —ir—Ae- :3
The United States declared the
RB47 was on an electromagnetic 1
mapping mission and had never
been closer than 30 miles to the
gret that Mrs. Palm's husband Shadowed by a U.S. Navy patrol ; tion to swing back toward South
could not return too. she said ' " -
lated the Soviet Union's frontier
and Mid it showed U.S. serial
spying was continuing in spite at
President Eisenhower’s assurance
MEDICAL AID
A program of medical assist-
ance to the aged under public wel-
fare. by Sen. Crawford Martin of i
Hillsboro, and Reps. Bill Hollo-
well of Grand Saline, and Jim
Markgraf at Scurry.
"It looks like almost everything
in his general recommendation
has been introduced except the
tax bills,” said George Christian,
the governor's administrative as-
Howard Payne College students
started their first day of spring
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA: Clear to portly
cloudy, and a little warmer this after-
noon. Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and
Friday. Low tonight 18-25, high Friday
Maximum temperature here Wednes-
day and overnight low 26. Sunset 6 03,
sunrise 7:35.
streets and numerous schools
closed.
SEARCH CONTINUES
Search contimued in the San
Marcos area for Bobbie Jack Mc-
Mullin. 14. missing since Tuesday.
The mercury dropped to 10 de-
grees at Amarillo Thursday morn-
ing Freezing temperatures were
reported as far south as Beau-
mont. Galveston. San Antonio and
Junction. The highest minimum
overnight was 38 at Brownsville.
The sun broke out ia the north-
ernmost part of the state shortly
been divided into six areas for idea appeared to be to get a Navy
- —— _ ------ surface ship in range of the liner.
on TV.
"We simply broke down to
tears,” said the father. "It is the
most marvelous birthday that I
hare ever had.” Heis today.
, during his televised news confer- shooting down of the plane from
Two ence. The President telephoned1 Olmstead and MeKome. “I am in
ston are testing Brown County . crew and passengers ' As to fu-
ture action, search officials would
South Over State
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A bitter, treacherous ice storm that has taken at least
11 lives spread across East, South Central and Southwest
Texas Thursday.
In its wake across the northern half of the state were
damaged power lines, snarled traffic, glazed highways and
ToBoostMOD 1 1 T exans Die In Storm
LOUISIANA CAR
The women were tentatively
identified as Marie Wilson, 29,
Starks. La., and Ruby Lee John-
son, age and hometown unknown.
The car had Louisiana license
plates.
At least five boa accidents, four
involving school vehicles, have
been attributed to the weather, al-
though no injuries were reported
(See WEATHER en page 2)
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PARDON THE SUP—Mary Temple Bennett, Howard Payne College sophomore of
Beeville received a helping hand today from upper classman Gene Smith of Kermit
on the ice covered steps of the Student Center. Sleet blanketed Brownwood and
Central Texas Wednesday in 20-degree weather. (Staff Photo by Nedra Rodgers)
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oposals,
organ-
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L” Sen-
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expect slightly warmer tempera-
tures during the day.
MORE COLD
But for most of the state the
forecast was for continued cold
through Friday.
HINDERS TRAVEL
The sheath of lee and sleet cov-
vered much of Texas Wednesday
night, hindering airplane, automo-
bile and bus travel.
Highways, although open. prom*
ised treacherous driving to all mo-
torists as state highway workers
toiled with sanding and salting the
worst sections
Sleet, freezing rain and some
snow, all of which fell largely in
the northern portion of the state
Tuesday, moved on to Central
Texaa Wednesday. It pushed
ahead to the Port Arthur-Beau-
mont area in far Southeast Texaa
and to Victoria to the west
NEAR FREEZLNG
In portions where the icy storm
began to break bitter cold hung
on and temperatures in many
areas dipped near freezing
deep inside the Soviet Union, the lead interceptors. The Santo Ma-
RB47 incident was seized on by ria—st last report half way be-
the Soviets to add fuel to that twees Puerto Rico and Went Af-
fine. They said the RB47 had vio- ---------------------------:------
The 28-year-old Odessa Negro
is accused of stabbing to death
L. H Canada at Sterling City.
The court Wednesday devoted
considerable time to the question
at whether a Big Spring detec-
tive’s testimony could be admit-
ted.
The officer. Leo Hull. Mid from
the witness stand that Wiley made
a statement after his partner.
Calvin Willie MeDade, first made
a statement telling of the robbery
and killing.
gers unharmed—earliest. " He has BACK AWAY
aboard 600 passengers, including But the United States, though
38 Americans, but messages from sending warships and planes to
: token is U.S. charge and her cap-
tors treated as pirates.
President Kennedy told a Wash,
ington news conference Wednes-
day night that the U.S Navy “baa
not been given instructions to con-
duct boarding operations," but
exchange of ambassadors. The
countries broke relations in 1956
as a result of the British-French
invasion of the Suez.
Olmstead received a serious back Portuguese rebel leader Hen-
injury. Of the others, only Palm's rique Galvao, commanding the
body was returned, i seized liner as "occupied" Portu-
The missing men are Capt. Eu-; guese territory in his revolt
gene E. Posa, 38. of Santa Monica launched on the high seas. bold-
Calif.. 1st Lt. Dean B. Phillips, ly announced his destination as
25, of Inwood, N.Y.. and 1st Lt. Angola, the ancient Portuguese
phone their wives in Topeka
Wednesday night from Amster-
dam. but they missed connections
somehow and didn't. Their first
greeting to their wives therefore
may be at their fare to face re-
union here today.
tag out at the old veterans land
scandals of the mid 1950s. He was
sentenced to 18 years in prison
after conviction at Lubbock, but
the Court of Criminal Appeals re-
versed the conviction j
to re-open Friday after icy con- y™* ***** and the. Weather
Xtione for.ra elsues hl the two Bureau said that section could
The plane, a C1I8 four-engine portance filed were these:
military transport version of the A bill by Rep Tom James,
DC6. was on flight from the Dallas, setting up a standing five-
Azores. It was last reported at man general investigating com-
2:30 a.m. when it checked in with mittee in each house.
the control tower at Gander, Nnd. A bill by James. also growing
it was then 455 miles east of Ar-' out of the House General Inves-
genua • tigating Committee's probe of vice
It failed to report an hour later i in Jefferson County, to empower
as scheduled. Radio checks with district courts to set up special
other planes and ships in the area । grand juries.
failed to locate it. I A bill by Rep. Robert Johnson,
stretch between Comanche and
Blanket was the hardest hit area
on the highway. Highway de-
partment employes have sanded
another danger point between
Benbrook and Granbury.
Another freeze is predicted for
the Brownwood area tonight,
with the mercury expected to
skid back into the lower 30s.
The high Friday will only reach
the mid 30s. according to the
latest forecasts.
was almost exeact the same
figure at the close of formal
Those close to the governor said transit authorities with power to
he was biding his time on placing acquire. own. establish and oper-
! his tax program before the law- ate transit facilities.
makers The governor was r< DONE KENNARD
ported waiting until the House Tax A bill by Reps Done Kennard,
and Revenue Committee is organ- Fort Worth. and Franklin Spears
up 20 more veniremen who were Soviet border. Brucellosis testing ta Brown
•--- - — •— ' ~ — •~1"• 1 Moscow carried the RB47 ease County came to a virtual stand-
isacuri
Couneit aw ash I worst weather. Some 1,000 head
_ _ MIS5L°N. C I .. I of cattle have been tested—moat
Olmstead and McKone were to or those Monday, first day for
testing in the county.
A technician at the mobile
laboratory set up near the rec-
reation building on the Brady
Highway said county livestock
owners were showing very good
cooperaton ta the testing pro-
gram.
ARGENTIA, Nfld (AP>—A U.S.
military plane with 28 persons on
board was believed down in the
Atlantic today off the southeast
coast of Newfoundland.
A report relayed by the U.S.
Coast Guard said a U.S. Navy
plane reported seeing an explo-
woo 28 miles south of here shortly
before the missing plane was due
to arrive at 8:15 a.m.
Canadian search and rescue
headquarters at Torbay. Nfld .
said they believe the explosion
was morelikely a flare.
colony on the coast of southwest
Africa.
MAY BE RUSE
But this could be a ruse to mis
of mushroom
By SAUL PETT . rica and heading at a southeast- 1 indicated they were enjoying their
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico (API— erly course—still was in a posi- 1 unexpectedly extended cruise.
w -e- W «u| Amerioa-----
Maria raced toward West AfricaI Galvao. in a radio talk with the the 20,906-ton Santa Maria could
j today. U.S. destroyers set out to I U.S. Naval pilot who tracked him I make the African coast sometime
: intercept the fugitive ship but I down. refused to turn around and I Sunday, steaming at about 488
The six-jet RB47 was shot down President Kennedy Mid American go to San Juan and bluntly told miles a day. The ship reportedly
last July 1. Olmstead and Me- officers had not been ordered to — - - - - I----*——- — —• - - *'
tomightin the trial, of Roosevelt
conduct their MOthers’ March on ,j" eharzed with the slaving
Polio Monday night. Details of
rain fell along the route Wednes- , Two mme Tunis died late
day night. But the Fort Worth wednesday night when their car
^ui^mn* today *^*^01^ smaehed into an ice-laden pine
the icy sheath to slush. The ne Dewelsvuacrnssotheehihwag
viatag veterinarian for the crew only say that they awaited or-
be obtained at Taylor Bookkeep-
tag, 1606 Coggin Ave.
A number of persons from
modified certifled brucellosis
area. he said
For a county to be named a
modified certified brcellosis
gram and a letter to Eisenhower, i
asking more information about
her husband's fate, but received
no answer.
STATE OF SUSPENSE
Mrs. Goforth said she has nev-
er given up hope that her hus-
band is alive, and now hopes to
get a first hand account of the
Robert G. Skidmore of the Na- '
tion al.Guard assn-dirctors,e Price Daniels legislative program misdemeanor cases tried before
"LoCKADE HEA _ AETEES was in the hands at the legisla- Justices at the peace
Blockade headquarters will be — ------ - E .
drive with caution.
Bridges remain icy and danger
«to on rounty highway,, aceord- An intensive search was
tag to the sheriffs department, launched to Haves Cent and
U.s, 67 DANGEROUS san Marr-w —
U.s. 3 and U.S 67 northeast BObble Jack’MeMuin, miss
of Brownwood remained danger- ing from his home since Tnenav
ous today. Sleet and freezing afternoon. mue
He Mid only three reactor been divided into six areas for idea appeared to be to get a Navy
- . herds had bean found in 71 herds ’ simultaneous testing. Contact surface ship ta range of the liner,
peas, baked potato and banana i tested If thia ratio Is maintain- men in each area are responsible I then get orders from Washingto
cream pie. led, the county will become a | for coatacting all cattle owners, depending on the stuation.
set up at 103 Center Ave
Persons making donations to
the March of Dimes at the
sistant.
The House joins the Senate
Monday in getting down to the American fliers were winging Mrs. McKone after the conference a state of suspense,”
real business of the legislature- home today from a Soviet prison and she said he told her how hap- "it's terrible.”
guiding bills through the tortuous where they had been held for al- py he was that the fliers had been
path of committee hearings, re- most seven months. freed. pilot Willard B. Palm of Oak
ports and floor debate. The fliers. Capts. Freeman B. There waa the same kind at Ridge Tenn., was found by the
Speaker James Turman said the Olmstead at Elmira, N.Y., and overwhelming joy in Elmira. Sovets, they Mid. flouting to a
committees at the lower House John r McKone of Topeka, Kan., where Olmstead’s parents got the rubber life raft in the lev Barents
"Teesanmeds“comamittees ane wuuhaymangcstati"neuniom news.lke.abombehem.ou*ormhe Sea. [Paim’s body was returned
just beginning to operate but will with ther wivesand"families."
move into high gear early next | pieK Ip WIES
week. The finance subcommittee | _ WIVE
win hear appropriations requests As an Air Force plane sped
today from the Alcoholism Com- them across the Atlantic, another
mission, the state auditor and the was prepared to whisk both wives
Board of County and District in- from Topeka. The men were based
debtedness. there before their overseas as-1
A number of tax bills were in-' signment that ended with the
traduced Wednesday, but Gov. I shooting down of their RB47 re-.
Price Daniel's proposed payroll connaissance plane by a Soviet
---.— •— ---.------_ fighter last July.
Mrs. Olmstead to Mrs. McKone
weepingly. "I'm stil completely
dry," said Mrs. MeKone with a
grin."
KENNEDY CALLS
The two women had gotten the
word that their husbands were
freed just five minutes before
President Kennedy announced it
■
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BITTERNESS. GRIEF
But there was bitterness and
grief in the Topeka home of Mrs.
Oscar L. Goforth, wife of one of
the plane’s three crewmen who
are still missing and presumed
_ ’ ” dead
"We never gave up hope,” said „ ' ce .1a .m. -u
both Mrs olmstead and Mrs. Me- Mrs. Gofoth told newamen. M
", NS . .. my husband is dead. I will always
Kone Wednesay nighunOne.was blame President Eisenhower If
Cmni‛thermher happy” "ansa he had handled things differently
projects, introduced by Sen. anreisracinsvesnonPaax.
s
J. W Buchanan at Dumas. 0 areas want it
A uniform narcotics law. By the end at the day 11 other
.g........... ...... , ^ual rights for , women ^^^>1^, Md jndiented they
number of students last spring amendment, introduced by Sen. wanted to cosponsor the resoin-
climbed to 1.023 after fate regia- William Moore of Bryan,
trations came in.
Students who wish to sign up
for Saturday classes may register
Eisen-
for ad-
uggests
get the
ed. He
t Rich-
son A.
k, and
i when
h they
ton B.
Repub-
, will
its pre-
k the
blished
merica
area, no more than 5 per cent waa also concerned because th*
of the herds csn hsve res ctors Santa Maria belonged to a friend-
and no more than 1 per cent of ly nation.
the county's cattle can be re- Cmdr. Charles Rainey, spokes-
actors, according to testing of- man at the Navy mearch head-
ficiais. quarter, in San Juan, said the
Seven technicians with the Navy's "Prime consideration now
Texas Animal Health Commis- is the safety and weltare of the
gravy, creamed
Goforth.
AFTER U»
Coming just two months after
the U2 spy plane was shot down
other Central Txas cities hsve 1 — _______________
been invited to the dsnee snd m • ■ wam
Legislative Plans
WO Bland Harper is co-ordi- a m — •
Go To Lawmakers
even farther.
The Salazar government, de-
nouncing Galvao’s band aa pi-
rates, enlisted the aid of the Unit-
ed States. Britain and other NATO
allies in the hunt after the cruise
The 66-yearold rebel leadler, a ship was taken over in the arib-
former army captain sod leading bean early Sunday morning by an
Portuguese writer, told the Navy | armed band who sneaked aboard
pilot, U. (J.g.) Daniel L. Krauss, in Venezuela and Curacao dis-
he wanted to "discharge passen- zuised as passengers
MAJOR ITEMS
Among major items in Daniel's vention and parole within the Tex-
blast. ture are these, most of which Several new Proposed constitu-
A total of 848 students signed probably, receive earty considers- tional amendments were filed with
up for classes during formal tion by legislative committees the House clerk, .including one by
registration Tuesday and Wednes- AB increase, i.the maximum Rep. V. E. Berry Berry's pro-
day at the college, with late loan the Texas Water Develop- posal would allow parimutuel bet-
registrants expected to hike the ment Board can advance to water " - - -
total further.
Mrs. B O Herring, registrar,
said the number signed up so far
at their class meeting, this
Saturday and persons who will
take evening classes may regis-
ter at the first meetings of their
classes Monday and Tuesday
night, she Mid.
Late registrants will be accept-
ed at the registrar’s office
through Feb. 4.
fit the 1961 Brown County March
of Dimes Saturday—a daytime
blockade of city streets and a
Saturday night dance.
Members at Brownwood Na-
tional Guard and Naval Reserve
units will set up blockades at
eight key interseettons around
the downtown area at 7 a m.
Saturday to college donations for
the MOD campaign. The block-
ades will remain in force until
at least the early afternoon.
DANCE AT 8 P.M.
The dance will begin at 8 p m
on the Roof Garden, with music
by King's Orchestra. It is spon-
sored by the local Brotherhood
at Railroad Trainmen in co-
operation with other local rail-
road organizations '
invitation to the dance is by
Invitation only. Invitations may
ture today. His tax program, how- A bill by Rep. Robert E. Hughes,
ever, probably will not be intro- Dallas, suthortzing cities of more
duced until next week. than 500,000 to set up metropolitan
3 icrofilla Service
I.•. But: noGo
Dr1~e, Texas ‘Gup.)
EEE2=Mafde.
ROUGH GOING—With most of the south west gripped in a winter storm, these motor-
ists found the going slick and rough on th is sleet and snow covered highway near
Lubbock, Tex Freezing rain, sleet and s now has closed schools and disrupted com-
munications and highway travel in many areas of the southwest.
Exchange Envoys
LONDON (AP) — Britain and
the United Arab Republic today
formally re-established full diplo-
matic relations by announcing an
Rag area cities to be suspended to-
54 day.
Sleet, described as "heavier
1 than in Brown County" by Co-
— manche Superintendent S. H
Ra Fletcher, forced schools in that
2 city to close Thursday.
HALT BUSES
Fletcher said the ley condi-
■ 1 dons prevented school buses from
MH making four runs on Wednes-
82 day. This, plus the fact that
I 174 students were absent from
“3 classes Wednesday, forced clos-
tag at the school,. Fletcher Mid
that the 174 represented 18 per
cent of the students In the sys-
tem.
Streets and highways in the
area are reported improved but
still hazardous by local officials
CORNERS SLICK
J ■ The Brownwood Police Dept.
s reported that intersections and
23 corners in the city were still
3 slick and warned motorists to
the Americana to their families keep watch on the ship, backed
—--------------------------- - away from earlier statements by
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