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Brownwood Bulletin
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 1961
VOLUME 61 NO. 127 15c PER COPY
Cubans Execute American
Morgan, Aide Die
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were making a stand on high
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the battle will be in doubt for
the agenda by inducing the as-
sembly to vote at each annual
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under university auspices, asked
miles north of Vientiane.
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China Seat Debate
neutral federal capital. while the
provinces will take control of their
own affairs as much as possible
New names discussed for the
Scheuering did not
fight, witnesses said
been touched little or not at all
by the economic turndown. that
picture of recession, joblessness
and hardship, some areas of the
United States show a happy pres-
ent and a shining hope for the fu-
publie
leaders
CHICAGO (AP)—"It was awful
dart and cold and I couldn’t find
the handle."
ict
an
aboutshe has been variously re-
ported in Cairo, Stanleville and
Leopoldville — seemed of se.ca-
passed on the expressway with
two men and a woman. One oc-
cupant flashed identification that
appeared to have the wording
. Congo ' or "The Confederation of
I States of the Congo "
Stahl,
ee a car
capital and the royal capital of
Luang Prabang.
tore.
These are the places that have
trading, replaces the six prov.
inces marked out by the Congo's
former Belgian rulers.
en. 70, retired farmer, died of
burns Saturday. Jowers, an in-
valid, apparently fell asleep while
smoking at his home Friday
night
By Firing Squad
HAVANA (AP) — A Cuban firing squad Saturday
night executed William A. Morgan, a former American GI
accused of conspiring against the revolutionary Castro
regime that once hailed him as a hero.
Prison authorities at La Cabana military fortress
said Morgan was executed shortly after 10:30 p.m. His
aide, Maj. Jesus Carreras was executed immediately
aftrward.
It took the five-man military appeals court just 80
Mr. and Mrs. Alphot
Dr Oster, 39, told
rence (Biff) Jones, West Point
athletic director.
His widow, who witnessed ike
successes were due to a massive
airlift bl recent weeks by Soviet-
built transport planes. They also
said Soviet trucks were used to
rush fresh rebel troops into the
fighting.
Boy Escapes
Cold Death
By JOHN RODERICK I fenders backed by heavy artillery
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP)—Pro- were making a stand on high
T
Many economists say service in-
dustries are less affected by re-
cession and even if hit are affect-
ed a long time after the turndown
is strongest elsewhere.
Take Madison, Wis., for exam-
ple. where in January unemploy-
ment was calculated at 3.6 per
cent, compared with the anational
figure of approximately 7,
GOVERNMENT JOBS
Out of a work force of 74,740
troops burst through government 1 Keng, eight miles north of the
defenses in central Laos Satur- road junction and the third key
day severing the main highway point in defense plans for the
link between this administrajive highway.
idea of eight provinces,; Eu
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TANANARIVE, Malagasy Re- Th- -hi —*— -L-
Muong Kassy, a stronghold 22
miles south
TROOPS FLEE
Burglars Scramble
Drugs With Poison
-' Burglars carted off approximately $300 worth of narcotics from
Prescription Laboratories. Inc.. 200 E. Lee St. early Saturday morn-
ing-unaware their haul includes deadly poison.
Included among the narcotics taken from the drug store safe
were mixtures of pseudotropine and ecgonine, both described as
"deadly poisonous" whether taken orally or by injection.
NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT—Twins Linda Harriss, left and Glenda Harriss, find
the new one-way traffic signs in Brownwood as confusing as their own identity.
Actually one-way traffic will go into effect today on Brown Street (almost west) to-
ward Howard Payne College and Clark Street (almost east) toward the courthouse.
Linda and Glenda, HPC sophomores, ore daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Harris*
of 2001 Sixth St. (Staff Photo)
BROWNWOOD AREA Portly cloudy
and worm Sunday with high temperatures
in upper 70s. Low Sunday night 55-65.
Maximum temperature here Saturday
72. Sunset 6 43, sunrise 6:47.
M-e-emieMPMEM
HARD FALL—Peruvian bullfighter Hugo Bustamente is headed for a •
hard fall after being tossed by an angry bull at the Plaza de Acho bull-
troll the northeastern Congo, is
composed of political heirs of Pa-
trice Lumumba, the slain Congo-
! ese I leader
OUTLAW REGIME
Delegates said that if Gizenga’s
regime opposes the new arrange-
ment it would be labeled "an out-
22 i mamada : UEsee-, ac-
MFMMEa—rc
zinginiLima, Peru. Bustomente, uninjured, regained his feet and killed
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Killed Scheuering
NEW ORLEANS (APi-Coroatr both Patrolman ‘Norbert I. Habig-
Stahl, 46, told police ha thought
it was a hold-up. He got net and
one nan shoved a gun in his
are Madison. Wis., Stamford, many economists claim are nec-
Conn; Omaha, Neb.; and Hawaii. I essary for good health, now and
How have they escaped where in the future.
shooting, was riding with her hus-
band and two other copples —Dr.
and Mrs Richard C. Oster and
minutes to reject the appeals of
Morgan and his aide, Maj. Jesus
Carreras, a former Cuban army
official also sentenced to death.
COULD INTERVENE
Although Cuban President Os-
valdo Dorticos could intervene and
save the live* of the two men.
such a step has never been taken
in the history of the Castro revo-
lutionary regime.
Leopoldville, once
Point, was slain Friday night on ver from Habighorst They found
an elevated expressway that cuts a 22 caliber pistol 30 feet below
through the city 1 the mnrmsewav Glowarki
employment—while it exists — is
far below the national average
and where a good level of pros-
perity has ben maintained.
According to the U.S. Labor De-
the central
Sr.. owner of the drug store, told
The Bulletin.
CHECK INVENTORY
Tate discovered, the dangerous
mixtures missing during his In-
ventory of stolen goods Saturday
afternoon.
Although the inventory of drugs
was not complete, Tate estimated
the missing narcotics at about
$300 He said the same drugs
could “black-market" for from
$3,000 to $5,000.
Police said intruders broke into
the store about 6 a.m. Three sus-
pects were spotted near the phar-
macy at approximately that time.
OPEN FRONT DOOR
Burglars pried open the lock on
the front door of the building.
300 government
Gizenga’s where
question of seating Communist
Communist Pathet Lao assault ground
Thompson took all of their wrap He is Sylvere Bondekwe, a po-
•ns — a rifle and three pistols litical unknown who apparently
and struck out on his own. will head an exile regime until
Thal was in an isolated wooded the rebel regime collapses or Gi-
area near Grassy, Mo., 25 miles zenga’s men can be forced out of
west of here, where the unarmed. Stanleyville, the capital of Orien-
wounded Tucker was captured. I tal.
If Morgan and Carreras are
executed as expected their deaths
will bring to 598 the unofficial
proponents of a China debate now Across the Pacific is the gol-
need only eight more votes to get den state of Hawaii, where in
The expert, doing his research a tie that would stop any U. S. January only 8,450 persona were
1.
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Join in the a former New Orleans police sup-
erintendent. served during World
claimed about
An expert on international rela- ouster of Chinese Nationalist or In addition. the insurance indus-
tons said that in recent inter- the seating of Chinese Communist try is employing a "sizable per-
views with those in charge at 84 Communist delegates, , centage" of Madison workers. The
of the 29 delegations, he found But the margin by which such insurance work force has shown
that more than 90 per cent be- resolutions have been adopted has a steady, slow rise and is not
heve. the assembly wHI put the shrunken gradually from 37-11 in subject to fluctuation
question on the agenda of its 1951 down to 42,34 last year. So fairly depressed times.
regular 1961 session starting Sept - - '
Police charged with
victory since January and a j wiped out during month-long skir-
stranglehold on the Queen Astrid mishing that preceded the attack
Highway just 40 miles south of Friday by nine Pathet Lao bat-
Luang Prabang and less than 100 talions.
surrounding Sala Pou
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some 25,000 are em-
, ri "police." ,
glowaeki
of the other auto and adcanced
Saturday blocked
The pair killed auxiliary police-
mao Herbert Goss 67, gravely
wounded another policeman and federation organized roughly
slightly wounded a sheriff. com along tribal lines In hopes of re-
n’rndmered two cars and beat up storing stability to their chaotic
A widespread manhunt was or- Delegates to the round-table
ganized. About 250 officers and conference of Congolese leaders
volunteers, using bloodhounds, here reported this as their main
joined in the search extend- discussions ended. A brief session
ing over several southeast Mis- is scheduled Sunday morning to
soun counties At daylight aiwork out details and sign aree-
helicopter and plane joined the ments, but a spokesman said the
hunt. delegates had reached "complete _______ __ _
Captured three hours later and accord" on all major points of ously a good deal of political horse
miles apart were Sammy A. the agenda “
Tucker, 26. of Fresno, Calif.. who In an effort to squeeze out An- j
was wounded in one of the gun toine Gizenga, Moscow-backed
fights, and Calvin Johnson, 22. leader in Stanleyville who refused ’
Still at large was Douglas to attend the meeting, a new capital and source of most im-
Wayne Thompson, 27, of Bakers leader was chosen for Gizenga s' roitent Aeieinne wil heome •
field. Calif Tucker told officers Oriental Province.
-------- ---------- The rebels, quoted by Red
At last report, government de- China's New China News Agency,
cracking 2 panes of plate-glass.
They opened a huge safe near
the store's business office where
they found the narcotics.
hTer wss no other damage re-
ported to the business. The cssh
register wss not touched. No
money was missing.
Within a few steps of the bur-
glarized safe, was another safe
with highly concenated narcot-
ics including tincture of opium,
demerol tablets, solution and
syrup; prinadol ampules, leritene
ampules and tablets, codine,
methsjade solution, elixir of mor-
phine and dilaudid syrup.
LST OF DRUGS
Included among the missing
(See BURGLARS on Pat* 21
The government made no pub-
lic announcement of the battle or
casualties. The rebel radio
proposal for another year’s mora- unemployed out of a total work
torium. I force of 231.970—a 3.5 figure.
Confused government troops _____ — __________
fled In two directions, he said, troops were killed or wounded
giving the rebels their biggest I and one battalion completely
•The drugs, normally used in ointments, are not recognizabie
even in normal testing, Earl Tate
That was 4yearold Johnny
also claimed four government
armored cars, one tank and
many trucks were destroyed, and
three U.S.-supplied airplanes shot
down or damaged
MASSIVE AIRLIFT
Government sources said rebel
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. f AP) , official publication of his findings.
—Nine art of 10 heads of U. N. I Since 1951, the United States! persons.
.delegations were reported Satur i has stopped successive Soviet and I ployed by government—13,000 for
day to be convinced that the Gen Indian moves to get the issue on
era! Assembly will take up the - - -
Nicholas Chetta said Saturday a horst, 25. and a companion. Ar-
bolvet fkidd’w. R MS her ire. ,h“r D’ Glowackj B' “ chef Gio-
manager director of the municipai Shot wound of therrght eg. "
auditorium. Millie Oakley, 19. a waitress
Chetta said he determined this traveling in Habighorst s car, was
"because of the size and type of held as a materii witness,
Sewoundng. 50. a former as FIND PISTOLS
sistant athletic director at West Police took a .38 service revol-
Police Nab
Missing Two
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP,
-Two memhers af a trio of cross-
country supermarket bandits
sought to the killing of one law
enforcement officer end the
Crash Hurts
City Youth
BALLINGER — Karen Munins,
16, of Brownwood and Edward D.
Jones of Mullin were listed in
critical condition late Saturday
night in Ballinger Clinic-Hospial
where they were taken following
a one-car accident about one
mile west of Tsipa.
The car apparently went out of
control and turned end over end
on U. S. 67 about 8:30 p.m.
Miss Mullins is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L K. Mullins of 911
Rogan St.
Government sources insisted
A bullet tore through his head said it belonged to Habighorst but;
during a weird melee involving an I admitted using it. with guns drawn Oster said,
off-duty policeman ironically.
Others have suffered harshly? EVEN BALANCE
A composite portrait brings out , . ,
the important fact. Bnefly these are an evenly bal-
ac. aEzanm
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diet all day despite assertions by
military authorities the report
was premature
MILITARY COURT
A military court handed down
the verdict at La Cabana military
fortress after a two-day triel for the
trooper from Toledo, Ohio, who
trooper from Toledo, johio, who
lost his U.S. citizenship by fighting
or Fidel Castro.
Morgan's mother, Mrs. Lira
Morgan of Toledo, appealed to the
Cuban government late Friday
night to spare her son s life.
His fate remained with an ap-
peals court to whieh defense ate
torneys went after the death sen
tence was announced.
FIRING SQUAD
If the appeal is rejected, Mom
gan will be executed by a fhrig
squad within 34 hours.
Morgan's former chauffeur, Ma-
rio Morin, got 15 years after turn-
ing state's evidence. He testified
Morgan had smuggled anna to
anti-Castro rebels in the Escam-
bray Mountains of south-central
Cuba.
SEEKS CLEMENCY . .
Mrs. Morgan's appeal for clem-
ency was made through Washing-
ton, which asked the Swiss m-
bassy here to relay it to the Castro
regime. The Swiss Embassy was
chosen to protect U.S. interests in
Cuba following the diplomatic
break between the United States
and Castro.
i the state (6.300 of these at the ( The attackers fanned out to ex- several days. They said systemat-
j University of Wisconsin); moreploit the break-through at the ic destruction of the highway has
" 25--. si" —"
Cleary’s account Saturday of his
brush with death when he waa - . _______ _---_--
trapped for 1% hours in Ms fan- persons who have
Uy’s food freezer. faced, firing squads since Fidel
The lad later was reported well Sasto came, to.power on New
along the road to recovery in - ear * Pa¥ * 1959-
Mol HO.X He —SEN5 MESSSAGE
alert. lively and absorbed in a . From his death row cell in erim
jig-saw nuzzle La Cabana military prison. Mor-
-a* Ezm=
lost his balance and fell in. The Government-controlled newapa-
heafy lid dropped shut above Pers had been reporting the ver-
him.
His mother telephoned police
when she was unable to find him.
His father. Martin, 37, who had
just returned home from work,
spotted the chair in front of the
freezer in the basement of their
South Side home. He found John-
ny crouched in with the vege-
tables, half conscious and half
frozen.
The boy's temperature was 95.
heavy lid dropped shut above
when doctors examined Mm at
the hospitaL.
these "major" areas ingly present the ingredients that
murder War Umm assistant to Law- I cheat, Stahl said.
NEW YORK (AP)—In the grim partment
2 icrofilu Tervice
J'. V. Bu HOGG
prlne, Texas ‘uIp.)
wounding of two others were cap
turned Saturday. A posse hunted
for the third desperado said to be
armed with a rifle and three pis-
tols.
Two separate gun battles devel-
oped in a wild chase after police,
summoned by a suspicious super-
market operator Friday night,
tried to question two of the fu-
gitives who sped sway from the
market in a car.
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