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Brownwood Bulletin
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GETTING COLDER
PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1967
10c PER COPY
VOLUME 67 NO. 72
Bus Crash Leaves
83 Dead in Manila
mmummummmummummummmmmummumumrmmmg I
627 last Sept. 20.
For the same period, loans
‘‘authorized
$21,913,078
Totals
$12,906,366 $13,343,388
RUSK SAYS
iudge and clinician for bands
A varied program is planned
for the public concert beginning
in Brownwood
morning accident. A dozen am-
caused the roof and walls of the
proposals on negotiating an end
Agriculture Building
Houston Bank Hit
Premier Pham Van Dong had
ennkan in A- ar 4 1. -
■
Southern Savings
Auto Crashes Send
Six to City Hospitals
Dart more.
tiple fractures and contusions Commerce and Lakeway where
wreck and wa.* lided. Damage estimated, was
indicated they would-use such here
is in satisfactory condition.
(Staff Photo)
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Better Response
Sought in Survey
Larger Death Toll
Feared in Wreck
U.S. Ready
To Bargain
Two Brownwood Men Hurt
As House Tumbles Down
High Winds
Whip Front
Into Texas
LEFT BEHIND — A hat belonging to one of two
workmen injured Thursday afternoon lays amid
debris of portions of a house that fell on them. One
man was critically injured when wind blew down
part of a house at 115 E. Adams while the other
course will not obligate anyone
to anything But we do need
the help of everyone in obtain-
ing a fairly accurate idea of
10,354,918
1,269,672
1,432,894
12-31-65
$10,085,677
10,517,355
1,310,046
States would “unconditionally”
stop bombing his country his
government would be ready to
“examine and study” American
A call for statement of banks and discounts at the county
as of Dec. 31, 1966 was issued banks showed a decline. Total
today by the comptroller of the for the four on Dec. 31 was
currency in Washington, D. C., $12,906,366, while last Septem-
and the State Banking Dept, in ber the total stood at $13,343,-
in the midst of worldwide spec-
ulation that the leaders in North
Only Thursday. Hanoi's diplo-
matic representative in France
declared that if the United
Reds Repeat
Four-Point
Stand in Viet
TOKYO (AP) — Communist
North Vietnam's radio broad-
honorary degree of music from
Southern College of Fine Arts
in Houston. He has acted as
Two men were injured, one
critically, Thursday around 2
p m. when a portion of a house
being torn down fell on them.
Reported in critical condition
at Brownwood Medical Arts
Hospital this morning is George
Majors, 78. of 709 Bailey St.
INSTRUMENT INSPECTION—Checking over In-
struments to see that they are in shape for Region
VII band competition Saturday are from left to
right, Aaron Cummings, Roy Solis, Carol Gross and
Fry Clinician
For Program
Citizens National
First National
First State
Southwest State
9-20-66
$ 5,732,883
5,810.278
645,336
1,154,891
Pam Dickinson. All are Brownwood High students.
Some 400 students from 24 counties and 50 high
schools are expected to participate in competition
scheduled at Brownwood High School. (Staff Photo)
10,875.368
1,248.657
1.869,109
Citizens National
First National
First State
Southwest State
BROWNWOOD AREA Mostly cloudy,
windy and much colder tonight with
possible showers. Much colder Satur-
day. Low tonight in 20s, high Saturday
near 40.
Maximum temperature here Thurs-
day 66, overnight low 46. Sunset 5:41,
sunrise 7:35.
Bank Deposits
Up $1 Million
Bank deposits in Brown Coun-1 All three Brownwood
South Vietnam.
These Rusk statements, in a
seven-page letter to a North
12-31-66
$ 5,309,417
5,531,512
615.972
1,449,465
Deposits in the four county showed $9,639,169 on the same
banks on Dec. 31, 1966 totaled date, and Southwest State had
$23,632,303 compared to $22,481,- $1,869,109.
High School auditorium.
Concert climaxes auditions for
12-31465
$ 6,260,465
4,505,470
906,013
DOUGLAS FRY
. . . clinician
the toll to rise.
Reports from army paramed-
ic teams rushed to the scene
said earlier there appeared to
be only 15 survivors among the
130 or more persons thought to
have been on the buses.
Loses Brakes
Constabulary reports said one
of the buses in a 57-bus convoy
lost its brakes on the downward
to a hospital. tured ribs in the 1_________ _ " “
Cars involved included a 1962 treated and released after X- placed at $175.
Rejects Demands
But he was emphatic in re-
i "We are most pleased with Amarillo. Lubposk, Abilene,
this response. But if we are to Austin, San Antonio and Hous-
1 have a strong case to present ton, as)well as connections to
(to Trans-Texas Airways tor get- many cities not now available.
Three students from Region 7
will be named members of the
all-state band of Texas.
balances took in doctors but
they were slowed by the diffi-
cult mountain roads.
“By the time we got there,
most of the dead and injured
had been removed although
there were still several bodies
trapped in the wreckage,” a
U.S. officer said..
Philippine Constabulary re-
ports said one of the buses in a
57-bus convoy lost its brakes on
the downward stretch of a nar-
row road south of Manila. It
plowed into the bus ahead, send-
ing both into the ravine.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sec-
retary of State Dean Rusk de-
clared in a letter made public
today that the United States is
ready now to meet with repre-
sentatives of North Vietnam
“either in public or in secret to
work out arrangements for a
just solution” of the Vietnam-
be no difficulty in having the
views of the Viet Cong present-!
ed at any serious negotiation.”
Six Brownwood people were
injured in two separate acci-
dents Thursday while wet
I
banks
MANILA (AP) — Two buses loaded with Roman
Catholic pilgrims collided today on a mountain road
and hurtled into a ravine, killing at least 83 and injuring
about 60, officials reported.
The Phillippine constabulary said many dead had
been counted at four medical centers and that many of
the injured were in serious condition. They expected
that the National Liberation once the fighting is stopped.
Front, the Viet Cong's political " .....
arm, be represented as sole
ese war.
Rusk also reaffirmed U.S. as-
surance to the Communist side
in the conflict that “there will
Coleman urged anyone in Cen-
tral Texas who might use such
a new airline flight to fill out
flight." Stuart Coleman, chair- the formprinted on page 2 of
man of the chamber’s trarspor- today s Bulletin.
..... “Replying to this survey of
ty are up more than a million showed increases over Septem-
dollars over September, 1966, ber bank call deposits.
according to figures released Brownwood’s First National
today by the county’s four reported Dec. 31 deposits of
banks. $10,875,368, Citizens National
at 7:30 p.m.
Miss Boyd was treated at a Both are listed in fair condi- a 1952 pickup driven by Witeel
doctor's office while Guilliams tion Loyd Ward of Route 1,'Blanket
was reported injured on the po- Johnny Lopez, 17, of Apt 82. and a 1960 auto driven by-Eu-
lice record! but was not taken Sunset Terrace received frac- gene fenderson of Cleburne col-
cast today an
model driven by Gaylen Rex Rays Taylor's younger brother, Damage estimated at $140 was
Bardette of Star Route 2, Larry, 14. received cuts on the inflicted on two autos at 3:35
Brownwood and a 1958 pickup hand and legs from the crash a.m. today when they collided
driven by Aaron Kieth Cum- and was treated and released at Austin Ave and Ave. H
mings of 3602 Second St. The Worsham was driver of a 1961 Driver of the 1959 cars in-
two vehicles received a report- sedan which was in collision volved were Hettie Esther Har-
ed $750 damage in the near with a 1959 auto driven by thelris of 2010 Avenue B and Jack
headon crash. 1 older Taj lor youth. , Kuot o 1106 Oakland. 4
jecting Communist demands
........Austin.
to the war.
Earlier, North Vietnamese
ers feel TTA will agree to in-
cluding Brownwood on the
north-south schedule if suffici-
ent need can be shown through
the survey.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Winds of 60 miles an hour
whipped through the Panhandle-
Plains section of Texas today,
causing a severe dust storm at
places and toppling three mas-
sive light standards at Texas
Tech’s Jones Stadium at Lub-
bock.
The temperature dropped to
28 degrees at Dalhart as snow
fell and the leading edge of a
new icy blast roared into the
state. The mercury was to
plunge to 8, the Weather Bureau
said, with snow flurries expect-
ed" later in the day.
The system swirled into the
Panhandle b etween 8 and 9
a.m.
Visibility was cut to a quarter
of a mile in Lubbock as dust
enveloped the city.
The Weather Bureau posted
cold wave warnings for North-
west Texas.
; a flight a total of over-320 times The fligbt would provide
per. year. ! Brownwood with service to
a, headon crash about 8 p.m ed $1,200 damage in the crash
». . 2. —- Thursday on U. S. 377 near the which occurred in the north
streets this morning caused two Fifth St Intersection bound nenworsnn was nortd
minor crashes as wrecks Injured in the wreck and ad- ed sout and the r“ir car
Hae --5 2- 2
Boyd. 15. f 2516 Second St. and and Norice Claude Taylor, 17. First Wreck
Donald Wayne Guilliams of 2307 of 1060 W. Commerce with mul- First wreck occurred at West
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DEPOSITS
12-31-66 9-20-66
$ 9,639.169 $ 9,424,143
,____________ COMANCHE (BBC) — Five , caught fire at 11:40 p.m. Fire-
Some 400 students are ex- fires, one causing heavy dam- men report interior was com-
pec ted for the day-long event age, were reported to Coman- pletely gutted. Exterior was left
and 42 of those selected willche Fire Dept. Thursday be-1 standing.
continue on to all-area tryouts tween 7:40 a.m. and 11:40 p.m. A third house, belonging to
" Firemen, were also kept busy John Griffin at Proctor, was re-
with five fires Monday night ported to be on fire at 7:40 a m.
Fire of undetermined origin Firemen answered the cal and
that began about 6:10 p.m. only slight damage was report-
Thursday almost destroyed the ed
Gustine Vocational Agricultural . _ .. _ .
■ । Building. No damage was re- Other, fires in the Comanche
As of the close of business ported to the rest of the school area Thursday include a right-
Dec 31. Southern Savings and since agricultural building was of-wayfreat2i20pmain PaS
Loan Assn reports deposits of set apart from other sch^il fa ture and between Gustine and
$12,622,225. cilities. Comanche and right-of-way pas-
i Loans and discounts of the A vacant house in the Chaney ture fire at 4 40 p.m. near
same date total $12,178,706. Estate on West Fleming St. j Beattie
Response to Brown ood wood we must 06 able t show
Chamber of Commerce's survey goodLeyidence of about 1,500
. . . . . .. prospective boardings for the
to determine need for north- — - ■
south air connections has been
good to date—but about five tation committee, said this
times as many replies are need- morning
ed. A Trans-Texas flight passes
So far, more than 50 persons near Brownwood Municipal Air-
in this area have filled out sur- port en route from Abilene to -
vey blanks in The Bulletin. Austin. Chamber leaders are' whether or not having these
Those participatirg so far have hoping to have the flight stop flights stop in Brownwood can
- “.....—1 — — ■ » be justified.” Coleman said
Chamber of commerce lead-
stretch of a n- row road south .
of Manila and plowed into the statement repeating Premier
bus ahead, sending both careen- Pham V an Dong s description of,
ing into the ravine. I Hanoi s four-point stand on the
15 Survivors | Vietnam war as a “basis" for,
One bus fell 300 feet down to settlement.. n ,g
the bottom of the ravine, but the . xThesterse announcement left
second halted on an outcrop of tn doubt whether it was meant
rock to encourage or to dampen
1c0 . _ hopes for negotiations aroused
,AU.S. Marine major who flew by the North Vietnamese pre-
by helicopter to the scenesaid. mier's interview with Harrison
there was not much left of one E Salisbury of the New York
of thekbuses after it hit the bot- Times, printed Wednesday,
tom 300 feet down. The statement was preceded
Bodies scattered , by complaints that some news-
51 1.671 948 Other witnesses said mangled papers and broadcasts in “cap- _ , _ . ..
' bodies were scattered around italist nations” had distorted the Douglas Fry, director of bands
the bus at the bottom of the premier’s statements, but no at Abilene Christian College,
gorge. One said the ravine was specific instance of distortion will act 88 clinician and con-
“strewn with the bloody bodies was given ductor for Region 7 competitien 1 _
of men, women and children.” The broadcast said: "Or. this band try-outs and concert at throughout the southwest.
"The favine into which the matter the Vietnam news agen- Brownwood High School Satur- A varied nrogram is nla
buses plunged is narrow as well cy has been authorized to make day.
as steep, making rescue opera- the following statement: The Fry,.graduate of Abilene
tions. difficult original text of what Premier Christian College. has been di-
Philippine air force and U.S. Pham Van Dong told Mr. Har- reeling bands there since 1953
Navy helicopters from Manila risen Salisbury was: ‘The posi- Prior to that he directed hih 108 chairs in the select all-re-
did not arrive on the scene until tion of the four points of toe . . . ’ 2 . , „ gion hand. Competition wiii be
nearly six hours after the early Democratic Republic of Viet- school and navy bands for 13 among students from 50 high
: — * 3 nam is a basis of ways to settle years. schools in 24 counties. Rehears- Navv Pilot Dies
Vietnam problems." | In 1957 he was awarded an al of selected band will be the ’
------------------------------------------------ afternoon program In Jet Collision
— - - - - Among lighter numbers in- KENENy _ Tp _
eluded in the concert wil be KENEDY, Tex.. (AP) “The
South Pacific selections, “Pea- Navy said one flier was killed
nut Vender,” “America the and another rescued today when
Beautiful”, and Spanish Eyes”. tWo jet training planes collided
Operate Cafeteria 10 miles east of Kenedy in
. . .. Don Russell, band director of South Texas.
were tearing down the old struc- Brownwood High Schoo, and identities were not immedi-
tBoth were trapped under the the .Band Boosters. Club willlop- _________________
mass of debris Pand it took erate the high school cafeteria
workmen, armed with jacks, for the noon meal. rI n. M .• ,
several minutes to extract the A directors’ lun ch will also Flames Raze GuStlHG C
men be served and Dan Hearn, How- • "M1*I—3 ivutv V--iIE >
He suffered multiple fractures । The younger man was report- ard Payne College band direc-
and contusions in the accident .j . zounger man was.reror tor, will present a clarinet solo
an 115Etinnin a he only, partially trapped for this group He will be ac-
Reported in satisfactory con-ed help by yelling while the oth- cempanis.tnn the P b
spoken in an interview of the HOUSTON (AP)—A thus en- dition 18 Larry Point, 23, also er was completely covered by1
possibility of profitable talks tered the Westmont National of Brownwood He has unde- the roof.
_ .. . Bank today, fired a single shot termined injuries. | Jacks had to be used to re-
Rusk’s letter was dated Jan. at the teller and escaped with A witness passing the par-1 move the older man. ‘
__. i .. , . 4, two days ago, and made pub- cash police said could amount tially torn down house said a Wind gusts were reported
spokesman for the people of lie by the State Department to- to $45,000 to $50,000. strong gust 01 wind apparently from 30.35 miles per hour dur-
day. It was addressed to “stu- Miss Sarah Fitzhugh, a teller, house to fall on the men, who1 ing the afternoon.
dent leaders” who had written escaped injury when the shot --------
c .. inquiring about or criticizing was fired by dropping to the! -cm-
Carolina student leader, came, U.S. policy on Vietnam. floor. “°P
Four persons were injured in The cars received an estimat-
(See Coupon on Page 2) l ting the flight to land in Brown-
Vietnam may be becoming
more interested in discussions
on ending the war than they
Have Been in the past.
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Totals $23,632,303 $22,481,627
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 72, Ed. 1 Friday, January 6, 1967, newspaper, January 6, 1967; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1490192/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.