Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 30, 1966 Page: 1 of 30
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CLEAR AND WARMER
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1966
THIRTY FOUR PAGES TODAY
15c PER COPY
VOLUME 67 NO. 13
Fierce Fight Fades
In Viet Nam Jungle
Fourth Division
SAIGON (API
Units of the U S 4th Infantry
Division withstood human wave assaults by North Viet-
became free Saturday to wander he and Mrs. Birch are resid- came a nurse for the Birches
down the path of wedded bliss ingl."
shortly after she left the peni-
“Who is your present wife?” tentiary in 1963.
“Formerly Pearl Choate ”
The S foot 11 Pearl served 12
United Fund Moves
Near Halfway Mark
CROP Canvassers
Others with 100 per cent em-
ptied by the local headquarters.
Insurance, the faculties at South, and answers went this way:
Informality Draws Emphasis
In First BHS Homecoming
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dent of the California Baptist
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contributions.
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Most Students
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and better than the preceeding
the football game or not
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High school students have also ones,” according to Kiwanians
Big Order
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tory dance after the game at mix! 110 gallons of skimmed
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milk for the mix. 4.000 paper
the National Guard Armnory
A homecoming queen will be plates. 3,000 cups of coffee and
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sale by any member of the Ki-
(Staff Photo)
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HAM ON THE HOOF - Kiwanians
Melvin Storm, left, and Bob Galvin
brandish carving knives at a couple
of real live hams. Both men will
quit the kidding and get to serving
BY FRIDAY afternoon, contri-
butions from students at three
city schools had been tabulated
LESLIE J. NASON
. . . studies problem
Paced by the women’s division
which has already topped its
goal, the Brown County United
taling $1,383, giving the club
$1,516 to be used for boys and
OF THE EIGHT divisions, only
the women's division stood near
the respective goals. That di-
vision, with a goal of $1,500.
showed collections of $1,564.75.
Other divisions, their goals,
and the amount collected to date
Elementary, $20.82; and Wood-
land Heights Elementary, $36.14.
A number of Brownwood firms
were added this past week to the
honor roll of those with every
been invited to attend the coffee.
And, in turn, the students have
urday. i - -----------—-------
The fighting was the division’s from the battle sector near the
ham Thursday night at the annual
Kiwanis Club pancake suppar in the
coliseum.
Junior high and the senior
high groups will meet at the
First Christian Church, Coggin
and 13th, at 3:30 to receive
instructions.
CROP is an interdenomina-
tional organization that has tak-
en the challenge to provide
emergency aid to various groups
around the world.
The distribution of goods is
made by church officials and
missionaries in the field
To give some idea of the good
the contributors money will do.
Plei Djereng special forces —
Green Beret — camp
Headquarters said the num-
ber of North Vietnamese killed
$48,701 to finance a dozen char-
ities and services for the com-
ing year.
Contributions to date to the
1966 county UF drive total $22,-
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include:
Advance gifts, $22,402.46, with
$13,858.45 collected.
Special gifts, $3,410 with $1,-
172 75 collected.
Professional, $3,900 with $324
collected
Commercial. $2,922 with $695
collected.
County. $2,435 with $499 06 col-
lected.
Employe, $3,000 with $2,084.25
collected
Pilot $13,729 with $1,820.95 col-
lected
Christian youth of Brownwood
will make their annual Hallow-
een canvass for CROP (Chris-
tian Rural Overseas Program)
today between 3:30 and 5:30
p.m
East, and Woodland Heights el-
ementary schools, school accoun-
ting and tax office, Davis Floral.
First National Bank and M&M
Shop.
In Heavy Attack
By JOHN LENGEL
For ex-students who have mail-
ed in reservations for barbecue
or football tickets, the tickets
will be ready for pickup at a
booth near the main gate of
Lion Stadium Friday from 6 to
7:30 p.m.
A similar booth for those who
q have reserved barbecue tickets
only will be set up at the high
school Saturday morning.
The Brownwood-Childress foot-
ball game will kick off home-
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ex-students have been invited to fun are what the Kiwanis Club* go to help the youth of Brown-
participate in a pep rally at the of Brownwood promises at its wood.
vited to participate in the pro- Tay Ninh Province, long a Viet
guidelines have been set that gram. i Cong stronghold
$2 each at Coggin and Palace mgs.
drug stores. ----
Kiwanis Set •m
For Supper 4-
and 25 minutes of reading ques- stealing from a patient. She is
..... - not a registered nurse.
Seminary in Covina, Calif , to
which Birch made numerous
participate in a pep rally at the of Brownwood promises at its
high school at 3:15 pm. Friday. annual pancake supper to be
with South Elementary young-
sters leading the parade.
Totals included South, $69 43:
ing you against your will’”
“No, she is not.”
Where to Go
“Assuming the judge told you
you were free to go anywhere
Mrs. Martha Tulley, a niece who
was appointed guardian of Birch .
by a California court. Another ■
was Dr. Adrian Heaton, presi-
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA—Fair through
Monday and a little warmer today and
tonight. Maximum temperature Sunday
in lower 80s Low tonight in upper 40s.
Maximum here Saturday 79. Sunset
today 5:45. sunrise 6:48.
There was no contact reported ment were hit by a series of
—-------—--------North Vietnamese attacks.
Birch, suffering from a hip
injury, testified from his wheel
chair. His lawyer, C. J. Eden,
who is also county attorney,
printed the question in inch-high
letters on legal pads.
Lie Proceeds ■
Some of the items the club •
has boosted with proceeds of ■
the supper are Kiwanis Little F
League Park recreation facili-
ties for Coggin Park. Kiwanis
swimming pool, Wiggins Park
structures, sponsorship of the .
summer baseball programs. $3,- -
time with thousands of lagging methods in a new series which tours of the new high school the meal Programs for the .
students and their parents. He will start Monday in this news- buildings will begin at 9 a.m. -evening have been planned with wanis Club and can be obtained
has been so successful in this paper Be sure not to miss a Saturday, with an organizational groups from Brownwood. Early from A&P Grocery with any $5
that now, in response to re- I single installment. 4 business meeting set for 10 a.m , and Howard Payne College pro- purchase of groceries.
Mrs. Birch said she and her years in prison for shooting a
philanthropist bridegroom will man in Amarillo in an argument
continue to reside in Breck- over a carpentry bill. She was
enridge. a West Texas oil town out for two years on parole but
Birch also testified, in an hour went back when charged with
tions and speaking. that “I did
not think it was advisable con-
sidering all the circumstances"
to see his relatives. Some com-
plaints had arisen that Miss
Choate, while his nurse in Cali-
fornia, had estranged him from
relatives and friends.
Push Test
Birch testified that he does no
want to return to his California
home because, he declared in a
loud, clear voice, the authorities
want him to take a sanity test.
The first Mrs. Birch died in
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the weekend For those who did barbecue will be catered by Un- herestein Ntigaterthe death of
not receive such information. a derwood’s. Als0 in effect taking part were
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THREE HAVE been designat-
ed as Fair Share institutions
with all employes donating a
day's pay or equivalent to the
United Fund. They are the lo-
cal Boy Scout office, Girl Scout
office, and KBWD.
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Brownwood Bulletin
coming activities. although all ham. a cool glass of milk and Proceeds from the feed wil
000 worth of playground equip-
ment for Riverside Park, and.
other items of youth work
Last year the club supper
grossed $2,900 with expenses to- A
been mailed out to former stu- There will also be entertainment
dents telling them of plans for After the business session, the
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with the full authority of the
State of Texas behind them.
Dist. Judge E. H. Griffin
ruled that A Otis Birch. 95. deaf
and almost blind, was not being
restrained of his liberties by his
bride of four days, Mrs. Pearl
Choate Birch, who had been his
nurse since 1963.
No Matter
It did not matter to him, he
had said. that the 205-pound
Mrs. Birch served a lengthy
murder sentence. The philan-
thropist repeated in court that
he did not want to return to
California, where he once lived
in South Pasadena.
Birch. one-time oilman and
coupon on Page 16-A of today's The barbecue will wind up
edition gives details about res- planned homecoming activities,
ervations. etc with classes encouraged to meet
Barbecue Tickets in the afternoon to set up plans
Tickets to the Saturday noon for obtaining current addresses
barbecue on the Brownwood of their members so others may
High campus are available for be invited to future‘homecom-
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________________________ Officials for the program have
invited exes to attend their vic- ordered 6,000 pounds of batter
By TOM JOHNSON i you wanted to, where would you The new Mrs Birch, married namese regulars charging through jungle and elephant
BRECKENRIDGE. Tex. (API go”" seven times but using her maid- grass near the Cambodian border Friday night and Sat-
—Big blonde Pearl and her 95- “I would go to 1213 West First en name until her marriage last
year-old millionaire bridegroom St. Breckenridge, Tex i where Wednesday in Altus, Okla , be-
Fund Saturday neared the half- Coggin Elementary, $35 17; West
way point toward collecting
stal ice. Southern Savings and and Birch four days ago set off
Loan, Texas Feathers, Reed a scurrying of friends and Kin
Memorial. Texas Employment seeking to determine whether
Commission office. Continental he was being held involuntarily
Grain, Coggin Drug. Lydick by the new Mrs. Birch.
Roofing. Bettis & Gibbs, Lyle In testifying, the questions
Friday Coffee held Thursday at the coliseum.
Immediately after the game. This annual supper is the cli-
a coffee for all ex-students will max of 14 bigger and better sup-
be held in the Brownwood Coli- pers that the club has brought
seum. It will; of course, be open/in the past This 15th annual
to exes whether they attended supper “promises to be bigger
employe making a contribution
145.13, according to figures com- to the United Fund.
crowned during halftime of the 3,000 cartons of milk
football game The club will have eight grid- girls activities in Brownwood
Business Meeting dies cooking pancakes { and The supper will be from 5-9
p m and tickets are now on
Informality with plenty of time
for “just visiting” will be the
keynote here Friday and Satur-
day as Brownwood High School
ex-students gather to form an
organization and hold the
school's first planned homecom-
ing activities
More than 3,000 letters have
Choate had cared for both in
California and elsewhere
Mrs. Dale Musgrove, a nurs-
ing aide who attended the elder-
ly couple at the Breckenridge
Nursing Home for 18 days, quot-
... , c- ed Mrs Birch as telling her:
Is Pearl Choate Birch hold- "Why are we moved so much?
; Why are we at the mercy of this
Golden pancakes. sizzling viding entertainment.
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Judge Puts Blessing
On Pairs Wedding
Breckenridge Oct. 7. Miss
Three U.S helicopters, one of
them evacuating wounded, were
shot down.
It was the first time .since ear-
ly this month that the North
-r me a T I Vietnamese engaged Americans
Tour City Today “i’specutation
I I in Saigon that the attacks on the
tell what the money can do untried Americans marked the
For example, $I will prov.de opening of a drive by North Viet
a glass of milk for three chil- Nam in the hopeot influencing
dren.fora month: “ will‘buy ontrasstonesxivctions in the
a hoe for a person to turn •
back the jungle and produce it came as President Johnson
his own food; $4 will provide in Thailand, appealed to Hanoi
a glass of milk for a child for to come to a peace conference,
a year; and $5 will provide rice No Major Fights
for one child for, a year. Elsewhere in South Viet
Churches usually participat- Nam, no other fighting of conse-
ing in the canvass are Austin quence was reported by the U.S
Ave. Presbyterian Church, Cen- and South Vietnamese com-
tral Methodist Church, Church mands Sunday.
of the Good Shepherd First Troops of the U.S 196th Light
Presbyterian Church, First Me- Infantry Brigade reported un-
thodist Church and First Chris- covering one of the biggest rice
tian Church. caches of the war
All of the youths of Brown- The found 420 tons of rice 45
wood and area have been in- miles northwest of Saigon in
a
m. d
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first major action of the war
An American spokesman said
U S casualties were light over-
all and moderate for one of the
companies involved in the battle rose to 49 from Saturday s
230 miles north of Saigon fighting and that U.S troops had
American casualties at first had captured two Communist sol-
been described as moderate, diers.
indicating the companies in- The fighting involved units of
volved were heavily mauled. the 4th — Tvy — Division, which
Bombers Help arrived in Viet Nam during Au-
_ r . gust and September
The infantry men were helped Series of Attacks
by B52 bombers from Guam and On Friday night and Satur-
by other planes day. two companies of the 4th
Fighting died down Sunday Division's 8th Infantry Regi-
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plove contributions include Poun- citrus grower, testified at what
cey Fixture Exchange. USDA in effect was a custody hearing
Experiment Station. Wilks, Ren- pitting his new wife against his
fro Drug. Southwest State Bank, relatives and friends.
Ernest Morris Men’s Wear, Cry- The marriage of Miss Choate
He has conferred during that quests, he has written down his Registration and conducted members will cook and serve
Sizable check is another addition to
the growing fund of the Brownwood
Community Hospital.
(Staff Photo)
woman? Please call our friends
in California and they will come
and get us.”
Another witness. Dr Frank
Payne, said he examined Birch
Sept. 10 and found him to be in
very good shape for his age. He
said:
“He flexed his muscle and
said, 'How’s that for 95 years
old?’ ”
Habeas Hearing
The hearing was a habeas
corpus case brought by Harlan
1 J Moehn of Danville. Iowa, a
distant relative who first came
p4T,
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HOSPITAL FUND GROWS — Dr.
Allan Spence, left, and W. Lee
Wetson, right, accept check from
Shriner Al Norris, representing pro-
ceeds from the recent Shrine Circus.
13 TCU
No matter what his grades
are, he probably could do bet- r
ter if he knew the righ tech-
niques and had the right atti-
tudes.
In that sense, every child, not
just these with “F" or “D”
marks, is an underachiever
The underachiever. notes
Prof. Leslie J. Nason. confronts I
parents and teachers too with
one of the most worrisome of
all problems. Just how do you
motivate him?
You can't get a student to do J
better, says Prof. Nason, by tell- I
ing him to study harder, or I
threatening to cut off some of I
his privileges, or even offering I
him rewards You have to diag- I
nose the trouble in his particular I
case and then come up with the I
prop • solution. K
Prof. Nason himself has been —
making such diagnoses and
coming up with proper solutions
in individual cases for years.
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