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Brownwood Bulletin
10 Cents Doily. 15 Cents Sunday
TEN PAGES TODAY
it's Finis for Seniors at BHS
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Massive Rains Rout
and have a prayer vigil at the
HPC GRADS TOLD
Education Is More
cial.
Than Classrooms
mands at the Paris peace talks
in Washington, put the problem
eluded
Goldhorn, Brownwood; Sharon
Thuy’s strategy.
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Parleys Approach
Showdown Stage
High Court
Says No to
GOP Claim
Howard Payne
Tour Cancelled
Surgery Possible
For Ben Barnes
Riots Keep Paris on Edge
9Premier Summons Labor Chiefs9
Guy D. Newman, president of How-
ard Payne College, right, granted
LLD degrees to J. J. Pttrca, left,
superintendent of the Richardson In-
GRADUATION CHIVALRY-A touch
of chivalry comes through as Logan
McNatt, member of Brownwood High
School's 1968 graduating class, assists
classmate Annette Ayers with her
graduation gown. The two are among
try to grab a large chunk of
South Vietnam's central plateau
to put more teeth into its de-
South Vietnam tried to cut the
country in half in 1965 but
American troops drove them
back during a fall of bloody
AUSTIN (APl—Speaker Ben
Barnes. in traction at an Aus-
tin hospital, says doctors have
told him surgery may be re
quired to correct an old back
PARIS (AP) - Premier
Georges Pompidou summoned
labor and business leaders to
meet with him Saturday to seek
a solution to the crushing strike
the sessions have been held be-
hind closed doors. US. and
W. S. (Bill) Heatly of Paducah, and
a 00 degree to Rev. Robert MeGin-
nis, second from right, pastor of the
Casa View Baptist Church in Dallas,
at Thursday night's HPC commence-
ment exercises.
Department of Agriculture."
The 12 adults and 6 juveniles
arrested Thursday for singing
and kneeling outside a House of-
Faure has been instructed to es-
tablish a French position of '•ex-
treme firmness on the organiza-
tion of the agricultural mar-
r "armed extremists" hoped to
use the demonstrations today to
that "24 hours are being lost "
The French Confederation of
Democratic Workers also ac-
cepted. but warned that the
strikes would not stop
French farmers were out by
the thousands in protest against
a possibility the six-nation Com-
mon .Market will order the limit-
ing of government subsidies on
dairy products at a meeting in
Brussels next week That would
mean lower prices for such
with the threat of a breakdown
in the talks. a weapon both are
already using
US officials say they believe
that North Vietnam s mam aim
is still to win the war by mor
injury.
Barnes was in ' considerable
pain" Thursday Before enter-
ing the hospital Wednesday, he
was bedridden for six days.
Maximum temperature here Thurs-
day 90 overnight low 70 Sunset today
8 30, sunrise Saturday 6 29.
President Johnson det lared in
Washington Thursday that "Ha-
noi is telling its forces in the
South that they must continue
their aggressive effort to sup-
port their negotiators."
I At the same time Johnson
said that the United States "will
not be defeated on the battle-
; field while the talks go on" per-
“The North Vietnamese have it
Thuy’s Strategy
use of uncertain
any of the ma-
This Weekend Best Bet
To Spray Pecan Trees
Best times to spray pecan trees in Brown
County to control the pecan nut casebearer are this
Saturday and Sunday, although good results can
be expected by spraying from now through Tuesday
Optimum dates are determined by tests at
the Pecan Experiment Station here.
Professional sprayers are extremely busy and
may not be able to get to all customers during
the optimum period.
County Agent Chuck Threet has recommended
a spray mixture of two pounds of zinc sulfate,
two pounds of Sevin and 1% pints of Malathion
per 100 gallons of water
Because of the heavy infestation of pecan case-
bearers Uhis year. Threet teminded county resi-
dents they should spray their trees a second time
about five days after the first application for most
effective control.
dinated action on three fronts- would be strengthened by what-
trying to undermine the U S - ever gains they can make in
supported government in Sai- South Vietnam
Press Aggressive Effort
held Thursday night in Brown- Bell Lohse. Linda Lyall Aaron,
wood Coliseum c —
WEATHER FORECAST
BROWNWOOD AREA Partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday. High Saturday
near 90. low tonight near 70.
by his negotiating team in Paris
at failure to make any progress
in opening secret talks with the
North Vietnamese. This was
proposed to Ambassador Xuan
Thuy by Ambassador W. Aven-
ell Harriman in their meeting
Wednesday and Thuy rejected
from the U S point of view in
terms that North Vietnam has
p m. Saturday for a visit of
the Jaycee blood bank A col-
lection center will be set up
at the Brownwood Coliseum.
All types of blood is needed
and prospective donors are
asked to call Bob Taylor at
643-4456 so Jaycees will have
an index of how many to ex-
pect
Donors are asked not to eat
or drink anything for at least
three hours before blood do-
nation
The Jaycee blood bank gives
blood without cost to anyone
who needs it. However, the
supply is almost depleted
To date, the blood bank has
given over 150 pints of blood
free of charge to the people
of Brown wood Total current
market value of the blood giv-
the Ml seniors who will complete
high school careers today at com-
mencement exercises to begin at 8
p.m. in the Brownwood Coliseum.
(Bulletin Staff Photo)
spoke on television and the ra-
dio. I dependent School District, end Rep.
(See EDUCATION on Page 21 namese de-escalation in return was said.
Both Sides Refuse
To Budge in Talks
By JOHN M HIGHTOWER
AP Special Correspondent
PARIS (AP)—The United States and North Viet-
nam are moving toward a showdown in the Paris peace
talks on the issue of ending US. bombing of North
Vietnamese territory and there is no compromise
in sight.
Each government is expected gon. pressing the United States
to increase Its pressure on the for concessions in the Paris
other in the meetings ahead. talks, and striving for new mil-
o
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PARTLY CLOUDY
necks said 23 of their men were
killed and 86 wounded in the ac-
tion Wednesday and Thursday
two miles northeast of Con
Thien.
Bombing of the central high-
lands was stepned up after
North Vietnamese troops were
reported crossing over the Lao-
tian frontier in force. U.S intel-
ligence officers in the field said
the Communist command might
Melba Benson. Janet
Tent City Residents
onstration the movments lead- that we plan to send some wel;
fare mothers back to the Capitol
"Education is more than
classrooms, more than books
and more than professors."
Dr Guy D Newman, HPC nutting the enemy "to achieve a
president conferred the de- victory that would make ■
grees. mockery of the negotiations."
Rep W S (BUI)' Heatly of some 132 other degrees were U.S Secretary of Defense
Paducah reminded the How- granted Honor graduates in- Clark M. Clifford, also speaking
ard Payne College graduates - - in Washineton — "h---*lem
HONORARY DOCTORATES - Dr.
district. and Rev Robert W tion provides the special ele- aggression against North Viet-
McGinnis. pastor of the Casa ment needed to keep our pro- nam and should end all its at- North V ietnamese spokesmen
View Baptist Church of Dallas, grees in balance and to give tacks against that country with- have made public reports of vir-
Barnes said he got the injury were awarded honorary doc- us trained leaders who under out getting any North Viet- tually everything important that
consistently stated." Clifford
said "that their intention was
to fight and negotiate, and we
must be prepared both physi-
cally and psychologically, to do
the same "
Johnson said. "It still is not
clear that Hanoi is ready for an
early and honorable peace “
His statement seemed to re-
fleet the frustration experienced
items as milk, butter and
cheese. West Germany wants to
curb such outlays.
Tractors and barricades were
used to halt traffic on many
roads in Brittany and south and
central France The farmers
moved from car to car to ex-
plain their economic difficulties
to motorists, then allowed them
to proceed
Premier Pompidou told news-
1945 Drive
The first North Vietnamese
divisions ever identified in
at least
kets" when he and his col-
leagues in the Common Market
open the Brussels meeting Mon-
day
Complicating the situation,
Belgium, which has a crisis of
set off violence which would not
be controlled
The National Students Union
scheduled demonstrations at
four points in northeastern Par-,
Is The Communist-dominated
General Confederation of Work-
I ers announced two marches i
Today not only marks finis
for the 1968 class of Brown-
wood High School but also the
last day of school for the
1967-68 school year in all
Brownwood Public Schools
Graduation exercises for ' the
1968 class begins today at 8
pm in the Brownwood Coli-
seum
Valedictorian is John Yantis
who will speak on "From
dreams to reality John Slav
en Arthur, salutatorian, will
use for his theme The need
for reality
tian Fouchet warned
The Harriman-Thuy confer-
ence is coming to the end of its
second week with four meetings
held, including only one this
week The next meeting is
scheduled for Monday White
By JOHN BECKLER _______
Associated Press Writer er called unplanned and unfor-
WASHINGTON (APi-Heavy tunate.
at commencement exercises
San Antonio; David Lowe, San used to describe its own opera-
Heatly, chairman of the ap- Angelo. Carol Clarke, Austin, tons
propriations committee of the magna cum laude: Yvonne
House, said, “The strength of Gormley, Tonya Horner,
any free society is that there Brownwood. Ramon Rivera,
be no catechism, no pre-deter- Barranquitas Puerto Rico,
mined solutions, no automatic cum laude; and Hilda Jones,
answers to the complex prob- Beaumont, summa cum laude through the Wednesday session,
lems of the changing worlds " Heatly, who pointed out that has been to use the talks as a to-
Heatly, along with J. J tax-wpporedd instittionses rum from which to present his
Pearce, superintendent of the higher learning, however, de- case to world public opinion that
Richardson Independent School dared, “that Christian educa- the United States is guilty of
itary victories in South Viet-
nam
A long-range secondary aim.
they say. may be to negotiate a
compromise settlement, for
which their bargaining position
its own, asked its Common Mar-
ket partners to postpone the
meeting. Belgians were report-
ed to want to avoid more trou-
ble for their premier-designate.
Paul van dem Boeynants, who
is trying to form a new govern-
ment.
Students noted in Paris
Thursday for the second night in
succession, and authorities
feared the violence would in-
crease Interior Minister Chris-
welcome
The combined choirs of
BHS. under the direction of
Miss Dorothy McIntosh, will
sing "Climb Every Moantain "
Processional and recess ional
will be played by the BHS
band directed by Don Russell.
Awards will be presented by
R E Warren. principal and
diplomas given out by Guy T
Smith, superintendent of
Brownwood Public schools
Damon Smith, president of
the student body, will deliver
The honor graduates among
the 301 students who are to re-
ceive diplomas today include
John Thomas Yantis 96.03;
John Steven Arthur 9549 Lo-
gan Dale McNatt. 93 78; Janice
Ellene Crump. 92 81. and Mich-
ele Pitts, 9229
/AAlso, Richard Lynn Porter,
‘92.09; Sarah Beth Hyde, 9171,
Deborah Kathryn Bcyd 91 1*.
Ruth Annette Ayers. 90 42;
and Robert Siegmund Rothe.
90 19
Gnggs DeHay, president of
the senior class, will bring the
By GFOR GE ESPER
Associa Press Writer
SAIGON I API - Waves of
.America's biggest bombers kept
up one of the most concentrated
saturation attacks of the war to-
day against North Vietnamese
troops reported crossing from
Laos into the center of South
. Vietnam The intersified air
campaign was aimed at stop-
ping any major enemy thrust
across the country
In 10 missions Thursday and
today, at least 30 Air Force B52
bombers rained nearly 1,000
tons of explosives along enemy
areas near the junction of the
borders of South Vietnam, Laos
and Cambodia
203 Reds Kilied
While the pressure mounted in
the central highlands, U.S Ma-
rines just below the demilitar-
ized zone reported 203 North
Vietnamese killed in a savage
two-day battle The Leather-
wave paralyzing most of
France's economic life.
More and greater turmoil
threatened meanwhile, as
workers, students and farmers
called a new round of demon-
strations today a few hours be-
fore President Charles de
Gaulle's address to the nation
DeGaulle was expected to
give his analysis of the situation
and propose broad outlines for a
settlement The government
then would try to reach an
agreement with business and la-
bor within these guidelines.
The Communist-led General
Confederation of Workers,
rains turned Resurrection City. But it also received its first
U.S.A.. into a sea of mud to- federal response as Secretary of
day and forced at least a tern- Agriculture Orville L. Freeman
porary evacuation of most of promised to expand federal food
the residents of the Poor Peo- programs and 30 senators and fice building-banned as unlaw-
pie's Campaign shantytown representatives set up an infer- i ful assembly on Capitol Hill-
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Res- mai unofficial liaison committee were released without bond in
urrection City manager, said between Congress and the cam-' the custody of a campaign offi-
plans are being made to shift paign cial
about 2.000 of the 2.40(> residents Jackson said there also is
to churches in metropolitan danger of a flu epidemic sweep-
Washington. ... ing the campsite at Lincoln Me-
Meanwhile the campaign sus mrial "5
tamed Thursday its first group Campaign leaders issued a
arrests after a Capitol Hill dem- cau for thousands of boots and
raincoats for the campaign Plans for the 1968 traveling
demonstrators. It has rained seminar conducted by the Doug-
heavily for.24 hours and more las MacArthur Academy of
rain is predicted today and Sat- Freedom have been cancelled,
I urday. according to Mrs Dorothy Sch- fighting. ’
I Jackson also said there is a roeder, tour director and chair-
need for more temporary ac-|manothe Howard Payne Col-
commodations outside the camp lege sociology department.
_____... — -______ area house inhabitants until _ . . . . .
AUSTIN (AP)-The Supreme conditions improve The tour, which had been
Court refused today to hear Jackson described the condi- scheduled to leave June 5 was
Dallas Republican John Low- tions as "rather deplorable" called1.ol
rance’s claim that Gov. John The mud is rour tofve inches conditions -
Connally illegally set June 1 as thick he said jor cities which vtn to be
the date of Lowrance's special The planned evacuation will visited.
legislative runoff with Democrat not interrupt the campaign's ef The tour had been scheduled
Doug Bergman, forts to convince Congress and to return here June 30 after
The high court issued no writ- the federal government that visits to such spots as Washing-
ten opinion more help is needed for the ton, D.C, New York, Norfolk,
Lowrance had filed papers poor, Jackson said, Va. partsqf Sanada as well “
with the court asking it to hear “We will evacuate as many as various historic sites,
his appeal and then to order a possible today, particularly Plans for a 1969 seminar are
new election date mothers with small children," already being made, Mrs.
------------------ he said. "and once we've done Schroeder said.
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Donations
Needed for
Blood Bank
Blood donors are needed
here between 10 am and 2
'the fm ocation and the Alma
Mater will be sung by the
choirs and senior class
Senior class sponsors are
Clyde Dean and Mrs Ruth
Spence Junior ushers include
Donna Gardner Mary Beth
Bury Patti Paul, Janice Fur-
ry Lisa Dihretl, Paula Nortis,
Gary Thomason Wynn Akins,
Doug"Streckert, Joe McCluskey,
Jackie Alley and Terry Scott.
Class motto is Thoughts are
but dreams till their effects be
tried "
Highlands
Peppered
across the southern half of the
city.
In the provinces organiza-
tions of farmers called demon-;
strations to show solidarity with '
the workers and students—and |
to demand that the government
protect them in coming price
negotiations with the other Com-
mon Market countries
There was a strong possibility
that the marching demonstra-
tors would have Pans in an up-
roar by the time De Gaulle
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