Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 301, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 1, 1967 Page: 1 of 28
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Old War Birds Wing Aid to Harlingen Flood Victims
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Rio Grande’s Crest
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collected items for the trip.
Red Interceptors Turn Fire
Saturday 84
7:18, sunrise Monday 7:26.
and an army barracks north of was no letup in the U S. aerial
pounding of North Vietnamese
Haiphong.
demilitarized zone, however
and wounded
ins.
Marine spokesmen said ohly Four government camps in
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Bridge Tourney
Winds Up Today
tonight near 65.
Maximum temperature here
Force jets that attacked the Kep
Ha army barracks 40. miles
disaster.
For the first time since the
, river -went wild, river gauges
. showed Saturday that the silt-
’ murky water had dropped below
. , flood stage at Rio Grande.City
tion of their sermon time to
a topic related to the' ap-
proaching effort
Mrs J R Beadle is chair-
trim of this year's campaign
in Harlingen, at* somebody's front
door.
"RESPONSE TO this whole un-
dertaking has simply been over-
whelming." Al Wilks, chairman
1 of the local Salvation Army serv-
ice unit, said Saturday.
"We expected Brown County
Force Dragon ships loosed near-
ly 50,000 shells at suspected
Communist positions early Sat.
urday to counter" a series of
mortar 'Attacks on allied posts in
.the Mekong Delta
Red mortarmen hit the U S.
be held in connection with
local civic club meetings are
planned Ben Durham is pro-
gress chairman for the 1967
campaign
Report 'sessions scheduled
inclyde Oct 11 at the Rotary
meeting Oct 19 at the Kt .
wanis meeting, Oct. 27 at the
Jaycee meeting and Oct 31 at
the Lous miecng
help, remind county residents
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up the Gulf of Mexico coastline
th severe winds while 114.000
ters' office on Cepter . - Chairmen of the various
Then at 5 p m Monday, a divisions include W R Lyle.
ley Air Force Base, Va., flew
tow attacking the mosquito pop-
ualga c-plasiou.
Drop Below Flood-e
By PAUL RECER T
Associated Press Writer
Texas rivers leading toward
Corpus Christi Bay'. But there
were no reports of distress as
there were in that region shortly
after Beulah passed
Spray Planes
U.S. headquarters said the gun positions in and around the
two MIG37s fired on the Air demilitarized zone, however
. Force B-17 planned for tgis af-
ternoon.
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mortar shellings- from the en- 35 rounds under cover of night
trenched North Vietnamese.
flight left, plans were being many boxes of items from per-
made for a second one to finish sons who were ungble to make
the job. ' the drip to the downtown col-
Some additional contributions lection point.______________
Hanoi Saturday There was no
report of U S losses in Saigon
On the ground in South’Viet-
nam, the Communist artillery
siege of the I S. Marine base at
Con Thien appeared over at
least for the time being There
call, it became evident Friday for classes Friday bearing items
one trip could not possibly take for the plane load.
— - t Brownwood police collected
came in Saturday morning, al-
though efforts to secure dona-
tions ended at 5 p m. Friday.
After the drive opens, a
asked to devote at least a por- ' series of report meetings to
i-
when spray planes from Lang- United Fund parade will wind
through the downtown area to
Second, Flight Set
With County Gifts
appeared probable the maneu-
ver will help the farms because
"y.JIM WYATr
“utletin Staff Writer
HARLINGEN - Soldiers on
• temporary flood duty here took
a few moments from their work
about 12.45 p m Saturday to
look skyward at something, rare
these days but familiar to serv-
icemen 25 years ago.
Their attention was drawn as
a B-17 and a B-2C — bombers
which fought in a war before
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THE WHOLE STORY —• This fail
section of the Confederate Air Force
B-1 which left Brownwood Municipal
. /Airport. Saturday with aid ‘for Rio
Grande Valley flood victims tells, the
whole story. It bears the legend
Mexico but a futt count, re-
mained impossible, with large
numbers unaccounted for—hope-
fully they were safe in shelters
or on high ground.
Some flooding continued as
far as 200 miles inland on other
mornirtg.
- The first flight surged south-
The Soviet news agency' Tass
sajd the North Vielnamese re
SAIGON (API — A pair of
Commuxist interceptors made
strafing' passes at U.S. Air
Force Thunderchiefs that flew
deep into North Vietnam Satur-
day to.bomb a MIG airfield and'
a missile site in the Hanoi area
On Yank Jets in North Viet
Saturday's river crest, a lone 3“" %*** ""5.
ported antiaircraft gunners shot 34 rounds of mortar or artillery’ delta were other targets oi Corn-
down four U S planes north-of fell throughout Saturday on munist mortars
UF Drive Nearing
Formal Launching
Brown County will.observe officially opens the next day. -vance gifts. Gerald Norman,
United Fund Sunday today as * Several Brown County bands pilot. John Pound, employes;
Monday's second flight is“ex- ______,______ ,,
. pected to also leave abou 10 it all? So even before the first
a m , with loading of the huge flight left, plans were I
four-engined Confederate Air
almost indiscernible one, was!
in the Brownsville-Matamoros 1
area with another 18 miles to
go to the sea.
Flood stage at the twin'.cities
is 18 feet and the river eased
up to that level But should it
go over its bank?, levees pro-
tect the cities.
Workman . built new levees,
however, at the bridge between
the cities Saturday in an effort
to keep any water. out of the
flatlands between the river and
For a fourth straight day, the
Con Thien base and other Ma- 9th Infantry Division headquar
north of Haiphong, but a spokes rine dutposts along the DMZ ters at Domg Tam, 42 miles
man said the Soviet-built jets took only _ light artillery and southwest of Saigon with about
did no damage, —• •— *- — -- - - - - -
BROWN COUNTY residents
donated an estimated 10 tons of
food, bedding and clothing in
slightly more than 48 hgurs to
Red Cross Sets
Aid to Flooded
_, She brought the floods with her
with rains of 20 to 30 inches
Harlingen sleepers were
jarred awake Saturday morning
are, expected to participate- Mrs Romig. woman's, Alton
according to parade chairman Reed, special; Shelly Royal,
Ron Barron, and most United countuJaek Pilon proes-
Fund agencies will-haveen- sional; Scott Lanford, farm
Pahe
homes and possessions to Hur-
ricane Beulah and its aftermath
floods.
The B-26 earned a similar
load from the Big Spring area.
About 150 persons were on
hand as the planes touched
down Included were officials of
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BROWNWOOD AREA -
Fair today, partly cloudy Mon-
day. High today near 95. low
16 Ami
and ranch; A. C. Htehley,
Bangs. B. C. Drinkard, out-of-
town.
commercial No, 1; Perry
Matson, commercial No. 2;
Ernest Morris, commercial
Ne 3, W. Lee Watson, ad-
it was a request from the
Salvation Army that triggered
the mercy flights and in Brown
County it was the Salvation
Army service unit which spear-
headed collecting items, for tran-
sportation here by the CAF
Capt. Neal Keeton of the Sal-
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gan almost at once and goods
were taken to a Salvation Army
depot tor distribution
Outside the depot, a line some
two blocks' long waited for
their turn to get help from the
food bedding and clothing stock-
piled inside Help was distribut-
ed on the basis of family sue
and other factors
Capt- Keeton said in. the past .
two days the Salvation Army':
has been taking care of 1,624
families which average more
than six members each
There are similar depots at
Raymondville and Mercedes in.
this area
Keeton indicated food is part-•
icularly heeded here right now
since USDA surplus conmodi-
damage is not only heavy but
uninsured Friday was the first
day since the hurricane struck
that people here, could return
to their homes in any numbers.
Col Marvin Gardner of the
CAF piloted the B-17 on its
flight here Minor trouble de-
layed the B-26 from Big Spring,
but the plane from Brownwood
-throttled back so the other .air-
csaft could land, get the pro-
blem fixed. and catch up in
time for the two to land to- .
gether at Harlingen AFB.
Plans Saturday night call for
the B-17 to . leave here about
19' a m Sunday for the flight
back to Brownwood, with touch-
down,expected about 12.30 p m. , .
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HARLINGEN, Tex. (APY— The monstrous Rio . .
Grande, its flood tamed at last with-time and Mexico's . F
sacrifices, sent its crest near the sea Saturday while
upstream residents struggled to bring order from the 3
Brownwood Public -Schools
Rio Grande's mouth . ,
Upriver from Brownsville;
Tex, and Matamoros, Mexico,
many residences romained
flooded, silt covered the- land
- Caribbean and on Mexico's
Yucatan Peninsula before she'
struck at Brownsville and Mata-
1 inoros Texas counted 12 dead
The deathtoll was heayy in
Ng observance of day s
—Hdhed Fund Sunday, mini-
sters in this county have been
A second mercy flight to ferry set up the need for two flights many more instances of similar abc'jt -00 s.ream miles from the
another big load of needed sup- to Harlingen. contributions — mau unsolicit-
plies from Brown €unty. into ' Originally, .the Confederate ed. ' ?
the water-snaked"* Rio Grande ajA Force volunteered'to fly a A-collection center for goods
Valley scheduled to leave Brown - Tad of goods into the flood area in Brownwood was- pperated at
wood Municipal. Airport Monday and the local Salvation Army "202 E. Anderson by Jaycee-
service unit issued a call about Ettes. Bangs and Barly also |
. noon Wednesday for donations
■ ward from the airport shortly to fill that-plane
after 10 a in. Saturday, and But so whole-heartedly did joined in the effort and students
touched down in Harlingen county residents respond to that from all over the city reported
' about 2% hours later. ( ' ' ■ " ‘ *——--t=----
Leatherneck bases just below
the DMZ. Two Mannes wers
killed ' and one Wounded, a
spokesman said Far to the
south, rapid-firing U.S. Air
the Salvatibn Army' as well as , vation Army, who was among
serveral colonels Jn the CAF, those -on hand for- the touch
Harlingen Jayeees, newsmen down, noted he served at Camp
and others. - Bowie in Brownwood during '
World War U.
"The people of Brownwood
were good to me when I was an
enlisted man at Camp Bowie
and they have been good to me -
again by sending us these items
we need so badly," Capt, Keeton -
-, said . .
. Unloadihgof the aircraft be-'
of rich silt.
Beulah took 24 lives-in the
ties while they have been com-
ing in. have not yet arrived
in sufficient quantity to meet
the need
"Besides these surplus com
modules cover only the basic
items and some variety is need-
ed But we need more food now.”
he said
After arriving here: newsmen
from Brownwood were taken on
a tour of some of the flood 4
damage here Harlingen Jay
cees. who conducted the tour,
took this reporter and Mrs. Pat
Davidson through some areas
which became accessible only
today
Mud is everywhere as resid-
ents are gradually able to re-
turn to. their homes only to fihd
many of those watching were
born — Gtided to a landing at
Harlingen Air Force Base
But instead of returning from
a mission of war the two Con- •
federate AirForce planes were
on a mission of mercy.
The Flying Fortress bore al-.
most 10,000 pounds of-food and
- bedding donated by Brown
County residents to the thou-
sands in the Harlingen who lost
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the- 1967 UF nears its formal
opening The drive officially
begins Tuesday /_______
Two major UF events are
scheduled for Monday, how-
ever. First will be a kickoff
coffee. at 10 a.m. Monday for.
the woman’s division of the
drive headd by Mrs Ray
Romig.
CThe djvtsion will begin its
cahpatgn with a coffee and
doughnut session at 10 a m.
in the United Fund headquar-
"Spirit of Brownwood" as well as the
American and Confederate flags.
Brown County and the CAF combined
to speed aid-to the flood area.
(Bulletin Staff Photo) .
. . - on the U S side alone huddled
Sunset today' , in - helters, erratically turned
i northwest and battered herself. ■
to death on Mexico's mountains j
residents to answer our call for a large turn-out is expected of Blanket
help, but I don't believe anvone today winding up the Heart of ' Women's Pairs — 1 Mrs
expected the tremendous re Texas Sectional Bridge Tourna- Donna L MeGee and Mrs. Ed
sponse which came from all ment which opened -Friday at Gay of Sweetwater; 2. Mrs
''while IMons o( food, bedding ""fhFroger"gnrSaysnumm an ngrocandof C e
sus ra; many juS&'WJS" in
other kinds of help came quick- states have literally overflowed . . r R , phudei
ly Friday and Saturday. the Coliseum. 1 1 F. Bay of Brownwood
Dozens of volunteers, many of winners were announced late and.M H Callan of Menard;
them Howard Payne College. Saturday afternoon by I F Bay 2 Mr; and.Mrs JLatham.
students or Boy Scout members. for Friday night and Saturday Eckert and Dr H,E A llena nd
turned out both days to help morning s play Games and win- Fielding Early of Brownwood
in packing, hauling, weighing ners include - Host players are members of way system and the"fact that
and loading the mountain of Men s Pairs _ 1 Samuel A the Heart of Texas Play Area Mexico deliberately flooded vast
items destined for flood victims. Wellhausen and Robert Preston of Ft Concho Unit No. 204 John areas of its’ farmland to lower
of Abilene: 2 Lkyd L London-Emery is tournament director the stream's height V
SEVERAL LCAL companies Lof Cisco and H. A Hoover of Serving refreshments for the F The Mexican action was a
provided trucks to transport the Stephenville; 3. Bill Burbridge three-day tournament are the sacrifice of the moment, but it
items, and some also provided of Houston and B. D. Richmond Brownwood Jaycee’Ettes.
men to help. And there were -----------------------— ,-----------
Brown County Chapter of the
American Red Cross will send
a truck to South Texas flooded
areas sometime during the lat-
ter part of this week, chapter
officials announced Saturday.
Clothing, bedding, canned
goods and other items are still
needed for refugees in the de-
vasted areas.
Small boxes , or individual
items may be brought to the
Red Cross local headquarters at
509 E Depot St. "
Churches and organizations
with greater amounts of cloth-
ing. bedding, blankets or other
items to donate, may call the
local Red Cross office, 643-1644,
for information.
TRYING TO FLY—The Confederate Air Korea's B-17 pounds of food and bedding donated by Brown
is caught by the camera as it strained to become air- County people to flood victims in the Harlingen
-borne here Saturday morning with about 10,000 -area. (Bulletin Staff Photo)
levee, thus protecting the bridge
approaches The work was pre-
ventive since no major threat
existed
The relative safety of Browns
ville and Matamoros occurred
because of an elaborate flood
and homes. and st "least- me
| city talked of a. 83 million bond -e .
I issue ju st to repair airport faci-
lities Renairs and restoration : . .
is expected to require weeks. • « . .
Hurricane BenBh. possibly —= '- " .nu
the most damaging known to.-• . -
history if its destruction ever. 9 L
can he computed, set off the
Moods. ' NO PLACE TO GO, an abandoned
She crashed into the Texas dog sought shelter from the rising
Mexico border Sept. 20. raced flood waters of the Arroyo Colorado
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THIRTY SIX PAGES TODAY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1967 VOL. 67 NO. 301
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 301, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 1, 1967, newspaper, October 1, 1967; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1573823/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.