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Brownwood Bulletin
HOT AND HUMID
TEN PAGES TODAY
Allies Kick Off Major Sweep in Vietnam
B’wood to Host Texas
American- on a rise on the mountain top.
Duc. It is the site of a i
Col Nguyen Van Thien, the
included
The
attack
force
marines recently with- said his force was taking advan-
namese
bagtalions of Vietnamese special tential enemy buildups for large
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South Vietnamese forces in
Sihanouk’s chalet, which the
government said it had decided is the prelude to a massive at
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In My Lai Slayings
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Hebert's subcommittee drew murder, rape and maiming.
—US intelligence dismissed
deaths in
machine gun confronta-
of a
' in
units involved.
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the tune has been determined.
field
courts for two others also ac- being court-martialed in South-
under study and continue
case
joined from trying Torres or
HOUSTON (AP) - A Houston
federal court.
Army would present rebuttal ar- with the lawyers for reading to-
sent for the exams.
by Weltner would appear.
raising the statewide oil allow-
AUSTIN < API - The Texas
Ted
End War, End Unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — A State President S. I Hayakawa, former Republican Gov. Wil-
presidential commission aimed University of Michigan Presi-
and Georgia and Mississippi is
puses was told today it will not Student Association President
is ended .
rane. president of the Black
mendations by Oct. 1.
“there its young critics ... and yet
mission on Campus Unrest.
said
, statement the recommendations
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Three Area Men Report
For Induction Thursday
U.S Dist. Court Judge Albert
J Henderson, one of the jurists
almost nightly probes that the
Cambodian command believes
ago. Since then, similar peti-
tions have been filed in other
fare offices in Brownwood are
moving from the present loca-
day in the case of a soldier
charged with murder in the al-
only 20 Vietnamese civihans
were killed in artillery, helicop-
Henderson, kt granting the
temporary injunction for
B'wood Welfare
Offices Moving
The State Dept of Public Wel-
and Norma Ridge
The psychologist and his wife
live at 2311 14th St here and
By RICHARD PYLE
Associated Press Writer
SAIGON (APi - Nearly 5,000
South Vietnamese troops
from the files.
—An order by Capt. Ernest L.
RE-ELECTED OFFICERS—The 1970-
71 slate of new officers for the Brown
County Chapter of the American Red
Cross have all been reselected. They
were installed at the annual meeting
of the chapter Tuesday afternoon.
judges would take immediate
action
of Austin, Tex.
The other, in behalf of Spec. 4
Robert W TSorvas. 11, of San
Jose, Calif., has not been set for
FIGHTING PRINCESS' —
Looking like an Israeli girl at
the front lines, England's
Princess Anne wears army
denims as she visit (troops in
i month decline in the allowable.
, There were reports that the
increase was due to uncertainty
again about the availability of
, oil from the Arab countries.
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Besketball
Clinic Opening
Here Thursday
He received a bachelor's de-
gree in psychology from Univer-
sity of Texas at Arlington and
a master of science degree from
North Texas State University
in 1966
Ridge served from 1951 to
1959 in the armed forces and
was stationed with the army
in Korea and Germany.
A native of the Houston area.
drawn from Cambodia and two tage of good weather to spoil po- was reported in this operation.
......g Spokesmen in Saigon reported
they that enemy activity across the
witnesses called at the opening system. the _______.______________-
hearing of the President’s Can-, evidence of this awareness,* he for thekgrowing tension in the port a despotic dictatorship
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also his."
Coohrane said before he be-
gan his testimony that he had
little faith the President would
hear Weltner’s arguments m
support of the petition There
was no indication whether the
pi eieuai cvuunisaiun aiuc Universily « scitigan Fiesi- liam W Scranton of Pennsylva-
at pacifying the nation's cam- dent Robben Fleming. National nia. was named a month ago by
puses was told today it will not Student Association President President Nixon in the wake of
Bv RAY BELL
ATLANTA, Ga (AP> - The
constitutionality of the entire
The jury reached its verdict
late Tuesday night but the de-
cision was sealed by agreement
Hiep Duc, which is 35 miles. — —,.------ ------------
- . „ . . . trained Cambodian mercenaries and the brick and reinforced
extended their control c- -—*—■ hildin- i
Thompson testified that when he i
landed to rescue Vietnamese ci-'
vilians from a bunker, a lieuten-
I
day.
Jurors will decide punishment
in further deliberations.
ant in charge of GIs standing
over bodies in a ditch told him
"The only way I could get them
out is with a hand grenade or
something of that order But
Thompson denied having heli-
copter guns trained on GIs dur-
ing the rescue
—Acts by individual GIs were
7
launched a major new sweep to-___
day. seeking to destroy North The attack force included l— --- •— ------- —
Vietnamese base camps in three battalions of South Viet- commander of the operation.
rugged jungle country west of
k
The announcement was made 1
this morning by Jackson King. J
executive director of the center 1
located in the Brownwood-Brown
County Health Building
According to King, Ridge will
be in charge of the menul re-
tardation division at the center. L
His duties will be to coordinate
the activities that are related V
to mental retardation in the
seven-county area He will be d
in charge of all psychological E
testing for the center. King •
said
support units and U.S. adviser
groups, the subcommittee said
in a report released Tuesday.
But there is no evidence they
ever reached headquarters in
Saigoo, the report added
' "The subcommittee believes
the explanation lies in a con-
certed action among military
and State Department officers
scribe the scope of the agree-
ment.”
the report, based on stinl-se-
cret testimony by 152 witnesses,
was released by a special four-
man House armed services in-
vestigating subcommitee head-
ed by Rep F Edward Hebert,
D-La
Other principal findings of the
investigation into the Task
Force Barker sweep against the
suspected Viet Cong stronghold
at My Lai March 1(. IS®
-Helicopter Pilot Hugh C.
Barbed Wire Collectors
The Texas Barbed Wire Collectors Assn will I
hold its fifth annual state convention in Brown-
wood at the Riverside Motor Hotel July 31
through Aug 2 I
Display and trade rooms will be open to the I
public Saturday and Sunday, Aug 1 and 2 from ,
8 am to 6 pm.
The association was formed; on Jan. 14, 1966 1
with 18 members attending the first meeting, s
Since the formation of the Texas Barbed Wire
Collectors Assn, 10 other states have formed I
state associations
According to Sidney A. Brintle, president of
TBWCA, there are organized posts in Abilene.
Austin, Houston, and Copperas Cove. The parent i
organization meets in Fort Worth and past con- i
ventions have been held in Canyon. Waco. Sny-
der and Austin.
tier No major allied operations Thuong -----------------
have taken place there in years Special Forces camp which was south of Da Nang A district
Only light contact was report- under sporadic rocket and mor- town, Hiep Duc has been at-
ed’in the early hours of the op- tar fire until about two weeks tacked repeatedly since the first
1 eration. | ago I of the year and during May was
- - - - - - - - —- “e partially occupied for five days
I, by North Vietnamese troops
| No contact with the enemy
rb
v- - „■
The August allowable will per-
mit maximum production of 3,-
602,296 barrels a day next
From left to right they are Mrs. James
Mitchem, secretary; Ron Schulte,
chapter chairman; and Alan King,
chapter vice-chairman. Not pictured
is A. C. Henley, treasurer.
(Bulletin Photo).
cused in the alleged My Lai eanst Asia to seek civil stays.
massacre | Sources said it was highly un-
One nt those petitions, for S likely that the three federal
Sgt David Mitchell. 30. of St.
could prompt every person
- Three men have been order-
ed to report Thursday for in-
duction into the armed forces
by Texas Local Board No. 15,
Selective Service System.
The three are Gary L.
Evetts. Sammy R. Gardner
and Allan Wright wright is
a transfer from Texas Local
Board No. M .
Local Board No 15 which
serves Brown and Comanche
counties, did not receive a call
their control over concrete factory building also is
most of Kiri Rom today but in a formidable defensive posi-
dug in Viet Cong and North tion
Vietnamese forces held at least The military spokesman said
two strong positions in the government casualties in the
i mountain resort 50 miles west of fighting had been "very light"
Phnom Penh
back away from its own conf-
rontation with the issue of the
war," he said "An analysis of
campus unrest cannot look sole-
ly at the acs of students as dis-
ruptive and lawless.
"They are the ones who face
the draft. It is their friends who
are dying in the war. It is their
lives and careers that are being
disrupted."
Kennedy, however, deplored
“the violence and various conf
rontations that have become the
that the case be transferred to jury has found John Lamar Indo
guilty of murdering his mother
The court was expected to in a ruling announced today.1
enemy force that overran the
Cambodian army garrison Sat- harassing small arms and mor:
urdav held the villa of deposed I tar fire during the night against
-____ . _______ _____ ... Prince Norodom Sihanouk and a government troops at the Grand
Cambodia reported killing 27 en- small factory that made ammu- Hotel in the Siem Reap-Angkor
- - ■ 1 - area. |t was one of a senes of
areas as "Communist propagan-
da even though most of the charges against 12 GIs. includ-
allegations were coming from ing Medina and platoon leader
South Vietnamese officials and Lt. William L. Calley Jr. The
detailed time, place and LS. charges range from officer re-
1 sponsibility for the deaths to
____________________. -_____ for physical examinations in
he attended high school in House art members of the Lutheran , July although three transfers
1 ton in Gatesville he was a mem- i church. I from other boards will be
Two battalions of the Cambo- heavy Reports from the scene
dians recruited in South Viet- estimated the dead, wounded
nam’s Mekong Delta had recap- and missing on both sides at
tured most of the 2,000-foot about 400, and casualties in the
l mountain, a government mili- garrison overrun Saturday were
tary spokesman said, but the reported heavy - '
1 - - - *- The spokesman also reported
Thompson and an unnamed pla-
toon leader, one officer testified,
t as with Thompson’s report of Ci-
i vilian killings.
by Maj Gen Samuel W. Koster,
then Americal Division com-
mander. from a helicopter
flying overhead Koster said
Medina's estimate of 28 dead
sounded about right
Atlanta. said
Aug. 13 New Date
For Barr Hearing
A hearing scheduled for
Thursday morning in the 35th
District Court of Brown County
to decide on the Aug. 17th trial
of Mrs Juanita Dale (Candy
Ram Phillips, has been re-
scheduled for Aug. 13th, accord-
ing to District Attorney George
Day.
Miss Phillips has been charg-
ed in Brown County with posses-
sion of marijuana.
The Aug 13th hearing has
been called by defense attorneys
Ben Sudderth of Comanche and
Valton Sudderth of Brownwood
for court action on a number of
motions
These include motions to
quash three search warrants and
to quash the indictment.
Judge Joe Dibrell is to preside
at the hearing and should mo-
tions be denied he is to preside
at the Aug. 17 trial.
"The blame for the atmos-lof the commission “can be is-
phere of hysteria and fear that sued none too soon." If further
produced the murders in Ohio upheaval is to be headed off.
and Georgia and Mississippi is “I urge this commission not to
hypocrisy of an establishment
Cochrane. a Yale law student that .. demands silence of all
tion at 100 Melwood Ave. to 500
West Commerce
The announcement was made
this morning by Robert Johan
sen. supervisor with the state
welfare department.
Moving operations began this
morning. Johansen said The
telephone numbers for the lo-
cal department will not be
changed. These numbers are
646-8855 and 646-8808
New office space has been
added to the present structure
at the site and the old offices
have been renovated and air-
conditioned. Johansen noted.
The building now offers space
for 11 offices.
the temporary injunction until
reaching its final decision
The .Army had set the pretrial
hearing for Torres' general
court-martial for 9 a.m. Friday.
Torres, a member of the
Americal Division during its
March 1968 raid on My Lai. is
charged with the murder of four
Vietnamese civilians—one by
hanging—and the attempted
murder of at least three others
Weltner challenged the constitu-
tionality of U.S. jurssdiction in a
case involving foreign territory
and foreign nationals during a
time the nation is not ftvolved
in a declared war, and failure to
provide for a trial by jury.
Da Nang. I
Kicking off one of the biggest -------------------
operations in months in the foces troops the mercenaries ground attacks such as - -— -----
northern provinces, waves of paid by the United States and have almost always made in country was the lightest in sev-,
U.S. Marine helicopters landed trained and led by U.S. Green August - . I eral months, with the only sharp
the assault troops and their Berets I South Vietnamese officers fighting involving U.S. forces
American advisers shortly after Their primary targets were also took the wraps off another In four contacts, one American
daylight in an area 25 to 40 two North Vietnamese base operation a three-battalion and 20 of the enemy were killed,
miles east of the Laotian fron- ■ areas west and southwest of push that began Sunday west of and 13 Americans were wound-
------------------------------------ ed, the US Command said
to buyers’ demands today by; potential, halting a three-
If contends an Army trial by hearing.
court-martial would violate
Torres' constitutional rights on - .1
15 grounds and asks either that Indo Found Guilty
the Army be permanently en- ‛
l United States rests squarely! Kennedy gaid in hia prepared ; hallmark of too many campus 1 GermanyTheprincesaaincot
Th* other*. San Francisco, The commission, beaded bj wilh P.csideut Nixon. , statement the recommendations demonstrations. roe rr.
losses "very
JUDGES HEAR CHALLENGE
so wrong and uncharacteristic i----------------------------—---
=---: My Lai Hearing Is Major
^S^Test for Military Justice
acts in combat until the accused
man's mental responsibility at
"It maytwell be,” said Sen American Law StudentUnion. _______ . . .
Edward M Kennedy, "that the Scott declared in prepared shooting deaths of four students
only line in the commission's re- testimonv w. must retreat at Kent State University in Ohio heed the commission’s report.
"’KiT 2
war mhest ina .that to show each other our human- asked.thepanelfortuii recom- campuse* is a rebellion against
andsematsReputttcanemnat Student awareness does this ___
Hugh Scott were among the six saneramionrredtitrangdoesttheirsomha be no doubt in anyone’s sendsiv^ to die by the thou-
abiSShment is' mind that the ultimate source sands in a senseless war to sup-
. z.. k.imci.. fae.ioM in ha ' ..1 * A.cuAti. Aicctncehin
racy injunction against the
Army in Torres' case two weeks tice."
Government attorneys said it
guments, or whether a number
They are John C. Campbell of Army witnesses subpoenaed
from Angleton, Melvin D. by Weltner would appear.
In Cambodia,
on the panel, issued a tempo- Torres, said the case ‘strikes
the very heart of military jus-
.. Reports of atrocities by US
57"" nnldghersapromntyomnand
levels in the Americal Division,
2 emy troops in a series of clash- nition clips for the army.
5 es northeast of Krek, a rubber
83 plantation,center alongthe bor-
3 der in the Fishhook area 70 »—-----------------1« ™ pei — - -
I miles northeast of Phnom Penh, not to destroy by air strikes, is I tack later this month
and enemy
By JIM ADAMS
- Associated Press Writer
I WASHINGTON (AP> — The
1 alleged massacre of Vietnamese
civilians at My Las was deliber-
• j ately covered up under an
। agreement by military and
1 State Department officer? in the
t fTield, a special House subcom-
i mittee has charged
to suppress all evidence of the
allegation and its investiga-
Ridge Appointed to -2
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allegations of up to 570 civilian no conclusions on what actually ■ The initial field inquiry was
Mv Lai and nearby happened at My Lai and made as much concerned with reports
no reference to criminal of a “machine gun confronta-
tion” between helicopter pilot
t
us system
.. comes under a broad attack to-
Railroad Commission responded able for August to 62.9 per cent
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1970 VOL 70 NO. 234 10 Cents Doily 15 Cents Sundoy ________
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succeed until the Vietnam war Charles Palmer and Otis Coch-. campus uproars which followed
the U.S. move into Cambodia.
I Spurred especially by the
sSmSss ! 2*^ "x'r
hidden in a. sergeants deskj federal panel is whether the
drawer. If other documents ever Army has a legal right to try
existed they have disappeared Sgt. Esequiel Torres, 22. of
■ - Brownsville, Tex. I Francisville. La., was taken un-
The hearing was on a petition 1 der advisement Tuesday by U.S. I They indicated instead me
filed June 24 by attorney Dist. Court Judge Jack Roberts panel probably would take the
Medina commanderat the com- Charles L. Weltner'of Atlanta.1 - 1---—— ---
pany that made theumain.Mythe first civil intervention into
Lai SWEeP.to the Army’* jurisdiction over the
vilian dead was countermanded Lai case.
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Commission Hikes
State Oil Allowable
GLYN W. RIDGE
. . . psychologist
her of the Lions dub.
A brother and two sisters are
graduates of Howard Payne Col-
lege. These include Dr Charles
Ridge and the former Doris
BROWNWOOD AREA:
Clear to partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday with no
important temperature chang-
ea. Low tonight in 70s, high
Thursday near 100
Maximum temperature here.
Tuesday 05 overnight low 72.
Sunset today (41, sunrise
Thursday (.35.
Platt from Fort Worth and
Primitivo P Rodriquez from
Victoria Also due to report
for a physical examination
Thursday is Joe W Blagg,
who requested the action.
The group will report to the
local draft board office. Citi-
zens Bank building, at 9:30
a m. Thursday to be sent by
bus to the examining and en-
trance station at Abilene
Glyn W Ridge, formerly as- _
sociated with the Gatesville
State School as a psychologist,
has been named psychologist
for Central Texas Mental Health
and Mental Retardation Center A
- in Brownwood. I
Cover-Up Charged
month, compared to 3.267,083
this month under a 55.5 par
cent production factor *
Eight of the 14 major pur-
chasers of Texas crude oil asked
for more oil in August than this
month, five sought the same
amount and only one requested
les* oil nest month than in July.
Written nominations for Texas
crude totaled 3,201,572 barrel* a
day in August, an increase of
107,179 from July The US Bu-
August that the demand for Tex-
as crude was 3.4 million barrels
daily. an increase of 50,000 from
M* month.
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 234, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1970, newspaper, July 15, 1970; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1574429/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.