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Brownwood Bulletin
Riots
Erupt
Around Amman
In LA
.. Battle Erupts Near King's Palace
By HARRY DUNPHY
in
downtown Amman, three civil-
Jordanian troops. The battle at ’ avoided the post office area
! government forces and Palestin- ;
lan commandos
The current negotiations are
the battle, and three rockets
Price Hike
and pledged to continue the
Th* government remained si- fight and sabotage it.
The U.S peace plan resulted
wrpaemmamg
Items Needed for
reached in; capacity of oil pro-
Ditty Bag Project
the
leave their donations at
Vietnamese and Viet Cong at-
supported by local
tackers.
government lines
executive committee of the Tex-
ts. Smith said
Sept 16-Oct
j
"Headquarters for
The commander of the gov-
Loney, looal executive direc-
Area Hunters May
ter
and fight back.
Comanche Turns Out for Dedication
kee
Mrs Wanda fay Newsom, 23 that the supply might improve
The accident occurred shortly
V
May School Open
1
Despite Problems
Four Area Men Called
For Induction Tuesday
Four men
Smith. David B lavage. Mich. •
are pretty low
He said the proposed 50 per
said. and that total may in-
tent rebe "might have been crease a few more."
I seca.s.
seerr
A
I
Cambodians Halt
Raid Near Capital
Wade Appointed
To MH-MR Post
I ians were wounded and three
casuaities were reported among
$51,822
UF Goal
for an Israeli withdrawal from
Arab territory captured in the
By JOHN T. WHEELER
Associated Press Writer
yards of King Hussein's palace
Saturday in the second straight
day of armed clashes between
Registrants called for physi-
cal examinations on the same
date include Roy A LeMond,
Albert Alamaguer, Elmer L
TIPRO is the state's largest
independent ad association.
The group broke from its i
agenda for a stormy debate on I
the problems facing the inde-
DEPARTMENTALIZED mail,
box near Tahlequah, Okla.,
in a place ter everything, it |
cash to by the items to put
in the bags." Mrs Gladys
now Il 50 per $100 valuation
"I have been here 12 years
and we have never had a tax
raise," Buchanan said. “I un-
derstand the last tax increase
was about 16 yeats ago We are
AUSTIN (AP) - Dr. David
Wade of Austin, a psychiatrist
on Gov. Preston Smith » staff,
was appointed state commission-
er of mental health and mental
*
Good morning'
For your Sunday reading enjoyment, here is a
thumbnail sketch of some of the more pleasant news
included in today's Brownwood Bulletin .
COMANCHE—Record crowd turns out as Co-
manche dedicates its new Comanche City-County Air-
port See story on Page 1A and picture on Page 2A.
envoy Gunnar V. Jarring of
! Sweden.
BROWNWOOD—Christmas ditty bags for service-
men in Vietnam are ready for filling. The Brownwood
American Red Croat chapter has been asked to fill
200 bags as its quota. See Page 1A.
sheriff's office said
More than 500 officers were at
the scene
The sheriff s office said 64 ar-
rests had been made
The trouble erupted near a
, Texas independent oil men de- i
dared Satrday the state has
MID-TEXAS—The last weekend in August is mark-
ed by another round of weddings across Mid-Texas.
See Pages 1B-SB
mailed by Sept 30 in order
to reach the men in Vietnam
i by Christmas.
"We need either bgs to be
filled. items donated or else
years of age are exempt from
hunting license requirements in
Texas
White wing dove hunting is
not permitted in Brown County
but only in South Texas and
along the Mexican border The
season for white wing doves is
short Hunters may shoot their
prey only on Sept 5 and 1 and
on Sept 12 and 11
i kickoff dinner is scheduled at'
noon Sept IS at Chisholms. The j
' Y-
have been called.Jimmy D. Johnson. James E.
to report tar induction into the $—• “------ --
BROWNWOOD—A number of talented freshmen
are making their presence felt as Howard Payne
College's Yellow Jackets continue preparations for
their Sept. 12 opener against Abilene Christian College.
Page 12A.
were wounded in the overnight' East pence settlement Egypt
battle for the central telephone also agreed to the plan. The
and post office building on one guerrillas have denounced it
City Hall was between guerril- | Government troops remained
I las of the Popular Front for the j out of sight.
i Liberation of Palestine and Jor-! There was sporadic machine-1 based on a 1967 U N. Security
------a i—— •------ — —— —— .— ----——31 Council resolution which called
Lampasas woman was dead on trict supervisor for Texasj
arrival at San Saba Memorial Parks and Wildlife Dept . doves j
i Hunting done with rifles is pro-
! hibited
Non-residents of Texas may
hunt doves for five days for $5
or they may purchase a non retardation Saturday,
resident game hunting license *
for $25.
I
J
♦his Christmas. Mrs. J. P. Brocksche
Jr., right, gets an armful of empty
bags from Mrs. Gladys Looney, execu-
tive director of the local chapter.
(Bulletin Photo)
cepted by the Brown County
' United Fund for its 12 member
agencies in a meeting of its
board of directors last week and
.. .
. AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — swirled around City Hall
' Fighting erupted within a few
Today’s
GOOD news
,V* < ,
%
by chartered bus to the Armed
Forces Examining and En-
Christmas ditty bags for
servicemen in Vietnam are
now ready to be filled.
The filling of ditty bags for
men serving in Vietnam has
been an American Red Corss
project for a number of years.
This year the local chapter
has been asked to fill 200 bags
as its quota The bags com-
only If the shotgun is a re-
peater. ft must be plugged so
the magazine will not hold
more than two shells and one
in the barrel, rendering the
gun a three-shell capacity
was that he would get the job
Persons under 17 or over 65 as Smith's hand-picked choice,
but mental health board Chair-
man Ward Burke denied the ap-
pointment was a foregone con-
clusion
Wade. 59, is a former mental
hospital superintendent and pasi
president of the Texas Medical
Association He has been direc-
tor of the governor s Office of
ernment trope estimated the
enemy force at 300 men, includ-
ing a large number Cambodian
guerrillas It marked the first
time any sizable number at lo-
cal guerrilla fighers were in ac-
tion near the capital
The defending government
force also numbered about 300
of which 250 were government
I <
■ mane"
Arab guerrillas and Jordanian
forces loyal to King Hussein
Guerrillas were still patrolling
Saturday after the night-long
fight, but their patrol cars
855.
The United Fund board of
directors set its drive dates as
enough money to operate this
year."
“Broke Now"
He said the school system is
broke now" because it will
receive no tax money until Sep-
tember "We are waiting for an
audit now to see where we stand.
We intend to take a dose look
at the audit and may have to get
appears daily in the Brown-
wood Bulletin's weather fore-
cast which appears on the front
page
Wood said bag limit is 10
j doses per day with the pos-
i session limit of 20 doves
Hunters may use shotguns
Recommendations were
as Independent Petroleum and
Royalty Owners Association I
(TIPRO). hours. At one point, th* North
President Richard Sharpe
said the board of directors’
lent about the incident, the lat-
____... ______est in a series of bitter encoun- . in the opening last Tuesday at
duction and a price increase is ters and bloodletting betweenI the United Nations in New York
tor of the Red Cross said.
Any individual, organization
or church group wishing to fill
or help fill these Christmas
bags may get the bags or
Woman Killed in otckingoing
Cherokee Mishap
SAN SABA (BBC) — A young According to John Wood. dis-
The battle marked the latest
____ . c . , e .. round in a senes of probing as-
smYhattachssctprdaycifyyemiles saults against" Phnom Pnh’s
The fighting raged for eight I outer defense lines
campaign will open Monday on ,
the ground floor of Sid Richard-
son Hall."
He attributes the shortage of county. However Wqod said
dove. here tn peren raine anal that persons who hunt in other
six-day June war and Arab rec-
ognition of Israel s right to exist
within secure borders.
An Israeli Cabinet minister
and adviser to Prime Minister
! Golda Meir warned that Egyp-
tian violations of the three-
week-old cease-fire could cause
the peace talks to collapse
Israel Galili, minister without
portfolio, predicted that if fight-
ing breaks out again it will be
"far more serious ”
Speculation for months as
private interests working the
public interest in transporta-
tion. and stated that super -sonic
transport may become the gov-
ernment's next such major pro-
ject.
Jim Roberts, past president
of the Comanche Chamber of
Commerce, was master of cer-
emonies The nvocation was
given by Father Ed Haffner,
chaplain of the Texas VFW
and former vicar at St Mat-
thew's Episcopal Church in Co-
manche. Col. Everett S Pitts
of Brownwood led the pledge to
the flag
Although the formal ceremon-
ies ended at noon, many in the
crowd stayed to take advan-
tage of the helicopter rides
available into the afternoon.
. of talks aimed at ending the 22-
sear enmity between Israel and
her neighbors. Israel, Jordan
and Egypt are taking part in the
discussions under U N special
By GENE DEASON
Bulletin Staff Writer
(See Picture on Pag* It
COMANCHE - Th* largest
crowd in Comanche history
found its way to new Comanche
City-County Airport here Satur-
day to participate in dedication
ceremonies
1 Th* activity included a undque
ribbon -cutting by th* propeller
of Hylton Nolan's plane as May- •
or Gayle Pirkle and acting
judge Fred Hall held the ban-
ner acroes the airstrip This
ceremony was followed by a
speech by Rep Omar Burleson
The festivities began with a
fly-in of private plane* be-
tween 7 and 9 am and con- •
tinued with a concert by direc-
tor David tenable and the Co-
too much We may have to go
less than that."
Want to Contino*
Buchanan estimated that 90
per cent of the people in the
district want the school to stay
open. "Of course, any future
action toward raising taxes and
values here will have to be ap-
pending at Howell-Doran Funer-
al Home here.
Survivors include her hus-
band. Loyd and a son. Danny
I of the home
had been nding a go-cart on .. __ _____:
' the Cherokee school grounds doves bere to recent rains and
j Due to mechanical failure in the ’ cooler temperatures which sent
motor cart. She lost control of many of the birds to other lo-
the machine and it ran under calities. Dove season in the
a cable on the school ground north zone which includes
catching her under the chin
KERRVILLE Tex (AP) — of the capital's main streets
JAYCEE-ETTE PROJE C T—The
Brownwood Jaycee-Ettes ar* among
th* organizations who ar* supporting
th* American Red Cross project of
tending ditty bags filled with usable
items to th* men serving in Vietnam
the new
not trying to raise the taxes. May schools opened Monday
but the values on some of.thewith 164 students enrolled
land Some values around May "This is an increase of in stu-
are pretty low dents over last year," Buchanan
Hospital Saturday night follow- are going to be scarce in this
mg a freak accident at Chero- area at the start of the hunting
season. He indicated, however.
in other fighting which
piete with items, must be
armed forces on Tuesday,
white 1» others are to report
for physical examinations an the
same date
The calls have been issued by
Texas Local Board No. 15. Se-
lective Service System which
serves Brown and Comanche
counties
Called to report for induction
are Frank Costilla Jr . Wayland
D Brown. Eugene A. Gotelli
and Roger L Gresham.
Texas ends Oct 30
before 7pm Hunting hours are from noon
Services for Mrs. Newsom are I to s u n set‘ eac h d * y of the
- season The official sunset time
VOL 70 NO 273 10 Cents Doily 15 Cents Sundew
pendent operators and several' _. . m . _
^.!>z^^^\rind Birds Scarce
Red Cross office, 509 E Depot
St. .. . •
At least eight of the sug-
gested list of items should be
included in each bag These
are ball point pens pen-sued
flashlight with batteries,
small pen knife. wind-proof
cigarette lighter with flints,
plastic soap-dish. plastic tooth
brush holder and small pack-
age of writing paper with seif-
seal envelopes
regulars and the other 50 were
teen-age recruits.
The enemy losses were un-
known. The attack force
dragged their casualties off the
battlefield. Losses to govern-
ment troops were said to be two
killed and two wounded
The attack was aimed at the
government positions at Most
Krasar Krao, a locality well
within artillery and rocket
range of Phnom Penh.
Before they left the area. the
attackers scattered leaflet* call-
ing on the government soldiers
to rally to their side and join the
fight against "American imperi-
alists "
Alsa, nail cupper, small ad-
dress book terry washcloth,
no red white orange or pur-
pie i. small comb, plastic cig-
arette case, small tin vacuum
packed nuts or candy, mail-
ing size voice tape, and
small plastic snapshot holder
And, pocket-sized games,
(See ITEMS on Pag* 2)
moved in without warning, __
causing some person* to panic speaker will be announced la
, .. a goal of $51,822 for 1970 was
big Mexican-American antiwar approved
rally Sponsors of the rally de- i Drive chairman Roscoe Smith
nounced the violence and said said the 1970 goal is below the
the demonstrators didn t doi total set byvthe United Fund last
anything to start it year. The goal in 1969 was $52,-
■They didn t give us any —
proved by the school board But
a functional equalization board I believe the next action will al-
for next year. Th* injunction is j so pass with the approval of'the
for this year only" ' people in the district. If we have
The M.v school tax levy is to have another one"
He said some of the people
warning before they set off the
tear gis," complained one per-
son at the rally about the police
.- tion. Deputies explained that
although only handfuis of dem-
onstralors caused trouble, they
had to dear everyone out of the
pork to disperse the trouble-
makers
Rally spokesmen said the
trouble started because officers
(Jch30u, Sanlaiga Ureaga,iuance Statou in
——————— Hussein earlier called a spe- were fired at government troops
A •. _ I rial meeting of his Cabinet to by the commandos.
Il 1I man Fvp discuss bloody fighting over The Jordanian government
vlllllvll ■J* i night in the capital has accepted the U.S proposal
* The Palestinians said two ’ for a 90-day cease-fire and nego-
I commandos died and several | tiations with Israel for a Middle
' essential to encourage new ex- ■
ploration and recovery
Asserting that the nation is
confronted with a serious fuel
I crisis, they voted to seek a price
increase of crude oil in "the in
terest of national security" and
to meet growing U.S. demands
And. they said the "most
practical alternative to"the
proposed increase is "govern
meat help
Some preferred government ‘
THIRTY EIGHT PAGES TODAY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, SUNDAY, AUG 30, 1970
subsidy ' PHNOM PENH, Cambodia guerrillas, got within 40 yardso
That was the tone of a resolu- (AP) _ Aided by 50 teen-age
tion hammered out amid much commandos. Cambodian gov-
controversy at a meeting of the ernment troops drove off an en-
By LEE MARGULIES
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Riot-
ing broke out Saturday among
7,000 persons at a Mexican-
American antiwar rally in East
Los Angeles Demonstrators ■
burned buildings, smashed store
windows and injured police offi- '
cers
Police used tear gas against
demonstrators
A driver was electrocuted'
when he ran into a power pole
•in the are*, apparently fleeing
pursuing sheriff's deputies, the
sheriff's office said A spokes-
min said an earlier report that
one other man had been killed
by gunfire turned out to be
false
"It* definitely a riot," said
both the sheriff's office and the 1
police department "It's getting
worse," said a sheriffs spokes-
man
Several stores were set afire
A clothing store was destroyed
Police cars were damaged by
thrown objects.
More than two dozen injuries
were reported to officers
Officers were battered by
flying rocks and bottles, the
Resident' of Brown County
will not need a license for
hunting doves in their home
Comprehensive Health Plan-
ning since May 1, 1969.
‛yrag
counties or those who come
here from other counties are
required to pay a 1315 fee.
License fees may be paid at
hardware stores, sporting
goods stores and other firms.
manche High Schol Band
The 149th Tactical Fighter
Guard, participated with a jet
fly-over and a helicopter dis-
play and show.
The Ross Parachute Team of
Dyess Air Force Base at Abi-
ten* completed the formal cer-
emonies at noon with one jump
from 4 500 feet and two from
12.000 feet.
Burleson congratulated the
residents of Comanche on their
progressiye work in planning
and buildhg the airport Burle-
son. instrumental in the pro-
curing of gover ment funds
that financed 155,000 of the
5105 000 airport noted that the
federal government should be
actively engaged in assisting
who were opposed to their past
tax action "have been real nice
about it. I cui t afford to get
mad at a man if his opinion
is different from mine "
Fighting Swirls
ael C Hardwick Roger B.
Crum*. Billy R Rudd Charles
A Powers Kennie Ephraim,
Billy J. Stewart and Michael L
Heater
Also Melvin D. Bell, Donald
W Burns. Leslie R. Early, Rog-
er A Thornhill and Michael J.
Comer, transfers from other
loal boards
Those called both for induc-
tion and physical examinations
are to report at 7:15 am Tues-
day in the entrance lobby of the
Citizens National Bank building
1W E Lee St They will travel
By EARL MOSELEY
Bulletin Staff Writer
MAY—The May public schools
: will not close this semester
. And Supt. M. H. Buchanan
, said he is certain the school
will be able to solve its current
financial problem'
closing Rumors
i Buchanan referred to the clos-
ing rumors which have been
circulated without foundation
since 35th District Court in
Brownwood granted a perman-
ent injunction against the May
Rural High School District Aug
5 to prevent any raise in taxes
and property valuations during
1970
The May school board had
approved a 50 per cent tax in-
crease. but 15 residents at the
district filed a suit asking for an
injunction which would prohibit
the action
"We aren't killed yet," Buc-
hanan printed out "We have
One Al Fatah guerrilla was i ।
killed and four others wounded daman special forces. No guer-1 gun fire for two hours during
in the clash outside the palace rilla casualties were reported. the battle, and three rockets
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