Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 56, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1970 Page: 1 of 24
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Brazilians Hint Willingness to Trade Prisoners
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Rioting Rages
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Radio Szczecin appealed for
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headquarters Thursday in a in Gdansk was "fully normal.
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of Andrews today as chief jus-
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er, who is retiring.
which began in the 35th District
said he will serve until the next
Joe Dibrell.
Lows in this area tonight'
general election "and until his
and qualified."
evening.
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want to do their part in seeing penter, $5; Burton Burrus, It;
that these girls have a happier Mike Jolly. 50 cents; Mr. and
Cecil Holman, $1; Scott
Go Lions! Let’s Prove No. 2 is for the Birds
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Cold Blast Heads
For B’wood Area
Comanche Family
Wins FHA Honors
the state Class 3A championship. Pinning the old
gent with ribbons are Donna Magness, left, and
Cindy Sikes. Gamo time is 2:30 p.m. in Memorial
Sunday through Tuesday is bock Dust blew to a somewhat
expected to be cloudy and cold lesser extent in parts of South
in Mid-Texas with occasional Texas.
DOUBLY CERTAIN—Nothing like two victory rib-
bons instead of one to make Santa Claus an honest-
to-goodness supporter of the Brownwood Lions Sat-
urday as they meet with Cuero Gobblers to decide
ers. By this morning, Bucher
had already been held twice as
long a« any of the other three
Gift Drive Off the Ground
• Funds Provide Christmas at Girls School •
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Mistrial is
Declared In
Case Here
A mistrial in the rape case
JACK MARKRAM
. . . academy director
late general's permission, is an
honors program in the social
sciences at Howard Payne, and
places emphasis on the perpe-
tuation of the free enterprise
system and the other ideals that
have made America great
The board of directors of the
clouds elsewhere.
The brisk breezes threatened
Checks may be made out » A
the Brownwood Girls Christmas I
Gift Fund and mailed to Box 1
40. Brownwood |
Those donating Thursday in- |
eluded Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Car-
I The governor also appointed
Robert C. Wright of Lubbock
137th District judge effective
Jan 1. He will replace Judge
James Ellis who was appointed
to the Amarillo Court of Civil
Appeals.
tice of the 8th Court of Civil
Appeals in El Paso.
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nounced
The fund has been established
so girls spending the holidays
at the Brownwood State Home
and School for Girls will have
a happier Christmas
The program is being spon-
posed a dusk-to-dawn curfew
Thursday
A Swedish newsman who was
in Szczecin Thursday reported
the police headquarters and sev-
eral other buildings were burn-
ing when he left the city that
night
' The reporter, Anders Tunberg
of the Swedish Broadcasting
Corp., said a third of the 22,000
shipyard and dock workers had
' failed to report for work Thurs-
day morning, and the rest re-
fused to work. He said at noon
several thousand workers
marched into the heart of the
city, but “heavy police forces”
stopped several thousand others
who tried to leave the ship-
yards.
A jury of 10 men and two
women were unable to reach
a decision in the case of Lil-
lian Jessup and Dewey Earls,
acting together, charged with
rape.
Mrs Jessup's 14 - year - old
daughter was the alleged victim
in the July 25 incident
According to Judge Dibrell,
the jury began its deliberations
at 2:40 p.m. Thursday and
shortly after that asked for a
repeat of some of the testimony.
About 10 p.m. Thursday the
jury reported that it was a 10-2
decision and that an agreement
could not be reached among the
12. The judge said the jury was
kept together over night and de-
liberations resumed at 8 a m
today.
Both sides agreed to accept
the jury 's report that a decision
could not be reached and the
jury was discharged at 10 20
a m today.
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(See FHA on page 2)
The club members will be
manning booths in Commerce
Academy of Freedom is an ad-
visory group that has helped
Howard Payne College financial-
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Maximum temperature here
Thursday 74, overnight low 53.
Sunset today 5 29. sunrise Sat-
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contributing to the betterment while, at the same time, ex- the day Low tonight near 60,
of agriculture and their com- emplifying rural community high Saturday near 70
munity. leadership and citizenship at its “ '
The Gilbreath family oper- best. Futch said
ates a combination dairy-beef 1 7
cattle farm of some 632 acres.'
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Parker, $1; Carrell Parker, $1
------ A Mafia spokesman said, “Our' I e Anna Parker, $1 Britt Aullie
Brownwood High School drill organization knows that the peo- 50 cents and Shay Aullie, 50
team.__________ I pie of Brownwood will contribute! (See GIFT on page 2)
Dimes Drive ,
Ready to Roll
The Brownwood Lions Club
will kickoff its annual Mile of
Dimes campaign at noon Sat-
urday with collection stands in
three Brownwood locations
The campaign will continue
through 6 p.m Wednesday,
club president Arnold Herdman.
Herdman said the money will
go into the club's welfare fur 1
for children.
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The Brownwood Girls Christ-1 Money gathered by the fund to this worthwhile project, ft
mas Gift Fund opened its first is used to purchase suitable is our aim to see that anyone in
day of collections Thursday with gifts for the young teens in the need receives a helping hand.”
a total of $32.50, spokesmen an- girls home and school Mem-
THIRTY TWO PAGES TODAY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 18, 1970*'
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The award, first of its type to and winter temporary pasture was dedicated about a year ago.
be made by the Farmers Home program being used as well as features an environmental ap-
Administration in Texas, was 465 acres of improved perma- proach to higher education in
competed for by 14 farm fam- nent pasture. The beef herd, at the social sciences.
Ilies from throughout the state, present, consists of 50 mother —------------
mands. Three diplomats—an
WARSAW (AP) — More trou- continuation of rioting that has n.a SCi 2u
ble was indicated today in left 10-20 dead and hundreds in- observance of the nightly cur-
। Szczecin, shaken by rioting and jured. ' ‘ "
arson, and tanke were deployed ‘ -
One family from each of the cows with 55 young heifers be-
fourteen FHA districts was ing grown out to enlarge the
nominated for the state award herd
Those considered were families Starging out in 1957 with
who have made outstanding sue- Farmers Home Administration
cess through the use of FHA financing, the Gilbreath family
credit in developing a family has been able to develop a most
term while at the same time successful family size (arm
successer shall be duly elected should remain in the upper 60s to stir dust into the sky in some
few and for "calm. prudence
. . ___ A Western diplomat who re- and work" and said the port had
in Gdansk, but the days of vio- turned from the Baltic port of begun a normal working day
lence against government price Gdansk, where the major vio- But the continued appeals for
increases appeared on the lence broke out Monday, said calm and order were considered
wane tanks were positioned every 100 ev idence that the c ty the Ger-
A traveler from Szczecin. Po- yards along the main street, mans called Stettin had yet, to
I land s largest port, said mobs dio reported that life rirWem return to normal. Buildings
burned the Communist party Warsaw radio reported that life were burned end shops were
headquarters Thursday in a in Gdansk was "fully normal" looted before authorities im-
while Saturday's highs for Mid- localities for a second straight
Texas should range in the low- day.
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rancher and independent oil- outstanding and dedicated
American, a Japanese and a I man. has been named to the American join this group." Dr
West German—have been kid- board of directors of the Dou- Guy D. Newran, president of
tension over the kidnaping that
had been growing in Rio’s diplo-
matic community. The reluc-
tance of the authorities to ne-
gotiate with the kidnapers, cou-
pled with an intensive police
search for the terrorists’ hide-
out and tough censorship on the
kidnapers’ communiques, had
created apprehension about the
fate of the 57-year-old ambassa-
dor
In previous political kidnap-
Ings in Brazil, the government
has almost immediately an-
nounced its willingness to meet
the kidnapers' ransom de-
er 70s ahead of the front, which Clouds of silt churned aloft
is currently expected to arrive Thursday over the South Plains
in the late afternoon or early in West Texas, lowering visibil-
lamsey Named? -- -- - -
' .E hope the colder weather will
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CUDDLY TOYS - These Brownwood
High School Lionettes test out the
cuddly toys while assisting in the
purchase of gifts for girls spending
the holidays in the Brownwood State
Home and School for Girls. Left to
sored by the Brownwood "Maf- inat uiese gw nave a nappier mike
ia,” a civic-minded group of Christmas. Pat Bell, drill team Mrs
area businessmen who prefer I sponsor, said
to remain anonymous, and the ‘
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Markham Added
To Academy Board
Jack Markham, Lubbock “We are happy to have this
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right, Sherry Moore, Kathy Kirkland
and Connie Deen consider what they
think to be the best gifts to be pur-
chased with money donated to the
Brownwood Girls Christmas Gift
Fund. (Bulletin Photo)
COMANCHE - The Euell G. 1160 acres owned and 472 rented ly in rebuilding and furnishing
Gilbreath family of the Enda Their dairy herd is made up of the building on the Daniel Bak-
Hill Community in Comanche 80 Holstein cows with a D H I A. er campus which houses the so-
County has won the 1970 Texas record the past year of 14.813 cial science division of Howard
FHA farm family of the year pouds of milk per cow. Re- Payne. The board plans to as-
award, according to J Lynn placements for the dairy herd sist with other facilities in the
Futch, state director of the or- are all produced from artificial future
insemination with summer The present building, which
SHOPPING DAYS
■TILL CHRISTMAS
naped in the past 15 months and glas MacArthur Academy of Howard Payne and the acade-
were exchanged for 60 prison- Freedom of Howard Payne Col-1 my, said.
lege I The Academy of Freedom,
E. .. q ... ( named after MacArthur with the
He joins some 35 others as
members of the board.
Square, at JRB Supermarket
No. 2 at 600 Center and at
Gibson's Discount Center at T l
E Commerce rather than se.-
ting stands on the sidewalks
along Center Ave.
Canisters for donations will
also be placed at Chisholm's
Restaurant. Holiday Inn Coffe s
Shop, Silver Grill, Underwood s
Barbecue. Kenneth Wise Steak
House, Central Boot and Shoe
Shop. N a t h a n's Jewelers,
Quick Lunch, Walgreens.
Beall s Dept. Store. Chicken on
the Run. Palace Drug, Coggin
Drug, Corner Drug and Ken-
tucky Fried Chicken.
bers of the drill team will wrap
the presents in Christmas fash-
ion
Since no state funds are
available for this type of pro-
ject, Brownwood citizens will
call for Saturday to be mostly official observers looked for
cloudy and turning colder, light snow or drizzle by Satur.
But forecasters held out the day in parts of the Panhandle
■- . — — -— —— and a noticeable chilling over
-1 not reach as far south as Aus- the northern portions of the
_ = ‘ tin until after Saturday after- state. It was expected to stay
i AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Preston' noon’s Brownwood - Cuero state mild in other areas
Smith appointed Max Ramsey championship football game. • sin _.
•„ chiaf.... TheeAustin weather bureau pushingwarmlair""dhorePtrom
told The Bulletin this morning the Gulf of Mexico. Low clouds
the prediction for that area Sat- covered the southeastom half of
He succeeds Judge Alan Fras- urday afternoon is for partly Texas with fog stretching from
er, who is retiring. , cloudy skies, highs in the lower the Houston area on the coast ___________________
Smith made Ramsey's ap- 70s, and fairly brisk southwest- as far inland as Tyler and Long- Court Tuesday afternoon was
pointment effective Jan. 1 and erly winds averaging around 20 view There were high, thin declared this morning by Judge
said he will serve until the next mph.
(Bulletin Photo.)
BROWNWOOD AREA:
Partly cloudy tonight. Satur-
day mostly cloudy and turn-
Deadline Set
Sunday For
Yule Contest
An official entry form for the
annual Brownwood Jaycees
Christmas lighting contest may,
be found on page 11A of today's'
issue of The Bulletin
Deadline for entry into the
contest is midnight Sunday, ac-
cording to Jaycees chairman
Glen Garner. Persons who wish
to enter the contest are asked
to fill out the entry form and
mail it prior to the deadline.
The mailing address is Christ-
mas Lighting Contest. Brown-
wood Jaycees. P. O. Box 969,
Brownwood 76801.
First, second and third place
prizes will be awarded in the
I (See YULE on page 2) I
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Cold weather appeared head- drizzle, rain or freezing rain
ed back for Mid-Texas today as possible.
the Texas Panhandle braced for Winry weather headed toward
a new blast of winter Texas again today, promising a
Light snow is predicted for -rude interruption to the unsea-
the Panhandle by Saturday sonable warmth in some sec-
while forecasts for this area tions.
Underway
By SERGIO LEITAO *
Associated Press Writer
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) _
The Brazilian government has
given its first indication of will-
ingness to exchange 70 political
prisoners for kidnaped Swiss
Ambassador Gioanni Enrico
Bucher
A local news agency reported
Thursday night that Brazilian
authorities were holding talks
with the Chilean and Algerian
embassies to arrange political
asylum for the prisoners and fly 82
them out of Brazil h.
Diplomats of the three coun- E
tries woruld not comment on the W
report, but there were strong in- [E
dications that discussions were h
under way. I •
Leftist terrorists kidnaped
Bucher on Dec 7 and demanded
that the government free 70 ( *
prisoners in exchange'for his re-
lease The government asked
the kidnapers for the names of
the prisoners they wanted freed,
but the kidnapers refused to
provide a list until the govern- j
ment stated publicly that it was
willing to make the exchange
The talks with the Cubans and k
Algerians were believed to be A
the first step in getting such a w
statement prepared. ‛ “
The report that the talks were
being held did much to ease the
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Fisher, Norman. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 56, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1970, newspaper, December 18, 1970; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1574562/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.