Abilene Reporter-News, The (Newspaper) - March 5, 1966, Abilene, Texas OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YC 85TH NO. 261 MARCH 5, IN TWO SECTIONS f AS IT 5 CENTS DAILY 15.CENTS SUNDAY Associated Viets Battle ern Battalion Speaker Thrill Baird Crowd HAPPY DAYS Gen. Kenneth R. Powell of Dyess second from was in a jovial mood Friday as he was recommended for promotion to major He was met by several upon returning from a ence in From left are Oliver C. E. Bentley Col Harold A Singers J from a former whn j who presented a sampling By NORMAN FISHER Reporter News State Editor BAIRD Music and ter were the chief ingredients used here Friday night as the Baird Chamber of C o m- merce cooked up its annual dinner meeting for some 175 members and The music came from a by the Fort Griffin a former Dyess officer who attended the conference and Gen Powell MILESTONE AT DYESS 2nd Star Slated For Gen. Powell By BOB BRUCE Military R. Powell of Dyess AFB was nominated Friday for promotion marking a milestone in the 11-year history of the local Strategic Command The was notified of his nomination to rank during a con- ference at March Calif. Gen. of the 819th Strategic Aerospace was met on the flight line upon his return home by Dyess officers and Abilene civic In the Reporter Bureau that Gen. Powell was one of 93 officers recommended for higher rank by President The general said he was no- of his selection for motion about a.m. by Gen. John D. commander of Strategic Air War Discussed Viet Nam the role of Among other officers aboard were Col. Eugene A. commander of the 96th Strategic Aerospace and Col. Harold A. Radetsky of tus formerly of Commands 4 Wings Gen: the 819th commander here since May 14, 1964? was promoted to brigadier general Feb. 26, 1961. He is the only general in SAC to command four bomb Since July 1965 he has been responsible for wings at Altus Amarillo and Sheppard AFB at Wichita The general said he feels his headquarters will be transferred from Dyess in the This is anticipated because Dyess is slated to become a Tactical Air due to his pending two- star meeting Gen. ell's plane included Mayor W. Lee W. P. A. M. Oliver C. E. was convened to discuss the Fred Lee U. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WEATHER BUREAU Pg. 7-A) ABILENE AND VICINITY Fair Saturday through a little warmer Saturday and Sunday High for Saturday around 55, low Saturday night 25-30. High Sunday in the 60s. NORTH CENTRAL Fair through Warmer High Saturday 42 to 52. NORTHWEST Fair Saturday and Saturday to partly cloudy A little warmer Warmer High Saturday 44 to 56. SOUTH Fair through Colder Saturday and Saturday Warmer est Saturday 55 to 65. TEMPERATURES Fri. a.m. Fri. p.m. 40............ 45 A High and low for 24-hours ending 9 45 and 28. High and low same dale last Sunset last sunrise sunset Barometer reading at p.m. 2S.4D. Humidity at 26. UL a The only other general m across central hint Tornado Toll Reaches 60 Miss. The death toll inches up Friday as rescue workers checked the tracks of a tornado skipped and other Gen. Powell indicated flew back to The general Dyess shortly after 5 aboard a jet bombers in that the history to rise above ned of the into brigadier general was Lt. Gen. Charles B. currently that vice commander of the Air most of the material Command at Colorado was of a secret and top-secret Colo. Gen. Westover is scheduled to speak March 18 to members ofj p.m. Abilene's Rotary Clubs as of the city's 85th anniversary On Tuesday another former Dyess Gen. Burl McLaughlin of Forbes was promoted to Other Dyess men to The highway patrol said 60 were known dead and 497 19 1-1 T night killed one man m bama and injured 11. Lt. Gov. Carroll Gartin said damage would amount to at least He called the track of destruction of the most horrible scenes I've every acting for Gov. Paul who is out of the state Sports v 9-12 achieve general's rank have been Gen. William R. Yancey and Gen. Hugh B. Business 14 SECTION B Women's 3 4 Gen. of 325 Louisiana TV logs s jon is a native of Comics 6-7 who graduated in Li Markets 8-9 Form 13 See Pg. 4-A? Col. S the be a major he due to their er to get to concentrated areas master of C. M. Peek was of music now under rehearsal for the 1966 Fandangle which will be presented this And the laughter centered around a talk by Lee D. Grand Prairie banker who was the evening's principal Big Ovation The costumed Fandangle although performing in cramped proved to be one of the favorite and drew a big ovation for their Robert and their musical Alice in the brief serious moment between his avalanche of urged positive ing and cooperation in Chamber of Commerce everybody ming he said of successful C C He reminded the group to not look just for the monetary rewards which can come from Chamber of Commerce w o r k. often we forget to work toward improving what we James Eubanks was general chairman of the banquet and Shanks was Mrs. organist for dinner and the Rev. Albert Cooper of Baird's First Methodist Churcn gave the t the retiring introduced C-C officers and with guests by Picture on Pg. m- 500 men who arrived recently Da Nang that two battalions of in the 320 miles American Marines were flown FELIX ROSSER commissioner Third Candidate Files for Mayor Businessman Felix Rosser fil- shortly p.m. ing that contest into a way Opposing Rosser will be v o r Y Cl Ralph backed fay a fore in He was an un- zens and Russell successful candidate for The mayor and two cii positions will be filled in the April 5 city already he New officers are James Paul Jimmy vice Ben who was reelected secretary New chamber directors are Bess Roy Margie Bud Smith and Terrell Holdover board members are Howard Jimmy Fred Rupert Perry C. M. W. L. Ben Russell and Steve Retiring directors are Bob 19 critically The o wle Clyde Raymond Wristen and also a three race for the Placed northside post between A. R. Max Polen and ry Two are in the Place 4 southside council Candidate Rosser said he was running as an independent candidate and that he had the support of two other C o u Al Oglesby Wayne who were with him when he I believe the people of lene want to be not by any citizens committee he Rosser said he believed that some type of flood control ect for Abilene is essential and that a careful look should be taken of water pollution at Lake Hubbard He said a is ed to check on the which eventually will be a source of the city's water New Jersey Man Is Grabbed for Threat PHILADELPHIA A man who -sam Game and Fish had been ordered to Bureau of make a tour in investigation to find him before rural areas to check on people he carried out a plan to -nd inate President Joh The rural tornado areas will tracked arrested and held a.m. aboard a bound The FBI in Washington re- in. bail Friday for further Oswald S. 27, of was taken into custody at a.m. from an anonymous caller Washinton to kill the to find Rosser served on the c v the time when Abilene a period in which he said city more than ever be- in 1959. Rosser is associated Control Inc. of Col. fi Air Raids Used To Soften Area Relative Pg. 4-A South Viet Nam U.S. Marines and n a m e s e soldiers battled hundreds of troops northwest of Saigon in Tay in the night on Viet Cong Ninh the Viet Cong ing grounds in Quang shelled a killing or Ngai Contact was wounding five Vietnamese Flare ships lit the one policeman and two Intelligence sources said the the spokesman enemy was a battalion or more of North Vietnamese perhaps west of The battlefield was 10 miles northeast of Quang Ngai the The ground war picked in the wake of a massive 24-hour thrust of American airpower against Communist in- a revival of raids north of that a spokesman de- scribed as Saigon L our maximum Viet Nam insert after 3rd A of about 350'gov- troops tangled with guerrillas at dusk Friday in the Dieh 400- miles north and killed 40 of a tary spokesman He added casualties On the Big Hamlin Crowd Well-Entertained By DAVID SCOTT Staff Writer HAMLIN Entertainment was the highlight of the annual Hamlin Board of Community Development banquet here The comedy of guest speaker Wayne B. Smith of ita Falls and the sounding Hamlin High stage band were received ly by the 250 persons who nearly filled the high school a public relations and sales summed up his Texas oriented tirade with a retort he offered a man who asked him what he would be if he weren't a be quipped the red haired Hamlin's prize winning stage under the direction of Tim only recently took top AA honors at the first an- Severinsen Stage Band contest at The third vice Jerry treasurer and Ned Picture on Pgj 4-A' Cooper Marvin AP correspondent George per reported in a dispatch from in by helicopters to reinforce two battalions of government the Red The allied aim was to encircle and destroy Downed ground fire downed two helicopters and a Marine Phantom jet attack The Phantom's two crewmen parachuted safely and were picked up from the South China One of the helicopters was repaired and flown to The second was reported still grounded and the fate of its not Marines radioed from weapons and small arms at dusk was report what losses have Vietnamese cap- tured one identified as standard North Vietnamese S 50 Are Killed message at 1 a.m. Saturday said the fighting eased off somewhat in the South Vietnamese segment of the lied The Vietnamese matd their artillery plus extensive air had killed 50 of the government troops are to South Viet Nam's 2nd fire throughout H Farther a Albn Luther task force operating in. armored Guy Paul personnel flushed a Carlton and guerrilla detachment 10 miles Burt Oliver southeast of Quang A Dr. M. spokesman said 20 Cong L. Smith and Rev. Royce were killed in an hour-long TTl L- f O fight two telephone calls from 8rouP offered a sparkling New York at a.m. and 6 ies of Jazz The development out- who said he was going to Wesley Nail recognized past officers and di- VU A 1 VI Cj The caller challenged the FBI rectors of the organization and i r 64 Die in Tokyo Crash Taken From Train By KENNETH TOKYO A Pacific groping through snagged on the proach lights at Tokyo's those national Airport Friday The airliner ripped and 64 of the 72 persons aboard were killed in the flaming crash that Eight one an Another Frank Picture on I on Page 3-B Qre Saturday morning at He had been the only victim admitted to the out in critical landing lights in Tokyo Bay on He was the Far the approach to the run way East representative of Hyster a breakwater wall at the an equipment way edge and then ing firm in Ore were known to have the runway Mrs. 27. Fort I wreckage for nearly a suffered head Seven Americans may have Among the victims were Jesse perished but casualty lists a vice president of and smoldering wreckage o what once was a Searchlights pierced the early morning injuries in the She had been with her an an inquiry into the the second to strike at the airport in a On Feb. 4, a Japanese Boeing 727 jet crashed into kyo Bay while trying to and 133 persons were That was the world's worst at the airport and at the the American Broadcasting Army captain reported en route office in were and his They were Viet Nam and was returning I route home from Hong j to Canadian Pacific officials point of the the DCS carried 62 Airlines officials in Vancouver nine crew members J and an off-duty All of the crew members and listed Dr. and Mrs. L. W. Covert of Philadelphia as presumed A victim who possibly was an American was route to Rescue squads worked in fog and rain pulling mangled and came at the end of a suspense with them for their efforts 1965. 1 1 Agents went aboard the tram the i- i new Svs in New Newark and looked over ail the then took Pick into In New Robert the U.S. attorney there said the anonymous caller had described Morgenthau said the caller told the FBI he would be J Japanese authorities launched a Beretta i rSO that he had received an sirable discharge after serving in the Air Force from January 1956, to October 1959. and had spent three months in mental Could Face Life new presented Nail with a plaque token of our esteem for the great job done during your term of Master of Ceremonies Leldon also praised various cal civic groups along with of- and directors for their Officers for 1965 include ley Lewis first vice president James second Ernest third vice president W. TV treasurer and The FBI said about 200 C. F. Lewis sons were aboard the Ned bound for when the Retiring directors are Loyd cuu d drama wun survivors reporting that out Pick and Ned James rested Under a new snH plane had circled over Tokyo for about 45 minutes waiting for the fog to The was on its way to See Pg. 4-A, Col. 5 rested Under a new federal and Ernest law making it a crime to at- tempt to take the life of a U.S. Pick could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if New officers announced were W. T. ry first vice Milburn second vice Luther Sunday IN THIS TIME when it is stated by low there can be no discrimination between dare not to spotlight men's fashions for as we did women's fashions a week aga So this gets the emphasis in Sunday's including a page of pictures of what the well dressed man will wear after the sandstorm THE CREDIBILITY Is there one in and how The Associated Press assigned Saul Pett to the and his ings will moke for interesting reading in The Lack of candor in is nothing he recent times was impaled on the on the Bay of Now President Johnson wrestles the world-wide intrigues ond the tion How much is but far away from To report to the Sports Sports Writer Mike Davis will report on the Southwestern Recreation Track Meet at Fort Worth where Cooper and Abilene ond McMurry College and Sports Writer Tom Rice is with Wildcats compete in the NCAA regional basketball playoffs Ark. The College will be announced HOW WEALTHY THE Catholic This is the subject of an engrossing story by the North American Newspaper you'll find in the Sunday i It's richer than Ford Motor the biggest holder in the
