Brownwood Bulletin (Newspaper) - March 19, 1971, Brownwood, Texas Bulletin open house Sunday Microfilm Center Box 45436 zg Texas 75235 Brownwood Bulletin March Fourteen Pages today Texas 134 Allies launch Laos pullout By GEORGE ESPER Associated Press Writer SAIGON AP The South Vietnamese Command an today that it has with drawn between and of its troops from Laos in the past two leaving about over the Evidence mounted that the Saigon government is beginning to close out its campaign in Proctor goes back to polls COMANCHE BBC Voters in Comanche County justice of the peace 4 will return to the polls Saturday for another try toward making a decision for or against the sale of liquor the first election years Vie unofficial total recorded wai 128 for the 117 a number of votes mainly on grounds that the voter did not live within the bounds of the The total then became 113 114 The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the drys and the sale of alcoholic beverages was stopped About 60 voters were again challenged on their qualifications March But revocation of their voter cer was The issue concerned voting box 13 in Proctor where nearly 350 voters hold registration Final concert slated Sunday The final concert of the Brownwood Civic Music series will be Sunday beginning at at Mims Harold Enns will be heard in the He is a member of the Metropolitan Opera National His career has taken him throughout the United States and Europe with roles in all major operas and with many His appearance will be a bonus concert for all new members of the association who join before the membership campaign closes Laos after nearly six Some South Vietnamese units which were heavily en gaged by the enemy were pulled back to South There have been no replacement Tran Van An told newsmen at the Saigon commands daily Some of Saigons troops at the Ham Nghi forward head quarters were reported packing to return to rear More than 100 empty trucks were assembled at Ham and the troops were loading them with beds and other supplies and Pham Van commander of the South Viet 1st Infantry said his entire 1st Regiment been pulled out of Laos after being cut up and demoralized by weeks of heavy North Vietnam ese Phu acknowledged to news men at Ham Nghi that nearly 300 men of the regiment had been killed or wounded in five days of fighting this week around Fire Base Lolo and Landing Zone Vietnam ese sources in Saigon said an other 200 troops are counted The general said his troops had completed three phases of the including a man sweep of Highway one of the key arteries of the Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese field officers said last week that the major portion of the drive into which began would be con cluded by the end of the month and the forces would be pulled back to the Phu also confirmed that his forces had of Landing Zone Brown under heavy attack but there are still some troops in the vicinity of 14 miles east of the Vietnamese He said this is now the most advanced South Vietnamese position in The South Vietnamese had advanced by March 6 to their main objective 25 miles from the But they began retreating a week later when two North Vietnamese regiments launched heavy The Command an the loss of four more helicopters to enemy fire Thursday in the Laotian oper with two crewmen miss ing and one 10 Cents Daily 15 Cents Sunday ON HER WAY Gnu be Ike at the Brownwood Coliseum Saturday and The wildcat show is being held in conjunction with the Seventh Annual Brown County Rattlesnake Roundup and Wildcat Here Bob Mauning of Bob Manning Custom Guns and Rods begins gathering the guns for the move to the Bulletin Photo Board candidate withdraws here One trustee candidate position 4 on the Brownwood Independent School District board of education withdrew from the April 3 race today through what he termed an oversight on technical legal John who would have opposed incumbent Ned Snyder in the told The I entered the race for trustee of the School board because of my desire and interest to make a personal contribution to the education program of the school district and was encouraged to do so by many Due to an Harkey I have discovered that I do not meet Bulletin to show off new equipment at open house The Brownwood Bulletins modern new newspaper production including the 28page Goss Community web offset will be operated periodically Sunday afternoon so can see how it Operation of the machinery will be one of the highlights Sunday afternoon when The Bulletin holds open house for its new facility at 700 Open house will be from to 4 and everyone in has been invited to A number of gifts will be presented to persons who Among gifts will be a 15 volume set of Britannica Junior Encyclopedia a savings bond a savings bond and two oneyear subscriptions to The Brownwood All members of The Bulletins staff will be on hand Sunday afternoon to display the building and and to answer questions by JOHN HARKEY all the technical legal qualifications for serving as a member of the board of trustees of the Brownwood Independent School District at this He said the qualification has to do with his current voter It is with sincere and deep regret and disappointment that I ask that my name be with drawn as a Harkey Since announcing for my position and that of my supporters has been made I hope and believe that the efforts of my supporters have not been in vain and that the new school board will give serious consideration to the proposals my supporters and I have Harkey said he wants to thank all the people who have been See BOARD on page 2 Watch rattlesnakes Rattlesnakes and wildcats will soon the Brownwood Coliseum for the seventh annual Brown County Rattlesnake Roundup and Wildcat Show Saturday and The double event will begin with registration at 8 Saturday or rattlesnake The wildcat show featuring an assortment of items ranging from guns to coins will also open at that The Reptile Hunters Club of Fort Worth will be on hand throughout the two day period to give exhibitions and demonstrations on the proper handling of As an extra snake steaks will be served all day Saturday and Sunday at a nominal Cooks will be the Brownwood Prizes will be awarded in various categories for snake All snakes must be turned in by 5 Saturday and Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded for most Saturday most snakes both days longest snake shortest snake and most unusual second and third prizes will be awarded in all Highlights of the roundup will be sacking con one at Saturday and the other at These are contests where teams of two compete by placing 10 live rattlesnakes into a sack in the shortest handling the snakes one at a time and using their hands to place each snake in a Snake safaris will leave from the Brownwood Coliseum at Saturday and The safari will involve a guided tour to snake dens where interested persons may view their habitats and the correct way of luring the rep tiles out of their home sweet Awards will be presented at 6 Sunday at the Roundup chairman is Curtis Butler wildcat Pat Coursey safari Tommy Fergeson and publicity chairman of the two day event is Kent Officials say most Brown wood motel rooms have been rented for Saturday and Sun Anyone who has a room for rent for the period may contact Artie Ben Steele at 646 House next hurdle for liquor AUSTIN the first time since prohibition days a house of the Texas legislature approved a for legalized public sale of liquor by the The Senate passed 227 Thurs day and sent to the House a measure that would let mixed drinks be sold anywhere in Tex as and only local voters approved in special community Chances of House passage are considered P reprinted ROW mail is available Letters to the governments of nations concerning the North Vietnamese treat ment of prisoners will be available for to sign and mail from to Saturday and Sunday in the Brownwood and Saturday only at Com merce The preprinted letters in elude and need only to be signed and The letter campaign is being sponsored by the two Brown wood chapters of Epsilon Sigma Delta Theta and Epsilon The letters are addressed to the ambassador of the country in and urge the governments to press North Vietnam for assurance of humane treatment and release of a list of men held as prisoners of The letters point out that many families have not known for years if their loved ones are They also plead the governments to work for release of sick prisoners and a free flow of Many people feel that the North Vietnamese might respond to evidence that the free world feels that a respectable government in the world community of nations should treat its prisoners of war humanely and abide by the Geneva Convention relevant to the treatment of the letter Missing rail cars puzzle probers LA investigators sifted the records of a tiny Illinois rail road and an even smaller mys tery company today in an at tempt to find out how more than million worth of Penn Central freight cars A attorney said the care ap were stolen Joseph Cinotto general manager of the La SaUe Ic Bu reau County line with a mere 15 mile of the disappearance a terrible Louis Bechtle of Philadelphia reported Thur sday that 277 Penn Central Railroad cars vanished since 1970 after being diverted onto the La Salle He said the cars apparently were stolen in switching J really dont know what said 1 really say any Office employes at the little rail line in northcentral Illinois said the cars supposedly were the property of a mystery som pany which painted on new identifying marks and leased them to other J if FBI agents seized the records of the La Salle line and of na Earth which rented a office and some shop space from the An FBI spokesman said agents were checking for pos sible violations of the federal interstate transportation of sto len property law and the fraud by wire He said 27 cars with Penn Central markings painted over had been found in LaSalles The Federal Task Foree on Organized Crime has joined the investigation railroad source There is more there than meets the Richard Spriggs of the task force refused to speculate on the possible implication of or but said work will have to be done in other areas of the country to deter mine whether similar situations exist elsewhere Bechtle a federal grand jury in where the Penn Central has info the case Wednesday and would call in from other He not foe corny Living jump t 9 Inflation keeps slow pace Hv By BROOKS JACKSON Februarys cost of living was Associated Press Writer per cent higher than a year WASHINGTON AP In for the smallest 12 continued at a slack pace month rise since February in the government The February on a season reported with a rise in the cost of living of of one per The rise was more than the onetenth of one per cent in crease for the previous month but less than the monthly in creases of from to cent that prevailed from September through The Labor Departments Bu reau of Labor issuing the monthly attributed the February increase to higher food prices and increases in cost of apparel and most consumer These were moderated by declines in mort gage interest rates and prices of used cars and The February increase means it cost to buy what did in ally adjusted also was of one per Prices of commodities other than food on a seasonal basis onetenth of one per cent for the first tune since July the bureau Prices of food purchased in grocery stores rose fourtenths of one per cent despite the fact that they usually decline in The department said a sea drop in non food prices came mostly from falling costs of used houses and New car prices were unchanged after seasonal ad The department said about workers will receive cost of Agronomists due for April session BROWNWOOD AREA A little cooler partly cloudy and warmer Satur Low tonight in high Saturday near Maximum temperature here Thursday overnight low Sunset today sunrise Saturday The Texas Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy will hold its first annual meeting April 12 at Brown Six Texas University staff members will They are Clarence Lloyd and all of the soil and crop sciences and Dudley of the Agricultural Research and Extension Center at and Jack Musick of the USDA Southwestern Great Plains Research Center at The new Texas chapter was organized by a committee of agronomists from throughout the Bruce Maunder of DeKalb AgResearch is chapter and Bennett of Texas Tech University is Other members of the organizational committee are Bob USDA Agricultural Research Bushland Alex Occidental Chemical Houston Aaron Texas Power and Light Dallas and Holt and Rooney will present a paper on grain sorghum feeding and industrial utilization during the Musick will discuss See SESSION on page 2 He said no arrests had been adding that he did not know whether criminal prose cutions would Everything is sKetchy and he One of the sketchy elements is a firm known as Diversified mentioned in court documents filed when the FBI obtained search warrants to in spect the railroad not was ector of Piver court HEAVY MAH Ken of the Delta Theta lad Rex of the Zeta chapter look over batch of preprinted to embassy representatives of govern which the U to lie the governments to press the North to treat its prisoners of war Utters available in the Brown wood to Saturday Saturday at Commerce
