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Page 2 THE CUERO RECORD Turn., Oct. 9. 1973
— Editorial-
OUR OPINION
National 4 Week
This week of October 713 is National 4 H Week and the
Record is proud to salute the five and a half million boys and
girls, between the ages of 9 and 19 who participate in Amer-
ica's largest youth organization. We also salute the half million
volunteer adult leaders, the men and women of the Cooperative
Extension Service, the National 4 H Service Committee and
some 60 business donors who support the 4 H efforts
This year's theme is “4-H Gets It All Together" and to
prove a point, 4-H‘ers participate in action-oriented programs
that help to educate members of their community on such
problems as how to operate machinery and vehicles efficient-
ly during the current energy shortage Other activities con-
ducted by the 109,000 4-H Clubs in the country include helping
to increase agricultural production, combating drug abuse and
participating in community development programs.
Cuero and DeWitt County are indeed fortunate to have hund-
reds of youngsters and adults who are bridging the “genera-
tion gap” by working together to solve mutual problems.
TODAYS FEATURES
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The Scriptures tell us
that the first man,
Adam, was given a natu-
ral, human body but
Christ is more than that,
for he was life-giving
Spirit. First, then, we
have these human bodies
and later on Cod gives
us spiritual, heavenly
bodies. Adam was made
from the dust of the
earth, but Christ came
from heaven above. Ev-
ery human being has a
body just like Adam's,
made of dust, but all
who become Christ’s will
have the same kind of
body as his — a body
from heaven.
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How Rep. Ken Gray Beats
The High Cost of Living
by Jack Anderson
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WASHINGTON - ”I’m a
poor man,” said Rep. Ken
Gray, D-III., plaintively.
He admitted, of course,
that he owns a helicopter
suitable for hopping over
Washington traffic jams. And
a luxurious, 50-foot house-
boat. He also wears the fan-
ciest clothes in Congress,
selected each day from a
vast wardrobe of stylized
suits.
We discovered that he
helps pay for his high living
out of campaign collections.
Last year, he amassed a
$26,000 campaign chest,
which he tapped for such
unlikely campaign expenses
as carpeting his houseboat
and buying tickets to Wash-
ington Redskins football
games.
Gray had little legitimate
need for campaign funds,
since no credible candidate
ran against him. As evidence
of this, he ran up the biggest
plurality of any Congress-
man in the country.
Nevertheless, he hoarded
over his campaign finances
like a possessive shopkeeper.
He was his own campaign
treasurer.
The dapper Democrat is a
power on the House Public
Works Committee, which has
jurisdiction over highway
construction and other public
works. Many of his contribu-
tors, it developed, have their
hands in this particular pork
barrel.
Contractors
Highway builder H. H.
Barter, for example, con-
tributed $2,500 to Gray’s cam-
paign. Barter was reluctant,
however, to talk to us about it.
All he would say was that he
did federal contract work
“once in a while.”
Another highway contrac-
tor, Eugene Simond of Car-
bondale. 111., kicked in
another $2,000. He refused to
answer any questions at all.
Still another road builder,
R. B. Potashnick of Cape
Girardeau, Mo., gave Gray
$500. James Knott, who is in
the asphalt business, coughed
up $450.
In addition. Gray was paid
a $300 honorarium by the
American Institute of
Architects and the Consulting
Engineers Council for a
speech on public buildings
legislation.
The Democratic Congres-,
sional Campaign Committee
funneled $1,000 to Gray.
“They asked me if I had a
tough race,” he explained. “I
said no, but if there’s money
left over, I do have other
needs.” He collected another
$1,000 as his cut from a post-
election, debt-clearing dinner
thrown by Illinois Governor
Daniel Walker.
The flamboyant, boyishly
handsome Gray, using the
fast-talking technique he
developed as an auctioneer,
rattled on for three hours
about his finances. He is also
an accomplished magician,
*■ and there was AM element of —
now-you-see-it-now-you-
don’t in his spiel.
’People-Te-Peeple’
He stated repeatedly that
he was “providing people-to-
people service” and that the
bills paid out of his campaign >
funds were not “for personal
aggrandizement.”
To pick out a few items,
$1,000 was taken out of his
campaign chest to make a
boat payment to the Kings
Craft Company; another
$560.34 went to the Rubins
Discount Carpet Center for
boat carpeting, $536 to the
Anacostia Marina for boat
repairs and $411 for pleasure
boat liability insurance.
These expenditures, said
Gray, were essential for en-
tertaining constituents.
Referring to the insurance
policy, he added fiercely: “If
a Boy Scout falls overboard, I
want to be covered. I don’t
want to be sued for what lit-
tle I have.”
' Gray also charged off as
campaign expenditures $250
to the Washington Redskins
football team, $200 to the
Baltimore Bullets basketball
team and $85 to the Ringling
Brothers Circus. There were
also several small expen-
ditures, such as $25 for a
bachelor party for Rep. Ed
Boland, D-Mass., $15 for an
HEW reception and several
$8 payments to the Coca-Cola
company.
He considered it a legiti-
mate campaign expense, he
said, to “give a Coke to a lit-
tle kid who’s been walking
all over town sightseeing.”
Gray also pays a lot of bills
with his Bank Americard,
then pays the credit card
company out of campaign
funds. We traced almost
$3,000, which was diverted
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Oct 9, 1973 Vol. 79 No. 233
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from his campaign funds to
pay Bank Americard bills.
He admitted that a counsel
to the Clerk of the House had
warned him that some of his
campaign expenditures
might be “questionable."
About the time we began our
investigation, Gray also rush-
ed off a letter to the Clerk,
dated Sept. 6, 1973,
acknowledging that “official
campaign expenditures
should be separated from
legitimate operational ex-
penses concerned with my of-
fice.”
Counterattack
The more Gray talked, the
angrier he became. Then he
launched into a counterat-
tack. “Jack Anderson,” he
charged, “is sleeping with a
red-headed girl on a boat
near mine.” (Not true.) “If you
stray one inch from the true
facts,” he shouted, “I’ll sue.”
When my associate Bob
Owens asked the Congress-
man about a $3,500 loan listed
only as “accomodation for
two constituents,” Gray, de-
manding to know the source
of our story, grabbed Owens
by the tie, clenched his fist
and threatened to strike him.
“Relax,” suggested Owens.
“Come on, Ken, let’s go,”
said his pretty secretary,
Nancy Vitali.
Owens went back the next
day, accompanied by my as-
sociate Jack Cloherty, to con-
tinue the interview. Gray
again flew off the handle,
raising his fist and yelling at
Cloherty: “If you get smart
like him (Owens), 1’U punch
you in the face.” Despite these
incidents, my reporters
listened to Gray’s explana-
tions for more than three
hours.
Footnote: According to the
Internal Revenue Service, a
Congressman who uses cam-
paign funds to defray per-
sonal expenses must list them
as personal income on his tax
returns. Gray told us he had
done this on his 1972 tax
returns. He showed my asso-
ciates a $3,800 figure,
“diverted” to personal use,
which he had listed as in-
come.
Your Individual Horoscope
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FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16,1973
ARIES
(Mar. 21 to Apr. 20)
Don’t expect associates to be
amenable to the usual ap-
proaches now. Some situations
will call for extreme delicacy in
bundling
TAURUS
(Apr. 21 to May 21) '“"WT
Confusion could result if you
misinterpret instructions,
miscalculate in any way. A day
for double-checking <
GEMINI
(May 22 to June 21)
Attempts to alleviate an
economic situation should be
most successful now. The
resources of another may even
be put at your disposal
CANCER
(June 22 to July 23)
Lunar Influences now give
you a sharp, practical outlook
on projects in which you are
interested. Take advantage of
the situation.
(Judy 24 to Aug. 23)
Financial matters favored—
especially in the a.m. On the
personal score, however, you
may run into a bit of difficulty in
a romantic situation.
VIRGO NOVA
(Aug. 24 to Sept 23) "F A
Other people may play an
important part in day’s ac-
tivities. Much will depend upon
your reactions. Don’t split hairs
in discussions of minor im-
portance.
LIBRA
(Sept. 24 to Oct 23) && &
Your lively imagination may
be running out of bounds right
now. So, in trying to launch your
ideas, be sure to separate the
fantastic from the feasible.
SCORPIO m olt
(Oct 24 to Nov. 22) "^ntT
As with Libra, you also will
have to dampen enthusiasm a
bit Excessive optimism could
lead you to impractical ex-
tremes.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 23 to Dec. 21)
Reject the foolish notions of
others. That logical mind of
yours will come up with an-
swers that are reasonable and
solid.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22 to Jan. 20)
Don’t get wrought up over the
spending habits of a partner-
marital or business. With a little
thought, compromise is
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 21 to Feb. 19)
This will be one qf thoue days
when you’ll have to “go it
alone.” Cooperation is likely to
be spotty or nonexistent But
you CAN cope.
PISCES v^r
(Feb. 20 to Mar. 20)
You are still in a mood to
explore areas off the beaten
path, but be careful not to wade
in beyond your depth. Trends
are changing.
YOU BORN TODAY are
versatile, energetic, deliberate
in your thinking and highly
independent—too much so, at
times. You have a tendency to
“lash out” when displeased.
Control this; also an insistence
on doing things in your own way
without consulting others
concerned.
Fern Cooper’s true case should
make you chuckle, especially if
you have empathy. For you can
readily imagine how the hunt-
ers felt! But chiMish thinking
in oldsters, as well as
youngsters, can transform TV
dramas into real tragedies!
CASE Y-543: Fern Cooper,
aged 61, recently sat across the
banquet table from me while
Mrs. Crane and I were visiting
our Indiana farm home.
"Dr. Crane,” he began,
“about 2S years ago, an auto
salesman from Crawfordsville
went hunting.
“Two of his friends ac-
companied him.
, “They stopped their car at a
farmhouse near Yountsville and
the salesman went up to the
door to seek the owner's per-
mission to look for rabbits on his
land.
“The farmer wasn’t home but
his wife came to the door.
“When the salesman asked if
he and his friends could hunt on
her farm, she graciously con-
sented.
“But she begged him to do her
a personal favor, saying they
had a horse that was almost 30
years of age.
“It had been a family pet but
was now so old and feeble, she
felt it couldn’t survive the
winter.
“Since they didn’t want it to
go to the soap factory, she asked
the salesman to shoot it, so they
could then bury it on the farm.
“He agreed, but didn’t tell his
friends, who had stayed out in
the auto.
“As all three of them started
across the field, the salesman
saw the old horse standing near
a clump of trees.
“So he began to shake and
told his friends he didn’t know
what was happening to him, but
he felt an uncontrollable urge to
shoot something.
“They seemed surprised, for
be was normally quite self-
controlled. But he added that it
was as if a demon were
directing him to kill-kill-kill'
“At that same moment he
called their attention to the
horse that was only a few yards
away, saying Til start by
shooting him first.’
“Whereupon, he whipped his
gun to his shoulder and put a
by THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1. Yemen’s
capital
5. Be caught
in a
shower
(2 wds.)
11. Indone-
sian
island
12. Maid who
loved
Launcelot
13. Indian
water
vessel
14. “Shake,
— and
Roll”
15. Black
cuckoo
16. On the
other hand
17. Hebrew
liquid
measure
It. Tooth
substance
26. — had it!
21. Revealed
22. City of
Manasaeh
23. Taj —
25. Tribes
26. Writer
Schopfer’s
pen name
27. Compara-
tive word
28. After Nov.
29. Period of
human
culture
(2 wds.)
32.”—
Dreamer”
(2 wds.)
22. Criminal
charge
(si.)
34. Man or
game
35. Claasifled
37. Hat fabric
38. Jean
Giraudoux
play
I.Twitt
39. Twitted
46. Home-
steader
41. From a
distance
DOWN
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dressing
2. Unaccom-
panied
3. Fated to
fail
(4 wds.)
4. Altar con-
stellation
5. Verbal
noun
6. Cause to
feel great
7. Make lace
6. Near
(4 wds.)
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16. Young
folks
(colloq.)
16. Invoice
19. perfectly
(3 wds.)
22. Actor
ArMn
23. Dolley or
James
24. Windflower
25. Mince
27. Merchant
29. Debbie
Reynolds’
role
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noeent by slander s'
Children occasionally shoot
their playmates, 'as they also
imitate TV dramas'
(Always write to Dr Crane in care of this
newspaper enclosing a lonq stamped,
addressed envelope and 1? cents to cover
typmp and pnntinq costs when you send
for ono of his booklets i
bullet right between the
horse’s eyes..
“It staggered and fell, so he
ran up toward it, loading his
rifle as he went.
“But when he turned around
to speak to his two companions,
they were halfway back to the
road, running as if Satan were
at their very heels!
“For they thought this
salesman had lost his mind, so
they figured he might turn his
gun on them as his next targets!
“Dr. Crane, truth is stranger
than fiction, isn't it?”
JOKE VS.TRAGEDY
Yes, truth certainly surpasses
fiction!
And I laughed heartily as I
could surmise the consternation
of this salesman's hunting
comrades.
But one of my secretaries
went home recently to find her
grandfather’s hand covered
with a bloody bandage
He told her he had fallen while
outdoors!
But he had been watching a
cowboy fight with the Indians on
TV and, being ttr> years of age.
he failed to distinguish between
the TV play vs. reality
So he had grabbed his
revolver and rushed outside to
help do battle with the enemy!
As he hobbled around the
house, he tripped on a tree root
and fell, skinning Ins hand
badly.
Hut in his woozy senile mental
By United Press International
Today is Tuesday, Oct 9, the
282nd day of 1973 with 83 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
full phase.
The morning stars are Mars
and Saturn.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Venus and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Libra.
American evangelist Aimee
McPherson was horn Oct. 9,
1890.
On this day in history:
In 1701, Yale College—now
Yale University—was founded.
In 1910, forest fires in
northern Minnesota destroyed
six towns with a loss of 400
lives and damage estimated at
$100 million.
In 1934, King Alexander of
Yugoslavia was assassinated by
a Croatian terrorist during a
state visit to France
In 1958, Pope Pius the 12th
died. He was the 261st pontiff of
the Roman Catholic church.
A thought for the day:
American novelist Willa Cather
said, “No one can build his
security upon the nobleness of
another person."
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