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There wag a highly Interesting
political session over in San An-
tonio thi« past weekend, when
quite a number of state-w i d e
candidates for public office ap-
peared to state what they had
done or to promise what they
would do for Spanish-speaking
groups in Texas.
They made their appearances
before what it known as the Po-
litical Association of Spanish
Speaking Organizations, an out-
fit which claims to have the say
over some 300,000 votes in Tex-
as. Politicians who have had ex-
perience with Spanish-speaking
voters in Texas have reason to
doubt this, but the possibility of
a block vote was still sufficient
to bring a number of them be-
fore the group.
This organization, called Pas-
co for short, is attributed large-
ly to the activities of County
Commissioner Albert Pena of
Bexar County, who claims to
have hrought about a coalition
erf Democratic votes in Bexar
County that has been more cri-1
tieised than praised.
DeWitt Democratic
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Committee Meeting
Plans For Primary
Plans for the Democratic primary election May 5,
including the levying of assessments on candidates who
have filed for nomination to county and district offices,
will be set at a meeting of the DeWitt County Demo-
cratic Executive Committee at 7:30 p. m. Monday in the
Dewitt County Courthouse.
The main business before the committee, which Is
made up of the precinct chairmen of the 24 voting pre-
cincts in the county, will be the figuring of the filing
fees to be paid by each candidate for a place on the Dem-
ocratic primary ballot.
CUERO, TEXAS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1962
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No Injuries
Reported In
3 Accidents
Organisations of this kind,
baaed on racial, religious or
linguistic alignments and
prejudices, are treading on
dangerous ground when
they seek to go Into the
business of trading bloc
vote*. Far front bringing a-
hout the removal of racial
prejudice and the re-
alisation of equal rights
which has been a main ob-
jective in Tcxaa, they are
inviting an atmoaphere of
apprehension and a revival
of doubt which will further
hieek the achievement of
these Ideals. Politicians who
seek to trade with them at
this level are treading on
ground whleh is just as dan-
gerous.
Texas voters were treated to
the spectacle of having their
governor, Price Daniel, appear
l>efore this group with what
seemed to be an offer of jobs in
his hand*. The governor w a s
quoted as telling the organiza-
tion that he intended to see to it
that about 100 Jobs now vacant
on the Texas Highway Patrol
would be opened up immediate-
ly to qualified Latin-Amerlcan
applicants.
Now there Is a provision
In Iks oath of office for the
governor of Texas that no
job has been offered as an
Inducement to his election.
Price Daniel la well famili-
ar with this oath, having
taken it three times and
now having the hope of
making It a round foursome,
sa obviously he did not make
aay outright offer of jobs in
return for votes.
But at present there are no
Latin-Americans on the high-
way patrol in Texas, and there
have not been any during t h e
five years in which Price Dan-
iel has served as governor. Qua-
lified highway patrolmen are
hard to get because of the low
salary scale, as witness the 100
jobs now vacant on the force.
It was rather timely, then,
that after five yeas Price Dan-
iel was able to ,go before t h e
Spanish-spealdng group in San
Antonio and make mention of
these jobs with the pledge that
ha was going to do something a-
bout it right away.
The organisation forthwith
endorsed Daniel for reelec-
tten by a split vote, and the
split was sufficient to Indi-
cate that the whole group
may be seriously divided
from now on as a result,
endorsements also were ex-
tended to Jarrard Secrest
of Tempts for lieutenant
governor, Tom Reavley of
Anstin for attorney general,
and Woodrow Bean of El
Paso for congressman - at
large.
John Connally, the Lyndon
Johnson candidate for govern-
or. also appeared before the
Pas so meeting. One of the big
questions raised was what
LSJ’s reaction to the group’s
decision On the governor’s race
was going to be, since the vice
president came down to San An-
tonio last fall and labored
mightily for the election of Hen-
ry B. Gonzalez to Congress.
Gonzalez, of course, was one of
the main reasons for bringing
Passo into being, and it was as-
sumed that the vice president is
going to be somewhat hurt at
their refusal to accept his candi-
date for fweipor.
. . Three minor -traffic accidents
in Cuero Saturday resulted in
charges being filed against two
persons. There were no injuries.
At 2:25 p.m., a car driven by
Neida Kay Hancock, 14, of Cue-
ro collided with a parked pickup
truck on Sarah St. near Clinton
St. intersection. Officer Richard
Hogue reported the driver was
charged with careless driving.
Hogue estimated $75 damage
to the car and $35 to the pickup,
which is owned by Oscar Schlin-
ke Jr. of Rt. 3, Cuero.
A truck driven by Mateo Per-
ez, 48, of Cuero collided with a
car driven by Richard Bruce
Poenisch, 16, also of Cuero,
when Perez attempted a right
turn from the center lane on S.
Esplanade near the Railroad St.
intersection. The collision hap-
pened at 7:35 p.m.
Officer Wesley Stewart esti-
mated $50 damage to the car.
He reported Perez was charged
with making an improper turn.
A 1955 model car driven by
Henry Hodben Ilunnam, 49, of
Cuero jumped a curb on S. Es-
planade and smashed into a
street marker at 6:35 p.m. after
the auto’s tie rod came off.
Stewart said the car received
about $100 in damages.
Deadline for the payment of
these fees, after they are an-
nounced by the committee for
each of the offices, will be mid-
night Saturday. Any candidate
wivo fails to meet the deadline
may not legally be given a place
on the ballot. In the case of any
write-in candidates who may be
nominated in the primary, they
would be required to pay the
filing fee for the office before
being certified as the Democra-
tic nominee on the general elec-
tion ballot.
Only three county offices have
contested races. These are for
county judge, which has for-
mer State Rep. C. T. i Pete I
Matthew, George Trowell and
the incumbent, S. P. Hebert, in
the running: county commission-
er, Precinct 2, in which Herbert
E. Ruppert and Adam Frank
have filed, and county commis-
sioner, Precinct 4, for which
Louis Gavlik and Bonnie Bueng-
er are contesting. The incum-
bent commissioners, T. J. Ward
in Precinct 2 and Fred DeDear in
Precinct 4, are not seeking re-
election.
Incumbents are seeking re-
election unopposed in all other
county offices, including Ray
Gips for county clerk, Ilcinie
Mugge for county treasurer, W.
F. Hancock for county superin-
tendent, and August Holzapfel
of Cuero, Owen C. Hagen of'Yoa-
kum, T. W. Teller of Westhoff
and Gus Grun of Yorktown for
Justices of the peace. There Is no
candidate for justice of the peace
in the Nordhcim precinct.
In district offices, incumbents
unopposed are Pershing Hiller
for district clerk and Congress-
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Over Weeken
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By United Press International
Violent death in a variety of forms claimed
of at least 15 persons over the week end in Texas,
of them in traffic accidents.
Safety officials said that almost perfect
however, helped keep the traffic death toll
lower than What it might have been.
Donald G. Graham, 28;
SAFETY CLASS - Approximately »
Cuero High School students are membera
of a newly organized hunters' safety group.
Rev. A. H. Roevcr, a qualified instructor,
meets regularly with the three groups that
form the organization. Shown in the group
above are, bottom, I. to r., Carlton Konrad,
— Record Photo
James Hurts, Tim Lewis and Robert Wat-
son j middle, Trinidad Rocha, Tim Kirkland,
Jerome WUd, George Milligan and James
Goebel; and top, Rev. Roever, Harvey
Ruehrig, Jim Prause, Jim Toller, James
Hahn, Bernard Adlckes and Norman
Henneke.
49th Division In
Combat Exercise
an-
SAN ANTONIO (UPI) - U
Fourth Army headquarters
nounced today that the 49th Ar-
mored Division of Texas will be
the major participant in “Iron
Dragoon,” a combat training
exercise to be conducted May 1-
15 at Fort Polk, La.
The announcement ended spe-
culation that a general demo-
bilization might be ordered for
the 49th soon.
Hie training exercise, howev-
er, will not affect a few Army
reservists ordered to active du-
ty by mistake as "filler” troops
with the division. They will be
discharged on schedule.
New Homemakers
Back From Meeting
A Daule High School home-
S. j making teacher and. three Dau-
!e students imve returned from
the one-day Area 3 meeting of
the New Homemakers of Amer-
ica which was held Saturday at
felgin.
Earline Fuller, the homemak-
ing teacher, was accompanied
to Elgin by Sandra Ross, Lucy
Holman and Joyce Davis. The
theme of the area meeting was
"New Homemakers Explore
Values.”
Sandra Ross represented Cue-
ro in the meeting of the House
of Delegates for the area. The
conference was held in Wash-
ington High School at Elgin,
Record - Making
February Heat
Wave Continues
By United Press International
The Weather Bureau called
for the record-breaking Febru-
ary heat wave to continue over
Texas today with no letup in
sight.
A bright summer' sun and
clear skies drove the tempera-
ture up to 92 degrees Sunday at
Childress and 91 at Presidio,
tops for the nation.
Temperatures stayed above
freezing throughout the state
for the second straight night.
The Weather Bureau said it
will be even warmer over most
of the state today and for the
rest of the week with tempera-
tures averaging as much as 15
degrees above normal.
The mercury soared to 85 Sun-
day at Amarillo, eclipsing the
previous Feburary high of 82
set in 1951. Lubbock also report-
ed 85, one degree warmer than
the record for the month set
just last Saturday.
At Wichita Falls, the tempera-
ture climbed to 88 dpgrees to
match the record for the monfh
set on Feb, 29, 1940. - - —
A low pressure trough over
West Texas and the Panhandle
is responsible for the warmth.
It may linger for days.
Low temperature early today
ranged from 40 degrees at Dal-
hart to 63 at Corpus Christi.
Daniel Opens Up Jobs
On Patrol For Votes
A Correction
Norge two-door, 13-cubic feet
refrigerators on sale at Wagner
Machinery and Hardware are
selling at $279.95 this week, and
not at a price previously pur-
SAN ANTONIO (UPI) - The
Political Association of Spanish
Speaking Organizations (PASO)
endorsed Gov. Price Daniel for
governor Sunday, but the vote
brought a bitter split among de-
legates to the three-day meet-
ing.
The vote was 51 for Daniel to
41 1-2 for Houston attorney Don
Yarborough, the most liberal of
the five Democratic candidates
for -governor.
Dr. George I. Sanchez, a Uni-
versity of Texas professor and
longtime leader of Texas’ Latin
American community, walked
out erf the meeting at which
Daniel was endorsed.
"I am terribly disappointed at
the endorsement,of candidates
who have done nothing for our
people,” Dr. Sanchez said, "We
need the kind of governor who
will work to put bread in the
bellies of our children,”
PASO also endorsed State Sen.
Jarrard Secrest of Temple for
lieutenant governor, former
Secretary of State Tom Reavley
for attorney general, and Judge
Woodrow W. Bean of El Paso
for congressman-at-large.
Daniel, former Navy Secreta-
ry Jdkn B. Connally, Ally. Gen,
Will Wilson, Republican Roy
Whittenburg of Amarillo and
Yarborough ail spoke before
PASO Saturday.
Yarborough’s speech got the
most applause from about 20 0
delegates. The delegate* to the
convention claimed they repre-
sented some 200,000 persons.
PASO evolved from the “Viva
Kennedy” organization estab-
lished In 1960.
Endorsement of Daniel was
complete violation of the prin-
ciples under which PASO was
established,” Dr. Sanchez said.
"The vast majority of Latin
American people in Texas are
not in agreement with it.” San-
chez had helped write PASO’s
“declaration of principle*.”
Yarborough supporters claim-
ed that last-minute “paper
clubs” from Jim Wells and oth-
er South Texas counties arriv-
ed late to cast decisive 11th-
hour votes for Daniel's endorse-
ment.
Daniel promised PASO he
would "make immediately a-
vailaWe” to Latin Americans
the existing 100 vacancies in the
Texas Highway Patrol. No Lat-
in Americans are presently em-
ployed as patrolmen.
Albert Pena Jr. of San Anton-
io was reelected chairman of
PASO and County Judge Robert
Benavides of Laredo was elect-
ed first vice president.
Other officers included:
Chris Alderte of Del Rio, sec-
ond vlet president: Edward Id-
ar of McAllen, executive secre-
tary; Jimmy D’Anda of Corpus
Christi, secretary; Nick Perez
of El Paso, treasurer; Franklin
Garda of Dallas, state organiz-
er; Manuel Valasco of Victoria,
legal advisor, and Pete Parra of
Port Arthur chaplain.
Services For
DeWitt Dance
Band leader
Burg Morlsse, 50-year-old De-
Witt County dance band leader,
died unexpectedly Sunday mor-
ning at his home at Garfield
He had been in ill health, but
his condition was not thought to
be serious.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Monday at St. Paul Lu-
theran Church at Yorktown,
with Rev. W. C. Probst officiat-
ing. Burial was in Westside Ce-
metery.
In addition to his dance band
work, Mr. Morissee also farmed
In the Garfield community and
was formerly employed by Cue-
ro painting contractor Bill
Snapp.
He was married to Ruby
Weischwill Nov. 25, 1935, in
Yorktown.
Survivors are die wife and
four deughters, Sandra, Deanna,
Naomi and Lauren Morisse, all
of Garfield; the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Morisse Sr..
of Yorktown; a brother, George
Jr. erf San Antonio? and three
sisters, Mrs. Leroy Kirchoff of
Poth, Mrs. Pat DeFily of San
Antonio and Mrs. Archie From-
me of Victoria.
shot to death Sunday night in
Houston in a fight with Victor
Davidson, 26, over another wo-
man identified as Mary Rath
McLomore, 23.
Talmage Ilappic Campbell, 62,
was killed Sunday when the car
he was riding in collided with a
train. The driver of the auto-
mobile, Jimmy White, M. was
in fair condition at a Cleburne
hospital.
Two cars collided in Sdn An-
tonio Sunday, killing Joe Riedel,
27. of S a n Antonio and Mrs.
Mary Delia Escamilla, 21. of
Boeme, Tex. Kathy Faye Smith,
7, of Big Spring, was struck and
killed by a car Sunday about
five miles northeast of Big
Springs.
Walter D. Smith, a Perrin Air
Force Base airman, was killed
Sunday in a one-car accident
near Sherman. Ted James Gar-
rett, 23, of Lubbock was killed
Saturdy when h i s soft drink
truck plunged off U. S. 64 pear
Floydada.
Curtis Carrington, 10, of 33#!-
as, was struck and killed by an
automobile Saturday night.
L. T. Williams, a Dallai
chief, died Sunday after
overcome by smoke at
Riles Held For
Mrs. Villarreal
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Repecek
Funeral services for Mrs. Min-
nie Marie Papaeek, *, mother
of Mrs. Oscar Anders of Cuero,
were cinducted Monday morn-
ing at St. Joseph’s Catholic
Church in Moulton. Burial was
in a Catholic cemetery.
Mr*, Papa'cek, who was born
Jan. 21, 1874, was found dead
Saturday at her home in Moul-
ton.
Lions Gel $567 For
March Of Dimes
A bucket brigade manned by
members of the Cuero Lions
Club Saturday collected a total
orf $567.97 for the March of
Dimes, it was reported Monday.
Bill Nami, who with Gene
Grafe and Joe Frank Edgar
was in charge of the one-d a y
drive, said the amount taken in
was highly gratifying to the
workers.
Nami expressed the apprecia-
tion of the co-chairman for the
work of the many Lions who
to* their stations at Broadway
and Esplanade and Esplanade
and Main for one-hour stints
throughout the day.
lished.
Three Are Fined In
Corporation Court
Fined In Corporation Court
during the past week were Rich-
ard Arlen Crittendon, an affray,
$25; Adolph J. Sapp, intoxica-
tion, $25: and Vernon Lee Bar-
field, assault and battery, $25.
New filings in the traffic divi-
sion of Corporation Court are
against Benito Webb Longoria,
careless driving; Delano Rang-
now, driving left of the center
line; Neida K. Hancock, care-
less driving; and Matoo Perez,
improper right turn.
Automaker George Romney Takes First
Step To 1964 Presidential Countdown
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DETROIT (UPI) - George
Romney, president o? American
Motors Corp. and prominently
mentioned as a 1964 president-
ial darkhorse, Saturday an-
nounced he is a Republican
candidate for governor of Mich-
igan.
Romney, who has already
forced the state Republican
Party to accept his terms after
saying the party has been con-
trolled by "big business,” said
j he will launch a “citizen cam-
| paign to get Michigan rolling.'
Romney, 54, said he will meet
I with the board of directors of
American Motors Monday to
ask for a leave of absence from
his posts of AMC president and
board chairman.
He resigned, immediately af-
ter his announcement of candi-
dacy, from the "Citizens for
Michigan,” the "third political
force" organization which he
formed three years ago to try
to resolve the deadlock between
Michigan Republicans and
Democrats over state money
matters.
Until less than a year ago, to a profit in 1958..
Romney had not made public
his political party affiliation.
Romney was given immediate
endorsements as the Republican
candidate for governor by na-
tional and state GOP leaders.
He has been mentioned by
former President Eisenhower,
by 1960 nominee Richard M.
Nixon and by Sen. Barry Gold-
water, Republican conservative
leader, as a possible 1964 presi-
dential contender.
Romney, a member and lay
minister of the Mormon Church
of the Latter Day Saints, is a
teetotaling, non-smoking, 18-
hour-a-day industrialist who
took over red-ink swamped
American Motors Corp. in 1954
and built it into a profit-maker
in five years.
lie did it after* stumping the
country to preach the virtues
and reasons for his "compact
car", a term he takes credit
for, and then watching the Big
Thxee carmakers enter the field
after he turned the comer from
$70 aiiiljpo in operation! losses
He will be running against
Democratic Gov. John B.
Swainson who today called Rom-
ney's announcement, coming af-
ter months of speculation and
political activity, "the longest
countdown in Michigan’s his-
tory.”
Swainson said, “it is curious
that some one who hats com-
plained so much about the Re-
publican Party is now anxious
to become its leader.”
But Romney told one of the
biggest news conferences ever
staged in Michigan politics that
he will work with the Republi-
can organization and that he emor or the presidency.”
tionai convention responsibi-
lities.” Romney said.
Democrats, who have already
charged Romney with using the
convention as a launching plat-
form for his political ambitions,
also attacked again on this
flank. State Democratic Chair-
man John J. Joe Coilin* said
Romney’s candidacy for gover-
nor "raise* serious questions”
about his position in the conven-
tion
Michigan National Democratic
Committeeman Neil - StaeWer
gave Romney another mention
for the presidency, stating, “it
is difficult to tell whether he is
a Republican candidate for gov-
Funeral services were con-
ducted Monday morning at Our
Lady of Guadalupe Catholic
Church for Mrs. Martina Vill-
arreal, who died Saturday in a
San Antonio hospital. Rev. Don-
ald Murray officiated.
Burial was in Hillside Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Villarreal is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Charlie Hys-
quierdo, of Cuero.
Besides the daughter, the de-
ceased is also survived by four
sons, Antonio, Alfonso, Floyd
and Manuel, all of Cuero; a
brother-in-law, Rafael of Cor-
pus Christi; a cousin, Edubi-
guen Victela of San Antonio
and nine grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Manuel, May
26, 1966, and a daughter, Ma-
rie, Feb. 12, 1952.
Pallbearers were Antonio
Gariby, Pilar Sanchez, Joe
Aguilar, Lupe Flores, Justo
Hernandez and Santo Sanchez.
ment house fire.
Preston Daniels,
ton was killed Saturday in the
crash of his light plnfte north of
Houston.
James Earl Adams. 29. of
Wichita Falls, was shot to death
Friday night. His body was found
dumped in a ditch 10 miles from
town.
Clarence Ballard, 54, Dallas
oil executive, shot himself to
death Saturday after critically
wounding his wife.
John C. Jones Sr., 68. a retired
LaFeria, banker, was found shot
to death at his home Saturday.
A verdict was withheld pending
further investigation.
Jerry Lee Frencb( 8-, ecp-of
Perrin Air Force Base Master
Sgt. and Mrs. Thaniel French,
died Sunday in Carswell Air
Force Base hospital of injuries
suffered in an accident at" his
Sherman home Saturday.
The boy was injured when n
neighbor youngster threw qp au-
tomobile radio aerial. It en-
tered Jerry’s eye and pierced
the brain.
Mrs. Dorothy Acker, 41. a D*1-
las nurse, was shot to death
Sunday night in her Oak Lawn
apartment. Mrs. Olive Fiances
Phillips admitted the shooting to
police. She said she caught her
husband. Howard L. and Mrs.
Acker together in the bedroom
of the apartment. Phillips was
wounded in the leg and hip.
LATE OFF THE WIRE
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Fran-
cis Gary Powers was secluded
today with members of Ms fam
Uy a* a hideaway as top-secret
as the US spy flights he once
made over the Soviet Union.
Powers, 3$, freed by the Rus-
sians Saturday In exchange for
master Soviet spy Rudolph Abel,
was flown back to the United
States first for a reunion with
Ms wife and parents, sad then
for Intensive government gucs-
tioalng.
made his decision to run be-
cause he can do more under the
Republican banner than as a
non-partisan.
Romney also said he will con-
tinue as a Republican delegate
and a vice president of the con-
stitutional convention now try-
ing to write a new constitution —
for Michigan by March 31. "I Tbs Democrats have control-
win be an active candidate only led all elective state administra-
after completion of my ccnatitu-tive offices since U96.
Romney said, “it is going to
be a tough campaign.’
Romney will run for governor
in a state where Democrats
have held the governor's office
for 14 years, six two-year terms
under G. Mennen Williams and
the current term under Swaln-
to remove hfai appendix.
The lS-year-old son of Queen
Elizabeth wm
satisfactory condition
operation. Later this morning th*
hospital said he spent a "com-
fortable" night.'
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Soviet
Premier Nikita 8. Khrushchev
has written President Kennedy
proposing an 18-nation siuuntt
conference on
The move, disclosed
night, raised major
on the future of Soviet
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI)
The cowitdown for America’s the United States and
rocket flight Into follow their well-known
to the critical cies they are expected
hours” mark today,
aad scientific eyes anxiously
the skies over the At-
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Plana for the orbital voyage ot SAIGON, Viet Nam
military plane earning
cies wiry arc espeetea 10 reject
such a ‘meeting on t h e date
Khrushchev proposed March 14,
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