The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 144, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1965 Page: 1 of 8
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Today's Thought
A thought for the day: Form-
er President Harry Truman
once said: "The responsibility
of great states is to serve and
not to dominate the world.”
VOL. 71—NO. 144
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CUERO, TEXAS 77954, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1965
Partly Cloudy
South Central and Southeast-
ern Texas — Partly cloudy and
warm. Showers over about 20
per cent of area mainly near
coast. Low 68 to 80. High Sat-
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Deputy
Hired At
Yorktown
Arthur Wayne Mills, 31-year-
old man from Neuces County,
has been hired as deputy she-
riff succeeding Joe Lorenz of
Yorktown who resigned last
week to return to San Antonio,
according to Sheriff N. G. "Ou-
ter’' Dietze.
Mills who has a wife and one
child, moved to CUero three
weeks ago. However, he and his
family are in the process of
moving to Yorktown where he
vk-ill assume his duties immedia-
tely.
The newly - hired deputy has
had five years’ experience in
law* enforcement duties in Nue-
ces County, Sinton, Taft and
Rockport. He was a deputy She-
riff in Nueces County for awhile,
Dietze said.
Astros Take To
Air Again For
Paris, France
PARIS (LTD — America’s
Gem mi-4 astronauts accom-
panied by Vice President Hu-
bert H. Humphrey arrived at
the Paris intematinoal air show
today to share their achieve-
ments with the rest of the
world.
Lt. Col. James A. McDivitt
and Lt. Col. Edward H. White
landed at famed Le Bourget
Airport at 3:36 p.m. (10:55 a.m.
EDT.)
They flew in President John-
son’s personal jet lined A i r
Force-1.
The French government had
been taken by surprise by their
visit but it swung swiftly into
action to prepare a welcome.
Johnson announced Thursday
he was sending the space twins
An the goodwill mission to
Paris to share their "excite-
ment and thrills ” .with all man-
kind.
President Charles de GauLte
w as not meeting the astronauts
in person but dispatched For-
eign Minister Maurice Couve
de Munille to the field as his
personal representative. De
Gaulle will meet Humphiey
sometime Sunday afternoon.
It was considered possible
McDivitt and White may fneet
P.ussia's first cosmonaut during
their visit here. Mai. Yuri Ga-
garinn the first man in space,
arrived last week to show a
mode) of hi* Vostok I space
craft.
THERE THREE Eagle Hconts
were approved Tharsday evening la Inter-
views conducted in the ItoWItt Co. court
room. They are: Left to right: Terry Wyatt
of Yoakum. Troop $38; Roger LHck. Ouero.
Troop *41; and Everltt Day, Ouero, Troop
348. Conducting Interviews were Major Rill
Kami. Judge Geo. Trow ell, E. T. Summers,
Jr., Ken IJesman, of Cuero; nnd Paul Guat-
wick of Yoakum.—Mike Badough Photo.
Terrorists
Sentenced
For Plot
NEW YORK lUPIJ Three
Negro terrorists who plotted to
blow up America., shrines of
liberty were sentenced to ten
years in jail Thursday. A
shapely Canadian accomplice
w’ho turned on them at the trial
got a five-year sentence.
The three members of the
pro - Castro Black Liberat i on
Front (BLFi stood stolidly be-
fore federal Judge William B.
Her lands and heard themselves
described as “hate- inspired’’
conspirators who planned a
grand hate-America gesture.
The three - Robert Steele
Collier, 28, Walter Augustus
Bowe, 32, and Kahleel Sul tarn
Sayyed, 22 - were eonvic ted
last Monday of plotting to dy-
namite the Statue of liberty,
the Washington Monument and
the Liberty Bell.
Their accomplice - blonde,
27-year-old Michelle Duclos. a
former Canadian television per-
sonality and an activist in Ca-
nadian aeparatist gr o u p s-
pleaded guilty at the outset of
the trial to charges of smug-
gling dynamite in from Canada
for the three conspirators.
Effective Dates On
$4.7 Billion Excise
Tax Reduction Told
Bombers Rain
Bombs On So.
Viet Nam War
SAIGON (UPlt — Twenty-
seven giant BS2 eight-jet bomb-
atjg^of the strategic Air Fare*
flew 1.600 mile* from Guam to-
day and dropped an estimated
SG0 tons of bombs on a patch of
jungle in South Viet Nam.
An American military spokes-
man said toe raid — toe first
time the BS2s have been used
in combat-apparently failed to
kill a single Viet Cong A
search of toe ungte area
turned up only one body and
the spokesman said the man
had been killed earlier in a
ground engagement. It was not
known whether the Viet Cong
had removed bombing casual-
ties from the area before the
South Vietnamese arriv.ed.
Two of toe big planes col-
lided over the South China Sea
and crashed wish toe apparent
kms of seven crewmen who
were listed as missing. One
body was recovered and tour
men were rescued. A Ht_T6
Grumman Albatross rescue
plane with a five man
was drifing helplessly in
(Iteo V. K. WAR. Fag*
Important Meet
AtNYA Building
Monday, June 21
i A very important meeting is
! to be held Monday. June 21, at
j 9:30 a.m. at toe NY A building
j during which parents of six-
! year-olds who will enter school
, this fall are asked to be present,
! according *rr tiopt. -Marvin Kirk-
j man.
j Kirkman said problems re-
j g aiding registration of the chil-
dren tor the 1965-66 term are to
be discussed along with other
school issues and he strongly
crew urges parents to be present.
12-'.
Town Talk
Newton Wirzedias
Caught in Flood
In Colorado
The ravaging floods which
have hit Colorado and New Me-
xico this week caught two for-
mer Cuerodtes between Denver
and Colorado Springs Wednes-
day night. However, they came
through unscathed, but said the
experience was a terrible or-
deal.
Mfe. Mary Camrther* talked
with her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Newton War-
zecha of Corpus Christi who
have been on an extended tour
of toe western states tor toe
past two weeks. They told her
over the telephone they were
stranded in their car for three
(gee K. WanecHas, Page 8)
0EE
Jr ty.'
an EMPLOYEES are shown putting the finishing touche*
to n new shed at the city's warehouse
and heavy equipment will he stored la
been completed.
the hUl. City trucks
the shed which has
in San Antonio. It’s iust about
as easy going by way of Dal-
las. Looks like a city as up and
Cabinet Session
Called Today By
President Johnson
Talk about being in a sweat
and not altogether from the ,
heat, is Nina Harwood who was j
put in charge of putting out the coming as San Antonio is, the
Cuero Record for a few days city dads would try’ to set up
while Chieftain Jack W. How- j signs along the way to help vui-
erton is at a press meeting in tors get there without winding
1 r>alla.s. jup back "bpre they stalled
I Fortunately tor her. she has from.
a most congenial group of coj ; ' . .. ,
workers who are coming to her j Ervin Rhmuardt is sUll rush-
aid. and. if it weren’t for Alton- ing (He can. coffee cans, that
so Gonzales, head makeup man
Hr Bit J JAM J. EATON
WASHINGTON CPU Pres-
ident Johnson called his cabi-
net into session today for a
thorough review of the wwld
situation and discussion o f
“hopes tor peace
w*
is. collecting them tor the
Lions Club carnival hero July
5. Anyone hating empty ones
they want to donate to the club
is asked to bring them to him
or Joe Keesler. Reinhardt by
It's Hof As A
$2 Pisfol On
Hew Year's Eve
Although some clouds appear-
ed in the East Thursday after-
noon and a trace of rain fell,
there was no respite from the
heat with t!»e temperature re-
corded at 94 degrees.
The low was 72 degrees, ac-
cording to H, A. Taylor, weath-
erman at OPAL dam.
A heavy rain fell in Houston
Thursday evening, but none
s ound here.
I titled Trees International
Texas weekend weather
shaped up nicely today, with
clear to partly cloudy skies re-
ported over almost ail of toe
state.
Warm readings were much In
evidence early today, with a 79
mark recorded at Cotul 1 a ,
Brownsville and Galveston.
M.*! stations reported early
Moraine readings in the 70s.
c :t sn occasional iow tempera-
ture in the 60s crept into North
Texan.
evaluating and considering.’’
Johnson said that toe 11 a.
m. F.DT meeting at the White
House would include reports
from Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and Defense Secretary
Robert S. McNamara.
Tie President made the an-
nouncement of the extraordi-
nary cabinet session at a news
conference late Thursday in
which he flatly rejected any ne-
gotiations with- the Communist
Viet Cong guerillas In South
Viet Nam because they repre-
sent no government.
He also disclosed that a ■
source who had talked with!
North Vietnamese leader* in
Hanoi was “completely per-
suaded from his conversations
with the officials they are not
now interested in any negotia-
tion of any kind.’’
Welcomes British Move
But Johnson welcomed a
move by British Prime Minis-
ter Harold L. Wilson to form a
peace-seeking mission from
commonwealth nations in hop-
es of ending toe war in South-
east Asia.
upstairs, her blood pressure
would really be shooting up
higher than the temperature
these days. 1
So, readers, please bear with
us u.itil the head man comes: the way is just back from a two-;
day outing on the coast with his j
family and has a nice tan to
back and sets the paper in good
order again.
prove it.
The daily greeting these days
when you hit Main St. early of;
a morning is, “Ain’t it hot?”:
and the broom wielders out
front of the stores sweeping
debris piled up from the day;
before are wilted before they j
get started with their daily
chores. Incidentally’, it is rath-
er amazing how well brooms
fit the hands of some of our
businessmen who wouldn't be j
caught dead pushing one across
the floors of their homes.
Band Leader
Found Dead
In London
Cuaroita's Kin
Diad Yesterday
Word was received here yes-
terday by Mr*. A. C. Bragg-
man that her brother, Herbert
Nordheuecn, toed in Schulen-
burg.
No details regarding toe fun-
eral were available today. *|
It’s a good feeling to com* to
work each morning and greet
familiar faces such as Murray
Carte, Carl Wagner. John Rei-
ning, Lester Frers, ‘ Doc’’ But-
tery. and many others as they
stroll to their peaces of busi-
ness, stopping briefly to extend
friendly greetings to others they
meet along the way. That s the
nice thing about living in a (
small town ----- it’s one bigj
happy’ family with a few un-1
eventful "scrape” torown in oc- j
casionally.
You can have your cities, but i
this country gal will take to the
country anytime. The rat race
city folks cope with daily would
put one In a straight jacket
•cents to me. And It’s getting
worse afl the time. And with
freeways becoming more and
more numerous, one might as
well try to find his way out of
a crazy house. And if you want
'to go slap dab crazy, just try’
LONDON -UPC- Band lead
er George Melachrino was found
: dead in tlve
home today.
A post mortem will be held i
but police did not think there J
were suspicious circumstances. |
Melachrino, 55, was known j
t for his sentimental sty’le of mu-
sic. He formed the Melachrino;
orchestra and the “Melachrino
; Strings” and also composed the
j background music for severe
films.
Krueger Still In
Jail Despite
Court Ruling
I CORPUS CHRISTI — <ITT> -
i Paul Eric Krueger, 17, the San
| Clemente, Calif., youth charg-
ed with murdering three fish-
I ermen is in jail, despite a court
| ruling Wednesday that he could
! lie freed on bond.
The Court of Criminal Ap-
peals ordered bond to be set on
the youth who was arested sev-
the youth who was arrested sev-
!has been held in jail since.
I Krueger’s lawyers contended
1 the state had no evidence t o
show that he or his companion.
Jolin Phillip Angies, 16. of Hol-
j lywood killed the fishermen or
even had any motive to do so.
Tie court agreed that bond
slwuld be set.
Bond of $15,000 per each of
three indictments was set but
Dist. A tty . Sam Jones of Nue-
ces County’ said Krueger would
probably remain in jail.
Janes has 15 days to ask the
appeals court for a rehearing
of the case before he wilt be
forced to release Krueger.
Angles is at the Gatesville ;
Titan SC’s Flight
Brilliant Success
Its Maiden Voyage
CAPE KENNEDY <‘l’PL> A
new triple - barreled rocket
called the Tnan-3C thundered
into tiie sky <>n its maiden,
flight in a spectacular bid tor!
the lead in the world’s rocket \
power race ‘
The super-Titan was carrying the first of a kind - and
a record 21.000 pound payload' it the ability to loft
and the Air Force's hope that manned military space
it will give the United .Stales a The solids are strapped
booster rockets had built up to
a total of 2.4 million pounds of j j,
thrust -900,000 pounds greater
than any other U S. or Soviet j enacted
Rocket.
Tie use of the 85-foot long i votes —
solid rockets made the Tit»n-3CJ congressional action
WASHINGTON tUPIl — Here
arc the effective dates on the
$4.7 billion reduction in about
10 manufacturers, and retail
sales taxes:
Retroactive to Mar 15
Reduction from 10 per cent
to 7 per cent in the tax on new
cars.
Elimination of the 10 per cent
tax on air conditioner*.
Effective Midnight the day the
Bill L signed
Ten [X# cent tax: Furs, jew-
elery, luggage and handbag*,
toilet preparations, business
machines, cameras, film, light-
ers, matches, musical instru-
ments, pens, mechanical pen-
cil-, ponograph records, ra-
dios, phonographs, sport i n g
goods except fishing equip-
ment. television sets.
Five per cent tax: Projector*,
electric, gas and oil appliances,
freezers, refrigerators.
Thirteen cents a pack o n
playing cards.
Effective July 1, legs
Safe deposit boxes 10 per
cent; bowling alleys, billiard
and pool tables $20 per year;
coin operated amusement de-
vices $10 per year.
Effective noon Dec. 31, 1965 .
Cabaret bill and general ad-
missions 10 per bent. horse
and dog races 30 per cent.
Jan. i, teas
Club dues 20 per cent: tel-
egraph, electric light bulbs 10
(See Excise Tax. Page 8)
♦ *> *
President Urged
To Quickly Sign
Excise Tax Bill
1 WASHINGTON tUPIl - Con-
' gross ion al leaders hoped today
that President Johnson would
1 quickly sign toe $4-7 billion ex-
cise tax cut bill so consumers
i could start getting the saving*
| immediately.
i Tie President assured h 1 s
\ news conference Thursday’ that
he would sign the measure, but
: he indicated it might take him
a few days to act. He said the
bill had to be checked by ad-
ministration experts
Excise levies on items rang-
ing from 'urs to matches will
go off the day after the bill is
The Senate and Hcaise
approved the measure bv voice
Thursday to complete
firm military footiwld in space.
Tie strange-looking booster, ’
127 feet tall and il) feet vide. 1
roared into life before a
tional television audience
sides of a liquid-fueled Titan-3
rocket in tiie center..
The huge booster, rising on
na- the twin fury of its solid rock-
at
gives In calling up the bill in toe
large Senate Democratic Whip Rus-
ships. i sell B Long, La., said any de-
to the'lay in i*s approval might causa
9 a.m. EST with a tremendous
blast of bright yellow flame and
white smoke.
Within one-third of a second,
its two gianr sotld - fuelled
consumers to put off purchases
However, there were no reports
of a buying slowdown based on
rbe expected tax cut .
j ets, gained momentum quickly j Long told the Senate he
and within five seconds had hoped that Johnson would sign
cleared its 175-foot umbili c a 1 the bill today, which would
tower, bathing it in flame. make some tax cuts effective
An Air Force officer reported j Saturday, but he added: “Tiat
(See TITAN SC. Page *> (See JOHNSON, Page 8)
bath at his l»ndon Sut* for
City Monager
Sees Bright
Future Here
i!
Lions (lub Carnival
Prims On Display
Attendance prizes to be given
away at the IJona Club Fourth
of July carnival, to be held
this year on July 5. are being
displayed tots week in the win-
dow of the Buehel. National
Bank.
Among the prizes displayed
are e **t of outdoor chain, a
picnic table, rod and reel plus
fishing gear, a vacuum cleaner,
rifle, cookware, and an edger.
to latorauttonal Airport
“1 think Cuero’s future looks
i very good. Small towns must
have strong leadership to grow,
and I think Cuero has that lead-
ership," so stated City Manager
James Dill.
Dill’s family moved here from
Burnet, Texas, or June 7, and
the family now Hies at 401
| Prairie.
j Dill stated his family hkes
Ouero very much.
There are four children -Jan-
is. IS, a sophomore at Temple
Junior College; Ricky, 14 and in
the ninth grade; Jay, 13 and an
eighth grader; and Patty, who
le 11 and in the seventh grade.
Dill arrived here in Cuero
May 17: He also stated that
since the trend Is away from
small towns and into metropoli-
tan areas, only the strongest
small town* with good leader-
tom will survive and grow.
Mrs. (barton Jacobs oi Own,
teg his initial
•flight’
at
1» shewn tab- Implied be might Jwnt take a whirl at
Cengnr jet hi- a flyer eaa at dan days. <r-8Uk» Bai
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Gerald, Sam. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 144, Ed. 1 Friday, June 18, 1965, newspaper, June 18, 1965; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth696920/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cuero Public Library.