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VOL 73 NO. 244
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1967
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4.24 inch rain deluges Cuero
PEOPLE
in the
NEWS
CAPT. DU4C .NOYD'.N com-
manding officer at Cannon Air
Force Base in Clovis. N. M . has
gone on reconi in «upt*>rf of the
ex-figlver pilot's effort* to
classified as a conscientious oh-
iecto! to the Vietnam war.
Tiie position of Col William
A Hoy. ,7r , comrr.atvler of the
8‘?nd combat supi-n-t group at
Cmnon. was revealed in a pe-
rson filed cm Void's behalf
With the Supreme Court by
Cuero announced
VFW spring
convention site
’Hie Veterans of Foreign Wars] A. W Schaffner.
vi led Sunday in Kenedy to hold The Cuero post Is tied with
their district spring convention Refuigo for first place on meet-
ir Cuero, according to post ing their membership quota and
commander James Korth. all other activities.
The 15-mein her Cuero deleg,a- The Rev. Valenta of Praha
tion to the Saturday and Sun- was a special guest at the con-
dnj convention in Kenedy were vention. He reminded the vet-
a part of the 200 persons gath- era ns of memorial services Nov
ermg there.
Attending from Cueio were
Mr, and Mrs. Korth, Mr. and
Mrs Alois Bomba, Herbert
Fit is, Inuis Grander, Mrs. tJI-
the ban Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs.
American Civil Liberties Union Chaiie* Kilpatrick. Iwon Kruse,
and the All!' have Mrs. W. A Laake, Mr. and Mrs
5 at the Praha cemetery.
Koyd
gone to rourt in the first chal-
lenge of the government's re-
fusal to allow conscientious ob-
jection to a "particular " war.
tXAY MIAWs lawyers go in
to cc-urt today to ask that his
trial on charges of conspiring to
assassinate President Kennedy
b«- moved out of New Orleans
ot' delayed six months.
Clay* lawyers based their
request on contentions that Dish
Att> Jim Garrison has said so
much publicity at.ait his nv.*st,-
gut inn of -he assassination that
Shaw, could not get a fair trial
In New Orleans
Garrison has already called
the motions unreasonable. He
accused Shaw's lawyer* of try-
ing to influence jurors by eo-
o;>* rating with n» vvsnien ;
rt'IJTTKR PRIZE BINNING
NFHHV1AN BOB (ONnIDIM
»ay« 'Two trips to the combat
Hopes in South Vietnam have
convinced me we are winning
that lousy war inch h\ inch."
Considine, a top writer for 'he
Hearst new*i>a|jer«. told a Siena
College audience in Albany, N.
V Sundav that if anybody is
being brainwashed al»>ut the
war "H i Ho Oil Minli rather
than George Romney.”
CITIAN PREMIER ZTDEI.
CAATRO said Sunday night he
is convinced that Kmestn Che
Guevara wa* killed in Bolivn
and added that his former right-
hand man may have tven be-
trayed b) a deserter.
"The doubts we have are not
about hts death but the way in
which he died,' said ("astro,
apparently or the verge of tears,
during a radio and television
broadcast.
Wilfred l>eist and Mr. and Airs.
Speakers
named for
Burglars
sack
offices
ceremonies
Political seers early
in LBJ election defeat
.................... ... CHICAGO (UPD — A veteran just plain unhappy pigeonc in'analysis, by taxation, inflation,
fites entered were not dam- (Washington newsman said Mon-' between. It is logically impossi- j mounting crime statistics and
Burglars hit the eDWitt Coun-
ty’ Courthouse Friday night and
rifled four offices in a search
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for money, according to Sheriff
N. G. "Cutter” Dietze.
Dietze said they did get an |
undetermined amount of money;
from a cigarette and asprin ma-1
John B«*n Sheppard of Odes-[ chine, but that was all.
S» will tie the main speaker at j He said the entry was discov-,
hie dedication ceremonies ot the; ere(j Saturday morning.
Band Stand Marker Nov. 11 ( {records and files in the ot-'
in the city park here, Mrs. *
\V Schaffner, president ot me agefj
DcWit f County Historical Survey j
Cot -.nutlet! announced Monday.
Sheppard is past president of
the Texas Suite Historical Sur-
vey Committee and past attpr-
ney general of Texas.
Richard Steele of Austin will
be on the program for 'he
dedication of tiie Brayton Fly-
ing School marker the same
day.
Steele was connected with the
sch'Xil during WWII.
The band stand ceremonies
are scheduled for 4 pm. Nov.
11 after the Turkey Trot par-
ade.
The Brayton marker will lie
dedicated at 10 a m. Nov. 11 in
die City Park,
Downpour proves
harmful to
farms, ranches
By JACK RICKMAN
Record Staff Writer
The official weather station
in Cuero reported 4.24 inches of
rain Sunday and Sunday night
j as a cold front pushed through
South Texas triggering rains up
i to six-inches in some areas of
southeast of Yoakum on IT. &
Highway 111.
Breier also reported an offi-
cial 2.54 inches of rain in Hal-
lcttsville-
At Hochheim Mrs. Elvira Buiv-
tyn reported 3.6 inches, accord-
ing to Breier.
Felix Bade, who lives about
recently devastated areas four and a half miles south of
STARTED RUSSIAN REVOLUTION-— Alexander Victorovich Bellshev, 75. waves from deck of
the cruiser Aurora In Leningrad, where on Oct. 17, 1917, he ordered the gun behind him
fired at the doomed czar s winter palace to signal start of the Russian Revolution. Beli-
shev was captain of the Aurora, which now is a museum.
•day “political soothsayers" .thcm,to a|other matters. I
i , ’ , , comfortable place to roost on: Meanwhile, die admimstra-
predic, Piesident Johnsons de-'nnv Vietnam plank the Republi-1 tion, “embarrassed by mounting
feat next year on the basis of can platform committee may!criticism of its Vietnam policy!
his present low rating on Viet-j come up with, no matter how I which inhibits its abilitv to deal *“• vc* “l ure ^S'*1 lu Kn 1001 level
nam in popularity polls “are! attractive or how ambiguous.” I with other matters, is seekinei ,"?rrl.S°n,it G*. Yoakum plantain some of the county’s heavy
Legion fund
increases
hit by hurricane Beulah's 25-
inch deluge.
i In Yorktown 3.68 inches fell.
| according to official weather
observer Henry Wehe. The rain
fed over an extended period
Sunday and presented at no
time a serious threat of flood-
ing.
Residents along the creek
that damaged many homes in
the w’ake of flooding by Beulah
were on the banks watching it
Sunday, he said.
Only a few low place that us-
ually flood were inundated Sun-
day. Wehe said that the drain-
age was good.
In Goliad where 3.70 inches
fell in a three-hour period Sun-
day morning several business
houses were flooded, including
the offices of the Goliad Ad-
vance-Guard newspaper.
The total for the Sunday and
Sunday night period in Goliad
was 4.01 inches, according to
Emil Weber, weather observer,
observer.
Leo Breier of Yoakum report-
ed an official 2.02 inches of
rain, but said that Dr. A. L.
Cuero cm the Goliad highway
reported 5.6 inches of rain fall
during the period.
Hugo Buehrig reported 4.9
inches of rain fell at his place
five miles from Cuero on the
Victoria highway.
The cold-front-caused thun-
derstorm system unleashed a
tornado, destructive winds and
lightning across the state.
It was the heaviest rains since
Beulah a month ago.
“As hard as it rained Sunday
I would think that the rain*
were harmful as far as erosion
is concerned, because the farm-
ers and ranchers have not had
time to repair terrace, water-
way and gulley damage from
the hurricane last month,"
county agent Gilbert Hiedeman
said.
■”Ihe only benefit for DeWitt
County that I can see in the
Sunday rains is the deep mois-
ture situation,” he said.
Even in view of the recent
heavy rains, the deep moisture
level was low. It takes a long
time to rebuild the moisture le-
vel at the eight to ten foot level
The Aineriran legion Dinter
premature, to say the least, and
could be terribly wrong."
Stewart Hensley, chief diplo-
matic correspondent for United
. Press International, discussed
port equipment and furnishing "Foreign Policy in the 1968 Johnson under the old “lesser of
fund for the now Legion home j Election” at a lunch meeting of j two evils" theory,
has increased $180 to approxi-the Inland Daily Newspaper] In addition, there is always
Once the Republicans have; to force the discussion back to
picked their candidates and what the President calls the
been forced to take a stand,
much of this “frustration” vote
probably will swing back to
Deanery founeil
slates Cuero
meeting Tuesday
The Holy Name Society of
Our I-ady of Gu. dalupe Church
live, but the White House cere- ih,,!" th*’ Quarterly meeting;
mony will be filmed for use on!" ,’,p Victoria Deanery Council:
later telecasts j of Catholic Men Tuesday, ac-j
The White House announced! ^n1in« *° Prc*‘dont Andrew ,,
Aleman Jr.
The meeting will lie held at
mately $12,000, according to
finance < hair man A. C. (Bill)
Barfield.
Names as new donors were:
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bmz, $25;
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Duckett,
$50, O. A. Zimmerman, $25;
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cooper,
$25 and
$30 ami a donation to tiie John
Bcrmng Memorial.
Other donations include Adick-!
es Lumber Co., material for
planter boxes, and Julius Nes-
tsta, labor on liuilding planter
!>o\es.
fundamentals”, the newsman
said.
He asserts that Secretary' of
State Dean Rusk made a major
effort in that direction at his,
latest news conference "when!
he cast the whole issue in I
I Association. ! the possibility the administra-
There is no reason to doubt; tion will get some unforseen j starkly simple black and white
the accuracy of polls showing; "break” in the Southeast Asia! terms — a sort of ‘bad guys’
that more than 50 per cent of conflict, although top officials versus‘good guys’scenario on a
the voters disapprove of John-! are not counting on it.
son’s handling of the Veitnam i Hensley pointed out there are
war, Hensley said. other critical issues in the pic-
“However", he added, this ture. and those who are unde-
lab experimental station report-; soils, according to Heideman.
led 4.48 inches of rain. The sta-! He said the deep soil moisture
tion is located about two miles 1 level is important to crops.
Legion moves into
new home Sunday
Mrs. Annie Schlinke ma’ori,y “consists of doves as]eided or confused on Vietnam largest regional association
well as hawks and millions of; may be influenced, in the final daily newspapers.
global scale. j The American legion Dinter
Hensley addressed editors and Post 3 Sunday moved out of
newspaper representatives mak-! their quarters on East Main
ing up the nation s oldest and Street and into their new
I
Celestial riders?
Horse death site Marked
I.Y.VBA BIRD
wedding will not
JOHNSON'S
be televised
Sunday the wedding will he held i
nt 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, with
Ministers plan
Unicef campaign
The Cuero Ministerial Alliance1 was n"< out of this world,
will meet Tuesday to lay final! Alamosans who have started
AIAMOSA. Colo. (UPD — Snip- a fund drive said they already from other worlds do arrive,
Py tlle horse, a galloping Ap- f,ave rajse(j over jpx) to erect a i however, some clergymen in
memorial to Snippy, three-year- Pu<-‘hlo, Colo., took a poll to
manent home on South Espla-
nade Street.
Construction of the approxi-
mately $70,000 home started
about three months ago with
Alamo Lumber Co. being the
contractor.
The building is of a sheet
metai construction with a brick
veneer front. The auditorium
has a seating capacity of ap-
proximately 450 persona. It has
a hardwood floor for dancing.
The snack bar is located in
the front section of the building
along with a conference room.
The conference room will hold
about 50 persons.
The building is centrally heat-
ed and cooled.
The new edifice will be dedi-
cated Oct. 29 in ceremonies
headed by the National Com-
mander of the Legion.
The time for the ceremonies
has not been announced.
find out what people would do ]
paloosa who some said
done in by a flying saucer, will j
get a plaque to maik his final'old horse whose death stirred |if a spacecraft iantjod and alien
renting spot-even if his death'up reports of a flying saucer. • beings walked out of it.
A proposed inscription will! The leading suggestion: “Give
plans for the Unicef Campaign, j
The ministers will meet at;
the First Methodist Church, ac-i
to President Wayne!
Pemberton.
The meeting will have a Tur-j The Rev. John Flynn is chair- *
key Trot theme as the men will | man of the Unicef project, which tiCTQ jUlldQy
to a turkey dinner j will lie staged Get. 30. one night'
before Halloween.
The Rev.' Canon Gerald M,-Allis-! ,h“ P“rish Hal1 inning at 8
ter, rector of St. Rarbanns ^ ™ .
F.pi«ro|ial Church, Fredericks-! . " r''uni1 15 r'l'<
ceremony will be held in the
White House East Room. Be-
cause of limited space, a spokes-] ^
man said the guest list will oej wi„, trjmming
limited to 500 relatives andj
friends.
Railroad
workers
in Cuero
Southern Pacific Railroads
moved approximately 50 men
and assorted heavy equipment
Into Cuero Monday morning to
atart work on repairing hurri-
cane damage between Cuero
and Smiley.
While the men are working
out of Cuero they will be on the
•ertion of the line between the
rlvei crossing near the Old San
Antonio river bridge and York-
town.
The men are being housed in
trailer* parked at the SP de-
pot on Eaat North Railroad
Street, behind the old Amen- •
•an Legion Hall.
Ken Towery
Visits Mother
read: "To Snippy for Making,thpm a friendly reception.”
The Town Famous ...” ' ---
Dr. Robert O. Adams, a mem-!
tier of Colorado State Univer-
sity's College of Veterinary!
Medicine and Biomedical Sci- j
ences, viewed the remains of \
the horse who died last month;
and blamed the death on an in- i
Laymen
warned
by Pope
Japanese Pacifists
swing clubs hard
still is very much a threat to
law and order if not to the Sato
government itself.
! VATICAN CITY *UPP Liber-
al Roman Catholic laymen seek-
; ing a bigger role in conducting
the right to-
Kenneth Towery, former ma- feet ion.
naging editor of the Cuero Re-: "There was some Widence
cord and now administrative! the severe infection had been
assistant to U. S. Senator John; I)resent in ,he ri8'hr flan^ area,”
Tower was in Cuero Sunday and Dl' Artams sa,d ''T,hHt ^ kil>
Monday to visit with his moth-]a J“nse * a sh°rt toe
cr Mrs. Lonie Towery and bro-; . r' Arams said bacteria, affairs won
ther Dr. W! R Towery j birds and coyotes were respon-i cnurcn atIairs vvl>n
I Towery flew into Texas Satur- f,,r ,he absence of organs, day to meet with Pope Paul’s
day from Washington to attend ; !n the animH, s abdominal cav-j Synod of Bishops. The synod it-
1 to some business in the Senat- i,y an<1 said tbe predators se{f js studying ways of ci/.ing-
ur's Austin ofliee and then drove! n’>ght also have eaten away the ■ c-nu,.c{. noiicv to cone with
down to Cuero Sunday to see i around the head and neck. m(Kjern tjnies.
h s mother. He remained until! F),,st reports of the death-. The laymen will meet with the
after noon on Monday and vi-|wh,ch coincided withi reports of bishops •1'uesdav to present a
’ “• ~ ’ a f'-vng saucer in the area- memorandu.n a‘skinK ^or estab.
stirred up rumors that the horse'
fell victim to a ship from out-
er spare.
An official of the university of
FEUID FOMIN TER—Bolivia eervea up this photo, made In
Vlllegrande, of th* face of Ernesto Guevara, killed to a
skirmish with Bolivian soldiers, along with a magazine
photo of him for comparison. “Che” Guevara wa* Fidel
Castro’s righthand man to Cuba till h* reportedly was sent
into South Amsrioa to foment Communist revolution.
: sited With friends at The Record
i Monday morning,
j Towery, who won a Pulitzer
Prize lor uncovering and reixirt-
tng thi' Texas Veterans land
scandals in 1955. will remain in
Texas until Friday.
fhursilav he will be honored
at the first Citizens Assembly
of Southwest Texas Junior Col-
lege at Uvalde. Towery was the
first student to register when
the college opened in 19-16 after
spending the night on a cot in
the dean's office.
Senator Tower will be the
featured speaker at the
biy program
By IJ:ON DANIEL
TOKYO (UPI) - One of the od
dities in this nation whose con
i stitution prohibits war is the mi-!
I t
| litgncy of its pacifists,
t One of the ronies of Japanese j
j polities is rock-throwing and i
j club-swinging in the name of |
j peace.
i A Jeftist student organization |
! c a 1) e d Zengakuren recently j
1 staged a riot in which one stu-:
: dent was killed and 700, indud- j
I ing 600 policemen, were injured. | , , ,,
The students were protesting I ment of * Mexican-American to
! Prime Minister Eisaku Sato’s the state Constitutional Revision
goodwill tour of Southeast Asia, (Commission just because hs
a trip they say could lead to Ja-' had a Spanish surname would
pan's involvement to the Viet- j be reverse discrimination. Gov.
nam war.
A look at the casualty figures
would indicate that the peace-
niks won a clear-cut victory
over the police in the fighting
Gov. Connally
disclaims
discrimination
AUSTIN (UPD — The appoint-
Jishment of a body to represent j near Tokyo's International Air-
laymen in church. Some of them ; port.
refep to the body as a little par-1 The students, packing clubs
liament” and say members' larger than axe handles, knock-
sht’uld be elected by laymen and ed out several armored cars by
not appointed by bishops.
The action came despite
setting them afire.
John Connally said today.
The statement was in a letter
by Connally to state Sen. Jo*
Bernal of San Antonio in an-
swer to a letter in which th*
senator chided the governor far
not naming a Mexican"Ameri-
can to the commission.
Connally also punted out tq
Bernal that Lt. Gov. Preston
Smith refused to name the au-
Object Study even went to the
M»>.,-» , . ! Tb0 action came despite a It took 2,500 police firing tear1 thortoed five state senators to
t Ko ert J. Low, project speech by the Pope on Sunday! gas barrages four hours to dis- the commisoon. As *> result,
coordinator, said his tnve.stia-1 cautioning laymen against ef- perse the battling peaceniks. the other members .'^pointed
cx-j forts to “emancipate them-j Zengakuren toppled a prime! five senators to the study pan-
selves.”! There was a general' minister seven years ago and: el
(•‘inrt. il., kid K-mal in his
a ' " ‘ ...
tor found no radiation or
haust marks as reported earlier _____ ^................ ^ ^ ^
and said he was satisfied with j feeling dt disappointment among forced President Dwight D. Li-
the findings of Dr. Adams. ; the laymen over the Pope's em-; senhower to cance] a visit to
I m pretty satisfied.” Low, phasis on hU authority, but de-: Tokyo. In the years that lollow-
said. I think Dr. Adams' eval-; legates said they would reserve ed Zengakuren s flames of fa-
assem- j uation makes great sense.”
I Just m ease any apsqgmsn
letter th.d e q .v <nted '•m.is*
ir.ciiv.duals wi em I cia.iden*
ed to be most qualified
.judgment till they studied texts! natirism burned lower, but the' without regard to consideratioa
being distributed today. . latatl not indicate* the group of races rr ethie background.”
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