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PEOPLE in the NEWS:
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W hllman In A out In. T«. 8he
died of wound* n week l»l*-r.
witlnf hi* loll »t !• hlUod
a sit II other* woonded.
Area Weather
Cloudy to partly cloudy and
a aim. Widely scattered after-
noon and evening thundershow-
ers Temp* 77-94 tor Otero,
Yorktown and Yoakum.
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VOL. 72—NO. 192
FORT WORTH t Pi Ken
neth Alien MvDuif, • IK.tear-old
convict charged with murdering
three teen-ager* last Saturday
night, tliurriher! through a new
Bible in hi* cell today While
Johnson County tovostigatr i»
looked for hi* plrtol
McDuff and Roy' Gteen, 1®
are charged in the shooting
deatli* of Robert Brand
17, and hi* cousin, Marcus
Dunnam. Jfi, and the rape-strae-
filiation of Edna Louise Sulli-
van, 16
Sheriff Ion Evan* *a.d M<-
Duff requested a Bible Thurs-
day. Tn E. C. Grandstaff. chap-
lain nt the Tarrant County .mil.
and the Rev. B. G. Bayless, pas-
tor of the Church of God
assembly in suburban ltaltorn
• I
City. Visited MeLaiff and took
him a white Bible
r>r. Grands!* ff said Me Duff
grasped tlie bar* of hi* rail
and Raid: "I'm not guilty of any
of tni« "
Bail**# said be .• «s shocked
when he heard about the
charge*,
"Only * month aro he under -
went a , conversion." Bayies*
said He promised to give hi«
heart to the t/>rd H# *e»med
sincere."
■'Hr vEXT TT.itf somebody
tell* Un Stanley to fo fly a
kite, he might jus? punch >nri
in the mouth.
The a->ear-old boy Thursday
in Mahle’horpe England, sent
hi* kitp filing with the wind
ever a trailer camp *!te packed
with 8,000 holiday campers.
The kit# string became
caught in telephone and electri-
city wire#, ripping them down
with disastrou* result*
An electric organ reciiai \*a«
nlined. The 200 street light* Tn
the area went out. A fire
started in a telephone sw itch-
hoard. And all of tlie g.OOfl
camper* had to eat their
supper by eand>hgh'
A LI. DOUBT# about whet he,
Pat and Ijuci Nugent really
were behind the protective wall'
of Secret Service agents at the
oceanside Capricorn villa n
Nassau Were dispelled Thurs-
day when the couple made the -
first public appearance
Appropriately, In this British
protectorate, they went to tea
Thev spent about an hour
w'th Bahamian governor Sir
Ralph Irey at the island s
■olonia! - style g<v emment
Aou»e 'hen posed brief!'1 for
pi tUi»*
laic; looked radiant, in a
-shocking pink dress with a
polka dot turban, white shoe*,
white gloves and pear! ear-
ring- Both she and Pat looked
ery happy.
Later, the couple "turned to
the $250,000 Oceanside villa that
ha- been their hone', moon
home since arriving he: e
v inday
ORMM IT astronaut* Char-
ie* Conrad and Richard Cordon
are scheduled for launch Sent.
9 on a daring flight that v 11
tak» them a record 862 miies
high and send There '.art's <*ei-
- mg through space Led y> an-
other satelLtr '
The Vatinnar A<- -ona :ti, s"and
Space Administration Thursday
disclosed final pla« ? for • the
ambition.' mission the next to
the last n t’ e Project Gerrjfav.
series T-» distance goal se* n
space will almost double that
reached by Gemini. 10
A WIN KR AI W K.J.I> man ac
••used of .I'l'rp; site «d
* coins was among 23 pe
Rons v iv> ha> e been m b, ted r>>-
* federal g?and i .tv t was i e-
vea|ed Thursday.
He * Gien Gg, J*ori WhtrJev
4? Tie dates on three pennies
and one nickel had been alter*
ed to make the -oir*i more
valuable to collectors.
MARTIN I.ITRrR KINO
ThurscfTv derried the "FTTi e k
pm ver" movement, an.1 declared
nonvihlent protest vn« sh!L the
Negros most powerful weapon
against ci;*- ; iminatiori.
King, ill with > virus and
strep throat gave the closing
*ddrcs« to h.r* Southern ; Chris-
tian Leederahip Conference
conveptrori via a telephone-'
• iUio hook'in i
'' \onv1olenre. does not hobble
die Vegrn in w hire chains of
co-ntrcij, • Ki'cr mid ‘I would
;>'>t have -vac-, opposed wddl
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‘A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY’
CUERO, TEXAS 77954. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 196«
f PAGES - PRICE Sc
Flooding Stalls 1,000
Cars In Beaumont Area
T extile
Plant
Favored
Steen Is Elected
President of C-C
Karate Expert
Thrills Boys,
But Then-Wow’
fiat iBtibba) Steen or va-
cation and out of town. »n
elected president of the Giero
W ASHINGTON l*PI A N»- Chamber of Commerce Thurs-
ttonal Labor Relation# Board night at a called meeting
NLRB examiner, reveraing • <* Director#. He was choaen by
1*62 ruling under Supreme ; acclamation at the brief ses-
Gnurt prodding, today cleared •
textile Arm of charge# tt **•*
trying lo chill unionism by
shutting down a plant in South
Carolina
The ruling, subject w confir-
mation by the full board,
favored Darlington Manufactur-
ing Co . In the decade-old
dispute involving closure of it*
Darlington S, C, mill.
TV Textile Worker* Union
charged that the plant
was abut down to keep the
union out and to discourage or-
ganisation of employe* at
*omp«nv plant# elsewhere
sion
Steen a city councilman and
distributor here for Gulf Oil
Product*, i* scheduled to auc-
e#ed Wayne fttimaon, furniture
dealer Sept. 1.
Kiev ed vice president wa*
Errol Dietie, lawyer, and cho-
sen treasurer wai Gene Grafe,
vice-president of Giero Feder-
al Saving* and Loan Ax*n
Steen, son of Mr. and Mrs
liai Steen of Otero, i* * na-
tive Oicrotte. He hai been
active in a number of Giero
civic enterprise* including the
Youth Rodeo. He it a graduate
of Otero High School and also
$1 Million Loss
Seen In Wake
Of 10 Inch Rain
1DNDON OOLNEY. Eng-
land - -ALTS- - Karate expert
Michael Payne thrilled the
Boy Scouts at a fete here as
he blasted a board with hia Tatted Preee latrraatiuaal were flooded had returned
bar* hand, bettered a roof j A f-°°d with damage which Weather forecasters expected
tile, and erushed three bracks tmav reach H million rapidly widespread but scattered si»w-
IgJJfeL, d^aatatiag '
Viet Nam
ROUNDUP
CHINA -
LAOS
CONtINUI TO rOUNOt.
OMI INHlTtATIOM
*OUTt FaOMTHIAlt ^
•OMIIIS ATTACK
CONG JUNGLE USE
SOUTH OF DA NANO
iiiiiis!
"FAltt aivier* FAT tot
OF 2* IS OVERRUN IN
HIGHLANDS. NINE STAY
AllVf av HATING OEAD
z SOUTH
VIET NAM
4TH INFANTRY
UMTS ARRIVE
AT OU1 NMON,
THE FIRST OF
100.000 MORE
bttwT
Applause echoed through
the hatl aa Payne stepped be-
fore a fourth brick, brought
the hammerbk* hand streak-
ing down and screamed with
pain.
He was takes to a hospi-
tal with a broken hand
! drained out of the Beaumont- era to continue through Satur-
t Port Arthur-Orange are* oj day Overnight low temperatur-
Southeast Texas today and e# in Texas ranged front 65 at
heavy rain* pounded Central Dalhart to 83 at Galveston.
I Texas.
! Rains unofficially guaged at for the 24 hours ended at 6
up to 5.6 inches over 34 hours a m . included: Presidio. 1 inch.
fell m the Waco area but no Austin, 3.06: Lufkin, #2; .Tunc-
Beatle Savs It’s Decline
In Religion He Deplores
CHICAGO t’PI Trailing sorry- he said the Beaties are
_ __ _ clouds of contrition. Britain’s more popular than lesu*
Rainfall' report* about Texas '“^alabie Beatle*. rods.', But norry or not he said if*
opened a- 14-day American tour. I true
Resident theoiogian ,lohn! 3 suppose if I had said
Lennon answered the most television was
move popular
1 flooding was reported. Ram ror- , ton. 2.20: Killeen, 95. Long- txirnL,|£! Question of newsmen at, than Jesus. I would have got
| tinned at Waco and a short.' view, .87: Perrin Air Force a Jl0tP^ news «onference Thurs- away with it." John said Ira
'hard downpour hit Austin. Most Base Sherman. L25; Wills'da-' ni",ir when saifl ll« sorry I opened my mouth ”
Tlie ,VLRB Srat upheld the’of the Unlveraity of Tex»* in
union complaint and said!business administration
Darlington employe* who lost j For five year* he wa* tenni-
their job# were entitled to back' nal manager for Red Arrow
pay and other benefit*. But the!Freight line# in San Antonio
Supreme Court last year j He returned to Cue no in March
ordered the board to reopen the-of 1964 to lake the Gulf dutri-
ca*e.
Tlie Supreme Court Mid the
hoard should proceed on the
basis that a company ha* an
absolute right to close it# entire
business for any reason. but
tnat "partial • losing of a
business is un unfair labor
practice If motivated by a
purpose to chill unionism in any
of tlie remaining plants/'
Operating from this premise
the examiner, Lloyd Buchanan,
held today that die Darlington
plant waa not closed in order to
discourage unionisation at other
Darlington Go plants.
LIAS tf
*> HTF.K*
. , . (Mr* af Dt rector*
butorship here.
The new officers are stated to
be formally installed at the an-;
nuai Chamber af Commerce .
banquet at St Mark's Iuitheran
Hall Aug 35.
Scouts
Win
Places
! sections of the state, in fact:
’ [ ported rain.
Clouds and
breeaes l-eheved
| area Thursday
School Board Tables
Five Bids on Gasoline
★ ★ ★
Mill In Cuaro
Going 'Smooth'
The Cuero School Board in •
special session Thursday night
accepted the low bid of Crescent
Valley Oeamery at Victoria to
supply milk for pupils at six
cents for a half pint In a car-
ton and ,0575 cents fur a half
pint in a glass container.
Other bidders war# the Bor-
den Co. of San Antonio and
Oak Farm Dairies of Austin.
Ttieir bids wars only for ear-
ton milk.
The board tabled hid* on
gasoline and ell submitted by
five companies when it was
found each company submitted
the same bid on gasoline
Bidders were Continental Oil
ICo, Kichhnlz, Gulf Oil, Humble
Service
' There have been no new de-
velopments . af all. Operations
are progressing smoothly.’’
Tin* was the answer given ,8nd ljeske t P,y.uBt
The Record Thursday by R*y- stations
mond Neuse, ass 1star; mana- vVhaf the board wtil do about
the gasoline - oil bids remains
to be decided. The City Council
Aug. 18 on the 1966-61 budget
The proposed budget rails for
the expenditure of *987,270
based an s 11.25 tax rate
It is estimated additional
funds will be available this up-
coming school year because of
The Beaumont-Port Arthur- j
Bov Scout Troop 343 of Cuero Orange section got up to 10 79
i dai well in the recent annual inches, much of which fell i n
Live Oak District Swim Meet two or three hours. An esumat-
, held in Giero. In over all stand-, ed 1 000 automobiles were stall-
’ mgs, toe Wolf and Bobwhite Pa- ed on flooded streets and more
! hxds placed 4th and 5th rasper- than 130 persons had to be tak-
,; tively in the swim meet. A en from their homes in boats.,
wooden life preserver with an Port Arthur city manager
inscription on it was presented George Dibrell estiraatee dam-
to toe two patrols. j age in his city at *578,000. in-
There were approximately 175 eluding *130.000 to toe Village
soouts comprising 40 patrols Theater There are 21 munici-
from throughout the Live Oak ’ P»Utie* in the Beaumont-P o r 1
District. Thero were 5 over all Arthur - Orange area, many of
patrol awards given to toe 5 which suftered some damage, if
; high point patrols. only to sheets
j The Hawk Patrol of Troop
re- Points. 2.05: Antelope, 1 58; Av-
alon, 4.21; Corsicana, 1.71; Gun-
_ ter. 2.65: Muenster, 1.86 Slidell
quickening : ,nd Valley View. 1.18.
the Cuero -Almost 10 inches of rain fell
and today on Groves in six hours. Police
from mid-summer heat. Wea- **hmated 1.000 automobiles
tberman H. A. Taylor report- staUwl m toree-city region,
ed Thursday s high tempera- luests tn the Tidelands Mo-
tor* was 96 degree*. The Fri- ,el m N*dert*nd found water
day morning lenv was 77, ^ feet de«P pushing through
* _ rooms.
We had it
a foot-and-a-half
(Bee Fl.OOMNf., F>ge •)
VFW Here
Gains 4
Members
He explained that in making
’’his controveinial claim he was
. deploring’’ what seemed to be
a decline in religious real "T
was not saymg we were greater
or hetter." he said.
•All four of the mop-top#
admitted they were concerned
over toe reaction to John's
'tatement Several radio st*.
’ions, especially m toe South,
rave canned the Beatles, and a
Catholic youth group in Indiana
staged a Beatle record burning,
i On a. beach in Chicago before
Gunman
In Cafe
Fells 6
NEW HAVEN. Conn >VP5
A man shot' and wounded at
;lea.<t six persons n a cafeteria 1 *he Beaties came, a young bov
of the Winchester Western Divi- ’ shook his head and said, "Ain t
sion of Olin Mathieson Co. 10- !lo,,1odv P^arer than Jesus "
day before he was shot and Controversy or not. there w as
killed by police. C*tu a touch of teen - age
The man was
identified by police
tentatively foKdr’t’1* attendant upon the
as Joseph Beatie-< anrval here Thursday
Davis. Officials said Davis was‘a*ter *n frt>in ,xlndon on
: a wing and prayer American
ger of Lone Sfar Textiles Inc.,
when asked if there had been
snv new instances of sabotage
suit* the mill was forced to
dace down operation of its
third shift earlier this month.
Neuss said no charges - have
bean filed in connection with the
acts of sabotag# which caused
the late shift to be suspended.
He also said the shift ha# not
been re-instated.
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PB-OT B1RNLD
SAN BENITO I’PI -- Fran-
cisco A. <)urot# of Brownsville
\*a., in criucai ag^itinn today
trem injuries suffered in the
flunk-i erksr. cr his ««*<• duster
i-’iar.j
Tf.a plsn* crMhed Thursday
|Wth of 1 j. jiiita Vi
. 1 jl>!
O vein had jiEvf taken
C.nnev. Flying Service of
V'vxii $.
earlier received equal bids on
gasoline and then decided to
patronise all the local firms.
The board is preparing to hold I to the State Laboratory at Aus-
a public hearing at T;30 p m I tin for examination.
rises in tax valuations. Current ,
tax valuation for toe district; “4? “l?d* * f°od *ho'vulit3 ,.
has been fixed at Ml.350,W0. Lln ^ dhm* ’ Bubb*
Last year’s budget w a* based ****!.* W“J*. **c®nd Pl»{‘* iB ®v- d
on valuations sat at *28 790 000.1er *U P»rticipatioei cf some 30 *nd
__________ i scouts.
_ _ In ether Troop M3 news.
Bruce Brown Scoutmaster Hamilton report*
_ t that the remaining activity fo.
Bitten Bv Mouse *** month ** Aur»t #uh be an
• outdoor court of honor to be
Brin e Brown, voung son o f, helrt durinL the last week ;n Au-
Mr. and Airs. Gene S. Brown *ust or
spotted a mouse near the Cuero' September.
Municipal Parte swimming pool
Friday morning and proceeded
to puck it up.
The mouse hit Bruce on the
hand and as precautionary mea-
sures Bruce was given a tetanus
shot and the must was sent in
wanted for questioning in con-j . .. ...
nection with the slaying of a! j!r ines had plfccd Bibles by
woman in New Haven eariy to- spal® ori plane as a
The O.ero po>f of the Veter- day. [ *«ture* ’
ans of Foreign Wars welcomed The man entered the Win- ,ou^ " ^?i«re Chicago polic#
four new memb«r« into their cheater Club, a company cafe- eAj>e . Beatles elude a
i
all resident* whose homes Charles F. Mauer Jr
first weekend in
lFlUTIli
WASHINUTON dTD— The
Stash appropriations Com-
mittee today approved a 96S.1
Milton defease money Mil
aad strongly recommended
Commander Herbert FreL' -Authorities
announced that there will be John \t;dman
a family outing of the VFW and ro°!U ancl siK,t do*vn
crowd.
> d police Sgt. 1
byrat into the J There, toe only shrieks were
the gun* i™11 the jet engines and fwo
auxiliary Sep;. 1 in the Qiis--man- H* was dead on arrival1 Rlr^s H'ho hitched a ride
holm Tra:l Hall. Serving will *' Yale - New Haven Hospua! ,mo rhe *rea * truck driven
start at 8 p.ra wnth covered -r-----—1
p.m
dish supper*.
As a safety contribution to
the community. the post will be
*1 reservists to meet available red Hector tape
Bridge opens
RIO GRANDE CITY ITT -A
bridge will be opened today ,
spanning the Rio Grand# and!
connecting Rio Grande Gfy and |
Carmago. Mexico.
The bridge, under sowetrue- {
ban for a year replace* a ferry. I
Viet Ram war needs-
The committee report te
M» Senate said M "insists"
that toe Johnson admiaistrs
Son give immediate consider
sttoa tn a reserv e mobiUsa-
ttom
operators of farm and ranch,
machinery. The tape is being
distributed by Frels. A. W
Schaffner. Charles Kilpatnck
and Wilfred Leist,
I Frels urged members to pay
their 1967 due# bp September.
New members are befog credit-
1 *d with 196T dues payups.
Gunning Of Cutter ‘Just A Mistake*
Jista near Tex-
DA NANG, Viet Nam «JFB-
"U was Just a mistake, I guess.
There’s nothing wa aan do
about it."
That wa* the assessment
today, of Chief Boatswain’s
Mate Richard Patterson of
Swansboro, N.C., on Thursday’s
tragic attack by V. 3. Air Force
planes on the U. S Const Guard
Point Welcome Two
including the captain,
Over cutter
!/)• men
wounded.
Hie Point Welcome was
patrolling the Viainames* coast
just south of the demliliarijad
son* that dividaa North and
South Viet Nam when a flan
ship lighted the sky and three
American war planes began started putting out fires
making :ock*l and 2U miUime*: tlien toe planes earn* in
ter runs on the rutter.
up die ladder when (tiers was a
big explosion tt blew me down
and onto toe deck under a life-
boat
"I saw fo* fan tali abiase. The
first thing I thought was that
the gts tank had bkwn up. We
and
again
"As soon as 1 realized what
He add me what hia postdoc
waa ae 1 put it in gear and
started running an evasion
course south.’'
fontosMy fosved Others
His shipmates believe Patter-
son's action might have prevent-
ed more deaths
"W>. none of us
guta to stay up aa tost bridge.'’
Gap:. Robert i. U Forte af
New Louden, Gunn, eammand-
ar cf foe Cbaat Guard squadron
in Viet Nam, suggested two rea-
sons fay the pilots did not recog-
nize the witter
Marchers
Attract
Big Crowd
BEJEVTLLE UP1 - An eat*,
mated 1,000 persona Thursday
night attended a rally for 40-
B workers who are marching
409 miles froaas Rio Grande City
to Austin to dramatist a cam-
paign for a *1* minimum
hourly wage for farm workers.
The Friday leg of the march
was nine miies from Beeville to
Normannii. ihe Thursday
by their father,
employe.
airline
Membersh’ij Drive
Fixed By C’ubscouts
Local Glbscou: Pack 741
will hold a membership drive
in September with signup rujht
;Sept. 21, Boys between 'he
1 ages of 8 and 11 years are
eligible to join. Any boy de-
siring to join is asked to con-
tact a Cuhsoout.
On signup n.ght each new
member must be accompanied
fay an adult.
• T was coming up to toe pilot,had happened I ran up to the Ouef Patterson said Bosun
, . because tha aF______ ,
, ^ *c “’ey were fly ing Antonio Gonzaiez. who are lead
heen ahve if it hadn t been for made it difficult to recognize
NOTia SUBSCRIBERS
it The Dally Record has cot
march was tram Skidmore to i been delivered to yoar home
teevilfe. The march started Ju- bj 5:3d p.m. a copy will be
ly 4 and is scheduled to «r.d delivered to you if you will
Labor Day. call Alias Pbvlma Bush I'K-
Eugere Nelson and toe Rev 5-3131 or CR 5-5345 by 6 09
James Navarro and the Rev. p.m. Call* received after
6:90 p.m cannot he cor-
_ ___ ^ , ars of the march, were s,’he<i- reeted until the following
house to start my watch," Mid'pjiot^IwTIie exmmve ~oC Msfe 1^'lfflTiuasdlV W *K^e‘mttoTw^ ^ ^ ^ « u,t*r^’ s * ^ daT-
twere killed and five were | Patterson. "I had just started ficer was ly|pg then wounded jvtUe, Tenn "It took a tot of .Wth Vtomw ^
PT beat.
a Anton o w^th
i trrfLueey.
Archbishop Rob-
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