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TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 24, mt
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VOL. 67—NO.
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Cutie Comes
Up With Gem
Most parents are prone to
talk about their children pro-
bably a little bit more than
they should, but there are oth-
ers who do not talk enough
•bout them. There are children
and children, of course, some
attractive, entertaining and in-
telligent-others who do not qua-
lify.
As a rule, moat of the small
fry are real sharp and we have
yet to run across a parent of
cither sex who does not have
aq incident or saying origin-
ating in their home by one of
their children they are busting
to pass along. The saying—not
the child.
One te the cutest we’ve heard
te late was by Susan Putman,
three-year old daughter of Mrs.
Evelyn Putman who handles
the writing of society for The
Record.'
"The Story goes that Evelyn
was correcting Suzy for chew-
ing her food with her mouth
•pen and trying to talk at the
same time. Mrs. Putman ex-
plained that she should not
Only not talk with food in her
mouth but also to chew her
food with her mouth closed.
Mlis Suzy floored her Ma
when she stated; "Mommy,
how in the world am I going
In talk without my mouth open,
but I will try the other thing.”
Our Sympathy
To A Dog-Owner
A sad incident occurred at
die comer of Hunt and Third
street Thursday afternoon when
a motorist driving a small
truck ran over and killed a pet
dog belonging to a little girl
about 10 or 12 years of age.
The animal was a Wiener-
tmer (spelling furnished by
Mrs. Polite Nielsen) hut it
wasn’t the breed of the dog
that mattered-it was the fact
that the pet was killed. This
fact is bad enough, but there
were a couple of other things
to consider, chief of which was
that the youngster owning the
dog had the misfortune to wit-
ness the incident. And we call
it an incident rather than an
accident because the driver
of the vehicle did not even stop
to render what aid he could or
to apologize for hitting the bea-
st
One of the persons happening
to pass the scene of the ‘inci-
dent’ said the truck was travel-
ing at such a rate of speed that
the poor dog was dragged
aome fifty or sixty feet and
ttiat his head was almost se-
vered from the body.
Such things, we suppose, must
happen on occasion, hut it ap-
pears to us that a fellow who
la heartless enough not to
stop and try in some manner
to help in the situation is a
pretty small guy. Now, we're
writing shout someone wtiose
identity we don't know and he
might be a good friend, but
If he is ever identified to us
our opinion of him will indub-
itably change.
~We'xe sure little Carol Hall,
totOCT of the animal, will go
along'with us in this conclus-
ion.
Violent
Deaths In
Texas High
United Paoaa Istieranttoonl
A 15-year-old Midland farm
girl stumbled into a neighbor’s
house early 'today with a bullet
in her atomnch to tell that her
father and Mister and three bro-
thers were taking shot to death
in their hona*.
These five deaths came on
the edge of tfhe weekend, push-
ing Texas’ wgtekend violent dea-
th toll to nevrr-record totals.
A United J Press International
survey for th e period from 6 p.
m. Friday to midnight Sunday
showed at least 40 violent dea-
ths. including; 20 persons killed
in traffic mlthaps, four drown-
ing* and 15 n tiscellaneous fatal-
ities.
Justice of t(ie Peace David M.
Ellis withheld an immediate ver-
dict on the caluse of the Midland
shootings, but sheriff’s deputies
said it appeaiy?d that the father,
Fred Milton KJ insey, 58, had shot
each of his diildren then killed
himself.
Killed were4 J. D., 17, Johnny
15, Jay, 8 anil Lilly, 7. Louise
was shot in t|he stomach. The
children's motluer lives in Fort
Worth.
A one-car waeck in Southwest
Texas near Mfctafa killed three
men Saturday Bight. The vic-
tims were Alacwtrio Ornelas, 22.
Jesus Josa Oaitrasco, 21, and
Fortino Garcia, all of Marfa.
Allen Wilson Dltrby, 30. of Fort
Worth, was killed Sunday when
his crop dusting} plane crashed
near the Burr community about
four miles east .of Wharton.
Carlos Fierro, i 40, of Clovis
N. M., died SurUay of injuries
sustained in a onu-car crash Ju-
ly 19. The car ewertumed two
times on U.S. 841 a mile south-
east of Muleshoe.j
PIGGYBACK—Andrew Schiottekat (right rear) made a quick stop to avoid striking a po-
lice car and Ma boat scooted off the trailer and right up on top of Ma car in Santa Rosa,
Calif. It creased ttw ear top and broke the windshield and no doubt irked ScMottekat.
FBI Crime Reports Reveal
Astounding Increase In 1960
United Press lateraattmal
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy today announced that
the FBI's Uniform Crime Re-
ports for I960 compiled under
the direction of Director J. Ed-
gar Hoover reveals serious cri-
me last year reached a new all-
time high, with an astounding
98 per cent increase over 1950
while the population increase
during this decade was only 18
per cent.
Mr. Hoover's report, based on
New Tupping
On Roadways
Driving to town Saturday
from our Mortgage Hill abode,
noticed that new oil and gravel
had bean spread on the road-
way across the river from town
an the old Cuero • San Antonio
highway and also a topping had
keen applied to the thorough-
fare from the Cuero Livestock
dboaflaa Bun to the paved part
«f tbS former highway about
met of such
X A. Flare
Dies Today
James Alexander Hare, 81,
operator of Hare'I; Grocery at
403’ San Antonio St;, Cuero, died
nA morning at 12 :20 a m. al-
tar'an illness of sdveral weeks.
He was bom April 25, 1880 at
Bandera. His parents were Jo-
hn L. and Mary 1 Ilkins Hare
In 1901 he married Miss Gla-
die Bedrick at Belli xi. She pre-
ceded him in death sometime
ago.
In 1918 he married Mrs. Ber-
tha Cbnley who survives.
He is also survived by six
children, 22 grandchildren, and
52 great-grandchildra n.
His daughters are Mrs. F. L.
Barber and Mrs. Ennest Wilkin-
son. both of Cuero; sons, Roy
Conley of Cuero; Nfeavton and
James Hare of Texan City: and
Clifford Hare of Otero; one
brother. Willie Hare pf Stock-
dale; four sisters, Mrs. Ollie
Kanacher of Houston; Mrs. An-
nie Popham of Victoria; Mrs.
P. J. Scheffier of Cuero; anti
Mrs. Tom Monsel of Big Spring.
Funeral services will! be con-
ducted Tuesday at 3 pAm. from
Freund Chapel. Rev. Willie Ha-
re and Rev. Dale Majors offic-
iating. Burial will be { in Hill-
side.
Mr. Hare was a mnmber of
the Primitive Baptist Claireh at
Stratton.
Audit Of Zapata Bank
Gets Underway Monday
ZAPATA, Tex. UPyI — Manuel
Medina was expected to appear
at a receivership hearing today
and explain what he meant that
"bad luck" forced him to close
his bank without warning and
leave his depositors with only
the money they carried in their
pockets.
Medina, president of the Bank
of Zapata, was located Friday
with his family in a motel at
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
It was estimated that the bank
had more than $600,000 on de-
posit, but a preliminary inves-
tigation turned up less than $7,-
000 in United States and Mexi-
can currency.
A detailed audit of the bank
and its assets began today.
Medina refused to talk about
why his bank closed when he
was found at the Mexican mot-
el. except to say that it was
"bad luck.”
George Weatherly of Laredo,
his attorney, said he would be
at the receivership hearing to-
day for questioning by George
Byfield, a Laredo attorney nam-
ed receiver for the bank.
Medina's bank is privately
owned, and is the only one In
the county. It was not charter-
ed or regulated by either the
state or federal government,
and its deposits were not in-
sured.
Many of the 4,400 residents
of the county were broke. The
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tonlveiy and Hurt users «f toe
Mkfcwl (opeobnar
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Marina Pfe. Michael D.i Cop-
enhaver, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Oopenhaver Sr. of Cuero,
is serving at Camp Lqjeune,
North Carolina. Ha is with the
Third Battalion. Second Marine
Regiment, an infantry unit of
the Second Marine Division.
The regiment conducts train-
ing In the latest tactics of mod-
em warfare and the Corps’ «
cept of vertical envelopment,
which employs both heHcopten
and armored landing craft to
attack an enemy simultaneously
horn front and rear.
(aero Agent To
Move Te Wharton
Haak Rites
Are Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Er-
na Justine Haak, 72, of 410 Sto-
ckdale, lifetime resident of Cu-
ero who died early Sunday mor-
ning in a local hospital, were
held at 10 a.m. today from Freu-
nd Chapel, the Rev. John A.
Jacobs of St. Mark’s Lutheran
Church officiating. Burial was
in Hillside.
Mrs. Haak became ill early
Saturday morning while baking
a birthday rake as she was plan-
ning to have her children spend
Sunday with her in observance
of her birthday which is today.
She was taken to a local hospi-
tal where site died Sunday at
3:15 a.m.
data submitted by more than
7,700 police agencies, shows that
lawlessness continued its up-
ward surge with 1.861,300 serious
crimes of murder, forcible rape,
robbery, aggravated assault bur-
glary, larceny $50 and over, and
auto theft reported in 1960, 14
per cent higher than in 1959, or
230,870 more serious crimes
than in the prior year.
During 1960 a serious crime
was committed every 15 seconds
in the U. S. A murder, forci-
ble rape or assault to kill oc-
curred every 3 minutes. The FBI
report indicates that throughout
1960 there was a murder every
58 minutes, a forcible rape ev-
ery 34 minutes, and an aggravat-
ed assault every 4 minutes.
Crimes against property, Mr.
Hoover said, were generally mu-
ch more frequent. A burglary
was perpetrated every 39 sec-
onds, a larceny $50 and over
occurred every minute, a car
was stolen every 2 minutes, and
every 6 minutes witnessed a rob-
bery during 1960.
When these offenses are exam-
ined individually, the FBI re-
port indicates that robberies and
burglaries were each up 8 per
cent in 1960 over 1959. Larcen-
ies over $50 rose 14 per cent,
and auto thefts increased 9 per
cent. Murders had a sharp 6
per cent rise, aggravated as-
saults were up 5 per cent and
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Tax Fight
Shifts To
The Senate
AUSTIN UPI — The tax fight
shifted to the Senate tbday as
halfway mark of their) 30-day
special session.
The House Saturday (tossed a
$328 million tax package built
around a 2 per cent general sa-
les levy on items costing; more
than $5. The vote was *41-58.
The bill will be assigned to the
Senate State Affaire t com-
mittee for study. i.
During the regular (session
that committee turned (Hit a 2
per cent general sales tax pa-
ckage on items costingl more
than 25 cents. »
Gov. Price Daniel tolfl law-
makers he would veto thef bill if
it passed. The House Idl'lnd the
measure on the last day af the
session.
Must Be Bettor
Sen. Wardlow Lane of (fenter,
chairman of the State Affairs
Committee, has said the) com-
mittee will forget the tasgular
session bill if the House (pass
a better measure. |
"That's possible, but ianlike-
ly,” Lane Commented.
Sen. Bruce Reagan of (Dacpus
Christi, who was on thef sub-
committee that turned opt the
Senate’s bill, said he expected
to again work on the tax situa-
tion and as far as he wa i con-
cerned the Senate wrote tiie on-
ly acceptable tax program dur-
ing the regular session.
Daniel told lawmaker* (Satur-
day that the House’s bill meets
his approval. "It is obvioi is that
it could have passed the Hbuae,’’
he said. |
The governor said the ; mea-
sure was "far less regressive '
than sales tax bills past aid in
the House and Senate during the
regular session.
The Senate worked aloie to-
day. After passing the tzar pa
.a
Local Officials
Meet Mobile Mote
Unit U SlttkMe
Felix Korenek, local agent for
Southern Pacific Lines aince j ly 24, 1888. the daughter of Aug
Cuero police and firemen
teamed up Sunday night in a
rush call to Stockdale where
they met the Blood Mobile unit
Mrs. Haak was bom here Ju- from San Antonio to return
1959, will assume the agent’s
job at Wharton starting August
7.
Korenek said he plans to move
his family there either the week-
end of July 29 or August 5. The
Koreneks own a home in Whar-
ton, where he was stationed be-
fore coming to Cbero.
The agent said he did not know
who will replace him in Cuero.
TVie Korenek family presently
resides at 921 E. Courthouse
St.
ust and Alwine Schultz Kann.
On February 4. 1909 she was
married to Fred William Haak
at Clinton. He died December
2, 1947.
Survivors are two sons, Fred
Haak of Taft; and Herbert Haak
of Victoria: two grandchildren,
and one great-grandchild; a bro-
ther. August Kann of Cuero:
three sisters. Mrs. FVed Bade
of Ameckeville; Mrs. Otis Brew-
er of Yorktown and Mrs. Char-
les Grunewald of Cuero.
blood to Cuero for a patient
in Cuero Hospital Foundation.
According to the attending
phyaician, the patient is rest-
ing well.
Chief Jimmy Cowing said
the police dispatcher received
a call about 9:45 p. m. Sun-
day for a local police unit to
ckage Saturday, the Housip ad-
journed until 2 p. m. TUciteay.
The tax bill, sponsored by$ Rep.
Charles Sandahl of Austin, was
a substitute for Daniel’ a pro-
gram of selective sales taxes.
Backers regarded the mi assure
as a compromise the ilanate
could accept.
Liberals Expiate Vote 1
A coalition of moderates! and
liberals passed the meatus*,
with the liberals pointing
that they were backing
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- Marlene
Schmidt, 24-year-old "Mias
Universe,” says in New York
that East Germany’s claim
that the "Miss Universe”
contest waa rigged in her
favor to spur the flight of
refugees from East Ger-
many. is ■'nonsense.” Miss
Schmidt herself fled East
Germany a year ago.
Police
Report
« PAGES - PRICE So
KennedyTo
Be On Air
Tuesday
WASHINGTON UPI — Presi-
dent Kennedy returned to tea
White House today, prepared .to
spell out to the American peop-
le his decisions on how to meet
the Communist threats in Ber-
lin and elsewhere in the world.
The President, who spent a
weekend with his family at Ca-
pe Cod. arrived by jet plane »t
Andrews Air Force Base then
took a helicopter to the White
House.
Kennedy had no official calling
list for the day. During flw
weekend at Hyannis Port, he'sp-
ent some of the time relaxing
but also worked on the key de-
cisions he will announce this
week.
With a radio-TV address sche-
duled for Tuesday at 10 p.m.
EDT. and a message to Con-
gress planned for Wednesday
Kennedy neared a deadline for
deciding upon detailed steps to
carry out a basic intention -to
stand firm against Soviet thrtRts
on Berlin. - .
A proposal to increase his $43
billion defense budget by $2'. to
$3 billion; increase of perhaps
100.000 in the existing manpower
ceiling of the active armed for-
ces; bigger draft quotas; callim
of some reservists and guards-
men in specialized fields — all
appeared to be part of the pic-
ture at present.
But many specifics still were
being worked out. *
Kennedy spent a major pgrt
of his two and a half day wefk-
Arthur Baker of Cuero plead-
ed guilty Saturday to a charge
of leaving the scene of an acci-; end at Cape Cod working on dra-
dent Friday in an accident in-
volving his car and one driven
by O. W. Drane of Cuero. and
paid a fine of $100, according to
Police Qiief Jimmy Cowing.
Baker had been held in city
jail In lieu of $500 bond.
At 12:49 a.m. Sunday a car
driven by James Pan ess Kiser
of Victoria rammed a concrete
fts on his Tuesday talk, confer-
ring about it by telephone with
Dies in Washington, and comb-
ing through numerous policy re-
commendations.
The President kept his White
House schedule bare at formal
appointments today, leaving All
his time open for conferences
with aides and officials of var-
igl out
thie $5
Guardsmen Slid
In Dirk About
Being "Ffuen”
Investigate Robbery;
Pleasants Snack Shop kxeaited
on West Main was entered nokne-
time Sunday night and in
small change, a wrist watdh told
a fan were stolen, Chief Jiiminy
Cowing reported.
Entrance was through a gear
window.
Police are investigating.
culvert at the intersection of i ious agencies on his Tuesday
Live Oak and Aransas St. here. {speech and Wednesday message,
and Dalton Kiser, a passenger,
suffered head injuries as resuit.
He was taken to a local hospi- VH«JUIIIICII Jllll ;.i
tal for treatment.
James Kiser is being held in
De Witt County jail on a DWI
charge. Cowing reported.
Damage to the car was esti-
mated at $300 and $20 to the cul-
vert.
Wesley Stewart was the inves-
tigating officer.
Sherman Dilworth of Shiner
pleaded guilty here Monday mo-
rning on a DWI charge and was
fined $85.95, according to Deputy
Wallace Warren.
Warren said DUworth was pic-
ked up Friday night near Yoa-
kum and brought to Cum. He
was given a 3-day jail sentence
and hit driver’s license suspen-
ded.
City Of Sail Antonio
Again Pelted By Rains
I’sited Press Intel
A violent thunderstorm la* ti-
ed San Antonio during the nigfit
for the second time in 24 hou.Ri.
ripping down power lines aipd
small trees, and sending flafti
floods through some reaidentikl
sections. \
Police had to rescue sever;
motorists stranded in cars stal-
led by the flash floods. Sever ft
NORTH FORTHOOD, Tex -
UPI - An additional 8,000 Tan-
as National Guardsmen, mem-
bers of the 36th Infantry Divi-
sion. prepared to enter bivouac
areas Tuesday at muddy Fort
Hood as reports circulated they
may not be released after two
weeks summer encampment
because of the Berlin crisis.
Reports circulated throughout
the camp that the troops would
be “frozen” on active duty to
beef up the nation's military st-
rength during the current inter-
national crisis.
| Maj. Gen. Carl Phinney of Dte-
l las. division commander, said
' the training was “most import:
I ant.” but added the Berlin cris-
is has caused no changes in
11he unit's training plans at pre-
sent.
j The troops arrived at Fort
j Hood Sunday. Many of the vehic-
les that came with them were
smeared with painted signs su-
ch as “Berlin Bound’’ and “Ctefc
tro Canners.”
meet the Mobile unit at Stock-' car* were swept off the streets
dale and bring the blood to j into yards, and one small tern
Cuero.
Fire Chief tester Frers and
Police Sgt. Willard Worthing-
l tan made the run.
dge was washed out. ;*
Homes in several
were plunged into darkness
than an hour when
wind lore down power lines.
There were a number of aiipl-
anes damaged by the high winds
at Stinson Field.
Rain over Texas Sunday and
during the night was widely sca-
ttered and mostly in Central
Texas. Most of the showers were
light.
Mare Rate* Due i Cadft RaJel?h jr
The Weather Bureau said son of Mr. and Mrs.
there will be more th undershow , Coppedge. of Cuero, is reeei
ers today and tonight across!*'* "'ee*t* training at
Raletqh Cupptega
Receives TraMag
had requested
UPI — Sen. Al-
R-Wls., has pro-
•Mtot te a na-
Heids Woman's Group
LAFAYETnC. Ind. UPI -
Mrs. O. Ivan Cole of Cincinnati.
Ohio, has been named president
of the International
Women's Fellowship
Mrs. Cole, who was
Saturday at the group's
assembly attended
by more than 1.W i
^ Mrs. William K. Evans
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- north,,,I Trxas. Slrt,, r,n„ ^
from clear to partly cloudy and
are expected to
elimb slightly.
A number of
small streams
in aouth ce
Fort Hood, Tex. The
scheduled to be
28.
During the
tvwwbn la racetvtas
ft, Ll -I -M f
ral Texas.
tactical, technical and an
strative subjects, wMi ag
emphasis placed on the Oflti
a second lieutenant
The 21-year-old cadet k a
graduate te Caere High ft
and is a student at Texas ,
College. •
at 8 pjn. Sunday in-
San Antonio 3.85 inches.
d 1.41. Fttrt Worth LI2.
Dugas .52 and Austin .18.
Vhr the 24-hour period
at 8 am. today, Junction
dad L« inches, Del Rio J5,
Antonio O. Texarkana .55,
Da .23
Teaidto. Brownwood. Victor-
ia and Laftfta.
There were no fronts In the
ite today but
pgad as low as 58 at
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