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Town Talk
FRIDAY was Mayor Lester
Frer's birthday, and Joe Kees-
ler’s Drug was serving a deco-
rated cake in honor af the may-
or during the day.
BT BOB MOORE
the best parks to be found any-
where for a city this size. Not
only will it provide healthful
recreation for our citizens, but
it should serve as a
drawing card.
A TRIP was made Thursday
afternoon by this scribe, Earl
Ray and Donald Markowskey to
Victoria and Port Lavaca. Mr.
Ray had some business to take
care of in Victoria, and Artist
Donald dropped off one of his
latest creations at the Red Car-
pet Studios for display and
sale. This scribe went along to
furnish the transportation. Be-
tween Victoria and Port I-ava-
ca, cotton picking machines
were busy at work harvesting a
bumper cotton crop. It appear-
ed hat area has received am-
ple moisture with everything
looking green and grassy. It
was interesting to see the boats
and sea gulls and lots of water
once again.
THE PRESIDENT'S request
ft* a big hike in the income tax
came at a bad time, with an
inquiry revealing that federal
poverty funds helped finance a
"hate whitey" program in
Memphis for 11 and 12-year-old
Negro lads. While we all must
pay our taxes, it is difficult to
be cheerful about it with some
of the things going on in our
country today.
tourist
WHEN THE EXTENSIVE
Cuero Municipal Park improve-
ment program is completed,
our town should have one of
KATHY EGG, "Miss Cuero for
1967”, and the runner-ups are
to be commended for the fine
job they are doing in riding the
float in numerous parades to
help boost the Turkey Trot and
Cuero. These young ladies have
traveled many miles and de-
voted many hours of their time
and energy to participate in
these events. They are due a
kit of credit.
FOR SOME REASON, Unlte-
ed Press International wire ser-
vice which serves the Record,
has always used yellow paper
to transmit its reports, tor
some time, the Record s type-
setter — Mrs. Mary Helen Pe-
rez — has commented that she
has grown tired of looking at
yellow paper everyday, and
that she wishes they would use
some other color for a change.
Well, the Record advertising
man, A. C. Ater, who keeps this
desk supplied with copy paper
usually brings down white pa-
per from the upstairs mechani-
cal department. But there was
apparently an over-run on a job
printing order recently, and Mr.
Ater has supplied us with some
of that paper to use in the edi-
torial department. Guess what
color it is? Yellow, of course.
Our typesetter may see "red
when this column reaches her
machine.
3 Scouts at Jamboree
Having ’Great Time
The three Cuero Boy Scouts nesday night and reported «
attending the World Boy Scout some of the trio’s activities.
Jamboree from Aug. 1-9 in Far-
ragut Park in Idaho are report-
ed to be having a “wonderful
time.”
They are: Randy Liesman,
Buddy Breeden, and Chris Krue-
ger. ..
Randy phoned his mother,
Mrs Kenneth G. Liesman, Wed-
. Rural Area has
64 Accidents
During July
In the month of July the Tex-
as Highway patrol investigated
64 rural traffic accidents in
the five county area consisting
of Calhoun, DeWitt, Jacks o n,
Lavaca and Victoria counties.
The patrol listed 33 people as
injured and 1 killed in the 64
accidents reported.
In DeWitt County the highway
patrol investigated 8 accidents
in which 2 persons were injur-
ed and 1 killed.
Egypt Unveils
Defense Plans
United Pnw International
Egypt today unveiled civil
defense plans to counter any
Israeli paratrooper invasion of
Cairo. Arab foreign ministers
ended their Khartoum confer-
ence which charted peace in the
Yemen and recommended a
Khartoum summit meeting of
Arab chiefs to deal with Israeli
occupation.
The Israeli-Jordanian truce
front remained tense following
four consecutive days of ma-
chinegun fire exchange across
the Jordan River. But all
incidents have been minor and
Jordanian Premier Saad Jum-
ma declared Jordan would take
no unilateral steps to recapture
the west bank.
In Khartoum, Sudan, foreign
ministers from the 13 Arab
League states considered a final
(See EGYPT. Page It)
3 Teachers
Back From
Conference
' Three Cuero Hlgn School tea-
chers. Mrs. Margie Bell, Mrs.
Earline Fuller and Mrs. Pam-
ela Ater, have returned from a
state in-service education con-
ference for homemaking teach-
ing at the Shamrock Hotel in
Houston, July 31 - Aug. 4. ^
"Evaluation and Direction
was the theme of the meeting.
Dr. Donald O. Clifton, associate
professor of educational psycol-
ogy of the University of Nebras-
ka. gave the opening address on
"Basis f« Communication."
He said that the Jamboree in-
cluded 15,000 Boy Scouts from
throughout the world. He was
particularly impressed on open-
ing night with a beautiful large
floral display. Another exercise
included many of the boys using
cards to spell out a huge "Frien
ship" sign.
During a hike, the boys saw
a lake of water with the tem-
perature being so cold that the
survival time is only 25 minutes.
Each of the scouts are supposed
to go swimming in the lake at
least once during the jamboree.
The lake has been stocked with
25,000 Rainbow trout for the
boys’ fishing pleasure.
Randy said he had met some
boys from France, and
the French he learned in a Cue-
ro High School class enab led
him to converse with them.
Millican
To Attend
Workshop
Wilson Millican, Cuero High
School vocational agriculture
teacher, will leave Sunday for
an in-service education work
shop for vocational agriculture
teachers in Dallas Aug. 7-11.
At the meeting he will attend
workshops on farm mechanics,
projects shows and contests,
food for the future, new de-
velopments in beef production,
farm laws and off-farm oc-
cupational training.
Keynote speaker of the con-
vention will be Robert Smith of
the A. O. Smith Harvester
Products Co. in Arlington
Heights, Hi. Also on the agen-
da are Dr. Edwin L. Ripper,
member of the State Board of
Education ; Dr. J. W. Edgar,
commissioner of education, and
John Guemple, assistant com-
missioner for vocational educa-
tion.
The meeting is expected to
be attended by approximately
1,145 teachers.
-Local Weather-
MiCT* t'-xn He; vice 8*
P.Ow Lox 00^6
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hi Cuw* ana BiWIII Ciw^l
Partly cloudy with hot after-
noons and warm nights. Temps,
low 70s. High Sunday near 100
for Cuero, York town and Yoak-
um.
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VOL. 73 — NO. 183
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, SUNDAY, AUGUST 6,19f»7
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Burglars Hit Two Firms
Truck Overturn*
5 Children Killed,
Many Hurt in Wreck
FREMONT, Calif. UPI - A
flatbed trailer truck carrying
62 children home from a beach
outing overturned on a high-
speed freeway Friday after-
noon, killing five persons and
injuring all the others.
The California Highway Pa-
trol said the driver, 20-year-old
Paul Cotton of Berkeley, ap-
parently lost control when he
strayed onto a soft shoulder.
Cotton’s truck swerved across
both northbound lanes and
flipped over as it careened into
a 20-foot, dirt divider. Bodies,
Family Slain;
Son is Held
GEORGETOWN, Tex. (UPD -
A long-time Southwestern Uni-
versity professor, his wife and
daughter were murdered in
their home early today. A 16-
year-old son was being held.
Williamson County Sheriff
Henry Matysek identified the
dead as Gordon B. Wolcott, 56,
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolcott, 48, and
"their beautiful daughter Eli-
zabeth, 17.”
All had been shot with a .22
caliber rifle, the sheriff said.
"Gordon was found in the
living room, the girl was In her
bedroom and Mrs. Gordon was
lying on her bed,” the sheriff
said.
’’She Mrs. Gordon was alive
but died in the hospital a few
minutes later,” the sheriff said.
Dr. Durwood Flemming, pre-
sident of Southwestern, was at
the scene, the sheriff said.
A son, James Gordon Woloott,
16, was being held in connec-
tion with the investigation, the
sheriff said. "I got him in jail
by order of juvenile authori-
ties.”
BUUJETEN
WASHINGTON UPI — For-
mer President Dwight Eisen-
hower was flows from his
Gettysburg, Pa., home to
Walter Seed Army Medical
Center Saturday for treatment
of an
blood and personal possessions
were scattered all over the
highway.
A score of ambulances sped
the dead and injured to six
hospitals, some located almost
25 miles from the accident on
the Nimitz freeway - the main
artery linking Oakland and
San Jose.
Fifteen of the youngsters
were seriously hurt.
"It looks like a disaster
area.” said a police officer as
he eyed the blood-painted divid-
er, littered with broken glass,
transitor radios, socks, sandals,
tennis shoes and a girl’s purse.
The boys and girls, aged from
6 to 12 were sitting on matress-
es in the back of truck. The
YMCA group was returning to
Berkeley from an all - da y
outing at Santa Cruz Beach,
south of San Francisco.
One of those killed was a
counselor. She was identified as
Helen King, 22. of Berkeley.
Others killed included Janet
Cotton, 10, Berkeley; and Mark
Linde, 9. Seattle, Wash.
The fifth victim was not
immediately identified.
A group spokesman said the
truck carried seven other adult
counselors who also suffer e d
minor injuries.
No Arrests Yet
In Cage, Bohne
Firms' Thefts
Ky JACK KH’KM.AN
Record Stuff Writer
Crime stepped up Us pace in
| Cuero Friday night when bur-
\ gl'ars entered Cage Feed Store
and made Off with $190 and a
.22 caliber pistol from the safe
;«>f Cage Feed Store for the se-
i cond burglary in as many nights
i Bohne Moat Market was en-
SNirarS FATAL THACTS—A sniper’s bullet* put the holes in
this Detroit hotel window, killing Mrs. Helen Hall of Oak-
dale, Conn., who was there on businesa Pointing to the
damage is William A. Keller, a resident of the hotel, who
was standing beside Mrs. Han when she was killed. Both
were standing at the window watching paratroopers trying
to flush out snipers from rooftop van tag# points.
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THE INSTITUTE of Biblical
Studies being sponsored by
the Cumpus Crusade for
Christ International at San
Bernardino, Calif., is being
attended by Linda Sager of
Oaero. Misa Sager, a grad-
uate of the University of Tex-
aa, is the daughter of Mr. and
Biro. Fred Sager of Cuero.
Mr. and Mr*. Harold Heyer
have as their guest again this
week end aviation cadet Huynh
Dinh Chien, of Vietnam, who is
undergoing flight training in
this country.
The Heyers met Huynh Dinh
when he was originally assigned
to Lackland Air Force Base
| and invited him to visit with
*. ! them at their home near Cuero.
This he did on two occasions
each time being accompanied by
a friend and fellow stud e n t
from Vietnam.
Cadet Huynh Dinh is now sta-
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Known for Charity Work
Cockrell
Secures
Housing
Cuero’s new city manager,
Wilford L. (Wil) Cockrell of Di-
boll, was here Saturday morn-
ing and said he had secured
housing accommodations at 310
E. Sarah Street, a two-story
residence.
Cockrell is slated to assume
his new duties here Sept. 1.
He and Mrs. Cockrell visited
with Mayor Lester Frers in the
Record office, and Cockrell said
he was looking forward with
pleasure upon coming to Cuero
to Mve tad work.
Mrs. Bitterman, Former
Resident, Dies in Alice
The Alice Daily Echo of July
29th reported the death of 91-
year-old Mrs. Hester Clark
Buttermann, for a number of
years a resident of Cuero, but
better known for her charitable
work in the Alice Community.
The Alice newspaper describ-
es her as a “lady with a heart
of gold” who devoted much of
her life to aiding the poor and
underprivileged people of the
Alice area for decades.
Though a widow for over fif-
ty years with little means of
support, she organized Soup Kit-
chens in Alice, during the de-
pression, to feed and clothe the
poor. With contributions from lo-
cal merchants, gas and electric
utilities donated and a borrow-
ed stove, Mrs. Bitterman fed up
to 400 underprivileged a day,
the newspaper reports.
In recent years she still had
been active, though in an area
rest home where she finally suc-
cumbed. As a partifipant in lo-
cal cancer society projects she
made over 100 "cancer pillows”
to be given to patients hospital-
ized with cancer.
Mrs. Bitterman was a close
friend of Mrs. R. J. Waldeck of
Cuero with whom she visited on
numerous occasions. On May 14,
1914 when Mr. Bitterman was
employed as an account ant
for the Cuero wholesale gro-
cery firm of Breeden - Runge
Company, Mrs. Bitterman at-
tended the wedding of Paula E.
Eichholz and Judge Richard J.
Waldeck and was one erf the
witnesses.
After the Bittermans moved
back to Alice Judge and Mrs.
Waldeck exchanged visits with
them on numerous occasions.
tioned at Bioloxi. Mississippi and
us the destination for the cross
country flight, this week and as
part of his flight training he
chose Randolph Field so that
he might enjoy another visit in
the Heyer home.
The Heyers drove up to Ran-
dolph Friday evening to meet
him and bring him to Cuero.
Cadet Huyn Dinh’s father,
Two Cities
Have Race
Violence
By United Pres* International
Negroes hurled rocks and
firebombs in two cities Friday
night but both disturbances
were squelched within hours.
Stringent curfews were im-
posed in Elgin. III. and Wichita,
Kan., after the outbreaks but
the rest of urban America was
! quiet for the second straight
night.
High government officials
warned it probably was the lull
before another storm of racial
unrest.
A crowd of 300 Negroes
hurled rocks and firebombs in
Wichita's northeast district
and at least a dozen were ar-
rested. Police cars were pelted
with rocks and at least one of-
ficer was cut by flying glass.
Two stores were firebombed and
one w'as burglarized.
“All hell broke loose," said
a policeman, hut the outbreak
was halted by 3 am. after
Mayor Clarence Vollmer or-
dered an emergency curfew’.
Curfew In Effect
In Elgin, city officials .acted
quickly to put down a distur-
tered Thursday night and 30 om*
tons of cigarettes, a small a*
mount of meat and 45 cents to
change were taken.
Although the thefts were stifl
under investigation Saturday, tha
plice had no major clues hi
either.
Sgt. A. A. Kenne, who Is in
charge of the local police de-
partment while Chief Bill Dun-
lap is on a two-week vacation,
said (he Cage Feed Store safe-
breaking looked like the yeggs
hud a key to the building. He
said that although the method
of entry has not been determin-
ed, there were no signs of
forced entry.
In the feed store the burglars
attempted to drill the pins on
the safe and falling, knocked the
concrete from the bottom and
cut a hole through the met a 1.
Tie hole was too small to re-
move the cash box from Inside
the safe. The visitors opened
the box inside and removed the
money Tie pistol, a Smith and
Wesson revolver wdth pearl
handle, was also removed from
the safe.
At Bohne Meat Market Thurs-
day night the burglars used a
two-inch pipe to force a rear
dry >r.
There have been no arrests
made in the investigaion of
two other recent tmrlaries here.
Earl’s Drive-In, where the larg-
est haul of the four most re-
cent thefts was netted by the
yeggs, was entered in the noc-
turnal hours June 13. The thiev-
es toi'k a large quantify of cig-
arettes, two pistols and an un-
determined amount of cash,
most of which w'as from a val-
ued coin collection.
An entry at Duekeft Motor Co.
Junp 16 netted the visitors a
carburetor taken from an auto
which was being repaired in the
motor firm’s shop.
Huynh Dinh Ai, is an official (bance by 100 Negroes, y >vor
in the Republic of Vietn a m
Department of Information in
Saigon and corresponds fre-
quently with the Heyer family.
Classes Begin Monday
For All Band Students
Classes will begin Mond a y
at Cuero High School for all
three bands in the system.
The beginner band includes
students in the sixth grade, the
junior high band includes sev-
enth and eighth grade students,
while the high school band in-
cludes the ninth, tenth, elev-
enth and twelfth grades.
The full high school band
will practice Tuesday and Thurs-
day evenings from 6:15 to 8:45
p m.. Director Nat Alewine said.
In addition, there will be two
Monday night practices, Aug. 7
and Aug. 28, at the same hour.
The full schedule for Alewine
and Assistant Band Director
Larry Wolf follows:
Alewine:
8 a m. to 8:45 a.m. — Begin-
POELS TEST
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. <UPD
Police prepared a breath-meas-
uring device for a man suspect-
ed of drunken driving.
The 26 - year - old motorist
grabbed the device, which gives
the percentage of alcohol in the
blood, chewed it up and
swallowed it.
He was jailed anyway. *
Baptist Group
Sets Family
Night Aug. 15
The Brotherhood of Guadalupe
Baptist Association will have
its annual Family Night meet-
ing Aug. 15 at First Baptist
Church. Port Lavaca. M. E. Ja-
cobs, Hope Baptist Church,
Yoakum, is president of the or-
ganization.
A fish supper at 6:30 will in-
itiate the evening activities, fol-
lowed by general assembly at
7:30. Lee Morgan, Crestwuod
______ .. Baptist Church, Victoria, will
ll :15 to 12 noon—High school; ^nt touched off a mass march j direct the music. Larry King-
ning woodwinds.
8:45 to 9:30 — High sc h o o 1
French horns.
9:30 to 10:15 — Junior High
band flutes, clarinets, alto clar-
inets, alto saxes, cornets, French
horns, and drums.
10:30 to 11:15 — High school
woodwinds
E. C. Alft clamped -an imme-
diate curfew on the trouble area
and the Negroes were dispersed
after a rash of ftrebombings in
the downtown area. A Sears
store, bakery, furniture store
and lumberyard were damaged
in the fires. At least three
persons were arrested.
The riot toll continued to
mount Friday night. A Detroit
fireman died of injuries suf-
fered during the violence last
week, raising the city’s death
toll to 41. A despondent Negro
leader committed suicide in
Cambridge, Md
In Wichita, police arrested
four w-hite youths as suspects in
the early morning shotgun am-
bush of a group of Negroes
cornets.
12 to 12:30 — Special lessons.
12:30 to 1:30 Lunch.
1:30 to 2:15 - High school
drums.
Wolf:
8 to 8:45 - Beginning trom-
iyjfies, baritones, and basses
8:45 to 9:30 -
nets.
9:30 to 10:15
tenor sax, baritone sax, trom-
bones. baritones, basses, and
bass clarinets.
10:30 to 11:15 — High school
basses, baritone sax. and bass
clarinets.
on police headquarters. Heavy
police patrols enforced a tense
peace.
Providence Quiet
Providence, R. T., hit by
violence earlier in the week,
eased its curfew after a calm
i night and officials in Wyandan-
Beginning cor- ch, N.Y. tried to head off a
fourth night of violence by
Junior high scheduling a weekend round of
activities to keep Negroes busy.
Milwaukee — Mayor Henry
Maier relaxed restrictions ap-
plied when racial violence broke
out earlier In the week: Maier
also moved to cement rela-
11:15 to 12 - High school trom- j tions with Negro community and
bone and baritones. ! lifted, “on a trial basis.” t h e
12 to 12:30 - Special lesons.: ban of beer and liquor r iles.
12:30 to 1:30 — Lunch. j Washington — An antipover-
1:30 to 2:15 — Beginningjty official denied charges that
drums.
Indonesians
Raid Embassy
JAKARTA UPI - About 200
Indonesian youths today used a
truck to batter their way into
the Communist Chinese embas-
sy in Jakarta and set fire to
two buildings inside the diplo-
matic compound.
Police said five demonstrator*
and a policeman were wound-
ed by gunfire from the inner
compound of the embasy, where
the Chinese staff barricaded it-
self. No embassy personnel were
reported hurt The Chinese
(In INDONESIAN*, Fag* U)
Donations Reach Half-way
Mark in Band Stand Drive
federal funds were used to op-
erate “hate whitey school” In
Nashville. Tenn.; Senate Judici-
ary Committee told that antipov-
erty workers helped agitate the
Newark rioting.
Detroit — Fireman injured
while battling blaze during
Detroit riots died to become
city’s 41st riot victim; Mayor
horn. First Baptist Church,
Victoria, will be the pianist
A brief business session will
be held principally for electing
officers for the new year. Dr.
A. L. Harrison, First Baptist
Church, Yoakum is chairman of
the nominating committee. Oth-
er members of the committee
are Mack Rowell, Baptist Tem-
ple, Edna, and Tommy Gideon,
First Baptist Church, Blooming-
ton.
The program will consist of
special music provided by tal-
ent from churches over the as-
sociation. Solos, quartets and
other singing groups will be
heard, along with the congrega-
tional singing. High attendance
of church groups and other
features will be registered an#
awards presented.
S-S Official
Will Be In
City Tuesday
Contributions have
reached the half-way mark in a
finance drive to restore the
Cuero Band Stand.
Total donations to date amount
to {745.89 on a goal of $1,-
502.94.
For the convenience of con-
tributors, a fund has been set
up at Cuero Federal Savings k
Loan Association. Contributions
can be mailed or left there.
Mrs. Paul H. Breeden sent a
check for 150 in memory of her
husband, Paul H. Breeden, and
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, . A representative of the Soeia)
The checks were aecompan- j marks. IM ”f. P?hce, ,bru„ ‘n| morning at the County Court-
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$50 for the Band Stand Fund in in last week were from Wilma s, charged hi, troops ^ diaabUitv or medicare benefit,
—' - Mr P*“'H *-
vgi Voekel 55 ask for help. • ■ . .. . ,
’ owrtkie, » mw otj Qucbrtto. Md- - M-k™, «-
deceased members of the old;Negro Hansel Green, whose; seom'' program.
Turkey Trot Band that used to property was damaged during j
perform in the Band Stand, may j Cambridge violence last week,!
also be made.
en, Sr.
Also my daughter, Miss Bess
Breeden. is sending her
cheek for IS in memory of her
father, Mr. Paul H. Breeden, Sr.
We are happy to make these
oaotributiens toward the worth-
_______ The average depth of the At
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