The Bellaire Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 17, 1964 Page: 4 of 71
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Biologists for the Parks and
Wildlife Department are urging
increased harvest of deer, es-
pecially does, during the 1964
THE BELLA)RE TEXAN
Wednesday, June 17, 1964
hunting season in the mid-coastal
area because three years of
drouth have seriously reduced
the range-carrying capacity and
caused death by starvation
among many deer herds.
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Four Harris County GOP
legislative candidates met in-
formally with members of the'
Bellaire Republican Women’s
Club on Friday, June 12 to dis-
cuss their background, their
qualifications for public office,
and some of the most important
of the state issues before Harris
County voters this election year.
Glenn Purcell’ Walter Keith,
Walter Mengden, Jr., and Russ
Roach all agreed that the Re-
publican ticket must be support-
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both parties if the entrenched
power structure of the Demo-
cratic Party both in state and
national political life is to be
cracked.
Purcell, a retired Shell Chemi-
cal Plant manager, told the
group that he became interested
in politips when he began to feel
that Americans were losing many
things. they had always taken
for granted. Encouraging his own
employees to take an active in-
terest in politics before his re-
lion dollars each month .for an
old railroad we were operating
that the Japanese had built,” he
told the Republican women.
After the Korean War, Meng-
den graduated from the Univer-
sity of Texas Law School. Since
that time he has practiced law
and worked for several oil com-
panies, being active in Republi-
can politics for quite a few years.
He urged the women present
to support all the Republican
candidates, stating that any Re-
tirement, he said he has felt for publican is better than a Demo-
years that state representatives erat. He said, ‘'Although some of
should represent a broader cross the candidates may leave you
section of the people instead of cold, you will find most of them
so many special interest groups highly qualified and dedicated,
and lobbyists, although lobbyists and you may even find a hero
arc certainly necessary in order to support—a man who will be
to present certain points of view, the highest stature in state
he commented. or even national politics.” Meng-
“Whitfield represents liberal den also left the group rather
thinking," Purcell said. “There wide-eyed as he told of the
will be a fairly clear-cut choice Impossibility of getting campaign
In our race,” he noted of his contributions from some sources
opponent in the November in Harris County because they
election. already have their men in Wash-
Purcell stated that he believed ingfnn and Austin who are paid
the two most Important issues retainers and given huge cam-
of the campaign would be where paign contributions to insure
to get the money to do the things that their own selfish interests
that need' to be done in the state wj]I be taken care of. “They
and the problem of redistricting. don’t want to rock the boat as
Commenting on the difficulty a iong as their pockets are full,
voter has in knowing each of why should they try to he!" us
the Republican and Democratic when they are paying people
candidates for the Legislature, tj,ey already have up there?”
14 in all, he said the problem russ Roach told the women
for the candidate was even more of his background, including his
difficult, in that he must attempt education at A & M, his Air
to reach 450,000 registered voters Force service, and his stint as
in Harris Couny. “It requires a an employee of Brown & Root
great deal of the missirnary on Guam, where they built “a
spirit to run,” he noted', but “we town to compare with any sub-
must get good people to run division in the Bellaire area—
because your House of Repre- 3 and 4 bedroom homes, inside
sentatives is only as good as the plumbing and kitchen facilities,
people you put in it,” all for natives who didn't know
Walter Keith, a native Hous- bow to turn on an electric light
tonian, graduate of Sam Houston or use an indoor toilet!” He said,
High, and former employee of *<This was when j ^ how ^
Hughes Tool for 13 years, now United States was dissipating its
owner of his own business, began money_»
taking part in polities seriously Re began his career in politics
in 1952, when he was named as a block worker (with his wife
district chairman of Democrats volunteering his services), pre-
fer Eisenhower. After being cinct chairman, Chairman of the
deeply involved in conservative Precinct Organization Campaign
Democrat politics for years, he Committee, where he was always
finally decided he could no long- looking for people to run for
er be effective in the conserve- office. “So I ended up running
tive cause in the Democrat Party myself," he told the group,
and formally joined the Republi- Noting that the foundation of
can Party at the huge rally at the economy In Texas is based
the Rice Hotel last year. on oil, agriculture, and beef, he
Predicting that 80% of the stated that oil and gas as well as
qualified voters in Harris County treef are down because of the
will turn out in November, Keith high ratio of Imports. “And any-
told the GOP women that they thing that affects oil, agriculture,
must have at least 180,000 votes °r beef adversely, affects your
and that only with Barry Gold- joh or your husband’s job and
water to capture the imagination the pocket-book of everyone in
of the conservative Democrat Texas,” Roach said,
voters in Texas can the Republi-
cans win any local races. LOAN REGULATIONS
Asking for the whole-hearted Sma!1 loan company adver-
support of the women present, tisin8 of such terms as “lowest
Keith said, “Think big when you costs>” “quickest service” and
think of contributions. You ex- “easy payments” is “misleading”
peet big things of your candi- under new state regulations. All
dates, so give big. It costs money advertising claims by lenders
are subject to the tests of abso-
lute accuracy.
for radio, television, billboards,
letters, etc., that acquaint the
voter with the .candidate. He
■must have these in order to win ”
Keith concluded hit talk wilk
the admonition, “Don’t woe#
about whet M best tor the
but wh«t la best for America
Wttat U best for the country wtu
be best for the party.’'
WaltCT Mengden, J*., native
Houstonian who attended St.
Thomas and Kinhaid Preparatory
Schools before joining the Navy,
went to the University of Texas
and was called back into active
Regulations were adopted after
public hearings here and go into
effect on July 1, Regulatory Loan
Commissioner, Frank A. Miskell
has announced.
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