The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 1975 Page: 2 of 47
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The little ironies make
life interesting. A big
factor in the election of
Mayor Hofheinz of Houstonn
was resentment against
then-Police Chief Herman
Short. Hofheinz rode to
victory on the thermal
up-draft from this long-
smouldering antagonism
against Short.
But now Carrol Lynn,
young Hofhein’s personal
choice to “clean up" the
police department, is rapidly
advanceing backward into a
corner. He cleaned up the
narcotics division, only to
open the lid to a ’pandora’s
box’ of wiretapping secrets.
Today the Houston de-
partment is in a turmoil, the
men claim their morale is
low, federal authorities
apparently are letting Lynn
swelter in his own electronic
juices — “swing slowly in the
wind" is the more modern
expression — and Hofheinz
is forced to praise his chief
Centurian for his “courage.”
+ + +
All this in inevitable, I
suppose. Dick Gottlieb is
faunching at the bit,
memory still red at his
narrow defeat by Hoffheinz
in the last election. Gottlieb
has carefully nursed his
court challenge of that
victory and the courts have
refused to throw out his suit.
Dick is working this to a
fare-thee-well. Lurking
along the sidelines is Frank
Briscoe, the former district
attorney, who is will ing to
mount his white charger and
challenge both Hofheinz and
Gottlieb. He figures
Gottlieb got beat once
before, and Hofheinz is ripe
— or soon will be — for the
plucking. Is a three-way
High Noon in the making?
Police departments are
both sacrosanct and whip-
ping posts. Everybody
wants them to catch
criminals, and they do —
more and more as modern
departments are trained
thoroughly and properly. A
good, thorough, modern
detective is a hard man to
beat. It is when an officer’^
judgement,, or zeal, or greed,
perhaps, exceeds his dedica-
tion and patience that all hell
breaks loose and an entire
department comes under
suspicion.
Lloyd Frazier, formerly
with hh Sheriffs depart-
ment; or Breck Porter, now
day chief of Houston Homi
cide; or Dave Mullican, the
young Pasadena detective
who broke the Mass Murder
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character. Handing or reputation of any
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brought to the attention of the publisher
case without laying a hand
on young Wayne Henley, or
Sparky McGuire and Dick
Warstler, the young Bellaire
detectives who cleared up
the four Bellaire rape cases
through sheer hard work,
search techniques, are a-
mong the detectives hard to
beat.
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Police seem to come
under fire mostly as election
time nears. When passions
run high, partisan reactions
can be counted upon to seek
black and white solutions. It
must be admitted, though,
that metropolitan police
departments (and fire, too)
sink into an extremely low
morale just before elections
if they, too, have axes to
grind. And both police and
fire departments are politi-
cally potent in any big-city
election. Another irony here
is that the Houston police
department, which writhed
under slashing attacks con-
tinually when Short was
chief, now seems willing to
offer up Lynn's head to the
altar of resentment of
federal anti-wiretapping in-
tervention — or lack of it.
The whole thing seems odd.
Who is Irene?
Join in
Be tin ire’s Bicentennial Celebration
by Marian R. Wise
Summer
reading
The summer
program for the
reading
Bellaire
Library for July 2 at 2 p.m.
will be “Music of America,” a
program of patriotic music
presented by students from
the High School of The
Performing Arts. The
program has been organized
by Barbara Shreffler, who is
a student at the high school.
This question “Who iis
Irene?” has plagued me off
and on for many years. A
treasure trove dug up in a
side yard about fifteen years
ago disclosed: a nickle, a
penny, and a lovely little
gold ring set with an oblong
cameo.
It is always exciting to
find something, no matter
what, but to dig up treasure
was doubly so. Cleaned, the
nickle and penny were no
problem to dispose of at
once. The ring was another
matter. And intriguing.
The good, rich glow
proclaimed real gold. A
magnifying glass revealed
the inscription inside the
wide band with the scroll
design as “Irene.” A myriad
of questions tumbled one
over another.
Who is Irene? What was
she like? Did she live here in
Bellaire? Does she live here
now? The ring is small
enough for a young hand
with slender fingers. Who
cared enough for this Irene
to give her such a beautiful
ring inscribed with her
name? Did she lose it, throw
it away, or was it stolen
from her?
Because of the sentimen-
tal value to Irene or to
someone in her family, it
could mean a happy Bicen-
tennial to reunite the ring
with its original owner or
some member of her family.
Congratulations
TO THE CITY OF
BELLAIRE
OIM ITS
57th Anniversary
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Irene’s ring is an
American-Victorian ring, 100
years old. It was made
probably in the last half of
the 19th century, around
1870.
The setting is an agate
stone cameo, carved in
England or Italy, with the
classical Greek figure. This
type ring was very popular
during this period.
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The above appraisal was
furnished by Mr. Dan
Tenenbaum of the
Connoisseur antiques,
6-18-75. Mr. Tenenbaum
added that the ring can be
repaired so as to be
wearable.
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GIRLS’ SHORTS
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were 2.39 - 8.50
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BOYS’ SHORTS
2-14 Assorted
were 2.85 - 7.00
Now 2.28 - 5.59
GIRLS’ TOPS
2-14, Sleeveless
Were 3.00 - 6.50
Now 2.39 - 5.19
BOYS’ KNIT SHIRTS
4-16, Short Sleeves
were 2.30 - 6.50
Now 1.83 - 5.19
INFANTS’ SETS
6 - 24 mo.,
sleeveless
were 4.50 - 13.00
Now 3.59 - 10.39
BOYS’ TANK TOPS
2-16, Assorted
Were 2.89 5.00
Now 1.79 - 3.99
GIRLS’ SETS
2-14, Assorted
Were 4.00 - 20.00
Now 3.19 - 15.94
DOUBLE KNITS!
4-16, Jackets, Slacks
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Now 20% - 50% off.
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Weigand, Anne. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 25, 1975, newspaper, June 25, 1975; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth566745/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.