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VOL. 66—NO. 64
CUERO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1960
8 PAGES - PRICE 5c
f^TOWIl Talk Commander
Is Guest
At Party
Approximately 100 persons at-
LETTER TO EDITOR
The Record again finds it nec-
essary to advise our readers
that "Letters To The Editor"
will not be published unless they
arc signed. This is a steadfast tended the 41st birthday party
role among all newspapers for of the American Legion Tuesday
their own protection. night at Legion Hall.
A newspaper which prints and Thirty new memberships were
circulates a libelous article in turned in to Department of Tex-
its news or editorial columns, as Commander Donald I. Peters
even though it was written by 1 of Houston, bringing the local
someone not connected with or P°st s 1960 membership up to 306
employed by that newspaper, is The party began with a covered
just as guilty in the eyes of the : dish supper, which was attended
law, as the person who wrote by Legionnaires, members of the
the article. The newspaper must j Ladies Auxiliary and families and
therefore know the source of friends of the legion
the information it circulates Guests introduced by Dinter
through its printed columns for [Post Commander Walter Boehlj
its own protection. were Tom Cheatham and Mayor
Even though a "Letter to the J- T- Newman, who are char-
Editor" is signed the writer's ! «er mem^rs of the post; St. Rep.
name will not be published If he j £ r Pe\e Matthew, who is
. .u . ;» 1 former post commander at \ o-
< r sue requests that it be witn- .____ * .
... H kum; Dave Whitlow, former post
1, , . . , 1ot ! commander at Edna; 14th District
Published below are two let- , ^_______,,____.
“oeTs Ex-Convict Shot
To Death After
tors received by The Record,
both of which were signed
the authors and neither re-
quested that their names not be
I ublishcd.
she favor;; all
types of unions
The Cuero Record
Cuero, Texas
Dear Mr. Tovvery,
In taking your stand against
I he CIO in tho textile mill, I can
see that your only concern is the
financial side of the picture.
f realize that the textile indus-
try has, in the past, had more
foreign competition than the pa-
per industry in which my hus-
Commander Milton Vavrieck of
. , i Corpus Christi and his guest, Joe !
- Bergeman; and Lloyd Duty of
Austin, Third Division member-!
ship chairman.
Department Commander Pet-
ers spoke on activities of the
American Legion. He was intro-
duced by Bill Nami of Cuero.
who is department vice-comman-
der from the Third Division.
V.
WK
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XXik-i'k
Red Plan
GENEVA CPI The Soviet
Union proposed today that Com-
munist China join the United Sta-
tes and Russia in trimming their
armed forces to 1,700,000 men
each in a 12 to 18-month period,
to start disarmament.
Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin
presented the proposal in a three-
! stage Communist blueprint at the
| second session of the 10-power i
East - West disarmament Confer-
ence and later read it to news-!
men. It asked France and Britain
to cut their armed forces to 650,-
000 each.
Zorin thus introduced Red China
at the beginning of the confer-
ence although the Peiping regime
was not invited. Red China has
Escape Attempt
Continue
Search lor Foot Depth Monday
Five Miners
LOGAN, W. Va. IJPl
Lone Star Producing Co. No. 1
Felix Hiller, .located three miles
southeast of Cuero, was drilling
at 10,810 feet in sandy shale Mon-
day.
Robstown
Mexican
Is Victim
A 24-year-old ex-convict from
Robstown was shot to death on
,rm , , .. . . , S. Esplanade early Wednesday
I he la,000-foot permit test had mornjnf, when he trie(1 (0 esca?e
been delayed by a.long fishing fpom Cuero officers who had been
job, but 7 5-8 inch liner had been nn h- # .
set at 10,602 feet las. week. °".h'S ra" near,y three
The Hiller test is near Ixme Nicholas Perez was pronounced
five Star's No. 1 Bertha Koenig, a d*ad »t<he scene hy City Health
Middle Wilcox discovery perfor- ®“lcer ^r- Harold High.
The fatal pistol shot was fired
COW BEATS 2,000,00040-1 ODDS—The mother looks on as
f;. inn r Wilson Ensiey of Douglass. Kan, holds triplet calves
considered a one in 2,000,000 possibility. Ensiey believes he
can sell the calves for about J120 each.
hand works, but I think progress erected on the HEB parking lot
i.t doing made in cur tariff laws
^on cotton products. From what
Ti end in the newspaper, our tor-
i' »n competitors will not he able
t i nvodoce such low priced pro-
duct:-, when the cotton they im-
],!:•( us is regulated in
j u>c, i lit.ai the price they pay
1 >r cclti: i will net be so much
less than our manufacturers
i mst pay.
I notice - the mill management
,\.e> not sg. • ' too worried about
i ? fu ure ot the textile industry ■
* nee they tire continually adding !
■n to their facilities.
if- the employees never got a
t v riLc. o.'.er than when the
] ,oi- liivv r ise; it's minimum
v ,igr , tiiey- would still benefit
I • a union. You ray that a tin- (
, uiinot help the employees,!
but i. you were tne man or v.o-
. n vv.io go:; Id work one day
; .! is to d he cannot be used
i : t d-; . whop < 'hers ,v;e getting
t i < or:, on the s ore job he is
to <1. ye( they do not have
tenth the seniority that he.
Store Lot
-_____-
PavingSet Advance Census Report
Forms Will Be Mailed
Light standards are being
Kes-
j said it would not go along with. cuers trudged past the canvas-
any plan it does not help write, encased bodies of 13 miners to-
Four Year Program day to search the depths of Hold-
Zorin said the troop reductions en n0. 22 mine for five more
would comprise the first stage of men trapped in the coal pi! eight
the Soviet plan for "complete and days ago.
general disarmament in four There was little hope the
years," proposed by Soviet Pre- would be found alive.
mier Nikita S. Khrushchev. Discovery Tuesday of bodies of ated at 10-694-711 feet
The West already has attacked 13 0f f|1c jg men trapped in the To the southeast, Lone Star No, by Officer Bill Pullin, who with
I Khrushchev’s proposal .as thor- mjne since March 8 saddened this 1 Bertha Mueller was drilling at j Sgt. I<ouis Donaho had been ehas-
oughly impractical. The Russians community. Rescue'.squads at the 9,048 fee in shale and sand 1'nK the man off and on since
I lost no time in attacking a .rival' nljne entrance bowed their heads, streaks. The Mueller test has a
! Western plan as meaningless even Salvation Army workers led them 15,000-foot permit.
J before they received it officially. ln prayers and hymns. ------—-----------
I The Western plan calls for step- The seven-day, round-the-clock
| by-step disarmament. In the first search had been sparked by op-
step an international organization timism until Tuesday afternoon
would be set up and the Soviet when West Virginia mines direr-!
i Uniqn and the United States would tor Crawford L. Wilson emerged „ Q j.
cut their troop strength to 2.500,- from 1he mme with tears streak- 0 IjS ll S iJCL
000 men each, later to 2,000,000 jng bis face.
Religious
each.
Bodies Huddled Together
The Calvary Baptist Church and
9:56 pm. Tuesday.
Three new guns apparently stol-
en, were found in the trunk of
the 1953 Cadillac driven by Per-
ez, who was involved in a minor
accident Tuesday night on W,
Main St.
Perez first ran from officers
when they began an investigation
of the wreck.
Taylor said he would issue a
Car Plates
Sales Lag
and the parking area will be
hard surfaced this afternoon W. Advance Report Forms for the to-house canvass gives the family
J. Black, supervisor in charge i i960 Census of Population and a chance to assemble informa-
of Howard E. Butt grocery Housing will be distributed by, tion about each member in advan-
stores in this area said today. Post Office employees this week ce of tho census taker’s visit.
The parking lot is located in to ail households., in this area, The district supervisor urges all
the 600 block of N. Esplanade District Supervisor announced to- residents to fill out the form and
on the property formerly occu-, day. have it ready for the census tak-
pied by the J. S. Edgar Jr. and
Jack Ellinger homes. a new census-taking, device which on April 1.
Mr. Black left Cuero shortly is designed fo speed up’the field The Advance Report contains , . . .
after 10 a.m. for Austin to at- canvass and provide more acctir- seven questions about every per- a,'rorfilnK in ormation leea.-ec
tend the opening of the 10th ate statistics. Distribution of this son in the household and six quos
HER store in that city, which is form before the start of the house- lions about the household's duel- d0P“ y .It?
ling. The household information. <)n,l-s af,out V™1 sets ^
I asked for is name, address, sex, had beon ls.sued 'hrouKh Tuesday.
! color or race, month and year ^ was estimated that there ate
of birth, whether married pr sin- sti11 some vehicles for which
gle, and relationship to head of nrw ,a8s have not been Purcbas-
the household. The information e<b ,
required about the dwelling is the Owners are required by law to
number of rooms, cooking facilit- bav^ 19,’° ?n ,beir \'‘blc' I gflH Tft Rg 011616(1
A large crowd was' on hand at ies, plumbing, and whether rent- es by ^Prl* T This means theie
In a voice quivering with onto- First Baptist Church are to unite;
tion, he announced that some of forces to take a religious census 1
the men had been found dead. ,,f ouero during the week of Mar-
The Advance Report Form is ers when they start their rounds ^vense plates is in sight for the gal|1ere(f
office of DeWitt County Tax As-
sessor-Collector Frank Thiente.
according to information release!
* Tuesday by Miss Ellen ' Moffit*
Opening
DrawsMany
t .s'a
ha:;. Don't you taink it
v
I < . rt i yu. r union iee
1 hi
if t v take a ftiind
i p..-
l' > < n'nl iycr in such
f ...SOS?
This rot may happened
1 'ill .
nil, ,i..s iiappened ve-
* .Vli>
il cie mill.
t: vv
i v r ,\ rv re paid u.l the
r.-iiueia n hn.,1-'. and one
« t!”
e: ve.s 1 a ; one loom
1 .V."l
ir.ii tii" other weaver, he
1 . IS to
o k harries. yei hm pro-
1 s'i .1
oi rcem a;'a1 is lower,
: ,• , lv
. i : - is lcs:. t 'nrier pre-.
., hihM i lie din-' like
, 11 (' -a ' hi - dm > and go
, i,.. ,\n ore mizrd union
r id tin 1 this employee
.1 1 . I'cal.
; null n me xrail one ease
1, - . a.- 11..I take place ill
. ’ 1 -pv . 11 I 'ill s long
-Von! uiued 1 n 1‘age 81
! the largest, he aid, in floor
; space in the Butt grocery com-
1 pany chain,
K;rs. Bert Cook Is
Nominated Chairman
Mrs. Bert Cook of Cuero was
nominated as District II chair- , ^ Anne s ( hie Shoppe Wednes-
man of the John Knox Pi'esbj- day.when the new Cuero busi-
ten at a meeting last week at ness began a four-day formal
Westminister Presbyter- opening. The shoppe us located
•inn Church in San Antonio. at K. Main St,
Dr. Marshall Doggett Jr., pas- | A total of 208 persons had re-
tor of First Presh ian Churrh 1 gistered for attendance prizes' by
in Cuero, and a gr.ni of women H a in. Wednesday. Registration
from the local 'church were pre- continue through Satin day
sent for t meeting. arul ,he Prizes "ill be awarded
_.__ n. . . at the end of business that day.
Two dresses and a slip will be
given away.
Mrs. Homer Wright, owner of
the shoppe, said no purchase is
required for persons to register
•and it is not necessary to be pre-
sent at the drawing to win.
Ladies' hose arid panties arc.
being given away each day of the
formal opening.
find out if the guns were stolen.
Found in the car were a .22-ca).
The 13 bodies had been found eh 20, according to Rev. Norman rlfle and two fbot Runs- 1 he three
huddled together in a partially- a. Sanders. Many workers will weaP®ns w'0Uld relad for $% JO,
fallen, crumbling tunnel three -rail on the homes during the at- “^cording to price tags still on
miles from the pithead. ternoon of the above-named date „ f"15;. . . . _ ,
....... , t 1Q,„ "All the men are presumed for this information. Police Chief .esse Taylor was
f.L dead," Wilson told newsmen who The main objective of this een- i
alxiut for the.- first an- stis is to determine the names and
nouncement of (lie miners' fate, addresses of residents of Cuero
The news stunned all those con- who are Baptist but who are not
nected w ith the rescue operation, members of any of the Baptist
In the community .of Holden, churches of our oitv. No effort
Only about 2.500 sets of plates ^ IT'I,,?”Ske ’? h^fu! r'1" l* "'In'0 l'*™ inforDma‘
, ," , ., , ^ , the woist hut spoke in .wpttui tion front those who are not Bap-
terms, the dead mens relatives tist. And, of course, this survey!
told by Robstown police that Per-
ez was convicted on a marijuana
charge three t ears ago.
Taylor revealed the following
chain of events which led to the
shooting:
At 9:56 p.m. .Tuesday, l'ullin
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grieved behind closed floors.
Veterans' Program
ed or owned.
At every fourth household, the
census taker will leave a Cen-
(Continued on Page 81
Hay Name General
Trot Chairman Today
by April
are only 13 days to the deadline
Sub-stations are located in York-
town and Yoakum, but most of
the licenses will be issued at the
DeWitt county courthouse.
Attend Meeting Of
Cotton Association
Dogs To Be
Vaccinated
A special price for dog vac-
cinations and city license tags
will be offered March 21 through
AUSTIN. Mar. 16 Eighty-two many people in Cuero who believe March 26, Police Chief Jesse lay*
For Resale March 30
has no relation to the national
census which will be taken la-
ter in the year, Rev. Sanders
said.
"Our churches realize this is a
tremendous undertaking," Rev,
Sanders continued, "and it will
require the cooperation of many
people. We feel that there are
tracts of land purchased under
the Veterans' Land Program.and
as Baptists do hut for one rea- lor announced Wednesday,
son or another, ihev are not mem-1 During this period, dog owneii
City l ots Divided
The city of York town has been
divided into 26 drilling blocks
in preparation, for leasing for
oil ard gas exploration, accord-
ing to information received by
the Cuero Record Tuesday,
Each drilling block has from
76 to 38 acres in it.
The advisory c< uifiittee of the
Till key Trot Association expects
to name a general chairman
Powis Tarkington and son. Mur-
ray, of Cuero and F. S. Tanking- participated in the program are
ton Jr. of Victoria are in Dallas eligible to post sealed bids before
tor the 1966 I rot at a meeting attending an annual meeting of 10:00 a.m , Mar .30. t 'immission-
Wednesday afternoon. the Texas Cotton Association er Allcorn said
'I he meeting will begin at .i p. They were accompanied bv their Descriptions <>! the trai ls and
m. in the , City Hall Council wives. their approximate location will tie
chamber. Powis Tarkington is a director furnished upon request, lie auucd.
November 10-12 have already of the association, which will eon- Inquiries should tie addressed
been set as dates for tho cole- tinue its meeting through Satur- to Bill Alb urn, Commissioner of
liration. day. _the General Land Oltice. Austin.
situated in 16 Texas, counties over hers of a local church. Some of niriy have their animals vaccina-
tlie state, including DeWitt, will these are new residents of Cuero. ft’(^ ant* tagged for only si 50 each,
be offered for resale March 30, The churches seek to know these week-long special was • ar»
Land Commissioner -Bill Allco.rn people and to inform them in a ranged by tlie City of C uer<> tlirou-
announced tpday.
Eligible veterans .who haw
personal way about Baptist work gb the cooperation of DixonA eter-
hot in Cuero
PRAYER POEM
Itv cf'-f'-.F (!•(» WA1KFR
rtl.ESS IIEH ESPECIALLY
TO|»\Y
\ • ;i i l.nii'. ho v much 1 lov e her
Lord: o I -ineeirly pray . . .
i ial 3 on w jll hies, her pree-
iou, li.e i sp'-i iallv today . . .
I ,, tov fiat You are always close
to her in endless ways . .
i ltd in the way she liv es her
Pic, she lives a prayer of
pr.,, e . ■ hut I believe 1 that
this eah he a special day for
h?r , and in this day so fill-
ed with prayer, new blessings
1 !l occur,. . .
So th ins You, Lord, for blessing
her w ,th heartfelt .joy and peace
. which, once they overflow
her lip , w ill surely never
era vp.
i j * ■ „ , U *. i » L . Ow’I’Ui C»
lit Ovc 11 n t A Coutxt'on
f O •• c“*ti 1 puD'ufvti bv VawtOfl*
fit*, s ■ evv Totk City Ih# author •
inr- p/png 'Ovn!t'«s tror»> to>«
(,i (I. « T »t :*n. t'Hip V !to^a
. . , II i« * 1 * " * I 4/#» p1*
i •• •« s i .tnir* rr# era •
« I- • u' •' »• t<r• o Ve I'd ti
fc'it t r• » i v, vc ,i UfCkilcra. i
,f©#a Nor oga Praia. I
inary Hospital, Wallace Vet Ciinin
and Cuero Veterinary Clinic.
Besides giving the vaccinations
and vaccination tags, the vcilinar-
ians will also issue . the -.license
tags, Taylor said:-
April ! is tlie. deadline for hav-
ing dogs vaccinated, according
to Taylor, who said untagged ani-
mals will be. picked- tip after that
date.. Persons w> do . not wisli
to.have their ijogs va. ■ mated may
... , notify the police department and
ondu.ted at 4 pom .Wednesday ,hp anlmals u ;; |.0 puked up
and disposed of
"It is hoped that every dog
owner will take advantage of tins
spV> ia! .vaccination program,. t«>-
fh.hor .'the s ike of his..family arid
the well-being of the entire, city,
Taylor stated.
Smolik
Rites Set
Funeral services for Mrs
John B. Sniohk, 71. who died
Tuesday .morning, were to be
Cuero High School's Cobbler Rand will appear in its annual
Spring concert Friday night In the Junior School auditorium.
TI** concert, under the direction of Richard. Young, will be-
gin at 1 p. m.
Tho program will he opened with "Pride of the Pacific," a
concert march, which will be followed bv "Irish Folk Song
Sidle," a suite in tl • ce mov cmciits, Stephen Voiilig, also enrue
list, will lie featured in "Spanish <'apliee."
Also to he featured are the flute mid clarinet sections.
The eoneert program will range from the sprv "< larinef
Polka" to the well known "Lstrellita," a rumba, to tl* classi-
cal "Prelude and Fugo In Bb Major."
Works bv such prominent composers as Massenet, Rogers
and llammerstein, Bacl*, B*nnett and Erickson will he present
ed.
"In arranging the program, everv effort has been made to
select numbers that will have a wide appeal to the audience and
that will show tl*- versatility of the hand.' Young stated.
Also to appear t rldap nlglit is tlie Junior School It.uni. w tin
will play a Bach "Chorale," "l>e Molav March,’' ‘At ah'/ King
Lav orlt.es” and "TI.V Thunderer March" by Sousa.
• it Freund Funeral lorne, with
I umjI to follow in Hillside v'eme-
lei V .
lb'. I rein e 'Baker of l Vie-
in and Hev U Hurst .'•/-Ciu-
pus t’hristi, ministers of tiv
Bentticostal Church of ■
were to oflii'iate,
Mrs Smolik was horn Septem-
ber 7. 18X8, in Lavaca countv
daUghtei ol Frank Uaiji and
Annie Orsak t'adu. She was m u-
1 lied to John B Smolrk in Lav i-
i a ('minty in 1913
Mrs. Smolik . -i mv did
four v ears 'pi lo t-> hei d. atii.
Son Ivors a"e the c i-- -and nl
Cuero: an adopted daughter,
Mrs V m. Ovu les May, also ot
Cuero; two brother- John Cada
: I! .3. i’-v g o an i Joe Cad i of
I ion--.>n rid .-no sister Mrs
-V v t Isek S oi Antonio.
Warns (if (’nnc'ssions
DIN N. J . UBU
\•:: \ St*t i t't.H N W M !>: U-
•ycr ’ 'uoxiav L^ains-
■" ii'iiirvM".iis t<» tho So\ iot
I non uiiifii ho sml, onnlinuos
• > stn\\0 or tiv' elimination of
Mo free '' oi iti
Ihuoker. here to do<iioate tin*
new WaiM.m \nv.\ Hospital.
• tk tin- in i .iSu-n to \n a it i that
(hiNsi.tfi (lii’oal.k h ut Out (Imiifi-
tshed hut i.ippeaf to h.ne inton-
" , ied.
"HIGHER THAN A KITE"
••/j' j
l est-ss&xi
“PICkyOCKIT": Tb s eve es-
lion was "Higher Thjol Cede-
roy s Kite" when it becien Ac-
cording to traddi.cn. G dero/
was a robber jwho d -«ed tb*
pockets of English statesr—ers a j
was the custom, the bigge- the
crime, the higher the gallows
th« man would be hanged on.
Gilderoy was executed on the
highest gallows ever eie..ied
. . The word kit* u Gael., for
body, thus explaining the wj*
of k>t* in rh* *ap'c
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