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VOL. 70—NO. 248
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, MONDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1964
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Two Cuero
Couples At
LBJ Ranch
Quota $10,400.
Cuero
United Fund
HONOR ROM. FOR Htfi.'S
Mrs. ‘ "hamp Traylor
Bucite) Nat’l. Bank
Ark-La. Gas Co.
Cuero Record
< I FRO GIRI. SORORITV IIKAO — Miss IViinye Wheeler of
fHero (renter), president of Beta Gamma sorority at Texas
< allege ot Arts and Industries, helps complete negotiations
which made Beta Gamma a chapter of ( hi Omega, a national
sordidly for college and university women. With tier are Dr.
.lames ( Jernigan (left), president of Texas X.VI (allege,
and Mrs. I.. R. Bowker, national treasurer of ( hi Omega.
New Red Chief
Pledges Peace
Tw., Cuero couples attended, Xie]spn 7 Up (v
the recepiion at the LBJ Ranch i jr
on Sunday.
At' and Mrs. Frank Shop-j
pard and Mr and Mrs. A. J.
Engbrock were invited to par-'
ticipate in the rpogram. Origi-
nally Prrsident Johnson was
scheduled to be present but hud'
to cancel Uie engagement bo-|
cause of his tv talk and pres-j
sure of world happenings.
Mrs. Johnson served as hos-
i tess and received the guests. [
j During the meeting Dan Bloc-
: ker spike Atty. Sheppard met
| the man who is one of the stars
! of "Bonanza" and
his as "a very nice fellow.”
i All of the talks sounded a con- ‘
! fident note. Sheppard said, but1
leach cautioned to remain alert j
; and prevent over - confidence. I
Ail of the people present pled-1 courage and Consistency.
• ged their full support
Johnson campaign.
Sheppard is DeWitt County
campaign chairman for the
Johnson campaign and
Engbrock is woman's
ator for the county
5500.
150.
100.1
^"Parents Send
Added To - - ...
uFDonorsrred Warm Note
120.
100.
120.
Two Texas
Papers
Support BG
TYLER (FI i The Tyler
described CoUrier ' Timos * Telegrapti
endorsed Sen. Barry M. Gold- i
water for president Sunday. I
The newspaper praised the Re- i
publican candidate's "personal I
to the j
MOM
Co :munis*
I H:. .'itnev
1 . o >
pit •
tv; ir
ri I 'I r
W (PI i , 5v iviei
' party chief U'onid
pledged today the
Vs new rulers would f,
policy of peaceful co-
• with (he We.O, unity
Communist world, and a
i fe for the Russian peo-
Hivzhnev.
a.ipe,i:-inc<
in his
s n,;e
first
! h e
Fallout
Watch Now
In Japan
TOKYO I PT1 AtoiTKscnsi-
nzed Japan maintained a tense
alert today lor signs of - radios
a i.\c fallout from Communist
< hina s atomic explosion of last
Friday.
The Olympic Games contin-
u'd on schedule.
The Japanese Weather Bureau '
said no fallout was discovered
during a rainy Sunday.
But in Niigata, in northern
Japan, science Pirrf. Seitaro
K<,,yama said lie had detected
dust particles -"greatly above
tire normal count" in radioae-.
tr.itv He said they must have
originated from the Chinese!
at vine lest.
Lie said the amount of rada-
sctiyjty was small compared j
wi'h the fallout resulting from]
the f s. and Soviet explosions
several years ago.
•Japanese scientists interpret-
ed the lack of abnormal radio-
activity ns meaning the.Chinese
atomic bomb was a small "one,
probably on the same scale as
the American bomb that oblit-
erated Hiroshima in 1915.
Eight ground stations of the
■weather bureau have been tak-
ing periodic air samples since
•hf Chinese test took place Fri-
Building
Permits
Show Hike
Building permits took a jump
last week after a few week’s
lull, recoitis at the city hall
show.
Last week > permits totaled
551J20.
Permits for construction of
three new residences swelled
the permits.
They wen1 issued to Richard
Fuller, 504 Heaton, for an $18.-
0t0 house; Mrs. Jessie Duckett.
I2J16 E. Morgan. $12,000 house,
and !>>n Dixon, 007 Clinton, a
571.000 home
. Other permits were issued to
Mrs. r^ela Aschen, 506 Second i
S: . for installation of siding, !
U 180,: Arthur Thamm, 406 1.'.
'fain, reroof, $300: Mrs. Peace
C .vm. Humble station on S.
( I'Vmade. rerdof $300; Burges-
Davis ’r 408 McLeod, to move
a green house, $40.
i fail of Nikita S Khrushchev,
made no threats against the
West, lie rattled no lockets
The new Gimmunist party
chief, sjieaking from Khrush-
toma, also refrained from mak-
ing any attacks on the Chinese'
Com11am.-"- lie promised, in-
stead, to work «., repair the
rift/ that has embittei’ed rela-
tions between Russia and Red
i’him.
Bozina'v and rf«-w Premier
Alexei Kosygin apjieared at a
Red square rails honoring the
three cosmonauts .who orbited
tire earth for 24 - hours last
week in the. 'Soviet "space bus"
named sunrise.
Khrushchev was nowhere to
be seen during, the. festivities.
While he was s ill in office last
Monday, tie had promised the
three sjMcemen a Moscow wel-
come 'greater than the force
of gray iiv "
Top USSR
Military
Man Killed
"One point to be recoruider-
ed: Barry Goldwater was the
only man in government really j
M n icm th" spol politically when the 1
cooniin- j time came for voting on the!
civil rights bill which Hubert!^'L<^ lVr
Humphrey fathered and Lyn-j The Record pledged t h a U
don Johnson adopted," the J should 25 respond with $100 or
news-paper said
raising
of the $10,400
During tiie past weekend three
j additional Cuero business hous-)
j es have joined the ever grow-
' ing list of civic * minded' .groups
sending in contributions of $100
■ or more to keep active the Un-
! ited Fund in Cuero.
i Fourth firm to respond’ to
! ihe appeal was Arkansas-Louis-
lana Gas G> with a contribu-
tion of $100.
Tlie fifth firm to re»[»ond was
Nielson 7-1'p Bottling G>. which
also contributed $100
Sixth contributor to support
the campaign was The Cuero
Record Publishing Co., with a
$120 donation
The contribution* have been
received as the diicct result of
j an appeal by The Record's pub-
lisher. Jack Howerton, and
managing editor, Ernest H. Jen-
nes, for 25 business houses or
individuals >o come forward
better donations.
I ■ i
more the newspaper would util- j
. His courage was monumen-1 i/(, jts effom in ra!Sing the re-
tal in the face of unfavorable, maintler ()f the $10,400 goal)
; odd* i*>litically.
i HARLINGEN iPIi - The
! Valley Moiming Star of Harlin-
i gen has endorsed Sen. Barry
M. Goldwater for president.
I from the remainder of tlie com-
j nuinity's citizens.
BELGRADE Yugosla v i a
i PI i Marshal Sergey Biryu-
/ov. Russia's highest military j
officer, and 28 otliers were!
killed today when a Soviet |
Ilyushin 18 airliner crashed into
fog-shrouded Mount Avala as it I
was making a landing ap- j
proach.
Tl’lle civil aviation department;
said there were no stnvivors |
among the 29 alxyard. It or-,
dered a sf>eeial investigation i
into the crash of the four-engine ;
turbp-piv>p airliner.
Besides. Biiyuzov. there were I
seven other top Soviet army of-
ficer among the victims. j
It has been (>ointed out the T'F
in Cuero supports 10 worthy lo-
cal chanties and service organ-
ization-. Finch of these groups
The newspaper said his voting . has pledged to refrain fmm ' 1 a' 'Y- Mothei
record and campaign state-; making any solicitations witljin j
ments "indicate he favors less. the Cuero area if the United
ed
RECORD TROPHY — Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hansen, Sr. are shown with the trophy Fred.
Jr. won when he broke the world record for
Pole vaulting. Over the weekend Fred, Jr.
broke the Olympic games pole vaulting re-
cord. (Mike Rudough Photo)
By ERNIE JENNES | football and track at Cuero High life.
Congratulations. We love you! School. He had scouts from sev-j In another of his letters. Fred.
Dad, Frank and era! Southwestern Conference 1 Jr. observed. If I had all the
: colleges and others out-of-state , money in the world I couldn t.
This cablegram was dispatch-' seeking his sendees as a player ; get into pi aces that I'm getting
government control nnd regi-; Fund provides them with the ' °d e.uiv .satuolay morning by, on athletic scholarships. into now The door is open and
mentation in the lives of indi-i agreed upon budget. j Mi. and Mrs. Fred Hansen. Sr. j But Fred. Jr., in his senior i the red carpet is out when T get
viduals.” By agreeing to give a size- j Cu°ro to their son, Fred Jr..-year at high school, after con- j there.
"We don’t think Mr. Gold- able check once instead erf sev-j "01Jd and Olympic pole
vault i
water, if elected, would cure oral smaller ones, the individual
everything that ails our eoun-j citizen is able to shed himself
try, but we do believe he would of the bother of constantly be-
make a start In that direction." ' mg asked for financial aid by
the newspaper *aid. i variixis organizations
'The HaT Walker Is
New Pirates Pilot
I PITTSBURGH --(UPIi The J their first world championship
Pitlstmrgh Pirates to d a y in 35 veBrs in 19(50. rcsjK ned
| named Harry -The Hat Walk- last nM for ^ of
. er as field mana-vr for 1%j
1 Pirate Genera! Manager Joe j
jL. Brown; who made the an-1 The name if Johnny Keane
| nouncement at a Forlx's F'ield had figured prominently i n
news conference, said. Walker’s speculation regarding the Pi-
I contract was for one year. rates’ prtst since last Friday
"When you get married, you When Keane resigned as man-
expect a long contract.” Bhavii j ager of the World champion St.
said. • ‘‘I..Harry and I cx|ie( t to Louis Cardinals,
have a 1-mg contract." I However. Blown said Walker
Brown's anrxMincemont ended j had been his original choice but
Buchel Marker
Dedicated Sun.
I record holder, afier
i cessful ta-eaking of ■
| pic rcconl.
Ftvd, Jr., eldest of
1 Hansen children. Iiay
tremely busy since i<
| Tokyo and r!io Olympic
However, the Hanson
J mail nearly daily fn
! in which he writes hi
lolls what is happer
On Friday and
note came from Fm
ing his parents he ht
(siderab’e thought wind discus-1 F’-jed.- Jr. keeps in close eon-
■*uc-j sion with Ins parents, came to. tav* with ; hi* ' parents After
xn-jthe conclusion he w./uid con- each meet the 21 year old pre-
Hhu'ci'entrate on pole vaulting. dental student telephone* home
o tak‘.Vs he explained it. baseball' and talks with the folks. V
m IP
and football would
park* and his family decided,
nt w ^C'Acj take up Saturdays only,'
^10 eh c could devote more
lasses.
■^e decision marie, young
--nd his parents met with •
.sh Brunson and other Rice
mentors at
Some 100 persons including ; tin, director of research for the
; 30 descendants attended the de-1 Texas State Historical Survey
dication of a marker in mx>gni-
wouid replace Danny Murtaugh
as manager next season. M>ir-
taugh, w!k) piloted the Dues 10
in fairness to Pirate fans he
thought it would be proper to
at least talk with Keane.
I tion of the achievement* of Gen.
August C. Buchel on the DeWitt
i County Gxirtliouse lawn on Sun-
day afternoon
Mayor Bill Nami unveiled the
statue aftor calling attention to
the crowd that the late general
had fought and died for this
country to give today’s Texans
anil the nation the right to con-
gregate. freedom of speed 1 and
the host of other freedoms Am-
ericans hold so dear.
Rev. Andrew Kitimlihaar, ]
rector of Grace Episcopal
Committee, related the objec-
tives of the committee. Former
Mayor J. T. Newman spoke-on
significance of the historical
marker program and Louis
Lenz gave Buchel’s history.
Mrs. A. W. Sohaffner, chair-
man of the DeWitt County His-
torical Survey Committee, ex-
pressed appreciation for the1
large turnout. Mrs. Sohaffner!
and other-members of the sur-:
vey committee arranged the
dedicatiin.
The Rev. N. A. Sanders, pus-;
tor of First Baptist Church, j
gave the benediction The Cuero 1
Church, openeil the brief cere-1 security unit of the Texas State
monies with a prayer. County 1 Guards Reserve c*>n>s piwided
Judge George Tiwell served 1 the honor guard Members <rf
as master of cei'emotnes. i Boy Scout Troop 243 dis-trib-
Mr». D. M. Parmelee of Au»- uted ixograms.
keep him Mrs. Hansen said the first
itch Fvay from classes a good bit time he has failed to do so was
mt suuring the week. Track, the ath- this time.
"I guess it was the expense of
' ailing from Tokyo,." Mrs Han-
sen observed
Fred. Jr. broke the news of
the World Record achievement
from California in a brief talk
... _ „ .......... ....... with Fred, Sr., that big day in
with the State Departmr.^^. University track mentors at' June,
make a tour of Africa. At T.at, dinner. t ('.urh Brunsmf had put the
time he did not gtve any details | At the dinner, the first men- call through to the Hansera and
but Mrs. Hansen -is expecting; tion was ever made rf Olym-1 said. "Mr. Hansen. Fred's right
them any time. | pics w'hen Coach Brunson told here and wan's to talk to von "
Ftvd. Jr., a natural born ath-/die family for' Fred, Jr. to set I Fred. Jr got op the phone
letc. did very well in baseball,: his goals on the Olympics. This and said. "M’ell Dad. I broke the
I was five years ago. World's Record. I am real dr-
The parents agreed the tra- i ed now”
vel for Fred, Jr. is doing him I "Good for y.xi!" came the
some good. As a Junior Diplo- • proud reply fi-om Pop.
mat for the U.S., Fred, Jr. is I Fred. Jr. isn’t expected hark
j doing a fine job for his coun-tfo the States for several months
- by. ! but when he does com* bark
By ERNIE JENNES "No matter hosv fired yxxi are, i the Hansen family will wel-
Managing Editor you have to smile," he wrote j come him with open arm*
’mppr inc vn . ■ ' ^'s parents in telling of the especially brother. Frank w*v»
Cuero on^SaniMaV°eventtough ' f.n'“"t^ ^ i T* ^h’'-Wn-
our Gobblers struck out. 1 V 1 L‘ , n • ' «nd sister. Lisa who is 12 ywr*
Most folks we admit woke ,‘Vs P a hlet ' Cu<‘m s P"P- Fn-d s junior. Both agree with
up s fefrvwt«i o-iSSi^ris ,TrinK *
(hey learned (X.ero f’Ve' ,h° .mrM fr°m fljl Wfl!ks '*
■Bub-
skle when they learned Cuero
High came out imi the short
end of a 35 to 0 score. In fact
most of the younger set looked
as glum as Yogi did when he
saw. the final score in the sev-
enth game of tlie World Series.
But then it happened.
Tlie Record phone rang and
it was tiie first of umpteen more
calls, each asking the same
question. "How did F’ml do?"
Sometimes we pretended to
be stupid and would ask. ' F’ml
w ho?"
"Fred Hansen" would come
the reply,
mostly on females, the lones
Texas Politics
ContinueActive
By I-XWRENCE IJ-IE , than 5,000 persons showed up
United Tress International ; for ,i Democratic "cowboy
International affairs kept !.stew " .Speechniakiug was' pro-
Pi iiskk-nt Jotinson, in Washing- j vided ' by- Sen. Ralph yarbor-
ton but tiie First Lady was lough. IXTcx. Rcjin. Pickle and
Since we pulled this ; pinch-hitting for him in Texas, i Wright and Dan Blocker a star
where he had planned to make of tiie television series "Bonan-
za.''
In Dallas Sunday. Republican
Rep. Bruce Alger's campaign
manager accused Alger* op-
pohent. former Dallas Mayor
Earle Cabell, irf "mud-*hnging
and character assassination’
(See Texan Politic*. Page 4)
in their voices left no doubts in four stumping stops today,
our mind that they eonsidenxi j Mrs johns,,n ami Gov John
us Mto most stupid human this j Connally planned to appear to
day at a SlOO-a-plate fund rais-
side of no place.
But we were only joking and
we were as proud as jiunch
that he hit the Olympic gold
medal route. From what we
have heard of Fix'd, it couldn't
have happened to a nicer guy.
NEVER UNDERFiSTIMATF. j J(
THE younger sot.
j Most of them might like to
mess with Rock ’N' Roll and
: some go for other w ay out an-
tics but by far they are solid
ing luncheon in F’ort Worth. A;
$250-a-platp affair in IXallas tiv
night was ;s>slpined. And the,
IYesidom's planned sto\>s tixday j
in Houston and San Antonio
were simply cancelled.
Sunday, Gnnnally and Mrs
wxue hosts to i.3oo Jq Oraanize In
Young Demos
To Organize If
Cuero Tonight
Foung Democrats will or;*
UNVEILS MARKER — Mayor Bill Naml unveiled the marker
to Gen. August ('. Buchel during Impressive ceremonies Sun
day nt th ■ lawn of the DeWitt County Courthouse. Prior to the
unveiling Mayor Nami spoke of the contribution Buchel made
to American way of Uie. (Mike Badough Photo)
: ' . . I , ,
DESCENDANTS READ INSCRIPTION — Descendants of Gen
August (’. Buchel read the Inscription on the marker at the
unveiling held Sunday at DeWitt County Courthouse lawn.
More than SO descendants of the war hero attended the cere
monies, f Mike Badongh Photo)
county - level Democratic party
workers at a barbecue on tlie
LBJ Ranch near Johnson City .
Joining them were Sen. John
future citizens and will keep! ^c^c'‘an. H - Aik., and Texas j nige here Monday night at rh
tilings <et an even keel when I Ttemocratic Reps. J. J. Pickle. Democrat headquarter* on S
they’’ take over. " "'‘•'S1"- Olm Teague. John; Esplanade.
A good example is the man-! 'oun8 aru* Pa>’ Roberts. i Frank flbeppard,
ner in vvhich tN'y have taken Yhile the gu*-sts ate barhe- ] ocratic chairman,
hoM of the F'red Hansen. Jr. 1 nn<' coin on the cob.1 natc the meeting.
Olvanpic Fund They are doing Coonally told Thom polls sbwv- j. Officers wall be elected •«<!
a tremendous job even tixmgh Johnson easily the winner i any high school or oolleg* *tu-
the felliAvs have to sandwich but let us not be lulled intojdenr interested in supportmc
the voluntary activ ity in be- ’false securitv by the ! the Democratic ticket In Novern-
tw#en their regular oliore*. i In Guiding* Sunday, mure i bar, ia invited to attend.
Cuero. Dem-
wili cooriJK
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Jennes, Ernest H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 248, Ed. 1 Monday, October 19, 1964, newspaper, October 19, 1964; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth695804/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.