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THE MEAKUf COSTS MORE THAN THE iUtlDUr—niuatrated im to tiM hurt that automo-
bile accUJenta coat more in 1962 than waa spent on atracta and highways In tha 0.8,
.i-wmii»n ts Tha CJ.T. Corporation, an Industrial and commercial financing firm. Tha
C.I.T. points out that moat of our primary roads wars built more than two decades ago.
At Any Risk
Gov. Wallace Plans
To Defy Injunction
By United Press International
Alabama Gov. George Wallace
npi>eared determined today to
defy federal authority over the
admission of three Negroes to
the University of Alabama.
At Oxford, Miss., the second
Negro ever to attend the Uni-
versity of Mississippi begins
classes today.
Wallace told Alabamans in a
statewide telecast from Mont-
gomery Wednesday night that
lie would try to preserve segre-
gation at the university •‘re-
gardless of whatever risk I
must take.”
He appealed for law and ord-
er, however, and said anyone at-
tempting to create violence at
the university during the Neg-
roes' appearance next Monday
would he arrested promptly.
Fed. Judge Seybowm Lynne
Wednesday issued an injunction
prohibiting Wallace from physi-
rally blocking the Negroes' ad-
mission, but a Wallace aide said
I ho order would “make absolute-
Iv no changes in the governor’s!
stand."
Negro Cleve McDowell was
accepted without incident Wed-
nesday at "Ole Miss” in mark-
ed contrast to the rioting that
claimed two lives last fall when
James H. Meredith .inlagrated
the institution.
Lucas Given
Eight Years
Judge Howard P. Green
today sentenced 21-year-old
Wendel Lucas of Uuero to
eight years in the peniten-
tiary for his part in the
burglary of Gay Imple-
ment Co. and the Ben
Franklin Store.
I.uras entered a plea of
guilty to both burglaries.
He was represented by
his eourt - appointed at-
torney. Bert Kirk.
The reception was so peaceful
that McDowell said he did not
“hear even one rude remark.”
Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett
said in Jackson that the state
was "yielding to the armed
might of the United States” in
not resisting McDowell’s enroll-
ment.
There were these other racial
developments:
Chattanooga, Tenn.—A Negro
See fiov. Wallace. Page <
TOM CHEATHAM
CUHO RECORD STAFF FHOTO
Terrorists
Raid U. S.
Mission
CARACAS (UPD - Castrodte
terrorists raided the U.S. mili-
tary mission here Wednesday
night, farced six unarmed Am-
ericans and four Venezuelan
army guards to strip and stole
their uniforms and the Venezue-
lans' guns:
The terrorists then set fine to
the mission building causing
$20,000 damage, burned a U.S.
flag and a portrait of George
Washington and fled.
"Next time we won’t be kid-
ding,” one of them snarled as
he fled.
Police picked up three sus-
pected terrorists near the mis-
sion shortly after the raid. The
army summoned reinforcements
to patrol the neighborhood, but
there were no further reports of
trouble.
The raid was staged to com-
memorate the abortive revolt a
year ago at Puerto Cabello, whe-
re Communists and ri (Artists jo-
ined forces in an unsuccessful
attempt to overthrow President
Romulo Betancourt.
The Americans in the building
at the time of the attack last
night were Col. James K. Che-
naut, Corpus Christi, Tex., de-
puty chief of the mission and
his 15-year-old son: Majs. Ber-
nard Gardner and T. C. Blevins
See Terrorist*. Page 6
Cheatham to Receive
50-Year Service Pin
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Today's Thought
American humorist Mark <
•wain said: “Soap and educa- 1
on are not as sudden as a
tassacre, but they are more
leadly in the long run.”
VOL. 69—NO.
<ihe<luevo Record
*A Xezvspaper Reflects Its Community'
CUERO, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1963
Partly Cloudy
...Partly cloudy... and., warm
through Friday. Low tonight
74-79. High Friday 94-100. —
U. S. Wmumt torn toMMf
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-LATE NEWS BRIEFS-
STUDENT OUT ON BOND IN ROBBERY
. AUSTIN (UPI) — Lloyd Jard III, a 19-year-old University
of Texas sophomore was freed in $3,000 bond today after being
charged with the 1250 bomb-threat robbery of the Texas
Bank last Friday. Jard. of Houston, was charged
Commissioner Forrest Troutman.
State
before U.S.
SPACE CHIEF COOL ON LONG FLIGHT
WASHINGTON (UPD — Space agency Director James F..
Webb today was reported unreceptive fo Project Mercury offi-
cials' pleas for a space flight of about 100 hours. The chief of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said
the officials presented a persuasive argument for one mote
flight under Project Mercury.
PROMINENT MAN EVADES INCOME TAX
BROWNSVILLE (UPD — George E. Ely. a prominent Mc-
Allen insurance agent, faced a $7,000 fine, a suspended 5-year
prison term and five year’s probation today. Ely changed his
plea to guilty on charges of federal income tax evasion. Federal
Judge Reynaldo Garza accepted the guilty plea and immedi-
ately passed sentence. Ely was given 60 days to pay the fine
and court costs.
Kennedy Pushes
Education System
Of Equal Chance
Crime Code
NEGROES PROMOTION FIGHT PLEDGED
DALLAS (UPD — Postal union president A. H. Vandivort AA\ /
promised today to fight the promotion of three Negroes to super-] / Vi / 51 V
visory jobs in the Dallas Post Office over 53 white clerks. Vandi- * •
vort also appealed to E. C. Hallbeek of Washington, national;
president of union, the United Federation of Postal Clerks, for
help.
Unsolved
NEW TRIAL IS ORDERED FOR CURRY
EASTLAND, Tex. (UPD — Dist. Judge W. J. Oxford has
ordered a new trial for 17-year-old Nathan Curry, charged with
slaying a 53-year-oid church secretary and ordered the new
trial moved to Palo Pinto. Oxford said it seemed impossible to
obtain a jury in Eastland. Curry is accused of heating and stabb-
ing Mrs. Florence Hussey to death in June, 1961. He was Mrs.
Hussey’s next-door neighbor.
Pope Awaited Death
'Simply and Happily7
Tom Cheatham will be paid
special tribute here Friday ev-
ening in special ceremonies at
the new' Masonic Temple when
he will be presented with a 50-
year pin in recognition of his
outstanding service in Masonry.
The ceremonies will begin at
18 p.m. and a number of high-
I ranking Masons will be present
! for die occasion.
] The Hon. Robert L. Dillard,
; immediate post grand master
of Masons in Texas, will pre-
sent the award.
Several other Grand Itodge of-
ficers will accompany Dillard
to Cuero, anti the function will
; l»e open to all. Masons and their
South ’ wives, as well as many per-
plains for 10 days in a row sonal friends of Cheaiham
wiped out more than 800.000 ac-1 According to Dr. C. R. Tubbs,
res of cotton.
Dollar losses to the jiotential Ixaige. Cheatham is one of
crop in the 23-county region run 1 the most outstanding and tledi-
jnto the millions. Last year the j cated Masons in the state. He
area had a yield of 2,315,000 was initiated as an Entered Ap-
bales. '^prentice at Valley Lodge No.
Most growers accept the loss- i 175 in Burnet, Texas, on Nov-
es philosophically. They will ga- ember 9, 1912. and was raised
mble again and replant, many ‘ to a Master Mason January 11.
for rite third time this season 1913.
Cotton Crop
Is Destroyed
I.UP.BOCK (UPD — Torna-
does. toiTenrs of tain, and hail
that pounded tite Texas
In his York Rite Masonry,
Mr. Cheatham received the Ro-
yal Arch degree March 28, 1913,
and the Council degrees April
26, 1913 in Bumel.
Tire Order of High Priesthood
was conferred upon, him Dec. 6,
1922 by Samuel P. Cochran at
Waco. He was knighted in
Commandry Feb. 16, 1922, at
Yoakum and received the Sup-|
er Excellent Master's degree]
October 5, 1959, at Galveston, j
He became a member of the '
Eastern Star at Burnet Feb. 18.
1913. lie procured the charier!
for the Cuero Chapter of die
Eastern Star in 1919 and was
rite first Worthy Patron of tlte
organization.
In his Scottish Rite Masonry.
Cheatham received the first lXi
worshipful master of the Cuero ] degrees in Austin May 14, 1923.]
He became a 32-nd Degree Mas-
on on Oct. 17. 1952 in San An-
tonio where he was also made
a member of the Shrine on Mav
20, 1961.
VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope
John XXIII, in his last will and
testament released today, said
he awaited “simply and hap-
pily the arrival of sister death”
and asked that his fined burial
place be in the Basilica of St.
John in Lateran.
“What little goods that with
Hi* (God’s) help I managed to
accumulate,” the Pontiff wrote,
should be given to his three sur-
viving borthers and a sister.
“Bom poor, but honored by
humble pMiple, I am particul-
arly happy to die poor.”
The last will and testament
was started in 1925 and was last
brought up to date on Sept. 12,
1963. It was about 900 words
long.
The Pontiff asked that when
the restoration of the Basilica
of St. John in Lateran he had
ordered was completed, his bo-
dy be buried there along with
other popes and saints who have
it as their final resting place.
St. John in Lateran. in a
working class section of Rome,
is the mother church of Christ-
endom and is senior even 1o St.
Peter’s Basilica, where mast po-
pes are buried.
Tradition says it dates back
to the Emperor Constantine.
It had always been the Pope’s
own church.
In tite most recent part of the |
testament he said, ”1 await and 1
will welcome simply and hap- i
paly the arrival of sisler death]
in the circumstances thaHi ple-
ases the Lord to send her to]
me.”
And. speaking about his world- j
ly goods, he said that “to my j
beloved family. . .1 cannot leave]
hut a great and most very s|»e-
| AUSTIN (UPD Five tears or
extensive legal work were down
' the drain for an undetermined
‘ time today after Gov. John Con-
nally vetoed the controversial
criminal code revision bill Wed-
J nesday.
j But State Bar President I>eon
I Jatvorsld and legislative spon-
1 sot's agreed tlte governor hud
! little choice bu1 to veto the hill
1 after it was found there were
; changes made from the accept-
ed version.
It. was still a mystery where
the changes wcie made. Sen.
Dorsey Hardeman of San Ange-
lo. Senate s[tonsor, contends the
errors were made in the enroll-
ing room and the enrolling clerk
flatly denies l!ic charges.
lawyers and judges worked
with the State Bar to Inn out
iho massive, .’180-page bill, first
major rev ision of
code in 100 years.
By UN MilJA
Managing Editor
•nils SEEMS TO be the sea-
son ft a- family arguments.
The number has been higher
than usual during the last 10
days or so, according to police
records.
Maybe it's because Hie
is so big.
Can't understand it personal-
ly. There hasn't been a spat or
even a cross word at my house
for nearly two weeks.
And the fact that I've been
batchin' all that time doesn't
have a tiling to <k> with it.
President
Speaks at
San Diego
MOST OF THE LIONS thought
the now loud speaker system,
used for the first time at the
Wednesday meeting, was real
keen.
But there was one eovy of
Lions at a table in the back of
the room who complained that
the speaker system whs so loud
it was intemijrting their conver-
sation.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (UPD —
Presklerrt Kennedy today call-
ed for an educat tonal system
moon which would guarantee equal
opportunity for a lx»ng Island
banker's son and the offspring
of an Alabama Negro share-
cropper.
“Our goal must be an educa-
tional system in the spirit of
independence, a system in which
every child, whether bom a
banker’s son in a Long Island
mansion, or a Negro share-crop-
per's son in an Alabama cot-
ton field, has every opportunity
for an education that his abilit-
ies and rharcter deserve,” the
Chief Executive said in an add-
ress f<w com menoement exerc-
ises at San Diego State College
where he also received an honor-
ai-y degree.
Kennedy flew here this mom-
BOY. I HAD no idea this Lions | tr,’m Kl Paso’ Tex After
ilie criminal I Club July Fourth Carnival
| such a big deal.
After lining told of the veto, Club members got their work
Hardeman said in San Angelo] assignments this week, and it
he had decided Connally has lit-
tle choice. Hardeman had hop-
ed until Wednesday some legal
action might lie taken to get the
approved version on the gmer-
nor’s desk.
Hardeman and Rep. Rob Hug-
hes of Dallas, the House s[ion-
sor, had asked Ally. Gen. Wag-
goner Cair to explore legal av-
enues to gc! the jwoper bill to
rial blessing with the invitation j finally. Hughes said lie was
to maintain that fear of God! Interested in the legal procedu-
which made them so dearly lo- ] ros; *)ul vvarded the veto regard-
vable to me, even though simple j *oss phase,
and modest, without having to
Real Danger
In Struggle
Is Cited
WASHINGTON il’PD
chairman of die Civil
Commission warned today mere
was a "real danger" that ihe
Negro struggle lor equal rights
will divide the nation and leave| Sested
hate, fear
il with a legacy of
Cheatham served as worship-1 ariri
ful master of Cuero Lodge 409
and was installed July 11. 1924. KrCi|, anf) feelings
See Cheatham. Page A | yhot it is difficult lo -er
...... ■■■“■ ~ 1 ' “ 1 bow they can he alleviated.'
"In many plates, tensions are
blush for them.”
Tlte surviving three brothers
and sister were ai the Pope'.-
bedside when he died on Mon-
day evening following four d iv
! of tremendous agony .
] "I thank God for his '".ire
j of poverty to which I vowed
i myself in mv youth, [xivcriv H
j spirit, a- the pl ies) ol die s.i.r
! red Heart, anil iea! [(overly win.
I i ll lifted me to never ar-k.a.ny-
| tiling, neither prosit on not mo
The ney nor favors', never neitliei
Rights for myself not lor my rri-tt.ve-
and friends.''
"•When there heroines -1it -
cessful the project that T -tig
and encouraged <>( the
transformation of the Lateran
Palace into Die definite see ol
the vicariate of Rome my
poor remains ni.gl)! tic prui-iv
See Pope .lolin. Page A
Carr sajtl after the veto tluit
Die question was n>Av moot and
his office had stop|>rd research
on the problem.
Jaworski urged Connally lo
consider, submitting the i-siie to
1.1 ie leg!-1 it n i e a ■ ill i! a s|iec-
i.aI sr> ■ ion is i ,tiled.
was Mien that I noticed the ex-
tent of the food and entertain-
ment Lion* will provide (at a
price, of course) for everybody.
You can even lake a covered
wagon ride or pitch a gold
fish, whatever (hat is.
July Fourth may be a rom-
munily holiday, hut for Lions
I've concluded it's strictly a
wotjc day.
the college ceremony he plan-
ned to embark on tite aircraft
cHiTier Kitty Hawk for an over-
night cruise off the coast rf
Southern California.
Mindful of a new civil rights
crisis building at the Universi-
ty of Alabama wltere Gov. Geo-
rge Wallace has vowed to block
the court-ordered entrance
j Negro student* next Monday,
i the President said it was time
1 the nation "faced up more frank-
ly” to such questions as “wtieth-
i er every American child has an
| equal chance for a good educa-
MIKK WEBER, [(resident ami ,io"f” , 4 ^ ,
Wilson Millican, secretary-man-1 «*“ ***
ager, came up with the follow- American children do not yet
ing about our livestock show : «»“»» educational oppor-
tor t\v i primary rea-
”In reply to statement made
by Mr. Jim Fair of Radio Sta-
tion KCF1I. Cuero and later |iul>-
lishcd in ’"Town Talk” of Die
Cuero Record 'Tlte Cuero Li-
ves! uk Show da's not compare
(See TOWN T9I.K. Page At
House Office Building
Has Big Door Troubles
Kv ID< h BEST
WAS! UN I ON 11 PL Con-
crc-is n iv s|ienr| as much as
XJOO (KiO lulling extra doors
through Die u alls m the new
170 million HoU'C Ollier Build-
App '• cut ly
Democratic Experiment
Is Conducted by Peru
Bv PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign New* Analyst
The South American country
tif Peru conducts an important
experiment in Democracy this
coming Sunday June 9.
Two million Peruvian voters
Mien will select a new’ presi-
dent, two vice presidents and
the total membership of Con-
gress after nearly a year of
military rule.
But this is not the only rea-
son the election is important.
It also will test Die good intent
of the military rulers who have
promised that it will he free.
The background is this:
Haya De La Torre is a man
with a Napoleonic face and fi-
gure who heightens his resem-
blance to the famous Corsican
by brushing his forelock down
over his forehead. As founder
and leader of Peru’s American
Popular Revolutionary Action,
or Apra, party, he spent years
in exile and more years hiding
out from Peruvian police in the
Columbian Embassy in Lama.
He is considered a leftist of
tiie same school as President
Romulo Betancourt of Venezu-1
ela and President Juan Bosch
of the Dominican Republic.
In Peru, he is suspect by the
fice.
After the elections, the mili-
tary charged voting fraud* and
seized tlie government.
This year Haya De La Torre
once mure is a candidate.
In fact, all major candidates
are the same as a year ago. The
other two are Fernand- Bela un-
de Terry, a professor at architec-
ture and enthusiastic explorer
of Peru's Andes mountains and
jungles, and former President
Manuel Prado.
Beluunde heads Die Popular
Action Party and Prado’s or-
ganization is called the Pradi
Union. Neither has anything like
I Dr. John A Hannah told the ]
] Senate constitutional rights sub- j
committee.
i "Rinding up the nation s w »i-
nds,” Hannah said, "may well
i he a task almost as difficult a.s
] it was when Lincoln spoke of it
almost a century ago.”
Hannah testified as the sub-
committee continued hearings
on extending the term of the
Civil Rights Commission. He ad-
vocated a permanent extension.
In view of the situation, Han-
nah said it would be a serious
mistake to eliminate any part of]
the government’s civil rights ma-;
chinery.
Hannah said the United States
was “in the midst of a revolu-
tionary change in race rela-
tions. . He said any illusion
that there was no great dissatis-
faction among Negroes was shat-
tered by die wave of (b-iiHinsUa-
tions in the Soulh.
"The turmoil will continue"
Hannah predicted, "out of it I
am sure will come an end tol
many of the racial practices that
and our
that an additional door would
be needed in each of the 169
-uiics m ill some sample rooms
in the as yet unoccupied build-
ing were put on display recent-
ly.
Ry that tune it was too lair
to sav 'omis" and start ov-
er The maim portion of the
building, a part of a $131 7
million Rouse offiee expan
:.iori program, had already
)>een completed.
When the contractor was
consulted, he advised House
officials that it would cost be-
tween $150,000 and 200 000
(unities
sons
"One is economic and the oth-
er Is racial
"If our nation is to nice' the
goal of giving evei s Atneni an
i fair eiliH iil.ional break " Die
Pre-idcnt -aid "we must mine
iftlv ahead in bobi aieas.
We must put more resources in-
io Die tindernotin-bed sectors of
in edtii ational system
' And we musl recognize that
segregation in education and
I mean the de facto segrega-
tion of the North as well a- Die
proclaimed segregation of the
South bring- with it senou*
hnndica[>s to a large [>ercent-
,agr of our nation’s population ”
The President renewed hi*
See JFK. Pine A
Higher Taxes
Are Rejected
WASHINGTON (UPD - The
House Ways & Means commit-
tee today rejected President
to j Kennedy's plea for highe- *$x-
provide doors where the Wilts- es profits from ml and gafi.
i prims called for Wtih-m metal' Tlie prof*,saix were designed
filing cabinets i to produce more than $121 mtU
The House Office Budding, iron in new n venues InTtcly bv
Commission, perhaps w ishing tightening '.lie .. n’c* goveminf
.to avoid further criticism of! the 27 1-2 per cem depieiion ab
• Die controversial structure
D-en derided ag’iinsf going:
i! me fi 1-2 ;ier oem depiy'ion
kv.vanrp which the ;njust -.es are
In elections last June, the man] military and lightwing political Die organization of Haya De La violate our constitution
receiving the greatest number groups. Prior to last year * elec- j Torre's APRA party, which en- consciences,
of votes was Peru s most oon-ltions. military' leaders vowed joy* strong support from labor. A* the pace of the movement
troversial, political character,
Victor Ravi Haya Be La Tone.
publicly that if elected he never!
would be permitted to take af-i
Impartial observer* in
See Perm, Page •
quickens, these banner* will oon-i
| tinue to fail.'* he aaid.
IOOK FOI THIS MAN—H juu *ee that tall man on tlie right,
get in touch with police. He la shown being photographed
by a hidden camera while'robbing a branch of the Michigan
Bank In Detroit of nearly $3,000. He la described aa about
35 years old and nearly six feet tall.
| ;ibCaiI with the [xuial project
. on a. wholesale basis.
] However in testimony re-
I leased today by a House oppro-
priations subcommittee, Capi-
tol architect J. George Stew-
art indicated that the doors
would be opened piece meal for
1 lou.-e memlier* wliu requested
it.
If anv member moves into
the new building and wants a
(loor-wjy cut through. I am
sme every effort wifi be made
to accommodate hi* personal
wishes." Stewart told the sub-
committee.
Subcommittee chainrmn Tom
Sea Heoaa Office. Page g
ailowevl in cvxnputmf tlieir tax-
es.
But the comm:nee refused to
make any change in these tax
rules.
It took the stand behind clos-
ed doors a* it went through Ken-
nedy’s $10 4 billion tax-reduction-
and-revision program on an it-
em-Uy-item basis.
In ins tax message to Congees*
last Feb. 6. Kennedy ctmiend-
ed tlie tax idles covering ml and
gas should lie tightened because
the mineral industries now enjoy
'an undue tax advantage.”
Rut oilmen and governor* from
n*l state* paraded before the
rorrunittee to urge retortion at
Kametfea
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