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VOL. 67—NO. 305
CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1961
6 PAGES — PRICE 5e
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Town Talk
We are extremely happy that the State Board of
Water Engineers did not act as a rubber stamp for all
of the proposals advanced by the U.S. Study Commission
for Texas.
The U.S. Study Commlssion-Texas was ostensibly cre-
ated to study the water problems of this state’s major
river basins, excepting the Rio Orande, which is an in-
ternational boundary, and the Red River, which divides
Oklahoma and Texas.
It was sponsored, so the news releases said at the
time, by the then Senate Majority Leader Lyndon John-
son. It was to not only study the state’s water problem,
but make recommendations for development of the state’s
water resources based on projections of future antici-
pated needs. This was to be done in cooperation with
state agencies.
When the proposed report was completed this year
It was-sent to interested state agencies for their com-
ments before a final report was to be submitted to Con-
gress.
Admittedly, the task was not only huge, but exceed-
ingly complex as well. It is probably to the credit of the
U.S. Study Commission-Texas that the background data
was compiled, regardless of the merits or demerits of
the study commission’s projections.
But the report in some respects seems to deal more
with the visionary than with the practical. And it ig-
nores, or at least shows no awareness of, deep rooted
feelings in Texas over precious rights to water. No-
where was this better illustrated than in the report’s
recommendations for an inland canal from Eastern
Texas, paralelling the coast, to the area between Corpus
Christi and Brownsville. This, of course, was to be for
irrigation, and would bring 750,000 acres of new land in-
to production. Since the cultivated area of the lower
Rio Orande Valley is already served by Irrigation sys-
tems from the Rio Orande it is quite natural to assume
that the water would be used to turn thousands of acres
of grassland, say portions of the King Ranch, into rich
farmland.
This would be well and good, if the nation were long
on water and short on food. But the opposite is true.
Our abundance of food has grown to such an extent that
a good portion of our national income is spent in just !
keeping it off the market, stored in warehouses and
grain bins. And additional millions, even hundreds of
millions, is spent on methods to keep more food from
being produced. In the face of this it seems the height
I
of folly to insist on turning more and more land Into row
crop production.
(In this regard we have never been able to figure out
the thinking of our Senior Senator Ralph Yarborough,
who ir.sis s on championing vast reclamation projects in
FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO DIED IN 1961
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Gary Cooper James Thurber Hammarskjold Grandma Moses Bam Rayburn
Ernest
Hemingway
Trujillo
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Dr. Thomas
Dooley
Sir Thomas
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Joan Davis
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James Melton Ctdoo Marx 1
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Coburn Sumner Welles
Barry
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Dnshiell
Hammett
Leo do Forest
George S.
Kaufman
Gen. Walter
Bedell Smith
Styles Bridges Marion Davies
4k.
Anthony J.
Drexel Biddle
Carl Gustav
Jung
The Texas Poll
Carr Leads In Poll
For Attorney General
DeWilt Riders
Bv JOE BEI.DEN
about?’
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Director, The Texas Poll
Waggoner Carr .. .
...53%
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Waggoner Carr of Lubbock.1
W'. T. McDonald ..
Tom James .......
. . . 16
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tormer speaker of the House
I,es Procter ........
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of Representatives, apjtears to-
Tom Keavlev ......
MILTON L. BINZ
Binz Quits The
Record To Join
Investment Firm
day the man most likely to lead' it js interesting to note that
in the race for attorney general, some of the voters are aware
Of the five men being most of more than one of these po- ch|b
prominently menti ned as can- tential candidates, while 3fi per j
didates for that office, he is by J
far the best known. Hut the con-1
test is a challenge to each of the >
| candidates — even those who j
have made this race before to!
the wes’ which turn desert land Into fertile cotton and
grain fields. In direct competition to established Texas
farmers.)!
While the folly of turning more and more land Into
row crop production would seem apparent to even the
planners In Washington, there Is a second, and equally
important phase of the proposed canal or “aqueduct”
that bothers us. That is the precedent that would be es-
tablished by moving huge amounts of water from one
basin to another to develop areas in which the need was
not apparent before the transfer. In other words, and
while we are certainly not speaking In favor of it, It would
seem to be one thing to move water from a surplus area
to an area that is then and there suffering from an acute
shortage of water. But it would be quite another thing
to go through a long and costly process of CREATING a
4 need for water, Just to satisfy the need.
It would seem to us a far better solution to try to
work a little closer in harmony with nature, and let
development, whether Industrial or agricultural, go
where the water is, at least until the available poten-
tial Is utilized. As an example: The city of San Antonio
says it will need water, at some future date, from the
Guadalupe River to satisfy continued expansion. It
would seem to us that the logical process of development,
^ aside from pure power politics, would dictate that as
Ban Antonio became unable to supply additional tremen-
dous amounts of water the Industrial, and population,
expansion should then take place where water Is avail-
able, In this case all along the Guadalupe River.
The State Board of Water Engineers looked at the U.S.
Study Commission’s report, and said of the proposed
coastal aqueduct: ‘The Board does not approve of the
reservation of a major supply of water at this time for a
project of undetermined feasibility to supply a need
which does not exist, and which may not exist for gen-
erations:**
- Common sense by a government agency has been a
rare thing In recent decades. That is one reason we feel
'that the actions of the Board of Water Engineers de-
res editorial comment.
Milton L. Binz, Record adver-
tising manager, has resigned his
position, effective December 31,
to Income z.;ne manager for the
investment firm of Investors Di-
versified Services, Inc., it was
announced today.
Binz joined The Record ad-
vertising staff in April of 1950
as a salesman. He was elevated
to the post of advertising man-
ager in January 1958.
Binz. 34, is a native of Cuero
and is the youngest son of Mrs.
Ervin Binz. lbs father died in
January, 1946,
He was graduated from Cuero
High School in 1945 and married
to Miss Margaret Wendel, dau-
ghter of Berthold Wendel of
Meyersville, March 13. 1949.
They have four children. two
sons and two daughters.
He is an active member of St.
Mark's Lutheran church, an
artivr member of the Cuero
Fire Department. Dinter Post
No 3 of the American I-egi n,
the Cuero Rotary club and St.
‘continued on pag" 6t
make Ins impression clearly up-
on the voters of Texas.
| In a state-wide sampling re-
] cent ly conducted, voters were
shown a list containing the nam-j choices are
i os of five men who may be can-1
didntes for that office, and werej
asked: “These are men who
may run for attorney.general of
Texas. Which ones have you
ever hoard or read anything j
James Baldwins Back
To Make Cuero Home !
Siaff Sergeant James Baldwin,
who has been stationed for the!
past three years at Eielson Air
Fore1 Base in Alaska, it a s re-
ceived his discharge from the
Air Force and returned to Cuero
with his family to make his
home.
Mrs. Baldwin is the former E-
vangeline Hernandez, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hernandez
:f South Gonzales Street. T h e
Baldwins have three children.
Jackie, 6. Pal. 5, and Kelly Rox-
anne. who was lx>rn in Alaska 8
months ago.
Baldwin had been in the serv-
ice for 10 years anil received his
discharge Dec. 15 at Bolling
AFB. Washington, DC.
Services Held For
Mrs. Antone Joseph
cent— more than one-third of
all Texas adults are obliv-
ious to them all.
And when asked to declare
their choice for attorney gener-
al from the five men listed
above, the 1,000 respondents
questioned are even more
uncertain. In percentages the
as follows:
Carr ..... 2t%
James 7
McDonald .......... .1
Procter ............... 2
Keavley 2
No Opinion ............ 57
The public is equally ignor-1
ant of the political phi lose ntd-s
espoused by the candidates, as
there seems to lie little divi-
sion along liberal or conserva-
tive lines. Here is a break-j
down of the votes in the survey j
by people who class them-
selves as conservative or lib-
eral :
Lib. Con. Neither
19°. 21%
* 4 !
Carr
Janie*
Proctor .
Keavley
No opinion
Flags Trail
DeWitt County trail riders
i have been invited to participate
I in a "Six Flags Trail Rule' front
i Victoria-to-San Antonio on Feb.
4-8. The drive will be sponsored
by the Wheel and Spur Riders
of Victoria.
DeWitt citizens who wish to
.join the Victoria riders should
■contact Albert Ley of Cuero for
details.
Lev said all interested riders,
whether mounted or in buggies
of chuck-wagons, will be vv e 1-
conie to join the trail ride, for
which attractive campsites and
entertainment are being arrang-
: ed along the way.
Following arrival in San An-
tonio. the group will participate
• in Jhe Fat Stock Show parade
Feb. 9.
The Victoria club's p 1 ans
which have the endorsement of
the mayors of Curio. Victoria.
Pori Lavaca, Refugio. Goliad
I Ldna, call for the trail ride
, to start from Victoria Feb, 4 and
arrive in San Antonio Feb 8.
The trail will follow the o 1 d
stage coach route between the
two cities.
Persons who wish to have their
names added to the Victoria
clubs i**nnanent mailing list
should contact A. N Leather-
wood, lioT N. Ave. D, Victoria.
Kennedy Sees
Farm Problem
As No. 1 Issue
By ALVIN SPIVAK
United Press International
PALM BEACH (UPI) — President Kennedy has or-
|dered an increase in the administration’s emphasis on
| farm problems and plans to give unprecedented atten-
tion to agriculture in his economic message to Congress
next year.
This was reported by authoritative sources today
after Kennedy personally aannounced that he and Ag-
! riculture Secretary Orville Freeman had finished work
, on what the Chief Executive described as a “new agrl-
| cultural pro. m for the 1960's.”
——-f In another domestic field. In-
Funeral Rites
I
Saturday For
Rudolph Nagel
Rudolph August Nagel. 85-
| year-old lifelong resident of Cue-
ro, died at 6:15 a m. Friday in a
Yorktown rest home.
Mr. Nagel had been active in
the candy business until recent-
ly, when he was forced to retire
due to ill health.
The deceased formerly owned
and operated the old N a gel
■ Hardware Co. in the 100 block
of K. Main St. In later years, he
; entered tiie candy business.
Mr. Nagel was born April 25.
1876. in Cuero. son of the
istration has decided against
proposing civil rights legisla-
tion to Congress in 1962.
PALM BEACH (UPI)—
A famous specialist on re-
habiliating victims of par-
alytic strokes has been
brought here to consult on
treatment of President
Kennedy’s father.
The specialist. Dr. How-
ard Kusk of New York maw
the 73-year-old patient,
former Ambassador Jos-
eph Kennedy, Thursday at
St. Mary’s Hospital and
was to meet with the Presi-
dent ' ’ay to discuss sever-
al ideas for helping the
elder Kennedy.
This appeared to be the cast
a t e | when the administration Thurs-
Julius R. and Augusta Kirchner day night reported “im[>ortant
'SrVf l . , _ 4l progress" in civil rights during
He was manned to Bertha ' ,
Moeller Feb. 3. 1897. in Cuero.: 1961 and Rave much credit to
i She preceded him in death June local and state officials, parti-
i 19. 1961. jcularly for blocking violence in
Survivors are two sons, Aug-'school desegregation cases,
ust R. Nagel of Freeport and The heavy stress that Attor-
I Leslie Nagel of Cu era; two j ney General Robert F. Kennedy
[daughters, Mrs. D. D. Murphree j placed in a year-end report to
| of Shreveport, La., and Mrs. R. i his brother, the President, on
J. Janecek of San Antonio; five j local-state cooperation made k
grandchildren and two great- apparent that federal Jegisla-
Services Saturday
For Marcus Stevens
Funeral serv ices w ere r o n-
ductcil at St. Michael's Catholic
j Church Friday morning for
■Mrs. Antone Joseph, 71, who
[ rtiril Wcdne-d iy in a local hospi-
! tal. Rev. William Jansen offici-
ated.
Burial was in Hillside Ceme-
tery. Pallbearers w ere O wen
Lee bird Fsch, Fr nes t
Marcus L. Stevens, 72-year-old
native of Concrete, died at 1:15 j
a.m. Friday in a local hospital.
He had been critically ill since j Davis.
Dee. 24.
Funeral services will be eon-; mi and Jerry Mayer. Freund
ducte< at Freund Funeral Home'Funeral Home handled arninge-
at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. War- ments.
Billy Graham Film
Al Firsl Baptist
Tlte widely - heralded film
which portrays the stoiy- of F-
vangelist Billy Graham, called
Decade of Decision," will he
shown at the Firs' B a plist
Church in Cu-’ro at 7:30 p m
Wednesday
Rev. N A Sanders has issued
an open invitation to any who
are interested to attend the
showing of the film, which gives
a graphic report on the organi-
zation and development of Billy
Graham crusades in various
part's of the world.
The continuity is narrated by-
Dave Garroway, and is describ-
ed as a "behind-the-scene ac-
count of the spiritual crusades
,, ... ... t) n N, which God is using tc stir whole
j Henson. Frank L.berto Bill Na-1 .ntinenI*
Surv ivors are the husband of j
Cuero: four sons, Joe.F. Joseph
of Victoria, Edward A. and Fred!
W. Joseph, both of Cuero, and
Ernest A. Joseph of FI Paso;;
three daughters, Mrs. Ernest
Henson and Mrs. O L, Davis,
both of Cuero, and Mrs. Juliett
ren Mahler will officiate and
burial wall be in the Stevens ce-
metery.
Mr. Stevens, who was a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church, was
bom July 20, 1889. He was mar-
ried to Mamie Taylor in Yoa-
kum in 1915.
Survivors are the vvfie: a
daughter, Mrs. Archie Smith of ers, Otto Haak of Yorktown and
Del Rio; two *•**, Marcus C.! Willie and Richard Haak, both
Stevens and Cleveland F. Stev- of Weesatche: four sisters. Mrs
ens, both of Point Comfort: two Otellia Mayer of Cuero. Mrs
brothers, Grover Stevens of Lena Esch and Mrs. Emma Kar-
Plaimiew and Fd Stevens of nei, both of Weesatche. and Mrs
Happy Valley; seven grandehil- Mary White of San Antonio; 18
dren and five great-granchil- grandchildren and two g r e at-
dren. i grandchildren. *
Deep Wildcat
Test Planned
Liberto of Houston; three broth- ary.
A wildcat with a 17,000-f o o t
permit depth is planned seven
miles west of Cuero. It will he
tlte No. 1 Eliza J. Smith.
Work is due to start in Janu-
The Cretaceous Wildcat w ill he
on a 6 700-acre drilling b lock
formed by Atlantic Refining Co..
Shell Oil Co. and Sun Oil Co.
Over 15 leases are Involved.
The test will be on one of Atlan-
tic's Smith leases in an area
where no tests of comparable
depth have been drilled.
Nearly All Texas
Below Freezing
lly United I’ress International
Temperatures dipped below
freezing in almost evorv part of
Texas today The Panhandle and
the Texas hill country had th r
coldest won'her
Junction rviu led an over-
n:::'tf 1- >w of 13 d res. 'mmpaf-
ed with 49 at Corpus Christi,
D.’lhart had 17, The I' C Weath-
er Bute,ill -aid the only parts of
Texas that dal not feel the ehill
wit a few coastal islands in
the (luIf
The l\ S Weather Bureau pre-
dicted clear i i partly cloudy!
through today, with continued
cold t 'tnperatutes at n. -lit..
Temperatures rose to only 44
dp-trees Th.ursd v at Lubbock
and Wichita Falls Brownsville 1
Was. the ..warmest point with a i
high of 65.
Safety Walks Al
School Crossings j
White safety walks have been
painted at two important student j
crossings. Police Chief- Jimmy!
Cowing reported Friday. Cowing!
said 'the satrty walks are aj the!
'intersections of Hunt St. and
Fsplanadp and, Sarah. Sic and
Broadway.
Cowing urged students to, use
the marked pedestrian-crossings-'
anil#lo discontinue jaywalking.
He said patix>l ears will he as-
signed to the two intersections
Tuesday, when classes resume
Signs will he erected to remind
motorists of the corssings. 1
grandchildren. One child pre-
ceded Mr. Nagel in dmith.
Funeral services v ill be con-
ducted Saturday at 4 p.m at
Freund Funeral Home. Dr. Mar-
sahll Dvggetl Jr., pastor First
Presbyterian Church, will of-
ficiate
Burial will he in Hillside Ce-
metery.
Cuero Temperature
Goes Down To 25
The lowest temperature of 1961
was recorded Thursday night
when the mercury dropped to
the 25-degree mark at CP&L
dam near Cuero.
The year's previous low was
27 degrees, which was recorded
Wednesday night and on Jan. 26.
H. A. Taylor, weather reoord-
tion on civil rights would not
he sought by Kennedy next
year.
Details of the administration's
new farm program were with-
held by Freeman after he and
other top aides met for almost
three hours with Kennedy.
But it was reported that Ken-
nedy looked upon the proposals
as important enough to warrant
a special message to Congress.
And it was understood that his
general message on the nation's
economy would place more stress
than ever before on agriculture.
Freeman told reporters the ad-
ministration was hoping to come
up with "an updated, modem
program for the 1960's to keep
us moving ahead." He said the
basic problem was that "we re
too successful able to produce
more food and fiber than we can
use.’
er at CP&L dam, said Hiurs-j Thus, a big burden of Kennel-
days 25 was the. lowest temper-idys 1962 farm plan, according
ature since Feb. 25, 1960. when to administration s[x>kesmen.
the mercury dropped to 23 de- will t>o to cut down on the
amount of surplus commodities
Ibursdays high temperature stored In- the government. How,
uas -9>. no one was saying exactly.
LATE OFF THE WIRE
WASHINGTON (i'PI)— M r«. 1
Woodrow Wilson, 7A-y ear-old
widow of the World War I
president, died at her home
Thursday night on the in.Mh
anniversary of her husband's
hirth.
i
Hours before her death, the
new Woodrow Wilson Mentor
ial Bridge, spanning the i'o-
to ine iver at Washington,
was dedicated.
PAKIS (I PI)— Prr lent
Charles de (laulle Is expected
to plead for unity to halt ter-
rorism. inflation and the war
in Algeria when he addresses
the nution tonight in a radio-
television speeeh.
But Informed tourcet said
tiie 71 year old President
would disappoint those who
hoped for ringing new declar-
ations of policy— including an
announcement on a bilateral-,
cease-fire in Algeria.
koyan. whose mission follows
rhnrges that a Communist ring
plotted to overthrow the gov-
ernment, will try to salv.ge
Moscow's huge investment In
Guinean socialism.
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
airlines have permission to
raise fares— but not as much
as most of them wanted and it
probably will be the last in-
crease for a long time
That was the gist of Thurs-
day's Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB announcement that :t
would approve a temporary S
per cent boost in domestir
fares. effective 30 days after
any airline applies for It.
COXAKKV Guinea (CPI)—
Soviet Deputy Premier Anas
tas Wikoy an's trip to Guinea
next month was seen here to
day as an anxious bid to hold*
this nation as the Kremlin's
African base for spreading
communism.
Informed sources said Ml
WASHINGTON— (UPI) —A
Senate subcommittee naked
the Pentagon today to Inves-
tigate complaints by C. S. sol-
diers In Europe that they were
pressured Into wet, nasty
"combat" duty for the benefit
of Darryl F. Zanuck's movie-
makers.
Chairman Sam J. Ervin, D-
X. C., of the Senate constitu-
tional rights subcommittee re-
quested the investigation lu a
letter te Defease
Robert f. MaNTamt
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