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Today's Thought
Wise Mi
America’* ambassador M the
lilted Nations, Adlai Stevenson,
•aid: "A wise man doc* not trj'
to hurry history."
VOL. 71—NO. 11
3hp (Eu^ro Upmril
) "A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY”
Cloudy to partly cloudy War.
mer. Low 40 to 52. High Friday
SO to 66 for Cuero, Qwro’a Wed-
nesday high, 61; low, 45.
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Wcsthoff Will Get New Post Office
State Senate
Starts Study
Of Budget items
AUSTEN (LTD - - Texas leg is-- Lt. Go\
la tors, atill weighing the conse-1 named Sen.
quencea of a .senate appropm-1 ^ San ^ ](> chairman
tions that. would- chop $106
million off Gov. John Oonn.ti-
Preston Sm i t h
Dorsey Hardeman
the
Senate Finance Committee, and
t.t.T AW \KI>*> — M»nir of the »Ut<- and are*
award* wn b% < u«-r.» t oung Farmers arc
*ho«n with aonir of the member* who are.
loft to right: Johnny Haun, Merton Ideas,
Wilson Milllran, Itiarle* Nagel, Kam Tom
lineon. (Mike Hadough Photo)
iy a budget request, will
, oth tiie first week of the 59th
session today.
House members were sched-
uled to draw lots to see wtio
gets to introduce the first bill
i in the lower chamber. Kach of
the 148 members gets to intro-
duce ore priority bill, with
, numbers assighed according to
the results of the drawing.
T.ie Houses brief session
! Wednesday wa* devoted to rou-
tine hotBekeep.ng measures.
close Hardeman promptly offered
Cuero YF Get
State Honors
Gonzales Sheriffs
Dept. Worker Charged
In Theft In Yorktown
('i d! dW tl 1
-via .by Cuero Chapter
ot Young
Uii.-mtjrs a; Texas inuiz the
siinu.'jl eotv’en'i-W! held over, tin
• :*.kend in Dnlia-
Tlse fkjh w«» a ■ i del '*.V
> ite Outslan-linc i.’.uijxer tr»e
p’ y with a $75 che- tc
in addition the a Young
Kanref a yard was o:-—-n*ed/<!■
vijy to johnny Haun ot Cue-
. . h *he a c impanj in* 5100
h 11
pi » -',r< ;»,*». ,-\ aw aril
v uirtcniod • fir torn. chap-
it - • ion? w.th. a ic|<»»■ to 8atr>
'! >m'. next »- an- cstt-oing yatc
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V.Yson M: .cm vo »c »e« be:
Major Landslide
Kills Unknown
Number In B.C.
VWCO0V! P. B. C UPD
.* n undetermined numtw-r: of
tiei mAV*. h«' <‘ been killed in »
-. ajur .’arxieleie at Ocean Falls.
}■ C .W mde- north .of Van-
c Hi\ er.
The slide struck ftw paper
mill town during the night and
demolished a number of duplex
homes in its path.
All direct report* have been
received hem via ham radio a-
’rfephone and telecommunica-
Immediate cause <4 the slide
v as not know There have
been torrential rains and heavy
snow runoff* in the area
It was the second major slide
to occur in British Columbia
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and a-!' i«or to die < lub. sa.d
:lv local group was reervgni/ed '
•a» tlie state ■ se-sKXTs for its ac- '
tivi-ie.- and commended for the
•manner in which ha- been
' •>;* rating.
New Record
Car Output
DETROIT tUPl> U. k auto-1
mobile manufacturers w.11'rum1
is it 210 876 new cars this week. ’
maintaining .near-re ord output
-chedub'S. Automotive Indiu-
•ries magazine said tola;.
T a' was S2 per cent above
t ie 150.118 car* built in the
sa ne w*-ek las’ year
, I’ was the f-.f’h htches* we*V
j m auto history. just belosr the
, 213 "Vtfi ear* turned out laft
week.
Tbrough th.s week. 424.2321
new car* have been assembled
in tlx- U S in the same period J
!a«* year. 390.253 ears were
huih
In another automotive devel-
opment. it was reported that
radial ply tire*, long popular In
Europe for their durability and
economy, are being studied by
Tire and auto companies for use
on American cars.
However, acceptance of radial
ply tires a* original equipment
in the United States "will de-
pend upon decisions as tn whe-
ther to redesign automobile sus-
pension systems to accommo-
date them ’’
A third suspect in die burgh '
a'-y of I kick's Park and Shop
’ast Saturday night at Yorktown '
•v as arrested and jailed TVe<l- j
nesday evening, according to
the sh^r.ff * department.
He is Eltseo Mendea of Gon-
zaies vs no work* for the Goruta-1
les County sheriff's department.
Mender wu arrested at Gon-
zales by Deputy Joe Itorenz of
Yorktown and brought to rh*
DeWitt D>. jail.
The oTier two arrested earlier
.Ail three are charged with
burglary.
Henry !>eidk oa-ner of rite
store, *a.d entrance waa by
breaking out a window on toe
west side el ihe build.ng. A
number of cartons of cigarette*,
beer and other item* wWch
amounted to about $100 wa* sto-
len.
The loot was found by Ud-
mund Audilet stashed tinder the
Katie GohDce bam where Audi-
let keep* hi* hone. He notified
in the week are Gilbert Alvarez autharitle* who returned the
and Jesse Guzman of York-j merchandise to Lekk Monday
town ' morning.
Senate bill 1 the appropriation*
bill proposed by the joint legis-
lative budget board.
The influential board drasti-
cally cut Connally’s propos-
ed spending for higher educa-
tion.
Connaliy seeks a $31:' million
increase in educational spend-
ing to keep pace with grown n g
enrollment and start the state’s
system <V colleges and univer-
sities on the road to excellence.
The legislative budge* board
recommended only a $37.S mil-
| lion increase in educat i o n al
i spending. Connaliy’* education
\ specialists complained that this
Would merely keep pace with
> growth, allowing nothing for
! .improvement in the quality of
• education
I There is nothing to prevent
I legislators from putting Connal-
iy'* request* back in the appro-
priations bill, but the legisla-
tive budget board, composed of
a powerful group of veteran
legislator* who control state
spending.
Smith referred Hardeman'*
appropriations bill to toe San
Angelo Senator’s finance com- i
mfttee a* soon as it was intro-
duced. -
Hardeman named a five-man
subcommittee to hold hearings
on all appropriations matters.
Members are Sen. A. M. Aiken
Jr. of Paris, Martin Dies Jr.
of Lufkin, William T. Moor* of
Bry an, J. P. Word of Meridian
and Hardeman.
Town
Bids Are
Sought By
Department
Wcsthoff w ill get a new post
•jffice, according to announce-
ment today from Washington by
Congressman John Young.
Bids for tlie new building will
be oitened in Houston. All local
contractors have been extended
an invitation to bid on the pro-
posed building.
Specifications for toe new
building call for it to be located
in or near the business section
of Wcsthoff. according to Con-
gressman Young.
The building's internal size
will be 996 square feet with a
platform for loading set at 80
square feet
Parking facilities are to be in-
cluded in toe new building *
plan. Tliis must be no less than
4.000 square feet and can go as
high as 7.000 square feet.
According to the bid. the fed-
I eral government will lease the
new building for 10 years with
an option for another four ©;
five years.
i Additional information on the
fpecifications cam be obtained
i by’ contacting Carl Seale, real
testate officer. U. S. Post Office
' Dept., Main Post Office. Hous-
Bt CRN IF. JE.VNCS
Managing Editor
She said tlie congressman had r>n
; joined tlie other faw makers in
: hoping those who are on the list:
DOREEN O'NEIL FROM ■ l0 attend tlie inauguration will
Congressman John Young's of- have accommodations,
fice in Washington called today \ “V 'J know how it is "hen a .
and complained about the Wash-1 ^ ^nimittoe^s handling all
ington cold — about 28 degrees
and expected to drop to 18 by
nightfall.__
Beatle
Haircuts
Permitted
Cuero
Juvenile
Is Held
A juvenile from Cuero is be-
ing held in DeWitt County jaiil
Commission' Studies
Constable Pay Boost
tl* housing," tlie cheerful gal i
I commented. "Congressman
I Young submitted the list of
■ names and then we. hope that
: nobody gets overlooked. I!
'sometimes happens, uninten-
tionally."
From the brief conversation.
we got the impression the Wash- ■
Lngton folks are on a courit down [ ,
to inauguration day in a similar j P^dmg investigation of a burg-
: tashion to the children at Christ- j lary at Alamo Express Compa-
ny's time. ' nv, according to the sheriff's
.And from her talk if came to' department
be sliown that it is only six1 _ , ,
more toys before I-Day. j Jps^, T*Por
f youth was picked up \\ edne*-
1 dny and remanded to jail.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ( jn Othor court business, arrai-
thc power o' a woman s purse! j gnment of the defendants indio-
It happened in a local store ted here Monday by the winter-
DeWitt County constable* are i Schroder explained that veto-
seeking pay increase* and twpjerana’ organization* want anme-
j Beatle - styled haircuts, tlie
: pain-in-the-neck for many sch-
j ool authorities, are permissible
■ in toe Cuero Independent School
! a«rxt R iding they are neat. |yes'temla>7 The cash register
.This was the interpretation I sh(Wed tota, and the cash
, given today by School Suprein-j^, the countcr shoux?d jo.TD.
; tendent Marvin Kirkman of the , ..Just one minute.'’ came tlie
I long - standing policy on ap- rrqU^s. from the "Oman pur-
pearances for boys. ! chaser. ’I probably have enough
! Under the uniform policy in
the local school system, boys
axe
*j Cleared before the County
! Commissioners Court Wednes-
| day afternoon asking tor more
money.
Tlie commissioners were alsojother things taken care of if a
lrequested to appoint a \r1cran* 1 service officer was located In
Bush Opposes
Redistricting
Plan Outlined
•ervice officer to serve the
- York town - Nordheim are*; to
j set salaries for justices of the
peace; and to increase the car
| allowance for a deputy sheriff.
County Judge George Trowell
told Deputy Sheriff R. V. Goff- j
man of Nordheim the county’ la
not legally allowed to piy a «et
amount for car expen-c. but
must pay according to mileage. |
Coffman had asked for a car
allowance of from 1100 to $125 j
a month. He now receives eight j
cents a mile and. his monthly
salary i* MOO.
plaining of toe services render-
ed by Paul Lucas, the county’s
available in | service officer who is located
here, Schroller pointed out. But
, stressed he think* veterans in
could have been filed and many 1 the orkiown - Nordheim area
could be better served by an as-
sistant service officer appointed
one who would be
that area.
"There is a lot of claim* that
down in my purse.
And uitliout further \ .imlng
required to have haircuts a collection ot vou-name-it came
that are "neat, fashionable..."
spring grand jury is set for
Friday at 9 a m. in the 24th Dis-
trict court room.
Trial dates are due to be set
by Judge Joe Kelly.
Prefers Nov. 11
that part of the county’’, Schrol- j to work in that section of the
ler declared. ' county.
He and Boldr were not com- Schroller said the request is
backed by the city of Yorkfo'vn, ;
the Yorktown C of C ami the
The superintendent pointed
out while Beatle - styled hair-1
cuts do not meet with the ap- j to complete the transaction plus
proval of some adults, they are a few extra pennies for the
considered fashionable. parking meter.
"As tong as boy* keep their _____,
haircuts neat they "ill be per- THAT PURPLE CAR parked
mitted to wear them, if that's near toe office yesterday drew
(See BF.ATI.F.. Tag* 6) RW TOWN TALK. Pag* •)
out fro n the giant poeketbook. ! Members of Cuero Post. Tlie
She was right. From the boi- i American Legion, prefer* a clo-
tom of the bag came tlie change i ing of business on Veterans Day
November 11, instead of Mem-
orial Day. May 3E according io
Bill Barfield of the local post.
The chan.her members six*
presently voting to determine
which dates tlie local business*
houses will be closed this yraft,
AUSTIN
DAYBOOK
American Legion and Veterans j
of Foreign Wars at Yorktown
Trowel asked if services for'
which veterans are qualified as
President Asks Less
t ailed Press Iaternattoeal
Today i* Thursday, Jan 14, J
! 1865, the third daj' of toe 149-1
The commissioners are So *tu- • regular session of the 5Pth i er through
dy a request tor a hike in pay | Texas Legislature.
they get older increase to which
Schroller and several others I
present admitted they do.
’Tn effect, this mean* tlie
need for a service officer t o
work that part of the county
would become greater, not less-
Money For Foreign Aid
George Bush nf Houston. Re- ( reporta
publican senatorial candidate
and the principal plaintiff in the
redistricting suit which trigger-
ed the move towards congress-
ional redistricting, today label-
ed the Texas Legislative Coun-
cil'* recommendation* on redis-
tricting as ‘‘gerrymandering of
tl* rankest and vilest propor-
tion*."
‘2 hope that the Texas Legis-
lature will lay aside party pre-
judice and will redistrict this
state fairly and without regard
to perpetuating one -. party do-
mination,”. Bu.-h said
Noting that motif new spaper |
on the subject had ac-
curately labeled toe Cc»un c i l’s
proposal aa a way of assuring
the defeat of Republican candi-
dates. Bush commented:
"When you red strict in such
a way that people in Alamo
Heights in San Antonio would
have tlie tame congressman as
Odessa, then put the Southern
parts of Dallas and Tar rant
Counties in a district running
all the way too Harris County's
north boundary, then take Har-
ris County and come up with
some hour - glass configuration
for the county’* five constables
who are now paid $75 a month,
j Constables Eddie Zielonka of
j Yorktown and William Butler of
j Nordheim told the court they
had been considering a pay bi-
crease that wvmM give them
salaries of about $125 per
month.
Zielonka explained that eon-
stables’ expenses have Increas-
ed and they must furnish their
own car and fuel. Addition a 1
work, he explained. Is due to the
Increase of “more crime.’’
Clyde Whitehead is constable
at Westhoff E. T. Rush at Yoa-
kum and Lias Steen of Cuero
They were not present Wednes-
day afternoon.
Felton Schroller and Xdfman
Bold: were present to represent
veterans’ organizations to Yorit-
tasvn. They asked the court to
appoint an assistant veterans’
design, d only lo perpetuate ex-! service office tor Yorktown and
(See Bl tH, Page f) jthat are#
Quote of the Day -"1 hereby
appoint a committee, to be
town as toe Frendishlp Com-
mittee. to arrange parking on
the grounds for members," by
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, who
responded with a hOUow laugh.
I<aasitude -The Texas House
and Senate vote themselves toe
traditional long weekend today.
One bill is in the office of the
Senate clerk - the $3.5 bill i o n
appropriations measure. Bills
were expected to hit the House
hopper today after a drawing
for the first 14* number* on
the House • calendar. Hie sloss-
start in customary.
* Honored -' The Senate Wednes-
day passed a rosatatMto - heneh
ing X. J. MtttMead «c fioyd-
ada. perfttr banker ’and land-
owner who died Minday He
toe years". Trowell
said. ..
Schroller said he did not care
who is appointed, but that he
told boosters of the proposal he
would accep the appointment
if offered by’ the court. He said
he would agree to conduct the
work of an assistant service of-
ficer if no one else was avail-
able or no one else would accept
the appointment.
Justice of toe Peace Gus Grim
of Yorktown requested that jus-
tides be paid on a set monthly-
salary basis. At present they
are paid only fees of the office.
Otto Bolting, justice of the
peso# at Nordheim, appeared
be Me toe court Monday reques-
ting a monthly salary of $75 per
month. Grun did not <*ecify any
exdct Amount.
Gran said fees in his court
totaled $335 in 1963 and the
was the father W Dick Mor^- amount wxaild be apperoxln.ate-
be*4. chief Austin *eortWspend-1 ly tlie same In 1904.
ent tor ’ to# Delias Morning • Justice* August Holzapf*! «f
» ‘ I (See 09MMUU08, Pag* l|
WASHINGTON lUPIi -Pres- The new
ident Johnson today asked Con- i fiscal year
.gross for slightly less than S3.4 next July 1
, billion tor foreign aid next
year. It is tlie lowest request
in the 18-year history of the
Tn a message to lawmakers
Johnson called it the "lcwest
aid budget consistent with the
national interest.”
Johnson requested $1.17 bil-
lion tor military’ aid — slightly
funds would
1966 which
hr tor
starts
The lowest previous final aid
request for any one year was
S3.47 asked by 'Presid e n t
Dwight L>. Eisenhower in 1955.
The smallest annual appropria-
tion by Congress tor the pro-
gram was $2.7 billion In 1956.
The exact total «f Johnson’s
new request, officials said, ie
$3,380,370,000. It falls between
the $3 316,700.000 he requested
last year for the current fiscal
year and toe $3,250,000,000 that
was appropriated by congress.
The message continued strest
on the administration policy et
concentrating aid to nations
which take steps to Improve
(See JOHNSON, Page 9)
5S w5i ftTSTl No Canal Across Mexico Wanted
nomie aid, almost the same
last year.
He said that if "situations
should arise” requiring addi-
tional amounts, he would not
hesitate to ask tor more funds.
The request followed last
year’s pattern of presenting
Congress with a tightly cut
down aid program in hopes frw
cuts would be made.
Last year, this tactic resulted
CIUDAD IXTEPEC, Mexioo-
<m~ Oaxaca state authorities
said they want to nip in the bud
rumors circulating locally that a
replacement tor the Panama
Canal will be dug across toe
Mexican Isthmus of Tohaunte-
por
Huy said that Mexico does
nsc have the military force to
defend such a canal, even if
two tor the benefit of other
countries.” toe statement said.
They pointed to • statement
by President Gustavo DUz On
daz saying that
not the slightest
M
in toe smallest cut ever made j the economy of the country
by Congress In a President’s j were able r<» supply the finds
foreign sid request - only to huijd and maintain it.
pv cent Th% nation would be out to*
• *4*- <e • sse e.*- »
to justify it”
Mexico’* narrow waist tea
been suggested as * logical lo-
cation tor toe aB-aeo-lewl ca-
nal toe United States ie ennsld-
•ring to replace the Panama Ca-
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Jennes, Ernest H. The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 14, 1965, newspaper, January 14, 1965; Cuero, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth697928/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cuero Public Library.