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hearings Into the alleged ‘muz-
zling” of militar, leader*
were Gen. F. W. Smith <#r*
Air Force vice chief of staff,
and Adm. George W. Andara—
dr., chief of naval operations.
GENEVA (UPI) —
years of patient conver
appeared today to
brought the Western |
not one step nearer to
ation of nuclear testban
with the Soviet Futon.
The East • West talks,
started here to October,
seemed to have finally
(Continued on page 6.) I were to meet again today.
tee lias until the end of the third
requests for tourist advertising,' for stale senators, and won a
a film on the coffer industry
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“A NEWSPAPER REFLECTS ITS COMMUNITY”
VOL. 68—NO. 64
CUERO, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1062
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ftTown Talk
Grass Fires Pose
Well, the special session of the
57th Legislature up at Austin is
getting louder and funnier, if
nothing else, but it is highly
doubtful that the taxpayers of
Texas will get 5350,000 worth of
laughs out of it.
That $350,000 is about what
the special session will cost, If
not more, and with its run
scheduled to close at midnight
Thursday there Is little prospect
that anything of noteworthy sta-
ture is going to be achieved.
Now the main hue and cry of
(he dosing hours is being cen-
tered around the fight over so-
called loan shark legislation,
with both the House and Senate
doing a pretty good Job of tear-
ing each other up on issues of
integrity and veracity.
Tills has reached a high
point ~ or It could be a low
jmlot — with a demand by
Sen. Gulp Krueger of El
Campo, who will be repre-
senting DeWItt County a* a
result of the 1982 legislative
redistricting, that the entire
Senate submit Itself to a lie
detector test to find out Just
who Is telling the truth and
who Is not. It is a little obs-
cure as to Just what such a
test could be expected to
prove, but that doesn't make
much difference because it
is a foregone conclusion that
the Senate Is not going to
submit to any lie detector
test.
Critical Threat
For Cuero Area
Near-drouth conditions aggravated by recent hard
freezes have created a critical situation In Cuero and Its
surrounding area, Fire Chief Lester Frers said Tuesday,
with grass fires threatening serious damage.
The fire chief urged that extreme precautions be
taken with any kind of outdoor fires, including burning
of trash and backyard barbecues.
Firemen made their ninth and tenth grass fire runs
of the month when fires on two Cuero lawns endangered
homes Monday. One of the fires was started by a spark
from a barbecue pit.
SA Stock Show
Boosters In
Cuero Visit
Atty. Gen. Will Wilson is even
taking time off from his cam-
paign for governor to launch an
investigation of lobbying activi-
ties involving loan shark legisla-
tion. This was done at the re-
quest of Rep. Criss Cole of Hous-
ton, the blind House member
who has taken the lead on loan
shark regulation and who claims
the bill he passed in the House
was "gutted'" in the Senate. In
fact, Cole charged, he is in pos-
session of information that 16
senators deliberately combined
to devitalize his bill.
four of the senators w-ho
opposed the Cole MU, but
favored a Senate revision
which limited application of
the regulations to 1 o a n » of
MOO or less, with strictly
lower rates of interest, said
they would welcome an in-
a estlgation. They were Sens.
Krueger, Frank Owen of El
Paso. Martin Ikies dr. of
Lufkin and Galloway Cal-
houn of Tyler. This was
when Krueger hauled out
tlie He detector Imitation.
The facts of all these charges
and counter-charges arise out of
a situation where loan sharks in
Texas are operating virtually
without regulation, let or hind-
rance. There is a statutory limi-
tation on tlie rate of interest on
all loans restricting it to 10 per
cent per year, but it Is common
knowledge that loan sharks in
the cities and elsewhere are le-
vying rates of interest and oth-
er charges Which run to 500 per
cent a year and even higher.
It is the aim of Rep. Cole and
his supporters to impose limits
on the interest and other charg-
es which they say would be "re-
alistic" as applied to small loans
to i>eople who can not meet the
requirements for loans from
banks and other more legitimate
sources.
But Sen. Krueger, Sen. Owen
and others take the position that
this, in effect, would be legaliz-
ing the charging of usurious
rates of interest and there is
something in what they say.
Anyway, It Is obviously to
the Interest of the loan
sharks to leave things just
as they are, with no legisla-
tion whatever to further re-
strict their high, wide and
handsome operations. With-
out casting any aspersions
Individually or collectively
on tlie legislature, there Is
no doubt thit vaat quantities
of money are f I o a 11 ng
around up In Austin to block
any small loan legislation of
any kind.
This is Just one of the facts of
life nround our state capitol, and
Ihnt is what Atty. Gen. Wilson
and his assistants are setting
out to investigate while a con-
ference committee of the House
and Senate is at least going
tin- .ugh the motions of trying to
iron out differences and get an
acceptable loan shark bill pass-
ed in the closing hours.
The Booster Club of the S a n
Antonio Livestock Exposition
made a goodwill visit here Tues-
day for the Feb. 9-18 Stock
Show and World Championship
Rodeo, starring Re* Allen, Ani-
ta Bryant, and national archery
champion, Ann Mars ton.
The group, traveling by bus,
put on a program of western
music by the Texas Top Hands
band, saluted local dignataries,
and sought the interest and co-
operation of local people in the
San Antonio Show.
Goodwill chairman, H. C. Har-
rison said, "The San Antonio
Stock Show is an area show and
we in San Atonio owe our ap-
preciation to the continuing sup-
port we have received from this
community. This is your show
and we are visiting your com-
munity today to express our per-
sonal appreciation for your co-
operation.”
Bulldozer
Is Blasted
By Pipeline
Chief Frers said the first
call was to the Emmitt Hay-
weod home, 401 T. L. Over-
ture St., at 11:40 a. m.
The fire broke out after a
spark blew of a barbecue pit
into dry grass.
At 12:50 p. m., firemen were
called to the R. S. McWilliams
residence, 511 E. Reuss Blvd.
Origin of the blaze was un-
known.
In both instances, the ex-
tremely dry grass, which had
been killed by many freezes,
burned rapidly.
"Dead grass and weeds are
a fire hazard found throughout
the city. Residents should be
extremely cautious. All that is
needed to start a fire is the
careless flip of a cigarette or
match," Frers warned.
He said Cueroites should be
careful when barbecuing, mak-
ing sure that no sparks fly out
of the barbecue pit or stand.
Frers said the city’s fire pro-
tection could be weakened dra-
stically If a major fire broke
out while firemen were answ-
ering one or more calls to
grass fires.
The situation is made worse
by a long-range weather fore-
cast for this area. No rain Is
predicted this week.
Frers has suggested that res-
idents water lawns to reduce
the fire hazard.
While local firemen contin-
ued their battle against grass
fires Monday, other nearby cit-
ies were having the same
problem.
Six grass fires were reported
in Edna. The Victoria Fire De-!
partment had units fighting I
three grass fires at one time!
Monday afternoon.
San Antonio reportedly had ,
School Dress
Showdown May
ComeThursday
Frank Hadamek, leader of a movement which *eek*
to have the Cuero Independent School District student j*
dress policy revoked, announced Tuesday a delegation Of *
parents supporting the movement will appear at the
Cuero School Board meeting Thursday night.
Hadamek said he has no idea how many persons will
appear; however, he said all parents who signed a peti-
tion asking that the policy be revoked will be requested
to attend.
DeWitt Poll
Taxes Sag As
Deadline Nears
Development of (from left) Little Joe, Mttot, Alfa* rocket* eoet $85 hsUHm.
'MERCURY'
OPERATIONS ROOM
Tracking $85
-
Capsules $180 million.
ORBIT COSTS
YOU $2.15
Recovery $25 million.
SENDING JOHN GLENN around the world runs to about $400,000,000, or about $2.15 for
each man, woman and child in the nation. Here is what It went for, in addition to about
$35 million in research beginning three and one-half years ago, when It got underway.
BRAZORIA (UPI) * A bulldoz-
er reptured a gas pipeline Mon-
day night and was blown to bits.
The bulldozer operator was
killed, and six other workers j 40 grass fires Monday,
were seriously burned as gasi -.-
ST ** Cuero Woman
The seven men were prepar-
ing to lay another pipe line a- Jy J-Juff
longside the ethylene gas line
which caught fire and exploded
the bulldozer.
The pipe line runs from the
ethylene plant at Sweeny, Tex.,
to the big Dow Chemical Plant
at Freeport on the Gulf Coast
south of Houston. The accident
happened about three miles
south of Brazoria and 10 miles
east of Sweeny.
The bulldozer driver was iden-
tified through payroll records as
Charles Wooten, 46, erf Fresno,
Tex. He was employed by Mon-
ical and Powell Construction Co.
of Lake Jackson.
The six men admitted to Free-
port Community Hospital with
serious burns were Willie Kem-
pinski, 19, Bremond; C. D. Mc-
Clain, 26, Bastrop. La.; Amelio
Roza. 35, Sinton; Floyd Kempin-
ski, 43, Bremond; Robert C.
Cleveland. 35, Bay City and
James L. O’Neal, 36, Magnolia.
Texas.
In Mishap
Mrs. Pearl Benson, aged Cue-
ro woman, suffered a fractured
skull ami broken right hip Mon-
day in an accident on Gazzie St.
near Guadalupe Valiev Cotton
Mills.
Three Soldiers
Die In Crash
At El Campo
Work Begins On US
87 Job In DeWitt
The office of County Tax As-
sessor-Collector Frank Thieme
will remain open W’ednesday
after 5 p. m. to accommodate
citizens who have not paid
their poll^ tax.
Assessor — Collector Thieme
said the office will not
remain open until a designated
hour, but will be open only as
long as it takes to issue poll
tax receipts to persons present.
Thieme’s office is on the first
floor of DeWitt County Court-
house in Cuero.
By Tuesday morning, only
3,086 citizens had paid the
tax. Approximately 5,300 are
eligible to pay. Thieme said.
(illy three contested races
have developed to date for De-
Witt county offices.
Offices being sought by
more than one candidate are
county, judge and county com-
missioner, Precincts 2 and 4,
Judge candidates are incum-
bent Stephen P. Hebert of Cue-
ro, former State Representa-
tive C. T. "Pete" Matthew of
Yoakum, and George Trowell,
who resides on the Arnecke-
ville-Yorktown road.
Seeking the office of commis-
sioner of Precinct 4 are Bonnie
Buenger, who re.-ides on Rat-
(Continued on page 6)
Work began Tuesday on a M. G. Cornelious, district en-
highway construction project | Kjneer „f the Texas Highway
on U. S Highway 87 between j in the Yoakum ar-
St neai ^UPr0, ea. said traffic will be handled
and Westnotf. and routed through the project
Construction — ------
Republicans File
For First Time
Hadamek reported 27 copies
of the petition have been in cir-
culation. Signatures were being
counted Tuesday.
According to Hadamek, a few
persons who were contacted
refused to sign, but said they
would be part of the delegation
which protests the policy Thurs-
day night.
The student dress policy be-
came a public issue early In
January when Hadamek alleged
his nine-yearold daughter wag
made a spectacle of because
she wore slacks to school, which
broke the policy.
Mrs. Earl Evers, supervisor
of elementary education, issued
a statement in which she stated
the incident was handled in 'a
manner that caused the young
girl no embarrassment.
Hadamek then issued a state-
ment relating an incident In
which he said another daughter
was ridiculed in November be-
cause of the way she was dress-
ed.
Cuero School Board h a.s
stood firm in upholding the
policy, which was publicly ex-
plained by Supt. John Barnes
after the policy began drawing
criticism.
If a large delegation does
turn out for Thursday night's
board meeting, it was undecided
Tuesday morning where the
meeting would be held.
The board meeting room in
the administration building on
the Cuero High School campus
is not large enough to accom-
modate a large crowd.
Board President Heine Bade
said Tuesday morning no pians
had yet been made to change
the meeting place. He said if a
new site is selected, it will be
announced Wednesday.
The meeting is scheduled to
start at 7:30 p.m.
Grande Valley soldier* were
killed and a fourth critically In-
jured early today in a grinding
head-on collision between a Con-
tinental Traihvays bus and an
automobile.
No one on the bus, which was
Police Chief Jimmy Cowing j en route from Houston1 to Corpus
said Mrs. Benson told officers Christi, was hurt,
she did not know' if she fell or if j The three soldiers, believed to
she was knocked down by a bi-ihave been stationed at Fort
cycle. She was injured on a side-1 Polk, La., were dead on arrival
walk near the street. ! at Nightingale Hospital in El
The attending physician said; Campo. They were tentatively
LEVELLAND (UPI) - Fori
the first: time in history. Repute]
licans filed as candidates for to-:
cal offices Monday in Hockley |
County.
Republicans filed for five of-
, _ , _ . ,He pointed out that adequate flees. They are Burnett Roberts,
and Thomas Creek. The I barricades and warning signals Mrs. James Lattimore, Harry
... a,.. ♦„ ------------ 180 wi], ^ prominently displayed, Mathews. Clyde Walker, and
DeWitt Wildcat
In Edwards B Zone
will consist
. , ... with as little inconvenience as
EL CAMPO (UPII - Three Rio I possible to the traveling public.
es cm Deer Creek. Clear Creek j
is due to be completed in
working days. but motorists should be ex-1 Jack Shoemake.
J. W. Perry of San Antonio is
the contractor.
Two Cases Filed
In County Court
tremely cautious in passing! Roberts filecl for state repre-
through the area. j senative, Mrs. Lattimore an-
The construction area will tie t pounced for county judge, Mat-
zoned for a maximum speed of hews filed for county school
45 miles per hour for-the pro-; Superintendent, Wolters for
tection of the motorists and, county treasurer and Shoemake
workman alike. The entire j for commissioner,
length will be patroled to mini-
to motor- j
Rayburn Brother
Dies At Bonham
Two new filings were recorded
in the criminal docket of Coun-! mize inconveniences
ty Court during the past week, j ists.
Raymond Preston Izard was Cornelius said cooperation of
Mrs. Benson was resting com-j identified by the highway patrol filed on for driving while intoxl- the public is requested in obey-
fbrtably Tuesday morning in as: cated and Prudencio Moncibaz ing all traffic signals and wam-
Cuero Hospital. j Me 11 ton Maza Jr., 31. of for aggravated assault. ing signs.
Cowing, who reported the in-1 Brownsville; Guadalupe D. Gu- R. P. I/.ard was charged with H. P Krause Sr., resident en-
cident is still under investiga- lierrez. 24. of Harlingen, and failure to yield right of way in gineer from Yoakum, will be in n dubious Congress today plans
tion, said Mrs. Benson is a re- Manuel C. Hinojosa, 23. of Laz- the criminal docket of Justice active charge of the project for fw H new c abinet-level Depart-
Coastal States Gas Producing
Co. No, 1 Georgia Dubose, lo-
cated southwest of Westhoff,
was 30 feet into the Edwards B
Zone Monday.
Crews were swabbing the wild-
cat Monday after 5,000 gallons
of acid had been put in the hate
Sunday.
Near the No. 1 Dubose, bat In
Gonzales County, Bright and
Sehiff No. 1 Noite bottomed at
! 12,225 feet. Log was being run.
LATE OFF THE WIRE
WASHINGTON — (UPI) —
President Kennedy drew up tor
tired employe of the cotton mill. (Continued on page 6.1 Court.
smiM if! i'li trr
the Texas Highway Department.
mu
men) of Urban Affairs to be
Hard To Change
LONDON Kent County mem-
bers of the Caterers Associa-
tion - heard a lecture and saw
BONHAM (UPI) — Richard
Ashbum (Dick) Rayburn, broth-;
er of the late House Speaker
Sam Rayburn, died today at a
Bonham hospital. He was 77.
Rayburn, the last surviving
brother of the late speaker, died
on the day the Fourth Congres-
sional District was holding an
election to fill the seat "Mr.
Sam” had held in Congress for
49 years.
He had been in the hospital tor
several days, it was understood
that he died of cancer, the same
disease that claimed the life of
Speaker Rayburn, but the cause
of death was not immediately
announced.
Lie Detector Tests Proposed For Entire
Texas Senate In Loan Shark Bill Probe
By PATRICK CONWAY
United Press International
AUSTIN (UPI) -A select group
of Texas lawmakers today be-
gan secret negotiations tor a so-
lution to the bitter disagreement
between the House and Senate
on anti-loan shark legislation.
Outside the legislative cham-
bers, Atty. Gen. Will Wilson in-
vestigated the activities of the
small loan lobby.
The House sdieduled debate
on a package appropriations bill
that trims Gov. Price Daniel’s
new juvenile parole officers and . second from Sen. Frank Owen of special session at midnight
San Jacinto monument repairs. '• El Paso, who said, "I have had Thursday to find a solution. The
Asst. Atty. Gen. Jock Price many' personal threats f r 0 m wo chambers are poles apart
said he may ask Texas Rangers loan sharks because of this leg-: on what Constitutes a small loan
or Department of Public Safety! islatton.” ! and what are reasonable inter-
investigators to help him inves-j Krueger, Owen and Cole are j est rates.
1 all members of the joint House- j The committee worked behind
Senate conference committee locked doors after barring a
appointed to find a compro newsman from an organization-
mise on a proposed small loan al session,
regulatory act. j Wilson agreed to the investiga-
headed by Robert C. Weaver,
a Negro.
In advance of lb formal
J| submission to House and Sen-
p j ate, Republicans greeted the
g plan with charges of “fraud”
and said they would try to
| defeat it. Southern Democrats
^ were not keen for It either,
and prospects were the propos-
al would be beaten.
tigat? the small loon lobby.
Price started the probe Mon-
day after a meeting with Rep.
Criss Cole of Houston, who ask-
ed for the investigation. C 01 e
was sponsor of the loan b i 11
passed by the House.
Sen. Culp Krueger of El Cam
Representatives asked for a
conference after rejecting a Sen-
ate version of a bill they passed
no nrauosed lie detector te s t s earlier. Tlve 18-member commit*
tion Monday, saying, "more
money lias been spent lobbying
on this loan shark bill than on
PUNTA DEL ESTE (UPI)—
The United States was trying
today to mediate between a
I-attn American majority fa-
voring immediate ostracism of
Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime
and the six nations which
would act more slowly— If at
all.
A late night caucus of seven
uations representing both fae-
anything that’s been in the leg- lions produced no result. They
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI)
—The weather remained thu
big question mark today la
America’s attempt to send as-
tronaut John II. Glenn Jr, on
his round-the-world sphec
flight Thursday morning.
Mechanical prepara t I a ■ •
were going smoothly. Glean
himself was busy reviewing
flight procedures and checking
out controls In his spacecraft.
WASHINGTON — (UPI) —
Senate Investigators at mWk
tary censorship today sum-
moned Gen. David M.
Marine Corps
who believes his
tough they do not
Communist indoctrinations.
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