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VOL. 74 NO. 188
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V A Newspaper Reflects Its Community
Nixon Picks Agnew
For Running Mate
A Newspaper Reflects Its Community
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1968
For New Hospital
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MIAMI BEACH (lTPJ> - Rich-
ard M. Nixon opened his second
campaign for the presidency to-
day by chosing Gov. Spiro T.
Agnew of Maryland as his run-
ning mate.
Nixon, who won the Republi-
can presidential nomination
early today on the first ballot,
made the surprise announce-
men less than 11 hours later.
"I have now made a decision.
I shall recommend to the con-
vention that It nominate for vice
president on the Republican
ticket Gov. Agnew of Maryland,
Nixon said at 11 ;39 p m. EDT.
He told newsmen he would
announce his choice between 10
and 11 a.m. EDT today. But at
U 10, Herbert G. Klein, his
press secretary, told reporters
Nixon was still undecided.
“It has not been offered to
anyone at this time,” Klein j
said. "The problem is lust j
weighing the merit* of several j (*OI’ National Convention Nix-
outstanding candidates ” |'<n will make his acceptance
He said Nixon had returned to speech at the same sesion ansi
Ms suite at the Hilton Plaza j outline the policies he hopes will
Hotel with a small group of ad- eariy him to the White House
RKHARO NIXON
. . , Selects Agnew
Cons cssman George Bush of
Texas were also listed among
possibilities.
Agnew will lie ratified tonight
at the final selection of the 29th
risers to further consider the
matter.
*1 think the race is still wids
open.” said House Republican
Leader Gciald R Ford, R-
Mieh., the convention chairman
and a participant in the morn-
ing meeting Another partici-
pant. Rep. Boh Wilson. R-Callf..
said: "I honestly believe he
hasn't made up hi* mind.”
Hie leading candidate ap-
The 49-year-old Agnew. who
nominated Nixon for President
at the Republican
votes pushed Nixon past the 667
vote mark required to nomin-
ate. Wyoming added its 12, giv-
ing Nixon a total of 692 at the
end of the first roll call.
Rockefeller had 277 votes and
Reagan 182.
Other states then fell in line
to make their voteR unanimous
for Nixon. Favorite son Gov.
George Romney did the same
for Michigan and promised his
full efforts toward a top-to-bot-
tom GOP victory In November.
Reagan, who had been trying
desperately to shore up his
j dwindling delegate strength from
a moving van trailer parked be-
hind Convention Hall, strode up
to the podium at 2:10 a m.,
urging uniamimous support for
Nixon.
Former President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, who was stricken
Tuesday morning with his sixth
heart attack only hours after he
addressed the convention by
television from Walter Reed
Army Hospital, said today he
was "delighted” at Nixon's
Bids Are Opened
The AAA Construction Com-; the 5-member Cuero Hospital i the proposed hospital. J consider alternate bids included or that can be added at a later
pany of Victoria, apparently l District Board Wednesday in | "As of today we consider jin the official overall bidding,
was the low bidder for con- j the DeWitt County Courtroom.! A A A to be the lowest bidder.” j “The alternate bids." Weber
structlon of the Cuero Com-j More than 70 interested per-1 said Clifton Weber, chairman! explained, “are things we,
munity Hospital of the five j sons filled the courtroom and of the hospital board J would like to have included in
companies bidding on the pro- j heard the low base bid
ject. The bids were opened by I $1,539,500 for construction
However, the bids w ill have j the hospital hut are things that
to be checked by the board to) we can conceiveahly do without
AL Group
Attending
Convention
Ten members of
American Legion
the Cuero i
including'
convention nomination.
In a message to Nixon,
Eisenhower said: “You know I
am an honorary delegate and
could have been there and voted
then the total would have been
Wednesday night, had not been
mentioned among those report-
ed on Nixon's final check list of
possibilities for the vice pres-
idential spot.
He said he selected Agnew <593 instead of 692.”
after setting three requistes: | Eisenhower was referring to
First, a man "qualified to be ^e 692 votes Nixon received on
President, second one who can ; completion of the first roll call
of Oregon Mayor John V Ijod-! one who can assume the new
say of New York and Sen j responsibilities I will give the
Charles Percy of Illinois were
*.......- • , completion oi me nrsr rou can
peared to be Sen. Mark Hatfield j campaign effectively, and third i before delegates began switch-
ing votes to get on the bandwag-
on and make the nomination
unanimous.
*lso believed under considera-
tion. but source* close to Lind-
sey expressed doubt the New
York mayor would b* tapped
and the Illlnoi* delegation ad-
vised Nixon against picking
Percy. Sen John Tower and
j vice president pratlrularly in
the area of problems of the j
state* and cities.”
Nixon won nomination without j
any of the rancor that split the j
party in 1964 and received im-!
mediate pledges of support i
| from his two principal rival*—i
^———————Nelson A. Rockefeller of ;
WinOTTL THINKING New York and Gov Ronald Rea-
LONDON (I Pf* ..... After Oiris- g*n of California
to,her Nelson used * steam r>l- j New Jersey Orange*
ler to smash four automobiles, j When the votes finally got
a truck and a lamp post the | under way at 1.12 a.m , Thurs-
f:ve-year-old boy'* mother told; day, a rebellion against the
police 'He is a real problem j favorite son movement in New
sometime*. The trouble is he Jersey gave Nixon 18 of the
gets 10 bored. Perhap* he will delegation * 40 votes — 13
members of the Ladies Auxi-
liary will be attending the Tex-
as American Legion Conven-
tion being held in Houston. The
convention begins today and
several Cueroites have already
left for the big city.
Calvin Webb, commander of!
the Cuero legion and his wile j
along with Mr. and Mrs. Bill I
Nami have already left Cuero:
to attend the conclave. Nami
has been commander of the I
Texas Le*. makes the past
year.
Others from Cuero planning
to go to Houston are Mr. and
Mrs. Barfield, Mr. and Mrs.
Utis Carpenter, Mrs. Callle
Henneke and Mrs. J. W. Her-
ring.
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BIDS ON HOSPITAL ARE OPENED
. . . Before Audience of About 70
— Record Photo by Floyd Hendricks
Cueroites Home From
STSC Speech W orkshop
Three Cuero High School stu- Buie, 206 East Bailey Street.
dents have returned home fol-
lowing participation in the 16th
Annual Speech Workshop on the
Southwest Texas State College
campus.
Selected to represent CHS at
the two week seminar were
Cueroites Ready For
Fair Leadership Day
The 46 Cueroites scheduled
Each of the participants will j to mg{ce me trip to San Anto-
Frankc L. McClung. 1302 North
be better when lie starts I more than he hekl at the outset. 'McLeod; Irene Dora McClung,
school " At the end, Wisconsin's 3d 1302 North McLeod; and David
Allies Move To Stop
Red Threat To Base
By J ACK W ALSH
SAIGON fl'Pti - About 4,000
Allied soldier* invaded the A
Shau Valley to thwart a growing
flhmtnunut threat to their north-
ern war base «» Da Nang. U.
S. military spokesmen said to-
day.
Citizens
Released
From Cuba
MATAMOROS, Mexico (VPD -
A planeload of American citi-
zen* and their families, held
for years In Cuba, landed in
Mat* moro* on the Texas bor-
der Wednesday, the Mexican
government announced.
The plane carried 76 refugees,
said the Interior Department,
which is in rharge of the air-
lift
Die refugee* were immedi-
ately taken by bus across the
Rio Grande to Brownsville,
Tex., the announcement said
It was the 11th freedom flight
to Mexico since the Castro go-j
vernment began releasing the
refugees, and the seventh since
the flights began a regular
monthly schedule last Februa-
ry
Mexico [(crauaded the Castro
government to release the ref-
ugees. moatly Cuban-Amencans
and their familiea, after ap-
peals through Switzerland,
which represents the U. S. in
Hnvana, failed.
There were an estimated 2.-
700 persona eligible for the
flights when they began. It is
estimated the last refugees
Will not be released, at the cur-
rent rate, until aome Ume In
WTO.
"We are going in there to de-|with trucks and supplies since
stroy everything we can find.” U. S. troops swept through it
said Maj. Gen. Belvin Zals. in 29 days in April. Govero-
”Wr are spoiling for a fight.” ment troops found one arms
Military source* said tlie 7.000 j cache,
j Communists guarding the guer- I The valley, a 25-mile king
rilla supply funnel into South jungled groove through moun-
Vietnam's northern provinces
were apparently withdrawing in-
to nearby Lao*
tains along the Laotian border,
was captured by Communists
soldiers in March 1966. ami
represent Cuero High in Uni-
versity Interscholastic League
literary' events this spring,
Franke received special In-
struction from members of the
Southwest Texas State Speech
Department in the areas ot
drama and informative speak-
ing.
Irene participated in drama
and poetry, while David chose
drama and persuasive shaking.
The students stayed in dorml-
nio for thp South Texas Lead-
ership Day at HomisFair are
asked to please be in front of
the Cuero Savings and Loan
Building Saturday morning not
later than 7:30 a m. for a de-
parture time of 7:45 a.m., said
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Manager Dewey C. Henderson.
The chamber has chartered
the 46-passenger bus to make
whicn will include a
tory facilities with other parti-,
cipants in the annual workshop j,he
during their stay in San Marcos, j full day of activities at the Hc-
The Speech Workshop came to misFair
a close last weekend with spec-
ial public presentations in each
of the various events.
More than 100 high school stu-
dents from all over the State of
Texas took part in the two-week
The HemisFair Band and
hostesses will meet the South
Texas Delegations at 10 a.m.
and VIP ceremonies will be
held at the Special Events Pla-
za at 10 10 a.m. The ceremo-
drieh, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
Henderson, Mr. and Mrs Ches-
ter Bettge, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Conrad, Mr. and Mrs. Ed De-
leon, Mr. and Mrs. John Oliver-
ri. Bill Ferguson, Dewey Shorre,
Roy Tim Zengerle, Bob Mc-
Pherson, Mr. and Mrs. Law-
rence Dietze, and Mr and Mrs.
H. E. Weatherly.
Miners Trapped In
(ave-in Found Dead
By CARL MILLER
GREENVILLE, Ky. (LTD -
Nine miners, trapped by an
explosion in a sprawling new-
soft coal mine near this west-
ern Kentucky community, were
found dead by rescue workers
early today.
Rescuers toiling with picks
and shovels in stifling 90-degree
Henderson asked that the per-1 heat reached the miners short-
sons making the trip to please
be at the Chamber of Com-
merce Office at the Cuero Fed-
eral Savings A Loan Building
by 7:30 a.m. for the 7:45 a.m.
departure time.
ly before 4 a.m. EDT, about 16
hours after the blast occurred.
Eight bodies were recovered
in the area of the explosion,
about two miles inside the shaft
and ibout 180 feet below ground
summer seminar to prepare i,m's w*11 covered by tolevi-
UPI correspondent Raymond built into a major outlet for the
Wilkinson reported light Com-
munist resistance in the valley,
60 miles west of Da Nang ami
160 mile* norlh of Saigon .
Helicopter* Downed
Groundfire shot down four
helicopter* from tiie armada
that carried the raid into the
valley Sunday. Two others were
damaged.
Spokesmen said 15 Com-
munists were killed in the first
four day*, with six Americans
dead and 12 wounded by snipers.
The raid, dubbed Operations
Somerset Plain, was not an-
nounced until today for security
reasons.
Zais, commander of the thrust
said the Communists had "sub-
stantiall.v restocked the valley"
Ho Oil Mlnh Trail.
Bombers Hit Valley
Tlie Invasion followed a week 1
of the first B52 bomber strikes i
into the valley since April.
At the same time, U. S. j
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them for competition in the com-
ing year’s University Inter-
seboiastic League events.
Anti-Pact
Czech Is
Nominated
sion. radio and newspapers.
After the ceremonies, there
will fce a VIP tour of the U. S.
and Texas Paviilions. Dele-
gates, equipped with special
South Texas VIP kits, will then
tie free to see the rest of the
fair.
Tickets for the trip will cost j level. Rescuers said the ninth
$3.55 each and checks or mon-v body was found a "considerable
order may be sent to the Cuero j distance” closer to the mouth
Chamber of Commerce. ; of the mine.
Letter To Editor
“I. C.” Cueroites Take
Note Of Board Hassle
Colton Production
Up 551,000 Bales
WASHINGTON (UPl) Texas
cotton production for 1968, as
of aii Aug. 1 estimate, was
placed today at 3,325.000 bales,
up 558.1)00 from 1967 production
of 2,767.000 bale*.
The Agriculture Department,
in i* first cotton production
forecast of year, estimated the
national 1968 crop at 10.976,000
bales, up 47 per cent from last
LBJ Having
Checkup
At Brooke
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. <OT* —
President Johnson checked into
Brooke Army Medical Center
today for the second phase of
his annual physical examina-
tion. Mrs. Johnson has been at
the hospital since Tuesday.
The President had one pro-
blem less today than he did
when he underwent the first
series of medical tests Tuesday.
That was the steel price pro-
blem. Major steel companies
rolled back price* Wednesday.
The President flew in from
his Texas ranch in a helicopter
which landed at Ft. Siam Hous-
ton. near the hospital
The President and Mrs. John-
Ison may return together to the
reservations are
Mr. and Mrs. George Trowell,
Mr. arid Mrs Ed Pat Mixon,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kleinecke,
Mr. and Mrs. Erol John Dietze,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sheppard,
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Summers,
Vaclav Prchlik, a severe critic I jr„ Mr. and Mrs. Cl.de Emster,
of the Warsaw Pact and a fre-! Mr. and Mrs. Bob Davis, Mr.
Tlie Record has a steadfast somewhat annoyed at the arti-
Cueroit. s who have confirmed that Letters To The Editor jele in your newspaper The
........... nrf>. will not be published unless; Cuero Record, pertaining to the j. 1
they are signed. j somewhat ridiculous, in our
We feci however, like the j opinions, discussion of the pro-
chairman of the Republican j posed location for Cuero's Viet-
Convention who suspended the j nam deployed servicemen’s
date.”
"The alternate bid for a pheu-
matie Tube System for the hos-
pital for instance, is just too
rich for our blood — we just
can’t afford it now,” the chair-
nan said.
Others submitting bids and
heir base bids are;
Cates Construction Co. of
Dallas with $1,598,000; Coastal
Bend Constructlo Co. of San
Antonio with $1,606,000; Don
Drueger Construction . Co. of
Victoria with $1,543,345 and J.
H Spruill of Crockett with $1,-
554,000.
Three companies, Burnett
Construction of Corpus Christ!,
Walter Droemer of Giddings
and W. E. Hilton Co. of Ft.
Worth had submitted bids but
withdrew before the bids were
read.
The next order of business is
^ the approval of the State Health
1 Department.
is 1 “It will take about a week or
10 days for them to approve
the bids, but that is just a rou-
tine affair in things of this
sort,” Weber said.
"Right now we consider
A & A to have it and we hope
R i to let the contract soon. I think
we’re in business,” he contin-
ued.
At present the hospital dis-
trict has a little more than $L-
725.000 available for the cost
of construction.
"However, we have to con-
sider we still have to furnish
the hospital and buy equipment
for It,” so we have to keep
some in reserve,” Weber point-
ed out.
The bid openings had been
delayed from July 30 until Wed.
nesday and the delay was be-
lieved to be beneficial for the
hospital.
The hospital plans were ap-
proved by the Department ot
Health, Education and Welfare
in Washington in June and
just a week previous, the three-
quarter million dollar grant
was approved by HEW when a
freeze of the funds was lifted.
Weber said last month "It
won’t be long before we can
get the actual construction
started.” Following the open-
ing of bids, the red tape of
awarding the contract, allow-
ing the contractor time to set
up operation and then con-
struction can begin.
The hospital, to be located on
a 20-acre tract of land on the
Yoakum Highway at the Cue.
ro City Umits, has been a
dream of Cueroites for many
years.
Besides federal funds, $750,005
in bonds were approved and
numerous private donation*
have been made.
Architects for the new ho®,
pital are Page, Southerland
and Page of Austin. The firm
is widely experienced in hoapi-
:
PRAGUE (UPl)
Lt. Gen.
quent target of Soviet criticism,
has been nominated as a candi-
date to the Communist party’s
and Mrs. Grady McDonald, Mr.
and Mrs. Bubba Steen, Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Tarkington, Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Duckett and ’r.
rules and allowed defeated can-
didate Ronald Reagan to speak.
pictures.
We hesitated to write to you,
Central Committee, the Czech and Mls. Dav,d Newman.
year’s subnormal crop.
The 1968 estimate compares j ranch later today. After a first
with a 1967 crop of 7,455.000 ; round of tests Tuesday. John-
bales, smallest since 1895, and i sou left the hospital and return-
* 1962-66 average of 13,986,0001 ed to his ranch, but Mrs John-
boles. son stayed on.
news agency CTK reported to-
day.
The action by three Prague
party organizations appeared to
be anotlier form of defiance of
Russian attempts to interfere in
what the C’ech leadership has
called internal Czech affairs. Top
party officials expressed their
full confidence" in Prchlik, flic
agency said.
The Russians took particular
offense at Prchlik when, at a
press conference, he criticized
the structure of the Warsaw
military pact and demanded the
leadership be rotated among
the members. A Soviet general
has always headed the pact
which is the Communist counter-
part of NATO.
Prchlik at the time was head
of the security commission, an
organization aimed at giving
complete party domination ot
the military through a system
of commissars.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Riley Al-
that this newsjmper's rules but finally agreed that by re-
should likewise be suspended j maining anonymous and being
when two Cuero Marines serv- ■ 13.000 miles from home we
ing in Vietnam address a Let-; would not fall prey to any local
ter To The Editor expressing j gossip sessions,
an opinion on tlie proposal to j Perhaps we would not be
place servicemen’s pictures in j here in this foreign land, fight-
the Civil Defense section of j ing for democracy for these
the new DeWitt County jail people, if the people at home
Doctors Satisfied
With Ike Recovery
WASHINGTON <U!1> - Doc-j
tors are satisfied with former
President Eisenhower's initial j
progress since his latest heart
attack, but they say the out-
look for recovery is still un-
predictable.
building.
It is so ruled and the letter
follows:
Editor Of The Record:
We were rather amused and
Third Screwworm
Case Is Confirmed
The third Screw-worm case in
j August has been recorded in
Observations completed Wed-1 DeWitt County, according to Gil-
nesday showed the 77-year-old; tx>rt Heideman, County Exten-
gencral's seizure early Tuesday j sion agent,
was of "equal severity” to the j Heideman identified the con-
last one on Juno 15. which was | fjrmed ,.asP as being in live-
described as a “major" heart stock owned by Hubert Voelkel,
attack.
A bulletin issued by Walter j
Reed Army Medical Center
said1 Eisenhower "spent a;
comfortable night" Tuesday and:
"vital signs have remained sta-1
ble.” J
lour miles west of Nordhe.m.
Screwworm Boxscore
This Month ................. S
TM* Year ______________________ U
would not overexaggerate such
insignificant things as where a
group of pictures should be
posted. This, of course, is an in-
direct comment pertaining to
the patriotism of the people in-
volved in said discussion.
Due to the fact that the Civic
Center is one of tiie newest and
most expensive buildings in
Cuero, we would feel honored
to have our pictures (tested
within the boundaries of its
walls. The one section of the
edifice which serves as a de-
tention center to. persons who
have broken the law should not j cense number.
Licenses
Go On Sale
Monday
AUSTIN (UPD — Licenses for
the 1968 hunting season will go
on sale in Texas Monday, a
spokesman for the Parks and
Wildlife Department said today*
C. L. Friou assistant director
of administrative service for th«
department, said 1.9 million li-
censes will be mailed to license
deputies Friday.
He said the shipment was
rushed so hunters planning to
participate in the early deer
hunts in Aransas National Wiki-
life Refuge could buy thetr li-
censes. fill out the free hunt
application card, and return it
by the 5 p.m. Aug 27 dead-
line. Application cards tor the
hunt must bear a hunting U-
serve to detract from the Glo-
ry and Honor of Cuero's serv-
icemen either past or present.
Rath*’ said picture* should be
Friou said total face alue ot
the lit erase shipmeht is $4.2 mil-
lion
The 1968-6'' license* have four
posted in the civic center to, tags, he said, two for buck deer
serve as a memorial to said ! and a bonus antlerless deer per-
i servicemen Perhaps, through; mit and a mule deer buck ptr
j the grace of (k>d. these pic-, mit good only in the Trans-PecM
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