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P. 0. Box 14.5U36
Dallas, Texas 75235
Cooler
Clearing and cooler tonight.
Fair and mild Wednesday. Low
near 50. High Wednesday in 70s
for Cuero, Gonzales, Yoak u m,
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VOL. 74
NO. 97
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By D. L. PRENTICE
Record Staff Writer
This country would be a lot
better off with more demonstra-
tions of patriotism such as the
Love-in for Old Glory held
here Saturday.
Back when I was a kid up
in East Texas, folks took all of
us younguns to the Fourth of
July barbecues and similar fun-
ctions. There were a lot of red-
hot patriotic speeches which,
whether we meant to listen or
not, gave us a firm idea of
what this country means and
how it came to be that way.
And us kids always had a lot
of fun. I almost drowned in the
creek at one of those Fourth
of July shindigs, where the long
tables were piled high with bar-
becued beef, mutton, goat and
pork And also squirrel chowder
that makes me drool just to re-
member.
The love-in here Saturday is
a direot descendant of those old-
time rallies. And I don’t think
there will be many draft card
burners among the young peo-
ple who attended the love-ln.
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1968
6 PAGES — 5c
Dismantling of Londoa Bridge la underway. It was opened by King William IV la 18SL
City Manager Wil Cockrell
said today that the state and
federal men who were here Fri-
day to make a progress inspec-
tion of the new sewage disposal
plant were quite impressed
with what they saw.
The only other inspection to
be made, Cockrell said, is the
one which will come when the
plant is In full operation.
Cueroite’s
Kin Killed
In Action
The son . in - law ©f a for-
mer Cueroite has been killed
In action in Vietnam, and fun-
eral services were held today
In San Antonio.
Killed was Sgt. David A. Par-
ker, 24, son-in-law of Mrs. Ir-
ene Parker, the former Irene
Neatherlin of Cuero. Mrs. Par-
ker is the sister of Mrs. Cal
Adcock of Cuero.
Parker was killed in action
April 6 only five weeks before
he was due to return to the Un-
ited States. He had been in
Vietnam 16 months.
His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Parker, and 16 - month-old
daughter, Cynthia Ann, had
recently moved to San Antonio
from Ft. Bragg, N. C., to await
the husband's return.
Services for Sgt. Parker, who
was a member of the 5th Spe-
cial Forces Group were con-
ducted at Alamo Funeral Home
in San Antonio at 9:30 a.m.
Outnumbered GI
Unit Holds Out
Draft Hike
Indicated
By Hershey
4s
THIS IS AN AERIAL VIEW the Lake Havasu City sit® where historic Londoa Bridge
(drawn over man made waterway) will be brought atone by stone from its Thames River
site and rebuilt Lake Havasu City is a development of the McCulloch Oil Corp. in
Arizona along the Colorado River just across from California. The company bought the
bridge for $2,240,000. London Bridge is sinking down, *ti» said.
Leaving Scene
Charges Filed
Ralph DeDear of Cuero has
been given a ticket on charges
of failure to yield right of way
and leaving the scene of an ac-
cident, Police Chief Jack Wild-
er said today.
The charges resulted from an
accident April 20 in which an
auto driven by Joe Mejia was
struck at the intersection of
Indianola and West Main Sts.
Wilder said DeDear was trac-
ed through his license plat e s
and a description of the car.
Legion Post
To Receive
Nominees
A slate of officers for the
American Legion Dinter Post
3 election on May 14 will be
submitted at a meeting of the
organization tonight at 8 o’-
clock.
Nominations from the floor
will be accepted. Any nomina-
tions after tonight must be in
letter form to John Hudgeons,
chairman of the nominating
committee. No nominations will
be accepted from the floor elec-
tion day.
In other Legion news, Com-
mander Utis Carpenter, Out-
standing Legionnaire of the
Year Bill Barfield, Calvin
Webb, Alfred Marquis, Alvin
Sager and Jimmy Bulgerin
were named delegates to the
14th District Convention to be
held in Seguin on April 27-28.
4-H News
District ^Entries
Are Announced
DeWitt County judges and
entrants for the District 10 4-
H Contest to be held in Victor-
ia Saturday at the Junior Col-
lege were announced today.
Judges are 4-H Adult Leaders
Mrs. Earl Buenger, judging
community improvement en-
tries; Sam Tomlinson, judging
field crops; and Mrs. Edwin
Nagel, judging food and nutri- j ’ , ' *
tion educational activity. The wee en
judges represent Meyersville,
DeWitt County and Ameckeville
clubs, respectively.
Entrants are Denise and Mary
Tomlinson, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Tomlinson. They are
entered in the electric team de-
monstration, junior division.
Beth and Chere Duran, daugh-
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Duran,
Susan Gohmert, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gohmert,
and Christine Ohrt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Ohrt, are
entrants in the junior “Share
WASHINGTON 0JPD - Draft
Director Lewis B. Hers hey
believes the Pentagon will have
to add another 100,000 men to
the quarter million inductions
planned for fiscal 1969 if die
Vietnam war does not end.
The Defense Departm e n t
budgeted a draft of 240,000 in
the 12 months starting next Ju-
ly 1, Hershey told Congress, but'
according to projections based j *"
on experience in fiscal 1968, the «>
total may actually go up to ffflffjf
340.000 if the war continues.
Hershey said in his testimony,
made last February to a House
appropriations subcommltt e e
and released Monday, that
285.000 men were originally ache-;
duled for drafting in fiscal;
1968 but a total of 345.000 will |
actually have been ealled up by
June 30.
"That 285,000 resulted 1 n
346.000, ’’ Hershey said. “There-
fore, when 1 get 940,000 on my
figures, R will take another
100.000.
the War gets over,
everything is gone. But if the
war doesn't get over. I have to
think of the worst, because the
best I eah always live with.
He said Inductions ran higher
than projected because of die
rate of rejection of inductees
and because enlistments were
lower than anticipated.
Hershey’s testimony was re-
leased as the Defense Depart-
ment announced a June draft
of 29,500 men and revised the
May call upward from 44,000
to 45,900 men.
FOUR FOOT DRAINAGE PIPER are emphasised In site by
the presence of Frank Tyl, right, who is the Roll Conservation
Service (SC8) inspector from Seguin on the Job at the con-
struction of a portion of the North Cuero Watershed at the
Fred Buchel place, and Alfred Vunder Stucken, area conser-
vationist at Victoria. The pipes comprise the main spillway
and will be covered with earth which will form a 14-foot dam
at the end of Channel III on the Guadalupe River. Antl-scep
collars can he seen in the background. About two feet of
enrth had to be hand-packed over the pipes before the big
machinery could complete the dam.
—SCS Photo
30 TEXAS COUNTIES
DeWitt Included
In ‘Hungry’ List
AUSTIN (UP!) -- The Citizens | on a widespread level in Texas I
Board of Inquiry into hunger; and he has heard no mulnutri- j
and malnutrition in the United tion reports.
Invasion
Threatens
Saigon
SAIGON UPT - A handful of
GIs fought off about 500 Com-
munist! for eight hours until
American armor and air pow-
er rescued them during bat-
tling Monday to save Saig o n
from a new guerrilla invasion,
military spokesmen said
The trapped platoon, caught
half a mile from Army 9th In-
fantry Division headquart e r s,
left 49 dead Communists behind
when they managed to scram-
ble into helicopters and get
away Spokesmen said U. S.
and government forces killed
164 Viet Cong ip the battling on
the capital’s outskirts.
In the air, a third Fill A
Swingwing, superspeed jet was
lost Monday night as U. S. pil-
ots flew 156 missions against the
supply lines running through
North Vietnam's southern pan-
handle. American spokesmen
said they believe the jet fell in
Dtailand “due to unknown ca^
ses." Hanoi radio claimed three
U. S. planes — none of them
Fill As — were shot, down in
the raiding.
Fighting Near Saigon
In South Vietnam, Commu-
(8ee SAIGON, Page 6)
Troop 243
Completes
CampPlans
Boy Scout Troop 243 complet-
the Fun Contest“ The duo" is ite Preparations for the Live
from the Meyersville 4-H Club.
DeWitt Three
Food Winners
Three DeWitt Countains have
been named winners in the Dis-
j trict 4-H Food Show held last
in the Wonderland
Shopping Center hall in San
Antonio.
Becky Burt won a red ribbon
in the senior meat division of
the show, and was presented a
certificate for her gladiolus flow-
ers. Peggy Warzecka won a
white ribbon in the junior bread
and cereal division and Carolyn
_ .... . . . | Buchhom was awarded a white
! i ribbon in the junior meat divi-
sion. Misses Warzecka and Bu-
team demonstration, junior divi
sion. All four girls are from the
Pioneer 4-H Club in Cuero.
Governor Race Gets
Free-For-All Look
By United Press International
Die final two weeks of the
previously mild Texas guberna-
torial race today appeared to
be taking on the aspects of a
group boxing n atch with can-
didates lashing jut in all direc-
tions at each otier.
Up to now, the candidates
have stayed away from men-
tioning their opponents, but
Monday, with less than two
weeks until the May 4 primary,
Democrats Eugene Locke and
Waggoner Carr directly crit-
icized a number of their oppon-
ents.
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and
Don Yarborough were the main
targets.
Locks, ^nairing in Austin,
said Smith had promised many
programs, but there have been
“many inconsistencies in the
lieutenant governor’s state-
ments.”
"Preston Smith proposed a
spending program, includ i n g
teachers’ salaries, teaching hos-
pitals and free tuition to junior
colleges that would come to
$400 million - yet said we would
not need to raise taxes," Locke
said.
Locke called Yarborough "a
man who runs every chance he
gets” and said Yarborough’s
‘radical, pie-in-the-sky ap-
proach to the problems of Tex-
as offers no real solution."
C0t criticized Smith’s meet-
ing with several Austin Lobby-
ists Monday.
"I invite the press corps to
go to this meeting ... to see who
is there ... Hnd ask them what
they expect to receive in tiie
way of favors at the upcoming
special sessions for their sup-
port,” Carr said.
In New Braunfels, Carr said
Yarborough was inconsistant in
his stand on Texas right-to-work
laws, speaking for it in Amaril-
lo and against it in Houston.
chhorn were presented Six
Flags Cook Books.
Awards were given by the
Fant Milling Co. of Sherman,
Texas.
Accompanying the 4-H mem-
bers to the show were DeWitt
County Agent. Mrs. Mildred
Martin, Mrs. Weldon Buchhom
Sr. and Mrs. J. R. Manion
Club Selects
Camp Royalty
It’s King Dennis Mueller
and Queen Diana Koenig Prince
Charles Koenig and Princess
Oak District Camp-O-Ree at the
Troop meeting last night. Die
Scouts did such an outstanding
job that Scoutmaster Hamilton
stated that next week's meeting
will be devoted to packing the
Troop Bus for the trip to Shin-
er, Friday, May 3. And also
planning menus, etc.
In other troop 243 news,
Scouts David Hill, Harold Pen-
ley, and Jackson Penley reciev-
ed their Tenderfoot badges from
their parents at a Tenderfoot In-
vestiture Ceremony.
Several Scouts participated in
a Board of Review under the
supervision of Marvin Feters,
chairman, and adult Scouters
Lee Roy HUbrich, C. L. Pen-
ley and Donald Bomba.
Jack Snapp, former member
of Troop 243, was a guest at
the meeting and helped the
Troop with its Scoutcraft acti-
vities.
On the weekend of May 17.
Hamilton will take two Scouts
of Troop 243 to visit Bill Drzy-
malia, former Live Oak District
Scout Executive, who is now
Scout Executive in Port Neches
(See TROOP US, Page 4)
States says 30 Texas counties
are among a total of 256 in 20
states that the board designates
as "hunger counties.”
The Texas counties are Atas-
cosa, Burleson, Caldwell, Cam-
eron, Concho, C)ttie, DeWitt,
Delta, Dimmitt, Falls, Foard,
Frio, Hays, Hidalgo Karnes,
Kinney, LaSalle, Limestone,
Madison, Marion, Milam, Mot-
ley, San Augustine, San Jacin-
to, San Patricio, San Saba,
Trinity, Willacy and Zavala.
(DeWitt County Judge George
Trowell said today he would
have to “analyze the report”
before making any comment.
The DeWitt County Health De-
partment could not be contact-
ed as mid-morning ami the
State Welfare Office at the
County Court House made no
comments on the reports that
DeWitt County is a “hunger’’
county.)
iCuero City Manager Wil
Cockrell said today he thinks
the report is highly exaggerat-
ed. He said there are plenty of
jol» available in Cuero and
the county for anyone who
wants to work.)
Die board's designation of
“hunger counties" was based on
income level, infant death rates
from malnutrition and little or
"We have a survey going on
at the present time to deter-
mine the extent of malnutri-
tion,” Dr. Peavy said. "It is a
continuous survey conducted
(See M TEXAS, Page •)
Auxiliary
Policemen
Pick Slate
Ed Sager is the newly-elected
chief of the Cuero Auxiliary Po-
lice department
Other officers elected Monday
night are George Keseling, lieu-
tenant and Mike Badough, se-
cretary - treasurer.
Sager replaces Charles Hurts,
Perez New
Housing
Chairman
Mateo Perez Monday night
was elected chairman of t h e
Cuero Housing Authority, suc-
ceeding Glenn Coffey who had
prevtousiy resigned. Mrs. Car-
olyn P. Ferguson was elected
vice chairman.
The meeting was conducted
at the Housing Authority office
on Esplanade, and Executive
Director H. C. Bennett discuss-
ed the city’s low-rent housing
development program which is
pending approval by the De-
partment of Housing and Urb-
an Development (HUD) i n
Washington. Bennett noted that
ways to expedite approval of
the program included contact
of state and rederal represen-
tatives from districts i n
who was given a standing ova- which Cuero is located. He al-
no participation by the coun-
ties in federl food programs.
Dr. J. E. Peavy, state health
commissioner, said past studies
have not indicated malnutrition
tion for his work as chief. Paul
Hahn is die past lieutenant.
Sager formerly served as sec-
retary - treasurer.
Cuero Police Chief Jack Wil-
der announced an FBI I .aw En-
forcement Training School will
lie held here May 6-10. He said
officers from surrounding towns
are invited to participate. In-
terested persons should contact
Wilder.
The School will be held in
morning and night sessions, with
the same subjects taught in
will last three hours.
so said that due to the many
pending portions of the program
a definite date as to when con-
struction could begin could not
be set.
Bennett said the approv n 1
must l>e granted by HUD be-
fore construction could begin
The funds would be granted by
HUD after approval and bonds
later sold by the Housing Au-
thority here, which is a politi
cal subdivision of Cuero govern
ment.
The funds would be repaid
(See CHAIRMAN, Page 4)
Speaker Told
For Session
The Women of Grace Episco-
pal Church will present Mrs. j
Maurice Cochran of Rockport j
as the speaker this Wednesday |
in their bi-in rnthly program
POLITICS-1
Liberals, Conservatives
Split the Major Parties
EDITOR’S NOTE: In the that had been known for years ed losing when their party stil
past 104 years both major po- i by the nation’s political media- j had big majorities in Congress
Sandra Allison at the Westhoff < according to Mrs. John Wheel- i
4-H Club these days.
Those four members were el-
ected to the positions by club
members at a recent meeting,
and their highnesses will re-
present the club at camp this
But Locke also criticized maj-; summer,
or programs of former Secretary Ray Nolte and Harlan Fuchs
of State John Hill and Carr him- j gave a demonstration one lec-
self. He said Hill's proposal to; tricity at the meeting, which
raise teacher's pay 25 percent saw 18 members present and
was an exampple of how some
candidates “seem to be bidding
(Sen GOVERNOR, Page •)
three more enrolled
The song was led by Diana
(See 4-H NEWS, Page 4)
er, program chairman.
A covered - dish supper at
6:30 p.m. will precede the pro-
gram.
Mrs. Cochran is a form e r
president of the Diocesan
Churchwwnen and has held!
many diocesan positions. She j
has led the Rockport church in I
pioneering pre-school inter-cul-
tural education, a privately-
sponsored program similar to
the federal Head Start pro-
gram.
Iltiral parties in the United
States have undergone trans-
formation. But now, as before,
both have problems of sharp-
ly conflicting ideologies and
aims among members which
often transcend party labels
—a fact dramatically appar-
ent in this presidential elec-
tion year. This is the first of
five dispatches exploring
those differences snd their ef-
fects m the presidency. Con-
gress and public policy mak-
ing.
By ARNOLD B. SAWISLAK
WASHINGTON <UPD — Late
in the 1950s, American political
scientist! discovered a truth
nics: That the party that wins'The reason is that the Demo
| the presidency frequently can- j crats have a liheral-conserva
not deliver on its promises ev- tive ideological split that get>
en if it wants to. papered over around elrcnot
In theory, the party that time, but invariably reopens
I captures the White House
should be able to carry out its
1 platform pledges. In recent
practice, only the Democrats
behind Franklin D. Rooeeveit
and Lyndon B. Johnson have
The Republicans have the sanv
kind of split and the same pro
biem.
One common understnndin?
of the difference between the
two ideologies is that liberals
been able to redeem substan- are tor a strong federal gov
tial portions of their platforms eminent and an international is"
without serious compromises foreign policy while conserva
or lengthy delays.
were
tives favor state and local go-
vernment and a more national-
Even FDR and LBJ
brought up short after their jistic attitude in foreign affairs,
“honeymoons" with Congress, j Democrats frequently are
Kgosevelt and Johnson start I (Im MITU, Page 4)
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