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P. 0. Box lj.5i|.36
Dallas, Texas 75235
Cloudy
Cloudy and wanner tonight.
Cloudy and turning cooler Tues-
day. Chance of showers. Low
mid 50s High Tuesday mid 60s
for Cuero, Gonzales, Yorktown,
Yoakum.
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VOL. 74 NO. 286
foTown Talft
By FLOYD HKMHOOKS
Rf'cnrd Staff Writer
A Cuero resident stopped the
oi her day and asked a stopped
car’s driver if he needed assis-
ts nee Tiie car was parked
with tiie hood up and a light
was on under the hood.
The man thanked the Cue-,
ri.it** and commenced to show}
him what was afoot. The car, j
indeed, was not in trouble and [
ns a result of a courtesy to i!
traveler, the Cueroite spent a;
pleasant few minute* learning
some tricks of the mad.
What were the man and hii
family doing? Having a baked
chicken dinner, and the car
was the stove. The man still
Unidentified, took two mil* ofj
aluminum foil from the mani-
fold portion of the engine which
he had placed there; and secur-
ed with a piece of wire. The
foil rods held three chicken
kgs each.
The chicken had been put on
the "Oven" when the man left
Victoria some 30 minutes prior
fv stopping In Cuero. The chic-
ken, which had bred pre-salt-
ed, wa» baked to complete
tender ncs*.
When the Cueroite Mid, *‘I
guess I’ve seen everything,
now," the traveler said, “No,
you haven’t.’ He then produced:
a foil wrapped can and said
(hat if you ke offer with
yottr meals, the heat of the en-
gine heats the coffee water
steaming hot in about 20 min
utes. A little instant coffee and
you’re ready for die drink.
The man’s family consisted
of himself, hi* wife and three
or four children. They ate
qua* well.
The moral of the story — a
little courtesy never hurt any-
one, and to some it could mean
learning a trick or two,
DuMl- you try using the
above method of preparing din-
ner, pleaae he. careful whan
you drive. You might not only
hurt someone, otherwise, but
you might aiso ruin dinner
add the little lady of the house
jfti ht be tempted to make
gutne aort of comments on
•%m you know how it feeto"
or something like that
(Euphi 2Urorfr
* A Newsoaner Reflects Its Community
PRICE
A Newspaper Reflects Its Community
CUERO, TEXAS 77954, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1908
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Funeral Tuesday
For Fire Victims
MO AIDS ROM CAM90WA—White the Norm Vietnamese make free use ef Oambodtaa
territory to mount attacks against South Vietnam, this Cambodian soldier waits at hie
camouflaged anti-aircraft gun to tako poUhota at UJB. planes. Prince Norodom Sihanouk,
Cambodia's chief of state, told the U N. ho might reconsider him nation’s “neutrality" if
American forces cent tons to “massacre" Cambodian civilians,
Peace Talk Discussion
Due Within Two Days
PARIS (LTD - American and
North Vietnamese diplomats
wiQ meet within 48 hours to
arrange the opening of hill
Vietnam war settlement talks,
high U. S. Sources said today.
They said they expect the de-
layed negotiation* between the
United States, North and South
Vietnam and the Viet Cong to
start next week.
The American aources report-
Soviet Troops Said
In Viet Nam Campaign
DA NANO, Vietnam Off -
U. S. Intelligence officers dis-
closed today the Marines have
evidence Russian troops may tie
advising North Vietnamese
Army units in attacks around
Da Nang.
They said a Vietnamese
Ticket Task Started
For Cuero Playoff
Tickets are being printed to-
day tor the Noth Pirate-Tide,
haven Tiger playoff quartern-
nal game here Friday night.
The tickets wRl be available for
sale late Tuesday, or early
Wednesday.
The decision for Cuero to be
she of th» game was made
hfrre Saturday’ when officials
from both schools met at the
<2um&> Federal Savings and
Umr Association with mem*
wpr of the Cugro Chamber of
Commerce end Agriculture.
Tidehaven has a §-3-1 record
hi Class A high school football
tor the year and Poth has an
unblemished 12-fl standing- The
two tcipns will meet at 7:30
p.m., With toss coming at 7:15
pJhi. fhamber President Ed
«'»«.................................—................................
Pat Mixon It slated to give the
welcoming address to both
teams. The cheerleaders tor
the teams will be presented be-
fore Mixon’s welcome.
Ttdchaven is the District 28
Oast A winner, and Poth took
top honor* in the 31-A district.
Cost of the tickets will be
SI-50 for reserved seats. fl.50
general admission. Student*
can get tickets for 90c at school,
hut at Die gate, ticket* for stu-
dents will be >1.
The Chamber committee,
composed at Robert Post,
chairman, Henry Sheppard and
Ray Katzmark, seat out many
letters and did a lot of work
In securing the playoff game
for Cuero.
farmer walked into a leather-
neck camp 25 miles southwest
at bn* and made a report that
brought intelligence officers on
the run.
Th* farmer said North Viet-
namese troops had captured
tom and fed tom blindfolded to
a mountain hideout after he had
refused to carry wounded Com-
munist* troops.
For 10 days the farmer was
subjected to propaganda lec-
tures. Between the lectures he
noticed tour unusual men. They
were "blond and fair compact-
ed," toe farmer said. He took
them for Americans.
The farmer said the four
Caucasians wore green uni-
forma with North Vietnamese
Army star* on each shoulder.
He saki they also wore a
strange Insignia on toe right
breast pocket. On request, the
farmer sketched the insignia. He
drew a hammer and sickte
The intelligence officers show-
ed the farmer a book picturing
military uniforms of around the
world. The Vietnamese Immedi-
ately pointed out toe picture
of a Russian army officer as the
uniform worn by the four blond
men in the mountain camp.
No Russian troops have been
officially confirmed as having
been spotted in South Vietnam.
(See SOVIETS, Page 61
ed the progress only minutes
after North Vietnamese dele-
gates complained to newsmen
that they had been reduced to
using the mail to contact U. S.
diplomats here.
Today U.S. official warned the
talks may be “tough ” The pre-
diction was no surprise.
The North Vietnamese and
the Viet Ccjng guerrillas on enej
side and hie Souto Vietnamese
on the other have indicated they
will fight to gain procedure and
protocol points. Thee* issues
chiefly were Saigon’s refusal to
recognize the Viet Cong as any-
thing but part of Hanoi dele-
gation and the North Vietnam-
ese demand for equal Matas at
the Viet Cong.
In London, UPI correspondent
K C. Thaler quoted diplomats a*
saying that Hanoi was busy de-
tatting its talk strategy. The
diplomats said a new piank in
the Communist platform for the
talks is allowing the United
States to pull its fences from
Souto Vietnam once a settle-
ment is reached.
Thaler said the tore* year
demand - opposed to past Hanoi
demands for instant U. S. pull-
outs— marked a trend toward
realism by the North Vietnam-
ese.
In Washington, Secretary of
State Dean Rusk Sunday urged
the Soviet Union to use its in-
fluence on Hanoi to get progress
in the Parte talks. Rusk said
the United States had met toe
Soviet oondition of stopping
bombing of North Vietnam.
In Parte, Hanoi partly disa-
greed. North Vietnamese spok-
esman said they have complain-
ed to the United States about
alleged American bombing of
North Vietnam last week. Be-
cause of the then lack of con-
tacts, they said they mailed toe
protest.
Road Toll
For Texas
Hits 53
By United Press International
The long Thanksgiving holi-
day was officially over at mid-
night Sunday but reports of
violent deaths over the state
continued to come in after the
deadline.
At last report United Press
International tabulated 70 per-
sons dead violently during the
6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight
Sunday period. Fifty-three of
these died on the state's high-
ways.
Eight more died in Incidents
of homicide and nine were
killed by fire. No drowning in-
cident* were reported.
Chltforala Lends Tea*#
Nationally traffic death to-
tals hit 711 with California
leading with 61 highway deaths
Texas’ 53 held a solid second
place to 43 in Ohio.
The worst traffic accident
recorded claimed the lives of
six persons when a car was hit
by a train in Harris, Mlrm.,
Saturday- t , j&t, * ■ •,,
In Texan three young daugh-
ters of « soldier, serving in
Vietnam were Wiled when fire
gutted their small home hi Cue-
ro Saturday.
The dead girls were Adelia
Mayfield, 3. Jolene Mayfield,
4; and Wanda Mayfield, 5.
In soother accident near Ro-
sefaerg, Mr. and Mrs. Dial Dun-
kin. 54 and 92, and Roma Ab-
bey Scott, 94, were killed in a
head-on automobile collision.
Rm Antonio Fire Worst
The worst fire in the state
occurred late Friday night just
after toe holiday period began
and in toe midst of a drop in
temperatures and wet weather.
Four women, Annie Higgins,
19; Della Higgins. 76; Mamie
Higgins, 77; and Kelley Hig-
gins, 21; of San Antonio died
in (heir bedrooms when fire
destroyed toe upper story of
their home. Firemen said the
fire was probably caused by a
faulty electric blanket.
In other accidents Juanita
Faye Make, 13, of Dallas was
killed late Sunday at die walk-
ed along a service road at IJL
35 near Waxahatchie.
Folly Hendrickson, 36, of
Duncanville, died when a ear
ran into his motorcycle Sunday
on a Dallas street
In another incident Dorothy
Williams, 47, of Ingleside was
killed when shot from close
range with a 20-guage shotgun.
Authorities have not yet ruled
in the death.
QUOTA $11,000
1969 CUERO UNITED FUND
HONOR ROLL
CONVENTION VIOLENCE
‘
Chicago Police Given Blame
WASHINGTON CP* - The
violence million* of Americana
witnessed by television in Oil-
street* outside the Demo-
was "over-
oh toe side of
to a
to in*
,J
evidence
witnesses to
sheered thkt wffile police faced
■ exceedingly provocative rtr-
dims tar.ces" In «M clsshss with
.tones (CM
the side if pc
The
police control, lbs
» eertee at Mayor
y and #•>*> city
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Daley, who reacted to public
furor over the violence with
praise for toe behavior of his
officers .called the fact-finding
report ‘‘an excellent study" but
criticized its summary as mis-
leading.
“The report must be read In
its entirety." the mayor said in
a statement read to newsmen.
He left without answering
questions .and ignored queries
on his opinion of the "police
riot" phrase used in the report's
nummary.
Abbte Hoffman, a Yipple
participated in toe
praised the
Investigators "For
toe same reality
” tout said "It
out comment.
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower,
comm 1st ion chairman, said
“This report on Chicago is be-
ing promptly released to the
public because of the wide-
spread interest in It." He said
it was neither approved nor dis-
approved by the commission be-
cause it was submitted only last
weekend and bad not been fully
reviewed.
The report was prepared by
90 full-time Investigators under
the direction cf Daniel Walker,
a prominent Chicago lawyer,
who drew on the facilities of the
FIJI os well os his own staff.
Walker earlier had headed a
. Daley appointed steering com-
mittee for a local commission
that tovtstfeated Chicago’s
April rioting among Negroes,
olio president of the Chi-
Commission. i
report on to* convention
He is ateop
violence graphically drtailed
evidence of provocation by dem-
onstrators. But it disputed
Daley’* contentions that use of
bizarre weapons against police
was widespread and that Com-
munists and other radicals
organized violent clashes with
police.
The nature of the provoca-
tions listed by the report in-
cluded sticks, bathroom tiles and
even human excrement hurled
at the police by protesters.
"The nature of toe response
was unrestrained and Indiscri-
minate police violence on many
occasion*, particularly at night,"
the report said.
"To read dispassionately toe
hundreds of statements discrib-
ing at first hand the events cf
Sunday and Monday nights
(Aug. 25 and 26) is to become
convinced of the presence at
what can only be called a police
riot."
city’s 12,000-man police force
was engaged to unwarranted
violence, "There has been no
public condemnation of those
violators of sound police proce-
dures and common decency by
either their commanding offi-
cers or city officials.”
In it* comments on the dem-
onstrators. the report said it
was "wrong and dangerous" to
characterise them as entirely
of one type, whether hippy,
yipple, “new left," anarchist or
youthful political dissenters.
A Great Mixture
There was a great mixture in-
oluding some Communists and
revolutionaries, it said, but
The vast majority cf toe dem-
onstrators were intent on ex-
prenting by peaceful means
their dissent either from soc-
iety generally or from the ad-
mins trabon's polices to Viet-
ay .f1
Mrs. Champ Tray toe 1,000.
Weber Motor Co. 100.
Klecka A Center Pharmacy 100.
Mr .-Mrs. Graham Hamilton 100.
Ooppedge Tire Service 100.
Buchel National Bank 150.
Fanners State Bank ISO.
Cbero Federal S. A L. ISO.
Nielsen 7-Up Bot’L Co. 100.
Stratton Hospital 100.
Stimson Furniture Ce. 100.
Cuero Foodcraft Stare 100.
Mrs. Erna B. Koehler 100.
John W. Mugg* 400.
Mr. - Mrs. Alfred Friar 200.
Bert Kirk Jr. 100.
Gulf Coast Wood Prod. 100.
Freund Funeral Home 100.
H. E. Butt Grocery Co. 150.
Ark-La. Gas Co. 150.
Cuero Livestock Cb., Inc. 150.
L. L. Buttery Ph.G, 100.
The Cuero Record 120.
Mr.-Mrs. Carter Thomas 100.
Frank B. Sheppard 100.
Dr.-Mrs. Harold R. High 100.
DuPont Employees 233.
LeRoy Hamilton 50.
Bernteg A Wagner 60.
Mr.-Mrs. D. M. Stiles 100.
Means Furniture Cb. MO.
Dr.-Mrs. O. E. Had *0
John C. Hamilton *19.
J. C Penney Ox 60.
Massey Furniture C* 100.
A Friend 90.
Rents Drug Stove 90.
Mr. -Mrs. Henry Sheppard 60.
Mr.-Mrs. Howard Kletoecke 60.
MT.-Mrs. Wm. G. Nam! 60.
Rep^Mrs. J. T. Newman 60.
Duckett Motor Co. 50.
Koenigs Drive In 60.
Mr.-Mrs. N. M. Crate 50.
Crescent Valley Creamery 50.
Woodworth A Dent 60.
Dr. John F, Wheeler 60
Jdg.-Mrs. Howard P. Green 60.
Dewey A Vallie Srhorre 50.
S. W. Bell Telephone Co. 140.
Mr.-Mrs. Arthur Kohler 60.
Mr.-Mrs. Reiffert Blackwell 50.
Alamo Lumber Co. 60.
Gay Implement Co. 50.
Clyde A Ruby Christian 50.
Mr.-Mrs. Emil E. Penner 50.
Judge Geo W. Trowell 60.
Miss Lila Brown 50.
Cuero Gto Feed Store 80.
A Former Cuerolte 25.
Wm. Marvin Cornett 10.
J. C A Claire Howerton 10
Davic^ Cal Ilham 20.
Richard Ryan 15.
Alton Ray Migura 5.
Dr. A Mrs. Charles Tubbs 26.
Miss Kate Thompson 24.
Mr.-Mrs. A. V. Smith 25.
Alfred Marquis 5.
Mr.-Mrs. Raymond Cook 30.
Perry Brother* 15.
Phyma Bush 12.
Mr.-Mrs. A. W. Schaffner 24.
Friend No. 3 20.
Another Friend 15-
Texas Eastern 2i
Texas Eastern Employees 3
Mr.-Mrs. Dave Weber
Mrs. W. F. Thompson
Mrs. Estella J. Schorr*
F. Myron Bass !
Mr.-Mrs. George Olson
Mrs. J. J. Fischer Sr.
Fain McDougai
Friend No. 4
Mr.-Mrs. Ed F. De Leon
Mrs. S. P. Hebert
Mrs. R. E. Mundt
Pres. Church Women
Bandy Katzmark
Mr.-Mrs. F. C. Schaefer
Mrs. Marion F. Leonard*
Mr.-Mrs. Jack Wallis !
The Fair Dept. Store
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. 1
Ralph & Velma Steacy
Mrs. Louis Schorre
Mr.-Mrs. Mike Weber
Laurence Tiffin
Bo hue Meat Market
Mrs. J. W. Jackson
Gerhard A Lena Mueller
Wardell A Jernell Toenjes
Mr.-Mrs. Dewey Henderson 20.
Mr.-Mrs. Garrett Buenger 10.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Mr.-Mrs. Felix Hitter
Mr.-Mrs. W. L. Kteinecke
Diet re Electric Co.
Mrs. Edwin Blackwell
Mips Vida Finney
Mr.-Mrs. T. O. Buchel
Mr.-Mrs. Harry Jacobs
School Disfi Employees 71
Polly Howerton 1
Evelyn Putman 1
D. L. Prentice i
Floyd Hendricks J
Alfonso L. Gonzales 1
Joe De Leon 1
Thomas Micthell
Allee Mathis
A. L. Lewis 1
Ethel D. Hensley
Ralph A Velma Steacy 1
Quaker Oats Company IE
Mr.-Mrs. Hugo Zengerle i
Mr.-Mrs. Hugo Buehrig 7
Mr.-Mrs. J. M. Mayer 1
Mrs. Ann Cusack 2
Mrs. Paul H. Breeden Sr. 2
Friend No. 5 2
Mr.-Mrs. Elgin Poth 2
Western Auto Store 5
Mary Ann Dreyer
Lyndies Washateria 1
Bowen Distributing Co. 3
Floyd Bohne 2
Mr.-Mrs. Bonnie Buenger 2
Evalyn Lyles
Leske Motor Cb. 3
Ben Franklin Store 5
Cuero Butane Gas Cb. 2
Pop’s Motel A Cafe 1
O. A. A Cteo Zimmerman 2
i Mr.-Mrs. James Peyton 2
Adickes Bldg. Supply Co. 2
Mrs. Earlene l^iddeke 1
Mr.-Mrs. Carl Schorre 2
Total to Date
19,407.
Tragedy
Is Ruled
Accident
Funeral services for thee*
small girls who perished to; .a
Saturday afternoon blaze here
will be conducted Tuesday at
2 p.m. from the Macodonia Bap-
tist Church, with toe Rer.
Spencer Faulkner officiating.
Burial will be in Woodmaa
Cemetery.
The little girls, Wanda Denis*
Mayfield, 5, Jolene .Mayfield, 4,
and Adelia Mayfield, 3, wore
found by firemen who responded
to a fire at a two-room houto
behind a larger residence at
306 Mulligan St., near the Datfi*
School, Saturday. The mother cl
the children, Mrs. Lena May*
field, was at a washateria when
the blaze took the lives of the
three girls. They were burned
beyond recognition.
City Fire Marshal Walter
Hingst reported that the fire
was caused by an overheated
flue which ignited timber to
the house where the flue passed
through the root. Two of the
girls were found together after
the fire had been nearly e»
tinguished. The third little tori
was found away from toe other
two. The firemen did not know
the children w *re Inside the
bruning building until Mrs.
Emma Campbell, their grand**
mother, told them.
Hingst said the house waa
made of tin and lumber.
Justice of Peace Albert Leg.
ruled the deaths as caused by
accidental bums. The children
apparently were alone when tot
fire started.
Besides the mother add
grandmother, survivors include
their father, Bennie Brown at
Thomaston, who is in the ae*v
vice and stationed in Vietnam,
and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Brown of Thomaston.
Jamison Funeral Home ia to
charge of arrangement*.
Explorer Post
Calls Meeting
Order of the Arrow Explorer
Post 247 will hold their meeting
at the home of Mr. Ken Leto-
man, Post Advisor, Tuesday
evening at 7:30.
Leisman has asked all bey*
of Explorer P.»st 247 to be them
to help complete two drum*
and to decide matters relating
to the Post’s Charter present*-
ion and Christmas party.
More Weather
Now Is Moving
On West Texas
By Untied Pun International
Moderate temperatures and
partly cloudy skies made Texas
weather easy to live with for
the second day to a row today
but the season is winter and
the fronts can be expected to
continue no matter what.
Overnitr temperatures relax-
ed inthe mid 40s with Dallas
reading 46, Warn 45, Fort Worth
46, Abilene 45 and Wichita
Fall* 42.
Heavy snow and general^
cold weather hit western and
northern New Mexico and that
drtp to temperatures signaled
another cold wave.
The next one, predicted by
the U.S. Weather Bureau to;
move into freatern Texas byi
morning, should be a mild
change temperaturewisc but
the state can expect some rain. |
Most of the precipitation was
expected in smithwest Texas
but there should be m heavy
atom arid alert tow tost freak.
NO SEVERANCE PAY
Demo Job Holders
' » ; qv
Due Clean Break
WASHINGTON UP* — The
balm of a fat severance pay
check isn’t in store for politi-
cally appointed federal em-
ploye* who will be fired by the
incoming Nixon administration.
The U.S. Civil Service Com-
mission said Sunday it has ad-
vised all federal agencies that
they cannot provide severance
pay to any political appointees
not protected by Civil Service
laws.
The onromtesk* said ft
ttans to pre-
severance
payments to such non-tenure
changed its regulatkx
vent a ’’windfall” at
ramsntt
employes.
“When an employe accepts a*
'appointment to a schedule tC
position, or a noncareer exe
five assignment, be does
with the realization that he
be subject to separation with j
change of administration
change of superiors,” the
mission said in a
dum to the agencies,
ance pay is not designed to
an employe who is serving
der an appointment which
not have indefinite tenure.’
Saturday, it waa
that President-elect
M. Nixon has sent dm
that he wants all mi;
positions to hte admit
kilted by the Ome he
flee Jan. 20.
More than 2.309 poUa
‘ ; to tint government
to he fitted by
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