Advocate (Newspaper) - August 17, 1972, Victoria, Texas NO 102 THE VICTORIA ADVOCATE TEXAS AUGUST 17 52 K House Upholds Nixon Veto I WASHINGTON AP President Nixon Wednesday vetoed a appropriations for the Labor and Health Education and Welfare departments Within less than three hours the veto was upheld by the House lo Die cheers of Republicans and the scorn of cratic leaders The vote lo override and 171 against 47 short of the margin required to strike down Nixon's tion No Senate vole will be taken Nixon in vetoing the measure colled it reckless federal spending that was billion more than he requested Speaker Carl Albert called the veto another example of the low priority the administration places on health calion and welfare Democratic leader Hale Boggs complained to the House mat the President has developed the habit of vetoing bills dealing with health and education But the President's message lo Congress explaining his veto was cheered and applauded by Republicans and was concurred in by a number of ranking Democrats House Appropriations Committee Chairman George II Mahon whose committee originated the Nixon vetoed said he supported the President's action I think the is higher than can be justified under the conditions prevailing in the Mahon said With i deficit it just goes too far But Mahon and subcommittee Chairman Daniel J Flood DPa made no commitments to meeting Nixon's insistence Dial any new to replace the vetoed one be cut back all the way lo his request In Springfield 111 Democratic desirable to spend over billion more on Pentagon next McGovern said in a printed statement said the HEW velo would be a campaign issue I am seeking the presidency so that I can reverse those he said was in Springfield to speak at the Illinois State fair on the second day of a four-day campaign swing through the Midwest Meanwhile a continuing resolution will provide funds for be departments at current levels until Friday when Sri Pa fir Efforts of Kin Futile Here as Youth Drowns Its UMTS SIMONS Stuff Writer 18 of ftt 1 224 went for a swim in tile gravel pit lakes and drowned while his father a brut hoi ami another man watched helplessly The D the was pulled from the water by Kire Chief Ed Kurtic Russell Rryant md Wayne short they liegan their Trustees Due Short Agenda of uf dnu School District will meet Thursday it 1 15 p.m at the mitui i list ration of the disli K-t E North to con- sider it s on one of the in several months Included on the under will be a com I Wayne Hulls con- engineer DU progress of air in school buildings hoard will also dear n report on a recent salary substitute It ti Iho last fur ho Lli in Jn ulher si of Iri ihr i lias from lo the soMp The a re i vie si for ai health science study bids to chicles foi the main department A itt'in Ik list of policies to nurses within he f list net search with grappling hooks from a fire Felix Sanchez Sr who was fishing another son Steve off hanks of the lake jumped in the water in an tempt to save Felix Jr and a third fisherman also joined in he rescue attempt hut heir efforts turned out to be in vain The father said his son had arrived homo a shorl while earlier from work on a con- struction sile in Subdivision and after changing into some swimming trunk to the lake area located a mile off the Upper Mission Valley Road and jumped in for a swim He immediately hegan hollering and I hen he falher said He said he threw a rope lo the third fisherman he identified only as from Bloomington but said the rope was too heavy for the man to Sieve Sanchez ran lo the home of C- Dill located off the Upper Mission Valley Road and reported the drowning and Dill telephoned authorities Firemen were notified at p.m and recovered the body at p n Kurtz said the body was recovered some 50 feet from where the youth had jumped into the water He estimated the depth of the water at 25 feet Lakes are located proximately yards from and Dili residences Others al the scene of the recovery included Deputy Sheriffs Ambrosio and Blarkie and Civil Defense Coordinator George Killey Jr There is no road to thai side of the lake area and firemen and officers had lo travel through a pasture on property owned by the Maggie Webster to reach the location The body was laken to Artoro Memorial Home where funeral arrangements were pending Wednesday night Sanchez was in Victoria and was a member of Our i See INTENT Sen Kotert J Dole and Mrs Dole is chairman of llee and Mrs Anne Armstrong listen intently during the meeting of he Armstrong is Republican National Committee in Miami Beach Gop Platform Drafters Demo Proposals Hit MIAMI BEACH Fla AP Republican platform ings turned openly into an the opposition day as the applauded roundhouse swing at George Twi a i Sen Edward M Kennedy r Richardson tary of health education and We cather Partly cloudy and warm Thursday through Friday with 20 per cent chance for mostly showers or Variable mostly southeast winds 15 m.p h- Thursday High in low in low 70s welfare supplied campaign at platform ings hat devoted aiding President fit ii he opposition fn his testimony and at a sub sequent news conference ardson termed the Democratic Candida le's proposals guided misleading and en He associated them with what he a political shell game played in Congress by approving programs which could not possibly be fully And without using Kennedy's name Richardson poked fun at a senator from Massachusetts with ocean winds We need no stale wind from the past nor erratic puffs nor even Capo Tod son said said a introduced last year for an income floor of for a family of four Mould in- crease welfare costs by Sfn lion and have more than half the country on welfare Hie measure may have been introduced by request of the National Welfare said bul he look Cl for it it in plan he Democratic later in cost mure Than the present welfare system by lo each person md recovering the funds through taxes mi incomes over Mr Govern in- thai he will offer a third phut We can hope wili w I ask mmli in life said ilio All is i man tu mi1 Is Uni to of i Hy McGovern Emissary Hanoi Contacts Made in George Wednesday he had sent ask North cse if i the end uf the war and a no for an answer Tlie presidential nominee said a for- mer press secretary to dent John K Kennedy acted as emissary in the matter while on other business in Paris Salinger back in New York Wednesday said with peace negotiators July 18 and again Aug 9 and found hem unprepared to re- lease any prisoners Me Govern said he sees ing improper in Salinger's con- tacts with Hanoi even though they came at a time when the LBJ Asserts Support Of Democratic Ticket Tex API Former President Lyndon B Johnson said Wednesday may disagree with Sen George on some issues particularly on foreign affairs but he will support him in November The unusual personal political endorsement which was dis- first lo two weekly newspapers came just prior to scheduled visit next Tuesday lo the LBJ Ranch 16 miJes east of I the Democratic best serves the needs of the said Johnson's statement Therefore I intend to support the Democratic lickel A number of Johnson's friends and former political associates announced recently their support of President Nixon for re- election Former Secretary of Treasury John B Connally twice nominated Johnson for president at national Democratic con- heads the nationwide Democrats for Nixon One of Con- rally's lop aides will be George Christian former While House press ctary under Johnson Larry Temple another former Johnson aide in Washington will be Texas chairman of Democrats for Nixon Austin lawyer Clark whom Johnson appointed ambassador to Australia heads the re-election campaign of Sen Jolin Tower and also supports Democrats for Nixon I shall vote for George McGovern and Sargent Shriver for Page IDA I Nixon administration was ducting a series of private peace negotiations iti Paris said he was not negotiating with the North but merely asked them if they had changed their previous position Anything 1 can possibly do to secure the release of those prisoners I'm going lo Me Govern said Jn other mailers Wednesday Me Govern promised farmers that if elected double tbe i See CONTACTS Shriver Due In Texas HOUSTON The Democratic Party opens Texas phase of its presidential campaign Thursday with gent Shriver starting a busy hour schedule in the Houston industrial area Following the vice presiden- tial nominee to Texas on day will be Senator George the president nominee who is lo fly lo the LBJ Ranch to confer wilh for- mer President Lyndon B son Shriver's schedule includes a Thursday speech on the Stair University campus in and a day speech the con- vention of National Jewish War Veterans in Houston War Peace Talks Opened By Kissinger 11 Press Writer AP Henry A Kissinger a com- prehensive review of the war md in preparation for a i lo resident Nixon be- opening of the can Convention next AUi inlay Arriving in a nighttime from Zurich land whore he had joined his parents for their wedding anniversary the presidential adviser sped off in a black from the lightly guarded Tim Son Airport lo the home of I S Ambassador Bunker Ho made no statement to newsmen Kissinger and Hunker con- ferred into the night in ration for a meeting with dent Nguyen Van Thieu on Thursday The simultaneous departure of the North Vietnamese nc Politburo member Tho from Paris for Hanoi fanned speculation that a new move was being ex Tho who has held a series of secret meetings with Kissinger m fan's the one only two days ygo dismissed the lation 1 want to make precise that my voyage is one of routine and has no other he told newsmen before leaving Paris A North Vietnamese man said Tho was reluming to Hanoi for the anniversary Saturday of Vietnam's lion against French rule and the 2 of North Vietnam's national day officials in Saigon were repeated statement issued by the White House that Kissinger was in Saigon for a general nil aspects of Vietnam problem including he in Paris In Washington presidential Ronald L 7 WORDS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS Jill wife of Environmental Prolection Administrator William D Ruckelshaus speaks or women's rights Wednesday before Republican platform writers al the human rights sub- committee meeting in Miami Beach ler also cautioned against about a break-through in negotiations He said ger's trip had been under con for several weeks Asked if Kissinger gone to Saigon la nsk Thieu o step down Ziegler replied by ing newsmen against tion on details and of these talks and the ones the ad viser has holding in Paris Those who are aware of the content of these talks are very Therefore 1 can say quite confidently many of the speculative stories thai TALKS Tractor Flip Fatal For Youth Advocate Vests Service EDNA An Edna High School student Mickey Anderson 17 was killed ii approximately 5 15 p.m Wednesday when a tractor overturned on him in a rice field southwest of Tore Jackson Counly Sheriff Harvey Reynolds who assisted at the scene said Anderson was and was believed 011 his way to roll up windows in ears and pickups when it hegan to rain The sheriff said he lost control of the vehicle and ran into a deep ditch with the tractor over- turning on him was up in w trio present But the which will platform ThursdaY 1 of administration Sen K of called ui to all U.S H the liv war children ami and ion of the simple possession and use of later that he his nn nain uiri marijuana show up in the made them he said cause he fot his VIKT c i1 one i n v i I r 11 i t ho annual Lawn from until it ii Trinity Lutheran fur food fun Vrs Mercado to a resident Sister Emily parents of kindergarten students at Our of Vietory School of the in the school library explaining about an ami nill ill wilh a smile Carbide Moves Plant Manager SEADRIFT The appointment and sfer of W tl Walkins Union manager to Union Chemicals and Plastics facilities in Ponce Puerto Hico as plant manager there was announced Wednesday by H D Bower group operations for Union Carbide Corp is presently in Puerto Rico where A T former plant manager has been serving in that capacity did not announce who will replace Watkins or where Reagan will be transferred Walkins has been plant manager of the operations since March 1971 lie joined Carbide as a production engineer in 1955 immediately after receiving a R S degree in chemical engineering from the University of B WATKINS Arkansas lie is a native of Kl Dorado Ark Watkins was called to active duly in late and served as an Air Force pilot wilh the Strategic Air Command I See WATKINS
