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County with tributaries throughout nine other South Texas coun ties. It was formed in 1SS7. a year after a bloody riot broke out after j the city elections, |The Reform Party, hack with more gumption than political know-how. It is little more than 10 months old. ITo understand Laredo's politics, one has to know how family tradition s followed and that lineage is as important as ever in an old city with numerous unchanged .Mexican customs.One has to remember keening fare s important to the Mexi-i can, who makes up about S5 per, cent of Laredo's 6.’.000 population The Independent Club was formed after a .joining of the Betas'* and Guaraches'* political parties.The year before, the two op ■nosed each other in city elections and had a bullet and knife w'ar with some fin persons killed.Former Mayor Albert Martin sheriff svnce 1931. School Roard President Joe Martin Sr . official Jy a-e the big ones in the Independent Club. Albert is presi-
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1956
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