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fieri is followed and that lineage' 5$ as important as ever in an o!d_ city with numerous unchanged Mexican customs.One has to remember keening face is important to the Mext-j can, who makes up about 85 per cent of Laredo's 62.000 population The Independent Club was formed after a joining of the Botas'* and ‘Guaraches'* political parties.The year before, the two op posed each other in city elections and had a bullet and knife war with some 60 persons killed.Former Mayor Albert Martin, sheriff since 1931, School Board President Joe Martin Sr . officially a~e the big ones in the In-j dependent Club. Albert is president. *Family tradition has kept the club under Martin control, but in times past, others have dictated the policy which the club was to follow-.Other leader include the sheriff's son, Joe Martin Jr. the mayor; Phillip Kazen, former districtl attorney: and Edward Leyendeck-; er. nephew of The late Boniface ; Leyendecker, one of the originalI members.The Reform Party 's leaders include persons w-ho once belonged, to the Independent Gub. Others are new to politics, including1 prosperous rancher C. B Dick,' and wealthy ranchers A. W. and A. E. Gates.Laredo attorneys George By-fceld, Mr and Mrs. Frank Maher and V. G. Roe] are key Reform I Farty leaders. Others are Mrs.! Homem Martinez, the Reform Party s office manager: b»r husband. ' Homero, an accountant; j Bill Campbell, editor and publish-' er of the Laredo Free Press, a weekly newspaper of the parry; and Ivs w-Je, Jo, the publicitv
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Amarillo Globe Times
Amarillo, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 30, 1956
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