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Race Now FLU HITTING 1 OLD PARTY CANDIDATENOVOA RcBetween Laurel, RoelHARD IN LAREDO AREABv TOM GREENAbsenteeism in the city school-due to influenza (flu) is approachVidal Trevino Seeks State PostANNOUNCED AS A1C CANDIDATETimes Staff Writering serious proportions, as Lare-doans continue to be hit by the /bug” at a 500-a-vveek clip,District Attorney Bismark Pope announced to- Students absence in the citydav that he definitely will schools has hit the eight per cent not be a candidate for re- ™ark; according to school Census, i rA *• Director \\ J. Lemoine. Fiveelection m the Democratic ccn{. absenteeism, Lemoineprimaries. said, is considered normalwhereas 10 per cent is considered This leaves the race between serious.Oscar M. Laurel, who has the en- . . .. ,. . .. t . . . During the first three weeksdorsement of the Independent ^ thjs mnnthlt; j m influenz.Club, and Virgilio G Roel, who cases were reported in Laredo » running undrr the Reform Par c„y Hn|Ui UnH Djrector Dr tv banner. Deadline for filing is p A Musacchio disclosed today February 1. jthat the rate is very high fora , , , this time of the year, and tha:i do not believe that my phy- cases are still being reported at sical condition, resulting from a the same rate as at the beginn stroke suffered in 1956, will per- ing of the month, mit me to go through the strain jhe 1,600 cases reveal only the and effort of a campaign to sc- number of cases reported to doc-cure the nomination in the Demo- j°rs .In Laredo. The actual niun ., T , . , ber is probablv much higher, Dr.crsl.c primary, Pope sa.d toda Ml,saccrhjo points ou, 6in announcing his decision.! In addition to flu cases, theHe stated he had not requested Health Director said that there : the support of either the Indepen- has been an unusual increase in jdent Club or the Reform Party, pneumonia cases recently and that he would run on neitherticket where he would be under In the first two weeks of Jan-i obligations to one of the factions uary 42 cases w ere reported, butlast week alone 32 persons went Pope is now in his second year to bed ill of pneumonia, as District Attorney of the 4 Maftin Hjgh School AsM Prin. county 49th Judicial District. Ap- cipal A. Oscar Hein disclose ! pointed by Governor Price Da- that both the student body and niel, he is filling the two • year the staff of the school have been. . , . . . „ hard hit by flu. The number ofunexpired term of Judge E. stafjents appearing to have theJames Kazen. Kazen resigned virus but still attending classesDec. 31, 1959, following his elec- is also high, he'addedtion as district judge. Hein said that many of the students are attending school al-“I wish to thank all the people though ill because they do pot'of the district, ” Pope said, ’ in want to fall behind in their class-cluding the judge of the court work at the beginning of the new and all court officers throughout semester, the four counties, as well as ju 1 rors who have served during my tenure of office, for their as sistance. consideration and cooperation. so that I could proper ly represent the State of TexasA young Laredo school teacher, Vidal M. Trevino, filed this morning as a candidate for State Representative of the 80th District comprising Webb and Zapata counties.Trevino was unanimously endorsed for the post by the directors of the Independent Club at a meeting held last night at the Hamilton Hotel.He is seeking the office which was held for two terms by Os car M. Laurel. Laurel is nowProminent local businessman Mario Novoa was given the un-| animous endorsement of the In i dependent Chib as a candidate for 1 the office of County Commissioner from Precinct One at a meet-| ing last night,1 The endorsement of Novoa com, Jpletes the Old Party’s slate ot candidates for County posts. He!Rirunning for District Attorney.Trevino, who is 30 years of age is the second to announce for State Representative, John F.Rv an had previously announced as an independent candidate.A life- long resident of Laredo, Trevino has been with the Lare do Public Schools for the past 10 years At present he is prin cipal of Katherine Tarver School\ ID \ L M. TRLMNV)GROUP PLANSTO ATTEND DAM HEARINGHe attended local public schools and graduated from Martin high school. He holds two degrees from Texas A. I College at Kingsville. He majored in history and minored in government for his B. A . and history was again his major for the M. A. degree.TO I FORRr N I ni(elt;PARIS rebellion today ani , the possil | cade reb !explode j France.joins 10 other Independent Club Ao aPPcandidates who were endorsed at Bresidlt; a meeting last Tuesday night. nnd a s0MARIO NOVOANovoa, a major stockholder incivil warTrevino is a director of the 20-30 Club, as well as a past president and secretary.the J. R. Jones Co., will opposeMay ig.the Reform Party’s Carlos Zunigasimilar uFourth RHe served two years in the U S. Army during the Korean War. and was in Korea one year with the Seventh Infantry Division.2 ARRESTED IN BURGLARYThe State Representative candidate and his wife. Mrs. Luciia Trevino, have one child. David.lVa years old. Mr. and Mrs. Trevino own their home at 2517 Oikane Streetreign Affairs Committee w i 11 have a hearing February 8 and 9 on the bill by Rep. Clark FisherHe further expressed thanks to Assistant District Attorney Mose Goldberg. Secretary A. A. Ahadrfguei 'and'' G*d be rtS ™ Pena° 7V° IBen a5?°d 22 haVP bcen of Del Rio for the authorization praising ‘•their devotion and ef arrested on suspicion of burglari- ,0f Amistad formerly Diablo ficient attention to their duties ’ /*0® Cavazos Insurance A g e n- Damin assisting him. CV* 4,,2d ^an Bernardo, according Attending the strategy meetj to police records. jing from Laredo are Frank Y.Pope states that since he is One has been released under Hill, chairman of the Laredonot affiliated with either of the $2,000 bond pending a prelimin- Chamber of Commerce Diablotwo partita which will have slates ary hearit bur-IDof candidates in the primary, he clary at night. The other is being Chamber manager; County Judgewill not at present endorse any held in the County Jail. Roberto M. Benavides; and J. Ocandidate for any office The insurance agencv was Schuyler, immediate past presibroken into twice within ten dent of the Chamber ‘On primary election day, I days. The first time a typewri shall vote a split ticket trying ter was taken; the second, furr.i- k I I * *vote for whom 1 consider the best ture and fixtures were missing |VO in^UMCS man running for each office, a Detectives Joe Garza and between all of the candidates,’ Randall Smith are investigating ! he explained. the case.Representatives of the Laredo . .(Chamber of Commerce are at-' i tending a strategy meeting in I Eagle Pass today to discuss thej possibilities of sending a strong Trevino is the son of Mr and(delegation to the Annstad Dam Hufino Treviho. No. 10 Za-.hearing in Washington. ragoza Street. His father is a to-| The International Relations mat0 importer and exporter. Subcommittee of the House hoand Martin High Teacher Fruc-tuoso Barreda, an independent, He Gauin the May Democratic Primary. and teleAccording to the Club President, when heMayor J. C. Martin Jr., the en- the die-h,dorsement of Novoa was merely waveringa formality and the placing of his betweenname on the Club's slate of can- fear that,didates was given the enthusias- the Arab*tic backing of the 41 members But thepresent at the meeting. would notr. . j. r was actio:Reportedly, names of other possible candidates were placed in Natio nomination, but Novoa was selected without a dissenting vote. The naiA native of Laredo, Novoa has de (,aul,ebeen a stockholder in the J R , : .Jones Co. since 1956 Prior t° rrrlfpd T that time, he was engaged in so- f (h '• veral successful business enter- ^ Ult^ prises. He is making his first svou]d do bid for public ofiice.Novoa is married to the form The new er Irma Cavazos and is the fath- ed an uni er of six children They are bly deput Irma, Mary Ethel. Minerva, Ma that rio Jr., Eh a, and Araseli. The the El family reside; at 2601 Frost. dence) onsurgents iAttorney Found Dead In CarrizoCARRIZO SPRINGS — B. L Jeffrey. 57, well- known South Texas attorney, was found dead near his home late Wednesday after being missing for five days. He was a former mayor of Carrizo Springs.In ThreeServices were held at 10 a m Friday at Leonard Funeral Home In (arn/,. Springs with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.Cancer Fund Drive Plans Are OutlinedAfter 1 events si up to a iDe Gau tremist le; day but tl many Fre had notThe Executive Board ofU'ahli I’mirithev did it t h e behind in
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 29, 1960
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