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HEADQUARTERS TO OPEN'TheRumble Of PoliticsBegins In Webb CountyBv RAMON GARCES Times City EditorIt is still seven months until the election season explodes in Webb County, but already the distant rumble of politics can be heard on the border.Politically, next year is going to! he said, be so lively that the dominant In- In announcing Volpe, n local Im dependent Club, usually the Last porter, as manager of the head-one to jump into a campaign, is quarters, he said a staff would be starting early by opening i t § organized to start work right headquarters probably next week. away.Mayor TiJ- C. Martin Jr. told The Reform Party and the I n-The Times today that the party dependent Club are the major po-wUl open with a big poll tax drive litical groups in Webb County, next month with headquarters at However, there are some other fi03 Lincoln. Mike Volpe will be powerful factions, in charge. The office will open by ISept. 15. ! Most political observers b e-llieve that the Reform Party'* big-Mayor Martin has already said gest victory in 1959, when it »wept he will run for re-election, seek- into office its candidates in citymg his sixth term.The militant Reform Party In business since late 1955, but still unable to break the Old Party’s half-century old grip on local politics, met last week and elected Veterinarian Dr. Adolph R. Kahn a s chairman.and county school board posts, came as a result of an effective coalition of political groups o p-posed to the Independent Club’s candidates.Previously members of the Reform Party, whose candidate for county judge had failed to get in the runoff m 1958’s first primary, _ v . . . .. i voted in the second primary forDr. Kahn, who holds a County the independent candidate. R o--chool Board trustee position bert0 m. Benavides, and helped which he won with Reform Party e]cct him backing, said today his party will;concentrate on poll taxes first, j The Reform Party did not run *. .... ... ,, anyone for judge of the 49th Dis-He said they had been thinking trict Court and the majority of about candidates but still h a d the rank-and-file membership not made up their minds what swung behind E. James Kazen. [offices to contest. ‘Things can| change so quickly,” he said. j However, in the city electionj TT 4 i-a- i i and school trustee election last' PC, r„a. „°, 5„e,?d 'ear' ,he Party sufferedtaking ltjor granted|ietbacks as thc independent ClubE)ersthat one sure post the Reform, „ -__Party would contest would b« K” ! , , , The ReformMayor Martin's, who has been Party cand,dat a,?° iost,m then opposed bv the party unsuccess- PJtroaries of I960, although some fully since 1956. ;0f lts candidates managed to get' into runoffs.The city election, April 3, launches the political activity So far this year, the only office next year. This will be followed holder who has announced is Ma-four days later by a crucial April yor Martin, who is now the bead7 Laredo Independent School; of the Independent Club.District trustee election. j ■ „T ,,! Two Webb County Commission-The two posts on the school ers posts, those held bv Fred Bru-I board up for election are now ni, county precinct 2/and Juan held by two persons backed by G Villarreal, in county precinct,. .. - the Reform Party, who brought 4 are up for election,al recall ; tne Reformers their biggest vie-:of t h e tory since the group organized.! Also up for election are the councan Pea-; The posts are now held by Mrs. ty clerk’s post, district clerk s po-by form- Norma Benavides and Attorney sition, county treasurer, and one gonrdenas. George Byfield, whose t e r m justice cf the peace post. ia qends next year. Tliey were elect-that:'ed in 1959. 1 ------- IArmLocally, every elective post i nW,, causing image to*edlich car-jenemies tbe city, including the mayor and ey conta-; eight city council positions, will be up for election. There will also be a large number of county of fices up for election, including the county judge and two county commissioners.District offices which will come up for election are state representative, state senator and the two district judges’ posts.The county, district and state posts (which includes the gover-?rved the nor) are actually decided at the attention! Democratic Party's primary, set rom in * | for May 5, about a month after peculated i the city election, tests at! The first taste of politics will to fright-j come off in about three weeksON TEST BANn theation ofNehru's Talks With Nikita Failstori of a lin.I As thur I ArmI w hy were the j ing i BerlRv HENRY SHAriROWt Pien ;in to i mattMOSCOW (UPI)—Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev assured Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of In-1neutralist from today when the pay ment of dla tod ihgt he wanUd tQ head es lr1. Thisoffnuclear war.” But diplo-let I) accept ! poll taxes begin on Oct.n Berlin! t imatic sources believed Nehru had|°ut(ailed in his mission to stop Rus-l**atomic I was setting up its headquartersparts oL early to «et a 8ood start on Po11 R*r in rt of the tax payments. We’d like to get Berlinsian nuclear tests and easecrisis.theC'disi ible.”most of them in October, Novem-Buti uiusi VI uici.s Mg VSV.VVUCS, ! The Soviet and Indian leaders! Pations un-: ^er an December and cut down jlRd a finaj hour-long talk this Natu pacifism !011 Pressure ln the fmal I morning -their fourth in as many Yorkdavs—before the Indian leader:for tTnnst
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Sep 10, 1961
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