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Beaumont Is Praised For Its War on Crime■ BEAUMONT. £5— A high gov-j coming to Beaumont to speak on eminent official said here lastj the day Dist Atty. Ramie. Grif-night that I think it is import. { fin was called to trial in a perma-®Um ami right that the oeopfe ofjnent ouster proceeding. Hundley Texas and the officials of Texas; asserted. he did not know the are spearheading a fight againsti date of the trial until he reached crime and. corruption in the!Beaumont. ■Seauirsont-Port Arthur area,'1 j He praised the United Citizens The speaker was William tior Law Enforcement, which George Hundley, executive as*(claims 10,000 members, and said sistant to U.S. Atty. Gen. Robert its actions are proof that Jeffer*1-sdi-vson County people are determinedAttyKennedy, who twice recently has|pinpointed conditions in this| ''to rid themselves of vice and southeast Texas area, ■corruption.”Hundley told a meeting spoil-1 “Your spontaneous reaction to sored by the United Citizens for j the revelation of organized crime Law Enforcement in Jefferson ;aRCj corruption in your commun-County that community reaction uncovered bv the general into the exposure of vice and crime | vestigating committee of the . conditions here and in Port! Texas House, should sens as a Arthur should serve as a national! model of action for every com-idLd5t:e;r;nm*dide-idri-ieIsseetto»l,y-oniernmodelOfficials tiredDisclosures made last fall before the State House General Investigating Committee led to the dismissal of police chiefs in both cities and to the ousting ol several other officials,munity in the United States where the problem exists,” Hundley said.Hundley recalled that last week the attorney general asserted that unless the American people change their attitude of apathy to vice and corruption, authorityHundley had been criticized fot would in the end be powerless.State ResponsibilityTwo Held in Laredo In Narcotics CaseLAREDO, ift — A Denver couple is awaiting a hearing today after being arrested on charges of carrying one-half gram of heroin.He said the investigation and prosecution of crime is basically the responsibility of the state, county' and iocai law enforcement branch.There is. however, an important role that we in the Department of Justice can play in assisting stale to combat the inter-Dicente Lopez and Soni Bar- state aspects of organized nemos, both 24, were arrested| crime.*' he said.yesterday as they boarded a plane { Hundley urged his estimatedfor Denver. Colo., after crossing itqq listeners to work for pas-the international bridge from Mexico.They were charged and placed in Webb County jail.sage of bills that would help the Justice Department reach outside the influences that foster organized crime.
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 27, 1961
Page 26
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