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    "ocrText": "Widow\n(Continued from Page 1)\nRamsey, in defending Ken-\nnedy, said that \"most funerals\nhere are held in churches or\nI\nhomes \"because the \"chapel pro-\nir\nbably would not be appropriate\nfor such a service.\"\n\"It's small and its used mos-\nr\ntly-by whites and Latin-Ame-\nricans alike--only to let a body\nS\nlie in state,\" he said. \"The cha-\net\npel isn't like in big cities.\"\nm\nRamsey criticized Sen. Lyn-\nir\ndon B. Johnson (D., Tex.,) who\nD\nmade the arrangements in W 1:h-\nD\nington for Longoria to be buried\nthere\nco\n\"It is our feeling that Johnson\ntru\ncapitalized on this situation to\non\nfurther his own standing with\nTf\nthe Latin-American population\ng1\nin Texas,\" Ramsey said.\nfoi\n\"Our town is ashamed of the\nel\npublicity the affair has re-\nceived. We didn't deserve it.\nB\nYou'll find no town anywhere\nso\nin South Texas that has enjoyed\np.\nbetter relations between Latin-\nA\nAmericans and whites.\"\nGi\nV\na\nLive Oak County\nq\nResident Offers\nHome For Rites\nR. R. Stricklen, prominent\nLive Oak county resident who\n1\nvisited in Laredo Thursday, of-\nfers his own home for funeral\n>\n1\nservices for the Latin-American\nt\nsoldier reportedly refused burial\na\nby a Three Rivers, Texas, fune-\nral home earlier in the week.\n\"I wish to volunteer my own\n-\nhome for the boy's funeral,\"\nn\nd\nStricklen told The Times yester-\nday. The visitor is a traveling\nrepresentatitve of an Iowa firm\nand makes frequent trips here.\n-\nA property owner, his home is\nlocated near Three Rivers.\n\"I regret and condemn this\nfuneral director's actions,\"\nStricklen declared. \"I think per-\nsonally most of the people in my\ncounty are ashamed of him. Pos-\nsibly the court house in Live Oak\ncounty would be available and I\nam sure all the citizens of the\ncounty would be proud and ho-\nnored to have services for one of\nits heroes take place there.'"
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