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    "ocrText": "7.\nThis article appenred in the Corpus Christi Oaller on Januery 14, 1949:\nTHRKE RIVERS C OF C BRANDS EXBURIAL STORY \"BAD PUBLICITY\"\n- Newa Service)\nTHEES of Three Rivers will leove no stones un-\nturned to counteract the \"bad publicity\" to which their town has fallen\nvictim within the last few days, S.P. benker and president\nof the Chomber or Commerce said lest night.\nHe had roference to the uproer, as violent ao en earthquake in\nThree Rivers and folt all over the nation, over plons for reburying\none of its soldier desd- youth of Mezionn descent who fell in the\nPhilippines.\nIt all started when T.W. Kennedy, menager of Rice Funeral\nHome here, declined use of his chapel for services for Folix Longoria,\nA member or the family compleined so Dr. Hector Garois of Corpus\nChristi, president of the GI Forun.\nGareis, after talking with Zennedy, charged that Rennedy's\naction was an aot of disoriminution ageinst Ameriouns or Mezioan\ndescent.\nKennedy at the time said: \"We just never did mako e practice\nof letting them use the chapel.\"\nDISCHIMINATION INTENT DENIED. Lator, Kennedy denied any inten-\ntion or BOT of discriminatory prectice on his part. In a lengthy\nstatement issued Thursday he suid he had suggested the une of a private\nhome instesd of the chapel because he had heard there was \"some con-\nflict between\" the soldier's widow and his purents.\n(In Corpus Christi Dr. Gercio relensed a letter from Kennedy\nto Mrs. Bentrice Longoria, the widow, which soid in part: \"If there\nwas e misunderstanding on my part, my apologies are extended. If\nyou still want use of our funeral chapel and want us to conduct aor-\nvices, we will be only too glad to be able to be of sorvice....\")\nRemsey said he was hoperul that plans might be ande even at this\nlete date to bring Longoria \"home\".\nMeanwhile there was nothing to indicate thet the Longoria family\nwould chenge arrangements, made by Sen. Lyndon Johnson, to bury\nLongoria in Arlington National Cemetery.\n(Dr. Gercia said last night that 8.0 for an we are concerned, the\ncase is closed. The family is woll pleased with arrangements.\"\nIn his statement Thursdey Kennedy asid thet original plens celled\nfor use of the chapel and that he had or cando no objection. He said\nhe suggested use of a private home only after he had heard of differ-\nences between members of the surviving fomily because he didn't want\nthe chepel to be the seene of any trouble.\nHe seid that Mro. Longorie, the widow, offered no objections et the\ntime, but that her parents in Corpus Christi were disturbed and\n\"instend or contacting me to make arrangements, they took the matter\nto Dr. Hector Garoim in Corpus Christi. He in turn phoned me and\n[9 of 31]"
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