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Forum Head Testifies
in Longoria Case Quiz
Letter Purportedly Written by Latin
Vet's Widow Expresses Gratitude to
Three Rivers Funeral Home
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Corpus Christi physician
THREE RIVERS, March
and surgeon, under questioning
11.-Dr. Hector P. Garcia,
from members of the five-man
Corpus Christi physician,
investigating committee, de-
told a legislative committee
clared that the Longoria case
here Friday that a Three
was brought to his attention by
Rivers funeral home "abso-
Mrs. Sara Moreno, sister of the
widow, Mrs: Beatrice Longoria.
lutely refused" the use of its
The physician testified that
chapel for reburial services
after. he. had. talked with the
for a Latin-American soldier.
widow and her sister, he called
a meeting in Corpus* Christi, to
Garcia said he talked by tele-
protest against
phone on Jan. 10 with T. W.
"d i S c rimina-
Kennedy, manager of the Rice
tion against a
funeral home here and that "Mr.
Latin - Ameri-
Kennedy absolutely refused to
can soldier."
conduct the funeral in the fu-
C o mmittee
neral home."
m e m b e r s
SPECIAL TO EVENING NEWS
asked if he
THREE RIVERS, March 11.
had contacted
South Texas' far-famed "Felix
yone in
Longoria incident," which gained
Three Rivers
national notoriety when the fam-
prior to calling
ily of Longoria, a battle casualty,
the protest
failed to find burial in his home
meeting, and
Kennedy
town here, was still being probed
Garcia testified that he had sent
Friday by a special House com-
a letter to J. K. Montgomery,
mittee.
Three Rivers mayor, and that
The investigation continued
by telephone he had talked with
with Dr. Hector Garcia of Cor-
Tom Kennedy, Jr., owner of the
pus Christi, president of the
Rice Funeral Home, which was
American G.I. Forum, who
to handle burial arrangements.
launched the protest, being
Garcia told the committee that
called as a witness.
the dead man's widow had told
Garcia protested to represent-
him that the family had been
atives of the Texas Good Neigh-
refused use of the funeral home
bor Commission, that a Three
chapel, and that she was dissat-
Rivers funeral home had refused
isfied with arrangements for the
funeral.
to handle the reburial of the war
victim, who fell in battle in the
Previously, a letter purported-
Philippines.
ly from Mrs. Longoria, had been
introduced into evidence, in
As a result of the ensuing con-
which she expressed her grati-
troversy, Longoria, a former
tude to the funeral home.
truck driver, was buried at Ar-
At this point, Dr. Garcia de-
lingtor / National Cemetey.
clared that he wished to state
"for the record," that he and his
organization had asked "specifi-
cally for the use of the funeral
chapel."
Kennedy, Garcia testified, told
him that he had refused use of
the chapel because "the last time
Latin-Americans used it, they
got drunk and tore things up.
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