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Fieldhand’s age argued,
esdmated 110 or 120
United Press International
ELVIN — Government
rds say otherwise, but
lily members prepared
Tuesday to bury Nicolas
^Ramirez fully certain the field
worker’s life spanned 120
years.
■ Ramirez’ survivors, who
gathered after the man’s
deaih Sunday in a San Angelo
hospital, Monday declared
Social Security Administra-
i don records showing
igamirez’ birth date as Sept.
10, 1872, were innacurate.
They said he was born Sept.
10, 1862, in Guanaguato,
Mexico.
J “All I can say is a mistake
rhust have been made,” said a
family member who would
identify himself only as
Hunirez’ son-in-law. “We’ve
always been told he was born
in 1862. Always.”
A Social Security spokes-
n in Dallas said Ramirez
old enough when he ap-
d for benefits that the
agency was not required to
verify his age.
The spokesman said the
birth date included in Social
Security records came from a
document supplied by
Ramirez. But he said Ramirez
could have used an unreliable
document to establish his eli
gibility.
Family members said they
were unconcerned with the
discrepancy as they prepared
for services for Ramirez, sche
duled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
at St. Francis Catholic Church
of Melvin.
“We feel our children have
learned a very valuable lesson
in life by helping to take care
of our father, grandfather
and great-grandfather,” said
Jesse Cantu, husband of one
of Ramirez’ great-
granddaughters.
Death was caused by a year
long bout with pneumonia,
but Cantu said Ramirez re
mained conscious until his last
breath and aware of all his
friends and family who had
gathered around him at the
end.
Ramirez moved to the Un
ited States in 1919, and work
ed in the fields of McCulloch
County until he turned 100.
Since then, his work has been
confined to gardening the
homeplace in Melvin.
During the past few
months, Ramirez’ conversa
tion drifted to talk of his early
days both in the United States
and in Mexico, Cantu said.
Cantu said Ramirez kept
remembering an avocado
field he used to pass through
to meet his wife Luisa, who
was 36 years his junior when
they met.
Ramirez is survived by his
wife; his son Bernado
Ramirez of Abilene; three
daughters, Susana Laing of
Brownwood, Petra Ramirez
of Melvin and Inez Laing of
Midland; 15 grandchildren
and 28 great-grandchildren.
Threats by Mattox alleged
United Press International
AUSTIN — Travis County
District Attorney Ronald Earle
said Tuesday he had sub
poenaed an assistant attorney
general to testify about allega
tions that Attorney General Jim
Mattox threatened a Houston
law firm’s bond business.
Earle said Assistant Attorney
General Robert Lewis, chief of
Mattox’s bond division, and
three members of Houston’s
Fulbright & Jaworski law firm
would testify before the grand
jury Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas McDade, one of the
Fulbright & Jaworski attorneys
who met with Earle, has alleged
that Mattox threatened the
firm’s bond business unless it
dropped attempts to subpoena
Mattox’s sister, Janice.
Mattox’s office reviews all
bonds issued by governmental
entities to ensure they comply
with state law.
McDade wanted to question
Janice Mattox in connection
with a $1.7 billion suit filed by
South Texas oilman Clinton
Manges against Mobil Oil Corp.
Fulbright & Jaworski represents
Mobil in the case. The state of
Texas also is a party to the suit in
opposition to Mobil.
Mattox has denied making
any threats against the law firm
and said McDade is attempting
to try the Mobil case in the press.
In addition to McDade, other
Fulbright & Jaworski attorneys
subpoenaed to appear before
the grand jury were J. Wiley
Caldwell, who oversees the
firm’s bond division, Edward Es
quivel and Gibson Gayle. Gayle
was excused from testifying
Tuesday because he had to
attend a trial in Waco
McDade claimed earlier that
he has a tape recording of Mat
tox’s threats, but he declined to
say whether he would present
the recording to the grand jury.
Earle also declined comment,
saying he would make no re
marks about the alleged tapes or
“anything else” pertaining to the
case.
Lewis apparently was called
for questioning because he re
cently reviewed a bond deal Ful
bright & Jaworski handled for
the Lower Colorado River Au
thority. LCRA officials have
maintained that Mattox’s office
threatened to delay a closing on
the deal.
However, Mattox said the de
lay was caused because a typog
raphical error was found in
paperwork accompanying the
bonds.
Earle said Lewis and the Ful
bright & Jaworski attorneys
would be questioned “about the
investigation that has been in
progress for some time now.”
Earle’s public integrity unit
also is investigating a loan Mat
tox made to his own campaign.
The loan investigation was
launched after reports that Mat
tox loaned his campaign
$125,000 less than a week after
his brother and sister obtained a
loan for the same amount from a
Seattle bank.
Financial disclosure forms re
veal Mattox’s campaign repaid
him the loan with interest on
Nov. 18, 1982.
Failure to report the true
source of a campaign loan is a
misdemeanor violation under
state law.
Arraignment for suspect
[aiming 100 deaths delayed
■United Press International
■ORGETOWN — Henry
^■aicas, who has claimed to
>v| killed 100 women and has
jeh charged with the deaths of
Texas women, will be
Hgned on a Williamson
^nty murder charge next
;onth.
| Lucas, 46, originally was
Killed to be arraigned Tues-
ioto by BrendiUyon charges of murdering an
entified woman on Hallo-
are sevei
hin-up M
track
iown.
ween night 1979, and dumping
her body alongside Interstate 35
in Georgetown.
An assistant district attorney
in Williamson County said Mon
day the arraignment had been
delayed.
“It won’t be before Aug. 2. It
will be sometime in August, but
no date has been set,” said Assis
tant District Attorney Ken
Anderson.
Lucas remained jailed in
Montague County in North
Texas on murder charges in the
stabbing death of a Ringgold
woman, 80, whose ashes and re
mains were found in a wood-
burning stove in Lucas’ shack in
nearby Stoneburg.
The former mental patient,
who was convicted in 1960 in
Michigan of strangling and stab
bing his mother to death, told
court officials in Montague ear
lier this summer that he had
raped and killed 100 women.
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