Vietnam Chief Appeals For More U.S. Support
Saigon UPI President Thieu urged increased U S aid as North Vietnamese forces pressed a six day offensive in northern South Vietnam. He warned of possible North Vietnamese air power and said the battle would decide the country’s fate while U S forces intensified air and naval strikes and moved additional carriers toward the region.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguuyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U. S
Thieu
North Vietnam
Quang Tri
Hue
United States
Japan
Dmz
Laos
Vietnam
End of an Era as Howerton Family Publishes 1894 Paper
Town Vaux reflects on the 78 year history of The Record begun by the Howerton family in 1894. Jack Howerton led the paper, followed by Polly Howerton. Emotions mix with excitement for modernization as the newsroom moves beyond past traditions.
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Howerton
Jack
Polly Howerton
Historical Unit To Pilot Project In DeWitt County
The Texas State Historical Survey Committee appoints the DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee to lead an oral history pilot. DeWitt County is among fifteen counties chosen, with a tape recorder and ten cassettes provided to begin recording. Mrs. A W Schaffner chairs the local group and was joined by Mrs. Joe B Reuss and Mrs. H N Henneke after attending an Oral History Workshop at the LBJ Library March 31 to April 1.
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Texas State Historical Survey Committee
DeWitt County
Schaffner
Historical Survey Committee
Joe B. Reuss
H. N. Henneke
State Committee
Lyndon Baines Johnson
University of Texas
Twenty-Five Contestants Enter Little Miss Cuero
Twenty five contenders join the Little Miss Cuero contest sponsored by the Cuero Young Homemakers. The Fantasy Land themed pageant will occur April 7 at 7 30 p.m. at the American Legion Civic Center. Two entrants remain unnamed.
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Cuero Young Homemakers
American Legion Civic Center
Kathleen Hairston
Bob Hairston
Melanie Sa
Foodcraft Owners Celebrate Second Anniversary in Cuero
Mr and Mrs Robert Sollock owners of Cuero Foodcraft celebrate their second anniversary this month with a page of anniversary specials on page 7 of the Record. They are active in the Cuero Lions Club the Cuero Retail Merchants Association and downtown beautification and Centennial and Turkey Trot planning committees.
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Robert Sollock
Cuero Foodcraft
Sollock
Cuero
Bob
Cuero Lions Club
Cuero Retail Merchants Association
Price delegates duties as pro tem amid Texas House shifts
Texas House Speaker Rayford Price names Rep. Don Cavness as speaker pro tem amid changes after Gus Mutscher era. Cavness will chair Revenue and Taxation and help decisions for the summer budget and tax bill. Price plans to delegate daily duties, citing his limited pay and ongoing law practice duties.
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Price
Cayness
House
Fred Head
D-Troup
Cavness
Palestine
Five more screwworm cases in DeWitt County raise alarm
DeWitt County reports total screwworm cases to 11 with five new infections in Yorktown area. Cases include locations northeast and north of Yorktown and near Nordheim and Yoakum. USDA will boost sterile fly releases to 150 million weekly in South Texas to halt spread.
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DeWitt County
Orval Wright
Yorktown
Nordheim
Yoakum
Wright
John Tower
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Tower
USDA
Agriculture Department
Box 969
Mission
Burglars Loot TV Store In Early Tuesday Heist
Police report burglars broke into Baker & Kahlich Tuesday night stealing about $2,000 in televisions including three color sets and three black and white sets. The break in was discovered Wednesday at 8 a.m. when owner Calvin Baker opened for business.
Cuero Volunteer Fire Department elects officers
The Cuero Volunteer Fire Department elected Eldred Schultz as fire chief and named Allen Indorf Wayne Fromme Roy Binz Albert Ley and Marvin Bade as top officers. Finance committee members were Leslie Wanjura George Keesling Chris Junker and Edwin Kuester. A May 15 appreciation barbecue at Cuero Municipal Park kicks off the annual fund drive to fund state and district trainings.
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Cuere
Eldred Schultz
Allen Indorf
Wayne Fromme
Roy Binz
Albert ‘Poosie
Ley
Marvin Bade
Leslie Wanjura
George Keesling
Chris Junker
Edwin Kuester
Cuero
Cuero Municipal
Texas
Schultz
Schulenburg
Weatherly Re-elected. Adams Wins Place 4 in Light Vote
In Tuesday's election 220 votes were cast with H. E. Weatherly re-elected mayor and Kenneth Adams securing Place 4 for the first time. Adams filled the vacancy left by Robert Post. Bill Snapp and Skeet Bauer each had one write-in vote. No absentee ballots were cast. The City Council canvass was held by the City Comet today. Mayor Jack Edgar and councilmen Jimmie Reiffert and Dick Coppedge are due to terms through April 1973.
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Weatherly
Kenneth Adams
Bill Snapp
Skeet Bauer
Adams
Robert Post
DeWitt County
Meynard
City Comet
The
Comet
Jack Edgar
Jimmie Reiffert
Dick Coppedge
PreTem
D J Diebel Dies At 50
D J Diebel of Meyersville DeWitt County rancher died in Victoria hospital at 4 45 pm Tuesday after a heart attack He survived two prior heart attacks and had open heart surgery in November 1971 His body lies in state at Freund Funeral Home then at St Johns Lutheran Church Meyersville for services Burial is in Hermann Sons Cemetery He was born August 29 1921 and married Dorothy Bade in 1947 Survivors include his wife three sons David Clifford Diebel Cuero Kenneth Diebel Victoria a sister Dorothy Diebel Cuero
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Delmard
Diab W
Meyersville
DeWitt County
Victoria Hospital
Diebel
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Adolph Diebel
Dorothy Bade
Arneckeville
David
Clifford Diebel
Cuero
Kenneth Diebel
Dorothy Diebel
Propaganda Shelling Across Formosa Straits Urges Rules
The piece argues that artillery fire across Quemoy and Formosa straits now carries propaganda leaflets rather than explosives. It calls for a humanitarian effort to ban propaganda bombardments through a new Geneva Convention and warns of potential escalation by either side.
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Washington
UPI
Far East
Quemoy
United Nations
Formosa Straits
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