Downtown Merchants Begin Main Street Restoration
Hats off to Joe Reuss the first downtown merchant to start restoring his Main Street building with the restoration committee and workers. Petunias bloom at Hausman Service Station on Darth Esplanade with praise from Hausman for planting them. Bill Burt improves Continental Trailways on Church Street with a white building and black accents. Thelma Teller and E T finalize purchase of the North Clinton First corner home after living there nearly a year. Cuero Nursing Home addition on Arreckeville road nears completion with a new chapel area. Nancy Cole and Sharon Steen discuss the Main Street situation before lunch.
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Joe Reuss
Main Street
Hausman
Darth Esplanade
Bill Burt
Continental Trailways
Church Street
Thelma Teller
E. T
North Clinton
Cuero Nursing Home
Arreckeville Road
Nancy Cole
Sharon Steen
Naoy
Students Decorate CofC Float For Smithville Jamboree Parade
Cuero High School art and vocational students with sponsors prepared the Cuero Chamber of Commerce float for the Smithville Jamboree parade. R. D. Kizer drove the float. Chamber manager Dewey Henderson praised the students and faculty for long hours of last minute detailing and redesign work.
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Cuero High School
Cuero Chamber of Commerce
Smithville
R. D. Kizer
Cuero
Dewey Henderson
Quinon Lucas
Dorothy Adcock
Henderson
Gonzales and Munoz Win Honors in Regional Science Fair
Gerard Gonzales and Elmo Munoz won awards for the cover design at the E Campo Regional Science Fair. The honors were announced Friday night in Campo. Gonzales earned top honor in the first division while Munoz took second division recognition.
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Gerard Gonzales
Elmo Munoz
E Campo
Campo
Gerard
Munoz
Three Directors Named By Farmers State Bank
Three directors were elected to the board of Farmers State Bank and Trust Co in Cuero on Monday April 10. G C Pittman Warren A Nelson and Munson Smith were named to the boards. Pittman and Nelson hold executive positions at Victoria Bank and Trust and bring long banking careers with civic activity. Smith is a Victoria lawyer with 20 years in banking law and public service. The trio also became directors of Community State Bank Runge Smiley State Bank Smiley Horne State Bank Westhoff and Nordheim First National Bank Nordheim as five banks’ control stock changed hands April 6 by Dennis O’Connor Tom O’Connor Jr and D H Braman Jr.
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Farmers State Bank and Trust Company
Cuero
G. C. Pittman
Warren A. Nelson
Munson Smith
Victoria Bank and Trust
Victoria Bank
Runge
Nordheim
Smiley
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co
Pittman
Victoria High School
Victoria College
Southwestern Graduate School of Banking
Southern Methodist University
Gussie
David
Austin
Sharon
Pattie
Department of Banking
State of Texas
First National Bank
Melvin
Texas
Nelson
Brady
State Bar of Texas
Victoria Bar Association
Smith
Victoria County
Community State Bank
Smiley State Bank
Horne State Bank
Westhoff
Victoria
Dennis O'Connor
Tom O'Connor
D. H. Braman, Jr
Agriculture Secretary Airs Views On Prices
The secretary argues beef prices rising to levels from 20 years ago prompts debate on price controls. He notes farm income barely rose while overall wages and service payments surged. He cites shifts in consumer spending and food affordability as evidence of broader price changes and urges open analysis of agricultural policy.
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United States
Bank Director Claimed in Record Correction
The article notes Claude T. Allen of Houston serves on the Farmers State Bank and Trust Co. board but was accidentally omitted from the previously published board list in the April 7 story "Bank Control Purchased."
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Claude T. Allen
Houston
Farmers State Bank and Trust Co
Bank Control
Allen
US artillery battery plus 400 infantry guard DMZ area
U S forces flew in a combat unit of 400 infantrymen to guard installations below the DMZ amid a 12 day North Vietnamese offensive. Saigon reported major government victories with 396 NVA killed in Quang Tri and 10 government troops dead 82 wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
City Council Sets Special Meeting At 4 PM Today
City officials will hold a special session at 4 p.m. today to discuss several important matters. City secretary Mrs. Evelyn Barfield confirmed the time and noted the agenda items.
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Evelyn Barfield
City Secre
Office Education Association Unit Awards Cuero High
Cuero High School's Office Education Association chapter distributed awards at the Employer-Employee annual banquet in Lindenau. Principal remarks praised teen work ethic, while Teresa Wagner led gratitude to participating employers. Guests included Mayor Jack Edgar and Mrs. Edgar.
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Office Education Association
Cuero High School
Lindenau
H. H. Berner
Cuero
O.F.A
Peggy Jones
Teresa Wagner
Miss Wagner
Jeanie Korth
Jack Edgar
E. E. Sims
OFA
Final medical checkup for Apollo 16 crew before launch
Doctors completed the final major medical exam for Apollo 16 astronauts at Cape Kennedy before the Sunday launch. Engineers fixed a potential nitrogen leak by removing a hose from the service module and later tests showed the hose and sphere were normal.
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The
Space Agency
DECA Presents Three Films at Rialto Theater
Cuero High School DECA, with Nordheim and Yorktown DECA chapters, will show three films at the Rialto on April 25 May 2 and May 9 starting 7 30 p m Each hour and a half screening features Young Americans Footprints on the Moon and Tokyo Olympic Tickets cost 1 00 per show or 2 50 for all three Advance sales begin about April 17 with profits supporting various DECA projects.
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DECA
Cuero High School
Nordheim School
Yorktown High School
Rialto Theater
Cuero
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Yorktown Councilmen Installed After Recount
A recount committee certified nine of 17 initially disqualified ballots to seat Charles F. Meyer as Yorktown City Councilman replacing Robert Cisneros. In the revised tally Meyer 341, Cisneros 356. eight voters were disqualified and several write ins recognized for Ismael Rios C. J. Jansen and Roland Kraege Jr.
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Yorktown
Charles F. Meyer
Wanda Turner
Robert Cisneros
Meyer
Cisneros
Leroy Griffin
George Klein
Turner
Ismael Rios
C. J. Janssen
Roland Kraege, Jr
New Controls Placed on Postal Employees
In a Washington speech Postal Manager E. T. Klassen announced strict controls on United States Postal Service workers. The measures aim to boost credibility, courtesy, and productivity to cut costs and improve competitiveness with private carriers. A 90 day hiring freeze was ordered, and Regional Postmasters General gain authority to move consenting staff between offices.
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Washington
E. T. Klassen
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Postal
Local School Boards Retain Control over District Dress Rules
State Board of Education voted 14 to 3 to keep local control of school districts including dress and hair standards. The decision upheld local boards against appeals by math teacher Sammy Sawyer and student Charles Delgado, who were fired for long hair. Dissenting member Paul R. Haas argued against the ruling.
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Austin
UPI
State Board of Education
Sammy D. Sawyer
Bula
Panhandle
Charles Delgado
Texas City
Paul Mathews
Greenville
Sawyer
Federal District Court
Lubbock
Paul R. Haas
Corpus Christi
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Marcia
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Piptman
Secretary of Agriculture
Bank
Arthur Higbef
James F. Hollingsworth
Cambodia
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Matt Franjola
Dak
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Office Education Association Unit
Charles EF. Taylor
Cape Kennedy
James W. Harvey
Archer City
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Mart Smith
Benito Mussolini
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Jonas Christ
Madison Sowder
Thomas Jefferson
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