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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
1
A reader letter by Ss M P reflects on local issues and personal anecdotes. The piece references Clinton Wright, Wal ter Koenig, and Bob Aronstein with broad social commentary and humor. It mentions DeWitt County personalities and a series of light anecdotes about life, aging, and everyday ethics.
D. L. Prentice, veteran editor and record man, has been in V A Hospital Houston since March 5. Doctors have begun treatment for throat cancer after five weeks of tests. Radiation starts today at Baylor Hospital, five sessions weekly for six weeks, with possible rest breaks.
A $21 000 personal injury suit was filed in 2th District Court by Alva Earl Fees of Yoakum. Fees sues for his minor son Stanley Fees for injuries from a collision between a bicycle driven by the youth and an automobile driven by Pawl Sein of Yoakum at the East Hochheim and Dunn streets intersection on April 16, 1969. The suit seeks $20,000 for personal injuries plus $1,000 for loss of services.
DeWitt County Commissioners approve a major medical plan at 855 monthly with 20000 coverage, doctor fees and meds included. The county adds spouse and child options and life coverage for employees, with employer costs and employee paid life insurance. Also approved a 3859 bid by Duckett Motor for a 1971 Chevrolet dump truck and bids to be solicited for a Hyde mower. attorney secretary salary tabled.
Four individuals face charges in DeWitt County Court on Tuesday. Ernesto Martinez is charged with driving while intoxicated and posted a $500 bond. Joseph Edward Dyer faces the same DWI charge with a $500 bond. Wendell Lucas is charged with aggravated assault and has a $400 bond after paying a $100 fine per jail records. Eugene E Barrett faces defrauding by worthless check charges.
The Texas Senate returns from Easter with a plan for a two year spending bill that would raise about 583 million in new taxes. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes pushes for quick passage ahead of May deadlines. The session also tightens pollution rules and allocates veterans education benefits while expanding jury selection and civil service rules.
San Antonio Rotarians honored Pauline Buske for a quarter century of service to the Rotary Club of San Antonio. She became executive secretary in 196 and has continued in that role. Born in Witting and raised in Cuero, she started as a printers devil at age 10 and later worked as a linotype operator.
Three youths were arrested in Nixon after riding in a 1967 Chevelle owned by Katy Doell of Cuero. Two Cuero youths aged 14 and 15 and a 14-year-old from Gonzales face Juvenile Court charges, with parole revocation likely for the two on parole from Gatesville State School. The car was taken from near Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. a statewide alert led Nixon officers to detain them.
Johnny Liendo, 22, of California and Cuero, was reported in satisfactory condition after surgery for stab wounds from Sunday at the J and L Lounge. Raymond Garcia, 28, of Cuero, faces an assault with intent to murder charge filed in Justice of the Peace Ley's Court. bond set at $3,000. The incident occurred around 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, with witness accounts of an earlier argument and the stabbing outside the lounge.
The Cuero Lions Club begins a door to door mop and broom sale with team captains meeting at the American Legion home near 5 o'clock for area assignments. Proceeds aid local projects and the blind workers who manufacture the items. A barbecue will follow at the Legion Civic Center.
United Press International reports Chicago's name traces to an Indian word with meanings including skunk wild onion or foul. The article notes ambiguity in origins.
Despite more leisure time the 40 hour week remains common for white collar blue collar and service workers. Farm workers still log the longest hours with over half working 60 plus hours weekly. Moonlighters add to long hours while overtime drew 14.5 million workers last year. A trend toward a four day 40 hour week gains pace for longer weekends.
Agriculture Commissioner John C. White calls the Texas drought the worst in state history and warns it could worsen without rain. A front forms in the Panhandle and moves south with forecasters predicting limited showers not enough to ease conditions. Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. expects federal disaster action this week for drought areas and urges NASA to back weather-control efforts to keep scientific support.
Three Cuero children compete for the Little Miss Cuero title at 7 30 p m Saturday in the junior high auditorium. Vicky Ann Blank age three Monica Lee Garrett age four with brother Deni Garrett as escort and Wendy Mazureck age three also in the field. The Cuero Young Homemakers sponsor with Werner Wolf as master of ceremonies and out of town judges to select winners.
The Cuero Kennedy mail route serving Cuero Yorktown Nordheim Runge and Kenedy will be eliminated June 30, 1971 per letters from Senators Tower and Bentsen and Rep Kazen. The route, 29 years old, bypasses sectional centers and will delay mail by one to two days. officials cite cost and routing efficiency as reasons.
Mrs J M Prudden of 235 W Craic San Antonio encloses a copy of the San Antonio Rotary Club 27th anniversary tribute to Miss Pauline Buske a Cueroite. She notes her Cuero upbringing until age 17 and mentions family ties including J O Park and Oran Park with L L Battery Drug Store.
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