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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1972
Page
1
The group returns from a Jamaica coast trip to find the office intact. They describe visits to Galveston and the Bishop's Palace, note a surfing event and shrimp boat blessing, and mention local social greetings and birthdays in the Houston area.
Gulf Bend Center plans a training day care for trainable mentally retarded youths aged 3 to 21 in Cuero and nearby towns. TEA assures adequate funding. program aims to prepare students for sheltered workshops and possible self support. Open Aug 15, five days a week ten months yearly. registrations due by June 1 through Cuero ISD or nearby districts.
Gregory Arroyo and Christopher C. Havens of the Cuero Council were advanced to the Fermentation and Knighthood Degrees in the Knights of Columbus during an Advanced Degree Exemplification held in La Grange. Grand Knight Charles L. Bodden and Charter Member Francis Blakeslee accompanied them. 37 initiates from several nearby councils participated.
Cuero VFW Post 2972 and Auxiliary members were chosen for District 24 roles at the spring Shiner convention. Elected were Carl Culpepper as chaplain Wilfred Peters as adjutant Mrs A W Schaffner auxiliary president and Mrs Carl Culpepper auxiliary secretary and Mrs Wilfred Leist auxiliary historian Senator William N Bill Patman spoke as guest leader with Cuero attendees including A W Schaffner and others.
Apollo 16 crew Thom as K. Mattingly II John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr remain in lunar orbit and will fire out at 9 15 p m Monday night in the mission s final engine burn They return to the Casper with a 245 pound rock cache described as the most important moon sample yet Duke and Young leave records of their surface time totaling nearly 71 hours vastly longer than planned They aim to splash down in the Pacific near the equator 1500 miles south of Honolulu at 3 30 p m EST Thursday
The Office of Economic Opportunity selected Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in San Jose to receive the first educational voucher grant. The plan aims to let parents of poor children choose nonpublic schooling options, a controversial experiment drawing attention and criticism.
Screwworm infestation of Texas cattle rose by 24 new cases last week, bringing April total to 482 and surpassing the entire 1971 outbreak. Cases spread west into Jeff Davis and Presidio counties and toward central and northern regions, with one case 80 miles from Dallas in Freestone County.
Cartwheel Lodge a 100 bed nursing home will be completed May 7 according to foreman P D Haden. The facility sits near Cuero Community Hospital on the Yoakum Highway with interior painting and finishing largely unfinished. Cartwheel Lodge is part of a Gonzales chain built by McDonnell Enterprises.
Governor Preston Smith announced the Rural Development Commission to study the decline of Texas rural areas. Hoy Davis of Lubbock heads the 25 member panel which will form eight task forces to define problems and propose cures. The report will focus on rural to urban migration and possible administrative and legislative actions.
The DeWitt County Youth Program will be held at St. Thomas Missionary Baptist Church in Westhott on Saturday April 29 at 7 00 p m The Rev J J Gardley of San Antonio hosts The City Youth Chorus will provide music with Miss Josephine Franklin as mistress of the hour Janice Henderson provides the response Craig Henderson is the youth guest speaker presented by Robert Green Sponsors include Mrs M C Shropshire and Mrs Z M Houston Deacon C P Mitchell of Yoakum is president The public is invited
Second graders in Mrs. Laurie Stiles class at Hunt Elementary led Earth Week projects to pick up cans and bottles in Cuero. Team one, captained by James Koranek, collected 1 585 cans and bottles. Team two, Cynthia Ybarra, 1 026. Team three, Roger Orosco, led helpers.
The City of Cuero and Chamber of Commerce float won second place in the Western Days Parade in Yorktown. Duchess Rebecca Joyce Klieknecke and Patricia Leske rode the float. Driver was Howard Bennett, Chamber president, and the Cuero city furnished the car.
A new book cites Rockefeller family campaign contributions from 1952 to 1970 totaling about 25 million, with 20 to 22 million to support Nelson Rockefeller in 1964 and his New York governorship campaigns. It notes limits under new federal financing rules and compares sums to other leaders like Kennedy and Nixon.
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