Weekend Notes and Local Moves Across Cuero
Community news highlights aerial clock change reminders, requests for a DeWitt County Courthouse photo, and upcoming travel plans. Mecky Putman and Robin depart May 2 for Germany, Jerry Putman returns from Korea in July to join Command College in Leavenworth. Albert Kuester relocates with family to 50% Beacon, selling their former Cuero home. Louise Woods clarifies grandchild counts. Howard and Marie Green plan a Northeast motor trip. Birthday wishes and wedding congratulations conclude the page.
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Mecky Putman
Robin
el Paso
Germany
Jerry
Major) Putman
Okorea
States
Mecky
Leavenworth, Kansas
Command College
Albert Kuester
North Clinton
Bertha Harris
Beacon
R. J. Via
Luling
Via
Corpus Christi
Cuero
D.C
Productivity May Be Answer To Inflation
NEW ORLEANS UPI Chairman C Jackson Grayson Jr says his federal price commission will meet next week to decide on food price controls. He hopes wage and price controls end this year and argues productivity is the long term inflation remedy. Grayson, dean at Southern Methodist University, warns against broad controls.
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New Orleans
UPI
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Grayson
Operations Research Society of America
Commission
School of Business
Southern Methodist University
Fort Necessity
School of Business Administration
Tulane University
Lions Sponsor Scholarships and Events for Cuero Youths
Cuero Lions Club directors voted to sponsor a $200 scholarship for a Cuero High School graduate and donate $50 to send a Cuero representative to the state Olympics for the handicapped in San Antonio. They approved $1,250 in prizes for the July 4 carnival and planned a parade float and East Main Street concession for the Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot. The award for outstanding distributive education student will be presented May 6. Werner Kautz was nominated Lion of the Year in District 28-4. Members will receive three months of Texas Lion magazine. Gene Grafe and Ken Adams were appointed to audit 1971-72 books.
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Cuero Lions Club
Cuero
San Antonio
East Main Street
Cuero High School
Werner Kautz
The
Texas Lion
Gene Grafe
Ken Adams
Locke Dies at 53 Former Ambassador Eugene Locke
Former Ambassador to Sweden Eugene Locke died Friday night at 53. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 196. The death was announced today.
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Dallas
UPI
Eugene Locke
Sweden
Locke
Narcotics Crackdown Sees Record Marijuana Seizures
William F Hughes leads a U S customs team patrolling 450 miles of the U S Mexico border amid a bumper crop of marijuana from Mexico. He notes smugglers are well organized and capable of transporting thousands of pounds, with investigators tripled since 1970 to confront organized crime along the border.
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San Antonio
Tex
William F. Hughes
Boston
U.S. Customs Agency
Mexico
Nixon
Calvin Coolidge
U.S
Laredo
Hughes
District 7
Teachers To Meet In Cuero At Hunt Elementary
Cuero Teachers Association schedules a meeting Monday May 1 at 4:00 PM in Hunt Elementary School to discuss union affairs and classroom concerns.
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Cuero Classroom Teachers Association
Hunt Elementary School
Justice Department Intercedes In Busing
The Justice Department says it will intervene for Fort Worth Independent School District in a desegregation busing case. It filed a friend of the court brief with the Fifth Circuit seeking to enter the suit, the sixth such move since Nixon proposed a moratorium. Similar actions have been taken in Nashville Detroit Dallas Richmond and Oklahoma City.
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Washington
Nixon
Nashville
Detroit
Dallas
Richmond
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Justice Dept
Centennial funds come in slowly for 100th celebration
A joint finance committee says funds for the planned budget are short at 8300 dollars with 11700 still needed. Letters urged pledges to support the Cuero centennial and Turkey Trot celebration and to guarantee the event. The spokesman urged immediate pledges to pay as you go.
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Centennial
Turkey
Finance Committee
VFW Auxiliary elects officers for 1972 73 at Post 3972
The VFW Auxiliary of Post 3972 chose Mrs. Charles Kilpatrick as president for 1972 73 replacing Mrs. Wilfred Peters. Other officers include Mrs. B J Lemoa and Mrs. Fred D Diebel as vice presidents, treasurer Mrs. Lloyd Hennke, chaplain Mrs. Leist, conductress Mrs. Clegg, guard Mrs. Kurtz, and patriotic instructor Mrs. Wagner. Peters elected trustee for three years.
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Charles Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Wilfred Peters
B. J. Lemoa
Fred D. Diebel
Lioyd Henneke
Wilfred Leist
James Clegg
Fadward Kurtz
Willie Wagner
Court Rules Long Hair Not Protected By Law
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-5 that high school students do not have a constitutional right to grow long hair. The decision stems from Chesley Karr, 16, denied enrollment in El Paso's Coronado High School in 1970 for grooming violations.
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New Orleans
UPI
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chesley Karr
Coronado High School
el Paso
Tex
Karr
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Black
Sessin
Fellowship Day Slated At Quinn Chapel
The Church Women United announce Fellowship Day on May 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Quinn Chapel. Theme is Behold The Woman. Mrs. Jim Thomas leads this year’s observance and Church Women are urged to attend.
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Church Women United
Quinn Chapel
Jim Thomas
Texas official funds probe nears grand jury May 15
Travis County District Attorney Robert O. Smith taps a full time investigator to examine alleged misapplication of state funds by elected officials. He expects evidence ready for the grand jury by May 15, potentially yielding indictments before the June 3 runoff.
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Roland Lindsey
CPE
Capitol
Austin, Tex
UPI
Travis County
Robert O. Smith
Smith
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