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Newspaper
Cuero Record
Location
Cuero, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1970
Page
1
A witness recalls reading Hiroshima in 1945 and visiting Ground Zero a year later. The account describes seven bridges, a river boil, deadly heat, mushroom cloud, and radiation sickness, noting brutal destruction and eerie scenes of survivors.
Refugees from Port Lavaca and nearby towns shelter in Cuero and Yoakum after Hurricane Celia. 325 to 400 people registered, while others stay in Yorktown and Victoria area camps. Red Cross provided meals, motels filled, and local relief efforts coordinated by Rev C Rogers McLane with assistance from the Texas State Guard.
Two men in DeWitt County were fined in county court with fines of 100 dollars each plus costs for destruction of property and for driving while intoxicated. A three day jail term was suspended for one year. Charges were filed against Donald Ross Gips and John William Castillo for driving while intoxicated. Gips was arrested on East Main in Cuero by Patrolman Ray Dieringer and Castillo on Farm Road 236 in Cuero by Patrolman W. T. Allen Jr. Maximo Nizo was charged with abandonment of wife and child.
Seventeen Boy Scout Troop 243 members plus one guest met at Scoutmaster John C. Hamilton home for an Emergency Preparedness Program lesson. Four troop committee members attended and Mike Martinez, a coast storm guest, joined as a house guest of Scout Stephen Perez. The six month course will cover first aid messenger service and cleanup after emergencies.
Officials urge live stock management and sterile fly treatment to curb outbreaks. Rancher Dolph Briscoe notes cooperation in reporting cases and preventive spraying reduces spread. Last week saw four Terrell County cases with 15 in the region. New Mexico reports its first case of the year. Total U S cases reach 94 with 75 in Texas and 15 in Arizona.
The DeWitt County Commodity Distribution Center will feed 2 087 people this month with commodities on Aug 13 14 17 21 and 24 28 at its new location 602 S Esplanade opposite Alamo Lumber Co. Items include dry beans butter cheese corn meal flour shortening canned meats non fat dry milk oats and wheat peanut butter potatoes raisins and more.
Macha Cleaners at 702 E Broadway will shut for 90 days due to illness. Clients with clothing already deposited should pick up items before August 15 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Memberships for 1970 71 in the Gobbler Booster Club are now available announced by President Joe Sheppard. Dues are 24 per person and may be obtained from Sheppard Ed Mahony Pete Bluntzer Mrs C S Bluntzer Charles Goodenough and Cuero High School cheerleaders. A meeting later in the week will discuss plans while a Monday night meeting was postponed due to weather. Fans with reserved stadium parking last season have first choice this year with spaces costing 3 for five home games. parking tickets available from Don Albrecht.
Widespread destruction from Celia hits Corpus Christi and nearby communities. Five dead and hundreds injured as Aransas Pass Ingleside Gregory and Port Aransas suffer severe damage. National Guard deployed, power and communications down, crews repair lines, looting curbed.
The Rev Pat Higgins who has pastored St Michael's Catholic Church since July 10 will leave for London tomorrow. He is relieving his brother Rev Peter Higgins who has been on vacation in Ireland and Europe. He will fly from San Antonio to New York and then to London.
Congressman George Bush of Texas told a Midland public hearing that federal gas price controls hinder exploration and that freeing producers would raise output and reduce dependence on foreign sources. He warned the energy crisis is near and emphasized environmental safeguards in energy policy.
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