Hat draft ballots draw birthdays and numbers this morning
Town Tax Wen reports this morning that draft balls were drawn by birthday numbers for next year. The writer voices strong critique of pacifist senators and praises a teen who volunteers to serve, recalling Pearl Harbor and 1911 draft history. The tone laments politics over national safety and questions whether lawmakers understand history.
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Duckett Wins Lions Master Key Award for Membership
L Duckett former president of the Caer Lions Club received the master key award for recruiting 12 new members. Gene Grate current president presented it Wednesday night. The Lions International honor recognized membership work and Boys State experiences.
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L. Duckett
Caer Lions Club
Gene Grate
Lions International
Boys State
Lions Club
ET. Summers Jr
Lions
Cki
American Legion Civic Center
Nami
Howard Bennett
The
New Cuero ISD Students to Enroll August 10
New students moving into Cuero Independent School District for grades six through twelve must enroll Tuesday August 10 between morning hours and 4 p.m. High school enrollment at the high school office for grades nine to twelve. junior high enrollment for grades six to eight. Meyersville Westhoff and St Michael’s ninth graders pre enrolled last spring and do not come Aug 10. Existing Cuero ISD students who pre enrolled last spring also do not come Aug 10.
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Meyersville
Westhoff
St. Michael's
Cuero Independent School District
Price Increase For Court Penalties Across County Courts
A new law taking effect September 1 adds a special tax to court costs in DeWitt County. The Justice of the Peace Court charges 32.90 per case plus traditional costs, while Cuery Corporations Court assesses 2.50 per guilty misdemeanor. Felonies incur a 10 tax in the 24th District Court. The measure targets traffic and assorted offenses, shaping how penalties are collected under the Crime Streets Act of 1968.
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Vietlon
Justice of the Peace Court
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City of Cuery
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Itor
Knights of Columbus District 21 Meet at Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Knights of Columbus District 21 held a meeting Tuesday night at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church parish hall. District Deputy Juanara Possek of Yoakum presided and highlighted the Surge With Service program effective July 1. The Owler’s 1971-72 Time To Icons campaign theme was mentioned as well.
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Juenara Possek
Yoakum
Owler
Anco
Y Yorktown
Cuero
Caamells
Charles le Bastien
Rains Continue In Cuero Sector and County Agenda
Cuero area rains continue as DeWitt County Commissioners set Monday August 9 at 1 90 pm agenda items. Road tract Evans Pre miet Two with many residents to ask court about road plan while others discuss Governor's Workshop in Austin September 168 and routine bill payments. Sign language traffic signs appear on Pennsylvania highways as color symbols replace legends.
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Cooper Tract
Evans ‘Tract
Premiet
John Dielze
Evs
Austin
Board of County and District Road Indebtedness
Commis
Pennsylvania
Rehearsal Scheduled for Mt Zion Youth Choirs
Rehearsal to begin at 7:00 PM on August 1 for the Mt Zion Association City Youth Choirs to prepare for the Youth Local Program. Held at the Mt Zion District Law Meador Association Encampment Ground. Sponsors include Mrs M C Shropshire, Mrs Z M Houston, and Mrs Elizabeth Henderson.
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Mt. Zion Associaton
Mt Zion District Law Meador Association
M.C. Shropshire
Z. M. Houston
Elizabeth Henderson
Drilling Effort Reported Near Keseling Clinton Field
A 11,80 foot test near the Keseling Clinton Field is reported by Daniel Hi Braman Jr of Victoria. The test occurred Tuesday, with results indicating the well is southwest of two and dry holes on the lackey area.
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Cuero Ie
Schule
Keseling-Clinton
Daniel Hi. Braman Jr
Victoria
Yarborough Upset By Governor Poll
Former senator Yarborough reacts to a poll published by The Austin American-Statesman indicating Lt Governor Barnes, Dolph Briscoe, Preston Smith, and Yarborough leading in a governor race among county chairmen and lobbyists. Yarborough denies backing the poll, saying he is not their boy.
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Rason
Jack Howerton
Sam
University of Texas
Rains Hold Up TPA Festival
Rain postpones the Travelers Protective Association barbecue event scheduled for tonight at 7:30 PM. The festival is disrupted as wet weather cancels planned outdoor activities and attendees await rescheduled timing.
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Travelers Protective Association
TPA
Draft Lottery Drawn for 1952 Births in Nation's System
The Selective Service held a draft number lottery for nearly 1.4 million men born in 1952. First number drawn was 90, assigning June 20 as the target birth date for possible induction next year if the draft law remains in effect. The process, conducted in Washington, included two plexiglass capsules and drew numbers for a third time since 1968.
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Congress
United States
Vietnam
U.S. Commerce Department
Washington
Jerry Reported As Satisfactory Kidney Transplant Remains Stable
Ane conartion of Jerry Hess who received a kidney transplant Tuesday night remained satisfactory last night according to his sister Mrs Kenneth Buenger of Cuero The operation was at Bexar County Hospital in San Antonio and his mother and Mrs Hess stayed near their 13 year old son who had waited a long time for a donor Fundraising in Cuero and Point Comfort helped cover expenses The donor was not named by hospital spokesmen The operation lasted about five hours.
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Kenneth Buenger
Cuero
Buenger
Bexar County Hospital
San Antonio
Hess
Stratton Kte
Jerry
Point Comfort
Robstown Floods Amid Heavy Texas Rain Winter
Flooding extended through Robstown and Port Arthur as strong showers drenched Cuero DeWitt County and Southeast Texas. Rain totals reached 10.3 inches in Yoakum and 6.5 inches in Jefferson County while Red Cross shelters housed evacuees. a boy was swept into floodwaters in Robstown. Searchers continued as police blamed overloaded drainage for the floods.
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