Cuero Weekend Social Notes Include Visits and Events
Gene Finney II and wife visited Cuero from Corpus Christi during vacation with a Six Flags trip in north Texas. Carol Barlow from San Antonio reports she is grounded after hip surgery and six weeks recovery. Ann Tubbs promotes a Cuero Country Club garage sale to fund furniture purchases. Joyce Henkes visited Cuero office. Mabel Davis notes Harris Smith of Austin died after visiting his sister-in-law. Local figs and pecan tree fruiting noted. Alfonso Gonzales vacationing in Mexico sent a street photo painted by locals. Alice, Carmen’s sister, was to be married Saturday. A Bill Hobby dinner event in Austin has reserved tables and single tickets. Cindy Lucas says grandmother Mrs J C Lucas birthday today. Betsy Ferguson Sr. and others mentioned. Pat Dulling and family from Corpus Christi spent weekend in Cuero.
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Gene Finney II
Corpus Christi
Cuero
Gene
North Texas
Texas
Alfonso Gonzales
San Miguel Allende
Guaajuato
Mexico
Carmen
Alice
US jet fighter bombers set record in Vietnam war
US jet fighter bombers reportedly set a record by flying into Cambodia and knocking out 14 Communist tanks. In air battles over North Vietnam a Soviet SAM downed a US Navy A7 Corsair. the pilot was rescued. Separately, 500 North Vietnamese troops captured seven villages near Hue but abandoned most by day’s end.
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Vietnam
Arthur Higbee
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Hue
Saigon
City Manager Reviews 1972 Paving Progress
City Manager Larry Smith reports the 1972 paving program has completed paving on Junior High Drive and reached 38 paved blocks for the year. Base materials have been hauled in for two additional blocks.
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Larry Smith
Sailor of the Month Named for USS Saratoga Sailor
Airman Kenneth Parker USN aboard the carrier USS Saratoga off Vietnam informs his parents he has been chosen Sailor of the Month. The town reports street and water works progress including subgrade work on Terry Street and Dunn Street, a burned building removal, a new 6 inch water line on West Heaton, and Staerker Street project start. The cemetery work slows after rains and the library program ends with 405 new volumes added.
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Kenneth Parker
USN
Saratoga
Vietnam
Jake Parker
East Courthouse
Smith
Terry Street
Main
Broadway
Dunn Street
Johnson
Alexander Street
West Main
West Main Street
West Heaton
Staerker Street
Feds File First Suit Of Its Kind Against Alabama City
The Justice Department charges Montgomery Alabama city agencies with racial employment segregation. Whites hold classified jobs while blacks are restricted to unclassified labor, with lower pay and biased tests and standards cited as evidence of discrimination under the 1972 Equal Employment Opportunity Act.
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Feds
Alabama City
Washington
UPI
Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Richard G Kleindienst
Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer Board
Montgomery City-County Personnel Board
Kleindienst
Chicago
Los Angeles
Classified Service
Immunizations Required for Cuero ISD Students
Cuero Independent School District requires required immunizations for 1972 73 enrollment per Dr E E Sims. Medical excuses by physician affidavit or religious conflicts are only exceptions. Kindergarten and grades 1 5 need polio DTP measles rubella. grades 6 12 need polio DTP. bring complete records from family physician.
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Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
Dr Tubbs To Be Installed In Victoria Ceremony
Veterinarians in the Golden Crescent will install officers Saturday August 12 at the Holiday Inn in Victoria. Dr T S McMurry of Victoria will preside, with Dean Alvin A Price of Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine to install the officers at 8 00 p m.
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Golden Crescent
Holiday Inn
Victoria
T. S. McMurry
Alvin A. Price
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&m University
McMurry
McGovern Says Campaign Unharmed by VP Switch
Washington Democratic candidate George McGovern says his bid to unseat Nixon is unchanged and ready to go. The Democratic National Committee convenes to certify R. Sargent Shriver as McGovern’s running mate.
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Washington
George McGovern
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
R. Sargent Shriver
McGovern
Shriver
Rockville
Kennedy
America
Confab Opens To Ratify Shriver Vice Pick For McGovern
Washington reports the two day extraordinary meeting to ratify George S. McGovern's choice of R. Sargent Shriver as running mate after Eagleton's withdrawal. Party leaders, including Jean Westwood, expect a vigorous partnership and the National Committee will vote Tuesday to approve the selection.
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McGovern
National Committee
Shriver
Miami Beach
Eighteen Entered in DeWitt County Hay Show Aug. 15
DeWitt County’s 18 entrants register for the annual hay show to be held August 15 in the DeWitt County Electric Cooperative building. Entries will be judged at 3 p.m. by Al Novasad and Dr. Neal Pratt of Texas A&M, who will discuss quality hay production. Additional entries were expected but rain delayed harvests. The event, sponsored by the county soil fertility committee with the Agricultural Extension Service, funds half the $3 entry fee per exhibitor.
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DeWitt County
Orval Wright
DeWitt County Electric Cooperative
al Novasad
Neal Pratt
Texas A&m University
Wright
The
County Soil Fertility Committee
Agricultural Extension Service
Werner Wolf
A&m
Shredders See Surge After ITT Records Scandal
ITT officials shredded records about a San Diego convention pledge, boosting sales of office shredders. Morris Golde of Electric Waste Basket Corp notes shredders range from $100 desktops to $3000 giants and aid privacy, security, and pollution goals. The industry grew as institutions seek to destroy confidential papers and avoid burning waste onsite.
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New York
UPI
ITT Corp
San Diego
ITT
Morris Golde
Electric Waste Basket Corp
Golde
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Polliwogs
By Polly Howerton
Carol Barlow
San Antonio
Ann Tubbs
Cuero Country Club
Joyce Henkes
Mabel Davis
Harris Smith
Austin
United States
Sargent Shriver
Bill Hobby
Cindy Lucas
J. C. Lucas
Kate Lienhard
Bob Sheppard
Dudley McDougal
Pat Dulling
Beverly
Karen
W. L. Ferguson
Quang Tri
Parker
Sailor of
Dr. Tubbs
Tubbs
Ulster
Belfast
Irish Republic
Reykjavik
Bobby Fischer
Mideast
Suez Canal
Middle East
Egypt
Marshall
Calif
California
Cuero Fire Department
John B. Hudgeons
Leroy Pope
Yoakum
Yorktown
Reuss’ Pharmacy
Esplanade
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