Disputed Texas voting age glitch sparks court challenge
The legal fight centers on 18 and 21 year old voters allowed to register while 19 and 20 year olds are barred. Lawyers for Becky Stapleton argue the election code is misread and should permit registration at age eligibility, with broader implications for 1972 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Martin Dies
Lynn O. Hughes
Becky Stapleton
Houston
Miss Stapleton
Hughes
Mughes
David Berg
American Civil Liberties Union
Berg
Dies
Body of 16 year old recovered near Houston
Police found Martha Ann Cook in Greens Bayou near Houston Intercontinental Airport. An 18 year old Houston man, charged with burglary of the Cook home, admitted involvement. The girl, daughter of businessman Robert F.E. Cook, had disappeared Wednesday while her father worked and her mother cared for her sister.
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Houston
UPI
Martha Ann Cook
Greens Bayou
Cook
Bayou
Houston Intercontinental Airport
Robert FE. Cook
Rainfall Tapers Off After Twister Scare In Yorktown Area
Persistent rains in Cuero DeWitt County eased Friday after drought-reducing totals. A funnel was sighted seven miles south of Yorktown around 6 p.m. and a tornado near Fannin in Goliad County earlier. Severe weather alerts were issued for DeWitt Goliad and Victoria counties as storms moved north along the Gulf Coast.
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Cuero- DeWitt County
Yorktown
Goliad
Fannin
DeWitt
Victoria
Date Changed School Board Meeting Iran CISD
The Board of Education of Cue ro Independent School District schedules a regular meeting for Monday August 9 at 7 30 pm shifting from Thursday. The CISD superintendent Dr E E Sims will present his monthly report and several personnel recommendations. A financial report will be given and the progress of the building program, especially the new junior high, will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Cuero Independent School District
E. E. Sims
CISD
Cuero High School players to report for football physicals
Cuero High School football players in grades 9 through 12 must report to the high school gym Monday at 4 30 p m for football physicals as directed by head coach and athletic director Buster Gilbreth.
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Buster Gilbreth
South Texas Group Plans Tax Scrutiny
A South Texas study committee formed by South Texas Chamber of Commerce President Herbert C. Perry Jr will review tax and appropriations patterns in relation to the upcoming Texas special legislative session running through September 1972. Chairman Bill B. Cobb said the panel will meet first in Austin on August 19 to prepare recommendations for the chamber.
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South Texas Chamber of Commercce
Herbert C. Perry
Bill B. Cobb
Corpus Christi
Connally
Chamber
Cobb
Austin
James W
DeWitt County SWCD Plans Annual Report and Elections
The DeWitt County Soil and Water Conservation District No 539 board outlined an annual report in newsletter form for October and scheduled a subdivision election the first week of October to fill Heinie Bade’s five-year director seat. They planned attendance at the District Directors Workshop in LaGrange on August 17 and the October McAllen meeting. A conservation plan for Mrs Lilias F Flessner was approved, and Craig Henderson 17 was hired on the job training with 5 hours weekly funded by the Neighborhood Youth Corps Title 1B, while 10 hours are funded locally. The district, funded by state and county matching funds, is not taxing and guides local Soil Conservation Service policy. Officers are Rae tzsch Wagener chairman J C Alvis vice chairman Wilburn Pargmann secretary treasurer Erwin J Metting and Heinie Bade directors. Visitors included Alfred Vander Stucken area conservationist.
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Board of Directors
DeWitt County Loil and Water Conservation District No. 539
LaGrange
McAllen
Lilias F. Flessner
Young Henderson
Cuero High School
SVCD
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Raetz
Sev Impiovel
Craig Henderson
DeWitt County Soil and Water Conservation District
Sie
Cuery High School
Clean Up Drive Starts Monday in Cuero
Cuero launches a two year Clean-Up Paint-Up and Fix-Up program with free trash pickups for two weeks. City Manager Larry Smith says an extra truck will operate 8 am to 5 pm at any address after a phone request to City Hall. Coordinator Coot Coppedge leads the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture effort ahead of Turkey Trot and Centennial celebrations.
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Cuero
Larry Smith
Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Coot Coppedge
CCA
Smith
Directors adopt five year regional program priorities in Victoria
Golden Crescent Council of Governments directors approve a first year plan focusing on health ecology and regional data inventories. Initiatives include regional economic and population inventories and a regional public health program, plus a regional land use survey and water and sewer studies. Hallettsville gains $157,685 federal grant for new sewage facilities.
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Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Victoria
Lockwood, Andrews
Newnam
Direc
Tors
Hallettsville
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Edmondson Slated For Replacement In Soil Conservation
Herbe McDonald district conservationist for the Sail Conservation Service in Balmorhea will become district conservationist in Cuero on Aug. 23 replacing T. L. Edmondson. Edmondson seeks reclassification as a self conservationist with Cuero HQ. He says he is not retiring and will stay in soil conservation work.
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Herbe! McDonald
Sail Conservation Service
Balmorhea
Cuero
McDonald
T. L. Edmondson
Edmondson
Seif
SCS
Yoakum
Yorktown
Danlnan
Two Men Released On Bond
Elwood Harnest Gray aged 52 of 305 Second St was released from DeWitt County Jail after posting a 250 dollar bond. He had been held since Friday night and was released Saturday at 12 00 a m. details continued on page 16.
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Elwood Harnest Gray
Second St
DeWitt County
Editorial urges careful driving to reduce highway wrecks
An editorial by Jack Howerton criticizes current road safety ads. It urges drivers to defect from speeding and unsafe lane changes, promote defensive driving, and follow rules to prevent crashes and hospital visits. The piece advocates simple, practical safety rules over belt promotion alone.
Apollo 15 Crew Returns as Scientists After Moon Mission
The Apollo 15 crew David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden land in the Pacific after three days on the Hadley Rille site. Lunar samples will be studied by 205 scientists worldwide with Worden praised for orbital spectroscopy and Scott and Irwin for lunar geology.
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David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Earth
Scott
Irwin
Apennine
Hadley Rille
Michael B. Duke
Lunar Lab
Tmcks
Worden
Moon
Fred Doyle
S. Geological Survey
Wordens
Sorviet Union
Netherlands
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Nixon
United Press International
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Freer
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Nueces County
Alice
National Weather Service
Nueces
Asherton
Cotulla
Frio
Atascosa
Brownsville
All Cuero High School
South Texas Group
Swcd Board
Jack Howerton
Apollo
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
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